But federal officials spoke this week of the perils of reopening too quickly and the ongoing challenges facing artists.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Portland singer starts nonprofit to help women of color into tech careers
Janay Woodruff, who performs as JanaeSound, is raising money and awareness for the project through virtual reality performances and a free streaming concert Saturday.
In effort to reopen theaters, New York City launches push to vaccinate stage workers
‘It’s time to raise the curtain and bring Broadway back,’ Mayor Bill de Blasio said
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
Walter played the scheming matriarch Lucille Bluth in TV’s ‘Arrested Development.’
Repairman dies while working on massive sculpture in Denmark
Danish media said it wasn’t the first time a person had died in connection with the artwork, part of the collection of the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art.
Bono, Penélope Cruz among stars in animated series on global vaccine access
The ONE Campaign announces a new 7-episode series called ‘Pandemica,’ which will launch Thursday.
Luna Colt concert planned for March 31
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George Segal, star in ‘Virginia Woolf’ and ‘The Goldbergs,’ dies at 87
Segal was best known as a comic actor, and was one of the screen’s biggest stars in the 1970s.
Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ to debut on Disney+ and in theaters
The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday overhauled its upcoming film release plans, postponing some of its biggest films.
Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker to star in spring plays
Audra McDonald, Kevin Klein, Carla Gugino and Keanu Reeves also have signed on to perform in a new virtual play series while Broadway is closed.