DEER ISLE — Certainly, these last two years have been difficult for the arts economy in Maine. It’s been difficult for everybody, and the arts and cultural segment has faced the downturn and recession head-on. There’s a common perception that the bad economy has devastated the arts. In this instance, perception is not reality. The […]

David Grossman’s ‘To the End of the Land’ tackles the Mideast conflict.

The dining, the bidding, and the time fly by during a fun and fabulous auction fundraiser for Portland Ovations.

On what would have been his 80th birthday, Ray Charles joined the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in southern California. The Ray Charles Memorial Library officially opened its doors Thursday night. Housed in the studio and office building Charles built in South Los Angeles in the […]

• In our rush to anoint a new celebrity diva with every turn of the moon, perhaps we’d be wise to remember the reigning diva has not relinquished her crown. There is no diva more deserving of the title than Liza Minnelli, a superstar by any measure. A winner of an Oscar, Tony, Grammy, Emmy […]

Maine author Lily King will be reading from and talking about her third novel, “Father of the Rain,” which fellow Maine author Richard Russo has called “one of the most richly satisfying and haunting novels I’ve read in a long time.” King will be speaking as part of the library’s Brown Bag Lecture series, so […]