From Bamako to Birmingham: Blind Boys of Alabama, Amadou and Mariam bring music of heart to Portland
By Jean Noel Mugabo On April 29, Portland Ovations will host two internationally celebrated...
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Art, Music, Dance & Theater
Haitian Revolution evoked in Jacob Lawrence exhibit
By Brian Boyd Jacob Lawrence On view at Colby Museum of Art in Waterville through June 5, a...
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Angkor Dance Troupe at Mayo Street Arts
Photos | Marpheen Chann Khmer Maine has planned a variety of events in honor of Khmer New Year, a...
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Portland is Rwandan singer Clarisse Karasira’s new home
By Jean Noël Mugabo A few months after she tied the knot with her former manager and boyfriend,...
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Highlighting Black speculative fiction, Maine Humanities Council asks, ‘What if…?’
By Stephanie Harp As Maine Humanities Council considered topics for its annual Big Question, in...
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Portland Ovations brings Toto Kisaku’s Requiem for an Electric Chair to Maine
By Jean Noël Mugabo The seven days that Toto Kisaku spent as a kidnapping and torture victim – and...
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The Power and Joy of Black Hair
By Kholiswa Mendes Pepani | Photos John Ochira Snow painted a quintessential Maine portrait...
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Young Lewiston filmmaker honored with Women of Achievement Award
By Stephanie Harp | Photos by Patrick Fogarty Zamzam Elmoge at the premiere Filmmaker Zamzam...
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Holiday traditions celebrated by new Mainers
By Ulya Aligulova Nahla Alsafar Nahla, second from right with friends from In Her Presence Nahla...
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Holiday Gift Guide
Rose Barboza launched Black Owned Maine in June 2020. She wanted to provide people with a direct...
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