Plus, tickets are on sale for Goth Band on Aug. 30 and Dawes on Nov. 23.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Robert Downey Jr. is returning to ‘Avengers’ films – as a villain
Instead of Iron Man, he’ll play Victor Von Doom, aka Doctor Doom, in at least one of the upcoming movies planned.
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Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Dean Dinning of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Guster On The Ocean is coming to Portland’s Thompson’s Point for three days and two nights of concert performances with such acts as Grace Potter, Trousdale, Toad the Wet Sprocket and, of course, Guster. When I learned that Toad the Wet Sprocket was returning to Maine the excitement caused a call to their management to […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Rockland art center takes on contemporary issues in 2 shows
Donald Moffett offers his view on extinction, while Arnold Kemp addresses Black identity.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Maine island mystique: Why so many books feature these isolated settings
Authors say these often idyllic locales – where there’s nowhere to run or hide – present opportunities for heightened drama, suspense and romance.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Maine Authors
A musician returns – and reconnects – to her Maine hometown after decades
Laurel Dodge’s debut novel, ‘The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell,’ is moving and unfolds in unexpected ways.
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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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.
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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.