Also see the play ‘The Cemetery Club’ at City Theater in Biddeford.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
15 Maine hot dog spots to visit this summer
From old-school joints in Lewiston and Rockland to Portland restaurants adding new flavor combinations, Maine is frankly the perfect place to go on a hot dog tour.
Why Timothy Simons is my favorite Hollywood Mainer | Column
The actor from Readfield, who is giving the UMaine commencement address this weekend, hasn’t gotten too big for his home state.
Chasing waterfalls: A guide to western Maine’s best water features
A western Maine driving route brings together waterfalls, swimming holes, and lake and river stops across the mountains.
New poll shows how faith drives rural voters in battleground states
Maine is among the least religious states in the country. That could be a factor in its recent electoral history, one analyst says.
Allagash Brewing hits sustainability milestones
Maine’s biggest brewer, one of just 14 nationwide to become a B Corporation company, keeps 98% of its waste out of the landfill.
Why the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer is still a page-turner
Mainers continue to mark up routes and dog-ear pages 50 years after it was first published, despite the ease and abundance of digital navigation.
Two Maine poets trade first-class mail — in verse
Poets Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and Stuart Kestenbaum exchanged poems about daily life through the mail, finding connection through a slower form of communication.
At 79, Portland chocolatier is riding across the U.S. to raise money for MS
While he’s at it, Dean Bingham hopes to snag a Guinness World Record.
These Maine food writers pour out their creativity – and recipes – on Substack
The platform offers them creative freedom to write about subjects that range from unfamiliar figures in America’s wine world to running a pizza parlor in small-town Maine.