The program that trains young people to help govern nonprofits graduates its first 25 young professionals.

Contemporary art is unpredictable. Sometimes it is dark and difficult, but every once in a while contemporary art is smart, fun and accessible to everyone — like the show about mirrors now on view at the Maine College of Art’s Institute of Contemporary Art. “Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning” is an agonizing […]

Art “Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972 — 2008,” Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 […]

Today At 2:30 this afternoon at Merrill Auditorium, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will push itself as hard and stretch itself as far as it has been pushed or stretched since Robert Moody took over as music director three years ago. Under Moody’s direction and with guest musicians, vocalists and the Masterworks Chorus of the Choral […]

Fans of Kim Edwards will find that her newest novel was worth waiting for.

After a year in a new location, Katahdin Wood Fire Grill and Bar in Portland continues to enjoy weekend crowds and faithful regulars who are enamored of bartender Winnie Moody’s generous martinis, the kitchen’s good food and a community that always has a place for a newcomer. Moody makes a good strong Old Fashioned ($10 […]