Baseball-themed books by Mainers Matt Tavares and Chris Van Dusen hit the bookshelves.

Deborah Randall rather backed into painting Maine landscapes. She had been making content-oriented contemporary paintings with wildly varied subjects, but her ability to paint was strong, and a trip to Italy forced her not only to look at the landscape but see it in terms of painting. After the trip, Randall continued working in both […]

Glenn Close is very still in her latest film — quiet, never cracking a smile. Playing a member of the staff of an upper crust Dublin hotel in the late 19th century, the idea was to be invisible. Think of people “in service,” the butlers and maids of “Downton Abbey” or “The Remains of the […]

Some years ago, Janet Freeman Baribeau’s then-10-year-old granddaughter, Jessika Hyde, wrote to her wanting to know more about her early life and the family history to which they both belonged. “That was the beginning of my quest,” says Baribeau, who lives in Brunswick. “A Bailey Island Girl Remembers” is the result. Baribeau’s creation, which she […]

The Oscar-winning actor is unapologetic about taking roles like Johnny Blaze in the latest ‘Ghost Rider.’

What a difference five years can make. For Paige (Rachel McAdams), it meant a new life free from her rich, controlling parents, free-spirited new friends, a loving marriage to Leo (Channing Tatum), and a promising career as a sculptor. Then she loses her memory after a car crash, and without those experiences, who is she? […]

Maine fiber artist Jill Vendituoli shows needlepoint tapestries through April 28 in a newly opened exhibition at Maine Fiberarts in Topsham. The exhibition, “The Art of the Needle,” highlights the meticulously executed needlepoint tapestries of a dedicated Maine artist who has been making work for more than two decades. Vendituoli lives in West Newfield on […]

The Rack is a rousing spot for questionable locals and wannabes