The actress starts choosing parts, like her loopy character in ‘St. Vincent,’ that let her be lighter.
Arts & Entertainment
‘Big Nate’ comes of age on stage
The popular comic strip, created by Lincoln Peirce of Portland, gets a theatrical makeover.
Salt Gallery exhibit draws attention to HIV/AIDS in Maine
The exhibit features people affected in a range of ways by the epidemic.
Movie Review: ‘Before I Go to Sleep’ cast fully awake and dialed in
Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong all shine in the dramatic thriller.
‘Happiest People’ a fast-paced, plot-heavy look at what it means to pursue happiness
In his zany new novel, Portland writer Brock Clarke bends genres and style.
Theater review: ‘Mrs. Mannerly’ a two-person show that delivers laughs, emotion
Good Theater show mixes subtle social commentary with quirk, conformity.
Concert review: Young pianist and Midcoast Symphony Orchestra rock the ‘Rach 3’
Pianist Lisa de la Salle showed her might.
Portland Chamber Music Festival to go casual at SPACE
The program of contemporary chamber music will be presented Wednesday.
Orson Welles’ last film finally may hit screen May 6
“The Other Side of the Wind’ was filmed in 1971 but never released.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell dies in Vermont
The former Vermont poet laureate dies at age 87 in Sheffield.