The internet and social media have transformed the way in which we hear and understand music today—and online communities and platforms from YouTube to TikTok have changed how music circulates and ...

Historically speaking, we’re not sure whether humans learned how to make music or smoke weed first. Either way, the two have enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship. Many of rock’s greatest acts have ...

The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild places of Maine. It features stories on hunting, fishing, wildlife, conservation and recreation, told by people who live these ...

Even in 2025, terminal illness is still a somewhat taboo subject. There have been a few attempts at a Broadway-style musical about the big C, but none have hit wild success. “Night Side Songs,” a ...

For those of you who haven’t watched American Idol in a while, some might have thought they tuned into a church service on Monday evening. But instead, it was the long-running talent show’s ...

Young Big Night volunteers check out a spotted salamander that was crossing a Cumberland road in search of spring habitat. (Courtesy of Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust) How did the salamander ...

$100,000 EACH. LEAVE IT TO PAT MCAFEE TO CREATE ALL KINDS OF BUZZWORTHY ACTION FOR HIS BIG NIGHT OUT. PERHAPS SOME OF THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING PLEDGED DONATIONS. HERE ...

One unseasonably warm, rainy night in mid-March, thousands of salamanders emerged from their underground burrows across Central New York. They crawled over the cold, damp earth, pulled by instinct ...

That may have been Oscar host Conan O’Brien’s serious wish tonight for the film industry and the world, but it ended up being a pretty good epitaph for Hollywood’s Biggest Night this year. Let’s get ...

Rapper turned actor Ice Cube will bring his hip-hop music chops to the largest stage at The Big E this fall and is the first announced act for the fair’s 2026 music lineup. First part of the late ’80s ...

Lincoln Center Theater is presenting the new musical Night Side Songs, written by duo, The Lazours who are reuniting with Lortel and Obie Award-winning director Taibi Magar. Night Side Songs, now ...

The tragic 1959 plane crash, immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 hit 'American Pie,' is a cultural cornerstone in modern American music Michael Ochs Archives/Getty (2); Blank Archives/Getty On Feb. 3, ...