It may be unfair to classify any writer as a superstar, but Tony Horwitz comes pretty close.

You should see “Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist” while you’re at the Portland Museum of Art. But you should also see Jane Sutherland’s ‘Little Dancer’ paintings, which play off Degas’ work.

Art “Are You Really My Friend?”, Tanja Alexia Hollander’s photographs of her Facebook friends, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through June 17. Edgar Degas: “The Private Impressionist,” drawings, prints, pastels, photographs and sculptures, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through May 28. “Trucks and Landscapes,” new paintings by Kevin Beers, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. […]

All events are free and unticketed unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit mainereads.org THURSDAY 7 p.m., John Cole, founding director of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress; Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland. Presented by the Maine Humanities Council, the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts […]

Greenhut Galleries’ sixth biennial “Portland Show” is a terrific exhibition. It presents a solid view of art in Maine from the perspective of Portland’s oldest gallery. It’s an invitational show, so it doesn’t pretend to give up its own involvement. In fact, the sense of community associated with the show is an appealing quality; presenting […]

From ABCs and history lessons to remembering E.B. White, this year’s festival has many worthwhile sessions.

PORTLAND — Carol Bass will exhibit “A Powerful Joy of Colors” April 6-27 in the Lewis Gallery of the Portland Public Library. The show includes her walking houses, energy sculptures, large dancing paintings and poems created over the past three decades. A public reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. April 6 as part […]