Ahmed Alsoudani is fortunate to have been born in Baghdad, Iraq. Had he been born in South Bend, Indiana, I doubt his wild neo-surrealist paintings would be selling for big bucks to some of the world’s biggest art collectors or that they would be hanging now at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. Ahmed […]
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1. Bulgaria native Boyan Moskov has been working in ceramics since 1987 and creating pottery in the Granite State since 2007. His circle platter ($100) and circle and orange bowls ($30-$100) are dishwasher- and microwave-safe. Boyan Pottery, Contoocook, NH. 603-219-3732; boyanstudio.com 2. Cottage Home’s “Cottage Round End Table” ($335) can be custom-finished in an array […]
Sounding like the locals isn’t easy. Accent coach Thom Jones takes us on a tour of New England dialects and accents.
Autumn is, of course, pumpkin season. And nowhere is it longed for and worshiped more than in Maine at the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta, a multiday celebration during which the almighty gourd is honored, smashed, painted, and eaten. The 2012 festivities begin September 29-30 with two giant-pumpkin weigh-offs and picks up again October 4-8 with […]
Jud’s New England Journal For September 2012 Welcome to the September 2012 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 About Our Hard Cider – And, Yes, Our Hard Tea, Too It’s difficult for outsiders to believe how […]
New England
A Brief History
7000 B.C. The first maples appear on the New England landscape. New Jersey tourists soon follow. September 1818 Mass.’ Topsfield Fair, now one of the oldest existing agricultural fairs in the country, opens. September 7-8, 1846 Henry David Thoreau, with friends, makes his first ascent of Maine’s Mount Katahdin. His finding: “Nature was here something […]
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Minimal Ferry Meets Maximal Foley
In the interest of full disclosure, Portland gallerist Andres Verzosa is a close friend and my partner in a forthcoming publishing venture, but after 35 years of writing about art in Maine, if I refrained from writing about artists and art dealers I know personally, most of the best would be off limits. The current exhibition (September […]
New Hampshire
A Late Summer Visit to Kimball’s
New Hampshire’s Monadnock region, where Yankee‘s offices are located, has an impressive diversity of restaurants, especially considering that it remains a relatively undiscovered vacation destination. Restaurants like Pearl Oyster Bar, Waterhouse, Harlow’s Pub, and the Harrisville General Store make the region a very good place to eat. And come summer, I can’t wait to get […]
A century after the brutal ax murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, the question of who killed them remains unanswered. In this Yankee Classic from 1992, explore Fall River’s enduring fascination with its most infamous native, from the collectors and historians still searching for answers to the startling theories that continue to surround the case.
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Oh, Canada, Their New and Native Art
Oh, Canada (not to be confused with the Canadian national anthem O Canada) is a survey of contemporary art from Canada at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in the far western Mass. Art mecca of North Adams (through April 1, 2013). I am indebted to my colleague Greg Cook of the Boston […]
One of my favorite summer traditions is lining the kitchen windowsill with several small flower bouquets, each nestled in a recycled bottle or jar. Salt shakers, small craft bottles, jars from jam samplers, and bottles from extracts can all be transformed into miniature vases. Photo Credit: Bonnie Thomas This summer I took the bottles and […]
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Slide Show: Country Roads in New England
Follow one of New England’s country roads and you’re likely to discover a world alive with color and charm — especially during foliage season. Our talented readers have bumped their way along many a back road to bring you this slide show of the roads that wind through New England’s landscape.