The hit Broadway play “To Kill a Mockingbird” is making the unusual step of switching venues for one night.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Television’s ‘Survivor’ dealing with #MeToo-era issues
The new realities of the #MeToo era have dominated the latest season of the long-time television reality contest.
Historic Portland Harbor mural finds a home on Peaks Island
Painted by Claude Montgomery in 1950, the mural now hangs at the island school and will be dedicated Tuesday.
Hallmark’s flip-flop on same-sex ads backfires
Hallmark’s decision to pull, then reinstate an ad featuring a same-sex couple kissing shows how controversy can generate more publicity than simply ignoring it.
‘Jumanji’ ends ‘Frozen 2’ hot streak to claim top spot
The Sony film starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart brings in $60.1 million in the U.S. and Canada.
Anna Karina, icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79
She made seven films with Jean-Luc Godard.
Nativity pageant tradition continues Sunday in Portland
The pageant has been the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church’s Christmas gift to the community since 1926.
Post offices to be named for Marilyn Monroe, Ritchie Valens
President Trump signs resolutions renaming post offices in the Los Angeles area after the late movie actress and rock ’n’ roll legend.
Wilde defends ‘Jewell’ reporter over sex-for-tips claims
The portrayal of late Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs in Clint Eastwood’s “Jewell” has been heavily criticized for perpetuating a false and misogynistic view of Scruggs and female journalists overall.
‘Moonstruck,’ ‘Do the Right Thing’ actor Danny Aiello dead at 86
Aiello started out in small roles in the movies “Bang the Drum Slowly” and “The Godfather, Part II” before his breakout role as the hapless lover dumped by Cher in “Moonstruck.”