Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Marginal profits mean it’s closing time for Tempo Dulu and Opium, restaurant and bar at Danforth Inn
The closures are unrelated to a foreclosure matter involving the inn and a sister property in Camden, the owners say.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Watch: A Maine farm family takes us maple sugaring
Videographer Roger McCord introduces us to the Parsons family in Gorham, which has taken part in 24 Maine Maple Sundays.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food & Dining, Life & Culture
For TV food host Andrew Zimmern, Maine is a state of fatherly love and food
An episode of ‘The Zimmern List,’ airing Tuesday on Travel Channel, is all about his and his late father’s favorite places in Maine.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
John Oliver answers Pences’ bunny book with his own, alternate version
It rockets to No. 1 on Amazon.com and proceeds are being donated to a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth, and AIDS United.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
New cheese shop coming to Portland in June
The Cheese Shop of Portland will open initially in a renovated shipping container at the corner of Washington Avenue and Marion Street.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World
Vandalized mural by artist Banksy drawing crowds in New York City
Someone had drawn a signature tag on the protest art, which calls for the freeing of an artist and journalist jailed in Turkey and was recently installed on the Houston Bowery Wall.
Posted inLife & Culture, Restaurant reviews
Dine Out Maine: Sweet (sometimes too much so), whimsical New England-y small plates at Moxy in Portsmouth
The restaurant is run by chef Matt Louis, a multi-James Beard award nominee.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Captivated by curling, Maine artist captures the likeness and attention of the U.S. Olympic team
Bruce McMillan tweeted his watercolors to encourage the team in its gold-medal run.