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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Watch: Pianist aims to unify through travels to Skowhegan, other rural Maine towns
As part of her “Gather Hear Tour,” Boston-based pianist Miki Sawada has been playing the piano across Maine, the seventh state she has toured since the project began.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only Massachusetts has done it
A study out in Science this month finds that states’ attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Maine’s Garlic Fest at Lake George Regional Park to return with new farm as lead sponsor, more music
The festival on the Skowhegan-Canaan line features vendors, live music and other activities, and is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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Sept. 30, 1985: President Carter blasts ‘Star Wars’ weapons program while in Maine, Hurricane Gloria keeps over 500 in greater Waterville powerless, and Kennebec County sheriff got quite a jolt of electricity
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Transatlantic folk duo Sons of Town Hall talk about upcoming Portland debut
A folk duo that not only sings but also acts out a mythic back story that will transport the audience at One Longfellow Square across time and space.
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Sept. 29, 2002: Friday night football has become ‘the event’ in central Maine, recent AP poll suggests war is top issue for voters, and it’s the ol’ deer-in-a-tree trick for success
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Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News, Politics
When Lyndon B. Johnson came to Portland 60 years ago, a hundred thousand followed
Johnson’s 1964 visit drew what may have been the largest crowd Portland has ever seen. Sixty years later, those in attendance still remember the group’s energy.
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Sept. 28, 1991: Norridgewock townspeople want ‘Big Al’ Lewis back in business, and district attorney Janet Mills calls for investigation of anti-drug agency
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Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Flood Tide’ and ‘Stephen King’s Maine’
The second book in Albert Waitt’s LT Nichols mystery series, and a journey across Maine looking for towns, businesses, professions and locations featured in Stephen King’s books.