From the Editor “C’est si bon” By Colin W. Sargent Letters   MAINE LIFE Chowder  A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong. What’s Playing December Events Listings. Degrees of separation: distancing as an art form. Experience...

MAINE LIFE Chowder   A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong. Fall Guide   September is the new June. Get outside! Gift Guide  PERSPECTIVES From the Editor  “Goodbye, Columbus.” Statues are coming down. What should go up...

  MAINE LIFE Chowder   A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong. Fall Guide   September is the new June. Get outside! PERSPECTIVES From the Editor  “Shameless Self Promotion.” A sneak peek at Red Hands. By Colin W. Sargent...

MAINE LIFE Chowder   A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong. Back to the Future   Night comes alive at the drive-in this summer. By Desirée Saucier Golfing in Maine   Special Section Experience    Feeling cooped up? Get outside!...

Table of Contents February/March 2020.

 Perspectives 8 From the Editor “Foresight: Ted Williams” More than meets the eye. By Colin W. Sargent 10 Letters Art & Style 49 Tourmalines Are Forever Choose to flash our home-grown stone. By Colin S. Sargent 80 Fiction “Sudden” By Ben Emery Maine Life 13...

Food & Drink    25 Portland After Dark “Let Us Feast and Festival” EMERGE rolls out the films—and the red carpet. By Olivia Gunn Kotsishevskaya 71 Hungry Eye “Starry Nights” Two-star Michelin chef Ryan McCaskey dishes on his freshest new creation, Acadia...

Perspectives 8 From the Editor “Cage Match: Portland v. San Francisco” By Colin W. Sargent 10 Letters 29 Portland After Dark “Planet Hopping” Zagat won’t take you here! By Evelyn Waugh 73 Voices “Vivid Volumes” By Rhea Côté Robbins Art&Style 60 Maine Accents...

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...

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...

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...

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...