Chicken fried, Dixie fried and country fried are all variations of the same battered, salt-laden cooking process popularized south of the Mason-Dixon line. Because I spent a period of years existing on honky-tonk road food, and because my husband and I still travel that stretch of Americana between here and Nashville, I have developed an […]

Its acting, storytelling and cinematography impress professionals in Maine.

‘Pop Fic’ contains stories about vampires and zombies; drifters and grifters; ex-cons, ghosts and a host of other colorful characters.

Richard Mason’s fourth novel follows the efforts of a striving tutor in Amsterdam in 1907.

Author and popular Boston talk radio host Howie Carr will be signing copies of his newest crime novel, “Hard Knocks.” He has written two previous best-sellers, “The Brothers Bulger” and “Hitman.” WHEN: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Nonesuch Books & Cards, Mill Creek Shopping Center, South Portland HOW MUCH: Free INFO: Nonesuchbooks.com; 799-2659

SMCC history professor Eben Miller’s new book focuses on the unsung efforts of an early generation of activists.

Last fall, I noted in these pages that Avy Claire’s tree pictures made of words transcribed from the radio did more to spell out the real time of their making than any other drawings I had ever seen. In the context of a group show, it’s actually quite an accomplishment to convey that kind of […]

There are leading contenders, but that doesn’t preclude an upset.

We asked local fashion mavens their ideas on what would suit the Oscar nominee on the red carpet.