Luke D’Alessandro first became fascinated with the art and magic of creating a live show while acting in youth theater and school plays in Biddeford. His passion and curiosity led him to a performing arts high school in Michigan, college…
Hundreds of carved jack-o’-lanterns line the stone walls of a colonial burying ground in southern Maine every Halloween. Yes, a cemetery. And yes, I’m completely charmed by that. The pumpkins get lit at 5 p.m. and glow until after…
As the former longtime home of Stephen King and the inspiration for several elements in the author’s horror novels, Bangor is no stranger to spooky stories — and not all of them are purely fictional. As Halloween approaches, the Bangor Historical…
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum will host its first phase Grand Reopening Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 24. Doors will open at 10 a.m. with Maine humorist Gary Crocker, a welcome by Museum Director Bernard Fishman and a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Kennebec…
More than 200 kinds of old apples sit on display for one afternoon each fall. Most of them will never show up at your grocery store. You can taste plenty of them for free. You can also bring a mystery apple…
Monsters have taken over a granite fort, and kids get a bag of candy for tracking every one of them down. The hunt happens inside dark passageways and creepy rooms built in the 1800s. Spiral staircases and long, unlit corridors do…
AUGUSTA — Six years after shutting its doors for renovations, the staff at the Maine State Museum is ready to welcome the public back to the museum and showcase Maine’s history through brand-new exhibits. The museum closed in 2020, along with the…
Maine can be a pretty scary place. There are isolated islands, wind-swept mountain peaks and foreboding forests all promising some hidden horror or secret. It’s also a place of interminable winters, spooky old houses and storied shipwrecks. Golden, a New…
Real Alfa Romeo sports car grilles hang on the walls of a dining room in northern Maine. They share space with vintage-style posters from Pebble Beach auto shows. The car theme isn’t random decoration. It honors a Silicon Valley executive…
A fabric shop can be dangerous when you walk in needing one yard and leave mentally planning six new projects. Maine has plenty of stores that make that temptation even harder to resist, especially when the prices leave room in…
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