Ray Routhier has written about pop culture, movies, TV, music and lifestyle trends for the Portland Press Herald since 1993. He is continually fascinated with stories that show the unique character of Maine’s people and places. He’s written about why so many businesses use the made-up word “Mainely” in their names, how you can trace Portland’s history through its various smells and why Mainers lament the loss of Portland-made B&M baked beans. He’s interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers, actors, musicians and authors, including Patrick Dempsey, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Russo, Tess Gerritsen, Tony Bennett, Anna Kendrick, and Stephen King. His passions, besides writing, include baseball history, old movies and “Jeopardy!” A native of Manchester, New Hampshire, he graduated with a degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. He lives in South Portland with his wife and two children.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2010
Maine at Work: Aye, there’s the rub: No pain is gain for clients after massage therapy
Walter Selens was standing in the lobby of his massage therapy practice on Forest Avenue, explaining that his main focus is on using massage to help people get a wider range of motion or relief from pain.
What he does most of the time, he told me, does not fit in with the popular image of massages given to stressed-out executives on vacation at a spa. It’s more like physical therapy, but without weights and machines.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2010
First up, this Friday: My Morning Jacket
Rock fans love fanciful stories about how bands got together, or how they got their names. So it’s no wonder that if you search for My Morning Jacket online, you’ll see lots of mentions of how the members found a jacket at the scene of a fire, and the initials MMJ were on it. “Yeah, […]
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PublishedOctober 14, 2010
Music and Nightlife: It’s a Date
More than a year ago, as the ornate State Theatre sat dormant, Rob Derhak made a request to his manager.
“I told him that if they re-open the State, I’d really like for us to do the opening night,” said Derhak, bassist for the band moe. and a 13-year Falmouth resident. “It’s a no-brainer for us. We recorded an album there (“The Conch”), and the vibe of that room is really good; it’s a little bit loose and the crowd is always pumped.”
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PublishedOctober 13, 2010
Soon-to-open State Theatreshows off renovations
PORTLAND — After a $1.5 million renovation that included new seats, new plaster, new paint, new carpet, and new lights and sound equipment, the 81-year-old State Theatre is ready for its reopening on Friday with a sold out show by My Morning Jacket.
The theater, which has been closed since 2006, was opened for a press tour this morning to show off some of the renovations.
The ones most visible were the new seats in the lower section of the theater. The sloped section of the floor is covered with rows of permanent red padded theater seats with arms, while the theater’s previous operator had some of the sloped area left bare for standing room.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Winging it: Maine humorist John McDonald puts words in puffins’ mouths
‘Everybody loves puffins,’ Maine humorist John McDonald says, by way of explaining a new book pairing captivating photos with funny captions he’s dreamed up.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2010
Open house: Sleek and ye shall find
It’s all about the artistic at this standout waterfront contemporary in Falmouth.
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PublishedOctober 7, 2010
Music and Nightlife: Pearls of Wylde wisdom
Hard-rocking, hard-working Zakk Wylde took to heart lessons learned from 20-plus years with Ozzy Osbourne.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2010
Journalist learns it takes light touch, mind for math to hang museum show
Maine at Work: Working behind the scenes demands many skills, Ray Routhier finds.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
Go with the glow
This time of year, mother nature presents us with piles of potential decorating elements – so why not get crafty with all that colorful bounty?
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PublishedOctober 3, 2010
YIPPEE! Enthusiasm brews for two comic strips stepping in to replace ‘Cathy’
“Cathy” is a very big comic strip. How big is it? So big that The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram is going to use two comic strips to replace it. Today marks the last “Cathy” strip in the newspaper. Creator Cathy Guisewite is ending it after 34 years to spend more time with her daughter, […]
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