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Other visual art openings in Maine in coming weeks: “Art of the Book,” through April 1 at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, highlights rare books in the museum’s library collection. Info: farnsworthmuseum.org “Insight Out: Exploring Gifts of Art from Private Collectors” runs Tuesday to April 15, and “Building a Collection: Select Recent Acquisitions” runs […]

Who is Bibo of Bibo’s Madd Apple Cafe, and why is he or she bad at spelling? Who cares, as long as the food is similarly freewheeling and perhaps delicious? Four of us headed to the cafe to discover this potential happy maddness (sic). Conveniently located a few steps from Portland Stage and open for […]

Art “Art 200: Fundamentals of Art,” works by UMFK art students, University of Maine (Blake Library), Fort Kent. 834-7527. Through January. “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles and small crafts, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org.Through Feb. 5. “Focus on India,” photographs by Lawrence Elbroch, […]

• The Portland Symphony Orchestra resumes its performance season with two guest conductors this week. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Christopher Warren-Green leads the orchestra through a program of music by Jean Sibelius and Anton Dvorak. Warren-Green, who conducts the Charlotte Symphony in North Carolina, also is music director and principal conductor of the London Chamber […]

Ben Marcus has devised a fictional construct so chilling and complete that his book is a page-turner from the start.

There was a fascinating lecture the other day at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. Noted composer Elliott Schwartz spoke about the use of letters and numbers in music . . .

One of the most obvious and yet oddest things about Brunswick’s Coleman Burke Gallery is the fact that no one sits to guard or supervise the art in the expansive, museum-like space. This seemingly simple quirk, however, has subtle but salient effects on your viewing experience. It is a refreshing expression of trust in humanity […]