Vera Johnson revitalized a former fiddlehead cannery into Belle Creative Arts, a working studio and community creative space in Wilton.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts, entertainment and books news from the Sun Journal.
Stephen King’s ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ gets Indigenous perspective from Maine educator
John Bear Mitchell, of the Penobscot Nation, works with Hollywood to incorporate Indigenous culture in TV and film. His current project is the HBO horror series.
Surviving Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness takes on new meaning in blockbuster novel
Journalist Kat Rosenfield’s novel, ‘How to Survive in the Woods,’ is a thriller for the post-#MeToo era.
Lots of music in Lewiston, Bethel and Farmington, and more | Get out
Highlights of things to do in the next week in the area.
6 Maine events this week include Freeport Chocolate Festival, Michael Carbonaro
‘Like Flies: A Rage Play’ opens at Portland Stage.
Two art exhibits in Lewiston, Falmouth bring light to a cold winter | Column
‘Drawn in Light: Charlie Hewitt’ is at Lewiston’s Maine Mill museum, while ‘Nick Benfey: Neighborhood’ is showing at at Moss Galleries in Falmouth.
Maine theaters showing movies about fearless women getting things done (and refusing)
Maine theaters are showing films about grief, equality, race, and what happens when women refuse to work.
Portland Chamber Music Festival’s adventurous winter concerts keep audiences warm
Now in its third year, the organization’s Winter Warmer concerts mix genres but keep some traditions.
In an award-winning debut novel, secrets propel a clever new mystery set on a Maine island
Jennifer K. Breedlove investigates the inexplicable behavior of others in ‘Murder Will Out,’ which won the Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award.
Dance in Lewiston, read in Farmington, see theater in Auburn | Get out
Highlights of things to do in the area in the next week.