The Boneheads plan to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, at 86 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. The Opera House will kick off its 2024 season with the Midcoast quartet. The band formed in the early ’90s, is Bob Colwell, Steve Jones, Scott Elliot and […]
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‘Wonka’ is No. 1 at the box office again as 2024 gets off to a slower start
2024 is getting off to a slower start than last year, down around 16%.
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In a former Norway snowshoe factory, an arts hub is taking shape
A nonprofit is working to transform the large building into a multi-use space called Lights Out Gallery.
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Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘The Waters’ is pure magic
The author’s first novel in a dozen years (her last was “Once Upon a River”) sprinkles pixie dust on a world of resilient women and hardscrabble farmers.
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‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to ‘fished out.’
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Community hopes opera house will take center stage in Norway once again
The Norway Opera House has been quiet for some 40 years, but more than $1.7 million in federal money is earmarked for its renovation and revival.
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Stars converge in Palm Springs to celebrate year’s best films, Emma Stone’s career
Stone, who snagged a Golden Globe’s Best Actress nomination for her performance in ‘Poor Things,’ accepted the career achievement award, presented by her co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe.
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‘Speed Racer’ actor Christian Oliver and his 2 daughters died in plane crash, police say
The crash occurred Thursday just west of Petit Nevis island near Bequia as the plane headed for nearby St. Lucia, police said in a statement.
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David Soul, actor who portrayed the blond half of TV’s ‘Starsky and Hutch,’ dies at 80
Soul portrayed detective Ken ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson alongside dark-haired Paul Michael Glaser as detective David Starsky in ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1979.
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Alice Hoffman’s new book will imagine Anne Frank’s life before she kept a diary
With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic.