A building is an extension of its owner’s persona. I extend that maxim to include the manner in which the owner outfits the building. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at where he or she lives. That is never more so than in the case of an artist. I read an […]

The author’s wit enlivens ‘The Irreverent Widow,’ but writing about her husband’s death and her adventures since was a sometimes tough and emotional journey.

Despite bringing Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein into the proceedings as a fanciful one-man Greek chorus, haunting Alfred Hitchcock’s dreams as he prepares the Gein-inspired “Psycho,” the biopic “Hitchcock” presents a gentle and forgiving view of Hitchcock’s penchant for playing Svengali and, depending on the source being cited, possible thwarted Lothario to more than one […]

CHRIS VAN DUSEN

The nature-challenged reader will discover many startling facts in Jim Sterba’s new book. One stands out: Not only are America’s Eastern forests roaring back to life, they’ve been doing so for more than a century. Sterba, a veteran reporter for the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, literally stumbles onto this truth one […]

The Fire & Ice Bar at the Nonantum in Kennebunkport draws hundreds of Christmas Prelude revelers and benefits WinterKids.

Like some of the characters she invents, Elizabeth Hand is a shape-shifter. At times, she’s a noir stylist leaving bloody tracks in the Icelandic snow. Other times, she’s a dystopian narrator searching for a cell signal, a hint of human connection, on a remote Maine island. Winner of multiple World Fantasy and Nebula awards, Hand […]