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Arielle Greenberg is a poet and author of creative nonfiction. She lives in Belfast.
Alexis Burbank modeling one of her dragonfly masks
Maine-Made

Mardi Gras Revelers Love This Waterville Artist’s Magnificent Masks

Perfect for Carnival season, Alexis Burbank’s masquerade art showcases her fascination with the fantastical.
map of shops in downtown Ellsworth
Travel & Outdoors

A Browser’s Guide Downtown Ellsworth

Despite the pandemic, the gateway town’s entrepreneurs have been busy opening (and reopening) shops downtown.
Van der Ven Studios
Maine-Made

Van der Ven Studios

The perforated pottery of Lincolnville sculptor Simon van der Ven.
Campus Couture
Maine-Made

Campus Couture

Scouting the state for wicked individual fashion, we found student Camden Hunt at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.
Sara Brand-New wearing a knit patchwork turtleneck dress
Maine-Made

Maine Street Style

Yoga teacher, knitting activist, ballet mom. Spotted in Belfast. (Yes, that’s her real name.)
Bubba’s Sulky Lounge
Features

Stayin’ Alive at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge

At Bubba’s, est. 1961, kitsch is king, retro is respected, and celebration is sacred. A tribute to Maine’s wildest, most beloved dive.
woman hiking with a Greyfeather Woodcraft walking stick
Maine-Made

These Handsome Walking Sticks Are “Little Pieces of Islesboro”

Islesboro Land Trust cofounder Stephen Miller makes elegant walking sticks out of island hardwood.
Confidently Natty
Maine-Made

Confidently Natty

Peaks Islander and Episcopal lay minister Thurl Headen feeds his spirit through fashion.
Maine Style
Maine-Made

Easy Does It

Our ongoing search for pissah fashion led us to Marcia Heath, writer, pianist, and rowing buff from Waldo.
C. Love's Lebanese butter cookies
Food & Drink

Cookies for a Cause

Katherine Slevin sells her sweet, buttery lineup online — for pick-up or delivery — and at a handful of Portland markets and coffee shops.
Stuart Loten
Maine-Made

Loten Art Lighting

Stuart Loten uses a silk-painting technique to turn home lighting into art
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Built to Last

A couple preserves a family tradition with a new house that bests the original while retaining its warmth and charm.
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