Arts & Leisure

Barn Gallery offers exhibitions, workshops and art programs in July

The Barn Gallery’s mid-season exhibitions opened today, Wednesday, June 27, and will continue through July 29.

Newest Mike Kimball play to premiere in York this week

Fans of Mike Kimball do not have to wait any longer to see the latest in what has become a long line of favorite plays from this internationally-acclaimed novelist.

Richard Lethem's arresting color-saturated reflections

"The Shape We're In," taken from a title of his novelist son Jonathan Lethem's recent book, is the name Berwick artist Richard Lethem has assigned to the York Public Library's ongoing exhibition of his art consisting of oils, acrylics (mostly), watercolors and mixed media works in which swirls, curves and broad sweeps of brilliant color transmit dynamic motion, unsettling character and diabolical inferences.

The Music Scene...

This week's happenings

Ongoing

Ogunquit Playhouse opens season with "The Full Monty"

Wow!

Telling the story of Ogunquit's heritage

Once upon a time there was a village by the sea, where quaint fishing shacks dotted the cove and generations of the same families made their living harvesting the ocean waters.

A must see: Stonecrop Gallery features fine art photography in a unique space

On the rocky ledge jutting up on the Atlantic Ocean side of Shore Road just at the Cape Neddick and Ogunquit line, small, yellow flowers called stonecrop blossomed in the dry soil in crags that cut into the cliff face.

Icons and surprises in Edward Hopper Retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Another Edward Hopper exhibit, one might ask of this acclaimed artist of the American scene.

Area art associations open for the season

The York Art Association (YAA) and the Barn Gallery, which hosts the work of Ogunquit Art Association (OAA) members have mounted their first shows of the 2007 season.


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