WISCASSET — “American Artists Here and Abroad” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Wednesday, July 1. Many American artists came to the New England coast to capture its untamed beauty or sail its vast, meandering shoreline dotted with islands. Such was the case with Chicago-born artist, Emily Muir (1904-2003), who settled in Stonington with […]
June 2020
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Barbara Prey Projects opens season with exhibit
PORT CLYDE — Barbara Prey Projects opens the 20th anniversary season with “Re/Connecting,” featuring two distinct series: never before seen oil paintings and newly released limited edition prints highlighting the distinct American vision by the celebrated artist. The New York Times writes, “Prey is going where icons like Rauschenberg and Warhol have gone before.” A […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival announces schedule for 2020 online season
World-renowned chamber music festival launches six weeks of online concerts and events amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bar Harbor Music Festival’s 54th season will be hosted online
BAR HARBOR — The Bar Harbor Music Festival will celebrate its 54th season online over Facebook and/or You Tube from June 28 through July 26. Performances will be live and prerecorded videos of solo recitals, chamber music, pops, new composers, opera, jazz, string orchestra conducted by Maestro Francis Fortier, a New Composers Forum and young […]
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Maine author publishes romance novel
A young couple falls in love in the late ’80s in New York City
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River Arts looking for artists to share studio space
DAMARISCOTTA — Applications are being accepted for studio artists who want to work in a community environment at River Arts Workshop. The workshop studio space is located in the lower level of the building at 241 Route 1 North. The large, open space will be divided according to the artists’ needs, with approximately 12 feet […]
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One Longfellow Square makes appeal for support
PORTLAND — One Longfellow Square has a storied history. Since opening in 2007, it has hosted acts like Ray LaMontagne, Lake Street Dive and Punch Brothers on their way to stardom as well as hosting legends like Tom Rush, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, and innumerable shows by artists from Maine, […]
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UMF invites Maine artists to submit work for new Couch Jam Online Summer Concert Series
Emery Community Arts Center
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Maine jobless rate falls to 9.3%, but data obscure magnitude of job losses
If not for tens of thousands of workers who were misclassified or not counted as unemployed in May, the official rate would be 18 percent.
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Maine CARES Act funding to flow to unemployment trust fund
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa told lawmakers the state will use $270 million of $1.25 billion in federal aid to keep the state’s unemployment trust fund solvent.