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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Downtown, Up River’ and ‘Bungalow Terrace’
Nostalgic, often forgotten moments of Bangor’s life in the 1970s, and a debut novel about a rock ‘n’ roll
band’s meteoric rise to star status.
July 26, 1999: Augusta Board of Education preparing application for new Cony High School, errant car crashes into full Winslow restaurant, and meet this once-comatose woman from Wells who is reclaiming her life
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Fan of silent films? Here’s your chance to see a few in Gardiner this Saturday.
The Silent Film Fest: The Show Must Go On is sponsored by the Augusta Colonial Theater. It is held this year at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner.
July 25, 1989: 50 years ago today, Don Fendler gets lost in the wilds of Kathadin for nine days. We look back at how this boy from New York survived incredible odds.
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July 24, 1982: Meet 78-year-old Grampa Dowe, owner of Grampa Dowe’s store in China. Also, archeologists are digging along the banks of the Kennebec, and kids learn to stay alive in the water in Monmouth
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Movie Review: ‘The Boys in the Boat’ is old fashioned and lovable. Just love it, writes JP Devine
Here we are to welcome George Clooney’s directorial adventure into history, the little known sport of college rowing, and how America beat the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. That’s a lot to put on screen, and George did it. Based on a best-selling book by Daniel James Brown, with a screenplay by Mark […]
On Music: David Wax Museum returns to Portland venue Aug. 1
Band supporting new album, presenting eclectic music in duo format.
July 23, 1993: Unsuspecting tourists from New Hampshire get red carpet treatment in Skowhegan from ‘A Current Affair’ program, and off-track betting at John Martin’s Manor in Waterville postponed due to conflict
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Bread the focus of conference and fair this week in Skowhegan
The two-day Kneading Conference is set for Thursday and Friday in downtown Skowhegan, followed by the Maine Artisan Bread Fair on Saturday at the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds.