The policy applies to shows starting next month at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts, entertainment and books news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Jeopardy!’ host Mike Richards quits amid uproar over past comments
He says moving forward would be a ‘distraction.’
advertisement
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World
New ‘Jeopardy!’ host insulted women, Jewish people and Haiti on podcast, report says
Mike Richards frequently made such comments about women and their bodies, as well as disparaging remarks about Jewish people and poor people, on the podcast that he hosted between 2013 and 2014.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World, News
Garth Brooks cancels tour dates due to COVID surge
Foxborough, Mass., is among the five cities where shows are canceled.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, News
Major Portland music venues adopt vaccine requirements
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Maine concert venues consider requiring proof of vaccination
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Lizzo claps back at ‘fatphobic’ and ‘racist’ comments aimed at her ‘Rumors’ video
‘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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Things to Do
Over 25 years, Umbrella Cover Museum showered with love
The quirky Peaks Island attraction marks the anniversary with a fashion show. Guess the material.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Author tells an upbeat story about girls Down East
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.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Over 200 cases of COVID-19 linked to Chicago’s Lollapalooza
The four-day music festival drew about 385,000 people.