PORTLAND

Good riddance
Maine activist plans shoe-hurling action - BY DEIRDRE FULTON

Bathroom math

The new world of going green in the bathroom
Bathroom math used to be simple: Number 1 or Number 2. That was it.

By: PHILIP EIL | January 08, 2009

Busting Balls: 20 ways to improve sports

We blow the whistle on the ridiculous rules and quirks that make the games lame
College football is stupid. Everybody knows it.

By: LANCE GOULD | January 08, 2009

As our planet edges closer to the apocalypse, the escapist, fantasy world of cryptids is suddenly coming to life
Venture out into the waters and woodlands of New England, and there's a chance you'll bump into "Champ," America's own Loch Ness Monster, who allegedly plies the muddy ripples of Lake Champlain.

By: MIKE MILIARD | January 08, 2009

Double take on High School Musical 2

Troy, Gabriella, and the HSM2 crew put the music in them. Now our two quasi-theater critics are trying to get it out.
When I was a teenager, all I ever longed for was to live in a world where it was socially acceptable, nay, a social requirement , to frequently burst into song.

By: SARA FAITH ALTERMAN AND CHRIS FARAONE | January 07, 2009

Facebook activism

Facebook becomes an Israeli-Palestinian 'battleground'
The war in Israel and Gaza has quickly expanded to Facebook, where backers of both camps are using many of the social networking site's features to voice their opinions in graphic and sometimes absurd ways.

By: PETER PIATETSKY | January 07, 2009

Portland music news: January 9, 2009

Sibilance
Former WCLZ morning host PETE BOLDUC has a new band: GUNTHER BROWN (not to be confused with the Boston-based Sucka Brown).

By: PORTLAND MUSIC STAFF | January 07, 2009

Kino Proby tribute their Russian mentors

Kino Proby pay tribute to a legend
Tribute bands are usually considered blights, godsends, or novelties of dubious value.

By: DAN CLARK | January 07, 2009

Radiohead cover bands

At the Big Easy, January 3
The idea for a show collecting talented Portland musicians performing as Oxfordshire's Radiohead began almost a year ago.

By: CHAD CHAMBERLAIN | January 07, 2009

Cambiata, finally happy

The more the Cambiata change, the more they improve
The Cambiata are never satisfied.

By: SAM PFEIFLE | January 07, 2009

Portland Letters: What's Pfeifle smoking?

Letters to the Portland editor, January 9, 2009

By: PORTLAND PHOENIX LETTERS | January 07, 2009

Review: The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself

Animal instinct
Hannah Holmes, the Maine-born, Portland-dwelling science writer, naturalist, and friend to all animals has turned her lens deeply inward in her latest book, The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself .

By: JEFF INGLIS | January 07, 2009

Review: Punkys

Punky's fits the stomach, and the bill
I had never been to Punky's. Despite glowing reviews from food fanatics, there never seemed to be a reason to break from my norm or shake up my old fast-food standbys.

By: TODD RICHARD | January 07, 2009

Obama's CIA pick

Why Leon might be right for the CIA. Plus: Al Franken, Roland Burris, and Caroline Kennedy.
President-elect Barack Obama's pick of Leon Panetta as director of the Central Intelligence Agency caught Washington by surprise.

By: EDITORIAL | January 07, 2009

GEEP wants to get dirty

Politics and other mistakes
Nothing is more pathetic than the sight of destitute gubernatorial candidates scrounging through trash receptacles for returnable bottles and cans, sleeping in shelters, and eating in charity food kitchens.

By: AL DIAMON | January 07, 2009

Uh, race still matters, folks

Diverse city
In a few short days Barack Obama will go from being our first black president-elect to our first black president. Yes siree, the black guy is finally going to be in charge. We finally did it. Welcome to post-racial America!

By: SHAY STEWART-BOULEY | January 07, 2009

The Collective comic

'Where am I? And what the hell am I doing here?'
When your intrepid correspondent walks into Arabica Coffee to meet with the members of a shadowy group rumored to be executing a graphical Exquisite Corpse the likes of which Portland has never seen, he finds out that the group is in fact so shadowy that its members aren't quite sure how many of them there are.

By: ALEX IRVINE | January 07, 2009