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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Lakeview Chamber Players plan Rangeley concert
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will present the Lakeview Chamber Players at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St., in Rangeley. The members of the Lakeview Chamber Players include Rangeley seasonal residents and violinists Tim and Sarah Maček and their friends Morrie Sherry (clarinet), Elizabeth Field […]
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: “Mike Wallace is Here”
Producer-director Avi Belkin has put together a brilliant, moving, rapid-fire, split-screen account of the man behind the cigarette and camera, J.P. Devine writes.
Mainers can save ticks and send them for testing after bite
State officials say the testing can show whether the person bitten by the tick was exposed to anything.
Scientists close in on blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
A blood test — rather than subjective estimates of thinking skills — could get the right people into studies sooner.
Connecticut investigating novelist Wally Lamb’s inmate writing program
Connecticut’s Correction Department is investigating an inmate writing program run by author Wally Lamb after a lawsuit was filed by some of the participants.
Printmakers of Circling the Square Press at the Green Lion, July 19 – Aug. 11
Printmakers of Circling the Square Press will be on view from July 19 through Aug. 11 at the Green Lion Gallery, 104 Front St., in Bath. More than a dozen central Maine artists will be featured. Since the opening of the Press in August 2007, the facility has been busy with artists working in serigraphy, […]
Jonathan Edwards concert set for Vienna
Jonathan Edwards will performing at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, at Vienna Union Hall, 5 Vienna Mountain Road in Vienna. This veteran performer is neither grizzled nor nostalgic. These days Edwards is likely to be found on the road. An artist who measures his success by his ability to attract and take good care of […]
Poetry readings planned at The Harlow
Poets Elizabeth Potter and Judith Robbins will be featured at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, at the Harlow, 100 Water St., in Hallowell. The event is part of the ongoing poetry series, The Bookey Readings. Potter is a teacher and poet residing in mid-coast Maine. She also is the coordinator of the Maine College Transitions […]
Rusty Hinges, 32 North, Bill Tozier to perform July 19
Proceeds will benefit the Jefferson Historical Society.