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PublishedSeptember 7, 2024
Concert review: Bikini Kill’s first appearance in Portland was worth the 34-year wait
The pioneering riot grrrl group's sold-out State Theatre show Friday was visceral, no-frills fun.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2024
A musician returns – and reconnects – to her Maine hometown after decades
Laurel Dodge's debut novel, 'The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell,' is moving and unfolds in unexpected ways.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2024
‘The Heart in Winter’ is an exhilarating tale of lovers on the run
Kevin Barry’s novel is both an Irish-flavored western fraught with danger and brutality and a love story filled with caustic humor and pathos.
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PublishedJune 24, 2024
Our highest-rated Maine restaurants from the past year
Sixteen restaurants received at least 4 stars in reviews by Andrew Ross since last June.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Review: Maine State Music Theatre hits a home run in final show of the season, ‘Something Rotten!’
Playing at the Pickard Theatre in Brunswick through Aug. 26, this tongue-in-cheek musical combines the Elizabethan era and modern-day Broadway for an evening of uncontrollable laughter.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Review: Maine State Music Theatre climbs ladder of success with ‘9 to 5’
Playing at the Pickard Theatre in Brunswick through Aug. 5, this juicy revenge story set in the late ’70s tells the tale of three women who teach their sexist, egotistical boss a lesson he’ll never forget.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Book Notes: ‘Hope in the Valley’ a must-read for kids and adults
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Review: The Theater Project’s premiere of ‘SQUEEZE ME!’ is a hilarious hit
The original comedic musical runs through July 23 at The Theater Project in Brunswick.
