The Portland Museum of Art is spending the summer of 2011 back in the first half of the 20th century, featuring a pair of exhibitions devoted to artists who brought Modernism to the coast of Maine. Maine Moderns: Art in Sequinland, 1900-1940 (through September 11) is an exhibition of more than 65 paintings, drawings, sculptures […]
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Counter Point
“The regulars sit at the counter. They come in between 8:00 and 9:00, and they talk about politics and things in town. The good old boys. Sometimes you get involved in the talking, but when it comes to politics, I try not to say too much. They all have a lot to say!” “People have […]
A typical workday for Tracie Smith, an organic-vegetable farmer in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, is a long one. Weeding, harvesting, planting–on midsummer days she’ll be on the move for as many as 16 hours to meet the demands of her 300-member CSA (community-supported agriculture) business. Except at lunch. That’s when Tracie and her small staff sit […]
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The Bullpen: a post-and-beam barn
Like the house, the property’s bullpen has had many lives. This stout little post-and-beam barn sits on a solid foundation of quarried granite. Inside, the ring that once held a bull in check by his nose remains embedded in the stone wall, but not much else is the same. At first, Jilly and Alex Walsh […]
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The Treasures of ‘Jilly’s Jubilee’
“When we first moved here, I was designing greeting cards and prints, but what I always wanted was hand-painted designs on ceramics,” recalls Jilly Walsh. “So I started with trays. I took my trays and cards to the New York International Gift Fair, walked through the Italian section, and saw an exhibitor selling ceramics with […]
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Inside South County’s History
Within earshot of the surf along Narragansett Town Beach sits a burnished little gem of a museum that dunks you into the lives of the farmers and fishermen of a coastal Rhode Island community. South County Museum, under the lively direction of Jim Crothers (a theater professor at the University of Rhode Island), trots out […]
Christine Chitnis traveled to more than 50 venues while writing Markets of New England (The Little Bookroom, 2011), and she knows a good one when she sees it. Chitnis writes for local and national publications, often on farming and sustainability, and blogs at christinechitnis.com. See her five “honorable mentions.” Get Our FREE Yankee Best New […]
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe In April 24, 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston, Massachusetts, in a 37-foot sloop he called Spray. He was alone. Three years, two months, two days, and 46,000 miles later, he dropped anchor in Newport, Rhode Island, having completed the first solo […]
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With a Little Luck | Mary’s Farm
I once realized with sudden clarity that owning a home, a home that has some land and a few outbuildings, perhaps some animals, is no different from owning a small business. I manage the budget and prioritize the needs the same as any shopkeeper, lying awake with worries as well as hopes for expansion and […]
I’m writing this on a sun-splashed (finally!) afternoon, after so many days of cold rain it seemed as if all of New England had collectively willed the heat away after the temperature peaked near 100 only a week ago. It seems that we do have that power sometimes: thousands of people all praying silently (or […]
Christine Chitnis spent most of last year roaming the region seeking out the best artisans’ and farmers’ markets our six states have to offer. Fifty of them have been beautifully captured on the pages of her new book, Markets of New England, but she gave us her personal top-ten list. Top 10 Farmers’ Markets Location […]
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Evolution of Magazine Photography
In thinking about photography and the magazine, I realize how different the work has become in the short time since I began working here. My image research continues to involve making phone calls and sending emails to various photography stock houses and independent photographers based on a specific story’s theme, but the process has completely changed. […]