Maine psychologist Amy Wood has written a new self-help book that, rather than overpromise, actually empowers the reader.

TESS GERRITSEN

Wisdom is the hardest thing to come by in life, and oftentimes wisdom and clarity in situations rife with rancor come only when one steps away and views a situation with the benefit of perspective. That certainly seems to be the case with the lingering controversy of the Maine labor mural held hostage. As far […]

Today • The Portland String Quartet performs a concert of Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart at 2 p.m. today at Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. A preconcert lecture begins at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $22; $20 for seniors; free for ages 21 and younger.  This week • Tribute artist Elvis Wade will join the […]

“A Backwards Look” is a retrospective exhibition of 44 paintings by Westport artist Jerry Day Mason. The show spans 80 years — from an astonishingly accomplished pastel portrait of a Native American in full headdress made by a 12-year-old girl to a witty but solid portrait of a viciously proud cat (“The Vole Patrol”) that […]

STONINGTON – It might not have been the wisest business decision, but artistically, it’s a slam dunk. Opera House Arts, the nonprofit arts group that operates the Stonington Opera House, will host the National Theater of the United States of America and its traveling “Chautauqua!” show for its only Maine performance at 7 p.m. on […]

PORTLAND — In the further-evidence-that-the-world-is-getting-smaller department, we give you “Dunia Moja,” a print exchange between members of Peregrine Press in Portland and a group of women from the east African island of Zanzibar. The art exhibition, on view through May 28 in the Lewis Gallery at the Portland Public Library, is a collaboration between artists […]

Christopher Corbett seems like an unlikely candidate to be a writer of Old West stories. He grew up in Waterville, and despite traveling widely, has spent most of his life entrenched in the Northeast. But Corbett is a journalist, and he has always had a nose for a good story. In Americana lore, there is […]