Since April, readers have sent us 239 prom photos representing 37 schools that stretched from Wells High School to Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield.
Arts & Entertainment
BOOK REVIEW: Family’s life after ‘The Last Lecture’
There’s a good chance you’re familiar with Randy Pausch, a computer-science professor who delivered a poignant speech in September 2007 while dying of pancreatic cancer . . .
Audience Calendar
Art “70 and Counting,” Rhoda Boughton retrospective, New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven. neweragallery.com. Through July 11. “From Portland to Paris: Mildred Burrage’s Years in France,” paintings, drawings and letters, Portland Museum of Art, Portland. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through July 15. “The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860–1960),” European and American paintings and works on paper, Portland Museum […]
BOOK REVIEW: Maine bird guide is a delight, even without some ‘favorites’
This is a delightful book that will set many future bird-watchers on the right path.
Will Web fans follow ‘Orange’ to TV?
The annoying citrus is a YouTube hit, and Cartoon Network says it will refrain from toning the fruit down.
Signings, etc.
Maine children’s book author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen will kick off the “Stories by the Garden” series at Friends School of Portland this week.
Q&A: The best Maine author you’ve never heard of
Maine author Elizabeth Hand ventures into young adult fiction with a story that conveys art’s power.
ART REVIEW: A big Portland show in a small space wears its tensions well
Now on view at Art House in Portland, Alina Gallo’s “Rising” is one of those shows that immediately forces a sense of caution — even danger.
CLASSICAL BEAT: Festival includes tribute to great female composers
Maine’s Kay Gardner is among the female composers who will be featured.
Maine opera house celebrates 100 years
The Stonington Opera House has seen good times and bad — and good again — in its 100-year existence. This year, a major celebration.