Maine's Craft Apprentice Program offers a hands-on learning approach for local artists to work with mentors and build upon their craft and artistry, while further developing their business skills.

Think that vegetarianism is a modern-day development? Think again! This exhibit at Maine Historical Society through May 2025 features stories and items from our vegetarian past going back three centuries.

Winter in Maine may seem like a quiet affair—that is, unless you’re in the know.

A Maine-based natural fiber system could nourish our soil, protect land and provide an alternative to resource-intensive fast fashion.

Sustainable Bookshelf Volume VII

These books perfect for a beach day range from breezy, feel-good fiction to dark mysteries, all by authors who have found inspiration from time well spent in Maine.

Get ready to travel to the bottom of the sea, imagine life as a bird, and follow a child determined to clean up their neighborhood, one piece of trash at a time.

You can see ancient indigenous tools, contemporary art, meteorites from Mars and more at these unique places of wonder.

Check out anything from musical instruments to microscopes from Maine’s Libraries of Things

What do you get when you combine primordial materials, searing heat, immense skill, artistic vision and a sprinkling of alchemy?

Four days on the Penobscot River offers a journey deep into the landscape and its native culture.

With a focus on botanical, responsibly sourced ingredients, these Maine businesses make skincare as good for the environment as it is for the body.

Sustainable Bookshelf Volume V

Here’s a selection of books perfect for a picnic or a day by the water—and one that will make you love Maine a little more with every page.

Get ready to transform your garden with these locally-made gardening goodies.

Sustainability and social mission are front and center for these Maine apparel and footwear designers.

A return to live music finds Maine’s festivals filled with more energy and talent than ever before.

We spoke with five remarkable local handknitting designers about their backgrounds, design processes and inspirations.

A crowd-sourced history project uncovers New England’s connections with the trans-Atlantic slave trade

A thriving main street takes vision and hard work. When a community comes together, beautiful possibilities can happen.

Two centuries after tourmaline’s discovery in Maine, our official state mineral and gem is being celebrated with an exhibit at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum.

From modern heirloom quilts to striking floor coverings, these made-in-Maine home textiles are all made with a commitment to sustainable materials and processes.