Disaster has been the sad old song this summer and Maine should be ready, J.P. Devine writes.

Each actor is as indispensable to the story as chess pieces are to a game.

The lasting image of a man and woman holding hands as they stepped off into space as the World Trade Center collapsed around them is a reminder of what we lost on 9/11 and our capacity to be dreamers, J.P. Devine writes.

Ordinary folks, but specialists in the industry, are out there on the streets risking their necks to put paychecks in their pockets, J.P. Devine writes.

Bridges grand and small have long fascinated J.P. Devine, who turns his attention to the aging Ticonic Bridge that connects Waterville and Winslow.

'Joe' the barber has been J.P. Devine's constant hair-cutting companion over the years in more ways than one.

J.P. Devine recalls the opportunity he received through the GI Bill to get into theater with the Cleveland playhouse gang of ’55.

Nothing has changed in Hollywood, where J.P. Devine remembers frequent strikes from struggling actors who make demands they won't get.