The Harvard dropout who died in 2014 at 94, wrote or co-wrote ‘If I Had a Hammer,’ ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ and ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone.’
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Stephen King targeted by Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian president
The bizarre video conversation has drawn attention from national news outlets and King critics.
No charges for ‘Late Show’ crew arrested on Capitol Hill
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office says a conviction couldn’t be sustained because the nine staffers who were arrested last month had been invited and were never asked to leave the building.
The Chainsmokers to perform at the edge of space
One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is ‘High’ and they’re hoping to live up to their lyrics.
Maine International Film Festival in Waterville went ‘so, so tremendously well,’ organizers say
The 25th annual festival, known as MIFF, drew filmmakers from as far as California, Mexico and the United Kingdom and moviegoers from all over the world, according to festival director.
Artist Claes Oldenburg, maker of huge urban sculptures, dies
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg has died
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas drive-through
‘Bennifer’ confirmed their marriage Sunday.
‘Thor’ stays No. 1, while ‘Crawdads’ opens strong
“Love and Thunder” led all films with an estimated $46 million, bringing its two-week global total to $498 million.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Hotel Nantucket,’ ‘An Immense World’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Portland DJ spreads his love of K-pop wherever he can
Jon Hawkins is playing the bouncy, feel-good music at parties, weddings and on two Portland-area radio shows.