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Casco Bay LInes marked the ground breaking for its new terminal on Wednesday with representatives from the city, Maine’s congressional delegation and the architects and construction firm handling the $3 million project. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO)
Surreal Syrian debates — See page 4
Coastal Humane Society issues plea for help with influx of 60 cats from one home
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New tablets, added clownfish: Aquarium reports strong season
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(NY Times) — There may be a new market for video games: octogenarians. Brain scientists have discovered that swerving around cars while simultaneously picking out road signs in a video game can improve the short-term memory and longterm focus of older adults. Some people as old as 80, the researchers say, begin to show neurological patterns of people in their 20s. Scientists say the findings, to be published on Thursday in the scientific journal Nature, are a significant development in understanding how to strengthen older brains. That’s because the improvements in brain performance didn’t just come within the game but were shown outside the game in other cognitive tasks. Further supporting the findings, the researchers were able to measure changes in brain wave activity, suggesting that this research could help understand what neurological mechanisms could be tinkered with to improve memory and attention. The research “shows you can take older people who aren’t functioning well and make them cognitively younger through this training,” said Dr. Earl K. Miller, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was not affiliated with the research. “It’s a very big deal.”
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — A divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved an authorization of force against the Syrian government, setting up a showdown next week in the full Senate on whether President Obama should have the authority to strike. The 10-to-7 vote showed bipartisan support for a strike, but bipartisan opposition as well. Republicans voting yes included
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Senators John McCain of Arizona, Bob Corker of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of Arizona. Democrats against the authorization included Senators Tom Udall of New Mexico and Chris Murphy of Connecticut. The Senate’s newest member, Edward Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, voted present. The panel had struggled to draft the resolution, with the senators deeply divided
over how much force should be brought to bear to punish Syria’s government for the use of chemical weapons. The committee’s bipartisan leaders pressed forward with a resolution limiting the duration and nature of military strikes, while McCain demanded more – not less – latitude for the military to inflict damage on the government of President Bashar alAssad.
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WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Obama administration on Wednesday escalated its effort to dismantle federal barriers to same-sex marriages, announcing that the Department of Veterans Affairs would immediately begin providing spousal benefits to gay men and lesbians despite a federal statute that limits such benefits to veterans’ spouses who are “of the opposite sex.” In letters to Congressional leaders, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that President Obama had directed the executive branch to stop obeying the statute because it had decided that it was unconstitutional in light of a Supreme Court ruling in June that struck down a similar law. “Decisions by the Executive not to enforce federal laws are appropriately rare,” Holder wrote. “Nevertheless, for the reasons described below, the unique circumstances presented here warrant nonenforcement.” The move will allow the same-sex spouses of service members to receive health care benefits, and widows and widowers from same-sex marriages to receive survivor benefits.
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Maine health care professionals receive inaugural Rising Tide Award Daily Sun Staff Reports The Patient Safety Academy has announced the recipients of the inaugural Rising Tide Award, which recognizes individuals or organizations who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and commitment to best practices in patient safety. Recipients of the 2013 Rising Tide Award include: Linda Brady of Maine Medical Center; Kathy Day of Maine Quality Counts; and Douglas Salvador of Maine Medical Center. Salvador, of Cape Elizabeth, serves as vice president of quality and patient safety at Maine Medical Center, where he leads the Center for Performance Improvement and efforts to strengthen performance improvement, quality, patient satisfaction, and patient safety, according to a press release about the award. Day, of Bangor, is a patient safety activist and advocate and currently serves as a consumer representative for the Maine Quality Counts Consumer Advisory Council, “where she works to transform health and healthcare in Maine,” the press release stated. Brady, of Scarborough, serves in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Maine Medical Center. The Rising Tide Awards will be presented on Friday, Sept. 13 at 3:15 p.m. after the closing session of the 2013 Patient Safety Academy, which will be held on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus. The Patient Safety Academy, organized by staff at the USM Muskie School of Public Service and sponsored by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Rural Health and Primary Care Program, provides knowledge- and skillbuilding workshops for health care professionals from Maine hospitals, physician practices, pharmacies, long-term care facilities, agencies, organizations, and advocacy groups. The 2013 academy plenary speaker is Jonathan Welch, MD, MSc, instructor of medicine at Harvard and attending emergency physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Welch is the author of the recent Health Affairs article, “As She Lay Dying: How I Fought to Stop Medical Errors from Killing My Mom.” The academy begins at 9 a.m., Friday, Sept 13. Registration is required; individual registration cost is $50, with a discounted rate of $25 for students. For more information or to register, visit http:// bit.ly/PatientSafetyAcademy2013 or contact Judith Tupper, 228-8407, jtupper@usm.maine.edu.
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twenties,” noted Adams. “The battle lasted barely 45 minutes, a literal barrage of red-hot iron, and the two young captains — Capt. Samuel Blyth of the HMS Boxer and Capt. William Burrows of the USS Enterprise — both fell in the first exchange of fire. The Enterprise emerged victorious, while the Boxer was in ruins, barely afloat.” The bodies of both captains were returned to Portland, home port of the victorious USS Enterprise. Days later, Portland formally buried both men with colorful military honors side-by-side in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery, where they still rest, and where ceremonies will be held again this Thursday, Sept. 5, 200 years later. “Equal honor was given to both victor and vanquished. Crews of both ships marched in the funeral procession. It was about the last time the words ‘war’ and ‘chivalry’ could appear in the same sentence, and still mean something,” said Adams. The backstory of the battle includes young Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the role of illicit smuggling by Maine’s most powerful politicians, kept secret for 150 years, noted Adams. “There are surprises, twists and turns, valiant youths like Blyth and Burrows, and some other heroes and villains who are not at all what they seemed. History sometimes tries to keep its secrets,” Adams said. Since 1813, all U.S. Navy vessels that have been named Enterprise are in honor of this Portlandbased ship, said Adams. “Captain Kirk’s and Mr. Spock’s future starship owes its name to us in Casco Bay — yes, true!” said Adams. Adams’ presentation will share the stage with Roll N’ Go, the popular Maine-based presenter since 1990 of sea shanties and songs of Down East’s maritime heritage. The group has authored several new songs in honor of the sea battle that will make their world premier in honor of the 200th anniversary . For more details contact Friends of The Eastern Prom at http://easternpromenade.org.
The story of Maine’s greatest sea battle in the classic age of sail will be presented by former State Rep. Herb Adams at a special event sponsored by the Friends of the Eastern Prom this Thursday, Sept. 5. The group Roll N Go will present sea shanties and maritime music in honor of the 200th anniversary of the battle that pitted the HMS Boxer against the USS Enterprise in the War of 1812. The event will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the East End School Community Room, North Street, Portland, overlooking the bay that was home port to the USS Enterprise. The evening will be a kick-off event for a series of special 200th anniversary panels and ceremonies sponsored by the Maine Historical Society and the Maine Humanities Council. The event is to “celebrate our heritage, peel back some mysteries, and mark Maine’s role on the world stage just at the dawn of Maine statehood. Both the United States and the not-yet state of Maine are on the edge of big things at that moment. And the battle of the Boxer v. the Enterprise makes for a rocking remarkable story,” said Adams. The War of 1812 was a disaster for the young United States and the-then “District of Maine,” still an unhappy part of Massachusetts, said Adams. “Every land battle was a disaster for the Americans. The British burned Washington, D.C., and the Americans burned down Buffalo, NY, themselves ,” said Adams. “Boston abandoned Maine to the British, who seized all Maine east of the Penobscot River and planned to annex it to Canada as the “Province of New Ireland,” where the Crown would settle Tories and the Irish — to the Brits, getting rid of two troubles at once,” said Adams. Only at sea did the young United States show surprising muscle, in a series of ship-againstship victories that made new frigates like the USS Constitution famous as “Old Ironsides” and made national heroes of navy commanders like Hull, Bainbridge and Stephen (“My Country Right or Wrong”) Decatur. “Maine’s greatest sea battle was between the HMS Boxer and the USS Enterprise off Monhegan on Sept. 5, 1813, a fierce fight in anyone’s book,” said Adams. Fought often less than 100 feet apart, “the two brigs were almost perfectly matched in size, number of guns, and Roll & Go perform at the Mystic Sea Music Festival 2006. They will be at the East number of crew, and captained by two End Community School today with historian Herb Adams for a Boxer v. Enterprise young, ambitious men still in their late presentation. (Photo by Wendy West)
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Research how affluent democracies around world provide health care Editor: [Re: Karen Vachon’s column “A Rude Awakening in October,” Aug. 28 and a letter from Don Ewing, Sept. 3]: America doesn’t currently have a great health care system. We rank very low among the advanced western democracies on nearly every measure. Our health outcomes are poorer than theirs, the money spent per capita to provide health care is way higher, and our system is the least fair of them all. It is nothing to be proud of, but rather an embarrassment, as in this rich country our neediest are not taken care of. This is the same for-profit system that allows CEO’s of health insurance companies to rake in millions of dollars for themselves, while denying access to needed care for subscribers by any means possible. Though Obamacare doesn’t go nearly far enough — we still have a long way to go to compare to, say, France’s superior system of health care — it is a huge step in the right direction. Please, everyone, do read something to educate yourselves on how the other affluent democracies of the world actually take care of their people’s health. I recommend a book by T.R. Reid, called “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.” Nancy Bennett O’Hagan Portland –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COLUMN ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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Shadow of a doubt WASHINGTON — It’s a bewildering time here. Nancy Pelosi is the hawk urging military action. Britain refuses to be our poodle. The French are being less supercilious and more supportive militarily. Republicans are squeamish about launching an attack. Top generals are going pacifist. The president who got elected on his antiwar stance is now trying to buck up a skittish Congress and country about why a military strike is a moral necessity. Donald Rumsfeld doesn’t want to go to war with the Army Chuck Hagel has. John Bolton is the dove who doesn’t think we should take sides, or that it The New matters “what the intelligence York Times shows.” Once more, we’re vociferously debating whether to slap down a murderous dictator who has gassed his own people, and whether we have the legit intel to prove he used W.M.D. Many around the president are making the case that if he doesn’t stand firm on his line in the sand, having gotten so far out on a limb, he’ll look weak and America will lose face and embolden its foes. The secretary of state is arguing if the dictator had nothing to hide, why was he so reluctant to let in U.N. inspectors? In many ways, Syria is an eerie replay of Iraq, but with many of the players scrambled and on opposite sides. Just about the only completely consistent person
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is John McCain, who’s always spoiling for a fight. Once more, we see the magnitude of the tragedy of Iraq because the decision on Syria is so colored by the fact that an American president and vice president took us to war in the Middle East on false pretenses and juiced up intelligence, dragging the country into an emotionally and financially exhausting decade of war and an identity crisis about our role in the world. W. was so black and white, as he mischaracterized and miscalculated, that he ended up driving America into a gray haze, where we’re unsure if our old role as John Wayne taking on the global bad guys is even right. We now actually have a president who understands the difference between Sunnis and Shiites. But our previous gigantic misreadings of the Middle East, and the treacherous job of fathoming which sides to support in the Arab uprisings — are the rebels in these countries the good guys or Al Qaeda sympathizers? — have left us literally gun shy. It should not be so hard to reach a consensus on trying to prevent Bashar al-Assad from killing tens of thousands and making refugees of millions more, with chemical weapons and traditional ones. But the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday dramatically showed how our misjudgment on Iraq infects our judgment on Syria. A panel of top Obama officials who don’t even agree themselves about what to do in Syria did their best to stick to White House talking points, arguing against what Secretary of State John Kerry called “armchair isolationism,” as they were grilled by skeptical, and sometimes hostile, senators. Kerry and Hagel both voted as senators for see DOWD page 5
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“After the fiasco of Iraq and over
the authorization to invade Iraq a decade of war, how can this and then came to regret it; Martin administration make a guarantee Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress last that our military actions will be spring that he was uncertain if the limited?” asked Senator Tom Udall, U.S. “could identify the right people” to give arms to in the Syrian opposia Democrat from New Mexico. tion. But there was the trio trying to and others — to prevent those help the president make his case weapons of mass destruction fallthat American credibility is too big ing into the hands of the worst eleto fail. ments, I don’t want to take off the “After the fiasco of Iraq and over a table an option that might or might decade of war, how can this adminnot be available to a president of the istration make a guarantee that our United States to secure our counmilitary actions will be limited?” try.” asked Senator Tom Udall, a DemoRepublican Senator Bob Corker crat from New Mexico. of Tennessee chided Kerry: “I didn’t Indeed, Kerry showed how slipfind that a very appropriate response pery the slope is when he answered regarding boots on the ground.” a question by Chairman Robert Realizing he had been undiploMenendez, a Democrat from New matic, the top diplomat retreated Jersey who opposed the Iraq invafrom his scary hypothetical immesion but supports a Syrian smackdiately, saying, “Let’s shut that door down. now as tight as we can.” When Menendez asked Kerry if It’s up to President Obama to show the administration would accept Americans that he knows what he’s “a prohibition for having American doing, unlike his predecessor. boots on the ground” as part of a resolution authorizing force in Syria, Kerry replied: “It would be preferable not” to “have boots on the ground.” Then came the Join us from 5-9pm “but.” “But in th the event Syria imploded, for instance,” Kerry $3.50 will be donated said, “or in the event for every pizza sold. there was a threat of a chemical weapons cache falling into the Benefit: hands of Al Nusra or someone else, and Children’s Museum it was clearly in the interest of our allies 72 Commercial St., Portland, ME and all of us — the British, the French Open Sun. thru Thurs 11:30am–9:00pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am–10:00pm
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Coastal Humane Society issues plea for help with influx of 60 cats from one home By David Carkhuff
to do right by the cats,” Stimpson said. The individual also has received spay A good Samaritan whose penchant for resneuter vouchers from the state to help with cuing cats “spun right out of control” is volthe situation so the cats he keeps don’t reprountarily surrendering the animals to the duce, she said. Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick, which Jane Siviski, marketing coordinator for the is issuing a plea for volunteers and assistance Coastal Humane Society, said the influx of to deal with the influx. 60 additional cats — an estimate that will be The Coastal Humane Society is planning verified on Sunday — will bring the total of a large rescue operation next weekend to rescued felines to around 110 from the single extract more than 60 cats from a singlewide home. trailer in what’s being called a hoarding situAn animal control officer was tipped off by a ation in the group’s service area. citizen, and the Coastal Humane Society was Karen Stimpson, executive director of the contacted to deal with the situation, she said. organization, said the cats could number over The group took a more gradual approach to 100 when all is said and done, but the accudealing with the initial 50 cats, Siviski said. mulation of cats doesn’t represent the typical “The 50 we took in smaller batches, I think hoarding situation where someone compulour first trip over there we took five or six, sively adds to their stockpile of animals. and the next time eight or 10. That’s how we “It was a kind gentleman who took in some were able to absorb them,” she said. cats that needed to be rescued, and I think With the population growing so quickly, they were wandering around hungry, and however, the Coastal Humane Society decided then the word got out and people started to take more drastic action. dumping cats off at his place,” she explained. Now, it’s all hands on deck for “volunteers, Without adequate income to spay and donations of supplies and monetary donaneuter the cats, the occupant of a singlewide tions, of course,” Siviski said. trailer soon found himself overrun, Stimpson “Our adoption floor, for the adoptable anisaid. mals we already have, is totally full. This will “It got out of hand. ... Once the litters started be a stretch for us,” she said. coming, it spun right out of control,” she said. Converting the administrative offices will The Coastal Humane Society — which require “doing floor to ceiling, tarps all over Coastal Humane Society of Brunswick is preparing to take in about 60 cats from a serves the communities of Bowdoin, Bowdo- hoarding situation on Sunday, Sept. 8. (COURTESY PHOTO) the floor,” she said. inham, Brunswick, Cumberland, Durham, “We hope to get new volunteers and we Falmouth, Freeport, Georgetown, Harpswell, hope to train them,” Siviski said. actually very well socialized and they have the North Yarmouth, Phippsburg, Pownal, Woolwich “We’d like to do it in one fell swoop,” she said. kinds of mild very fixable issues that you would and Yarmouth — is not divulging the location of the expect,” she said. “They are remarkably healthy and hoarding situation, other than to say that it occurred remarkably sociable.” in the group’s service area. The Coastal Humane Society has rescued more Stimpson emphasized that the cats were not misthan 50 cats from this individual already in the past treated — on the contrary, the owner cared for the month, with the full cooperation of the owner, the animals but simply could not continue coping with • Donations and volunteers. The Coastal Humane organization noted. The cats are reproducing at a Society needs donations of supplies such as cages, their procreation. fast rate so the organization decided to accept all of dry and wet food, and cat carriers. Each cat will likely “The cats were not abused or neglected, they’re the cats at once “despite the strain it will present on cost over $500. “We’ll also need substantial volunteer the already brimming shelter and its resources,” the support for daily care for these animals, who will be Coastal Humane Society reported. led by our veterinarian Dr. Mandie Wehr and other To carry out the rescue, the Coastal Humane SociCHS staff,” said the group’s executive director, Karen ety will transform its administrative offices at 190 Stimpson. Financial contributions can additionally be Pleasant St. in Brunswick into a temporary shelter, mailed to The Coastal Humane Society, 190 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ME 04011. To volunteer with with veterinary equipment, cages, food, linen and the rescue, sign up at www.coastalhumanesociety. everything the cats will need, the group announced. org and contact volunteer coordinator Jane Redlon at The shelter will rent the Community Spay/Neuter 725-5051 or via email at volunteer@coastalhumaneClinic in Freeport to perform high volume spays/ society.org for more information. For more information neuters. about the rescue or the shelter, contact Lisa Smith at No criminal charges are planned, Stimpson said, 838-8786 or Jane Siviski at 449-1366, ext. 1. calling the exercise “a good faith action.” The Coastal • Adoptions. In effort to make room for the influx, Humane Society will not be going in the house, but the group will be waiving the adoption fees for inmembers will stand on the porch and he will provide house shelter cats one year or older this weekend, the cats, except for four that he plans to keep, she Sept. 7 and 8. 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Homeless Animal Rescue Team, or HART, volunteer Barbara Needham holds Cheeto and gives the kitten a kiss during an August event. HART has struggled with cat overpopulation at its Cumberland base. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)
In the Portland area, cat lovers can adopt at the Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Cumberland. HART, a shelter and adoption center for cats, staffed entirely by volunteers, has struggled with an “overflow situation” throughout the summer. Late last month, HART, on its website (http://www.hartofme.com/about.html), stated the shelter “is facing an incredible overpopulation situation.” Tabling events are scheduled as follows: • 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 14 — Aubuchon Hardware, 777 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. • 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29 — PetFlix at the Windham Mall, 795 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. For details, visit http://www.hartofme.com.
be fee-waived. The weeklong rescue operation will finish with an “adoption blowout” at 190 Pleasant St. in Brunswick, where the society hopes to adopt out all of the cats, which will take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kittens 6 months and younger will be $109, and kittens 6 months to one year will be $85. All cats 1 year and older will be fee-waived. • Participation. All are invited to visit, observe, and participate in the “lifesaving effort.” The full schedule of the rescue, which begins Saturday, Sept. 7, can be found on the Coastal Humane Society’s website, www.coastalhumanesociety.org, along with a link to sign up for volunteering shifts, a complete list of supplies needed, and a donation page. People are also invited to follow the rescue on the shelter’s Facebook page. Photos of the adoptable cats will be posted as they become available on Facebook and on the shelter’s website.
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Aviation business moving to Brunswick Landing
ABOVE: Hank Berg (far left), general manager of Casco Bay Lines, said the Casco Bay Lines renovation project will double the size of the ferry terminal and make improvements to better serve Portland residents and visitors. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO) BELOW: A rendering of what the terminal will look like after the renovation features ample glass to provide views of Casco Bay and incoming and outgoing ferries. (COURTESY IMAGE)
Casco Bay Lines marks launch of $3 million terminal renovation By Craig Lyons THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Casco Bay Lines officials say a new $3 million terminal renovation will improve the experience and level of service for Portland residents and visitors. Casco Bay Lines, which runs the ferry service to Portland’s island communities, held a ground-breaking ceremony for the terminal renovation project and touted the new benefits the expanded terminal will have for users of the ferry service. The project got underway on Tuesday and is expected to last for nine months. “We’re really excited about the terminal renovation,” said Hank Berg, general manager of Casco Bay Lines. When the terminal was built in 1988, it was designed for a capacity of 50,000 passengers, Berg said, but it now serves more than a million annually. “We’ve outgrown the capacity of the building,” he said. Berg said the renovation will be “transformative” and create a more comfortable waiting area where people can see the boats arrive and enjoy a view of the harbor from the buildings. He said the renovation will double the size of the building. The project was put together with the help of Maine’s congressional delegation, the city and the Maine Department of Transportation, according to Berg, and funded through money from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. The project was
designed by Scott Simons Architects, and Landry/French Construction will handle the work. Mayor Michael Brennan said the renovation project will allow the city’s island residents to access a level of services they’ve lacked in the past. “I think there is going to be a bright future for island residents and better service,” he said. Austin Smith, of Scott Simons Architects, said there were some challenges
associated with designing the project, like working around a fully operational facility, building on 100-year-old infrastructure and being so close to the waterfront. He said the strong team helped work through those issues. In advance of the construction, Berg said he wanted to thank the facility’s employees and riders since the work will lead to some disruptions around the terminal. “The end product will be well worth the inconveniences,” he said.
Tempus Jets, an international private aviation services provider, announced Wednesday that it will be expanding its operations into Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The expansion is expected to create 50 new jobs within a year at the former naval air station with the possibility of adding more in the future, according to the governor’s office. “I would like to personally welcome Tempus Jets to Maine and thank them for their commitment to providing quality jobs to Maine people,” said Gov. Paul LePage in a press release. “I commend our Department of Economic & Community Development for working so closely with Tempus Jets and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority to respond quickly and capably to meet the company’s needs and to help pave the way for this exciting new project. It’s a testament to our state’s can-do approach and further illustrates that Maine is, indeed, open for business.” U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King also applauded the announcement. “Today’s announcement is not only fantastic news for the Brunswick area, but it’s also a tribute to the exceptional work of the Maine Regional Redevelopment Authority, which has striven tirelessly to transform the former Brunswick Naval Air Station into a center of economic innovation,” they said in a joint statement. “As a result, the work that Tempus Jets plans to bring to Brunswick has the potential to create more than 50 jobs and be a significant economic boon to the area.” — Staff Report
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Aquarium adds tablets, farm-grown clownfish Maine State Aquarium reports successful ssummer season, remains open through Sept. 29 By David Carkhuff THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
At 20 years old, the Maine State Aquarium, located in West Boothbay Harbor, has completed another summer season with an addition of new technology and the splash of new colorful swimmers behind the glass. And even though school is now in session for young people across Maine, the public can still partake of the aquarium and its scaled “schools.” The
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ABOVE: Elaine Jones, education director at the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor, displays new signboards for the recently added clownfish. RIGHT: Dogfish in a tank at the aquarium. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)
aquarium remains open on a restricted schedule until Sunday, Sept. 29. The aquarium operated seven days a week up to Labor Day weekend, but now the facility is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, but otherwise welcomes visitors the remaining days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The educational facility was built in 1993 along with the state’s new fisheries research station. “We do a tour of the research laboratory here a couple of times a week so the public can see what the Maine taxpayer and other grantors are paying for by having this facility which is basically for research and monitoring the
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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company & Museum at 58 Fore St. is open daily through Oct. 27. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trains, like this one shown in August, run on the hour at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. For details, visit http://www.mainenarrowgauge.org/train-rides. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
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Attendance in 2013 has been good, Jones said, “all in all I think we’re a little bit ahead of last year.” The average attendance is 33,000 people in a season, she said. Visitors this year saw new electronic tablets, which were installed in front of the tanks to provide in-depth information. Aquaculture played a big role in the aquarium’s exhibits this season, Jones noted. This year, the aquarium added wolf fish from an aquaculture operation in Canada; and sturgeon came from a similar-type fish farm in Maryland. And the aquarium added clownfish, home grown by Sea and Reef Aquaculture in Franklin. Picasso, Da Vinci, Darwin, Phantom and Maine Blizzard are among the names of the clownfish, counted among 29 varieties. “Instead of taking them off the reef, the wild clownfish, this is a way to conserve what is out there and grow them in a hatchery,” Jones explained. Seeking to “to foster an appreciation for the Gulf of Maine, its species, and resource conservation by connecting research and education,” the aquarium continued to promote its “touch tank” and a shark tank, where, despite the name, visitors can reach in and gently stroke the gentle inhabitants.
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Maine Film Office reports surge in in-state production spending Daily Sun Staff Report Production in Maine is up in the film industry, according to the Maine Film Office, which reported Wednesday it has certified 14 productions with an estimated direct spending in Maine of nearly $3.7 million. In all of 2012, there were eight certified productions and $1.5 million spent directly in Maine, the agency reported. “The spotlight is definitely shining on Maine,” said Gov. Paul LePage. “We all benefit from a strong and vibrant film industry. The more film and television productions that are done here, the more private investment we
attract putting more Mainers to work.” “Much of the credit for the 2013 increase goes to the work being done by our new Film Office Director, Karen Carberry Warhola, who came on board just about a year ago,” said Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais. Although Maine cannot offer the same level of film incentives as other states, Maine remains competitive in the industry, the agency reported. Carberry Warhola meets regularly with filmmakers, reads scripts and attends film industry trade shows, local and national film
festivals, screenings, and industry events, the agency noted in a press release. “Last year the direct spend of the productions that filmed in Maine was almost $40 for every $1 paid out in the incentive program — an exceptional return on investment by any measure,” added Carberry Warhola. The Maine Film Office is part of the Maine Office of Tourism within the Department of Economic and Community Development. Film, television and commercial production companies spending at least $75,000 in Maine may qualify for the Maine Visual Media Incentive Plan. The incentives are a mix of various rebates and credits.
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2013. There are 117 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1972, terror struck the Munich Olympics as the Palestinian group Black September attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer were killed in the resulting siege. On this date: In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. In 1793, the Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counterrevolutionary activities. In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas. In 1913, fire devastated Hot Springs, Ark., destroying some 60 blocks. In 1914, the First Battle of the Marne, resulting in a French-British victory over Germany, began during World War I. In 1939, four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict. In 1945, Japanese-American Iva Toguri D’Aquino, suspected of being wartime broadcaster “Tokyo Rose,” was arrested in Yokohama. (D’Aquino was later convicted of treason and served six years in prison; she was pardoned in 1977 by President Gerald R. Ford.) In 1957, the novel “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac, was first published by Viking Press. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif. In 1986, four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights inside the plane failed; a total of 22 people were killed in the hijacking. In 1997, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II broke the royal reticence over Princess Diana’s death, delivering a televised address in which she called her former daughter-in-law “a remarkable person.” Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87. Ten years ago: Israeli commandos killed a Hamas bombmaker in a firefight and pulverized the West Bank apartment building in which he had been hiding. Hurricane Fabian slammed into Bermuda, killing four people. Singer-actress Gisele MacKenzie died in Burbank, Calif., at age 76. Five years ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became the highest-ranking American official in half a century to visit Libya, where she met Moammar Gadhafi. Europe’s Rosetta space probe flew by the Steins asteroid 250 million miles from Earth. Publishing giant Robert Giroux, who’d guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died in Tinton Falls, N.J., at age 94. One year ago: In an impassioned speech that rocked the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., former President Bill Clinton proclaimed, “I know we’re coming back” from the worst economic mess in generations, and he appealed to hard-pressed Americans to stick with Barack Obama for a second term in the White House.
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Thursday, Sept. 5 Graveside service at Eastern Cemetery
1 p.m. “The Maine Historical Society and Maine Military Historical Society will host a graveside service with military honors at Portland’s Eastern Cemetery. Scheduled to speak are: David Googins, Maine Historical Society Chairman; Colonel Andres Gibson, Maine Army National Guard Chaplain; David Hanna, Author; Ann LePage, First Lady of Maine; Susie Kitchens, British Consulate General, Boston; Brigadier General James Campbell, Maine National Guard; Michael Brennan, Mayor of Portland; Herb Adams, Historian. The Italian Heritage Center Concert Band and the Maine Army National Guard will perform, and descendants of the captains will lay wreaths on their tombs.” MHS and MMHS will host this graveside service at Portland’s Eastern Cemetery honoring Capt. Burrows, Capt. Blyth and Lieut. Kervin Waters. “Members of the public are welcome to observe the graveside commemoration from Mountfort Street, but are asked to be respectful of the historic cemetery by remaining outside of the fenced area or along the path. This event is free and open to the public.” 200th Anniversary Ceremony for the Captains. http://www.spiritsalive.org
Auditions for ‘Hansel and Gretel’
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland. www.kitetails.org. “We’re looking for actors ages of 8 to 17 for our fall production of ‘Hansel and Gretel.’ Actors should arrive any time between 3 and 5 with a one-minute monologue prepared. No acting experience is required; newcomers are welcome. To schedule an alternate audition time, contact Reba Short (828-1234 x247 or reba@kitetails.org) by Thursday, August 29th.”
Portland Observatory tours; part of anniversary
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Greater Portland Landmarks hosts evening tours of Portland Observatory. “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 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. Maine Historical Society will also display an exhibit about the battle through late October. Support for the Bicentennial Celebration is provided by the Maine Humanities Council. The dominant Royal Navy engaged the developing US Navy in many battles during the war, but the battle of the Boxer and the Enterprise embodied a level of honor and respect not seen in modern warfare. Both Capt. William Burrows of the Enterprise and Capt. Samuel Blyth of the Boxer were struck down early in the fighting and neither survived the battle. The Enterprise prevailed, and after towing her prize, the Boxer, into the Port of Portland, the two captains were honored with a joint funeral procession and laid to rest, side
Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery will host an opening reception for “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday during the First Friday Art Walk. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) by side, in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery.” Programs and Events: Saturday, Aug. 31— Friday, Oct. 25. Thundered Over the Tide: 200 Battle of the Boxer & the Enterprise will be on display in Maine Historical Society’s Shettleworth Lecture Hall. Free with standard museum admission. ... Thursday, 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
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6 p.m. Notice of formal public meeting in Yarmouth to discuss future replacement of North Elm Bridge, Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m., in The Community Room, Yarmouth Town Hall, 200 Main St. “Please join MaineDOT at a formal public meeting to discuss the future superstructure replacement of the North Elm Bridge (#5444), which carries E Elm Street over the Royal River, in Yarmouth. Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation will be present ... to listen to concerns, receive comments, and answer questions from anyone with an interest in the project. The Department is particularly interested in learning local views relative to project consistency with local comprehensive plans, discovering local resources, and identifying local concerns and issues. Anyone with an interest is invited to attend and participate in the meeting.”
‘Sign Painters’ screening
7 p.m. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. “Sign Painters” screening. “There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. Join us for a follow up Q+A with Faythe Levine, and stay to have a look at Steady Work, an exhibition including work by five local sign painters. Co-presented with the Portland Museum of Art. You can purchase Sam and Faythe’s Sign Painters book at the PMA store.” http://www. space538.org/events/sign-painters or http://www.portlandmuseum.org/Content/8238.shtml?PHPSESSID=ea3 f7c7fd33c5cf91073aa290e0b893c
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7 p.m. to 9 p.m. East End Community School: Community Room. “Friends, mark your calendar! Historian Herb Adams will take us back 200 years to the famous sea battle between the HMS Boxer and USS Enterprise. While the battle took place off Pemaquid Point, you’ll learn about the role our City and neighborhood played. Roll & Go will be on hand to perform sea shanties about the historic naval fight The event complements the 200th Anniversary of the Boxer vs. Enterprise series hosted by the Maine Historical Society. If you like history, you’ll love Herb Adams’ presentation as he brings our backyard’s past to light. $5 for FoEP members; $8 for non-members. Free for those who become members that evening.” http://easternpromenade.org see next page
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Steamy Nights 2013
7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center. “Don’t miss this sultry summer evening filled with collaborative and solo dance acts from all your favorite Portland Maine dance and burlesque groups! This performance is a benefit for St. Lawrence Arts. Come support local performers and a great nonprofit venue for the arts all at the same time. Featuring acts from groups and mostly soloists: Vivid Motion; Stripwrecked Burlesque; Grace Glamour; Candy Sprinkles; Ginger Rita; Pixie Bust; Little Boy Broadway; Hunky Dory; Dick Von Tassel and more. With MC Gay Jay. This performance is one show only starting at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5. For more information please visit: http://www.stlawrencearts.org.”
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 life-sized photographs of bodies that are face-mounted to over 3,000 1-inch by 1-inch plexiglass squares in his piece titled Pig Pile.”
Starry Nights Exhibit with the MAC
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “When Van Gogh painted “Starry Nights”, he was interpreting the world as he saw and felt it. Members of Maine Artists Collective (MAC) are doing the same thing, presenting their interpretations of the world around us in the Starry Nights Exhibit which opens Aug. 30 and continues to Sept. 23 at Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St. in Portland. A reception is planned for First Friday, Sept. 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 pm. The gallery is open seven days a week from noon to 4 p.m. MAC will be showing paintings, prints, photography, assemblage and digital works that blur the divide between painting and photography. The mission of the Maine Artist Collective is to connect the public with Maine artists and support development by providing exhibition and studio space, education, and professional workshops.”
‘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 2536808 or michelle.souliere@gmail.com. “Eric Hou returns to the Green Hand with prints of his latest drawings. Come
Historian Herb Adams lectures on the Battle of the Enterprise & the Boxer-War of 1812, Irish Heritage Club, Portland, Sunday, Aug. 4. Adams will give a similar talk today for a Friends of the Eastern Promenade event at the East End Community School. (Photo by Judy Barrows) 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.” www.pbs.org/pov or www.portlandlibrary.com see next page
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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 ceremo-
nies 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 774-7662558 aah3273@yahoo.com.
Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Haiti Yard Sale
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Yard Sale on the Deering High School lawn, 370 Stevens Avenue, to fund teachers’ salaries and childrens’ noon meal at Christ the King School in Morne Rouge. To donate items, call 773-6562.
Auditions for Nutcracker Burlesque
10 a.m. “Be part of Vivid Motion’s Holiday Tradition. Auditions for Nutcracker Burlesque! Saturday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. at Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St. in Westbrook. Shows will be Dec. 13-15 and 18-21 at 7:30 p.m. At St. Lawrence Arts in Portland. Rehearsals will be 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Acorn Studios. The amount of time you spend at rehearsal depends on the parts you are cast in. Rehearsals start Sept. 14. No rehearsals Columbus Day Weekend and Thanksgiving Weekend. Tech week will start Dec. 9. Rehearsal every night from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.”
Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 12th annual Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts at Smiling Hill Farm at 781 County Road, Westbrook, Maine, Route 22. Admission: $2, children under 12 free. Email info@unitedmainecraftsmen.com or visit www. unitedmainecraftsmen.com. “100 of Maine’s talented Artisans will be selling their unquie handcrafted products on the beautiful grounds of Smiling Hill Farm. Plenty of space to browse, have a lunch and enjoy the countryside.” http:// unitedmainecraftsmen.com or http://www.smilinghill.com
‘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.
‘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 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.” www.mainewildlifepark.com
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.” www.MaineBA.org
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.” Visit 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.” Call 780-4249 or e-mail egleason@usm.maine.edu to reserve.
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.” www. stlawrencearts.org.
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