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.

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...

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

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.

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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