The festival will feature the ‘best of the best’ past performances and combine them with a visual narrative of Maine art.
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J.P. Devine MIFF Review: ‘Heroic Losers’
It is a foreign film where one forgets the subtitles and begins understanding the players, J.P. Devine writes.
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Illinois museum: ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ car with Confederate flag to stay
The Volo Auto Museum’s director says people ‘aren’t offended by it whatsoever.’
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Maine Gardener: True compost is hard to create, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try
How to put your table scraps, leaves and grass clippings to use.
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U.K. judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony
Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed to stop the American actor’s ex-wife from attending his libel trial against a British tabloid newspaper until she is called to give evidence.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘My Spy’
The film has an outrageously corny plot, a magic soup with winning ingredients, J.P. Devine writes.
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State pulls plug on music festival at Brunswick campground
Promoters hoped to win state approval for Summer Jam Camp Out 2020 by promising to spread people out among campsites to minimize large gatherings. The state rejected that idea.
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Oscar-winning composer Johnny Mandel, known for ‘M.A.S.H.’ theme, dies at 94
Mandel’s varied career included work with Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett – and even the soundtrack for ‘Caddyshack.’
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Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82
The ‘Bless Me, Ultima’ novelist, who influenced a generation of Latino writers, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2016.
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Eight Maine arts organizations each to receive a $50,000 coronavirus aid grant
The National Endowment for the Arts announced that 855 nonprofit arts organizations nationwide will receive a total of $45 million through the CARES Act.