2014
Films draw on local culture and history
On August 21 and 22 parts of Lubec's Water Street were returned to 1870, with characters walking the street and filling local restaurants while wearing period garb.
Arts & Culture
2013
Artistic Inspiration Downeast Artist earns honor
Artist Richard Van Buren was walking between his studio and house in Perry in late winter when his phone rang. On the phone was his art dealer. Van Buren relates, "He said, 'Where are you right now?'"
2011
Designer makes cut in dress competition
Last month Leon Sockbeson II of Pleasant Point sent a design sketch for a dress to the renowned designer Adrianna Papell...
2011
Basketmakers nurture tradition of innovation
In the early 1990s the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance was formed with 55 founding members, comprised of elders from the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes.
2009
Passamaquoddys perform in capital
Homegrown: The Music of America Presented by the Library of Congress" hosted two members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe on Wednesday, September 15. Blanche Sockabasin and Wayne Newell are the first Native Americans from east of the Mississippi to perform in this series, which began in 2002.
2009
Arts Alive shines a light on Lubec history and people
Alive with Art was the theme in Lubec during the week of August 17 through 22. Billed as a Downeast community art event and envisioned by Lubec art teacher Shanna Wheelock with the help of Maine artist Natasha Mayers, the event unleashed a virtual explosion of creativity in this small community.
2008
Maine filmmaker targets Eastport for murder mystery
Eastport will once again be the site of a film production, and area residents will have an opportunity to be actors in a low-cost film scheduled to be shot during late April and May.