Volunteers spent Friday afternoon installing fiberglass sturgeon along Water Street in Augusta, as part of an art project by the Augusta Downtown Alliance ahead of Saturday’s Sturgeon Stroll Art Walk.
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Late musician Pete Seeger gets his own U.S. postage stamp
The Harvard dropout who died in 2014 at 94, wrote or co-wrote ‘If I Had a Hammer,’ ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ and ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone.’
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‘The Newsroom’ best show of the summer, says J.P. Devine
When we hear the name Aaron Sorkin, we think of the Broadway play that was written by Sorkin called “A Few Good Men.” The movie version, starring Jack Nicholson, followed up by winning four Oscars. Sorkin became one of America’s top writers, a reputation that brought him to television’s “The West Wing,” with Martin Sheen […]
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Stephen King targeted by Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian president
The bizarre video conversation has drawn attention from national news outlets and King critics.
Posted inLocal & State, Religion and Values
Episcopal bishop of Maine attending Anglican conference, but his husband was ‘expressly disinvited’
Bishop Thomas Brown’s spouse, Thomas Mousin, will be allowed to attend worship and the other public events. While he’s saddened by the conference’s decision, Mousin hopes his presence leads to conversations.
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The Adam Ezra Group to make Somerset Abbey debut July 17
For this special online only column, I picked a similar theme and day of performance! Like my chat with Tinsley Ellis, who’s appearing at the NABF on this Sunday the 17th, Adam Ezra and I go ‘way back having conducted many interviews together over his long career which began with his band’s first album in […]
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No charges for ‘Late Show’ crew arrested on Capitol Hill
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office says a conviction couldn’t be sustained because the nine staffers who were arrested last month had been invited and were never asked to leave the building.
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Jonathan Edwards heading to Madison for July 29 show
I have been a fan of this man ever since his self-titled debut album arrived from Capricorn Records back in 1971 (a couple of years after I began my music journalism gig) … there was a freshness and freedom present there that captured my interest at that time and it is still present in his […]
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The Chainsmokers to perform at the edge of space
One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is ‘High’ and they’re hoping to live up to their lyrics.
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Maine International Film Festival in Waterville went ‘so, so tremendously well,’ organizers say
The 25th annual festival, known as MIFF, drew filmmakers from as far as California, Mexico and the United Kingdom and moviegoers from all over the world, according to festival director.