Edward Hopper

NO one said it was going to be easy. But with his first season behind him and his second already underway, Center Theatre Group artistic director Michael Ritchie has yet to communicate a clear theatrical game plan. Questions concerning his artistic...

We came for the art and stayed for the . . . art. Wife Juju asked at our downtown hotel--the Radisson on Summit Street--if she could find anywhere to shop nearby. It was late. A desk clerk, a porter and a security guard happened to be standing around and...

"Was everything terrific as always?" asked the host as my friends and I left Reservoir in Silver Lake. What kind of question is that? Talk about putting you on the spot. I wanted to put a bag over my head and sneak out without answering. What could I say...

LAST year, one of Canada's most prestigious museums approached the cartoonist Seth, whose work combines realistic, character-based storytelling with a muted, nostalgic visual style reminiscent of Edward Hopper, about a show of contemporary artists who use...

Like most artists, Dean Mitchell always painted what he knew. Cypress trees. Tobacco barns. People. "My uncle Ben and stuff like that." Then, as now, his artistic influences were Rembrandt, Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth. The people he knew and painted...

New England's best-known, most popular oceanfront resort area is Cape Cod, an expansive sandbar that stretches out like an arm with a clenched fist into the Atlantic. Cape Cod is multi-faceted, holding attractions for visitors with varying interests....

To the north and east of Portland, the coastline becomes more jagged, its fingers protruding like tentacles toward the sea between inlets, rivers and bays. This is the area where the "real" Maine starts. Poke down remote byways to Bailey Island, Popham...

The Southern Maine coast is an undulating shoreline of sandy beaches, rocky cliffs and tidal coves, interspersed with some of the state's best-known and most appealing resort towns. It includes Portland, Maine's largest and most dynamic city. THE YORKS...

There are delectable edibles inside the Runcible Spoon café, but visitors must be lured by aroma alone. The display cases are hidden by the picture window. Yes, hidden, because it's covered with handbills. There are various offers for massage therapy,...

Friday July 11, 1997      Every once in a while a foreign film comes along that seems to be able to connect to that larger audience that normally doesn't care to sit still for subtitles.      "Cinema Paradiso," with its love of movies, and "Like Water...

Art Astor describes himself as "a city boy at heart." And so, at 78, he and his wife are returning to Los Angeles — to live downtown. What's more, Astor, who owns three radio stations in San Diego and another in Ontario, is making the move in high...

Reno We knew we were taking a bit of a gamble, my wife and I, making a visit to Reno that wasn't centered on A) casinos or B) a speedy end to our marriage. Still, we had heard of efforts to transform the Biggest Little City in the World from a...