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Arts & Entertainment

Pat Carroll, comedic television mainstay and voice of Ursula, dies at 95

by LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press July 31, 2022July 31, 2022

She won an Emmy for her work on the sketch comedy series “Caesar’s Hour” in 1956.

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89

by LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press July 31, 2022August 1, 2022

Nichols broke ground for Black women acting on television as Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original TV series.

Food & Dining, Maine Gardener

Maine Gardener: The thing about gardening? There are always surprises

by Tom Atwell July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

This week it was the berries on the potato plants. You read that right: potato berries.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors

Book review: ‘Portraits of Racial Justice’ captures community of fighters, in paintings and words

by David Canarie, Jr. July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

Robert Shetterly adds context and quotations to turn his art project into a book.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Best-Sellers: ‘Horse,’ ‘An Immense World’

July 31, 2022July 29, 2022

The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.

Arts & Entertainment

Art review: Emotional shows in Portland, Rockland explore African diasporic experience

by Jorge S. Arango July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

Billy Gerard Frank exposes what life was like for a gay teenager in Grenada, while Daniel Minter narrates the appalling story of Maine’s Malaga Island.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

In the eyes of Isle Theater, all the natural world’s their stage

by Eric Russell July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

The company, founded in 2020 by Deer Isle native Marvin Merritt IV and Anna Fitzgerald, is staging its latest site-specific play on a working farm in Penobscot.