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Kindle: Northern New England Bioneers Conference

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski Regional environmental leaders, social thinkers, and musicians gathered around Portland’s Arts District for two days of presentations and telecasts that offered solutions for restoring people and the planet.

AIGA Maine’s Snowball

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski The professional design association hosted its annual holiday party for creatives at Port City Music Hall with live music from Sly Chi and hors d’oeuvres from Aurora Provisions.

Swoon Opening at SPACE Gallery

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski Brooklyn street artist Swoon and her artistic collaborators descended on SPACE Gallery in Portland to install a new urban landscape—paper portraits, cardboard collages, and wheat paste posters. For

Shana Aldrich

STYLE-January + February 2010 Photograph by Shoshannah White Name: Shana Aldrich Age: 32 Location: Kennebunkport   What are you up to? Where are you off to?  Skiing and the slopes From here or from away?  Away. I’m from San Francisco,

Tuscan Tribute

FEAST-January + February 2010 (from Maine Home+Design) By Rebecca Falzano Photographs by Irvin Serrano   From the street, Grissini is relatively nondescript: a gray-shingled box with two white-trimmed windows facing Route 9 in Kennebunk’s Lower Village. Unlike the restaurants in the Kennebunkport

Cafe Crossroads

FEAST-November + December 2009 (from Maine Home+Design) By Rebecca Falzano Photographs by François Gagné   Michael Gilroy is not your average cafe owner. But then again, Frontier is not your average cafe. The Brunswick business lives and breathes its motto: “Go Beyond.”

David Wolfe

WORKSPACE-November + December 2009 Photograph by Meggan Gould David Wolfe prints books, portfolios, and stationery by hand. His 2,000-square-foot studio, inside a former bakery on Pleasant Street, is filled with composition machines, paper cutters, racks of fonts, a Washington hand

Stephen Benenson Braises Short Ribs

  COOK-Novmber + December 2009 Text + photographs by Maria Alexandra Vettese Tender meat with a rich sauce and gremolata make this dish ideal for cozying up on cold winter days.     Stephen Benenson has three words for his

David Hodgkins

PROFILE-November + December 2009 By Jonathan Levitt Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Clothier, gentleman, arbiter of good taste David Wood Clothiers. Established 1978. Portland, Maine.   Their mission: to outfit men with style acumen and stylish accoutrements. To this end they