The Bowdoin International Music Festival, June 26-Aug. 7, one of the world’s best known – it was the only Maine festival listed in The New York Times summer festival preview this year – continues to evolve, with new programs, concert venues, artists, students and teachers. This year will see the first student virtuoso series; “Extra”  […]

While perusing “Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages,” about the Gilded Age architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, one cannot help but think back to the 1960s, when historic American architecture was hardly a topic, let alone a field of study. In those days, even the brightest liberal arts student, unless hailing from an […]

BETHEL Local arts groups invited to participate in annual fair The Mahoosuc Arts Council will produce the 21st annual Bethel Art Fair on July 3. The council is creating an Open Space Gallery concept to accompany the fair, where any artist or arts group with a studio or gallery space can be included on a […]

– From staff reports Portland Stage Company wraps up its season with the final week of the comedy “Bach at Leipzig,” a fast-paced, funny and mostly true retelling of the time when a group of musicians bypassed by history joust for the most coveted musical post in all of Europe. The story is set in […]

The author’s hilarious tale has roots in his family’s Mormon history.

“Robin Hood,” the latest collaboration between star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott, may have its roots in the foggy past of 12th-century legend about the man in tights who robbed the rich and helped the poor. But, with its origin-story approach, jut-jawed good guys, hiss-worthy bad guys, splashy action, and setup for a sequel, […]