Portland

Allagash Brewing Company

Beloved of beer geeks and casual swillers alike, Allagash White is one of Maine’s most popular craft brews. But it wasn’’t always so adored. ““For the first dozen years we couldn’’t give the beer away,”” says founder and owner Rob

Speaking Objects

WELLNESS-August 2013 By Sophie Nelson Photographs by Sarah Beard Buckley Oscar Mokeme and the African Center for the Sacred Arts   The sky is clogged with clouds and the air thick with tiny pieces of the streets being drilled apart

Mark Bessire

PROFILE-August 2013 By Susan Conley Photographs by Patryce Bak “Then it’s just you and Picasso”   This is a story about a teenage boy in New York City named Mark Bessire who knew he wanted to run a museum when he

Dr. Ross Greene

Q+A-July 2013 By Sophie Nelson Photographs by Sean Thomas Photography   NAME: Dr. Ross Greene AGE: 55 OCCUPATION: Child psychologist +author Dr. Ross Greene is a child psychologist based in Portland. He is the originator of an innovative approach to solving

Fireworks

A-LIST-July 2013 By Joe Hebert Photograph by  Julie Qiu Photography   01 Marginal Way Ogunquit Donated to the town of Ogunquit in 1925, this mile-long expanse of oceanfront begins in Perkins Cove and takes you right into the center of

J’s Oyster Bar

Cindy Brown is sitting on a stool at J’s Oyster Bar on a cloudy Thursday afternoon in May. On her right shoulder, attached to her belt by a black leash, is a green parrot called Mayzie—named after the “lazy bird”

The Blue Rooster Food Co.

The first time I heard about the Blue Rooster Food Co. was from my coworkers at Eventide. They told me about bacon wrapped hotdogs, a poutine made with tater tots, and house-cured pastrami sandwiches. When chefs gush about food, when

Max García Conover

Q+A-June 2013 By Sophie Nelson Photographs by Greta Rybus   NAME: Max García Conover AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Musician + teacher at the Breakwater School Max García Conover grew up in western New York, moved to Maine to go to college, and has

Jared Buzzell

WELLNESS-June 2013By Sophie NelsonPhotographs by Sarah Beard Buckley Physical therapist Jared Buzzell of OA Centers for Orthopaedics tunes up technique and makes people well again Turning off of I-95, I take the exit marked “Industrial Parkway” and find myself on