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OccupyMaine joins vigil to the homeless BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An annual vigil for homeless people in Portland swelled in numbers yesterday as members of the OccupyMaine protest movement joined the candlelight procession from the Preble Street Resource Center to Monument Square. About 100 people turned out for the march and vigil, which took place in raw, wet weather Wednesday night. For members of OccupyMaine, who share Lincoln Park with homeless people and whose ranks include Portlanders who are themselves homeless, the issue isn’t just an abstraction. “I can only speak for myself, I’ve made some great friends that I wouldn’t have made otherwise, I wouldn’t have realized the diversity that exists within the homeless population,” said Rachel Lyn Rumson of South Portland, an OccupyMaine member who teaches sociology, psychology and leadership at the university level. “I’m book knowledgeable, I’m a sociologist so I know about homelessness, but now I know people that are living it, and they’re survivalists. They’re just an incredibly resilient population.” Rumson said OccupyMaine’s protest against economic inequality couldn’t be ignored during the vigil, which also remembers those homeless

“It’s more like we’re learning to share across class lines. I mean there’s a lot of ignorance about class in our society. You think that homeless people are lazy, typically. That’s what I hear my friends and family say, even my students, I’m a college professor, and my students will say things like, ‘Oh, those people don’t want jobs.’ That’s absolutely false.” — Rachel Lyn Rumson of South Portland, an OccupyMaine member who teaches sociology, psychology and leadership at the university level people who have died in the past year. “The economic system that we have right now has been in place, which actually reinforces inequality,” Rumson said. “The homeless population, largely invisible, should be acknowledged every day of the year. It’s an opportunity to stand in solidarity with problems that this part of society faces.” Homeless people who also are OccupyMaine members are “incredible supporters” who held down a Monument Square protest, helped with camp winterization and were key in running a food pantry in Lincoln Park, she said. The movement also enriched their lives, Rumson said. “A lot of people have moved that I met that are homeless. They may have found housing. One person is getting married, she sent an invitation, she’s getting married and she wants

to thank OccupyMaine because she had renewed confidence in herself as a result of coming and holding signs,” Rumson said. She also met a homeless man who attended the first day of the OccupyMaine gathering on Oct. 1 “I met this gentleman named Chris, and he was homeless, and he was in tears about how amazing this was, that people were gathering to talk about these issues. I think it’s a much more visceral and concrete reality for the homeless,” Rumson said. Sometimes, the homeless have been mischaracterized or manipulated, Rumson said. She referred to a news program “where people had shown up to the camp for virtually just enough time to get on the news, and then they were gone again. It looked like it was OccupyMaine, and it really wasn’t.” The camp has been an incubator of sociological learning, she said. “It’s more like we’re learning to share across class lines. I mean there’s a lot of ignorance about class in our society. You think that homeless people are lazy, typically. That’s what I hear my friends and family say,

even my students, I’m a college professor, and my students will say things like, ‘Oh, those people don’t want jobs.’ That’s absolutely false.” Rumson said, “There’s a great deal of community, they seem to all know each other very well. They’re intelligent, a lot of them are very well spoken, in spite of the fact that the media will pick on the least of them.” A decline in homelessness has been reported in Portland “where local planners report a 3.3 percent decline in the number of persons living in their shelters and on their streets,” according to Barbara Fields, New England Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, citing the numbers in a press release about HUD homeless initiatives. Yet, OccupyMaine members point out the harshness of the homeless existence. At least 22 homeless people died in Portland this year, according to city officials. OccupyMaine members cited a Sheffield University study which is the subject of a BBC report. The study says that the average homeless person has a life expectancy of 47, compared with 77 for the rest of the population. “The life expectancy of somebody who is living homeless is 30 years shorter than somebody who’s not, and there are real reasons for that,” Rumson said. “There’s more anxiety, more health threats, more self medicating to deal with the stress of it all. Those things are very natural and human responses to the larger social structure that they’re part of.”

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Separation of Newt and state Just when you thought Newt couldn’t get any more grandiose, he leaps in to save freedom of religion in the most religiously free place on earth. On his Web site Tuesday, he urgently vowed to establish a White House commission “On Day One” of his presidency (heaven forefend) “to examine and document threats or impediments to religious freedom in the United States.” Watching his numbers falling in Iowa, he doubled down on his unconstitutional assault on “activist judges,” saying he would investigate “the extent to which courts throughout the U.S. are undermining the First Amendment and misconstruing the historical basis for religious freedom in America.” His latest manifesto, which ––––– should have been addressed The New York “Dear Iowa FundamentalTimes ist Caucus-goers,” states: “As litigants demand that courts and judges intervene to create new ‘rights’ out of whole cloth, such litigants and their supporters seek to limit the freedom of others to express their deeply held religious commitments to, for example, the value of every human life and to marriage as between one man and one woman.” As opposed to one man and three women? Nobody is forcing Christians to marry anyone they don’t want to marry; they’re preventing gays from marrying people they want to marry. Gingrich doesn’t seem concerned about the

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Christmas in focus Every once in a while, I have an over powering urge to crank the country music. The raw lyrics of country covey a no-nonsense attitude that says “‘get ‘er done.” That’s how I typically feel in the countdown days to Christmas. Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas. But each year at this time, I have to navigate through the commercialization of the blessed holiday first. The piped in Muzak of holiday tunes, and the holiday frenzies of aimless gift buying for everyone on that Christmas list, feel like a drill each year. I yearn to get through the mess of all this, so that I can get down to the celebration of what Christmas is all about. Each year at this time, I wonder: a year or two from now, will the gift I give have any meaning to anyone at all? What is the greatest gift I ever received? The truth is, my most memorable gift was a glass bottle (the shape of a coke bottle) of lemon shampoo with a cork top that my aunt gave me when I was 14 years old. Simply wrapped in tissue paper with a nice bow, I remember it for its simplicity, and for the love of my aunt, who like me, struggled with the commercial side of Christmas. Yearning for an escape from

Karen Vachon ––––– Better with Age Muzak, I turned to raw country, as I took to the highway in the wee hours of the morning, coffee in hand, I tuned into 99.9 — The Wolf. Not only did I get my fill of caffeine and raw country lyrics, I got a holiday bonus. Co-host Michelle Taylor shared Christmas memories of her French Canadian grandmother endearingly called “Memere.” Her story warmed my heart to the season. It reminded me to keep the gifts simple; yearn for the blessed lamb. Michelle grew up in Auburn with her brother and sister, her grandmother lived across the bridge in nearby Lewiston. Michelle was in good company with her 11 cousins, all living no further than twenty minutes in all directions. Life was simple. “Memere didn’t drive. She walked everywhere. She never owned a home” explained Michelle. She lived in a big apartment, where family would gather for dinners each weekend, enjoy-

ing a rotating menu of pot roast, pork roast, or boiled dinner. After dinner, card games were played — Knock Rummy and Skat, games she taught all the older grandchildren to play. On Christmas Eve, the large extended family — aunts, uncles, cousins, would gather at her grandmother’s apartment. They shared a pot-luck meal, and exchanged gifts. Her grandmother didn’t have much money. So, family member showered her with gifts, never expecting anything in return. But she made sure to have gifts for everyone. Her gifts were simple. Boys and men received socks and peanuts. Girls and women received hand towels, underwear, and homemade “pee” slippers (the hand knit slippers with multi colored yarn and pom-poms on top) — the name came from their simple purpose: throw them on in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom! When her grandmother passed away in 1998, a great aunt sent a floral arrangement to the funeral home adorned with a soft white plush lamb. Michelle’s grandmother had given the great aunt the stuffed lamb when she received her First Communion. see VACHON page 5

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religious freedom of Muslims. He compared the Muslims trying to put up a mosque near ground zero to Nazis putting up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum. President Newt just wants the right to limit other peoples’ rights in the name of religion. He promised to probe any new health and human services mandate “that would require health-insurance plans to cover contraception, sterilization and drugs known to induce abortion that may violate and interfere with the religious freedom of individuals, and weakening of conscience clause protections for health care workers.” And Savonarola Gingrich will swoop into schools, “from primary to university level,” to see who’s “forcing students to violate their conscience by forcibly imposing beliefs about sexual orientation, gender, same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion.” In a shot across the bow to President Obama, who is considering whether to bow to Catholic pressure and to grant an exemption from covering contraception in health plans sponsored by employers who object, Gingrich said he would support “the rights of individuals, business and religious institutions that have a conscientious objection to providing or engaging in services that support values they oppose.” In an article on Saturday in The Times, Laurie Goodstein called Gingrich “a culture wars Catholic,” very different from a Kennedy-era Catholic, a politician emblematic of conservative Catholics and evangelical Protestants joining forces “in what they see as a defining struggle against abortion, same-sex marriage and secularism.” Gingrich was born a Lutheran, became a Southern Baptist at Emory University and converted to Catholicism in 2009. He and Callista, who is a paid singer in the Basilica choir, have made the shrine their stage, becoming stars on the Eternal Word

Television Network, which films there. The Basilica Bookstore sponsored a book signing for Gingrich’s 24th book, “To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine.” And the Gingriches produced a documentary last year about John Paul II, celebrating the pope who rejected attempts to liberalize the church. For anyone who grew up with relatives who could never get annulments even when their spouses abandoned them after a brief time, it was galling to see Gingrich — who divorced twice to marry younger mistresses, and who left his wives when they were sick — be celebrated at a conversion Mass by Washington’s church hierarchy at St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill, where Robert Kennedy attended Mass daily when he served in the Senate. Monsignor Walter Rossi, the rector of the Basilica, told Goodstein that he had met weekly for seven months with Gingrich to instruct him. “We have spoken extensively about the fact that the United States and many parts of the world are becoming a secular society where any mention of God is discouraged and, in some places, even forbidden,” the monsignor said. Gingrich has wrapped his political redemption saga in his story of Catholic salvation. He quickly backed away from saying life begins at implantation when he attracted the ire of Roman Catholics, who believe it begins at conception. At the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in April, Gingrich said he talked to Rossi about the “government-favored pagan culture to replace Christianity” in Europe and how it’s spreading here. “The American elites are guided by their desire to emulate the European elites and, as a result, anti-religious values and principles are coming to dominate the academic, news media, and judicial class in America,” Gingrich said. Whatever shrine Newt goes to, he makes into a shrine to himself.

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In her loving memory, the great aunt decided that the family should have the lamb given to her so many years ago. After the funeral, Michelle’s mother took the cherished lamb and began a new Christmas tradition in her memory. It would be the first Christmas without their “Memere.” But she would never be forgotten For the past 14 years, as family gathers on Christmas Eve, everyone’s name is put into a hat; a name is drawn. Whomever is chosen, receives the lamb for the year. While Michelle cannot recall the gifts she’s received each year, she knows who in the family has received the lamb each year. And, so far, it hasn’t been her. Each year, the family grows. Today, six children and their spouses, 14 grandchildren and their spouses, and

10 great grandchildren make up the pot for the picking. Those who have received the lamb feel a sense of comfort that the lamb watches over them. Family members yearn for the simple gift of the lamb. Who’d of thought that a jaunt up the highway listening to 99.9 — The Wolf — raw country music at its finest would remind me to keep Christmas in the proper perspective, but it has. I can think of no greater yearn, than that of the blessed lamb; loved, cherished, and remembered in a simple family tradition, passed on in loving memory of a beloved grandmother. It brings the season into focus. Merry Christmas! (Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough, a community volunteer, and a licensed independent insurance agent.)

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Police continue to search for a 20-month-old Waterville girl, Ayla Reynolds, who was last seen by her father Friday. (COURTESY PHOTO)

whether she is still alive. On Tuesday, the Messalonskee Stream, which runs a fun blocks from DiPietro’s home, was lowered so police could take a closer look in the water. Volunteers were said to have joined police and game wardens in canvassing the Waterville neighborhood where DiPietro lives, and where the FBI has been spending days going door-to-door in the agency’s “knock and talk” campaign. Immediately following the time police were called to DiPietro’s home at 29 Violette Ave., officials said an extensive and exhaustive

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Police are searching for two men who robbed Portland’s University Credit Union Wednesday afternoon. Ofﬁcials say the young men matched descriptions of two men who were acting suspicious at nearby Bank of America and Key Bank branches. Ofﬁcials released a surveillance photo (middle left) of one of the suspects taken from a security camera inside the Bank of America branch. (COURTESY PHOTOS)

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Police say two men who robbed a Portland credit union Wednesday afternoon were likely the same people spotted looking suspicious at two other local banks earlier in the day. The Portland Police Department is searching for two men who passed a note to a teller at the University Credit Union at 391 Forest Ave. and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robbery occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

The men concealed their faces with hooded sweatshirts and did not display any weapons, police said. There was only one customer inside the credit union at the time of the robbery. Officials say the young men matched descriptions of two men who were acting suspicious at nearby Bank of America and Key Bank branches. "The same two suspects have been seen at other banks nearby," Rogers said. "They were acting suspiciously there and then went over and did this robbery."

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2011. There are nine days left in the year. Winter arrives at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On this date: In 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. In 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, and Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, had their world premieres in Vienna, Austria. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman said in a message to President Abraham Lincoln: “I beg to present you as a Christmas-gift the city of Savannah.” In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a courtmartial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.) In 1910, a fire lasting more than 26 hours broke out at the Chicago Union Stock Yards; 21 firefighters were killed in the collapse of a burning building. In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in his official reply. In 1977, three dozen people were killed when a 250-foot-high grain elevator at the Continental Grain Company plant in Westwego, La., exploded. In 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him. In 1991, the body of Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American hostage slain by his terrorist captors, was found dumped along a highway in Lebanon. One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America’s military. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Hector Elizondo is 75. Country singer Red Steagall is 73. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Steve Carlton is 67. ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer is 66. Rock singer-musician Rick Nielsen is 65. Rock singer-musician Michael Bacon is 63. Baseball All-Star Steve Garvey is 63. Singer Robin Gibb is 62. Golfer Jan Stephenson is 60. Country singer-musician Chuck Mead is 51. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 49. Actress Lauralee Bell is 43. Country singer Lori McKenna is 43. Actress Dina Meyer is 43. Actress Heather Donahue is 38. Actor Chris Carmack is 31. Actor Logan Huffman is 22. Rhythm & blues singer Jordin Sparks is 22.

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period. I think this behavior is deliberate, and I find I don’t wish to speak to her at all. I prefer to email work questions rather than ask in person. The problem is, she sometimes seeks me out to chat. How can I get her to stop interrupting without creating a breach that will make working with her more difficult than it already is? -- Troubled in Tallahassee Dear Troubled: If she is interrupting you on purpose, it’s a power play. Since she is your supervisor, you should politely tolerate it and communicate via email whenever possible. But it could simply be that your supervisor is easily distracted and doesn’t realize what she’s doing. When she interrupts, simply smile and keep quiet until she is finished, and don’t speak again unless she specifically asks you to “go on.” If she has to do it often enough, it might sink in. Dear Annie: “Worried Dad in Gary, Ind.” feared for his daughter, who was in an abusive relationship. Two years ago, my daughter was murdered by her abusive husband at the young age of 26. They had been separated for six months, and two days before he killed her, she had asked for a divorce. My daughter was in this abusive relationship for eight years. We begged her to go to the Domestic Violence Service Center, but she never did. She was over the age of 18, but in hindsight, I wish I had forcibly driven her to the center myself. All women in abusive relationships need to get help ASAP before they are murdered. We need to have mandatory education in our high schools about abusive dating, as well as bullying. -- Mournful Dad in Wilkes Barre, Penn. Dear Dad: We send our heartfelt condolences and hope your letter will encourage others to get out of these abusive relationships before it’s too late.

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Monday, Dec. 26 Matishayu’s Festival of Light

8 p.m. Rustic Overtones at Port City Music Hall. Rustic Overtones formed in Portland, hometown to each of them. Members of this seven-piece outfit are guitarist and lead vocalist Dave Gutter, drummer Tony McNaboe, trombonist Dave Noyes, baritone saxophonist Jason Ward, bassist Jon Roods, alto saxophonist Ryan Zoidis, and Spencer Albee on keyboards and piano. Roods and Gutter began performing together first, in a family basement. They later added the rest of the group, all friends from high school, and became what is Rustic Overtones. Local gigs earned them a fan base that expanded as the band began to travel, appearing at close to 200 shows some years. Rustic Overtones’ “The New Way Out” is the first album of entirely brand new music from the band in over eight years. Recorded in their own makeshift studio between November of 2007 and September of 2009, it’s the bands fifth full length studio LP and first without longtime keyboard player Spencer Albee who left the group shortly after production began to form Spencer and the School Spirit Mafia. He was replaced during the writing and recording of the record by Nigel Hall (Soulive, Lettuce, Robert Randolph) who handles the keyboard duties on TNWO. Advance: $18; door: $20; VIP: $30. http:// portcitymusichall.com

7:30 p.m. Matisyahu with Cris Cab at the State Theatre. Matisyahu fuses the contemporary styles of rap, beatboxing, and hip-hop in general, with the more traditional vocal disciplines of jazz’s scat singing and Judaism’s hazzan style of songful prayer—more often than not rolling it all into a dominant background of reggae music. $25 advance/$28 day of show.

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Wednesday, Dec. 28 Clutch with Corrosion Of Conformity, Kyng 8 p.m. State Theatre. Clutch combined elements of funk, Led Zeppelin, and metal with vocals inspired by Faith No More. Formed in 1991 in Germantown, Md., the group included Neil Fallon (vocals), Tim Sult (guitar), Dan Maines (bass), and Jean-Paul Gaster (drums). They built a local following through constant gigging, and after just one 7” single (the classic Earache release “Passive Restraints”) Clutch was signed by EastWest Records. Their debut LP, Transnational Speedway League, followed in 1993. In the summer of 2010, the founding members of the pioneering underground metal band Corrosion of Conformity—bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and guitarist Woody Weatherman—gathered at Weatherman’s farm in the Virginia hills and began jamming together as a three-piece for the ﬁrst time since the mid-1980s. KYNG the southern California hard rock trio, originated in January of 2008 in Los Angeles. This event is all ages. $20 advance/$25 day of show. www.statetheatreportland.com

MAMM SLAM 5 p.m. “The Maine Academy of Modern Music, in partnership with the Portland Music Foundation, kicks off the next year of the MAMM SLAM and announces the opening of registration with a show featuring 2011 MAMM SLAM winner Modest Proposal, hot new indie rockers Worried Well (featuring former MAMM Slam judges Daniel James and Cam Jones), and rising openers Cosmonaut Astrox and Dusty Grooves on Dec. 28 at 5 p.m. at Bayside Bowl in Portland. The concert is open to all ages; cover is $5. The MAMM SLAM is much more than your typical battle of the bands, providing young, career-minded musicians with a platform for developing not only their songwriting and performance skills, but also forcing them to consider their web presence, marketing materials, professional appearance and all the other factors that go into being a professional touring and recording band. The winner of the MAMM SLAM not only lays claim to a title that is increasingly prestigious in Maine and far beyond, but also takes home a prize package that includes $1,000, recording time, radio play, plum gigs and professional marketing help. Bands can register at www.MaineToday. com/Mammslam starting Dec. 28 through Feb. 14. The competition starts with preliminary rounds at the Big Easy March 24 and 25. Finals will be held April 28. 2011 winners Modest Proposal used their package to record their self-titled debut album which they’ll release at the show on December 28. Since they took home the title, the band has opened for Fearless recording artists Sparks the Rescue, top-selling local act the Mallett Brothers Band and a number of other great bands at venues like Bar Harbor’s Criterion Theater and the LL Bean Music Series.”

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Da Block at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Da Block at Lucid Stage. Live performances by K Em & B Aull/Conman/A.Willy/Mellmurk/Ga South/Loc Dab/ Demon Dog & Da Block! Music By Neeko Brown! Tickets are $8. www.lucidstage.com

Two nights with moe. 9 p.m. WCLZ presents two nights with moe., Dec. 30 and 31, at the State Theatre. moe. is the preeminent progressive rock band on the music scene today. With 20 years of touring and just as many albums under its belt, the quintet of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey on guitars and vocals, Rob Derhak on bass and vocals, Jim Loughlin on percussion and vibes, and Vinnie Amico on Drums, continues to push the standard for performance art. This event is all ages. $50/two-day pass $75.

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9 p.m. Kino Proby at Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland. 21 plus. 21 plus. “To celebrate KP’s arrival on BandCamp, we’re performing a Winter 2011 tour! Dec. 29 in Boston at All Asia Cafe and Dec. 30 in Portland at the Empire Dine and Dance!”

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Visit the Longfellow House for a special holiday experience, with tours through Saturday, Dec. 31. This year’s seasonal decoration and interpretation, based on family letters and documents, focuses on 1861. (FILE PHOTO)

Thursday, Dec. 22 Trinity Episcopal labyrinth 4 p.m. to 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.

Nutcracker Burlesque 7:30 p.m. This December, Vivid Motion’s holiday classic — Nutcracker Burlesque — returns to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The show opens on Friday, Dec. 16, and runs Dec. 16-18 and Dec. 20-23; all shows with a 7:30 p.m. curtain. All seats are $15; order online at www.vividmotion.org or in person with cash or check at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland. Nutcracker Burlesque is not appropriate for children.

Friday, Dec. 23 Portland Fire Department graduation ceremony 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Portland Fire Department celebrates the graduation of 20 firefighters known as class 2011-19. “Their graduation follows a rigorous and intense 21-week training in advanced firefighting and life support medical training. During the ceremony, the new graduates will receive their fire fighting pin from a chosen loved one, a longstanding PFD tradition. Portland Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne will be joined by members of the PFD as they congratulate the graduates: Michael Mutchie of Omaha Nebraska; Travis Ferrante of Portland Maine; Paul Muldoon of Casco, Maine; Stephen Coppi of Hollis, Maine; David Anderson of Yarmouth, Maine; Andrew Johnston of Windham, Maine; P.J. Cook of Congers, New York; Adam Kalakowsky of Framingham, Massachusetts; Nick Calvert of Steep Falls, Maine; David Gain of South Portland, Maine; Brandon Farley of South Portland, Maine; Craig Voisine of Gorham, Maine; Robert White of Portland, Maine; Jason Mudge of Townsend, Massachusets; Glen Gorden of Yarmouth, Maine; Michael Casey of Kennebunk, Maine; Bobbi Jo Barden of Charlottesville, Virginia; Scott Brown of Portland, Maine; Corey Morin of Hudson, New Hampshire; and, Greg Knights of Brookline, N.H.” Portland High School Auditorium.

‘The Victorian Nutcracker’ 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. “Portland Ballet Company brings its own unique New England version of the Nutcracker to Merrill Auditorium with its beloved ‘The Victorian Nutcracker.’ The show, which takes the classic Nutcracker story and sets it in historical Portland, Maine with sets, costumes, and characters inspired by historical ﬁgures, will be performed twice at Merrill Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The cast of professional dancers from the Portland Ballet Company, accompanied by the Portland Ballet Orchestra, is known for its lively, entertaining and beautiful Nutcracker. The story unfolds as young Olivia follows her Nutcracker Prince to the enchanted Kingdom of the Sweets, where she is dazzled by dancers from around the world — from the Russian

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Trepak to the Sugarplum Fairy. The Victorian Nutcracker features Portland Ballet Company’s professional dancers as well as Portland School of Ballet students selected by audition. This year’s conductor is Sean Newhouse, assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Newhouse made an acclaimed last-minute debut with the Boston Symphony in February 2011, conducting Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on two hours’ notice in place of James Levine.” Tickets are available through PortTix at www.porttix.com or 207-842-0800. Ticket prices range from $17-$47. New this year, season subscriptions to Portland Ballet are available. For more information, please contact Portland Ballet at 772-9671 or visit www. portlandballet.org. see next page

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The Polar Express 2:45 p.m. The Polar Express is back, with an early train time of 2:45 p.m. and another First Class car. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 23. The Polar Express will come to life when the Maine Narrow Gauge train departs its Ocean Gateway depot for a journey to the “North Pole.” Holiday decorations inside the train will add to the festive atmosphere as guests on board meet the conductor, have hot chocolate and a treat, listen to a reading of the enchanting story over our sound system, and sing carols. Santa will ride back with everyone to the train station from a special outpost of the North Pole and every child will receive their special bell on board the train. www.mainenarrowgauge. org/polar-express

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech project for youth 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Portland Housing Authority and study centers located at Riverton Park, Sagamore Village and Kennedy Park in Portland will be working with youth to reﬂect upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech and how that speech still has meaning, on Fridays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. between now and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The students will work with volunteers to write and perform three plays that will take place at the NAACP event in their communities. If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering at this event, contact Emily Fitch at eﬁtch@porthouse.org or 773-4753.

‘Being Elmo’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. Film screening at Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Dec. 23, 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 29, 2 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 30, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 31, 2 p.m. NR “Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney, and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.” http:// www.portlandmuseum.org/events/movies.php

‘Home For the Holidays Cabaret’ 7:30 p.m. Lucid Stage announces A New Edge production: “Home For the Holidays Cabaret,” Celebrate the holidays and community with Home for the Holidays Cabaret! Singing, storytelling, audience participation and an optional Yankee Swap (bring a wrapped “re-gift”). $8 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. 899-3993. www.LucidStage.com

Saturday, Dec. 24 Christmas at the Movies 10 a.m. Next Level Church presents “Christmas at the Movies,” an incredible family Christmas experience featuring clips from the holiday movie, “Elf,” a family photo booth, great gifts, and tons of holiday treats and fun. “Christmas at the Movies” will happen on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 10 a.m. at the Cinemagic Grand Theater, located at 333 Clarks Pond Road in South Portland. Tickets are free but are required, and are available by visiting www.nlc.tv anytime. Next Level Church is one church, meeting every weekend across three locations (Dover, N.H.; Newington, N.H. and Portland).

Christmas with the Longfellows 10 a.m. Through Saturday, Dec. 31, Christmas with the Longfellows: Holiday House Tours. “Visit the Longfellow House for a special holiday experience. This year’s seasonal decoration and interpretation, based on family letters and documents, focuses on 1861. Objects have been added to rooms to illustrate both the emergence of Christmas as the holiday we recognize today, and the impact of the Civil War on residents of the house and of Portland. Wadsworth-Longfellow family members kept up with their usual habits and interests throughout the holiday season: Anne Longfellow Pierce participated in the war effort by making bandages, socks, shirts, and other supplies to be sent to soldiers in addition to her usual charity work; Lucia Wadsworth was interested in political affairs and city life, and also contributed knitted and sewn goods to the war effort. Tours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Last tour leaves at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last tour leaves at 1 p.m. http://www. mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml

Christmas Eve service 7 p.m. First Universalist will present its annual Christmas Eve service in song and prayer. First Universalist Church is located at 169 Pleasant St., with entry on Spring St. Accessible. Calll 783-0461 or visit www.auburnuu.org.

Sunday, Dec. 25

Merry Christmas! Chanukah on Wheels 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A family Chanukah bash at Happy Wheels, 331 Warren Ave., Portland. Music, dreidels, latkes, grand rafﬂes, donuts, gelt, lighting of the menorah. Admission is $7 per person. RSVP ChabadofMaine@gmail.com.

Monday, Dec. 26 Holiday curbside trash and recycling 6:30 a.m. “This holiday season, Portland Public Services crews will collect curbside trash and recycling as usual with no changes to the schedule. Crews will collect trash and recycling Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2. Residents are asked to place their items out by 6:30 a.m. for

collection. Christmas trees can be left for collection on your normal trash day between Dec. 26 and Jan. 20. Trees can also be dropped off at one of the following locations during the month of January: Cutter Street parking lot, Payson Park Little League Field and the nine-hole golf course lot on Riverside Street. Please note that wrapping paper is recyclable, and Styrofoam packaging is not.”

Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Rock Camp 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. “School’s out and it’s time to rock! Forget the books and come play at the Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Rock Camp. Whether on the nice list with a brand new guitar … or stuck on the naughty list for jamming too loud, MAMM’s cool Rock Camp series provides young aspiring musicians a place to learn rock ‘n’ roll and have fun. This weeklong crash course in modern music covers songwriting, recording and tips on how to start a band — everything it takes to get out of the garage and into the studio or on stage. Ages 10 and up. Price: $300. Dec. 26 through Dec. 30. Location: Portland (Breakwater School/856 Brighton Ave.). Registration: www.maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/camps, 899-3433.

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