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Arts & Entertainment, Review

Emerging painter shows what it means to be a Maine artist | Column

by Jorge S. Arango December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

See the work of Dean McCrillis in ‘Dog Years’ at Cove Street Arts in Portland.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Outdoors, Review

A fascinating month-by-month guide introduces young readers to the Northeast woods

by Amy MacDonald December 10, 2025December 22, 2025

Lavishly illustrated by Down East resident Jada Fitch, ‘The Forest Revealed’ is aimed at child naturalists, but offers just as much for adults.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review

A whodunit becomes something more in Kate Russo’s sophomore novel

by Nell Beram December 3, 2025December 4, 2025

Largely set at a fictional Maine college, ‘Until Alison’ reckons with a student’s murder and her former friend’s guilty conscience.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review

Grace Hartigan’s gorgeous show at the PMA resists easy classification | Column

by Jorge S. Arango December 3, 2025December 4, 2025

Hartigan’s fascination with street life is evident in ‘Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention,’ on exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art through Jan. 11.

Food, Review

Superlative brunch earns Saco’s Finestkind 4½ stars

by Tim Cebula December 2, 2025December 3, 2025

Co-owners Victoria and Tom Barthelmes deliver classic brunch dishes of exceptional quality.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review

A disregarded object gets (more than?) its due in ‘Rope’

by Thomas Urquhart November 26, 2025November 25, 2025

Cape Elizabeth writer Tim Queeney looks at the everyday tool through time, from Neanderthal to Mars exploration.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Review

AI could help solve our housing crisis — if we let it | Column

by Jon Calame November 26, 2025November 25, 2025

We have plenty of excellent blueprints for housing design. What we lack is a way to create them cheaply, at a scale that meets demand.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Review

Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited memoir is a humble look at greatness

by Roxana Robinson Special to The Washington Post November 26, 2025November 25, 2025

In ‘Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts,’ the author best known for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ offers a wise and witty account of the life that shaped her writing.