Child’s play part of grown-up’s job at Children’s Museum of Maine

Maine at Work: Museum educators need knowledge of fundraising, art, music, nature and more, Ray Routhier learns.

Open House: Holy moly, what a cool place

Cathedral ceilings? Yes, and much more at Doug and Denise Bean’s heavenly Yarmouth home.

Author Q & A: Art and soul

Chris Thompson’s new book ponders the potential ramifications of a meeting between art innovator Joseph Beuys and the Dalai Lama.

Something to Gaines

There’s something indefinable – and indefinably good – about Jeffrey Gaines, who plays One Longfellow on Saturday.

Big names playing at Nateva festival in Maine

The Gregg Allman Band, Dave Mason, Bob Weir, Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes, The Thievery Corporation and Peter Wolf were among the acts announced Monday for the 2011 Nateva Music and Camping Festival in Oxford. The four-day festival is scheduled for Aug. 4-7 at the Oxford Fairgrounds. Last year, the inaugural Nateva festival had […]

Ashley Hebert regrets not telling’The Bachelor’ how she felt

Ashley Hebert went on network TV Monday night and told the world that she goofed.

The Madawaska native said on Monday’s episode of “The Bachelor” that she was in love with bachelor Brad Womack while filming with him last fall, but couldn’t bring herself to tell him.

In fact, it took a while for “Bachelor” host Chris Harrison to get her to say it on Monday night’s show.

“I hate to break it to you, but you were in love,” said Harrison, interviewing Hebert on what ABC dubbed “The Women Tell All” episode of the show.

Nateva festival announces bands

The Gregg Allman Band, Dave Mason, Bob Weir, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, and Peter Wolf were among the acts announced today to be part of the 2011 Nateva Music and Camping Festival in Oxford. The four-day festival will take place Aug. 4 through 7 at Oxford Fairgrounds. Last year’s debut festival featured more […]

Keeping today’s TVs in focus takes a light touch, trove of spare parts

Maine at Work: Quality components help a set last longer, Ray Routhier learns from David Munster, who still makes house calls.

You didn’t take Academy Awards lying down

Some years, picking the Oscar winners practically requires a degree in psychology. You’ve got to try to figure out Oscar voters’ choices based on track records, sentimentality or the fact that some actor is simply “due” to win some hardware. And some years it’s just obvious to everyone who the best actors are and which […]

Bachelor Beat: Was it love? Ashley ready to kiss, tell

The Maine native says she and Brad Womack had something ‘really strong,’ but she hid her feelings too well.