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Recalling genocide

Artist Statements
Painter Stephen Koharian has international relations on his mind when he’s in his studio.

By JEFF INGLIS | November 04, 2009

Look for activist postcards on First Friday and beyond

AIDS Art Action
Approximately 1300 people in Maine live with HIV/AIDS, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | November 04, 2009

Suspect speaks; victim’s family begins $1-million-plus lawsuit

Prison Homicide
The widow of Sheldon Weinstein, the Maine State Prison inmate who died in April several days after allegedly being beaten by inmates, has taken the first step toward filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against prison guards, Department of Corrections “policy-making personnel,” and prison medical-care providers.

By LANCE TAPLEY | November 04, 2009

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Election 2009
Statewide referenda and Portland local races

By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | October 29, 2009

What I saw at the Revolution

2nd Maine Militia
To signal the start of the 2nd Maine Militia’s final meeting, held recently in Parsonsfield, a small cannon was fired.

By RICK WORMWOOD | October 21, 2009

A Dark Night with Mamet and a Mad Horse

Mini-Reviews
Circling the central mystery of The Cryptogram are a camping trip, the provenance of a German pilot's knife, and a young boy's "sleep issues."

By MEGAN GRUMBLING | October 14, 2009

Bikers: get muddy and wet

Belgian Pastimes
If someone asked you what the most popular winter sport in Belgium was, what would you guess?

By ADAM MYERSON | October 14, 2009

Going for 'Distance'

From the Dumpster to the Gallery
To get an idea of the remarkable sprawl of supplies, clutter, and chaos involved in SPACE Gallery's forthcoming exhibit by Swoon and guest collaborators, "Distance Don't Matter," there are two good places to look: the gallery itself, and SPACE Executive Director Nat May's Facebook page.

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | October 14, 2009

Limiting Supermax solitary

Legislation Drafted
Representative James Schatz, a Blue Hill Democrat, has proposed legislation to tightly limit when prisoners can be kept in the solitary confinement of the 100-man Supermax unit of the Maine State Prison in Warren.

By LANCE TAPLEY | October 08, 2009

Join the Scooter Rally!

Gatherings
If your current ride is a bit too motorized for Critical Mass, but still not loud enough for Laconia's Bike Week, don't miss Monday's scooter rally, starting at noon at the East End Beach parking lot in Portland.

By JEFF INGLIS | October 07, 2009

Last call; open season

Venue Watch
Over the course of its short lifetime, the White Heart bar and lounge made its mark on Portland's nightlife scene.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 07, 2009

Awaiting the Big Egg Drop

Urban Chickens
Like many people in Portland, my husband and I romanticized the idea of raising baby chicks after the city in February changed its "Ordinance for Keeping Domestic Fowl," which once outlawed domestic eggers.

By MELISSA FALCON | September 30, 2009

Anarchists claim victory in G-20 marches

Protestors vs. Police
Safely home after protesting for two full days, and being among the first American civilians ever attacked with a sonic cannon, two Portlanders are calling their efforts a success.

By JEFF INGLIS | September 30, 2009

Bigfoot coming to Congress Street

Venue Watch
Mainer Loren Coleman loves sharing his wealth -- the treasures collected during a 50-year career in the field of cryptozoology, which is the study of mysterious creatures (think Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, and the chupacabra).

By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 23, 2009

Protestors head to the G-20 summit

Global Outrage
As President Obama prepares to ask representatives of the world's largest economic powers for more money to help reverse the global recession, thousands of activists will take to the streets to protest the policies of the G-20 and its members, who are meeting in Pittsburgh on Thursday and Friday.

By JEFF INGLIS | September 23, 2009

Navigating Portland's entertainment rules

City Council
No live music after 12:15? No outdoor entertainment after mid-September?

By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 16, 2009

Snowe: A party of one

Party politics
US Senator Olympia Snowe has maneuvered herself into a position where she is the only hope Democrats have of getting a "bipartisan" agreement on healthcare reform.

By JEFF INGLIS | September 16, 2009

Prison ‘troublemaker’ confronts racism, medical abuse

Exiled
Vacillating between grit and despair — between aggressive lawsuits and suicide attempts — Deane Brown, the prisoner who in 2005 blew the whistle on the torture of mentally ill inmates at the Maine State Prison’s solitary-confinement “Supermax” unit, is struggling against prison conditions in Maryland, where he was exiled by the Baldacci administration.

By LANCE TAPLEY | September 09, 2009

Looking back to climb forward

Katrina's aftermath
It's been four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Its causes and ramifications, though, extend much farther into both the past and the future. So say Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman, Brooklyn-based spoken-word and multimedia artists known together as Climbing Poetree.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | September 09, 2009

Labor of Love

No rest for these union activists
Most of us will sleep in on Labor Day. Not the Southern Maine Labor Council, who will be working hard to remind us what the holiday's actually all about.

By JEFF INGLIS | September 02, 2009

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