The nonprofit held Toast to the Coast parties in different locations, including Fore Points Marina in Portland.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Art review: New takes on classical art forms in two Portland shows
Cove Street Arts focuses on portraiture, while Greenhut Galleries displays John Whalley’s trompe l’oeil paintings.
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Book review: In his latest novel, Jeffrey Lewis tackles some very big questions
‘Land of Cockaigne’ examines the impact the wealthy have on their communities, the ugliness of reactionary politics, and the sometimes insular nature of small towns.
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Deep Water: ‘Encounter,’ by Deborah Cummins
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Bedside Table: A fictional 1955 ‘mass dragoning’ has plenty of relevance for real world 2022
Book recommendations from readers.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Police end investigation into Anne Heche car crash
Detectives say narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from her.
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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie’s 1988 novel, ‘The Satanic Verses,’ was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.
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Anne Heche remains on life support for organ donation, family says
On the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car embedded inside the home.
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Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns
Some are convinced the city will lose more performances on public land as organizers learn that state law makes it nearly impossible for them to stop people from carrying guns among the crowds.