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.
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Maine author Elizabeth Strout’s new book is set away, for a change
‘The Things We Never Say’ comes out May 5 and is set in a coastal Massachusetts town. Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Olive Kitteridge,’ one of her Maine-set novels.
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Portland comic arts festival draws on the indie scene
Comic Arts Maine Portland, which began in 2025, will feature exhibitors, workshops and panels with comics creators on Saturday.
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Watch: Maine Voices Live with the Maine Cabin Masters
We were live on-stage with the cast of the Maine Cabin Masters as part of our Maine ADU Housing Expo. Watch the video below.
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Her husband built Ogunquit’s art museum. Decades later, Maggie Strater finally gets her spotlight.
Strater was a fellow patron of art in the community, but was overlooked in the shadow of her husband.
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For Maine’s Episcopal bishop, food is more than pleasure. It’s community.
Bishop Thomas Brown happily cooks and talks food, but for him, there’s a spiritual component, too.
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Oscar-winning Maine filmmaker makes Elon Musk his next project
Oscar winner Alex Gibney is known for documentaries about Enron, Scientology, U.S. policies on torture, “The Sopranos” and many other topics.
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7 sweet treats or activities to indulge in for Maine Maple Sunday Weekend
More than 100 sugarhouses are expected to participate in the 43rd annual event Saturday and Sunday, with boiling demos, tours, live music, doughnuts, cotton candy and more.
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In sugaring season, Maine students of all ages study the art of making syrup
Students from kindergarten on up come to understand the state’s maple traditions by making syrup themselves.
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Lyle Lovett talks touring with John Hiatt, acting for Robert Altman and what he loves about Maine
Lovett and longtime friend Hiatt will perform together in Waterville and Portland.