Laurel Dodge’s debut novel, ‘The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell,’ is moving and unfolds in unexpected ways.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
So many reasons to love ninebark
Let us count the ways: It’s gorgeous, productive, easy to prune, and it has an interesting backstory.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Museum pulls wax figure of Sinead O’Connor after complaints it does not compare to the real thing
The National Wax Museum Plus apologized to O’Connor’s family and said it would immediately begin creating a more accurate representation of the singer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Kevin Spacey’s waterfront Baltimore condo sold at auction after foreclosure
The luxury condo on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor sold at auction Thursday morning for $3.24 million, according to the auctioneer’s website.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Video game performers will go on strike over AI concerns
Negotiators say gains have been made over wages and job safety in the video game contract, but that the two sides remain split over the regulation of generative AI.
Posted inMovie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘The Sting’ became a big colorful gambling melodrama, J.P. Devine writes
If you haven’t seen this 50-year-old “Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid” in pin stripe suits and soft fedoras, you’re gonna be surprised and delighted just as your family was 50 years ago.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘The Boys in the Boat’ is old fashioned and lovable. Just love it, writes JP Devine
Here we are to welcome George Clooney’s directorial adventure into history, the little known sport of college rowing, and how America beat the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. That’s a lot to put on screen, and George did it. Based on a best-selling book by Daniel James Brown, with a screenplay by Mark […]
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: David Wax Museum returns to Portland venue Aug. 1
Band supporting new album, presenting eclectic music in duo format.
Posted inMovie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘Shirley’ a powerful force in American politics
It’s sad that we have to reintroduce Shirley Chisholm after all these years, but with the political rise of Vice President Kamala Harris, why wouldn’t we?
Posted inMovie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: Hal Wyler back to old games in ‘The Diplomat’ season 2
You watched the final scenes of season one of Debora Cahn’s “The Diplomat” with eyes open wide and mouth open wide. Cahn left us dangling in our slippers with that one. A bomb went off in London as our favorite diplomat Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) attended a high-level political event in Paris. Her husband was […]