The documentary portrays Alexei Navalny’s career of fighting official corruption, his near-fatal poisoning with a nerve agent in 2020, his 5-month recuperation in Germany and his 2021 return to Moscow, where he was immediately arrested at the airport.
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Steve Martin and Martin Short coming to Merrill in November
Tickets go on sale Friday morning.
‘Everything’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars
The movie’s eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family blended science fiction and alternate realities in the story of an ordinary woman and laundromat owner.
Book review: In ‘Sugaring Off,’ a traumatized teen finds strength in family and the woods
Maine author Gillian French set the young adult novel in New Hampshire.
Recycled bourbon barrels are adding value, and savor, to the maple syrup industry
The barrels get re-used. The maple syrup gets gorgeously flavored. Win-win.
What impact will this winter’s waffling weather have on your garden this summer?
The answer has to do in part with how well you readied the garden last fall.
$3 million in federal funds will help preserve Maine Irish Heritage Center’s history
The center inside the old St. Dominic’s church building in Portland’s West End, a key piece of the area’s rich Irish identity, will get long-needed updates to the roof and brickwork.
In a first since 1961, the Oscars carpet will not be red
It also be will be covered, to protect the stars and cameras from the weather and to help turn the arrivals into an evening event.
Maine native up for visual effects Oscar
Eric Saindon, who grew up in Gorham, has been nominated twice before. This year, he’s nominated for his work on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water.’
Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife’s killing, dies at 89
Blake, star of the 1970s TV show, ‘Baretta,’ had once hoped for a comeback, but never recovered from the ordeal.