April 2011
Portland will host a record 59 cruise ships this year, carrying over 89,000 passengers. Show us the money!
Hug’s Italian Restaurant
February/March 2011 By Diane Hudson Base Camp Sugarloaf's beloved Italian hot spot comes down from the mount to delight Falmouth diners. Located in the former haunts of Johnny’s Bistro, Hug’s Italian Restaurant is rapidly assembling a fan base that includes regular...
A Man for All That
February/March 2011
Stepping down after a decade as city manager, Joe Gray reflects on Portland’s startling changes since he arrived here from Madison, Wisconsin, 41 years ago.
Incomparable You
February/March 2011
Banks blink. Assessors scratch their heads. How do you establish a value for one-of-a-kind houses that are both lovable and wacky-doodle?
Modernism’s Beachhead
February/March 2011
Why did Blue Hill Pavilion, Maine’s most exciting structure of 1946, last just a dozen years before it was deemed “too New York” and demolished? ’Twas provincial taste that killed the beast.
Watcher in the Clouds
LightHawk aviation is acting globally as they commit environmentally good deeds.
The Salt Exchange
Winterguide 2011 By Diane Hudson Jacques Brel* 'Likes' This… *Theatricality is alive and well and living in the Old Port at The Salt Exchange. Tonight, our stop is nothing short of fantastic. First, we slide into a precious parking space reserved for Salt Exchange...
Meet the Other Pearys
The two family legacies of polar explorer Robert E. Peary reunite.
Eat 3.0
Winterguide 2011
Get your plate out of the past and back to the future. How? Ditch the stuffy 1980s “foodie” label and get ready for some lip-smacking fun right here in Maine.
Found in Translation
Winterguide 2011
Internationally famous poet Robert Pinsky’s March 7 pilgrimage to Henry Longfellow’s “beautiful town that is seated by the sea” in support of a Portland Museum of Art show creates an astral pairing of America’s first translator of Dante’s Inferno with his own, astonishing modern version.
Little Seoul
December 2010 Big Heart By Colin W. Sargent On a chilly December evening, you can’t beat Little Seoul. Exciting, perfectly located Little Seoul doesn’t just offer one kind of kimchi. To my way of thinking, that would be not-so-deep kimchi. Instead, they offer no fewer...
John Buffalo Mailer
The “Wall Street 2” heartthrob is daring to live on the knife’s edge.
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