Artists discuss ‘Revolution from Afar’
By Karen Cadbury Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers started coming to Maine in the late...
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Somali Bantu farmers turn to rice production
By Bonnie Rukin This season, Somali Bantu farmers will be growing rice at Liberation Farms in...
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Moon in Full by Marpheen Chann
By Kathreen Harrison Marpheen Chann’s debut book, a memoir titled Moon in Full, is due out from...
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From Bamako to Birmingham: Blind Boys of Alabama, Amadou and Mariam bring music of heart to Portland
By Jean Noel Mugabo On April 29, Portland Ovations will host two internationally celebrated...
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Haitian Revolution evoked in Jacob Lawrence exhibit
By Brian Boyd Jacob Lawrence On view at Colby Museum of Art in Waterville through June 5, a...
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Angkor Dance Troupe at Mayo Street Arts
Photos | Marpheen Chann Khmer Maine has planned a variety of events in honor of Khmer New Year, a...
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Portland is Rwandan singer Clarisse Karasira’s new home
By Jean Noël Mugabo A few months after she tied the knot with her former manager and boyfriend,...
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I come from a place they call away
I come from a place they call away Nyamuon Nguany Machar I come from a place they call away.I’m...
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New Roots farmers purchase farmland
By Bonnie Rukin On January 20, the four farmers of New Roots Cooperative Farm in Lewiston...
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Highlighting Black speculative fiction, Maine Humanities Council asks, ‘What if…?’
By Stephanie Harp As Maine Humanities Council considered topics for its annual Big Question, in...
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