BOOTHBAY HARBOR — I think one of America’s most overrated artists was Roy Lichtenstein — the guy whose paintings looked like comic-book cartoons. Lichtenstein used the Ben-Day dot style to brand himself. It’s easy to spot “a Lichtenstein,” and anything similar is a rip-off. Or so he wanted you to think. Problem is, Lichtenstein took […]

LEWISTON Boucher wins three awards in ‘Through the Lens’ contest Portland photographer J. Felice Boucher won three awards, including a first-place honor, in “Through the Lens,” a juried fine-art photography contest and exhibition at L/A Arts’ Gallery 5, 49 Lisbon St. The exhibition is on view through July 16. “Through the Lens” will be an […]

PORTopera’s Young Artists Program is doing something entirely different this year: a world premiere of the opera version of “Cafe Vienna” by American composer Richard Pearson Thomas. PORTopera Artistic Director Dona Vaughn had conducted a musical-style production of the work — dialogue with musical numbers — and suggested the composer rewrite it in operatic style […]

At the Riverside Inn and Restaurant in East Machias, chef Rocky Rakoczy faces several challenges. Sourcing high-quality ingredients, aside from local seafood, in far Down East Maine is one. Working without a community of like-minded chefs is another. Yet another is the fact that Washington County is a region of low incomes and hardscrabble lives. […]

Art lovers gather for the opening of June LaCombe’s outdoor exhibit of works by more than 30 New England artists.

PORTLAND – Henry Cobb strode purposefully and slowly up the stairs from the second floor to the third floor of the Portland Museum of Art. He paused, turned, and walked back down with equally measured steps. As he walked, Cobb explained the mathematics of the rise and depth of the treads and the purpose of […]

• Beginning Thursday, the Portland Museum of Art opens its summer blockbuster, “John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury.” Most research and exhibitions about Marin focus on his early work. This show, with 54 paintings, drawings and watercolors, concentrates on the late period of Marin’s career, from 1933 through his death in 1953. The show will be […]