Bam Bam Bakery finds a home, Cafe Louis opens, and Mast Landing Brewing Co. chooses a chef.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine artist turns trash into fairy dolls on display in Bowdoinham
The exhibit, “Salvaged Magic” at the Merrymeeting Arts Center in Bowdoinham, features colorful fairy dolls composed out of trash.
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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.
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.