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Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine Gardener
Viles Arboretum experiments with ‘Forest of the Future’
As climate change alters conditions for Maine’s flora, the arboretum experiments with non-native trees to figure out which species could thrive in warmer conditions.
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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
Radicchio – the leafy vegetable that’s almost too pretty to eat
But get over that. It’s also delicious, in season now and available from your local farmer.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
What do Mainers say when it comes to the ethics of eating lobster? Pass the butter
Whether the fishery is harming the endangered right whale is a matter of vehement debate, but local chefs, restaurateurs, fishmongers and ordinary people are still cracking into Maine’s iconic crustacean.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
State’s only biennial to showcase 35 established and emerging artists
The exhibit at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland opens Saturday and runs through May 7.
Posted inFood & Dining, Vegan Kitchen
Maine was once home to a pioneering U.S. tofu expert
In the late 1970s, Peter Golbitz began making tofu in his home kitchen in Bar Harbor. He went on to an illustrious career in the soybean field.
Posted inOn this date
Jan. 22, 1985: Gay Tolerance Day canceled at Madison High School, Belgrade Road home in Oakland destroyed by fire, and Maine musicians ‘sorry not to play’ in presidential inaugural parade in Washington D.C.
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Posted inOn this date
Jan. 21, 1954: Augusta shop turns out 100 types of signs used throughout Maine, new fire captain for Augusta named, and ice-glazed highways cause injuries in region
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, Word on the Street
Word on the Street: MLK sculpture controversy a reminder of lists naming the ‘ugliest’ statues, including one in Augusta
The Big Boyz Worker statue on Riverside Drive was once described online as “a physical specimen with a droopy mustache, a big belly, Popeye arms, and a head that’s too big for his body.”
Posted inOn this date
Jan. 20, 1964: Farmington sees 4th fire in four days, Muskie to seek second six-year term in Senate, and ‘human transplant era is near’
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