Life & Culture

See shows from Connor Garvey, Jason Spooner Band and Paula Cole.

A rundown of the season's art exhibits from southern Maine up through the coast.

Plus, the Portland Symphony Orchestra performs in Old Orchard Beach.

The short film has been accepted into five festivals and has its sights set on more.

Sylvan Esso, Aerosmith and The Ghost of Paul Revere are among the highlights.

Ghost of Paul Revere says goodbye, and Aerosmith comes to Bangor.

Book recommendations from readers.

Arts organizations across the state are laying out a pre-pandemic level of programming this season and hoping there's an appetite for it.

World-premiere musicals, classical plays and something for the kids are all on the season's schedule.

The Bates Dance Festival, Shakespeare in the Park and Opera Maine are among the state's must-see cultural events.

A federal trial for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on charges including bank fraud and tax evasion is set to get underway Monday in Atlanta

He appeared in nearly 90 film and television roles, including as a bumbling repairman in "Tremors" and a movie-studio security chief in "The Player."

Next year’s Academy Awards will take place March 12, 2 weeks earlier than this year's Oscars.

The group that has managed the ensemble for decades told the quartet's members this week that they would no longer be paid as salaried musicians.

Harvey Neil Anthony of Maine killed a black bear in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park, prosecutors allege.

See heavy metal act Megadeth in Portland on Thursday with opener Lamb of God.

Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Mario Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era.

Psaki is leaving as White House press secretary on Friday after having answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that President Biden has been in office.

The hero of the renowned German director's movie will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people.

The April 20 video shows the boxer leaning over the back of his seat and repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head.

After 4 women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show 'The Chew.'

The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was created by Andy Warhol in 1964.

Footlights premieres 'Surrender Dorothy,' running through May 21.

The musical is in its premiere run at Portland Stage.

The festival, happening May 20 and 21, will feature 33 acts and multiple venues.

Robbie Moore hopes again to reach audiences on a personal level with '3:46 a.m.'

Rod Williams, who did illustrations for Ford and Chrysler, will be the subject of an exhibit opening Saturday at the Arundel museum.

Spindleworks is a program of the Independence Association, which provides services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Book recommendations from readers.

Musician Samuel James and dance choreographers Riley Watts and Heather Stewart were among the recipients of commissions from Portland Ovations meant to put artists to work.

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

The arts organization's first in-person fundraiser since the start of the pandemic featured dance, music and food from around the world.