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Paris and Norway

EAT MAINE- January + February 2012 By Joe Ricchio | Illustration by Kathryn Thomas   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.  

January + February

LISTEN-January + February 2012 By William Etheridge William Ethridge 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 and

Phantom Buffalo

MUSIC-January + February 2012 By Sarah Braunstein Photographs by Michael Winters House of Wonder: The Enchanted Nostalgia of Phantom Buffalo In an era characterized by flux, fragmentation, and tireless self-promotion, when musicians invent and reinvent themselves with astonishing speed, Phantom Buffalo has

Margaret Minister O’Keefe

PROFILE-January + February 2012 By Sarah Braunstein Photographs by Jarrod McCabe Both Sides Now: The Passion of Margaret Minister O’Keefe     As a child, I had a pretty simplistic idea about how the art world worked. There were artists—those

Band of Brothers

PROFILE-January + February 2012 By Sarah Stebbins Photographs by Mark Yaggie On Friday nights when most of us are packing it in, the guys on the DOORMATS hockey team, a group of buddies in their 40s and 50s, are getting

The S-Factor

LOCATION-January + February 2012 By Sandy Lang Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards Slope-side stories of epic snows, fireside proposals, and smoky barbecue for the ski and snowboard set SADDLEBACK | SUNDAY RIVER | SUGARLOAF   On this Wednesday evening, the

L.L.Bean Behind the Scenes

FEATURE-January + February 2012 Photographs by Jonathan Laurence Maine magazine talks with L.L.Bean creative directors Marcia Minter and Jenna Klein Jonsson about their latest project: a contemporary reinterpretation of two classic bean covers   What was the original inspiration for going back

Champagne, New Years Eve

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joe Ricchio   Champagne. For most Americans, it is an integral part of the celebration ritual, a symbol of luxury and success. The sound of corks popping conjures up images of triumphant professional athletes

Flask, Portland

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Joe Ricchio A few weeks ago at Flask, beleaguered and famished from performing karaoke at an ear-bleeding volume to Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield,” I find myself in dire need of solid nourishment