Horse of a Different Color
Howl Mouth is the newest release from Portland’s genre-blurring trio Tall Horse, a Maine band you should know.
The Onetime Forester Defending the East’s Last Great Wilderness
Jensen Bissell manages Maine’s Baxter State Park, 210,000 acres of the most dramatic peaks, prettiest ponds, and finest trails east of the Rockies. Lately, he spends a lot of his time trying to keep people out of it. (Or does he?)
Reade All About It
Checking in with Maine’s “serendipitous” media mogul, Reade Brower.
Mason’s Brewing Company
Let it be said that Mason’s pours some terrific beers, particulary excelling at Belgian and German varieties.
Frappe Sheet
Here’s where to get the shakes this summer.
Special Exports
Inspired by Maine’s enterprising brewers, a few delicacy swaps we’d like to see.
Puffins, Pete Seeger, 23 Tons of Marble, and Down East
What do these things have to do with each other? We had no idea either, until we heard from sculptor Gary Sussman.
Don’t Hate the Player
Maine’s hardest-working rapper levels up on your smartphone or tablet.
Boy Oh Boycott
Boycotts can have unintended consequences, and Maine’s history with them has been checkered. When we at Down East received a few impassioned messages warning us that we too were included in a “total boycott of all businesses linked to Maine in any way,” it prompted some reflection.
Iconic Maine Photos
An Offbeat Errand, Now a Revered Image
There’s a trace of the sacred in it — in the light, in the title — plus a hint of the absurd, the faintest whiff of the freewheeling nature of that day at sea.
Iconic Maine Photos
George French’s Epitome of Beach Bliss
George French delivered 20 years worth of stirring images, mostly black-and-white, of pastoral landscapes, but he was also a devoted chronicler of working people.
Loon-y Toons
British animator Will Rose draws inspiration from Eastport’s wildlife, architecture, and late-night Justin Bieber dance parties.