The Portland Daily Sun, Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Allies attack targets in Tripoli as Europeans feud over leadership

Did Guardian Angels fly the coop?

‘Disorderly house’ proposal shifts burden again

See the story on page 2

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5

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Laws target cheap beer, limit some all-ages shows Trio of nightlife bills proposed

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A local state representative, at the behest of the city, is sponsoring three bills that would overhaul laws governing Maine liquor sales, in effect targeting 25-cent beer nights and other below-cost drink offers while banning all-ages events for some lounges.

Introduced by District 120 Representative Diane Russell, LD 901 would bar individuals under the age of 21 from being in Class A lounges licensed to sell alcohol, even if alcohol is not being served during an all-ages event.

“This is formalizing what most people thought was existing practice — that minors not be allowed into Class A lounges anytime,” said Ed Suslovic, Portland City Councilor and chairman of the city’s Public Safety Committee.

“It’s not a healthy environment for underage folks to be congregating in,” he said.

The bill, supported by the Portland Police Department, the Public Safety Committee and underage drinking coalition “21 Reasons,” doesn’t currently include language allowing all-ages shows until a certain hour, but Suslovic said he believes such a caveat will likely be added as the bill moves through the state legislature.

“When we discussed this in the Public Safety Committee we suggested than when it goes to the legislature it be amended to go into [effect] after 9 p.m. or something,” said Suslovic.

Another bill, LD 902, also sponsored by Russell, would require establishments to sell liquor at a profit. The bill targets promotions like 25 cent beer nights, which Suslovic said “encourages binge drinking and is just not a very responsible way to sell alcohol.”

Like LD 901, this bill aims to make explicit what many thought was already understood.

“A lot of folks in the liquor business already felt that was the law, but the state liquor bureau, when challenged, said they would rather have it strictly stated in legislation,” said Suslovic.

The two bills began as an effort of Portland Downtown District’s Nightlife Oversight Committee and moved to the city’s safety group. Then Portland Police and representatives from 21 Reasons testified at a Public Safety Committee meeting, and the committee unanimously recommended the city support the dual efforts.

A third bill, which Suslovic could not identify by LD number at press time, would remove the ability for see SHOWS page 16

Doug Fuss, owner of Bull Feeney’s on Fore Street, takes down a banner about St. Patrick’s Day celebrations Friday, the day after the holiday. Fuss is chairman of the Nightlife Oversight Committee of the Portland Downtown District, where support for new alcohol regulations began. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Bennett steps into mayoral ring

BY JEFFREY S. SPOFFORD AND CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Bennett

A Republican who helped elect Paul LePage governor has become the latest announced candidate for Portland's new elected-mayor position.

Erick Bennett of Cumberland Avenue officially entered the race Monday at City Hall but was announcing his campaign via local media over the weekend. He joins five

others who have either announced their candidacy or taken out election registration forms (see sidebar story, page 8).

Portland voters decided last November to change the mayor to an elected position with more authority. The new full-time position will pay $67,359 a year for a fouryear term. That same election approved ranked choice voting, which allows voters to select both a first-choice candidate and alternatives in case nobody wins a majority

on the first ballot.

Election observers say ranked choice is likely to be important in the mayoral race because more than a dozen candidates are expected to seek the office.

Bennett, 37, is a political blogger who has not run for office in Portland. He did conduct an unsuccessful GOP primary campaign against current house speaker Robert Nutting. He works at Oakhurst Dairy and see MAYOR page 8

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J.D. Salinger slept here COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (NY Times) — For years, officials at Ursinus College had been trying to figure out how to capitalize on the fact that J. D. Salinger had spent one semester there in 1938.

They were hoping to attract publicity for Ursinus and tried everything they could think of to lure Salinger from the secluded world he’d lived in for his final 50 years. They offered to make him a guest lecturer; to build a literary festival around him; to award him an honorary degree. “No response,” said Richard DiFeliciantonio, the vice president for enrollment.

Then Jon Volkmer, an English professor, had what Holden Caulfield would have called a goddam terrific idea.

They could establish an annual J. D. Salinger Scholarship in creative writing for an incoming freshman, and as a bonus the winner would get to spend the first year at Ursinus in Salinger’s old dorm room.

“Any college could offer money,” Professor Volkmer said. “Nobody else could offer Salinger’s room.”

On Jan. 19, 2006, the college announced the $30,000a-year Salinger scholarship, and within a week, the writer’s literary representatives were demanding that his name be removed. The college changed the name of the scholarship to the Ursinus College Creative Writing Award.

But the part about sleeping in Salinger’s room remained.

“I mean, we own the room,” Professor Volkmer said. “They couldn’t stop us from that, I don’t think.”

In theory, previous winners who have slept in Salinger’s room — 300 Curtis Hall — should have felt honored and humbled, although it was no bed of roses.

“It’s a pretty tiny room,” said Anton Teubner, a senior who slept there in 2007.

“It is small,” said Logan Metcalf-Kelly, the current occupant. “But I don’t mind sleeping in it.”

“Late at night,” Mr. Teubner said, “I’d be in bed and there’d be these drunk freshmen yelling in the hallway: ‘It’s the room, it’s the room.’ “ On the other hand, for the lonely male freshman, there are benefits. “Girls are interested in seeing the inside of Salinger’s room,” Mr. MetcalfKelly said.

The problem is, except for the plaque in the hallway identifying the room, there’s not a lot to see, and scant evidence that one of the great writers of the 20th century spent the first half of his freshman year there. A slanting ceiling makes the room feel even smaller than it is. Instead of curtains for privacy, Mr. Metcalf-Kelly has slung a towel over the only window. It’s hard to tell whether the walls are a faded yellow or bright beige. The carpet is so matted, threadbare and cruddy-looking, it does seem possible that Salinger walked on it.

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Photos stoke tension over Afghan civilian deaths; military vows probe

BY ALISSA J. RUBIN THE NEW YORK TIMES

KABUL, Afghanistan — The release of explicit photographs of American soldiers apparently engaged in atrocities against Afghan civilians threatens to ignite tensions between the Afghan and American governments and provide fodder for the Taliban’s efforts to persuade ordinary Afghans that the foreign troops fighting here are a malevolent force.

NATO officials and Western diplomats here have been steeling themselves for the release, worried that it will further undermine relations with President Hamid Karzai at a sensitive time when there have been several recent episodes of civilian casualties.

Despite an overall decline in civilian casualties caused by NATO forces, the episodes have tarnished the coalition campaign and put Mr. Karzai in the awkward position of having to explain why the country’s allies are killing unarmed children and women.

Three photographs, published in the German magazine Der Spiegel, show members of the self-designated “Kill Team” comprised of United States Army soldiers who are accused of making a sport of killing innocent Afghans as they show off one of their victims in a kind of trophy photo; another photograph shows two Afghan civilians who

appear to be dead.

Der Spiegel, which published the photographs in its March 20 print edition, blurred the victims’ faces so that their expressions cannot be seen. While that makes the photographs somewhat less inflammatory than they might otherwise be, it does not conceal the faces of the soldiers, who look disconcertingly satisfied as they kneel next to an Afghan civilian who appears to be dead.

Five of the soldiers accused involved in the killings, who were from the Fifth Stryker Brigade, Second Infantry Division, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State, are now facing court-martial proceedings for the deaths of three unarmed Afghan civilians. Seven other members of the unit are accused of lesser crimes.

The men are accused of faking combat situations to justify killing randomly chosen Afghans with grenades and guns. The case came to light after one of the soldiers informed military investigators; he was then beaten so severely by other members of the unit for betraying them, according to the charges against the soldiers, that he had to be hospitalized.

The killings occurred last year in Maiwand District in Kandahar Province, one of the areas that was dominated by the Taliban until major military operations last summer and fall.

The pictures bring to mind those of the torture and humiliation of Iraqis at the hands of American troops at the Abu Ghraib prison, which came to light in spring 2004.

However, there were dozens of those pictures and they clearly showed the victims’ faces, making their pain all the more apparent. That case reverberated across the Muslim world in ways that this case has yet to do, in part because of the absence of photographs. The release of the images threatened to change that.

However, there was little reaction on Monday because it was Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which is a national holiday, and many Afghan families go out for picnics. So even those few with Internet access were less likely to see the pictures.

The Afghan government had no comment about the photos on Monday, nor did the American Embassy, which referred all questions to the United States military. The military and diplomats were hoping to mute public anger by emphasizing that the soldiers in the Afghan case were being brought to justice. In a statement, the Army described the actions as “repugnant” and underscored that prosecution was under way.

“The actions portrayed in these photographs remain under investigation and are now the subject of ongoing U.S. court-martial proceedings,” the statement said.

Allies attack targets in Tripoli as Europeans feud over leadership

BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK AND KAREEM FAHIM THE NEW YORK TIMES

TRIPOLI, Libya — Explosions and antiaircraft fire could be heard in and around Tripoli Monday in a third straight night of attacks there against Col. Muammar elQaddafi’s forces, while European nations feuded over who should take command of the no-fly zone. On the ground in Libya, proQaddafi forces were holding out against the allied campaign and an amateurish rebel counter-attack.

Pentagon officials said there were fewer American and coalition airstrikes in Libya Sunday night and Monday, and that the number was likely to decline further in coming days. But Gen. Carter F. Ham, the head of United States Africa Command, who is in charge of the coalition effort, said there would be coalition airstrikes on Colonel Qaddafi’s mobile air defenses and that some 80 sorties — only half of them by the United States — had been flown on Monday.

President Obama said that the initial stages of the operation aimed at eliminating Libyan air defenses were being coordinated, the American forces would turn over full responsibility to its partners to establish and maintain a no-fly zone. But it is still “U.S. policy that Qaddafi needs to go,”

Ali Abdul Karim, who claims to be 14, in Ras Lanuf, Libya, after he hitched a ride with fighters from his home in Benghazi. (Lynsey Addario for The New York Times)

he said at a news conference in Santiago, Chile, with that country’s president, Sebastian Pinera. “We have got a wide range of tools in addition to our military effort to support that policy,” he said, citing economic sanctions, the freezing of assets and other measures to isolate the regime in Tripoli.

But as NATO members met Monday in Brussels to try to work out a common

position that would allow the organization to participate in the no-fly zone there seemed to be confusion about who exactly would carry the operation forward. NATO approved on Sunday plans to help enforce a United Nations arms embargo against Libya, but so far it has not been able to agree on how to proceed on either that or the no-fly zone.

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Cheverus chess team secures state title DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT At the 2011 State Scholastic Chess Championships held in the Memorial Union at the University of Maine in Orono, the Cheverus Chess Team emerged victorious, bringing home top honors to Portland, the school reported.

A total of 213 players competed for team honors at the championships. Also contested were individual invitations to March 19 Individual Championship, also to be held at UMO. Players completed in four games, with team honors decided by total points scored in the four games or, in the case of the high school section, by head-to-head match play.

Cheverus coach and teacher Dan LaVallee said after the win, “We were the third seed going

into the competition but played very well to win. Our guys played out of their socks!”

Cheverus was undefeated in match play for the day to win the 2011 State High School Chess ChampionshipTeam title. Members of the winning Cheverus team were: Ethan Bergeron, senior of Old Orchard Beach; Cameron Prescott, sophomore of Saco; Zachery Dulac, senior of Portland; Patrick Jerome, senior of Falmouth; and Connor Mains, sophomore of Windham.

Team members will all be competing at the upcoming Individual Championship meet. Because of his score of 3.5 points or better, Bergeron was invited to Individual Championship on a no-entry fee basis. He was undefeated in competition.

The High School Reserve Team

from Cheverus also defeated all competitors with a clean sweep.

The Reserve Team Members are: Payne Ciampi, sophomore of Biddeford; Spencer Desrochers, sophomore of Biddeford; Brian Chiozzi, sophomore of Cape Elizabeth; Payne Ciampi was a one of two top scorers with four points and is invited back to Individuals with no entry fee. Connor Maines of Cheverus was named the top unrated player at the meet.

Next in the sights of the Cheverus team, after State Individuals, is the national championship to be held in Nashville, Tenn.

RIGHT: The Cheverus High School state championship chess team includes (back row, left to right): Cameron Prescott, Connor Mains, Pat Jerome; (seated) Ethan Bergeron. Not pictured: Zachery Dulac.

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Boys and Girls Club of S. Maine to take part in Guinness World Record attempt DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Today at 6:30 p.m., Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine will join with thousands of Boys & Girls Club members across the country to attempt to set a new world record during National Boys & Girls Clubs week, the organization reported.

Locally, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine members of the Portland, Riverton Park, Sagamore Village and South Portland Clubhouses are excited to participate at each of their respective club units. Parents, staff, board members, donors and others in the community are also welcome to attend.

The World Record attempt is part of the Clubs’ Triple Play program which encourages healthy behaviors in children. Triple Play is sponsored nationally by Coca-Cola and the WellPoint

Foundation. WellPoint is the corporate parent of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine and Anthem associates plan to participate and support the South Portland Clubhouse.

Jumping Jacks are called Star Jumps in some countries because the arms, legs and head form a five-pointed star.

Each participant must begin the Star Jumps at the exact same time and jump nonstop — each member will be encouraged to take part by performing Star Jumps simultaneously for two consecutive minutes.

The event will take place at the South Portland Clubhouse, 169 Broadway, South Portland; the Portland Clubhouse, 277 Cumberland Ave., Portland; Riverton Park Clubhouse, 55 Riverton Drive, Portland; and Sagamore Village Clubhouse, 33 Popham St., Portland.

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Nuclear power’s unchanging plight Just as congressional Republicans and the Obama administration had been pushing nuclear power, the disaster in Japan arrived to complicate matters.

Proponents of atomic energy fear an unfair, crippling backlash. But the crisis only confirms that in this country, nuclear is the fuel of the future — and always will be.

Over the past 40 years, plenty of things have happened that should have worked to its advantage.

There was the energy crisis of the 1970s. There was the threat of climate change brought on by fossil fuels.

There were clean air laws that raised costs for coal-burning plants. There have been huge oil spills and more price spikes in the petroleum market.

But none of it has made much difference. Nuclear energy provided 19 percent of U.S. elec––––– tricity in 1990, and it provides Creators 20 percent today. Even before Syndicate the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant went down, that share was not expected to grow. Last year, the federal Energy Information Administration projected that in 2035, it will be no more than 17 percent.

Nuclear has two major challenges. The first is cost,

Steve Chapman

see CHAPMAN page 5

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Did Guardian Angels fly the coop?

Last October, the news that the Guardian Angels were planning on starting street patrols in Portland came as a shock to many Portlanders. Were we really that urban a scene to require the presence of a national organization to safeguard the streets?

Amongst all the brouhaha that was raised, not much happened. Then, news came this week that Charles Maxwell, a former member of the organization who had done patrols in San Francisco and was the originator of the idea to bring the patrol to Portland, had left town.

Residents in his building on Congress Street confirmed that he moved out earlier in the month, reportedly headed back to California.

So is the Portland chapter dead? Before the organization had even sprouted its wings, it looked to me like the idea of the red beret folks eyeballing the streets had gone south for the winter.

A brief conversation with Police Chief James Craig on Monday gave little new information. “The news that Maxwell has left is a bit surprising. Our department has had meetings with him, to let him know just what our expectations were. We did impress on them that they were to be the eyes and ears of the department, and not resort to direct intervention.”

Lt. Janine Roberts, the department liaison with the Guardian

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist Angels organization, was unavailable for comment Monday.

Now, some following up was in order. I contacted the number given on one of the few remaining posters scattered around the city, and finally got a answer. The organization, as it was, is not quite dead yet.

I chatted with Zou Cain, who is the new local coordinator. “Charles had some physical issues. We would go out on patrol, and he really wouldn’t last that long. After an hour and a half, he was ready to head back in. One afternoon of hand to hand practice sort of did him in.”

Cain confirmed that at one time, the local chapter had about five candidates, but in recent months that number has waned. “We did have one man a few months back who was interested, but his girlfriend at the time thought it was too dangerous. He may be back, I’m not sure at this point.”

Basically, the organizations membership now consists solely of Cain. “We may be bringing up 7-10 members from the Brockton chapter for street patrols, to try and generate more interest.”

Emails sent to the head of the

organization, Curtis Sliwa, over the weekend went unanswered.

“He may be out of the country, he travels a lot,” said Cain. “I’ve spoken with Curtis, and he is determined not to let this chapter die before it gets off the ground.”

This is not the first time this has happened to the GA’s organization.

A similar project in the late 1980s failed to get off the ground. From one end of the country to the other, numerous chapters have started only to have initial interest wane.

In an article in the South Coast Today newspaper of Massachusetts, there is a long article detailing the ebb and flow of the organization’s efforts to start a chapter in New Bedford, Mass. They cite sources in Detroit that said, “We try to recruit people, but the first thing they usually ask is, ‘Do we get paid?’ When we tell them there’s no money in it, we usually don’t hear from them again.”

Is this the end of the Portland chapter? At this point, only time will tell if the transplant of several volunteers from the Brockton chapter will generate enough interest in the group for locals to consider joining.

Do the effects of street crime in Portland merit a chapter? Again, only time, and the perception of that crime, will tell the tale of whether another attempt will fly — or crash like a lawn dart.

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

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‘Disorderly house’ proposal shifts burden again Sure, you may think your house gets a bit disorderly from time to time. A boisterous party or two?

Loud music? Sounds from inside that can be heard outside?

Careful, you housing etiquette scofflaws, because the city is adopting a get-tough “disorderly house” ordinance that reduces the number of police calls that trigger charges and allows the city to ban occupancy of homes without criminal convictions — based only on police charges, and with as few as three police actions in 30 days at that.

The new policies have already been approved unanimously by a threeperson safety committee and were due for a first reading during the city council’s regular meeting last night.

Taken along with a couple other recent issues — like new curbside pickup fines for landlords and proposed graffiti regulations that put more responsibility on building owners — this is going to be seen as a trend of regulation going against property owners.

City documents explain that the proposed disorderly house changes, which is in process and requires two council readings, would “... change

Curtis Robinson ––––– Usually Reserved the number of police visits necessary to qualify as a disorderly house from eight visits within a 30-day period to three to five visits, depending upon the number of units in the building.

The amendments also change the standard to three arrests and convictions to arrest only, as three convictions within a 30-day period is an impossible standard.”

It also removes a “hotspot” warning program and makes legal action optional rather than compulsory.

Plus, under current municipal law, the unruly house was under the regulation of the planning department — a group known more for blueprints than blue lights. Now, your problem dwelling will be the responsibility of the Chief of Police.

In making the case, the city argued that “... the current disorderly house [ordinance] contains a high thresh-

old that has not proven to be effective in eliminating disorderly houses in the city. Currently, a property cannot be designated a disorderly house until there have been eight (8) documented police responses (not just calls for service) to situations that either unreasonably disturb the neighborhood (such as loud parties), or involve three arrests and convictions in a 30-day period at that address.”

The words to watch involve the distinctions between mere calls for service and actual police responses.

Once again, as with the city’s reliance on police “calls for service” in reviewing liquor license renewals, we’re creating a disincentive for calling the police. Landlords who consider calling the cops will no doubt pause before coming one step closer to “disorderly house status.”

And while the provisions target drunken tenants and loud parties, it also applies to domestic violence cases. Do we really need any laws that might cause somebody to pause before calling the cops in domestic violence situations?

Plus, somebody is bound to note that being charged by the police is

way, way different from actually being convicted.

The new rules will grade on a curve depending on how many people live in a building, ranging from only three police actions to five for buildings with 11 or more residents.

Once your building gains the city’s DH designation, you get five days to agree to a plan for fixing things. If not, the city can go to District Court and/or “post the building against occupancy.”

This idea is bound to be greeted by Portland property owners with the zeal usually reserved for tax hikes.

And it continues a trend of measures that make perfectly good sense in isolation, but taken collectively create considerable burden for landlords and other building owners.

And not everyone feeling the heat is going to be a slumlord. These regulations are going to push a lot of fairly regular, if somewhat rowdy, buildings into illegal buildings.

Mark it down — “repeated boisterous behavior” is about to become a crime.

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

Cap-and-trade plan went nowhere even among Democrats CHAPMAN from page 4

and the second is safety. Neither has been solved, and neither is about to be.

It’s hard for atomic energy to compete with fossil fuels in the United States, which are plentiful and cheap. A 2008 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said nuclear is generally about one-third more expensive than the least expensive forms of power (coal, natural gas and geothermal).

Even with big federal subsidies, nuclear is pricier than gas.

The natural gas market is volatile, but no matter.

The modern gas power plant, concluded CRS, “is a competitive generating technology under a wide variety of assumptions for fuel price, construction cost, government incentives and carbon controls.”

For a while, it looked as though nuclear energy would get a lift from climate change. Coal and gas produce greenhouse gases. Nuclear doesn’t. If carbon emissions were restricted under a cap-andtrade system, nuclear reactors soon would be in great demand.

Nice theory, but the president’s cap-and-trade plan went nowhere on Capitol Hill.

A candidate in coal-rich West Virginia aired an ad in which he blasted away at a copy of the bill with a rifle. And he was a Democrat.

Since then, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced it will regulate greenhouse gases.

But how much it will do is anyone’s guess. If Republicans have their way, it will lose its power to do anything.

Various likely GOP presidential candidates, from Mitt Romney to Sarah Palin, want to expand nuclear energy. But the GOP is steadfastly opposed to the policy change that would help it most. Without limits on carbon emissions, nuclear is going nowhere.

Romney says he can’t “understand why some environmental activists still consider nuclear power such a bogeyman.” Hmmm. Maybe the prospect of uncontrolled leaks of deadly radiation across large geographic areas? Yeah, that could be it.

Gray smoke rose from Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Monday.

Tokyo Electric Power Company temporarily evacuated its workers from the site. (Tokyo Electric Power Company via Associated Press) )

Other forms of energy, to be fair, carry dangers of their own. Coal mines have fatal accidents. Eleven oil workers were killed last summer when a platform blew up in the Gulf of Mexico. By contrast, no one has ever died in a commercial nuclear power accident in this country.

But that’s not quite the whole story, is it? The Japan catastrophe is a reminder that while reactors rarely suffer major accidents, the ones that occur create hazards slightly more alarming than a mine collapse.

“If there is a significant release of radiation, then conceivably several thousand people could (get) cancer in the next several years to decades,” said Charles Ferguson, president of the Federation of American Scientists, in an interview on the Council on Foreign Relations website.

Large areas could be uninhabitable for months.

Unlike miners and rig workers, who can quit anytime they choose, most of the people in jeopardy from a nuclear meltdown have no choice.

It’s comforting to hear that modern reactors are better designed and that the Japanese experience will help prevent future accidents. But if overly stringent safety regulation is what’s keeping nuclear energy down, down is where it’s going to stay.

In recent years, there has been talk of a major shift toward uranium-based power, which we can now be sure is not about to happen. When it comes to nuclear energy, hopes are made to be dashed.

(Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman. To find out more about Chapman, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.)

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‘Bresca’ chef nominated for top culinary award

Gov. Paul LePage, who famously threatened to punch an MPBN reporter during the campaign last fall and has clashed repeatedly with the media since taking office, is creating a new bi-weekly television show to be carried online and on Time Warner Cable, the Associated Press is reporting.

A spokesperson for the Republican governor says the wire service that the program, LePage to be called “Inside the Blaine House,” will give LePage a chance to speak to voters without media interference. The state historian tells AP he’s not aware of any governors hosting TV shows. LePage, who says he doesn’t read newspapers but is quick to claim media bias, tells AP the show will be more balanced.

“There are no edited sound bites or one-sided stories. We talk about the issues and people are encouraged to follow up with their own research or fact finding on the issue,” LePage said, according to AP. The show, to be recorded at the Blaine House, will include segments in which LePage responds to videotaped questions from viewers, AP says. The show will not be filmed at taxpayer expense.

Krista Desjarlais, the chef and owner of Bresca, on Middle Street in Portland, is one of five chefs from the Northeast and the only Mainer nominated for a James Beard Award, the Portland Press Herald is reporting. The nominations were announced Monday on Twitter.

The Beard award is considered one of the most prestigious in the industry. Desjarlais, who cooks every night Bresca is open, told the paper she’s followed the awards since she was a teenager.

“I don’t know, it’s awesome.

It’s a great group of people to be nominated with,” Desjarlais told the Press Herald. “There’s not a whole lot of women that got nominated throughout the country, so I feel like that’s great, too.” Winners will be announced May 9.

County voters to have say on Civic Center improvements County voters will be asked to approve a $28 million in borrowing, probably later this year, to finance renovations at the Cumberland County Civic Center, according to the Portland Press Herald.

Meanwhile, although the renovations are far from a done deal, the county has already hired SMRT, a local architecture firm, to design conceptual plans for the renovation, the paper says.

Most county commissioners appear to support the project, which officials claim is necessary to keep the Portland Pirates minor league hockey team, the paper said, but one commissioner tells the paper she won’t support new borrowing during the ongoing recession.

Neal Pratt, chairman of the civic center board of trustees, which runs the arena, tells the paper he expects a referendum on the renovations to happen this fall.

‘Struggle to End Genocide in Darfur’ subject of lecture The 2011 Douglas M. Schair Memorial Lecture on Genocide and Human Rights will take place on Monday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Auditorium on 88 Bedford St., Portland, organizers reported.

This year’s featured speaker is John Prendergast, author, human rights activist, and cofounder of the Enough Project.

The lecture is titled, “Turning Prendergast Bystanders into Upstanders; You and the Struggle to End Genocide in Darfur.”

As in years past, the lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, overflow seating is available. Free parking is also available in the garage attached to Hannaford Auditorium.

As a human rights activist, Prendergast has worked for peace in Africa for over 25 years, organizers said. The New York Times has called him “America’s most influential activist in Africa’s most troubled regions.” He has written numerous papers on how to amend U.S. policy in Africa and blogs prolifically about various aspects, minute and massive, of the global responsibility for alleviating human rights abuses in Africa. His New York Times bestselling book, “Not on Our Watch,” was co-authored with the actor Don Cheadle. His most recent book, “The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes,” also coauthored with Cheadle, examines how people’s movements

and inspired policies can stop genocide, child soldier recruitment and rape as a war weapon in Africa.

Prendergast is also a board member and Strategic Advisor to Not On Our Watch, the organization founded by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cheadle and Brad Pitt.

Prendergast has appeared in four episodes of “60 Minutes,” for which the team won an Emmy Award, and helped create African characters and stories for two episodes of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” He has also traveled to Africa with NBC’s “Dateline,” ABC’s “Nightline,” “The PBS NewsHour” and CNN’s “Inside Africa.”

The Enough Project, co-founded

by Prendergast, is an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity specifically in Sudan, Congo, and other areas of Africa, and is affiliated with the Center for American Progress.

For more information about the Enough Project, please visit www.enoughproject.org. Information on Not On Our Watch can be found at http://notonourwatchproject.org.

AG warning of Japan charity relief scams Maine Attorney General William J. Schneider is warning Mainers to be extremely careful about donating to any relief efforts for survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

“Events like this unfortunately can create an opportunity for goodhearted people to be victimized by scammers,” Schneider said in a statement. “Please be certain that the charity you are contributing to is a legitimate charity and never give any caller your credit card, debit card or bank account information over the phone or over the Internet.”

Anyone wishing to verify the legitimacy of a charity is urged to contact the Maine Office of Licensing & Registration at 624.8603.

Bill would allow for four-day school week Lawmakers in Augusta are considering a bill that would allow school districts to switch to a fourday week, the Associated Press is reporting. Advocates of the bill, sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Sullivan, Biddeford, say it can cut energy costs and other expenses, and AP reports that more than 100 districts nationwide have opted for the shortened week.

The proposal would allow districts to move to four-day weeks only if classroom time is equal to that of a five-day week, AP reports. The measure was reviewed yesterday by the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, though no action was taken.

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Winter’s back?

Erick Bennett receives a candidate registration form for Portland mayor from acting city clerk Kathy Jones Monday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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ABOVE: As a light snow falls, Gene Libby finds shelter at the entrance to The Snug pub on Munjoy Hill while waiting for a ride Monday. BELOW: This city vista looking up Congress Street near City Hall shows Monday’s overcast sky and dreary atmosphere. A balmy Friday has given way to cool temperatures across Maine. For anybody hoping to relive Friday’s stellar, warm weather, the forecast isn’t promising. It’s expected to stay cool for the rest of the week. The conditions are “pretty close to normal” for March, according to the National Weather Service.

Today, Portlanders can expect a chance of snow in the morning with possible new snow accumulation of less than a half inch, the weather service said. So far in the past eight and a half months, Portland has recorded 70 inches of snow, the weather service reported. If March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, look for a return to the mild conditions by the weekend, when the forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

is one of the founders of Maine Web News, a political news and commentary site that both aggregates from other organizations and produces its own content.

Bennett says it was his online political presence that caught the eye of Paul LePage, who in January 2009 telephoned him “out of the blue” to help the then-mayor of Waterville establish an online presence. Bennett explains that LePage placed him in charge of his web presence as the campaign’s director of New Media and Social Network Strategy. Bennett also served the campaign by filling in for the governor at campaign events and speaking on his behalf.

In his weekend comments, Bennett staked out positions on several city issues, including creation of what he called an "air of transparency" at City Hall, in particular allowing department heads and employees to openly discuss issues they are having within their departments and with the city.

On the "working waterfront" debate, the newly minted candidate said that there needs to be a new approach to waterfront development that puts

more focus on the concerns of the businesses that have been operating there for decades as opposed to the corporate interests that have stolen the spotlight recently.

During a WGAN radio interview Sunday, Bennett told host Mike Violette that he “has a great deal of support” from people in the city and that he feels the “city needs a change in direction.” He told Violette that most Portlanders he hears from are not satisfied with how the city is run, and he aims to change that.

Bennett also focused on the recently released Portland school budget, saying there are many inconsistencies in the way the budget shortfall was presented to the public.

Also in the radio interview, Bennett aimed his sights on a recently proposed graffiti ordinance that increases responsibility of property owners, calling the proposal “unfair to property owners,” and suggesting the city should first do a better job of prevention before going after victims a second time.

(This story was reported and co-written by Jeffrey S. Spofford. It was edited and co-written by Curtis Robinson.)

Mayoral hopefuls register as candidates

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Monday’s formal announcement by Republican Erick Bennett that he’s running for mayor of Portland means there are now six people who have picked up candidate registration forms.

Zouhair Bouzrara, Charles Bragdon, David Marshall, Jed Rathband and Christopher Vail are the five other potential candidates who have picked up candidate registration forms for the mayor’s race, according to the Portland City Clerk’s office.

Candidate registration forms allow hopefuls for office to record their campaign donations, in compliance with state law, according to Kathy Jones, acting city clerk.

“This is just for them to register to be able to start receiving campaign finances,” said Jones. “These are not nomination papers because those will not be available until July 1.”

When nomination papers become

available, at least 300 signatures will be needed for a candidate to successfully file for office, Jones explained. The filing period is from Aug. 15 to Aug. 29, she said.

The office of mayor is considered nonpartisan, but several candidates who have taken out candidate registration forms are disclosing their political affiliations. These include Marshall, a current city councilor who is a member of the Green Party; Bouzrara, who on his Facebook page describes himself as a “registered Democrat, thinking of running as an Independant. ...”; and Bragdon, who garnered 9,444 votes in his failed bid for Portland City Council at Large in November and describes himself as an Independent.

Rathband, a public affairs consultant who led the “Yes on 1” campaign to institute the elected mayor by popular vote in 2010, announced his candidacy for elected mayor on Jan. 20 but did not disclose a political party.

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A cook’s eclectic tastes: M.C. Escher to Elvis Costello What one glass and one dish help define you?

An M.C. Escher woodcut dominates the skyline in Val Brown’s living room.

As the eye moves from left to right, the word “Metamorphosis” gradually fades into the black and white squares of a checkerboard. These simple geometric shapes transform into reptiles, then simplify again into hexagons.

The cells birth honeybees then fade into fish which evolve into birds. Evidence of people is merely suggested when the birds morph into the buildings of a medieval city then a chess game but no human face appears in this progression from word to flesh back to word again.

The notions of dark and light, how one is meaningless without the other, the retreat into complexity, the advance to simplicity — Escher was an artist who represented the contemplations of poets, philosophers, mystics and madmen. Hands drawing hands, stairways without beginning or end, roughly sketched creatures popping into three dimensions fully expressed these classic Escher tropes share the walls with Val’s paintings of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Bob Marley and Elvis Costello.

Val was a fac brat, child of a faculty member, at Phillips Exeter Academy and entered as a straight A student. Painting and sculpture classes unleashed her artist, an exchange program in France introduced her to her wild child but by the end of senior year she needed a break from academia.

It was the beginning of her journey, exploring notions of dark and light, retreating into complexity, advancing into simplicity. She’s been a barista, a bartender, and a massage therapist. She writes notes to self, lists and bawdy poetry. She quotes lyrics of her favorite songs like a preacher quotes the Bible. She’s been lost, found, confident, wracked with doubt, in the valleys and on the summits.

It’s the classic seeker’s resume — from the Desert

Fathers to the Mothers of Invention — all fueled by the gnawing hunger to reconcile the seen with the unseen, the light and the dark, ––––– the beauties and the beasts. The establishment might be uneasy Daily Sun with those who are willing to Columnist mingle with the outcasts but no saint is worth anything if he’s only walked the tourist roads.

Val puts a bit of cat food made with rabbit down for Venus and Jupiter, the mother-daughter felines who share her condo. She tells a very funny story she rightly insists not be printed then begins waxing lyrical about popovers as she shows off her new popover pan from LeRoux Kitchens.

“I love popovers.” she says. “As far as I’m concerned, soup is just an excuse to make popovers,” she insists, her eyes gazing heavenward. “With Brummel and Brown butter … I use the recipe from Moosewood Cookbook. They’re fantastic.”

Val’s signature dish is Moroccan Spice Rubbed Fish.

She marinates a sweet Pacific fish like tilapia, mahi-mahi or Chilean sea bass when she wants to splurge, in lemon, cumin, red pepper flakes, black pepper and crushed garlic for an hour. She then rubs a blend of paprika, cumin, black pepper, coriander, caraway and salt into the fish before searing it in a cast iron skilled. She serves it over couscous with steamed asparagus and chunked avocado. It’s comfort food when she’s alone and the dish she makes for special guests.

And in her glass? She’d love it to be Ique, a Malbec from Argentina. She found an orphan bottle at Fresh Approach recently and has yet been unable to find another outlet that carries it.

Lately she’s been making a lot of mobiles using things she’s found while out walking — feathers, flower petals, dragonflies, bumblebees, and grapevines “because they’re nice and curly when they dry.”

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Val Brown has been a barista, a bartender, and a massage therapist. (MARGO MALLAR PHOTO)

She’s currently at work on portraits of the comedian Steve Martin and of a family friend. She accepts praise for her interpretation of Galileo, a powerful face painted in indigo and blue with the caption: I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. “I have my moments,” she smiles. “I have my moments.”

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

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DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT On Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3, Congregation Bet Ha’am will host Elisheva Rogosa — scholar, organic farmer, artisan baker — for “The Mystery of Matzah: Jewish teachings on farming, food and community.” It’s a weekend of events filled with learning and matzah baking — all open to the public, Congregation Bet Ha’am reported.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Life is not a melodrama -- well, not usually. However, the roles of the “hero,” “villain” and “heroine” seem to be, at for least today, typically and clearly defined.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Multitasking offers the illusion that you can do more than one thing at a time, when, in actuality, it’s just that many things are undone at the same time.

Focus on one task, and finish it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your possessions need attention. Reorder, repair and replace. You’ll feel much better once your things are arranged in a way that is both visually pleasing and functional.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A turgid presentation or tedious meeting could be cause for bonding. Look for the humor in professional situations, but be careful not to share your observations with just anyone. Use timing and discretion.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 22).

You are a true original. Your work is developing as you always wanted it to, and you will get many chances to show your talent. In April, you will walk a fine line and gain political favor. June brings moonlit romance. There’s a windfall in July. Family celebrations and other reunions happen in August. Capricorn and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 20, 14, 13 and 34.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You strike a perfect balance between spending and saving. You will save just enough to feel secure about your future and spend enough to feel content with your present.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have such a high need for order now that you may work overtime to get your environment in tip-top shape. Whether or not this is really your job or your responsibility will be irrelevant to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a habit you’ve been trying to break for a while now. The answer is right in front of you today. It’s as simple as getting in touch with your emotions and talking about what you are feeling.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Pressure and challenge go together. You can handle what the day brings. And if you come to tears over the whole thing, this is good. Crying purges your body of stress hormones.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Perhaps no one is singing out to praise the sustained genius of your work -- and maybe someone should be. All it takes is one person to get the ball rolling.

Could the instigator be you? If you’re sly!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You seldom allow yourself a reprieve from all the constant improving. There are times, however, when vigilance is counterproductive. Today it’s better to relax -- so give it a rest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your day will be focused on friends. You’ll happily adapt to the curveballs they throw into your schedule. You want to stay connected, and your friends sense and appreciate how important this is to you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2011. There are 284 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 22, 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act was repealed the following year.)

On this date: In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for defying Puritan orthodoxy.

In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C. In 1929, a U.S. Coast Guard vessel sank a Canadian-registered schooner, the I’m Alone, in the Gulf of Mexico. (The schooner was suspected of carrying bootleg liquor.)

In 1933, during Prohibition, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.

In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state went into operation.

In 1958, movie producer Mike Todd, the husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, and three other people were killed in the crash of Todd’s private plane near Grants, N.M. In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” highwire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In 1991, high school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of recruiting her teenage lover and his friends to kill her husband, Gregory, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy and being an accomplice to murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

One year ago: Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured the quake-devastated capital of Haiti — a visit intended to remind donors of the immense needs facing the recovery effort. Google announced it would stop censoring search results on its site in China by shifting it from the mainland to Hong Kong.

Today’s Birthdays: USA Today founder Allen H. Neuharth is 87. Composer Stephen Sondheim is 81. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 81. Actor William Shatner is 80. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is 77. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 76. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde is 70. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 68. Writer James Patterson is 64. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is 63. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 63. Actress Fanny Ardant is 62. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 59.

Country singer James House is 56. Actress Lena Olin is 56. Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 54. Actor Matthew Modine is 52. Actress Anne Dudek is 36. Actor Cole Hauser is 36. Actress Kellie Williams is 35.

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INVITATION TO BID Attention Roofing Contractors: Mount Cranmore Condominium Association in North Conway N.H. is looking for roof replacement on all buildings and individual owners units from asphalt shingles to steel roofing.

This multi year project is part of an ongoing transformation of a prominent slope side condominium community into a first class updated resort community. All interested bidders must be proficient in all phases of Steel roofing installations and large project management.

All bids must be received no later than June 01, 2011 for consideration of work to commence in spring of 2012.

All interested parties should contact White Mountain Management Company at 603-356-5935 for an information and specification package.

Please indicate, via e-mail to wmm@roadrunner.com your company’s intention to bid by Friday, April 08, 2011, at which point a bidders conference will be scheduled.

Mt. Cranmore Condominium Association P.O. Box 313, Intervale, NH 03845

How the iPhone led to the sale of T-Mobile USA

BY KEVIN O’BRIEN THE NEW YORK TIMES

BERLIN — Deutsche Telekom’s announcement over the weekend to sell its American wireless unit, T-Mobile USA, to AT&T for $39 billion ended a decade-long foray into the American market that was undermined, in part, by one big event: the advent of the iPhone.

Until Apple introduced its highly popular touchscreen device in 2007, which went on to become the world’s leading smartphone, Deutsche Telekom had been generating decent sales from its American operation, with growth in some years surpassing that achieved in Germany.

But after the iPhone went on sale, sold exclusively at first

by AT&T in the United States,

T-Mobile USA began to lose its most lucrative customers, those on fixed monthly plans, who defected to its larger American rivals — AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which began selling the iPhone in February.

The percentage of T-Mobile USA’s contract customers fell to 78.3 percent in 2010 from 85 percent in 2006, according to the company’s annual reports. During 2010 alone, T-Mobile USA said it lost 390,000 contract customers to rivals.

“The iPhone effect cannot be underestimated in this decision,” said Theo Kitz, an analyst at Merck Finck, a private bank in Munich. “Without being able to sell the iPhone, T-Mobile was in an unsustainable position and T-Mobile USA became a problem

child.”

The sale of the American unit

by Deutsche Telekom, which is based in Bonn, was welcomed by investors, and the company’s stock was up more than 12 percent in late trading Monday in Frankfurt.

Under terms of the deal, Deutsche Telekom will receive $25 billion in cash from AT&T and $14 billion in stock, representing an 8 percent stake in the AT&T. If the deal clears an antitrust review, AT&T would become the top wireless carrier in the United States.

The Deutsche Telekom chief executive, René Obermann, said the sale of T-Mobile USA was the best outcome for the company, which last year began looking for a partner for the unit, ranked No.4, behind Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I am having a problem and don’t know what to do. Please do not suggest counseling, because I tried, and my wife won’t even consider it.

We married 17 years ago. Both of us were in our mid-50s.

She had two grown children, and I had none. There wasn’t supposed to be any baggage coming into this marriage. However, a few months after our wedding, her son’s wife kicked him out for cheating -- with both men and women. For the past 10 years, we have had nothing but problems with this guy. He is a drunken bum, and I suspect he is doing hard drugs now. He has had a few jobs, none for very long. His massive temper gets him fired every time.

We are retired on Social Security and my military pension.

For some reason, this 51-year-old guy thinks I should support him. He lives in my travel trailer and draws food stamps. He takes enough odd jobs to pay for his bad habits, but regardless of how much he earns, he is back over here needing money for gas or groceries, and of course, Mommy will not say no.

She enables him and makes excuses for everything he does.

As a result, we fight continuously.

My stepson is eligible for medical care at the VA. He is HIV-positive and uses that as the reason he is a loser. But when you blow several hundred dollars in three days, there is something wrong. We are at the point of divorce. Any suggestions? -- Marriage on the Rocks Dear Marriage: Some parents believe that enabling their children is a way to help them. It is not. It enfeebles them and makes them dependent. However, unless you can convince your wife of this, the situation will not change. Your choice is to give up or walk away. If you want to see a counselor for help with that decision, your wife does not need to go with you. We also suggest you urge your stepson to take advantage of the counseling and medical services offered through

the VA. Dear Annie: I am a high school student. I’ve tried asking others what to do, but no one will listen to me.

At school, there are some boys who think it’s funny to call me ugly and fat, and to curse at me. I have no idea what to do. I’ve talked to the counselors at school, but I keep feeling maybe everyone would be better off if I just left. Please help.

-- Hurt Dear Hurt: This is a textbook case of bullying, and the school counselors should be doing more to stop it. Please talk to your parents, and ask them to speak to the principal and insist that the school intervene. In the meantime, hold your head up, ignore these immature boys, and check out kidpower.org, kidshealth.org and stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov for helpful suggestions.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wisconsin,” the widow whose friends all showed up for the funeral, but now have disappeared from her life.

I had the same problem. I put an ad in the local paper asking widows and single ladies to contact me to start a social group. The response was terrific. We called ourselves the SOLOS and had a meeting every month to talk and have outings.

We became a tight-knit group, developed strong friendships and helped each other out in every way. That was nine years ago, and our group is still growing.

Tell Wisconsin that widowhood doesn’t have to be lonely.

She simply needs to work on changing her social structure.

Also, she might check to see if there is a Newcomers Club in her area. That is a great group for singles, as well as couples.

-- Alone and Happy in North Carolina Dear N.C.: What an empowering idea. Perhaps others in the same situation will follow your lead.

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

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Tuesday, March 22 KinderKonzerts (Brass) 9:30 a.m. The last week of March will be filled with the sounds of brass buzzing thanks to Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “KinderKonzerts (Brass): Brought to You By the Letter “B”.” Concerts will take place in Brunswick, Saco, Lewiston, Portland, Oxford and Poland. “In the KinderKonzert Brass program, the PSO Brass Ensemble plays their instruments by buzzing and blowing, and blends these sounds to make beautiful, brilliant music.”

Concert-goers will bop to the beat of Bach and Beethoven, and will leave shouting “Bravo!” This year’s PSO Brass Ensemble is made up of Betty Rines and Dana Oakes (trumpet), John Boden and Nina Miller (french horn), Tom Otto (trombone) and Don Rankin (tuba). Designed for children ages 3-7, KinderKonzerts are an entertaining, interactive musical experience. Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments.

KinderKonzert tickets are $4 per person. Tuesday, March 22, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School; Wednesday, March 23, at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Dyer Library, Saco; Monday, March 28, 2011 at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Oxford Elementary School, Oxford; Tuesday, March 29, East End Community School, Portland at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Reiche School, Portland at 1 p.m.; Thursday, March 31, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston; Wednesday, April 13, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. at Poland Regional High School, Poland. For reservations or additional information, email education@portlandsymphony.org or call 773-6128. KinderKonzerts have been a regular event at the Portland Symphony Orchestra since 1976. KinderKonzerts are sponsored

by Time Warner Cable with additional support from Acadia Insurance, Target and Macy’s. The PSO’s 20102011 season is sponsored by IDEXX Laboratories and Wright Express. www.portlandsymphony.org.

Hall. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn with the Portland Community Chamber, Portland Downtown District, Creative Portland, Greater Portland Council of Governments, Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, and Cumberland County; Residence Inn Marriott. 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., meeting with city of Portland employees; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., meeting with Multicultural Advisory Committee and members of the multicultural community; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., meeting with Portland School Board and Portland Public Schools employees; State of Maine Room, City Hall. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., public meeting with City Council; City Council Chambers, City Hall. For members of the public unable to attend, but interested in providing feedback, they can email their suggestions to citymanagersearch@portlandmaine.gov.

Portland Community Chamber meeting regarding city manager search noon to 1:30 p.m. The city of Portland has hired a consultant, Colin Baenziger, to assist in the hiring of a city manager. Councilor Cheryl Leeman, who chairs the City Manager Search Committee, has arranged for the Portland Community Chamber to discuss the city manager search with Baenziger. “Ultimately, the manager will be hired by the Council, but that will occur after the Search Committee and the consultant have performed the preliminary search and have narrowed the field of applicants. This is a chance for the business community to articulate what it would like to see in a city manager and to understand the process moving forward.” At The Residence Inn Marriott, 145 Fore St., Portland.

Admission and lunch, $9 for members; $15 for non-members. Catering by USM Catering.

180th Birthday Party for James Phinney Baxter

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Maine Historical Society and Friends of the Eastern Promenade invite the public to an 180th Birthday Party for James 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Portland’s municipal organist, Phinney Baxter. “Join us to celebrate one of Ray Cornils, with guests baritone, Aaron Engebreth Portland’s most important civic fathers. A busiand violinist, Mark Paxson will present a concert nessman, historian, and philanthropist, James in celebration of the birthday of J. S. Bach. MerPhinney Baxter (1831-1921) served as mayor rill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Reserved of Portland for six years. Among many other seating $17, $10 Students, Under 12 Free, but David Katz channels the ghost of the legendary (and notorious) Maestro Charles Bruck in accomplishments, Baxter led efforts to create must have a ticket, $2 discount for Seniors and “Muse of Fire,” at the St. Lawrence Arts Center today. (COURTESY IMAGE) what is now Baxter Boulevard, to secure the land AGO members. Tickets available through Port Tix, between the Eastern Promenade and harbor as 207-842-0800, boxoffice@porttix.com, www.ticket. public space, and to build the original Baxter the greats on our historic stage ... the audience was rivporttix.com. For more information visit www.foko.org.

Library. The father of Maine Governor Percival Baxter, James eted, enraptured...” For more information on ‘Muse of Fire,’ The U.S. Navy Band in South Portland Phinney Baxter was also the president of MHS during a please visit http://museoffireplay.squarespace.com.” The 7 p.m. The U.S. Navy Band, the nation’s premiere orchesperiod of unprecedented growth (1889-1921) that included St. Lawrence Arts Center features unique, eclectic, arts tral group under the direction of Captain Brian O. Walden, MHS’s move to Portland, the Longfellow family’s gift of the and cultural activities while preserving a distinctive National will come to the auditorium at South Portland High School Longfellow House, and the planning and construction of the Historic Landmark that has served Greater Portland since in a free concert. A limited amount of free tickets remain.

MHS library. This event will include a reception and birthday 2001. $20 (general seating).

“Proudly bearing the title of ‘The World’s Finest,’ the U.S. cake, and State Historian Earle Shettleworth, Jr. will present Mad Horse’s Dark Night Series ‘Home Free!’

Navy Band is comprised of more than 175 U.S. Navy sera brief illustrated introduction to Baxter’s life, career, and 7:30 p.m. “Home Free” by Lanford Wilson at Lucid Stage. vicemen and women. They are broken down into six pricontributions to Maine.”

Tickets are a pay-what-you’re-able, with a suggested $10. mary performing groups as well as smaller ensembles.

Dine Around the World “Agoraphobic couple Lawrence and Joanna await the Their performances include presidential inaugurations and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., arrival of their first born child and with it, an almost certain welcoming ceremonies for diplomatic heads-of-state. This Portland. The sixth annual Dine Around the World to benupheaval. This short but full one-act play brings forth the proud tradition of music in service to our country dates efit Gary’s House at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. “This food grey areas of innocence and adulthood as it forces audiback to 1925, and now includes the continuing education and wine extravaganza features the best of greater Portences to confront the traditional boundaries of relationof younger musicians, including Music in the Schools proland’s restaurants and caterers, as well as an exciting aucships.” This presentation continues throughout the week. grams, clinics, master classes and hosting the High School tion. Shannon Moss from WMTW Channel 8 will host, and www.lucidstage.com Concerto Competition. This free concert requires advance special guest Linda Greenlaw, America’s only female sword tickets for admission, and a limited number of tickets fishing captain and author of three best-selling books, will Wednesday, March 23 remain. Free tickets are available at the South Portland be in attendance. Gary’s House is a safe, comfortable, and Community Center, Starbird Music on Forest Ave in Portaffordable home-away-from-home for families and indiland and Music&Arts Center, 106 Gray Rd (Route 100) in Public input opportunities for city manager search viduals with loved ones receiving medical treatment in any Falmouth.” More information, including email requests for 7:30 a.m. The Portland City Council City Manager Search greater Portland area hospital.” Tickets are $40 each or tickets, available at www.southportlandmusicboosters.org.

Committee, comprised of Councilor Cheryl Leeman $500 for a reserved table of ten. Register by March 18. (chair), Councilor John Anton and Councilor Jill Duson, ‘Muse of Fire’ at the St. Lawrence Family Finances Seminar will host a series of meetings with stakeholder groups 7:30 p.m. “David Katz returns to Portland Maine on March 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy as well as a public meeting to get the views of the com22 to perform ‘Muse of Fire,’ a true story and heartbreakhas launched a new interactive personal finance seminar munity on what they believe are important qualifications ing, hilarious one-man show about a modern-day Sorcerer series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general for the city of Portland’s next city manager. Throughout and Apprentice — of a young conductor eager to learn the public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literthe day of March 23, the City Manager Search Comsecrets of great music, and the terrifying teacher who will acy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to manage mittee as well as Colin Baenziger of Colin Baenziger stop at nothing — not laughter, not even death — to make your family finances like a business, teach your children & Associates, the national search firm selected by the you feel its wonder. When an old European Maestro will stop important financial literacy skills and gain valuable insight council to assist in the hiring process, will meet with at nothing to mold a student in the flames of his passion for into important family decisions involving credit, debt, insurlocal nonprofits, business groups including the Portland music, the young man discovers that great conductors are ance and retirement planning. All seminars are being held Community Chamber, the Portland Downtown District, not born – they must be forged…in fire. No play so passionat the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near and Creative Portland, neighborhood associations, city ately conveys the power of great music to pen hearts and the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Portland. employees, School Board members as well as Portland touch the soul – and none makes it so entertaining. FeaturCost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and Public Schools employees, and the city’s Multicultural ing great orchestral music by more than a dozen beloved advance registration is required. To register, please call 221Advisory Committee. The day will end with an opportucomposers exquisitely woven into the fabric of the story, 3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org nity for members of the public to provide input to the ‘Muse of Fire’ was the last play directed by Tony AwardCity Council at City Hall. Schedule: 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. winning actor/director, Charles Nelson Reilly. The Boothbay see next page Meeting with local nonprofits; State of Maine Room, City Harbor Opera House called this “without question one of

Birthday of J. S. Bach

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Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association series of workshops starts in Scarborough 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is offering a new series of workshops for families caring for a loved one with memory loss or dementia.

The new Wednesday evening series will begin on March 23 with a workshop on recognizing the 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Subsequent workshops will cover such topics as understanding dementia, home safety, driving concerns, activities at home and end-of-life considerations.

“There are 30,000 individuals in Maine living with Alzheimer’s disease. The vast majority of them continue to live at home with their families,” said Carol Palmer, RN, Program Director for the Maine Chapter, “we hope this new series will provide families with the tools and knowledge they need to support their loved one at home for as long as possible.” The workshops will run weekly at the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter’s office at 383 U.S. Route One, Suite 2C in Scarborough. Call the Maine Chapter at 772-0115.

Peace Rally for Darfur 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland, featuring speakers from the Darfur community and local activists and a documentary film to be determined.

Free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 24 ‘Fracturing the Burning Glass’ at MECA 11 a.m. The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art presents “Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning,” an exhibition that examines perception through the manipulation of reflectivity, both metaphoric and corporeal. “Fracturing the Burning Glass highlights the work of Gwenaël Bélanger (Montreal), Susan Leopold (New York), Daniel Rozin (New York), and Alyson Shotz (New York). The exhibition includes sculptural installation, photography, video, and mechanical and digital interactive media. Artists’ screenings and educational programming will occur throughout the run of the exhibition, including video works by Sue de Beer, Mircea Cantor and Körner Union.”

100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day 6 p.m. Oxfam America Hunger Banquet. This March marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. To celebrate, Oxfam America — an international development and relief organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice—is organizing more than 150 events worldwide. Around the world — from Maine to Mali — women are leading efforts to find solutions to the complex challenges of hunger, poverty and climate change.

DiMillo’s Restaurant & Lounge, 25 Long Wharf.

Series on transportation: ‘Moving Greater Portland ... toward a transit-focused region’ series by PACTS 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PACTS series. The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Portland region. It was established to improve the coordination of transportation planning and investment decisions by state, municipal and public transportation organizations. Open house and appetizers at 6 p.m., Westbrook Middle School, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. An intensive interactive “town hall” style presentation and frank discussion about where Greater Portland stands, where it is going, and what it could look like as informed by local data and best practices from around the country and around the globe. On March 24th and 25th, the PACTS Executive Committee presents: Moving Greater Portland … Towards a transit-focused region,” create choices, save money, generate economic opportunity, build community. Also Friday morning, March 25, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., coffee, fruit and pastries at 8:30 a.m. Disability RMS, One Riverfront Plaza, Westbrook. A hands-on, mark-up session to brainstorm concepts for future transportation investment and land use patterns as informed by local and national planners, developers, and employers who will make it happen. Both events are in Westbrook; in the evening at the Middle School Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., and Friday morning downtown at Disability RMS, 1 Riverfront Plaza.

‘Avenue Q’ at Merrill 7:30 p.m. “Coming to Portland for one night only, ‘Avenue Q’ is the smash hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverant, Tony-Award winning book and score.

Called “Sassy, savvy and delicious” by the New York Times, ‘Avenue Q’ tells the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Featuring songs like “What Do You Do with a B.A. in English”, and “Schadenfreude,” ‘Avenue Q’ is ‘one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see’ (Entertain-

The 180th birthday of James Phinney Baxter will be celebrated on Wednesday. Baxter was mayor of Portland for six years and the moving spirit behind Baxter Boulevard, among many other achievements. (COURTESY IMAGE) ment Weekly).” Mature content. Merrill Auditorium. https:// tickets.porttix.com/public/show.asp

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Playing times are Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www. lucidstage.com or call 899-3993

Marion Grace documentary, concert 8 p.m. “Unleashed: A Documentary Film and Concert from Marion Grace.” $8 adv/$10 door. A showing of the documentary film created at Marion Grace’s sold out CD release concert at Port City Music Hall one year ago in Portland.

The documentary was filmed by Acadia Studios and this night will feature the premiere screening of this film as well as live music performances by the band and special guests. “Marion Grace was conceived years ago by namesake lead singer and songwriter Ralph Marion Graceffa and the current members have been together since 2008. The name Marion Grace is anchored to a childhood memory of a woman met through pictures and stories only, but is a person they will all carry in remembrance through the spirit and Grace of the music.” One Longfellow Square.

Friday, March 25

such favorites by the company’s professional dancers as Bolero, Pas de Quatre, Not as Planned, Triste, Dancin’ Dan, Push Me Pull You, Do Not Go Gentle, and classical variations from Giselle, Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote. The selection of a mix of contemporary and classic pieces is intended to represent the broad repertoire of the company and showcase the dancers’ athletic and artistic abilities. Eugenia O’Brien, artistic director of the Portland Ballet Company, said, “We hope this performance serves as both a thank you to all of the people who have supported us throughout the years and as a welcome to those who are interested in the beauty, and art of ballet.” Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Ticket prices range from $15-$35 in advance or $20-$40 at the door. For more information, please contact Portland Ballet at 772-9671 or visit www.portlandballet.org.

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Playing times are Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www. lucidstage.com or call 899-3993

Saturday, March 26

‘Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?’

‘Gettysburg Bodies and Other Stories’

6:30 p.m. Film screenings at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, March 25, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. NR. “Bees are the engines that keep the earth in bloom. Queen of the Sun presents the bee crisis as a global wake-up call and illuminates a growing movement of beekeepers, community activists, and scientists who are committed to renewing a culture in balance with nature.” http://portlandmuseum.org

10 a.m. “Dead Men’s Pockets: Gettysburg Bodies and Other Stories,” Margaret Creighton, Professor at Bates College, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Spirits Alive, the advocacy group for Portland’s Eastern Cemetery will offer a three-lecture series of presentations around the theme, “Death and Survival in the Civil War.” Supported in part with funding from the Maine Humanities Council, admission is free, but donations are suggested. The theme of the lecture series was chosen in support of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015). “These lectures will offer insight into this country’s greatest national crisis in relation to death and dying. It is estimated that up to 700,000 people, or 2 percent of the population died in the War Between the States. One of the first Maine regiments to be mustered in, The Forest City Regiment included 1,046 men from southern and central Maine, and left Portland in July 1861. After 3 years, this fighting regiment mustered out only 193 — the rest were killed in action, died from disease, were wounded, deserted, or transferred to other regiments.” www.fifthmainemuseum.org.

‘Killer Joe’ — Opening Night 7:30 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m., starts at 7:30 p.m., $12 general/$10 members, 18 plus. Preview on Thursday. “Killer Joe.” “(Please note: Due to graphic violence, nudity and strong adult content, no one under 18 will be admitted.)

Drugs, guns, sex, and country-western: this ain’t your daddy’s night at the theater. Something like the love-child of Sam Shepard and Quentin Tarantino, ‘Killer Joe’ lures you with pitch black humor into the trailer-trash world of a greedy and vindictive Texan clan desperate enough to murder their mother for her insurance policy. Unable to pull off the dirty deed themselves, they hire a contract killer who sinks his claws into their young daughter and sends their plan spiraling out of control. In his first play, Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts pushes Southern Gothic to a pulpy, shocking extreme, creating a visceral experience that builds tension to a jaw-dropping, hilariously depraved climax. Directed by Sean Mewshaw. Starring Brent Askari, Shannon Campbell, Brian Chamberlain, Christopher Reiling, and Casey Turner.

Designed by Colin Sullivan-Stevens.”

Portland Ballet Company 30th Anniversary 7:30 p.m. “The Portland Ballet Company’s impact on dance has been felt at home in Maine and beyond during the course of its thirty years. To celebrate its anniversary, the Company has selected some of its most beloved dances for a commemorative performance, ‘By Request,’ at the John Ford Theater at Portland High School on March 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.” Audience members will be treated to

Family Finances 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 manage your family finances like a business, teach your children important financial literacy skills and gain valuable insight into important family decisions involving credit, debt, insurance and retirement planning. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland.” Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. 221-3601 or email help@ financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org. see next page

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Childrens’ Puppet Workshop at Mayo Street 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. “A Magic Carpet Ride with Pierre in the Air” featured, two shows: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; $3 kids/$6 adults. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland; 615-3609, www.mayostreetarts.org. “The Childrens’ Puppet Workshop presents ‘A Magic Carpet Ride with Pierre in the Air’ at Mayo Street Arts (MSA) in Portland. The puppet show for all ages will be performed by neighborhood youths who participated in the first season of the Childrens’ Puppet Workshop held at Mayo Street Arts. The youths perform with the puppets they made in the ten-week workshop. The show includes a variety of puppet skits, songs, and dance.

Following the performances, the puppets go on display throughout the month of April in a gallery exhibit at Mayo Street Arts titled ‘Puppet Show.’ The exhibit features the youths’ puppets and original scripts, and also includes a variety of puppets made by professional puppeteers from Portland and beyond. The opening is April 1 from 5-7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The exhibit, performance, and workshop are sponsored in part by the Maine Community Foundation, the Maine Arts Commission, the Maine Humanities Council, and the Portland Police Department.”

The Big Draw with Artist Kimberly Convery 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The Big Draw with Artist Kimberly Convery: A Celebration of European Drawings from the Portland Museum of Art.” All children must be accompanied by an adult. “Follow the lead of Portland artist Kimberly Convery as you, in the words of Paul Klee, ‘go for a walk with a line,’ throughout the museum. First, you are invited to her drawing table to experiment with all sorts of drawing tools from the soft and chunky to the smooth and delicate. Then, families will fill all corners of the Museum as they become (as the artist describes herself) “fine art drawers.” Your many small drawings will combine into one as you help the artist create an oversized masterpiece.” www.portlandmuseum.org

Kids Open Studio: Sketchbook Project noon to 4 p.m. $50/$3 members, all ages, SPACE Gallery.

“In anticipation of the arrival of the 2011 Sketchbook Project starting on March 30, we will explore the idea of keeping a sketchbook. Providing kids with mock moleskins, art supplies, and lots of inspiration, we will talk about what it means to keep a sketchbook, how to maintain it and then begin working on them. Kids can bring their sketchbooks home to fill up, but make sure to come back through to check out the show and celebrate the art of sketching! Drop in any time from noon to 4 p.m.”

Maine authors at Scarborough Bull Moose 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Three Maine women, all authors of popular juvenile and teen fantasy fiction, will be present for a book signing and reading at the Scarborough Bull Moose store, 456 Payne Road. “Maurissa Guibord (‘Warped’), Ellen Booraem (‘Small Persons with Wings’), and Carrie Jones (‘Entice,’ the third in the Need series) celebrate the release of their newest — and for Guibord, debut — novels with local fans. Guibord’s debut novel, ‘Warped,’ was released on Jan. 11. ‘Warped’ is the story of a girl who doesn’t believe in magic until she is pulled into a web of intrigue emanating from a mysterious tapestry. She has also published short mystery fiction in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and was nominated for the Agatha Award. The Agatha Award, named for mystery author Agatha Christie, is awarded yearly to honor ‘traditional mystery’ in American writing. Booraem’s new novel, ‘Small Persons with Wings,’ draws inspiration from her own childhood in Massachusetts where her front wall had fairies living in it. The novel is the story of a young girl with a big imagination, and how it almost ruins her life. It was released in January. A life-long writer and word-lover, she formerly wrote for and edited newspapers. This is her second novel. Jones, author of the New York Times best-selling ‘Need’ and ‘Captivate,’ published the third in the series, ‘Entice,’ in December. The series is about high-schooler Zara and her involvement with less-than-friendly pixies. The series was inspired by a strange man the author saw at MOFGA’s annual Common Ground Fair, and a fourth book is expected to be released in 2012. Young Adult fantasy fiction as a genre has grown in popularity since the mid 1990s, many say due to the influence of the Harry Potter series.”

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Playing times are Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www. lucidstage.com or call 899-3993

Maine Jewish Film Festival 6 p.m. When the Maine Jewish Film Festival opens, it will mark its 14th year of bringing internationally and locally

made independent films to Maine film-lovers. This year’s festival features films from Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, France, Israel, Ireland, Romania, and others. Two locallymade short films will also be featured in the festival. Overall, the MJFF will screen twelve features, selected episodes from one television series, and eight short films during its six day run from March 26-31. Visiting artists, panel discussions, and receptions are also an integral part of the festival schedule. The highly-lauded and award-winning film selections include documentaries, musicals, comedies, psychodrama, and animation. This diverse selection shares a skillful exposition of the global Jewish experience, through many cultural lenses and interpretations. Though all films are nominally Jewish, they are selected for their broad appeal and are exemplary for their era, their genre, and their provenance. All films featured in the 2011 Maine Jewish Film Festival are Maine premieres. The Festival opens on Saturday, March 26 with its annual kick-off party at Greenhut Galleries at 6 p.m. in Portland, followed by the Opening Night film premiere, an 8 p.m. screening of awardwinning Mexican film “Nora’s Will.” “Nora’s Will” won five of the Mexican Academy of Film’s Oscar equivalents, the Ariel Awards: Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best First Film.

The film will screen at the Nickelodeon Cinemas in downtown Portland. For more about the festival, visit www.mjff. org/films.

Freeport Lioness-Lions Club variety show 7 p.m. The Freeport Lioness-Lions Club will present their 25th Anniversary Variety Show “Still Crazy After All These Years” at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, FHS, Holbrook Street. Come join the fun as we take a look back over the last 25 years through song, dance and skits featuring Jeff Chipman on piano. Show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are sold at the door $10 adults/$3 children 12 and under. FMI call Cindi @ 865-3555 or Martha @865-6188.

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

Sunday, March 27 Maine Maple Sunday 9 a.m. Join Maine’s maple producers to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday on March 27. It’s the day when sugar makers around the state open the doors of their sugarhouses for the public to join them in their rites of spring-making maple syrup. Area participants include: Jo’s Sugarhouse, Gorham: 443 Sebago Lake Road; Intersection of Rt. 35 and Rt. 237 (southern tip of Sebago Lake) go up Rt. 237 and 7/10 of a mile on the left. Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: www. hartwellfarm.com; farmerjo@maine.rr.com; 671-2189; Merrifield Farm, Gorham: Easily accessible from Rt. 35, Rt. 237 and River Road. Physical address is 195 N. Gorham Road.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: 892-5061; Merfarm@aol. com; Nash Valley Farm, Windham: 79 Nash Road; From the rotary of Rts. 202 and 302, take Rt. 302 towards Portland for one mile. Turn left onto Nash Road, we are one mile on the right. Hours: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Maine Maple Sunday.

Contact: 892-7019; nashvalleyfarm@myfairpoint.net; Coopers Maple Products, Windham: From River Road turn on to Chute road, we are 1 mile on right. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: 892-7276; www.coopersrhf.com; gmcooper81@aol.com; Parsons Maple Products, Gorham: 322 Buck St. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: 831-4844; robert65mac@maineroadrunner.com

‘The Late Henry Moss’ at Lucid Stage 2 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre Company presents “The Late Henry Moss,” by Sam Shepard, March 10-27. Performances Thursday through Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. Playing times are Thursday: 7:30 p.m.; Friday 8 p.m.; Saturday 8 p.m.; and Sunday 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www. lucidstage.com or call 899-3993

Walk to remember Darien Richardson 2 p.m. There will be a walk to remember Darien Richardson around Baxter Boulevard. “Darien was shot during a home invasion last year and later died from her injuries. The case is still open and the investigation continues. We strongly encourage anyone with information to call 207-874-8584.

You can also text information to CRIMES (274637) keyword GOTCHA or leave a tip at www.portland-police.com.” See the Portland Police Department Facebook page.

Young at Heart Is Alive & Well 2:30 p.m. Merrill Auditorium. Presented By Northeast Hearing & Speech and Volunteers of America. Tickets $52/$42/$32 (includes $5 service fee). “This is the first trip to Maine for the Young at Heart Chorus, which has travelled the world. With performers ranging in age from 73 to 89, and a repertoire that includes rock classics as varied as

Radiohead and Talking Heads, Young @ Heart bridges the gap between modern and genuinely old school. The documentary, Young at Heart, has won many awards and been shown several times on MPBN. This concert is co-hosted

by Northeast Hearing and Speech and Volunteers of America and proceeds will benefit local people served by these two non-profit organizations.”

Palestinian Christian speaking at USM 7 p.m. Leading Palestinian Christian voice, Mazin Qumsiyeh, will speak in Room 102 Wishcamper (Muskie Institute), Bedford Street, USM Portland campus. His topic is Connections: The Palestinian Question, Arab Popular Resistance, and the U.S. A professor at Bethlehem, Birzeit, and Yale, Qumsiyeh is author of “Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” (2004) and “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment” (2011) and over a thousand articles and interviews. He is on a book-signing tour. Qumsiyeh has long argued that Muslims, Christians, and Jews should share Palestine together and, as the American Jewish author of “Witness in Palestine,” Anna Baltzer, observes, his accounts of “both the everyday and the most extraordinary acts of Palestinian indigenous resistance to colonialism expose the misguided claims that Palestions have never tried nonviolence; in fact, they are among the experts, whose courage, creativity, and resilience are an inspiration to people of conscience everywhere.” Sponsors include the Political Science Department, Pax Christi Maine, Middle East Children’s Alliance, and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. FMI l 773-6562 (Bill Slavick). william.slavick@ maine.edu

Monday, March 28 ‘Egypt in Transition’ 5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. In conjunction with the University of Maine School of Law’s International Law Society, the World Affairs Council of Maine is pleased to present “Egypt in Transition: What does it mean for the Arab World and for US Policy?” “The 18 days that began with a protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square ended as the landmark event that will forever alter the political landscape in the Middle East. It may portend the tumultuous days and weeks ahead in the region as several other governments sit atop comparable political volcanoes wondering if they will be the next ousted ruler in the region. How will the new government in post-Mubarak Egypt change everyday life for the 80 million people who call Egypt their home? Cairo has been a priceless strategic asset to the United States during former President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign as the considerable diplomatic weight on Arab-Israeli affairs and a counterweight to Iran’s regional ambitions. Did the world just witness the watershed event that has opened a completely new era in US presence in the Middle East? Will the new Egypt continue to play its familiar role as the interlocutor in Israeli-Palestinian talks as the dialogue progresses? For insight to these questions, please join a panel of Middle East experts in a scintillating conversation about the turbulent developments that have engulfed an entire region.” Moot Court Room, University of Maine School of Law, 246 Deering St., Portland.

Admission: Free, donations gratefully accepted. Sponsors: The World Affairs Council of Maine and the International Law Society of the University of Maine School of Law.

Tuesday, March 29 The DownEast Pride Alliance ‘Business After Hours’ 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Delicious appetizers, cash bar & media table will be provided. Havana South features a great atmosphere, extensive wine list, knowledgeable staff and a sophisticated Latin-inspired menu. See you at Havana South for cocktails and conversation! FMI: www.depabusiness.com. The DownEast Pride Alliance (DEPA) is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay and gay-friendly business community. Bring business cards to share on our Media Table. No fees or RSVP to attend. All in the community are welcome to come for ‘cocktails & conversation.’”

‘Spirit in Matter’ art exhibit at COA 4 p.m. Shoshana Wish, a senior at College of the Atlantic, has spent the past nine months exploring ceramics as an apprentice to Bar Harbor potter Rocky Mann. The results of her work, “Spirit in Matter: Clay as a Medium for Chinese Calligraphy,” will be exhibited at the college’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery from March 28 through April 2. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Opening reception on March 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. For information contact nwish@coa.edu, cclinger@ coa.edu, 288-5105 or 801-5733. Free. see next page

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With door prizes and a 50-50 opportunity, you increase your chances of going home happy. All proceeds help us continue the mission of the Falmouth Historical Society including providing genealogical services and maintaining the Falmouth Heritage Museum.” Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Foreside Road (Route 88), Falmouth. Reservations: Mary Honan 781-2705 or Beverley Knudsen 781-4988.

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‘Invisible Children’ screening at COA 8 p.m. “Invisible Children” presents stories of the child soldiers of Africa with a video and speakers. “Tony” is the story of an energetic boy from Uganda who each night had to leave his parents’ home, joining thousands of other children to sleep in shelters in the city, so as not to be abducted by the members of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA. After the screening, another northern Ugandan, Robert Anywar, will talk about his life in Uganda, his work as a teacher in the region, and the Legacy Scholarship Program that Invisible Children has created. Gates Community Center, College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. afuillard@coa.edu, tkittelson@coa.edu or 288-5015. Free; donations requested.

VentiCordi at First Parish 12:15 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356. VentiCordi (Winds and Strings) is a musical collaboration between oboist Kathleen McNerney and violinist Dean Stein, combining their love of chamber music with innovative programming that blends wind and string instruments. “Both Ms. McNerney and Mr. Stein performed nationally and internationally as members of professional chamber ensembles. Ms. McNerney played oboe with two woodwind quintets in Los Angeles; Imbroglio and Calico Winds, and Mr. Stein was a violinist with the DaPonte String Quartet. ... Kathleen and Dean are delighted to have the wonderful bassoonist Wren Saunders joining them for this program.” www.venticordi.com

Wednesday, March 30 Rooftop Energy course 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Department of Environmental Science will be offering a new Rooftop Energy course. Students will learn about rooftop solar and wind energy systems and how sites are evaluated for potential installation. Using solar and wind measurement tools, students will work in teams to estimate solar and wind resource data on USM rooftops. The course will meet once per week for six weeks (Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. to 2:10 p.m., March 30 through May 4) at the Gorham Campus. The course will be part of a new Certificate in Applied Energy.

FMI: contact Daniel M. Martinez, email: daniel.m.martinez@ maine.edu, Telephone: 780-5444

Portland Public Schools Student Art Show

Ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise at Bates 4:15 p.m. Acclaimed ballet dancer Jacques d’Amboise visit Bates College in Lewiston to discuss his work. 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 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. Open to the public free of charge.

For more information, please call 786-8294.

Money Management 101 Seminar

The Institute for Financial Literacy 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar series. Taught by certified educators and open to the general public, the seminars are designed to improve financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn everything you always wanted to know about successful money management and more including budgeting, net worth, financial planning and goal setting. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple.” Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org

Caitlin Shetterly at Longfellow Books 7 p.m. Rescheduled. Caitlin Shetterly will read from her debut memoir, “Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home” at Longfellow Books. A writer and actor, Shetterly began blogging in 2009 during her and her husband’s return to Maine after the recession took

On Thursday, March 24 at One Longfellow Square, Marion Grace will be releasing a documentary made by Acadia, and the band will be performing a special set with guests. (COURTESY PHOTO) the last of the young couple’s savings they’d put away for their California dreams. “A year after heading West, going broke and a surprising and difficult pregnancy, they were driving back East, with a new baby in tow, to move in with Caitlin’s mother. Caitlin quickly found her way into hearts across America turning her blog into an audio diary for NPR’s Weekend Edition. The response from listeners was immediate and astounding to Caitlin and her husband, Dan, as virtual strangers offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. Through the challenge of moving back into her mother’s small house in rural Maine, Caitlin learned to expand her vision of “the American dream,” to embrace the role of family in that vision and live in the present as much as the future.”

Thursday, March 31 Cesar Chavez remembered 9 a.m. Maine League of United Latin American Citizens will honor Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1931-April 23, 1993) in an event at historic First Parish in Portland, 425 Congress St. For more information, contact Dr. Ralph Carmona at rccarmona@mainelulac.org.

Falmouth Historical Society’s Card Party noon to 4 p.m. “Do you play cards? Join us at the Falmouth Historical Society’s Biannual Fundraising Card Party

3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Portland Public Schools Student Art Show will be held from March 31 through April 14 at Portland City Hall. An opening reception with cookies and punch will take place on March 31 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The show features work by students from kindergarten through 12th grade. All of the Portland Public Schools are represented. The exhibit includes more than 400 drawings, paintings, sculptures and other pieces.

The exhibit will be open during City Hall’s regular business hours. Admission is free.

‘I Shall Not Hate’ public lecture 6 p.m. Public Lecture, preceded by a reception, with Middle Eastern food and music, and book-signing, and an exhibit of drawings by Gazan children following the Gaza War. “I Shall Not Hate” by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, author of “I Shall Not Hate” and Gazan doctor who lost three daughters and a niece when an Israeli tank fired two shells into his home during the Gaza War of winter 2008-09. Reception 6 p.m.

Lecture, 7 p.m.. Hannaford Hall/Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine/Portland. Convenient free parking available. Sponsored by Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. For more info, contact Bob Schaible, 239-8060.

Gym Dandies Children’s Circus 6:30 p.m. The Gym Dandies Children’s Circus will hold its annual Community Performances at the Scarborough High School Gymnasium on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. “This is a special occasion, as The Gym Dandies are celebrating their 30th anniversary!” 653-3740

‘Life Your Way’ author at Longfellow Books 7 p.m. Maine psychologist, Amy Wood will celebrate the release of her self-help book, “Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-Paced World,” at Longfellow Books. AWood uses her personal experience with transformation to help countless adults develop, and achieve, their own vision of success in today’s modern world. others in removing life’s clutter that stands in the way of moving forward.” http://www.longfellowbooks.com/

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an establishment to “auto appeal” to the state liquor bureau when a liquor license is denied by the city.

“Basically it removes the auto appeal to the state liquor bureau that a liquor licensee can avail themselves of now,” he said.

The measure is an important update to reflect the state’s lessening scope of involvement in matters of liquor law enforcement, according to Suslovic.

“At one time, when the state did the enforcing and had their own team of agents that would inspect bars, it made sense they would be involved in the appeal process,” he said. “The state been out of that business for some time and now it’s strictly a local priority to enforce liquor law, so it seems to be an unnecessary step of no value added since the state is not doing enforcement anymore.”

Another part of the the bill would allow, but not require, municipalities to create an entity separate from the city council to manage liquor licensing, creating a liquor control board that Suslovic said would be similar to Portland’s planning board.

Suslovic said the current system of liquor licenc-

ing gives “quasi-judicial” powers to the city council, a privilege some are uncomfortable with.

“I’ve sensed a lot of support for having a separate

group that exists only in a quasi-judicial capacity — it’s just a better way to handle liquor licensing,” he said.

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