On the strength of a Whitney Houston song, Gagnon inches one step closer to making the top 10.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Oregon lodge famously featured in ‘The Shining’ will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations
Embers from the lodge’s large stone fireplace apparently ignited the roof Thursday night.
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‘Tumbledown’ filmmaking couple’s latest baby is a play about fertility struggles
Set in Portland, ‘Childish’ was written by Desi Van Til and will be directed by her husband, Sean Mewshaw. It opens May 8 at Space.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
New novel set in rural Maine explores the dark corners of a treatment center for troubled teens
In Martha Tod Dudman’s ‘Sunrise and the Real World,’ the line between resident and professional is often razor-thin.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
You can never plant enough peas
There are 3 basic types: sugar snaps, snow peas and shelling peas. Fresh from the garden, all peas are peerless (though garden asparagus gives them a run for their money).
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Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s popularity wave
A wave of interest in physical records, especially LPs, has helped keep the independent stores going, Chris Brown a co-founder of Record Store Day said.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
In Waterville, Julia Gagnon’s future in-laws are the ‘American Idol’ contestant’s biggest fans
Mike and Doreen Haven of Waterville, whose son, Nate, is engaged to Julia Gagnon, said they were blown away by her singing voice the first time they heard it.
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Surprise: Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ is a double album, ‘The Anthology’
She surpassed Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon‘s Grammy honors with her fourth win in that category; she had been equal with the three male legends at three albums of the year since ‘Folklore.’
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Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98
Among those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s ‘Neighbours.’
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Heart, the band that proved women could rock hard, reunites for a world tour
The band’s Royal Flush Tour will have Cheap Trick as the opening act for many stops, but Def Leppard and Journey will join for three stadium dates in Cleveland, Toronto and Boston this summer.