10 offerings at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival that celebrate the world around us
An image from the film “Mr. Appolinaire.” (Image courtesy of Garth Kingwill) In July, MIFF leads to MOFF, and Maine […]
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Read the poem ‘The Finish,’ by Robert Petrillo
This week’s poem, by Robert Petrillo, muses on a father who couldn’t sit still and couldn’t change his luck. I
Step back to the 1980s with vintage Maine Mall photos
Copy the Story Link Tagged: Throwback photo Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press
Read the poem ‘Rocinante,’ by Nell Smith
This week’s poem, Nell Smith’s “Rocinante,” takes as title the name of Don Quixote’s worn-out horse, and is about a
Maine Jewish Museum event celebrates cultures – across a dinner table
Author Nhi Aronheim, who is from Vietnam and now based in the Denver area, raised her children around the dinner
Portland Pride 2026 | Photos
Thousands of people lined the streets of Maine’s largest city on Saturday to march or ride in the 2026 Pride
1960s community pool in Portland
A timeless tradition for many kids during summertime is an outdoor community pool. In 1961, the Kiwanis Community Pool opened
Read the poem ‘type’ by Goldie Peacock
This week’s poem, by Goldie Peacock, is an exuberant prose-poem paean to the adventure and journey of partnering — and
Films with timely themes are showing up in Maine’s indie movie theaters
This week’s movie picks, intentionally or not, follow some unfortunately timely themes. The complicity of “good people” trapped under evil,
Read the poem ‘Flag,’ by Kerem Durdag
This week’s poem, by Kerem Durdag, was written just days ago, in response to ICE’s ongoing terrorization of Mainers and