The international pop band will be at Port City Music Hall on Thursday night.
Ray Routhier
Staff Writer
Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, movies, TV, music and lifestyle trends for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of Maine’s people and places. He’s written about why so many businesses use the made-up word “Mainely” in their names, how you can trace Portland’s history through its various smells and why Mainers lament the loss of Portland-made B&M baked beans. He’s interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers, actors, musicians and authors, including Patrick Dempsey, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Russo, Tess Gerritsen, Tony Bennett, Anna Kendrick, and Stephen King. His passions, besides writing, include baseball history, old movies and “Jeopardy!” A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. He lives in South Portland with his wife and two children.
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Rock out at Westbrook’s new outdoor concert venue
The 8,200-capacity Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row is southern Maine’s newest open-air stage, slated to open May 26 with a show by Anderson .Paak.
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In new book, David McCullough follows pioneering New Englanders into Ohio
The part-time Camden resident talks about why he set out to write ‘The Pioneers.’
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Pick from two dozen open-air shows in the Portland area
Here’s the schedule of shows, so far, for the new Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row in Westbrook and Thompson’s Point in Portland.
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Maine author Richard Ford wins lifetime achievement award from Library of Congress
A 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for ‘Independence Day,’ the Boothbay resident will receive the award at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in August.
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All Roads lead to Belfast for Maine’s largest home-grown music fest
In its fifth year, the All Roads Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday, featuring some 35 performances and more than 125 Maine musicians.
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Don McLean wants apology from group that changed its tune about giving him award
In a Facebook post, the ‘American Pie’ singer calls the UCLA student group that rescinded the lifetime achievement award ‘morons.’
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Don McLean loses lifetime achievement award due to domestic violence incident
A UCLA student group rescinded the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement after learning McLean had pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges.
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In increments, Adam Fisher has built a career in stop-motion animation
The Prospect Harbor native and Maine College of Art professor has worked on Oscar-nominated films and, most recently, ‘Missing Link,’ in theaters now.
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Sports streaming primer: Here’s what some major services offer
Here’s a brief summary of what some of the major streaming services – the ones with a significant amount of live sports programming – offer. The first two offer Red Sox regular-season games, the others don’t. You can watch any of them on a smart TV, which has built-in streaming capability, or with a streaming […]