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PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER
City sees big swing in temps from Jan. BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
see SCULPTURE page 5
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Valentine’s thaw caps cold snap
Old Port sculpture likely to face sale The city’s public arts committee, already under fire for spending more than $100,000 on the besieged “Tracing the Fore” installation in Old Port, is about to see how it does with the art of the deal. Lacking support from the city council to relocate the controversial public art, the Portland Public Art Committee must now decide the fate of Shauna GilliesSmith’s landscape sculpture in the marketplace. The formal process for removing the art — a move called deaccessioning — will include a public forum at the committee’s next monthly meeting on March 16. If the committee votes to continue the deaccession process — which seems virtually certain given recent votes — its recommendation would go before the City Council, which voted Feb. 7 not to recommend a $30,000 to $50,000 relocation of the piece.
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Johno Bishop plays fetch with Amos Lee, a mixed breed who enjoyed chasing a ball in the snow at Back Cove Thursday. “He likes the snow,” Bishop said, adding that Amos Lee is from New Orleans but enjoys his new home of Portland. Amos’ full name, Amos Lee Goodun’, is a play on the phrase, “A mostly good one,” Bishop said. He was very good at retrieving the ball on this balmy day, although the snow proved so soft he often couldn’t maintain his footing. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
Valentine’s Day week is ending as it started, with a high of 50 degrees Thursday that brought joggers and walkers out to Back Cove in their sweats and t-shirts. Tom Schmaling, a crossing guard at Longfellow Square, said he was ready to dress for spring. “I was going to wear shorts today,” he said, basking in the 50-degree high that marked a startling swing from the day before, when the high reached only 34 and the low was a chilly 7 degrees. Tuesday was even colder, with the high reaching only 30 and the low dipping to 9 degrees. Schmaling said it’s been a tough winter to guide pedestrians across State Street and Congress. “A few Mondays ago, it was 13 below zero, it’s amazing that I even came in,” he said, referring to the Jan. 24 low, part and parcel of a snowy and often extremely cold winter. A month and a half passed with bone-chilling temperatures, weather watchers confirmed. see THAW page 9
Local musicians prep for one-night stand BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
If you thought Portland musicians had a special knack for coming up with silly band names, just peruse the bar-raising monikers of some of the bands planned for this weekend’s “48 Hour Music Festival.” With “Snack Island,” “Jefferson Slaveship,” “Prism Camp.” “Mexicutioner” and “Vaxxene” topping that list, local musicians have their work cut out for them this time around as they prepare for the third annual festival. Organized by local musician Leif Sherman Curtis
48 Hours Music Festival 3 Saturday, 8:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $10, 18 plus (AOK Suicide Forest, Conifer, OLAS), the festival officially began yesterday as 30 local musicians gathered at SPACE Gallery to draw names out of a hat and form six new bands on the spot. The bands then have just 48 hours to hone their style and create a 25-minute set of original music,
which all culminates in Saturday’s performance at SPACE. A stalwart of Portland’s rock music scene, Sherman Curtis knows enough about his musically inclined brethren to keep the festival fun, relaxed and simple. The only rules governing the event — bandmates cannot have played together in any prior musical endeavor — a tall order in a close-knit community, but one which makes for interesting pairings. “It’s definitely a great two days of creative time to do whatever you want,” he said. see FESTIVAL page 12
Endangered women
The two Maines
SHANIA TWIN featuring Donna Huber
See Susan Estrich’s column on page 4
See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5
Saturday Feb. 26 • Doors open at 6:00 show starts at 7:00 call today to reserve your tickets. Tickets $20 per person Call Kim 772-2500 • Italian Heritage Center • 40 Westland Ave. Portland