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Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
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We were convinced Back Cove Festival would fail, then proven wrong | Column
Now that organizers have shown it can work, would bigger be better?
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A fast-paced debut novel about a start-up seems ripped from real-life events
In Austin Taylor’s ‘Notes on Infinity,’ 2 brilliant Harvard students meet, compete, drop out, form a startup and become romantically entangled. Then things start to go awry.
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White House’s ballroom plan waltzes over the edge | Column
The White House is already a famously incoherent piece of architecture. A new ballroom of grand proportions seems very much in keeping with the natural evolution of American politics.
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Bestsellers: ‘Spectacular Things’ and ‘The Book of Alchemy’ top local lists
Here are the week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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The Third Place honors community leaders at Black Excellence Awards
Black trailblazers in a variety of fields, including politics, justice, education and outdoor recreation, were honored Aug. 1 at the Maine Black Excellence Awards at Caswell Farm in Gray. The annual gathering is the signature event of the Portland-based nonprofit The Third Place, which connects Maine’s Black professionals, students and entrepreneurs to social, professional and […]
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Deep Water: ‘Hallelujah,’ by Marcia F. Brown
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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In ‘God and Sex,’ miracles happen
Jon Raymond’s novel follows a writer whose prayers are answered, for better or worse.
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Singing star Jane Morgan, longtime Maine resident, dies at 101
She spent summers in Kennebunkport, recorded hit songs, appeared on Broadway and TV, and last year celebrated her 100th birthday with an event at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
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Jenna Ortega grounds ‘Wednesday’s’ sillier, star-studded second season
Christopher Lloyd, Heather Matarazzo, Haley Joel Osment and Thandiwe Newton join the cast of the gothic supernatural dramedy.