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Female poets step up to the mic

While down in Cambridge last August with a team of Portland poets for the semi-finals of the National Poetry Slam, Tricia Henley Pryce says, she never saw more than one woman up on stage at a time.
Could be verse
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | February 10, 2012

The Making of Paul LePage

Governor Paul LePage generated more controversy and negative press in his first year in office than most Maine politicians do in their entire careers.
Part One: Escaping Poverty; or, the Horatio Alger Years
By COLIN WOODARD | January 13, 2012

10 fun things in the OccupyMaine-Portland lawsuit

OccupyMaine sued Portland late last year, seeking a court's permission to stay in Lincoln Park, given that the City Council has refused to brook any possibility of anyone remaining overnight in a city park for any reason (including free speech, expressio
Legal ease
By JEFF INGLIS | January 13, 2012

[hub capped] Countdown to Portland

The time of the year between late December and early January always brings back various locals who have decamped from Boston to other scenes and...
By John Von Bittrich | January 03, 2012

2012 could see a resurgence in Portland's food scene

It was four years ago — the beginning of 2008 — that Portland prepared to get its moment at the center of the nation's food consciousness.
Fortune's return
By BRIAN DUFF | December 30, 2011

Looking back on 2011

If it seems like the year of the Occupy movement, that's a huge testament to the power of the effort that arose in New York on September 17, and had its Maine debut on October 1, spreading from Portland through the entire state over the course of that mo
Portland's year in progressive politics, the Press Herald , and pop-up shopping
By DEIRDRE FULTON, JEFF INGLIS, AND NICHOLAS SCHROEDER | December 23, 2011

[hub capped] An introduction before the goodbye: Growing up Boston

[Editor's Note: This is the first in a new series that chronicles lifelong Boston musician and writer John Von Bittrich's January relocation to Portland, Oregon,...
By John Von Bittrich | December 12, 2011

Portland’s Occupiers express their holiday wishes

Many people in the mainstream media are still running around asking “What does Occupy want?” And they’re dragging their zoned-out, tuned-out audiences along with them. It’s very simple: Occupy wants what Occupy wants.

By JEFF INGLIS | December 09, 2011

You know you need it

There are a lot of things that the 99 percent need.
If you’re reading this, you’re the 99 percent. Here’s what people should get you — and what you should get all your friends.
By JEFF INGLIS | December 09, 2011

Holiday treasure hunt

Is it trash or treasure? The editorial team here at the Portland Phoenix compiled this year's incarnation of our annual local gift guide by searching for diamonds in the rough.
We search high and low for great gifts at thrift and secondhand shops
By DEIRDRE FULTON, NICHOLAS SCHROEDER, AND JEFF INGLIS | December 09, 2011

Portland group asks city to create free-speech zone

As officials continue to pressure Maine's Occupy campsites in Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, the Portland Occupation is pushing back.
Occupy Watch
By JEFF INGLIS | December 02, 2011

Portland’s Occupation preps for winter

OccupyMaine's Portland branch has a plan for winter survival and overall camp safety that includes using the people's mic for emergency warnings, round-the-clock warming huts, and shifting to hotels or other dwellings in times of extreme cold.
Occupy Watch
By JEFF INGLIS | November 18, 2011

What we learned from the race

As of last Tuesday, Portland has its first elected mayor in many decades; Michael Brennan will take office December 5 and serve a four-year term.
Mayoral Aftermath
By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 18, 2011

The enduring evolution of Lovers

Lovers, the chamber-folk-turned-synth-pop project helmed by Boston-born Carolyn Berk, has seen plenty of critical acclaim since its first release, 2002's Starlit Sunken Ship (Orange Twin).
Full-fledged fling
By THOMAS PAGE MCBEE | November 11, 2011

Who bankrolled Portland’s mayoral candidates?

Friday afternoon, Portland's 15 mayoral candidates disclosed how much money they'd raised and who gave it to them.
Following the money
By COLIN WOODARD | November 04, 2011

Who will be mayor?

A Portland Election Special.
Q&A with the 15 candidates looking for your vote
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 28, 2011

Mayoral endorsements + State and county referenda

Portland's mayoral election is being handled by ranked-choice voting.
Endorsements
By PHOENIX STAFF | October 28, 2011

Mayors, media, masses

Portland's 15 mayoral candidates are missing an opportunity to connect with the people, both directly and through the media, by failing to publicize their support for OccupyMaine.
Press Releases
By JEFF INGLIS | October 21, 2011

Getting our sh%& straight

For the second week in a row, as part of the League of Young Voters' Portland 101 program, I got to visit a smelly and treacherous location, all in the name of getting (and sharing with you, reader!) a behind-the-scenes glimpse of our city's inner-workin
Portland 101
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 07, 2011

Consistently inconsistent

One of Governor Paul LePage's most impressive performances, to date, has been his consistency.
Gubernatorial Scorecard
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | October 07, 2011

Talking trash with the League

The second site visit of the League of Young Voters' Portland 101 program, which Jeff Inglis outlined last week (see " Young Activists Explore Police Department ," September 23), took the group to ecomaine, the non-profit waste management facility locate
Portland 101
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 30, 2011

Arts-related mayoral forum coming up

With six weeks to go before Portland's first mayoral election in modern history, the field remains crowded and confusing.
Leading Portland
By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 30, 2011

Portland planking

Memes on wheels.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | September 16, 2011

Where to go with what's in your pocket (or couch, or car)

After about two weeks of being back in school and eating every meal — day after day after day — in the cafeteria, it's going to start sucking. It's actually written in the student handbook.
Cheap eats
By LEISCHEN STELTER | September 02, 2011

Playing tourist

Last weekend, more than 2300 people stepped off cruise ships into the Old Port seeking all things Maine: lobster, anything blueberry, and a taste of the way life should be (some probably hoped to spot a moose on the corner of Fore and Exchange).
Experiencing Portland like a visitor — and liking it
By LEISCHEN STELTER | August 19, 2011

20 questions about Portland's upcoming mayoral election

With three months until Portland's first mayoral election in more than 80 years, and two weeks until candidates are required to hand in the 300 signatures that will reserve them each a place on the ballot, a whopping 19 people have thrown their hats into
Rising from the masses
By DEIRDRE FULTON | August 12, 2011

Portland's chefs play with mushrooms

Being a chef is a risky business.
Tasting the fruit of the spore
By BRIAN DUFF | August 05, 2011

Ash Borer | Ash Borer

NorCal black-metal trio Ash Borer's debut full-length is as diminutive as their namesake (limited to a 150-cassette run) but no less destructive or striking as they hurtle through three tracks in 40 minutes.
Flenser (2011)
By JANSSEN McCORMICK | July 15, 2011

The secret's out

Need free health care? Why not just go to prison?
Toontime
By MATT BORS | July 15, 2011

Business-led Haiti-aid group shuts down

What happens when lawyers, public-relations experts, bankers and accountants, construction contractors, insurance brokers, and manufacturers join forces to get involved in emergency disaster relief in one of the most underdeveloped countries in the West
Seeking relief
By JEFF INGLIS | June 24, 2011

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