Arts organizations across the state are laying out a pre-pandemic level of programming this season and hoping there’s an appetite for it.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Here’s what’s coming to Maine theaters this summer
World-premiere musicals, classical plays and something for the kids are all on the season’s schedule.
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‘Chrisley Knows Best’ stars to stand trial in Atlanta
A federal trial for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to get underway Monday in Atlanta
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Academy Awards set 2023 Oscars for March 12
Next year’s Academy Awards will take place March 12, 2 weeks earlier than this year’s Oscars.
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Nonprofit board fires DaPonte String Quartet musicians, changes mission
The group that has managed the ensemble for decades told the quartet’s members this week that they would no longer be paid as salaried musicians.
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Star of ‘The Bear Whisperer’ accused of illegal bear kill
Harvey Neil Anthony of Maine killed a black bear in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park, prosecutors allege.
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Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases
Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.
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Jen Psaki, known for professionalism, ending tenure as a top White House messenger
Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Biden has been in office.
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Director Wim Wenders making a film about fancy public restrooms in Japan
The hero of the renowned German director’s movie will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people.
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Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ sells for $195 million, most ever for U.S. artist
The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was created by Andy Warhol in 1964.