New England artist Barbara Putnam shows her woodcuts in the continuing exhibition “Printmakers in Conversation” at PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland. The exhibition is on view through Aug. 10; Putnam will discuss her work at 5:30 p.m. July 11. Putnam has been making woodcut prints since the third grade. After printing her first carving, she was hooked […]

In his new book, Andrew Carroll ferrets outs unmarked spots across the country where big, historic things happened – including one in Portland.

At first glance, “Surface, Light and Structure” looks like a particularly strong show of sea-oriented landscapes. The technical term for this kind of painting is “marine,” but it has always felt to me like an insufficient word. This show at Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth is a reminder about how complex, interesting and important this […]

Brit Marling, who played a cult leader claiming to be a prophetess from the future in “Sound of My Voice,” takes a look at the other side of the equation in “The East,” an audacious thriller about a cultish gang of anarchists who set out to punish those poisoning the planet and the people on […]

Instead of computer-generated images, the film relies heavily on life-size sets to create its mayhem.

BETHEL — It’s the inexplicable awe that Erik Koeppel and Lauren Sansaricq are after. They’re not merely interested in creating glowing, light-filled canvases that bring viewers back to a previous century of landscape painting. They want their paintings to inspire jaw-dropping awe. “I’m interested in expressing the feelings of a place, and not just recreating […]