Andrew Caldwell’s new book dishes on the last meals of the stiff and famous.

Boston’s Copley Square is framed by Henry Richardson’s monumental Trinity Church (1872) on one side and McKim, Mead & White’s masterful Boston Public Library (1888) on the other. While Stanford White was the biggest name in the firm that was once the grandest feather in America’s architectural cap, his partner Charles McKim quietly designed many […]

Alex Katz is eager to satisfy the social obligations early so he can settle in and get serious about summer in Maine. Katz, a trendsetting figurative painter who turns 83 in July, will receive the 2010 Maine in America award on Saturday at the Farnsworth Art Museum. The award is part of the museum’s Summer […]

Five up-and-coming innovators of the area’s creative economy win the coveted strings at Wednesday’s Entreverge event.

PORTLAND Museum of Art announces new members of the board The Portland Museum of Art recently announced new members to its board of trustees: Scott M. Black, Harry W. Konkel, Samuel A. Ladd III, Frank G. McGinty and S. Donald Sussman. In addition, the following officers were elected: president, John F. Isacke; chairman, Hans Underdahl; […]

The idea of choosing a simple, self-sufficient life, away from the din and close to nature, is hardly new. Thoreau famously lived in a cabin near Walden Pond for two years, doing just that. In the 150 years since, countless others have chosen to live off the land and off the grid. But few have […]

American art royalty will look down from every corner of the PMA’s big summer show.

There was quite a bit of sadness when arborists in Yarmouth made the difficult decision this winter to cut down the ancient elm tree known as Herbie. It started growing in 1793, so Herbie’s demise represented a tangible loss for generations of people who had come to know and love the stately old tree. But […]