U.S. prosecutors have charged a French man living in Florida in connection with an audacious art theft of paintings by Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Jan Brueghel.

Four summer campy movie classics to kick off the lazy season.

The New London home where Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables, was born was broken into on Monday night.

The five books that make up The Spiderwick Chronicles are beloved. Mark Waters’ film version of this fantastical story, which spans all five although it virtually ignores book four, is less celebrated as it debuts on DVD this week.

So far this week, Sled Island has been a blitz of music, art, comedy and film spread across more Calgary venues than one human being can possibly visit in a single night.

DVD takes us behind scenes in Spiderwick

Catch the Gadgets column, where we look for the best hi-def camcorder. Check out other columns here .

Theater Professional/semi-professional The Angel of History A dramatic reading for 8 players of the award-winning play by Craig Eisendrath. The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature & Music, 5841 Overbrook Ave.; 215-477-7578. www.thepsalm.org. $10. 6/27 8 pm.

Actor Tak Sakaguchi (Versus, Death Trance , SHINOBI ) and Isao Karasawa appear in person to introduce Be a Man! Samurai School, Sakaguchi’s screenwriting and directing debut that is based on Akira Miyashita ’s Sakigake!!