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Arts & Leisure
Artist and illustrator Jodie Neal inked one of our favorite early covers 60 years ago this month.
A new wave of Maine wrestlers puts a beatdown on the Pine Tree State’s reputation as a pro-wrestling backwater.
Kim Ridley reflects on life and death in this moving personal essay.
In his book, Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine, the acclaimed essayist, novelist, and physicist Alan Lightman explores the relationships between science and religion, knowledge and transcendence — all from a quiet, wooded rock in Casco Bay.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from February.
Around the time that new contributor Carla Jean Lauter was reporting this month’s story on the nascent reboot of Maine’s august D.L. Geary Brewing Co. she was also penning and designing a fond tribute to Maine’s many breweries in the form of a vintage children’s alphabet primer.
Maine Public Radio’s rookie reporter straddles the cultural (and political) divide.
Portland photographer Greta Rybus ferried to North Haven to shoot contributor Laura Serino and her family for our March cover.
Red Lobster became my stand-in for the Pine Tree State, and I liked what I saw.
In our era of binging on full seasons of hour-long television shows, tackling an eight-episode short-form series should be a piece of cake. Right?
From a story by Jay Hutchins, published in the winter of 1961. Photographed by Harry Packard.