Food & Drink 28 The Craft of Art Beer Portland is hopping with eager young brewers. By Jeanee Dudley 66 Restaurant Guide 67 Restaurant Review Matterhorn Ski Bar, Newry Art & Style 16 Maine Classics 68 Treat You & Yours Ad Section 91 Fiction “Should...
December 2013
Perspectives 14 From the Editor 16 Letters 25 Chowder 41 Man on Fire In icy waters off the coast of Maine, a lobsterman recovers pieces of the wreck that provide new clues to the mystery of L’Oiseau Blanc. By Bernard Decré Art & Style 20 Goings On 50 Holiday Gift...
November 2013
Food & Drink 67 Amore Locavore Make it a Maine Thanksgiving right down to the cranberries. By Claire Z. Cramer 71 Restaurant Guide 71 Restaurant Review Portland’s Piccolo Art & Style 18 Goings On 72 Holiday Gift Guide 109 Fiction “Clearing Out” By Christopher...
September 2013
Features: 33 A Little Light Music Artist Philippe Bergeron transforms urban nightscapes into light magic. Interview by Robert Witkowski 39 Near East, Downeast Remember when everyone wanted to let the genie out of the bottle? By Colin W. Sargent 51 The Secret Sharer...
July/August 2013
Features 40 Requiem for a Replica? Freshened up in Portland, the Amistad charts a course for the unknown. By Stacy Sullivan 45 Venue Menu If there’s one thing we’ve got, it’s festivals. From Staff & Wire Reports 52 Fit For a King The nine lives of the BIW-built...
Summerguide 2013
Features 36 Hot Blue Steel Rockland’s North Atlantic Blues Festival turns 20. Interview by Claire Z. Cramer 73 Glamping, Thoreau Style Navigate your way to creature comforts on Moosehead Lake. By Robert Witkowski 81 Chef Salad Innovative chefs come to us with...
May 2013
Features 20 The Tardy Boys’ (Awesome) Adventure A new curtain rises in our Maine Summer Theater Preview. By Claire Z. Cramer 37 Cafés of Portland Open the doors and see all the people. From Staff & Wire Reports 41 Search for the Alpha Salmon Omega 3, Omega 6, and...
April 2013
Features 25 Renaissance Revival See how we’re getting down to business as a big-league hotel destination. By Patrick Venne 33 Mutiny on the Bounty II After the disaster comes the inquiry. By Colin W. Sargent 37 Unforgettable The ebb and flow of John Marin’s renown is...
February/March 2013
Features: 28 Mid-Century Marvel A sleek, chic modernist home by Walter Gropius shocks a shingled cottage coastline. By Brad Emerson 35 The Name of the Rose A few famous Mainers reveal their signature blooms. By Colin W. Sargent 41 One Thousand and One Bites You’ve...
Winterguide 2013
Features 14 Bad to the Bone George Thorogood and the Destroyers return to State Theatre. Interview by Robert Witkowski 26 Sky High If you were Taylor Swift, which oceanfront mansion would you buy here? By Colin W. Sargent 35 Low-End Gems The same priceless views may...
December 2012
Features: 25 Rachel, Rachel Alex Cross co-star Rachel Nichols on the characters she owns. Interview by Liza Darvin 31 The Big Bank Theory 2013 For the New Year, where do you cache your cash? From Staff & Wire Reports 36 From Rome with Love A Gap Year for Grown Ups...
November 2012
Features 27 Working-Class Hero She spent her seafaring days cruising among Antarctica’s icebergs, but now she’s slipping between the world’s temporal cracks. By David Svenson 30 Ten Most Intriguing They’re new, noteworthy, and changing the way you live: Michelle Gass,...