The director and star weigh in on the film’s complicated protagonist.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Book review: ‘Northland’ offers postcards from the northern edge
Porter Fox walks (and paddles and steams and drives) the line between the U.S. and Canada from coast to coast to satisfy a curiosity about the ‘northland’ he remembers from his days growing up on MDI.
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Art review: In every medium, Isamu Noguchi exudes greatness
On view now at the Portland Museum of Art is an extraordinary exhibition of the artist’s work.
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Telling Room founder explores the importance of place in her new novel, set in China
Portland author Susan Conley’s ‘Elsey Comes Home’ goes on sale Jan. 15.
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Toy Fund: Some key supporters often unsung, always appreciated
The agencies that link families to the fund thank all others involved in making Christmas merrier.
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For Smiling Hill Farm’s livestock, a post-holiday feast
Goats and sheep belly up to the Christmas trees donated to the Westbrook establishment.
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Muslim poet expresses fears as China ‘sinicizes’ religion
China under President Xi Jinping is clamping down on minorities.
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Westbrook’s Al Hawkes, ‘a giant’ in country and bluegrass music, dies at age 88
Hawkes, who is credited with putting Maine bluegrass on the map, had lost his wife earlier this month.
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Crapshoot: Moose-poop artists from Maine may get a reality TV show
Mary Winchenbach and her wife, Deb Nicholls, who remains the quiet partner in Tirdy Works, are in discussions with TNT.
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Federal Spice in Portland has closed for good
The restaurant’s chef says he was unable to renew his lease.