The Way They Got By
FEATURE-October 2009 By Laura Serino When Gita Pullapilly, producer of the documentary The Way We Get By, went to a screening in Orono in April, she expected to just show the film and get some audience feedback. But the screening
A Wyeth Muse, 30 Years Later
Back on Monhegan for his yearly visit, Orca Bates Melenbacker reflects on becoming one of Jamie Wyeth's favorite subjects.
CIFF: Small Towns, Big Films
FEATURE-October 2009 By Laura Serino Photograph by Shoshannah White In the last few weeks Ben Fowlie has scouted locations for a festival pre-party and opening night, talked to dozens of filmmakers, mapped out a volunteer schedule, worked out details with
Outstanding in the Field: Four Season Farm
FEATURE-October 2009 Text + photographs by Jonathan Levitt The table twists and turns at the edge of a meadow, shaded by oaks, within sight of the orchards and artichoke patch—not far from the fog of Penobscot Bay. Sometimes the table
FIND-Feather Your Nest
FIND- October 2009 By Véronique McAree Photographs by Maria Alexandria Vettese Cozy blankets, a mod, mod chair, even a deer head: ideas to turn your space into a snug retreat. Above (left to right) Pattern play We’re crushing on Angela
Foster Huntington
STYLE-October 2009 Photography by Shoshannah White Name: Foster Huntington Age: 21 Location: 39 Brackett Street, Portland From here or from away? I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Where do you live now? I am a senior at
Gideon Bok
WORKSPACE-September 2009 Photograph by Meggan Gould Gideon Bok paints his studios and whatever happens to be in them. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art in 1996, worked as a Guggenheim fellow in 2004, and currently lives
Brian Smith
PROFILE-September 2009 By Nancy Heiser Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Winemaker, organic grape grower, father, oenological explorer In Warren, Oyster River winemaker Brian Smith has begun the arduous search for grapes that may eventually represent the terroir of Knox County. His
Heidi Julavits
PROFILE-September 2009 Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Writer, editor, mother, Mainer Discussed: Brooklin, New York, boatbuilding, fog, neighbors, The Uses of Enchantment, and getting lost. Heidi Julavits grew up in Portland and has written three novels, The Mineral Palace, The Effect of Living
Pop!Tech
FEATURE-September 2009 By Daphne Howland Illustrations by Eric Hou Maine’s most audacious, incredible, superheroic, global town meeting Pop!Tech is a conference, a global nonprofit organism, an idea magnet, a hyperkinetic network of Web 2.0 brainstorming. Each October, academics, techies, digerati,