Recipes have begun appearing in Mexico for making so-called guacamole without avocados.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship
With stage names such as Woolfumes, Bunny Bandit and 9″ Needles, the participants shared a simple goal: to showcase their knitting skills while dancing to heavy metal music in the most outlandish way possible.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Before You Know It’
The movie is master class in filmmaking, J.P. Devine writes.
Chicago The Musical to be staged in Madison
“Chicago The Musical” will be staged Aug. 15-24 at Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road, in Madison. In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap … until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, […]
Popular Brunswick cantina, El Camino, has closed
The owners of El Camino, known for its Mexican food, tequila-based drinks and funky atmosphere, say they want to simplify their lives and concentrate on their other restaurant in Bath.
Lucky Clark On Music: Tommy O’Connell of the Juke Joint Devils
With the Johnson Hall Waterfront Concert Series 2019 going great guns, I figured a couple of interviews with some of the artists coming in would be in order, beginning with Tommy O’Connell who’s group, The Juke Joint Devils, will perform Friday, July 19. Reached at his home in Wales, the singer-songwriter/harmonica player was more than […]
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘It Seemed Like a Compliment to Me’ and ‘When You Find My Body’
A collection of humorous short stories and the true story of lost Appalachian Trail hiker Geraldine “Gerry” Largay
Street dance set for July 17 in Rangeley
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will present its annual Street Dance featuring Elmore Twist from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, on Pond Street in Rangeley. The event is co-sponsored by Ecopelagicon and Forks in the Air Mountain Bistro. The open-air rock concert, held along the shore of Haley Pond, is closed to […]
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Islander’
On Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island, where the adventures of a real-life castaway inspired Daniel Defoe’s famous novel, the locals identify principally with the animals, plants and rocks around them.
J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Yesterday’
Himesh, you’re an interesting actor. Keep reading other scripts, J.P. Devine writes.