The winter trade shows have been decimated by the pandemic, but plenty of guides are ready to take your reservation and now is the time to start shopping.
January 2021
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hiking in Maine: Trash on the trails yet another byproduct of the pandemic
More people have explored trails all over Maine during the virus outbreak, but some of the residual effects on the environment are piling up.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Living King’s dreams or his nightmares
Were Americans as outraged about uncoordinated Capitol security and the contrast with the aggressive presence at gatherings after George Floyd’s murder?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: COVID birthday offers cold comfort
Turning 80 is a memorable occasion, especially when the occasion comes in the middle of a pandemic.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Fringe theories go mainstream in GOP
Maine Republican Party leaders have been spreading the disinformation that led to the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: King’s call for economic justice unfulfilled
Racial disparities in income and wealth are as restrictive today as segregation was in the past.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: White supremacist violence goes deep in our history
And the proud display of emblems of hate during the attack on the Capitol shows we haven’t faced up to our ugly story.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Impeachment will get in Biden’s way
FBI and federal prosecutors should be allowed to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol without political interference.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
With sophistication and restraint, ‘My Little Sister’ tells an engrossing tale of sibling love
In the absorbing domestic drama “My Little Sister,” Nina Hoss plays Lisa, a Berlin playwright, wife and mother who is trying to save her brother’s life. Sven (Lars Eidinger) is a renowned theater actor best known for his 300-plus renditions of “Hamlet.” As the movie opens, he is suffering from cancer and Lisa has just […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
‘The Dig’ is a movie about archaeology, but it’s also a lovely meditation on what lasts
On the eve of World War II, a self-taught English archaeologist, working at the behest of a Suffolk widow with a curiosity about what lay beneath several earthen mounds on her property, made what is considered to be one of the more significant discoveries in British archaeology. That may be the summary description of the […]