Shannon Bryan

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January 6, 2011

Off Beat: Here’s to the gamers (and you know who you are)

A kid can be a kid at Chuck. E. Cheese’s. But when a dozen 35-year-olds show up for a harmless after-work Skee-Ball marathon, it suddenly becomes a “security issue.” A grown-up looking to play a raucous round of ping-pong or air hockey might be hard pressed these days to find a place to live out […]
Published
December 30, 2010

Music and Nightlife: Ring in 2011

Start the new year off right by taking in one of the many parties planned throughout Maine.
Published
December 30, 2010

Off Beat: Superstitious? Hike up your red undies and read on

I’d like to think I’m not swayed by superstition. A passing black cat can’t alter my fate, and no umbrella opened indoors has the power to drag down my fortune. Besides, a pinch of spilled salt couldn’t possibly have that much influence over a person’s destiny. Could it? Perhaps it’s still not a bad idea […]
Published
December 26, 2010

Next Maine Event: Lobster Dip offers chance to do something really cool

Plunging into the frigid Atlantic on New Year’s Day with nothing but a swimsuit and the optimism of a new year to protect you would be, by some standards, entirely bonkers. But if the cold-water dip helped raise funds for a worthy cause, the neighbors might be a little less likely to point the crazy […]
Published
December 23, 2010

Off Beat: Unwrapping christmas

Its history may surprise you: Bans! Rioting! Widespread wassailing! Ho ho ho the humanity!
Published
December 19, 2010

Trail & Error: Snow excuse: No reason not to run

Around this time last year, a lot of us were making promises to ourselves. And for some of us, aforementioned promises may have stemmed from an early winter realization that a dreaded pair of “fat pants” had made it into regular wardrobe rotation. Or so — ahem — I heard. At this point last year, […]
Published
December 16, 2010

Off Beat: Lights on for Portland Harbor parade

I retain immeasurable respect for people who expend the effort to trim their homes with Christmas spirit. For some, there might be a one-upper aspect to the endeavor (“Think your lights are so dang great, Bob? I’ll show you what a real man’s lights look like!”) Even still, I like to think they’re an altruistic […]
Published
December 15, 2010

Madawaska dentist to appear on ‘The Bachelor’

Ashley Hebert says she’s looking for ‘extreme romance’ in her life.
Published
December 12, 2010

Next Maine Event: Yeti signals winter has arrived, so revel in it

The snow is now ready and waiting at many of Maine’s ski resorts. Groomers are pacing the trails and base lodges are filling with the scent of warm soups and chili. Even the lifts have awakened from their summer slumber and have begun escorting the season’s first skiers and snowboarders to higher ground. And at […]
Published
December 9, 2010

Off Beat: Don’t let winter bring you down. Mush, you huskies!

Nobody wants to succumb to psychotropic drug abuse, season-long hibernations or unrestrained weather-related hostility. But such are the options for folks who don’t prepare a proper arsenal against the personality-altering effects of a New England winter. The impending season can ice our spirits and bury our good natures under a half-ton of ash-colored slush. Or […]

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