‘Wildland Walks’ explores the natural scenery of Monhegan as part of the exhibit ‘Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island.’
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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Bat in Portland tests positive for rabies
It is one of 4 confirmed cases of rabies in Cumberland County this year and 26 statewide.
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7 Maine events this week include Porchfest, a bee fest and crafts fair
Also, go see ‘When Elvis Met The Beatles’ in Ogunquit or Irish dance in Portland.
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Three generations of Wyeths (plus Andy Warhol) will go on sale in one auction
The summer sale at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries include 8 original works by N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth from the late Linda Bean’s estate.
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Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson headline Outlaw Music Festival in Bangor
The show on Friday also features Sheryl Crow, Waxahatchee and Madeline Edwards.
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Veggies to Table’s Dîner en Blanc raises substantial seed money
Mainers who can afford to get into a bidding war for a week in a French villa and Mainers struggling to afford food for their families might as well be living in different worlds entirely. Standing in the gap between those worlds is Newcastle resident Erica Berman, who traded in her life as a boutique […]
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Italian stonecutters in Hallowell carved a legacy of industry and labor from granite
‘Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union’ at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine’s earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.
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Bestsellers: “How to Read a Book” and ‘Rope’ top local bestseller lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
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Award-winning journalist crafts a propulsive climate change thriller in ‘We Can’t Save You’
Native Americans occupy a place of honor in Thomas E. Ricks’ second of a series set in Maine starring a grief-stricken FBI agent.
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He thought he found life on Mars — and sparked an alien craze
‘The Martians’ by David Baron explores how 19th-century businessman and amateur astronomer Percival Lowell fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars.