Bandaloop performs on city walls, Maine State Ballet puts on ‘The Little Mermaid’ and Portland Ballet haunts with ‘Giselle.’
Arts & Entertainment
Society Notebook: New Maine center for immigrants marks the start of a bright future
A reception celebrates the opening of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center on Preble Street.
More fall visual arts: Zorach-Ipcar, Nevelson and Guerrero, Marsden Hartley
The year of Zorach-Ipcar continues into the fall, with exhibitions by Dahlov Ipcar in Cape Elizabeth, her mother, Marguerite Zorach, in Rockland and her father, William Zorach, at the Portland Museum of Art. Ipcar died at age 99 in February. Rachel Walls Fine Art at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth is showing “Dahlov Ipcar’s Century,” […]
More fall literary events: Belfast Poetry Festival, novelist Seth Rogoff and poet Wesley McNair
The Belfast Poetry Festival marks its 13th year with what organizers call an “all-arts festival,” which features poetry and includes a variety show, short film festival, art exhibition and literary showcase. All events will take place on Oct. 14 at Troy A. Howard Middle School, and the centerpiece is an evening of poetry, visual arts […]
Rockland celebrates the life and poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Millay Arts and Poetry Festival will be Sept. 7-9.
Robert Moody readies for final season at the helm of the Portland Symphony Orchestra
The music director for the past 10 years is looking forward to conducting ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ in September and ‘Resurrection Symphony,’ his last concert in May.
Play about Portland’s panhandling debate takes the stage
Snowlion Rep’s season features three plays set in Maine, including ‘Anything Helps God Bless’ and an adaptation of ‘The Cherry Orchard.’
Autumn leaves pulpy summer fare behind
We know it’s early, but here are some of the anticipated books of autumn.
More fall theater: Coming up at Portland Stage, Portland Ovations, The Ogunquit Playhouse
Portland Stage Affiliate Artist Bess Welden and Portland writer and blogger Kari Wagner-Peck create a live storytelling performance of Wagner-Peck’s book, “Not Always Happy,” a funny and often pointed memoir about adopting and raising a son with Down syndrome. The stage version, which is part of the Portland Stage Company Studio Series and will be […]
Concert review: Crowd relishes Bonobo’s easy hike to sweet, if short, peak
The band started by British musician and DJ Simon Greene makes its Maine debut.