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Posted inFood, Vegan Kitchen
Maine chef makes many Mallomars and recalls her days at Pure Food and Wine
The restaurant’s tumultuous trajectory is detailed in the new Netflix series ‘Bad Vegan.’
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Black Americans shared Sidney Poitier with the world, but he was all ours
The groundbreaking actor, who died last week, embodied Blackness with an unyielding insistence upon his own – and therefore, upon our – dignity and worth.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, News
Chances are nobody will ever again see Maine’s first big movie, viewed worldwide a century ago
‘The Rider of the King Log,’ by well-known Auburn writer Holman Day, featured log drives, dam explosions, romance and more, but it has utterly vanished since its debut in 1921
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Maine actor Matthew Delamater raises the bar on his career with new Clooney film
After years of bit parts in TV and films, the Bridgton-based actor has a key role in director George Clooney’s upcoming film ‘The Tender Bar,’ which stars Ben Affleck.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Entrepreneur aims to reopen Clarks Pond cinema in South Portland
The former Cinemagic location in the Clarks Pond shopping center could start screening movies again by the end of the year.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Food, Green Plate Special, Recipes, Review
New documentary argues carnivores and vegans can find middle ground
Directed by the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, ‘Meat Me Half Way’ is fascinating and multi-faceted.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
With two movies now showing and one on the way, Portland cinematographer is having a blockbuster summer
Alice Brooks shot two major films in theaters now, ‘In the Heights’ and ‘Queen Bees.’ A third – ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ – is due out later this year.
Posted inDo This
Moviegoers in Maine have more options this month, inside and out
Southern Maine drive-ins have opened for the season, and more indoor theaters will reopen later this month as Hollywood prepares to release new films.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Film-media community has room to become a far bigger part of Maine’s economy
State agencies, private businesses and cultural institutions – not to mention Stephen King – should seize the chance to invest in and work with Maine media makers.