Several years ago, I discovered a Portland-based quartet, Tricky Britches, when they were coming to play at Mainely Brews. Upon listening to their “Hard Fought Day” album, I became a fan so when I learned they were making a trip back to the 1 Post Office Square venue othis month, I decided another chat with […]

On Friday, April 25, the State Theatre in Portland will host a trio of talented musicians: guitarists supreme, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and the opening act, singer-songwriter Bobby Long. Long has a handful of albums, EPs and singles out (both self-released and commercially on ATO Records, home of his last two studio albums: “A Winter Tale” […]

Fuel, in Lewiston has met with wide acclaim and rightly so. The urban decor is stunning, with the modern bar area at the front of the restaurant and white linens topping the remaining tables that fill the open room. The food here has been described as French comfort food.

“Sometimes the wrong train can take you to the right place.” — Ritesh Batra Deep in the vast network of ancient neighborhoods that thread through Mumbai, India’s most populous city, a lovely young woman, Ila (Nimrat Kaur) sends her ambitious and suspiciously distracted husband off to work, and gets her little daughter ready for school. […]

‘The Engagements:’ Best-selling author Courtney Sullivan has another hit with a penetrating and sensitive exploration of marriage and relationships spanning 50 years.

Mainely Brews and the Waterville Opera House provided a great St. Patrick’s celebration — even if you aren’t Irish.

“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.” — Honore de Balzac This false spring brings us two movies with similar premises: that we all, somewhere have a double. The first is “ENEMY,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a high school teacher whose double is a movie […]

On April 7, Slates in Hallowell hosted the debut of Run On Sentence, A Portland, Ore.-based group, that is celebrating the release of a soundtrack they created for “Beneath The Harvest Sky,” a movie that was shot in Van Buren, ME. One of the members of the band — that is fronted by Dustin Hamman […]

While the Samoset Resort’s spectacular ice bar drew us to Rockport in mid-January, our culinary tour of the area added flavor to the weekend.