J.R. MACKENZIE

One distinction we don’t make often enough is between the roles played by brushwork and paint itself. There is a graphic quality to Maine painting in general that is tied to the high esteem we put on mark-making and brushwork. But brushwork bravado isn’t the only thing you can appreciate. Sometimes, artists indulge in the […]

Chris Ewan’s fictional tale is told intelligently and with plenty of action.

The Old Port – and hundreds of visitors – revel in Merry Madness.

In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-ops agent. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S. forces gathered intelligence. The agent agreed to meet, but under strict conditions. […]

Siobhan McDonough’s passion for fashion comes through in her new book, ‘My Mother’s Dressing Room.’

Art “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Feb. 17. “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer’s Legacy in Maine,” exploring the […]

From the pages of an old (circa 1860) novel, a trapper by a campfire introduces his story: “It don’t run so much to the great and terrible as the small and curious.” That’s just the range of yarns that Steve Pinkham has resurrected in his new book. Pinkham, who grew up in western Maine, collects […]