Danny Baker was fired from his weekly show after tweeting a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Darlingside plans Chocolate Church concert
Darlingside will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Chocolate Church Arts Center at 804 Washington St., Bath. The is a Boston based indie folk band features four distinct writer’s voices who collaboratively construct lyrically erudite originals with what some call a ‘retro’ aesthetic, oft compared to Simon & Garfunkel or Crosby, […]
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Ireland exhibit on view at Huiskamer Coffee House
Painter Roger Ireland recently announced that his most recent work was chosen for a solo art exhibition set for 6-8 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Huiskamer Coffee House, 216 Water St., in Augusta. Ireland is a local painter who is known for his vivid abstract paintings. Ireland’s work focuses on exaggerating shape and form with […]
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Extremist images slipping into Facebook’s auto-generated celebration videos
Extremist content slips through Facebook’s web, sometimes straight into videos the company auto-generates to celebrate users’ birthdays and other milestones
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Tolkien’
A beautiful and proper very British biography, J.P. Devine writes.
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New abstract mural adds a dash of color to Portland’s historic Old Port
Will Sears’ mural overlooking Tommy’s Park is replacing a popular 1985 trompe l’oeil painting that depicted elements of an old post office and City Hall.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Rise, Decline and Renewal’ and ‘Steamed Open’
Douglas Rooks offers a fascinating up-and-down history of the Maine Democratic Party and Barbara Ross releases the seventh volume in her ‘Maine Clambake Series’
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Lucky Clark On Music: Slaid Cleaves
Maine native Slaid Cleaves returns May 11-12 to Johnson Hall in Gardiner.
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Vignola Cinque Terre in Portland closing, and building is under contract
Vignola Cinque Terre will close permanently at the end of dinner service Sunday. Joshua Miranda, owner of Blyth & Burrows, plans to open a new restaurant there in the fall.
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Denny Breau to perform Concert for a Cause
The Denny Breau Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. This will be the sixth concert of the 2018-19 Concerts for a Cause series that raises money for local charities. This season’s beneficiaries are The Gathering Place and the Brunswick Teen Center. […]