Amy Allen didn’t think she’d like writing songs for somebody else. From a young age, she was the very definition of a singer-songwriter. She recorded her first studio album when she was still a student at Waynflete School in Portland, appeared on the NBC singing competition “The Voice” while in college and later fronted her […]

PORTLAND — On an exterior wall of the Anderson Street art studio Running with Scissors, artist and activist Abigail Gray Swartz is hard at work creating a mural. But that’s not all she’s building. Gray Swartz, a Freeport resident, is the founder of “City of Hidden Figures,” a public art program that aims to illuminate “female-identifying […]

Growing up in Winthrop, Julie Ault always was struck by the self-reliance of women on her mother’s side of the family. They’d been raised on farms in the New Gloucester area and insisted on doing everything themselves: Baking, quilting and stuffing goose down into homemade mattresses. She also was impressed by the handmade chairs, boxes […]

HARPSWELL — Most people passing Gun Point Cove Gallery on Harpswell Islands Road probably notice Doug Bane’s large wooden sculptures of animals on the lawn. But inside, Bane has been working on a different project that he says has changed him spiritually: portraits of Native American tribal leaders. The walls of the Orr’s Island building are […]

Brunswick — Maine humorist Tim Sample will talk about his career and Maine’s unique brand of comedy and storytelling on Thursday in Brunswick. The Brunswick Downtown Association is hosting Sample as its fall speaker on Thursday, Oct. 11, at The Brunswick Hotel & Tavern, 4 Noble Street in Brunswick. The public is invited to attend. Novelist […]

Erin Hutton and her colleagues at Maine College of Art began talking about migration in July 2016, before the election of Donald Trump and before conversations about immigration and border walls divided the country. “Then the election happened, and things changed,” said Hutton, director of exhibition and special projects at MECA. “We knew this was […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival has named Grace Bell as the festival’s new director of admissions operations. “I’m honored to serve as the Director of Admissions and Operations at such an exceptional music festival,” said Bell, who has been with the Festival for the past year as development associate. Bell, a native of […]

GORHAM –A century ago, Maine forced a group of mixed-race fishermen and families living on a small island just off Phippsburg from their homes. A fifth of the residents were incarcerated — on questionable grounds — at the Maine School for the Feebleminded in New Gloucester. Most would live out the majority of the rest […]

BATH — Get a guided glimpse at the history and folklore behind some of Maine’s iconic Midcoast lighthouses on boat tours hosted by the Maine Maritime Museum. Passengers will see up to six lighthouses, depending on weather and wave conditions. On the list are Doubling Point Light, Hendricks Head Light, Seguin Island Light, Ram Island Light, […]