Lucas Richman, the music director of the Bangor Symphony, will make his first guest-conducting appearance in Portland in the fall.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Kim Kardashian West pursues criminal justice reform
She says if she can pass the ‘baby bar,’ then she plans to take the California bar exam in the next several years.
Creative kid from Cape Elizabeth now on the rise as pop singer Role Model
Tucker Pillsbury released a six-song EP on Interscope Records in November, then headlined a U.S. tour.
Maine artists are taking their legacies into their own hands
The state has more private artists’ foundations per capita than any other, an enduring trend among creative residents to shape their endowments and the ways in which their work survives.
Old Orchard Beach bartender wins $21,601, wears ‘Jeopardy!’ crown
Dennis Coffey won his first match on the quiz show by being the only contestant to correctly answer a question about the Russian royal family.
Harvey Weinstein jury seated, includes 6 white men
The prosecution made pointed complaints over the lack of white women chosen to judge the accused sexual predator.
Lawsuit alleges Ariana Grande hit ‘7 RINGS’ was plagiarized from unknown songwriter
The lawsuit alleges the 2019 song swiped the beat, lyrics, hook, rhythmic structure and narrative context from hip-hop artist Josh Stone’s work “You Need It, I Got It.”
Painting found in Italian gallery’s walls verified as Klimt
The Austrian artist painted ‘Portrait of a Lady’ in 1916-17, and its disappearance had been one of the art world’s biggest mysteries.
Edgar Allan Poe house in Baltimore named literary landmark
The American author and master of gothic horror lived in the house as an adult from 1833 to 1835.
Free e-book includes excerpts from new Veronica Roth novel
It also features essays by comedian Mike Birbiglia and a memoir about Philip Roth.