STONINGTON — Julia Whitworth, founding director of Shakespeare in Stonington, returns to Opera House Arts this week with another original production, “Cymbeline.” The presentation features an original score by composer and musician Phillip Owen (“Measure for Measure,” “Antony and Cleopatra”), and an 18-foot double revolving stage designed by Ray Neufeld, an installation artist and set […]

Jennifer Wixson is out with ‘Peas, Beans & Corn,’ the second in her series of novels set in a small, fictional Maine town.

In the collection ‘Dirtyville Rhapsodies,’ the most idiosyncratic of the offerings work the best.

Down East honors the many exceptional winners of its Best of Maine awards.

The most important figure in the landmark exhibition “Maurice Prendergast: By the Sea” just might be a little goat standing by a pair of fancy ladies in Prendergast’s “The Idlers.” The goat shifts the painting from a snapshot of early century fashionable leisure to philosophical commentary about society. Filling in for a satyr, Prendergast’s goat […]

Oliver Otis Howard headed the Freedmen’s Bureau, which directed Reconstruction after the Civil War. Born in Leeds, Howard graduated from Bowdoin, continued his education at West Point and was a general in the Civil War. He lost his right arm during the Battle of Fair Oaks early in the war, returned to duty three months […]

Nejla Yatkin has all the credentials a dancer needs. Dance Magazine put her in the “Top 25 to Watch.” Critics have called her “a fierce performer capable of haunting, gripping theatricality.” She’s young and multicultural, raised in Berlin to Turkish parents, and makes work about the Middle East that involves movement, shadow play, humor and […]

PHIPPSBURG — Sidwell Art Gallery is showing new work by gallery owner and artist Felicity Sidwell. There is an opening reception from 1 to 4 p.m. July 14 at the gallery on Wallace Circle in Westpoint village. The reception will feature music by Pat Colwell, member of the Colwell Brothers and Soul Sensations. Sidwell’s work, […]