July 1, 2026 – Page 4 – The Portland Press Herald

Finding dance halls in the hills | Column

by Sandy Stott Your Land July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

A lifetime of trails has kept Sandy Stott reasonably adept at the juggling cadence needed for New England trails and their studding of rocks and root.

Arts & Entertainment, Do This, Life & Culture, News

This year’s Maine International Film Festival is a feast for movie lovers

by Dennis Perkins July 1, 2026July 8, 2026

From emotionally resonant documentaries to romances, the annual film festival, now in its 29th year, is a cinematic gift.

Community, News

Where to see Revolutionary War history across Maine

by Marla Hoffman July 1, 2026July 2, 2026

Take off on a road trip over the long holiday weekend and through the month of July for an up-close look at how Maine helped shape a nation.

Times Record

Chocolate Church Arts Center is a vessel for stories | Column

by Matthew Glassman From the Chocolate Church July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

A new, immersive performance, ‘Whale Bones,’ will take over the Bath arts center Aug. 7–9 and 14–16.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News

Wabanaki festival of arts and ideas returns to Bar Harbor for US’s 250th

by Reuben M. Schafir July 1, 2026July 4, 2026

The Abbe Museum is partnering with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to produce the Dawnland Festival.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture

Fenix Theatre brings ‘Henry IV, Part One’ to Portland’s Deering Oaks Park

by Steve Feeney July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

This Shakespeare production took six years to make it to the park.

Books, Life & Culture

Environmental artist talks science comics, the Gulf of Maine and animal sex

by Lisa Hiton July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

In her debut work of nonfiction,‘Poking the Squid,’ Perrin Roosevelt Ireland, artist-in-residence at the New York Aquarium, looks at animal life with a feminist lens.