I went to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport with some trepidation about the shows. The last time I had seen Duane Paluska’s sculptures there, it was the weakest installation of his work I had ever seen. I was also concerned that Shannon Rankin’s work had been tilting too close to another artist’s […]

The Dine On! gala kicks off this year’s Bowdoin International Music Festival and raises money to bring more world-class artists to it.

JANET MENDELSOHN

This story was updated at 10:30 a.m. to correct the site of Neill Ewing-Wegmann’s show last year.   I am not an art historian by training, and only slightly so by inclination. Too assiduous attention to the details of history can be the hobgoblin of aesthetics. In the end, art is a matter of passion, […]

One of the rare runners who has finished marathons on all seven continents chronicles his adventures, while helping kids fight cancer.

Stories of four albums from 1970 offer insights into a time of upheaval.

BRIDGTON — On Friday, the Bridgton Art Guild will host an auction that will feature 45 wooden loons bearing the designs of local artists. The money will be used for an ongoing capital campaign. The guild, which operates Gallery 302 in Bridgton, wants to own its own building that will accommodate a gallery and learning […]

Not that you need an excuse to go to Deer Isle in the summer. But if you do, the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts opens an exhibition today worthy of your attention. Curated by Falmouth architect Carol Wilson, “Haystack’s Architecture: Vision & Legacy” is on view at Haystack’s Center for Community Program through the fall. […]

The theme of the Bowdoin International Music Festival this year is “Vienna: 150 Years of Musical Glory (1780-1930),” exploring the key role of that city in the development of classical music. Vienna is a kind of cultural black hole formed by the dying star of the Austro-Hungarian empire, spinning off whole new galaxies — not […]