Art and Culture

Good Reads - Autumn 2019
A new selection of books we recommend.

2019 Boat & Home Show
Scenes from the 2019 Maine Boat & Home Show.

A Creative Revival
The Tides Institute & Museum of Art has helped spark a creative revival in the downeast city of Eastport.

Corinne McIntyre and the Plein Air Painters of Maine
Corinne McIntyre and fellow plein air artists find inspiration painting in company.

The Strange Yet Familiar World of Jonathan Fisher
Multi-talented Jonathan Fisher was a furniture maker as well as Blue Hill’s first settled minister.

Preserving History
Jerome Morris brings knowledge from a lifetime on the water into his model-making.

Island Twist on Holiday Decorations
Tradition and Christmas balls on Matinicus Island.

Christmas 1960: Getting by With Less
Christmas 1960, tough times tempered by a visit from a brilliant bird.

Summer of My Next Bear
Writer Todd Nelson says all his neighbors have seen the bears; why hasn’t he?

How Herman Melville Still Shapes the Gulf of Maine
Two centuries after his birth, Herman Melville’s writing about the ocean still resonates.