Photographs can be remarkable for their inherent qualities as works of art. Or they can be remarkable because of what they depict. That the best photographers would routinely combine both sets of qualities is obvious. But what is less obvious is how these affect each other. After all, sometimes the document and the work of […]

• At 7 tonight, St. Lawrence Arts Center will present a program of recent short films by filmmaker Walter Ungerer. He was a fixture in the Village art community and underground film scene in New York City in the 1950s and ’60s. His work spans 50 years of filmmaking, from cinema verite documentaries to recent […]

Portland author George Daughan’s new book ‘1812’ helps shed some light on one of the nation’s lesser-known conflicts.

Lisa Genova, author of the popular novels “Still Alice” and “Left Neglected,” will speak at Bates College Wednesday evening. Genova, a 1992 Bates graduate with a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard, lives on Cape Cod. WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: Olin Concert Hall, Bates College, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. HOW MUCH: Free INFO: 207-786-6487  

Art Photographers Bruce Brown, Corliss Chastain, James Marshall and Mathew Smolinsky talk about their experiences in Asian countries and the “Eyes on Asia” exhibit, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. 3 p.m. today. First Friday Art Walk, photographer Robin Farren will be doing portraiture photography, Constellation Gallery, Portland. 409-6617. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Altered book […]

Mekeel McBride’s poem shows us what we have missed in the winter trees we observe every day.

‘Artifacts & Particles’ features the exploratory photographic work of Caleb Charland and Peter Gruner Shellenberger.

Mary Johnson’s new memoir is about the 20 years she spent as a nun before leaving the Missionaries of Charity, the religious order led by Mother Teresa.