Joachim Homann has been at Bowdoin since 2010.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
‘The Flick’ an impressive end to Portland theater group’s season
The play about three movie theater employees provides a potent mix of comedy and drama.
Russians criticize heavily edited version of ‘Rocketman’
Gay rights activists and cultural figures complain a distributor cut scenes depicting homosexual activity and drug use.
Bluegrass musician turns Maine life and times into lyrics
Stan Keach, who was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame in May, has written some 30 songs about everything from Bean boots to the North Pond Hermit.
‘Rocketman’ goes beyond the music to tell Elton John’s full story
The movie covers the pop superstar’s stardom, substance abuse and sexuality in a time when being gay could have torpedoed his career.
Maine poet Wesley McNair takes us on ‘The Rhubarb Route’
Naturally, a man famous for conveying the everyday lives of northern New Englanders takes rhubarb as his subject.
Leon Redbone, acclaimed 1970s singer and guitarist, dies at 69
He performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-style songs, and often dressed in a white suit with a string tie, sunglasses and Panama hat.
‘Pet Sematary’ star Leo the cat dies a month after film’s release
Leo was one of 4 Maine Coon cats to play the central cat character, Church, in the recent remake.
Actor Ashton Kutcher testifies about knocking on slain woman’s door
His testimony came in the murder trial of a man charged with killing 2 women.
Promoter and Westbrook officials pledge to tone down concert noise
The city said 237 people called to complain about the noise during Sunday night’s concert by Anderson .Paak.