The central Maine boarding and day school marks its bicentennial with a new head of school and a new faculty position for a director of teaching excellence.
Arts & Leisure
Its current exhibition, Music in Maine, hits all the high notes.
The inaugural director of the recently established School of Computer Science and Data Analytics believes “that innovation occurs at the intersection of different disciplines.”
Author and sports marketing expert Norm O’Reilly will call on his industry know-how in his new role as UNE’s inaugural College of Business dean.
In a century of concert seasons, this year's lineup is one of many high notes.
He was a respected painter who hosted scores of famous artists at his Winter Harbor home and appeared in their work. But he never really got his due.
Mainers (not to mention the entire art world) had already come to know the immense talent of Andrew Wyeth, but they were only just making the acquaintance of Andrew’s 21-year-old son, Jamie, when frequent Down East contributor Marge Cook profiled the up-and-coming, preternaturally determined painter.
A dystopian future wrought by secessionist Mainers. A family drama on a Penobscot reservation. A seaside home with a century’s worth of secrets.
Make the destinations on this list part of your itinerary the next time you’re looking to explore Maine’s arts scene.
Jeremy Frey is the subject of the first-ever major retrospective of a Wabanaki artist. Amid the hype, he’s still able to lose himself in the steady rhythm of weaving in his home studio, where he’s forever cognizant of tribal basketmakers’ challenging history and tenuous future.
The oceanfront campground’s owners understand that nature can spur creativity.
The nonprofit aims to transform a tumbledown old snowshoe factory into a creative hub.