Susan Conley moves from her memoir about living in China and battling cancer to the choices that come with creating characters and plot.

Margaret Atwood pokes fun at our reality through the bleak future she’s imagined in ‘MaddAddam.’

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s “MENTOR: 40 Photographers/40 Years” is an exhibition featuring master photographers from the Maine Media Workshops & College and their students — many of whom in turn have become leading American artists. Organized by CMCA curator emeritus Bruce Brown, MMW professor Brenton Hamilton and CMCA director Suzette McAvoy, this impressive […]

The young adult novel “Nothing But Blue” is disorienting from the first page, fueled in part by a kind of post-apocalyptic starkness in the language. The book opens with a young girl walking down an endless road, struggling to remember who she is, where she came from and what happened. She can’t even remember her […]

Art Alix Bacon, George Bayliss and Laura Hart, 31st annual showing of artist-made prints, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. turtlegallery.com. Through Oct. 15. Jane Dahmen, “Through the Trees,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through Sept. 28. “Wood, Water, Stone and Seed,” oil on panel still lifes and landscapes by Sean Beavers, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. […]

The Osher family name is synonymous with philanthropy in Portland. Harold Osher said his parents taught him and his siblings that success involves giving back. A cardiologist, Harold Osher and his wife, Peggy, have done more than their share of giving. Their name is associated with the map library at the University of Southern Maine, […]

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Salvage BBQ garners glowing reviews at its pre-opening party.