Kate Shaffer, a chocolate expert, will be at Longfellow Books in Portland to share sweet recipes and stories in time for Valentine’s Day.

Thirsting for knowledge about the iconic New England beverage? You won’t be after reading Mainer Jim Baumer’s new book, due out in April.

Partygoers at Thursday’s Bubbly & Ballet event were treated to a sneak peek of ‘Giselle.’

Some are even predicting a clean sweep of the major awards tonight by the chart-topping British artist.

Writing about the craft arts is a refreshment. It is a moment away from an account about paintings — often a search for quality among the tedious — and from photography. The latter once came as a tonic to us. Less pretentious in its pure form than painting, it offered clarity, insight and a sense […]

“When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute,” Albert Einstein once famously explained. “But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute, and it’s longer than any hour.” His point? “That’s relativity.” In the relative world of dining, that’s also Silly’s. It is relative because […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Historical Society will celebrate the birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with a party at 10 a.m. Feb. 25. The party includes readings of Longfellow poems by Maine Public Broadcasting’s Irwin Gratz, a reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride” by former state representative Herb Adams, craft activities and a birthday cake. The poet’s […]