"Are you going to call it ‘A Tale of Two Bookshops’?" Craig Florence, owner of Mother Foucault's asks. We are not. The ...

Miranda July, the artist, filmmaker, writer and performer, will be at the Tomorrow Theater on March 14 and has curated a series of films to follow her appearance.

The Portland City Council Arts and Economy Committee met on March 11 to discuss the final plans for Darcelle XV Plaza, which ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another.

Are you ready to experience a week filled with arts and culture at the beach? The historic Sou’wester Lodge and Travel ...

It’s 1969. You’re in your early 20s, you’ve recently graduated from UW with a bachelor's in art history, and you’re working ...

The disorientation of assimilation was Lê’s subject, the complicated experience of giving up something you knew, something ...

As big corporations steamroll local communities, Portland faces a pivotal moment: will we preserve the soul of our city, or will we hand it over to Live Nation? This proposed 3,300-capacity venue is ...

Whenever Russell Foster drives by the old Brian Boru building on Center Street in Portland, he stops to take a picture. A fan of Irish pubs, Foster, who moved to Maine in 2023, has wondered what it ...

In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their ...

The Public Joy Creator is known for his Wonderwood Springs fantasy coffee shop and restaurant experience and Wonderwood Mini ...

The group, "Spinning Wampum," previewed a satiric play about the Casco Bay Treaty and has plans to artistically demonstrate ...