Last January in this space, we reported on Cambridge resident Christine Sullivan’s self-published book 44 Days Out of Kandahar, which told the story of her desperate search for a puppy lost halfway around the world. Sullivan’s Navy reservist brother, Mark Feffer, had befriended the flop-eared red mutt named Cinnamon in Afghanistan, but circumstances derailed his plan to bring her back to his Annapolis home.... Read more

Lyric Theatre has earned a reputation over the past 35 years for serving up family-friendly entertainment. The company’s new show, a raunchy romp about male nudity and shifting gender roles, should prove no exception.... Read more

Following last year’s run of her play Dreamtime — a fictional drama based on the 2001 murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Suzanne Zantop by Chelsea teens James Parker and Robert Tulloch — Vermont playwright Maura Campbell returns with another original work inspired by troubled youth.... Read more

The term “dark arts” may conjure images of cloaked sorcerers casting devious spells, but for Deidre Healy, it’s a great prompt for a gallery exhibit.... Read more

Seen enough Saw sequels? For horror fans, this Halloween weekend offers some alternatives to the standard big-screen fear-mongering. On Thursday, the Firehouse Center For the Visual Arts kicks off a weekly series of David Cronenberg screenings with Videodrome, the 1983 conceptual chiller that gave cinema the indelible image of James Woods popping a VHS tape into his abdomen ... and playing it.... Read more

Committing to another person — for life — can be pretty scary. But Brennan Guerriere and Michelle Peters figure they’ve got the fright stuff. And that’s not a typo: The couple are getting married this Saturday dressed as Frankenstein and, of course, the Bride of Frankenstein. Peters’ father will walk her down the aisle in the guise of Dr. Frankenstein. The other family members are keeping their outfits a secret until the big day.... Read more

Patrick Kane was surprised when he got a call from the New England chapter of the American Institute of Architects saying he had won one of the association’s annual awards. After all, he has a solo practice in tiny Hardwick, Vt., and was up against stiff competition from big firms in Boston and Connecticut.... Read more

Charlotte-based documentary filmmaker Fritz Mitchell says in the intro to his latest work, “Like fishermen, gamblers are known for stretching the truth.” That’s a provocative statement, especially considering that the film’s subject matter — and narrator of sorts — is the late gambling icon Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder.... Read more

A bold and affecting show at the Vermont Folklife Center pairs 35-year-old photos of African American prisoners in New York with contemporary audio narratives by young Vermonters returning to society after serving time.... Read more

A few years ago, you wouldn’t have gone to the Vermont International Film Festival expecting to see Troll 2, a hilariously inept “horror” film from 1990, and a documentary exploring its status as the Best Worst Movie. Or The House of the Devil, a campy-looking satanic scarefest.... Read more