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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.
December 2010
Of Ghosts & Guests
December 2010 By Colin W. Sargent “Lady Gaga, meet the ghost of Lucky Lindy” ran like quicksilver through my brain when I heard the lady in question had chosen Deering Oaks as the perfect place in Maine to make a speech. That’s because famed aviator Charles Lindbergh...
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.
La Vida Local
December 2010
Heather Hemmens kicks butt as mean-girl Alice Verdura on TV’s Hellcats. But for the rising director/producer, this is just the beginning.
November 2010
Through the Looking Glass
November 2010 During the holidays we often catch ourselves looking in the mirror, but if you happen to bump into your reflection in a Federal gilt and eglomise mirror with a label emblazoned with James Todd Looking Glass Manufactory, Exchange Street, Portland, you’ve...
Nebo Lodge Restaurant – Haven Scent
Love is in the island air and on the plate at the newly renovated Nebo Lodge Restaurant. By Karen E. Hofreiter Amanda stole my heart with kale chips. A less confident chef might woo urban diners with a cute and refined amuse-bouche, perhaps a scallop with lobster foam...
Ten Most Intriguing
November 2010
Trendsetters breaking all barriers: Alex Carleton, Arianna Lawson, Ahmed Al-soudani, Chellie & Hannah Pingree, Emelia Dahlin, Aruna Kenyi, Katie Hagar, Jim Miekka, Dr. Oz
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