The Institute of Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art in Portland will present “Rally,” a juried exhibition of works by artists who explore identity, memory, erasure, projected narrative and the architecture of image. The show runs Wednesday through Oct. 9, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The five artists […]

MONMOUTH McAndrews named theater’s producing artistic director The Theater at Monmouth has announced the appointment of Dawn McAndrews as the theater’s new producing artistic director, succeeding David Greenham, who is stepping aside in October. McAndrews is an experienced director, producer, educator and dramaturge who has worked at theaters across the country, including Shakespeare Theatre Company, […]

A friend brought to my attention a recent article in the New York Times by Anthony Tommasini titled “Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen.” One of the new crop of pianists featured in the article was Kiril Gerstein, who played the Liszt B-minor Piano Sonata last season at Merrill Auditorium under the auspices of Portland […]

Take away much of the myth, most of the sorcery and all of the humor of the 1982 John Milius-Arnold Schwarzenegger version of the sword and sorcery epic “Conan the Barbarian,” and you’ve got an idea what the new “Conan” is like. It has a better actor as star — Jason Momoa (“North Shore,” “Game […]

Art Jason Larkin “Past Perfect,” photography exhibit, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, $10-$12, under 16 free. 596-6457. Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; until 8 p.m. Wednesday. “Second Show,” featuring the work of 20 member artists, Sebascodegan Artists Cooperative Gallery, Harpswell. 371-2015. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Through Aug. 31. “Maine to France,” pastels, watercolors […]

In the new book ‘Salt and Pines,’ stories of Maine from days gone by are told by the people who actually lived them.