The arts presenter is partnering with the Indigo Arts Alliance and the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center.
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Mills declares Ashley Bryan Day in Maine to honor artist as he turns 97
Bryan has written or illustrated more than 50 books, including ‘Beautiful Blackbird’ and ‘Freedom Over Me,’ about the African American experience.
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Young filmmakers in Portland turn friendship into activism
Three recent high school graduates took on their first documentary project, capturing the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Portland.
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Area writers receive the Maine Literary Award
REGION — Kristen Case of Temple and Linda Britt of Wilton have been named recipients of the 2020 Maine Literary Award. The annual award is sponsored by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, which selects one recipient per genre. Britt, who received the award for her play “I Smile, Of Course, And Go On Drinking […]
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National endowment allots nearly $1 million to Maine arts groups
Maine arts organizations hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic rely on federal funding for continued financial support.
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Stevens Commons seeks artist proposals for copper project
A commissioned work of art to be displayed in the new University of Maine Augusta dormitory.
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Looking ahead, arts groups cancel long-running summer traditions
The Bates Dance Festival and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts are among the entities that won’t schedule summer programming this year.
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Colby, Waterville art benefactor Paul J. Schupf dies at 82
Paul J. Schupf, for whom an arts center at 93 Main St. in downtown Waterville will be named, died Wednesday in New York. He was 82.
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Deer Isle arts colony receives $4 million gift, the largest in its history
The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts received the money to establish an endowment to preserve its campus overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
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Writer finds niche in Russian translation
Lisa Hayden of Scarborough transforms her love of the language and literature into a career.