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Portland In a Snap

With her always handy camera, Avery captures all the hottest happenings in Portland.

Tonight's successful party marking the second anniversary of Portland Greendrinks' founding couldn't have come together without a lot of hard work from a lot of people, including Sarah Cushman, of Portland Green Streets, Elliott May, who founded...
03/09/2010
Out Going

Things to do in Southern Maine, investigated personally and described by Shannon Bryan (with only slight amounts of exaggeration, digression and references to ostraconophobia).

The silent treatment. That's what Old Man Winter's giving us. Maybe he's rethinking life, holed up in some northly camp wondering if he really should go back to school and study medicine, like he always wanted to. Or maybe he's tired of our fly-...
03/09/2010
POORtland Picks

Karen Beaudoin finds things for you to do in Portland that are FREE (or so darn cheap they're almost free).

Monday's can be a drag. No more weekend, a return to the work cube and not a lot going on after the job day ends. But this Monday is an exception because March 8 just happens to be all about the ladies.   If you haven't heard, today is...
03/08/2010
Whip it Good
Newbies. Fresh Meat. Newbs. Freshies. They go by many names, but whatever we call them they are a lovely sight to behold. Maine Roller Derby has been doing a lot of recruiting this fall to replenish our numbers and bring in fresh blood after a...
11/03/2009
Sea Legs

Mike Olcott's got music on the brain. And plenty of other things too.

*** Quick, do me a favor. It takes 3 seconds. It makes this blog experience completely interactive. Go to lala.com right now and sign up for a membership. It's not a credit card thing, it's not a check out our sweet new deals type of thing, it's a...
02/10/2010

Local Food & Drink

Portland Bar Guide

From the martini bars to the local dives, MaineToday.com drinks in Portland.
Food for Thought

John Golden dines out in Portland and searches area markets for the best foods to prepare himself.

Despite the best efforts of the City of Portland to thwart the Winter Market from happening, stronger forces prevailed and the Portland market began with great gusto. The farmers were surprised that the throngs of shoppers didin't abate one bit...
02/21/2010
Enjoy Your Meal
Second Annual Maine Restaurant Week. Monday, March 1 through Wednesday, March 10. Close to 100 of Maine's wonderful restaurants serving specially priced three-course meals. (The list is amazing and it's still growing.) Restaurants, special...
01/27/2010

Local Single

Single Slice

Elisa Doucette writes a slice of living and loving in Portland.

It became obvious to me in the month of February that for me to actually write about dating and relationships I should be actively involved in the process of at least the former and eventually the latter.  There's a problem though. ...
03/07/2010

Local Film

Chicken Noodle Film

On the official blog of Raining Soup Pictures, Mike Robida holds the spoon. And sometimes stirs the pot.

    Meant to be home by 1 AM but wound up watching American Pickers until 2 while Ariel snored. And snored. And snored. Interesting stuff. American pickers, not the snoring. Makes me want to start up my movie poster collection again. I've...
03/10/2010

Local Art

Mixed Media

From contemplating the lastest museum exhibition to mingling at a hot gallery opening, Jamie Thompson explores Maine's diverse art scene.

Great artists are able to capture the magnificence of any subject. Something as simple as the way light shines on glass, or the particular shape of a shadow on a pure white wall, or the shimmer of a diaphanous peony can be transformed by an artist's...
02/18/2010

Local Running

Maine Running
Greetings!  Less than 200 miles from the United States a tragedy has taken place in Haiti.  All of us have seen the images and have a feeling of total helplessness.  We all want to do so much more to help.  On Valentines Day,...
02/12/2010