Duck Tales

September 2012
What they do behind closed doors in California, we do brazenly, out in the open, in Maine. In broad candlelight.

Eventide Oyster Company

Shuck & Thrive Eventide Oyster Company ups the ante for the rest of the bed. Review by Diane Hudson We talk of many things: shoes, ships, sealing wax, cabbages, and kings. But when at Eventide Oyster Company, oysters are the thing. That, and some of the best fried...

Scribblers’ Cove

September 2012
Maine writers love to hit you where you live. But where do they live? Here are just a few touchstones.

Ahead of the Curves

September 2012
So much for lobsters and whoopie pies. Elizabeth Arden broke new ground when she made Maine the cradle of the day spa.

Shanghai Surprise

September 2012
Alex Katz in China: “An American Way of Seeing”

‘Yoshi’s Choice

September 2012
Imagine being a Japanese painter in the Ogunquit Art Colony, learning Pearl Harbor’s been attacked.

Fresh Catch

September 2012
Insider’s tip: The smart money collects what the museums are buying.

Now, Voyager

July/August 2012
Painter, diarist, curator, collector, and globetrotter Edith Cleaves Barry developed her resume from her family mansion on Summer Street in Kennebunk. This completely restored home base can now be yours for $1.425 million.

LFK

The Write Stuff By Diane Hudson Prepare to sound your barbaric yawp of praise over the rooftops of Portland. This is LFK. I feel like I’m in Paris,” quips a friend joining us at one of LFK’s long, dark tables. I agree, taking in the Lost-Gen décor, complete with...

Picnic @ Griffin Rock

July/August 2012
Does art imitate Maine or Maine imitate art? Cape Elizabeth’s Jeff Kline, executive producer of Transformers: Prime and Rescue Bots, thrives on both sides of the line.

Inside Scoop on Outliers Eatery

July/August 2012
Since the Ice House melted at 231 York Street, a new venture is on final approach to a November opening.

Coming to Maine to Study Abroad

July/August 2012
Amin and Yalda Esmaielpour enrolled at USM together. No doubt, former USM president Selma Botman, in her new role promoting a more international student body, applauds.

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