Game On: Happy and healthy, Falmouth’s Ginevan flourishes on lacrosse field
In the second game of the season, Sloane Ginevan received a pass at the eight-meter mark, steadied her hips and knees, and ripped a...
Old Soul: The mystical pop of Coyote Island
We ask a lot of our artists. We want new music, new movies, new movements of visual arts, new dances to deploy at weddings...
On Stage: Ziggurat brings the desert theater heat with ‘The Sand Princess’
At the start of “The Sand Princess,” the whole ensemble enters from a great distance, coming into sight as tiny figures over the cusp...
Cidny Bullens’ ‘TransElectric’ is the rock ‘n’ roll tell-all for our times
In “Me,” Elton John’s 2019 memoir, Cidny Bullens does not get a mention. But Cid was there, singing as one of a trio of...
Art Seen: Celeste Roberge’s sophisticated art of the beach
Back in 1990 when I published “Maine Art Now,” I selected a Celeste Roberge sculpture for the cover in order to make the point...
Maine’s fringe theater festival rolls on, opens June 1
The trees have leafed out, people have started jumping in the ocean, and PortFringe, Portland’s irrepressible and joyous summer performing arts festival, is about...
Into the Wild: Answering autocomplete questions about Maine wildlife
Feeling prematurely nostalgic about its imminent replacement by AI, I checked in with my old pal Google the Search Engine to see how it...
Variegated metal: Manuel puts his guitar out front in ‘Underneath’
In industry circles, quite a bit has been made of the disappearance of the instrumental hit. After decades of Billboard toppers and songs that...
Beyond doubt: Maya Williams’ debut poetry collection is a force to be reckoned with
Do you read the obituaries? If you do, you know there’s really only one specific thing that people die of: cancer. We are often...
Game On: Searching for pickleball
I want to talk about pickleball's rise in Portland. I also want to state my firm stance that Portland needs more options for public...