‘Chapter and Curse,’ the first in a new mystery series from Elizabeth Penney, offers likeable characters and plausible motivations – for murder.
Lifestyle
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Tracy Flick is back – and she’s tired of losing
Flick, the ambitious high school student from Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel ‘Election,’ is now an assistant principal in the sequel, ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win.’
advertisement
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bedside table: Two books, one soothing, one a lot less so
Book recommendations from readers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘My Father Could Take Apart a Dryer,’ by Jefferson Navicky
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Big Truck Little Island,’ ‘Breaking Bread’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Art review: Able Baker says so long with show of gallery’s friends
‘Painting Nerds: ABC Farewell Show’ will be the Portland gallery’s last, at least in its Forest Avenue space.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Bill Cosby civil trial jury must start deliberations over
It’s a bizarre ending to a strange day.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Drag story hour hosts, under attack, dig in their heels
Organizers say they will enhance security but won’t stop their programs.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ staff detained at U.S. Capitol
They were charged with illegal entry to House office buildings.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine communities expand Juneteenth holiday events
Organizers hope to build community involvement in the emancipation celebration that became a federal and state holiday in 2021.