It was important to Paul J. Schupf that Waterville have an arts center in the heart of the city that is accessible to all, Amy Calder writes.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The English’ players perfectly cast, J.P. Devine writes
“The English,” shot on the dry vastness of Pawnee, Oklahoma, beautifully drops us into another 1890 western, but surprisingly one with a lot of flair, breath-taking surprises and a crumpet box of dazzling British players. The action begins with Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place”), arriving by stage coach at a thrown-together hotel […]
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Thinking Things Through: Learning a second language late in life
Liz Soares has been practicing French every day for the past five months or so, measuring success one syllable at a time.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: A whisper to breathe
In the stressful moments of life, J.P. Devine recalls the clarity that comes with taking a deep breath.
Posted inColumns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Michael G. Seamans: Life on Waterville island featured hard living, and comfort to those in need
Over the course of several months, Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans captured images of people living at a homeless encampment along the Kennebec River, and came to learn his assumptions about them were wrong.
Posted inAmy Calder, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Behold the perfection that is the Maine potato
After two or three days of eating poorly, all it takes to feel better again is to consume a hot Maine potato, mashed, dabbed with butter and salt-and-peppered, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Slow Horses’ finale one nail-biting scene after another, J.P. Devine writes
The fifth and finale episode of “Slow Horses,” titled “Old Scores,” does not disappoint. The show, based on Mick Herron’s “Dead Lions,” gives us in this last hour, “Code September” and the “Cicadas,” (long sleeping and forgotten Russian spies) for an operation that will bring to mind 9/11. I will tell you no more except […]
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde
Backyard Naturalist: Glimpses of Mercury
The rare times we can see Mercury in the night sky are reminders of the planet’s mysterious travels in space, like dreams that appear just before waking, Dana Wilde writes.