People can’t just go around falling off of things. They can’t continually tip over mid-stride or careen backwards from the top of an “up” escalator. Hence all those self-help books about balance. Of course, balance can also refer to the more abstract translation — that intangible pursuit-of-happiness thing. (Be hardworking but don’t work all the […]
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Off Beat: Find where you belong in Smoke and Mirror Circus
The traditional one-ring, European-style circus takes over the stage at Geno’s Rock Club.
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Next Maine Event: Corvette connoisseurs roll into summer in style
Warm weather brings beach-goers to the sand, pedestrians to the sidewalks and summer-loving automobiles to the streets. While four-wheel drive might serve Mainers well in the winter, summer is a season for hot rods, classic cars and convertibles. And it’s the time for Corvettes — and the people who love them — to emerge from […]
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Off Beat: Race, shoot and scooter away to an unusual summer
Maine has no shortage of entertaining ways to spend your day.
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Next Maine Event: McLaughlin’s lilac legacy growing strong in South Paris
The flowers at McLaughlin Garden in South Paris can’t be thirsty. They gulp water by the gallons this time of year, but Mother Nature’s been overly generous with the rain lately. The flowers are far from parched. But days of rain and sporadic sun haven’t hindered the blooming. It seems everything’s still coming up roses […]
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Off Beat: Mini art hunt is a walk in the park
We humans tend to struggle with details. Sure, we like to fancy we’re Columbo. We like to think our precision brains can take a few sweeps across the afternoon landscape and pick up on the world’s changing minutia like a particle-collecting mental Swiffer. We think we’ll register our fella’s professionally scrubbed and shined set of […]
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Off Beat: Back in the day
The hair … The get-ups … There’s a lot to celebrate on Saturday when Bubba’s holds its homage to the fromage of the ’90s.
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Iris Dement cancels 2 shows this week
The shows – one at Jonathan’s in Ogunquit, the other at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield – have been rescheduled for August.
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Next Maine Event: Bug Light a breezy beacon for kite connoisseurs
There’s a perk to South Portland’s Bug Light Park that isn’t even visible. Visitors to the coastal park usually notice the scenic views of Casco Bay, the picnic-perfect mound of a hill, the benches keeping watch over Portland and the comings and goings of passing ships. But the park has another asset: the wind. And […]
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Off Beat: How ’bout some hide and seek? You’re it!
Get a team together and prepare to hide in a street game organized by PortSports Social Club.