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Scrutinizing the sustainable-farming message
When The Real World goes green, you begin to wonder whether we’ve reached critical mass on this whole environmentalism/eco-chic/rolling-out-the-green-carpet schtick.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 28, 2008

Happy Earth Day!

Going green
What follows is a tilt-a-whirl ride through my green-saturated brain.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 16, 2008

Maine stings from a slap on the wrist

Real ID
Like a rebellious older sibling, Maine was the first state to pass a resolution rejecting "Real ID" in January 2007, and followed up five months later with a law preventing the state from participating.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 09, 2008

Running toward truth

A fast-paced spy thriller explores the ambiguities of wartime
The first wave of current-war fiction is washing up on American shores, and Alex Carr’s The Prince of Bagram Prison is a prime example.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 09, 2008

When I'm sixty-four

In this novel told in stories, age is only a number
It’s significant that for this twenty-something reader, the least gripping tales in Elizabeth Strout’s new “novel in stories” are those that deal with teenagers and young adults.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 02, 2008

Fishing for filmmakers

Maine struggles to attract the movie industry
When you can make Shreveport look like Bridgton for less money, what’s the bottom-line allure of filming in Maine?

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 02, 2008

Portland hopes to bridge cultural divides

Open-door policy
This February marked the six-year anniversary of journalist Daniel Pearl’s horrifying death at the hands of Islamist extremists.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | April 02, 2008

Portland hosts a gaggle of literary ladies this week

Chick lit
Looks like supporting women artists now shouldn’t be too hard — this week.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 26, 2008

Corporate Shopping Alternative

Going green
There are still some shares available at regional community-supported agriculture operations, for the lucky ones (myself included) to snatch up over the next month or so.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 19, 2008

Freeport senior is a young Renaissance Man

Conversations in a box
Last fall, Freeport high-schooler Kevin Henthorn’s The Art of Walking won the Film of the Year award in the Phoenix’s Maine Short Film Festival.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 19, 2008

Important event reaches predictable audience

Anti-war stories
“There’s a term, ‘Once a marine, always a marine,’” Jon Michael Turner of Burlington, Vermont, told a crowd at the Winter Soldier II hearings in Maryland last weekend.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 19, 2008

Don't let Portland come in second

Twin city tournament
Thankfully, it doesn’t look like we’ll lose to Boston.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 12, 2008

The outsiders

None of Maine’s indy candidates can win a seat in the US Senate, but they will have a say in who does
Just a few months ago, the story-line of Maine’s 2008 US Senate race seemed inevitable.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 05, 2008

Native Portlander makes good at Sundance

Local film
Don’t watch The Execution of Solomon Harris expecting a treatise about the death penalty.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | March 06, 2008

Morality stories

Mary Bean embraces the ambiguity of real life
“Mary Bean” isn’t who she says she is — the trial that follows the factory girl’s death certainly illuminates that much.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 27, 2008

Blndsght offers eye-opening art

Venue watch
Watson Atkinson is a dynamic man.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 20, 2008

Something old, nothing new

Going green
It certainly wouldn’t have been difficult to write a dreamy combo-column that made joint mention of two popular topics: eco-clothes and buying local.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 20, 2008

Turn and face the strange

What would you do to find the perfect mate?
On Delia’s Web site, overly fast typist “Dptanimal” writes: “THE PERFECT WOMAM —– THE ONE YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH !!!”

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 13, 2008

Take a closer look at community space on the Hill

Priorities
East End neighborhood residents and city officials will gather at the Cummings Center on Munjoy Hill to try to hammer out the fate of the former Adams School property.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 13, 2008

Gathering steam

Local train proposals seek funding, find support
As flight attendants do with pin-on airline wings, TrainRiders hosts used to distribute blue “I rode the Amtrak Downeaster today” stickers to children only.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | February 06, 2008

Canadian family keeps their trash

Screening
It’s hard to hide from consumerism when the evidence is slowly accumulating in the garage.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | January 30, 2008

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