After “Renaissance” debuted late Thursday night, several disability advocates condemned “Heated” for its offensive language on social media.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Rapper Mystikal again accused of rape; held without bond
Michael “Mystikal” Tyler was arrested on charges including rape and domestic abuse battery, authorities said.
Stephen King is star witness as government tries to block publishing giants’ merger
The Justice Department argues that the merger would shrink competition and, inevitably, the vital public discourse that books help engender.
‘An Evening at Dave’s Sauna’ tells the mostly true story of an Oxford County legend
The musical, playing Friday and Saturday at Deertrees in Harrison, focuses on Dave Graiver and his eponymous establishment in South Paris.
‘DC League of Super-Pets’ takes No. 1 with $23 million
It’s enough to knock Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ into second place.
Pat Carroll, comedic television mainstay and voice of Ursula, dies at 95
She won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1956.
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89
Nichols broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original TV series.
Book review: ‘Portraits of Racial Justice’ captures community of fighters, in paintings and words
Robert Shetterly adds context and quotations to turn his art project into a book.
Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Art review: Emotional shows in Portland, Rockland explore African diasporic experience
Billy Gerard Frank exposes what life was like for a gay teenager in Grenada, while Daniel Minter narrates the appalling story of Maine’s Malaga Island.