Paul Guernsey edits The Ghost Story website and anthologies of contemporary supernatural fiction.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Harvest on the Harbor returns and reboots as hybrid festival
After a year off because of COVID-19, a smaller version of Portland’s signature food and wine festival is back Nov. 3-6.
Can you skip the raking this year? Should you?
Whatever you do, please skip that noisy, noxious, polluting leaf blower.
Upcycle Halloween candy into truffles, pudding and cake
Employ these baking tricks to turn unpopular Halloween leavings into real treats: Butterfinger Truffles, Whopper Bread Pudding and Almond Joy Bundt Cake.
An annual Halloween transformation, and no we don’t mean small children turning into ghosts
This mom makes her child’s candy disappear and magically replaces it with vegan versions of the sweet treats.
Local author, artist announce book-signing event
Barbara Walsh and Helene Farrar team up for ‘The Deer Man’
OFF RADAR: ‘Billy Summers’ by Stephen King
This is best King novel in a while, writes Dana Wilde.
British college hands over looted bronze to Nigeria
It’s part of a modest but growing effort in some European countries to return African art taken by colonial powers.
The Wrap: ‘The Lost Kitchen’ streaming 2nd season, MOFGA book launch
Norimoto Bakery makes its move, Yobo serving takeout lunch, and Chick Fil-A arrives Thursday.
Ukulele Russ talks about returning to Maine for Gardiner concert
On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m., as part of Johnson Hall’s On the Road Series — there will be a concert at the Life Community Church at 46 Church St. in Gardiner that welcomes home Russell Copelin and his unconventional band. You see, this Mainer has created a persona (Ukulele Russ) that defies classification […]