Gabrielle Cooper would win cash and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the national championship if she wins the Poetry Out Loud Maine State Finals Monday in Waterville.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Portland Symphony moves up concert because of snowstorm
The Brahms Requiem originally scheduled for Tuesday will now be performed by the PSO tonight.
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Mainers may be landing fewer fish, so let’s make them better fish, a Brit advises
UK fisherman Chris Bean talks with local fishermen about how to improve the quality of their catch
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12 must-sees at the revamped Portland Museum of Art
Here’s a gallery guide for those who are ready to stroll through the newly reinstalled galleries.
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Survey, cultural planning for Somerset County in progress
Attracting visitors and providing options for farmers, artists and business leaders are all part of surveys from Main Street Skowhegan and Wesserunsett Arts Council.
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Smithsonian Channel to air World War I film by Lone Wolf Media of South Portland
The documentary about underground cities where soldiers on both sides took refuge will air Monday night.
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National humanities chief tours Portland Museum of Art
William Adams returns to Maine to see how federal dollars are being spent on the arts.
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Watch: When live TV goes wrong
A father keeps his cool as his children break into a BBC interview.
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Pope open to studying ordination of married men as priests to address shortage
The idea has drawn fresh attention in face of the acute shortage of priests in places like Brazil, a huge Catholic country.
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‘North Pond Hermit’ book author tells Waterville crowd Knight was intelligent, funny
Writer Michael Finkel, who had corresponded with Christopher Knight through letters and visited him in jail, spoke to a crowd at the Waterville Opera House Thursday about the man who lived alone in the Rome woods for 27 years.