PORTLAND

Spencer McCall’s bewildering The Institute
Life is elsewhere - BY NICHOLAS SCHROEDER

Four new works from Whitcomb

The free Conqueror
Part of Whitcomb's appeal is that the material and the performance are of a piece, everything placed just so and meticulously machined.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | May 10, 2013

Stay happy

Hoopleville
...even in the rain

By: DAVID KISH | May 10, 2013

Laborers may have a bright future

Unions in Maine
Even as the organized-labor movement continues to falter on the national level, union leaders here in Maine are optimistic about a potential resurgence — or if not that, at least a stanching of the bleeding and an opportunity to prove that pro-union policies are best for local workers and communities.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 03, 2013

Attention Syria

Idiot Box
Idiot Box

By: MATT BORS | May 02, 2013

Minor in hip hop

Hoopleville
Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | May 02, 2013

No choice

Letter
Kudos to the Penobscot County Commissioners for hosting an informational public forum concerning the proposed East West Utility Corridor.

By: LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | May 03, 2013

James Marshall escapes flatness at icon

Leaping off the wall
In the first show of the season at the always engaging Icon Contemporary Art, James Marshall's collection of new works breathes life into the paper bag. Literally.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | May 03, 2013

A sampling of a Burundian diet

Greens, beans, and goat
The minced cassava leaves in the bottom of her large pot looked like a wad of grass clippings removed from the inside of a lawn mower. As they heated up on the stove with water, they smelled like a health nut's green smoothie. And things kept getting better.

By: LINDSAY STERLING | May 03, 2013

Twelve Maine plays in Acorn’s festival

Homegrown dozen
It's time once again for Acorn Productions' annual celebration of the playwrights living among us.

By: MEGAN GRUMBLING | May 03, 2013

Crossing state lines

DEAD TREND, an '80s hardcore punk throwback group, slap down their debut record False Positive this week, and make it official with a show at Mathew's on May 5.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 03, 2013

A vibrant and forward Worried Well

Baroque me, Amadeus
There's something baroque, something emotional and primal, vivid and stark about Luck, the band's first proper full-length release.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | May 03, 2013

The price you pay(1)

Politics + other mistakes
Politics + other mistakes

By: AL DIAMON | May 03, 2013

Can I get a witness?

Press Releases
Remember when public appearances by elected officials were things daily-newspaper reporters went to? Times have changed.

By: JEFF INGLIS | May 03, 2013

When silence speaks volumes

Words off the Page
On her deathbed, Terry Tempest Williams's mother left her daughter three shelves of cloth-bound journals. When Williams opened them, hoping to find solace as well as perhaps some insight into her mother's soul, all she found was blank pages.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 03, 2013

Paleo in Maine explores a new old way of eating

The modern caveman
Portland-based fitness coach and activist David Bidler has written and self-published a new book, Paleo in Maine , exploring the ins and outs of following a "paleo" diet, an eating style popularized by physiologist Loren Cordain, based on the available research about what our caveman ancestors ate — and paring down from industrial, processed foods to the basics of meat, seafood, vegetables, fruits, and nuts.

By: DAVID BIDLER | April 25, 2013

Hoopleville: Quicksand

Stuck
Stuck

By: DAVID KISH | May 02, 2013

Dancing? You'll need a license

Papers, Please
Papers, Please

By: SAM PFEIFLE | April 24, 2013

Addicted to bad ideas(1)

Politics + Other Mistakes
Due process isn't pretty. Or convenient. Or even fair. All those rules that are supposed to assure both employers and employees they'll be getting an unbiased hearing can easily result in businesses losing some they probably should have won.

By: AL DIAMON | April 24, 2013

Never Saw 'Em Coming

Diverse City
Wasn't it so uncomfortable when we found out two white men set off bombs at the Boston Marathon last week, and people started looking suspiciously at white guys? Oh, wait . . . they didn't.

By: SHAY STEWART-BOULEY | April 24, 2013