American Moderns” showcases masterworks on paper from the Wadsworth Atheneum. Highlights of a great collection, the 90 works on view in the Portland Museum of Art are strong ambassadors. The exhibition is both exciting and easy to digest. While the accompanying catalog would have you think it self-divides into polemical and divisive groups, the works […]

Maia Aprahamian was lunching one afternoon with the folks who run the Stonington Opera House. “Suddenly, it hit me. I said, ‘You know, ‘Burt Dow’ would make an incredible opera.’ This is my schtick, opera writing. They livened to the idea.” Five years later, Aprahamian’s idea has become reality. Opera House Arts, the programming wing […]

In 2004, the results of a BBC survey of 500 art world professionals revealed the most influential work of 20th century art was Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 “Fountain.” Duchamp, a member of New York’s Society of Independent Artists, paid the $5 to anonymously submit “Fountain” (which he signed “R.Mutt 1917”) to a show at the Society […]

Journalist Dyke Hendrickson will be signing his new book, “Franco-Americans of Maine” (Arcadia, $21.99). Hendrickson, who worked for Maine newspapers in the past and currently splits his time between Massachusetts and Maine, also wrote about Maine’s Franco population in his 1980 book “Quiet Presence: Stories of Franco-Americans in New England.”   WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday […]

Maine’s burgeoning film scene celebrated Thursday night when the state’s first-ever awards for the 7DayPSA were handed out at a party in Portland. Begun in Rhode Island and headed for cities around the country, the 7DayPSA program pairs filmmakers with nonprofits and gives them seven days to write, cast, direct, produce and edit a public […]

ROCKLAND – Children’s book author, illustrator and Isleford resident Ashley Bryan will show a selection of his work in “Singing With Truth” at Archipelago Fine Arts, the Island Institute’s art gallery, at 386 Main St., Rockland. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. An author or illustrator of more than […]