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.
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.
Taylor Mac’s history of pop music will open Portland Ovations’ season
The lineup was announced at Merrill Auditorium on Wednesday.
Three handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin’s Detroit-area home
One was discovered stashed under the cushions in her living room.
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 […]
Author: ‘Game of Thrones’ finale was ending, also beginning
What’s next for “Game of Thrones?”
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 […]
For ‘Hot Zone,’ Margulies confronts claustrophobia and Ebola
But she hopes the true-life tale of Ebola’s arrival in the U.S. drives home the importance of science, research.
Eurovision scolds Madonna for flag display
Two of her dancers flash Israeli and Palestinian, which defies contest rules.