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Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’

July 31, 2022July 29, 2022

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Art review: Emotional shows in Portland, Rockland explore African diasporic experience

by Jorge S. Arango July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

Billy Gerard Frank exposes what life was like for a gay teenager in Grenada, while Daniel Minter narrates the appalling story of Maine’s Malaga Island.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

In the eyes of Isle Theater, all the natural world’s their stage

by Eric Russell July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

The company, founded in 2020 by Deer Isle native Marvin Merritt IV and Anna Fitzgerald, is staging its latest site-specific play on a working farm in Penobscot.

Arts & Entertainment

Will Smith apologizes on video for slapping Chris Rock at Oscars

by Jami Ganz July 29, 2022July 29, 2022

In the video Will Smith posted on Friday, Smith also apologized to Chis Rock’s mother.

Arts & Entertainment

Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split ‘Jeopardy!’ host job

by LYNN ELBER July 28, 2022

They have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy.

Arts & Entertainment

Actor Bernard Cribbins, who starred in ‘Carry On,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ dies at 93

by JILL LAWLESS July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

A younger generation knew Cribbins as Wilfred Mott, a companion to David Tennant’s titular Doctor, when ‘Doctor Who’ was revived in the early 21st century.