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Fowl weekend Flower show puts focus on chickens

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Two years after Portland changed its ordinance and allowed back-yard chickens, the trend of poultry proliferation has come home to roost at the Portland Flower Show.

"It's the year of the chicken," said Jan Love, director of the show. The Portland Flower Show continues today through Sunday at the Portland Company Complex on Fore Street. The flower show incorporated chickens as a lecture theme based on the subject's prominence.

"People want sustainability and they want food they can

trust," Love noted. "It seems to be a really popular trend."

Both Portland and South Portland now allow residents to raise chickens. In 2007, South Portland took the plunge. In February 2009, Portland's City Council voted to eliminate a ban on chickens and to allow people to keep up to six hens within city limits. (Roosters are not allowed.)

Valerie Cole, owner with her husband, Andy, of Andy's Agway of Dayton, outside of Saco, is an exhibitor at the flower show.

Andy's Agway brought a cage of live chickens and a glass case see CHICKENS page 16

RIGHT: A barred rock variety of chicken struts its stuff at the exhibit for Andy’s Agway of Dayton at the Portland Flower Show Thursday. “I have a lot of kids coming over here looking at the chicks,” said Valerie Cole, owner with her husband, Andy, of Andy’s Agway, pointing to a glass case containing baby chicks. ABOVE: Baby chick dolls adorn a display of stuffed animals at the flower show. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

MCLU sues to defend anonymous attack-blog Independent Eliot Cutler, here with his wife, Melanie, gathers with supporters at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland during Maine’s race for governor as early results were tallied Election Night, Nov. 2.

He would end up losing statewide to Republican Paul LePage. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

BY CURTIS ROBINSON

Analysis

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

In a state with fast-moving political issues, where important topics can end up “gone but not forgotten” in days, the saga of “The Cutler Files” website has managed to reverse that situation.

Turns out it was forgotten, but not gone.

At least it was largely forgotten until yesterday, when the Maine Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of Dennis

Bailey, the formerly anonymous creator of the infamous political blog that smeared (Bailey doesn’t agree with that term, but it applies) independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler.

Eventually, Bailey was discovered and found to have violated Maine election law. He was fined a whopping $200 by the see DEFENDS page 5

Duck? Wabbit? No, it’s governor season

Battick, Bandits present night of odd fun

Roller derby action: Port Authorities vs. Garden State Rollergirls

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See the Featured Show, page 8

See the Events Calendar, page 13

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Rancher revealed as gangster MARSING, Idaho (NY Times) — Enrico Ponzo was never a proper mobster, a “made man” in the vernacular of the underworld.

He was a renegade, prosecutors say, part of a violent faction intent on ousting the bosses of the powerful Patriarca crime family in Boston in the early 1990s.

When a wide-ranging indictment came down against him and 14 others in 1997, Mr. Ponzo was charged with crimes that included attempted murder and extortion. But he was also listed as the target of a contract killing planned by one of the other defendants. While most everyone else in the case went to prison, Mr. Ponzo was not arrested — he had been missing since 1994.

Jeffrey John Shaw, known as Jay, was never a natural rancher. The accent from back East and his inexperience with cattle gave him away quickly as another newcomer reinventing himself in the West.

But no one pried. After all, Mr. Shaw was quick to help move your furniture or fix your computer. He was trusted to manage the irrigation system people depended on for water, and he was responsible with the money they paid to do it. In time, as he began raising two children and 12 cows on his 12 acres, prosecutors say Jay earned a stature no mob boss could ever confer on Enrico. He became a remade man.

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1,497 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan.

Qaddafi forces take back strategic town from rebels RAS LANUF, Libya (NY Times) — Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi retook this strategic refinery town after an assault by land, air and sea Thursday, opposition leaders and fighters said, an onslaught that sent scores of rebels fleeing along a coastal road and underlined a decisive

shift in momentum in an uprising that has shaken the Libyan leader’s four decades of rule.

The fighting was a stark illustration of the asymmetry of the conflict, pitting protesters-turned-rebels against a military with far superior arms and organization and a willingness to prosecute a vicious

counterattack against its own people. Usually ebullient rebels acknowledged withdrawing Thursday, even as the fledgling opposition leadership in Benghazi scored diplomatic gains with France’s recognition of it as the legitimate government and American officials’ promises to intensify talks with its leaders.

Most public schools may miss targets, education secretary says (NY Times) — More than 80,000 of the nation’s 100,000 public schools could be labeled as failing under No Child Left Behind, the main federal law on public education, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told Congress on Wednesday.

Mr. Duncan said the estimate, based on an analysis of testing trends and the workings of the law’s pass-fail school rating system, was the latest evidence of the law’s shortcomings and the need to overhaul it.

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BEIRUT (NY Times) — Saudi police opened fire at a protest march in a restive, oil-rich province of the kingdom on Thursday, wounding at least three, according to witnesses there. The crackdown came a day before a planned “day of rage” throughout the country that officials have said they will not tolerate.

The clash with protesters in the heavily Shiite region underscored long-standing tensions in Saudi society: A sense among its Shiite minority that it is discriminated against by a government practicing a zealous form of Sunni orthodoxy.

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Analysts weigh the burden of pensions on states

BY MARY WILLIAMS WALSH THE NEW YORK TIMES

For public workers in Wisconsin, there’s more bad news.

Having lost the battle on collective bargaining, they may soon be asked to make more financial sacrifices.

The state’s workers offered to start picking up part of the cost of their pensions and health insurance early in their showdown this year with Gov. Scott Walker. That change will provide immediate relief for struggling towns, school districts and state agencies, and help them balance their budgets.

But new pension cost estimates, ordered before Governor Walker was elected, are coming as soon as next week. They are expected to show that the current contribution levels to the state pension system are too meager.

More money, from employers and employees in some combination, will be needed, and perhaps much more in coming years.

Other states will also probably find that Wisconsin’s idea of simply dividing pension contributions between labor and management is an illusory solution to their long-term financial woes. That’s because several studies have shown that promises to workers are far more costly than routinely calculated by Wisconsin and most states.

And the problem seems unlikely to be solved by putting curbs on the collective bargaining power of state workers. Despite the arguments of some Republican governors and popular perception, the places with the most unionized work forces are not necessarily the ones with the most generous pensions, according to a new study.

Coming up with bigger contributions to pension funds will require states to make difficult choices about the size of their work forces, their commitment to public services and the viability of their employee benefits, which are often said to be irreversible and protected by state constitutions.

“The amount they have to be con-

tributing could potentially be two to three times as much as they’re contributing now,” said Joshua Rauh, an associate professor of finance at Northwestern University, who has been challenging the way most cities and states measure their pension promises. “If you don’t want to count on the stock market to pay for all this, this is what you’re going to have to contribute.”

Mr. Rauh and a number of other analysts say the states’ biggest problem has been a failure to understand how much benefits will really cost.

Instead of the states’ models, these analysts have come up with alternatives that more closely approximate those used by insurance companies.

Unlike recalcitrant states like New Jersey and Illinois, Wisconsin has been setting aside money every year for its fund. It has also been thinking of lowering its reliance on stocks, to reduce its exposure to bear markets.

The issue is whether it has been setting aside anywhere near enough, given the magnitude of its promises to workers.

The idea that public pensions may cost more than expected angers many union officials. They say economists like Mr. Rauh are trying to frighten workers, or build resentment among taxpayers so that public pension funds will be scrapped and replaced with something less generous.

“We think there’s an agenda,” said Steve Kreisberg, research director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. “These numbers have become intensely politicized, and they’re being distorted in a way that does real harm to real people.”

A spokesman for Wisconsin’s governor said Mr. Walker had not factored any possible increase in pension contributions into his budget proposal or talks with the unions. “That was never discussed,” said the spokesman, Cullen Werwie.

An analysis being prepared for the

state agency that operates Wisconsin’s pension system — and which is to be presented to the agency’s board on Wednesday — is expected to show that it has been relying on too high a figure for investment gains. If the system’s trustees accept those findings, overall cash contributions will have to rise.

The actuary preparing the analysis is not tipping his hand, but any increase at this point is likely to be small. The state estimates that 12 percent of all public workers’ pay will need to be set aside annually for the pension fund. Lowering investment expectations sharply, to 7 percent a year from the current 7.8 percent, could push the contribution rate up to perhaps 16 percent, meaning an additional $2,000 to $3,000 a year apiece for workers nearing retirement.

Based on the 12 percent figure, workers agreed earlier this year to contribute 5.8 percent of their pay to the pension fund, leaving their employers to pay the remaining 6.2 percent. Workers also agreed to cover a portion of their health costs. How to pay for health benefits for retirees is still being discussed.

Workers in Wisconsin point out that their payments in retirement are hardly a king’s ransom. Their average annual benefit is about $26,500, and they believe they have been wrongly

portrayed as greedy chiselers who game the system and walk away with six-figure pensions.

But it can be a huge burden for states and municipalities to provide even a modest, $26,000-a-year pension to hundreds of thousands of people, at least in today’s economic environment, and especially if those people are able to retire well before 65 and collect that money for many years.

“When interest rates are low, these plans are really expensive to run,” said Gordon Latter, an actuary at Voyageur Asset Management whose clients include both corporate and public pension funds.

Wisconsin turned out to have the eighth-richest pensions of any state, replacing on average 57 percent of a worker’s pay in retirement. But the most generous state by far is Colorado — even though it has granted collective bargaining to only a fourth of its public work force. In Wisconsin, roughly half are covered, according to Unionstats.com, a database that uses Census data to track union membership.

Colorado offers pensions that replace 90 percent of salary, with generous annual compounding that more than keeps up with the current rate of inflation.

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Former drug prosecutor gets 16 years for child porn

showing children as young as four engaging in sexual conduct, the Press Herald said.

BANGOR — James Cameron, a former drug prosecutor for Maine Attorney General’s office, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison following his recent conviction on charges of possession and transmission of child pornography, according to the Portland Press Herald. The paper says Cameron, formerly of Hallowell and Rome plans to appeal.

Cameron was indicted in Feb. 2009 on 16 charges of transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography. The Press Herald says the photos were discovered in a Yahoo! email account maintained by Cameron’s wife as early as 2007. Over the past four years, Cameron’s marriage ended in divorce, he lost his job with the AG’s office and had resorted to selling watches on the Internet, the paper said.

Among other things, Cameron was found to be the owner of pornography

State agency overpaid hospitals by $66 million AUGUSTA — Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services has paid state hospitals more than $66 million above what was budgeted, a problem that stems from accounting and payment issues at the agency, the Portland Press Herald is reporting. The agency’s new commissioner, Mary Mayhew, is blaming members of the Baldacci administration for not addressing the problem.

Mayhew tells the Press Herald that accounting problems occurred while transitioning from one payment system to another. Maine hospitals will be paid less for future services to account for the money already disbursed, the paper said.

Letters were to go out yesterday to hospitals, which were all overpaid different amounts, explaining the situation.

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After the revolution “Democracy ... arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects,” said Aristotle.

But if the Philosopher disliked the form of government that arose out of the fallacy of human equality, the Founding Fathers detested it.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule,” said Thomas Jefferson, “where 51 percent of the people may take away the rights of the other 49.”

James Madison agreed, “Democracy is the most vile form of government.” Their Federalist rivals concurred.

“Democracy,” said John Adams, “never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”

“You people, sir, is a great beast,” Alexander Hamilton is said to have remarked. If he did not, it was not far from his ––––– view.

Creators Said John Winthrop, the Pilgrim father whose vision Syndicate of a “city on a hill” so inspired Ronald Reagan, “A democracy is ... accounted the meanest and worst form of government.”

But did not the fathers create modernity’s first democracy?

No. They created “a republic, if you can keep it,” as Ben Franklin said, when asked in Philadelphia what kind of government they had given us. A constitutional republic, to protect and defend Godgiven rights that antedated the establishment of that government.

We used to know that. Growing up, we daily pledged allegiance “to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,” not some democracy. As Walter Williams writes, Julia Ward Howe did not write the “Battle Hymn of the Democracy.”

Today, we are taught to worship what our fathers abhorred to such an extent that politicians and ideologues believe America was put on Earth to advance a worldwide revolution to ensure that all nations are democratic.

Only then, said George W. Bush, can America be secure.

The National Endowment for Democracy was established for this quintessentially neoconservative end and meddles endlessly in the internal affairs of nations in a fashion Americans would never tolerate.

Pat Buchanan

see BUCHANAN page 5

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Duck? Wabbit?

No, it’s governor season Every time I give the governor a kick in the backside, I sit down and lace up the size-11 wafflestompers. Lately, I hardly get a chance to take them off.

News came this week of a new policy of the LePage administration. It seems the governor is not happy with the quality and quantity of advice he is getting in the public forums, and has decided to forgo that whole pesky “Freedom of Access Act” part of Maine law that gives citizens the right to know who is meeting with government, and under what context.

The Governor claims that he needs to meet with business people to find out what is really going on, and that some of them are just so media shy that they won’t meet with him unless names are off the record.

I understand that whole off the record thing, but there is a subtle difference.

Public policy, laws, taxes and fat turnpike contracts are not made as a result of meetings with off the record sources at a newspaper.

There are other reasons that public meetings are a matter of public record. LePage seems to forget that the statute cuts both ways, and PROTECTS both ways.

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist If an unnamed party wanted to accuse the governor of collusion, price fixing, secret backroom deals and all the other frippery, who’s to say that a meeting between alleged parties DIDN’T happen?

When you do everything above the boards and squarely dealt, a denial is not a problem. Secret meetings in the basement of the Blaine House could conceivably be attended by the guy that drops off suitcases at wherever Charlie Sheen happens to be going nuts, or maybe hosted by a busload of underage midget strippers.

Or both.

To unilaterally decide that the access laws do not apply is a slap in the face to all the “Read The Constitution!” types that voted for you in the first place.

You might not like it governor, but there it is. Like they say, democracy is messy.

The whole discussion makes

me want to contact a few old friends, some of those less-thanethical types to perform one of those funny little “sting” operations that James O’Keefe made so popular, going after targets like Planned Parenthood, and most recently, NPR. Perhaps I could even convince them to go “old school,” in the manner of old G. Gordon Liddy, and plant bugs everywhere in the Blaine House. Sure, it would be illegal, but which is the bigger crime? At least the public would become aware of any shenanigans going on.

The Gov also felt the need to establish at least three other panels in addition to the one for business. Secret groups might include meetings on higher education, environmental, and teachers issues.

You want to hold off-the-record meetings on the environment in Maine? What specifically do you think that someone is going to tell you in private that wouldn’t eventually come out? Going even further down that road, do you really want someone to testify in open court that they knew about a pollution issue and “told the governor about it, but he didn’t seem to want to hear it.” see HIGGINS page 5

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MCLU’s involvement gives the issue new heft DEFENDS from page one

Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices and largely faded from the spotlight, even though The Portland Press Herald, which endorsed Cutler, has a particular affinity for the story.

The Cutler Files website was a bit of political strategy and tactics that illustrated a new low-road use for the Internet in Maine elections. In the old days, operatives would just assemble tons of negative material and dump it into huge envelopes for the U.S. Postal service to deliver to reporters and others — if material was in any way morally challenging, local churches usually made the list.

Divorce records were particularly interesting if the candidate left them unsealed.

Into that world — it’s called opposition research — comes a website posting all kinds of wild things about Cutler — pretty much accusing him of mass murder at one point — and it caused a buzz in the political world and even crossed into mainstream coverage. How much it meant to the actual election can be debated, but when Cutler fell a bit short it was among the tactics noted in the race.

“It was a short-lived website launched with all the best of intentions that sort of backfired,” Bailey wrote on his website as he confessed his role. He explained that he considered the site much like anonymous postings on other Internet sites — including newspaper sites. Besides, he also noted, using his identity would have made people think gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody was involved — since Bailey was working for the Moody campaign at the time.

The state’s decision is on appeal, and into this mess strides the Maine Civil Liberties Union.

The MCLU says it is challenging the constitutionality of two state limits on political speech: “... one which requires political speakers to disclose their identity, and another which excludes

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved blogs and other internet speech from the ‘news story’ exemption to political speech regulations.”

The MCLU says it believes that fine violates Bailey’s right to free speech.

“Political speech is the heart of the First Amendment,” said MCLU Legal Director Zachary Heiden in a press release. “If the right to free speech means anything, it means that people will not be punished for criticizing candidates or speaking out about political ideas.”

In its widely distributed statement, the MCLU contends that “Bailey created ‘The Cutler Files’ in 2010 to share information about gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler that he felt was being ignored by the mainstream media. Had a member of the professional press decided to share this same information – whether through a newspaper, magazine, or broadcast station – any spending on the story would have been exempted from counting as an ‘expenditure’ under Maine election law. But Maine, unlike the federal government, does not exempt blogs or other Internet communications, which meant that when Bailey created a political blog, he became accountable to election regulators.”

That’s an interesting choice to use “any” media outlet, because newspapers, broadcast and cable outlets actually face very different regulatory landscapes. Newspapers, at least in my experience, are the wildwild West — The Portland Press Herald, for example, donated ad space that was used by the Chamber of Commerce for political advertising, didn’t report the contribution, and the state eventually said that the anonymous (at least at the time)

donation was just fine.

Broadcasters, because they use the public airwaves, face equal-time issues and other concerns that newspapers do not. And I’m just not sure about cable, but that model is much more like newspapers — that’s why the adult programs run on “cable.”

The MCLU involvement gives the issue heft beyond just the organization’s stance. It implies support for Bailey’s position that bigger issues than his backfired blog are at stake, and those of us who are interested in politics should take heed. In the Internet age, for good or ill, we can expect more and more of this.

You think Facebook bullies have a field day in high schools? Just wait until Attack-Blog tactics are common in state politics.

“Maine law has simply not kept up with new technology,” said Heiden.

“Many of us get our news from the Internet, and there is no good reason to treat political speech on the Internet differently from political speech on television or on the radio.”

But Bailey ran into trouble with Maine laws requiring most political publications to contain the name of the person who creates or funds them.

On his blog, Bailey acknowledges that he knew that, being experienced in politics, but thought it did not apply to the situation.

The MCLU argues in agreement with that, saying that “anonymous and pseudonymous political speech is a tradition in this country that dates back to before the ratification of the Constitution. Indeed, one of the most famous publications urging that the Constitution be ratified, ‘The Federalist Papers,’ was published under the pseudonym ‘Publius,’ rather than under the names of the authors, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.”

“James Madison would probably be shocked to discover that anonymous free speech is not protected by the First Amendment since he was the one who wrote it,” noted Heiden.

“Sometimes anonymity is the only way someone can freely express themselves, and it needs to be scrupulously protected.”

The MCLU said its case, “which is an appeal from the Commission’s decision as well as a challenge to the constitutionality of the Maine election laws,” was filed in Cumberland County Superior Court.

Bailey is reportedly asking that the Court vacate the Commission’s decision, revoke the fine against him, and order the Commission not to enforce these particular laws in this way again. The Commission has time to decide how it will respond.

But with the MCLU involvement, the Commission decision is likely to be postscript. The Civil Liberties Union has stepped up for Bailey in a way few other organizations could — or would — have done. In doing so, it has put a sort of “stamp of approval” on attack blogs that will be well-noticed among our political operatives.

And, of course, they are right. I’ve used unidentified sources in this newspaper and intend to do so this weekend with some gusto (don’t miss it). My rights to do that in pulp are not questioned, so somebody’s right to publish pulp online has the same protection.

If Bailey lied in his Cutler reporting, he has the same libel problem any other publication has — albeit it slight when it comes to public figures and political candidates. That does not mean it was okay for Eliot Cutler to endure the sniping from the shadows, anymore than it was okay for Vietnam hero John Kerry to endure that Swift Boat nonsense.

And yes, this is no doubt one more reason that decent people will avoid politics in a way usually reserved for leper colonies during flu season, but until we come up with something better, this will have to do.

(Curtis Robinson is editor of The Portland Daily Sun. Contact him at curtis@portlanddailysun.me.)

Revolutions free people to indulge old hates, settle old scores BUCHANAN from page 4

The democratists are now celebrating the revolutions across the Islamic world in the same spirit, if in less exalted language, as William Wordsworth celebrated the French Revolution, “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive/But to be young was very heaven!”

After 1789 ushered in Robespierre and SaintJust, the Terror, the dictatorship and the Napole-

onic wars, enthusiasm cooled.

But with the Lenin-Trotsky revolution of 1917, Mao’s revolution of 1949, and Castro’s revolution of 1959, the exhilaration returned, only to see the bright hopes dashed again in blood and terror.

Last month, the Egyptian revolution enraptured us, with “pro-democracy” demonstrators effecting, through the agency of the Egyptian army, the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak, a friend and ally for three decades.

In the exhilaration of their democratic triumph, some of the boys in Tahrir Square celebrated with serial sexual assaults on American journalist Lara Logan. A week after the triumph, returned Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi addressed a crowd estimated at 1 million in Tahrir Square.

In January 2009, Qaradawi had declared that “throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the (Jews) people who would punish them for their see REVOLUTION page 12

Gov, you want to hold off-the-record meetings on the environment in Maine?

HIGGINS from page 4

That isn’t a tiny thing. Ask Rod Blagojevich, former Governor of Illinois. Doing things behind the scenes and attempting to cover them up later generally gets you the attention of the U.S. Justice Department.

If that is the way you want to play the next four years, Governor, by all means be my guest. You will find a media anxious to trip you at every

turn, a never-ending screed of potential counts of influence peddling, and quite possibly the most corrupt administration since Huey P. Long down in New Orleans.

And you know what? I’ll be happy to chronicle it, with the smug knowledge that I among others warned you that this was the stupidest move ever, ranking up there with blindfolded turnpike jogging and giving a monkey a grenade.

On this one, you’ve taken a loaded shotgun and aimed it at your own foot, proclaiming loudly to all that you know what you’re doing. If you manage to survive it, I’d be surprised. Don’t blame the media if you spend the next four years walking with a pronounced limp.

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

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Friday, March 11

Saturday, March 12

Jakob Battick & Friends / Panda Bandits free show

Emilia Dahlin at Bayside Bowl

8 p.m. Panda Bandits may or may not be releasing their debut cassette that night, Jakob Battick & Friends will be releasing their latest offering, BLOODWORM SONGS, at this show for sure. There is talk of a collaborative John Cale cover occuring at the end of the night (Hint: Life & death are things you just do when you’re bored.) This will be Jakob Battick & Friends’ last live show for a great while (Till September or later) and Panda Bandits are always a terrific romp through all sorts of underground and above-ground madness. All ages, free. Slainte Wine Bar. www.myspace. com/slaintewinebar

6 p.m. After her first 2011 tour performing in cities such as New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, Emilia Dahlin returns to her favorite city of all, Portland, to perform a homecoming show! Music lovers of all ages and disciplines are invited to welcome Emilia home on a delightful evening filled with music and friends at Portland’s Bayside Bowl. For more information about Bayside Bowl, please visit www.baysidebowl.com.

Samuel James with Joe Fletcher and The Wrong Reasons, The Loomin’ Ten at SPACE Gallery

Dan Deacon, Computer at Sea at Space Gallery 8:30 p.m. The art made by Baltimore artist Dan Deacon is about community and how to organize and inspire it. It also often revolves around totally nuts live shows with the audience crowded around Deacon’s table of electronic gadgets and noisemakers. Some rad dudes in jean shorts called Ed Schrader’s Music Beat join the fray and local gizmo wiz Computer at Seasalvages pop songs and noise fields from a thicket of aftermarket Casios, video game consoles, and handmade electronic devices. Newcomer on the local scene and handpicked by Mr. Deacon himself, South Portland’s Glass Fingers opens the night while DJ Ponyfarm keeps the jams going in between sets. $10, 18 plus. SPACE Gallery.

TAINA ASILI y La Banda Rebelde at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Puerto Rican vocalist Taína Asili carries on the tradition of her ancestors, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Her newest artistic work is with la Banda Rebelde (the Rebel Band), a six piece international ensemble based in Albany, N.Y. Taína Asili’s voice exudes strength of Spirit, filling its listeners with the fervor of freedom and inspiring audiences to dance to the movement of rebellion $12, all ages. One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com/

Bright Eyes and The Mynabirds at The State Theatre 8 p.m. Since 2006 the once revolving cast of Bright Eyes players has settled around permanent members Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, with additional musicians joining them in the studio and on tour. Fully realized and bursting with charisma, The People’s Key is an assured

Emilia Dahlin will be performing a tour homecoming at Bayside Bowl on Saturday, March 12. (COURTESY PHOTO) and accomplished album, artfully arranged and filled with the engaging and mesmeric songwriting for which Oberst is renowned. Recorded in Omaha, Nebraska, at the band’s own ARC Studios, The People’s Key was produced by Mike Mogis and engineered by Mogis and Andy LeMaster.

Before Georgie James, Laura Burhenn (half of the former DC duo) had spent her early years crafting music on her own. So when Georgie James split, she went back to what she knew. In the spring of 2009, Laura gathered her favorite books, records, and people around her and wrote what would become the first album from her new band, The Mynabirds. $25, all ages. www.statetheatreportland.com

The Coloradas / Samuel James 8 p.m. Travel to lovely Biddeford (no, really) and traipse down a back alley until you hear the twangy strains of Roy Davis’s trademark bluegrass. You’re getting closer — now enter The Oak & The Ax, and witness The Coloradas, Davis’s newest bluegrass outfit with former Dreg Bernie Nye in tow.

Stick around for local troubadour Samuel James, forever on his bluesman grind. $8, all ages,

8 p.m. The last of the great, black, American troubadours, Samuel James is a performer of stunning singularity. He has irreversibly changed what it means to be a solo act.

Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons return to SPACE with a snarling set of real rock n’ roll that would make Johnny Cash proud. The Loomin’ Ten is the new project of Aleric Nez, Dave Noyes (Seekonk), and Burdie Bird (Over A Cardboard Sea). $8, 18 plus. SPACE Gallery.

Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble at Mayo Street 8 p.m. The Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble presents music from the richly varied contemporary and historic cultural traditions of the Middle East including Ottoman Turkish Classical compositions, rural Turkish folk and devotional songs, Arabic classical and folk music, and dance music from the Armenian and Turkish immigrant diasporas.The group has become a regular event at Mayo Street Arts, appearing every other month with a different featured belly dancer. Rosa Noreen, known simply as “Rosa” in the local dance scene, is a classically trained dancer with a passion for Middle Eastern dance. Tickets are $10 at the door. More information on this performance and Mayo Street Arts can be found at www.mayostreetarts.org.

Jeffrey Gaines at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Jeffrey Gaines brought a unique, original voice to the sea of singer/songwriters that emerged in the 1990s. His self-titled 1992 debut, featuring The Band’s Garth Hudson on saxophone, organ and accordion, drew critical praise from far and wide, and put him on the musical map as a sensitive folk-rock artist. $22, all ages. www.onelongfellowsquare.com/

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The HOME – or Homeless Outreach and Mobile Emergency – teams, are putting up impressive numbers (as reported in The Daily Sun): In the HOME team area – mostly downtown and in the Bayside neighborhood – the Portland Police Department reports a 23 percent drop in calls involving people who are intoxicated; • Police report a 55 percent drop, in that same area, in what are called “layouts,” meaning people too drunk to stand; • About 3,000 contacts with homeless or other street people, with 68 percent of those contacts involving people who were thought to be intoxicated.

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Battick, Bandits present night of odd fun Jakob Battick & Friends album release show with Panda Bandits Tonight, 8 p.m.

Slainte (24 Preble St.) Free, all ages

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The promotional video produced for tonight’s show at Slainte serves as an apt analogy for the music of Portland-by-way-of-USM nightmare-folk musical troupe Jakob Battick & Friends.

Opening up on a grainy black and white shot of the obelisk monument at Eastern Prom & Congress, an accented gentleman narrates a Gothic tale about a young man, occasionally interrupted by a the swarming cacophony of many stringed instruments as a trio of dark columns rise in double exposure over street scenes from around Portland.

Firmly embracing the aesthetic of the macabre, Battick & Friends have carved out a niche for themselves in Portland’s folky, do-it-yourself music scene. Tonight, the group releases their latest offering, the long-hyped Bloodworm Songs EP during a free show at all ages venue Slainte — the last before a six-month or more hiatus according to Battick.

In an effort to perhaps downplay their own oddball qualities, or maybe in celebration of them, Battick booked a band sure to up the weirdness ante in the Panda Bandits.

Formed by Eternal Otter Records label heads Will Ethridge and Alicia Sampson, the band of admitted non-musicians ropes musically-gifted contemporaries into their act, creating a rotating cast and a live performance heavy on the performance.

“Where as most bands are defined by their abilities — we are defined by our limitations. Neither of us can really sing or play an instrument, so we recruit people that can and force them to play songs based on energy, madness, and spectacle as opposed to melody or any sort of musical theory,” said Waisely “Scar” Lighthead, Ethridge’s inner Panda.

Alicia Sampson and Will Ethridge as Marie “Minnie” Pistola Waisely and “Scar” Lighthead, two Panda Bandits out to make a scene on stage, musical acumen be darned. (Photo courtesy of Bryan Bruchman)

“Ultimately, the goal is to be inclusive — anybody can join the Panda Bandits who wants to. Also, anybody in the Panda Bandits is free to contribute songs — we’ll be performing songs by Jesse Pilgrim and Johnny Fountain among others on Friday’s show,” said Ethridge.

Joined by Sampson’s Panda-persona Marie “Minnie” Pistola, the Panda Bandits started out as an “imaginary concept” thrust into their reality debut as part of Space Gallery’s Johnny Cash tribute night in February of 2009 where they covered the song “Drums” from the album Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the American Indian:

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The Cash tribute show was followed by an offer and a challenge from local music blogger Bryan Bruchman, inviting the Panda Bandits to play his next Hillytown Presents shows but requesting some original material from the band.

Of course, “original” is a fluid concept when dealing with Bandits.

“Although we consider even our ‘original’ matter stolen songs as we have no reservations about stealing pieces of lyrics from our favorite songs — we stole that technique from [Bob] Dylan,” said Ethridge. “However, all are songs are songs. We don’t just indulge in aimless experimentation. We’re legitimately trying to create great songs, we just don’t spend much time polishing them,” he said.

For Ethridge and Sampson, who despite a selfadmitted dearth of musical skill still manage to hover pretty centrally around the local music scene in their role as a record label, the Panda Bandits’ artistic focus is more kinetic and conceptual than musically striking.

“Our role is to do things on stage that we’ve always wanted to see when we were in the audience,” said Ethridge. “When people talk about great live shows, they don’t talk about the music that often, because music is hard to describe — they remember David Byrne’s weird dance moves or Pete Townshend smashing his guitar. We try to bring an energy to stage that gets neglected when people are just focused on hitting the right note.”

So how does a show get away with leaning so heavily on stage presence? Well, face paint helps, as do wacky outfit and garish mock-tattoos on one’s throat. One Panda Bandits show saw Ethridgenay-Waisely wrap a microphone cord around his neck, making for a macabre finale to the song. “Violence is a pretty big part of our show. We’ll be using knives as instruments on Friday, and Waisely will be singing a song from the grave,” said Ethridge.

Tonight, the Panda Bandits will let the audience in on their murky backstory through two songs, “When the Panda Bandits Come to Town” and “The Ballad of Minnie Pistola,” according to Ethridge.

The Panda Bandits debut cassette, REVOLVER will be officially released at a show at the Oak & the Ax with Dead Man’s Clothes and the Dirty Dishes Burlesque Revue on Saturday, March 26.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, March 11, 2011— Page 9

Roots of bitterness in a region threaten Sudan’s future

BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES

ABYEI, Sudan — There is a place in Sudan where Africa and the Arab world meet, where one thatched roof hut carries a roughly-hewn cross at the top and next door an identical hut flaunts a crescent moon, where heavily armed nomads sweep in for raids and heavily armed villagers fight back.

This is Abyei.

It is the most contested, the most emotionally charged and, recently, the most violent piece of land in this country of nearly one million square miles.

As southern Sudan’s historic independence referendum came to a close in January, this nation is rapidly preparing to split in half and the focus is shifting here.

Abyei has oil. It has fertile land. It straddles the disputed border between north and south Sudan, and it is crawling with militias, which have clashed in recent days, killing dozens. Two rival ethnic groups claim the right to belong here — the Misseriya, who are Arab nomads, and the Ngok Dinka, sub-Saharan cattle herders — and the bitterness between them is long and deep.

“Hyena and Misseriya,” said Kuol Alor Kuol, a 72-year-old Dinka man with foggy glasses, about why he was sauntering down Abyei’s main road with a fully loaded Kalashnikov.

“They’re trying to take what I have.”

Most people here seem armed to the teeth. Out on the front line, in half-deserted villages of crushed mud huts and endless yellow grass, a young Dinka man in a tank top lounged at a police post, an assault rifle in his hands. Around him were teenagers in shorts and flip-flops, clutching cheap automatic weapons.

“There are no civilians here,” said John Ajang, the acting secretary general of Abyei’s local government.

Busloads of southerners heading home through Misseriya areas are routinely sprayed with gunfire. Several passengers have been killed. Roads are closing and many Misseriya are fleeing, fearing retaliation. United Nations officials said they saw large crowds of Misseriya men, armed with assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and machetes, amassing north of the town of Abyei. United Nations officials also crossed paths with Abyei police officers driving a truck with bound prisoners and three dead bodies in it.

The independence referendum itself has gone exceedingly well, with high, jubilant turnout and orderly voting, showing that southern Sudan, one of the poorest places on earth, where more than three-quarters of adults cannot read, could step up for such a historic moment. Votes will be counted over the next two weeks, and the referendum is likely to pass, with the southern third of Sudan forming its own independent nation in July.

But the 1,250-mile border between the north and the south has yet to be demarcated, and the two sides have to decide how to share the oil; while most of it lies in the south, the south is landlocked and the north has the pipeline to the Red Sea. The two sides fought one of Africa’s longest civil wars, which killed more than two million people.

Much of the violence was meted out by proxy forces and ethnic-based militias.

This is why Abyei is so worrisome, because so many of the ingredients of the wider north-south war — the oil, the proxy forces, the historic rivalries — are distilled here. “The coming conflict will be set off from Abyei,” predicted Mohammed Hamad, a political science professor in Khartoum.

It is not easy drawing a line through this country. Both north and south Sudan claim Abyei as their own. In Sudan, the extremes may be clear, with Arabs in the upper north, and Christian and animist people in the deep south. But the middle, as Abyei shows, is a tapestry.

Many men in Abyei wear Arab-style robes and even natty, impossibly white Muslim prayer caps — but they are not Muslim. Decades ago, the Dinka here aligned themselves to the Arab north in the hope that they would be better protected from slave raiders and would go to better schools.

But the Misseriya see Abyei as a special place, too, a rich pastureland to graze their cattle during the dry season, which they have been doing since time immemorial. The biggest waterway here, known in the south as the Kiir River, is so vital to the Misseriya that they have laid claim to it, calling it Bahr al-Arab, or River of the Arabs.

Still, the Dinka are the vast majority in Abyei, and though they may have fared slightly better than other Dinka elsewhere, they were also oppressed by the north and now want to join the south.

“We will go to war over this,” said Rou Minyiel Rou, a veterinarian in Abyei. “This is about land, and we can’t compromise on land.”

In 2005, when the United States and others pushed the north and the south to sign the comprehensive peace treaty that set the referendum in motion, the two sides dug in over Abyei. So the negotiators set up a special joint administrative area for Abyei, which encompasses several thousand square miles, most of it swamp and scrub brush, and about 150,000 people.

That administration never got off the ground because of mistrust. In May 2008, tensions spiked. Militias attacked police posts, clashes erupted in the town of Abyei, and northern and southern regular forces piled in. The market was flattened and more than 200 people were killed — Dinka and Misseriya. A mass grave marked by a few sticks and lumps of gravel lies on the outskirts of town.

Many people say the recent fighting is heading down the same destructive path. In the past 10 days, Misseriya militias have fiercely clashed with Dinka civilians; while the local police are backing up the Dinka, southern officials say the northern army is arming and training the Misseriya, which the Misseriya deny.

“Why would we attack now?” asked Sadig Babo Nimir, a Misseriya leader.

“We are ready to host the Dinka as we did before.”

He accused the southern government of dressing up soldiers as police officers and sending them into Abyei in contravention of the 2005 peace

treaty, an accusation that Western officials in Sudan say is probably true. It seems that both sides are jockeying for position, trying to seize control of various patches of Abyei, before a final border settlement is struck.

Complicating matters, said Mr. Hamad, the political science professor, was that while the heav- Abyei straddles the disputed border between north and south Sudan, ily armed Misseriya and two rival ethnic groups claim the right to belong there. (Tyler Hicks/ were aligned with the The New York Times) north, “Sudan has have recently increased air and land always been a place patrols. United Nations officials here where the center has no control over also took the surprising step of flying in the periphery,” especially when the Ahmed Haroun, a Sudanese official who agendas diverge, so it may be difficult has been indicted by the International now for the northern government to Criminal Court on war crimes charges reel in the Misseriya. surrounding the atrocities in Darfur, for A separate referendum to detera meeting with Abyei elders. Mr. Haroun, mine whether Abyei belongs to the who used to be a minister in the northnorth or south was put off indefiern government, is now the governor nitely last month because the north of the state of Southern Kordofan, just and south could not agree on who north of Abyei, which is also haunted by could vote in it. various militias and is combustible itself.

The southern government is also The meeting culminated in an agreegetting increasingly fed up with the ment to better regulate the Misseriya United Nations peacekeepers manmigration and pay compensation for dated to patrol Abyei. “The U.N. are victims of the clashes. supposed to keep peace,” said Col. But few think that will help.

Philip Aguer, a southern military “Share Abyei with the Misseriya?” said spokesman. “But they are not keepNgor Agok Deng, a Dinka elder, laughing any peace. They are just enjoying ing. “I won’t even share a meal with the themselves, eating fat salaries.”

Misseriya.”

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By Holiday Mathis really get it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It will seem to those around you that you are getting all of the good luck. And though they won’t exactly point at you like surly kindergarteners declaring “no fair!” they’ll do the grownup equivalent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You will be drawn in by complicated people. There’s a spark of excitement and creativity there that holds your interest. Complicated isn’t negative, but it will be tricky to navigate this relationship without too much stress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll get the feeling that someone is watching over you and protecting you.

Indeed, you can go about your business in a relatively fearless fashion because someone does have your back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you’re late, you’ll cause another person to be late, as well, and that will affect yet another and another. Be on time, and you’ll contribute to the peace and order of the universe.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Listen up for negativity so that you can avoid getting dragged into situations that are clearly bad news. Stick to those who praise what is good and seek out what is beautiful.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 11).

You will know that you are loved. Your year is made joyful through simple pleasures and heart-warming gestures.

You’ll reconnect with old friends and make new ones this season. After May, you’ll better your fortunes by connecting with colleagues after work hours and also at conferences and conventions. Libra and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 19, 32, 22, 17 and 49.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You need a viable strategy for turning your idea into an event on everyone’s calendar. You would be wise to spend at least two hours planning. If the planning takes more time than the actual work, it’s a great plan!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). All predictions, even the ones made by the most seasoned authorities, are merely opinions. You’ll take the reins and lead the action in spite of, or perhaps because of, what the “experts” say.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It will be challenging to slip into work mode.

If only you could send an avatar to do your job for you. Alas, there are certain things that require your human touch, which is unlike any other.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You will teach someone what it means to be responsible. This you’ll mostly do through example, though it would also help to give clear instructions about what the other person needs to do in order to fulfill his duty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll get the first small sign that magic is on the horizon. A love grows inside you and will blossom into a great affection.

When you put your feelings into action, something wonderful is set in motion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It may feel as though you are in the wrong lane fighting the oncoming traffic. Remove yourself from the road and assess the situation. It only makes sense to travel with those who are headed in the same direction.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll get news that affects you so directly, it’s almost as though it has been catered especially for you. It won’t be enough to hear things once. Pore over new information several times to make sure you

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ACROSS 1 Out of __; not in harmony 5 Slogan 10 Impulsive; too hasty 14 Penniless 15 Burr or Spelling 16 Montreal event of the 1960s 17 National military force 18 Safeguard; defense 20 __ as a beet 21 Implored 22 Speediness 23 Dog-__; like a well-read book 25 Oahu garland 26 Granny Smiths and McIntoshes 28 Sensory appendage 31 Festive celebrations 32 Inexpensive 34 Eminem’s style

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, March 11, the 70th day of 2011. There are 295 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 11, 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted by the Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Ala. On this date: In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

In 1888, the famous Blizzard of ‘88 began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1930, former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)

In 1965, the Rev. James J. Reeb, a white minister from Boston, died after being beaten by whites during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala. In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.

In 2004, ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.

One year ago: A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency.

Today’s Birthdays: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 80. ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 77. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 75. Musician Flaco Jimenez is 72. Actress Tricia O’Neil is 66.

Actor Mark Metcalf is 65. Rock singer-musician Mark Stein is 64. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 61. Movie director Jerry Zucker is 61.

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What are the passions that will be unleashed among 300 million in Middle East?

REVOLUTION from page 5

corruption. The last punishment was carried out

by Hitler. ... Allah willing, the next time will be in the hand of the believers.”

“Qaradawi is very much in the mainstream of Egyptian society,” wrote the Christian Science Monitor.

In 2004, this centrist was apparently offered the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Today, we read that, liberated from Mubarak, Muslims set fire to a Christian church in Sol, south of Cairo, then attacked it with hammers.

When enraged Christians set up roadblocks in Cairo demanding the government rebuild the church, they were set upon by Muslims as soldiers

stood by. Thirteen people, most of them Coptic Christians, were shot to death on Tuesday, and more than a hundred were wounded in the worst religious violence in years.

Revolutions liberate people from tyranny, but also free them up to indulge old hates, settle old scores and give vent to their passions.

What are the passions that will be unleashed by the revolution that has the Arab nation of 300 million aflame?

Surely, one is for greater freedom, good jobs and prosperity, such as the West and East Asia have been able to produce for their people.

Yet if even European nations like Greece, Ireland and Spain, which used to deliver this, no longer seem able to do so, how will these Arab nations,

which have never produced freedom, prosperity or progress on a large scale, succeed in the short time they will have?

Answer: They will not. The great Arab revolution will likely fail.

And when it does, those other passions coursing through the region will rise to dominance. And what are they but ethnonationalism, tribalism and Islamic fundamentalism?

What will eventually unite this turbulent region — when its peoples fail to achieve what they are yearning for — is who and what they are all against.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls.

(To find out more about Patrick Buchanan, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.)

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Sometimes, though, Dane is scary. When he’s angry, he punches walls and breaks things. But he’s never hurt me.

He also can be really controlling. He says things like, “If you cheated on me, I’d kill the guy” and “I’d die without you.” He is really clingy and jealous of my guy friends. But that works for me.

Right now, everything is great, but I understand that those are signs of a potentially abusive relationship. So I was wondering if I should get out now. I really don’t want to break up, because I care about him. But I also don’t want to be hurt.

What should I do? -- -Cautious and in Love Dear Cautious: You are smart to be concerned. If Dane scares you, it is time to get out of the relationship. Punching walls can easily escalate into something else. It shows Dane has difficulty restraining himself when he’s angry. Threatening to kill other guys or himself is not only controlling, it is manipulative. It is intended to make you feel special and at the same time responsible for his happiness. Please talk to your parents about this relationship, and find a safe way to extricate yourself before it’s too late.

Dear Annie: How do I politely decline the frequent birthday parties my siblings have for their children? My kids are grown, but when they were young, I limited their parties to the grandparents because I didn’t want to impose on my siblings.

However, these same siblings have children of their own -- some of them are twins and triplets -- and it’s looking like they will each have annual birthday parties until they are 18

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Dear Nebraska: Stop thinking of these parties as expensive gift-giving occasions, and think of them as a way to celebrate with your nieces and nephews. Give an inexpensive book as a present. Or offer to be the photographer. These family occasions are opportunities to be a regular part of their lives. And if the point is solely to rake in the gifts, your siblings will soon stop inviting you.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wisconsin,” whose husband died and her friends seem to have deserted her. I was in her shoes seven years ago and would like to give her some advice.

My late husband was everyone’s friend, and we were involved in all sorts of activities. Everyone shows up for a funeral, but afterward, they get on with their lives. With our family all scattered and no one close, I wound up feeling isolated, unwanted and forgotten. “Wisconsin” should not hibernate, feel guilty for being a survivor or go into a tailspin.

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Friday, March 11 Reny’s job fair in Portland 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Reny’s job fair at the Cumberland County Civic Center, Captain’s Club Room, main lobby. “Reny’s will be opening a new store location in downtown Portland which will be occupying 540 & 544 Congress Street (the former L.L. Bean outlet and Olympia Sports locations). The Renys Portland location will be the company’s 15th store in Maine. The retailer expects to open the new 25,000 square foot store on Congress Street in the spring of 2011. We are estimating between 40 & 50 full and part time jobs becoming available in our Portland store and distribution center in Newcastle.” www.renys.com/ portland.html

‘Bhutto’ at the Portland Museum of Art 6:30 p.m. Film screenings at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 12, 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. NR “‘Bhutto’ is the definitive documentary that chronicles the tumultuous life and violent death of one of the most complex and fascinating characters of our time, two-time Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Hers is an epic tale of Shakespearean dimension. It’s the story of the first woman in history to lead a Muslim nation: Pakistan. Newsweek called it the most dangerous place in the world, and the home of nuclear war heads and the Taliban.” http://portlandmuseum.org

Rock Around the World fundraiser

Events Room of USM’s Glickman Family Library, Portland, followed by dinner. Nunez’s 7:30 p.m. lecture, “Between Two Worlds: The Immigrant’s Price for a Better Life,” is free and open to the public and takes place in USM’s Talbot Lecture Hall in USM’s Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Tickets for the dinner are $20 and must be purchased in advance by calling 780-4289.

‘Bedroom Farce’ at St. Lawrence 7:30 p.m. A Good Theater Production. “Enter the suburban bedrooms of four married couples in this comedy about the trials and tribulations of relationships. Be on the lookout for a stolen kiss (or two).” “Hilarious…The stuff of gleeful recognition.” — London Evening Standard March 10 through April 3. Tickets at www.stlawrencearts. org. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. Cost: $15-$25.

UMF musical collaboration with German composer/performer Nikolaus Gerszewski 7:30 p.m. The University of Maine at Farmington Creative Arts Ensemble will be joining forces with Nikolaus Gerszewski, German composer/performer of avant-garde music, in a series of collaborative performances to be held both on the UMF campus and in New York City. The newly-formed UMF ensemble is composed of a network of artists and performers gathered from the UMF faculty, students and the greater Western Maine creative community. The UMF event will take place in Nordica Auditorium in UMF’s Merrill Hall and is free and open to the public. This UMF avant-garde performance will feature two new works by Gerszeski and one by Gustavo Aquilar, UMF assistant professor of experimental performance. Also performing will be: Steven Pane, UMF professor of music on piano; Philip Carlsen, UMF professor of music on cello; Gustavo Aguilar, UMF assistant professor of experimental performance on percussion; and UMF Department of Sound, Performance, and Visual Inquiry students Matthew Houston, from Pittsfield; Dan Smith, from South Portland; and Andrew Wright, from Standish. The New York City performances will take place at 9 p.m., on March 13, at Experimental Intermedia, 224 Center St. at Grand. For more Information on Nikolaus Gerszewski please visit http:// www.ordinary-art.com/frameset.htm

7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Come dance the night away at the sixth annual Rock Around the World fundraising event to be held at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland. The evening will begin with a silent auction of international goods and local services followed by international music and dance. Dance instruction will be provided; no experience neccesary! A tasty array of international appetizers and a cash bar will add to the fun. All proceeds will benefit Portland Multilingual Summer Programs. “Portland Public Schools now serve over 60 different language groups, comprising 25 percent of its school enrollment.

Proceeds from this event make summer language ‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage and literacy studies possible for K-12 multilingual 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents students, for whom English is the key to success.

“The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March These courses help not only newcomers, but Rich Morrill with Nash Valley Farm of Windham prepares maple cotton candy in the sugar 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturalso Greater Portland and the State of Maine by house at the Cumberland Fair.

He was there as part of the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 assisting multilingual students in becoming fluent Baxter Boulevard, Portland. For ticket information, English-speaking contributing citizens, consum- ers Association. Sunday, March 27 is Maine Maple Sunday. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) visit www.lucidstage.com or call 899-3993 ers, and leaders who add to the vibrancy of life in Road, Falmouth. Admission is free. St. Mary’s invites all its Maine.” Tickets are $25 each and a limited number Riverdance at Merrill neighbors to view selected film classics on the big screen of tickets will be available at the door for $30. Tickets can also 8 p.m. Of all the performances to emerge from Ireland — in the Parish Hall on the second Friday of each month at 7 be purchased in blocks of ten, which secures a table for large in rock, music, theatre and film — nothing has carried the p.m., directly following the free “Souper Supper” that eveparties. Call 874-8135 to buy tickets and/or to get involved in energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of Riverdance. ning. The feature for the evening will be “Crossfire” (1947): this fun event. Ways to get involved include: donating an item Riverdance started in Dublin in 1995, remarkably as a brilHomicide Capt. Finlay (Robert Young) finds evidence that for the auction, sponsoring a child for the summer, soliciting liantly conceived spin-off from a seven-minute intermission one or more of a group of demobilized soldiers is involved donations, and helping out at the event. piece in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. It has danced a in the death of Joseph Samuels. In flashbacks, we see the long way since then, developing into an international pheFairy Tale Players night’s events from different viewpoints as Sergeant Keeley nomenon, with troupes careening and criss-crossing the 7 p.m. In March, Acorn Productions presents the second (Robert Mitchum) investigates on his own, trying to clear world.” Merrill Auditorium. Also 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. production of the season by the “Fairy Tale Players,” an his friend Mitchell, to whom circumstantial evidence points. www.riverdance.com/ ensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at Then the real, ugly motive for the killing begins to dawn … the Acorn Acting Academy. The troupe’s new production is From the USO Tour at Comedy Connection Also features Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame. 781-3366.

JoJo Dubois Meets His Match, an adaptation by local writer 8:30 p.m. From the USO Tour, Mike McDonald with Troy ‘Triumph of Love’ at USM DeLorme Taylor of Seven at One Blow, the Grimm Brothers Pennell and Stephanie Doyle; tickets $15. Portland Comedy 7:30 p.m.

The University of Southern Maine Department story featured in the Disney cartoon The Brave Little Tailor.

Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. Reservations: 774of Theatre and USM School of Music present “Triumph of Acorn’s Producing Director Michael Levine directs the story 5554. $7.50. Schedule and information: www.mainecomLove,” a witty musical romance — in disguise, directed by of a tailor who uses his wit to parlay a relatively minor feat edy.com. Box office open Thurs.-Sat., noon to 10 p.m.

Assunta Kent, musical direction by Edward Reichert. “Razinto a kingdom, though Acorn’s “fractured fairy tale” verzle-dazzle Broadway music energizes Marivaux’s classic sion is set in 1940’s Louisiana, where the king becomes a Saturday, March 12 18th century play and will leave audiences laughing, sighmafia don, and his enemies corrupt government officials. ing and humming the catchy tunes!” Performances in the Against this backdrop, JoJo Dubois Meets His Match tells Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are March the story of a professor with a knack for knots who finds his Cool As A Moose Portland grand reopening 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m., March 13, 20 at 5 p.m. $10 heart tied up over a gang boss’ daughter. The production 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cool As A Moose welcomes the public students, $15 seniors/faculty/staff/alumni, $21 general public. runs from March 11 to 27 in the Acorn Studio Theater in to the grand re-opening of its store at 388 Fore St. in Port$10 at five show on March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10. High Westbrook, with tickets $7 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and land. The occasion will feature a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m., school matinee March 15 at 10 a.m. To make reservations under. Unlike previous productions by the fledging group, drawings for merchandise, and refreshments and balloons please call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or pur“JoJo” will feature several teenage actors and is best suited for kids all day long.”Cool As A Moose is celebrating five chase tickets online via the USM Theatre Department: www. for audiences 8 and up due to the piece’s more mature successful years of doing business in its downtown Portusm.maine.edu/theatre. For more information on show times themes. Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 12 at land location. To mark the occasion, the company has comand tickets call the USM Theatre Box Offi ce at 780.5151 or 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 18 at 7 pletely renovated its Fore Street store, making it even more visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online. p.m.; Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 20 at friendly and attractive to local patrons and tourists from around 2 p.m.; Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 26 at the world.” “We’re inviting everyone to bring their friends and Women’s History Month Dinner 3 p.m. (note change in time); Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. family and come celebrate with us,” said Kip Stone, owner 7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Women and Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., Westof Cool As A Moose. “We love doing business in downtown Gender Studies program will hold its annual Women’s Hisbrook. Cost is $7 adults; $5 kids 12 and under. FMI: www.

Portland, and the renovations are proof of our commitment tory Month Dinner and keynote lecture on Friday, March acorn-productions.org or 854-0065. to continued success at our Fore Street location.” Cool As A 11. Award-winning novelist and CUNY Distinguished ProMoose Portland is open in March from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. fessor Elizabeth Nunez is the keynote speaker. The eveClassic Cinema at St. Mary’s, ‘Crossfire’ ning begins with a reception and cash bar in the University 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 43 Foreside see next page

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Credit & Debt Management Seminar 10 a.m. to noon. The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to 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. Visit www. financiallit.org

St. Patrick’s Day Party noon to 3 p.m. St. Patrick’s Day Party at Life is Good. “Enjoy free live music and fun activities for the whole family. Get your facepainted or your picture taken with Jake.” http://www.lifeisgood.com/about/genuine-neighborhood-shoppes.aspx

‘What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?’ event 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Join the Portland Public Library as they celebrate the release of a new children’s novel by Portland writer, Gail Donovan, “What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?” The event will be held in the Rines Auditorium with a live bug zoo, bug games, goodie bags, a reading, and a book signing. The humorous novel features fifth-grader Bailey Blecker whose classroom has been attacked by an all too common problem — head lice. The book will be launched with a family event featuring all sorts of bugs, but fortunately no lice. Children ages 5-12 are welcome to experience the Live Bug Zoo with naturalist, Tony Sohn at 1:30 p.m. and enjoy bug games, giveaways, and goodies ongoing. Books will be for sale and author Gail Donovan will be on hand to autograph them.

N.C. Wyeth talk by Sy Epstein at the PMA 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. During his lifetime, Wyeth created over 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books. Docent Sy Epstein will give a talk on Wyeth at the Portland Museum of Art. www. portlandmuseum.org

Phone tricks at the library 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Teen Tech Week will be celebrated at the Falmouth Memorial Library March 7 through March 12. The library is asking teens to stop in and share their expertise with the mobile phones and answer the question: “What’s the most amazing thing that you do with your phone?” On Saturday, March 12, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. the library is asking teens to come to meet with other teens to discuss phone tricks and to learn to make Duct Tape Cell Phone Cases. For further details please check the Falmouth Memorial Library’s Facebook page or call 781-2351.

Bowl For Kids’ Sake Maine Red Claws Party 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Maine Red Claws are partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine for the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraising event. To help BBBS recruit more participants, the NBA Development League team invites fans to the Bowl For Kids’ Sake Maine Red Claws Kick-Off Party on Saturday, March 12, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Yankee Lanes in Portland. Prior to and at the March 12 event, Red Claws Fans will be encouraged to sign up for one of the Big Brothers Big Sisters bowl events to be held on April 2 at Yankee Lanes in Portland, and on April 9 at Bowl-A-Rama in Sanford. To learn more or sign up, interested fans should visit: www.

SoMeBigsBowl.kintera.org.

Church potluck supper 4:30 p.m. Church potluck supper, 66 Churchill St., Washington Gardens Community Hall, Church of All God’s Children.

Port Authorities vs. Garden State Rollergirls 5 p.m. Port Authorities vs. Garden State Rollergirls roller derby action, Happy Wheels, 5-7:30 p.m.; Lucky Lass Throwdown After-Party at 9 p.m., Empire Dine and Dance.

“Currently, the Port Authorities are ranked No. 11 of the 25 teams in the WFTDA Eastern Region. Their next opponent is Garden State Rollergirls, who are not ranked due to low participation. The Port Authorities anticipate another win, but, like always, plan for a challenging bout. ... The roster for the March 12 bout includes Itsy Bitsy Fighter, Punchy O’Guts, Grim D. Mise, Shirley B. Slammin’, Patty O’Mean, Crystal Whip, Spry Icicle, Barbara Ambush, Polly Gone, Li’l Punisher, Lez Lemon and Mae Snap. The bout is held at Happy Wheels in Portland at 5 p.m. Tickets are $5. Purchase tickets early as they sold out last bout! Following the bout is the Lucky Lass Throwdown After-Party, held at Empire Dine and Dance at 9 pm. This annual St. Patrick’s Day event is legendary for it’s ridiculous antics like Human Musical Chairs and Leg Wrestling. It’s the best party of the year!” For more information on team ranking, go to www. wftda.com.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church in N.H. 5 p.m. St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church at 85 Pleasant St., Conway, N.H., will hold its annual traditional, family oriented St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in the Chamberlain Parish Hall under the Church building. There will be two sittings, one at 5 p.m. and one at 6 p.m. Take out orders will be available between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. only. Reservations are required. The menu will feature traditional corn beef and cabbage, potatoes, stout marinated onions, turnips, carrots, Irish soda bread and coffee, tea and juice. Diners will be treated to traditional Irish music including bagpipe music performed by noted piper Harry Wellsman. “We had such a wonderful time last year it made sense to do it again,” said Father Jeff Monroe, Rector of St. Margaret’s. “The fellowship was wonderful and we sold out dinners.” The meal is once again being prepared by David Brennan, well known in Southern Maine for the dinners he has put on at various Anglican and Roman Catholic parishes. Brennan is the subDeacon at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church in Old Orchard Beach. Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and children under 12 and $15 for a family up to four. Advance tickets are preferred and take out orders will be available. Call (603) 539-8292 for tickets.

Maine Film & Video Association panel at SMCC 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Maine Film & Video Association hosts a panel at Southern Maine Community College of directors of photography and filmmakers to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of working with the technology that’s changing today’s production market. “Digital SLR still cameras equipped with High-Definition video have sparked a revolution in how films and TV shows are being made from back yards to studio lots. The panelists will explore this technology, its place in the industry, and what tomorrow’s changes might look like. Social hour with food and drink to precede the panel and hands-on demo sessions to follow.

Panelists include: Directors of Photography Alice Brooks and Phil Cormier, Director of Photography/Gaffer Jayson Lobozzo, and Sound Recordist/Editor Tom Eichler. The panel will be moderated by Producer/Director Ben Kahn.”

RSVP: Space is limited, please RSVP on a new Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages.

Maine Academy of Modern Music MAMM SLAM 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. MAMM SLAM Kick Off Show featuring Grand Hotel at Yankee Lanes, 865 Riverside St., Portland. $5 The Maine Academy of Modern Music is proud to announce that it will be launching this year’s Maine Rock Off battle of the bands, now known as the MAMM SLAM, with a Kick Off Show. This all-ages Rock-N-Bowl show will feature performances by a number of teen bands enrolled at MAMM as well as an appearance by local favorites Grand Hotel. The Academy decided to ring in this year’s competition with a Kick Off Show so that bands can come and register in person for the MAMM SLAM and get a chance to meet/mingle with other bands that will be participating in the program. Likewise, MAMM faculty will be on hand to answer any/all questions about the MAMM SLAM. www. maineacademyofmodernmusic.org

‘Any One Of Us: Words from Prison’ 7 p.m. V-Day aUbUrn will stage two events to raise awareness about violence against women. First, they will present “Any One Of Us: Words from Prison” on March 12 at 7 p.m. and March 13 at 2 p.m. Using graphic stories of women in prison, the show explains a strong connection: incarceration of women is often the direct result of violence against them. With the support of Safe Voices, the show will also include a panel to speak about the effects of domestic violence. Karen Lane will direct the cast, featuring both members and friends: Siiri Cresci, Melissa Farrington, Stephanie Hughes, Betsy Mallette, Bridget McAlonan, Julie Middleton, Mary Morin, and Madeline Strange. Tickets will be $7 for the area premier of this show. V-Day aUbUrn will also mount “The Vagina Monologues” on Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m., with the support of Sexual Assault Crisis Center (SACC). Casting will be held March 6. Tickets will be $5 min. suggested donation. For over 10 years, V-Day has worked to end violence against women and girls by raising awareness. Over 4000 V-Day benefits were produced last year by volunteer activists worldwide, generating over $75 million since V-Day began. This year’s spotlight charity is Women of Haiti. V-Day aUbUrn will also share proceeds with Safe Voices and SACC. The home of V-Day aUbUrn is the First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St., (enter on Spring St. across from Dairy Joy). Accessible.

FMI 783-0461 or uuauburn@myfairpoint.net. Due to adult language/content, those under 16 require adult supervision.

Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble 8 p.m. Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble with traditional Bellydance by Rosa at Mayo Street Arts. $10. http://mayostreetarts.org/

Mad Horse Theatre presents ‘The Late Henry Moss’ 8 p.m. “The Late Henry Moss” by Sam Shepard, March

12-27. “In a seedy New Mexican bungalow, two estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the mysterious circumstances of their father’s death, over his rotting corpse — a silent but still dominant presence in their relationship. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard makes a final, triumphant return to the signature dysfunctional family paradigm of his best-known plays (‘Buried Child,’ ‘True West’). Two warring brothers. An absent mother. An alcoholic father. The rural American West. Classic Sam Shepard.” Show times are: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Mad Horse also offers pay-what-you-can performances each Thursday during the run. Reservations are recommended. Call 899-3993, or order tickets online at www.lucidstage.com

Sunday, March 13 Start Daylight Savings Time 2 a.m. Spring ahead one hour.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade noon. On Commercial Street. Join the festivities!

Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Auction 12:30 p.m. The ninth annual Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Auction will be held at the Portland Flower Show, 58 Fore St., Portland. The event, which is held in space provided by Portland Yacht Services, includes a silent auction from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Building No. 11 and a live auction at 5:30 p.m. in Building No. 3. This popular event benefits the University of Maine Cooperative Extension home horticultural program in Cumberland County. The live auction will include hardscape, perennials, shrubs and trees from the Show’s displays, including the majority of the plant material from Estabrook’s exhibit.

The silent auction will include items and services donated by local garden centers, professional landscapers, Master Gardener Volunteers, and many of the vendors participating in the show. Registration for both auctions is from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Building No. 11 (directly across from the main entrance to the Flower Show) or in Building No. 3 at 5 p.m. There is no admittance fee for this event. For more information contact the Cumberland County Extension Office at 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) or 780-4205. Visit the Cumberland County Master Gardener website http:// www.cc-mg.org to view the list of donations. This list will be updated on a regular basis.

James D. Richardson Book Signing Event 1 p.m. James D. Richardson , a resident of Yarmouth, will be available to sign copies of his inspirational autobiography, “Standing on Two Feet.” Borders, 430 Gorham Rd., South Portland. “Everything seemed perfect in James Richardson’s life. All the components of the American Dream seemed to be in place: a lovely home, a wife, two sons, the time required for fishing and outdoors adventures, and an invigorating career as an advanced placement world history teacher in Tampa, Florida. In the horror of a split-second, high-speed traffic accident, everything changed. When Richardson awoke in a hospital weeks later with a variety of physical and emotional injuries, he had no idea the obstacles he was about to face. Overcome by a haze of bewilderment, he tried to rise from his hospital bed. He crashed to the floor. His left leg was gone. One by one, the seemingly perfect building blocks of an American Dream were stripped from him. Secrets from his wife’s past life emerged, painting a dark character with whom he had unwittingly shared every detail of his life. For James Richardson, this was the moment of truth. Alone, injured, boiling with anger, and with only a string of hope, he had to ask himself: Would he ever again be Standing on Two Feet?” For more information, contact Terry Cordingley at 888-361-9473 or terry@tatepublishing.com

Lamb Day at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The annual Lamb Day at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick. “It will be a great opportunity to view all of the wonderful new life on the farm,” said Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust president Tom Settlemire, a former sheep farmer who helps run the sheep operation at the BTLT’s signature 320-acre property on the Pleasant Hill Road. Settlemire said that by mid-February new lambs were being born at the farm at the rate of 8 to 10 a day and that by New Lambs Day some 150 new lambs should be on view.

The event has become something of a rite of spring in the area sometimes drawing more than 1,000 people — many of them enthralled children — from the area. Come prepared to dodge the mud and sip hot cocoa while new-born lambs dart and hide among their mothers. Petting and feeding opportunities may be available — pending the shyness of the lambs. With a healthy lamb operation at Crystal Spring, the farm sold some four tons of lamb last year at the Saturday Farmers’ Market and other outlets including area restaurants. see next page

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Seeing with the Heart’s Ear 4 p.m. A program of Poetry & Music presented by Martin Steingesser, with Judy Tierney and cellist Robin Jellis at Sadhana, The Meditation Center,100 Brickhill Avenue, Suite C, South Portland Admission: Donation requested. Seeing with the Heart’s Ear will be a medley of Martin Steingesser’s original poems, poems by other poets and music by Robin Jellis, some presented in two voices by Steingesser with Judy Tierney. For Additional Information www.sadhaname. com.

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 26. Anthony’s at www.anthonysdinnertheater.com.

Monday, March 14 UMaine System Board of Trustees meeting 1:15 p.m. University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude expects to announce his recommendation for the next leader of the System’s flagship campus in Orono when the UMaine System Board of Trustees meets. The day-long series of committee meetings will take place at the University of Maine at Augusta campus in room 138 of the Randall Student Technology Center, located on University Drive in Augusta. The recommendation will be made and considered during the Trustees’ 1:15 p.m. Human Resources & Labor Relations Committee meeting. The entire Board will consider and vote on the Chancellor’s recommendation during the 4:15 p.m. full Board meeting.

Concert Series of the Portland Rossini Club 3 p.m. The March concert of the Portland Rossini Club will be on Sunday March 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM. The 139th season of public concerts is being held at Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State Street, Portland. Parking is behind the church and is accessed from Park Street. This month’s program includes two major works for piano. Eric Peppe will play the Liszt Sonata in B minor. One of the major virtuoso works of the 19th century, the Sonata was first performed in 1857. Susan Rudy will perform the Sonata Opus 1 by Alban Berg. This sonata, published in 1910, is the only piano sonata that Berg wrote. Although the piece has the nominal key of B minor, Berg makes frequent use of chromaticism, whole-tone scales, and wandering key centers, giving the tonality a very unstable feel, which only resolves in the final few bars. Also on the program, soprano Beth Harmon will sing five songs by Claude Debussy. She will be accompanied by Susan Rudy. Suggested donation for admission is $10-$5 for seniors. Students free. FMI 7978318 (Richard Roberts) RobPiano@MSN.com

Christopher Akerlind at Bates 4:15 p.m. Christopher Akerlind, a Tony Award-winning stage lighting designer with ties to Portland Stage Company, and acclaimed ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise visit Bates College in Lewiston to discuss their work. Akerlind, who has worked on some 600 productions in theater, opera and dance, discusses his career at 4:15 p.m. Monday, March 14, in the Filene Room (Room 301) of Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St. A renowned dancer for the New York City Ballet, a choreographer and the founder of the National Dance Institute, d’Amboise reads from his new book, “I Was a Dancer,” and discusses his career at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 56 Campus Ave. The d’Amboise appearance is sponsored by the Bates dance program, the college’s humanities division and the Lewiston Public Library. Both events are open to the public

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Monty and Marsha Brown present ‘Lamanche/The English Channel’ 7:30 p.m. The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association presents Monty and Marsha, who will present a unique trip along “The English Channel” beginning at the storied white cliffs westward along the southern English coast to Land’s End. “We will make several stops along the way, including the world’s smallest active railway, the old Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth, Queen Victoria’s country palace and St. Michael’s Mount. We will take Ferry trips to the opposite side of the Channel in order to follow the north coast of France. A visit to lands within the Channel will also be on our agenda. Catherine McAuley High School auditorium, 631 Stevens Ave. (opposite Evergreen Cemetery). Parking Lot off Walton St. Wheelchair accessible. Free to members and open to the public, a $2 donation suggested for nonmembers or guests.

‘Lamanche/The English Channel’ 7:30 p.m. First of the spring travel lectures by the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association. Monty & Marsha Brown present “Lamanche/The English Channel, A Tale of Two Cultures” at the Catherine McAuley Auditorium on Stevens Avenue. This will be a boat trip along the southern English Coast, ferry across the channel and travel the north coast of France. The public is welcome. Call for details, 773-8396.

Tuesday, March 15 Maine Vegetable & Fruit School 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Keeley’s Banquet Center, 178 Warren Ave., Portland. More information: Pam St. Peter, 933-2100, ext. 100 or pamela.stpeter@maine.edu. Website: extension. umaine.edu/highmoor. The day-long school is offered on two dates at two locations: March 15 in Portland or March 16 in Bangor. Pre-registration is required. Registration cost is $30 and includes lunch. Please register by March 1.

Maine Vegetable & Fruit School is hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Maine Crop Insurance Education Program; and Maine Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association.

2011 Job Fair at USM noon to 4:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Student Success Center, along with the Office of Internships and Career Placement, will host the 2011 Job Fair in the Sullivan Gym, Portland. It is free and open to all students, alumni and the public. The Job Fair provides students and the public with the opportunity to meet and network with potential employers in an informal setting. This year, it will host more than 40 employers, including WMTW-TV Channel 8, Key Bank, JobsinME.com, FairPoint Communications and the Brunswick Police Department. For more information about how to prepare for a successful Job Fair experience, please visit http:// usm.maine.edu/success/jobfair/. For more information about the Job Fair itself, please contact Maggie Guzman, project associate for Internships and Career Placement, at 228-8471 or by email at mguzman@usm.maine.edu. The 2011 Job Fair is co-sponsored by USM, WMTW-TV Channel 8, MyJobWave. com and Employment Times.

Talk and book signing with Shirin Bridges 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. San Francisco-based award-winning children’s author Shirin Bridges, author of “The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses,” will appear at the University of Southern Maine Bookstore, 35 Bedford St., Portland.

“Just published, ‘The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses, acclaimed children’s author Shirin Bridges’ enlightening new series of books on real princesses. The stories offer the romance and enchantment associated with royalty and princesses — along with a message of youthful female empowerment.”

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Spring 2011 Creative Conversations 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance and SPACE Gallery announce the Spring 2011 Creative Conversations, a series of facilitated discussions about arts and culture from personal, local, and regional perspectives. All conversations will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at SPACE and are free and open to the public. The first Spring 2011 Creative Conversation, “Rethinking the Art Gallery in the Digital Age,” will be held Tuesday, March 15. Panelists include Dan Kany of the Daniel Kany Gallery, Bridget McAlonan of the Sylvia Kania Gallery and Andy Verzosa of Aucocisco. “With online tools like Facebook and Etsy, what is the role of the art gallery if artists can now connect directly with collectors via the Web,” asks Jennifer Hutchins, executive director of PACA. “What’s the effect of viewing art work primarily via a computer screen? Do galleries play a role between private studios and large institutions like museums?” This Creative Conversation will touch on these questions, the changing nature of the art gallery, and the commodification of art. The second Creative Conversation, “Street Art v. Graffiti,” will be held Tuesday, April 19 and the third, “Sharing Space and Art: Connecting Artists and Businesses,” will be held Tuesday, May 17. Information about the Spring 2011 Creative Conversations is available on the PACA (portlandarts.org) and SPACE (space538.org) websites.

Spoken Word open mic featuring Lola Haskins 7 p.m. Port Veritas Spoken Word open mic featuring Lola Haskins on March 15. Open reading begins at 7:30 followed by the evenings feature at 8:30 p.m. Open reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Lola Haskins lives in Florida but is a Maineophile. She’s published nine books of poems, most lately “Still, the Mountain” (Paper Kite). A tenth collection, “The Grace to Leave,” is coming from Anhinga in early 2012. She’s worked with dancers, composers, musicians, and visual artists because she thinks it’s great to be part of something bigger than she is. Lola will be joined with Portland cellist Ben Noyes.

History of American Landscape and Garden Design 7 p.m. History of American Landscape and Garden Design

by Lucinda A. Brockway, landscape designer, Past Designs, Kennebunk. Join the Maine Historical Society to explore the history of landscape design in Maine and beyond. Brockway will provide an overview of the changing role of landscape design and plant materials from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century through site-specific examples drawn from the region. What is our American garden legacy? How has it evolved? What can you do to celebrate this tradition in your own backyard? Come discover how you can bring history alive in your own backyard! www.mainehistory.org

Nawal El Saadawi to speak at USM 7 p.m. Egyptian novelist, feminist and human rights activist Nawal El Saadawi will speak on “The Egyptian Revolution: Creativity, Dissonance, and Women,” in Talbot Auditorium, in University of Southern Maine’s Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Saadawi is the author of numerous novels, including “The Fall of the Imam” and “Woman at Point Zero.”

Saadawi, who taught at USM as a Visiting Libra Professor during 2003, has been a long-time opponent of the Mubarak regime and was protesting on Cairo’s Tahrir Square during the recent revolution. She has been imprisoned, threatened with death, and had her work censored in her home country. She is currently on a speaking tour of U.S. college campuses, providing a first-person account of the recent historic events in Egypt. A selection of Saadawi’s books will be available for purchase at the event.

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Poultry take center stage CHICKENS from page one

containing chicks, both popular draws on the flower show's second floor.

Cole said she's noticed the trend toward raising back-yard poultry.

"We've seen a big increase in people wanting to have chickens, people like to know where their food is coming from, and they like the idea of having fresh food, a fresh egg," she said.

Today at the flower show, visitors can take a break from admiring the flora and check out the latest science regarding these back-yard fauna.

At 4:30 p.m., Dick Brzozowski, an extension agriculture educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will talk about raising chickens.

Brzozowski said the talk will broadly discuss how to select, start and raise poultry on a small scale for egg or meat production. Mixing his show themes, he cautioned that there are pitfalls to raising chickens.

"It's not all a bed of roses, so to speak, for people to raise chickens," Brzozowski said.

While back-yard poultry can be a useful hobby and a good learning exercise for kids, there's a time commitment and a certain amount of expense involved, Brzozowski cautioned. He urges anyone floating the idea of raising back-yard chickens to approach neighbors as a courtesy and see what they think.

Brzozowski rattled off some poultry basics:

The Portland Flower Show The Portland Flower Show continues at the Portland Company Complex on Fore Street (at the base of Munjoy Hill near Ocean Gateway terminal) today and Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by the culminating plant auction at 5:30 p.m.

• Roosters are not needed for egg productions.

• Daylight and day length trigger chickens to lay (a light bulb in the henhouse can simulate sunlight).

• Expect a ready supply of eggs over time: six chickens, laying four to five eggs a day, can provide about three dozen eggs a week.

• There's a symbiosis in gardening and poultry raising. Excess garden produce can be fed to chickens, and poultry waste can be used as fertilizer.

• As a practical matter, raising chickens for eggs probably won't cut on the food bill; the cost of grain is rising, and eggs remain relatively cheap to buy in the store.

Brzozowski said raising chickens has grown more popular based on efforts to loosen municipal regulations.

"A lot of cities have called me looking into either eliminating their ordinance or putting some limits on it," he said.

"Right across the country from East Coast to West Coast, cities have discussed this at their selectmen or city council meetings," Brzozowski said.

ABOVE: Books on raising chickens greet visitors to the Portland Flower Show BELOW: Near a livechicken display, Valerie Cole with Andy’s Agway of Dayton serves customers at the flower show Thursday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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