October 2010

November + December

LISTEN-November + December 2010 Text + Photograph by Bryan Bruchman Bryan Bruchman doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to music happenings around Maine. Every issue he fills the calendar with the best concerts, album releases, and news from your

Portland

By Joe Riccio Local 188 I’m often at my most content while hunkered down on one of Local 188’s comfortable bar stools, drinking a bottle of Riesling and wolfing down a plate of chicken livers with shallots. One of Portland’s

Cassie Jones

SEE-October 2010 By Deborah Weisgall All Together Now 2010, acrylic on Dura-Lar, 10’ x 16’   Cassie Jones grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and studied art at Bowdoin College. She lost her heart to Maine and came back to

Jeffrey Thomson

POETRY-October 2010 Poem by Jeffrey Thomson Edited by Christopher Seid Artwork by Rockwell Kent   “Poem Trying Not to Be a Nature Poem” The whales are the color of the ocean today, their backs rising like scissors through canvas, scarred with

Brooklyn’s Latest Export

COOK-October 2010 By Annemarie Ahearn Photograph from The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual reveals the simple magic behind the food that has set a new precedent for Italian cuisine in

Andrew Jawitz

PROFILE-October 2010 By Kathleen Mackay Photographs by Mark Yaggie Although Andrew Jawitz, a thirty-one-year-old folklorist and enthnomusicologist, had studied the rich traditions of Southern country music at Goddard   College and Columbia University, he often lamented one thing. “I wished

48 Hours In…Portland

October 2010 | By Melissa Coleman  | Photographs by Cara Slifka  | Illustration by Jennifer Judd-McGee 48 hours, and more, of our favorite places to browse, eat, listen, drink, shop, play, and stay   OCTOBER 12: In lieu of Oktoberfest,

Meredith Alex

Q+A- October 2010 Photograph by Zack Bowen   What is the Madgirl World? It’s a world that combines color, whimsy, design, fashion, sculpture, and lots of love. What’s your latest fashion accomplishment? I recently finished a wedding dress for Rachel