Category Archives: Old Port

Eater Maine [and Me] On Eating in Maine in 2012

Eater Maine sent a questionnaire out to their friends about the highlights of the state food scene in 2012. Among those who responded were John Golden [of The Golden Dish], Joe Ricchio [of The Food Coma Show], Kate McCarty [of The Blueberry Files], Natalie Ladd [of The Portland Daily Sun], Susan Axelrod [of Eater Maine] and […]

Here are some ways you can celebrate New Year’s in Portland, Maine, my friends.

Are you looking for ways to ring in 2013 in Portland? Here I present a robust handful of suggestions. At SPACE Gallery, there will be Mexican wrestling (Super Lucha Explosiva), DJ sets (Nan’l Meiklejohn and Gabe FM) and video projections (David Meiklejohn). I usually end up at SPACE Gallery on New Years Eve and I […]

Portland Digital Inventory and Weekend Goings On, December 14 – 16

Both the Digital Inventory and Weekend Goings-On listings were a little thin, so I combined them this week. Enjoy. Warning: There is some language down there. Be careful. Here are some things you can do in the coming days: FRIDAY Free Wine Tasting at Rosemont Market on Brighton Avenue They’ll be showing off holiday season […]

Meghan Conley on her assault, continued self-defense, and beating racist commentary to the punch

Two weeks ago my friend Meghan Conley was beaten up and sexually assaulted in Portland’s West End. I found out by way of seeing a picture of her bruised face on Facebook, the same way that thousands of other people found out. Meghan put up a fight until the man who attacked her finally gave […]

Portland Weekend Goings-On, November 30th – December 2nd

This is a pretty event-heavy weekend. There is a heap of great music, bountiful craft and vintage events, and the opportunity to get dressed up as Santa and party. FRIDAY Anti-Freeze! Downtown Holiday Arts + Crafts Fair Engine, a community arts organization, brings Anti-Freeze!, an annual downtown holiday arts and craft fair to Biddeford. More […]

20 Portland Things For Which I am Thankful

Here are 20 Portland-y things I am thankful for. The Portland Public Library, YES Books, Longfellow Books, The Green Hand, Strange Maine, Casablanca Comics, and Coast City Comics for keeping us literate David Meiklejohn, Barry Dodd, Videoport (obviously) and the DIY film and video scene The wonderful, friendly, and beautiful staff folks at Local 188, […]

Portland Weekend Goings On, November 16th – 18th

Instead of making another comment on Twitter or Facebook about the Hostess liquidation, consider getting out of the house tonight and checking out: MEN at SPACE Gallery: Dude, definitely check this out. For some reason I was working at this awesome electronic music magazine back in 2007, and while I knew pretty much nothing about […]

Portland Weekend Goings-On, November 2nd – 4th

                    Out of everything that is happening this weekend, these are the events I think you should go out of your way to get to. Get out of the house and/or apartment and/or office and do some of them. First Friday Art Walk takes place tonight, […]

Interview: Samuel James, Part I [Videoport and Portland]

Samuel James is a well-respected, world-traveled, Portland-based Bluesman who was nominated for a Blues Music Award in 2010. I recently talked with James, who I have known since we were both scrappy mall rats, about the release of And for the Dark Road Ahead, his upcoming album. We ended up talking at great length about […]