Arts & Culture

In the 1930s, nearly everyone in America was going to the movie theaters on a weekly basis -- but it was rare for those films to feature small-town residents or settings. That wasn't the case for the Movie Queen films, a series of short movies produced by the Boston based Amateur Theatre Guild.

The screening of a PBS film about efforts to preserve Native languages in the U.S., including the Passamaquoddy language, brought forth strong emotions among Passamaquoddy tribal citizens who attended the premiere showing in the state at the Eastport Arts Center on November 1.

The Shead Jazz Quartet under the direction of Eastport schools music teacher Robert Sanchez received the only Gold Medal Performance Award at the Maine State Jazz Festival at Hampden Academy on Saturday, March 18.

A piece of Maine's horror movie history has risen from the metaphorical grave. The infamous truck that played a pivotal role in Stephen King's Pet Sematary has been rescued from the elements and is currently undergoing a frame-up restoration thanks to Mike Tammaro of V.L. Tammaro Oil in Baileyville.

A stunning new fancy basket by Passamaquoddy basketweaver Jeremy Frey has been placed into the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum (DAM) by the Nancy Blomberg Acquisitions Fund for Native American Art.

University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Professor of Art and Book Arts Bernie Vinzani had never taken a sabbatical in all his years of teaching.