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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Lewiston’s ‘Singing Soldier’ gets golden advance on ‘America’s Got Talent’
Isaac Atkins, a Lewiston native on active duty in Hawaii, heads to Round 2 and a live performance in California in August.
6 Maine events include Portland Pride Parade, Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’
Attend the Saco Arts Festival and catch a Beach Boys tribute in Lewiston.
15 Maine summer festivals worth your plans
A busy, fun summer includes food, music and other types of festivals all over the state.
Portland music fans fill Old Port for Resurgam Festival
The Maine Academy of Modern Music hosted its 5th annual music festival in the Old Port, showcasing the talents of kids as young as 8 years old.
Portland cartoonist’s ‘Big Nate’ comic strip ends its daily run on Saturday
Lincoln Peirce is ending the daily ‘Big Nate’ cartoons, but the Sunday strips will continue to run.
19 live music concerts in Maine worth traveling for this summer
Huge acts including Barry Manilow, Billy Idol and Indigo Girls are performing all over the state.
Maine author adapting his novel set in Waterville for Netflix
Ron Currie is adapting his 2025 novel ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ for Netflix. A prequel, ‘We Will See You Bleed,’ will be released July 7.
These Maine authors’ novels are being developed by Netflix, Amazon and Paramount
An update on books by Tess Gerritsen, Travis Kennedy, Adam White and Ron Currie that were being developed for TV or film in the last few years.
Grammy winner Shawn Colvin talks New England and why Maine’s in her top 5 places to play
The singer-songwriter will play in Brownfield and Gardiner.