When we talk about our own culture, we talk about how we are distinct from anyone else. What we cringe at, however, is culture that goes beyond the simple pride of identity to make insidiously greater claims. Nazi and Soviet art, for example, pushed past indigenous culture to enlist themselves in propaganda wars. Yet certainly, […]

The leading man who wanted to be a character actor has appeared in five films this year.

Local designers, couture and models own the catwalk at WMPG’s Fashion Show.

So now we see why Chris Evans, the onetime Johnny Storm of “The Fantastic Four,” was selected to play Captain America in the upcoming “Avengers” comic book epic: “The Losers” was his audition. Evans steals “The Losers,” another comic-book adaptation about a team of “black ops” agents out for revenge on the fellow who betrayed […]

PORTLAND – Abigail Wellman may well be too young to lay claim to having a rags-to-riches story. But at 31, the Portland photographer still has quite a tale to tell, and her story serves as a shining example to any artist living and working in Maine that hard work has its rewards. Wellman has the […]

SCARBOROUGH – You are in luck — the first Tuesday of the month is right around the corner, the day when fried oysters, the queen of fried seafood, is on the menu at Ken’s Place. Of course, any day of the week fried clams coated in crumbs or batter, baked or fried haddock, fried Maine […]

This week Jim Daniels, a Portland-based photographer, is showing images he has taken in his travels around the world at Northeast Hearing and Speech, a nonprofit audiology center at 75 W. Commercial St., Suite 205, Portland. There will be a public showing from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Daniels, 59, a client at the center, […]