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A trip across the Weston United States

Starting today, Mainers can take a cross-country road trip and travel only as far as the Portland Museum of Art.

“Weston: Leaves of Grass” opens on the museum’s second floor and runs through March 13. It features 53 photographs shot by the legendary Edward Weston (1886-1958). Each of the rarely exhibited black-and-white images in the show was produced in 1941, when Weston embarked on a trip across America to illustrate Walt Whitman’s epic poetry book, “Leaves of Grass.”

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Look! In the window!It’s a … MadElf!

PORTLAND — Framed by the brightly lit window of the Madworld studio and boutique on Commercial Street, fashion designer Meredith Alex is bent over her Huskystar sewing machine, stitching together colorful panels of fabric.

She’s been at this perch since 4 p.m. and will keep going until 8 p.m., sewing pointy-toed Christmas stockings that the public is invited to fill before each one is donated to Toys for Tots and other charities.

Dressed as an elf, Alex has become a familiar sight to people who regularly walk or drive through this busy shopping district, and she merrily waves to all who catch her eye.