Painter Lynn Krauss displays a series of woodcuts and etchings at Daunis Fine Jewelry Studio, 616 Congress St., Portland. The art will be on display through June 30. A former interior designer for an architectural firm, Krauss says her work is about color and pattern. “I tend to create separate bodies of work, investigating a […]

With the exception of Portland, Maine’s art centers tend to be in charming little towns dispersed along the coast. The areas around these towns are full of artists in need of venues for their work. And when they don’t find them, they often create their own. Co-ops are galleries run by groups of artists with […]

Is there a more divisive genre today than country? In other parts of America, the honky tonk is as holy as Sunday morning. If your gal leaves the bar with another cowboy, go ahead and sob into that Bud Light. Family reunions are cordial affairs, even if that Jack bottle is tipped one too many […]

Dreamworks seems bored with the ogre who laid the golden egg. “Shrek Forever After,” the fourth film in the lucrative franchise, barely tampers with the Shrek formula (one-liners, flatulence jokes, pop tunes) and not enough to breathe life into the exhausted series. Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) is feeling buried under the celebrity, the diapers […]

TODAY MAY 20   Food+Farm Portland’s annual Food+Farm series runs today through Sunday. The series takes a look at our access to sustainable food via film screenings, discussions and hands-on programming. Films scheduled to be shown during the festival include “Dirt! The Movie,” “Ingredients,” “Colony” and “The End of the Line.” On Saturday, head to […]