Joss Whedon amusingly deconstructs the human race’s need for frights, boogeymen and “Saw” sequels with “The Cabin in the Woods.” It’s a serio-comic blend of “Scream” and “The Adjustment Bureau,” more clever than brilliant, more high-concept than meticulously thought-out spoof. Five college kids pile into an RV for a trek to “my cousin’s cabin” in […]

In today’s poem, May Sarton shapes the small event of a turtle’s death into a commentary on mortality and the meaning of life.

‘Partners keep finding us. I have a very busy email inbox,’ says executive director Rob Ellis.

The Fresh Batch looks like it belongs in a college town, peopled with students hunched over their laptops and nursing their espresso drinks or burritos at any time of day or night. But the restaurant resides in Freeport, sandwiched between retail outlets just off Main Street. And the clientele ranges from the very young to […]

The Portland Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to rock band Queen.

If not for alcohol and bouts of madness, Josh Gibson might have been the first black player to enter major-league baseball in 1947 instead of Jackie Robinson.

The problem with “American Reunion” is that it never overcomes the feeling that it is – above all else – an attempt to wring a few more dollars from a once-profitable franchise.