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calling 911 as a rescue plan.

Sargent said there needs The Portland Fire Departto be a mutual agreement ment has launched a new conbetween a company and the tract rescue program that’s rescue squad to remain in designed to sustain 12 firecompliance. fighter positions that would Slaving said even without have been lost when a twoa contract with PFD, fireyear grant ran out. fighters will still respond to The confined space rescue an emergency call if needed. squad, which was included in LaMoria said the spirit the 2014 budget, is now being of the regulations is that a rolled out and the departcompany cannot simply push ment is starting to solicit and the added cost of a confined sign contracts with Portland space rescue team onto local companies who need the spetaxpayers by dialing 911 in cialized services for their workan emergency, and should places. The confined space include a plan in its business rescue team will work with plan. employers to create a rescue “By being in compliance plan and conduct training in and having a contract in the spaces, as is required by Firefighters fight an apartment fire at 264 State St. in this image from 2012. The end of a federal grant prompted Portland Fire place with a designated the Occupational Safety and Department to develop a program to sustain positions. (FILE PHOTO) rescue team, that provides a Health Administration. safety level which is proaccies that are required by law to have Slaving said, though many places list “It’s coming along very tive,” LaMoria said. access to a confined rescue unit, to well,” Portland Fire Chief Jerome bring in additional revenue.

LaMoria said, and there are about LaMoria said a preliminary analya dozen proposals pending and four sis showed that a confined space signed contracts. Interest in the new rescue program could generate at program has picked up a lot in the least $600,000 in annual revenue. last three months, he said, and some “This is a specialized rescue abilWine is a universal language when it comes to socializing! inquiries have been made about offerity,” LaMoria said, and it’s important ing confined space rescue training to Being of sound wine judgment, and coming soon will be three because first responders are often the employees at some companies. ladies of the vine who will share with you their distinct views most at risk during rescues in dangerOSHA regulations require that a from the wine industry. We are here to titillate your wine’ ous locations. workplace with permit required conknowledge, discuss what’s on the fast track, and help you to A confined space is a work area that fined spaces have a rescue plan in is not designed for continuous work, select what should be on your “hot to try list” from the vino place in the event of an emergency. according to Lt. Robert Slaving, and To be in full compliance, employers world. Commentary on everything wine, along with where the that can be anything from a water must have a strategy in place in the best places are to purchase wine on the go, what’s drinking tower, heavy machinery or any place incidence of a rescue from the conwell at local Portland eateries or how to simply enhance that requires specialized training to fined space, whether that be an onsite your overall dining experience will be fair game! We will visit enter. He said it can also include hazteam or outside rescue team. ardous work environments like grain myriad wine appellations and take you on mini vacations “It is an increased safety level,” elevators.

LaMoria said. around the world where you will learn about the best wine The law requires that a rescue team The impetus for the confined space We will also be interviewing local retailers and restaurants to know about the space and how operarescue squad was the discontinuation weigh in with their twist of what they are serving up and on tions normally go in the area, accordof a federal grant. the latest wine buzz. Whether you’re looking to pair wine with ing to LaMoria, and both the company The city was awarded a SAFER and team will do preplanning and food, fun, or delightful conversation, this is where you’ll want grant from the U.S. Department of training to familiarize themselves Homeland Security that funded 12 to be! Your ladies of the vine will be throwing open their wine with the space. He said that work will positions for two years in the amount doors on the world very soon. So be sure to catch us every be documented and kept on file in the of $1.04 million. Those positions were Wednesday right here with the Portland Daily Sun! event of an emergency. primarily used as a reactive heavy LaMoria said the benefit of having rescue unit and were certified as a that capacity is creating a safer workconfined space rescue unit. place for employees and emergency LaMoria said when the grant responders. wasn’t renewed at the end of 2012, the “There’s absolutely a need for it,” department was given an opportunity Amy, Carrie & Natalie LaMoria said. to develop a program that would fund Sargent said facilities on the workthe 12 positions with new revenue. ing waterfront and in industrial zones This column is proudly supported by The first idea to help sustain the are required by OSHA to have a conadded firefighter positions was to fined space rescue squad. create a regionalized heavy rescue Simply having 911 listed as the squad, according to Capt. Michael rescue team is not in compliance, and Sargent, but the revenue wouldn’t can result in OSHA violations for have been enough to sustain the proboth the employer and the responding gram. emergency crew.

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Name that ethnic group

For the past few years, some old friends have visited from out of town — their first trips ever to New England, and during leaf season to boot. My mother, with her old-country Greek hospitality, dotes on them as she does on anyone spending an overnight.

Mom speaks fondly of their visits, always referring to them as “Gregory and Victoria, those nice Polish kids.”

I found her use of the ethnic tag interesting in that Greg and Vik were born and raised in central Pennsylvania, into third-generation families of Polish Catholic descent.

Yet tagging someone by From the ethnic group isn’t so odd for her generation, particularly Stacks having grown up during the Depression in New York City, an immigrant-rich place of the highest order.

Today, what the politically correct often deride as stereotyping at best, or racism at

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Handicapping the Maine governor’s race “You realize that somebody really sees things differently when their argument, which they clearly mean to be insulting, is something you clearly take as a compliment.” — Ancient Political Adage.

Every political campaign spends its formative weeks arguing that political season has come early this year, but such claims have the type of mass appeal usually reserved for sportswriters analyzing spring training.

But for Maine’s 2014 governor’s race, still more than a year away, the politicos have a point: The panic/zeal/OMG! finish of our 2010 race means that “the decision” for many left-leaning voters will likely be made very early and the actual campaigns will have to deal with that decision.

The decision is this: Do we split the vote again or rally around one candidate early enough to defeat the governor?

Anyone even remotely involved in the LePage election recalls the anguish and emails (and, for early adopters, other social media) from the final days.

Democrats bolted from the Libby Mitchell camp like Egyptians evading their election results.

Despite the bolting, independent Eliot Cutler fell just a bit short.

Every losing campaign swears it would have won with a more time. Cutler’s campaign was likely correct in that claim, and it was also correct that some

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Democrats who voted before that last-minute surge would have swung his way if they had not voted weeks early.

Fast forward to recent weeks and early trumpeting of fundraising numbers. Those figures are messages to likely voters who are wondering if they “vote Cutler again” or vote for the Democrat, presumed to be U.S. Rep. Michael

Michaud.

Ask anyone involved with the Democratic party: “The important thing is not to split the vote and re-elect the governor, so progressive voters should choose to rally around the best candidate, who will be the Democrat.” Nobody is shocked if Cutler fans agree with only half that argument.

After all, it was the same last election when the Mitchell camp labored to bring on Cutler voters, failed, then voted for the independent. Some would argue that the Democrats blinked.

This, of course, is hardly news to increasingly anxious campaigns or other political observers. That’s why both sides are heralding early fundraising numbers and left-leaning media is focused on the fact that Cutler may have raised more money, but boy!, that Rep. Michaud sure raised his much faster!

What an indication!

This positioning for progressives becomes intense because of Gov. Paul LePage’s ongoing reliance on the “A-word.” see ROBINSON page 6

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Religion and geography play important roles in ethnic IDs HALKIAS from page 4

worst, actually was the de rigueur way of identifying someone when Mom was growing up — by ethnic background or religion. While somehow managing to turn these into combustible subjects today, in the 1930s it was just the way things were.

That seemed to suit everyone just fine. Neighborhoods often defined an ethnic group, and in many major urban areas, still do. Astoria was the Greek place. Russians could be found at Brighton Beach. In Boston, the North End remains decidedly Italian, and Charlestown proudly Irish. And how many cities have a Chinatown?

Religion played a key role in classification. Catholics tended to be heavily split between Italians and Irish, and Jews mostly hailed from Eastern European backgrounds.

Years ago I heard a friend of Mom’s — someone of her generation — refer to my sister’s husband as “that awfully polite German boy.”

I tried to figure out who she was talking about, when I recalled my brother-in-law’s Teutonic surname and his family’s nth-generation presence in the U.S. For a moment there, I thought my sister had moved to Stuttgart and got hitched.

This habit isn’t exclusive to the U.S. Geography plays a further role in ethnic IDs; at least it did for me when overseas during my Army service.

In Germany, my neighbors in the farming village where I lived knew me as “Herr Halkias, der Griechische offizier” (“Mr. Halkias, the Greek officer,” which must have been news to my buddies in U.S. uniform).

The same held true in the Middle East during the first Gulf War. In a group of U.S. troops, Arabs would

always single me out as “the Greek captain,” and treated me differently as a result. There, those of AngloSaxon heritage are more likely to be viewed as “Americans,” while others of Mediterranean lineage as closer in cultural terms and mentality.

The trend is strong in every other European country I’ve visited; even naturalized citizens or second and third generations are routinely referred to as “the Turkish mailman” or “the Indians who own that restaurant.”

The irony in all this? As a teenager in Greece, my native friends referred to me as “to Amerikanaki” (“the little American”), a derisive term foisted my way far more gently than to someone else.

Even here in northern New England, arguably the one of the Union’s least diverse regions, we have a strong French-Canadian presence, especially up closer to the border.

Once, while traveling there and hunting for fresh veggies, I was told to go see “the French guy at the farm stand.” What I found was a man whose family had settled here from Quebec more than a century earlier.

There are so many permutations and combinations of how we identify others by ethnic group or religion.

To be sure, the subject is far bigger than this column space, and it would be disingenuous not to concede these same monikers can be, and are, used by racists.

But that’s not the case with Mom. She’s just looking forward to Greg and Vik’s next visit, if only to show off her skills at cooking their native pierogi.

(Telly Halkias is an award-winning freelance journalist from Portland’s West End. You may contact him at tchalkias@aol.com or follow him on Twitter at @TellyHalkias.)

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I’d paid for the summer semester and all the outrageous fees in cash. Crappy grades (with no diploma) and nobody available to co-sign for student loans left the future in doubt. I was holding down four courses at the same time as trying to hold down a full time job so I could pay for half an apartment in the West End. It didn’t work.

Others have managed it, and I still don’t know how. That recruiter that used to come to my school was still around, So after a particularly grueling 80 hour week, a look in the mirror showed the reflection of someone slowly dying. I made the call to the recruiter, scheduled the testing, and went on to an exceptionally brief military career.

Sometimes, the recruiter is the last step. For the record, there were few from my class that fell under the snake-charms of the warrior cult right from graduation. One went to a service academy, while the rest of us played out the card game that extra few months. Seventeen thousand bucks for school for a short enlistment was nothing to sneeze at, even 26 years ago.

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mand Sergeant Major (CSM) of the recruiters hereabouts, and he made it quite clear which school departments were for one reason or another uncooperative.

Here is an excerpt. “Several Tabula in other issues that hinder us at individual High Schools are the Naufragio fact that we are not allowed to be in uniform, or schools will sent their master list of Junior and Senior students out to their home addresses with the instructions that if you would like your son or daughter removed from the list prior to being sent out to recruiters, please reply to that fact. In the end, when it comes time to send that list out, even if the school has not received a reply from the parents, they still remove the name.

This is prevalent in Portland and Yarmouth.”

So, for arbitrary reasons, the School Department plays Russian Roulette with your kid’s future.

In an era when every option for every opinion must be discussed in schools, shutting out recruiters to a once a year visit just won’t cut it.

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Your child has three options. Option 1 is a short tour in the armed services, with all the risk that entails. Option 2 is going forty to sixty thousand dollars in debt for a job in a job market that is only

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No, no, not that one.

“Arithmetic.”

Remember that LePage famously won with 38 percent of the vote, giving rise to those bumper stickers noting that 62 percent did not vote for him. Cutler got 36.5 percent, falling about 10,000 votes short.

(I imagine if you were a friend of Mr. Cutler and did not make it to the polls that day, you take that dark secret to your grave.)

But let’s also recall that 5 percent did vote for another independent candidate, Shawn Moody.

Granted, that could be exactly how many Mainers know Mr. Moody on a first-name basis, but it’s still an important number this time around.

My progressive friends assure me that Gov. LePage, with his frequent gaffes and abrasive personal style, has left most of his supporters embarrassed and that even some among the GOP leadership is quietly wishing him away. Could be — uneasy is the head that wears the crown — and I’m nearly certain he’s not gonna carry Portland.

But the most recent “outrage” illustrates the disconnect of ancient wisdom that began this column: Progressives are pointing to the governor’s veto record to illustrate that he’s a problem.

And we know it’s a “slew” of vetoes because the Portland Press Herald reported it thus: “Monday’s slew of vetoes brings LePage’s total for the current legislative session to 82 — 33 more than the record of 49 set in 1977 by independent Gov. James Longley.”

What a roadblock! Except that many of his base voters are going to like that. They don’t think more laws are necessarily better. And you bet the gov is standing in a room most weekends saying, “See? without me this crazy stuff would be law!”

So, more fun with the “A-word.”

In a true three-person race, you can argue that a seated conservative GOP governor is likely to earn at least 35 percent. Also, reasonable folks might agree that it’s hard to see where the well-funded Eliot Cutler campaign drops more than a couple of points from last election, so he’s likely around 35 percent. And any rational human admits that Rep. Michaud is a popular congressman backed by a Democratic party more fired-up than Nancy Grace at the Zimmerman family reunion.

So you have to agree that he’s going to have at least 35 percent, easy.

Yes, it adds up to 105 percent of the vote.

Thus the early chest-thumping-fundraising.

So when a small plane few over Portland on the Fourth of July, towing a banner reading “Don’t blame me, I voted for Moody” banner, the GOP may be forgiven use of another “A-word.”

Moody tells local media that he’s not made a decision yet. But that 5 percent is going to matter to anyone trying to add things up.

Clearly, this is not spring training. And we’ll do well to recall another political adage worth note: “Early support gets access and influence; late support has our eternal gratitude.”

(Editor’s note: Curtis Robinson will be speaking tonight (Friday) during a fundraising tribute to the late Hunter S. Thompson at One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, corner of State and Congress. The event includes screening of the Wayne Ewing Film “Breakfast With Hunter” and the short film “Rum Diary — Back Story” that includes Johnny Depp and other hot-shot Hollywood types. It costs $6 donation and begins at 8, although getting there early might be fun.)

(Curtis Robinson is the founding editor of The Portland Daily Sun.)

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(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun, and organizer of the July 12 Gonzofest Hunter S. Thompson tribute and film festival at One Longfellow Square.)

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looking for $9 an hour workers in paper hats. Option 3 is going to work for a tech megalopoly like Apple.

Hey, your kid picked option three?

No evasion of the collective guilt there, as the workers of China’s Foxconn factory (that makes iEverything) continue to fling themselves out of windows because they can’t handle the dollar an hour and 80 hour a week workload. At least two so far this year.

Many have served (and lived to curse the name of their recruiter) and taken advantage of an opportunity to

change their lives. They go out into the civilian world with a changed attitude. When times get tough, those are the folks that take any job to survive.

You can’t stop them, you can’t beat them, and you can’t get them to quit.

When you take away the option of a recruiter visit, you rob them of the chance to learn those skills.

Carry on.

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right under the fireworks like we are in Portland up on the Prom, so it’s a whole different situation.

After the event was over this year I happened to encounter a PSO musician carrying his instrument to his car. Taking care not to be confrontational, I very politely asked him if anyone objected to their playing during the fireworks. He responded that he guessed that only purists would object to there being fireworks being shot off while the orchestra is playing! As if the issue was the fireworks, not the orchestra playing through the fireworks!

A possible compromise: The PSO stops playing ten minutes before the start of the fireworks, at which point they announce that during the grand finale everyone will be invited to stand up and sing America The Beautiful together, with the accompaniment of the orchestra. Could become a great Portland tradition.

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he exclaimed, throwing his hands up in disbelief.

Ah-h-h, sweet agreement.

Having the Portland Symphony Orchestra play on the Prom on the Fourth is an amazing and wonderful gift to the people of this city. But they should stop playing when the fireworks start. You need to be able to hear the oooh’s and ahhh’s and the booms and the sizzles and the pop pop pops. And there needs to be those moments of hushed anticipation between.

Accompanying music interferes with all that.

And they actually talk from the stage during the fireworks! To introduce and comment on their offerings.

They talk during the fireworks! Blah blah blah. Evidently they’ve been getting negative feedback about their dominating the event because this year there was some politicking from the stage, in the form of a reference to the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s playing during the fireworks display over the Charles River.

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fully, as if to set the stage for what was to come.

“For me,” he said, leaning forward in his chair for emphasis, “the best part of the fireworks was the crowd. Experiencing it together. The fireworks are pretty much the same year after year, and that’s okay, but it was always fun being part of the crowd.

The families settling in and waiting for the fireworks to start. Then all the oooh’s and ahhh’s when they started, you know, that was really a big part of it, and you don’t get that anymore because the Portland Symphony Orchestra has taken the whole thing over.”

Here I must be candid and interject that my little heart skipped a beat at this point. Of all the things I like in this life, I think the thing I like the most is when someone agrees with an opinion of mine, and this otherwise contented and happy man, to my great joy, seemed to be on the verge of saying something I’ve long felt but haven’t wanted to come out and say.

“When they started having the PSO perform on the Fourth a few years ago,” he went on, “I thought it was a great thing. They’re first class, no question about it. The first year we abandoned all the comforts of home,” he said, nodding with a big smile over to the barbeque range sitting waiting in his garage, “and we went down a couple of hours before the fireworks started and sat on the grass and took it all in. Never had a better time. The PSO is fantastic. Hearing all those great pieces played on the Prom with the ocean in the background and with all those people around was really something.

Have to say I’ve never had a better time in Portland. Made me appreciate what this town is all about.”

This, of course, serving to pave the way for his main point.

“But then they didn’t stop playing when the fireworks started!”

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Up on Munjoy Hill where I live the Fourth of July is our day of days. It’s when the world comes to us. Look at an apartment up here in November and the agent will lead you over to a window and point to a patch of lawn out in the backyard and say: “Just wait ‘til the Fourth! You’ll have all the company you can handle!”

True enough. And it is worth waiting for, even though it’s only one day.

There’s something very cool about having a private get-together within shouting range of the city’s bestattended public event of the year.

The next day you’re pretty much on your own again as far as impressing people and such, but on the Fourth of July you’re golden.

There’s this one guy who lives on a street near the Prom who seems to live for the time when he can fire up the gas grill, haul out the chaise lounge, light up a long cigar, and engage with whoever walks by.

There’s something about the way he savors it all that tells you he’s a hard working guy otherwise and makes you want to chat him up. He often has lots of friends over, but when I encountered him sitting there in front of his garage a few days before the big day he was all alone.

“So, looking forward to the Fourth?” he said when I got within range.

“Oh yeah,” I responded, “the Fourth is the Fourth, you know.”

“Yeah, that’s right. As long as it’s only once a year we can take all the commotion, I guess,” he said, chuckling and taking a drag from his cigar.

“You and your friends go down on the Prom to see the fireworks, or do you watch them from here?” I said, just to make small talk.

“Well,” he said, “we used to go down there. We’d have one of the older kids go down and stake out a spot early so we’d be sure to get one.

Now we don’t bother.”

“Humph,” I responded, with genuine curiosity, “why’s that?”

“The way they do it now, it doesn’t matter if you’re up close to it or not,” he said, waving his free hand dismissively towards the Prom, while taking another drag from his cigar and blowing the smoke out purpose-

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New York by way of Texas, Courts among acts at SPACE Sunday

By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland prepares for a Big Apple invasion this weekend, as SPACE Gallery opens up its stage to a couple of New York bands.

Woods and Parquet Courts play on Sunday, July 14, at the eclectic Congress Street venue. Local psych outfit Herbcraft will play as well.

Woods, from Brooklyn, were created in the “small rear-house apartment bedroom of Jeremy Earl, who took to recording his eerily somber acoustic songs in 2005 as little more than a humble personal outlet,” according to the band’s website.

“After two early albums and several singles which saw Earl still honing his sound, Woods released ‘Songs of Shame’ in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim and offered the band a chance to develop their live sound on the back of a massive touring schedule.” They added multi-instrumentalist Jarvis Taveniere, bassist Kevin Morby and “cassette-collage

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maestro” G. Lucas Crane.

Parquet Courts, fresh off a European tour, are comprised of Texans who met in New York and formed a band. They did not receive much attention for their debut effort, “American Specialties,” which was released exclusively on cassette tape. It was an odd collection of four-track recordings.

The following year they released their first LP, “Light Up Gold,” a strong combo of guitar rifts and punk sounds. The early raw energies of the band have not diminished, and to that vibe they have added some evocative lyrics.

The band has been busy, playing most recently in Sweden, but they were able to take a few minutes to answer questions via email. Though considered wordsmiths, they are hesi-

tant to heap praise on themselves.

“There’s no formula for our songwriting,” they say. Though they have never played in Maine before, they are approaching the concert “with clear eyes and full hearts.” They wondered if it would be cold here. When not practicing or performing, the band mainly hangs out and catches up on some well-needed rest.

The band does feature three members who were born in the state of Texas, says agent Patrick Tilley, but this does not mean the band started in Texas.

“Parquet Courts began in December of 2010, well after all parties had migrated to New York,” he said.

“Describing the band as ‘Brooklynvia-Texas,’ or any variant thereof, is inconsequential and incorrect. That

being said, all band members born in Texas are proud, ethnocentric and arrogant citizens of the Lone Star State. You can take the boy out of Texas, etc.”

Austin Brown and Andrew Savage play guitar and sing, Max Savage is on drums, and Sean Yeaton plays bass and chips in on vocals.

The band said they were not interested in defining what it means to be a New York band, nor were they interested in citing their musical influences. “We welcome you to go wild and speculate!” they said.

They will be playing hits from their new album, which is “for the oversocialized victims of the 1990s ‘you can be anything you want,’ Nickelodeon-induced lethargy that ran away from home, not out of any wide-eyed big city daydream, but just out of a subconscious return to America’s scandalous origin,” says Savage in the album’s scratched-out liner notes.

Recorded over a few days in an icebox practice space, “Light Up Gold” is equally indebted to Krautrock, The Fall, and other contemporaries like Tyvek and Eddy Current Suppression Ring, they say.

Parquet Courts make a conscious effort to draw from the rich culture of New York City, styled after “Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, and the Velvet Underground that are not from New York, but of it,” according to a press release. “A panoramic landscape of dilapidated corner stores and crowded apartments is superimposed over bare-bones Americana, leaving little room for romance or sentiment. It’s punk, it’s American, it’s New York. It’s the color of something you were looking for.”

You can catch their act, along with Woods and Herbcraft Sunday night at SPACE.

Blues Broads bring musical pedigree to Rockland festival

By Timothy Gillis

four famous ladies are connected to Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan The musical talents of four famous and Van Morrison and many more groups come together this weekend at historic musical icons. the North Atlantic Blues Festival.

Over the years, Strehli and friends The Blues Broads will perform in started collaborating and sitting in Rockland, on Saturday, July 13, and with each other. The fans loved it, so feature the vocal powers of Dorothy Angela said, “Why don’t we try this?”

Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Samp“I’ve been kind of the ringleader,” son and Angela Strehli.

Strehli said from her hotel in Ottawa, Morrison is the singer and coCanada, on Thursday. “We sort of came author of the classic “Oh Happy Day,” together naturally. It has taken some recorded with The Edwin Hawkins effort (to harmonize). We’ve all had Singers. It has sold more than seven individual careers and styles, so we million copies internationally. take turns and then combine. Some of Nelson is the founder of the legendit’s really spontaneous, which makes ary group Mother Earth, whose signait fun for us ... and challenging. It’s not ture composition “Down So Low,” has a heavily orchestrated, slick show, but been recorded by among others, Etta we don’t really care. We just have fun.”

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And Strehli, who has devoted her life and career to the heroes of the “Blues,” is the organizer of The Blues Broads and one of the driving forces behind the historic music venue, Rancho Nicasio in Marin County, Calif., where the group was first presented.

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Gorham police: Dayton woman dies in dump truck, minivan crash Daily Sun Staff Reports

A Thursday morning crash involving a Gorham Sand and Gravel dump truck and a minivan on Ossipee Trail, Route 25, resulted in the death of a Dayton woman and injuries to two other individuals, the Gorham Police Department reported.

The driver of the minivan, Marjorie Mullett, 68, of Dayton, died in the crash which occurred on Ossipee Trail in the area of Brandy Brook Hill, police reported.

Police said the Gorham Sand and Gravel dump truck, driven by Ronald Pratt, 59, of Gray, was traveling east on Ossipee Trail and swerved to avoid a pickup truck that was stopped preparing to turn into Grondin’s Brandy Brook Quarry. The Mack dump truck crossed the center line striking the minivan that was traveling westbound, police said. The dump truck ended up rolling over onto the driver’s side of the minivan, a police press release stated.

Gorham Police and Fire were dispatched to the scene, and Gorham Fire/Rescue treated and transported two patients for non-life threatening injuries. The patients were the operator of the dump truck, Pratt, and the passenger of the minivan, Gail Lavoie, 58, of Brownfield.

The crash, which happened at approximately 9:08 a.m. Thursday, is still currently under investigation, police said in the Thursday afternoon press release.

An accident reconstruction of the crash was being performed by Gorham Police Department with assistance from the Maine State Police Commercial Motor Vehicle Division.

Cape Elizabeth school district notes reduced tax hike due to state budget The education budget adopted by the Maine Legislature on June 27 resulted in an increase of $427,688 in General Purpose Aid to the Cape Elizabeth school district, which will help reduce a tax increase, school officials there reported.

Based on a vote taken by the Town Council on April 29, which stated that “the Town of Cape Elizabeth will reduce the additional local appropriation raised ... for public schooling by the amount of any unanticipated state general purpose aid received,” those additional funds will be used to reduce the funds required to be raised by taxation, reported Meredith Nadeau, Superintendent of Schools, in a press release.

The net change for the community will be a school tax increase of 1.7 percent or $0.20 rather than the 4.0 percent or $0.46 increase adopted by voters at the May referendum; this amounts to a savings of $0.26 on the mil rate — the amount per $1,000 that is used to calculate taxes on property. The Town Council adopted these changes to the tax rate at the council’s July 8 meeting.

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Nance will remain with MPBN through the end of August, the network reported.

Nance most recently served as MPBN’s Director of Music, Performance and Cultural Affairs and as the host of MornNance ing Classical Music since September 2007. In her time at MPBN, she developed a

deep, strong relationship with listeners and viewers as well as with dozens of performing arts organizations in every corner of Maine, the MPBN reported.

Her talent was especially evident with the “Music that Moves ME” radio features that aired on MPBN Radio this past spring, MPBN reported.

“Although we will miss Suzanne’s enthusiasm and passion,” saidMPBN’s CEO and President, Mark Vogelzang, “we also know that she is leaving MPBN for a new adventure at a great institution in the third largest media market with a national classical broadcasting presence (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Beethoven Radio Network and more), so we may very well still hear her on a regular basis down the line!”

Nance, on her personal website (http://www. suzannenance.com), says she is an Emmy-nominated broadcaster, singer and actor who has enjoyed performances on PBS and NPR as well as a guest appearance on “Good Morning America.”

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Home building surges after long sleep Building permits rebound in FY2013, but trends vary based on price and location

By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Home building surged last year in Portland, Freeport and other parts of Southern Maine, as the battered housing market showed signs of recovery.

Building permits for new construction of singlefamily units in Portland had been level at 32 in fiscal year 2011 and 33 in fiscal year 33, but the number jumped to 53 in fiscal year 2013, which ended June 30, according to figures from the city’s planning division.

In Freeport, a July 2 town manager’s report noted that the number of building permits for single-family home construction hit a mark not seen since 2006.

Code Enforcement Officer Fred Reeder reported that in fiscal year 2013, the Town of Freeport issued 48 permits for single-family home construction.

“This represents the busiest year for single family home construction that the town has experienced since 2006,” Peter Joseph, Freeport town manager wrote. “While this is a good sign in terms of economic recovery, it is also an indicator that Freeport has moved back into a housing growth phase, which usually brings about increased demands on municipal and school services.”

In an interview this week, Joseph said the growth in home building brought Freeport back to a level of “normal growth,” rather than a slump in building from the stalled economy and “the 2007-2009 housing bust.”

“I think a lot of what you’re seeing in that respect, when the economy stalled, a lot of those projects that stalled were subdivisions or things in progress.

What we saw this last year were those picking back up,” he said.

Two or three larger subdivision lots had been purchased, and “different builders were coming in and putting houses on those lots. There were a lot of private single-family homes,” Joseph added.

“New construction is definitely up,” said Jeff Mateja of the universal properties team, a group

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Builders “that were sort of sitting back on the sidelines” grew more active, he said. With some housing starts, a lack of inventory spurred custom building, Mateja noted.

“There isn’t really a lot of inventory out there in the Greater Portland area,” he said, calling it a “sellers’ advantage market.”

“The inventory levels are low, which is obviously creating demand,” Mateja said.

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West End, East End and downtown Portland remain popular housing locations, real estate experts say. Regarding condominium sales, Michael Sosnowski, owner with wife, Laura, of Maine Home Connection (www.mainehomeconnection.com), said areas of Portland vary.

“Unlike the overall condo market in Portland, sales on Munjoy Hill are less in 2013 compared to 2012. There have been 12 sales this year compared to 17 during the first six months of 2012. With the inventory being consistently low, however, this is not overly surprising,” he wrote. space. Construction started in the fall and is anticipated to take about a year.

This project, along with a housing project at the old Adams School on the East End, promises new inventory.

“Condo sales in Portland continue to be strong in 2013,” wrote Michael Sosnowski, owner with wife, Laura, of Maine Home Connection (http://www. mainehomeconnection.com), which is affiliated with Keller Williams Realty in Portland.

“During the first six months unit sales are up an impressive 27 percent — 136 unit sales vs 107. Pricing can best be described as ‘steady’ as the median selling price of $195,000 is up only .5 percent,” Sosnowski wrote on July 3.

Real estate news has become more positive, Sosnowski said in an interview Thursday.

“There’s totally a trend in the right direction,” he said.

The market has resembled a roller coaster, “when you look back to 2005 at just how strong sales were and how far they retrenched, then they picked up in 2010 and fell back into 2011,” Sosnowski recalled.

In 2006, 570 single-family homes were sold in Portland, but that number dropped to as low as 375 in 2011. The sales climbed back up to 428 in 2012.

So far this year, 233 single-family homes have sold in Portland, compared with 198 at the same time last year.

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way to go,” Sosnowski cautioned, and he explained “nuances” of the sales trends.

In Maine for the first six months of 2013, unit sales of single-family homes are up 10 percent and prices are up 3.6 percent, he explained. In Cumberland County, unit sales are up 11 percent, and prices are up 6.2 percent, he added. But the pricing number is “tricky,” he added, “because that doesn’t mean you can expect to sell your house for a higher price than you could last year.”

More expensive homes are in the mix this year, with costlier homes selling at higher numbers, skewing the overall percentages, Sosnowski said.

“You can’t just jump to the conclusion that pricing is up,” he said.

“More properties are being sold, but the mix of properties has shifted slightly to more higher-priced homes,” Sosnowski said.

“When you look at pricing, you have to understand the different price categories because there’s a definite shift toward more expensive homes,” he said.

Many homes on the market aren’t desirable and

New privately owned housing units authorized year to date in May • In 2013, 1,178 in Maine, out of 38,046 in the Northeast and 10,502 in New England.

• In 2012, 988 in Maine, out of 30,393 in the Northeast and 8,358 in New England.

• In 2011, 768 in Maine, out of 25,315 in the Northeast and 5,894 in New England • In 2010, 1,173 in Maine, out of 27,157 in the Northeast and 7,946 in New England • In 2009, 891 in Maine, out of 23,146 in the Northeast and 6,152 in New England • In 2008, 1,416 in Maine, out of 46,678 in the Northeast and 9,999 in New England.

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The Bay House project — which is under construction on Newbury and Middle streets — promises additional housing in Portland. Housing inventories are tight in the Greater Portland area, real estate experts say. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

won’t sell. Competition for desirable properties is intense. Also, sales trends vary from town to town.

This year, compared with last year, there are fewer sales in Falmouth, for example, Sosnowski said. Old Orchard Beach is struggling with single-family home sales, with 44 sold this year vs. 47 last year, he said.

“You’re seeing a shift toward higher prices, and once you get to a higher price there’s more negotiation going on.”

In Portland, 207 single-family homes were for sale by the end of June, only a slight departure from last

year, when 227 were for sale by the end of June.

“The level of homes in good neighborhoods in good conditions that are priced right, those are the ones that people are fighting over. No one wants the scraps,” Sosnowski said.

In May nationally, 974,000 privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits were 20.8 percent higher than the year before, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. New residential construction data for June will be released on Wednesday, July 17.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Effort is like money. If you don’t put enough forward, you can’t buy what you want, which is sad. If you put too much forward, then you’re overpaying for what you want, and that doesn’t feel good, either.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re not looking for a chance to demonstrate your experience and maturity, but it just so happens that one comes up. Take the time to get organized -- a successful outcome depends on it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s a pressure on you to be interesting. Some would interpret this as a cue to posture, perform or even stretch the truth in order to entertain others. You know better. Nothing is more interesting than you being real.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 12). Your cosmic birthday present is immediately gratifying: You’ll get your way and meet a personal goal, too. Use strategy and problem-solving skills to earn big in August. September requires that you pay for training, which is well worth the expense. November and December show you in transition. 2014 brings a fresh scene. Leo and Scorpio people adore you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll hit a bout of non-productivity -- alarming for someone as goal-oriented as you. Don’t fight it; ride it. Then absolve yourself and move on. This won’t put you too far behind unless you waste time beating yourself up about it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Why wait for a good reason to tune into the emotions of those around you? Provide opportunities to talk about life. Invite others to open up and express thoughts and concerns. It’s time to bond.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a chance for new employment or a different kind of working arrangement. It probably won’t sound ideal at first, but you’ll never really know until you say “yes.” This is worth a try.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). A friend exclaims, “I can’t believe you went there!” But you’ve always “been there,” and the only difference is that you’re finally letting your true thoughts and feelings show through instead of repressing them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Opposing forces can provide a nice amount of tension -- or they can pull so hard that they have a paralyzing effect. Avoid getting caught in the middle of a contest between particularly strong wills.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When you’re thinking along certain lines, it’s easy to assume that others are on the same page, and it’s surprising to learn that they are not. Don’t obsess.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Wishing to be somewhere else is a waste of life. Give full attention to your current endeavor. You’ve centered your life on the thing that gives it meaning. Trust that you’ve made good decisions.

You had your reasons.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you need help pulling things together, you’ll get it. You are surrounded by people with similar goals who like to give, share and support. This is an easy-going time for you, but you have to remember to reach out.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2013.

There are 172 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Medal of Honor.

On this date: In 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

In 1690, forces led by William of Orange defeated the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

In 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)

In 1943, the World War II tank battle of Prokhorovka between German invaders and Soviet defenders took place with no clear victor.

In 1948, the Democratic national convention, which nominated President Harry S. Truman for a second term of office, opened in Philadelphia.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountaintop location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington.

In 1967, six days of race-related rioting erupted in Newark, N.J.; the violence claimed 26 lives.

In 1973, actor Lon Chaney, Jr., 67, died in San Clemente, Calif.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter defended Supreme Court limits on government payments for poor women’s abortions, saying, “There are many things in life that are not fair.”

In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he’d chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

In 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis tapped Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running-mate.

In 1993, some 200 people were killed when an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck northern Japan and triggered a tsunami. In Somalia, a mob enraged by a deadly United Nations attack on the compound of Mohamed Farrah Aidid killed an AP photographer and three employees of Reuters.

Ten years ago: Wrapping up a five-day tour of Africa, President George W. Bush said he would not allow terrorists to use the continent as a base “to threaten the world.” The USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Va. Jazz great Benny Carter died at age 95.

Five years ago: Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died in Washington, D.C. at age 53. Former All-Star outfielder and longtime Yankees broadcaster Bobby Murcer died in Oklahoma City at age 62.

One year ago: Vice President Joe Biden rallied support for President Barack Obama at the NAACP’s convention in Houston, declaring that Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s electionyear agenda would hurt — not help — working families in the black community. A scathing report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh said the late Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials had buried child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade earlier to avoid bad publicity.

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Dear Annie: You told “Frustrated” to call those people who had not RSVP’d and ask whether they plan to attend her daughter’s graduation party. As much as I love traditional invites, sadly, tradition is heeding way to technology. Instead of calling, she should turn to her social media accounts to initiate invitations.

I have used Facebook for three events in the past year. I received more RSVPs than I ever would have gotten with mailed paper invitations. That said, however, most people did not show up and never bothered to respond. It resulted in wasted food and guests taking home extra favor bags. However, this was my fault. I easily could have posted a message asking for a head count before making final arrangements.

-- Everything Online Now Dear Everything: Your fault? No, dear. The fault lies with those who are too inconsiderate to tell you whether they plan to attend an event that you have been kind enough to invite them to. It doesn’t matter whether the invitations are mailed or sent electronically. (And many people do not have Facebook accounts. Really.)

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I work two jobs, which precludes a social life. I’ve listened to my co-workers’ conversations and can tell they wouldn’t understand. I live in an area where coming out could mean the loss of my jobs, my landlord could evict me, and I worry that someone’s intolerance could turn violent.

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Portland Sea Dogs begin second half in second place –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SUN SPORTS–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

By Ken Levinsky

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Portland Sea Dogs (45-42) found themselves in second place (and playoff position) in the Eastern League’s Eastern Division at the all-star break, despite losing four of their last five games at home against division rival New Britain (4445). Before the New Britain series, the up and down Sea Dogs were coming off a sixgame win streak.

The Sea Dogs trail the first place Binghamton Mets by eight and a half games, and narrowly lead Trenton, New Britain and New Hampshire by 1, 2 and 3 games respectively. The top two clubs in each division will compete in the Eastern League playoffs.

Portland is in Binghamton (53-33) this weekend and then travel to New Hampshire to play the Fisher Cats Monday through Wednesday.

The Sea Dogs return home next Thursday, July 18 to begin a four game series

with the last place Reading Fightin Phils (38-51) at 7 pm.

Third baseman Michael Almanzar leads Portland (among those with at least 185 at bats) in almost every offensive category. The 6-foot, 3-inch, 22-year-old Eastern League rookie is batting .279 with 11 homeruns and 53 RBI. Second baseman Heiker Meneses is second on the team with a batting average of .273. The 5-foot, 9-inch, 160 pound 22 year old lefty is tied for third on the team with 10 stolen bases.

Peter Hissey is third on the team with a batting average of .259 The 6-foot, 1-inch, 23-year-old lefty is second on the team with 12 stolen bases, trailing team leader Shannon Wilkerson who has 17 thefts.

Center fielder Wilkerson has made only one error in 75 games.

Second baseman/Outfielder Tony Thomas leads the team with 56 runs batted and his 10 round trippers trail team

leader Almanzar by just one.

He is also tied for third on the team with 10 stolen bases.

Here is the Sea Dogs schedule for the week ahead.

Friday, July 12 at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday 13 at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m.

Sunday, July 14 at Binghamton, 1:05 p.m.

Monday, July 15 at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, July 16 at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, July 17 at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, July 18 vs. Reading, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 19 vs. Reading, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 20 vs. Reading, 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 21 vs. Reading, 1 p.m.

With Sea Dogs away, see Spinners play With the Portland Sea Dogs out of town until next Thursday, this is a good time to trek two hours south to watch the Lowell (Massachusetts) Spinners. The Spinners are the Short-Season Single A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and

play in the New York — Penn League. Their schedule is comprised of 76 games from June 17 to Sept. 4.

The Spinners play their 38 home games at cozy Edward A. LeLacheur Park (capacity 4,767) adjacent to the Merrimack River and UMass Lowell. The name “Spinners” reflects Lowell’s place as the nation’s largest textile manufacturing center in the 1840’s.

The Lowell National Historical Park is well worth visiting before a game.

The Spinners have been in Lowell since 1996 when the former Elmira Pioneers moved in. Many current and former Sea Dogs came through Lowell. Current Sea Dogs Matty Johnson and Kolbrin Vitek were there last year.

The Spinners record is 13-9, just one half game out of first place.

LEFT: The Lowell Spinners play at Edward A. LeLacheur Park adjacent to the Merrimack River and UMass Lowell. (KEN LEVINSKY PHOTO)

‘The Golden Girls was already taken, and we wanted something that conveyed some energy and some fun’ BLUES from page 8

for 25 years before she ended up in California. “I don’t really know how that happened,” she said.

There she started the Rancho Nicasio, a family business set in an old roadhouse. “It’s a wonderful setting with a huge outdoor area and a summer barbecue series. We started playing together there as a group, and when Dorothy joined us, we got more serious.”

She said that, while most response has been positive, some people are surprised by their name. “They say, ‘Gee, isn’t that kind of negative?’ But we just

laugh. It really describes us well. And Tracy says ‘I’ve been called a lot worse!’ The Golden Girls was already taken, and we wanted something that conveyed some energy and some fun.”

Audience reaction to the new musical combination has been overwhelmingly positive. “We get standing ovations during the set,” Strehli said. “So that’s when you know you’re doing the right thing.”

After the blues festival in Maine, the band heads off to the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass., and then to New York City for two nights, which Strehli described as a “real coup. We’re looking forward to that.”

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The band played at the Edmonton Blues Festival in Canada, and has been invited to the Lucerne Blue Balls Festival in Switzerland, a nine-day fete that is attended by more than 100,000 people.

“We’ve had fun on the road,” Strehli said. “We’ve all had our own careers when we were the single, front person, but this is a lot more fun for us. We share the stage and all the work travelling, which makes it nicer for us.”

The four singers represent an encyclopedic knowledge of the blues, jazz and Gospel genres and present stirring renditions in this show of their respective catalogs, according to a press release. In their show, each artist gives the audience a taste of their individual specialty, and then combine voices in ways that make The Blues Broads far more than the sum of its parts. They are backed by some of some of the best musicians in the business, Gary Vogensen, guitar, Steve Ehrmann, bass, Mike Emerson, keyboards, and Paul Revelli, on drums.

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The North Atlantic Blues Festival runs from Saturday, July 13, to Sunday, July 14, in Rockland. On Saturday, Main Street in Rockland will be the site for the annual Blues Festival Club Crawl. Main Street will be closed to traffic from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. the following morning. There will be live music, entertainment, street dancing, food, and special events. For more information about the festival, visit www. northatlanticbluesfestival.com. For more info about The Blues Broads, visit www.thebluesbroads.com.

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Friday, July 12 ‘Touched by a Hummingbird’ author

noon. Portland Public Library event. “Norma K. Salway will speak about her book ‘Touched by a Hummingbird’ at the Friday Local Author Series on Friday, July 12 at noon in Meeting Room 5. Touched by a Hummingbird is a reminder to experience life as it appears — especially when we are lonely, grieving or sad. Norma Salway has experienced many losses. She hopes that others will be comforted by her story. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to cancer research. Norma Salway, retired teacher, parent and grandparent loves to write and craft. The author has spent most of her adult life in the family home overlooking Songo Pond, near Bethel in the western mountains of Maine. She lives with her Sheltie, Stormy and Maine Coon cat, Gusty.” http://www.portlandlibrary.com

‘Les Miserables’ at MSMT in Brunswick

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Les Miserables,” June 26 to July 13, Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” “Based on a novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ tells the musical tale of redemption and revolution in early 19th-century France. Ex-convict, Jean Valjean, becomes a force for good in the world, but cannot escape his dark past as he tries to save himself and those around him. The award-winning score composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and a book by Alain Boublil, features such memorable musical numbers as ‘On My Own,’ ‘I Dreamed a Dream,’ ‘Do You Hear the People Sing’ and ‘Bring Him Home.’”

Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick.

Tuesday-Sunday. msmt.org. 725-8769.

The Archaeology of Ft. Richmond

4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Leith Smith, Historic Archaeologist, Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Tour of Fort Richmond. Fort Richmond Site, Rte. 197 Richmond.

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (FOMB) is sponsoring a guided tour of the Fort Richmond archeological site by Maine Historic Preservation Commission Historic Archaeologist, Dr. Leith Smith. “The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing the Richmond-Dresden Bridge over the Kennebec River. The new bridge approach road will pass through the site of Fort Richmond, the first of the Kennebec River forts, constructed in 1721 and decommissioned in 1755.

Also impacted is the site of the Parks family homestead that was present between ca. 1775 and 1830. Archaeological work in 2012 revealed intact structure foundations, palisade trenches and fort period artifacts, as well as refuse deposits from the Parks occupation. Unfortunately further excavations by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and local volunteers will only be allowed until approximately mid-July of 2013, not enough time for this complex and historic site in the way of ‘progress.’”

Guided trail tour by historian Herb Adams

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Trails Discovery Trek: ‘Eastern Prom Trail Guided Tour by Historian Herb Adams’ on Friday, July 12. “Back by popular demand, this guided walk along the Eastern Prom Trail by renowned Portland historian Herb Adams will inform and amaze you. From the days European explorers and settlers first met native Americans on the ‘Machigonne’ neck (Portland Peninsula), through the development of settlements and industry along the Portland waterfront, you will learn more about Portland’s history on this gorgeous walk than you can imagine. Suggested $5 donation for Portland Trails members, $7 for non-members.

Sign up at trails.org.”

Gonzofest: A Tribute to Hunter S. Thompson

8 p.m. “A night of mayhem brought to you by the hosts of our annual Dudefest. Co-host Curtis Robinson collaborated with Thompson for over 10 years. We’ll be screening the documentary ‘Breakfast with Hunter’ and film short, ‘Making of the Rum Diary.’ Curtis Robinson, founding editor, and Bob Higgins, columnist, from The Daily Sun are the driving force behind this night. Curtis collaborated with Thompson for over 10 years on several projects, including ‘The Rum Diaries.’” Benefit for One Longfellow Square. http://www.onelongfellowsquare.com/Details. asp?ProdID=1689&category=2

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

8 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film masterpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www. ogunquitplayhouse.org

Saturday, July 13 The Peaks to Portland

9 a.m. Race Start. Registration Fee: $125. 8:20 am: Opening Ceremonies. 9 a.m.: Race Start. 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.:

Maine State Music Theatre favorite, Charis Leos, returns to the Brunswick theater stage as “the ultimate show business mother,” Rose, in “Gypsy.” Shows begin Wednesday, July 17. (Photo by Audra Hatch Photography) Award Ceremony. The swim will take place in Casco Bay starting at Peaks Island to East End Beach in Portland. The course is 2.4 miles long. The Peaks to Portland swim, a 2.4 mile swim from Peaks Island to East End Beach in Porltand, is intended to encourage participation for people ages 16 and older with a variety of fitness levels and competitive experiences. We encourage anyone who can swim a mile in less than 45 minutes to join us for this unforgettable swim across the shipping channel in Casco Bay to East End Beach! It will be an open water swim of a life-time! Weather Related Cancellation Date: July 14. http://www.ymcaofsouthernmaine.org/p2p

Maine YogaFest

8 a.m. to 7 p.m. “Maine YogaFest will be held at the East End Community School in Portland on July 13 and 14 and is a two-day celebration of Maine’s amazing local yoga talent.

The festival allows participants to try a wide range of yoga styles including Acro, Slackline, Paddleboard, Hooping and much more. More than 30 local yoga teachers and 20 studios are participating. MYF also features local businesses, artists, food trucks and musicians throughout the weekend in the ‘Vendor Village.’ On Saturday evening, MYF will host a ‘Friends & Family Yoga Party’ with live local music, cool vendors, unique yoga demonstrations, kids activities, and prizes. MYF is committed to being a green festival with recycling, composting and water refill stations.” East End Community School, 195 North St., Portland. July 13 to 14, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday; $90 for a three-workshop pass or $125 for a five-workshop pass. www.maineyogafest.com, 232-0054

Kayak Adventure: Merrymeeting Bay Guided Paddle

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Enjoy a unique educational exploration of Merrymeeting Bay from Bowdoinham Cathance River to the Bay. Led by an expert guide and narrated by a member of a local environmental organization. Paddle solo or tandem. No experience necessary; disabilities accommodated. Reduced fees for those with personal equipment. “ Nonmembers $75; members $70; ages 12-16 $35. FMI visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call 443-1316, ext. 0.

Stamp dedication at Portland Head Light

10 a.m. “The U.S. Postal Service continues its popular stamp series with the 2013 issuance of New England Coastal Lighthouses. Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth will be the foremost ceremony featured among the five featured lighthouses, which also include Portsmouth Harbor, Boston Harbor, Point Judith and New London Harbor.

A stamp dedication ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 13 at the lighthouse located at 1000 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth. Local TV personality Bill Green will

be the emcee of the event, which will feature regional and national postal officials and presentation of the colors by a special US Coast Guard Honor Guard. Each of the five new stamps, including the Portland Head Light stamp, features an original acrylic painting by Howard Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses. The art directors were Howard E. Paine and Greg Breeding. In addition to many other stamp projects, Koslow has produced the art for the entire Lighthouses series: the five lighthouses in the 1990 stamp booklet; the Great Lakes Lighthouses stamps issued in 1995; the Southeastern Lighthouses stamps in 2003; the Pacific Lighthouses stamps in 2007; and the Gulf Coast Lighthouses stamps in 2009.”

Workshop on flavored herb lavender

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Learn how to grow, cultivate and use the flavored herb lavender at a workshop to be held Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Instructor Betsey-Ann Golon combines her experience as herbalist at Shaker Village along with her tenure at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate. Fee $40. Shaker Village is located on Route 26, New Gloucester.” FMI: 926-4597 or usshakers@aol.com. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Rd. Route 26 New Gloucester. 926-4597. www.shaker.lib.me.us

New Life Bikes autism research benefit

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Autism Aware Day with New Life Bikes, featuring local area businesses, Bicycle Coalition of Maine, others. Proceeds to benefit Spurwink. New Life Bikes, “ReCalibrated Bicycles for Regular People,” specializing in Vintage 10-12 Speeds, Custom Rat Rods, Classic Cruisers and an Occasional Cool Mountain Bike. Service Available for ALL makes and models. Spare parts and accessories available!” 11 Bishop St., Portland. 797-0711.

Trails End & Avian Taxidermy in Gray

11 a.m. “Trails End & Avian Taxidermy: Taxidermy is a method of reproducing a life-like, 3-dimensional rendition of a mammal, bird or fish for permanent display. Come & see a variety of examples of this delicate art with local taxidermists Dana Soucier & Tom Berube representing the Maine Association of Taxidermists. Dana will demonstrate the process of mounting a mammal & Tom will demonstrate how to mount waterfowl, both from start to finish. www. trailsendtaxidermystudio.com www.tomsavian.com.”

Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road, Gray (off Route 26). See www.mainewildlifepark.com for details about these and all our other scheduled 2013 events. see next page

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Craft Beer comes to Maine State Pier

noon to 4 p.m. Craft Beer comes to Maine State Pier. This unique outdoor beer tasting festival offers attendees a chance to meet the owners and brewers from all over the state in the heart of Portland’s historic downtown waterfront district. Enjoy Maine’s award-winning beer with loyal local craft beer enthusiasts and tourists alike. Attendees will enjoy hand-crafted Maine beer and views of the Casco Bay on Portland’s Maine State Pier. The event will feature a special ‘from away’ guest, Victory Brewing Company of Pennsylvania. German-themed food will be prepared by Sebago Brewing Company and VIP ticket holders enjoy early access to mingle with brewers and taste exclusive specialty brews. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this event support the Maine Brewers’ Guild and its continuing mission to promote the growing craft brewed industry in Maine. ... This is the third annual fundraiser for the Maine Brewers’ Guild and 100 percent of the proceeds go to funding Guild initiatives to promote Maine’s brewing industry. There will also be a silent auction with prizes including private tours and tastings, “brewer-for-a-day” experiences, and much more! This is a 21 plus event. No pets. Rain or Shine.” http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/360745

‘Pea Soup Fog’ at the Portland Observatory.

1 p.m. Portland Observatory. “Connie Smith will read her book ‘Pea Soup Fog,’ a story about a small town on the coast of Maine. What happens when you go looking for the origins of the fog? Perhaps it is coming from grandma’s kitchen?” https://www.facebook.com/portlandobservatory

Willard Fest 2013

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Willard Fest 2013 will take over Willard Square in South Portland. “WillardFest 2013 features a jampacked three hours of exceptional local food, unique crafts, local exhibits and community groups, activities fun for all ages, and three of the areas’ top musical acts with roots in South Portland. Serious Rooms, Welterweight, and The Substitutes all feature members who either grew up in, or currently reside in or near, Willard Square. Serious Rooms kicks off the music at 3:20 in the music tent. Welterweight follows at 4:20, and The Substitutes wrap things up at 5:20, providing the soundtrack for the now infamous WillardFest Parade. All three bands can be found online at their websites, or on Facebook.”

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film masterpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

Public Bean Supper for veterans in OOB

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Public Bean Supper, beans and hot dogs, American chopped suey, the Old Orchard Beach Lions Club, 128 Saco Ave. All veterans are fed free. Public invited to support this event. Donations — $6 for adults, $4 for children. Donations appreciated.”

Monsignor Michael Henchal reception

6 p.m. “Monsignor Michael Henchal, pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Scarborough, St. Bartholomew Parish in Cape Elizabeth, and Holy Cross and St. John the Evangelist Parishes in South Portland, will celebrate his 40th anniversary of priestly ordination on July 14. In honor of this remarkable milestone in his life and ministry, parishioners will gather for a special Mass and reception to celebrate on Saturday, July 13, at 6 p.m. at St. Bartholomew Church on 8 Two Lights Road in Cape Elizabeth.” Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.

An Evening of Belly Dance

8 p.m. Heather Powers presents Divinity Dances an evening of belly dance. Belly dancers from all over New England will be performing along with Deb Rubin, a renowned belly dancer from Portland, Ore. Show tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Tickets can be purchased through www.mayostreetarts.org. This show will take place at Mayo Streets Arts Center, 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME 04101. All ages are welcome. The show includes a variety of styles of belly dance ranging from traditional belly dance to modern American Tribal Style and fusion belly dance. “Widely known Traditional belly dancer and studio owner based in Portland, Rosa Noreen. Male belly dancer Sasha from Boston, Mass. will be performing his elegant style of Tribal Fusion. Deb Rubin of Portland, Ore., internationally touring instructor/performer of Tribal Fusion Belly dance visits Maine for the first time! Heather Powers, the show’s creator and producer, a local up and coming Fusion belly dancer. An exciting sword dance by Baseema of Massachusetts. Local starlet, Cait Capaldi, graces the stage with her captivating meld of flamenco and belly dance Troupe, Sisters of the Sun represents American Tribal Style (ATS) Belly Dance, a colorful

This Saturday, the U.S. Postal Service will release five New England Coastal Lighthouses stamps. The lighthouses include: Portland Head, Portsmouth Harbor, New London Harbor, Point Judith, and Boston Harbor. Northeast Area Post Offices are hosting first-day ceremonies at each location, including one Saturday, July 13, at 10 a.m. at Portland Head Light, 1000 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth.

(DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) group improvisational form of belly dance. Duet from northern New Hampshire, Shazaraya Belly Dance uses a mix of Egyptian style belly dance and martial arts coining their style as BellyFu. Aria Paradise Michaels of Boston, Mass., will be performing a powerful theatrical belly dance piece. Details about Divinity Dances can be found on the website http://www. mayostreetarts.org/ or by contacting the organizer via email at hlpowers@yahoo.com.”

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Limington Extension Sunday Yard Sale

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain date July 21, 476 Sand Pond Road, Limington. Baby clothes (Newborn 3T, 3/$1), $10 DVD players and hundreds of new 25 cent items weekly, plus bathing suit separates $6 each, 2 for $10. Benefits BEHS scholarships. FMI — 692-2989.

MTG Foundation Face Off for a Cause

12:30 p.m. Portland Ice Arena located at 225 Park Ave., Portland. “The Michael T Goulet TBI & Epilepsy Foundation presents its third annual Face off for a Cause Celebrity Charity Hockey Game and Auction. Skaters include NHL Bruin Hall of Famer Ray Bourque and his sons Chris and Ryan Bourque; Rick Middleton, and a college and Pro All-Star lineup. Tickets include Game, Autograph session, Sports Memorabilia Auction, Silent Auction, Head Injury Prevention Demo, & Multi-Sport Helmet Give-away. Tickets $25 adults, $15 children under 12.” http://www.michaelgouletfoundation.org/foundation.html

Library Sundae event in Falmouth

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. “The Friends of Falmouth Memorial Library will hold their annual Library Sundae event on Sunday, July 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Join us for antique car rides, valve cover races, face painting, ice cream sundaes and more.

Location: Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth.FMI: library@falmouth.lib.me.us or 781-2351.”

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film masterpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

Monday, July 15 ‘Opera at the Mansion’

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Portland’s spectacular Victoria Mansion will be the setting for a benefit cocktail party featuring opera singers from the cast of PORTopera’s upcoming production of Puccini’s La Bohème. Alyson Cambridge (Musetta), Jeffrey Gwaltney (Rodolfo), Jose Adam Perez (Colline), and Ben Wager (Schaunard) will perform a variety of operatic arias and Broadway show tunes in the Mansion’s acoustically superb stair hall. An Italian artist known for his decoration of opera houses painted the stunning interiors of Victoria Mansion in 1860. This third annual ‘Opera at the Mansion’ is a benefit for both PORTopera and Victoria Mansion and will be held at the Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $75/person includes beverages and hors d’oeuvres.” For information and reservations call Victoria Mansion at 772-4841, ext. 104.

Wednesday, July 17 Author Sam Halpern at the Portland Public Library

noon. Portland Public Library: “Sam Halpern will appear at the Brown Bag Lecture Series on Wednesday, July 17 at noon in the Rines Auditorium to speak about his book ‘A Far Piece to Canaan.’

‘A Far Piece to Canaan’ is a warm and nostalgic novel from an unexpected source: It is Sam Halpern’s salty paternal wisdom that made Justin Halpern’s ‘S--t My Dad Says’ a phenomenal bestseller. Inspired by Sam Halpern’s childhood in rural Kentucky, ‘A Far Piece to Canaan’ tells the story of Samuel Zelinsky, a celebrated but troubled former professor who reluctantly returns after his wife’s death to the Kentucky hills where he lived as a child to reconnect with long-buried memories and make good on a forgotten promise.” http:// www.portlandlibrary.com

‘Gypsy’ at Brunswick

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Everything’s The public can join 2013 Bike MS: Great Maine Getaway at the University of New Engcoming up roses July 17, as Maine land, Biddeford, Aug. 10-11. For details on how to ride to support research about multiple State Music Theatre continues its sclerosis, visit http://bikemam.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/MAMBikeEvents?fr_ 55th season of professional musi- id=19743&pg=entry. (COURTESY PHOTO) cal theater at the Pickard Theater on 1850-1875 period. They will play a variety of Civil War era the Bowdoin campus in Brunswick with the smash musical music on horns of the period in honor of the War’s Sesquifable, ‘Gypsy.’ Loosely based on the memoirs of striptease centennial, and the opening of MHS’s new museum exhibiartist, Gypsy Rose Lee, ‘Gypsy’ follows the dreams and diston on the War. (Exhibit opens June 28.) Bandmaster Jon appointments of Mama Rose and her fight to raise her two Hall will give a historical narrative between selections, talkdaughters, Dainty June, based on actress, June Havoc, and ing about the role of music in that era, and during the Civil Louise, in the world of 1920s show business, when vaudeville War in particular. Join us for a special treat along the walkwas dying and burlesque was born. ... Maine State Music Theway in front of the Brown Library. Light refreshments will atre favorite, Charis Leos, returns to the Maine State Music be provided. In case of rain, the event moves to the lecture Theatre stage as ‘the ultimate show business mother,’ Rose,”” hall.” Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland.

Tickets to see Gypsy are now on sale. Contact the MSMT box www.mainehistory.org office at 725-8769, visit the box office at The Pickard Theater or select and purchase your seats online at www.msmt.org. The ‘How Money Walks’ event show opens on July 17 and runs until Aug. 3. Matinees are at 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Maine Heritage Policy Center book 2 p.m. and evening shows are at 7:30 p.m. signing event with Travis Brown, “How Money Walks.”

“Between 1995 and 2010, millions of Americans moved MTB Bike Trek at Evergreen between the states, taking with them more than $2 trillion in 5 p.m. Portland Trails Discovery Trek: “MTB Bike Trek on adjusted gross incomes. Some states, like Florida, saw trethe Evergreen Cemetery Trails” (at EMS South Portland) or mendous gains ($86.4 billion), while others, like New York, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (at trailhead). “Join us on a guided offexperienced massive losses ($58.6 billion). People moved, road bike trek along the meandering and varied Evergreen and they took their working wealth with them. The question Cemetery Trails, led by Eastern Mountain Sports bike tech is, why? Which states benefitted and which states suffered?

Ben Pierce.” Free.

And why does it matter? ‘How Money Walks’ explores the Centennial Serenade Band: Songs of the Civil War power of states’ tax policies to either attract or repel eco5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. “The new Longfellow Garden nomic growth. Wednesday, July 17, at noon at Samoset Summer Series opens with a six-piece Serenade Band of Resort on the Ocean, 220 Warrenton S., Rockport; ThursPortland’s Centennial Brass Band, recreating a group of the day, July 18, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road, Falmouth.

Author Tess Gerritsen in Falmouth

6 p.m. “Falmouth Memorial Library is pleased to announce author Tess Gerritsen will speak on Wednesday, July 17 at 6 p.m. Seating is limited. To reserve your free event ticket, please contact Jeannie at 781-2351 or jmadden@falmouth. lib.me.us. Location: Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth.” FMI: 781-2351 or library@falmouth.lib.me.us.

The Confederacy Strikes Portland Harbor

7 p.m. Ilustrated lecture with Herb Adams, Maine historian at the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $5 per person. “Please join local historian and educator, Herb Adams, for a fascinating look at Confederate activities along the Maine coast during the civil War. He will discuss a Confederate raid on the cutter Caleb Cushing resulting in an explosive battle in the waters of Casco Bay. The attack was led by Lt. Charles Read, CSN just six days before the battle of Gettysburg. The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a non-profit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education programs, and community activities. Membership is open to the public.”

Sunset Folk Series

7:45 p.m. Sunset Folk Series at Western Prom Park sponsored by Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood.

Concerts last approximately 40 minutes (in case of inclement weather, concert canceled). Wednesday, July 17, 7:45 p.m. Darien Brahms (www.mayspace.com/darienbrahms); Wednesday, July 24, 7:45 p.m. Robby Simpson (www.mayspace.com/robysimpson); Wednesday, July 31, 7:30 p.m.

Phantom Buffalo (www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo); Wednesday, Aug 7, 7:30 p.m. Carolyn Currie (www.carolyncurrie.com); Wednesday, Aug 14, 7:30 p.m. Kurt Baker (www.kurtbakermusic.com). www.portlandmaine.com

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Friday, July 12 The Mast at the SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, $8; Doors at 9 p.m. www.space538.org State of the State/Katalyst featuring Rustic Overtones, The Mallett Brothers Band, Spose, The Wrecking, and The Other Bones at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $15 adv/$20 day of show; Doors at 6 p.m. www.statetheatreportland.com

www.space538.org Cannibal Ox at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $15 adv/$18 day of show; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Monday, July 15 Rehab at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $8; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts

Saturday, July 13

Model Airplane at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $5; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Rehab at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $8; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts

Tuesday, July 16

The Awesome at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $10; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com Portland Celtic Celebration 2 at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $20 adv/$25 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com Ryan Power with Forget, Forget at the SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, $10; 8:30 p.m. www.space538.org

Sunday, July 14 Woods, with Parquet Courts and Herbcraft at the SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, $10; Doors at 8 p.m.

Cover to cover: Grant Street Orchestra cover The Roots “Do You Want More?” at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $5; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Wednesday, July 17 Rap Night at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $3; 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

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Michael Chorney and Hollar General at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $10 adv/$15 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Spencer and Brenda at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $10; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

Friday, July 19

Charles Brown and Friends at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $12 adv/$15 door; 7:30 p.m. www.stlawrencearts.org

Pardon Me Doug at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $7; Doors at 9 p.m. www.bigeasyportland.com

Sunday, July 21

Slaid Cleaves at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $20 adv/$25 door; 8 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

OLS Sunday Jazz Brunch at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $8; 11 a.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Freddie McGregor at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $22; Doors at 7 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

Gregory Alan Isakov at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $15 adv/$20 door; 7:30 p.m. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Saturday, July 20

Xavier Rudd at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $22/$35; Doors at 7 p.m. www.portcitymusichall.com

The Kenya Hall Band/Nat Osborn Band at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $8;

Thursday, July 18 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at ASYLUM, 121 Center St., Portland. $25; Doors at 8 p.m. www.portlandasylum.com/concerts A Band Beyond Description at Big Easy,

Pat Broaders, Kieran O’Hare and Liz Knowles will appear in a benefit for One Longfellow Square with Open the Door for Three! On Saturday, One Longfellow Square presents Portland Celtic Celebration 2, a Saltwater Celtic Festival Satellite Event. The festival is in Brunswick. (Photo by Alison Grasso)

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Friday, July 12 Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Hannah Arendt (NR) 6:30 p.m.

Nickelodeon Cinema, 1 Temple St., Portland Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) 12:50, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Pacific Rim (PG-13) 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 Despicable Me 2 (PG) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 The Lone Ranger (PG-13) 1:45, 4:45, 7:50 The Heat (R) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 World War Z (PG-13) 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30

Saturday, July 13 Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Hannah Arendt (NR) 2:00 p.m.

Nickelodeon Cinema, 1 Temple St., Portland Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) 12:50, 3:10, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55 Pacific Rim (PG-13) 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25 Despicable Me 2 (PG) 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 The Lone Ranger (PG-13) 1:45, 4:45, 7:50 The Heat (R) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 World War Z (PG-13) 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30

Sunday, July 14 Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square Hannah Arendt (NR) 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 17 Bayside Bowl’s Summer Patio Film Series, 58 Alder St. Akira (anime, mature audiences), 8:00 p.m.

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