West End News events and culture.
Interview with The Soapbox’s Eric Poulin Originally posted on February 6, 2015 West End News Editor Tony Zeli sat down with Eric Poulin host of WMPG’s The Soapbox at our offices on Bramhall... Read more
New Faces at City Hall: Get To Know Mayor Ethan Strimling by Tony Zeli WEN Editor Tony Zeli had a chance to interview new Mayor Ethan Strimling shortly after his successful campaign to unsea... Read more
by Emilia Scheemaker It’s hard to miss the construction going on at Deering Oaks Park. Backhoes and excavators have taken up residence in the park as they work to rebuild the bottom of the p... Read more
by Tony Zeli WEN Editor Tony Zeli had the opportunity over the busy holiday season to interview by email new West End/Parkside District 2 Councilor Spencer Thibodeau. Spencer was asked what... Read more
by Tony Zeli The big Thanksgiving meal is done. The leftovers have moved their way to the back of your fridge. Stuff yourself as much as you like, but some of those leftovers have already go... Read more
by Tony Zeli It isn’t easy being a small business owner anywhere. But to survive in the Old Port for over 40 years is truly a feat that requires perseverance. Born and raised in the West End... Read more
by Luke deNatale American Folk music is largely drawn from early American musical traditions from the inhabitants of Appalachia. Little wonder that Maine, being a portion of the upper Appala... Read more
by Jenny Anastasoff It’s that time of year again, when our New England psyches shift. The nocturnal gains power as the nights grow longer. Halloween is revered here. Film audiences see... Read more
by Emilia Scheemaker Ben Waxman left a career in Washington politics to come home to Maine. As the adviser to the president of the AFL-CIO, Waxman followed Obama’s 2008 Ohio campaign. He vis... Read more
One Longfellow Square has developed a reputation for jazz, folk, blues and bluegrass… some might say, mostly for Baby Boomers… But things are changing at what was once known as “Portland’s m... Read more
