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By Hilary Nangle on November 17, 2012
Apologies for being MIA for so long. Between the book deadline of Oct. 30 (new edition of Moon Coastal Maine) and a trip to South Africa for a magazine assignment, I either had no time or no Internet. Let me begin the catch up with some news and a few events worth considering: • This [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Events, Food, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Skiing/Riding, Uncategorized, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Artfull Gifts, Lincolnville, Maine wilderness lodges, Sugarloaf, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on September 5, 2012
Here’s a delicious way to spend Friday: Maine Fare, a celebration of Maine Food and Farming, bought to you by the good folks at Maine Farmland Trust. The daylong event (Sept. 7) takes place in downtown Belfast and offers everything from nibbles and tastes to a gourmet lunch and local plates dinners. The Farmers’ Market [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Events, Food, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Resources, Shopping, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Belfast, Maine Fare |
By Hilary Nangle on August 16, 2012
Watch enough TV, and you have an image embedded in your brain of a Maine seaside village. It’s part Hawkeye Pierce’s Crabapple Cove (M.A.S.H.), part Jessica Fletcher’s Cabot Cove (Murder She Wrote), with a dash of Fox TV’s Murder in Small Town X. Welcome to Eastport, Maine, where local author Sarah Graves sets her Home [...]
Posted in Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Boating, Down East Coast, Hiking, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Maine Made, Shopping, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Eastport, Kilby House Inn |
By Hilary Nangle on June 28, 2012
Cookbook author Brooke Dojny’s done it again. Lobster! 55 Fresh & Simple Recipes for Everyday Eating (Storey, $14.95) is a summer must have for anyone who enjoys Maine’s tasty crustacean. Dojny, who lives on the Blue Hill Peninsula, knows Maine and knows lobster. She draws not only from her own well of recipes but also [...]
Posted in Food, Maine Made, Recipes, Resources | Tagged cookbook, lobster, recipes |
By Hilary Nangle on June 23, 2012
If you’re in down east Maine, near Machias, here’s a fine way to spend the afternoon. Warm Wind, a sculpture created by Kazumi Hoshino, of Steuben, Maine, during the 2001 Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, is being dedicated at 3-4 p.m. today at Roque Bluffs State Park, in the don’t-blink community of Roque Bluffs, Maine. After [...]
Posted in Activities, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Maine Made, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Roque Bluffs, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, Warm Wind |
By Hilary Nangle on May 20, 2012
Sun’s shining, birds are singing, grass needs mowing, and Maine is open for the summer. Here’s a round-up of news, upcoming events, and interesting notes from around the state: Open House at Chapter Two, Corea, May 27,2012, 2-5 pm:Works by more than 50 local artists and artisans will be on view and refreshments will be [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Blue Hill Peninsula & Deer Isle, Boating, Cabins & Cottages, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Lodging, Maine Highlands, Maine Made, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Asticou, Blue Hill, Blue Hill Inn, Brooksville, Brunswick, Chapter Two, Corea, Millinocket, New England OUtdoor Center, Northeast Harbor, Oakland House, Pine Tree Camp, Portland, PORTOpera, Tavern at Brunswick Station |
By Hilary Nangle on May 19, 2012
Make it a point to wander all the way to the fourth floor of the Portland Museum of Art to see Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend? On view through June 17, 2012, the photography exhibit by Hollander examines what happens when the Maine-based artist reaches across real time and space and connects [...]
Posted in Activities, Greater Portland, Maine Made, People, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Portland, Portland Museum of Art, Tanja Aleia Hollander |
By Hilary Nangle on May 16, 2012
Here’s an exhibition fans of Maine islands and art won’t want to miss: Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan is on view at the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, Maine, through Dec. 30, 2012. Both artists have a deep connection to Monhegan, an island that has captured the eyes, hearts, and souls of artists for [...]
Posted in Activities, Maine Made, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Farnsworth Art Museum, Jaime Wyeth, Monhegan Island, Rockland, Rockwell Kent |
By Hilary Nangle on May 11, 2012
I’ve been a fan of Jeff Pert’s cartoons for years. The man knows Maine and Mainers, and he knows how to tickle our collective funny bones. Many of his the best cartoons—those that adorn tee shirts and coffee mugs—are collected in the new paperback book, “Cartoons from Maine” (Down East, $12.95). Even better, my all-time [...]
Posted in Maine Made | Tagged Cartoons from Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on December 15, 2011
Ployes! Pot en Pot! Tortierre! Creton! Raisin Pie! If you’ve ever had the good fortune to travel in Maine’s St. John Valley, you’re likely familiar with French-Acadian cuisine. Bouchard Family Farms, based in Fort Kent, Maine, has a new cookbook, French-Acadian Cookbook: Keeping the Tradition Alive ($12), that celebrates both the food and Maine’s Acadian [...]
Posted in Aroostook County, Food, Maine Made, Recipes, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged cookbook reviewBouchard Family Farms, French-Acadian food, ployes, pot en pot, raisin pie, recipes, tortierre |
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