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Tony Shalhoub helps open new USM arts center

The actor, who starred in ‘Monk’ and ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ is a 1977 graduate and has a performance space at the arts center named for him.

Events are happening all over the state Saturday and Sunday.

Taylor Swift super fans adjusted their lives around the release of her 12th album Friday.

Devan Newell, of Scarborough, lobbied to have his mother Leslie’s art put up at the Old Port Sea Grill and is working to get it shown elsewhere.

Former Virginia Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam and her brother read poetry that details their family’s history and its connection to Gaza and Palestine.

by Cory King From the Chamber October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Chamber columnist Cory King talks about the difficult decision to postpone the haunted hayrides amid volunteer shortage.

We want to know how you’re going to celebrate Taylor’s latest album when it comes out Friday.

by Jon Calame October 2, 2025October 3, 2025

We lament how they alter the city’s skyline, but we could learn something from them, too.

These images made in 1944 for Standard Oil have never been exhibited before and are on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art through Nov. 9.

The Trump administration’s decision to stop the Annual Household Food Security survey comes amid a funding cut to the food stamp program.