In Pictures

Election Spectacular!
Our guide to the polls — local, state, and national - BY PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF

New England’s film festivals make great getaways

Escapist movies
We can't complain much here in the Portland area about the films we get to see.

By: PETER KEOUGH | June 12, 2012

GOP runners for federal office get squirrely; Dems and independents share answers

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge
This year's candidate questionnaire was little different from past years.

By: JEFF INGLIS | May 30, 2012

Photos: The Kastaways, Maine’s first all-mascot band

April 14, 2012
April 14, 2012

By: JUSTIN LUMIERE | April 17, 2012

Portland’s Occupiers express their holiday wishes

Many people in the mainstream media are still running around asking “What does Occupy want?” And they’re dragging their zoned-out, tuned-out audiences along with them. It’s very simple: Occupy wants what Occupy wants.

By: JEFF INGLIS | December 07, 2011

Eat like the 1 percent

. . . but on a 99-percenter’s budget
Maine has some pretty amazing chefs and restaurants — many using our local bounty as raw materials for their incredible creations.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | December 07, 2011

You know you need it

If you’re reading this, you’re the 99 percent. Here’s what people should get you — and what you should get all your friends.
There are a lot of things that the 99 percent need.

By: JEFF INGLIS | December 07, 2011

Who will be mayor?

Q&A with the 15 candidates looking for your vote
A Portland Election Special.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | October 26, 2011

Occupants unite!

Toontime
Occupy Wall Street: full of radicals ... who bear striking resemblance to you.

By: MATT BORS | October 12, 2011

Slideshow: ''Edward Hopper’s Maine'' at Bowdoin College Museum of Art

"Edward Hopper’s Maine" | Through October 16, 2011
''Edward Hopper’s Maine'' is on display at Bowdoin College Museum of Art through October 16, 2011. Read Ken Greenleaf's review here .

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | August 10, 2011

Photos: Best.Summer.Ever.

Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.

By: MIKE PECCI | June 13, 2011

Sexiest video game studs of 2010

A banner year for pixelated pieces of ass
Shameless objectification. That’s what gamers like to see: toned, fit bodies performing fantastic physical stunts in skimpy outfits. Thing is, the games industry isn’t just pandering to their straight male audience these days. We’re starting to see some equal-opportunity eye candy.

By: MADDY MYERS | August 04, 2011

Review: Dancin' just thinkin' about it

Our fifth annual short-film festival really moves
Whether it was hilariously gruesome female assassins or the soft-touch smiles of a family enjoying daily life, the fifth annual Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival spanned genres well. We had roller-skating, pantomiming, art-creating, cannibalistic ladies, and, if you’ll pardon the cliché, Everything In Between.

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | November 24, 2010