These are important exhibitions. Both remind us that photography and books are subject to continuous redefinition.

Students of social history and readers with an abiding interest in food will find much to savor in this book.

“Footnote” is a terrific deadpan story of father and son Talmudic scholars beset by bureaucratic screw-ups.

In this Q&A, Maine author Erica Rand talks about taking up a difficult sport in her 40s, and the issues she’s encountered since doing so.

Henry Isaacs’ island landscapes are recognizably bright and colorful. Shapes and their borders are created not by solid colors, but groups of similar values.

Art “From Portland to Paris:Mildred Burrage’s Years in France,” paintings, drawings and letters, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; portlandmuseum.org. Through July 15. “The Homestead Project: A Residence Reimagined,” architectural designs, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Sept. 23. “Local Colors,” midcoast artists, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. mainegardens.org. Through May 24. “The 2012 Mill-Ennial: Celebrating […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning Maine author Richard Russo will be talking about his new book, “Interventions”, in South Portland this week.