The day-long wiener crawl benefits The Locker Project.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Oasis is back. And this time, the whole world is singing along.
Oasis, the reunited Brit-pop act, finally sounds like the classic rock band it always wanted to be.
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Kathryn Bigelow’s D.C. nuclear war thriller has electrified Venice
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, “A House of Dynamite,” explores the threat of nuclear annihilation, focusing on a race against time as a missile approaches the U.S.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Children with MaineCare waiting several months or longer for dental surgery
Dentists say delays in treating children on MaineCare stem from low reimbursement rates for general anesthesia.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Tuberculosis cases increase in Maine and nation
The state reported 28 cases through the end of July, but there are no current outbreaks, according to the Maine CDC.
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Maine’s worst tick season ever is on its way. This writer knows what’s at stake.
The troubling part, says writer Mark LaFlamme, is that most Mainers sending diseased ticks to the state lab are finding them in their yards and gardens, not forests and fields.
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Back Cove Festival organizers want to bring Portland event back for 3 more years
The city’s parks commission will review a multi-year proposal from festival organizers, which includes increased payments to the city, at its meeting Thursday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review
‘Greyhound’ sees America changing through the bus windows
Joanna Pocock’s memoir is about her travels from Detroit to California in 2023, retracing a trip she had taken 17 years earlier
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Author Ben Shattuck chose the Maine woods for ‘The History of Sound’
The story, now a film starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, takes place at Bowdoin College, Augusta’s defunct train station and the backwaters of Maine.
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Deep Water: ‘Grief,’ by Stuart Kestenbaum
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.