While perusing antique stores on Route 1, I stumbled upon a few choice finds in Ogunquit. The first was a wooden box formerly designated to drug storage by a now-retired teacher and the second was a 1980 issue of Down East Magazine, which contained a profile on MPBN‘s Mal Leary. While I didn’t buy the […]
BEHOLD! The 2014 Maine gift guide! Here is a list of holiday gifts made by folks from Maine and/or have some sort of connection to the state. Be careful, as this guide is so hot it will likely melt your face right off of that pretty head of yours. Holiday gift season doesn’t have to […]
My friend Shay told me that it sounds to her like I am a class straddler. I explained that I was incredibly uncomfortable while in the crowd at The Moth Mainstage event at The State Theater. (The Moth, for the uninitiated, is a live storytelling event, recorded versions of which air on MPBN Radio.) MPBN […]
I was fortunate to be invited to be a guest on MPBN Maine Calling last week. The topic of the show was “What Does it Mean to be Young In Maine?” The other guests included fellow BDN blogger Emily Stoddard Burnham, Chace Joe Jackson (with whom I am happy to have become acquainted when I […]
Here are 20 Portland-y things I am thankful for. The Portland Public Library, YES Books, Longfellow Books, The Green Hand, Strange Maine, Casablanca Comics, and Coast City Comics for keeping us literate David Meiklejohn, Barry Dodd, Videoport (obviously) and the DIY film and video scene The wonderful, friendly, and beautiful staff folks at Local 188, […]
