Portland

Rob Tod

PROFILE-January + February 2010 By Peter A. Smith Photographs by Trent Bell Brewer, innovator, zymurgist   Outside the Allagash Brewing Co., Rob Tod opens the wooden door to a shed and we step into his koelschip room. The room has

Hugo’s

EAT-January + February 2010 Text + photgraphs by Jonathan Levitt Hugo’s, up on the hill, a short stroll away from the salty harbor, is warm and quiet, lit by low light, lit by candles.   The kitchen smells like brown

Kindle: Northern New England Bioneers Conference

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski Regional environmental leaders, social thinkers, and musicians gathered around Portland’s Arts District for two days of presentations and telecasts that offered solutions for restoring people and the planet.

AIGA Maine’s Snowball

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski The professional design association hosted its annual holiday party for creatives at Port City Music Hall with live music from Sly Chi and hors d’oeuvres from Aurora Provisions.

Swoon Opening at SPACE Gallery

  THERE + THEN- January + February 2010 Photographs by Amanda Kowalski Brooklyn street artist Swoon and her artistic collaborators descended on SPACE Gallery in Portland to install a new urban landscape—paper portraits, cardboard collages, and wheat paste posters. For

David Wolfe

WORKSPACE-November + December 2009 Photograph by Meggan Gould David Wolfe prints books, portfolios, and stationery by hand. His 2,000-square-foot studio, inside a former bakery on Pleasant Street, is filled with composition machines, paper cutters, racks of fonts, a Washington hand

Stephen Benenson Braises Short Ribs

  COOK-Novmber + December 2009 Text + photographs by Maria Alexandra Vettese Tender meat with a rich sauce and gremolata make this dish ideal for cozying up on cold winter days.     Stephen Benenson has three words for his

David Hodgkins

PROFILE-November + December 2009 By Jonathan Levitt Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Clothier, gentleman, arbiter of good taste David Wood Clothiers. Established 1978. Portland, Maine.   Their mission: to outfit men with style acumen and stylish accoutrements. To this end they

Joe Kievitt

  PROFILE-November + December 2009 By Peter A. Smith Photographs by Nathan Eldridge Artist, craftsman, designer, carpenter, mosaic maker   Except for a few blotches and the almost imperceptible, asymmetric patterning, Joe Kievitt’s latest drawing (Untitled ink and watercolor on