LOS ANGELES — James Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy” winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings’ record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight game with an additional $130,222 in winnings, the second highest single-day sum ever recorded on the show. The professional sports gambler […]
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bowdoin College art museum marks 125 years with a ‘portrait of our moment’
A new exhibition focuses on the museum’s growing collection of contemporary art.
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Ogunquit Playhouse grant will bring seniors to shows, and out of isolation
The Tramuto Foundation is giving the playhouse a $300,000 grant to combat social isolation.
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State ballad proposal passes votes in House, Senate
‘The Ballad of the 20th Maine’ by Portland band The Ghost of Paul Revere still needs another round of approvals to become the official state ballad.
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Federal grants will fund bus shelter art, craft workshop for LBGTQ youth
Communities across Maine will send 70 of their kids to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle for the program Sept. 13-15.
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Taylor Mac’s history of pop music will open Portland Ovations’ season
The lineup was announced at Merrill Auditorium on Wednesday.
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Three handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin’s Detroit-area home
One was discovered stashed under the cushions in her living room.
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Alabama Public Television won’t run ‘Arthur’ gay-wedding episode
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Public Television has chosen not to air an episode of the PBS children’s show “Arthur” because it included a same-sex wedding. The episode “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” aired nationally on May 13, showing Arthur attending the wedding of his teacher and partner. APT showed a re-run instead. AL.com reports […]
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Author: ‘Game of Thrones’ finale was ending, also beginning
What’s next for “Game of Thrones?”
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Kurt Vonnegut museum raises $1.5 million for new Indianapolis home
INDIANAPOLIS — The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library in Indianapolis has reached its goal of raising $1.5 million to acquire and begin renovations on a building to serve as its permanent home. The museum announced Wednesday that it met a deadline for the fundraising effort. The museum’s founder and CEO, Julia Whitehead, told The Indianapolis […]