Previous inductees include Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Spike Lee, Ray Charles and Sidney Poitier.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Yarmouth photographer mines the human condition in his explorations of the coal industry
Dennis Welsh traveled to West Virginia in 2019 to discover common ground with his portrayals of workers in the mining community.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News
Portland woman is newest ‘Jeopardy!’ champion
Susan McMillan, a professional Arabic translator and former newspaper reporter, made her debut on the popular quiz show on Friday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
McMurtry, the author of many novels including the Pulitzer Prize winning epic ‘Lonesome Dove,’ was also writer of screenplays and a bookstore owner.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Opera Maine plans in-person performances, a hopeful sign for the arts
But federal officials spoke this week of the perils of reopening too quickly and the ongoing challenges facing artists.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News, Schools and Education
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
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
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Arrested Development’ actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
Walter played the scheming matriarch Lucille Bluth in TV’s ‘Arrested Development.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
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.