How a boy from the coast of Maine became a world famous female circus star

The life of Samuel Wasgatt, who performed under the name of Lulu in the 1870s, is just as odd as it sounds.

Bates College receives $192,000 grant to catalog Marsden Hartley artworks

The online listing will include the entire collection of the Lewiston artist.

What do Bernie Madoff and Sylvia Plath have in common? Malcolm Gladwell explains

'Talking to Strangers' looks at the harm that comes when we fail to understand one another.

Society Notebook: A feast from the sea, for the sea

Held in Harpswell, Hook, Line & Dinner is an annual fundraiser for the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association.

Anderson Cooper opens up about his mother’s death

The son of Gloria Vanderbilt, who died in June from stomach cancer, says people sharing their stories of loss and grief have been 'the most helpful thing.'

Book review: In ‘White Flights,’ a writer reassesses the literary canon

Book review: ‘The Perfect Wife’ has intriguing plot, chilling finale

JP Delaney's third psychological thriller, 'The Perfect Wife,' puts – almost perfectly – a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of 'The Stepford Wives'

Maine lobster lovers hope for no drama in sea goddess event

The Maine Lobster Festival is getting started in Rockland with Wednesday's big event of the 72nd Maine Sea Goddess Coronation.

Auburn actress making feature film debut in Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

‘You do drama club in high school and you hope and dream someday that it takes you to Hollywood, and I love that it actually did,’ says Breanna Wing, who graduated from Edward Little in 2007 and now lives in Los Angeles.

Theater review: ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ cast members take their roles to the limit

The Fenix Theatre Company presents the Shakespeare classic in the round at Deering Oaks.