ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 Aries, even if you believe you have a handle on all that is going on around you, some surprises are bound to pop up. Enjoy any unexpected turn of events. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 Taurus, embrace your inner storyteller in the days ahead. Family and friends will want to […]

Jennifer Elowitch is ready to rock. “When I planned the program, the idea of a celebration was at the center of my mind,” said the soon-to-retire artistic director of the Portland Chamber Music Festival. “We are going to have a rocking celebration. I want people to attend and be like, ‘Yeah, I had a blast.’ […]

BRUNSWICK ICON’s current exhibit features a variety of media from Charlie Hewitt, an artist from Yarmouth with studios in Portland and New Jersey and a gallery in New York. His work has appeared in museums and galleries across the country, as well as several large public art sculptures, including the 20-foot high “Urban Rattle,” which […]

BRUNSWICK In late July, a 10-foot-tall aluminum sculpture appeared outside ICON Contemporary Art on Mason Street. There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony and little hubbub — that’s not ICON’s style. The gallery has been quietly showcasing contemporary art and artists, many from Maine, for the past three decades. Though the sculpture, part of the gallery’s current […]

FREEPORT Theo LeBlanc can juggle eight balls. Or seven rings. Or six clubs. In short, he’s talented. This summer the 15 -year-old from South Portland is showing off his skills — which also include clowning and acrobatics — in the Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour, which comes to the Maine Coast Waldorf School in Freeport […]

BRUNSWICK Maine State Music Theatre is closing out its 60th anniversary season next week with “Singin’ in the Rain.” The show will run from Aug. 8-25. Singin’ in the Rainhas all the makings of a Tinseltown tabloid headline — the starlet, the leading man and a love affair that could change lives and make or […]

ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 It can be challenging to silence your suspicious mind, Aries. Not everyone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Avoid gossip whenever possible, and you’ll be fine. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 Wear your heart on your sleeve, Taurus. Doing so may endear you to others. It may […]

BOOTHBAY The Boothbay Railway Village will host its first Railfan Day to celebrate everything on the rails — and the museum’s 53 years of operations. The event will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. “We’ve had days before that had a bit of a railroad theme, like Engineer’s Day in 2015, but never a day where […]

In the 1930s, Brad McFadden’s great-grandfather Nelson purchased 148 acres on the western shore of Merrymeeting Bay for $3,000, a collection of Red Sox baseball cards and a photograph of his “gentlemen’s” baseball team. An avid duck hunter, Nelson McFadden built a small lodge overlooking the bay. If you’re lucky and quiet, you may see […]

BRUNSWICK An opening reception for “Souvenirs,” an exhibit of watercolors and oils by Frances Pratt Caswell, will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Merrymeeting Room at Thornton Oaks Retirement Community. Thornton Oaks is located at 25 Thornton Way. A longtime Brunswick resident, Caswell was introduced to art during her Brunswick High School days […]