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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Passamaquoddy canoe maker and craftsman David Moses Bridges dies at 54
A noted advocate for his ancestral culture, he also fought for the environmental rights of tribes in Maine and across North America.
‘Split’ puts it all together at box office, debuts at $40.2 million
That’s double the expected opening revenue, sending the film about a man with 24 personalities to No. 1 in theaters over the weekend.
Piece of rock’s go-go history being auctioned off in Biddeford
The Saco River Auction Co. is putting up for bid a 13-foot neon sign that adorned the Whisky a Go Go, the iconic West Hollywood nightclub.
Dine Out Maine: Thousands of lobster rolls later, Eventide Oyster Co. still going strong
Worth the very long wait, the Portland restaurant gets 4 1/2 stars from our reviewer.
Maine environmentalist Rachel Carson focus of PBS documentary airing Tuesday night at 8
Producer and director Michelle Ferrari spent a couple weeks at Carson’s former coastal home in Southport, near Boothbay Harbor, and says Carson spent her ‘happiest moments there.’
Locally raised Maine meat is not in short supply
Slaughterhouses and meat-cutters, however, are.
Richard Blanco writes a new poem for America
‘Declaration of Inter-Dependence’ celebrates the strength of community and standing as one.
Down East salmon also served during inauguration
Employees of Cooke Aquaculture in Eastport selected farm-raised fish and shipped it to Washington.