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Fire hits vacant Grossinger’s resort, cited as inspiration for ‘Dirty Dancing’
In its heyday after World War II, the Catskills resort drew hundreds of thousands of vacationers a year, and featured a 27-hole golf course and a 1,500-seat dining room.
Musician Scott Kirby to take stage at One Longfellow Square in Portland Aug. 25
By now, most of you folks reading this column are aware that I really enjoy talking with people for the first time (it usually leads to more conversations down the road, too) and so it should be no surprise when I say that my recent chat with singer/songwriter/guitarist Scott Kirby was a total delight. He’s […]
Anne Heche’s death ruled accidental after fiery car crash
The coroner’s office says actor Anne Heche died from burns and inhalation injury.
Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived
Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, according to his agent, in the attack.
Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites
The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim community
‘The Last Movie Stars’ about Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
It’s long, this tortuous, winding road down the history of the family Newman, six long hours to be precise. Each segment runs about an hour each. That’s a long sit when all you’re learning about is secrets behind the glossy, turbulent love life of two very blonde, very blue-eyed movie stars, Paul Newman and […]
Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
His breakthrough feature about life aboard a German U-boat was hailed as an anti-war masterpiece and nominated for six Oscars.
Rock icon Melissa Etheridge announces solo off-Broadway show
The 12-show run will feature songs and stories from her childhood and career.
See famous paintings by Maine masters at these state parks
The program, running through October, is a collaboration among the Portland Museum of Art, Maine’s Bureau of Parks and Lands, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and Freeport retailer L.L. Bean.