The Maine Attorney General’s Office also took part in negotiating the agreement, which signals a new legal front in litigation of the rights to the artist’s work and control of his legacy.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Children’s museum receives $500,000 gift, stays course for spring opening
The donation from Peter and Paula Lunder leaves less than $1 million of the $14 million needed to build the 30,000-square-foot Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine on Thompson’s Point in Portland.
Ellen DeGeneres makes on-air apology, vows a ‘new chapter’
A news report published in July had claims from 36 ex-staffers who complained about or said they witnessed improper treatment.
A theater sprouts in a field in central Maine
South Road Farm in Fayette will host “Anne of Green Gables, Part 1,’ on Saturday
A juried exhibition returns to Portland Museum of Art
The show, which the museum insists is not a return to the biennial, is intended to explore the turmoil of our times.
‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps comedy categories at Emmy Awards
The event – a mix of virtual and live – gets political with repeated calls to vote.
Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ wins TIFF People’s Choice Award
The film features Frances McDormand as a widowed wanderer of the modern American West.
Outlook not improving for beleaguered U.S. movie theaters
They haven’t gotten the infusion of business they were hoping for.
Waterville Opera House singers entertain virtual audience
The opera house is tapping into local talent and streaming new virtual performances every Friday.
Scene & Heard: Safe and sound
Opera Maine’s Garden Serenade reunites opera lovers in small social(ly distant) circles.