Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Leonore Hildebrandt, who teaches at the University of Maine at Orono and who just published “Where You Happen to Be,” by Deerbrook Editions. Buddha at the Crossroads By Leonore Hildebrandt The Buddha’s stone feet rest on the cave’s floor. Seven stories high, a window […]
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Mystery Photo for June 24
Mystery photo for June 24, 2018 If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Jeri Thereault of South Portland. radiant After “Radiant Persian Pair,” Dale Chihuly 2003 By Jeri Thereault blossoms swell to globes of swallowed summer goldfinch-flit canola field crayola kitchen lit by biscuits & lemons pears in a bowl two Fiesta creamers one sunflower one daffodil […]
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Face Time: Kate Katomski — art in industrial ruins
Through her artwork, Kate Katomski has celebrated quarry ruins in Vermont and Tennessee, and now she’s on to Maine. She’s interested in the natural environment, who worked there and what the stones built. An exhibition of her collages, sketches and watercolors will appear at Kimball Street Studios in Lewiston through June 27, and this Tuesday, […]
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Eats: Foil packets make cooking easier
Whether you want more relaxing and less cooking during your summer stay-cation, you’re camping at one of Maine’s gorgeous state parks or you want to make a perfect, no-fuss, Dad-style meal on Father’s Day, flavor-packed foil packets are the answer to the age-old question “What’s for dinner?” You former Scouts out there most likely learned […]
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Mystery Photo for June 17
Mystery photo for June 17, 2018 If you can identify where this photo was taken, contact us at [email protected] or call 207-689-2896 and leave a voice mail with your answer, your name, town and phone number. Correct entries will be eligible for a drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarkets gift card. Find the Mystery Photo […]
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Camp like it's 2018!
Up for some glamping, boondocking or bubblecamping? Campground owners, farmers and entrepreneurs alike in Maine and worldwide are pitching new ways of enjoying the great outdoors. So, you want to go camping and impress the wife and kids with your wilderness know-how. Sounds like a plan, Grizzly Adams, but where to begin? You could do […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Heels for fleeing dinos
When “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” opens next week, all eyes will be on the special effects, yes, and the dinosaurs, the teeth, the drool, the chompiness, but they’ll also be on the heels. Bryce Dallas Howard’s character spent all of “Jurassic World” three years ago running in super high heels from dinosaurs and, despite critics deriding […]
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Face time: Andy Turner — creating a safe place through theater
Andy Turner made his stage debut in 1986 starring in “The Music Man.” He didn’t return to the stage until 1996. Since then, however, he’s been a prominent figure in community theater: He’s directed eight major musicals, two plays and acted in 15 shows. He’s heavily involved in the Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts […]
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Monmouth brothers turn ‘steam punk’ and ‘diesel punk’ into art
Working in ‘steam punk’ and ‘diesel punk’ styles, two Monmouth brothers turn metal and wood cast-offs into art. MONMOUTH — As kids growing up in Lewiston, brothers Corey and Jason DuFour built giant, super cool, super unsafe multi-story treehouses out of anything, anywhere. Think precarious bridges stretching from tree to tree. “We found nails that […]