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Bad word for a good thing

Politics + Other Mistakes
There are some words that are so politically incorrect they can only be hinted at in polite conversation.

By: AL DIAMON | June 07, 2013

Going green
The state legislature is considering an enormous energy bill that combines provisions from several pieces of legislation into a package that encourages natural-gas expansion, energy-efficiency measures, and lowering electricity and heating costs.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | June 07, 2013

150 years later, war’s lesson still unlearned

Civil War Stories
There is an untold story of lies and deception, of paid substitutes and the little known use of child soldiers.

By: LEW KINGSBURY | June 07, 2013

Aminal

A summer camping comic
A summer camping comic

By: MIKE GORMAN | June 07, 2013

Kings and queens of summer

Free, to do what you want, any old time
What’s more “summer” than hip hop and pop radio?

By: SAM PFEIFLE | June 07, 2013

Outdoor music to get your mellow on

Get comfy on the grass
The lazy, the restless, the cheapskates, yuppies, ravers, snobs, and prudes: the magic of the outdoor summer concert ecosystem is that it offers very nearly everyone who doesn’t care about exquisite sound quality a reason to get out of their house or state for a day, evening, or weekend.

By: CHRISTOPHER GRAY | June 07, 2013

Mayhem rules the summer box office

Action! ... and ... action!
A notable underlying theme among this year’s summer crop is that, while Earth is being destroyed, the villains are not an external alien threat.

By: ELIZABETH GREENWOOD | June 07, 2013

Message in a bottle

Hoopleville
Hoopleville

By: DAVID KISH | June 07, 2013

What’s coming to Portland for summer

New tastes
The coming summer looks to be the busiest in memory, food-wise. We are in the midst of a flurry of restaurant openings, and thanks to recent regulatory adjustments food-trucks are beginning to proliferate in our city.

By: BRIAN DUFF | June 07, 2013

Dramatic Rep gets self-referential

Meta-musical
We’ve now officially entered the season of musicals, and if you’re hankering for something in the genre that’s a little cleverer, somewhat raunchier, and way more meta than the usual fare, look no farther than [title of show].

By: MEGAN GRUMBLING | June 07, 2013

What the drama gods are offering this year

The summer trinity
As it heats up around here, theatergoers can look for a sure trinity of major summer offerings.

By: MEGAN GRUMBLING | June 07, 2013

Ponder great art on Maine walls

Digging deep
Whether they seek beauty, progress, historical focus, or unconventional ideas, art lovers should have no problem plotting the summer.

By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | June 07, 2013

What Portland’s creative types are reading for summer

Artists on books
This summer, instead of listing the usual batch of hot summer books (you can find those anywhere), we asked a diverse and completely arbitrary group of Portland arts luminaries what was on their summer reading lists.

By: | June 07, 2013

Crossword: The quiet people

they still make an impression
they still make an impression

By: MATT JONES | June 13, 2013

Maine celebrates the Civil War sesquicentennial

Go back in time
"Other than statehood itself, there has been no more disruptive or transformative event in the history of Maine" than the Civil War, says state archivist David Cheever, who oversees the most extensive collection of Civil War documents in the nation.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | May 30, 2013

Like Tristram and Isobell

Sea Spells and love songs
Isobell are now a tight five-piece, with Bekah Hayes's piano and keyboard work providing alternately crisp melody lines and echoing organ atmosphere, and Chris McKneally's electric guitar tone moving between airy psychedelia and precise prog.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | May 30, 2013

Sophia Narrett’s update on the Romantics

Dreams in paint and thread
Sophia Narrett has created "embroidered paintings" since 2011.

By: BRITTA KONAU | May 30, 2013

Congolese dishes show innovation, creativity

Tricks of the cooking trade
Yarmouth resident Ariane Kambu Mbenza grew up with her uncle in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When she was seven years old, he asked her to be in charge of preparing food.

By: LINDSAY STERLING | May 30, 2013

Ogunquit Playhouse revives four superstars

Return to greatness
For a certain generation, attending the musical The Rat Pack is Back! is to indulge in an evening of nostalgic transport, watching four performers recreate the songs and antics of four superstars during their golden era, playing sold-out shows in Las Vegas. For a younger generation, such an evening presents an opportunity for a little historical pop-cultural education.

By: MEGAN GRUMBLING | May 30, 2013

True community radio

Wax tablet
It's been three years since the filmmaker and composer SUMNER MCKANE finished In the Blood, a documentary about the lives of turn-of-the-century Maine lumbermen and river drivers, but the project is still gaining traction.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 30, 2013