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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Art From Within It’s easy to lose yourself inside the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Not because it is big or grand, but because it houses pieces that demand a deeper look, a lingering presence. Art is all around here,

The Gifts of Acadia

Recollections from Eileen Rockefeller and what her family found in Maine   Eileen Rockefeller, the youngest child of David and Peggy Rockefeller and the author of the book Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself, did not make me feel a fool for referencing The

Long Grain

It has become a common thing for those who live in Camden to cap significant life events with a meal at Long Grain. They go to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, as well as new jobs and journeys. They go to

Kennebunk + Kennebunkport

Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Katy Kelleher, Managing editor Maine magazine   Katy Kelleher, Managing Editor     Some people dread December, but not me. Every year as Christmas approaches, I get a giddy, childlike enthusiasm for all

Belfast + Lincolnville

Photographs + stories by Maine magazine staff: Heidi Kirn, Art Director Maine Home+Design magazine   Heidi Kirn, Art Director Maine Home+Design magazine   It is the first real spring-like day, which is perfect for a road trip with the sunroof

Ocean

It’s a sad fact of modern dining: over the years, many wonderful, classic French dishes have fallen by the wayside, forgotten or misrepresented. Cuisine that was once the pride of the world’s finest hotels and luxury ocean liners is all

Portland & Rochester Public House

Upon mention of my disdain for the term “gastropub,” Garrett Fitzgerald, owner of the Portland & Rochester Public House, agrees with me and asserts, “”pubs should always have good food; —a special label for that is entirely unnecessary.”” My thoughts

Beaches of Maine’s Southern Shore

“What do they long for, as I long for, one salt smell of the sea once more?” – Edna St. Vincent Millay In summer’s late-afternoon light, the weekend warriors and sun worshippers arrive, emptying out of their cars onto Fortunes Rocks