An allied front:Standing ‘out’ but not alone

Alone at center stage, a confident young woman proclaims, “I’m a lesbian, a student, a daughter, a violinist and a brunette.”

She’s uncertain of her place in the world, but has found comfort and relief in realizing that she prefers girls over boys. Her acceptance and recognition of her lesbianism doesn’t define her, but is one characteristic among many.

Henry’s Place

When painter Henry Finkelstein commits the colors and textures of his Great Cranberry Island retreat to canvas, it’s a labor of love.

Minnelli concert won’t be rescheduled

Liza Minnelli is suffering from bronchial pneumonia, and her physician has ordered her to cancel her next seven concerts, a representative says.

Art and Theater: A Passion Play

Good Theater gets serious with the emotion-charged ‘August: Osage County.’

2011 Maine arts fellows announced

Each fellowship carries a $13,000 award.

Arts Planner

Now playing • Mad Horse Theatre Company christens the new performance space at Lucid Stage on Baxter Boulevard in Portland with a production of John Guare’s masterpiece “Six Degrees of Separation.” Director Peter Brown calls the play an “imaginative tour de force.” It’s 20 years old, but the Portland production marks the first time the […]

King Coz: Comedian has soft spot for Portland

Beloved Bill Cosby has two shows Saturday in Portland.

Art & Theater: ‘Time’ zone

Amy Stacey Curtis’ new exhibition includes nine interactive stations for exploring the concept.

For ‘Pearls’ cartoonist, job ‘is like oxygen’

Stephan Pastis detested lawyering, but he loves cartooning. Pastis, the 42-year-old creator of the comic strip “Pearls Before Swine,” earned a degree in political science, then went on to law school at UCLA. For several years, he worked as a litigation attorney in San Francisco. And he hated every minute of it. “The best day […]

Keyes: An artistic vision for Maine’s future

DEER ISLE — Certainly, these last two years have been difficult for the arts economy in Maine. It’s been difficult for everybody, and the arts and cultural segment has faced the downturn and recession head-on. There’s a common perception that the bad economy has devastated the arts. In this instance, perception is not reality. The […]