‘Tracing the Fore’: Panel votes to move artwork

The Portland Public Art Committee voted Wednesday to recommend moving the controversial piece known as “Tracing the Fore” out of Boothby Square.

The 7-3 vote followed an attempt to have the landscape art installation scrapped.

The final destination of “Tracing the Fore” remains to be determined. The committee considered two options Wednesday: city-owned land at Fish Point on the Eastern Promenade, and along the Fore River near Mercy Hospital.

Art and Theater: Looking for an edge

A talented USM cast pushes the envelope with the dark musical ‘The Wild Party.’

With Brubeck as the tailor, PSO suits up with a Philly trio

Usually, when Chris Brubeck writes a piece of music, he does so in a vacuum. He writes what he thinks works best from a compositional perspective, regardless of who might be playing the music. But when Brubeck set about writing “Travels in Time for Three,” he did so with a specific group of players in […]

Art panel votes to relocate controversial sculpture

The final destination of “Tracing the Fore” remains to be determined.

Hiatt, Lovett to perform at State in January

The acoustic evening will feature both Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt alternating songs from throughout their careers.

Manns on a mission

CAMDEN – The boxer Baron, standing alert and upright, answers the doorbell with a bark. The dog’s master, Robert Manns, follows closely behind with a good-natured bark of his own. “We usually think of New York as very quick,” says the aged and witty playwright, explaining why it’s taken America’s theater capital so long to […]

Music center, school in harmony

Kyara Dorvee can’t believe what she is hearing herself sing.

“It sounds so good, it sounds so good,” she says, a smile streaking across her face. “That sounds so cool. I’m really proud of us right now.”

Dorvee, a student at Casco Bay High School, is sitting on a folding cafeteria bench among a small gathering of her peers. They’ve taken themselves out of their regular humanities class to work with professional musicians from 317 Main St Community Music Center in Yarmouth.

Art and Theater: Two by four

Bates College hosts an exceptional quartet playing a masterpiece sonata plus ‘one of the coolest pieces ever written.’

PSO and guest crooner celebrate ‘Ol Blue Eyes

This weekend’s Pops concerts showcase Steve Lippia singing Sinatra greats.

Printmaker finds inspiration in city work crews

Artist Katarina Weslien made a series of fine-art prints based on the road repair lines by the city’s public works crews.