Increased interest in portrait photography suggests we’re yearning for more meaningful connections than social media allow.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Cirque du Geek convention draws creative characters to Waterville
The fourth annual convention is occurring over three days and included a parade Saturday through downtown.
Iranians stay away as Muslim pilgrimage begins
After the stampede that killed over 2,200 last year, Iran blames the Saudis and orders its citizens not to go.
Iranians march against Saudi Arabia ahead of pilgrimage
Relations between the two nations are suffering after the crush of pilgrims at last year’s hajj killed 2,426.
Kennebec Savings Bank steps up for Gardiner’s Johnson Hall renovation
The bank has committed itself to purchasing historic tax credits and to donating $100,000 to the fundraising campaign for the project.
After two-year hiatus, veteran farmer Sonny Black readying oxen team for this year’s Litchfield Fair
The agricultural fair runs from Friday to Sunday and features a Red Neck Truck Pull and demolition derby.
UMF art professor awarded fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Barbara Sullivan, of Solon, will be one of 25 artists in residence beginning at the end of December at one of the nation’s largest year-round artists’ communities.
Bruce Springsteen sets record for longest U.S. show
Wednesday night’s concert in Philadelphia lasts four hours, four minutes.
Artists praise, others decry LePage mural in Portland amid free-speech debate
The graffiti depicting the governor in Ku Klux Klan robes has been altered, but the controversy continues.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible’ and ‘Hauling Through’
New releases from Douglas Rooks and Peter Bridgford