The Portland Daily Sun, Tuesday, February 15, 2011 by Daily Sun

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

VOL. 3 NO. 9

PORTLAND, ME

PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

699-5801

FREE

College program explores sexual consent BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Two Bowdoin alums — tired of what they felt were formulaic sexual assault presentations staged for year after year of college freshmen — have created their own crash course in what constitutes consent. This spring, the group will begin presenting their Speak About It program at colleges throughout the region, starting today with performances on University of Southern Maine’s Portland and Gorham campuses.

“Consent can be so sexy, telling your partner what you like, how you want it. It’s not scary or a mood killer at all.” — Shana Natelson, Bowdoin alumnus and writer/producer of Speak About It The sexual assault education and prevention program, written by college students for college students, is a combination of skits, interactive dialogue

and monologues aimed at starting conversations about sex and shifting perceptions about consent both off and on campus. “We just want to put on a more positive, empowering, ‘it’s okay to scream yes’ kind of show with a combination of informative and interactive skits with fun and funny dialogue,” said Shana Natelson, Bowdoin alum and writer/producer of Speak About It. see CONSENT page 16

Chef of the year plans West End French bistro BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

C’est vrai! The Maine Restaurant Association’s Chef of the Year for 2011 is venturing into the West End with a new lunch and dinner French bistro. In 2007, when Steve Corry won best new chef of the year from Food & Wine magazine, Corry wrote about what his next restaurant would be: “A true French bistro/brasserie. I’d do it right down on the water. Raw bar, steak frites, steak tartare. Portland would eat it alive.” Well, the restaurant won’t be right down on the water, but it should draw crowds in the West End, Corry said Friday while overseeing renovations at 190 State St., formerly Evangeline restaurant, on Longfellow Square. see BISTRO page 8 LEFT: Steve Corry, a chef-owner innovator in Portland with the restaurant 555, plans to open a new French bistro on the West End. “The West End is full of the clientele that we’re hoping will come on a regular basis,” Corry said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COLUMN –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

How an Internet skeptic bought ‘social buying’ BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Many of us who remain bitterly skeptical of Internet business were not born this way. Indeed, many of us were among those cherrycheeked pioneers from the dial-up age, chasing fantas-

A hand in the tip jar See Bob Higgins’ column on page 4

tic “gateway” strategies and certain that we were the next Amazon.com or Friendster or whatever.com. But remember that our bubble burst at the turn of the century, even the Millennium Bug — which our techie friends assured us was coming for sure so why not run up the VISA card? — only left us with a base-

ment full of canned tuna and left-over shotgun ammo. I actually won an Edgy — sort of a newspaper Internet Grammy — in the late ‘90s as content director for Aspen.com, maybe the world’s first community Internet site. We had five Colorado newspapers that were see BUYING page 5

What’s the dish that really deﬁnes you?

Doug Varone and Dancers coming to Portland

See Margo Mallar’s column on page 6

See the Events Calendar, page 13

Page 2 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Japanese ‘Streetcar’ debuts in Paris PARIS (NY Times) Ñ When the fabled ComŽdieFran•aise chose the Þrst American play it would perform in its 330 years, producers promised a fresh French approach for Tennessee WilliamsÕs ÒStreetcar Named Desire.Ó With Þrm guidance from a New York director with a long career in avant-garde theater Ñ the company went for a fantasy world of dogugaeshi, sliding Japanese screens painted with menacing waterfalls and warriors, masked kurogo Þgures in black, and a long-haired Stanley in baggy pants and a satin tiger jacket. The white undershirt? Replaced by a bath towel. It barely covers key parts of Stanley as he shouts for Stella, who descends toward him like a stringed puppet in billowing white drifts. ÒHow are you going to capture Tennessee in classical French? Have you heard Tennessee Williams without a Southern accent? ItÕs not easy, but we are using Orientalist Japanese, with its elegance and decadence, as a metaphor for the antebellum South,Ó said Lee Breuer, the director, who broke purposefully from Elia KazanÕs steamy 1951 Þlm classic starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. With the opening Saturday of ÒUn tramway nommŽ dŽsir,Ó which is performed in French in a new translation and runs through June 2, the ComŽdie-Fran•aise has passed a milestone in a broader effort to raise its international proÞle. The troupe Ñ founded by royal edict in 1680 and today heavily subsidized by the state with a €34 million annual budget Ñ is weighing another step forward: performing Moli•re in English. ÒOur future is international, and itÕs necessary to enrich our repertoire,Ó said Muriel Mayette, the Þrst woman to lead the company, who since her appointment in 2006 has done such things as introduce English subtitles for Moli•reÕs ÒMalade ImaginaireÓ

SAYWHAT...

“

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.” —Tennessee Williams

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– DIGEST––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

THEMARKET

3DAYFORECAST Today High: 21 Record: 53 (1918) Sunrise: 6:40 a.m.

Tomorrow High: 36 Low: 27 Sunrise: 6:38 a.m. Sunset: 5:12 p.m.

DOW JONES 5.07 to 12,268.19

Tonight Low: 5 Record: -31 (1943) Sunset: 5:11 p.m.

Thursday High: 42 Low: 38

S&P 3.17 to 1,332.32

WINDY

NASDAQ 7.74 to 2,817.18

LOTTERY#’S

THETIDES

DAILY NUMBERS Day 2-1-0 • 9-9-5-7 Evening 1-8-2 • 5-5-9-7

MORNING High: 7:59 a.m. Low: 1:40 a.m.

1,476 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan.

EVENING High: 8:41 p.m. Low: 2:28 p.m. -courtesy of www.maineboats.com

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WORLD/NATION–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Officials in Iran apply force as unrest spreads across Mideast BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR AND ALAN COWELL THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hundreds of riot police officers deployed in key locations in central Tehran and other major Iranian cities on Monday, beating protesters and firing tear gas to thwart opposition marches that marked the most significant street protests since the end of 2009, news reports and witnesses’ accounts from Iran said. The size of the protests was unclear, although witnesses and opposition groups estimated that there were perhaps 20,000 to 30,000 demonstrators across the country. While the protests were ostensibly in solidarity with the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, Iranian domestic repression quickly became the focus. But Iran, unlike Egypt, used force to quell them. Elsewhere, protests continued to spread across the Arab world. The police in Bahrain shot into crowds of peaceful protesters, shooting rubber bullets at women and

volleying so much tear gas that the police themselves vomited. In Yemen, hundreds of student protesters clashed with pro-government forces in the fourth straight day of protests there. “Mubarak, Ben Ali, now it’s time for Sayyid Ali!” Iranian protesters chanted in Persian on videos posted online that appeared to be from Tehran, referring to the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Egyptian and Tunisian leaders overthrown by massive protest movements. In the central city of Isfahan many demonstrators were arrested after security forces clashed with them, reports said, and sporadic messages from inside Iran indicated that there had also been protests in Shiraz, Mashhad and Rasht. Numbers were hard to assess, given government threats against journalists who tried to cover the protests. Aliakbar Mousavi Khoeini, a former member of Parliament now living in exile in the United States, said

that 20,000 to 30,000 people had taken part across Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iranian establishment have been trying to depict the Arab movements as a long-awaited echo of the 1979 Iranian revolution, despite the low profile of Islamist parties. The opposition has been painting the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings as an echo of 2009 with citizens demanding basic rights like freedom of assembly and freedom of speech as they did after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that year. Mehdi Karroubi, an opposition leader, said in an interview last week that the opposition had decided to organize a day of demonstrations to underscore the double standard of the government in lauding protesters in Arab countries while suppressing those at home. Mr. Karroubi has been put under house arrest with outside communication links severed, opposition reports said, as has Mir Hossein Mousavi, the other main opposition leader.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NEWS BRIEFS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Legislature closer to creating designation for whoopie pie AUGUSTA — The Legislature has moved closer to recognizing whoopie pies as Maine’s official state treat, not the official state dessert, the Portland Press Herald is reporting. In an 8-3 vote on Monday, the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee amended an earlier bill that would have designated the whoopie pie Maine’s official dessert, the paper reported. As written, the whoopie pie would become Maine’s official treat. The paper said that the wording change was intended to recognize the whoopie pie while avoiding a fight supporters of other Maine-based desserts, such as blueberry pie. Some members of the House committee on Monday indicated the whoopie pie issue

A Seafood Restaurant

When you’re hungry for quality seafood and a fair price, come to Chowderheads. Oak Hill Shopping Center • Scarborough • 883-8333 Open: Mon-Fri 11-8 • Sat 12-8 • Closed Sun

was a waste of time, while others objected to health concerns associated with consuming whoopie pies, the paper said. With Monday’s vote, the whoopie pie legislation moves from the committee to the full house, the paper said.

Suspect in Readﬁeld murder, arson makes court appearance AUGUSTA — David Silva, the man accused of murdering a Readfield man last week then setting fire to the man’s home made an initial appearance in Kennebec County Superior Court yesterday. Silva will remain in jail pending a bail hearing, according to the Associated Press. Silva is charged with murder, arson and robbery for allegedly killing Robert Orr, 53, on Feb. 8 then setting fire to Orr’s Church Road home, where Silva had been living for some time before the incident.

Great Selection Of Cigarettes, Tobacco, Cigars and Accessories At Competitive Prices. 579 Congress Street, Portland • 772-2709 103 Pleasant Street, Brunswick • 729-1704 580 Lisbon Street, Lisbon Falls • 353-8788 778 Roosevelt Trail, Windham • 892-8923

According to published reports, Silva, 32, entered the courtroom in tears and remained emotional throughout the hearing. Silva, who is from Carver, Mass., was arrested in that town on February 10 by Massachusetts State Police. He waived extradition to Maine shortly after his arrest. Authorities haven’t discussed a motive but some media outlets have reported that drugs may have been involved. According to NECN, Silva’s girlfriend told police he sold guns and jewelry stolen from Orr’s house to buy heroin. In court yesterday, Judge Michaela Murphy told Silva the murder charge carries a minimum of 25 years in prison, while the other charges combined could yield a sentence of up to 30 more years, the Kennebec Journal is reporting. A bail hearing could happen as soon as next week, the paper reported.

P a u lP in k h a m ’s A u to R ep a ir

FREE LOAN CAR WITH REPAIRS OVER $200 One Industrial Way Suite 5, Portland Off Riverside St., next to Hannaford’s

(207)899-4924 25 Years Experience Domestic & Foreign Dependable Auto Repair

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 3

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OBITUARIES –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Edward A. Hobbs Jr., 96 Edward A. Hobbs Jr., 96, of Colonial Village in Falmouth, passed peacefully at his home on Feb. 10, 2011. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H., on March 22, 1914, the son of Edward A. Hobbs Sr. and Anna Leary. Edward attended school and college in Toledo, Ohio. He went on to work for National Biscuit Co. in Toledo as well as Portland, before going on to work as vice president for Cushman Baking Co. in Portland, and then DCA Food Industries in New York.

Edward served during WWII in the 1st Marine Division, Guadalcanal. He enjoyed golfing, spending time in Florida, baseball, and travelling with his wife, Georgia. Edward was involved in the Trinity Episcopal Church, Masonic Order, Freeport Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Kora Temple, and the American Legion. Predeceasing him is his wife Georgia E. Hobbs, whom he married in 1945. He is survived by his son, Daniel L. Hobbs of Gray, Maine, and his daughter,

Sandra A. Hobbs of Falmouth, Maine. Visiting hours will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at the Hobbs Funeral Home at 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. A service will be held on 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to the Trinity Episcopal Church, 113 Coyle Street, Portland, ME 04103. Edward A. Hobbs — He Served. He Gave. He Helped.

Leona Grace Lamson, 73 SOUTH PORTLAND — Leona G. Lamson, 73, of Cole St. died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at Maine Medical Center with her loving family by her side. She was born in Jonesport, Maine on Feb. 2, 1938 the daughter of Arlin and Adeline Kent Beal. She attended local schools there and graduated from Jonesport High School in the class of 1956. She furthered her education, graduating from Husson College with a degree in business. Leona married Ernest C. Lamson in Jonesport, Maine on Feb. 23, 1957. Shortly after their marriage they moved to South Portland, where together they made their home and raised their family. Leona worked for Canal Bank which later became Key Bank. She retired in 1994 after more than thirty years of service. In her spare time she enjoyed golfing and was a longtime member of the Purpoodock Country Club in Cape Elizabeth, playing beano, bowling, and yearly trips to Florida with her hus-

band. Her greatest love was spent being surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, a daughter Nancy J. and her husband Eugene Shook of Hollis, three sons Dean E. Lamson of Hollis, Paul R. and his wife Sylva Lamson of Scarborough, Gary R. and his wife Jennifer Lamson of Brunswick, three sisters Jane and her husband Clifford Johnson of Jonesport, Carlee Feeney of Windham, Christine and her husband Alan Alley of Jonesport, a brother Napoleon and his wife Bernadette Beal of Jonesport, nine

grandchildren Courtney Wescott, Whitney Lamson, Angela Shook, Amy Shook, Lawerence Guidi, Danielle Tardif, Ashely Lamson, Samantha Lamson, Jacob Lamson, seven great grandchildren Trinity Scott, MacKenzie, Madeline and Cameron Tardif, Nick, Noah and Gianna Guidi along with many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours were held on Monday, Feb. 14 at the Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home, South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the South Portland Church of the Nazarene, 525 Highland Ave, South Portland. Burial will be in the spring in Highland Memorial Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed at www.ctcrawford.com. Memorial Contributions in Leona’s memory may be made to the Susan G. Komen Maine Affiliate, PO Box 1626, Bangor, ME 04402.

Frances M. Tripp, 88 SOUTH PORTLAND — Frances M. Tripp, 88, formerly of Craggmere Avenue in South Portland, passed away at South Portland Nursing Home on Feb. 11, 2011. She was born on Feb. 26, 1922 in Portland, the daughter of Frank and Annie (Sullivan) Malloy. Frances was a lifelong resident of South Portland. She was educated in South Portland schools, and graduated from South Portland High School in 1939 before going on to hairdressing school. Frances worked as a hairdresser

until she started raising her four boys with her second husband Stanley Sr. She eventually went back to work at Fairchild Semiconductor where she retired. She enjoyed reading the newspapers and dining out. She also enjoyed playing gin rummy late into the night with some of her friends at the nursing home. Before entering the nursing home, Francis spent many tireless hours helping a number of relatives and friends cope with their day-to-day problems related to health issues. She enjoyed being able to help anyone in

SCARBOROUGH — Patricia I. Webber passed away Feb. 12, 2011 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a long and courageous battle against cancer. She was born Sept. 13, 1941 in Houlton, Maine, daughter of Eldridge Elmer and Georgia (Estabrook) Ingraham. She grew up in South Portland and graduated from South Portland High School, Gorham State Teachers College, and the University of New Hampshire. She taught school in York Beach and South Portland before becoming a founding partner and teacher in the Pied Piper Nursery School in Scarborough. She was predeceased by both of her parents, her husband Millard “Doc” C. Webber, Jr. and her sister Dawn I. Williams. She is survived by two nieces, Brenda Williams and her husband Robert Coffin of Nantucket, MA and

Jupiter, FL and Tammy Williams Dufort and her husband Michael of Wells; two nephews, Roy Williams and his wife Heidi of Rocky Ford, Colo., and Brent Williams of Mt. Holly, N.J.; an aunt, Ruth Fogg of South Portland, and a stepson Justin Webber and his wife Ann of Scarborough. Pat was passionate about everything she did, and her interests were many including gardening, art, reading, photography, interior decorating, travel, cooking, fine dining and her rescue greyhound, Phoebe, and her many friends and family. She was also a dedicated member of Greater Portland Landmarks. Even after retiring from her career in education, she never stopped being a teacher. She continued to explore many new fields and was always willing to share her knowledge with others. She will be sadly missed by family and friends. Donations in her memory may be sent to Greyhound Placement Service,

need whether giving rides to medical appointments or doing their grocery shopping. She is predeceased by her first husband, Melville Tripp, who was killed during WWII and by Stanley Sr., who passed away in 1979. She is survived by four sons, Stanley A. Tripp Jr. and his wife Hope of West Hartford, Conn.; Thomas N. Tripp and his wife Diane of Standish; Timothy A. Tripp of Portland; James E. Tripp of Portland; six grandchildren, Michael, William, Kathryn, Jonathan, Benjamin,

and James Jr.; and two great grandchildren, Lily and Eva. There will be a visiting hour from noon to 1 p.m. followed by a service at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the Hobbs Funeral Home at 230 Cottage Road, South Portland, ME 04106. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Frances’ name to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation at: 60 East 56th St., eighth floor, New York, NY 10022. Condolences may be expressed online at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

249 Old Belgrade Road, Augusta, ME 04330. There will be no visiting hours. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16 at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

The Portland Daily Sun runs obituaries as news items at no cost. Funeral homes and families are encouraged to submit by email at news@portlanddailysun.me.

Patricia I. Webber, 69

ABOUT OBITUARIES

CELEBRATE OUR 21st ANNIVERSARY Every Monday in February

USAN’S FISH-N-CHIPS Dinner 4-8 pm Buy One Entree Get the Second Entree Free! 1135 FOREST AVE, PORTLAND

878-3240

OPEN 11AM-8PM

Eat in only. With Coupon. Not good with any other promotion. Expires Feb. 28, 2011

Page 4 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

––––––––––––– LETTERS TO THE EDITOR –––––––––––––

Let’s demand a moratorium on all city-sponsored public art Editor, I have been following the “Tracing the Fore” debacle. The Daily Sun featured articles on this embarrassment and the thousands of dollars lost down the river — the Fore, that is. Mr. Marshall, a city councilor and self-proclaimed “artist,” gives the weak excuse that this was probably not one of the “artist’s best.” So? Enough is enough! Let’s have a moratorium on all citysponsored public art — this includes the “artistic benches” now under consideration. Portland has a fine museum and art galleries galore. For the present, art should be restricted to those traditional venues. Immediately, before the misguided Boothby Square installation, the city tore up the street to lay large cobblestones there to transform Portland into “ye olde Portland.” Now it is so uncomfortably bumpy that I’m obliged to ride my bike on the sidewalk in that area. Lee Kemble Portland ––––––––––––– COLUMN –––––––––––––

Berkeley does Guantanamo On Feb. 15, on the recommendation of its Peace & Justice Commission, the Berkeley (Calif.) City Council is set to vote on a resolution to invite “one or two cleared” Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in Berkeley. Peace & Justice Commissioner Rita Maran told me that the idea was to invite to Berkeley “the kind of people you’d like to have living next door to you or dating your cousin.” While the resolution doesn’t name the one or two detainees, ––––– her panel presented material Creators that cites two — Russian-born Syndicate Ravil Mingazov and Algerian-born Djamel Ameziane — whom it claims have been “cleared.” The resolution also asserts that “cleared” detainees have been

Debra J. Saunders

see SAUNDERS page 5

Portland’s FREE DAILY Newspaper Curtis Robinson Editor David Carkhuff, Casey Conley, Matt Dodge Reporters THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN is published Tuesday through Saturday by Portland News Club, LLC. Mark Guerringue, Adam Hirshan, Curtis Robinson Founders Offices: 181 State Street, Portland ME 04101 (207) 699-5801 Website: www.portlanddailysun.me E-mail: news@portlanddailysun.me For advertising contact: (207) 699-5801 or ads@portlanddailysun.me Classifieds: (207) 699-5807 or classifieds@portlanddailysun.me CIRCULATION: 15,100 daily distributed Tuesday through Saturday FREE throughout Portland by Spofford News Company jspofford@maine.rr.com

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COLUMN ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

A hand in the tip jar Last week, this paper covered the issue before the legislature regarding changes to the “tipping” rules for restaurant employees in this state. I now know that at least one wary local was paying attention. A buddy of mine, long familiar with the changes in the restaurant industry, sidled up to me last Friday. “Hey, you know, on this tipping thing? Everybody has it all wrong.” I pointed out to him statements made by Maine Restaurant Association head Dick Grotton, who said that the changes being proposed were being made solely to bring Maine into compliance with federal law. Grotton cited ambiguities between two sets of laws, and who should restaurants follow, federal or state? At issue is a section of the law being removed, that states that tips are the property of employees, unless they agree to be part of a tip pool. That didn’t cut any ice with my buddy. Grotton was right when he said that “as soon as they see that’s taken out, they freak, but that’s not the whole story. The same language appears in federal law and the average server is not going to know any difference if this passes or doesn’t pass.” Um, Dick? People, especially

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist servers, are freaking out. I understand the restaurant owners’ point of view, and I also see the employee side. Ever since somebody came up with the brilliant idea of going out for dinner, tipping has been a vital part of the process. The folks who deliver the tasty morsels are paid a pittance. Workers could be putting as little in pocket as $7.50 an hour. With this potential legislation, that could be all they ever get. Part of the strikeout in the law is the wonderful section that has been removed. Tips are no longer considered to be “property” of the employee. Even “Tip Pooling” arrangements can be tossed in the waste basket. If this bill becomes law, those tips will be property of the business owner, to distribute in any manner they see fit. I made a lot of fuss last year during the “Restaurant Opportunity Center” debacle that occurred here in Portland. Like others, I saw that group as an

extremely loose front for a Maine restaurant union, which had been floated here before. And this, being a “foodie” kind of town, sort of saw it that way too. ROC left town with a broken budget. But this one single act might bring them back at speeds faster than fast food. My buddy put it this way. “For every restaurant manager or owner, we’ve all heard and seen the union talk come and go. If this passes, you’ve given them a key to the front door. Every potential employee or current one is going to hear this and lose their mind.” The changes to the law are just too open to abuse. Take for example, the famed case over at “Super Great Wall Buffet” last year, where employees were ONLY paid tips and were forced to kick back $150 a week of that for “living expenses.” I KNOW that case was an over-the-top example of a business running roughshod over employees who just didn’t know better. The question to ask is, could it happen again? It’s a tough economy out there, and there might be folks silly enough to sign up for a job that pays them $7.50 an hour, with NO protection under the law that they get to keep tips for good service. I doubt you’d find many of them see HIGGINS page 5

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 5

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– STAFF OPINION ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

What’s new is social push, instant purchasing BUYING from page one

hell-bent on becoming the online marketplace for ski towns. Now, please do not think I an very much impressed by that as an award, but it meant a lot to the ongoing con. Yep, our motto was “for all we know, we’re right” and we nailed that gateway-site concept, except, of course, everyone figured out how to do that themselves. Darn search engines. And PayPal. It was so wild that just the domain name “Aspen.com” was worth, like, a million dollars. It was so valuable that, like a fine wine, it had to be removed from the world and stashed away before somebody harmed the brand — it remains under lock and key. So forgive me for seeing Facebook and seeing giant bubble. Or seeing Google and thinking “Identity theft monopoly” or watching newspaper shift readers from money-making print to money-losing Internet and thinking “YIKES!” All that said, this newspaper is embracing the latest-greatest hypeup Internet craze going — the social buying trend. Okay, the stuff of Groupon and SocialLiving, to note the national operations — for reasons both financial and aesthetic. So maybe we have some explaining to do. You likely know how the social

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved buying deals work: It’s usually a “deal of the day,” really nothing more than good old-fashioned discountng on Internet steroids. The merchants offer some deal, usually something like $50 for $25, and many times wildly attractive, and you buy online. Those of us who always forget our “coupons” like that we get a number, on our phones, to redeem our deal much like they were gift certificates. The social buying companies build email lists of people who might like to consider the bargains. Simple. The “social” hook is that a certain number of deals must be purchased for the offer to “tip.” That gets you texting your pals to buy, lest you lose out on the sweet nectar of today’s bargain. Groupon splits the revenue with the merchant, 50-50 in most cases, while locals tend to keep less of the money. As an aside, let’s paraphrase John Steinbeck from “Travels With Charlie” to note that this is not new, and we should point that out “.... so that newcomers ... like teen-agers in

new-hatched sin, will not think they invented it.” Because half-off coupons have been the stuff of promotion for years, and anyone listening to local radio has heard a ton of such offers. What’s new is the social push and instant purchasing, and it becomes powerful. And, to be sure, we’re no early adapter. The Portland Press Herald has a version of the online deal going, and others have been at this for who knows how long. Marketers like the social buying program, I’m thinking, in part, because instead of writing us a check they receive a payment. Granted, it’s for their good and/or services, but if the deal didn’t work, they’re not out a dime. If it does, they get busy. So we are teaming up with the locallocal social buying effort, the guys at Dealitious, to offer an introductory program we think goes beyond what anyone else is going to offer. It starts with the “organically grown” email list Dealitious has built, and customer service that seems to border on OCD. So here’s our deal: We’re returning 100 percent value on the coupons — 60 percent in cash and 40 percent in Daily Sun display advertising at our open rate of $7 per column inch. (The first offer is atop Page One today.) I believe in this approach because

it so clearly aligns everyone’s profits. If we want to make money, the “deal” has to work. And with this program, the money we keep gets leveraged into creating ongoing marketing for our friends and neighbors instead of the one-shot deal of a regular Groupon-like offer. Some of us think that many businesses might do a “deal of the day” every so often to fuel their ongoing advertising. I also like that social buying coupons are geographically based. You might get the best pizza deal in the world, but if it’s 10 miles away it won’t work. And our paper, you might have noticed, is geographically based. It’s good that our neighbors have a new tool, and we know they can use one as winter grinds on. Actually, after years of being the Internet cynic at the figurative table, it’s nice to be optimistic about this latest trand. Granted, we’re likely to run out of spaces for the daily deals (so call now!) but that would be a “good problem.” And, hey, if it doesn’t work, we can always fall back on that promising MySpace strategy. (Curtis Robinson is editor of The Portland Daily Sun. Contact him at curtis@portlanddailysun.me.)

Berkeley City Council remains in easy seat where talk is cheap SAUNDERS from page 4

determined to “pose no threat to the United States.” Where they got that information, I do not know. Given that the Director of National Intelligence reported in December that 25 percent of released Gitmo detainees have been confirmed or suspected of engaging in terrorism, the commission’s assertion would not be reassuring, if it were true. As Thomas Joscelyn, senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, observed, “There’s an entire mythology” about detainees being exonerated, when they’ve simply won conditional releases or habeas corpus petitions. President Obama’s own task force looked into Guantanamo’s 240 detainees in 2009. While it approved some transfers and conditional releases, Joscelyn noted, “They didn’t find any innocent goat herders.” Here’s another warning sign: resume makeovers. (Remember Osama bin Laden’s “cook”? Ahmed Ghailani was convicted for his role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.) The Center for Constitutional Rights lists Ameziane’s interests as “reading mystery novels and French fashion magazines for men.” He’s a chef, the group explains, who worked in Vienna, but was forced to migrate to Montreal and then to — the culinary capital of? — Afghanistan. Unclassified U.S. documents tie Ameziane to a Tuni-

sian recruiter who bankrolled Ameziane’s trek to an Afghan guesthouse, where the majority of boarders were Taliban fighters. As Joscelyn wrote in the Daily Standard, to “gain admittance to a Taliban guesthouse ... recruits need a certified Taliban or al Qaeda member to vouch for their commitment” to jihad. Has Ameziane been cleared by U.S. authorities? Not that I can find. Even though the Berkeley commission documents say “cleared,” Maran explained, “We were using those two people as examples only.” The city, she added, would offer to resettle only detainees who were shown to have been cleared. The commission refers to Russian military vet Mingazov as “a ballet dancer.” Facing anti-Muslim discrimination in the military, it writes, Mingazov traveled to a Muslim country where he could practice his faith. After his detention, the commission asserts, Mingazov “was so afraid to return to Russia that he fabricated stories about himself — that he had attended the al-Farouq training camp and that he had listened to Usama bin Laden” because he wanted to be sent to Gitmo. Has he been cleared? No. A little humility is in order here. Under President George W. Bush, 530 of Gitmo’s 779 detainees were released or transferred. Joscelyn noted, “It’s not like these guys were sent there and somebody locked the door and threw away the key.” Figure that after all these years, the obvious cases already have been

handled. I understand the left’s frustration with President Obama. As a candidate, Obama happily referred to Guantanamo Bay as “a recruiting tool for al-Qaida.” The left ate it up. Fresh in office, he signed an executive order to close Gitmo within a year. Yet, as president, Obama came to see that it’s a lot easier to talk tough on detainees’ rights when you don’t have to worry about what they might do and whom they might hurt if released. It may have been fun to bash Bush on Gitmo, but now Obama’s in charge — and even a low-level loser can do a lot of damage. The Berkeley City Council remains in the easy seat where talk is cheap. Or as UC Berkeley law professor and former Bush White House attorney John Yoo noted, “It’s the perfect combination of futility and stupidity. It is futile because what happens to Gitmo detainees is up to the federal government. It is stupid because only Berkeley would want to be a magnet for resettlement of Gitmo detainees.” Pity the poor Peace & Justice crowd. Gone is the cheap thrill of pretending that all of America’s problems would go away, if only George W. Bush weren’t in the White House. So in a new act of fiction, Bezerkley plays make-believe by pretending that two Gitmo detainees should be dating your cousin. (E-mail Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@sfchronicle.com.)

As restaurants look for competitive edge, watch out for abuses HIGGINS from page 4

working in Portland restaurants. We’ve got a good thing going here with the whole restaurant industry, and this bill, seeking to clarify the difference between federal and state law is garbage that I wouldn’t feed to the cat. Pass it, watch what happens. Every business has a bit of give and take between employees and employ-

ers. The boss is calling the shots, and if you don’t like it you don’t have to work there. What is to stop an employer from making themselves, or management part of the “tip out” structure? Not a damned thing. As the industry changes, restaurants are looking for any kind of competitive edge. I’d hate to see an employer take things too far and kill off a great restaurant with a move that on paper

makes sense, but violates a simple contract. The money isn’t yours, it never was. I gave the server that tip. You have no right to touch it. Not a single dime. Mess with that, and folks will find more clever ways to leave tips that you know nothing about. It’s not your money. End of discussion. (Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

Page 6 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FOOD COLUMN –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

What one dish and one drink really deﬁne you? Margo Mallar ––––– Daily Sun Columnist Nattasak Wongsaichua and Danai Sriprasert had long been renamed Bob and Dan by their American counterparts when they met. Bob grew up in Bangkok, Dan in Nan, a small town in Northern Thailand. They were both working at Thai Chili in Kent, just outside of Seattle, where they learned to prepare the dishes they’d eaten growing up. It was a way to make ends meet while they were in school. Bob was studying computer networking and Dan was studying graphic design and international business. One day they came across a plaintive ad in an expatriate Thai newspaper from a Portland businessman seeking to unload his small Thai restaurant on Longfellow Square. “I’m not going to cheat you,” he wrote. “If you don’t believe me, then come see for yourself.” Dan decided to do just that one spring day in 2003. He made an appointment to talk with the owner then showed up early to sit on Longfellow Square and count the people coming in and out of tiny Bangkok Thai. The pace was manageable, steady but not too busy so a deal was struck. Bob and Dan moved east and the previous owner moved to Virginia to escape the Maine winter. Within a year, they expanded the restaurant into the shoe shop that was located in the adjoining storefront. They found that they had an ever increasing clientele among Portland’s vegetarians and continually added new meatless dishes to please them. In 2007, they decided to capitalize on their popularity in the niche

Nattasak “Bob” Wongsaichua (right) and and Danai “Dan” Sriprasert had long been renamed Bob and Dan by their American counterparts when they met. They have opened Boda at 671 Congress St. and Green Elephant, the Asian-inspired vegetarian bistro up the block at 608 Congress. (MARGO MALLAR PHOTO)

so they opened Green Elephant, the Asian-inspired vegetarian bistro up the block at 608 Congress. The two shuttled between the two restaurants, working 16 hour days, 6 days a week. Family members would come from Thailand and help for a few months at a time, but none of the regular 26 member staff speak Thai. Bob and Dan would feed the employees simple dishes, reminiscent of Thai street food: good fresh ingredients prepared quickly for customers

D. Sanborn Towing & Plowing TOW IN G • R EM OVAL • P L OW IN G S H OVEL IN G R OOFS , D ECK S & W AL K W AYS You Call, We Haul • 24 Hour Service / 7 Days Also, Specializing in Junk Cars ~ Many years experience

P AYIN G $ 10 0 - $ 450 P ER VEH ICL E.

CALL DALE: Cell 207-233-1630 • Home 207-793-7081 LEAVE MESSAGE (Affiliated with Lucky Day Auto, LLC)

in a hurry. The employees loved it and pushed them to include more of it on their menu, a suggestion that they took to heart. Last year they transformed Bangkok Thai into an entirely new restaurant which they call Boda. When asked what would be in the one plate and one glass that most exemplifies him, Dan, who does the lion share of the cooking at both restaurants, didn’t hesitate — pork noodle soup. Ground pork and ribs, tomato and a homemade curry paste made of galanga, lemongrass, red onion, garlic, cilantro root, cumin, dried chili and shrimp paste served over rice vermicelli. His mom made it for him growing up and he took comfort in the soup when he was a college student in Bangkok. “It’s a great hangover soup,” he smiled. He learned to make the soup himself in Washington. “I called home to get the exact ingredients. When I miss home, it’s what I make.” It’s a soup that speaks to his Thai heritage and his American achievement, blended into a soup that Boda patrons can take their own comfort in. Bob’s signature dish is braised pork hock with star anise. It’s the only thing on the menu that is his alone. He carmelizes sugar in a pot, adding star anise, cinnamon, black pepper,

garlic, galanga, fermented yellow bean paste and both dark and sweet soy sauces to give structure to the broth for the pork to simmer for hours on a back burner while the evening’s ingredients are prepped. It’s a dish he learned from his father, a building supplies salesman who loved to experiment in the kitchen. In the evening, Dan’s glass would hold a Mai Tai. In the morning it would hold the milk tea he drinks for breakfast with a bagel sandwich from Scratch Bakery. When he wants someone else to do the cooking, Dan heads for Fore Street or to Thanh Thanh for PH11, the Pho Sate substituting rice for noodles. Bob’s glass would hold Johnny Walker Green with soda, a fitting drink for a man who drives a BMW with the license plate Big Boss. For many Portlanders, Boda pares back the Thai American food experience to something authentic and pure. Some think it’s a regional pronunciation of Buddha but Boda is simply a portmanteau blending of the names of two friends, Bob and Dan, whose fate was in part determined by an ad in a small newspaper. (Margo Mallar chops, stirs, bakes and writes in the East End. Her Locavore column appears each Tuesday in the Portland Daily Sun.)

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 7

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– LOCAVORE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Camden chef tapped for 2011 magazine award DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Chef Geoffroy Deconinck of Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn in Camden has been selected to compete for the title of 2011 People’s Best New Chef, a new national award from Food & Wine magazine in partnership with CNN’s popular Eatocracy, according to gBritt PR. Ten chefs from each of 10 regions will vie for top honors, and restaurant patrons will determine the winner through online voting, a press release on the award stated.

“A native of Belgium, Chef Deconinck was selected to participate in this prestigious competition because of his innovative approach to traditional French cuisine, honoring the principles of local and seasonal availability,” the press release stated. He graduated with high honors from CERIA Culinary Academy in Brussels, and has worked in highly regarded kitchens such as Restaurant Alain Ducasse in Paris, and Café Boulud, Restaurant Daniel, and Bouley Restaurant in New York City. Chef Deconinck joined Natalie’s last fall. “Eatocracy and Food & Wine are giving discern-

ing diners an unprecedented voice in the search for the year’s best chefs with this new award,” gBritt PR noted. “This award is an expansion of F&W’s 23 years-running Best New Chef Award and commends the craft of the most talented and innovative chefs across the country who have run their own kitchens for five years or fewer. In the original Best New Chef Award, F&W editors select the winners, but in this new incarnation, diners go online to vote for their favorite chef by region. Popular vote will determine the ultimate winner, see MAGAZINE page 9

SHOP THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES To advertise on this page talk to your ad rep or contact 207-699-5801 or ads@portlanddailysun.me

R O U D WAT E R

AUTO

TIRE

www.stroudwaterauto.com for special offers and discount coupons Automotive Repair Foreign & Domestic

656 Stroudwater St. Westbrook • 854-0415

Commercial & Residential

319 County Road, Westbrook, ME • 761-1870

We are proud to present our first

PORTLAND AUTO RADIATOR

KID’S OPEN MIC NIGHT

Established 1948

FULL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

Saturday Feb. 26 3:30 - 5:30

The Best Place in Town to Take a Leak

WINTERIZATION SPECIALS •Tune-ups •Coolant flushes •Radiator Repairs

We invite all talented kids 12 and under to participate. Bring an instrument to play, or just get up and show off your talent! We will have a DJ, Microphone and back-up music if you need it! suggested donation: $7.50 per family sign up now: info@greenlight-studio.com more info: www.greenlight-sudio.com or call 899-1900

1129 Forest Ave., Portland • 207-797-3606

EXIT 48 LIVE UP TO DATE INVENTORY SHIPS DIRECTLY FROM SUPPLIERS TO YOU TO SAVE YOU TIME SHOP ON-LINE @ WWW.ULTIMATEGUNSANDAMMO.COM

The Bradley Foundation of Maine Miracle on 424 Main Street

HOPE

Computer Sales and Service

Serving Seniors over 55 and the Disabled Computers starting at only $75.00 includes Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus & Microsoft Antivirus

EXPRESS Rental Car

S A L E S

Want To Own A Car? BUY HERE - PAY HERE!

207-899-4844 140 RIVERSIDE ST., PORTLAND

$500 DOWN — $75.00 Per Week

Specializing in Vehicles from $3,000 to $10,000 Check out our selection on line www.exit48motorsales.com

Call 207-854-3548

Mathieu’s Market For your convenience

AND ENT OIL QUIPM E WER

We Now Accept EBT Cards,

LET US FUEL YOU UP!

M/C, Visa and Discover.

Groceries - Snacks - Beverages 424 Main St. Westbrook

Open for sales to the general public.

Open 365 Days A Year

Westbrook, ME • 591-5237 Mon-Sat 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mon.-Thurs. 6am-7pm; Fri. 6am-8pm; Sat. 7am-8pm; Sun 8am-5pm

“We want the privilege of serving you”

MAJOR & MINOR REPAIRS Cooling Systems • Brakes • Exhaust Auto Check Shocks • Struts • Tune-ups Electronic Engine State Inspection • Timing Belts Diagnosis Lights Valve Jobs • Engine Work Interstate Batteries • Towing Available

DICK STEWART • MIKE CHARRON • 767-0092 1217 Congress St., Portland, ME 04102

Electrolux • Kirby • Panasonic • Eureka • Orek • Electrolux • Kirby • Panasonic •

From the company you’ve trusted for over 80 years

15% Discount on Service (minimum $50 purchase)

Can service & supply all makes and models of vacuums

~Since 1924~

352 Warren Ave. Portland Give us a call at 207-871-8610 or toll free 1-888-358-3589

• Eureka • Orek • Electrolux • Kirby • Panasonic •

D & M AUTO REPAIR

Complete home heating installation 828-5777 • 517 Warren Ave • Portland • www.yerxas.com • Eureka • Orek • Electrolux • Kirby • Panasonic •

SEE OUR NEW ON-LINE STORE SHOP LOCALLY AT WWW.ULTIMATEGUNSANDAMMO.COM

M O T O R

Eureka • Orek • Electrolux • Kirby • Panasonic • Eureka • Orek • Electrolux

WE STILL HAVE SNOWBLOWERS

Page 8 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Every Tue. Night is Benefit Night at Flatbread Join us from 5 - 9

Tuesday, Feb. 15th $3.50 will be donated for every pizza sold.

MOFGA teams up for know your farmer events DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Benefit:

Acorn Productions 72 Commercial St., Portland, ME Open Sun. thru Thurs 11:30am–9:00pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am–10:00pm

Better Meat Better Price

The public can attend “Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen: A Celebration of Community Supported Agriculture and Fisheries” in one of several locations statewide on Sunday, Feb. 27, the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association reported. The event is co-sponsored by MOFGA and local organizations at each site. A Community Supported Agriculture program — which ask a person to commit to purchasing a share of the coming harvest before the season begins — is one focus of these sessions. In addition to farms with CSA shares, local fishermen with Community Supported Fisheries shares will

also be present in some locations, MOFGA reported. Meet Your Farmers and Fishermen will take place on Feb. 27 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in over a dozen locations across the state, representing over 80 businesses and organizations. Current locations and days/times include: • Auburn, Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St (note this location will take place on Feb. 25 as part of the APL Farmers’ Market from 4:30-6:30 p.m.) • Bangor, Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 96 Harlow St. • Belfast, Unitarian Universalist Church of Belfast, 37 Miller St. • Brunswick, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St. • Canaan, Valley Garden, 313 Hinkley Road. • Damariscotta, Great Salt Bay School, 559 Main St.

• Farmington, Fairbanks School Meeting House, 508 Fairbanks Road. • Hallowell, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 18 Union St. • Norway, Fare Share Commons, 443 Main St (note this location is part of a larger event taking place Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. FMI contact 743-9044 or claire@faresharecoop.org.) • Portland, Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St. (note this location will run from 1-4 p.m.) • Rockland, First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway. • Springvale, Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St. • Waterville, Barrels Community Market, 74 Main St.

Visit the Maine CSA Directory at www.mofga.net to find CSA opportunities in a particular area. Admission to this event is free.

Meat Market

We Accept EBT Cards www.freshapproachmarket.com 155 Brackett St., Portland • 774-7250

Steve Corry, a chef-owner in Portland, plans to open Petite Jacqueline in the ﬁrst or second week in March. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

‘Concept is a traditional Parisian French bistro’ BISTRO from page one

Corry plans to open Petite Jacqueline in the first or second week in March, he said. The concept of the new restaurant, Corry said, is “authentic French comfort food” with a “vivacious bistro atmosphere,” where customers can sit down for lunch or dinner. “The concept is a traditional Parisian French bistro, in that we’re not really focusing on one region of France, we’ll take from all the regions but the cuisine will be 100 percent French,” Corry said. Petite Jacqueline will be owned by Steve and his wife, Michelle, and Liz Kayo. In July 2003, Michelle and Steve Corry opened 555, a contemporary American restaurant named for its location on Congress Street. Since its inception, 555 has become a popular draw, with Chef Corry winning “Food and Wine’s” best new chef of 2007. On Tuesday, March 15, starting at 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, Corry will be honored as chef of the year for 2011 at the Maine Restaurant

Association’s awards banquet. Petite Jacqueline is a concept that’s been bubbling on the back burner, Corry said. “For about five years or so we’ve been toying around with the concept,” he said. “We’ve had our ear to the ground ever since we got established here at 555,” Corry noted. “This space became available again and we thought it was an ideal size.” Evangeline offered fine French dining at 190 State St. until Chef Erik Desjarlais decided to spend more time with family and closed the restaurant late last year. Petite Jacqueline takes its name from a matriarch with a “great appreciation for life and food and wine and family,” Corry said The name is inspired by Michelle’s French grandmother, he said. “She turned 90 this year. She’s just an amazing and fantastic old world French cook. Every time we get together I spend one day from top to bottom in the kitchen learning the classics,” he said. For updates on Petite Jacqueline, visit bistropj.com.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 9

Chef Geoffroy Deconinck of Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn in Camden has been selected to compete for the title of 2011 People’s Best New Chef, a new national award from Food & Wine magazine in partnership with CNN’s popular Eatocracy. Food & Wine magazine, published by American Express Publishing, has a circulation of nearly 1 million; Eatocracy is CNN’s everything food blog. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Santa Claws?

Diners can go online and vote for their favorite chef by region MAGAZINE from page 7

and he or she will be featured in the July 2011 issue of F&W alongside the winners of the editor-selected Best New Chef Award.” Raymond Brunyanszki, owner of the Camden Harbour Inn, said, “Food & Wine is one of the most prestigious

culinary publications, recognized for its support of the nation’s best chefs. For a Chef to be nominated is a true compliment, we’re very happy for Geoffroy.” “I am happy to have been nominated for this new award,” said Deconinck, “it’s great to be included in this list of 100 chefs across the U.S.”

On Saturday, snow sculptors converged at Deering Oaks for the second annual WinteRush winter festival. Here, a giant lobster claw titled “The Big Snippah!?” by Bryony Urquhart and Dikkie Brett towers as one of the snow sculpture competition entries. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

ing Introd“nuecw”. . the Fine Chinese - Japanese Cuisine

Dine-In & Take-Out Full Liquor • Sushi Bar

GRA ND OP ENING!

Happy Hour 3 to 5 pm Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 3 Inside-Out Rolls — $7.95

Dine-in & Take-out... Get

25% OFF

LUNCH IS BACK! TUESDAY - SUNDAY Featuring Live Music ~ Local and National Acts Weekly 2 for 1 Entrees Tuesday thru Thursday - This Week Only! Happy Hour w/ free munchies Tues. - Sat. 4 -6pm

Valid thru 3/31/11

DINNER SPECIAL

Portland’s Casual Dining and Entertainment Stop on Forest Ave

TONIGHT! Open Blues Jam with your host, Poke Chop and the Other White Meats. Bring your instruments, we’ve got the rest covered! Or sit back and listen to some of Maine’s best Blues players for FREE! 7pm This Wednesday, Dinner Music with “Flash” Allen 6pm! Lunch: Tues.-Sat. 11am-2pm • Dinner: Tues.-Sat. 4-9pm • Late Night Bar Menu Happy Hour: Tues.-Sat. 4-6pm • Sunday JAZZ Luncheon 12-4pm

511 Congress Street, Portland 207-773-7975 tel • 207-773-7976 fax www.shanghaitokyoportland.com Free Parking behind restaurant after 5pm weekdays and all day Sat & Sun

Check us out at www.venueamericangrille.com or friend us on Facebook

Open M-Th 11:30 to 10pm • Fri and Sat 11:30 to 11:30pm • Sun 1:30pm to 10pm

865 Forest Ave., Portland, ME • 207-899-4350

DAILY CROSSWORD TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

by Lynn Johnston by Paul Gilligan

By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Someone makes a lame attempt to get to know you better. Help this person out. It is more difficult than you might realize to approach you, let alone impress you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You have a certain amount of respect for your work, and you may even love it at times. But you also realize that it doesn’t define you. You are more than just what you do. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll give baffling ideas a chance. You’ll listen to one you don’t understand. In the end, you still may not understand it, but you’ll take heart in the fact that you gave it a fair shake. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). No one lives in an untroubled world. The one who comforts you can only do so because he or she has been where you are and knows what words a person in that position longs to hear. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You take pleasure in your work, so it’s difficult for you to understand those who are intent on avoiding it. Your dedication to a professional cause will bring both financial and emotional gains. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 15). This year, your mood gets lighter and your outlook gets brighter. You’ll revel in someone’s love, and commitments will be made in March. You enjoy seeing someone dear to you accomplish something fantastic in May, and you take some of the credit. August brings fantastic career and financial luck. Cancer and Sagittarius people are lucky associates. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 4, 33, 24 and 18.

Pooch Café For Better or Worse LIO

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll be looking to the future and deciding a direction for yourself and your family. You’ll make a deal with destiny, and if you uphold your end, your good fortune will be plentiful. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Be intentional with your purchases, especially non-disposable items. Impulse buys are not favored today. Your stuff could end up owning you instead of the other way around. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll ﬁnd something new to desire, and you’ll move forward with great gusto. This may be a short-lived passion, though the memory of your pursuit will last a lifetime. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will have a strong impact on your environment, including the energy of those around you. You are most effective when you consciously decide what mood you want to set. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There will be exciting news that brings up controversial topics. You may feel strongly about this, but the feelings won’t last. Keep that in mind before you debate your peers. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have a way of greeting people that makes them feel warm and accepted. Do not underestimate the power of this greeting. People need it more than you know. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are so alive with ideas, ambitions and love, sweet love. With so much to enjoy about your life, there is hardly a moment to waste in worry or stress. You’ll teach others to be as joyful as you.

by Aaron Johnson

HOROSCOPE

by Chad Carpenter

Solution and tips at www.sudoku.com

TUNDRA WT Duck

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 thru 9.

by Mark Tatulli

Page 10 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

ACROSS 1 Pres. William Howard __ 5 Ross or Rigg 10 Goatee spot 14 Luau dance 15 Blundered 16 Frilly dress trimming 17 Press, as clothes 18 Indications that mean “same as above” 20 Afternoon rest 21 Kitty cat 22 TV awards 23 Hunt illegally 25 Paid athlete 26 Thwart 28 Ofﬁcial edict 31 Crane or heron 32 Polynesian of New Zealand 34 Regulation 36 __ to; like 37 Close up holes 38 Foundation

39 Afﬁrmative 40 Actress Delta 41 High-powered surgical beam 42 Abilities 44 Baby’s toy 45 Become ﬁrm 46 Cold rice and raw seafood 47 Fight site 50 Exhale in relief 51 Taxi 54 Demeaning 57 Helper 58 Blue-pencil 59 Door hanger’s bit of hardware 60 Night twinkler 61 Prescribed amount 62 Trimmed the lawn’s border 63 Choir song

1 2

DOWN Skinny Ambience

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 35

PC insertion of old Light brown Figure out From Dublin __ and crafts Tennis court divider “Much __ About Nothing” Din Injure Unpleasant Loch __ monster “Thanks, Pierre” Twosome Foreboding sign __ up; become cheerful again Fluctuate Accepts __ out; distribute Stretchiness Portrait stand Spoils Australian bird “If I __ a Rich Man”

37 Select, as the best, from a group 38 Tub activity 40 Sheep’s cry 41 Eyelid hair 43 Set on ﬁre 44 Uneven 46 Scorch

47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57

In the sack Make over Wallach et al. Warble Actor Sandler Swiss capital Deﬁnite article Can cover Bit of soot

Saturday’s Answer

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 11

––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2011. There are 319 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 15, 1961, 73 people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium. On this date: In 1820, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Mass. In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court. In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain. In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed more than four weeks later. In 1942, the British colony Singapore surrendered to the Japanese during World War II. In 1944, Allied bombers destroyed the monastery atop Monte Cassino (MAWN’-tay kah-SEE’-noh) in Italy. In 1965, Canada’s new maple-leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. In 1971, Britain and Ireland “decimalised” their currencies, making one pound equal to 100 pence instead of 240 pence. One year ago: At the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Didier Defago (DIH’-dee-ay dihFAH’-goh) of Switzerland won the gold in the Olympic downhill and American Bode (BOH’-dee) Miller took the bronze. American Seth Wescott defended his Olympic title, overtaking Canada’s Mike Robertson to win the gold medal in men’s snowboardcross. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Allan Arbus is 93. Former Defense and Energy Secretary James Schlesinger is 82. Actress Claire Bloom is 80. Author Susan Brownmiller is 76. Songwriter Brian Holland is 70. Rock musician Mick Avory (The Kinks) is 67. Musician Henry Threadgill is 67. Actress Jane Seymour is 60. Singer Melissa Manchester is 60. Actress Lynn Whitfield is 58. “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening (GREE’-ning) is 57. Model Janice Dickinson is 56. Actor Christopher McDonald is 56. Reggae singer Ali Campbell is 52. Actor Joseph R. Gannascoli is 52. Musician Mikey Craig (Culture Club) is 51. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green is 51. Country singer Michael Reynolds (Pinmonkey) is 47. Actor Michael Easton is 44. Rock musician Stevie Benton (Drowning Pool) is 40. Actress Renee O’Connor is 40. Actress Sarah Wynter is 38. Rock singer Brandon Boyd (Incubus) is 35. Rock musician Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers) is 35. Actress Ashley Lyn Cafagna is 28. Actress Amber Riley (TV: “Glee”) is 25.

TUESDAY PRIME TIME Dial

8:00

CTN 5 Lighthouse Jubilees

13 17

8:30

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

9:00 Healthvw

9:30

10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Community Haskell-House

Bulletin Board

The Biggest Loser Helping a contestant open up. Parenthood Drew’s bond News Tonight with Seth grows. (N) (In Show With WCSH (N) (In Stereo) Å Stereo) Å Jay Leno Glee “Comeback” Rachel Raising Traffic News 13 on FOX (N) Frasier According Hope (N) Å Light “En “Dark Vic- to Jim Å WPFO tries to make a social comeback. (N) Fuego” (N) tory” Å No Ordinary Family A V “Siege” Anna tries to Detroit 1-8-7 An ex-con News 8 Nightline WMTW at (N) Å WMTW shape-shifter wants to kill destroy the Fifth Column. confesses to two mura Powell. (N) Å (N) Å ders. (N) Å 11PM (N) Pioneers of Television Frontline “Sex Slaves” Independent Lens Charlie Rose (N) (In Shock jock Petey Stereo) Å MPBN “Late Night” (In Stereo) Å (In Stereo) Å Greene. Å Are You Keeping As Time Good The Vicar of Dibley The Red Globe TrekUp Appear- Goes By Å Neighbors “Christmas 2006” (Part Green ker Å WENH Being Served? ances 1 of 2) Å Show Å One Tree Hill Celebrat- Hellcats Alice and Sa- Entourage TMZ (N) (In Extra (N) Punk’d (In WPXT ing Valentine’s Day. (N) vannah plan a toga party. “Fire Sale” Stereo) Å (In Stereo) Stereo) Å (In Stereo) Å (N) Å Å Å NCIS “Defiance” A NCIS: Los Angeles The Good Wife “Net WGME Late Show “Empty Quiver” Exposing Worth” A young billionaire News 13 at With David WGME suicide bomber kills a Marine. (N) (In Stereo) corrupt cops. (N) sues a film studio. 11:00 Letterman Smarter Lyrics Lyrics Curb Earl Star Trek: Next WPME Smarter Dirty Jobs (N) Å

DISC Gold Rush: Alaska

FAM Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos Funniest Home Videos The 700 Club Å

USA Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Closing Night. (Live) Å

NESN NHL Hockey: Maple Leafs at Bruins

CSNE Celtics Old School

ESPN College Basketball

College Basketball

SportsCenter Å

ESPN2 College Basketball

NBA Coast to Coast (Live) Å

Boston

Without a Trace Å

Criminal Minds Å

ION

DISN Movie: ›››› “WALL-E” (2008)

35 36 37

Bruins

Fish

Auction

Sons

Gold Rush: Alaska Royal Pains Å

Daily

Dennis

Sports

SportsNet Sports

Daily

Criminal Minds Å Wizards

Phineas

Adventure King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy My Wife

Chris

Boston

Criminal Minds Å

NICK My Wife

Chris

SportsNet

Phineas

TOON Hole/Wall

MSNBC The Last Word

Red Sox

Lopez

Rachel Maddow Show The Ed Show (N)

Wizards Fam. Guy

The Nanny The Nanny The Last Word

CNN Parker Spitzer (N)

Piers Morgan Tonight

Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å

CNBC The Facebook

60 Minutes on CNBC

Mad Money

FNC

The O’Reilly Factor (N) Hannity (N)

Greta Van Susteren

The O’Reilly Factor

TNT

Movie: ›› “Four Brothers” (2005) Å

Southland “Sideways”

Memphis Beat Å

LIFE “Taken From Me”

TLC

What Not to Wear

Kids

What Not to Wear (N)

One Born Every Minute How I Met How I Met Left at the Altar Å

What Not to Wear

AMC Movie: ›››‡ “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) Tim Robbins.

HGTV First Place First Place Hunters

TRAV Bizarre Foods

Bizarre Foods

Ghost Adventures

A&E The First 48 Å

The First 48 Å

BRAVO Housewives/Atl.

Selling NY House

“Shawshank R.” Hunters

Property

Real Housewives

HALL Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Gold Girls Gold Girls

SYFY Face Off Å

Face Off Å

Requiem

ANIM Confessions: Hoarding Confessions: Hoarding Confessions: Hoarding Confessions: Hoarding

HIST Pawn BET

COM Ralphie May

67 68 76

Tosh.0

Movie: ››‡ “Eagle Eye” (2008) Shia LaBeouf.

TVLND Sanford TBS

Larry the Cable Guy

Sanford

Raymond

Requiem

Shootout! Å The Mo’Nique Show

Tosh.0 (N) Onion

Daily Show Colbert

Lights Out (N)

Lights Out

Raymond

Retired at Cleveland

Raymond

The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office Conan

SPIKE UFC Unleashed

Best of PRIDE Fighting Best of PRIDE Fighting UFC Unleashed Movie: ››› “Definitely, Maybe” (2008) Ryan Reynolds.

OXY The Bad Girls Club

146

TCM Movie: ››› “My Man Godfrey” (1936) Å

DAILY CROSSWORD BY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

Top Shot (N) Å

The Game The Game The Game The Game The Game Together

Pawn

1 5 9 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 24 25 26 30 31 32 33 35 37

Miss C 2

Movie: ››› “Cimarron” (1931) Richard Dix.

ACROSS Neighbor of Java Dimwit Peasant girl Letter-clarification words Tex-Mex order Luigi’s love Gene Tierney film, with “The” Picked from the bench “Meet Me in St. Louis” co-star Automaker Ferrari Cicero’s lang. Afore With 51A, Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Relaxed Bark in the comics Jewel’s partner in retail Mil. rank Butterfly with eyespots Olden times, in olden times

39 43 45 47 48 51 54 55 56 57 60 64 66 67 68 69 70 71

1 2

Eagle’s abode Bus. ltr. abbr. Millennia Mariner’s org. Bad actors See 26A Cup or pay attachment? Aachen article Turkish honoriﬁc Track bet Main arteries Plane in the Smithsonian Unexpected win __-dieu (prayer bench) Mardi Gras follow-up Addlepated Auctioneer’s closer Superlative endings DOWN Sacks 1975 Wimbledon champion

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 19 23 26 27 28 29 30 34 36 38 40

Detroit player Top of the foot Groups of lines McShane or McKellen DCCXXV x II Shaddock fruit “The Man Who __ There” Thompson of “Carrington” Capital of New Caledonia Babies, at times “Hiroshima” writer Small-time Travels far and wide On a single occasion Isl. off Australia Govt. med. grp. Immature newt Vacant ﬂat sign Nice summer? Alternative fuel Count me in! Qatar’s capital Think better

afterward Neighbor of Leb. Alfonso’s queen Function jointly Nulliﬁed Climbs aboard Ancient Syrian city 50 Poughkeepsie college

41 42 44 46 48 49

52 Camera settings 53 Early prison release 55 Godhood 58 Banjo feature 59 Jackson 5 coif 61 Start of a day? 62 “__ Misbehavin’” 63 Mach breakers 65 RSVP part

Yesterday’s Answer

Page 12 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

City panel to consider easing sidewalk-clearing rules BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In a meeting today at 5:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall, a city transportation committee will consider a proposal to exempt some property owners from removing snow from sidewalks in front of their properties. “City officials have received complaints from residents that live along major arterials or principal collectors where there are multiple travel lanes of snow plowed onto sidewalks during snow events and the practicality of individuals easily removing snow from those sidewalks,” Michael J. Bobinsky, director of public services, wrote in a letter to committee members. “The Transportation Committee is considering recommendations to amend the current sidewalk clearing ordinance that would recognize these circumstances and exempt property owners

that live along those designated streets, such as Outer Congress Street from compliance to the ordinance.” City ordinance requires requires residential property owners to clear the sidewalks in front of their home or business within 24 hours after snow has stopped or within 24 hours after the city has finished clearing snow from that storm, whichever is later. Commercial property owners need to remove snow from the sidewalk abutting their property within 12 hours after snow stops. In January, Janet Daigle, a homeowner on Outer Congress Street, wrote an email letter to city and state officials urging the city to provide an exemption for property owners. She noted that many senior citizens can’t clear the snow for themselves and that a long waiting list exists for a volunteer snow-shoveling service. Edward Suslovic, City Councilor for

District 3, requested that the Transportation Committee take up the sidewalk snow removal issue at the Feb. 15 meeting. Daigle, in a Feb. 13 memo to Interim City Manager Pat Finnigan, wrote about her frustration in trying to convince the City Council to amend the city’s snow-removal ordinance. “This time around, I am adding three (3) actions steps in an effort to convince the City Council,” she wrote. “a. Asking the City employees to detail in their own words how difficult it is to remove the snow from the sidewalks on outer Congress St. I’m hoping the Councilors will ‘hear it’ from them. b. Asking the City Councilors to ride in the snow plows trucks on outer Congress St. during a storm. Councilor Ed Suslovic did this January and he finally ‘got it.’ c. Blasting the news media with my correspondence and photos.”

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN CLASSIFIEDS Animals

Autos

For Rent

For Sale

AKC Labrador retriever puppies black, yellow, M/F, $700 www.stargazerlabradors.com. Great family or therapy dogs (603)986-4184.

BUYING all unwanted metals. $800 for large loads. Cars, trucks, heavy equipment. Free removal. (207)776-3051.

MARK’S Towing- Paying cash for late models and free junk car removal. (207)892-1707.

NEED ITEMS GONE, FAST CASH?

BUXTON- 1 bedroom apt, no smoking, no pets. $650/mo. Heat, lights included. (207)939-4970.

BEDROOM7 piece Solid cherry sleigh. Dresser/Mirror chest & night stand (all dovetail). New in boxes cost $2,200 Sell $895. 603-427-2001

We’ll help you get cash for your unwanted vehicles and metals. High prices, very honest and fair. Haulin’ Angels will help. (207)415-9223.

ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My 19-year-old daughter, “Nadia,” dated a sweet guy for three years. They broke up when he moved to Hawaii to “see the world.” For three years, he dated no one else and expected Nadia to do the same. However, after 18 months of separation, she decided to enjoy her life. A year ago, they rekindled their relationship over the phone and decided to get married. When “Mr. Hawaii” found out she had dated someone else in his absence, he abruptly called it off, once again breaking her heart. He then asked her to wait for him to get his head together. Apparently, he was questioning whether he might be gay. This time, she said no. With our encouragement, she concentrated on herself and her education. Eight months ago, Nadia met an absolutely wonderful, stable guy, and they are slowly building a future together. The problem is, Mr. Hawaii has been in touch, asking if she would reconsider their relationship. She told him he would always have a place in her heart, but that’s it. Within days of their last conversation, we were shocked to find out that he had already married a girl from Switzerland 12 days after meeting her. We are sure this poor girl has no clue her new husband was still fanning the flames with Nadia, let alone his sexuality issues. And apparently, his family doesn’t know he’s married. Do we have an obligation to tell his family and his new wife, or is this a keep-it-zipped situation? We don’t want to hurt anyone. -- Treading Water in the Pacific Dear Treading: You don’t know the circumstances of this marriage or even if it’s true. It is not your place to inform his parents or wife. We know you want to do the right thing and prevent a catastrophe, but frankly, it will be hurtful no matter what you say, and it won’t change a thing. Mr. Hawaii needs to handle this on his own.

Dear Annie: My wife passed away three weeks ago. We were married for more than 40 years. Is there any set rule about how long I should wait to get in the dating scene again? -- Arizona Widower Dear Arizona: There is no set rule. Widows and widowers can begin dating whenever they are ready. Keep in mind, however, that friends and relatives often expect the newly widowed to wait at least six months before dating, so you may get some ﬂak from them if you start sooner. But it is entirely your choice. Dear Annie: I would like to address the letter from “Deleted in Ohio,” whose sister cut off contact once again, and whose husband’s nephew stopped seeing the family. She didn’t know why. In my case, I realized I was the one who was always initiating contact with my siblings. As a test, I stopped getting in touch. Guess what? I still hear nothing from my brother, had one phone call from my middle sister and have had no calls at all from my youngest sister. It doesn’t feel good to know I was right. It made me realize I was forcing myself on them in a way they apparently didn’t want, and they didn’t know how to tell me. Now, if they want contact, all they have to do is phone, e-mail, mail or text. I will always be there, just as I always have been. -- Deleted Many Years Ago, Just Didn’t Want To See It Dear Deleted: In most families, one sibling, usually a sister, takes on the role of facilitator. She’s the one who hosts family gatherings, keeps the other siblings informed and makes sure the family stays close. We doubt your siblings felt you forced yourself on them. You might reconnect with your middle sister. Explain the problem and see what she says. You have nothing to lose.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

PORTLAND- Danforth Street, 2 bedrooms, heated, newly painted, hardwood floors. $850/mo. Call Kay (207)773-1814. PORTLAND- Maine MedicalStudio, 1/ 2 bedroom. Heated, off street parking, newly renovated. $475-$850. (207)773-1814. PORTLAND- Munjoy Hill- 3 bedrooms, newly renovated. Heated, $1275/mo. Call Kay (207)773-1814. PORTLAND- Woodford’s area. 1 bedroom heated. Newly installed oak floor, just painted. $675/mo. (207)773-1814. WESTBROOK large room eff. furnished, utilities pd includes cable. Non-smokers only $195/weekly (207)318-5443.

For Rent-Commercial PORTLAND Art District- 2 adjacent artist studios with utilities. First floor. $325-$350 (207)773-1814.

For Sale BOXED- new sectional sofa chocolate brown $399 call 899-8853. BRAND new full/ twin mattress set-in plastic $115 call 899-8853. IMPORTED leather sofa mint cond. Worth $1100 take $475 call 899-8853. KING sleighbed oak w/ mattress set all new asking $395 call 396-5661. BED- Orthopedic 11 inch thick super nice pillowtop mattress & box. 10 year warranty, new-in-plastic. Cost $1,200, sell Queen-$299, Full-$270, King-$450. Can deliver. 235-1773

CUSTOM Glazed Kitchen Cabinets. Solid maple, never installed. May add or subtract to fit kitchen. Cost $6,000 sacrifice $1,750. 433-4665 SELLING a queen pillowtop mattress set- never used $135 must sell 396-5661.

Services DUMP RUNS We haul anything to the dump. Basement, attic, garage cleanouts. Insured www.thedumpguy.com (207)450-5858. FREE 1st Bag of Calcium with every roof shoveling and Ice dam removal. Prices starting at $100. 20 years experience. (207)615-6092.

LAUNDRY SERVICE Pick up, wash, dry, & deliver (or drop-off). Portland & surrounding areas. FMI & rates (207)879-1587. MASTER Electrician since 1972. Repairs- whole house, rewiring, trouble shooting, fire damage, code violations, electric, water heater repairs commercial refrigeration. Fuses to breakers, generators. Mark @ (207)774-3116.

Wanted To Buy BASEBALL Cards- Old. Senior citizen buying 1940-1968. Reasonable, please help. Lloyd (207)797-0574. I buy broken or unwanted laptops. Cash today. Up to $100 for newer units. (207)233-5381.

CLASSIFIEDS • CALL 699-5807 DOLLAR-A-DAY CLASSIFIEDS: Ads must be 15 words or less and run a minimum of 5 consecutive days. Ads that run less than 5 days or nonconsecutive days are $2 per day. Ads over 15 words add 10¢ per word per day. PREMIUMS: First word caps no charge. Additional caps 10¢ per word per day. Centered bold heading: 9 pt. caps 40¢ per line, per day (2 lines maximum) TYPOS: Check your ad the first day of publication. Sorry, we will not issue credit after an ad has run once. DEADLINES: noon, one business day prior to the day of publication. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, Visa and Mastercard credit cards and, of course, cash. There is a $10 minimum order for credit cards. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 699-5807; or send a check or money order with ad copy to The Conway Daily Sun, P.O. Box 1940, North Conway, NH 03860. OTHER RATES: For information about classified display ads please call 699-5807.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 13

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lou Hamer, will be presented this month as part of University of Southern Maine’s celebraHollering through the city! tion of African-American His7 a.m. After four years of collabotory Month. The event, featuring rations Spindleworks, Creative actress and author E.P. McKTrails, and Yes Art Works have night, will take place in USM’s given a name to their joint advenHannaford Lecture Hall, Porttures: STIR Art Collective. This land. A question-and-answer year’s exhibit, Holler-- the first session and a book signing formally as STIR-- is the result will follow the performance. It of two summer workshops conis free and open to the public. sisting of 40 plus artists from the “‘I Question America’ tells the three programs, working in a varilife story of civil rights activist ety of mediums. Through these Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew creative workshops, the artists up in Mississippi, working in the unify as a community with intelcotton fields. In her one-woman lectual uniqueness. The body of performance, McKnight chronwork ranges from fine art, digital icles Hamer’s journey through media, installations and gorilla art childhood, youth and adulttactics that exemplify the concept hood. The play is a testament of their cultural importance as artto Hamer’s ability to overcome ists. Holler premiered as a one seemingly insurmountable night event in the Arts District of obstacles and make a differPortland during the October First ence in the world. Hamer strugFriday Art Walk. Holler returns Daniel Charon, Erin Owen and Ryan Corriston perform with Doug Varone and Dancers, a troupe that has commanded attention for its gled for many years, protesting now in two locations for another expansive vision, versatility and technical prowess. Doug Varone and Dancers will perform at Merrill Auditorium on Feb. 16. (Photo and speaking against racism chance to see and hear what the courtesy of Doug Varone and Dancers/Phil Knott) and for equal rights, eventually artists have to say. Prayer flags, speaking in front of Congress. L.L.Bean. In this program, you will learnhow to begin an painted shingles, thought bubMany times she was jailed and savagely beaten because organizational renovation, learn the seven steps for creating bles and self portraits will hang at 158 Pickett Street Café of her outspoken support. In 1968, after years of fighting, lasting change and be inspired to stay the course no matter in South Portland from Feb. 15-March 15 while the new Hamer received a standing ovation when she was seated what.” RSVP: Please register on line atwww.maineastd.org. media work will make an apt backdrop to UNE’s one day at the Chicago Democratic Convention and elected DemoSocial Justice Seminar : “Promoting the Rights of People cratic National Committeewoman. Hamer’s efforts during Erotic Poetry Night with Shane Hawley with Intellectual Disabilities: What is the Social Work Profesthe Civil Rights Movement assisted in getting the Voting 7:30 p.m. Port Veritas celebrates Valentine’s Day with its sion’s Responsibility and How Can We Make an Impact?” Rights Act, Equal Employment Laws and Federal Housing annual Erotic Poetry Night & National Poetry Slam Cham158 Pickett Street Café, 158 Benjamin Pickett St., South Act passed. ... McKnight is a graduate of Fordham Univerpionship Team Member Shane Hawley. Open reading with Portland, Hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun., 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. sity. Today she works as a poet, actress and writer. ... This special erotic set of poetry beginning at 8:30. Evening Mon., 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tue. to Sat. For more information: event was made possible with financial support from Prufeatures special guests TBA. Suggested donation $2-$5. www.stirartcollective.com. dential Financial, South Portland, USM Women and Gender “Come help us take sex and romance back from the likes Studies and USM President Council on Diversity.” For more of Hallmark and its many unskilled writers. Bring down your The Embroiderers’ Guild of America information, contact the USM Office of Multicultural Affairs best lovely, erotic, raunchy and heartfelt works. The evening 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. SOME Chapter of The Embroiderers’ at 780-4006. will also feature some very special local guests. Couples Guild of America will meet at Yarmouth Town Hall on Tuesand lovers scorned alike will gather to leave their hearts day, March 15. The group will be learning two needlework PROPEL after-hours networking event on the stage.”Shane Hawley is a spoken word artist who techniques. FMI call 829-6111. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Join PROPEL for an after-hours netdabbles in hip-hop and stand-up comedy. He is a four time working event at the Salt Exchange. Light appetizers will be AARP Tax Assistance member of the Minneapolis National Poetry Slam team, served and a cash bar with drink specials will be available. If 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. AARP Tax Assistance at the Portland and a former Minneapolis Grand Slam champion. He has you would like to stay for dinner following the event you are Public Library. Get help with your taxes from the AARP. opened for national acts such as P.O.S., Dessa Darling, welcome to a 15 percent off discount. The Salt Exchange, They’ll be at the library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from and Jeremy Messersmith. As a St. Paul native, he is eager 245 Commercial St., Portland. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Meeting Room 4 on the Lower Level. to represent his city in his city at the 2010 National Poetry Please call ahead and schedule an appointment: 776-6316. Ocean Avenue Elementary School open house Slam. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. City Councilor Cheryl Leeman (District 4) ‘Nature, Territory and Identity in Tanzania’ ‘The Fire Within’ at MECA and Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr. invite 4 p.m. “Invasion of the NGOs: Nature, Territory and Identity 7:30 p.m. Maine College of Art features “M.C. Richards: members of the community to an open house at the city’s in Tanzania” by Jennifer Jones. Northern Tanzania is home The Fire Within” with the fi lmmakers. This movie “is a love newest school, Ocean Avenue Elementary School. The to Serengeti National Park and other renowned landscapes. poet’s journey into discovering the delicate links between open house will give the public the opportunity to preview It is also home to the pastoral Maasai people, who find creativity and the imagination. In rare documentary footthe school before its official opening, meet with school their livelihoods and communal lands threatened by exterage about this pivotal fi gure in the New York avant garde, officials and see first hand what this state-of-the-art facilnal ideals of nature, and a push for tourism as economic we witness Mary Caroline Richards (1916-1999) engage ity has to offer Portland’s youth and families. “We have all growth. For the Human Ecology Forum, McCormick Lecin contemplative questioning regarding the nature of art, been eagerly anticipating the official opening of the Ocean ture Hall, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. jga@coa.edu or 801imagination, wholeness, and community. Known for her Avenue Elementary School and it is exciting that the day 5717. Free. influential book ‘Centering,” M.C. was head of faculty at is almost upon us,” stated City Councilor Cheryl Leeman. Maine Mead Works tasting the experimental Black Mountain College (1949-51) serv“Please join us for a tour of this impressive facility and a 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Maine Mead Works tasting room, 51 ing with Robert Rauschenberg, Willem deKooning, Arthur chat with school officials on how the Ocean Avenue school Washington Ave., Portland. RSVP to Aaron Odom at mofPenn, Buckminster Fuller, Merce Cunningham, and John is going to improve our neighborhood.” Ocean Avenue Elegacc@gmail.com so we can let the owner know how many Cage among others. This film has been selected for nine mentary School is located at 150 Ocean Ave. people to expect. www.mainemeadworks.com international film festivals and won Best Film in the 2010 Insurance and investing seminar Image Gazer Film Festival.” Filmmakers Richard Kane A Case Study in Mobile Learning 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy and Melody Lewis-Kane will present the film at MECA’s 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Portland Country Club, Falmouth. has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar Osher Hall, 522 Congress St., Portland. Admission is free. The Maine Chapter of the American Society of Training and series. Taught by certified educators and open to the gen775.3052 Development is hosting a breakfast program titled A Case eral public, the seminars are designed to promote financial Study in Mobile Learning. “How can trainers provide ‘on the education in Maine. In this session, you will learn how insurjob’ training that is consistent across locations and doesn’t Wednesday, Feb. 16 ance and investing can help you reach your financial goals require a significant amount of human capital? One way quicker and easier than imagined. All seminars are being is to leverage mobile learning. Through an Interview you’ll held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located Maine Distracted Driving Summit hear the story of how one company took the plunge into near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Port8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Officer Rocco Navarro of the South mobile learning. This session provides an overview of LL land. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limPortland Police Department will moderate a panel disBean’s journey from the initial training request, design and ited and advance registration is required. To register, please cussion with teen drivers at the Maine Distracted Driving decision to use iPods and video and final deployment in call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financialSummit, taking place at the Ocean Gateway marine termimultiple languages. The instructional designer responsible lit.org nal. Navarro suffered serious injuries when a pickup truck for creating, implementing, and evaluating this blended Doug Varone and Dancers crashed into his cruiser while he was parked behind a learning curriculum will present his experiences as a case 7:30 p.m. Prized for dexterity, musicality and performance stranded motorist on the Casco Bay Bridge last fall. Police study. There will also be a collaborative group discussion instincts, Doug Varone and Dancers is recognized as one say the driver who hit the parked cruiser, David Zografos of where you will have an opportunity to ask questions and of America’s leading dance companies. Presented in colSouth Portland, was talking on his cell phone. Zografos, who brainstorm barriers and solutions to utilizing mobile learnlaboration with Bates Dance Festival, this performance is was uninjured, was charged with failing to maintain coning in your organization. Tony Donnelly is a Learning Design brought to Portland by Portland Ovations. The evening trol of a motor vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Consultant for L.L.Bean. His experience includes designopens with the company’s triumphant work, Lux, and conAdministration estimates that at least 25 percent of policeing performance based learning to be delivered in various cludes with Chapters from a Broken Novel, a new work reported crashes involve some form of driver inattention. formats. In particular, many of Tony designs incorporate co-commissioned by Ovations along with Bates Dance http://capwiz.com/aaanne/issues/alert/?alertid=14923871 a blended approach of balancing the need for an instrucFestival. Merrill Auditorium; $38, $34, $30, students: $10. tor with the initiative of a self-paced learner to ceate the ‘I Question America’ at USM portlandovations.org most effective learning experience. In addition to faclitator 5 p.m. “I Question America,” a Broadway styled, oneled instruction, Tony also has experience designing mobile woman play honoring the life of civil rights activist Fannie see next page and eLearning modules for different internal clients within

Tuesday, Feb. 15

Page 14 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– from preceding page

est garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of ‘catadores’—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to ‘paint’ the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ 8 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool? A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public? A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Thursday, Feb. 17

Contra Dance in Bar Harbor 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance with Big Moose Contra Dance Band and caller Chrissy Fowler in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Center, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Lessons at 7:30 p.m., dance begins at 8 p.m. $6. Children free. www.coa. edu or 288-5015.

WENA Community Breakfast 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. West End Neighborhood Association Community Breakfast at Reiche Community Center. http:// www.wenamaine.org/

Wisdom At Work Series

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’

noon to 1 p.m. Portland Public Library is hosting a four-part series on work each Thursday in February in Rines Auditorium. The series is sponsored by Heart At Work Career Counseling and Amy Wood, Success Strategist. The third in the series is titled “Five Real-World Strategies To Find A Meaningful Job” presented by Melissa Suey, of Red Sky Leadership. The public is invited to this free series. Heart At Work Career Counseling, Outplacement Services & Second Half of Life Planning, 25 Middle St. 775-6400.

‘On the March’ talk on Freedom Riders at Bates 4:30 p.m. In observance of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Riders protest, a historian from Ohio’s Miami University reviews the history, impacts and continuing relevance of this galvanizing episode in the civil rights movement in the Benjamin Mays Center at Bates College, 95 Russell St., Lewiston. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Education at Bates, Nishani Frazier’s talk, titled “On the March,” is open to the public at no cost. “Frazier, assistant professor of history at Miami, is an authority on the African American experience. She will examine the story of the Freedom Riders, their importance to American history and their current relevance in the face of efforts to retreat politically, culturally and socially from the advances of the civil rights movement. Beginning in May 1961, the Freedom Rides were an effort to shatter segregationist resistance to laws mandating equal access to public facilities for all people. Involving up to 450 civil rights activists over five months, the Riders made repeated trips into the South on the Greyhound and Trailways bus lines, forging ahead despite the savage violence, at the hands of law enforcement officers and the Ku Klux Klan among others, that awaited them. This chapter in the civil rights movement heightened national attention to the cause, brought in many new activists and compelled the federal government to begin enforcing its equal access legislation.” For more information, please call 786-8376.

Music tips on YouTube and beyond 6 p.m. The Portland Music Foundation continues its “Music as a Profession” series of educational seminars in 2011 with an event that explores how to make a great video to accompany your music and what to do with it after you’ve made it. Panelists for this seminar include Universal Republic artist Spose, ﬁlmmakers [dog] and [pony] and award-winning songwriter and musician Adam Flaherty. The seminar takes place at the Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, is located in the bottom level of the newly renovated library. Doors are at 5:30 p.m. The PMF “Music as a Profession” series is free for PMF members. Annual membership cost $20 and includes nine educational seminars plus a number of discounts with area businesses. All members of a band can join for $40 per year. Membership is available at the door on Feb. 17 or at www.portlandmusicfoundation.org.

New Gloucester Historical Society 7 p.m. The meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society has been moved to the New Gloucester Community Building (Old Fire Barn), directly behind the Town Hall on Route 231. The meeting time is still 7 p.m.

‘A Disciplined Guide to Investment Success’ 7 p.m. Investments Program “Buy, Hold, Sell: A Disciplined Guide to Investment Success,” at the Peaks Island Branch Library. Author Benjamin Sprague will speak about his book, Buy, Hold, Sell: a Disciplined Guide to Investment Success, in the Community Room. The book provides an investment framework to consider, following a difﬁcult 10 years of stock market ﬂuctuations. It is for people who are confused or apprehensive about the stock market, but still want some growth from their money. Sponsored by the Friends of the Peaks Island Library. http://www.portlandlibrary.com/locations/peaks.htm#Events%20&%20Programs

‘Black Daughter of Maine, American Woman of the World’ at Maine Historical Society 7 p.m. In Partnership with the Maine Women Writers Col-

8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Ofﬁce 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ “Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, who was born in Portland, Maine, in 1859, is best known for four novels and numerous short stories which she published between 1900 and 1903,” states the Pauline Hopkins Society (http://www.ajmyatt.com/Hopkins/main.htm). “Her best-known work, the novel ‘Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South,’ was published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900 by the Colored Co-operative Publishing Company.” In Partnership with the Maine Women Writers Collection, the Maine Historical Society will present, “Black Daughter of Maine, American Woman of the World: The Storied Lives and Times of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,”on Thursday at the Maine Historical Society. (COURTESY IMAGE) lection, the Maine Historical Society will present, “Black Daughter of Maine, American Woman of the World: The Storied Lives and Times of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,” by Lois A. Brown, Elizabeth Small Professor of English, Mt. Holyoke College. “Join us to learn about the life, literature, and career of Maine-born writer Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930). Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Pauline Hopkins was a pioneering playwright, journalist, novelist, feminist, and public intellectual, best known for her 1900 novel, ‘Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South.’ Brown’s recent biography traces Hopkins’ early life, her family’s connections to eighteenth-century New England and the African slave trade, and her literary career, including a public feud with Booker T. Washington that ultimately led to her professional demise as a journalist. www.mainehistory.org

Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno 7:30 p.m. Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno. Feb. 10-20. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday nights at 7 p.m. at Lucid Stage. Starring James Hoban; directed by Adam Gutgsell. “Will Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation ... To sum up the more or less indescribable: Thom Pain is at bottom a surreal meditation on the empty promises life makes, the way experience never lives up to the weird and awesome fact of being. But it is also, in its odd, bewitching beauty, an afﬁrmation of life’s worth.” — Charles Isherwood, New York Times. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. Purchase tickets online at www.LucidStage. com or by calling 899-3993.

Friday, Feb. 18 ‘Waste Land’ at the PMA 6:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art Movies at the Museum series features “Waste Land” on Friday, Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m. NR. “Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s larg-

8 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool? A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public? A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Harrison Stebbins at the Comedy Connection 8:30 p.m. Harrison Stebbins with Josh Grondelman and Ryan Waning. Tickets $15. Portland Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. Also Saturday. Reservations: 774-5554. $7.50. Schedule and information: www.mainecomedy.com. Box ofﬁce open Thurs.-Sat., noon to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 19 Presumpscot River Preserve walk 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails. org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Join Trail Foreman Charlie Baldwin on the Presumpscot River Trail. The trail parallels the Presumpscot River and is the site of a spectacular waterfall. Meet at the Overset Road Trailhead: Take Allen Ave east and turn left onto Summit Street. After Oat Nuts Park take a right on Curtis Road. Follow Curtis Road to Overset Road. Turn right on Overset Road and park at dead end. Trailhead is on the right.

Introduction to Genealogy 9:30 a.m. to noon. Workshop: Introduction to Genealogy (for beginners) by presenter Kathy Amoroso, director of digital projects, Maine Historical Society. “Join us to learn the basics of family history research. Find out how to begin, who to talk to, what records are available, and where you will find them. Learn how to organize your files and keep track of your findings. This lecture does not cover Internet research but covers the basics of good research processes and skills. For beginners or intermediates looking for a refresher class. “The MHS Research Library not be open the day of this program. Registration required. Fee: MHS Members: $25; Non-Members: $35. To register, please call 774-1822.

Insurance and investing seminar 10 a.m. to noon. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to promote financial education in Maine. In this session, you will learn how insurance and investing can help you reach your financial goals quicker and easier than imagined. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org see next page

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011— Page 15

Maine’s Immigrant Youth dialogue noon to 4 p.m. Living With Peace, a local non-governmental organization dedicated to immigrant integration, is hosting a Dialogue on the topic of Maine’s Immigrant Youth: Our Untapped Talent Pool. The Dialogue is free and open to the public. The Dialogue is co-sponsored by Atlantic Global Aid and the East Bayside Neighborhood Association. Registrants may have a nutritious breakfast from 11:15 a.m. to noon. At noon the Dialogue opens with speakers addressing the topic of Ensuring a Secure Future for our Youth. Speakers have been invited from the educational community, the nonproﬁt community, and the local student body. The afternoon will be spent in round table discussions on pre-selected topics. Dialogue closing remarks begin at 3:30 p.m. Music and dancing continue until 8 p.m. Root Cellar (lower level), 94 Washington Ave. For more information, contact Christina Feller at 773-4336, Roger Ruganzu at 699-8956, Abdifatah Ahmed at (617) 953-8717

Portraits in the Permanent Collection at PMA 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Gallery Talk, Portraits in the Permanent Collection by Sy Epstein at the Portland Museum of Art. Join docents for casual and informative discussions of works in the museum. Free with museum admission or to members.

Lucid Stage announces: The Two Storytellers 2 p.m. Lucid Stage at 29 Baxter Boulevard presents this rare collaboration between two of Maine’s excellent, versatile and internationally acclaimed performers: Antonio Rocha, storyteller-movement artist, and Michael Parent, storyteller-singer. Two family matinees are ﬁlled with story, mime and song. Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. $10 for adults; $5 for children; $20 for “family” of four. For tickets, call Lucid Stage at 899-3993, or purchase online at www.LucidStage.com

‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Ofﬁce 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

‘The Real Mcgonagall’ 3 p.m. Through Feb. 27. “On the eve of his return voyage to Scotland, Sir William Topaz McGonagall recites his outrageously bad poetry at a saloon in New York. Is he a fool? A joke? Or is the joke on any of us who has ever secretly yearned for artistic self-expression but not dared go public? A hilarious account of the true life-story of the world’s worst poet and his dubious (but loveable) place in history.” Portland Stage. www.portlandstage.org/Event-43.html

Romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater 7 p.m. Kelly Cauﬁeld performs romantic songs at Anthony’s Dinner Theater. Free rose to every lady all month. $39.95 per person. Feb. 12, 19 and 26. Call for Reservations. 2212267. www.anthonysdinnertheater.com

Metropolitan Holy Ghost Society 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Metropolitan Holy Ghost Society will be holding Saturday Evening Services at “The Rock Church” at 7 Braeburn Ave., South Portland. “This will be our new location and an ongoing event until further notice.” www.MHGS.org

1940s Night at the State Theatre 7 p.m. “Casablanca” with the Portland Jazz Orchestra. This event is all ages. “The State Theatre brings ‘Casablanca’ back to the silver screen for a night of great romance! Perfect for that Valentine’s Day gift, hint hint. Set during World War II, and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca is the classic story of love and sacriﬁce. The ﬁlm begins at 7 p.m. and the passion and drama continues after the screening, with the Portland Jazz Orchestra performing the big band standards of the 1940s.” www.statetheatreportland.com

48 Hour Music Festival 9 p.m. The third annual 48 Hour Music Festival is here! Thirty artists from different Portland bands of all genres will be randomly shufﬂed into six supergroups, announced on Thursday afternoon. From there, each band has exactly 48 hours to construct and practice a 25-minute set of material, culminating in this 9 p.m. Saturday performance. This entirely new pool of local talent, featuring members of Huak, the Rattlesnakes, Covered in Bees, Planets Around the Sun, Falls of Rauros, The Travelling Trees, Antiseptic, Conifer, Sunset Hearts, Marie Stella, I Barbarian, Space vs. Speed, Corpse Pose, Shabti, Baltic Sea, The Mallett Brothers Band (and more!), will be tested by a need for teamwork and a couple of sleepless nights. “Each year, the 48 Hour Music Fest has proven to be one of the most exciting and creative nights of the year and a sold-out show so folks are encouraged to buy tickets in advance! Sponsored by D.L. Geary Brewing Co.” SPACE Gallery. Doors at 8:30 p.m., starts at 9: p.m., $10, 18 plus.

Sunday, Feb. 20 ‘Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love’ 2 p.m. “Crazy Lil’ Thing Called Love” an adult comedy about love, sex and relationships. February 11-27, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats $15. Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St. Box Ofﬁce 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

Kids, Kartoons & Kotzschmar 2 p.m. Rob Richards, named 2005 “Organist of the Year” by the American Theatre Organ Society, will appear at Merrill Auditorium to play on the Kotzschmar Organ. Presented by Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ. It’s Rob’s 30th year of concerts and the Society’s 50th anniversary. His combination of technical facility, showmanship and personality has won him fans around the world. Currently, Richards is the House Organist at Disney’s historic El Capitan theatre in Hollywood. Pops concert. Adults: $17, children 12 & under are free but need a ticket. Call 842-0800. Discounted tickets not available online. www.foko.org

20/20 Charity Wine Tasting 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 20/20 Charity Wine Tasting; 20 exciting South American wines for $20 and all the proceeds go to Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; helping artists ﬁnd legal representation when they need it. “Portland has a really strong arts community; it’s one of the things that makes this city great. Sometimes though artists aren’t that expert on copy right law and what not. They get into trouble and that’s where VLA comes in to lend a helping hand. Come taste exciting blends from Chile, Malbec and Torrontes from Argentina, and even a Tannat from Uruguay.” The East Ender 47 Middle St., Portland. Crush Distributors, Devenish Wines and National Distributors Presents.

Monday, Feb. 21 After four years of collaborations Spindleworks, Creative Trails, and Yes Art Works have given a name to their joint adventures: STIR Art Collective. This year’s exhibit, The Department of Public Services Solid Holler — the first formally as STIR — is the result of two summer workshops conWaste crews will not collect trash or recycling sisting of 40 plus artists from the three programs, working in a variety of medion Presidents Day. Residents who normally ums. See Holler at 158 Pickett Street Cafe, 158 Benjamin Pickett St., South Portland. receive collection services on Monday will (COURTESY IMAGE) have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, Feb. 19. Residents of Peaks that the COA student group is hoping to turn into fuel that Island, Great Diamond Island, and Cliff Island will have their can be used in any gasoline-burning car with little or no recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, modification of the engine. Using bacterial fermentation, Feb. 22. All items should be out by 6:30 a.m. to ensure colthe students are planning to convert this biomass waste lection. If residents have further questions about their trash/ into a liquid fuel known as butanol. The students — Nichorecycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline las Harris, Lisa Bjerke, Matthew McElwee and Cayla Moore at 756-8189. The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed — have been studying the possibilities in various COA on Presidents Day as well, and will resume normal business classes. They believe that butanol made from biomass hours on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Postal Serwaste could be a viable gasoline alternative, and are workvice observes Presidents’ Day as a holiday. All post offices ing to launch their own enterprise, Gourmet Butanol.” For will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery, except the Human Ecology Forum, McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 for Express Mail. At www.usps.com, postal customers can Eden St., Bar Harbor, jga@coa.edu, 801-5717, or 288-5015. look up a ZIP Code and find addressing information. Free. www.coa.edu.

Presidents Day schedules

Tuesday, Feb. 22 February Vacation: Family Days in the Museum 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 22 through Feb. 24, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Brighten your family’s February with an art-making excursion at the PMA. Collaborate with art students from Maine College of Art and share their creative process. Kids of all ages will receive a special guide with clues to art activities in the galleries. Be part of the creative process at work, taste a special kid’s treat from the Café, and create your own collection of art.” Portland Museum of Art, www.portlandmuseum.org

‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ at COA 4 p.m. “While no elephant actually lives in Bar Harbor, each year the town produces the equivalent waste of 220 elephants, according to a group of College of the Atlantic students. But rather than deploring this waste, these students hope to harness it, turning it into fuel. The students will discuss their plans in a talk called ‘From Plate to Car: Turning Food Waste into Energy’ in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. The talk is part of the college’s weekly Human Ecology Forum. When lawns are mowed, weeds pulled, leaves raked, and branches clipped, the waste is transported away from the home, sometimes even off the island. The same is true for the large amount of waste from Bar Harbor’s restaurants, hotels, and inns. It is this waste

DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’ 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. DEPA’s “Business After Hours” Networking Event is at Nosh, 551 Congress St. “Delicious appetizers, cash bar & media table will be provided. Nosh serves classic NY-style deli sandwiches with a new twist with meats that are butchered, brined & roasted ‘in house’ and served on locally baked bread. See you at NOSH for cocktails and conversation! The DownEast Pride Alliance is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business community. FMI: www.depabusiness.com

Maine Historical Society Book Group 7 p.m. MHS Book Group: What Pretending Reveals About the Past. Penobscot Expedition. Collier’s Victory in Penobscot Bay, 1779. “With the new year upon us, we are nearing the start of our latest book group at MHS. This year’s theme: American historical ﬁction.” Titles include: “The Fort,” Bernard Cornwell’s new novel featuring Peleg Wadsworth and the Penobscot Expedition; “The Big Sky,” A.B. Guthrie’s classic of the West; “As the Earth Turns, “Gladys Hasty Carroll’s upbeat portrait of Maine during the Depression; and “Let the Great World Spin,” Colum McCann’s recent novel about New York City in the 1970s. The group will meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the MHS lecture hall: Feb. 22, March 22, April 26 and May 24. The group will be facilitated by Larissa Vigue Picard, MHS Community Partnership Coordinator. She can be reached at lvpicard@MaineHistory.org.

Page 16 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Tuesday, February 15, 2011

‘We wanted to create a program that would empower students’ CONSENT from page one

“Consent can be so sexy, telling your partner what you like, how you want it. It’s not scary or a mood killer at all,” she said. “It’s 10 seconds of potential awkwardness versus a lifetime of regret.” Created during the summer of 2009 as a customized orientation performance to address the realities of sexual assault, Speak About It has been performed as part of various orientation programming at Bowdoin. “After having seen some of the sex education programs available for college orientations, we decided what we were seeing out there wasn’t necessarily a product we were happy with,” said Natelson. With a couple years of experience on the college sex scene under their belts, Natelson, a fellow alumni and two staff members set about creating Speak About It. “We wanted to create a program that would empower students about what consent is instead of what consent isn’t and give a voice to the victims of sexual assault and empower students... to give them the confidence to step in if they feel uncomfortable,” she said. Natelson said she found her own

freshman orientation proences with sex and people gram on sexual assault in committed, monogamous education to be antiquated relationship who haven’t and overwhelmingly negahad sex. We have a hook-up tive. scene where you can watch “In the version that came how consent plays out a to us, a man and a woman little bit,” she said. are both drunk and the “One of my favorite is next morning she claimed written by a man who realhe had raped her. It kind izes that his girlfriend was of goes through how they raped before their relationboth deal with the situship started. It has him ation after the fact and feeling so betrayed by his you’re left to decide if it’s institution, he wonders sexual assault or not,” said how can he be a good partNatelson. ner in their relationship,” “It leaves you feeling bad said Natelson. Natelson for the man in the story Organizers plan to coland it ignored completely lect additional monologues the feelings of the woman. You walk from schools on the Speak About It away from it thinking, ‘this is coltour, integrating them into the perforlege?’” she said. mance and creating a representative With Speak About It, the sexual tableau of sexual health issues in the health advocate hopes to shine a modern dating sphere. more realistic, modern light on the “If we go to Colby College we want age old issue, expanding beyond the Colby’s monologues in the show so hackneyed drunk boy and girl at a we’re sharing their own stories,” she party scenario and exploring some of said. the more complex issues, with monoWhile designed for college orientalogues written by real Bowdoin stutions, the program is applicable to all dents featured as part of the show. walks of life. “One in four college-age “We have monologues from people woman will experience completed or assaulted by a same-sex partner, attempted sexual assault, and one people who have incredible experiin six men will be sexually assaulted

when you purchase 2 or more eligible GE Profile™ kitchen appliances††† Requires 2 rebate forms. Offer valid February 17 thru February 28, 2011 *Via Visa prepaid gift cards

within his lifetime — the number are a lot higher than we are led to believe,” said Natelson. Consent is a difficult issue for many couples to broach and even understand. “Consent is a verbal or physical affirmation, it’s not someone not saying no, and if at any time you wanna say no, it’s okay,” said Natelson. While rules on consent vary between states and across college campuses, there as some no-brainer guidelines that Natelson said everyone should familiarize themselves with. “In order to get consent, the person giving it needs to feel able to give it, cannot be coerced and needs to be sober enough to know what’s going on,” she said. Speak About It will be presented throughout the day (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at various sites on University of Southern Maine’’s campus in Portland. Find them at the Woodbury Campus Center between noon and 1:30 p.m. Tonight, the show will travel to University of Southern Maine’s campus in Gorham, where Speak About It will be performed at 8 p.m. at the Brooks Student Center. The show is open to everyone, does not require tickets and will be interpreted into American Sign Language.