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 […]
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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
Good architecture can transform the most humble structures
Near Luxor in the Nile valley, quite far away in space and time, there is a place once named City
Read the poem ‘On the Way to Lubec,’ by Ellen Goldsmith
This week’s poem, by Ellen Goldsmith, offers glimpses of a journey to the easternmost point of the country — as
Holiday shoppers flock to Portland’s Sock Shack
Socks on display at The Sock Shack on Dec. 10, 2025. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) PORTLAND — Alex Purcell was
Feastland brings Space vibe to Scarborough’s Broadturn Farm – The Portland Press Herald
Hundreds of Portland-area creatives drove out to Broadturn Farm in Scarborough the third weekend of August for a two-night Space
‘Road Trip with Thistle,’ by Sherry Abaldo
In this week’s poem, “Road Trip with Thistle,” Sherry Abaldo takes us driving down a country road, racing alongside wildflower