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Arts & Entertainment, Nation / World, News

Garth Brooks cancels tour dates due to COVID surge

by Associated Press August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

Foxborough, Mass., is among the five cities where shows are canceled.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, News

Major Portland music venues adopt vaccine requirements

by Ray Routhier August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

The State Theatre and Thompson’s Point in Portland will require vaccination proof or a negative test starting this weekend, while the Portland House of Music will do the same starting Aug. 26.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State

Maine concert venues consider requiring proof of vaccination

by Ray Routhier August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor and Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield have policies, while others are following the lead of concert giant Live Nation, which says it will start similar requirements in October.

Arts & Entertainment

Lizzo claps back at ‘fatphobic’ and ‘racist’ comments aimed at her ‘Rumors’ video

by Ruth Etiesit Samuel Tribune News Service August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

‘I really think people are just mad to see a fat Black woman that makes pop music and is happy,’ she said Sunday in a TikTok.

Arts & Entertainment, Local & State, Things to Do

Over 25 years, Umbrella Cover Museum showered with love

by Ray Routhier August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

The quirky Peaks Island attraction marks the anniversary with a fashion show. Guess the material.

Arts & Entertainment

Author tells an upbeat story about girls Down East

by Ray Routhier August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

The nonfiction book ‘Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America’ by part-time Southwest Harbor resident Gigi Georges has garnered national attention since its release.