Who knew there was this much fun left in glee clubs so long after “Glee” jumped the shark? “Pitch Perfect” is a frothy, funny, dizzy and derivative farce set in the competitive world of college a cappella groups — “Glee” without the soap opera or the sex, but stuffed with comic caricatures, hilarious one-liners and […]

Every once in a while an intensely personal book comes along that shares an intensely personal experience. One such book emerged recently from Limington. It is a religion-spirituality offering from WestBow Press written by Allie Wilcox and starkly titled “Cancer.” As Wilcox tells us in a subtitle, it is a story of “My Wife. My […]

LINDA GREENWOOD

Eva Murray of Matinicus has seen island schools from many perspectives. Now she takes up her pen to share this ‘neat mix’ of old-fashioned and high-tech education.

In ‘Cutting Season,’ the author opens up not only her writing but also the bounds of mystery form.

Art “Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol,” University of Southern Maine (Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education), Portland. usm.maine.edu/maps. Through Feb. 28. “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” 35 major oils and watercolors, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through Dec. 30. “Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary […]

Director Chris Gabrowski had a singular advantage when he agreed to direct Wendy Wasserstein’s classic family drama “The Sisters Rosensweig.” One of his former students worked for Wasserstein as a personal assistant. As he prepared this show for Portland Stage Company, Gabrowski kept his phone number on speed dial. The former student offered not only […]

A historic farmhouse with a barn rests on an idyllic clearing in the woods on Westport Island. This is the cozy, quaint Squire Tarbox Inn, about 8.5 miles from Route One near Wiscasset. Owners Roni and Mario De Pietro have been offering sustenance and respite here since 2002. The inn’s ambience adds much to the […]