Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, to April 29. “400 Years of New Mainers,” Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, through April 2. “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” national tour from […]

Over the years I’ve shared many stories about my illustrious Restaurant Creative Consulting Team. Although a few have punched out for the last time, we still find excuses to get together for birthdays, babies and general foolishness. With the exception of busing each other’s tables, we pick up right where we left off. I am […]

A musical comedy that was first produced in 1874 and a long-established masterpiece of ballet are the big productions in this weekend’s arts and entertainment calendar. By far the most intriguing offering is “Evangeline,” a musical comedy that revolves around a very unhappy historical fact: the expulsion of the French Acadians from Nova Scotia in […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, to April 29. “Logging in the Maine Woods, 1915-1928, The Paintings of Alden Grant,” on loan at Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., from Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum, […]

Portland Ovations has a pair of top-tier double-bill musical acts coming into town. The first will be Friday’s pairing of True Blues and the Campbell Brothers Band. Then on March 31, Portland Ovations presents pipa virtuoso Wu Man plus the Shanghai String Quartet in a program titled “A Night in Ancient and New China.” Two […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, to April 29. “Logging in the Maine Woods, 1915-1928, The Paintings of Alden Grant,” on loan at Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., from Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum […]

When an order comes out of the kitchen wrong, it usually results in a restaurant-wide, domino-like chain of chaos. Much finger pointing (middle, and otherwise) ensues and it takes concerted organization and extra steps, both in the kitchen and out front, to get things squared away. As far as the guest is concerned, various degrees […]

By curious coincidence, two exemplars of dark theatrical visions opened last weekend in southern Maine, and both are excellent choices for this weekend. The Public Theatre of Lewiston-Auburn opened the Maine premiere of “What Rhymes With America,” a wonderfully funny and deeply thoughtful dark comedy centered around four lost characters in contemporary New York City. […]

Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rte. 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, to April 29. “Logging in the Maine Woods, 1915-1928, The Paintings of Alden Grant,” on loan at Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., from Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum […]

Taken well over a year ago, and obviously with no planning, my current column photograph is the subject of much negative feedback from readers. Never short of negative feedback, I don’t always agree with all of you, but when you’re right, you’re right. The picture in question was snapped on a Sunday afternoon, in a […]