This and that: News, notes, & events from around Maine
Choo choo! Model railroads and free admission
Train fans take note: The Maine State Museum, in Augusta, is celebrating model railroads Dec. 7 and 8....
Musical notes from around Maine: Strand concert series and PSO’s new season
Here are some upcoming concerts and musical events in Maine worth your attention.
Suzanne Vega and Arlo Guthrie Headline the Strand Fall Concert Series
Check out...
Tour Portland’s Kotzschmar organ
The Kotzaschmar Organ, the first municipal organ in the country to be designated a municipal organ and one of only two still in existence...
Nibbles and bites in Greater Portland, Maine: Local 188, Caiola’s, and the Inn by...
I'm traveling along the Maine Coast this summer researching a new edition of Moon Coastal Maine. I'll be posting updates every now and then...
Don’t miss touring Winslow Homer’s studio on Prouts Neck, Maine
You can visit painter Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine. In September 2012, the Portland Museum of Art opened the studio where the...
Q&A: Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich
UPDATE: Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich is now at his own Maine restaurant, MK Kitchen.
I think one of Greater Portland's best dining secrets is the Sea...
Accessible travel expert Candy Harrington praises Freeport’s Harraseekett Inn
I asked accessible travel maven Candy Harrington to write a guest post about accessible travel in Maine. Here she shares her thoughts on Freeport's...
Exhibit at Maine’s Portland Museum of Art examines friendship in the Facebook era
Make it a point to wander all the way to the fourth floor of the Portland Museum of Art to see Tanja Alexia Hollander:...
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free fare fills the plate at these Maine restaurants
Health food stores and natural foods groceries, along with Asian, Indian, and Mexican restaurants, are the usual go-tos for on-the-road vegetarians and vegans. While...
Maine chefs and restaurants well represented among 2012 James Beard semi-finalists
The James Beard Foundation has announced the semi-finalists for its 2012 James Beard awards. Maine chefs and restaurants in the running are, by category:
Best...
Start 2012 on the right foot with a First Day Hike in a Maine...
Maine's State Parks are offering four, free, First Day Hikes, each led by park staff, on Sunday, Jan. 1: Aroostook, Cobscook Bay, Wolfe's Neck...
Dean’sSweets & Fox Family Potato Chips: New chocolate bars marry two of Maine’s best
Chocolate-maker Dean Bingham, of Dean'sSweets, has found inspiration in the bar—the chocolate bar. The Portland, Maine, chocolatier has introduced three chocolate bars to his...
Hungry for Maine fare? Portland’s Harvest on the Harbor is an event to savor
Portland, Maine's, annual Harvest on the Harbor food and wine experience has become the culinary event in a state renowned for its locavore culture,...
Barak Olins’ ZU Bakery gives meaning to life
UPDATE: ZU Bakery moved to 81 Clark St., Portland, in 2022.
BIG UPDATE: The James Beard Foundation named ZU Bakery its 2024 "Outstanding Bakery," defined...
All is Well at Jordan’s Farm, in Cape Elizabeth, thanks to development easements—and don’t...
Last week, I had the good fortune to visit a number of Maine farms with the Maine Farmland Trust, an organization that's working to...
