What does it mean to talk like a Mainer these days? As writer and linguist Michael Erard explains, the answer is wicked complicated.
canoe on a lake
Author Porter Fox spent two years traversing the U.S.–Canada boundary, looking to better understand the wild borderland that rarely makes the news.
Former mill in Topsham by Angus King
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.
Maine Music Lore
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.
Art Spots
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.