What does it mean to talk like a Mainer these days? As writer and linguist Michael Erard explains, the answer is wicked complicated.
Arts & Leisure
One of the co-creators of Hulu’s new Castle Rock on yet another Maine mill town that’s down and out. Waaaay out.
Author Porter Fox spent two years traversing the U.S.–Canada boundary, looking to better understand the wild borderland that rarely makes the news.
Down East director of photography Benjamin Williamson on Senator Angus King’s sharp shooting.
Bestselling author Susan Minot debuts original play On Island at Waterman's Community Center on North Haven Island.
From big bands to indie bands, the beat of of music trivia has occasionally thrummed through the Pine Tree State.
From big bands to indie bands, eight surprising times that the beat of popular-music history (and trivia) has thrummed through the Pine Tree State.
Maine Public Radio’s always-popular audio-diary series heads into a sixth season.
Here are the anthropomorphic animals not to miss this month.
Pack up a weekend bag and choose your favorite art trail. We picked three of coastal Maine’s most road-trip–worthy regions for art lovers and laid out our stop-by-stop itineraries for each. Ready to explore some of the best of Maine art?
Will Sears gives Portland a fresh look and blurs the line between commercial and fine art.
One winner at the end of each week (May 7–June 8) will receive two tickets to the Farnsworth Museum.