TUESDAY • DownEast Pride Alliance, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., District restaurant, Portland. Network with members of Portland’s gay and gay-friendly business community and enjoy a cash bar. Free. www.depabusiness.com. WEDNESDAY •  PROPEL Networking Party, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Bull Feeney’s, Portland. Network with the young professionals of the Portland Chamber and enjoy light snacks and […]

“In a city by the sea which was once called St. Petersburg there stood a long, thin house on a long, thin street. By a long, thin window, a child in a pale blue dress and pale green slippers waited for a bird to marry her.” In two opening sentences, Peaks Island author Catherynne Valente […]

ANDRE DUBUS III

Going forward, there is no excuse for a Maine student not to visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Beginning in July, any Maine student of any age will be admitted to the museum free of charge, at any time, thanks to a $2 million endowment by the Lunder Foundation of Portland. Let’s say […]

Art Maine Comics Arts Festival, Ocean Gateway Terminal, Portland, $5, free for ages 12 and under. 780-1676. mainecomicsfestival.com. Over 100 comic writers, artists, publishers and cartoonists are expected to attend and exhibit, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. “European Drawings,” portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies by various artists, Portland Museum of […]

Singer Steve Earle’s first novel contains themes of faith and spirituality.