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Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe draws millions to Mexico City shrine

by MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ December 10, 2022December 10, 2022

Last year, even with some COVID restrictions still in place, attendance for the December celebrations rose to at least 3.5 million.

Ukrainian youth choir defies war with messages of freedom

by JAMES BROOKS December 10, 2022December 10, 2022

An international tour also takes them to New York’s famed Carnegie Hall.

Arts & Entertainment

R. Kelly, disgraced R&B singer in prison for sexual trafficking, releases new album

by August Brown December 9, 2022December 9, 2022

The disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

Arts & Entertainment, Things to Do

Pick your favorite Maine song from 2022

by Aimsel Ponti December 9, 2022December 19, 2022

Listen to our playlist and choose.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

Inclusive or insensitive? A mural commissioned for Brunswick mill sparks debate

by Gillian Graham December 9, 2022December 8, 2022

Supporters say ‘Many Stitches Hold Up the Sky’ was intended to depict the town’s increasing diversity. Critics say it missed the mark.

J.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do

‘Curtiz’ reminds reviewer that watching the making of anything is usually boring

December 9, 2022December 7, 2021

In Netflix’s black and white Hungarian film “Curtiz” we are introduced to one of Hollywood’s most notorious film makers of the past- Micheal Curtiz (played here by Ferenc Lengyel). Curtiz was a Hungarian refugee who acted and directed myriad films in his native country after WWI, and then fled Europe in 1926 to come to […]

Arts & Entertainment, Business

Microsoft strikes 10-year deal with Nintendo on Call of Duty

by Allison Busemeyer December 7, 2022December 8, 2022

That depends on whether its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard goes through.

J.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

Perfectly cast group returns in ‘Slow Horses’

by Tedda Henry December 7, 2022

In a time of sex, gore, vampires and endless Jeopardy winners, the masterful “Slow Horses” is more than welcome back. This British contemporary spy thriller, based on the 11th book in the “Lamb” series by writer Mick Herron, (whose background is currently being featured in the Dec. 5 issue of New Yorker Magazine) is back […]