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Why plant American chestnut seedlings that are almost certainly doomed?

by Tom Atwell July 14, 2024July 12, 2024

The answer lies in genetics and a dogged quest for immunity from blight.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine

How Jeremy Frey changed the way the art world sees Wabanaki basketmaking

by Megan Gray July 14, 2024July 16, 2024

The Maine artist’s solo show at the Portland Museum of Art – the first of its kind – represents a new perception of the art form.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

by CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press July 13, 2024July 13, 2024

The paintings prompted international headlines when the gallery re-hung them in a women’s restroom to sidestep a legal ruling that said men could not be barred from viewing them.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies

by MARK KENNEDY Associated Press July 13, 2024July 13, 2024

Her extensive knowledge and training, coupled with her humorous, nonjudgmental manner, catapulted her into the national spotlight.

Arts & Entertainment, Election 2024, Nation & World, News

Late-night comics have long been relentless in skewering Donald Trump. Now it’s Joe Biden’s turn

by DAVID BAUDER Associated Press July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Late-night comics may not have the television audience that they used to, but they arguably still have a disproportionate influence in the public discourse, Syracuse’s Robert Thompson, a scholar of TV and its history, says.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News

Alec Baldwin weeps in court as judge announces involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed midtrial

by MORGAN LEE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

The judge dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film ‘Rust.’

J.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine

MIFF Movie Review: ‘Daliland’ is about Dali’s journey down spiraling madness, J.P. Devine writes

July 12, 2024July 13, 2024

Once you’re drawn into viewing Harron’s cinematic kaleidoscopic world of “Daliland,” allow yourself to be transported into the work of one of the film world’s most gifted actors, and that’s really why you’re here, J.P. Devine writes.