[slideshow post_id=”97027″ exclude=”14475.jpg”] Blame it on the majestic New England scenery that lured artists to its shores and mountains–or on savvy collectors who had the foresight to purchase the preeminent works of their time. The result is undeniable: The bounty of art found in this region is mind-boggling, from the American collection housed in the […]
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My youngest daughter is currently taking a printmaking class at Bowdoin College, in the course of which she attended Printmaking ABC: In Memorium David P. Becker, an exhibition of prints selected from among the 1,500 prints David Becker bequeathed to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 2010 when he died at the age of […]
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Maine Labor History Mural Restored
On Monday, January 14, the Maine State Museum and Maine Department of Labor held a surprise news conference at 8:30 a.m. to announce that the now famous Maine Labor History Mural that Gov. Paul LePage ordered removed from the labor department waiting room in March of 2011 would hang in the atrium of the state […]
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Lois Dodd, Maine Woman Pioneer
Lois Dodd, one of America’s finest painters, is having her first museum career retrospective at 85. A case could be made that she has been the victim of discrimination in the sexist art world, but Dodd would never make that argument. She has been content to go her own way for the better part of […]
Jud’s New England Journal For January 2013 Welcome to the January 2013 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, N.H. Thoughts On Up and Downs and Overs and Outs From southern Maine, you must go “up” to Bangor […]
This time of year, it’s easy to see how the Whites Mountains in New Hampshire got their name. The range contains some of the highest mountains in New England, which tower above surrounding valleys to heights where trees can no longer grow. As the snow begins to pile up, and the rime ice accrues on […]
A collection of black and white images of winter in New England from featured photographer Michael Zide.
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An Old Friend for the Holidays
Before there was a young, hip Portland art scene, there was an older, darker Portland scene. Mr. Rossolowsky belongs to that dim past. I think of Mr. Rossolowsky often and of the debt I owe him. I started thinking of him most recently in the wake of the horrible events in Newtown, Connecticut. I thought of him because Mr. Rossolowsky […]
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Martha Wilson’s Perfect Ski Day at Bretton Woods
Here’s an excerpt from Yankee Publishing Inc.’s newest special interest publication, NH Ski & Snow Magazine. It is available for free at sports and outdoor retailers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, coastal Connecticut, Southern New Hampshire and Maine, and at New Hampshire Welcome Centers. You can also view the electronic version here: Digital NH Ski and […]
He wonders: How wide do his shoulders need to be? How open his heart? How deep his soul? Can he ever really understand what it’s like to lose a child, even as he looks parents in the eye and lets them fold their grief into his arms? He has been telling me about a time […]
From the best doughnuts and coffee to favorite outdoor adventures and indoor browsing to fine dining and bedtime comforts, our quintessential little village gathers everything we love about New England into one perfect place.
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Best Cook | Tastes of India
Jessie Grearson grew up in Meriden, a little village in western New Hampshire. Her mother, she says, made everything from scratch. “I used to crave store-bought cookies,” she quips. So she learned the basics of good cooking from her mother and then went off to Williams College in the Berkshires, followed by grad school at […]