West End News events and culture.
Local Reiki master Lea Moon is launching Snuggle You Up offering therapeutic snuggling sessions from her office at 222 St. John Street. Snuggling as a business is fairly new and controversia... Read more
Strut on down to Geno’s Rock Club on Valentine’s Day, and for a twelve dollar cover–only ten if you wear red–you will be entertained with dancing, poetry, comedians,... Read more
A West End Gym Celebrates Its First Anniversary in the Community “You will grow into yourself,” personal trainer Eric Hilton told me during a free fitness consultation. Eric is the owner of... Read more
William Hessian and John “Sighless” Supinski have spent the last two months playing demo nights in every game store in greater Portland area, calling game stores across the count... Read more
UPDATE: As of December 22nd, Team Robots made their Kickstarter goal, raising $22,310 from 192 donors. They now have enough money to produce their first set of 5000 games. A success party wi... Read more
This fall a West End organization, Side x Side, in partnership with the University of Southern Maine and Youth in Action, a West End nonprofit, accomplished something that has never been don... Read more
Friends of Fort Gorges has a new promotional video on their website, friendsoffortgorges.org, with narration by Daniel Noel. In it, the group shows the decay that is happening to the histori... Read more
The event was a response to recent controversy. Bayside residents were alarmed when they found resealable plastic baggies filled with a white powder discarded in their neighborhood. The bagg... Read more
Anti-Establishment Candidate Wins School Board Seat
John Eder is a Green Independent, a former Representative for the West End (2002-2006), a politician, a marijuana activist, and now a School Board member. On November 5th, Eder defeated Gene... Read more