Portlander Anne Elliott’s debut collection of interlinked short stories offers some answers.
Review
One local writer, two books, and two very different emotions
Charlotte Agell’s latest publications for kids boldly address both joy and sorrow.
Art review: Captain Bisbee and crew beam up from Jersey for diverse exhibit at Cove Street
‘Gardenship: First Voyage’ shows what the Brunswick sculptor and his team of artists have been up to during their nine-month residency.
‘The Way Back’ review: Ben Affleck is the whole show here — and he’s good
With “The Way Back,” Ben Affleck didn’t have to deliver his biggest or most attention-getting performance, simply — and simplicity is hard — his truest. As a one-time Torrance, Calif., high school basketball phenom who threw it all away and struggled with addiction and grief ever since, the actor brings some well-chronicled rehab, relapse and […]
Obscure chapter of Maine’s history – 19th-century spiritualist camp – has unexpected resonance
Writer Mira Ptacin skillfully blends history, contemporary storytelling and memoir in ‘The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna.’
Art review: Activist artist couple’s PMA exhibit both playful and provocative
New York-based Carrie Moyer, a painter, and Sheila Pepe, a fiber-based installation artist, who met in Maine, return with ‘Tabernacles for Trying Times.’
All the presidents’ books
In ‘Author in Chief,’ Craig Fehrman tells little-known stories about how presidents, or their ghostwriters, produced, published and sold their books.
Theater review: ‘Native Gardens’ will quickly grow on you
This fast-paced show brings out the comedic gifts of an excellent cast.
Dance review: Bodies sing, voices dance at Portland Ballet’s annual showcase of new work
‘Gallery: Composing Choreography,’ a collaboration between the ballet and new a cappella vocal group Dirigo Ensemble, is both personally moving and technically impressive.
These modest artists painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of
A display of 19th-century oil sketches at the National Gallery of Art matters deeply.