Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford (one of three who will be in attendance) hosts a party at his home in East Boothbay for the group’s 40th anniversary.
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Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub dies at 77
Weintraub worked with stars including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, and was a close friend of former President George H.W. Bush.
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John Calvin Stevens’ paintings at University of New England
The architect who shaped Portland was an impressive painter, too.
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Bates Dance festival features new work about the AIDS crisis
Choreographer Sean Dorsey hopes ‘The Missing Generation’ helps people remember.
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Book review: ‘Project Puffin’ explores complicated return of Maine coastal icon
The memoir recounts the impressive restoration of a colony on Eastern Egg Rock and the conservation questions it raised.
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Outdoor readings, discussions will celebrate Harper Lee’s new book
The July 14 event will be held in Portland’s Congress Square.
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Melissa Rivers keeps it lighthearted in book about her mother
‘The Book of Joan’ is an amusing memoir, free of grief and anger.
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Netflix acquires rights to Brad Pitt comedy ‘War Machine’
The movie, based on a book about Gen. Stanley McChrystal, gives the streaming service added star power.
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Portland native Will Holt, lyricist, performer who wrote ‘Lemon Tree,’ dies at 86
He grew up on Deering Street in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood and his musical abilities were recognized at a young age.
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MPBN fixes transmission problem that knocked Portland radio station off air
The three-day shutdown highlights the public broadcasting network’s battle to maintain and replace aging equipment.