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Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Arts & Leisure

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine Debuts Its First Wabanaki-Focused Permanent Exhibit

The sinuous new playspace invites hands-on exploration of indigenous heritage in Maine.
Wendy Weiger's winterized cabin on First Roach Pond
Home + Garden

A Blogger Finds Peace Wintering in a Remote Maine Cabin

Wendy Weiger spent the winters of 2021 and 2022 alone in a 300-square-foot winterized cabin on First Roach Pond, near Greenville.
inside Art Acre, a home-gallery mash-up, called Art Acre, in Southwest Harbor, Maine
Home + Garden

A Southwest Harbor Couple’s Art Gallery Is Also Their Living Room

Diverse, Maine-inspired works by artist friends are on view at Art Acre, a home-gallery mashup on MDI.
The Cape’s front door, in Benjamin Moore’s Citrus Blast, radiates against clapboards in the company’s Deep Space.
Home + Garden

This Southern Maine Cape Is “Colorful, Chaotic, and a Little Strange”

Creepy collections and vibrant, gardeny shades converge in a floral designer’s southern Maine Cape.
a former hydroelectric powerhouse in Norridgewock, Maine
Home + Garden

How a Norridgewock Powerhouse Became an Artful Residence

Mandy Lamb got a charge out of turning this former hydroelectric hub into her home.
Britt and Anthony, pictured with their kids, Charlie, 12, and Hadley, 10 outside their Bar Harbor home
Home + Garden

A New Build for a Family with Old Ties to MDI

Immediate and extended family helped with this Bar Harbor build, and the whole extended clan cheered them on.
Lauren Berg and her whimsical window murals at Yarmouth clothing shop Gingham
Home + Garden

Windows Are a Warren Muralist’s Preferred Canvas

Lauren Berg's naturalistic glass paintings liven up homes inside and out (and they’re already framed!).
cozy home in Rangeley, Maine
Home + Garden

4 Cozy Maine Homes Near the Slopes

Ever dream of owning a ski retreat? Draw inspiration from four diverse mountain dwellings with charm and gear-storage galore — and style as refreshing as a bluebird day.
Tizz Crowley in her “Civil War widow” dress outside Auburn’s William A. Robinson owned and decorated by Migdalia Mass
Home + Garden

This Auburn Home Becomes a Horror Show Every Halloween

The homeowner delights in turning her Gothic Revival into your worst nightmare.
dolls by Deb Butters
Maine-Made

A Doll Maker Takes Over Maine Craft Portland

Figurine queen Deb Butters tells us about going wild for her October solo exhibition.
exterior of kennebunkport dome home
Home + Garden

A New Owner Is Bowled Over By His Kennebunkport Domed Home

Built in 2003 by sculptor Daphne Pulsifer, it's an inhabitable "piece of art."
the Eliot modular accessory dwelling unit (ADU) produced by BrightBuilt Home for Glenn Close's episode of Celebrity IOU
Home + Garden

A Mini Eliot Dwelling Debuts on HGTV with Actress Glenn Close

The Emmy Winner surprised a friend with a backyard ADU designed by BrightBuilt Home.
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