{"id":25744,"date":"2025-09-03T12:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=25744"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:49:27","slug":"september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,326px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e5e5e5&amp;d=september_2025&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;themeSecondaryColor=%23f2f2f2&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Exclusive<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>15 From the Editor<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSeptember glow\u201d<br \/>\n<i>By Colin W. Sargent<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>17 Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>19 Chowder<br \/>\n<\/strong>A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just<br \/>\nPlain Wrong.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Culture<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>25 \u201cThe Art of Collecting\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nGawking, made respectable.<br \/>\n<i>By Audrey Esteves<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>53 \u201cGoing Green\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Invasive green crabs: on your menu?<br \/>\n<i>By Judson Vail<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>71 Maine Live<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>111 Fiction<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cApology Accepted\u201d<br \/>\n<i>By Bill Stauffer<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Confidential<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>91 Fine Living<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cMary Jane Merch\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not just PBS with the tote bags.<br \/>\n<i>By Alayna Blier<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Refresh<\/h2>\n<p><strong>63 Corner Table<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cStage to Table\u201d<br \/>\nJimmy\u2019s Jazz and Blues Club<br \/>\n<i>By Colin W. Sargent<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>67 Select Area Restaurants<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Shelter<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>95 Talking Walls<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cCan\u2019t Take My Eyes Off You\u201d<br \/>\nFor sale: Music executive Dan Crewe\u2019s house in Cumberland Foreside.<br \/>\n<i>By Colin W. Sargent<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>102 New England Homes and Living<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Crushes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>20 Made in Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>58 Visit the Kennebunks<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1499],"class_list":["post-25744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toc","tag-september-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25746,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25744\/revisions\/25746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}