SOUTH PARIS — Celebration Barn Theater presents the quirky comedy “The Fabulous Problemas” Saturday night. The plot centers on three squirt-gun-slinging desperadoes who will stop at nothing in pursuit of ill-gotten gain. They’ll swindle, seduce and even sing and dance their way into the greatest heist of all time. Starring Amanda Huotari, Daniel Orrantia and […]

ANDREW VIETZ 

Five tales draw on history, science and matters of the human mind and heart.

How much conscious control does an artist have over the content of his work? This is an important question about any artist or work of art. Artists, especially blossoming professionals, inevitably overstate their control of their work’s content. (The public, however, must share the blame for this, because we pressure artists to speak with authority […]

Julia Spencer-Fleming’s mystery-romance novel “I Shall Not Want,” originally published in hardcover in June 2008, has just been re-issued in trade paperback. The title is the sixth in the Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne series. “I Shall Not Want” reprises the star-crossed, tormented love relationship between Fergusson — an Episcopalian priest in Miller’s Kill, a small […]

Forest Whitaker stars as Eugene Allen, who served from Truman to Reagan as a White House butler.

Art William Irvine, “New Work,” and David Peterson, “Boats,” Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Through Aug. 31. Micah Webbert & Allen Ponziani, drawings, paintings and sculptures, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through Aug. 24. “Tell Me a Story: About Maine,” works by 14 artists who have illustrated children’s books about Maine, University of Southern Maine […]

Maine Jewish Museum honors Kenny and Mary Nelson for altruistic and dedicated service to the community.

Paul Doiron’s new thriller, ‘Massacre Pond,’ begins with senseless animal slaughter – and soon, it’s humans who are in danger.