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This Friday, at 5 p.m. for the First Friday Art Walk, the Portland Public Library will host an opening reception for “The Art of Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons” in the lIbrary’s Lewis Gallery. Here, Paul Tetzlaff, maintenance and security supervisor for the Portland Public Library, hangs a banner Tuesday promoting the exhibit. Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” children’s book gained him international fame. Maine College of Art, Portland Public Library and Bangor Savings Bank teamed up on the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 25. See a brief, page 13. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
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Microsoft to buy Nokia units
SEATTLE (NY Times) — Microsoft said it had reached an agreement to acquire the handset and services business of Nokia for about $7.2 billion, in an audacious effort to transform Microsoft’s business for a mobile era that has largely passed it by. Late Monday, Microsoft and Nokia said 32,000 Nokia employees would join Microsoft as a result of the all-cash deal, which is meant to turn the Finnish mobile phone pioneer into the engine for Microsoft’s mobile efforts. Stephen Elop, the former Microsoft executive who was running Nokia until the deal was signed, will rejoin Microsoft after the transaction closes, setting him up as a potential successor to Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive. Ballmer has said he will retire from the company within 12 months. “This agreement is really a bold step into the future for Microsoft,” Ballmer said in a telephone interview from Finland. “We’re excited about the talent capabilities it will bring to Microsoft.” The deal, which was first broached between Microsoft and Nokia executives in February, is the latest transformation of the 150-yearold Finnish company. Nokia began life as a conglomerate making products like rubber boots and car tires before reinventing itself in the 1980s as the world’s largest manufacturers of cellphones. Nokia’s once mighty position in the mobile phone business has been lost, as the industry shifted to the era of the smartphone. Samsung and Apple divide nearly all of the profits in the global smartphone business now. Nokia’s fall has been most spectacular in Asia, a region that its phones once dominated. As recently as 2010, the company had a 64 percent share of the smartphone market in China, according to Canalys, a research firm. By the first half of this year, that had plunged to 1 percent. While Nokia phones used to be prized in Asia and other developing economies for their durability and value, the company was late to introduce innovations like touch screens. That left the high end of the market to brands like Apple and Samsung. In the lower price ranges, smartphone makers from China have been more responsive to consumer demands, offering phones with features resembling those of their more expensive rivals at a fraction of the cost. Risto Siilasmaa, Nokia’s interim chief executive, said on Tuesday that the sale of the handset business was the logical step in the company’s evolution but still pulled on his heartstrings.
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U.N. Chief reaffirms opposition to strike on Syria (NY Times) — Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said Tuesday that he appreciated President Obama’s efforts to engage Congress and the American people before deciding on possible armed strikes against Syria over chemical weapons use, but reaffirmed his opposition to any further military action without Security Council approval. Speaking to reporters during a short news conference at United Nations headquarters in New York before he departed for the Group of 20 meeting in St. Peters-
burg, Russia, this week, Ban also said a team of United Nations chemical weapons inspectors who left Syria on Saturday had been working “around the clock” to analyze the evidence they had gathered from the site of an Aug. 21 attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. But Ban declined to specify when their results would be known. It was Ban’s first public reaction to Obama’s announcement on Saturday that he believed that he had the authority to order a strike against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, but would
first seek the approval of Congress, where there is deep skepticism by Democrats and Republicans. Asked if Obama’s proposal would be illegal under the United Nations Charter, Ban answered: “I have taken note of President Obama’s statement, and I appreciate efforts to have his future course of action based on the broad opinions of the American people, particularly Congress, and I hope this process will have good results.” He did not specify what he meant by “good results.”
Big dreams, but little consensus, for a new Detroit DETROIT — There are 78,000 abandoned buildings in this city standing in various levels of decay. Services have fallen into dysfunction, and debts are piling ever higher. Yet for all the misery, Detroit’s bankruptcy gives an American city a rare chance to reshape itself from top to bottom. But reinventing a city so devastated is hardly a sure thing, and the questions about how to proceed loom as large as the answers: Should its areas of nearly vacant blocks be transformed into urban farms, parks and even ponds made from storm water? Could its old automobile manufacturing economy be shifted into one centering on
technology, bioscience and international trade? Should Detroit, which lost a million residents over the last 60 years, pin its sharpest hopes on luring more young people here, playing on an influx of artists and entrepreneurs? Should the city take down its enormous ruins, like Michigan Central Station, that have devolved into bleak tourist attractions or restore some of these buildings and market them, perhaps as museums or tributes to a proud industrial past? “Every once in a while you encounter a situation that gets so bad everybody has to put their weapons aside and say: ‘You know what? It doesn’t get any worse than this,’ ” said
Henry Cisneros, a former Housing and Urban Development secretary who recently worked on a housing project here that never came to fruition. “It lets people start talking about things that we couldn’t talk about before because we can’t lose a great city.” The chances of a true makeover have grown significantly since July, when an emergency manager assigned by the state to oversee the city’s finances sought bankruptcy protection. The city is expected to emerge from the courts a year from now no longer juggling the $18 billion in debt that had sidetracked it and, according to the emergency manager, more capably providing essential services that make a city liv-
able, like stopping crime and putting out fires. All of that, planners said, should make a larger transformation, outside the court system, conceivable. Some have long been searching for solutions to the hollowing out of Detroit, a city that measures six times the land mass of Manhattan but is now home to only 700,000 people, down from 1.8 million at its peak. Individuals have often pressed forward with their own answers: The city should be perceived as a hub for fish farms or techno music or public art displays or film (an announcement last month that a Superman-Batman movie starring Ben Affleck would film around Detroit drew headlines here).
House Speaker backs Obama’s Budget breakdown keeps federal agencies guessing call for strike against Syria
WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Speaker John A. Boehner said on Tuesday that he would “support the president’s call to action” in Syria after meeting with President Obama, giving the president a crucial ally in the quest for votes in the House. Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 House Republican, quickly joined Boehner to say he also backed Obama. “Understanding that there are differing opinions on both sides of the aisle, it is up to President Obama to make the case to Congress and to the American people that this is the right course of action, and I hope he is successful in that endeavor,” Cantor said
in a statement. Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. summoned Boehner and other Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House as they intensified their push for Congressional approval of an attack on Syria. Conservative House Republicans have expressed deep reluctance about the president’s strategy, and winning Boehner’s approval could help the president make inroads with a group that has not supported him on most issues in the past. Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, said, “I believe the American people need to hear more about the intelligence.”
WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The collision of the $1 trillion in budget cuts known as sequestration and the breakdown of the normal budgeting process is creating headaches not just for Washington but also for a vast web of offices dependent on federal financing. Many have been left uncertain as to how much money — if any — they will have to spend in the year ahead. “I don’t want to throw darts or rocks at anybody,” said Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Democrat of Hawaii, at the National Governors Association convention last month in Milwaukee, venting his frustration over the budget uncertainty. “I just want to know what the hell the numbers are.” The budget woes are afflicting, among others, state governments, native American tribes, military contractors and cancer research laboratories. Budget experts said that the short-term concerns over next year’s dollar figures were already hampering long-term planning and making government officials hesitant to commit to big projects or to hire needed employees.
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Sharks absent, swimmer, 64, strokes from Cuba to Florida By Lizette Alvarez THE NEW YORK TIMES
MIAMI — This time, nature tipped its hat, and Diana Nyad finally conquered the 110-mile passage from Cuba to Florida that had bedeviled her for 35 years. The 64-year-old endurance swimmer emerged dazed and sunburned from the surf on Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla., just before 2 p.m. on Monday after nearly 53 hours in the ocean, a two-day, twonight swim from her starting point in Havana. She had survived the treacherous Florida Straits, a notorious stretch of water brimming with sharks, jellyfish, squalls and an unpredictable Gulf Stream. And she became the first person to do so unaided by the protection of a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt, coming after four years of grueling training, precision planning and singleminded determination. Her face scorched and puffy from so many hours in the salt water, she leaned on one of her friends and said from the beach: “I have three messages. One is we should never, ever give up. Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is it looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.” Coming at an age when few people try to set endurance records, Ms. Nyad’s swim lit up Twitter and Facebook with postings about perseverance and grit, including a tweet from President Obama: “Congratulations to Diana Nyad. Never give up on your dreams.” Ms. Nyad’s success was built on her failures — the first in 1978, when she was 28, and the most recent last year at age 62. After each attempt, she improvised, learning what to adjust, whom to consult and which new protective protocol to consider. “Diana did her homework,” said Bonnie Stoll, Ms. Nyad’s friend and chief handler, shortly after Ms. Nyad completed her swim. Two summers ago, she was felled midswim by a long asthma attack, her first ever. This year, she added a pulmonologist to her 35-member support team, Ms. Stoll said. Box jellyfish, which are especially venomous, have been a constant source of danger; Ms. Nyad was stung so badly on previous swims she had to stop. To break that cycle, she found an expert on box jellyfish this year to help her contain the threat. In the evenings, Ms. Nyad donned a special suit with long sleeves and pant legs to protect her. She slathered “sting stopper” gel to form a barrier to keep out the venom. On Saturday night, she also wore a special mask that covered her face. But the
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Between a rock and a laugh track After the British parliament put the kibosh on following the American punishment brigade to Syria, and then NATO, and the UN wrinkled their noses at the project, well, that pretty much left President Obama to twist slowly, slowly in the wind — washed, rinsed, and hung out to dry. It looks like a watershed moment in the USA’s increasingly klutzy career as the world’s hall monitor. International power relations are suddenly in flux. A phase change has occurred causing all that was solid a few days ago to melt into liquid. The Iranians are having a good laugh, for now. Mr. Assad of Syria responded with a beaming smirk. However, any sentient observer ––––– can see this region of the Kunstler.com world for what it is, a political demolition derby which, left to its own blundering devices, would blow up the whole arena when the last player sputters to a standstill.
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A legendary laugh Owner Garrett Fitzgerald’s Bayside neighborhood restaurant, Portland & Rochester Public House, has been getting a lot of glowing press as of late and I’m about to add to the stacks. Not because of the crazy good meat and cheese plate (FYI: The pork cheeks are a cross between the yummiest thick bacon ever and Chinese restaurant-style boneless spare ribs) or the even crazier, albeit friendly, regulars at the bar. I’m not giving him more accolades because the place is comfortably urban chic without being trendy or because parking will never be an issue. I’m giving him props because we shared a few ridiculous stories about a guy who’s an industry legend both here, and in Fitzgerald’s home stomping grounds of Bar Harbor. We laughed hard. The guy we were cackling about is named Greg Brown, and despite the fact that I both hired and fired him several years back, we remain fond social media friends, touching base every six months or so. It was uncanny that Brown’s name popped up because just last week, out of the blue, I received a private Facebook message from him that said,
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“Do you remember Lisa’s last name ... busty, blond server, dizzy, that signed on to the crew in 2003 or 4? She owes me a shag since you never came through.” To which I replied, “Seriously Dude? I don’t even remember my own last name.” We bantered a bit and he said, “I do miss you doll. I’m out of state indefinitely but do get to Portlandia every now and again ... brunchy fo’ sho.” I asked him where he was these days and he replied, “Under your bed,” which most likely ended our communication for another six months. After Fitzgerald and I realized we had Brown in common, he recounted the following classic story, “The place in Bar Harbor (The Dog and Pony Tavern) was really packed with people in the business because, like this place, we stayed open late. So
Greg comes in with this other restaurant guy named Trey and I wasn’t paying much attention to them. When I did see them, I realized they were totally smashed and I said, ‘C’mon guys, give me the keys.’ So they did but when I looked out the front window five minutes later, there they were. Slowly driving by in a car, smiling and waving at me. They must have had a spare set of keys.” Returning the favor, I told Fitzgerald about the slamming night Brown had been sneaking drinks and was literally swaying from side-to-side at a table. That was while attempting to wait on a large party of opera aficionados. Needless to say, that was the night he got fired. What I didn’t get the chance to tell Fitzgerald about was the “romantic” trysts that took place in the storage room, many of which I suspect were on company time. It’s a fact that for several weeks Brown was simultaneously involved with two female servers, and neither woman knew about the other. To this day, I’m torn between wondering if he was an inappropriate pig, or an inappropriate opportunist since we all see LADD page 5
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Syria is a real crossroads for America’s position on the world stage KUNSTLER from page 4
First of all, it seems to me that extremists in the Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives have been quietly searching for a pretext to impeach President Obama. Committing an overt act of war without congressional approval would have been a good case, legally, despite the fact that executive branch war-making has been absolutely the rule for decades in Washington. The British parliamentary move against the avid David Cameron pretty much begged the question for American legislators. The foggy part is whether they would actually come back to Washington from the fried dough alleys of their state fairs and mount a “debate” about whether it would be a good or bad thing to whack Syria for gassing more than a thousand of its own citizens. Lately when America mounts a high moral horse about how other nations behave, we have gone into these places and smashed things up, bringing much more death and destruction than we anticipated. The hope is always that some surgical military operation can correct a political illness, but a cruise missile is not exactly a scalpel and once the patient is blown to pieces it is rather hard to patch up the body politic again. You’re just left, as in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a lot of bloody fragments fought over by political rats and cockroaches. Syria is a real crossroads both for America’s policy in the region and for its position on the world stage. The region is in a state of destructive turmoil that is likely to lead to the further fall of regimes and the breakup of states. Many of these states are figment nations anyway, with boundaries drawn in the 20th century by the winners of the two world wars. The discovery of oil from North Africa to Iran and beyond has been catastrophic for everybody in the world, but most vividly for the exploding populations of these mostly desert states, which could not have supported so many people without the artificial support of petro-money. Now, faced with the specter of peak oil production, the whole region is flying apart from the stress of population overshoot, including countries like Syria which never produced much oil itself. But the drama over the trade in the oil remaining only becomes more intense. For instance, the position of Saudi Arabia, pretending to sit quietly on the sidelines through all this, is curious. There are rumors, unverified, that the gas incident in Syria happened because Saudi Arabia sent canisters of Sarin to the Syrian rebels, who then mishandled them and gassed their own neighborhood. The world’s recent experience with so-called “intel
reports” about weapons has made everybody skeptical of claims made by politicians that a particular country poses a danger to others. Otherwise, there is a whole other strategic realm of concerns around the petro trade and its financing that is totally off the radar screen of the mainstream media. For instance, the sometimes erratic but brilliant blogger Jim Willie describes the larger struggle of Russia, Iran, China, and other interested parties to displace the U.S. dollar dominance in oil trade — in particular a dollar based on increasingly sketchy U.S. Treasury bonds, which has deformed global banking, roiled currencies, and made the settling of international accounts problematical for everybody else in the world. The opposition to the U.S., and its client/partner Saudi Arabia, the story goes, would replace the dollar with gold-backed oil trade and a logistical work-around based on a growing pipeline system from Iran and beyond, in Asia, to desperate customers in Europe. The implica-
tions are a collapse of the dollar (and the U.S. bond market), a wedge between European and American interests, and a dominant partnership of oil-and-gas rich Russia with China — that is, a major power shift from west-to-east. Who knows how much of this has informed President Obama’s decision process. The stall in the American whack-attack against Syria may itself be a symptom of the swirling new conditions in world finance and power relations. In any case, a great empire — which we have been — can’t afford to make idle threats. The outcome of the Syria melodrama may be that the U.S. has been knocked down a big step in its ability to project power without terrible consequences to itself.
at The Portland Harbor Hotel in winter. He was still (and most likely always will be) boyishly handsome and was considering taking a job for some non-profit operation where he could put his political views and aspirations to good use. It won’t be six months before I go back to the Portland & Rochester Public House and I suspect it’ll be sooner than that when I hear from Brown. I’m almost positive he’s still in the restaurant racket in some fashion and I want to know where he is. It’s not under my bed, that’s for sure. The Down Low: Also boyishly handsome is a someone I met with the potential to convince me to cancel my application to the convent. Truth is, I’ve been bombarded with inquiries about my personal life since New Guy and I split up (as well as offers, thank you very much) and have been avoiding the topic because: A) Even I need some privacy and boundaries, and B) There isn’t a damn thing to tell anyway. Although gently thrown back to sea, I did drink copious amounts of Miller Lite with this man and got to hit up Harding’s new place in grand style. So,
when it comes to dating I’m ditching the expression, “They never fail to disappoint.” It’s a defensive, selffulfilling prophecy and perhaps an excuse to behave in a whirlwind manner. Instead, I’m going to make up a new expression. Something about how I’m the special pearl in the oyster bed, or an equally sappy metaphor. And please don’t ask me to keep you posted. I won’t. And, finally, on the subject of restaurant fixtures: The owner of The Frog and Turtle, James Tranchemontagne has announced his candidacy for mayor of the city of Westbrook. Running as an independent, James has been hands-on in community civic affairs since the restaurant opened. I may move to Westbrook just to join city council. The snacks will be amazing.
(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including “The Long Emergency,” “The Geography of Nowhere” and “The Witch of Hebron.” Contact him by emailing jhkunstler@mac.com.)
I always thought Brown was born in the wrong era (think Austin Powers, baby) LADD from page 4
know it takes two to tango. Either way, it was inappropriate and in that regard, Brown just grinned and owned it. Shameless and nonchalant, he often operated from a place of reckless abandon and, as Fitzgerald concurred, it was difficult to be seriously mad at him. But make no mistake, Greg Brown was a great guy. He was highly educated and intelligent, well versed in worldly subjects and had a huge heart of gold. Often using the captive bar crowd as his soap box, he campaigned relentlessly for social justice and equality. He was a truly gifted bartender and server and when not engaging in shenanigans such as the ones above, was a blast to work with. I always thought Brown was born in the wrong era (think Austin Powers, baby) and would have been much happier crooning with the Rat Pack or consorting with preppy blue bloods at Yale or Princeton in the late ‘50s. The last time I saw Greg Brown on the job he was migrating between shaking Manhattans in Bar Harbor in summer, and hot toddies
(Natalie Ladd is a columnist for the Portland Daily Sun. She has over 30 continuous years of corporate and fine-dining experience in all frontof-the-house management, hourly and under-thetable positions. She can be reached at natalie@ portlanddailysun.me.)
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Leavitt & Sons Deli 37 Depot Road Falmouth 781-3753 www.LeavittAndSons.com Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Located at the corners of Depot Road and Rt. 1 in Falmouth, Leavitt & Sons Deli appears to be a small sandwich shop and not much more. But names and appearances are deceiving. Larger than it looks from the outside the deli is more than just a sandwich shop and offers prepared meals to go, specialty cheeses and cured meats, kitchen-oriented gifts and does a brisk catering business. Cases are filled with side-dishes and counters display soups, salads and sweets. The deli also boasts a huge selection of wine which is scattered throughout the store and proving the point is a sign on the side window that reads. “250 wines under $15.” Regular customer, Patty Camelio of Falmouth agrees the deli looks deceiving, “I was surprised when I first walked in but Falmouth needs to have a place like this. I get wine, cheese and lunch stuff all the time.” Owner Peter Leavitt explains, “We were dragged into the model we are now. No way was I going to own a restaurant and I didn’t want a lunch rush. I just wanted to sell specialty cured meats, good cheese and some wine.” He continued, “Yeah, I really had a different idea when we first opened in 2007. I wanted it to be sort of like Green Grocer with specialty foods. And maybe one or two sandwiches. Then one day my neighbor said, ‘You gonna’ carry Boar’s Head products? I can’t find them anywhere,’ so I brought the line in. Then a customer said, ‘You should have a real sandwich list,’ so I made that too. The same thing
Pete Leavitt stands in front of the soon-to-be “Cocktail Corner” section of his deli. (NATALIE LADD PHOTO)
with fully prepared meals to go, seating, soups and salads.” When asked who the typical customer is, Leavitt said, “Everybody from 6-year-olds who insist on a grilled cheese to an 87-year-old who carries out a chicken pot pie. Their parents/kids buy the wine. We’re a second and third generation place, people bump into their parents at lunch and say, ‘Hey, What are you doing here?’ It’s cool.” And the name? “Around where I grew up (Long Meadow, Mass.) all the delis were family names so I named it for my
sons, but also because I really wanted this place to pay homage to my father, Aaron,” Leavitt said. “He wasn’t ever in the food business but he was always cutting recipes out of different magazines and sticking them in his wallet. He had a really thick wallet full of them. In fact, my mom went to interior design school and for one of her projects she had to design a restaurant. She named it, Aaron’s Wallet. But it is about my kids, too,” Leavitt said. “They have business cards they hand out at school with the title of Official Taster.”
Computer upgrade may interrupt state unemployment system Daily Sun Staff Report An upgrade to the state’s unemployment system will require that significant parts of the system be shut down temporarily the second week in September, the Department of Labor reported. “This upgrade will improve the security and the operations of the unemployment system on both the claimant and employer sides,” said Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette. “This system manages benefit payments, so it is critical that we take every precaution to ensure a smooth transition to the new technology and minimize any disruptions.” On Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.11 and 12, the department will perform technical upgrades to its
unemployment insurance system. As a result, there will be a brief delay in processing claims, meaning that unemployment benefit payments may be delayed by a day or two, the agency warned. People filing claims for unemployment benefits should continue to file using either the Interactive Voice Response telephone system or the department’s website, http://www.maine.gov/labor/unemployment/benefits.html. The department’s claims staff will be available to assist claimants during the upgrade. The department plans that full service will resume on Friday, Sept. 13. The Department of Labor administers Maine’s unemployment insurance system.
New choice brewed up for West End By Timothy Gillis
SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
A new coffee place has opened in the Polly Peters building on Bracket Street, directly across from Outliers. Omi’s Coffee Shop, which is all female-owned and operated, opened Tuesday. The coffee shop offers Seacoast Coffee from the Newcastle company which is roasting on Riverside Street. “We wanted to use something that’s not in Portland yet,” said coowner Katie Bruzgo, “They serve at some fancy restaurants like the White Barn Inn, in Kennebunk, and Arrow’s, in Ogunquit. We wanted to bring a new organic roaster to Portland.” Omi’s Coffee Shop takes its name from co-owner Naomi Hall, and also functions as an exclamation one might make after drinking a cup of coffee there, as in “Oh my!” In addition to the organic, fair-trade coffee, Omi’s also serves homegrown tea, baked goods from Standard Baking, and Union bagels. Hall worked at Two Fat Cats bakery and at lots of different restaurants — “pretty much every one in Portland.” The owners said they wanted to make the leap into co-owning their own place. This new venture is very much a family affair. Hall’s mom, Jennifer, made the coffee shop’s sign. Bruzgo’s mom, Gail (who is a third owner but not an operator), made some couch cushions and coffee bag curtains. And Bruzgo and Hall, who met four years ago, are engaged to be married. Since The Udder Place closed on Brighton Avenue they have been looking to open a coffee place. “The original idea was to fill the need there,” Bruzgo said of the spot, now occupied by the Crooked Mile coffee shop. They live over near Deering Center and noticed a
retail spot opening up there, but it was not what they were looking for. Shortly thereafter, Black Cat coffee opened up there. “We started looking for a place on the West End side of town,” Bruzgo said. “There’s a need for a coffee shop there, and the people who live over there are very much our style.” Ashley Salisbury, who owns the Polly Peters building, put up a Craigslist ad seeking a coffee place to come in and rent from her. “It was serendipitous,” Bruzgo said. The couple was looking to make their shop a unique, cozy, colorful place, so they painted all the walls. “The front room is retro green, the middle room is blue, and the back room is firecracker red,” Bruzgo said. “We painted all the ceilings in the front and middle rooms silver. The back room ceiling is like one on a wooden porch, so we painted it light aqua blue. The shop is set up with comfy furniture like it’s somebody’s apartment, a place where somebody would want to sit for a long time.” Their families are helping out with operations, and the couple look to make it a close-knit business with strong ties to the community. “It’s exciting to get started,” Bruzgo said. Details: Omi’s Coffee Shop 28 Brackett St. Portland Hours: Weekdays: 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weekends: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Omiscoffeeshop@gmail.com http://Facebook.com/omiscoffeeshop
CBS returns, triumphant, to cable box By Bill Carter THE NEW YORK TIMES
CBS and Time Warner Cable ended their protracted contract dispute Monday evening with CBS winning not only a significant financial increase for its programming, but also its stake in the digital future. The agreement between the two sides restored the CBS network and its related channels, including Showtime, to millions of cable subscribers largely in three major cities: New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. The outcome underscored the leverage that the owners of important television content, especially sports like N.F.L. football, retain over distributors like cable systems. The looming National Football League season, which starts this week, includes key games every week on CBS. “It was hugely important,” an executive involved in the negotiation said Monday night. (The executive asked not to be identified because the participants agreed not to offer details on the agreement beyond the official announcement.) Indeed, Time Warner Cable executives had said earlier that a reason the company decided to remove the CBS stations in early August was because of the recognition that it would lose leverage the
closer it got to the N.F.L. season. David Bank, a media analyst for RBC Capital Markets said, “With the content, especially the N.F.L. and CBS being the No. 1 network in the ratings, you just have to believe they are going to win every time.” The two sides did not release any specific information on the terms of the agreement. They had battled for exactly a month over an increase in fees CBS was seeking for the right to retransmit CBS stations in the three major cities and some other locations on Time Warner Cable systems. Another crucial issue was whether CBS would retain the digital rights to its content, which it wanted to sell to Web-based distributors like Netflix and Amazon. Executives on both sides acknowledged early in the talks that CBS was seeking an increase to about $2 per subscriber, up from about $1. Separate statements from the chief executives of each company indicated that the outcome apparently tipped heavily toward CBS. Its president, Leslie Moonves, said in a memo to the company staff that the network had secured virtually all of what it was seeking. “We are receiving fair compensation for CBS content,” Mr. Moonves
said. He specifically included not only additional fees for CBS content, but also the retention of the digital rights. Glenn A. Britt, Time Warner Cable’s chairman and chief executive, conceded that “we certainly didn’t get everything we wanted.” CBS did make “some minor concessions” to get the deal settled, the executive involved in the negotiation said. The talks extended until 3 a.m. Monday. In his statement, Mr. Britt said Time Warner Cable ultimately “ended up in a much better place than when we started,” though he did not specify how. He also again pushed for some kind of change in the rule that granted networks the rights to compensation from cable companies for their programming “The rules are woefully out of date, are the primary reason cable bills are rising,” Mr. Britt said. “We sincerely hope that policy makers heed that call and take action to prevent these unfortunate blackouts soon.” Time Warner Cable pressed throughout the monthlong impasse after it removed CBS’s stations from its systems for some form of government intervention, from either the Federal Communications Commission or Congress, but none materialized.
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Square dance: City tackles plaza questions City Council reviews agreement to sell part of Congress Square Park, asks for more information By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
The Portland City Council still has a few unanswered questions as it readies to vote on the sale of a portion of Congress Square Park to the owners of the former Eastland Park Hotel. The City Council took a look at the purchase and sales agreement between the city and RockBridge Capital — the owners of the former Eastland Park Hotel — that would ratify selling two-thirds of Congress Square Park to the hoteliers for $523,000, and be used as the site for an events center. During a Tuesday workshop on the agreement, councilors sought additional information on how the sale will affect the Housing and Urban Development funding used to build the park; how the proposed events will activate the streetscape; and what the process will look like to redesign the entirety of Congress Square. The city has proposed to sell 9,500 square feet, the majority of Congress Square Park, to RockBridge Capital and retain 4,800 square feet of the park as a part of the effort to redesign the space. RockBridge — the owners of the Westin Harborview Hotel — will use the park to build a 9,400-square-
foot events center off the hotel. The 4,800 square feet remaining of the plaza, which does not include the sidewalks, will be the subject of a redesign and visioning process. The council’s Housing and Community Development Committee voted 3-1 in August to support the purchase and sales agreement. The park was built with funding from HUD’s urban development action grant, according to a staff memo, and the proceeds to the sale will have to go toward accomplishing the federal agency’s objectives. Councilor John Anton asked the city’s staff what exactly the sale revenue would be used for. Jeff Levine, the city’s director of the Department of Planning and Urban Development, said the money from the transaction will need to go toward a program that accomplished a HUD objective through the community development block grant program, such as low to moderate income job creation or elimination of blight. “I’d like to be more explicit than that,” Anton said. Levine said the money could be directed to fund the improvements of the whole Congress Square as it would be a benefit to low to moderate income residents in the neighborhood or the HUD requirement could be met because the events center will create jobs through the need for added support staff for the facility. Councilor Ed Suslovic said he’d like
Eugene Brown of Portland holds a sign in Congress Square Tuesday, one of many sights of the plaza now up for discussion by city officials. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
to see a companion order to the purchase and sales agreement that will indicate the exact use of the revenue from the sale. Since the events center will fall into a pedestrian activities district, Anton asked how the new facility will activate the streetscape. Alex Jaegerman, the city’s director of the planning division, said the building will have prefunction space surrounding the room where events will be held, encased in glass walls, in addition to doors that can open onto the plaza. He said a term of the purchase and sales agreement is that RockBridge will make the gallery available for public access at least six times a year, when the facility is not in use by the hotel, for displays or activities. Anton asked will happen the other 359 days in the year. Jaegerman said the space will be well lit and have art displays that can be seen from the sidewalk, and the city hopes RockBridge will make the space available more than the minimum required days. “It is dependent on good faith with RockBridge,” he said. Councilor Cheryl Leeman asked for a better understanding of what the design process for the remaining public space in the area will look like, and possibly some draft language for a request for proposals. At the same time the committee is weighing the sale of the park, the city is conducting the preliminary phase of a visioning process for congress Square, an area which includes the remaining park space and the areas in front of the Hay Building and the Museum of Art. Some of the most popular ideas submitted are creating space for performances in the square; building a ballroom; creating green space with trees and flowers; creating a woonerf in the square; and keeping the entire park for the public. The potential sale is not without conditions, according to a staff memo. The seven conditions of the sale include: • RockBridge will work closely with
the city to integrate concept designs for the remaining plaza space and Congress Square as a whole. • The design of the events center will be compatible and integrated with the plaza. • The city will provide RockBridge final design elevation information to help with the design of the events center. • RockBridge will contribute $45,000 for infrastructure improvements. • The city will retain salvage the rights to the Union Station clock, granites materials and accessory structures. • The outdoor space adjacent to the plaza will remain city-owned or the subject of a public access easement. • The owners of the hotel will work with the city and Creative Portland to use the gallery space in the events center for Arts District events and make it available at least six times each year. The city concluded that the public benefit of the sale and subsequent construction of an events center will support the $40 million redevelopment of the former Eastland Park Hotel; attract more visitors for downtown merchants; balance private and public use of the plaza; enable the redevelopment of the plaza for public use; generate revenue for future investments; and generate new tax revenue. Some of the other information the council wants before making a final decision is a list of non-hotel uses related to the zoning requirements; more information on the existing easements through the property; what various stakeholder groups thought of the sale; clarification on the dates in the agreement; a list of public parks the city has sold in the last 100 years; a list of new construction in the Arts District during the last 50 years; the next of New York City’s public plaza design standards; and a better understanding about the future of the Union Station clock. The City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, with the park proposal on the agenda.
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Stenson wins TPC Boston Golf tournament Swedish golfer replaces Woods at No. 1 in FedEx Cup standings By Ken Levinsky
SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston golf course in Norton, Mass. to move past Tiger Woods at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings. The 6-foot, 2-inch, 37-year-old native of Gothenburg, Sweden achieved his two-stroke victory with rounds of 67, 63, 66 and 66. This was Stenson’s third career PGA TOUR title, and he tied the tournament scoring record at 22 under par. He took advantage of wet conditions to make six birdies in the final round. For the week, Stenson led the field in greens in regulation. Although the win was Stenson’s first since his 2009 PLAYERS Championship victory, he has been playing very well lately, finishing second at both The Open Championship
and the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and third at the PGA Championship. The Deutsche Bank Championship was the second of four events in the FedEx Cup playoffs. The season ending playoffs began last week with a field of the tour’s 125 top golfers at The Barclays at Liberty National in New Jersey. The field was reduced to 100 this week and will be further reduced to 70 players when the playoffs resume in two weeks at the BMW Championship at Conway Farms in Lake Forest, Ill. The playoffs culminate the following week with a field of 30 finalists at the TOUR Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, Ga. The FedEx Cup champion will receive a $10 million bonus. RIGHT: Henrik Stenson won the Deutsche Bank Championship at Norton, MA to move past Tiger Woods at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings. The native of Gothenburg, Sweden achieved his victory with rounds of 67, 63, 66 and 66. (KEN LEVINSKY PHOTO)
Denied playoff bid, Sea Dogs end their season with rainout Daily Sun Staff Report A rainout for the Portland Sea Dogs on Monday only added insult to injury, as the baseball franchise reeled from a loss on Saturday that denied them a playoff run. The Sea Dogs, Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, lost 0-8 to Trenton Thunder (Yankees affiliate) on Saturday in a decisive game one that booted the Portland team from playoff contention. Portland was eliminated from the Eastern Division playoffs with the crucial game one loss on Saturday, the team reported. Now, Trenton will host the first two games of the Eastern League Eastern Division Championship Series, starting tonight against the Binghamton Mets at Arm & Hammer Park. Portland also lost the second game against Trenton on Saturday, 2-4. The Sea Dogs entered Friday’s series opener needing to win all five games in their series with Trenton. Portland (68-70 at the time) started off in the right direction, cruising by the Trenton Thunder (71-67 at the time) 8-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 7,368 fans at Hadlock Field Friday. But the back-to-back losses on Saturday and a 4-9 loss on Sunday effectively ended the season. The Sea Dogs’ final game of the
2013 season set for Monday was cancelled due to rain. The game against the Trenton Thunder will not be made up, the Sea Dogs reported. Fans with tickets to Monday’s rainout may exchange their tickets for tickets of equal or lesser value to a 2014 Sea Dogs home in April through June, subject to availability, the team announced. Any questions regarding rained out tickets can be directed to the Sea Dogs Ticket Office at 8799500 or tickets@seadogs.com. The Sea Dogs will open the 2014 season on Thursday, April 3 in Reading, Penn. The home opener is set for Thursday, April 10 at 6 p.m. against the New Britain Rock Cats. Individual tickets for the 2014 season will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. The Sea Dogs presented their annual team awards for the 2013 season. The team awards are voted on by the fans and are presented by Irving Oil and Creative Awards. The team awards are handed out in four different categories: Most Valuable Player, Pitcher of the Year, 10th Player Award and Citizen of the Year. Christian Vazquez was selected as the MVP and Anthony Ranaudo as the Pitcher of the Year. Matt Spring earned the10th Player Award and Pete Ruiz was selected as the Citizen of the Year.
T h r oug h th e G r apev ine... What’s Your Number? While a friend of mine and I were discussing our gardens last week, she asked me an offhand question. “Chardonnay is chardonnay right?” I started thinking, “How am I going to explain this?” Most of us think of a grape variety, for example chardonnay, as one type of grape that is consistent from vine to vine. However, there are different kinds of chardonnay grape types or “clones” just like there are different types of tomatoes likely growing in your garden this time of year. This week, our topic of discussion is grape vine clones and how some winemakers are drawing attention to them by going as far as naming their wines after them. A grape vine clone is a genetically distinct sub-type of a grape variety created by taking cuttings from an original “mother vine” with desirable characteristics and propagating new, identical vines. This method dates back to the 1800s, when vines from Europe were transported to America, with varieties that were never grown here prior. Although the varieties were the same, groups of vines created through these cultivation methods had minor genetic variations that resulted in subtle differences in both aromas and flavors. Throughout the years, and to this day, vintners carefully single out the most admired vines that make the most noteworthy wines, naming each one with a unique number to identify its exceptional attributes. Historically, clones have been traded between several different wine regions throughout the world. Select vines were planted in select areas
where they would flourish best. The vine selection process was, and still is, based on precise similarities in both terrain and climate. The flavor profile can vary from being very pronounced, to being exceptionally difficult to differentiate to even the most refined palate. In reality, each type of grape variety has many different “clones”. For instance, there are dozens of pinot noir clones, each with their own unique personality and characteristics. One pinot noir vine may produce smaller grapes than another, which might produce a more tannic wine than a vine with larger grapes – but they’re still both pinot noir grapes. And clearly, weather, location of the vineyard, and winemaking plays a role in creating a delicious wine. However, the grape variety clone used also contributes to the final product too. Today, labeling the bottle with the identification number of the specific grape clones used to make the wine, in addition to the name of the variety, has become more prominent. Taste for yourself and decide What Your Number is! We suggest you give the Noble Vines lineup a swirl! Located in Lodi and Monterey, California, the winery names each of their bottles after the particular clone used; 337 Cabernet Sauvignon, 181 Merlot, 667 Pinot Noir, 242 Sauvignon Blanc, 446 Chardonnay, and the all new 1 Red Blend, all with excellent ratings and very affordable price points!
Care to try the Noble Vines line up? Join us for two free wine tastings and decide “What’s Your Favorite Number?” These terrific wines will be featured this Friday night as part of Portland Art Walk festivities at two local businesses. Join us!!! Downeast Beverage at 79 Commercial St. Portland from 4pm to 7pm Free Range Fish at 450 Commercial St. Portland from 4pm to 7pm
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Today’s Birthdays: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 82. Actor Kenneth Kimmins is 72. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 71. World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 71. Actress Jennifer Salt is 69. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 64. Actress Judith Ivey is 62. Rock musician Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) is 62. Actress Khandi Alexander is 56. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 53. Rock musician Kim Thayil is 53. Actor Richard Speight Jr. is 44. Actor Noah Taylor is 44. Actress Ione Skye is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) is 38. Actor Wes Bentley is 35. Actor Max Greenfield is 34. Singer Dan Miller is 33. Singer Beyonce Knowles is 32. Country singer-musician Tom Gossin (Gloriana) is 32. Actress-comedian Whitney Cummings is 31. Folk-rock musician Neyla Pekarek (The Lumineers) is 27. Actor Carter Jenkins is 22. Actor Trevor Gagnon is 18.
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better you know yourself the more often you’ll get it right the first time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Some suggest that there are only two choices: to do it the way it’s been done, or to revolt. You’ll find a third choice, though, and it’s the best one: Do it the way it’s been done, but with a twist. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Nobody should live in a vacuum, nor should they live without a vacuum. Being aware of the whole picture will be just as important today as cleaning the small picture of your own home. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Most people don’t listen. So if you listen very well, you’ll find that you learn enough to stand out in a very positive way with the ones you’ve heard and understood. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 4). You’ll play a key role in someone’s happiness over the next six weeks. Your handling of confidential matters earns you trust and money. You’ll apply your maturity and experience to win a prize in October. November and May bring your best financial opportunities. A legal arrangement is finalized in June. Leo and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 49, 38, 6 and 20.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have an advantage, but you won’t press it. You don’t like to see greed in others, and you despise it in yourself. That’s why you’ll wield just enough power to get what you want and no more. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People will try to tell you who you are because it’s a quirk of human nature to incorrectly assume this kind of knowledge. But they don’t really know. Remember that you are the hero of a story no one else has ever lived. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A series of small actions will add up to something remarkable, but that’s not why you do what you do. You are simply responding to a voice inside that is urging you forward, nudging you toward greatness. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Kindness will be your top priority. Because your nearest and dearest have shown you both their best and their worst, it’s sometimes easiest to be nice to those you don’t know well. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s easier to set boundaries and expectations when you’re starting fresh with people than to try to change a current relationship dynamic. The bottom line is that people will treat you the way you let them treat you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Pride is a function of placing a high value on what you’ve done and who you are. Vanity is putting effort into the way you want others to see you. Both will matter to the outcome of today’s business. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can’t rewrite yesterday’s loss, but tomorrow is yours to win if you plan well enough. Your future-vision is clear today. Think about what could go wrong, and address each scenario. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Can a person protect his or her own innocence? Just knowing that there’s something more to know puts a crack in the protective eggshell of the innocent. At least you can still protect another person’s innocence, and so you will. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You may not be able to decide what’s best for you until after you’ve made a few mistakes. That’s just what it takes to get to know yourself. The
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2013. There are 118 days left in the year. Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset. Today’s Highlight in History: On September 4, 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: “Kodak.” On this date: In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve. In 1886, a group of Apache Indians led by Geronimo (also known as Goyathlay, “One Who Yawns”) surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. In 1893, English author Beatrix Potter first told the story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a “picture letter” to Noel Moore, the son of Potter’s former governess. In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces in France suffered their first fatalities during World War I when a German plane attacked a British-run base hospital. In 1951, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-tocoast television broadcast. In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock. Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel. In 1962, The Beatles, with new drummer Ringo Starr, recorded “Love Me Do” at EMI Studios in London. (The more familiar version with substitute drummer Andy White and Starr on tambourine was recorded a week later.) In 1971, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board. In 1972, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, in the 400-meter medley relay. “The New Price Is Right,” hosted by Bob Barker, premiered on CBS. In 1998, Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California. Ten years ago: Miguel Estrada, whose nomination had become a flash point for Democratic opposition to President George W. Bush’s judicial choices, withdrew from consideration for an appeals court seat after Republicans failed in seven attempts to break a Senate filibuster. Five years ago: With a pledge that “change is coming,” Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in St. Paul, Minn., vowing to vanquish what he called the “constant partisan rancor” gripping Washington. The Dow industrial average fell 344.65 points to 11,188.23 on gloomy economic data. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a sex scandal, forcing the Democrat out of office after months of defiantly holding onto his job. One year ago: Democrats opened their national convention in Charlotte, N.C., by ridiculing Republican Mitt Romney as a millionaire candidate who “quite simply doesn’t get it”; first lady Michelle Obama lovingly praised her husband as a devoted spouse and caring father at home and a “man we can trust” to revive the nation’s weak economy as president. The Treasury Department reported the national debt had topped $16 trillion.
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Maine State Police net 14 arrests, seize $32,000 worth of drugs with increased patrols Daily Sun Staff Reports
Maine State Police netted 14 arrests and seized $32,000 worth of drugs during increased patrols along the Maine Turnpike and Portland’s two bus terminals, officials reported. Last week, the State Police worked with state and federal drug officials and Amtrak Police that led to the arrest of 10 people for minor offenses and four for possibly bringing drugs from out of state into Maine, according to a press release issued Tuesday. The four men arrested at the bus station were Hasan Daily, 21, of Cambridge, Mass.; Jermaine Mitchell, 40, of New Haven, Conn.; Isaiah Sapp, 28, of the Bronx, N.Y.; and Cyrus Martin, 43, of Lewiston. Hasan was charged with possessing crack cocaine and illegal possession of a firearm; Mitchell was charged with trafficking in crack and ecstasy; Sapp was charged with trafficking in cocaine; and Martin was charged with trafficking in suboxone. The names of the other 10 people were not released by State Police. Col. Robert Williams, chief of the State Police, said, in a statement, that the drugs seized during the operation were destined for Maine streets and the agency will continue to commit resources to identify people suspected of transporting drugs into the state.
press release explained. The exhibition includes 50 original works from “Where the Wild Things Are” including sketches, illustrations and works on paper, and showcases highlights from Sendak’s career. Many of the works are from private collections and friends of the artist, offering a survey of his range as an artist and author. For details, visit http://www.meca.edu/news.
On Sept. 8, Victoria Mansion to present its first-ever Victorian Fair
On Sunday, Sept. 8, Portland’s Victoria Mansion will present its first-ever Victorian Fair, managers of the historic site reported. An outdoor learning event in the style of a 19th century fair, the event will offer both children and adults the opportunity to experience, experiment with and interact with technologies, arts and customs of the mid-to-late 1800s. The event will include a broad variety of exhibitors, including a reenactment of a Civil War encampment, Victorian songs performed in period costume by an a capella group, blacksmithing demonstrations, historic woodworking, tintype photography, theatrical performances, music, and period knitting lessons, along with other exciting surprises. The Victorian Fair will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. Admission is free for children accompanied by an adult, and $10 for adults. Admission for college and graduate students is $5 with school-issued ID.
Spaghetti supper in Saco Sept. 20 to benefit Team Ashley ‘AJ’ Johnston A spaghetti supper on Friday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge in Saco will benefit a team participating in a Sanford walk dedicated to suicide prevention. Tickets are $9.95/person, and kids 12 and under are free. The funds are to benefit Team Ashley “AJ” Johnston for the 5k Walk/Run on Oct. 5 at Gowen Park in Sanford, for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP.org), organizers of the supper said. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online at RememberAJ.com and can be picked up at the door the day of the supper.
Bonny Eagle Flea Market planners seeking vendors for Sept. 7 event Vendors are sought for the Bonny Eagle Flea Market scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7, with a rain date of Sept. 14. Hours of the market are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Bonny Eagle Middle School parking lot, corner of Route 22 and Route 35, Buxton. Tablespaces are $15 or six for $60. Call Karen at 692-2989 for details or to reserve tablespace. The event is a Bonny Eagle High School scholarship fundraiser.
Baxter Academy among charter schools opening in Maine this week
DA, suspects in field vandalism in South Portland reach agreement
From Friday, Sept. 6 to Friday, Oct. 25, Maine College of Art and the Portland Public Library will present a special exhibition titled, “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons.” Opening reception is Friday at 5 p.m. at the library’s Lewis Gallery. The exhibition features 50 works by the legendary author and illustrator, accompanied by 50 statements from celebrities, authors and noted personalities on the influence of Sendak’s work, all in celebration the 50th anniversary of his universally revered book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” a MECA
Portland’s Baxter Academy for Technology and Science is among several public charter schools due to open this week. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science, Portland, is scheduled to open today with 135 students enrolled in grades 9-10; and the school is opening for the first time, officials reported. In 2011, the Maine Legislature passed legislation to allow voluntary groups and superintendents to develop new public chartered programs. The state Charter School commission was set up to authorize a 10-year, 10-school public charter school pilot program. To learn more about public charter schools in Maine, visit www.mainecharterschools.org.
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Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson announced that a vandalism case in South Portland has been closed with an agreement with suspects from Westbrook. On June 15, the Westbrook High School varsity baseball team won the state championship, and some, but not all, of the team members celebrated at a home in South Portland near the Wainwright fields, Anderson reported. The partygoers migrated onto the Wainwright fields, where they took golf carts from the storage building, drove them all over the fields and returned them damaged, she reported. The fields were also damaged, all garbage cans and several lacrosse goals were tipped over, and numerous beer cans had been left throughout the facility building and adjacent fields, she said. The vandalism was discovered the next morning by grounds maintenance employees for the city of South Portland. Damage was estimated at $6,000 for the golf carts, and staff from Parks and Recreation repaired the damage to the fields. There were no eyewitnesses or investigative leads at that time, but then rumors began floating around that a Westbrook High School sports team was responsible, Anderson reported. Later, following media attention to the case, attorney Sarah Churchill contacted police, and said she represented one of the individuals responsible for the damage and told police that 12 individuals were involved, Anderson recalled. On July 31, legal representatives of the culprits met with prosecutors and Det. Sgt. Steve Webster. An agreement was reached and Anderson drafted contracts which she, the youths, and their attorneys signed, a press release noted. In exchange for the District Attorney not prosecuting the youth and keeping their identities confidential, each of the 12 had to pay $500 restitution, perform 40 hours of Community Service Work to the public works department, and compose a joint letter of responsibility and apology to the city of South Portland, all before Sept. 1. “I am pleased to report that all of the potential defendants completed their obligations under the contract. The city of South Portland received compensation for the damage done to the golf carts and 480 hours of free labor, plus an apology. ... Several of these kids were heading to college or the armed services. Hopefully, they will all learn from this and their names will not cross my desk again,” Anderson said.
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Sept. 5, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Greater Portland Landmarks hosts evening tours of the Portland Observatory; this historic landmark, where Capt. Lemuel Moody saw the Enterprise towing the Boxer into port. Regular admission rates apply. Friday, Sept. 6, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: First Friday, Thundered Over the Tide Exhibit Grand Opening. MHS hosts an exhibit of documents and objects related to the naval battle and joint funeral procession. Free during First Friday. Location: Maine Historical Society. Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m.: Eastern Cemetery Tour. Spirits Alive hosts a guided walking tour of Portland’s historic Eastern Cemetery. This burial ground is the final resting place of Burrows and Blyth. Admission fees apply. Location: Eastern Cemetery. More information about these programs can be found at http://www.mainehistory.org/ programs_1812.shtml.
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Portland voters will be asked to approve the updated Portland Public School System’s budget in a citywide referendum. This second referendum reflects changes in state funding for the city’s schools. Maine’s School Administrative Reorganization Law requires all school districts to hold elections for approval of their budgets. The budget must be approved by a majority of voters. Voters will be asked: 1) Do you favor approving the Supplemental Portland School Budget for the upcoming school year that was adopted at the latest City Council budget meeting on August 5, 2013? Detailed information about the Portland school budget may be found on the Portland Public Schools website. All qualified residents of the City of Portland are encouraged Maine DOT meeting in Yarmouth to vote. Starting today, absentee ballots about North Elm Bridge project are available upon request and can be 6 p.m. Notice of formal public meetreturned to the City Clerk’s office in City ing in Yarmouth to discuss future Today at 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., the public can come to SPACE Gallery and join a half-hour tour of Congress Square Hall from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pursuant to replacement of North Elm Bridge, Maine law, there is no absentee voting in Portland. This postcard shows the square around 1940. (COURTESY PHOTO) Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m., in The Comthree days before any election. For this Co-presenters: Becky Dekeuster M.Ed., ECD of WCM and munity Room, Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main St. “Please election, Aug. 30, 2013 will be the last day of absentee Dustin Sulak, D.O. of Integr8 Health.” join MaineDOT at a formal public meeting to discuss the voting. Absentee ballots must be returned by Sept. 4 at 8 future superstructure replacement of the North Elm Bridge p.m. Residents can register to vote in person at the City Thursday, Sept. 5 (#5444), which carries E Elm Street over the Royal River, Clerk’s office or on the day of election at their polling place. in Yarmouth. Representatives of the Maine Department All local polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. of Transportation will be present ... to listen to concerns, Graveside service at Eastern Cemetery For more detailed information about where or how to vote, receive comments, and answer questions from anyone 1 p.m. “The Maine Historical Society and Maine Military contact the City Clerk’s office at 874-8677.” with an interest in the project. The Department is particHistorical Society will host a graveside service with military Portland Public Schools start of classes ularly interested in learning local views relative to project honors at Portland’s Eastern Cemetery. Scheduled to speak 8 a.m. “The Portland Public Schools will begin classes for consistency with local comprehensive plans, discovering are: David Googins, Maine Historical Society Chairman; students in first through 12th grade on Sept. 4. They will local resources, and identifying local concerns and issues. Colonel Andres Gibson, Maine Army National Guard Chapattend school on Sept. 4 and 5, but Sept. 6 will be a profesAnyone with an interest is invited to attend and participate lain; David Hanna, Author; Ann LePage, First Lady of Maine; sional development day with no classes. School will resume in the meeting.” Susie Kitchens, British Consulate General, Boston; Brigadier on Sept. 9. That also is the first day of classes for kinderGeneral James Campbell, Maine National Guard; Michael ‘Sign Painters’ screening gartners. The hours for regular school days are: Elementary Brennan, Mayor of Portland; Herb Adams, Historian. The 7 p.m. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. “Sign Painters” schools: 8:55 a.m. to 3:05 p.m. Middle schools: 8:25 a.m. Italian Heritage Center Concert Band and the Maine Army screening. “There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, to 2:35 p.m. High schools: 8 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. Portland Arts National Guard will perform, and descendants of the captains when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and Technology High School (PATHS) morning session: will lay wreaths on their tombs.” MHS and MMHS will host and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; afternoon session: 11 a.m. to 1:30 this graveside service at Portland’s Eastern Cemetery honand paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign indusp.m. West Program: 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On early release oring Capt. Burrows, Capt. Blyth and Lieut. Kervin Waters. try has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of days, classes end one hour early. The early release hours “Members of the public are welcome to observe the gravequicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of comat PATHS’ morning session are 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the side commemoration from Mountfort Street, but are asked to puter-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers afternoon session meets from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. See be respectful of the historic cemetery by remaining outside has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. the district calendar listing holidays, early release days and of the fenced area or along the path. This event is free and Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out tradivacations: http://www2.portlandschools.org/sites/default/ open to the public.” 200th Anniversary Ceremony for the tional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. Join files/13-14%20Final.pdf.” Captains. http://www.spiritsalive.org us for a follow up Q+A with Faythe Levine, and stay to Historical tours of Congress Square have a look at Steady Work, an exhibition including work Auditions for ‘Hansel and Gretel’ 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Free. “Architectural Historian Scott by five local sign painters. Co-presented with the Port3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, Hanson will provide a dynamic look at the history of Congress land Museum of Art. You can purchase Sam and Fay142 Free St., Portland. www.kitetails.org. “We’re looking for Square. From churches and mansions to streetcars, hotels, the’s Sign Painters book at the PMA store.” http://www. actors ages of 8 to 17 for our fall production of ‘Hansel and museums, and plazas — this important intersection has been space538.org/events/sign-painters or http://www.portGretel.’ Actors should arrive any time between 3 and 5 with an epicenter of downtown Portland’s evolving development landmuseum.org/Content/8238.shtml?PHPSESSID=ea3 a one-minute monologue prepared. No acting experience for more than two centuries. The half-hour tour starts inside f7c7fd33c5cf91073aa290e0b893c is required; newcomers are welcome. To schedule an alterSPACE Gallery with an illustrated talk and then finishes outside nate audition time, contact Reba Short (828-1234 x247 or Boxer vs. Enterprise — Herb Adams presentation in Congress Square. Two tours are offered, 12:30 p.m. and 6 reba@kitetails.org) by Thursday, August 29th.” 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. East End Community School: Commup.m. Tours are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the nity Room. “Friends, mark your calendar! Historian Herb Portland Observatory tours; part of anniversary City of Portland Planning & Urban Development Department Adams will take us back 200 years to the famous sea battle 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Greater Portland Landmarks hosts evening and hosted by SPACE Gallery.” between the HMS Boxer and USS Enterprise. While the tours of Portland Observatory. “On Sept. 5, 1813, during War of 1812 Historians’ Roundtable battle took place off Pemaquid Point, you’ll learn about the the War of 1812, the British HMS Boxer and the American 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. War of 1812 Historians’ Roundtable. “Four role our City and neighborhood played. Roll & Go will be on USS Enterprise engaged in a naval battle off the coast of historian-authors discuss the causes and effects of the hand to perform sea shanties about the historic naval fight Monhegan, near Pemaquid anniversary of the historic battle Battle of the HMS Boxer and USS Enterprise within the conThe event complements the 200th Anniversary of the Boxer will be the subject of a series of programs in Portland from text of the War of 1812. David Hanna (Knights of the Sea) vs. Enterprise series hosted by the Maine Historical Society. Sept. 3-7 hosted by Maine Historical Society, in conjunction moderates a panel that includes Vice Adm. (Ret.) George If you like history, you’ll love Herb Adams’ presentation as with the Maine Military Historical Society, Greater Portland Emery (‘In Their Own Words’), James Nelson (‘George he brings our backyard’s past to light. $5 for FoEP memLandmarks, Spirits Alive, and the City of Portland. Maine Washington’s Secret Navy’), and Joshua M. Smith (‘Battle bers; $8 for non-members. Free for those who become Historical Society will also display an exhibit about the for the Bay: The Naval War of 1812’). Maine Historical Socimembers that evening.” http://easternpromenade.org battle through late October. Support for the Bicentennial ety, https://www.mainehistory.org. “This event is part of a Celebration is provided by the Maine Humanities Council. Steamy Nights 2013 week-long series of activities in Portland commemorating The dominant Royal Navy engaged the developing US Navy 7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center. “Don’t miss this sultry the Battle of the Boxer and Enterprise. The panelists’ books in many battles during the war, but the battle of the Boxer summer evening filled with collaborative and solo dance acts will be on sale in the museum store and a book signing will and the Enterprise embodied a level of honor and respect from all your favorite Portland Maine dance and burlesque follow the talk.” not seen in modern warfare. Both Capt. William Burrows of groups! This performance is a benefit for St. Lawrence Arts. Medical Marijuana 101 free seminar in Augusta the Enterprise and Capt. Samuel Blyth of the Boxer were Come support local performers and a great nonprofit venue 7 p.m. “Wellness Connection of Maine (WCM) is hosting struck down early in the fighting and neither survived the for the arts all at the same time. Featuring acts from groups a free informational session for the public and patients battle. The Enterprise prevailed, and after towing her prize, and mostly soloists: Vivid Motion; Stripwrecked Burlesque; about the basics of medical marijuana. Topics will include: the Boxer, into the Port of Portland, the two captains were Grace Glamour; Candy Sprinkles; Ginger Rita; Pixie Bust; benefits of using medical marijuana, an explanation of the honored with a joint funeral procession and laid to rest, side Little Boy Broadway; Hunky Dory; Dick Von Tassel and current law and commentary from an expert osteopathic by side, in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery.” Programs and more. With MC Gay Jay. This performance is one show physician on its uses. The discussion aims to inform Events: Saturday, Aug. 31— Friday, Oct. 25. Thundered Over only starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5. For more information patients whether medical marijuana is right for them and the Tide: 200 Battle of the Boxer & the Enterprise will be on please visit: http://www.stlawrencearts.org.” how to legally obtain it. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Buker display in Maine Historical Society’s Shettleworth Lecture Community Center Senior Room, 22 Armory St., Augusta. see next page Hall. Free with standard museum admission. ... Thursday,
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Friday, Sept. 6 Anastasia S.Weigle at the MCMA
5 p.m. The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association September artist in the library, opening on Sept. 6 for the First Friday Downtown Art Walk, will be assemblage artist Anastasia S. Weigle, “The Dark Carnival Papers.” Tass was the July artist in 2012, exhibiting-”Down the Rabbit Hole.” For more info on Anastasia S. Weigle, visit http://www.anastasiaweigle.com or http://www.inabindstudio.com or http://www.mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com
Thundered Over the Tide at MHS
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. First Friday, Thundered Over the Tide Exhibit Grand Opening. MHS hosts an exhibit of documents and objects related to the naval battle and joint funeral procession. Free during First Friday. Location: Maine Historical Society. www.mainehistory.org
Sam Jones/Liz Mortati/Alicia Ines Etheridge
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Show, Mayo Street Arts. Sam Jones, flickr.com/samjonesart; Liz Mortati, www.lizmortati. com; http://www.etsy.com/shop/yarrowandbirch; Alicia Ines Etheridge. http://mayostreetarts.org/calendar
‘Maurice Sendak: 50 Years,Works, Reasons’
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery. Sept. 6 to Oct. 25, 5 Monument Square, Portland. First Friday Art Walk opening reception, Lewis Gallery hours: Sunday, closed; Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “A retrospective or original paintings and illustrations by Maurice Sendak honoring the 50th anniversary of when Where the Wild Things Are was originally published. Presidents, educators, renowned illustrators, friends and celebrities share thoughts about Maurice Sendak; how he inspired them, influenced their careers and touched their lives. The quotes are presented together with artwork, offering visitors food for thought, as well as a feast for their eyes. Presented by Portland Public Library and MECA.”
SPACE Gallery First Friday Art Walk
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery First Friday Art Walk. “Join us for the opening of three new exhibits. An ambitious project in our annex by Greta Bank, NSFW, weaves an epic narrative about the confused agency of women; come see her perform as Gustav Menet. In our main gallery, we welcome five sign painters: Jimmy ‘Spike’ Birmingham, Pat Corrigan, Josh Luke, Kenji Nakayama and Will Sears, who have installed work that blurs the lines between commercial signage and art object in Steady Work. In the window, Rollin Leonard has created lifesized photographs of bodies that are face-mounted to over 3,000 1-inch by 1-inch plexiglass squares in his piece titled Pig Pile.”
‘So Emotional’ at Green Hand
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of “So Emotional,” prints and drawings by Eric Hou, at the Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland. Friday, Sept. 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (on display through the end of November 2013). FMI: contact Michelle Souliere at 253-6808 or michelle.souliere@gmail.com. “Eric Hou returns to the Green Hand with prints of his latest drawings. Come find out what those darn koalas are up to now! Viewers may remember some of his past exhibits of Koala High characters and other all-too-human creatures from the Salty Kisses animal universe.“
‘45 Years of No’ at Meg Perry Center
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. First Friday Art Walk at Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St. Portland. Show runs through September. “In Regards to the 45 Year Nestle Water Contract — The Hidden Ladder Collective, Meg Perry Center, Artists and Activists and individuals and families from around the state are standing up against the Nestle/Poland Spring cooperation with an art show called ‘45 Years of No.’ Forty Five Illustrated Letters, some as large as 4 feet, will be on display for September’s First Friday event. In addition to the featured artists, one wall of the Meg Perry Center will start the night empty and blank “NO” letters and art supplies will be available for visitors to illustrate their own letters and be entered in a month long Coloring Contest. A petition, video and and guest speakers will be speaking throughout the night.”
Camp Sokokis children’s artwork
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Artwork made by children at Camp Sokokis in Biddeford will be on display for First Friday Art Walk on Friday, Sept. 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Oak Street Lofts in Portland. “The show, titled ‘Camp Sokokis,’ will feature 2-D prints and photographs made by children at the YMCA of Southern Maine camp. The show is curated by Oak Street Lofts resident Michelle Michaud, a childcare assistant for the YMCA. ... Oak Street Lofts features a shared work space for residents, and the property’s 37 efficiency apartments include ample storage for art supplies and equipment. The gallery, located at 72 Oak St., is open to the public every First Friday Art Walk.”
Guerrilla Downtown
5:30 p.m. Local directors and actors will join forces in a series of site-specific, 10-minute performances in the second installment of Guerrilla Downtown on the Sept. 6 First Friday Art Walk. The initial installment during August’s First Friday took place in the hallway of The Artist Studios, with over 200 First Friday participants experiencing the immediacy of site-specific performance. The location of September’s installment will be revealed on Sept 6 by logging into www.facebook/GuerillaDowntown.com or the Creative Portland website at www.FirstFridayArtWalk.com. Reba Short from the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Nicholas Schroeder from Lorem Ipsum, and local director/actor Linda Shary will each create pieces based on ideas and material selected 48 hours beforehand and rehearsed with two actors at a downtown location TBA the day of the event. ... The First Friday events will take place on the half hour starting at 5:30 p.m., drawing audiences from the crowd as well as from new-fashioned ‘flash-media’ and good old-fashioned hand-bills. Guerrilla Downtown is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.”
First Friday at the Irish heritage center
6 p.m. Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of Gray and State streets. “Stop by the Maine Irish Heritage Center (corner of State Street & Gray Street) during First Friday Art Walk! Come join labor leaders, artists and activists as we celebrate the victorious campaign to have the Maine Labor Mural, created by Maine artist Judy Taylor, liberated from captivity and triumphantly displayed at the Maine State Museum. MIHC will usher in our first Friday Art Walk with a bang! We’ll display: life-size silk banner recreations of the Maine Labor Mural panels reproduced by MECA MFA graduate Nancy Nesvet; photographs by Guy Saldnaha, Maine based documentary photographer and owner of Harbor Works Gallery; original art created by labor activist and artist Gail Wartell (who will be on hand to discuss her art and politics); and a series of banners recently produced by the Union of Maine Visual Artists, ARRT! (Artists Rapid Response Team) that deal with the issue of Healthcare as a Human Right. A distinguished panel, including Jeff Young, lead attorney in the mural lawsuit, and local Maine artist Rob Shetterly will be on hand to discuss the intersection of art and activism. http://www.maineirish.com.”
Comedy by Design
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “End your First Friday Art Walk with coffee, music, and laughter! Portland Comedy Co-op presents: Comedy by Design, a monthly showcase featuring veteran and up and coming comedians from all over Maine and New England. This month features comedians Sam Ike and Tim Hofmann as well as members of the Portland Comedy Co-op. In addition to the jokes, the show kicks off at 6:30 with a musical guest! Free admission. Hosted by the Portland Comedy Co-op at Coffee by Design, 67 India St., Portland.”
‘Dinosaurs at Dusk’ at Southworth Planetarium
7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. “This September: Full Dome Dinosaurs attack the Southworth Planetarium! ‘Dinosaurs at Dusk’ — a whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! Starts in September at the Southworth Planetarium. First showings: Friday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.” For full September schedule and admission, call 780-4249 or e-mail egleason@usm.maine.edu for more information or to reserve a space. (Considering this is a full dome dinosaur show, making reservations is advisable.)
POV screening of ‘56 Up’
7:30 p.m. A documentary film by Michael Apted, at Portland Public Library for Summer POV Documentary Films series. “In 1964, a group of British 7-year-olds were interviewed about their lives and dreams in the ground-breaking television documentary ‘Seven Up.’ Since then, renowned director Michael Apted has returned to film the same subjects every seven years, creating one of television’s greatest projects. In ‘56 Up,’ the ‘kids’ have settled into middle age and come to terms with both hope and disappointment.” For more information visit www.pbs.org/pov. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, www.portlandlibrary.com
Portland Playback: ‘Our Town, or Your Town’
7:30 p.m. “On First Friday, Sept. 6, Portland Playback Theatre will honor ‘Our Town, or Your Town.’ Audience members are invited to tell their stories about the towns and cities we live in and where we grew up and watch our improvisors re-enact the story on the spot. Whether it’s Portland or Wichita, there is a story that makes it special. Every month, Portland Playback uses improvisation to honor true stories from audience members’ lives. Find out more at www.portlandplayback.com.” CTN5 Studio, 516 Congress Street, Portland. $7 suggested donation at the door.
Dark Follies First Friday Show
8 p.m. Monument Square, Portland. Cost: By Donation.
“Come one, Come all to see the Dark Follies in their last First Friday show of the season! Join us for live music, dance, juggling, storytelling and flow performances in Monument Square. Featuring the talents of The Dark Follies Vaudevillians and The Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra! You donations to support the artists who entertain you are greatly appreciated. Born of a love of street theater and a desire to bring together the talent in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street vaudeville to life during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks in Autumn of 2008. Over the next four years they have produced multiple stage shows and have performed around the northeast at the Cape Cod Festival of Magic, The Steampunk World’s Fair, The Watch City Festival and the Shelburne Museum. They have won Best Street Performer in the Portland Phoenix Best of Portland Awards two years running (2011 & 2012).” FMI: www.darkfollies.com or darkfollies@gmail.com, 671-4292
Port City Swing Dance
8 p.m. “Live music by The Lay-Z-Gait Band! Lessons 8 p.m.; dance 9 p.m. Woodford’s Club. No partner needed, beginners encouraged! 179 Woodford St., Portland. $10. FMI — FB: Mainiac Swing Dance Society, portcityswing. com, 563-8632.”
Saturday, Sept. 7 Evergreen Cemetery Trails bird walk
7 a.m. “Guided Bird Walk in the Evergreen Cemetery Trails with Ornithology Enthusiast Noah Gibb. Join us for spectacular bird viewing on the lawns, ponds, trails, and gardens in and around Evergreen Cemetery. Noah has spent the last several years studying bird migration and the birds that can be found in southern Maine throughout the year. Suggested $5 donation for Portland Trails members, $7 for non-members. Register with Portland Trails.” http://trails. org/programs
Bonny Eagle Flea Market
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bonny Eagle Flea Market, rain date Sept. 14, at B.E. Middle School parking lot, corner of Rt. 22 and Rt. 35, Buxton. Tablespaces $15 or 6 for $60. New school clothes $1-$2, School supplies 10/$1. Baked goods, drinks, snacks & lunch available. Call Karen at 692-2989 FMI or to reserve tablespace. (92 tables in 2012) BEHS scholarship fundraiser.
New Gloucester Public Library event
9 a.m. to noon. “The 125th anniversary of the New Gloucester Public Library will be celebrated with a special exhibit at the monthly New Gloucester History Barn Open House, Route 231, on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to noon. The public is invited. Admisson is free.”
AARP driver safety class in Windham
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “An AARP driver safety class will be presented at the Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Rd., Windham, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7. To register, phone John Hammon, volunteer instructor, 655-4943. Advance registration is required as class size is limited. Registration fee is $12 for AARP members, $14 for others.”
Carroll County Stamp Show in N.H.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fifth annual Carroll County Stamp Show, Moultonborough Lion’s Club, 139 Old Route 109, Moultonborough, N.H. Free admission and parking. Silent auction from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. White Mountain Stamp Club 40th anniversary exhibit. FM: Barbara Savary, (603) 447-5461; email bmsavary@gmail.com; or Warren Gould at (603) 569-8678.
‘Experiencers Speak’
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress St. “Starborn Support Presents ‘Experiencers Speak’ on Sept. 7 and 8 Experiencers Speak, UFO and Alien Abduction Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, Portland, Maine. This event is sponsored by Starborn Support and will feature a broad spectrum of topics and speakers focusing on the phenomenon and firsthand accounts of Alien Abduction. This year’s master of ceremonies will be Peter Robbins, a prominent ufologist, author, and researcher. Audrey Starborn, CEO/Founder, recently featured with Whitley Strieber in the pilot episode of ‘Alien Encounters’ on the Biography Channel, will also take part in the question and answer panels. Starborn Support is very pleased to announce that their UFO and abduction lecture series will include a two-hour presentation by Travis Walton, author of ‘Fire in the Sky.’ The book became the basis for the feature film based on his November 5, 1975 abduction. Travis will be joined by Steve Pierce, a witness to Travis’ abduction.” For more information on this event contact Audrey Starborn at (774) 766-2558 or aah3273@yahoo. com tickets available at www.experiencersspeak.yolasite.com or for check or money orders contact Audrey at 774-766-2558 aah3273@yahoo.com. see next page
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‘Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, Works, Reasons’
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery. Sept. 6 to Oct. 25, 5 Monument Square, Portland. Lewis Gallery hours: Sunday, closed; Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “A retrospective or original paintings and illustrations by Maurice Sendak honoring the 50th anniversary of when Where the Wild Things Are was originally published. Presidents, educators, renowned illustrators, friends and celebrities share thoughts about Maurice Sendak; how he inspired them, influenced their careers and touched their lives. The quotes are presented together with artwork, offering visitors food for thought, as well as a feast for their eyes. Presented by Portland Public Library and MECA.”
‘Ahmed Alsoudani: Redacted’
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Ahmed Alsoudani: Redacted,” Portland Museum of Art, Sept. 7 to Dec. 8. “Ahmed Alsoudani: Redacted will showcase recent work by the celebrated New York-based Iraqi artist and will include a number of new paintings that continue to chart the artist’s unique and powerful visual vocabulary of violence, survival, and history. September 7 to Dec. 8. Alsoudani’s artistic process involves layering charcoal drawing and bright, welcoming shades of paint, unexpected amidst his sullen subject matter. While his work focuses on various aspects of war that he experienced in his past, Alsoudani’s paintings and drawings are not a first-person account of war. Instead, they encompass the universal aspects and atrocities that war entails. Born in Baghdad in 1975, Alsoudani fled Iraq as a teenager. He lived as a refugee in Syria before immigrating to the United States in 1999, and in 2005 received a BFA from the Maine College of Art.” Open Mondays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (through Columbus Day); Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. http:// www.portlandmuseum.org/visit
Eastern Cemetery Tour
10:30 a.m. Eastern Cemetery Tour. Spirits Alive hosts a guided walking tour of Portland’s historic Eastern Cemetery. This burial ground is the final resting place of Burrows and Blyth. Admission fees apply. Location: Eastern Cemetery. “On Sept. 5, 1813, during the War of 1812, the British HMS Boxer and the American USS Enterprise engaged in a naval battle off the coast of Monhegan, near Pemaquid Point. The 200th anniversary of the historic battle will be the subject of a series of programs in Portland from Sept. 3-7 hosted by Maine Historical Society, in conjunction with the Maine Military Historical Society, Greater Portland Landmarks, Spirits Alive, and the City of Portland.” More information about this and similar programs — can be found at http:// www.mainehistory.org/programs_1812.shtml.
Winslow Homer Studio Tours: Fall Season
10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Now through Oct. 15. The Portland Museum of Art’s Winslow Homer Studio fall tour season. Tickets are $55 and $30 for PMA members. Tour Days: Saturdays and Sundays; tour times: 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Advanced reservations are required and group tours are available. For Studio tour tickets, call 775-6148. “Visitors will experience the extraordinary opportunity of ‘walking in Homer’s footsteps’ and seeing the same dramatic views of the sea that influenced Homer’s artistic vision. On Sept. 25, 2012, the Portland Museum of Art opened the Winslow Homer Studio to the public for the first time. One of the most significant locations in the history of American art, the Studio, located at Prouts Neck, Maine, is where the great American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived and painted many of his masterpieces from 1883 until his death. A National Historic Landmark, the newly renovated Winslow Homer Studio celebrates the artist’s life, encourages scholarship on Homer, and educates audiences to appreciate the artistic heritage of Winslow Homer and Maine.”
‘The Victorian Nutcracker’ auditions
11 a.m. “Audition for Portland Ballet Company’s 2013 production of ‘The Victorian Nutcracker.’ Auditions are Saturday, Sept. 7. Ages 12 and up. Registration: 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Parent Information Meeting: 11:30 a.m. to noon. Audition: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Ages 7-11. Registration: 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Parent Information Meeting: 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Audition: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Dancers with 1 plus years of Pointe are encourages to bring their pointe shoes. Each dancer will be asked to fill out an audition form at registration. There is a $10 audition fee.” www. portlandballet.org
Rick Charette at the Maine Wildlife Park
11 a.m. to noon. “On Saturday, Sept. 7, from 11 a.m. to noon, join us at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray for another return appearance by Maine kids’ favorite singer, Rick Charette. As a singer and songwriter, Rick Charette has been
The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang will be on display at the Portland International Jetport from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20. Here, a B-17, B-24, B-25 and P-51 are shown in formation. For details on the traveling exhibition, visit http://www.collingsfoundation.org. (COURTESY PHOTO) capturing the hearts and spirits of young and old alike with his delightful and inspiring children’s songs. His performances blend original contemporary pop music and lyrics with imaginative activities that generate all kinds of audience participation. Many of the songs he will perform at the wildlife park will be about all kinds of Maine Animals! For the last three years, over 1,000 people have come out to hear Rick and see the show under the tall white pines of the Park picnic area. See www.mainewildlifepark.com for details about these and all our other scheduled 2013 events.”
KAT-Walk & Karo-5K for Brain Aneurysm Awareness
11:30 a.m. “Lace up your walking and running shoes and join us for the KAT-Walk & Karo-5K for Maine Brain Aneurysm Awareness. This annual event benefits the Brain Aneurysm Foundation in their efforts to support early detection, education, fund research and create awareness about brain aneurysms. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 along the Back Cove Boulevard in Portland. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. on the pathway across from the Hannaford Plaza and the walk and run will take place at 1pm. The whole family is invited for a leisurely walk or to enter the timed 5K run. This will be a special day to remember and honor loved ones lost to or having survived a brain aneurysm. The KAT-Walk originated in memory of Kimberly Ann Tudor, a Portland native, Deering HS and UNE graduate and athlete, who lost her life to a sudden brain aneurysm in December 2008. The Karo-5K is in memory of Karolina A. Kurka, a Scarborough HS and UNH graduate who passed away from an undetected brain aneurysm in July 2011. September is Maine Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. Join us as we ‘share our tears, remember with love, walk & run to honor’ those families affected by this silent killer and help save lives! More information about the event can be found at: www.MaineBA.org and find us on Facebook at: KatwalkKaro5K.”
Almost Home Rescue at Planet Dog
noon to 2 p.m. “On Sept. 7 we will be at Planet Dog in Portland, ME from 12-2 for an adoption event! Come check out our awesome dogs! 211 Marginal Way, #2, Portland. ... Almost Home Rescue is an all-breed canine rescue group that is committed to rescuing stray and homeless dogs in danger of euthanasia.” http://almosthomerescue.net/
‘Gardens of Jane Austen’s Time’
1 p.m. “Gardens of Jane Austen’s Time.” Falmouth Memorial Library and the local chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America present garden historian Terri Nickel to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice. Saturday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. FMI: Jeannie at 781-2351 or jmadden@falmouth.lib.me.us.”
Sign painting demonstration
1 p.m. Artist Talk, Sign Painting Demonstration. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. “Josh Luke of Best Dressed Signs (Boston) will be introducing the materials, tools and techniques of the sign painting trade. Take a look at our current gallery exhibit Steady Work, which featueres paintings and murals by five artists who make a living painting signs. Learn techniques of hand lettering for casual and Gothic alphabets, perforating patterns with the Electro Pounce, prepping boards, pouncing patterns onto boards and rolling out backgrounds.” http://www.space538.org/events/ sign-painting-demonstration-josh-luke
‘Dinosaurs at Dusk’ at Southworth Planetarium
3 p.m. “This September: Full Dome Dinosaurs attack the Southworth Planetarium! ‘Dinosaurs at Dusk’ — a whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! Starts in September at the Southworth Planetarium.” For full September schedule and admission, call 780-4249 or e-mail egleason@usm.maine.edu for more information or to reserve a space. (Considering this is a full dome dinosaur show, making reservations is advisable.)
Prides Corner Church baked bean supper
5 p.m. Baked bean supper at Prides Corner Church, 235 Pride St., Westbrook. First Saturday of the month, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Come and enjoy the best Bean Supper in town! All you can eat ham, pea beans, kidney beans, homemade coleslaw and macaroni and cheese with a slice of homemade pie for dessert.Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Seatings at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.” www. pridescornerchurch.org
Mirage 2013 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center
7:30 p.m. “Belly Dance from Naya’s Trance, Authentic Tahitian Dance by Hui Na Kawaiuaili, A Kathak dance from Hannah Sher, Intuitive Belly Dance by Cait Capaldi, American Tribal Style by Sisters of the Sun, Chinese Cultural Dance with Melissa Lin. Irish Step by Rosebeth Eddy, Fusion Belly Dance by Heather Powers and Contemporary Dance by Caitlin Bernard of Maine State Ballet. ... Naya’s Trance Belly Dance has been entertaining and educating audiences since 2001 and is now Southern Maine’s premiere belly dance troupe. The members of Naya’s Trance are committed to their role as ambassadors of this beautiful dance and work diligently to share it with the local community. The dancers of Naya’s Trance specialize in cabaret (raqs sharqi) and folkloric styles allowing them to offer a wide variety of performance styles appropriate for any venue. Naya’s Trance members also specialize in a wide variety of prop work including fan, veil, cane, sword and fire dance.” Tickets for this performance are now on sale through website,www.stlawrencearts.org.