Art and Theater: BLUE

The avant garde performers of Blue Man Group will play Portland this weekend.Blue Man Group is performing classic bits on the current tour. Think of this as Blue Man Group’s greatest hits, with a few new numbers.

“It’s a little bit old with a little bit of new. A lot of the new stuff has to do with technology.”

Haystack wins major preservation grant

The Haystack campus, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, has influenced generations of American architects.

Arts Planner

Today At 2:30 this afternoon at Merrill Auditorium, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will push itself as hard and stretch itself as far as it has been pushed or stretched since Robert Moody took over as music director three years ago. Under Moody’s direction and with guest musicians, vocalists and the Masterworks Chorus of the Choral […]

New on the scene

Two public art projects – one by Mark Wethli and the other by Aaron Stephan – recently were unveiled in a pair of spaces that are sure to generate lots of ‘hits.’

Arts Dispatches

AUGUSTA LePage announces search for the next poet laureate Less than a month from the time he booted Maine poets from his inauguration, Maine Gov. Paul LePage has issued a call for nominations for the position of Maine State Poet Laureate. Nominations will be accepted until Feb. 25. The Maine Arts Commission and Maine State […]

Steve Martin brings bluegrass band to Portland

He’ll be playing with the Steep Canyon Rangers in the May 18 concert.

A single line on his acting resume landed a 10-year gig

The play “2 Pianos 4 Hands” tells the story of two aspiring musicians who grow up with the piano as the focal point of their lives. As they reach adulthood and discover they don’t have the chops to make it professionally, they question whether they’d want to even if they could. In an extreme scenario, […]

Art and Theater: Passion play

PSO tackles a controversial piece of music head on. The weapon of choice? Education.

Edwards sets sail in Maine as he relaunches his career

If it seems Jonathan Edwards is showing up a lot lately, that’s because he is. He sat in with Gypsy Tailwind on New Year’s Eve at Port City Music Hall, and has been spotted regularly on the monthly art walks in downtown Portland. On Saturday, he plays a show with his trio at One Longfellow […]

Former Maine State costume designer dies

Theoni V. Aldredge won an Oscar in 1975 for “The Great Gatsby.”