This year’s festival, featuring events from Portland to Presque Isle, has a wider geographic reach than the inaugural event in 2022.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Environmental visions will beckon you off the beaten path
In shows running into the fall, galleries in Searsport and Deer Isle offer a wealth of variety.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Fall is a good time to plant
Thrift is among the reasons, as nurseries typically drop their prices at this time of year. Also, trees and shrubs you plant now will be ahead of the game next spring.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it
The bear was the first one seen in the country since 2016.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine preservation group lists Fayette’s Starling Hall among most endangered places
Starling Hall is the oldest building in Maine to have been built as a Grange Hall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine humorist Tim Sample is stepping off the stage
Sample, 73, is retiring from performing live after 50 years so he can spend more time on his art, a passion he’s pursued all his life. His last Maine show is scheduled for June in Boothbay Harbor.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Happy 50th ‘SNL!’ Here’s a look back at the show’s very first cast
The iconic NBC sketch comedy show premiered on Oct. 11, 1975.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World, News
MrBeast, Amazon sued by competitors from reality show over alleged ‘unsafe’ conditions
The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube’s most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted meal breaks and rest time for competitors.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Monica Wood takes ‘How to Read a Book’ on a tour of small-town Maine
After a delay in the novel’s release, the Portland author was looking for a way to reinvigorate her excitement about it. She’s been finding it in little libraries throughout the state.
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JD Souther, who penned ‘Heartache Tonight’ and other Eagles hits, dies at 78
The prolific songwriter and musician was ‘a principal architect of the Southern California sound and a major influence on a generation of songwriters.’