The exhibit, “Salvaged Magic” at the Merrymeeting Arts Center in Bowdoinham, features colorful fairy dolls composed out of trash.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Can you eat Maine bluefin tuna with a clear conscience?
It’s complicated, but here’s a hint to tuna lovers: the news is good.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Do the patriotic thing: Grow a garden
For a whole host of reasons, gardening is good citizenship.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Grow: Perennial seeds
Except for succession planting – where you plant fast-developing vegetables such as lettuce and beets throughout the season so you can harvest throughout the season – there is now little to be started in the vegetable garden. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop planting. It is a good time to plant pollinator-friendly perennials […]
Posted inFood & Dining, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Eat the Weekend
Whether you’re a visitor or a local, this food-filled fantasy weekend in Greater Portland has plenty for you.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
OFF RADAR: ‘The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations’
A collection of recollections concerning a series of “gatherings” in the 1980s and ’90s by more than a dozen white people and Maine and Canadian Wabanakis
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Murder in the Maple Woods’ and ‘From the Mountains to the Sea’
A superb mystery with a hint of a sequel, and a beautifully illustrated tribute to the Penobscot River Restoration Trust
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: A festival of cheese coming to Pittsfield
Restaurants open – and reopen
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Bar Guide: State Lunch could be Maine’s cocktail capital
The Augusta restaurant makes good use of its well stocked and attractive bar.
Posted inFood & Dining, Things to Do
Eat & Run: The Salty Moose elevates food truck fare
The new chef-owned truck sets up at Gneiss Brewing in Limerick on weekends.