Maine has a great history in Film.  There are a number of movies filmed in Maine - see below list. There are also an abundance of Film Festivals in Maine.  Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, The Camden International Film Festival ,  Northeast Film Symposium, in Bucksport, Maine Jewish Film Festival and Maine Women and [...]

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Search online for the best available seats for any home game. Individual game tickets can be purchased by clicking the on the schedule for the game you wish to attend. Fans requiring Handicapped Accessible seats should contact the [...]

Experience the “Maine Culinary Trail”

Maine has its museum trail, golf trail, brewers trail and shopping and biking trails. Of course it’s got its Appalachian Hiking Trail. Now, if you’re hungry for authentic culinary and cultural experiences in Maine, try the “Culinary Trail”. You’re invited to feed on the trail at Maine’s most delicious restaurants and [...]

Maine chocolate is all around you!! Fine Candy and Chocolate shops are seated in just about every Maine Town. Next time your passing through, make sure you visit a local Candy or Chocolate shop, you might even get a free sample!!
Maine Chocolate comes in the form of whoopies, lobsters, chocolate covered blueberries, truffles, [...]

Lobsters love The Maine Coast because of its environment of cold, clean water and rocky bottom habitat ideal for lobsters.
Not too long ago, Lobster was known as a poor mans food. Lobster today is known as “Luxury” food.
There are more than 6000 lobsterman in Maine, mostly working out of small coastal communities, some for generations.
You can [...]

Maine farmers’ markets offer high quality delicious foods and agricultural products, harvested fresh and sold direct to you by farmers. Markets are located throughout the State, and each offers a unique blend of personalities and products. Find out where the nearest Farmers Market is and go.  You will be delighted by the variety of Maine [...]

Moxie, America’s Favorite! Official Maine State Drink!
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Moxie is often associated with the birthplace of its inventor, Maine. It was designated as the official state soft drink of Maine on May 10, 2005.  Every summer, all things Moxie are celebrated at the Moxie Festival in Lisbon Falls, Maine.
There is a Moxie museum in Union, Maine [...]

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Maine produces grapes, and blueberries and apples… and they are all used to make Maine wine. Bartlett Estate makes a fine Blueberry Wine. Blacksmiths’ make three sparkling fruit wines, grape wines and a Port-style wine made from plums, prunes, raisins and cherries. The Winterport Winery in Winterport, Maine makes wines using blueberries, pears, apples, strawberries, [...]

Whoopie pies are considered a New England phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition. They’re one of Maine’s best known and most loved comfort foods. Mainers will even claim that they were weaned on whoopie pies. In Maine, these treats are more like a cake than a pie or a cookie, as they are very generously [...]

Maine is well known for it’s quality beer, and its prohibitionists.  The worlds first abstinence society was founded in Portland in 1815.  By 1851, Portland’s Mayor Neal Dow convinced Maine’s Gov to sign and enact prohibition.  Maine was the first state in the Union to do so, and called it “The Maine Law”.  It only [...]

Merrill Auditorium Portland
Built in 1912 to replace two former halls both destroyed by fire, City Hall Auditorium was a classic example of colonial style, boasting porticos and columns, a deep court and large wings.   Cyrus Curtis, a publishing tycoon, donated the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, a celebrated instrument with 5,000 pipes of varying sizes that [...]

In 1715 the Scot-Irish brought potatoes to Maine, rich soil conditions, along with warm nights provided for a perfect place to raise potatoes in Aroostook County.  The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family. The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well. In the [...]

Words of warning, eating food in Maine may be habit forming. With the abundance of Lobsters, Clams, Blueberry’s Potatoes, Organic Farms, who would think other wise.  Sample these morsels at your local Maine Diner. A meal at a Maine diner can come with home-cooked chowders, muffins and blueberry pies, as well as some ethnic specialties. [...]