Letters To Cleo started out as a Boston-based band in 1990, released three albums and then broke up 10 years later. I reviewed their album, “GO!,” which came out in 1997 and was mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, when the quintet was heading up to Portland for a show to promote […]
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, rep says
Takeoff — whose name was Kirsnick Khari Ball — was part of the Grammy-nominated rap trio Migos, along with Quavo and Offset.
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‘Black Adam’ takes top spot at box office again
‘Black Adam,’ the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC superhero film, kept its hold on the No. 1 spot at the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters.
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‘Hopeful’ became a sign of the times. Now, artist Charlie Hewitt is focused on the future.
The Lewiston-born, Portland-based artist, at age 76, is taking new risks thanks to the ubiquity of his lighted neon sculpture.
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Book review: In small town Maine, a lobsterman has big ambitions and few scruples
Echoes of ‘The Great Gatsby’ resound in ‘The Midcoast,’ Adam White’s debut novel.
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Green Plate Special: A new app helps prevent waste at small local food businesses
Meanwhile, app users score some terrific food at bargain prices.
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Maine Gardener: Drought, bad. Long-lasting, gorgeous blossoms, good
Columnist Tom Atwell wraps up another season in the garden.
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Bedside table: A happy-making book
Book recommendations from readers.
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Jennifer Finney Boylan’s new novel with Jodi Picoult is literally a dream come true
The Maine-based writer and LGBTQ activist had never met Picoult before they decided to co-write ‘Mad Honey,’ a murder mystery novel that went on sale Oct. 4.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87
The last survivor of a generation of groundbreaking performers that included Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.