John Carney, Irish to his toes, has no Marvel heroes, capes or swords, rescued damsels, car chases or shoot-outs in his bag of tricks. His “Flora and Son” is as fresh and bright as newly washed clothes hanging on a line in the sun, with a cast of sparkling actors: Eve Hewson (Flora), Joseph Gordon-Levitt […]
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inKennebec Journal, On this date
Oct. 12, 1882: Area’s onion crop ‘a comparative failure’
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
The Glenn Miller Orchestra director talks about band’s history, music
I was not alive when Big Band music was in its heyday, but I do remember my father listening to his 78s and me trying to look uninterested because there was something almost magical about the way that music would make you feel. At my age back then, the music of our parents was inherently […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Life & Culture, Maine
Gardiner woman hopes country music star will let her spread her mother’s ashes at his Nashville home
Sue Castle is flying south to fulfill her mom’s wish to stay forever close to singer Alan Jackson.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
Book review: ‘Lucky Turtle’ tells a sweeping coming-of-age tale of romance – and heartbreak
A teenage girl, and her older self, narrate Bill Roorbach’s latest novel, which tackles big themes of abuse, racism and love.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: All about foxgloves
Which, by the way, are not poisonous in ordinary garden circumstances. (Maybe that Smartphone isn’t so smart after all.)
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: A multi-tasking reader makes her way through a tall stack
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.