A spring show at the Met features Homer’s works that are centered along the Gulf Stream include themes of race relations in the post-Civil War era.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bedside table: We intend to steal this wise tip
Book recommendations from readers.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Art review: Indigo Arts residents put on community-minded multimedia exhibition
Work by the three artists is on display at Maine College of Art & Design’s Institute of Contemporary Art.
Deep Water: ‘New Foal,’ by Alice Persons
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
5 lessons from Obama’s national parks show on Netflix
“Our Great National Parks” shows, among other lessons, that nature can bounce back if given a chance.
Green Plate Special: Improving soil on farms also improves health of environment
And preliminary data says it’ll improve your own health, too.
Maine Gardener: Garden plans: This year, it’s all about the flowers
Our columnist hopes for a little peace, quiet and calm – and a lot of cut flowers.
Egg-decorating tradition takes on deeper meaning for Maine artist with Ukrainian roots
For Lesia Sochor of Brooks, preserving the spring ritual of creating pysanky seems even more vital.
Harry and Meghan ride in miniature Land Rovers
The prince founded the Invictus Games to aid the rehabilitation of injured or sick military service members and veterans.