This year’s festival runs July 10-31 at several venues in Lewiston.
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Maine gardeners find it hard to leave a paradise they created themselves
Avid gardeners talked to us about what it’s like to leave beloved gardens they spent decades dreaming and building.
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12 of Maine’s most irresistible photo ops | Column
Without fail, these sights inspire people to stop and take a picture.
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Wabanaki festival of arts and ideas returns to Bar Harbor for US’s 250th
The Abbe Museum is partnering with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to produce the Dawnland Festival.
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These Maine restaurants serve up complete menus from incomplete kitchens
No exhaust hood? No problem. Some innovative chefs flex their creative muscles with induction burners, Instant Pots or convection ovens.
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These Maine fans of Barry Manilow can’t smile without him
Diehard fans, known as ‘Fanilows,’ will be flocking to Cross Insurance Arena on Friday for the singer’s farewell tour.
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Monhegan exhibit paints a love affair inspired by the island
The collection of Susan Bateson and Stephen Fuller showcases art encompassing more than a century of work by Monhegan Island painters.
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Portland Theater Festival’s 2026 season kicks off with ‘The Monsters’
The theater group, now in its 6th year, will also perform ‘Octet’ and Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People.’
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A Topsham woman is reconnecting with her dad, 1 whoopie pie at a time
Jane Manchester has been cooking her late mother’s recipes for her elderly father as a way to share memories.
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Maine author adapting his novel set in Waterville for Netflix
Ron Currie is adapting his 2025 novel ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ for Netflix. A prequel, ‘We Will See You Bleed,’ will be released July 7.