Following an author’s work over time has inherent risks. A writer may veer off course for a while, try an unfamiliar path or otherwise test a reader’s loyalty. So it is that fans of Carolyn Cooke’s short stories and her acclaimed 2011 novel, “Daughters of the Revolution,” may be disarmed by the eccentricities of her […]

After the series was savaged by critics in Season 1, its creator made some storytelling tweaks.

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A harvest dinner in a lovely barn helps Creative Work Systems nourish the job skills and artistic talents of adults with disabilities.

“Still, I felt so deadly dull that I should hardly have survived to tell the tale had not a desperate expedient to wile away the time occurred to me. Why not telegraph to London, I thought, for some music to review? Reviewing has one advantage over suicide. In suicide you take it out of yourself; […]

From condors to Maine piping plovers, threatened animals lead a teacher and his family on a transcontinental quest to see them.

ROCKLAND — PicassoWhat Gallery is holding a special event on Friday with Georgian-born artist Gigi Aea, who will discuss his paintings in the exhibit, “Summer on Silk.” The event, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 328 Main St., Studio 201, will feature his large-scale textile paintings, including “My Garden in Tuscany” and “Dreamer’s World.” The […]

Art “Wood, Water, Stone and Seed,” oil on panel still lifes and landscapes by Sean Beavers, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 14. “Tell Me a Story: About Maine,” works by 14 artists who have illustrated children’s books about Maine, University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. usm.maine.edu/atriumgallery. Through Nov. 23. “Andy […]

The line between fiction and memoir gets crossed by several writers being published this fall.