As the Maine International Film Festival prepares a move to the Skowhegan Drive-In Theater this year, J.P. Devine remembers the summer night in 1949 when he and others packed into a green Chevrolet for a night at the movies.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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J.P. Devine TV Review: ‘Call My Agent’
This segment “CANNE” is not only the best so far in the series, but a break-out, stand out one hour classic, J.P. Devine writes
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Liz Soares: Learning to embrace the coronavirus slowdown
While my life has slowed down, my thoughts haven’t. I need to keep them where my body is at any given moment, instead of galloping ahead to the unpredictable future, writes Liz Soares.
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Amy Calder: Making it work, during a pandemic
Erica Pelotte bought a restaurant business in downtown Waterville in August and had to close in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic, but she has reopened and is working harder than ever to make the eatery successful.
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J.P. Devine: Lower your window!
An agonizing experience at the local car wash presents J.P. Devine with life-and-death choices: roll down the car window for help or stay inside?
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Amy Calder: Acknowledging our human connection
If we don’t see ourselves as being connected during the coronavirus pandemic, we are doomed, Amy Calder writes.
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J.P. Devine TV Review: ‘Prime Suspect’
“Prime Suspect” is no tossed away old British crime thriller designed to fill air time.
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Dana Wilde: Ticks have already started their summer invasion
If you can’t remember ticks being much of a problem when you were a kid, it’s because they weren’t, writes Dana Wilde.
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J.P. Devine: No summer for you?
As we mark Memorial Day by honoring the men and women who died serving the military and enter warmer months, we must also remember to honor the frontline workers in the pandemic war and support each other, J.P. Devine writes.