FALMOUTH — After the overwhelming success of last year’s photography show “A Picture’s Worth” at the Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Moss and photographers Denise Froehlich and Anne Zill got together and decided it was time Maine had a photography museum. After nearly a year and a half of unpaid work, the trio will celebrate the museum’s […]

Two very different evenings of musical theater, one in Portland and one in Gorham, top my personal preferences over the next week. The first happens Friday, when Portland Ovations presents George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” one of America’s few true masterpieces of opera. Then on April 8, the University of Southern Maine School of Music […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art  Call for Art, Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, seeking design submissions for its 2010 holiday card and candle wrap collection; send designs in jpeg format to holiday_orders@dfci.harvard.edu by April 16; include name, email, and phone number; Suzanne Crane, 617-632-5344. North Yarmouth Fun Day Logo Contest, entry deadline May 15, any […]

Unconventional collaborations in music and dance underlie several of the top performances during the upcoming week. For starters, Portland Ovations and the Portland Symphony Orchestra are teaming up to bring mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile to the Port City for a pair of appearances this weekend. First he’ll front the Punch Brothers – a very unconventional bluegrass […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art  Call for Art, Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, seeking design submissions for its 2010 holiday card and candle wrap collection; send designs in jpeg format to holiday_orders@dfci.harvard.edu by April 16; include name, email, and phone number; Suzanne Crane, 617-632-5344. The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is accepting artist submissions for Paint […]

For an outstanding spring hike offering one of the best river views in Maine, consider a walk out to Squirrel Point Lighthouse in Arrowsic on the eastern shore of the Kennebec River. The one-mile trail starts at the end of the Bald Head Road and leads through forest and marsh to the light. From the […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra recently announced the lineup for next season, including several new commissions, genre-bending performances and throwback Pops concerts. “I enjoy a kind of adventure with programming,” PSO Music Director Robert Moody said. “Everyone is on a journey together. I like there to be that arc of experience.” The 2010-2011 season […]

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art  The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is accepting artist submissions for Paint for Preservation 2010, the juried Wet Paint Auction to be held on Sunday, July 18;  submit two slides or digital images on CD of original artwork to CELT Paint for Preservation 2010, Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, P.O. Box […]

Portland Ovations continues its string of topnotch offerings with two intriguing programs within the week: a contemporary dance troupe and a showcase for tomorrow’s top classical musicians. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is an African-American group that’s been performing around the world for two decades. They’ll be prancing about Merrill Auditorium this Saturday, March 20. “From […]

Is spring really here? Should I wear Bean boots or Birkenstocks? Prepare hot soup or an icy Vichyssoise? Signs of spring abound, but warmth comes slowly to the towns and cities surrounding Casco Bay and I’ll keep my Bean boots in the back hall in memory of the surprise blizzard we had on April 7, […]