PORTLAND – Don Tuski has been on the job six months, and during that time he’s heard more than once that Maine College of Art is too expensive. Tuski, the school’s new president, wants to change that perception. MECA recently announced that it will guarantee a scholarship of $12,000 each year for four years to […]

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 through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 30. “Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; […]

Guido Corriero’s birthday dinner party is less about age than an ageless sort of grace, full of lively humor, good cheer and humility.

January may not be the cruelest month, but by tradition it is the dullest month. Museums and galleries stagger through it with make-dos, holdovers and darkened windows. There are some exceptions to the syndrome and I report, with pleasure, on two of them. I begin with “Weston: Leaves of Grass” at the Portland Museum of […]

Ron Franscell’s new book answers the question ‘Whatever happened to …’ people who lived through some of the nation’s notorious mass murders.

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BRISTOL Mainer chosen as 2011 artist for Louisville Derby Festival Maine artist Sarah Lynn Richards was chosen as the 2011 artist for the Derby Festival in Louisville, Ky. The festival began Jan. 14 with the unveiling of the official poster and continues through the Kentucky Derby in May. Richards designed the poster. She attended the […]

This week • Go see “The Goat.” Just go. Edward Albee’s shocking and disturbing play about a brilliant architect and his midlife meltdown highlights a rich and varied winter of theater in and around Portland. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents Albee’s “The Goat, or Who Is Slyvia” through Feb. 6 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter […]