Gordon Donaldson has created an important historical resource but stops short of telling Mainers’ personal stories.
Arts & Entertainment
Signings, Etc.
Rabbi Simeon J. Maslin, author of “Uncle Sol’s Women.”
Film Review: ‘The Equalizer’ makes a terrific, if entirely too long, Denzel vehicle
The actor brings depth to this movie based on an ’80s TV series.
Book Review: Arguments for changing the high court
In ‘The Case Against the Supreme Court’ a longtime observer lays out reasons for reforms.
Concert review: University of Southern Maine faculty series starts with a mixed performance
‘240 Strings,’ with piano, violin and cello, builds to a thrilling conclusion.
Sex, crime and escapism at Portland Public Library
‘The Pulps,’ an exhibition of pulp fiction illustrations, opens Friday and runs through Dec. 26.
Theater review: Spontaneous musicality animates Lyric theater’s ‘Avenue Q’
The Tony Award-winning R-rated show is told with puppets who share the stage with their handlers and adult actors.
Signings, Etc.
Will Pye, author of ‘Blessed With a Brain Tumor’
Small gems hidden among fall’s mediocre TV lineup
The unfunny ‘Mulaney’ and unjustifiable ‘Gotham’ are offset by the loveable likes of ‘Marry Me.’
Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry
‘Fog-Talk’ by Philip Booth