National award a great story for The Telling Room

Arts & Entertainment

Published
November 12, 2015

National award a great story for The Telling Room

The Portland writing center will be honored at the White House on Tuesday as one of a dozen winners of National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
Published
November 5, 2015

Rolling Stones to tour South America in 2016

The America Latina Ole tour is due to kick off Feb. 3 in Santiago, Chile.
Published
November 5, 2015

Maine Arts Commission calls for more funding, and a fundraising arm, to bolster its work

The group plans to unveil a five-year cultural plan on Thursday.
Published
October 26, 2015

R.I. farmhouse owners suing Warner Bros.

Owners of the house depicted in the 2013 horror film "The Conjuring" say it has created a real-life nightmare for them.
Published
October 21, 2015

It’s time for ‘Back to the Future’ Day

The celebration of the so-called "Back to the Future" Day marks the date — Oct. 21, 2015 — that the characters Marty McFly, Emmett "Doc" Brown and Jennifer Parker famously journeyed from 1985 to 2015.
Published
October 20, 2015

‘Star Wars’ fans clamor for tickets, ask, ‘Where’s Luke?’

Tickets for 'The Force Awakens,' out Dec. 18, went on sale Monday, intermittently crashing websites where they were sold.
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October 14, 2015

Frank Zappa’s widow dies at 70

After his death in 1993, Gail Zappa fought to protect her husband's music and identity.
Published
October 8, 2015

Daniel Craig says he’s had enough of role as Mr. Bond

The 47-year-old is reprising his role as the British spy for the fourth time in the upcoming movie 'Spectre.'
Published
October 8, 2015

Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel literature prize

She has used her journalistic skills to chronicle the great tragedies of the Soviet Union and its collapse.
Published
September 27, 2015

Transgendered people tell their stories in Augusta exhibit

Transgender Maine is showing at The Michael Klahr Center at the University of Maine through Dec. 18.