A local gives his recommendations for food, drink and recreation.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inFood & Dining, Life & Culture, Maine, News
At Unity farm, goats star on Open Creamery Day
Honey Wilde Farm was one of several creameries that opened its doors Sunday for the Maine Cheese Guild’s annual Open Creamery Day.
advertisement
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
With less vibrant colors, fall foliage still draws tourists to Boothbay
Despite a lack of reds and oranges on the trees this weekend, Boothbay’s Fall Foliage Festival still saw plenty of visitors.
Posted inFood & Dining, Maine, News
Swine and Stein Brewfest in Gardiner draws hundreds of craft beverage lovers
The brewfest, organized by Gardiner Main Street, returned for its 16th year, with more to offer than just beer.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
Maine farmers, restaurants struggle with rising cost of beef
With prices nationwide at an all-time high, producers weigh price increases against customer loyalty.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Feature Obituary, Life & Culture, Maine
Bau Graves, who helped shape Maine’s music and cultural scene, dies at 73
Graves was artistic director of the Maine Festival, the state’s showcase summer arts and music event for decades. He and his wife started the New Year’s Portland celebration in the early 1980s and also ran the Center for Cultural Exchange in Portland.
Posted inBusiness, Community, Life & Culture, News, Times Record
Bath Housing celebrates latest apartment openings
The housing-focused nonprofit celebrates the newly built apartment complex that opened at the start of summer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Two Mainers awarded prestigious MacArthur ‘Genius grants’
Jeremy Frey, a Passamaquoddy artist, and Indigenous cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce both received the $800,000 award.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Can an ancient practice answer life’s questions? This Mainer says so. | Column
Sandi Isgro, of Stratton, is president of the American Society of Dowsers and recently taught a beginner class on the controversial method for finding water, among other things.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Meet some giant Maine skeletons and the humans behind them
These people take Halloween decorating up a notch with 12-foot-high bundles of bones, which became a viral sensation several years ago.