Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: All about foxgloves
Which, by the way, are not poisonous in ordinary garden circumstances. (Maybe that Smartphone isn’t so smart after all.)
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Let the whole animal butchers who are flourishing in Maine introduce you to something new
Chat with your local butcher and head home with a ‘poodle cut,’ an ‘oyster,’ a ‘spider steak’ or one of several other unconventional cuts newly available here.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘consecration pond: a novel in stories’
Interrelated stories set in a rural community surrounding fictional Consecration Pond
Posted inFood & Dining, Recipes
Grocery bill going up? Here’s how to eat cheaper
With inflation affecting the price of supermarket staples, we talked to Maine food experts about shopping smart and stretching meals.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
AUTHOR EVENT: Adam White
Former Damariscotta resident to talk about his novel ‘The Midcoast’
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Shemekia Copeland talks about new album, Oct. 8 concert at Waterville Opera House
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing Shemekia Copeland ever since she first came to Maine at the beginning of her career in 1998 and have chatted with her four times since 2012. She is a force to be reckoned with when she sings due to the emotive strength of her convictions and a voice unlike […]