They include old telephones in Ellsworth, ice harvesting tools in South Bristol, bird carvings in Southwest Harbor and beadwork in Portland.
Life & Culture
Stories about life, culture, entertainment and arts from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inDo This, Life & Culture, News
Historical photos capture Maine schooner Victory Chimes
The windjammer sailed out of Rockland for several decades.
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Posted inCommunity, Leslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, News
In Yarmouth, the kids still roam free | Column
There’s a throwback feel to life in this suburb. During Clam Fest, we can all get a taste.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Readers suggest the objects they’d pick to explain Maine
Black flies, ice fishing shacks and maple syrup were just a few of the things people suggested as additions to the list we published on Independence Day weekend.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Community, Life & Culture, News, Times Record
See Maine from above in a WWII-era plane
The C-47 military transport traveled from Long Island, New York, to Brunswick for the Great State of Maine Air Show this weekend. Here’s a look from inside (and above).
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine, New England
Mechanics’ Hall receives second NEA Big Read grant
The only Maine organization chosen for the grant, Mechanics’ Hall will have the opportunity to provide a year of literacy programming tied to Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, New England, Schools and Education
This Maine photographer is taking on a new mission: Paying it forward
Rose Marasco, whose work is on display at the Maine Jewish Museum through August, developed a scholarship program opening this fall for high school students to attend an arts college of their choice.
Posted inCommunity, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Swan Island ferry service to resume in Richmond
Visitors to the state-owned wildlife refuge will be able to use a weekend ferry service to access the island.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Marsden Hartley Legacy Project brings the Lewiston modernist’s art online
The digital catalogue has been in the works since 2012.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine plays a role in new film about dads of trans kids
‘The Dads,’ a documentary about the fathers of transgender children, was filmed partly on lakes near Millinocket and will be screening Sunday at the Maine International Film Festival.