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    Aroostook on the World Stage

    FEATURE-January + February 2011 By Will Bleakley On February 4, thousands of spectators, millions of viewers, and hundreds of athletes will invade northern Maine for the Biathlon World Cup. Russell Currier, one of Aroostook’s own, has a chance to compete

    Elise Ansel

    SEE-January + February 2011 Bridge 2 2010, oil on linen, 36” by 48”   Elise Ansel paints one image on top of another, turning the canvas as she works, transforming sequences of ideas and sensations into lush and shimmering rhythms.

    Andrea Sulzer

    SEE-November + December 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Picnic 2009, mixed media and collage on graph paper, 11” x 8.5”   Andrea Sulzer’s work begins at the cellular level. She makes small marks, nuclei of activity, which multiply and migrate across

    City and State

    FEATURE-November + December 2010 By Will Bleakley Photographs by Mark Yaggie   My Morning Jacket played the State Theatre’s first show in nearly five years on October 15. Portland, its people, and music fans across New England breathed a collective

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    Commercial Street’s Rising Tide

    FEATURE-November + December 2010 By Meghan Conley Photographs by Leah Fisher Arsenault Commercial Street wakes up in the hours before dawn. Groggy sternmen clutch their coffee as they head to their boats, the first ferries sound their horns, and empty

    In Land We Trust

    FEATURE-November + December 2010 By Maura Ewing Illustrations by Eric Hou A journey to Maine has always promised an escape into the woods, a breath of fresh air, and the opportunity to lounge on pristine beaches. Thanks to a network

    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

    Rallied

    FEATURE-October 2010 By Sarah Devlin Photographs by Jonathan Kozowyk The New England Forest Rally attracts thousands to Western Maine every year. These car enthusiasts would spend every penny to participate in this three-day adrenaline rush over logging passes and closed

    A Meetinghouse of Artistic Visions

    FEATURE-October 2010 By Dawn Potter Photographs by Thomas Birtwistle Today’s cloudy spring light filters through the windowpanes of the South Solon Meetinghouse, illuminating the hundreds of dried-up flies and ladybugs that litter the sills and pews. They look like the