‘The History of a Difficult Child’ is an endearing coming-of-age story set in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.
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Art review: The latest from one abstract painter and the last from another
Corey Daniels Gallery in Wells is showing ‘Deborah Zlotsky, New Works/Tom Gaines, the Last Paintings’ through July 22.
‘Uphill Both Ways’ tells of one family’s adventures, and misadventures, on the Colorado Trail
Writer Andrea Lani walked nearly 500 miles with her husband and school-age sons. She interweaves the family’s personal story with the environmental story of the landscape they hiked through.
‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’: High school angst for sea monsters
The animated coming-of-age story “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is a solid diversion, a good-enough escape if the kids are still making you crazy during summer break and you’ve already seen “Elemental.” It’s just charming enough, just exciting enough and just funny enough to not be a flop, but DreamWorks – the studio that has shown […]
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ is a fitting if far-fetched finale
Father Time casts his long shadow over “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” and not just because the 42-year-old action-adventure franchise, now in its fifth installment, was already old-fashioned – a throwback to “Buck Rogers” and other serials of the 1930s – when “Raiders of the Lost Ark” debuted in 1981. Nor is that […]
Theater review: Now playing at Deering Oaks, Fenix’s wackiest take on Shakespeare yet
‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] [revised] (again)’ reimagines the Bard’s plays as a cooking show and football game.
Theater review: Before tragedy strikes, ‘Buddy Holly Story’ is a whole lot of fun
The jukebox musical is playing at Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.
Art review: Two tucked-away Portland galleries have shows to lure you
Maine College of Art & Design’s new gallery, 49 Oak, is showing alumni work over the summer, and Zero Station has a group show up on Anderson Street.
Sports memoir scores with mix of basketball lore and American history
An NBA star tells his deeply personal story against an unflinching national portrayal in ‘The Education of Kendrick Perkins.’
An Irish woman looks back, with plenty of humor and heartbreak
In ‘The Rachel Incident,’ by Caroline O’Donoghue, a young Irish woman remembers the friendship that shaped the rest of her life.