June 2011

Happy Feet

WELLNESS-July 2011 By Genevieve Morgan Illustration by Jamie Hogan   Leonardo da Vinci called them a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. Abraham Lincoln extolled us to put them in the right place and stand firm. They root

Douglas Woodsum

POETRY-July 2011 Poem by Douglas Woodsum Edited by Christopher Seid Artwork by Alyssa Watters   “Amore” Always, I have loved the word “lasagna” hovering in the firmament of the mouth tethered by a kite string of melted mozzarella. It wears

John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury

SEE-July 2011 By Deborah Weisgall Composition, Cape Split, Maine, No. 3, 1933,  oil on canvas, 22” x 28”   John Marin’s long career spanned— and came to define—half a century of artistic upheavals in America, from modernism to abstract expressionism.

July

LISTEN-July 2011 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 favorite artists

Lani Love-Cochrane

Q+A-June 2011 Text + photograph by David Murray   NAME: Lani Love-Cochrane Age: 41 Occupation: Owner, Allagash Canoe Trips Where are you from? I’ve lived all over. I was born in Vietnam in a little village called Gia Dinh and lived there until

June

LISTEN-June 2011 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 favorite artists

Telling Room Young Writers

POETRY-June 2011 Poems by Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Emma Jordan Edited by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Illustrations by Eric Hou The Telling Room Young Writers Contest   With the support of Maine magazine and Longfellow Books in Portland, the Telling Room received hundreds of submissions

Blue Hill

Each month Joe Ricchio gives local insight into his favorite places to eat and drink. He recommends that you pace yourself as you Eat Maine. Bagaduce Lunch Get the fried-haddock sandwich and a side of onion rings. That’s all I

Om State

WELLNESS-June 2011 By Genevieve Morgan Illustration by Jennifer Judd-McGee Over the past decade, Maine has seen a yoga explosion that would impress even Patanjali, the great Hindu yogi of 2,000 years ago.   Chances are you’ve seen them in a coffee shop near