“Since the first day I set foot here as an actor, I fell in love with this community, this theater and this region,” said Curt Dale Clark, actor and now director.

The success of the Education Foundation of the Kennebunks and Arundel came from hard work trying to understand needs and make a difference.

Michael Doucet, the Cajun fiddler best known for his work in the band BeauSoleil, generally doesn’t do a lot of teaching. But when his buddy Bruce Molsky turned him on to the Acadia School of Traditional Music & Arts, Doucet raised his eyebrows. “The name intrigued me,” Doucet said by phone from his home in […]

Derivative as all get out and plainly concocted by a committee, “Epic” is a children’s animated film that is more entertaining and emotional than it has any right to be. Characters make sacrifices and die, miss their parents and mourn. And we’re touched. At least a little. Hard (if over-familiar) lessons are learned and laughs […]

It’s impressive that Colin Page is only in his 30s. He seems to have an experienced hand, but his canvases repeatedly rely on his resourcefully creative intelligence rather than well-seasoned (or over-cooked) solutions. Page paints the Maine coast en plein air (outside and on site), and the style has always been the demanding backbone of […]

Maine author David Rosenfelt is known for his superbly plotted crime novels. He doesn’t fail with “Airtight,” his latest foray. “Airtight” is based on one of the most intriguing premises I’ve encountered in crime fiction. A recently nominated federal Court of Appeals judge is brutally murdered. When protagonist Lucas Somers, a New Jersey cop, shoots […]

Ah, poco Enio’s. Such good food in such a tiny, out-of-the-way place. In most instances, small size is a plus — cozy nooks for romantic repasts and intimate conversations, the owner’s personal touch as he brings you the house special. Here, you get the distinctive food and that individual touch, but not the landscape you […]