Arts & Culture

🔒On the Record: Portland Symphony’s new executive director aims to expand audience reach

With strategic planning underway and the holiday concert season just ahead, Mainebiz sat down with Derek Beckvold to find out more about his background and plans.

After a year of negotiations, State Theatre workers ratify first union contract

In January, employees voted to join Local 114, setting off months of bargaining aimed at reaching a fair contract for stagehands and stage technicians.

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Nov. 17, 2025

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care operations and professional services firms in Maine.

Rockland-based MacArthur fellow creates maps that highlight Indigenous lands

Rockland-based cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce was named a 2025 MacArthur fellow in October.

Portland Museum of Art adds pair of directors

Louisa Donelson has been named director of programming and events while Margaret McDonnell will oversee leadership giving.

Farnsworth Art Museum hires chief advancement officer with experience at Met, Frick

Rowan Moody will lead Farnsworth’s advancement team and will guide strategies to grow philanthropic engagement and sustain long-term institutional growth.

Film highlights intricacy of Penobscot Nation’s salmon restoration efforts

Historical threats of overfishing and pollution have diminished but dams still plague restoration efforts. Atlantic salmon is an important species to the Penobscot Nation.

Coffee By Design awards $10K in Rebel Blend Fund grants

For each pound of Rebel Blend sold or brewed at Coffee By Design locations, $1 is donated to the fund; the total from yearly sales is awarded to the winners.