Arts Review

Published
July 10, 2023

Classical review: JACK Quartet nimbly takes on New York composers

The performance was part of Bowdoin International Music Festival's Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music.
Published
July 9, 2023

An obsessively curious child animates this comic debut novel

'The History of a Difficult Child' is an endearing coming-of-age story set in post-revolutionary Ethiopia.
Published
July 9, 2023

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.
Published
July 9, 2023

‘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.
Published
July 7, 2023

‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’: High school angst for sea monsters

Published
July 7, 2023

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ is a fitting if far-fetched finale
Published
July 7, 2023

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.
Published
July 3, 2023

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.
Published
July 2, 2023

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.
Published
July 2, 2023

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.'