It used to be that Thai chicken soup was cold-season comfort food. Not so now. The Saeng Thai House lady shook her head with disapproval and said I did not want the Tom Kha Gai ($4.50), with its spicy coconut milk and tender chicken slices; I wanted the Tom Yum Koong (also $4.50) instead. Turns out, she […]

Although he is lord of the realm, even the devil doesn’t like hell in John Connolly’s “The Infernals,” the young adult fantasy sequel to “The Gates.” Lightly scolding readers who haven’t read the first book, the narrator kindly provides a brief synopsis to ensure everyone is on the same page, so to speak, in the […]

Usually, the art we see gathered in galleries and museums is organized by curators and gallerists rather than the artists themselves. In the 2011 Maine College of Art faculty show, however, each of the three professors selected by juror Patricia Hickson (a curator of contemporary art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, […]

Shopping for something cool to give this yule? ‘Art is the perfect gift,’ says one partygoer celebrating the opening of the limited-time-only pop-up gallery in Portland.

Since childhood, Corinne has been searching for something. She might have found it in a book, if the local librarian hadn’t yanked “Lord of the Flies” out of her hands. She might have found it in music, if mom (Broadway great Donna Murphy) hadn’t dismissed her interest in learning it. And she might have found […]

Michael Moore’s authentic voice comes through in a book of humor and candor.

FRYEBURG – Fryeburg Academy hosts an exhibition of paintings by the late John Hultberg through Jan. 21. “John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: The Man, the Place, and His Dreams” is on view at the Pace Galleries of Art, 18 Bradley St., on campus. The Pace Galleries are free and open to the public from 9 […]