The Maine Academy of Modern Music hosted its 5th annual music festival in the Old Port, showcasing the talents of kids as young as 8 years old.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Portland cartoonist’s ‘Big Nate’ comic strip ends its daily run on Saturday
Lincoln Peirce is ending the daily ‘Big Nate’ cartoons, but the Sunday strips will continue to run.
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19 live music concerts in Maine worth traveling for this summer
Huge acts including Barry Manilow, Billy Idol and Indigo Girls are performing all over the state.
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Maine author adapting his novel set in Waterville for Netflix
Ron Currie is adapting his 2025 novel ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ for Netflix. A prequel, ‘We Will See You Bleed,’ will be released July 7.
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These Maine authors’ novels are being developed by Netflix, Amazon and Paramount
An update on books by Tess Gerritsen, Travis Kennedy, Adam White and Ron Currie that were being developed for TV or film in the last few years.
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Grammy winner Shawn Colvin talks New England and why Maine’s in her top 5 places to play
The singer-songwriter will play in Brownfield and Gardiner.
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Theater at Monmouth cancels summer season
The Shakespearean theater cites financial struggles in canceling the season’s shows at the town-owned Cumston Hall.
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Maine movies this week play havoc with your emotions
From feel-good to bleak, there are movie showings to hit all the feels.
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What does it takes to install an art exhibition at Colby’s museum?
Inside ‘Alex Katz | Out of Sight: A Drawing Survey’ and the work that went into creating it.
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Maine author’s crime-solving game warden is still on the job
‘Storm Tide,’ the 16th Mike Bowditch mystery novel by Paul Doiron, goes on sale June 30.