The first 10 minutes of 1986’s “Scream,” in which (spoiler alert for those who have been living in a cave!) the movie’s supposed star, Drew Barrymore, was terrorized, sliced and diced by a masked madman known as Ghostface, instantly assured the picture’s place in slasher-film history. Never before had anyone successfully pulled off such a […]

Moon Pie’s success speaks volumes of the vision of poet’s best friend Alice Persons.

YARMOUTH — The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music presents Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days 2011 April 29-30, featuring Maine composers, musicians, educators, artists and students. The first concert is “Sound Art — Explorations in Sound and Music,” at 7:30 p.m. April 29 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Yarmouth. This concert will feature electroacoustic […]

David Foster Wallace’s ‘The Pale King’ leaves you wanting a fitting end.

This week • Maine writer Sarah Braunstein reads from and discusses her book, “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children,” at noon Wednesday at the Portland Public Library. Her book is based in New York City, where a girl named Leonora vanishes without a trace. Years earlier and miles upstate, Goldie searches for a man to […]

Melissa Coleman embraces the benefits of hindsight in her memoir of growing up in Maine’s back-to-the-land movement of the ’60s and ’70s.

The Heroes with Heart awards honor those who step up to help neighbors in need.

Art Frederick Lynch: New Work, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Today through Saturday. Through May 14. Student art, annual juried exhibit, University of Maine (Charles Danforth Gallery), Augusta. 621-3243. 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. “The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland […]