Sunday, October 1, 2023
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A place to be a kid: The country’s oldest children’s theater celebrates its 100th...

A hundredth birthday is a big one, and Maine’s children’s theater is the longest-running in the nation. The folks at the Children's Museum and...
the four members of Thanks to Gravity play keyboards, drums and guitars in a brightly lit room

Heavy Things: Thanks to Gravity release first album in two decades

Do college kids still get together in dorm rooms to take bong hits, turn off all the lights except for the Christmas strings around...

Art Seen: Maine Art Gallery at 65

The roots of the modern art scene in Maine were planted in the 1940s and 1950s, largely by artists themselves. The Skowhegan School of Painting...
Portland artist Liza Victoria, aka Lisa/Liza, stands with her back to the camera facing a forest of bare trees and a blue sky patched with clouds

Sense of a Mending: A new record from Lisa/Liza that is out of time

It is the rare performer who doesn’t cultivate at least a couple personalities. The act of going on stage, putting oneself on display, for...
Corbin Burke cuts Deering educational technician Jean-Claude Butera's hair after school.

Game On: Corbin Burke makes the cut

This spring, you can catch Corbin Burke darting towards the lacrosse goal for Deering High School. Next fall, he’s juking out defenders on the...
The cast of Dance Nation, directed by Lisa Muller-Jones at Mad Horse Theatre Company. (Photo credit: Jennifer Battis Photography)

On Stage: Bodies, ambitions and power in ‘Dance Nation’ at Mad Horse

Unsure exactly what to expect of Mad Horse’s “Dance Nation,” a show about a middle-school dance team performed by adult actors? I was, too....

Art Seen: Carlo Pittore at 80

Carlo Pittore (1943-2005) was both a much-loved artist, art activist and teacher and a somewhat intimidating figure. That’s because he was as passionate about...
A digital rendering of a woolly mammoth. (Photo credit: Timothy Neesam via Flickr)

Into the Wild: Polar bears in Portland? Woolly mammoths in Westbrook? It happened

Last month I wrote about how Maine’s geology was shaped in the wake of massive glaciers receding some 12,000 years ago. I ended with...
album covers for Uno Lady's Alaska is a long stretch of ocean, and Waxfed's self-titled album is the artist's name on a white rocky surface

Authentically Manufactured: New Maine releases by Uno Lady & Waxfed are artfully constructed

The subtitle to Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas’ new book is provocative: “What the music you love says about you.” Yikes. Don’t worry, though....
two women, one white and one Black, snuggle in a small bed as one of them gestures and appears to talk to someone off camera

On Stage: Portland Stage’s ‘The Cake’ has ingredients for tasty, thoughtful comedy

In the opening scene of Portland Stage’s dramatic comedy “The Cake,” by Bekah Brunstetter, a North Carolina baker named Della (Sam Rosentrater) stands before...