Brian Morton imbues his memoir with a wry, pained tenderness.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Art review: Check out these two smaller venues’ new digs and new shows
Ocean House Gallery & Frame has moved to South Portland, and Mayo Street Arts has reopened after renovations.
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15-2, 15-4: Suddenly we’re all playing cribbage
Many people passed the time during the pandemic shutdowns and mask mandates by taking up or rediscovering cribbage, a card and board game that’s been around since the 1600s.
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Ogunquit Museum opening up its view and its doors wider this season
The seasonal art museum will soon complete a renovation that showcases the property’s ocean view, but director Amanda Lahikainen, hired during the pandemic, has bigger ambitions, too.
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Bedside table: Real-life COVID events make this novel gripping reading
Book recommendations from readers.
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In the new Wakanda cookbook, Black Panther food lore comes to life
The author created a story-within-a-story for a cookbook set in the fictional nation.
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Society Notebook: Indigo Arts Alliance celebrates creative and cultural connections
The party at One Longfellow Square served as a fundraiser for the nonprofit’s residency program for artists of color from around the world.
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‘Golden Girls’ shows little age at inaugural fan convention
More than 2,000 people are expected to converge at Golden-Con: Thank You For Being a Fan, which lasts through Sunday.
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Johnny Depp’s libel trial turns into a spectacle
Amber Heard wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in which she referred to herself as a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse.’
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Rio’s Carnival parades return after long pandemic hiatus
More than 663,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Brazil, the second highest of any country in the world.