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Sleet, ice take toll on Maine drivers Woman killed in crash on I-95

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

It was a sloppy and dangerous day for driving Monday, as sleet coated Maine roads, but today could be worse. A cold front is expected to bring ice for this morning's commute, forecasters said.

Monday was a tough start to the week. On Monday morning, a young woman was killed when her car slammed into a service vehicle parked along Interstate 95 in Etna, south of Bangor, Maine State Police reported.

Trooper Trevor Snow said the woman was killed on impact as her car struck the rear of the truck, which was parked along the breakdown lane assisting in the repair of a tractor trailer, which had broken down, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said. The woman, who is from out of state, was not identified to allow relatives could be notified.

The crash was reported about 10:45 a.m. as heavy snow was falling in the area. The driver of A tow truck operator reels in a car that slid off Interstate 295 southbound at Falmouth Monday just after noon. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

see DRIVING page 8

City eyes hostel move for some visitors Hostels hold potential for young professionals, say city councilors

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland has long sold itself as a tourist destination, and for the most part, the city has done well in developing the physical infrastructure that goes along with such a designation.

As more tourists visit, the city’s cruise ship facilities, hotel accommodations, parking garages and gift shops have responded in kind, popping up to meet the perceived need and transforming whole areas of the city.

The winter grump See Bob Higgins’ column on page 4

But some say a significant segment of Portland’s nearly 3 million annual visitors are being ignored by current development trends which focus on expensive waterfront hotel accomDonoghue Marshall modations and ignore the younger, more frugal set of travelers who could be of great benefit to the city.

The solution? Some say it includes a zoning text

amendment that will allow for hostels to be established in certain city zones, providing low-cost, communal short-term living facilities.

“We have a lot of hotel rooms and bed and breakfasts that market to higher-end clientele. This will allow the city to offer accommodations to a wider variety of people,” said city councilor Dave Marshall, who sponsored the text amendment. “Hostels do a great job of attracting an international clientele which is really vital to the growth of any city.”

Tonight, the Housing Committee will meet to decide the specifics of such a zoning change during a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. in Room 209 of City Hall. see HOSTELS page 5

What ‘one dish, one glass’ can tell us

With Celtics, Heat and Knicks reflection of rising East

See Margo Mallar’s food column on page 6

See the story in Sports, page 9

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Qaddafi YouTube spoof gets Arab fans JERUSALEM (NY Times) — A YouTube clip mocking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s megalomania is fast becoming a popular token of the Libya uprising across the Middle East. And in an added affront to Colonel Qaddafi, it was created by an Israeli living in Tel Aviv.

Noy Alooshe, 31, an Israeli journalist, musician and Internet buff, said he saw Colonel Qaddafi’s televised speech last Tuesday in which the Libyan leader vowed to hunt down protesters “inch by inch, house by house, home by home, alleyway by alleyway,” and immediately identified it as a “classic.”

Mr. Alooshe spent a few hours at the computer, using pitch corrector technology to set the speech to the music of “Hey Baby,” a song by the American rapper Pitbull, featuring another artist, T-Pain. Mr. Alooshe titled it “Zenga-Zenga,” echoing Colonel Qaddafi’s repetition of the word zanqa, Arabic for alleyway.

By the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr. Alooshe had uploaded the electro hip-hop remix to YouTube, and he began promoting it on Twitter and Facebook, sending the link to the pages of young Arab revolutionaries. By Sunday night, the original clip had received nearly 500,000 hits and had gone viral.

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Qaddafi’s army and jets strike at rebels BENGHAZI, Libya (NY Times) — Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces struck back on three fronts on Monday, using fighter jets, special forces units and regular army troops in an escalation of hostilities that brought Libya closer to civil war.

The attacks by the colo-

nel’s troops on an oil refinery in central Libya and on cities on either side of the country unsettled rebel leaders — who earlier had claimed they were close to liberating the country — and showed that despite defections by the military, the government still possessed powerful assets, including

fighter pilots willing to bomb Libyan cities.

But the ease with which at least one assault, on the western city of Zawiyah, was repelled by anti-government forces raised questions about the ability of the government to muster a serious challenge to the rebels’ growing power.

Yemen’s opposition backs protesters SANA, Yemen (NY Times) — Yemen’s political opposition rejected an invitation from President Ali Abdullah Saleh to form a national unity government and instead threw its support for the first time behind street protests calling for an immediate end to his authoritarian rule.

The proposal — and its immediate rejection — came ahead of what organizers have dubbed a “day of rage” on Tuesday, a title chosen for its resonance with protests in Egypt that lead to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

President Saleh floated the idea of including

opposition party members in key leadership positions in an effort to quell weeks of sustained protest in several major cities, but the details were left vague and open to negotiation.

Directly calling for Saleh to step down is a shift in the official rhetoric of the opposition, which had focused on extracting concessions and reforms.

Saleh has promised not to run for president again when his term expires in 2013, but the protesters who have taken to the streets day after day — mostly students and other young Yemenis — have continued to demand his immediate departure.

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First deep-water drilling permit issued since spill WASHINGTON (NY Times) — The Interior Department said Monday that it had approved the first new deep-water drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP explosion and spill last spring, a milestone after a period of intense uncertainty for industry and a wholesale remaking of the nation’s system of offshore oil and gas regulation.

Michael R. Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, said that Noble Energy had been granted permission to resume drilling in 6,500 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana. Work on the well was suspended, along with virtually all other drilling activity in water deeper than 5,000 feet, immediately after the Deepwater Horizon accident last April 20.

The disaster killed 11 rig workers and spewed nearly five million barrels of oil into the ocean.

Still, there was no indication that drilling in the gulf would return anytime soon to levels preceding the BP well blowout last April.

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Bangor man pleads guilty to threatening LePage DOVER-FOXCROFT — A 29-yearold Bangor man, who faces several years in prison for unrelated drug charges, pleaded guilty yesterday to terrorizing Gov. Paul LePage, according to published reports.

Leroy Dunn, who was a Penobscot County Jail inmate being held at Piscataquis County Jail, admitted writing a letter from his jail cell on Jan. 29 in which he threatened to kill LePage, according to the Bangor Daily News.

A sentencing date has not been set.

Dunn, who is 7-feet-tall and weighs 350 pounds, wrote in the letter that he hated LePage, and explained in detail how he planned to kill the Republican governor, the paper said. The letter, written on white paper, was read by jail administrators.

A spokesman for LePage declined to comment on the case, Bangor Daily News reported. It’s not clear if Dunn and the governor have ever met.

Reporter sues Morning Sentinel parent company BANGOR — MaineToday Media, the parent company of the Portland Press Herald, has been sued in U.S. District Court by a former reporter.

Larry Grard, a reporter for 18 years at the Waterville Morning Sentinel, was terminated in November 2009, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Grard was fired after sending an email to the Human Rights Campaign of Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the successful repeal of Maine’s gay marriage law, the paper said.

Grard, who identifies himself as a

Christian, is suing for back pay and benefits, punitive damages and legal fees, the paper said. Grard sent an email to Human Rights Watch that said: “Who are the hateful, venomspewing ones? Hint: Not the Yes on 1 crowd. You hateful people have been spreading nothing but vitriol since this campaign began. Good riddance!”

Bangor Daily Sun reported. MaineToday Media has 21 days to respond to the lawsuit.

Police: Repo man threatened in dispute BREWER — Authorities have charged a local man with terrorizing after he allegedly threatening a towtruck driver in the process of repossessing his pickup truck, according to the Associated Press.

Christopher Grindle, 48, allegedly told the tow-truck driver he was “going to go inside to get a shotgun” during a “short, but intense verbal dispute” last Friday, AP said. The truck driver called the police, who arrested Grindle without incident. AP says Grindle is due in court April 13.

Two jail inmates die within three hours Authorities are investigating two unrelated deaths on Sunday and Monday of inmates being held in Southern Maine.

The Sun Journal is reporting that Reid Ross, 53, of Norway, died late Sunday in Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Ross, who was being held on two counts of criminal threatening and misdemeanor violating conditions of release, had been moved to a special

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Phyllis Arlene Palanza, 82 Phyllis Arlene Palanza, 82, former longtime resident of Cape Elizabeth, died Feb. 26, 2011 at the South Portland Nursing Home.

Phyllis was born on March 27, 1928 in Ashland, Maine, a daughter of Harold and Marion (Peabbles) Johnson. She was raised in Cape Elizabeth and graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School. She later married Antonio C. Palanza in 1946.

Phyllis,with her husband, partnered in the development of Antonio Palanza and Sons, a residential home building business in Cape Elizabeth. Phyllis was a “wonderful networker” while being affiliated with many organizations within the community. Her energy allowed her to be a member of the PTA, Cape Elizabeth Gardening Club, a Brownie Troop Leader, Purpoodock Club and Holy Cross Church while raising four children. Phyllis was a fun-loving, outgoing woman who will be missed.

Phyllis went on to retire to Sebago Lake where she remained for thirteen

years. She most recently resided at the South Portland Nursing Home where she was well received by the loving and caring staff and residents.

Phyllis was predeceased by a brother Norman Sutherland and a granddaughter Rachel McCarthy.

Survivors include her children, Antonio Palanza and wife Linda, Jean Palanza, June Holmes, Peter Palanza, nine grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Friends and relatives are invited to visiting hours 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, March 3, at the funeral home. Following the service on Thursday, a reception will be held at the Italian Heritage Center.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Phyllis’s name may be made to the South Portland Nursing Home, 42 Anthoine Street, South Portland, ME 04106.

Online condolences may be shared at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

observation cell just 13 hours before he died. He was reportedly moved for refusing to take his medications.

He was found unconscious at 11:52 p.m. Sunday and pronounced dead at 12:03 a.m. Monday at a local hospital, the paper said.

Later Monday morning, at around 2:18 a.m., officials at Two Bridges Jail in Wiscasset found 21-year-old Robi Saputra hanging from a bed sheet, state police spokesperson Steve McCausland said in a statement.

Saputra was awaiting trial on arson charges resulting from his arrest last August following a house fire in Topsham at the former annex of the Brunswick Naval Air Station. Authorities found a note in the cell, and an autopsy yesterday determined the cause of death was suicide by hanging.

As with all deaths that occur in the state’s correctional facilities, State Police will conduct investigations into both deaths, officials said.

Police: Bangor man put out cigarette on sister’s face BANGOR — Police have charged a local man with domestic assault and criminal mischief after he allegedly snubbed out a cigarette on his sister’s face, according to the Associated Press.

Anthony Bowie, 21, allegedly attacked his sister at a home on Union Street Sunday afternoon, AP reported.

According to police, the altercation apparently began when Bowie’s sister accused him of taking too much of her loose-leaf tobacco. The sister told police that her brother damaged a lamp and put out a cigarette on her face, AP reported.

LePage says he’s ready for Wisconsin-style protests Gov. Paul LePage said in a conference over the weekend that he’ll push a “right-to-work’ statute in Maine this session, and also predicted Wisconsin-style protests could break out in Maine over some parts of his state budget proposal, the Sun Journal is reporting. LePage’s comments to Politico came during a conference for the National Governor’s Association.

“He’s (Walker) got a big challenge, and quite frankly, once they start reading our budget they’re going to

leave Wisconsin and come to Maine because we’re going after rightto-work,” LePage told POLITICO, as reported by the Sun Journal.

Right to work advocates say state workers who opt out of a union should not have to LePage pay a “service fee” to that organization — even though these non-workers benefit from union collective bargaining contracts, the paper reported. A state labor official told the Sun Journal that the service fees are required under state law because even nonunion workers get union support during grievances and other personnel matters.

In his comments, LePage was referring to a bill proposed this session Rep. Tom Winsor, R-Norway, which would eliminate provisions requiring unions to represent non-union workers and also scrap the service free requirement, the Sun Journal reported.

Maine gas prices spike as Middle East in turmoil Continued unrest in the Middle East has sent Maine gas prices up almost 18 cents per gallon in the past week, according to Mainegasprices. com, a website that tracks fuel price data. The average price in Maine on Monday for regular unleaded on Monday was $3.405 per gallon, up from $3.228 a week earlier. A year ago, a gallon of regular cost $2.715.

The site says price trends point to continued pain at the pumps. However, if there is any good news, it’s that Maine gas prices are now more in line with the national average, which stood at $3.351 yesterday. In previous surveys, Maine prices were more than 10 cents per gallon higher than the national average.

According to the survey, the cheapest gas can be found at the Citgo station at 1199 Congress Street in Portland, where a gallon of regular unleaded cost $3.33 as of yesterday. Highest prices in Maine were in Aroostook County, where a gallon of regular unleaded cost upwards of $3.59 in some places.

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Social Security funds are target of dishonest political posturing Editor, The pilfering of our Social Security Funds began over 40 years ago when it was placed in the general fund, which made it legal to borrow from the S.S. Fund. This borrowing becomes available when a surplus exists that is not needed to cover current benefits. This excess cash “borrowed” from the Fund is invested in government securities that are supposed to guarantee the payback of this money.

Instead, Congress covers the borrowed money with worthless IOU’s. Worthless because with today’s shaky economy they have no way of paying it back.

Over the years the Social Security Surplus has grown so large that members of Congress have found it difficult to keep their hands out of this cash filled cookie jar. They owe the Fund over $2 trillion. To cover their transgressions, Bob Herbert, in his Jan. 25 column in The New York Times, said, “The demagogues want the public to believe Social Security is unsustainable so they have dishonestly lumped it together with Medicare and called it an entitlement program. The Economic Policy Institute explained that Social Security is not the cause of the Federal Government’s long time deficit.”

It is a separate entity and has never been subsidized by the government. We are being sold a bill of goods by those who have been trying for years to destroy the most beneficial and best run program ever devised for the people of this country. Congress should stop playing these nefarious games with our money and end this fiscal charade.

R.W. Roffler N. Yarmouth

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The Midwinter Grump If you stop and sit for a minute, you can feel it. Part dull ache and part free-floating anger. Yes, the mid-winter grump has settled in.

Usually, I can avoid the grump by simply looking forward to the upcoming baseball season, laying off early bets on March Madness, or any number of other time-consuming research activities.

This winter, the Grump hit me mid-afternoon last Friday. Actually, the signs and portents of the evil malady have been there for at least a few weeks, but I was too stubborn to notice them. As with hangovers, denial is the first line of defense.

Beginning at the first of the year, in a horrific health-craze, my co-workers at the day job decided to go on a “biggest loser” diet, each of us tossing 20 bucks into the pot for the overall winner to take home in skinny glory. They all dieted and exercised, and lost a few pounds. I didn’t take it seriously at all.

On the final weigh-in, I found that I had gained just under 8 pounds. Given the time of year and my mental state, it was a moral victory.

Yeah. (Editor: Please feel free to skip the next few paragraphs, mostly filled with an unprintable rant of unexpurgated cursing.)

Then, there were the nightmares. In the winter, they seldom bother me, but I got hit with a

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist whopper Thursday night. I’ll have to lay off the garlicky food for a few days, for this was the nightmare that came with a cold sweat that still hasn’t stopped 24 hours later.

While meandering into work Friday morning and stopping for coffee, I passed the superstructure of the staging in front of the new “Reny’s” on Congress Street.

My brain was filled with aimless mid-rant rage. In the amount of time that damned thing has been up, we could have sent a boat to Egypt to pick up a few out-ofwork construction workers, who could have easily constructed a fair sized pyramid by now.

Doing the “oops, excuse me” dance with folks every morning as we both try to fit through the narrow passageway is just getting that tiresome.

In the afternoon, during the storm, I was noticing the path that the sidewalk plow took down Congress Street, meandering back and forth. I found myself wondering if some drunken Ray Charles had taken it for a spin.

Why, I’ll call the city and turn them in...

Then there was the frantic text message from the roommate, asking if I had been leaving the heat on all night, as the bill was up over a couple of hundred.

Yeeeesssss, my pretties. Things are happening like Chapter Five of a Stephen King novel.

Jeff Spofford, who delivers this fine paper every morning, reported to me over the weekend that his snowblower was stolen.

Luckily for him, the thieves had pushed it through the snow to their house a few streets over, and he was able to follow the path and reclaim it. He took a hammer with him for bludgeoning, but it remains unused.

Another friend over the weekend reported that he unwittingly left a door unlocked, and was awakened by his wife telling him that someone was in the house.

He rose to find a homeless man examining the linen closet, perhaps in search of fresh sheets and pillowcases. Police were called, and a serious hobo-thumping was averted.

Yup. Just like the early days of winter when everyone is rediscovering their “winter walk,” now comes the time of year of the winter weird.

Reports are coming in from all see HIGGINS page 5

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Room for disagreement on gay marriage President Barack Obama has been denounced by Republicans for asserting federal power at the expense of state sovereignty. But last week, he was denounced by Republicans for ... not asserting federal power at the expense of state sovereignty.

It happened after the Justice Department announced it would not litigate to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The president thinks one section of the law is unconstitutional — a section that prohibits the federal government from recognizing samesex marriages.

In practice, that means married homosexuals lack all sorts of privileges extended to married heterosexuals.

They may not file their federal taxes jointly, claim various tax breaks, collect Social Security survivor benefits if their partners die, or take advantage of spousal benefits granted to military personnel and veterans.

Ozzie and Harry may be lawfully wedded in Iowa, but to the federal government they are the legal equivalent of Colin Powell and Charlie Sheen: holding nothing in common.

Obama would like to change that.

If DOMA were to be struck down, the federal government would no longer insist that some marriages transacted under state laws are valid and some are not. It would tell states: You decide who can get married, and we’ll abide by your judgment.

Steve Chapman ––––– Creators Syndicate You want to let gays walk down the aisle? Knock yourself out. You want to deny them the joys of matrimony? Be our guest.

Such deference has always been the norm. There’s a range of matrimonial policies between Hartford and Honolulu. Some states allow 14-year-olds to wed with parental and judicial consent, and others don’t allow marriage until age 17 no matter what. Some states let first cousins get married, and some don’t. Some states used to forbid a black person from marrying a white person.

The federal government has never gotten mixed up in deciding which states are right and which are wrong.

It has always had a simple rule: Show us the marriage certificate.

Until same-sex unions came along, that is. DOMA passed in 1996, when it looked as if Hawaii would let gay couples marry.

If opponents of gay marriage couldn’t prevent a state from enacting it, they figured, they could impede and stigmatize it by singling out same-sex

partners for inferior treatment by U.S. government agencies.

For anyone attached to our constitutional tradition and federalist framework, this policy is a mistake for two reasons: It thrusts the national government into a matter where it has no business, and it enforces an irksome uniformity on states with diverse mores and cultures.

DOMA is a double standard writ large. The feds respect the choices made by the people of Mississippi and Michigan, but not those embraced by citizens in Vermont or Connecticut.

But the law is not entirely hostile to federalism. It expressly upholds it, in fact, when it says no state has to recognize a same-sex marriage from another state.

That’s as it should be. Since Texas has the power to prevent its citizens from entering into same-sex marriages within its borders, it should not have to respect the same-sex marriages of residents who jet off to say their vows on Martha’s Vineyard.

If Texas had to recognize gay unions transacted elsewhere, its law against same-sex marriage would be a grand irrelevancy. Federalism says each state gets to decide for itself, without being trumped by laws enacted elsewhere.

Even if DOMA were to be struck down or repealed, though, this practice would endure. In his 2006 book,

if Texas is entitled to decide who among its people gets all the benefits of marriage, New Hampshire should have the same right. Right now, it doesn’t.

“Same Sex, Different States,” Northwestern University law professor Andrew Koppelman writes, “There is not a single judicial decision that holds that (the Constitution) requires states to recognize marriages that violate their own public policies concerning who may marry.”

But if Texas is entitled to decide who among its people gets all the benefits of marriage, New Hampshire should have the same right. Right now, it doesn’t. Under DOMA, the federal government respects state authority to do only what it approves, which is a pitiful kind of sovereignty.

Getting rid of DOMA would be a recognition that America has room for more than one policy on same-sex marriage. The bad news is the people of the 50 states may never agree on the issue.

The good news is we don’t have to.

(Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_ chapman. To find out more, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.)

Things are happening like Chapter Five of a Stephen King novel HIGGINS from page 4

over. A plow driver in Waterville allegedly intentionally plowed-in a U.S. Mail truck that was parked illegally. Folks push snow into their neighbors’ driveways. People like me sit at the bar and have that evil malevolent one-eyed glare that makes others tend to move down a few barstools, except for the equally afflicted who sit close by and stare straight ahead.

There is no primal scream that will help, we just

have to wait it out. A single warm day followed up by the unrelenting cold is enough to bring on a case of the crazies. Just one more snowflake to break the camel’s back, and mid-winter grump can turn into a full-fledged, high-volume nonsensical minute-long gibbering rant.

And when that rant is done, we are all back at the same place. Waiting for the weather to break, waiting for the sunshine to melt the crap. Waiting for the endless cycle of trudging through the snow back and forth to work to come to an end.

Patience.

The spring will come, eventually. The Sox won their opener against Boston College, 6-0. Eventually, the bracket madness will end. The snow will come as rain. Twenty minutes spent looking at seeds in the seed aisle suddenly won’t be enough for a manager to summon security.

A few more weeks. Calm, people, calm.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Regs have kept some prospective hostel operators from pursuing their plans HOSTEL from page one

At issue is a restriction on occupancy limits in residential neighborhoods. Any residence operating as a hostel in an R-6 zone would be limited to 10 transient guests, 20 if the owner received conditional permission.

The Portland Planning Board voted 6-1 on Jan. 11 to recommend changing Land Use Code for the establishment of a hostel use in the R-6, B-2, B-3, B-5 and B-7 zones. But during February’s meeting, the Housing Committee failed to meet a quorum and the four agenda items were tabled until today.

The R-6 zoning variance has long been on Seren Huus’ radar. The would-be hostel operator, who approached Marshall about defining hostel as an approved use in Portland, has her eye on her own, highly residential neighborhood of Munjoy Hill as a potential site for the hostel, much of which is zoned as R-6.

While the zoning restriction might end up changing Huus’ plans completely, she’s not about to let it stop her.

“It looks like building in an R-6 is going to have such strong restrictions that it would have to be a very small hostel. To make those numbers work is going to be very hard,” she said. “Now it’s wherever I can find properties that are the best fit; taking zoning into account strongly,” she said.

“I’m looking at residential-type properties that are zoned business and may be close to business districts or are not very deep in the [Munjoy] Hill or West End neighborhoods where it would be a battle,” Huus said.

The restrictions have kept some prospective hostel operators from pursuing their plans. “When I did the numbers, I figured I couldn’t make money unless I had 40 beds at least,” said Diane Edwards, owner of The Wild Iris Inn on State Street.

“At this point think I’m just going to hold back, the city has too many restrictions on [hostels] in non-commercial zone and if you have to do it in commercial zone, it’s a lot more expensive to do,” said Edwards.

City councilor Kevin Donoghue, who worked in a hostel in Berlin, Germany over 10 years ago, said he would consider changing the amendment to include

the B-1 zones and keep an open mind about hostels in R-6.

“It’s my opinion that it should be allowed in a B-1 zone. Unless I hear convincing testimony otherwise, that’s the course I’ve been contemplating,” said Donoghue.

“B-1 really exists in those places where you really think about there being that neighborhood character,” said Donoghue, adding, “I think there may be places where they are also appropriate in an R-6.”

Like Marshall, Donoghue said hostels would serve a younger segment of tourists and provide affordable accommodations for those considering relocating to Portland; an invaluable asset in attracting young professionals.

“It gives people the opportunity to visit the city at a rate they can afford,” said Donoghue. “The hotel market in the city does not avail itself to all people because, especially in the summertime, rates don’t get below $200.”

“A hostel will allow a broader demographic to visit Portland and Portland getting exposure among young people who haven’t settled down could only serve us well,” he said.

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Daniel Steele’s ideal dinner is a study in contrasts – delicately Frenched Icelandic lamb ribs marinated with garlic and tamari then grilled to get that gorgeous brown crust. Next to it are generous slabs of raw toro, the fatty tuna underbelly that sits contentedly atop a throne of vinegared rice.

It’s a lot like the contrasts in the community that frequents Brian Boru – some patrons are refined and some are decidedly rough around the edges — you find fishermen, physicians, the moneyed trustafarians, misfits and leading politicians. “Governor John Baldacci liked to say that he raised most of the money for his first campaign at the back table,” Daniel chuckles.

Daniel is one of the owners of the pub, the Portland Public House founded in 1993 by brothers Justin and Fergus O’Reilly and their friend Laurence Kelly. Steele joined them the following year. Recently celebrating his 50th birthday, Daniel was born

Margo Mallar ––––– Daily Sun Columnist on Cape Cod, the sixth of six children in a family with deep appreciation for history, literature and practical business skills.

His father died when Daniel was just a baby and his mother decided to move them away from the creeping commercialization of the Cape to the quietly intellectual town of Peterborough, New Hampshire. He attended Bowdoin, his father’s alma mater, studying Economics and Contemporary Latin American Studies. After graduation he did a stint in D.C. as a legislative assistant to New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg.

He then headed south to explore Central and South America, living in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia before returning to Peterborough to join his brother’s real estate development firm.

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Their projects ranged from renovations to condos and Daniel was enthusiastically involved in all aspects, from negotiations to quarrying granite. His appreciation for architectural design deepened with his explorations of masters such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Isamu Noguchi, leading to an aesthetic that he calls Asian meets Stone.

Daniel’s portfolio from that time is full of design projects merging ancient wood and stone traditions with the occasional element of whimsy.

He was at work on a project of his own design in 2004, when a fall from the scaffolding shattered a leg and forced him to confront a life far less physical than he was used to. Running, biking, skiing, working construction were no longer possible. Mortality, fallibility-call them clichés – but they can hit hard.

It has been a long recovery. He is now an avid walker and recently took up swimming and tai chi, two forms of the soft consistent exercise that Daniel says longevity experts point to as essential. He enjoys the support of the Brian Boru community and has recently been seen around town with a cute little Irish creature who sports an Italian name. Enzo is a Rough Coat Terrier named for Enzo Ferrari,

the race car driver and automobile manufacturer “because he’s low, fast and fun,” he quips.

There’s a poster in the front window of Boru, counting down the days to St. Patrick’s Day, when the pub opens at 6 a.m.

“It’s our busiest day of the year. By 8 a.m. it will look like Friday happy hour,” he says. “We’ve lasted for more than 17 years and I think it’s because we try to use this platform to provide a place that allows constructive interaction and good activity, not a place predicated on the over-consumption of alcohol. You can get anything here from lobster to legal advice, medical advice and a safe protective space to just spend a little time.”

What’s typically in Daniel’s glass?

Guinness or Harp or one of the several Maine beers served in the red building on Center Street, that has been a rooming house, laundromat, health food store and leather biker bar in its past, a past as colorful as the men and women who call it their local these days.

(Margo Mallar chops, stirs, bakes and writes in the East End. Her Locavore column appears each Tuesday in the Portland Daily Sun.)

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‘Acappellooza 11’ benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT On Saturday, March 5 at 6 p.m., Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine will host its fourth one-ofa-kind multigenerational a cappella musical concert at University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall, in the Abromson Center on the Portland Campus.

“Acappellooza 11” is an annual event, created by the late Terri Hatt, who was a Big Sister with the organization, the organization reported in a press release. The 2011 program will feature seven singing groups from Maine and New Hampshire who have again volunteered to help the local nonprofit organization raise funds to support kids needing

mentors in Southern Maine.

The concert is sponsored by Winxnet, UBS, and Mainebiz and features a cappella groups volunteering from USM, Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges, the University of New Hampshire, and the Portland area women’s quartet known as “Rally.”

Terri Hatt, who volunteered three years as a Big Sister for the mentoring agency until her death in January 2009, created and coordinated the public event for the first two years.

“We’ve once again put out the call to college and other adult groups from around the region and we’re so pleased with just how many enthusiastic singers want to return for a second time,” said Mitch Thomas,

the events co-coordinator and host. “This is a unique event and should be experienced by everyone who loves good singing. I know Terri would be pleased.”

“This is a great opportunity to be entertained by talented locals, while helping Big Brothers Big Sisters make a difference in the lives of kids with promise in Southern Maine,” the press release stated.

Free parking is available in the garage adjacent to the Abromson Center.

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A tow truck retrieves a minivan that slid off Interstate 295 southbound at Freeport Monday around noon. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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the service truck — Nicholas Wark of Carmel — and the operator of the tractor trailer were out of their vehicles at the time and did not see the crash, but did hear the impact, McCausland reported. The service truck is owned by Discount Towing of Carmel. The southbound lanes were closed for nearly three hours as the crash was investigated, and the road reopened about 2:30 p.m.

Twelve people have died in motor vehicle crashes in January and February, which compares with 17 highway deaths for the same period last year, according to Maine Bureau of Highway Safety data. Last year, a total of 162 people died in motor vehicle crashes in Maine, the agency reported.

A tractor trailer slid into the median on the Maine Turnpike at Gray Monday afternoon, which caused the passing lanes of the turnpike to be shut down, McCausland reported.

There were several crashes south of Portland, and numerous slideoffs were reported on Interstate 295, particularly at Bowdoinham, McCausland reported.

The Portland Water District reported a water main break on Washington Avenue near Veranda Street in Portland. About 20 customers were

“We’re getting pretty close to doubling last year’s (snowfall), last year in the state we had 37 inches, and we have close to 70 inches.” — National Weather Service meteorologist Margaret Curtis on the winter of 2011 without water, according to a district press release.

In Cumberland County, 2-3 inches of snow fell Monday before temperatures climbed and snow changed over to freezing rain, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Margaret Curtis. The winter has been wet, a stark contrast to last year's relatively dry winter season.

"We're getting pretty close to doubling last year's (snowfall), last year in the state we had 37 inches, and we have close to 70 inches," Curtis said.

The weather is expected to warm up, with temperatures climbing to 40 degrees Wednesday, but the mercury will fall back into the single digits at the end of the week, Curtis said.

Predictions of a short winter haven't materialized.

"It's still winter, unfortunately, you can't listen to those darn groundhogs," Curtis said.

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Heat and Knicks reflection of rising East

BY JONATHAN ABRAMS THE NEW YORK TIMES

With the influx of stars to the Eastern Confer-

MIAMI — Amar’e Stoudemire sat near the ence— which started in 2007 with Kevin Garnett scorer’s table Sunday morning and addressed and Ray Allen going to the Celtics, continued questions from reporters. Carmelo Anthony with the arrival of Stoudemire and Carlos Boozer did the same from a courtside seat a few feet (the Chicago Bulls) over the summer and was away. Somewhere past a couple of twists and turns in the American Airlines Arena tunnel, punctuated by the trades of Anthony and Deron LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Williams (from the Utah Jazz to the Nets) — the Bosh were finishing Miami’s shootaround on conference continues to get better, deeper and a practice court. more competitive.

That much star power in one building is usually reserved for the All-Star Game. In that. What Melo does to New York is, it makes fact, Sunday night’s meeting between the people want to go there. It makes them more Knicks and the Heat featured four starters attractive and it’s a better team and they’ll be — Anthony, Stoudemire, James and Wade a lot better next year than they are now. It just — from that game in Los Angeles last week, makes the East that much more competitive.” along with Bosh, who was a reserve. This is Anthony said James told him that the process the new standard in the Eastern Conference’s of blending his skills with Stoudemire’s would arms race and possibly the reincarnation of a take time, as evidenced by Friday’s loss to the rivalry between the Knicks and the Heat.

Cleveland Cavaliers. Miami also started the James and Anthony were brought together season slowly.

Sunday, two superstars who changed the “We were used to a certain amount of things N.B.A.’s power structure by changing their offensively and it just wasn’t clicking right locales. They took different paths to their away,” Wade said. “It took time for us to click destinations and arrived at their first crossand I think our defense helped us a lot at that roads, the new-look Knicks against the contime when we were losing, we could depend on glomerate Heat. James signed with the Heat our defense until our offense came and now, we through free agency and Anthony found the feel very comfortable with our offense and what Knicks, after requesting and receiving a trade we’re doing.” from Denver.

Although Chauncey Billups, the Knicks’ new James made his decision through “The point guard, called Coach Mike D’Antoni’s Decision” and took security in being able to system “not like any system I’ve ever played in,” evade most questions from the news media Wade suggested it should be easy to adjust to. throughout the off-season. Anthony drifted “I don’t think you have to tell Melo to score, to from city to city with the Nuggets this season shoot,” Wade said. “I don’t think you have to tell and repeatedly addressed the rumors and Chauncey to come up and score and shoot and whispers about his future, which was finally run the team. That’s what those guys do. They decided by last week’s trade. added two key components that get to come in “I think I handled the situation to the best and do exactly what they do. of my ability, to be able to sit and answer the “Now, of course they’ve got to get familiar same questions and talk to you guys for six months straight with a smile on my face and Dwyane Wade (left) and Carmelo Anthony faced off on Sunday night. Anthony finished with each other and Coach D’Antoni is going to still be able to go out there and perform on the with 29 points as the Knicks won 91-86. (Rhona Wise/European Pressphoto Agency/New have to get familiar with those guys and run different sets, etc. but right now, if you can go basketball court,” Anthony said Sunday.

York Times) into any situation in the middle of the season, I Anthony and James are friends and talk (from the Utah Jazz to the Nets) — the conference think Coach D’Antoni’s offense is probably the easioften. But Anthony said if his move had come through continues to get better, deeper and more competitive. est to come into.” free agency, he would not have televised his decision “Of course, you look at teams like Chicago, up and as James did. coming and having a great season this year, they’re “I think a lot of people had mixed feelings about not going anywhere for a while,” Wade said. “Of that whole ordeal,” Anthony said. “But at the end of course you have us, Orlando as well. Now the Knicks, the day, I don’t think he’s worried about that. He can’t earlier in the year, they were having success and now worry about that. In his mind, he feels like he’s made they added another marquee star to their team. the best decision for him and his family. I doubt if he “Now they’re going to continue to build around regrets that.”

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You know just how to get the most out of the least. And though it’s good to be frugal, it doesn’t have to be dull. You’ll have fun spending your money whether you let go of a dollar or thousands.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’re naturally generous, and you are always thinking of what others might need or want. With your loved ones in mind, you’ll make the best decisions for everyone.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have a talent for asking interesting questions. Stay close to your loved ones when you talk to them. Your eyes will inform you better than your ears.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 1).

You are more concerned with doing the right thing than with doing the profitable thing. Because of your goodness, you’ll be rich in more ways than one. A special relationship blossoms in April.

Remodeling and renovations happen in May. An intellectual award comes in June. You share a special connection with Taurus and Leo people. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 24 and 1.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your decisive action will be required. You’ll take on each issue as it comes to you because you realize that the delayed handling of problems is likely to result in bigger problems.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll complete your responsibilities without much trouble. Note that your good fortune hinges on going above and beyond the call of duty. Can you take things one step further?

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re never bored, as there is always more to learn. Even the people and things that you see in regular daily life will be intriguing as you pursue deeper levels of knowledge.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Just because you haven’t done something before doesn’t mean you’ll be bad at it.

There’s a good chance you’ll stumble onto an activity you were always meant to do and succeed on your very first try.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Go on and say hello to the people you want to meet, if for no other reason than it’s just good practice to do so. In time, you’ll overcome fear and will no longer care much about what anyone thinks of you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Someone will offer specific recommendations to help you improve your performance.

These comments are meant to be helpful, and if you can hear them as such, you will have an edge in business and in life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When it comes to your loved ones, you refuse to coast on your past successes. Love can only be felt in the present moment.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2011. There are 305 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

On this date: In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census.

In 1809, the Illinois Territory came into existence.

In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed an act creating Yellowstone National Park.

In 1931, Memphis, Tenn., held its first Cotton Carnival.

In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.) In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.

In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.

One year ago: Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (RA’-doh-van KA’ra-jich), defending himself against charges of Europe’s worst genocide since the Holocaust, told judges in his slow-moving trial that he was not the barbarian depicted by U.N. prosecutors, but was protecting his people against a fundamentalist Muslim plot.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Robert Clary is 85. Singer Harry Belafonte is 84. Former U.S. Solicitor General Robert H. Bork is 84.

Actor Robert Conrad is 76. Rock singer Mike D’Abo (Manfred Mann) is 67. Former Sen. John Breaux, D-La., is 67. Rock singer Roger Daltrey is 67. Actor Dirk Benedict is 66. Actor Alan Thicke is 64. Actor-director Ron Howard is 57. Actress Catherine Bach is 57. Country singer Janis Gill (aka Janis Oliver Cummins) (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 57. Actor Tim Daly is 55. Singer-musician Jon Carroll is 54. Rock musician Bill Leen is 49. Actor Maurice Bernard is 48. Actor Russell Wong is 48. Actor John David Cullum is 45. Actor George Eads is 44. Actor Javier Bardem (HAH’-vee-ayr bahr-DEHM’) is 42.

Actor Jack Davenport is 38. Rock musician Ryan Peake (Nickelback) is 38. Actor MarkPaul Gosselaar is 37. Actor Jensen Ackles is 33. TV host Donovan Patton is 33. Pop singer Justin Bieber is 17.

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Gardening guru, memoirist Roach to talk at Maine Festival of the Book DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Margaret Roach, former executive vice president/ editorial director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, blogger of awaytogarden.com, and author of the memoir “And I Shall Have Some Peace There,” will present an illustrated gardening talk at the Maine Festival of the Book on Saturday, April 2 at 11 a.m. at the Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine. Admission is free and seats are available first-come, first served.

In a program titled “At Home in My 365-Day Garden,” Roach will give a slide tour through the four-season garden in upstate New York where she now lives.

“On the last day of 2007, Roach made the lifealtering decision to walk away from New York City and her job at Martha Stewart, a career many would describe as highly successful,” notes a press release.

“But she craved completely different rewards: solitude, a return to the personal creativity of writing,

and a closer connection to nature and her first passion, the garden she had been making on weekends for 20 years. She moved to a rural New York State town of 300, began AWayToGarden.com (called ‘the best garden blog’ by The New York Times and named for her prizewinning 1989 book), and wrote her 2010 dropout memoir, ‘And I Shall Have Some Peace There.’”

Roach Roach is the former garden editor of Newsday newspaper, and her 30-plus-year career also included an editing stint at The New York Times. Today, she lectures and teaches about what she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” and helps clients create websites on the WordPress platform.

The Maine Festival of the Book will take place in Portland April 1-3, with a full day of programs Saturday, April 2 at the University of Southern Maine’s

Abromson Center. Programs are free and unticketed with the exception of Friday’s Opening Night event.

The festival is designed to appeal to readers with a range of interests and gives the public the chance to learn what goes on behind the scenes when producing a book. The festival is presented by the nonprofit Maine Reads, in collaboration with organizations statewide. More than 6,000 people have attended the festivals since its start in 2007, enjoying more than 300 presenting authors and performers.

The festival’s goal is to encourage a dialogue between authors and readers through programs.

Most of the programs feature two authors or more engaged in a discussion that captures an aspect of their writing. Program subjects this year include memoir, gardening, mystery, fly fishing, FrancoAmerican history, poetry, and writing and publishing. Question and answer periods, as well as book signings, will follow.

Tickets may be purchased through the Maine Reads Web site www.mainereads.org.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I’m a single father of a 16-year-old son whom I have raised since he was 2. “Zack” is mature and carries himself with confidence.

When Zack took up sports and his schedule became busy, we found that it was sometimes necessary to share the bathroom. While he showers, I shave, or while I shower, he does his hair.

Last summer, my brother visited us and inadvertently witnessed one such episode where Zack and I needed to get ready at the same time. He didn’t say anything to me but apparently told several family members, including my parents.

When my son and I visited for Thanksgiving, it ended up being the main topic of conversation, with words such as “unnatural,” “unhealthy” and “disturbing” being tossed around.

One relative actually told my son it was going to make him gay.

Zack understands that sharing the bathroom is no different than showering with his friends after gym class. I did my best to explain this to my family, but no one wanted to listen.

When we visited at Christmas, the subject came up again, and we put up with their narrow-minded views until I saw how upset Zack was. We left early. When my mother called the next day to ask why, I told her. She replied that I was “overreacting.”

As a result, Zack has said he would rather not see his grandparents for Easter and suggested we stay home. The problem is, the only times we can visit my parents are during school holidays. Annie, I don’t want my family to miss out on Zack’s life because of something so trivial. I want him to spend time with his relatives, but their attitudes are driving a wedge between us. Any suggestions before I buy an Easter ham? -- Proud Parent Dear Parent: Buy the Easter ham, and tell your relatives that

you will be celebrating holidays at home until they can show a measure of respect and tolerance. People will treat you the way you demand to be treated. (But please give them another chance over the summer.)

Dear Annie: My dad is 87 and has a bunch of medical problems, yet he continues to drink. It’s less than he used to imbibe, but I don’t think he should be having any alcohol at all.

I have said this to both of my parents, and their only response is that Dad’s doctor said it is OK. I don’t believe any decent doctor would tell an elderly man in poor heath that it’s all right to drink.

I suspect some of Dad’s current medical problems were caused by excessive drinking. He was an angry, volatile and verbally abusive drunk. What can I do to convince my parents that continued drinking is not OK? -- Frustrated in Florida Dear Florida: You could call Dad’s doctor and inform him that your father is still drinking, and the doctor will handle it from there. But your father is 87 and has curtailed his alcohol consumption. It’s unlikely he will give it up entirely. Your choice is to keep berating him or accept him as he is.

Dear Annie: “No Name, No Place” worries about her husband driving drunk when he’s coming home from sporting events. There’s something else this wife should do. Somewhere out on the road, there is a young couple with their first child, or a teenager coming home from a dance, or a wife heading to the airport -- none of them deserves to die under the wheels of this drunk’s car.

The next time “No Name’s” husband heads out for a night of drinking with his buddies, she should call the police. She knows where he’s going and can describe his car and provide his license plate number. The police officer who stops him could be saving the life of the innocent driver he was going to hit on the next block. -- Had it with Coddling Drunk Drivers

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.

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‘Egypt Now’ at USM

Dress for Success Southern Maine

noon to 3 p.m. The University of Southern Maine is hosting “Egypt Now,” a symposium about the revolution in Egypt and its effect on the Middle East. “Egypt Now” will be held in the USM Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland.

USM President Selma Botman will be the featured speaker, with a noontime talk on “Emerging Citizenship in Egypt and the Middle East.” Botman is a scholar of modern Egyptian history who has written three books on the subject. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Reza Jalali, coordinator of the USM Office of Multicultural Affairs, at 780-5798. A panel of experts will be on hand to discuss such topics as the modern history of Egypt, Egypt’s economy, Egyptian society, Egyptian women and U.S. foreign policy as it pertains to Egypt. Panelists include USM Associate Professor of History Eileen Eagan, USM Professor of Criminology Dusan Bjelic, Bowdoin College Professor of Religious Studies Robert Morrisson, Kathleen Sutherland from USM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Danny Muller, of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA). The symposium is organized by the University of Southern Maine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs and Women and Gender Studies program.

7:30 a.m. to noon. Dress for Success Southern Maine is hosting its fourth annual Professional Development “Success Starts With You” seminar at Hannaford Hall, Abromson Community Education Center at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. The theme of the conference is: “Less is More: Let Go, Cut Back, and Slow Down To Accomplish Your Goals More Quickly” and proceeds will benefit Dress for Success Southern Maine. Featured speakers include Ann Marie Connor, Assistant Vice President of Client Services, UNUM, presenting: “Shortcuts to Success at Work”; Kristin Guibord, MBA, financial professional from BDMP Wealth Management, presenting: “Reduce Money Stress and feel More Prosperous”; and Amy Wood, Psy.D., psychologist specializing in personal and professional coaching and training, presenting: “The Lowdown On Living Well.” For more information and to register, go to www.dressforsuccess. org/southernmaine or call 780-1686.

Discussion of painting ‘Untitled’

by Bernard Langlais at the PMA

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A group meets monthly to study and discuss one piece in the Portland Museum of Art’s collection. “Say what you think, and learn from new friendsit may change the way you see. This month the group will focus on the painting ‘Untitled’ Portland Schools budget proposal

by Bernard Langlais. Conversation is led by a 7 p.m. Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, member of the Museum’s Education staff and Sr. will present his proposed budget on March 1 Portland Mayor, Nicholas Mavodones will meet with teenagers at the Portland Public Library’s continues over lunch in the Café (bring your at 7 p.m. in Room 250 of Casco Bay High School, Teen Library on Wednesday, March 2 at their Teen After Hours. (FILE PHOTO) own or purchase in the Café).” www.portland196 Allen Ave., according to a notice from Portland museum.org/ The answers lay, of course, in your personality. But what Public Schools. A public hearing on the budget will take exactly is a personality?

What purpose does it serve?

And Crook, Hennesy, Rounds, place on March 15. The School Board’s Finance Commithow did we each end up with a different one?”

In her new tee will review the budget and present its version to the full Lehmann in concert at First Parish book, “Quirk: Brain Science Makes Sense of Your Pecuboard on March 22. The School Board is expected to vote 12:15 p.m. Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello by Franz liar Personality” (Random House), Holmes turns to modern on the budget on March 29. After review by the Portland Schubert. Keith Crook has taught classical guitar at the brain science for answers.

City Council’s Finance Committee, it will come before the University of Maine and/or the University of Southern Maine full City Council on May 2. A referendum on the budget will Money Management 101 for the past 25 years. Lisa Hennessy is principal flutist with take place on May 10. The district faces a loss of more than 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “The Institute for Financial Literacy the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Land$6 million in federal funding from the American Recovery has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar marks Orchestra. Kimberly Lehmann,, received her Bachand Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The loss is offset somewhat series. Taught by certified educators and open to the genelor of Music in violin performance from the University of by $1.8 million from the 2010 federal jobs bill. Anticipateral public, the seminars are designed to improve financial Minnesota and her Master of Music in violin performance ing the reduction in ARRA aid, the district set aside funding literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn everything and literature from the Eastman School of Music. William from the jobs bill for the FY2012 budget. you always wanted to know about successful money manRounds has been a member of the Portland Symphony agement and more including: budgeting, net worth, fi nanOrchestra since 1988, as well as being an active soloist and Boston poet Derek J.G. Williams cial planning and goal setting.

All seminars are being held chamber musician in the Boston area. First Parish Unitarian 7 p.m. Port Veritas Spoken Word open mic featuring Boston at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. Concerts are free poet Derek J.G. Williams at open reading begins at 7:30 folthe Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Portland.” and open to the public. For information call the Portland lowed by the evenings feature at 8:30 p.m. Open reading Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and Conservatory of Music at 775-3356. begins at 7:30 p.m. Derek JG Williams is a Boston based advance registration is required. To register, please call 221writer and performer. He has featured at numerous venues UMF gallery features artist Jean M. Sanders 3601 or email help@fi nanciallit.org. www.fi nanciallit.org throughout New England and New York, and is a regular 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The University of Maine at Farmington Art at the world famous Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab ‘Making Music & Making Violins’ Gallery is pleased to present a unique collection of phoLounge. In the spring of 2009 he released a full length 7 p.m. The Portland Music Foundation and Portland Ovatogravure and carbon prints by artist Jean M. Sanders album of poetry and music titled “A Chorus of Cities.” He is tions continue their partnership with a co-presentation as its next exhibit. Free and open to the public, the show currently at work on his first book of poems. of renowned fiddler and violinist Mark O’Connor and runs from March 3-27, with a gala opening reception. This renowned fiddle-maker Jonathan Cooper. Both artists will installation is largely based on Sanders’ new photographic Maine High School Ultimate (Frisbee) League be speaking about and demonstrating what makes a beausuite “Ivan the Boneless,” richly detailed images document7 p.m. The Maine High School Ultimate (Frisbee) League will tiful-sounding violin and why it matters. The event will be ing the life of her dog, Ivan. These works employ antique be conducting an informational meeting to announce plans held at Rines Auditorium in the Portland Public Library.

The photographic techniques that impart a strange, dream-like for the upcoming season. All interested Coaches, Athletic event is free and open to the public.

An extension of the quality to the images. Movement and energy seem to be Directors, Captains and/or adult volunteers are encouraged PMF’s “Music as a Profession” series and Portland Ovafrozen in time while the animals appear to be suspended in to attend. The meeting will be held in the Russel Room at tions’ “Ovations Offstage” series, “Making Music & Making a glowing atmosphere that shifts from beauty to menace— the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth.

Violins” promises to be interesting and entertaining whether from the familiar to the uncanny—in the blink of an eye.

The Maine High School Ultimate League (MEHUL) was you’re a musician, music fan or simply appreciate artisanSanders’ images revel in the mystery and strangeness of formed in 2009 for the purpose of promoting the sport of ship in all its forms.

One of the great performers of our time, animals, while simultaneously embracing the emotional Ultimate, rated by the Sporting Goods Manufacturer AssoO’Connor has his own method for teaching the instrument depth of their daily experience. For more information, or to ciation (SGMA) in 2009 and 2010 as the fastest growing and Cooper is the man he trusts to make his instrument. make special arrangements, please call 778-7002, or email team sport in America. The League offers high schools in Elizabeth Olbert, director of the UMF Art Gallery, at elizaMaine a full season of regularly scheduled, weekly games, Mayor Nicholas Mavodones for Teen After Hours beth.olbert@maine.edu. athletic fields, insurance, and guidance in team develop7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Portland Mayor Nicholas Mavodones will ment. 781-2351. meet with teenagers at the Portland Public Library’s Teen ‘Knit Or Not Nights’ at Spindleworks in Brunswick Library at their Teen After Hours. This is a chance for teens 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Spindleworks Art Center and musito talk to the mayor about what’s happening in the city, learn cian Hope Hoffman will be hosting monthly “Knit Or Not Wednesday, March 2 about the process of city government and talk to the city’s Nights” at Spindleworks Art Center in Brunswick. The leader candidly about what’s important to them. There are public is invited to attend the next free evening event at Brain science author at the library no adults or children at the Teen After Hours, which means Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St. in Brunswick. Live traditional noon to 1 p.m. Hannah Holmes, author of “Quirk: Brain Sciteens lead the discussion and get to ask all the questions. To music will be performed by Hope Hoffman and Jeff Trippe, ence Makes Sense Of Your Peculiar Personality,”will give a commemorate the event the mayor will proclaim Wednesplaying Irish tunes on fiddle and guitar. Guests are invited lecture at thePortland Public Library, Rines Auditorium. Free day, March 2, 2011 as Portland Teen Library Day. Teen After to listen along, bring knitting projects for a knitting circle, lecture and book signing for her new book, as part of the Hours is a collaborative program between the Portland Police and see new work created by artists in the Spindleworks library’s ongoing Brown Bag Lecture Series. “Have you ever Department and the Portland Public Library. On the first studios and store. Parking is available on Lincoln Street wondered why a cloudy day affects you so deeply, but the Wednesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the library is and in the lot located behind the Spindleworks building. For person in the next office over doesn’t seem to notice? Why open late for teens only where they are welcome to hang out, more information, contact Alyce Ornella at 725-8820 and you love nothing more than a big, crowded party, but your play video games, watch a movie, use the computers, and see listings on www.spindleworks.org and www.hopehoffhusband prefers to stand in the corner checking his watch? peruse the stacks of teen oriented books in the Teen Section. man.org.

Or why you wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the For more information about Teen After Hours contact Justin night, wondering if you remembered to unplug the toaster? see next page Hoenke,Teen Librarian at 871-1700, ext. 772.

Bayside Neighborhood Association meeting

6 p.m. Bayside Neighborhood Association Monthly Meeting at Unity Village. http://www.facebook. com/BaysideNeighborhood Association

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raising tickets will go to support the Irish American Club of Maine and the Maine Irish Heritage Center. Festivities include: Halftime performance by the Stillson School of Irish Dance. Pre-Game Parade of Flags from Ireland and Bagpipes from Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band. Special fundraiser tickets will be $10 and $15. Please help support the MIHC!” For more information contact Kay Martin at 878-3724 or Pat McBride at irishhc@maine.rr.com

An Evening at Osher Map Library postponed 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Maine Historical Society and Osher Map Library present: An Evening at Osher Map Library: Celebrating Printed Maps of Maine. This event has been postponed. Check www.mainehistory.org for updates.

Rabelais and Grace Present: Dinner, book signing 7 p.m. Gabrielle Hamilton, award-winning chef/owner of Prune restaurant in NYC and renowned chef’s chef, is coming to Portland to celebrate the launch of her first book “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef.” “Rabelais and Grace restaurant are pleased to present this evening of great food and fantastic writing. The evening will include a roast lamb dinner inspired by ‘Blood, Bones & Butter,’ with wine. Hamilton will give a short reading and sign copies of her book, which will be included in the price of the dinner.” At Grace Restaurant. www.mainerestaurantweek.com

Friday, March 4 The Incredible Breakfast Cook-off 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Twelve of Maine’s “Champions of Breakfast” are invited to the Sea Dog Brew Pub to compete. They line up side-by-side and serve small plates. Guests of the event choose whose breakfast reigns supreme. Last year Good Table restaurant from Cape Elizabeth won top honors — their Creme Brulee French Toast lived up to its “Bring you to your knees delicious” description. They’ll be back to defend their title and so will a large group of competitors, each vying for the top prize. As a special treat for guest of the event Captain & Celeste — the WBLM morning show — will broadcast live from the Sea Dog Brew Pub. This Maine Restaurant Week event benefits Preble Street Resource Center. General admission is $15 per person or $27 per pair. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153215

First Friday Art Walk: Cannonball Press at SPACE 5 p.m. Cannonball Press presents Burn the Lot: Splinter Heads, Nut Mobs & Ballyhoo, featuring a huge new pile of limited-edition $20 prints by the likes of Dusty Herbig, Angela Earley, Drew Iwaniw, Sarah Nicholls, Tyler Krasowski, and Donna Diamond. Also, Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston will premiere their new supersized woodcuts depicting the capitalist wasteland, as seen through the lens of a carnival for the ages. Mega carny prints on canvas; free, all ages.

‘Hardware’ photo display at The Green Hand 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This month the Green Hand is continuing to showcase photography with a series of black and white photos by Wayne Frederick. “Hardware” is a collection of humorous, serious, and mysterious prints of “guy stuff” that includes abstracts, still life, action shots, and plain old pictures. Suitable for viewing by all age groups. First Friday Art Walk opening at The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St. On display through the month of March.

FMI: Contact Michelle Souliere at 450-6695 or michelle. souliere@gmail.com.

‘Exhibit This’ at Deering High 7 p.m. Deering High School Drama presents “Exhibit This,” a one-act comedy by Luigi Jannuzzi about the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on March 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Call 874-8260 during school hours for reservations. Visit www.deeringdrama.org.

‘The Cleansed: Season One’ Portland Public Library will partner with Portland Ovations to present a Knuffle Bunny family event Saturday, March 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Portland Public Library in the Children’s Room. (COURTESY IMAGE) developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.” www.jlpmaine.org

‘Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune’ 6:30 p.m. Film screenings. Friday, March 4, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 5, 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m. NR. “There’s no place in this world where I’ll belong, when I’m gone, And I won’t know the right from the wrong, when I’m gone, And you won’t find me singin’ on this song, when I’m gone. So I guess I’ll have to do it while I’m here.” — “As our country continues to embroil itself in foreign wars and once again pins its hopes on a new leader’s promise for change, this feature-length documentary is a timely tribute to an unlikely American hero.

Phil Ochs, a folk singing legend, who many called “the emotional heart of his generation,” loved his country and he pursued its honor, in song and action, with a ferocity that had no regard for consequences. Wielding only a battered guitar, a clear voice, and a quiver of razor sharp songs, he tirelessly fought the ‘good fight’ for peace and justice throughout his short life. He took his own life in 1976 at the age of 35.” Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art. http://portlandmuseum.org

Casco Bay Lines fourth annual Inter-Island Cruise 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Departs Portland at 6 p.m. and returns to Portland at 10 p.m. Heavy appetizers provided by the Inn on Peaks Island; music provided by 43N -70W. Cash bar on board. Tickets $25 per person, available at the CBL ticket window. For more information call Caity at 774-7871, x105.

Irish Night with the Maine Red Claws 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Portland Expo. Second annual Irish Night helps support the Maine Irish Heritage Center.

“Wear green to show your Irish Pride as we celebrate Maine’s Irish community. A portion of the special fund-

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. As part of First Friday Art Walk, Coffee by Design will be hosting Audio Producer Fred Greenhalgh at their India Street Cofeehouse, 67 India St., Portland.

Greenhalgh, who was the recipient of a 2010 CBD Rebel Blend arts grant, will be sharing audio samples and talking about his new work, “The Cleansed: Season One.” The pilot of “The Cleansed,” which aired on Halloween, 2010 on both WKIT in Bangor and WMPG in Portland, follows the stories of a group of civilians and soldiers who are caught in the middle of civil upheaval caused by a disastrous shortage of fossil fuels. The show has been called a “huge achievement” by BBC Radio 4 producer John Dryden. Irish playwright Roger Gregg says the work is at “the forefront of the contemporary American [radio drama] scene.” More information and free downloads of the pilot episode of “The Cleansed” are available at: http://thecleansed.com. The Cleansed is a co-production of FinalRune Productions and WMPG, community radio of from the University of Southern Maine.

‘In the Shelter of Each Other:A Social Action Shabbat’ 7:30 p.m. The Social Action Committee of Congregation Bet Ha’am presents “In the Shelter of Each Other,” a special Social Action Shabbat service focusing on the needs of Maine families who are struggling financially, on March 4 at the synagogue, located at 81 Westbrook St., South Portland. The service is open to the community. It will include special prayers, songs and a brief talk by Christine Hastedt, co-founder and public policy director of Maine Equal Justice. After the service, representatives from several nonprofit programs serving low-income Mainers will provide information about how volunteers can get involved. Everyone attending the March 4 service is requested to bring canned goods to donate to a local food pantry. A list of needed items is posted on the Social Action Committee’s blog: http://www.bhsocialaction.blogspot.com/

Master Hypnotist at Fryeburg Academy 7:30 p.m. Dan Candell, Master Hypnotist and mind reader is appearing at Fryeburg Academy’s Laura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center to hypnotize and read the minds of any volunteer brave enough to participate. All tickets are $10 per person. Proceeds will go to the graduating class of 2013. 935.9232 see next page

Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maine Historical Society presents a new exhibit, Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine.

Original photographs on display March 4 through May 3.

The opening reception is free and open to the public and will be held on March 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. Lecture Hall. This exhibit will be open to the public at no charge during the April First Friday Art Walk. While stories of hardship and suffering are not hard to find in Depression-era Maine, a series of photographs taken to accompany newspaper articles during that era offer another view: the strength and vitality of the arts and artists and of other personalities in 1930s Maine. G. Herbert Whitney, an accomplished amateur photographer, captured these people and scenes while his wife, Emmie Bailey Whitney, interviewed the personalities for the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine. A number of the dozen people featured in this display are well-known artists or writers. The MHS Museum and Lecture Hall gallery are open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free for MHS members, $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, students, and AAA members, and $2 for children, free for children under 6.

Freeze Out Hunger 2011 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Freeze Out Hunger 2011 at the Ocean Gateway Terminal Building. “Enjoy bidding on live and silent auction Items; enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by Kitchen Chicks of Kennebunk; cash bar with spirits donated by Whiterock Distilleries, Inc. and Gritty’s; meet the Portland Pirates as they join the fight to Freeze Out Hunger; dance the night away with the nine piece band Retrospecticus. Tickets are $45 until March 3. Then they will be $55. Junior League of Maine, “a nonprofit organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism,

Suzanne Jordan of Saco photographs a “Marooned in Madagascar” exhibit, a display by the Grounds Crew of Falmouth, at the 2010 Portland Flower Show. This year’s flower show at the Portland Company kicks off Wednesday, March 9. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– With more than 200 performances, Mark O’Connor’s first full length orchestral score “Fiddle Concerto” has become the mostperformed modern violin concerto composed in the last 40 years.

O’Connor absorbed knowledge and influence from the multitude of musical styles and genres he studied.

Now, at age 49, he has melded and shaped these influences into a new American Classical music, and a vision of an entirely American school of string playing.

On Friday at 8 p.m., the Mark O’Connor Quartet will perform at Merrill Auditorium. See https:// tickets.porttix.com/public.

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Saturday, March 5 Riverton Trolley Park 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. Michelle Boisvert, Portland Trails GIS intern and volunteer will lead a walk through the site of this former park which once welcomed throngs of people from the city who paid five cents to take the trolley from Portland. Few remnants of this historic site remain, but it makes for a beautiful winter walk. Meet at Corsetti’s (just over the town line in Westbrook), 125 Bridgton Road.

New Gloucester History Barn 9 a.m. to noon. The next New Gloucester History Barn Open House will be held. In addition to the permanent display of antique vehicles and historic town photos, the special Open House feature this month will be a display of old town reports. The barn is located behind the Town Hall on Route 231. The barn is owned and operated by the New Gloucester Historical Society — the Open House is free and open to the public.

‘Civil War Heroes and Heroines’ 10 a.m. “Civil War Heroes and Heroines Buried in Evergreen Cemetery,” at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Spirits Alive, the advocacy group for Portland’s Eastern Cemetery, will offer a three-lecture series of presentations around the theme, “Death and Survival in the Civil War.” Supported in part with funding from the Maine Humanities Council, admission is free, but donations are suggested.

The theme of the lecture series was chosen in support of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (20112015). These lectures will offer insight into this country’s greatest national crisis in relation to death and dying. It is estimated that up to 700,000 people, or 2 percent of the population died in the War Between the States. One of the first Maine regiments to be mustered in, The Forest City Regiment included 1,046 men from southern and central Maine, and left Portland in July 1861. After three years, this fighting regiment mustered out only 193 — the rest were killed in action, died from disease, were wounded, deserted, or transferred to other regiments. Visit the Fifth Maine Regiment’s website for more: http://www.fifthmainemuseum.org. Free, donations suggested.

Money Management 101 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 improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn everything you always wanted to know about successful money management and more including: budgeting, net worth, financial planning and goal setting. 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

Winter birding on Casco Bay 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. On the Mail Boat Cruise with Casco Bay Lines at 10 a.m. sharp. The Casco Bay Lines Mail Boat Cruise will leave Portland carrying avid bird watchers and their guides. Bob Bittenbender, a board member of Oceanside Conservation Trust and his wife Margi Huber will lead their group in a scavenger hunt of sorts to find and identify the intrepid birds wintering in Casco Bay. Bittenbender and Huber are a husband and wife team who have led birding and nature trips to such diverse places as Kenya; Tanzania; Mexico to see the wintering monarch butterflies; Italy to learn about culture, food and natural places; Newfoundland to see colonies of Atlantic puffins; and Churchhill, Manitoba, Canada, to watch polar bears.

Bob and Margi are both graduates of The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). For many years Margi planned trips for Maine Audubon. Bob is the assistant property manager for Maine Audubon, based in Falmouth at the Gilsland Farm Sanctuary where he is involved in a major invasive plant removal program. As the boat cruises around Casco Bay, hot soup and snacks will be served. Bob and Margi will point out the preserved lands of the islands and discuss the natural and cultural history of the islands and

their inhabitants. Participants will learn about the individual birds and general bird identification practices. The tickets are $15 for members of OCT and $20 for non-members.

To register for the event, call 699-2989 or email portlandnorth@gmail.com.

Portland Public Library partners with Portland Ovations to present a Knuffle Bunny family event 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Portland Public Library in conjunction with Portland Ovations will be offering a family event based on the upcoming performance of “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” at Merrill Auditorium. This event is at the Portland Public Library. The event, for children and families, will include a story time, art project and a chance to win tickets to see a performance of “Knuffle Bunny” at Merrill Auditorium. Children are encouraged to bring their own Knuffle Bunny to the story time. “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale,” is performed by the Kennedy Center Theater and is based on the award-winning children’s story by Mo Willems. Following the storyline about things going terribly wrong at a Laundromat, the performance features dancing laundry, songs and an adventurous plot. The musical is geared for ages 4 and up. For more information about this special event at the Portland Public Library, call 871-1700, ext. 707.

Breezemeere Boys in New Gloucester 7:30 p.m. Village Coffee House, New Gloucester Congregational Church. Tickets at the door. Directions: 19 Gloucester Hill Road, at the intersection of Church and Gloucester Hill Roads in Lower Village of New Gloucester. For more information, contact Julie Fralich 926-3161 or the church office 926-3260. See also www.villagecoffeehouse.org; or www. creativenewgloucester.org

Annual Mardi Gras Ball 6 p.m. to midnight. The sights and sounds, tastes and fun of New Orleans will be experienced at the Annual Mardi Gras Ball, a true Big Easy-style fête that will have revelers dancing to live music of Robert Sylvain & the Cajun Aces, in Portland’s only Grand Ballroom at the Eastland Park Hotel.

Chef Marc Bell will create a multi-course meal with authentic Louisiana cuisine, and each partygoer will receive Mardi Gras beads, throws, and a chance to win several valuable door prizes. Dessert will be provided with dinner, so a King Cake will be presented to a lucky guest to keep their party going till Fat Tuesday! Master of Ceremonies for this year’s gala is Jeff Peterson, WGME 13 and FOX 23 anchor, Portland Daily Sun sports writer and former New Orleans resident. Peterson’s personal knowledge and experience on the parade floats is sure to add some unexpected Bourbon Street flair and surprises to the night. “With Maine’s rich French heritage having many of the original families from the area leaving Acadia to create Acadiana in Louisiana, it’s time for Portland to join our New Orleans cousins in welcoming everyone to winter’s most boisterous celebration, and bring the French Quarter home!” Floor seating is $40, select balcony seating is offered for $50. Tickets are available at all Bull Moose Music locations, and online through MardiGrasPortland.com. Proceeds support Portland’s Cathedral School, a nonprofit helping support the education of underprivileged children and their families in the community.

‘Acappellooza 11’ 6 p.m. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine will host its fourth one-of-a-kind multigenerational a cappella musical concert at University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall (in the Abromson Center on the Portland Campus).

“Acappellooza 11” is an annual event, created by the late Terri Hatt, who was a Big Sister with the organization. The 2011 program will feature seven singing groups from Maine and New Hampshire who have again volunteered to help the local nonprofit organization raise funds to support kids needing mentors in Southern Maine. The concert is sponsored by Winxnet, UBS, and Mainebiz. It features a cappella groups volunteering from USM, Colby, Bates and Bowdoin Colleges, the University of New Hampshire, and the Portland area women’s quartet known as “Rally.” Tickets can be purchased by calling 773-KIDS, or at the door, or at Bull Moose Music locations, or at the door. The general admission price is $12.

A Tribute to Do-Wop at Anthony’s 7 p.m. Back by popular demand, A Tribute to Do-Wop, starring the Juke Box Boys, at Anthony’s Dinner Theater. Cost of $39.95 includes live show and five-course dinner. Beer and wine available. Free parking. Also March 13 and 26.

Anthony’s at www.anthonysdinnertheater.com.

Sunday, March 6 ‘Vagina Monologues’ auditions 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Auditions for V-Day Auburn’s “The Vagina Monologues” will be held. Women or those who identify as female are welcome to audition. Due to adult content, actors must be 16+. Audition material will be provided. To request an alternate audition time, contact director Karen Lane at lane_karen@hotmail.com. Rehearsals will be scheduled on an individual basis. Monologues will be read, not memorized. Show performance will be April 2 only.

Snowshoe hike at the Rines Forest 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cabin Fever? The Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust will host a snowshoe hike at the Rines Forest in Cumberland. All ages are welcome to explore this magnificent 200-plus-acre forest. Guided tours will be given by Forester Jay Braunscheidel and Sally Stockwell, Director of Conservation at Maine Audubon. Children can take part in a Scavenger Hunt through the woods and will receive Maine animal tracks pocket guides to help them discover who lives in the forest. Free hot cocoa and snacks will be provided.

A limited number of snowshoes will be available, courtesy of Eastern Mountain Sports. Forester Jay Braunscheidel will discuss recent activities at the Rines Forest to harvest red pine and remove invasive species in order to promote growth of native species and maintain a healthy forest. The Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust www.ccltmaine.org is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to preserve and protect the intrinsic values and public benefits of the natural resources in the Towns of Chebeague and Cumberland — mainland, island and contiguous Casco Bay — and to be responsible stewards in perpetuity for those resources in our trust.

Staged reading of ‘Grace and Glorie’ in Bath 2 p.m. Come enjoy a special staged reading of “Grace and Glorie” at the Chocolate Church Arts Center Curtis Room in Bath starring Jerry Day Mason and Leila Percy. The reading is in conjunction with a retrospective showing of Mason’s paintings, “A Backwards Look,” on exhibit in the Chocolate Church Gallery. Grace, played by Mason, and Glorie, played by Percy, are the sole characters in “Grace and Glorie,” the sentimental odd-couple crowd pleaser by Tom Ziegler. The staged readings will take place Sundays, March 6 and 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person or 2 for $25, all proceeds benefit the Chocolate Church Arts Center. Call 442-8455 for tickets. see next page

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Monday, March 7

Credit & Debt Management Seminar

Falmouth Memorial Library’s silent auction, fund-raiser

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 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 improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to gain control over your credit and debt with proven tips to effectively manage credit, assess personal debt level and eliminate your debt. 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

9:30 a.m. Beauty and the Books, the Falmouth Memorial Library’s silent auction and annual fund-raiser will begin on March 7. Visit the library at 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, between March 7 and March 31 during library hours to view and bid on dozens of unique art and craft items donated to the Library by local artists and crafters to benefit the library. 781-2351

U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

6 p.m. The Portland Museum of Art will present a lecture by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on, 2011 at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By the Bay. Titled “Is Vision The Twin of Speech?” and inspired by the exhibition Weston: Jeff Dunham at the Civic Center Leaves of Grass (on view through 7:30 p.m. Jeff Dunham at the Cumberland March 13), Pinsky will share his love County Civic Center. Tickets: $41.50. All of poetry, Walt Whitman, and belief in the potential for poetry to be part of The Maine Irish Heritage Center and Irish American Club of Portland will benefit from a Maine Red Claws event on seats reserved. “The amazing rise of Jeff Dunham to becoming the international king everyday life. Tickets are $15/$10 for Friday, March 4. (COURTESY IMAGE) of contemporary comedy continues apace, members and can be purchased at with his latest achievements in 2010 setportlandmuseum.org or at the museum. Doors open at 5:30 Tai Murray and the PSO ting the stage for even further triumphs this year. In April, he p.m. A book signing will follow the lecture at the museum.

7:30 p.m. Guest conductor Eckart Preu leads the Portland hits Europe for his third tour, performing in arenas in Swit“As three-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky is a Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Felix Menzerland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and public ambassador for poetry, dedicating himself to idendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with guest soloist Tai Murray France, with additional shows being added due to unprectifying and invigorating poetry’s place in the world. Foundat Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Mendelssohn’s popular edented sales. Hence it’s no wonder that Pollstar has again ing the Favorite Poem Project, he sought to document that Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 was the composer’s determined that Dunham and his crew of creative characpresence, giving voice to the American audience for poetry. last large orchestral work. Its popularity has continued to ters are the top-grossing live comedy act in the world for Elegant and tough, vividly imaginative, Pinsky’s own poems grow and the violin concerto is one of the most frequently the second year in a row plus in North America for the third have earned praise for their wild musical energy and ambiperformed violin concertos. Anton Bruckner’s magical and year running.” www.jeffdunham.com tious range. For his most recent volume of poetry, Gulf wistful Symphony No. 4., titled “Romantic,” completes the Music (2007), The New York Times Book Review stated, ‘Pinsky is our finest living specimen of this sadly rare breed, and the poems of Gulf Music are among the best examples we have of poetry’s ability to illuminate not only who we are as humans, but who we are — and can be — as a nation.’ ... He is one of the few members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters to have appeared on The Colbert Report and The Simpsons (Season 13, Episode 20).”

‘Naked Shakespeare’ at Wine Bar 8 p.m. The Acorn Shakespeare Ensemble, presenters of the “Naked Shakespeare” series, continues the company’s 2010-11 season of events with another edition of the troupe’s popular “Sonnet and Soliloquies” series at the Wine Bar on Wharf Street in Portland’s Old Port. The March edition will feature the usual mixture of new pieces and old favorites, includes speeches delivered in an intimate setting in the round, and short scenes that are environmentally staged in the space. The performance is free with an $8 suggested donations. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early and order food and drink to enjoy during the show.

Call Acorn Productions at 854-0065 or visit www.nakedshakespeare.org for more information about “Sonnets and Soliloquies” or any other programs offered by Acorn Productions.

Tuesday, March 8 Book on Deering discussed noon. William David Barry, author and historian, will be speaking about his research for the book ”Deering: a Social and Architectural History” (Greater Portland Landmarks, 2010) at the Falmouth Memorial Library as part of the Library’s LunchBox Friends’ program. Bring a sandwich.

Friends will supply beverages and deserts. Books will be available for sale and signing. 781-2351.

‘Plants and People of Maine’ at COA 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Plants and People of Maine” by Hazel Stark, an exhibit of plant photographs along with common local uses of the plants. Ethel H. Blum Gallery of College of the Atlantic. Gallery hours, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor.

Despite supermarkets and pharmacies packed with supplies, College of the Atlantic senior Hazel Stark has found that New Englanders also relish the native plants that grow wild outside their doors. Stark has explored this connection and created a guide to local flora, “Plants and People of New England: Our Contemporary Reliance on Traditional Knowledge.” She will be mounting this guide as a photography exhibit with text at the college’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery from March 7 through 12, with an opening reception for the show on March 8 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

evening’s program. For program notes, artist biographies, Online Insights and audio samples, as well as complete season information, visit PortlandSymphony.org.

Wednesday, March 9 ‘Latin American Revolutions’ at Bates 4:15 p.m. An analyst from the National Security Archive and scholars from Duke and New York universities take part in the Bates College symposium “Latin American Revolutions” in afternoon and evening sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and 10. Hosted by the Latin American studies faculty, with support from the Mellon Innovation Fund, the symposium is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please contact 786-8295. Sibylle Fischer, associate professor and chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department at New York University, offers the lecture “Haiti and the Revolutions in Spanish America” at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave. At 7:30 p.m. that day, Jocelyn Olcott, associate professor of history at Duke University, gives a talk titled “Soldiers, Suffragists and Sex Radicals: Women, Gender and the Mexican Revolution,” also in Carnegie 204.

Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive who directs the archive’s Cuba and Chile Documentation Projects, presents the lecture “The Cuban Revolution: 50 Years of Bedeviling U.S. Foreign Policy” at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Keck Classroom (G52) in Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk), Lewiston.

Concluding the symposium is a roundtable discussion with the three guest speakers on the theme “Latin America’s Many Revolutions” at 7:30 p.m. that day, also in the Keck Classroom.

Gala Opening for the Portland Flower Show 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gala Opening for the Portland Flower Show, Portland Company. Thursday, March 10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by the plant auction at 5:30 p.m. “Join us for the annual rite of spring, the 2011 Portland Flower Show. We are a collaboration of green industry landscapers, growers, gardeners and industry retailers dedicated to the continued success of everything about ‘Gardening in Maine.’ Whether you are a property owner, renter, or consumer of fine flowers and vegetables, this is the garden show that will bring it all together for you. We have every aspect of the landscape industry represented here at 58 Fore St. These buildings lend themselves to supporting the new inside the old. You know that feeling you get when winter has been upon us for too long a time, and you just want to go out to your garden to see those first bits of green popping up, well they are all here!

Smell the mulch, enjoy the flowers and trees, buy some new

Thursday, March 10 Portland Flower Show 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Portland Flower Show runs March 10-13 at Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore St. “Join us for the annual rite of spring, the 2011 Portland Flower Show. We are a collaboration of green industry landscapers, growers, gardeners and industry retailers dedicated to the continued success of everything about ‘Gardening in Maine.’ Whether you are a property owner, renter, or consumer of fine flowers and vegetables, this is the garden show that will bring it all together for you. We have every aspect of the landscape industry represented here.” Also Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by the plant auction at 5:30 p.m. http://portlandcompany.com/flower.

Sixth annual Slow Food Portland Writers Night 6:30 p.m. It is time for the sixth annual Slow Food Portland Writers Night. “For the second year in a row, the event will coincide with Maine Restaurant Week to further the Maine culinary experience. Writers Night is an evening filled with delicious local foods and engaging readings from authors near and far. This year the subjects covered will range from Italian food to farming in its various guises. As a new addition to the program the winner of the first annual Young Food Writers Competition will read their winning essay. As in years past there will be a variety of tasty food offerings — the best Maine has to offer from land to sea. After the program, all authors will be on hand to sign copies of their books, which will be for sale at the event.” SPACE Gallery. www.mainerestaurantweek.com

Rehabilitation Career Night 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dana Center Auditorium, 22 Bramhall St., Portland. Admission is free. Join the physical, occupational and speech therapists along with a therapeutic recreation specialist from Maine Medical Center as they discuss what it is like to work in the health care arena. Specific topics of discussion will include description of each profession, degree options, educational requirements, salary ranges and employment opportunities. Colleges and Universities will be present and available for questions. Snow Date: March 22.

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland.

For ticket information, visit www.lucidstage.com or call 899-3993