Between Wednesday and Oct. 22, the University of Southern Maine community and the public are invited to see and experience “Dwelling Place,” a temporary public art installation in front of Luther Bonney Hall near Bedford Street in Portland. “Dwelling Place” is modeled after a traditional Jewish sukkah in celebration of a weeklong festival in which […]

Madeleine de Sinety pulls her arms tight to her body, edges her wheelchair up to the cafe table, and takes a small bite of quiche. She savors the morsel, then turns and looks me in the eye. “I’m interested in people who live simple lives (on) small pieces of land,” says de Sinety, a tiny […]

Tom Sexton divides his time between Alaska, where he recently served as poet laureate, and Down East Maine, where he observed the apples of these two poems.

The Jetport unveils its impressive $75 million passenger terminal at a VIP soiree on Thursday.

Janice Spaulding loves goats, so her new book aims to teach the like-minded both how to care for the animals and how to cook with their milk and meat.

Art First Friday Art Walk, various locations, Portland, free. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. “John Marin: Modernism at Mid-century,” with work from Marin’s career between 1870 and 1953, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Oct. 10. “The Photographs of Madeleine de Sinety,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 18. “Paul Caponigro: […]

• In Gorham, the University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre presents “A View from the Bridge” by Arthur Miller, one of the great plays of American theater. Thomas Power directs. The play, which opens Friday and runs through Oct. 16 at Russell Hall, focuses on Brooklynite Eddie Carbone, who dives into a pit of […]