Metallica’s members were rocked by the way “Stranger Things” incorporated one of their heavy metal hits. The band said it was “beyond psyched” that the Netflix supernatural series featured the 1986 song “Master of Puppets” during a key moment for Joseph Quinn’s character, Eddie, in the Season 4 finale. “We were all stoked to see […]
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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U.K. climate protesters glue themselves to gallery paintings
On Tuesday they targeted a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.
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‘Minions’ sets box office on fire with $108.5 million debut
The voice cast features Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Michelle Yeoh and Julie Andrews.
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Art review: Duncan Hewitt’s sculptures worth contemplating, whatever they are
The Portland-area artist has a solo show at Buoy in Kittery.
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Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘This Will Not Pass’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books and More in South Portland.
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Book review: In fictional ‘Oslo, Maine,’ a musical couple from away collides with the locals
Unfortunately, neither the characters nor the town are believably drawn.
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Bedside table: Writer Anthony Doerr does it again
Book recommendations from readers.
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Deep Water: ‘Declaration,’ by Sandy Stott
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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Canadian rocker Randy Bachman reunited with guitar stolen 45 years ago
The Gretsch guitar on which he wrote ‘American Woman’ and other hits was handed to him by a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history.
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Germany begins to return Benin Bronzes taken from Africa 120 years ago
The artifacts, many dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, were mostly looted and ended up spread far and wide.