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Face the Music: Have you heard? Some major acts are headed to Maine this summer

by Aimsel Ponti February 12, 2024February 13, 2024

It’s time to mark your calendars and buy some tickets.

Arts & Entertainment

The art of love: 6 works that embody deep affection are on display at Maine museums

by Megan Gray February 11, 2024February 15, 2024

The state’s major art institutions each chose a piece they felt represented the heartfelt sentiment associated with Valentine’s Day.

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World, Sports

Here’s what you can expect from Super Bowl commercials this Sunday

by MAE ANDERSON and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Advertisers will be pulling out all the stops on Super Bowl Sunday – enlisting the biggest actors, investing in the most dazzling special effects and going for laughs as they seek to win over viewers.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Prince Harry settles tabloid phone hacking claim, says ‘mission’ to tame U.K. media continues

by JILL LAWLESS Associated Press February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Harry’s attorney said at a court hearing that Mirror Group Newspapers had agreed to pay all of the prince’s legal costs, plus ‘substantial’ damages.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Schools and Education

Maine museums to create ‘visual dictionary’ of Wabanaki basketry

by Megan Gray February 9, 2024February 15, 2024

The Penobscot Nation Museum and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine Orono received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project.

Arts & Entertainment

Defense requests mistrial in Jam Master Jay murder case; judge says no

by JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

U.S. District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ultimately denied the mistrial, partly because the witness had made similar prior statements that could have been broached to jurors anyway.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Actor Gina Carano sues Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from ‘The Mandalorian’

by The Associated Press February 7, 2024February 8, 2024

The lawsuit, filed with help from X, formerly Twitter, alleges her wrongful termination from the Disney+ streaming series after two seasons over a post likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.