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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).

It's pretty, even on the inside: Lucky Catch Cruise to Fort Gorges

Why does Fort Gorges seem to taunt Portlanders so? It sits out in Casco Bay in full view of the Eastern Prom - easy to see, but not easy to get to. We've all given it the stare down from the East End or the ferry. We've let our curiosity build...

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MaineToday.com: 06/29/2010

POORtland Picks

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

Find out what AcroYoga is or eat some lobster

No one likes Mondays - unless there Mondays when there's free music to be heard at a cool place like the Seaside Pavillion in Old Orchard Beach. Tonight's show is the only freebie of the summer and it should be a good one with The New York Staff...

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MaineToday.com: 07/23/2010

Geek Street

Where's the LAN support, Blizzard?

Just as I was expecting, Starcraft II's lack of LAN support is already becoming a problem for my friends. You see, my friends and are I holding a two-week-long LAN party in South Portland right now, and we have 7 to 10 computers plugged into a hub...

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MaineToday.com: 07/28/2010

Whip it Good

The Freshness (and You Can Be Fresh with MRD Too!)

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...

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MaineToday.com: 11/03/2009

Sea Legs

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

sorrow of a nation

caaw! caaw! Take heed, ye scurvy dogs. Groove shark is the new (but now dead) lala. It's about time we had a national voice, just like it was kind of ironic that the Obama campaign used the National's "Fake Empire" as a rallying cry. Instead...

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MaineToday.com: 06/02/2010

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.

Just like a Chicken

If there's one dish that I prepare at home the most it's roast chicken. It's often my Sunday Supper of choice, the aroma of the roasting bird wafting through the house like sprays of perfume. I employ several techniques to roast the bird...

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MaineToday.com: 05/12/2010

Enjoy Your Meal

Green Acreage; Maine Farms Rock

I love not living in a big city, for lots of reasons. Chief among them are of course crime and the general rat race of it all. Tiny little Portland, Maine, is perfect and I may never get used to the easy access to the best of everything -...

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MaineToday.com: 07/20/2010

Local Single

Single Slice

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

Playing House

There are times when a single person is forgotten and left by the curb. There's the dinners out with all the couples that they eventually forget to invite you to. There's the Sunday brunches around the kitchen table while you are scraping the...

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MaineToday.com: 07/28/2010

Local Film

Chicken Noodle Film

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

Video: Conrad the Scallop

You've never seen a scallop this amazing, astounding, incredible or athletic. Also check out Mike Robida and Nolan Lewis' podcast "Mike & Nolan Do the Inter-web!" It's lewd, crude, and will help frustrated writers like themselves survive even...

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MaineToday.com: 03/22/2010

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.

From the Ancient Mediterranean to Modernist America

A recent trip to Bowdoin College's Museum of Art led me on a fascinating journey around the world and through time. Methods for Modernism: Form and Color in American Art 1900 to 1925 (on view until July 6), is the museum's current headlining...

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MaineToday.com: 04/30/2010

Local Running

Maine Running

Not All Sport/Running Bras Are Created Equal!

Just as any guy would be, sometimes recommending or fitting a sports bra creates an uncomfortable or awkward moment, but, did you know 60-80% of women wear the wrong sports bra size? Life and body changes like weight loss or gain, pregnancy...

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MaineToday.com: 06/25/2010

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