The farmers at Roaring Lion Farm are raising Meishan heritage pigs.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Last year, Mainers looked to their libraries for answers and escapism
Lists of the most-borrowed books of 2021 include tales of struggle, hope and humor, as well as local authors.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Maine Gardener: Hey gardeners, wondering how to occupy your time this winter?
We’ve got some projects for you. Get ready to organize, repair, and build a bin or trellis.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Jewish leaders, backers defiant a week after hostage siege
Rabbis, public officials and others made statements of defiance against antisemitism at Sabbath services a week after last weekend’s hostage siege at a Texas synagogue.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, New England
Orchestra fighting stigma of mental illness marks 10 years
The classical music organization will celebrate with a free performance in Boston on Sunday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘SNL’ comics Jost, Davidson buy Staten Island Ferry boat
They plan to turn the 2,109-ton decommissioned ferry into a nightclub.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Emmy-winning comedian Louie Anderson dies at 68
Anderson died of complications from cancer at a hospital in Las Vegas.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74
After a slow start and mixed reviews, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ became one of the top-selling albums in history, with worldwide sales of more than 40 million copies.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Uncategorized
German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies at 93
Kruger appeared in a string of English-language adventure and war movies, including ‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975), ‘A Bridge too Far’ (1977) and ‘The Wild Geese’ (1978).
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]