Artist Cary Wendell unveiled Norridgewock’s newest public art piece on the town square on Saturday a four-panel mural designed to tie Norridgewock’s present to its past.
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Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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For these artists, the beer can is their canvas
The art on Maine beer labels grows more creative every year and with more than 150 breweries in the state, there is plenty to look at.
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Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80
Over more than 60 years of published work, Glück forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis, and longing, spelled by moments – but only moments – of ecstasy and contentment.
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Jada Pinkett Smith says she was ‘shocked’ Will Smith called her his ‘wife’ during the Oscars slap
Earlier this week, while promoting her upcoming memoir ‘Worthy,’ Pinkett Smith revealed that she and Smith have been living separate lives since 2016.
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Rudolph Isley, founding member of Isley Brothers and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, dies at 84
A Cincinnati native, Isley began singing in church with brothers Ronald and O’Kelly and was still in his teens when they broke through in the late 1950s with ‘Shout,’ which was later immortalized during the toga scene in ‘National Lampoon’s Animal House.’
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Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it.
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Hundreds attend solidarity vigil for Israel in Portland
At the same time as the event supporting Israel, a ‘Free Palestine’ rally in Monument Square drew about 60 demonstrators protesting the Israeli government’s military strikes on Gaza.
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Yarmouth teen among 15 recognized by Jill Biden for work to improve their communities
Leela Marie Hidier, 18, is a climate social justice advocate and author of an award-winning debut novel, ‘Changes in the Weather.’
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Humorist Tim Sample always looks for common thread
When it comes to Maine humor, there is only one person I think of: Tim Sample. He has represented our state on not only the local stage but the national stage as well with his “Postcards from Maine” segments that appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning from 1993 to 2004. He’s even had a cooking […]
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Rena Sofer returns to ‘General Hospital’ as fan favorite Lois after more than 25 years
Nearly 30 years since Rena Sofer first joined ‘General Hospital’ as a fast-talking Brooklynite with long, colorful fingernails, she’s returning to the series for a short run.