Features

22 Art Happens
As winter zips up our beaches, one motel comes alive for one night only, with art pouring out of its rooms.
By Ariel L. Martin

27 Car Trek
It’s all about the Journey. Following clues to a hidden prize, participants find themselves while searching for a car.
By Robert Witkowski

28 Ten Most Intriguing Mainers
The straws who stir the drink: Chris Coyne, Samantha Appleton, Ashley Hebert, Chrystie Corns, Tom Andrews, Carolyn Chute, Donald Sussman, Pat Gallant-Charette, John Malone, and Rick Barron.

49 The Things We Carried
Before Portland specialized in “vibrancy” and “quality of life,” we actually made things! Check out our Forest City catalog.
By Herbert C. Adams

80 The Shipping News
Gov. Ken Curtis’s former oceanfront contemporary is for sale for $1.6M (down from $1.875M), perched on the South Portland ship channel.
By Colin W. Sargent

10 From the Editor

12 Letters

13 Imperatífs

14 Goings On

20 Chowder

53 Performance
Regina Lucchese
By Jeanne Dudley

56 Cuiscene
Worldly Markets
By Judith Gaines

58 Dining Guide

59 Restaurant Review
Fez Mediterranean Cuisine

60 2011 Guide to Wellness

62 2011 Gift Guide

86 New England
Homes & Living

93 Fiction
“The Wedding Party”
By Alma Katsu

96 Flash