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Brian Kevin is a former Down East editor. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Audubon, Travel + Leisure, and other publications. He’s the author of The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America, which won the Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Hope.
Colorfully painted antique tractor seats at Lawrence Lord’s Old Farm Museum, in Alexander, Maine
Travel & Outdoors

Have a Seat!

Lawrence Lord has amassed a collection of iron tractor seats that he diligently scrapes, repaints, and displays in vivid grids on the walls of his two-barn museum.
Allagash Wilderness Waterway
Features

Into the Wild(ish)

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is one of the country’s more remarkable experiments in wilderness preservation — and one of its classic river trips. Today, with the number of paddlers at a 30-year-low, a trip along the Allagash is as quiet and sublime as ever.
Four classic maine summer festivals
Arts & Leisure

He Is Not the Champion, My Friend

We sent our man on a quixotic quest for glory at four classic Maine summer festivals.
Betting on thin ice
Arts & Leisure

Betting on Thin Ice

By winter’s end (even in a weirdly warm year like this one), we Mainers have gotten pretty good at making our own fun. And what better way to entertain ourselves (and salute the spring) than with a friendly wager on when the ice will disappear on the nearest lake?
Down East Magazine, GQ Magazine
Arts & Leisure

GQ: Do We Need It?

In January, GQ magazine correspondent and Colby College grad Drew Magary published a post entitled “Maine: Do We Need It?" Since one good satire deserves another, here's our response.
Jeff Curtis, Sherman’s Books
Arts & Leisure

Cover Story

Wasn’t the indie bookstore supposed to be a relic by now? Jeff Curtis, of Sherman’s, Maine’s mighty micro-chain, says there are still plenty of chapters to go.
Newcastle-Salad-Days-festival
Food & Drink

A Lot on Your Plate

On a Newcastle back road, locals and visitors gather to celebrate summer, ceramics, and the world’s greatest pop-up salad bar.
Maine Postcard
Arts & LeisureTravel & Outdoors

Going Postal

Stamp-happy Mainers celebrate the centennial of Maine Postcard Day (surely you’ve heard of it).
Eric Mihan
Arts & Leisure

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bangor booze merchant (and secret operatic powerhouse) Eric Mihan joins the pros for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s production of La Bohème.
What Your Maine Sled Choice Says About You
Arts & Leisure

What Your Maine Sled Choice Says About You

You can tell a lot about a Mainer by how she chooses to get down a snow-covered hill.
Bill Duggan, Videoport, Portland
Arts & Leisure

DVDepository

Bill Duggan’s film-buff legacy — all 18,000 titles — lives on at the Portland Public Library.
Maine Winter, Cars, Down East
Travel & Outdoors

Ice Road Junkers

In Maine, the best way to protect your car from the rigors of ice, snow, and salt is to swap it out for a “winter beater.”
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