Dave Read captures the people and places of small towns in inner Maine.

Basic facts on various ethnic groups that live in the state of Maine.

Introduction to articles in this issue of Salt magazine on the topic of what it means to be a Mainer, and the displacement of Maine people.

For many women beauty pageants are a full time investment. Diane Cook discusses the pageant scene in Maine by speaking to contestants, volunteers, and pageant producers.

In a battle of social classes, new middle class Maine wants old rural Maine to clean up junk from their yards. Amy Rawe explores how this battle between city and country values is taking place.

This is a piece about a book, called “Still They Remember Me: Penobscot Transformer Tales (Volume I)”, and the stories both within and around it. It is the first and only book fully written in the Penobscot language, a language spoken for millenia by the Penobscot people, an indigenous tribe in Maine. The language was lost due to cultural erasure but through projects like this book the language is slowly becoming revitalized.

Ken Kobre captures an image of tourists relaxing outside of a motel in southern Maine.

What does it take to fight back against an invasive species? A waterman, a chef, a science educator - and plenty of advertisers - each have their own creative approach. This hybrid documentary flips through multiple TV channels to give a green crab community, each channel presenting a different strategy in the ongoing battle to save Maine’s coastlines. PLEASE NOTE: Viewers with photosensitive epilepsy are advised that this film “changes channels” suddenly and often with an analog TV test pattern.

Samantha Paradis was elected as the mayor of Belfast at 26-years-old, the youngest and first Queer Mayor of the city. At first things were good, but soon they weren't.

As a native of Augusta and black female, Geneva Sherrer has begun to document the untold story of Maine's black people. Sherrer speaks about her work and desire to tell the history of African Americans in Maine.

Tom Falby learns about the shrimping industry in Maine by speaking with fishermen and going shrimp dragging.

Contra dancing is a cherished cultural experience in Maine, which involves folk music and people of all generations participating. Lauren Lamont documents how some young people are bringing techno music to contra dancing, and how it interacts with their New England roots.