Refined movement with terrifying tales creates an engrossing program for the ballet company.
Arts & Entertainment
Society Notebook: Offstage fun, thanks to Portland Ovations
POP! pulls a crowd of performing arts lovers to a festive party in support of community programs.
Memoirist goes to a dark place and back
In “The Point of Vanishing,” Howard Axelrod journeys to remote Vermont and stays for two years to get “beneath all the masks I’d accumulated over the years.”
‘Bridge of Spies’ is a good old time at the movies
With Tom Hanks in a classic Hanks role, the Spielberg film soars.
T A K E H E A R T: A Conversation in Poetry
“Some Clear Night” by Gary Lawless
Signings, etc.
Stephen Kurkjian discusses his book “Master Thieves,” about the unsolved theft of priceless art from a Boston museum.
Roots in improv serve Betsy Beers well as Shonda Rhimes’ partner in crime
Beers serves as executive producer on all of Rhimes’ hit series, including “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder.”
Portland Ballet channels Poe in ‘Three Tales’
The company presents the dance in three performances, one Friday and two Saturday.
Portland Museum of Art’s biennial an exciting and diverse – if crowded – show
‘You Can’t Get There From Here,’ curated by Alison Ferris, runs through Jan. 3
A strange and wondrous trip
Catherynne M. Valente’s new sci-fi mind-bender touches the far reaches of the solar system.