The principal exhibition of work by an artist who lives in Maine — of this season and likely this year — is “Joseph Nicoletti: A Retrospective” at the Bates College Museum of Art. Nicoletti teaches at Bates, but this isn’t the obligatory one-person show accorded a senior faculty member. (Those often demonstrate why they are […]

This week • Throughout the world, June 16 is known as Bloomsday, marking the day on which James Joyce’s epic novel “Ulysses” takes place. Portland joins in the celebration, as the Maine Irish Heritage Center and the American Irish Repertory Ensemble have planned Bloomsday Portland events for Tuesday and Wednesday. “This isn’t an esoteric gathering […]

Three theater professionals with ties to Maine are in the running for Tony Awards, which will be presented tonight in New York. Christopher Fitzgerald, Donald Holder and Linda Lavin each received nominations last month. The awards celebrate the best of Broadway. Fitzgerald was nominated for best performance by a featured actor in a musical for […]

PORTLAND Sousa, Broadway tunes on tap for July 4 Pops program The July Fourth Patriotic Pops program of the Portland Symphony Orchestra will include selections from Broadway shows and marches by John Philip Sousa. The PSO announced details of the Patriotic Pops program that will be performed as part of the Stars and Stripes Spectacular […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Katherine Heigl looked like she was about to cry. Her eyes were watering, and her beautiful face contorted as if in pain. For a moment, one might have thought that she was re-living that mea culpa cover story in a national magazine in April, in which she apologized to the public […]

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