Maine Dispatches
Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine
Maine Arts Colonies
New exhibitions reflect on the creative impact of three Maine arts colonies.
Ken Eisen holds a picture of himself with the late director Jonathan Demme.
Two thumbs way up! Ken Eisen is the man behind the 100-film slate — and A-list special guests — at the Maine International Film Festival. (Just don’t tell him you like superhero movies.)
Father-son artists Philip and Matt Barter
Father-son artists Philip and Matt Barter rebuild a factory town.
Maine Art
We asked 10 art-world luminaries to share the under-the-radar places where they find great Maine art.
2018 Great Mainer Scavenger Hunters
Last year’s second running of the Great Maine Scavenger Hunt enticed hundreds of readers and fans to explore the Pine Tree State’s weirder, woolier corners. Dozens returned home victorious — faces suntanned, quads aching from mountain hikes, hands stinking of codfish. Here are a few of their stories.
Captain Harpswell
The year’s most talked-about big-screen superhero spends summers laying low (and occasionally battling aliens) on the midcoast.
Cohen Center
For those contending with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia and memory loss, the Sam L. Cohen Adult Day Center in Biddeford provides care, social support, and respite.
New Farmer's Almanac
The wayfaring founder of an agrarian lit mag is calling Down East Maine home — and reimagining the area’s rural economy.
Abigail Gray Swartz
What if history’s powerful and pioneering women were celebrated and honored in public spaces? Abigail Gray Swartz is out to remix whole cityscapes with ambitious monuments to history’s “hidden figures.”