Aqua City Actors Theater, which performed in The Center on Main Street since 1998, says it cannot afford the new rent Waterville Creates! is asking for its performance space.
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and entertainment news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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A longtime comics fan shares his love for the art form – from his attic
Chad’s Attic videos explore South Portland man’s collection of more than 7,000 books.
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Auditions begin for two Maine productions of the holiday classic “The Nutcracker”
Maine State Ballet auditions will be Sept. 11 and 12 in Falmouth. Portland Ballet auditions will be Sept. 12 in Portland.
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New Waterville Opera House director resigns abruptly
Catherine Palmer, who started July 1, will be finished Friday, leaving because ‘the job was not the right fit,’ according to the chairman of the board of directors.
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National Endowment for the Arts chairman praises Waterville’s cultural, arts collaboration
Jane Chu visited the city’s Railroad Square Cinema, which benefited from an NEA grant, on Tuesday.
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Salt Institute may merge with larger institution, alumni say
The Portland-based documentary studies program is scheduled to close in September.
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Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance celebrates state’s robust literary scene on July 25
Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford (one of three who will be in attendance) hosts a party at his home in East Boothbay for the group’s 40th anniversary.
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Longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub dies at 77
Weintraub worked with stars including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, and was a close friend of former President George H.W. Bush.
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John Calvin Stevens’ paintings at University of New England
The architect who shaped Portland was an impressive painter, too.
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Bates Dance festival features new work about the AIDS crisis
Choreographer Sean Dorsey hopes ‘The Missing Generation’ helps people remember.