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Tod VanZandt of Portland browses the fall selections at the Wednesday farmer’s market in Monument Square. VanZandt said he works on Fore Street and makes a habit of visiting the weekly market. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
Dozens filled the Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall Tuesday night to voice discontent and opposition over a proposal to create a weekly craft market in Monument Square. Residents, artists, vendors and consumers turned out in high numbers to a council subcommittee meeting in response to the proposal that would require street vendors to pay an annual fee to sell handmade goods on city property, while limiting sales to once a week. "Portland equals art and Maine equals art," said Don Tuski, president of Maine College of Art, whose message was echoed by at least half of the roughly 75 attendees. The Health and Recreation Committee hosted see ARTS page 3
Linda Bean sees big future in Disney, Jetport lobster outlets BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Opening a restaurant at the Portland Jetport is the tip of the lobster claw for Linda Bean, granddaughter of L.L. Bean. "We have an objective of making lobster more fun, more affordable," Bean said, and her next goal is to become established at Walt Disney World with her lobster products. Walt Disney World, in Florida, asked Bean to participate in the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival.
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"We accepted with great joy, they liked our lobster roll and our Lobster Cuddlers," she said. Now, Walt Disney World may license her lobster roll and Lobster Cuddlers, which would be a boon to her business. "The growth in our business has been quite remarkable from how much we've been purchasing from lobstermen. We started with 400,000 pounds in 2007, we're sourcing this year 4.4 million pounds," Bean said. see LOBSTER page 6
In July, Linda Bean opened the 240-seat Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and Topside Tavern, 88 Main St., Freeport, across from the L.L. Bean flagship store. When the Amtrak Downeaster extends through Freeport with a planned expansion of rail service, Bean expects even more visibility for lobster products. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
The great restoration Traditional Peruvian cooking See David Brooks on page 4
See the foods column on page 7
Lobster dinners for veterans See the story on page 13
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Atlanta says bring on the zombies ATLANTA (NY Times) — Welcome to the Zombie Capital of the World. That, at least, is what Atlanta magazine, the glossy monthly, has dubbed this Southern city. It’s not only that “The Walking Dead,” the hit zombie show that began its second season on AMC on Sunday, is filmed and set here. Or that Atlanta holds some of the nation’s largest zombie film festivals, zombie parades and zombie haunted houses. Or that even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that staid Atlanta-based federal agency, joined in the fun with a tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse. It is mainly that there are Atlantans like Kevin Galbraith, a 24-year-old Georgia State University student who is one of the 6,000 people who applied to be zombie extras on “The Walking Dead.” The pay is meager, the hours are long, the weather is steamy, and even their friends barely recognize them, staggering around in the background, coated in fake blood and corpse-gray paint. And only 200 will be chosen each season. “You have to be the sort of kid who grew up practicing your zombie walk in the mirror,” said Galbraith, a lanky, 115-pound horror fan who beat the odds and was cast in both seasons. “I feel more alive than ever when I’m dead.” Horror is big business here. Hollywood films like 2009’s “Zombieland” and “Halloween II,” which were both filmed in Georgia, pump millions of dollars into the local economy. Why Atlanta? There are many theories. Robert Kirkman, the Kentucky native who wrote the graphic novel on which “The Walking Dead” is based, wanted the story set in a large Southern city. One of the largest annual gathering of zombies, DragonCon, a fantasy and science fiction convention, happened to be founded by an Atlanta resident. And this sprawling city, with swatches of foreclosed or abandoned property, is easy to make look spooky. But government bureaucrats also played a role. In 2005, Georgia passed some of the nation’s most advantageous tax incentives for filmmakers. Since then, the money spent on filmmaking in Georgia — for everything from music videos to television commercials — has soared to $759 million from $132 million. Meanwhile, the blockbuster success of franchises like “Twilight” and “Harry Potter” has drawn studios to fantasy and science fiction.
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Israeli soldier swapped for hundreds of Palestinians BY ETHAN BRONNER AND STEPHEN FARRELL THE NEW YORK TIMES
JERUSALEM — In an elaborate prisoner exchange that could roil Middle East politics, an Israeli soldier held for more than five years by the militant Palestinian group Hamas was swapped on Tuesday for hundreds of Palestinians who have spent many years in Israeli jails, all them freed to jubilant welcomes tinged with bitterness and grief. Buses transporting the Palestinian prisoners — the first group of what will eventually number more than 1,000 — made their way into Egypt, which helped broker the exchange, and from there to the West Bank and Gaza Strip where relatives and celebrations awaited. The soldier, Sgt. First Class Gilad Shalit, 25, was taken from Gaza, where he had been held since Palestinian militants abducted him in a cross-border raid in 2006, into Egypt and from there to Israel, where he was given a medical check and declared in good health. Looking pale and thin, he changed into a military uniform and was flown by helicop-
ter to an Israeli military air base where he was reunited with his family and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Today we are all united in joy and in pain,” Mr. Netanyahu said shortly after in a televised address from the base, Tel Nof, south of Tel Aviv. The question of whether the exchange would lead to more abductions of Israeli soldiers hung in the air on Tuesday for both Israelis and Palestinians. The armed wing of Hamas made clear that for it the conflict with Israel was hardly over. “We will not give up until prisons are shut down,” a masked spokesman for the group, who identified himself as Abu Obaida, said in a televised statement in Gaza. “A chapter has ended but there are other chapters.” Abu Obaida also said that Hamas treated Sergeant Shalit “according to the Islamic morals,” while Israel “deliberately dealt with our prisoners with torture, compulsion and revenge.” One of the freed prisoners, Yehya Sinwar, a co-founder of an early security wing of Hamas, was defiant. He promised “to work hard to free all
In this photograph released by the Israeli Defense Forces, Gilad Shalit spoke to his family on the telephone after five years in captivity on Tuesday.
prisoners, especially those who serve high sentences, whatever the price was.” Another was Wafa al-Bass, who has been in prison since 2005 when she used the chance for treatment at an Israeli hospital as a pretext to bring a suicide belt through the Erez crossing — trying to explode it when caught. Upon arrival in Gaza, she said that Palestinians should “take another Shalit” every year until all the remaining 5,000 Palestinians prisoners in Israeli jails went free. Israel displayed a calibrated mix of relieved celebration
New malaria vaccine shows promise BY DONALD MCNEIL JR. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Preliminary results from the trial of a malaria vaccine show that it protected nearly half of the children who received it from bouts of serious malaria, scientists said Tuesday. The vaccine, known as RTS,S and made by GlaxoSmithKline, has been in development for more than 25 years, initially for the American military and now with most of its support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The clinical trial is scheduled to continue through 2014 and will include tests on more than 15,000 children, from infancy on up. Early results released at a Seattle malaria conference on Tuesday showed that three doses protected 47 percent of the 6,000 children ages 5 months to 17 months from severe malaria. (The age group was chosen because newborns have some protection from their
mothers’ antibodies.) “The results are encouraging, but we still have a way to go,” said Dr. Tsiri Agbenyega, who heads malaria research at a Ghanaian hospital that was one of the 11 research sites. He announced the results, which are being published in The New England Journal of Medicine. While 47 percent protection is not very effective — most vaccines are not released until they do better than 90 percent — Glaxo’s chief executive, Andrew Witty, noted that even that much protection would save millions of lives over a decade. Malaria is estimated to kill about 780,000 people a year, most of them African children. Adults who survive those childhood bouts usually develop at least partial immunity. A few years ago the World Health Organization estimated that malaria killed one million people a year, and in 2008 it said that mosquito nets, DDT and newer artemisinin-based
drugs paid for by donor nations were making a dent. But the estimates are controversial and change when new statistical methods are applied. Also, malaria can bounce back frighteningly fast as soon as control measures are relaxed or even in hotter, wetter weather. It is far harder to make a vaccine against parasites like malaria than to make one against a virus. The malaria parasite changes shape as it moves from blood to liver and back to the blood, and each form has different surface proteins. Glaxo has already spent more than $300 million on RTS,S, which will probably be named Mosquirix if it is introduced commercially, and expects to spend up to $100 million more, Mr. Witty said. Then, if the vaccine is approved, the company will make it at cost plus 5 percent for poor countries, with the 5 percent profit plowed back into malaria research.
and acknowledgment — both of the pain and death that the released Palestinians caused many families and of the risk that their release may pose to Israelis. Several petitions to block or alter the exchange had been rejected by Israel’s high court on Monday. The scene at the courtroom was emotionally charged, with some families who lost members in terrorist attacks assailing the Shalit family and the government. Mr. Netanyahu wrote letters to the bereaved families saying he understood their heartache.
Goldman Sachs reports $428M loss Goldman Sachs, weighed down by problems in its private equity portfolio and broader global economic woes, reported a loss of $428 million, compared with a $1.7 billion profit a year ago. It’s only the second quarterly loss for Goldman since the investment bank went public in 1999. The company reported a loss of 84 cents a share, worse than analysts’ predictions of a loss of 16 cents, according to Thomson Reuters. The troubles, which follow similar weakness in the second quarter, underscore the difficult environment for investment banks. Goldman, widely considered the savviest trading firm on Wall Street, had a significant revenue drop in crucial divisions like fixed income and investment banking amid the market turmoil. — The New York Times
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Back Cove trail link project to begin soon BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Construction on a long-awaited trail link between the Back Cove and the Bayside Trail at the intersection of Marginal Way and Franklin Street is set to begin by early November. If all goes well, the project should be completed by January. Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky said recently that Maine Department of Transportation has already put the $200,000 project out to bid with the intention of choosing a contractor in the next few weeks. MDOT expects “to start and finish (the project) before the end of this calendar year,” Bobinsky said. “Once the contract is awarded, the contractor will begin mobilizing.” He predicted the project would not cause significant back-ups at the intersection, which MDOT redesigned in 2009. Proponents of a new connection to the Back Cove have been waiting since then for the state to approve the trail link, which it did after determining the route would be safe. As proposed, the paved trail would
cross Marginal Way and pass under the Interstate 295 overpass before hooking onto Back Cove trail. Currently, that access point is blocked by a chain-link fence. Proponents say the trail will be well-used by recreational cyclists and runners, commuters and Bayside residents en route to shopping Hannaford and other nearby shopping centers. “All along, our plan was to connect these two trails together to create this network,” said Mark Latti, a spokesman for MDOT. “We are very excited to see this come to fruition.” About $153,000 of the $195,000 project comes from the federal government, although the state and the city contributed about $41,000 in all. On Monday, the city council approved a $22,000 local match for the project, with the money expected to come from the city manager’s contingency fund. The city is also on the hook for any cost overruns associated with the project. The state is planning to install new crossing signals and other improvements at the intersection to protect pedestrians and cyclists that use the
In this scene from winter 2009, Lee Marquis (left) and Jim Bilodeau stroll the Back Cove Trail with Bella, a greyhound, during a sunny Sunday afternoon. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)
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pedestrians from vehicles on the offramp, Bobinsky said. “The actual work itself will be a substantial improvement in connecting the Bayside Trail with Back Cove,” Bobinsky said.
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"We all need to work together to keep Portland creative." Others quipped about having the urge to rip down "Buy Local" stickers from storefront windows of shops that get products from overseas, while vendors sell truly local crafts. "We're shooting ourselves in the foot if we take away the street artists," said Stefan Henegar.
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will be found among vendors, businesses and City Hall, attendees to Tuesday's meeting remained skeptical. "Up until recently I loved that this city respected its street artists," said Abbeth Russell, a graduate of MECA who has been selling art off the street for three years. "This market would narrowly define art," she said.
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the meeting in an effort to gather public comment on the proposal, said Councilor Dory Waxman, the committee's chairwoman. She explained the proposal was introduced only as a way to move conversation, saying a task force would likely be assembled over the winter to further discuss the issue before any recommendation is made to the subcommittee and City Council. "No recommendation will be made. This is a work in progress," she said. "It made sense that we have this conversation ... (and) we're going to take the right steps and include the public." The proposal comes amid growing tensions between City Hall and street vendors who set up in the Old Port. Jan Beitzer, executive director of Portland's Downtown District, says the number of vendors setting up stands in the Old Port "has grown exponentially" is the last few years, calling it "chaotic and out of control" at times. She argues that while the federal courts have ruled forms of art are permissible to be sold on the streets, street vending has never been allowed in Portland. "The issue is regulating the public space," she said, adding, "We just want the city to respect the locally owned business community." Beitzer, the only person who addressed the subcommittee representing the other side of the coin, said store owners have concerns about people blocking sidewalks and taking business away from people who pay property taxes. "I'm sure there's solutions here," she concluded. Despite any reassurance that some middle ground
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Candidates for mayor out of touch with homeless issue Editor, In the recent mayoral forum regarding homelessness, “Candidates in their own words” (Saturday, Oct. 15), I found most of the candidates to be completely out of touch with the problem of homelessness in Portland. This social problem is not something that workingclass citizens such as myself should be expected to absorb through education, outreach and/or services. Adults who are diagnosed by qualified professionals as unable to work should absolutely receive care. I believe there is gross abuse of the social services system which requires strong-headed reform. I wonder how many homeless people are drunks who have stopped trying. This population is a tremendous burden on services. Homeless adults, specifically men, who are physically able to work should be required to perform public services to receive credits for food, shelter, clothing and medical care. Incentives should be provided to individuals who go above and beyond to help themselves get ahead. Sweeping trash off the streets and other unskilled activities should definitely be performed by able homeless adults. If a homeless adult demonstrates marketable skills, work opportunities will arise. The mayor can appoint a strong arm warden to watch over the riff-raff, away from the rest of the population which wants to raise families and do good business. Tim Hofmann Portland
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The great restoration If, in the 1960s, you had tried to judge America by looking at the sit-ins and Woodstock, you would have had a very distorted picture of where the country was heading. You wouldn’t have been able to predict that Richard Nixon would win the youth vote in 1972, which he did. You wouldn’t have been able to predict that Republicans would go on to win four out of the next five presidential elections, a streak only interrupted by Jimmy Carter, who ran as a conservative Democrat. Similarly, if you look only at the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements that have been getting so much coverage in the news media, you know very little about the wider America. Most Americans seem to understand this. According to data from the Pew Research Center, they are paying less attention to the Occupy Wall Street movement than any other major story — less than Afghanistan, Amanda Knox, the 2012 election, the death of Steve Jobs and far, far less than news about the economy. While the cameras surround the flamboyant fringes, the rest of the country is on a different
David Brooks ––––– The New York Times mission. Quietly and untelegenically, Americans are trying to repair their economic values. This project begins with the pessimism and anger you see in the protest movements. Seventy percent of Americans now say their country is in decline, according to various polls. When people are gloomy they have fewer babies, and, sure enough, fertility rates have dropped sharply, with the most dramatic plunges occurring in the hardest hit states, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. But that doesn’t mean people are just shrinking back. Quietly but decisively, Americans are trying to restore the moral norms that undergird our economic system. The first norm is that you shouldn’t spend more than you take in. After an explosion of debt over the past few decades, Americans are now reacting strongly against the
debt culture. According to the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll, three-quarters of Americans said they’d be better off if they carried no debt whatsoever. Not long ago, most people saw debt as a useful tool for consumption and enjoyment. Now they see it as a seduction and an obstacle. By choice or necessity, eight million Americans have stopped using bank-issued credit cards, according to The National Journal. The average credit card balance has fallen 10 percent this year from 2010. Banks, households and businesses are all reducing their debt levels. Second, Americans are trying to re-establish the link between effort and reward. This was the link that was severed on Wall Street, where so many made so much for work that served no productive purpose. This was the link that was frayed by the bailouts, when people who broke the rules still got rewarded. In sphere after sphere, strong majorities want to see a balance between what you produce and what you get. The bank bailouts worked and barely cost the government anything, see BROOKS page 5
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Kissing can beget intimacy in a relationship Maggie, I have been married for six years but there is a guy at work that I can’t stop thinking about. Work Guy and I don’t even talk that much but I just want to slam him against the wall and kiss him. My husband never kisses me and it makes me bummed that I am 28 and won’t get any more first kisses. I miss that spark that you get when you are crushing on someone. Dear Never Been Kissed … Again, My Good Earth tea bag told me this, “Kissing is like drinking salted water; you drink and your thirst increases.” However, if you aren’t getting any kisses, salty or otherwise, you may as well be dying in the driest desert around. Humans crave kissing because of how good it makes us feel. Kissing releases a whole slew of yummy love chemicals into the body including the bonding hormone oxytocin, which is also released during childbirth. (I am trying to recall at what point during childbirth I ever thought, “Wow, this feels just like kissing.”) According to a 2009 article in The Independent, there is an undercover agenda in kissing. “You can the smell the health of
Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice their teeth and what they have been eating and drinking and smoking, and these are all devices we use to size up an individual before we do something like have sex with them,” says Dr. Helen Fisher, an anthropologist at Rutgers University. (See, boys. THAT’S why you should floss.) But discovering what Office Guy eats probably isn’t why you crave trading saliva with him. Don’t think you are alone in your wishing for kishing. Even the happiest spouse fantasizes about smooching another—it is completely natural for other people to sneak into our brains. I had an omelet with Tom Brady just this morning. It’s the acting upon it that causes the tables to turn. You have two options: Kiss him or don’t. If you kiss him, I promise you the reality will be nothing like the fantasy you have built up while ignoring inter-office emails. Then there is the awkward slippery slope into
guilt, shame and regret. If no one has noticed your moony eyes when he walks by, they will most definitely notice the two miles you detour to avoid his office. Then the rumors start. Then he will get drunk at the Christmas party and spill the kissing beans to “a friend.” Then everyone will attempt to shove you under the mistletoe. Then every time your husband is in a bad mood or standing by your phone you will be sick that he knows and then you start acting all defensive and paranoid. Mmm, sounds worth it. Or don’t. Keep it as your private fantasy that you revert to when life is gloomy. My friend Michelle has a great saying, “I don’t care where you get your appetite, you just better come home to eat.” Use your daydream as an appetizer into the reality you committed to when you married your husband. The bigger question here: Why aren’t you making out with your hubby? You said he doesn’t kiss you. Do you kiss him? Or have you invented a story that makes him the mean anti-kisser and you have just given up? Men really like to be touched, so unless you are covered in quills, I have a hard time believing he would Mace you if you went in for a peck. You are most likely resentful that he doesn’t fawn over you any-
more like he did when you were 23. Now, at the ripe age of 28, you are throwing in the romance towel. Most affairs start when Person A really likes the way Person B allows them to feel—all jingly and jangly. Huh, they think. Spouse A doesn’t make me feel this way anymore, so that must mean I married and procreated with the wrong person! If we all walked around on the toes of lust 24/7 nothing would ever get done. Nature is clever. She gives you enough spark to make more people and then takes it away so you can focus on raising said people. Strip away the expectations you have that marriage is supposed to be one long first date. Your husband doesn’t bring you flowers? When is the last time you make him a steak (without complaining in a negligee?) If you want to eat a whole pizza then you need to run around the park. If you want a sexy marriage, you need to do the work. Sweetness begets sweetness. Even if you are married for 40 years you can still recall that spark that got you in a tizzy in the first place. Even if it is just enough so you can get your goodnight kiss. (Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)
In the 1820s, as now, Americans felt the country had gone soft BROOKS from page 4
but they are ferociously unpopular because the unjust got rewarded. The auto bailouts mostly worked, but they are unpopular even in the Midwestern states that directly benefited because those who failed in the market still got the gold. Public sector unions are unpopular because of the perception that benefit packages are out of balance. The third norm is that loyalty matters. A few years ago there was a celebration of Free Agent Nation. But now most people, even most young people, would rather work long-term for one company than move around in search of freedom and opportunity. This values restoration is reshaping the way Americans see the world around them. Many economists say the cutback in consumption will hurt the economy in the short run. But, according to the Heartland Monitor poll, 61 percent of Americans said the decline in consumption would “help the economy as it would create more savings that could be invested to create or expand business.” Some economists say the government should be spending more now to stimulate a recovery. Thirty-eight percent of Americans seem to agree with that. But 56 percent have said “government spending when the government is already running a deficit is the wrong approach during an economic downturn because it is only a temporary solution that increases long-term debt.” These majorities are focused on the fundamentals. They say that repairing the economic moral fabric is the essential national task right now. They are suspicious of government action in gen-
eral, saying that government often undermines this fabric. But they support specific federal policies that nurture industriousness, responsibility and delayed gratification, like spending on infrastructure, education and research. They distinguish between the deserving and unde-
serving rich. America went through a similar values restoration in the 1820s. Then, too, people sensed that the country had grown soft and decadent. Then, too, Americans rebalanced. They did it quietly and in private.
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Bean focusing on larger restaurants, abandoning smaller cafes LOBSTER from page one
"If these deals work out and we're in more airports and we go into Disney, we're going to need another processing plant," she said. Bean said she has property in Rockland, where she runs her processing, to accommodate expansion. She owns five waterfront buying stations and a 28,000-square-foot processing plant. "When I entered the business in 2007, the landings of lobsters in Maine were recorded at 68 million pounds, that grew to 93 million pounds in 2010, we don't know what it's going to be this year, but it looks to be even bigger," Bean said in an interview this week. Wal-Mart carries Lobster Cuddlers, a frozen claw that's precooked and can be microwaved, in 800 stores. Bean also sells Maine Lobster Tails of Joy, a lobster tail clad in butter and frozen that can be cooked when ready. In July, Bean opened the 240-seat Linda Bean's Maine Kitchen and Topside Tavern, 88 Main St., Freeport, across from the L.L. Bean flagship store (she also operates a stand at a Bike, Boat and Ski store at the corner opposite the restaurant, leased from L.L. Bean). The Freeport restaurant features lobster as
well as Maine products, and Bean said she tries to appeal to local customers with old family recipes of her grandfather, L.L. Bean, including his camping foods such as camp potatoes and a haddock recipe. A children's menu there is styled on foods that kids like while introducing them to lobster, such as lobster mac and cheese. A barbecued blueberry glazed chicken, started out in the tavern in Freeport, now is sold at the Jetport. In 2009, Bean launched a Perfect Maine cafe on Exchange Street in the Old Port, but it's no longer a Linda Bean's. "What I'm doing is the bigger restaurants now, rather than the small cafes," Bean said. "We've gone into some larger scale restaurants with Freeport and the Jetport." On Oct. 13, the Portland International Jetport welcomed dignitaries to celebrate the grand opening of the new 180-seat Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster Café, brought to the airport by HMSHost Corporation. Concession groups bid on 10-year contracts to serve food at a new $75 million terminal at the Jetport. Bean entered with HMS Host to bid on the next 10 years. "Our group won, and they began to build out my restaurant
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The City Council has approved a number of improvements to the city’s revolving loan programs designed to make them more accessible and responsive to the needs of Portland businesses. Those Improvements include: the creation of a 60/30/10 loan program, which requires only 10 percent equity from the borrower (60 percent from a conventional lender and 30 percent from City’s loan funds), increasing Micro and Creative Economy Loan maximums to $50,000, expanding eligible activities for many of these loans to include working capital, and refinancing. The Council also approved changing the name of the Downtown Portland Corporation to Portland Development Corporation (PDC) to better reflect the agency’s missing. The PDC is charged with implementing and administering economic development programs including approval of all loan requests. For the past seven months, the PDC has been working with the city’s Economic Development Division to update the loan programs.
“We are very pleased that the Council approved our proposed loan program changes,” said DPC President Donna Katsiafikas. “The main intent of these changes is to get more of the city’s revolving loan fund dollars into the marketplace, helping Portland businesses to grow and to new create jobs.” The 60/30/10 Program, also known as the Portland Business Loan Program, is designed to meet an unmet need in the marketplace, particularly for projects between $250,000 and $500,000 as projects of this size are not ideal for other programs including the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 50/40/10 funding product, city officials said. With minimal fees and opportunities for guarantees for the bank’s share from the SBA or the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), the new 60/30/10 Program is expected to be very useful to growing Portland businesses. More information and details about all of the changes to the loan programs can be found online at http://www.portlandmaine.gov/citymanagers/fi nancialassistance.asp.
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Server experiences Peru for a good cause (Natalie Ladd asked Stephanie Bookman to write about her experiences in Peru for the weekly “What It’s Like” restaurant column.) Greetings from Peru! My name is Stephanie Bookman. I am a career server and future nursing school student who now calls Portland, Maine home. As a server in two restaurants, I love the opportunity to provide an experience to diners, whether locals or tourists, to interact with grumps and raving fans alike, the satisfaction of a glass of red wine after a particularly frustrating or lucrative night, and the constant influx of new faces and personalities in this industry. It can be inspiring, enriching, and comical to see different chefs' brilliance in some dishes, and severe mediocrity in others. One aspect that breaks all cultural and language barriers, is the love, warmth, and energy a well prepared meal embodies to those who give and receive it. My employment at Havana South in Portland and Casa Novello in Westbrook allowed for me to finally embark on the trip of a lifetime to a place I had always dreamt of — Peru. As a server and avid food lover, what makes me feel at home while I am so far from home? Our den mother Santusa, and her incredible cooking. Each day, upon arriving home from a hard day of teaching classes and greenhouse construction, our house is filled with the aromas of delicious Peruvian cuisine. South Africans, Swedish, Australians, Americans and Canadians alike all quietly consume the goodness that is Santusa's cooking. All that can be heard during meal time is the smacking of lips, mmmm's, and the quiet hums of "gracias Santusa, es perfecto" each day. Welcome home. This week, I helped Santusa prepare an authentic Peruvian dish, "Seco de Pollo," a rich chicken stew with carrots, peas, pimentos, or red peppers, onions and garlic in a cilantro and aji marasol molido, or chilli pepper sauce. Spices common to Peru include palillo, which is tumeric, and aji torrado, a dried roasted red pepper spice. The care and love in which Santusa creates her cuisine is that of a seasoned chef. No ingredient touches a measuring cup or spoon as Santusa's hands are her greatest utensil. This meal reached perfection, and was happily consumed after I completed the three day Lares Trek to Machu Picchu. Traditional Peruvian cuisine presents ingredients specific to this region, potatoes, quinoa, beets, avocado, and always meat. Fresh oregano, cilantro and parsley are often on the plate and are sure to produce a flavorful, rich, and soul warming meal every time. I've also had quite a good time sampling local cocktails, specifically pisco sours, which are made with pisco, a local brandy like liquor made from grapes, lemon or lime juice, an egg white, sugar, and a splash of bitters. Be careful with these tasty
Portland’s Stephanie Bookman (left) and Santusa of Peru’s Challenge prepare an authentic Peruvian dish, “Seco de Pollo.” (COURTESY PHOTO)
drinks, in the altitude of Cusco, 11,000 feet, it doesn't take much to "get there." I am currently volunteering with Peru's Challenge, working in a small community in an outly––––– ing region of Cusco, Peru. Peru's What It’s Challenge is a nonprofit organiLike zation working in partnership to develop sustainable communities in Peru. Working with volunteers, they're able to improve the health, education and general living standards for the children and communities living in the Andes in Peru. The charity was started by
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Jane Gavel of Australia and Selvy Ugaz of Peru in October 2003 when they were just 24 years old. The charity is not affiliated with any other organization and is purely managed by Jane and Selvy from Peru and so relies on volunteer workers. Currently, I am helping to facilitate classes in art, English, physical education and computers to grades one through six, constructing a greenhouse, and assisting with a women's co-op. Each weekend I have, so far, travelled to the Sacred Valley, toured Incan Ruins, trekked through the Andes, and visited Machu Picchu, all included in see next page
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the cost of the volunteer program. In volunteering with Peru's Challenge I get to see the real Peru while hopefully making a difference to those in need. In turn, I have completely fallen in love with this magical country. I thank you Portland, for allowing me to share some of my experiences with all of you. For more information on Peru's Challenge, to make donations, or apply, please visit the website at www.peruschallenge.com.
Seco de Pollo Serves six, cooking time is about 2 hours
Stephanie Bookman learns Peruvian cooking from Santusa, Bookman’s “den mother.” (COURTESY PHOTO)
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Ingredients 3 cups brown rice 2 medium red onions 4 cloves garlic 2 carrots Loads of cilantro, 3-4 cups 2 chilli peppers, can use poblanos in the U.S. for milder flavor 1 red pepper 1 cup peas whole chicken cut into pieces vegetable oil salt palillo or tumeric aji torrado or roasted red pepper spice Preparations 1. Fry chicken pieces on all sides in oil 2. Sautee garlic and onion in oil in pressure cooker 3. Pick cilantro off stems, put in blender with chilli peppers and enough water to blend to a thick pesto like sauce 4. Add half verde sauce to chicken pan and half to pressure cooker 5. Simmer both pans 5 minutes, adding tumeric and red pepper
spice to taste 6. Pick out chicken and add to pressure cooker, leaving verde sauce behind 7. Chop red pepper and add to verde sauce and drippings pan 8. Chop carrots and add to pressure cooker pot 9. Add about 2 cups boiling water, or enough water to barely cover ingredients, to pressure cooker 10. Lid the pressure cooker and simmer 10 minutes 11. Boil peas in water 12. Add red pepper and remaining verde sauce pan to pressure cooker after 10 minutes of lid-on simmering 13. Strain peas, add to all ingredients in pressure cooker 14. Add any additional salt, tumeric, or red pepper spice to taste, serve with brown or white rice
(Natalie Ladd will be back next week and invites colleagues and cohorts in the hospitality industry to submit their ideas for the opportunity to be a monthly What It’s Like?! guest columnist. Contact Natalie at natalie@ portlanddailysun.me for more information.)
Seco de Pollo is a traditional Peruvian dish that features plenty of vegetables (COURTESY PHOTO).
Bank of America records $6.2 billion quarterly profit (New York Times) Buoyed by onetime gains from accounting changes and the sale of assets, Bank of America reported a $6.23 billion profit for the third-quarter Tuesday, even as weakness on Wall Street hammered underlying results and the firm surrendered its position as the country’s largest bank by assets. Still, it could have been worse, especially given the mortgage-related losses that have pounded Bank of America’s stock in recent months and caused investors to worry about its long-term strength. Bank of America shares rose nearly 6 percent in early trading. The bank, based in Charlotte, N.C., reported net income of 56 cents a share, compared with a loss of $7.3 billion or 77 cents a share in the year-earlier period. Analysts had been expecting the bank to earn 28 cents a share in the third quarter. Revenue rose to $28.7 billion from $26.9 billion, although that too was pumped by one-time gains. Without the special items, Bank of America would have earned about $2.7 billion, which includes $1.7 billion in reserve releases as credit losses eased. Total assets stand at $2.22 trillion, compared with $2.29 trillion for JPMorgan Chase, which now holds the title
of the largest American bank. JPMorgan is also the biggest bank by deposits, with $1.1 trillion compared with Bank of America’s $1.04 trillion deposit base. Although Bank of America Merrill Lynch has been a crucial source of profit recently as other businesses like mortgages hemorrhaged money, the slow trading environment and financial uncertainty in Europe caused trading revenue to drop. The company’s global banking and markets revenue fell to $5.2 billion from $7 billion, and the unit reported a $302 million loss in the third quarter, a sharp contrast to the $1.46 billion gain a year ago. For investors, the red ink flowing from Bank of America’s disastrous acquisition of Countrywide Financial in 2008 remains the biggest worry. Both the federal government and private investors are seeking compensation for tens of billions of dollars in losses on securities backed by subprime mortgages, while also trying to force the bank to buy back soured home loans, arguing the mortgages were improperly originated and bundled into securities. Other major commercial banks that reported earnings in recent days posted profits of around $4 billion each.
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Veterans Memorial bridge to close for five nights John Trask crosses a walkway on the new Veterans Memorial Bridge, where a gap remained to be filled on the driving surface. A crew of over 70 by Reed and Reed of Woolwich were attaching enormous slabs of concrete for a deck. Due to construction of the new Veterans Memorial Bridge, which began in July 2010, the existing Veterans Memorial Bridge which connects Portland’s West End to South Portland over the Fore River will be closed 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Sunday through Thursday night. This five-night bridge closure will allow construction crews to complete utility work that crosses over existing travel lanes, the state reported. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)
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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2011. There are 73 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 19, 1936, H.R. Ekins of the New York World-Telegram beat out Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times in a roundthe-world race on commercial ßights that lasted 18 and ½ days. On this date: In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties. In 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end. In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow. In 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked Union forces at Cedar Creek, Va.; the Union troops were able to rally and defeat the Confederates. In 1951, President Harry S. Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany. In 1960, the United States began a limited embargo against Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products. In 1967, the U.S. space probe Mariner 5 ßew past Venus. In 1977, the supersonic Concorde made its Þrst landing in New York City. In 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value. In 1994, 22 people were killed as a terrorist bomb shattered a bus in the heart of Tel AvivÕs shopping district. Entertainer Martha Raye died in Los Angeles at age 78. One year ago: The Pentagon directed the military to accept openly gay recruits for the Þrst time in the nationÕs history. Today’s Birthdays: Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Robert S. Strauss is 93. Author John le Carre is 80. Artist Peter Max is 74. Author and critic Renata Adler is 73. Actor Michael Gambon is 71. Actor John Lithgow is 66. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 66. Rock singer-musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 63. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 59. Rock singer-musician Karl Wallinger (World Party) is 54. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 51. Boxer Evander HolyÞeld is 49. TV host Ty Pennington is 47. Rock singer-musician Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 46. Actor Jon Favreau is 45. Amy Carter is 44. ÒSouth ParkÓ co-creator Trey Parker is 42. Comedian Chris Kattan is 41. Rock singer Pras Michel (The Fugees) is 39. Actor Omar Gooding is 35. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 35. Writer-director Jason Reitman is 34. Actor Benjamin Salisbury is 31. Actress Gillian Jacobs is 29.
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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband and I have an old friend whom we’ve known more than 40 years. For the past 20, we have alternated spending Christmas Eve together. “Betsy” has one unmarried adult son who has not attended our Christmas events in many years. Our daughter now spends Christmas Eve with her husband’s family. My son and his wife, along with one aunt and uncle, have always come to us for the holidays, so the events at our home and Betsy’s have been lovely adult affairs. However, this year, our son has a new baby, and they are flying in to celebrate. Yesterday, I had coffee with Betsy and asked whether she’d mind if we host again this year since it would be so much simpler with the baby. Our house is already equipped with a highchair, portable crib, toys, etc. And it would be much easier for our son and daughter-in-law since Betsy’s house is not baby-proofed and our grandson will be 11 months old and getting into things. Betsy’s response was quite hurtful. She said my husband and I are too structured and kids should just go with the flow. I didn’t back down, and she finally relented, but in an unfriendly way, saying she didn’t want to “create a crisis.” She totally does not understand how much things will change with the addition of a toddler at a dinner party. I tried to get her to see our side, but she couldn’t. Next year, we will probably go to Betsy’s, since our son will likely start coming home every other Christmas. But what do you think of her response? -- A Devoted Grandmother Dear Grandmother: Actually, we can see both sides. Obviously, it is easier if the baby is at your house. However, children are quite adaptable and can manage at other places, too, if the parents keep a sharp eye, bring along toys and have a place for the child to lie down. Parents do it every
day. Still, we wish Betsy had been more gracious in responding to your request. It has obviously created some ill-will. Dear Annie: You answered a question about how much to tip for carryout restaurant service. I have the same question about a buffet. If the employee simply fills your drink order and takes away your dirty plates, do we need to leave the same 15 percent to 20 percent tip that is suggested for a regular meal? My wife thinks a dollar tip is good enough. I think it should be at least 10 percent of the buffet cost. What do you say, Annie? -- Wondering in El Paso Dear El Paso: You win this one. The server at a buffet who fills your drink order and clears your plates should be tipped 10 percent of the tab (before taxes). Thanks for asking. Dear Annie: Thanks for printing the letter from “Glendora, Calif.,” the 87-year-old who misses his kids but understands that they are living their own lives. I needed that, as I am currently packing up after being in the Pasadena area for 78 years. I am moving into an independent living facility. I was given a trial run at the facility and loved it. There were games to play, activities for the mind as well as the body, parties on the patio and myriad other activities that will keep me plenty busy. I will also be relatively close to my grandchildren, if 400 miles is close. I have no intention of sitting on my kids’ doorstep, but do relish being able to spend holidays with them. The rest of the time will be theirs when they want me, and to fill the void, I will walk my two small dogs, play bridge, join discussion groups and enjoy participating with others in day-to-day living. Life is truly a gift to use and enjoy. -- Pasadena Nana Dear Nana: We love your attitude.
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The Maine Lobster Promotion Council and local talk radio station WLOB are teaming up with local lobster organizations to honor veterans across the state with a weekly chance to win a lobster dinner in celebration of Veterans’ Day, which happens to fall during Maine’s peak lobster harvest season, the Maine Lobster Council reported. Each day listeners are asked to nominate veterans by calling or e-mailing WLOB. Nominees must be active members of the armed services or veterans who have served, including National Guard units. Each week, WLOB will award one nominee a lobster dinner for two at a local restaurant. There are five chances to win in the five weeks leading up to Veterans’ Day. The weekly dinners are sponsored by local lobster organizations including the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and the Import/Export Lobster Dealers On Veterans’ Day, Nov. 11, a total of 11 vetAssociation. erans will be selected to each win a dinner On Veterans’ for four at DiMillo’s On The Water in Portland. Day, Nov. 11, a (COURTESY PHOTO) total of 11 veterans will be selected to each win a dinner for four at DiMillo’s On The Water in Portland. Ray Richardson, host of the WLOB radio show, and Dane Somers of the Maine Lobster Promotion Council will host the celebration with the eleven veterans and their families at Dimillo’s On The Water on Nov. 18. “As we come together to celebrate the fall lobster harvest season, we also want to celebrate and honor Maine veterans and their families this Veterans Day, for their service is very much a family affair,” said Dane Somers, executive director of the Maine Lobster Promotion Council. “Thanks to their service, we are all free to enjoy this wonderful fall season in Maine. We cannot think of a better way to celebrate with them than to get together for a delicious lobster dinner — a Maine tradition.” For more information about The Maine Lobster Promotion Council, visit www.lobsterfromaine.com.
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Wednesday, Oct. 19 Avesta Housing appreciation luncheon noon to 1:30 p.m. Appreciation luncheon and Mike Yandell Award Presentation by Avesta Housing, 307 Cumberland Ave., at Grace Restaurant on Chestnut Street. Join Avesta officials as they express appreciation and share their story with the Avesta Housing community. RSVP to jturner@ avestahousing.org or 553-7777.
FoEP Annual Meeting & Elections 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. East End Community School. Friends of the Eastern Promenade Annual Meeting & Elections. “We’ll have a special presentation on the Fort Allen Park Restoration Project, committee reports and lots of time for socializing with fellow members and others interested in the Eastern Prom. Members will be electing the 2012 Board of Directors. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the East End Community School.”
Bob Higgins vs. The Mayoral Candidates 6:30 p.m. Bob Higgins vs. The Mayoral Candidates, Peaks Island Lecture Series. Baby sitting available; 5:35 p.m. ferry available for mainland residents. Higgins, a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun, also writes for Big Gonzo Politics. At the Legion Hall.
Thursday, Oct. 20 AARP Driver Safety Class 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. An AARP Driver Safety Class for drivers age 50 and older will be presented at the AARP Maine State Office, 1685 Congress St., Portland. The registration fee is $12 for AARP members, $14 for others. To register, phone Phil Chin, AARP volunteer instructor, at 846-0858. Because class size is limited, early registration is advised.
YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove postponed 10 a.m. Due to weather forecasts for rain, the Maine YardScaping Partnership has postponed until spring a ribboncutting ceremony to announce the completion and official opening of the YardScaping Gardens at Back Cove.
The Ultimate Seafood Splash noon to 2:30 p.m. The Ultimate Seafood Splash, Maine’s top chefs and fishermen prepare seafood sensations from coastal Maine waters at The Ultimate Seafood Splash, Ocean View Room. “There is truly something for everyone at this year’s Harvest on the Harbor. Whether a full-fledged foodie or an emerging gourmand this year’s events will offer tastes and temptations at every turn. From the Grand Tasting on the Harbor, to celebrity chefs and cooking demonstrations, to the Savory Samplings at the Marketplace filled with delectable food and wine samples. Fall Food & Wine Festival, Oct. 20-22. www.harvestontheharbor.com
Labyrinth Walk 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave. (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style labyrinth for meditative walks. Allow about 30 minutes. FMI 772-7421.
Sampson Center Catalyst for Change Award 5:30 p.m. “Howard M. Solomon of Bowdoinham, who has spent decades advocating for LGBT communities, will be the recipient of the 2011 Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine Catalyst for Change Award. The Sampson Center Catalyst for Change Award acknowledges an individual who has been in the forefront for change regarding diversity, equality, and human and civil rights in Maine.” Past recipients include Rabbi Harry Sky (2007), Dale McCormick (2008), Sallie Chandler (2009), and Allen Sockabasin (2010). A retired professor of history at Tufts and later the University of Southern Maine, Solomon was scholarin-residence for the Sampson Center’s LGBT Collection. In his latter role, he was invaluable to the development of the collection. His scholarship and contribution to exhibitions and public programming empowered LGBT communities and other underrepresented groups in Maine. His work with EqualityMaine and Maine Initiatives reflects his wish to improve the lives of all. Solomon will be honored at an awards dinner at the Keeley Banquet Center, 178 Warren Ave., Portland. For tickets and further information please contact Susie R. Bock, 780-4269, bocks@usm. maine.edu.
Halloween: Walk Among the Shadows 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. October 20-22 and Oct. 27-29, $10 per person, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., tours run every 15 minutes, by Spirits Alive at Eastern Cemetery. First-come, first-served In cooperation with Portland Playback & Acorn Productions. “Our annual fundraiser encourages attendees to feel the presence of those buried within on an evening tour of a spooky colonial graveyard. This year’s theme focuses on the spirits’ connection to the sea. These family-friendly tours are led by shrouded specters through the cemetery in groups. Tours depart about every 15 minutes and last up to 1 hour. The group stops at various points
“School Girls Jumping over String,” 1998, an archival pigment print by Madeleine de Sinéty, whose work is part of an exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art. (COURTESY IMAGE) along Funeral Lane to hear the cemetery residents come to life and voice their strange tales against the eerie, dimly-lit, gravestone-filled background.” www.spiritsalive.org
Jonathan Lash presents Annual Coffin Lecture 7 p.m. Jonathan Lash, president of Hampshire College, will present the University of Maine School of Law’s 19th Annual Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service. Lash’s lecture, “Community, Rights and Climate: A Challenge for a Clever Species,” will take place in USM’s Hannaford Lecture Hall located in the Abromson Community Education Center at 88 Bedford St. in Portland. The annual Coffin lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the USM parking garage on Bedford St. To attend, RSVP to Lexie Moras by calling 780-4344 or amoras@usm.maine.edu.
New Gloucester Historical Society 7 p.m. The next monthly meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be held at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, 389 Intervale Rd. (Rte. 231) (next to the Town Hall). The program will be about Moses Greenleaf, New Gloucester native and famous Maine geographer, presented by Holly Hurd. Members and the public are invited. Refreshments served. Members’ business meeting follows.
Damnationland 2011 7 p.m. “Damnationland 2011 will premiere at The Nickelodeon with a 9:15 show to follow, because the 7 p.m. show will definitely sell out. ... This year, six filmmakers from Maine strut their stuff, hoping to make you quiver, shiver, and shake!” Also, there will be a screening in the following theaters following the premiere in Portland. Waterville — Railroad Square Cinema; Belfast — The Colonial; Brunswick — The Frontier; Bridgton — The Magic Lantern, Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29. Rockland — The Strand, Saturday, Oct. 29, 10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 30, 3 p.m.; Auburn — Flagship Cinemas, Thursday, Oct 27 at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. www.damnationland.com
Shakespeare’s ‘MacBeth’ 7:30 p.m. Join Freeport Factory Stage for Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” Halloween production. Three witches define the future for MacBeth, whose bloody rise to power results in catastrophe. This is Shakespeare at the height of his creative power. October 20 through Nov. 6, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. Special Halloween performance Monday, Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. No performance on Thursday, Nov. 3. Tickets are $19 general/$15 students and seniors. Special group rates available by calling the box office, 865-5505. www.Freeportfactory.com.
‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ 8 p.m. “Monty Python’s Spamalot” National Broadway Tour, also Friday. Presented by Portland Ovations. “Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ is the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’ Based on the Tony Award-winning direction of Mike Nichol, with a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Idle and John du Prez,
‘Spamalot’ tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchman and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences everywhere are galloping to ‘Spamalot.’” https://tickets.porttix.com/public/default.asp
Friday, Oct. 21 Red Ribbon Campaign event in Freeport 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Freeport Middle School students will show their support of the national Red Ribbon Campaign and take a public pledge to remain drug free. Red Ribbon Campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation. It was inspired to honor the death of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena who was tortured to death in Mexico while investigating a major drug cartel. Freeport Middle School students in collaboration with Casco Bay CAN took on this initiative and planned with their school advisor a Red Ribbon Day to honor Enrique Camarena by taking the pledge. The Freeport Police and Fire Department will also join in and take a photo from atop the 80 foot ladder truck down on the field where students will be wearing red and lined up in the shape of a ribbon. Friday, Oct. 21, 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Freeport Middle School, 19 Kendall Lane, Freeport, Freeport Middle School, Freeport Police and Fire Department and Casco Bay CAN.
Portland Expo Ski & Snowboard Tent Sale 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Expo Ski & Snowboard Tent Sale begins Friday, Oct. 21, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 23, located at the Portland Expo Building, 239 Park Ave., Portland, and is presented by the Ski & Snowboard Liquidation Center in North Conway and Sport Thoma.
Maine Lobster Chef of the Year noon to 2:30 p.m. Three lucky finalists have been selected to compete in this years Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition. Kristian Burrin, Ryan Campbell, and Tom Regan will compete before a live audience of lobster enthusiasts, journalists and industry representatives to try to win the title of Lobster Chef of the Year. The audience will watch each finalist create their recipes featuring Maine Lobster and get a chance to taste a sample of each dish. Audience members, after being treated to three delicious dishes, will submit their votes for their favorite recipe and crown the 2011 Lobster Chef of the Year. Presented by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council, the annual Maine Lobster Chef of the Year cook-off competition helps celebrate and showcase Maine’s peak lobster harvest season by allowing the opportunity for esteemed Maine chefs to vie for the prestigious title. The Lobster Chef of the Year competition is a part of the larger Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau’s culinary event Harvest on the Harbor at Ocean Gateway in Portland. /www.harvestontheharbor.com for full schedule see next page
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Portland Democratic City Committee mayoral candidate forum at the Portland Public Library 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Democratic mayoral candidates Michael Brennan, Peter Bryant, Ralph Carmona, Jill Duson, Hamza Haadoow, Jodie Lapchick, Nick Mavodones, Jed Rathband and Ethan Strimling will participate in a discussion on key issues of the campaign, moderated by Jill Barkley, chair of the Portland Democratic City Committee at the main branch of the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. The candidates will be asked about issues ranging from economic development and affordable housing to public transportation, non-citizen voting and the Portland school system. In addition, attendees will be able to submit their own questions for the candidates. Following the discussion, the PDCC will host a meet-and-greet with the candidates at Gogi, 653 Congress St.
A Dash of Diva: Girls’ Night Out 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. “An evening of food, fashion, and fun! Enjoy performances by The Awesome, Sidecar Heroes, and Naya’s Trance. Laugh with celebrity host Karen Morgan. Learn how to “Zumba” with Ashley-Lynn Marble. Every guest will receive a pink lei and a gift bag filled with goodies from local businesses. VID Tickets: $30 General Admission: $20. Holiday Inn By The Bay, 88 Spring St.” www. adashofdiva.com
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‘Sholem Aleichem’ 6:30 p.m. “Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness,” Friday, Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.
First annual Portland Early Music Festival 7:30 p.m. An Age of Ayres: Song in 17th-century England and France. Fifteen Early Music Specialists come together to play the lute, harpsichord, cello, viola da gamba and violin will reverberate as they did centuries ago. Tenors, bass and sopranos will tell you the stories of the Baroque Age in song. Bach, Biber, Frescobaldi, Pachelbel and Purcell are just a few of the composers you will hear and enjoy. The audience can learn about early music instruments from some of the finest early music practitioners of the area. They can attend workshops on the lute and harpsichord, or listen to a lecture on violin and bow construction.lute, harpsichord, or listen to a lecture on violin and bow construction. Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 23; Memorial Hall at Woodford’s Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Call 775-3356 FMI. Schedule of Events at www. portlandconservatory.net.
‘Race to Nowhere’ screening in Lewiston 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Rated: PG-13, “Race to Nowhere” will be shown from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets: Free, $5 suggested donation. A Film and Grassroots Movement to Transform Education at Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St., Lewiston. 782-7228
6 p.m. Meet at the “haunted” Harrington House at 45 Main St. in Freeport “where our resident Congregation Bet Ha’am specter and psychic medium, Eddita Felt will escort you on Service focuses on a lantern-lit, hour-long walking educating Maine’s tour of the Freeport Village. recent immigrants Experience tantalizing true tales 7:30 p.m. Congregation Bet and eerie stories of the unknown Ha’am in South Portland will and unexplained.” This is the hold a special Shabbat serfinal year of this particular tour. vice about the educational Tours are available on Friday, needs of Maine’s recent Oct. 21, Saturday, Oct. 22, immigrants. An immigrant Thursday, Oct. 27, Friday, Oct. who is enrolled in adult edu28 and on Saturday, Oct. 29. cation classes and working All tours start at Harrington toward her GED will give the House and leave at 6 p.m. and sermon. The service will at 7:15 p.m. each evening. provide information about Reservations are required. how volunteers can tutor Tickets are $10. Reserve at English language learners, 865-3170. Sponsored by help prepare people for the Freeport Historical Society and U.S. citizenship test and underwriters, Norway Savings assist in adult education and the Jameson Tavern. www. Bob Higgins will lecture on Portland’s mayoral race tonight at classes. The service will freeporthistoricalsociety.org include performance of a Peaks Island. (COURTESY IMAGE) Tales of Terror song by Bet Ha’am member at Victoria Mansion Rita Kissen about her immigrant grandmother’s long6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Noted storyteller Lynne Cullen shares held desire to learn how to write her own name. Conspine-tingling stories from 19th century writers as Victoria gregation Bet Ha’am is a Reform Jewish congregation Mansion’s lights are dimmed to gaslight levels. This year’s with more than 350 household members. The synagogue selection includes “The Telltale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is located at 81 Westbrook Street. For more information, and “Dracula’s Guest” by Bram Stoker; on Oct. 21 and 22 at call 879-0028. 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. On Sunday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. the Mansion Hellenic Society of Maine lectures will host its first Family Fright Night which features “King o’ 7:30 p.m. Here’s a chance to learn more about Ancient the Cats” by Joseph Jacobs and other spooky folktales for Greece and its influences! Two presenters are scheduled kids 10 and under. Admission: Adults $20; Museum Memto speak as part of the Fall 2011 Hellenic Society of Maine bers $15; 17 and under $10. www.victoriamansion.org Lecture Series. Topics include “Delphi and What it Meant to Top of the Crop: Best Farm to Table Chef be Greek” about the oracle at Delphi on Oct. 20 by Sarah 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The best Maine chefs will bring the Harrell Ph.D. of Portland; and “Carl Jung and the Greeks” farm fresh flavors of Maine to the cooking stage as they vie on Nov. 17 by Christos Gianopoulos MA, MPA, of Greene. for the coveted title of Best Farm to Table Chef. Price: $75. Kicking off the series Sarah Harrell, Ph.D., will present her Ocean View Room. Harvest on the Harbor. fascinating talk on Oct. 20 – “Delphi and What it Meant to be Greek.” On Nov. 17 Christos Gianopoulos, MA, MPA, 2011 Halloween-Fest at Maine Wildlife Park will speak on “Carl Jung and the Greeks.” C.G. Jung (18756 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, 1961) is one of the towering intellectual figures of the 20th 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Maine Wildlife Park’s ever growing and century, and his work focused on the central task of the very popular eighth annual “Halloween-Fest” will run on both individual to achieve self-understanding. The two lectures Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 under the light begin Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in Room 207, Payson of the waning moon. Adults and kids alike wear their costumes Smith Hall on the University of Southern Maine Portland to give them a trial run before the actual Trick or Treat Night; campus and are free and open to the public. Call 892and get into the spirit of Halloween, while enjoying a crisp fall 9831 for more information. evening with our wildlife. New this year is a Haunted Woodchuck Tunnel for the smaller kids to wriggle through. Parents The Alash Ensemble of Tuva will be able to watch their kids go through at all times. For 8 p.m. “Central Asia is coming to Maine. The Alash more information, call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977; or Ensemble of Tuva will be performing in Portland Oct. 21
and offering a school workshop in Yarmouth Oct. 19. Alash will perform at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. Earlier in the week, on Oct. 19, the Tuvan throat singing group will offer a workshop to students at the North Yarmouth Academy. Alash, based in the Republic of Tuva in Central Asia, has won numerous international awards in Tuvan throat singing, a technique which allows vocalists to sing multiple pitches at one time. Ensemble members also play a variety of Tuvan traditional instruments, contributing to an overall musical experience that a Washington Post review described as ‘absolutely stunning.’”
Saturday, Oct. 22 Woodard & Curran fun run 8:30 a.m. “Enjoy a beautiful fall day on this 3.14-mile course — with pie for all runners and walkers at the end! Festivities include a Fun Run for kids, disk jockey and music, and emceed by WMTW News 8.” 8:30 a.m. Fun Run for Kids 10 and Under; 9 a.m. Race Start. Woodard & Curran, 41 Hutchins Drive, Portland. The course begins on Hutchins Drive, proceeds left on Outer Congress Street, turns onto the Unum campus, connects with Portland Trails’ Stroudwater Trail, and concludes on Hutchins Drive. Pre-registration: $15 thru Oct. 20. Race Day registration: $20. Free T-shirts while supplies last. Prizes for top runners. Register at www.woodardcurranfoundation.org.
Brunch to benefit Outward Bound for Veterans 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Woods at Canco retirement community, located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, will host a brunch to support the Outward Bound for Veterans program, a nonprofit. The public is invited. “Outward Bound for Veterans helps returning service members and recent veterans readjust to life at home through powerful wilderness courses that draw on the teamwork and challenge through use of the natural world.” To RSVP, or to learn more, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777. Donations can also be made online at www.holidaytouch. com/outwardbound.
Work Day at Fort Preble 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The Fort Preble Preservation Committee will hold a Work Day (Rain Date: Saturday, Oct. 29). The FPPC will be scraping, painting, weeding, clearing out brush and more in the most exposed area of the Fort. The public is invited to participate. The FPPC asks that volunteers wear appropriate clothing (suitable for outdoors in October in Maine, including work boots, long sleeves and long pants) and bring safety glasses and hand tools (clippers, pruners, saws, etc.) if they have them. Refreshments will be provided as well as a tour of some interior sections of the Fort. The FPPC is a collaboration by the City of South Portland and the Southern Maine Community College to bring attention to the importance of the Fort in the community’s place in history. Part of the working mission of the committee is to protect the surviving grounds, structures and buildings of Fort Preble and to interpret the various uses of the grounds, structures and buildings of the Fort to the public.” For more information, please contact Leslie Barteaux at lbarteaux@smccme.edu or 741.5975
Maine Artisan Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Celebrate the start of the season with this select group of local artists and craftsmen, exhibiting handcrafted jewelry, apparel, watercolors and so much more.” Falmouth American Legion Hall, 65 Depot Road, Falmouth.
We Love Munjoy Hill Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The We Love Munjoy Hill Festival will offer a chance to meet, mingle and celebrate the spirit of this eclectic neighborhood. The festival features live music, food, art and craft vendors, community groups, prize raffles, kids’ activities, games and demonstrations. The event is presented by the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization in collaboration with the Munjoy Hill Community Policing Center and Portland Recreation. East End Community School, 195 North St., Portland. Live music, food, art and craft vendors, community groups, prize raffles, kids’ activities, games and demonstrations. Information: munjoyhill. org, festival@munjoyhill.org or 775-3050
Fall Family Day at the Museum 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Portland Museum of Art features a special family cost: Half-off admission to participating families. All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Discover your family in the Museum! Join us as we welcome families to experiment with activities for the entire family to enjoy; from stroller kits and interactive gallery games to Family Voices cell phone tours and Child’s Play, a family space in the McLellan House. Look and learn as you invite the great art masters, such as Winslow Homer and Picasso, into your family! A children’s lunch special will be on the menu in the Museum Café.” see next page
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Savory Samplings at the Marketplace noon. Join 160 food artisans, wineries, breweries, distilleries and epicurean purveyors for a viewing of Maine-made products at the Savory Samplings Marketplace. Session I, noon to 2:30 p.m. Price is $45 at Oceanside Pavilion at the Ocean Gateway. Savory Samplings at the Marketplace — Session II is from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Part of Harvest on the Harbor. www.harvestontheharbor.com
Madeleine de Sinéty Gallery Talk 1 p.m. Gallery Talks, Saturdays at 1 p.m., Portland Museum of Art. Circa 2011: Madeleine de Sinéty by Jaqueline Bucar. 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Great Hall. “Madeleine de Sinéty captures daily life that no longer exists. More than an historical account of a life-long disappeared, de Sinéty portrays the joy, dignity, and independent spirit of people with a creative perspective. Her creative eye reaches across to other cultures, applying the same perspective to present a creative documentary of another people, another time.” The exhibit is on display through Dec. 31. De Sinéty has been a resident of Rangeley, Maine for the past 30 years. This exhibition is the fourth in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond. www.portlandmuseum.org
Benefit for WMPG’s Power Up! campaign 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. At Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., WMPG will record two half-hour episodes of “Watch Your Language!” for later rebroadcast. “Watch Your Language!” is a game show celebrating the complexity, beauty and downright weirdness of the English language, written and played by local wordsmiths, wits and raconteurs. The show is hosted by Suzanne Murphy of WMPG’s public affairs program, Big Talk, written by Kate O’Halloran and Joanne Fedorocko, and played by Josh Bodwell, Alan Brewer, Margaret Cleveland, Mary Beth Davidson, Marcia Goldenberg, John Spritz, and Caroline Teschke. The show is open to the public with a suggested donation of $5, with all proceeds to benefit WMPG’s Power Up! signal improvement campaign. Through a transmitter move and significant power increase, Power Up! will bring a strong WMPG signal to five times as many Southern Maine listeners as receive it now. The new stronger transmitter is expected be in operation by November.
Hospice of Southern Maine event 5:30 p.m. At Deering Oaks, Southern Maine’s only comprehensive hospice program celebrates the lives of Maine’s military and other loved ones at a public memorial candle ceremony. “Candles within the luminaria will be lit at twilight. Following the ceremony, the public is invited to wander through the wonderland of lights reflecting on those who have brought love and light into their lives. In addition, a special tribute to Maine’s military will be incorporated into the ceremony. The press is invited to learn more about the positive impact of Hospice of Southern Maine in the community.” Footbridge at Deering Oaks.
Fright at the Fort
Pirates of the Dark Rose (dead pirates that is) will be joining the other zombies, monsters and ghouls to ratchet up the scare factor. Saturday, Oct. 29, is come in costume night as a warm-up for Halloween the following day. Cap off your Fright evening with a trip to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Alamo Theater, in Bucksport. Fright takes place Friday/ Saturday, October 22, 23, 29 and 30, from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. (visitors should arrive by 8:30 p.m.). Tickets for Fright are $5 per person and advanced express line tickets are available for $7 per person. Fright express tickets allow people to avoid waiting in line and may be obtained by calling the Friends of Fort Knox at 469-6553.
5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fright at the Fort returns the last two Friday and Saturday nights this October, at the Fort Knox State Historic site, in Prospect, Zombie movie crew where the 19th Century granite bastion at Bull Moose in Sanford is transformed into a bad nightmare 6 p.m. “Maine filmmaker designed to put a chill into the bravAndy Davis’s Biddeford-made est of living souls. Visitors are guided zombie film ‘2’ was recently through the dark, fog filled, twists and released on DVD and to celturns of the massive granite fortification where the senses are bombarded The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine will ebrate, the cast and crew will by sights, sounds and lights that may be celebrating Halloween throughout October. Come be at the Sanford Bull Moose as well have crawled out of the scari- in for Halloween-themed events and workshops all at 1364 Main St. on Saturday, est horror movie. Friday, Oct. 21, is month long, then put on your costume and enjoy a Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. In honor of being called “crew night” because big Halloween Bash on Sunday, Oct. 30. (FILE PHOTO) the release and Halloween, they will judge a zombie cosgroups attending Fright with four or tume contest held at Bull more people will receive a free pumpMoose, sign copies of the DVD and meet fans.” For more kin (while they last). Saturday, Oct. 22, will feature fireworks, information, call 324-5786. at the conclusion of Fright, at 9:15 p.m. (the fireworks may be viewed from the Bucksport waterfront and not the Fort). ’90s Scream Halloween Dance Ghostport activities in neighboring Bucksport will be taking 9 p.m. “Do you like ’90s horror movies? Do you like to place all day Saturday, Oct. 22, and will include a coffin dance? Do you like costume parties? Then mark your race, trebuchet pumpkin chucking, pumpkin carving, chili calendars, because on Saturday, Oct. 22, your wish is cook off, concluding with the original George Romero,” our command! Party at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge ‘DJ Jon.” Night of the Living Dead” movie (go to fortknox.maine92 Portland St. http://www.facebook.com/bubbassulkylounge guide.com/fright for Ghostport details). Friday, Oct. 28, the
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