October 2009

Ted Ames

PROFILE-October 2009 Edited + transcribed by Peter A. Smith Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Fisherman, lobsterman, scientist, historical ecologist, blooming optimist Discussed: Ecological fish stewardship, the perils of being a genius, Maine’s groundfishing industry, sustainable lobster, and the return of the

Coco + Gil Corral

PROFILE-October 2009 By Peter A. Smith Photographs by Nathan Eldridge   Music curators, artists, family     The Hog Farm Studios Annex, a musical speakeasy, is at the end of a long hallway in the old Woolworth’s building on Main

Table: A Farmhouse Bistro

EAT-October 2009 Written + Photographed by Jonathan Levitt Rich and I sit on the downstairs porch at Table, sharing a plate of fish and chips. The stream flows below us. 2 Meals with Rich Hanson Coffee Cake + Coffee |

Destination Dining

Two of Maine’’s top tables can be found within two of its finest inns Kennebunkport and Camden are Maine icons, popular with travelers, and rich in rave-worthy B&Bs and inns. Among these, two stand out, each having earned national acclaim.

The Way They Got By

FEATURE-October 2009 By Laura Serino When Gita Pullapilly, producer of the documentary The Way We Get By, went to a screening in Orono in April, she expected to just show the film and get some audience feedback. But the screening

CIFF: Small Towns, Big Films

FEATURE-October 2009 By Laura Serino Photograph by Shoshannah White In the last few weeks Ben Fowlie has scouted locations for a festival pre-party and opening night, talked to dozens of filmmakers, mapped out a volunteer schedule, worked out details with

One Mainer’s Meat

  EAT-October 2009 By Peter A. Smith Photographs by Jonathan Levitt   A partial inventory of the kitchen at Salt Water Farm: glass canning jars, oyster and clam knives, foraged mushrooms, a granite kitchen island with a Wolf six-burner range