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Despite city goals, arts group eyes pier ‘Working waterfront’ is issue for deep-water berth BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A city arts group is moving forward with plans to explore a mixed-arts use for the Maine State Pier while admitting that such uses do not mesh with the

city’s vision of a “working waterfront” for the deepwater berth. Why? Largely because no one has told them not to. “We kept waiting for ‘no’ to be the answer, and we never got ‘no’ so we were encouraged,” said Patrick Costin, a member of Creative Portland and principal of architecture and planning firm Canal 5 Studio. Costin said that while the city might not support such a venture, exploring the idea couldn’t hurt and doesn’t run counter to any other plans currently in

place for the Casco Bay landmark. “The city council perspective is not consistent with this type of use for the pier,” he conceded. “But based on what we know there are no alternative options available that will lead anywhere for pier redevelopment at the current time.” ’We want to open it [the pier] up to the world. Right now it’s nothing but a gigantic wall separating you from views of Casco Bay — it’s an inert object, see PIER page 3

Vegan cafe back, to fans’ delight BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Last July, a Facebook follower wondered what it would take for Little Lad’s Bakery and Cafe at 482 Congress St. to “We knew that it would reopen. only take a little time, The answer, it turns out, was Steve Jordan and Renee Keele. people have been The couple reopened the popuFacebooking, people lar vegan cafe near Monument have been blogging.” Square last Wednesday, after months when the business sat — Renee Keele idle while the restaurant owner paid rent on the site. In an unusually frank “closed” sign, a message on the door from last year indicated that the “abrupt departure” of management had caused the doors to close. Now, Jordan and Keele are running the cafe, and it’s drawing customers again. see LITTLE LAD’S page 9 LEFT: Steve Jordan and Renee Keele have reopened Little Lad’s Bakery and Cafe near Monument Square. Their hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The cafe is not open Saturdays. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Guess what? You’re right about our weather luck February marks second frigid month in a row after warm spell BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Here’s the cold reality for anyone who thinks January was a turning point for our luck, warmweather-wise: You’re right. After experiencing 14 consecutive months with

above-normal temperatures, Portland has now recorded two months in a row where temperatures are well below normal, and February brought twice our normal snowfall, according to the National Weather Service in Gray. February came in as the second cold and snowy

month in a row, after January ended more than a year of above-normal temperatures stretching back to November 2009, according to the weather service. Actually, 2010 was the warmest year on record at the Portland Jetport with an average temperature of 49.2 degrees, the weather service reported. This broke the old record of 48.5 degrees set in 2006. see LUCK page 6

Simple rules to recover your ‘inner b-word’

Scraps of wisdom from an attentive server

Jeff Dunham brings his crew of creative characters to Portland

See Maggie Knowles on page 5

See Natalie Ladd on page 7

See the Events Calendar, page 13

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Town split on child porn charges MUSKEGON, Mich. (NY Times) — People in this economically pressed town near Lake Michigan are divided into two camps: Those who think Evan Emory should pay hard for what he did, and those who think he should be let off easy. Mr. Emory, 21, an aspiring singer and songwriter, became a household name here last month when he edited a video to make it appear that elementary school children in a local classroom were listening to him sing a song with graphic sexual lyrics. He then showed the video in a nightclub and posted it on YouTube. Tony Tague, the Muskegon County prosecutor, stands firmly in the first camp: He charged Mr. Emory with manufacturing and distributing child pornography, a crime that carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and 25 years on the sex offender registry. “It is a serious, a huge violation,” said Charles Willick, whose 6-year-old daughter was one of the students. Mr. Emory, who had gotten permission to sing songs like “Lunchlady Land” for the first graders, waited until the students left for the day and then recorded new, sexually explicit lyrics, miming gestures to accompany them. He then edited the video to make it seem as if the children were listening to the sexual lyrics and making faces in response. Mr. Emory’s supporters, including the almost 3,000 people who have “liked” the “Free Evan Emory” page on Facebook, say the charge is a vast overreaction to a prank gone astray, and a threat to free expression. “I think they’re making a very huge deal out of it ,and it’s really not that big of a deal,” said Holly Hawkins, 27, a waitress at the Holiday Inn downtown. “None of the kids were harmed in any way.” Legal experts say the case — and the strong reactions it has drawn from places as far as Ireland and Australia— underscores the still evolving nature of the law when it comes to defining child pornography in the age of Facebook, YouTube and sexting. The Supreme Court has ruled that child pornography is not subject to the same First Amendment protections as adult pornography, since it is assumed that the child is being abused.

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Opposition forces in Libya battle to form united front BY ANTHONY SHADID AND KAREEM FAHIM THE NEW YORK TIMES

BENGHAZI, Libya — In less than three weeks, an inchoate opposition in Libya, one of the world’s most isolated countries, has cobbled together the semblance of a transitional government, fielded a ragtag rebel army and portrayed itself to the West and Libyans as an alternative to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s four decades of freakish rule. But events this week have tested the viability of an opposition that has yet to coalesce, even as it solicits help from abroad to topple Colonel Qaddafi’s government. Rebels were dealt military setbacks in Zawiyah and the on outskirts of Ras Lanuf on Tuesday, part of a strengthening government counteroffensive. Meanwhile, the oppostion council’s leaders contradicted one another publicly. The opposition’s calls for foreign aid have amplified divisions over intervention. And provisional leaders warn that a humanitarian crisis may loom as people’s needs overwhelm fledgling local governments. “I am Libya,” Colonel Qaddafi boasted after the uprising erupted. It was standard fare for one of the world’s most outrageous leaders — megalomania so pronounced that it sounded like parody. It underlined, though, the greatest and perhaps fatal obstacle facing the rebels here — forging a substitute to Colonel Qaddafi in a state that he embodied.

“We’ve found ourselves in a vacuum,” Mustafa Gheriani, an acting spokesman for the provisional leadership, said Tuesday in Benghazi, the rebel capital. “Instead of worrying about establishing a transitional government, all we worry about are the needs — security, what people require, where the uprising is going. Things are moving too fast.” “This is all that’s left,” he said, lifting his cellphone, “and we can only receive calls.” The question of the opposition’s capabilities is likely to prove decisive to the fate of the rebellion, which appears outmatched by government forces and troubled by tribal divisions that the government, reverting to form, has sought to exploit. Rebel forces are fired more by enthusiasm than experience. The political leadership has virtually begged the international community to recognize it, but it has yet to marshal opposition forces abroad or impose its authority in regions it nominally controls. Organizers acknowledge the chaos but contend that there is no one else to talk to. “We require support, whether it’s military or otherwise, we require help,” AbdelHafidh Ghoga, the deputy leader of the provisional leadership, told a news conference in Benghazi. “The international community has to assume its duty at this point.” While the mood remains ebullient in parts of eastern Libya, largely because few believe that Colonel Qaddafi can reconquer a region that long seethed under his rule,

it is more sullen in Benghazi, a Mediterranean port and Libya’s second-largest city. At the courthouse that has served as a government headquarters, bedlam reigned Tuesday, as gusts of wind slammed doors shut and shattered a window. Nationalist music blared over hurried conversations that unfolded beneath cartoons lampooning Colonel Qaddafi. Security has begun to deteriorate, with volleys of gunfire echoing in the distance, some robberies and assailants throwing a grenade at a hotel housing foreign journalists. At the front, three and a half hours away, rebels sought to recover from a government offensive that forced them from the town of Bin Jawwad and sent them reeling toward Ras Lanuf, a strategic refinery town. The government also appeared to deal setbacks to the rebels in Zawiyah, a rebel-held town near Tripoli, and Misratah, a strategic coastal city. With momentum seeming to shift, the rebels face the prospect of being outgunned and outmanned in a conflict that increasingly looks like a mismatched civil war. “They don’t understand,” said Sami Tujan, an officer trying, unsuccessfully, to command rebels Monday as they gathered near a checkpoint. “They’re a big target.” The rebels won their initial battles with an assortment of aging but effective weapons, and a seemingly plentiful supply of ammunition, including some from North Korea and Russia that was ferried to the front lines on large white army trucks.

Amid sex charges, 21 priests suspended in Philadelphia BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Tuesday that it had placed 21 priests on administrative leave from active ministry in connection with credible charges that they had sexually abused minors. The mass suspension was one of the single most sweeping in the history of the sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It follows a damning grand jury report issued Feb. 10 that accused the archdiocese of a widespread cover-up of predatory priests stretching over decades and that said as many as 37 priests remained active in the ministry despite credible allegations of sexual abuse against them.

The church apparently found no credible charges against eight of the priests. As for the rest, three were already placed on administrative leave, and five others would have been subject to leave but were no longer active. Two of those five no longer serve in the archdiocese but are members of a religious order; the archdiocese said it had notified the superiors of the religious order as well as the bishops of the diocese in which they live. Church officials, including Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, have spent the last few days informing the priests of their status after an initial review of their cases by Gina Smith, an outside lawyer hired by the church to re-examine their

cases in light of the grand jury report. The cardinal said the suspensions were interim measures, pending fuller investigations of their cases. He also apologized for the behavior of abusive priests. “As we strive to move forward today,” Cardinal Rigali added, “I wish to express again my sorrow for the sexual abuse of minors committed by any members of the church, especially clergy.” “I am truly sorry for the harm done to the victims of sexual abuse, as well as to the members of our community who suffer as a result of this great evil and crime,” he said. The announcement Tuesday was a major embarrassment for Cardinal Rigali, who,

in response to the grand jury report, had initially said that there were no priests in active ministry “who have an admitted or established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against them.” The district attorney immediately indicted five people — two priests, a former priest, a parochial school teacher and a highranking church official. Within 10 days of the grand jury report, Cardinal Rigali placed three other priests whose activities had been detailed by the grand jury on administrative leave. The archdiocese said that the cases against the priests on administrative leave involved a range of charges, “from allegations of sexual abuse of a minor to boundary issues with minors.” It did not elaborate.

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Creative Portland is proposing a mixed arts use model PIER from page one

we want it to be an interactive object,” he said. Two years after a failed development deal which would have transformed the 88-year-old pier, Creative Portland is proposing a mixed arts use model based on an idea from the Land Down Under. Adelaide, Australia’s “Jam Factory” converted a former factory into a contemporary craft and design facility for the design, production, exhibition and sale of work by leading and emerging Australian designers and craftspeople. Operating for the last 37 years, the facility has studios space for ceramics, furniture, metal and glass work, as well as a retail space where artists can market their wares. “They had a similar concept that was very successful,” said Costin. Costin said the Creative Portland committee tasked with the pier project has done a lot of research into the space, meeting with the city planning department and familiarizing themselves with past and current zoning frameworks and city policy with regards to Portland’s vision for the pier. “We looked into — if there were an opportunity to introduce an arts component — how that would materialize in terms of zoning or changes to current zoning and [there’s] nothing in the way from a zoning standpoint,” said Costin. “Now the next step is to do a walk-through of the pier, that would help us become more informed on the condition and configuration of the space,” he said. But city councilor Dave Marshall, the council member appointed to the Creative Portland board, said that the group might discover a real dearth of public support as the idea evolves.

The city’s working waterfront, including the Maine State Pier, is at issue in local planning. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

“We’ve had a lot of extensive process around future uses for the pier and there wasn’t a strong public movement at the time calling for this to be predominately used for artsrelated purposes,” said Marshall. Issue of public desire aside, Marshall said, the pier features some working waterfront-specific amenities like its deep-water berth which would be underutilized in a mixed arts use. “There’s a limit to the the amount of deep-water berthing available in the city,” said Marshall. “Arts uses can really exists anywhere in the city, and there has been discussion in the past of having uses on the pier that were not directly related to berthing, but those were uses related to very high income tenants,” he said. While Marshall said the council has not taken a definitive position of the issue, he senses little support.

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“We kept waiting for ‘no’ to be the answer, and we never got ‘no’ so we were encouraged.” — Patrick Costin, a member of Creative Portland and principal of architecture and planning ﬁrm Canal 5 Studio “Nothing that the council said would necessarily outright prohibit an artsrelated use, and I wouldn’t say that this discussion is off the table, but it is a bit of a stretch,” he said. With 30,000 square feet of class C office space across two levels, Costin said the pier facility is uniquely suited for the mixed-arts use concept. “It would appear to align well with type of space we’re looking for, which is affordable, small studio space for artists to work in,” he said. The pier’s location in a tourismheavy district and proximity to the city’s cruise ship terminal could be another important asset for a mixed

use arts space, according to Costin. “There would be the opportunity for an art event to occur on the lower level during the height of the summer season so you would have cruise ship and island visitor traffic at its peak,” he said. The idea for a mixed use arts space at the pier was first explored when an ad-hoc committee was formed to propose a project for an National Endowment for the Arts grant, but the committee eventually decided to put their support for the $250,000 NEA grant behind a proposal for a outdoor video screen for the Portland Public Library.

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Suspect turned himself in, police say BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A local man who allegedly assaulted a clerk while robbing a Big Apple convenience store on Monday has turned himself in, authorities said. James Blann, 39, flagged down a police cruiser at Blann 7:45 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Preble and Lancaster streets. Blann reportedly told officers that it was him depicted in a Big Apple surveillance photo printed in local newspapers and shown on local TV

stations, said Lt. Gary Rogers. Blann is accused of walking into the Big Apple store at 2 Park Ave. at around 4 a.m, Monday, striking the store clerk with an unidentified object, and taking cash from the register. The store clerk’s injuries were serious enough that he was admitted to Maine Medical Center. No update was available on the clerk’s condition Tuesday, Rogers said. Thus far, Blann has been charged with robbery, but police say additional charges could be filed by the district attorney’s office. Blann, who lives on High Street, has a prior arrest for theft, but no history of robbery in Portland, Rogers said. He is currently being held at Cumberland County Jail.

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It’s their war, not ours Before the United States plunges into a third war in the Middle East, let us think this one through, as we did not the last two. What would be the purpose of establishing a no-fly zone over Libya? According to advocates, to keep Moammar Gadhafi from using his air force to attack civilians. But if Gadhafi uses tanks to crush the rebellion, as Nikita Khrushchev did in Hungary and the Chinese did in Tiananmen Square, would that be OK? What is the moral distinction between using planes to kill rebels and running over them with tanks? Do we Americans just want to see a fair fight? To establish a secure no-fly zone, we would have to bomb radar installations, anti-aircraft batteries, missile sites and airfields, and destroy the Libyan air force on the ground, to keep the skies secure for U.S. pilots. ––––– These would be acts of war Creators against a nation that has not Syndicate attacked us. Where do we get the legal and moral right to do this? Has Congress, which alone has the power to declare war, authorized Barack Obama to attack Libya? The president may respond to an attack on American territory or U.S. citizens, but Libya has not done that since Lockerbie, more than two decades ago. Since that atrocity, George W. Bush and Condi Rice welcomed Gadhafi in from the cold, after he paid $10 million in blood money to the families of each of the Lockerbie victims. What, then, is our present justification for attacking Libya? The U.N. Security Council has not authorized military action against Libya. No NATO ally has been attacked. Why is Libya not a problem for the Arab League and the African Union, rather than the United States, 5,000 miles away? Last week, the Senate whistled through a nonbinding resolution urging the creation of a no-fly zone. Call it the Sidra Gulf resolution. But what are U.S. senators doing issuing blank checks for war eight years after George W. Bush cashed the last one to commit the historic blunder of invading Iraq? Do these people learn at all from history? That war cost the Republican Party the Congress in 2006 and presidency in 2008. Far worse, it cost

Pat Buchanan

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Libyan closure LONDON — There’s a video of Dr. Alia Brahimi of the London School of Economics greeting Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as “Brother Leader” at the school three months ago, and presenting him with an L.S.E. cap — a tradition, she says, that started when the cap was handed to Nelson Mandela. It may be possible to sink to greater depths but right now I can’t think how. Sir Howard Davies, the director of the L.S.E., had the decency to resign over the school’s financial links to Qaddafi and his own misjudgments. If only the L.S.E. were an isolated case. The Arab Spring is also a Western Winter. I’m glad the United States and Europe have gotten behind the Bahrain-to-Benghazi awakening. But I’ve not heard enough selfcriticism. Hearings should be held in the U.S. Congress and throughout Western legislatures on these questions: How did we back, use and encourage the brutality of Arab dictators over so many years? To what degree did that cynical encouragement of despots foster the very jihadist rage Western societies sought to curb? The West has long known what the likes of Qaddafi and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak did. Hisham Matar, the acclaimed Libyan nov-

Roger Cohen ––––– The New York Times elist, has a new novel out called “Anatomy of a Disappearance.” His father, Jaballa, disappeared in 1990, abducted from his Cairo apartment by Egyptian security agents who handed him over to Libya. For more than a decade there has been no trace of this cultured man, a former diplomat last seen in Tripoli’s notorious Abu Salim prison. His crime was belief in democracy and freedom. He has vanished leaving a fine novelist aching for closure, demanding — if his father is dead — “to know how, where and when it happened.” There you have the CairoTripoli axis. They were useful, Mubarak and Qaddafi, for intelligence and renditions and a cold Israeli peace in the case of the Egyptian; for oil and gas in the case of the Libyan. They were also killers. Disappear is a transitive verb for dictators. That’s what they do to foes, disappear them in the night for questioning that

becomes a nameless forever. No law governs these captives’ fate. They vanish — and then they are tossed into mass graves. Qaddafi massacred over 1,000 political prisoners at Abu Salim in June 1996. Was Jaballa Matar among them? It’s important to have names. The skulls in the sand were once sentient beings who screamed for justice. The entire Western world has been complicit in the pain of Hisham Matar, whose first novel “In the Country of Men” was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The West has embraced every Arab dictator now being toppled by the people they starved of rights and life itself. Matar told The New Yorker this was “an appropriate moment for Americans to reflect on how they have for three decades allowed their elected officials to support a dictatorship as ruthless as Mubarak’s. To ask, for example, what are the reasons that have motivated the current vice president of the United States to say, as recently as Jan. 27, that Mubarak is no dictator.” I think Joseph Biden might answer that question. There are many reasons I oppose a Western military intervention in Libya: the bitter see HIGGINS page 5

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Simple rules to recover your ‘inner b-word’ Are you a bitch? Why not? What has happened to you, lady? You used to be so strong, confident and sexy. You used to walk into a room and own it. Nothing made you afraid. You never questioned your ability. You had opinions, ideas and thoughts— and they were gooood. You were a cat and now you are an eager, sloppy puppy. Now you can barely make eye contact with yourself in the mirror. You are pissed off. Sadly, the root of that anger is misdirected at your partner and kids, but the reality is you are mad at yourself for allowing the ocean of life to suck you under. That is your behavior, though, my darling, and it is your choice to change. Pull the ol’ switcheroo and flip that fire of anger into fire of empowerment, passion and strength. Kick back up to the surface, take a breath and strut onto the beach in an orange bikini and stilettos. Reclaim yourself. Warning! Your circle will be taken aback at your new attitude but here is the Biggest Bitch Secret: No spoiler alert here — you need to read on for the BBS! When did girls (you are only a woman when you are strong!) become so weak? After the feminist movement, we coasted for a few decades and now the younger generations are offensive in their weakness. What fired me up to write about this was seeing one

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice of the “goddesses” (porn stars) living with Charlie Sheen — with his record of physical abuse, drug addiction and paying for sex — say that she would love to marry him. What happened to self-worth? Think of all the females that stay with abusive asses because they don’t feel they have the power to succeed alone. Being screamed at and punched in front of the kids feels like a safer option than waking up in an empty bed. Here are my Bitch Rules. Apply daily like a gorgeous lipstick. Bitch Rule Number One: Lose the negative language. “I don’t care.” “Whatever.” “It doesn’t matter.” Saying those phrases is akin to sucking on a dirty sponge. And I will make you do just that if I hear you talking like a wimp. Passive aggressive behavior is anti-sexy. When you live to gain other people’s approval no one will respect you. Bitch Rule Number Two: Learn to Say NO. You have been a pleaser up

until now. Cyndi wants you to run the auction at school with two days notice. “Sorry, I can’t.” Husband wants his third cousin to move in for the summer. “That isn’t a good fit for our family.” The painter wants $500 more than his quote. “That isn’t in my budget.” Done. Doesn’t that feel better? Bitch Rule Number Three: Respect Thy Temple. And by temple I mean your bod. You spent 60 hours a week in your twenties at the gym. When is the last time you did a sit-up? If you don’t love your body, it won’t love you back. Dress like you cherish it as well. Seriously, your kids are in middle school and you are still wearing maternity pants. That is either the longest case ever of wishful thinking or you are nominated for Miss Lazy Buns USA. Dump the frump and get some zsa zsa in your drawers. Get a bra that makes the twins stand at attention, some pretty scarves, snazzy heels, a cashmere sweater. A few things that say, “Move over boys, I am here to claim my space.” Bitch Rule Number Four: Ditch the Duds. Do not waste your precious energy on people that suck it all up. Just because you were BFF’s with Debbie Downer in prenatal yoga class doesn’t mean she fits into your life now. It is hard to break up with friends, but you are doing yourself a huge favor by reducing your circle to those that enhance your soul. If you

feel the need to help and fix, volunteer at a shelter where people are grateful for your compassion. Bitch Rule Number Five: Never Apologize for Who You Are. So you like to dance on tables at weddings. Your husband heads for the hills. You know what? He married you because you liked to dance on tables. Don’t squelch your fire because you are 25 or 40 or 62. Be the keystone for women everywhere to release their inner zing. Biggest Bitch Secret: Here it is, the mother of all rules. It is none of your business what anyone else thinks about you. As long as you know in your heart that you live with compassion, integrity and love, let the hens talk their trash. Rise above like the bitchin’ spirit you are. And the next time someone calls you a bitch, look at them with your most fabulous smile and say Thank You. (What are you doing on March 23rd? I am hosting a Mom’s Night from 6:30-8 at Greenlight Studio in Portland. Take a couple of hours for yourself to eat, drink, win gorgeous prizes and listen to me read from my columns and blog. Whip out your Crackberry and call to reserve a seat at 899-1900.) (Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays.)

Why is Libya not a problem for Arab League and African Union? BUCHANAN from page 4

the country 40,000 dead and wounded, a trillion dollars, and the respect of hundreds of millions of Arabs and Muslims who saw the war as an imperial attempt to crush a nation that had done nothing to the United States. Assume we attack Gadhafi’s air defenses, and in the collateral damage are a dozen children — like those kids collecting sticks on that hillside in Afghanistan — and Al-Jazeera spreads footage of their dismembered bodies across the Middle East, as commentators rail, “The Americans are killing Muslims again, this time for Libya’s oil.” The prodemocracy demonstrations across the Middle East would instantly become anti-American riots. If we destroy Gadhafi’s air defenses, could we simply let the rebels and regime fight it out? If Libyans, seeing us intervene, rose up against Gadhafi, could we let them be massacred as Bush I let the tens of thousands of Shiites be massacred who rose up in 1991 against Saddam after Bush urged them to do so?

If we attack Libya, we could not let Gadhafi prevail and plot revenge attacks on U.S. airliners. Having wounded the snake, we would have to go in and kill it. And the interventionists know this, and this is what they are all about. Never strike a king unless you kill him. In for a dime, in for a dollar. If we declare a no-fly zone, we have to attack Libya. And if we attack Libya, an act of war, we have to see that the war is won. And after that victory, we could not wash our hands and walk away. We would have to ensure the new government was democratic and a model to the Muslim world, as we are trying to do in Afghanistan and Iraq. Do we really want to adopt another Muslim country? Don’t start down a road the end of which you cannot see or do not know. There is no vital U.S. interest in whether Gadhafi wins or is deposed. We ought to stay out. This is their war, not ours. Churchill once said: Take away this pudding, it has no theme.

What is the theme, where is the consistency in U.S. policy? We backed the dictators Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, who were as autocratic as Gadhafi, whom we demand be deposed. We support the dictator in Yemen, the absolute monarch in Saudi Arabia, the king in Bahrain, the sultan in Oman and the emir in Kuwait, but back pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran, though there have been more elections in Iran than in all those other nations put together. America has taken a terrible beating for what she has done and tried and failed to do in that region for a decade. Let the “world community” take the lead on this one. Tell them, this time, the Yanks are not coming. (To find out more about Patrick Buchanan, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators. com.)

Let’s put names to the dead, dates to crimes, details to our complicity COHEN from page 4

experience of Iraq; the importance of these Arab liberation movements being homegrown; the ease of going in and difficulty of getting out; the accusations of Western pursuit of oil that will poison the terrain; the fact that two Western wars in Muslim countries are enough. But the deepest reason is the moral bankruptcy of the West with respect to the Arab world. Arabs have no need of U.S. or European soldiers as they seek the freedom that America and the European Union were content to deny them. Qaddafi can be undermined without Western military intervention. He cannot prevail: Some officer will eventually make that plain.

Timothy Garton Ash, in his book “Facts are Subversive,” quotes the Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz who wrote: Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You may kill him — another will be born. Deeds and words shall be recorded. Yes, the poet remembers, and Qaddafi’s deeds — his crimes — will be recorded. One day we will know what befell Jaballa Matar and the numberless dead. I just watched Mohamed Al-Daradji’s powerful movie, “Son of Babylon,” in which an Iraqi Kurdish woman looks in vain for her son, disappeared in 1991 by Saddam Hussein. At one point she says, “I’ve been searching the prisons and now I’m searching the graves.” Let’s put names to the dead, dates to the crimes,

and details to our complicity. I know the world is unjust: Nobody made a big fuss about Dr. Brahimi’s words three months ago. All the more reason to be severe in assessing lessons learned. In his new novel, Matar’s chief protagonist observes, “There are times when my father’s absence is as heavy as a child sitting on my chest.” He searches — “Everything and everyone, existence itself, has become an evocation, a possibility for resemblance.” The foul Libyan regime that knows the answer must fall for the truth to be known. Closure time has come. (You can follow Roger Cohen on Twitter at twitter. com/nytimescohen.)

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February brought double the snowfall LUCK from page one

“The average temperature in February was 23.6 degrees which is 1.2 degrees below normal and makes it the 40th warmest February in the past 71 years of temperature records at the Portland Jetport,” wrote the weather service’s Steve Capriola. “The warmest February is 32.3 degrees in 1981 and the coldest is 15.6 degrees in 1979.” Portland recorded 27 inches of snow in February for the second month in a row with above normal snowfall — more than double the normal snowfall of 12.8 inches and the 28th snowiest February in the past 130 years of snow records in Portland, Capriola reported. The snowiest February on record brought 61.2 inches in 1969, and the least snowiest February came with a mere 0.3 inches in 1941, he said. “So far this season Portland has picked up 69.3 inches of snow which is 19.1 inches above normal and ranks as the 31st snowiest season through February in the past 130 years,” Capriola wrote in a climate summary. “The snowiest season from October through February was in 1970-1971 when 107.6 inches of snow fell on the Forest City. The least snowiest season was just a foot of snow — 12.4 inches — in the 1936-1937 season.” Now national forecasters are laying odds that Portland is entering a cold snap for the next three months. The Climate Prediction Center issued a new temperature outlook for Portland, and for March through May, the agency says there’s a 35 percent chance for

In a scene from this winter, a Maine State Trooper helps a couple whose vehicle slid off Interstate 295 southbound just past Yarmouth. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

below normal temperatures, 32 percent chance for above normal temperatures and a 33 percent chance of the temperatures being near normal. The weather service’s Capriola admitted you have to take these numbers with a grain of salt. It’s almost a toss-up of whether the mercury will climb, fall or stay where it is, he said. If it’s any gauge, the first seven days in March have seen temperatures fall 1.6 degrees below normal. Reasons for the 14-month warm spell have been debated. “It could be a fluke, some people might try to attribute it to global warming,” Capriola said, although a 14-month period is a brief stint in climatological terms, he cautioned. Weather service researchers looked through Portland records to see if similar warm spells have occurred in the past. They have.

“We have had a few periods that have been comparable and even longer than this stretch of above-normal temperatures,” Capriola said. “There was a stretch in 1997 through 1999, 15 months in a row that had above-normal temperatures, in fact there was a period there where 21 out of 22 months were above normal,” he said. Others included: • 2005-2006, 13 months with above-average temperatures. • 1990-1991, 13-months with above-average temperatures. • In downtown Portland, prior to record keeping at the Jetport, from 1930-1932, there were 17 months in a row with above normal temperatures. • In downtown Portland, from 1877-1879, there were 22 months in a row with above normal temperatures. “It’s definitely unusual but not unheard of,” Capriola said.

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Scraps of wisdom from an attentive server While enjoying a mimosa-based brunch with a friend last weekend, I was approached by a young, ponytailed, doe-eyed server who said, “Hey, are you the woman from The [paper] who writes that column about stupid waitress and cook stuff? I’ve been working on something really sick for a long time and want you to see it!” I told her I was indeed “that woman,” and although she was referring to the wrong fine bastion of journalism, I would very much like to see whatever “sick” thing she wanted to show me. She then scampered off for the remainder of our meal, and returned just as we were getting the check. Her name, it turns out is Lydia, and she has been waiting tables for almost six years. At 24 years old she was debating if she should go back to college or take six months to camp around the Grand Canyon with her partner, who is a registered nurse. All the while Lydia was telling me about herself, she was clutching a large brown paper bag as if it held the solution to end world hunger. Reluctantly, she gave it to me and said, “I don’t care what you do with this, but I think it’s kind of important.” Puzzled, I thanked her and walked out feeling as if I had taken on a huge responsibility, as well as having a burning sense of curiosity (we all know curiosity killed the Nat) smoldering from the crumpled paper bag prize. My friend had lost interest in the mystery, but I couldn’t wait to open the bag. Standing on the sidewalk, I peered inside to see stacks of folded bar napkins, scraps of paper, voided check sections, receipts, and torn pages of legal paper, all with scribbles in different color pen, handwriting style and legibility. Lydia had given me a recap of her career as a server with each piece of paper, noting a date and snippet of advice for restaurant patrons, appar-

Natalie Ladd ––––– What It’s Like ently based on an incident that happened during that particular shift. At face value, none of them are earth shattering, but I found the whole thing a compelling and healthy way to deal with the stress of the industry, as well as a touching learning curve about life in general. So many of Lydia’s restaurantbased observations are applicable to all aspects of life, and while I am still sorting them into categories for future reference, here (with very little paraphrasing) are some of her most relevant thoughts: • Interrupting gets you nowhere. Saying, “excuse me” loudly while your server is attending to the table next to you is rude to the server and other table, and generally makes you look like an ass. December 12, 2007 • Please don’t be loud — the whole restaurant doesn’t need to hear about every detail of your life. I’m pretty sure the rest of your party isn’t interested either. March 4, 2009 • Please don’t fake having an illness (diabetes seems to be the most common choice) to get seated sooner if there’s a wait. I’m sure those with such illnesses wouldn’t appreciate you doing so. January 4, 2011 • Put your phone away — or if you must keep conversations quick and quiet. You’re disturbing those around you. July 7, 2009 • If you are not happy with something, speak up and let the staff try to make it better. That way you won’t have to walk around being all passiveaggressive. February 9, 2011

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Standing on the sidewalk, I peered inside to see stacks of folded bar napkins, scraps of paper, voided check sections, receipts, and torn pages of legal paper, all with scribbles in different color pen, handwriting style and legibility. • Must you blow your nose on five different tissues and leave them on the table for someone else to pick up? Server does not mean servant. October 22, 2008 • Do not ignore your server. When he or she approaches with a smile and greeting, do not stare at your menu, all the while never looking up and say, “Yeah, I’ll have the salmon.” April 9, 2009 • “Yeah, I’ll take” or “Gimme/Get me” are not a respectful way to start a sentence. So don’t do it. October 4, 2010 • Never, ever touch your server or hostess. Do you touch your bank teller? No? Then why do you think that grabbing your server or hostess is acceptable? It happens a lot and is inexcusable. January 9, 2011 • Don’t flash your money around and act like everyone should be kissing your feet. And don’t slip money to the host so everyone can see you doing it. It’s tacky. August 20, 2008

(Natalie Ladd and her “What’s It Like” column take a weekly look at the culinary business in and around Portland.)

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Piled on my desk are hundreds of these quips that reflect a deeper understanding of how the world should run. Lydia’s end-of-shift scrap notes are a form of How-To therapy, life lessons, and common sense advice &hellip; all stemming from running plates of food in a restaurant setting. At 24 years old, Lydia is serving up something of ageless quality and value to digest, no matter where we dine. My Take: I called the place where we had brunch to see if I could talk to Lydia about the unique but burdensome gift she had given me, and perhaps get her picture. The manager-on-duty told me she had given her notice and is planning a trip west. I hope it’s as sick (as the kids say) as her brown-bag scraps of wisdom.

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In ceremony, governor to tap maple tree today at Blaine House DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Governor Paul LePage will participate in the annual maple tree tapping today at the Blaine House to promote Maine maple syrup, the governor’s office reported in a press release. The governor will be joined by Department of Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb; Department of Conservation Commissioner Bill Beardsley; president of the Maine Maple Producers Association, Eric Ellis; and maple producers from around the state. “Maple syrup production is a natural resource based industry rooted in the cultural traditions of the state, originating with Native Americans,” said LePage. “Licensed producers in Maine produced 310,000 gallons of syrup last year. This is a multimillion dollar industry for the state, with producers tapping only a few trees to many thousands.” Maine Maple Sunday is held annually on the fourth Sunday of March. This year, it takes place March 27. As part of this year’s celebration of maple syrup production, more than 70 sugarhouses will be open around the state. Sugarhouses welcome visitors to participate in syrup and candy sampling, demonstrations of making syrup, sugarbush tours and a variety of other activities. For information about participating sugarhouses, visit www.getrealmaine.com.

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A specialty boutique style of store that offers “unusual clothing at reasonable prices,” Zaftig opened just before Christmas in the Old Port. “It’s exciting because it’s the only store of its kind in the Old Port and probably in the Greater Portland area,” said owner Jeanne Marie McGurn. “It’s a consignment shop for plus sizes, 16 and up, as well as some new clothing and accessories.” McGurn said she is looking for spring clothing to consign. Currently, the store is offering a 25 percent markdown. The store’s

name has stirred some interest. “The name ‘Zaftig’ means to have a full, Rubenesque figure, curvaceous, so I thought it was an appropriate name, and a way for women of size to be celebrated, and that’s my tagline, ‘Celebrating the above-average

woman,’” McGurn said. It’s a Yiddish word that has “evoked curiosity” by customers and browsers, she said. McGurn recalled, “I had a woman one day, and she said, ‘I never heard that word before and it was in the crossword puzzle today.’”

On Tuesday, March 22, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Bureau of Insurance will hold a public comment session at Lee Community Hall, Wishcamper Center, University of Southern Maine, regarding a propsed rate increase from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman reported. Similar sessions are planned on March 14, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the 100 DP Corbett Business Building, University of Maine, Orono; and April 11, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., in the Androscoggin Room, Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Gardiner Annex, 76 Northern Ave., Gardiner. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield filed a proposed rate adjustment for its HealthChoice, HealthChoice Standard & Basic, Lumenos, HMO and HealthChoice HDHP products on Jan. 28, to become effective July 1, Kofman reported. In its amended filing submitted on Feb. 7, Anthem proposed an average increase of 9.7 percent. As of Dec. 31, 2010, there are approximately 11,000 policyholders who will be affected by the proposed rate revisions. Comments can also be submitted for consideration via e-mail: sarah.hewett@maine.gov.

Butterworth named loan specialist manager at TD Bank in Portland TD Bank has promoted Jordan Butterworth to Commercial Loan Specialist Manager in Portland, the bank announced in a press release. He is responsible for managing and supporting the bank’s Maine Commercial Loan Specialist Team, which serves customers from Portland to Fort Kent. Butterworth has more than 10 years of experience in banking and lending. He joined TD Bank in 2004 as a Commercial Loan Administrator and most recently served as a Commercial Loan Specialist. A Baldwin, Maine resident, Butterworth is originally from Methuen, Mass., where he graduated from Methuen High School Butterworth in 1998.

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‘Green Team’ at ecomaine

Daily Sun reader Bette Smart gets her copy at the Payson Park box

Seventh and eighth graders at Portland’s Lyman Moore Middle Schoolhave organized a “Green Team” to work on initiatives such as recycling plastic milk bottles and converting from Styrofoam tocompost-able trays in the lunchroom. The Green Team kicked off its efforts with a recent visit to ecomaine, Southern Maine’s largest recycling and waste management facility. Shown (from left) are: Carrie Foster, co-advisor; Spencer Snow; Marta Haydm; Mariam Jabbar; Moore Principal Lee Crocker; Melody Fish; Karla Salamanca; Moore Assistant Principal Kathie Marquis-Girard, and Chris Hyﬁeld from ecomaine. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Portland cafe reopens after long hiatus LITTLE LAD’S from page one

“We knew that it would only take a little time, people have been Facebooking, people have been blogging,” said Keele. Jordan said he knows company founder Larry Fleming of Cornish and worked with him when Little Lad’s was on Exchange Street. “I was a drywaller, and I worked there part time, and they went through a lot of different managers,” Jordan recalled. After breaking his arm, Jordan reconnected with Fleming and secured the job of driving a truck for Little Lad’s in New York City. “Out of the blue, he just asked me how long it would take me to get this Portland restaurant up and running,” Jordan said. Yesterday was busy at Little Lad’s, marking a strong finish to the first week of new management. Customers seemed to appreciate the fresh start. “I like it because they have these vegetables, that’s what I’ve liked about it,” said customer Carol Baker. Others drifted in, some looking for the trademark Little Lad’s popcorn or the cafe’s tasty non-dairy desserts. The business is welcoming back the faithful. “Little Lad’s Bakery has a place in many people’s hearts, where else can we find a cheap vegan buffet where you can pile on as much great food in the first go-around as you want (only $1 for the next goaround if you can’t finish the first!)? Where else can we find popcorn specially made with different herbs, or have some ice cream before running back to work or school?” the business writes on its Facebook page. “Little Lad’s has been closed for far too long,” Little Lad’s acknowledges. Visit Little Lad’s on Facebook or at www.littleladsonline.com. The Portland cafe’s hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The cafe is not open Saturdays.

ABOVE: Little Lad’s manager Steve Jordan chats with customer Carol Baker Tuesday in the ﬁrst week of the natural-food cafe’s reopening. BELOW: A license plate posted above a menu captures one of the cafe’s guiding philosophies. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You can delve deeper into your subject of interest without much expenditure. You don’t have to go to school to learn about it. There is enough information in magazines, in books and on the Internet to guide you along. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Because you are mature and worldly, you recognize that other people are going to feel differently than you do about things and wisely withhold some of your opinions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have that “wow” factor today. It’s not so much about what you look like or what you say. It’s your internal strength and confidence that allow you to forget yourself and get involved in the fascinating world around you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a right to be satisfied with your current level of education and stature -- you’ve worked hard to get where you are. And yet you’ll still be driven to better yourself through reading and conversation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s a reason you gravitate toward those who are even-keeled and predictable: You’re busy. You don’t have time for drama or for having to spread your attention in unexpected ways. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 9). You’ll be cherished in your circle, and your influence will grow. In April, you’ll approach your love life as though you can’t lose, and you’ll win a million times over. Your ideas about how to improve your work environment will be implemented in July. You make a difference in your community in September. Virgo and Cancer people celebrate you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 13, 39, 11 and 28.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s something you’d like to confess. The admission is actually quite harmless, and yet it’s the perfect thing to tell a friend. The honesty will bond you together. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Try not to rely too heavily on one idea of who you are. Strive to be well-rounded. Instead of following one mentor, branch out. And socialize with many different sets of friends, as well. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll encounter individuals who are not as verbally inclined as you are. It will be a challenge to get these types to open up and talk to you, but it will help you to know what they have to say, so the effort is worthwhile. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be the leader today. You’re not out to control anyone -- you rule by getting the input of everyone involved. You invite discussion. But ultimately, it’s you who makes the decision. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You love people, in theory. You’ll come across individuals who challenge that theory today. You will beneﬁt from making an extra effort to kindle a feeling of warmth for every single person you meet. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Even the smartest person can’t know everything about every subject. You know what you know, and it shouldn’t be a reason for pride or shame right now. Share what you know, and admit what you don’t so that others can ﬁll you in. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ve been so mentally taxed lately, and you need to blow off some steam. Get into activities that make you breathe and sweat. Physical exertion makes you stronger. It also impresses someone near to you.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2011. There are 297 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 9, 1861, the Confederate Congress, meeting in Montgomery, Ala., authorized the issuing of paper currency, in the form of interest-bearing notes, which were initially printed by a New York firm, the National Bank Note Co. On this date: In 1661, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, the chief minister of France, died, leaving King Louis XIV in full control. In 1796, the future emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais (boh-ahr-NAY’). (The couple later divorced.) In 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va. In 1916, Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, N.M., killing 18 Americans. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Japan, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths. In 1954, CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow critically reviewed Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s anti-Communism campaign on “See It Now.” In 1964, the Supreme Court, in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, ruled that public officials who charged they’d been libeled by news reports could not recover damages unless they proved actual malice on the part of the news organization. In 1977, about a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three buildings in Washington, D.C., killing one person and taking more than 130 hostages. One year ago: Doris “Granny D” Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who’d walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform, died at age 100. Today’s Birthdays: Singer-actress Keely Smith is 79. Singer Lloyd Price is 78. Actress Joyce Van Patten is 77. Actor-comedian Marty Ingels is 75. Country singer Mickey Gilley is 75. Actress Trish Van Devere is 70. Singer Mark Lindsay is 69. Former ABC anchorman Charles Gibson is 68. Rock musician Robin Trower is 66. Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 63. Country musician Jimmie Fadden (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 63. Actress Jaime Lyn Bauer is 62. Actor Tom Amandes is 52. Actor-director Lonny Price is 52. Actress Linda Fiorentino is 51. Country musician Rusty Hendrix is 51. Actress Juliette Binoche is 47. Rock musician Robert Sledge is 43. Actor Emmanuel Lewis is 40. Actress Jean Louisa Kelly is 39. Actor Kerr Smith is 39. Actor Matthew Gray Gubler is 31. Rapper Bow Wow is 24.

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cause her family lives in Eastern Europe, we chose to have the ceremony there. Only my immediate family attended. Despite the fact that her family has next to nothing, all of her relatives gave us generous cash gifts, for which we are grateful. My extended family is relatively well off. Although none of them was able to attend the wedding, they were all aware of the ceremony. By Christmas, we had only received one gift from any of them. We thought they may have forgotten, so our Christmas cards included several photographs of the wedding along with our regrets that they could not attend. But we have received nothing else. Annie, I have attended several of my cousins’ weddings and know this is not typical. Not only would wedding gifts be extremely helpful to us, but their absence has convinced my wife that my family is full of selfish misers who dislike her. I know this is not the case. Is there anything I can do to avoid a permanent chasm between my wife and my extended family? -- Tom in Trenton Dear Tom: Were these relatives sent invitations to the wedding? If not, they may feel no obligation to give a gift, and it is poor manners to demand one. If you think something else is going on, ask one of your parents to contact the relatives and find out. Dear Annie: You printed a letter from “Anonymous or I’d Be in Big Trouble,” who didn’t know how to talk to his wife about her excess facial hair. I would bet she has no idea. Last year, my hairdresser asked whether I wanted her to wax my eyebrows. I thought my eyebrows were fine. Tell him to spend $50 on a good, lighted, magnified makeup mirror. I was shocked at not only my eyebrows, but at my mustache, chin and sideburns. I’m 50, and the eyes are the first to go. -- Hairless and Happy

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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Wednesday, March 9 University of Maine at Farmington Spring Job Fair 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington Career Services is hosting its annual Spring Job Fair in the hallway and North Dining Hall in the UMF Olsen Student Center located on South Street in Farmington. The event is free and open to the public. An annual event for over 15 years, this year’s Spring Job Fair will feature recruiting representatives from over 25 businesses, non-proﬁt and government organizations, summer camps and learning centers. Representatives will be on campus to hire for full-time and part-time career positions, seasonal jobs and internships. Businesses represented will include those focusing on career advising, community and mental health programs, construction, recreation sports, hospitality services, summer camps and more. Registration is not required by job seekers, but is available to facilitate entrance. To register, visit the UMF Career Services website at http://chd. umf.maine.edu/Recruiting/CareerFair.php.

‘Latin American Revolutions’ at Bates College

loving look at the man whose works at once savaged conservative ideals, spawned countercultural movements, and reconfigured 20th century culture. The film is narrated by Peter Weller, with a soundtrack by Patti Smith and Sonic Youth.” The website, http:// burroughsthemovie.com, states: “His novel, ‘Naked Lunch,’ was one of the last books to be banned by the U.S. government. Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer testified on behalf of the book. The courts eventually overturned their decision in 1966, ruling that the book had important social value. It remains one of the most recognized literary works of the 20th century. ... Eventually he was hailed the godfather of the beat generation and influenced artists for generations to come.”

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

4:15 p.m. An analyst from the National Security Archive and scholars from Duke and New York universities take part in the Bates College symposium “Latin American Revolutions” in afternoon and evening sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and 10. Hosted by the Latin American studies faculty, with support from the Mellon Innovation Fund, the symposium is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please contact 786-8295. Sibylle Sixth annual Slow Food Fischer, associate professor and chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department at New York UniverPortland Writers Night sity, offers the lecture “Haiti and the Revolutions in 6:30 p.m. It is time for the sixth annual Slow Food Spanish America” at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March Portland Writers Night. “For the second year in a row, 9, in Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus the event will coincide with Maine Restaurant Week Ave. At 7:30 p.m. that day, Jocelyn Olcott, associto further the Maine culinary experience. Writers ate professor of history at Duke University, gives a Night is an evening filled with delicious local foods talk titled “Soldiers, Suffragists and Sex Radicals: and engaging readings from authors near and far. Women, Gender and the Mexican Revolution,” also Acclaimed for his “fresh-toned and touching portrayal” by Opera News and lauded This year the subjects covered will range from Italin Carnegie 204. Peter Kornbluh, a senior analyst by the New Orleans Times-Picayune for his “rich lyrical tenor, fabulous top notes, and ian food to farming in its various guises. As a new at the National Security Archive who directs the striking good looks,” John McVeigh will perform with the Portland Symphony Orches- addition to the program the winner of the first annual archive’s Cuba and Chile Documentation Projects, tra on Sunday, March 20. (COURTESY PHOTO) Young Food Writers Competition will read their winpresents the lecture “The Cuban Revolution: 50 ning essay. As in years past there will be a variety Years of Bedeviling U.S. Foreign Policy” at 4:15 of tasty food offerings — the best Maine has to ers, takes wing at Portland Stage in a whimsical “what if” p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Keck Classroom (G52) offer from land to sea. After the program, all authors will aerial adventure that flies until March 20. Performances run in Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk), Lewisbe on hand to sign copies of their books, which will be Wednesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 ton. Concluding the symposium is a roundtable discusfor sale at the event.” SPACE Gallery. www.mainerestaup.m. with special performances on Tuesday, March 15 at sion with the three guest speakers on the theme “Latin rantweek.com 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets range America’s Many Revolutions” at 7:30 p.m. that day, also from $28-$34 with half price admission extended to stuRehabilitation Career Night in the Keck Classroom. dents. Reservations can be made by calling the Box Office 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dana Center Auditorium, 22 Bramhall St., Gala Opening for the Portland Flower Show at 207-774-0465 or on the web at www.portlandstage.com. Portland. Admission is free. Join the physical, occupational 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gala Opening for the Portland Flower and speech therapists along with a therapeutic recreation Credit & Debt Management Seminar Show, Portland Company. Thursday, March 10, 10 a.m. to specialist from Maine Medical Center as they discuss what 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Institute for Financial Literacy 6 p.m.; Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12, 10 a.m. it is like to work in the health care arena. Specific topics has launched a new interactive personal finance seminar to 7 p.m.; Sunday, March 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by of discussion will include description of each profession, series. Taught by certified educators and open to the genthe plant auction at 5:30 p.m. “Join us for the annual rite of degree options, educational requirements, salary ranges eral public, the seminars are designed to improve financial spring, the 2011 Portland Flower Show. We are a collaboraand employment opportunities. Colleges and Universities literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn how to gain tion of green industry landscapers, growers, gardeners and will be present and available for questions. Snow Date: control over your credit and debt with proven tips to effecindustry retailers dedicated to the continued success of March 22. tively manage credit, assess personal debt level and elimieverything about ‘Gardening in Maine.’ Whether you are a nate your debt. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s An evening with USM economist Charles Colgan property owner, renter, or consumer of fine flowers and vegnew campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 6:45 p.m. “Outlook 2011: An evening with University of etables, this is the garden show that will bring it all together 260 Western Avenue in South Portland. Cost is $50 per Southern Maine economist Charles Colgan,” at the Portfor you. We have every aspect of the landscape industry adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited and advance regisland Marriott, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland. “Maine represented here at 58 Fore St. These buildings lend themtration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email and the nation are continuing to emerge from ‘The Great selves to supporting the new inside the old. You know that help@financiallit.org. www.financiallit.org Recession,’ and experts cite economic indicators showfeeling you get when winter has been upon us for too long ing slow-but-measurable improvement. Still many question Jeff Dunham at the Civic Center a time, and you just want to go out to your garden to see why this recovery is so different from others in recent U.S. 7:30 p.m. Jeff Dunham at the Cumberland County Civic those first bits of green popping up, well they are all here! history. Why is it taking so long for employment to recover? Center. Tickets: $41.50. All seats reserved. “The amazing Smell the mulch, enjoy the flowers and trees, buy some new When are key sectors, including construction, expected to rise of Jeff Dunham to becoming the international king of garden tools or homemade jams, pottery, or jewelry at the rebound? Will inflation be a factor? What effect will volatile contemporary comedy continues apace, with his latest vendor booths, whatever your fancy the “Enchanted Earth” fuel prices have on Maine’s recovery? Our guest speaker achievements in 2010 setting the stage for even further triis here for you. Come spend some time with us, we look will be Charles Colgan, Ph.D., Russell Chair in Education umphs this year. In April, he hits Europe for his third tour, perforward to seeing you.” and Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine. Dr. forming in arenas in Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, West End Neighborhood Association meeting Colgan is also a professor of public policy and management Denmark, Sweden and France, with additional shows being 6:30 p.m. Reiche Community Center (2nd Floor) in the Muskie School of Public Service where he teaches added due to unprecedented sales. Hence it’s no wonder that Agenda includes: Announcements — WENA is the winner of economics, policy analysis and economic development. Pollstar has again determined that Dunham and his crew of the Golden Mitten Award for 2011 WinterRush; Treasurer’s Among his other positions, he is a research fellow at the creative characters are the top-grossing live comedy act in the Report; Community Policing. Old Business: CDBG appliUnited States Bureau of Labor Statistics; chief economist world for the second year in a row plus in North America for cation update; Westfest update; corporate filing with state. for the National Ocean Economics Program; and chair of the third year running.” www.jeffdunham.com New Business: Motion to allocate $150 as a contribution the State of Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting ComFilm: ‘William S. Burroughs: A Man Within’ for the Sunset Concert Series on the Western Prom; motion mission. Prior to coming to USM, he served 12 years in the to donate $100 to the Reiche PTO for the books for kids screened at SPACE Gallery Maine State Planning Office, including positions as Maine program; motion to allocate $100 for a community center 7:30 p.m. Film screening at SPACE Gallery. “Featuring State Economist and Special Assistant to the Governor for sign. 7 p.m., Speaker, John Spritz, former Charter Commisnever-before-seen archival footage of William S. Burroughs, International Trade. Please call for information: Maria Fuension Member, on selecting Portland’s elected mayor. 8 p.m. as well as exclusive interviews with colleagues and confites, 622-0526. The Maine Better Transportation AssociaAdjournment. dants including John Waters, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Gus tion hosts regional forums on topical transportation issues Van Sant, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Sonic Youth, Laurie throughout the year. For more information visit the Events ‘The Center of Gravity’ Anderson, Amiri Baraka, Jello Biafra, and David Cronenpage at the MBTA website, www.mbtaonline.org. 7:30 p.m. “The Center of Gravity,” an imaginative historical berg, ‘William S. Burroughs: A Man Within’ is a probing, yet fantasy of the famous fathers of aviation, the Wright Brothsee next page

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

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

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

(1947): Homicide Capt. Finlay (Robert Young) ﬁnds evidence that one or more of a group of demobilized soldiers is involved in the death of Joseph Samuels. In ﬂashbacks, we see the night’s events from different viewpoints as Sergeant Keeley (Robert Mitchum) investigates on his own, trying to clear his friend Mitchell, to whom circumstantial evidence points. Then the real, ugly motive for the killing begins to dawn … Also features Robert Ryan and Gloria Grahame. FMI: 781-3366.

‘Triumph of Love’ at USM 7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre and USM School of Music present “Triumph of Love,” a witty musical romance — in disguise, directed by Assunta Kent, musical direction by Edward Reichert. “Razzle-dazzle Broadway music energizes Marivaux’s classic 18th century play and will leave audiences laughing, sighing and humming the catchy tunes!” Performances in the Russell Hall auditorium on the Gorham campus are March 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m., March 13, 20 at 5 p.m. $10 students, $15 seniors/faculty/ staff/alumni, $21 general public. $10 at five show on March 16 at 5 p.m., all seats $10. High school matinee March 15 at 10 a.m. To make reservations please call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or purchase tickets online via the USM Theatre Department: www.usm.maine.edu/theatre. For more information on show times and tickets call the USM Theatre Box Office at 780.5151 or visit www.usm.maine.edu/theatre to purchase tickets online.

Women’s History Month Dinner

7:30 p.m. The University of Southern Maine Women and Gender Studies program will hold its annual Women’s History Month Dinner and keynote lecture on Friday, March 11. Award-winning novelist and CUNY Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Nunez is the keynote speaker. The evening begins with a reception and cash bar in the University Events Room of USM’s Glickman Family Library, Portland, followed by dinner. Nunez’s 7:30 p.m. lecture, “Between Two Worlds: The Immigrant’s Price for a Better Life,” is free and open to the public and takes place in USM’s Talbot Lecture Hall in USM’s Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. Tickets for the dinner Rock Around the World fundraiser 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Come dance the night away Jeff Dunham will appear at the Cumberland County Civic Center today, Wednesday, March 9. are $20 and must be purchased in advance by calling 780-4289. at the sixth annual Rock Around the World (COURTESY PHOTO) UMF musical collaboration with German fundraising event to be held at the Italian 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 13 at 2 p.m.; Friday, March 18 at 7 Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland. The evening composer/performer Nikolaus Gerszewski p.m.; Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 20 at will begin with a silent auction of international goods and 7:30 p.m. The University of Maine at Farmington Creative 2 p.m.; Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 26 at local services followed by international music and dance. Arts Ensemble will be joining forces with Nikolaus Gersze3 p.m. (note change in time); Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m. Dance instruction will be provided; no experience neccwski, German composer/performer of avant-garde music, Acorn Studio Theater, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge St., Westesary! A tasty array of international appetizers and a cash in a series of collaborative performances to be held both brook. Cost is $7 adults; $5 kids 12 and under. FMI: www. bar will add to the fun. All proceeds will benefit Portland on the UMF campus and in New York City. The newlyacorn-productions.org or 854-0065. Multilingual Summer Programs. “Portland Public Schools formed UMF ensemble is composed of a network of artists now serve over 60 different language groups, comprising Classic Cinema at St. Mary’s, ‘Crossfire’ and performers gathered from the UMF faculty, students 25 percent of its school enrollment. Proceeds from this 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 43 Foreand the greater Western Maine creative community. The event make summer language and literacy studies possible side Road, Falmouth. Admission is free. St. Mary’s invites UMF event will take place in Nordica Auditorium in UMF’s for K-12 multilingual students, for whom English is the key all its neighbors to view selected film classics on the big Merrill Hall and is free and open to the public. This UMF to success. These courses help not only newcomers, but screen in the Parish Hall on the second Friday of each avant-garde performance will feature two new works by also Greater Portland and the State of Maine by assisting month at 7 p.m., directly following the free “Souper Supper” Gerszeski and one by Gustavo Aquilar, UMF assistant promultilingual students in becoming fluent English-speaking that evening. The feature for the evening will be “Crossfire” fessor of experimental performance. Also performing will contributing citizens, consumers, and leaders who add to be: Steven Pane, UMF professor of music on piano; Philip the vibrancy of life in Maine.” Tickets are $25 each and a Carlsen, UMF professor of music on cello; Gustavo Aguilar, limited number of tickets will be available at the door for UMF assistant professor of experimental performance on $30. Tickets can also be purchased in blocks of ten, which percussion; and UMF Department of Sound, Performance, secures a table for large parties. Call 874-8135 to buy tickand Visual Inquiry students Matthew Houston, from Pittsets and/or to get involved in this fun event. Ways to get field; Dan Smith, from South Portland; and Andrew Wright, involved include: donating an item for the auction, sponsorfrom Standish. The New York City performances will take ing a child for the summer, soliciting donations, and helping place at 9 p.m., on March 13, at Experimental Intermedia, out at the event. 224 Center St. at Grand. For more Information on Nikolaus Gerszewski please visit http://www.ordinary-art.com/ Fairy Tale Players frameset.htm 7 p.m. In March, Acorn Productions presents the second production of the season by the “Fairy Tale Players,” an Riverdance at Merrill ensemble of kids, teens and adults who have studied at 8 p.m. Of all the performances to emerge from Ireland — the Acorn Acting Academy. The troupe’s new production is in rock, music, theatre and film — nothing has carried the JoJo Dubois Meets His Match, an adaptation by local writer energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of Riverdance. DeLorme Taylor of Seven at One Blow, the Grimm Brothers Riverdance started in Dublin in 1995, remarkably as a brilstory featured in the Disney cartoon The Brave Little Tailor. liantly conceived spin-off from a seven-minute intermission Acorn’s Producing Director Michael Levine directs the story piece in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. It has danced a of a tailor who uses his wit to parlay a relatively minor feat long way since then, developing into an international pheinto a kingdom, though Acorn’s “fractured fairy tale” vernomenon, with troupes careening and criss-crossing the sion is set in 1940’s Louisiana, where the king becomes a world.” Merrill Auditorium. Also 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. mafia don, and his enemies corrupt government officials. www.riverdance.com/ Against this backdrop, JoJo Dubois Meets His Match tells From the USO Tour at Comedy Connection the story of a professor with a knack for knots who finds his 8:30 p.m. From the USO Tour, Mike McDonald with Troy heart tied up over a gang boss’ daughter. The production Pennell and Stephanie Doyle; tickets $15. Portland Comedy runs from March 11 to 27 in the Acorn Studio Theater in Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf. Also Saturday. ResWestbrook, with tickets $7 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and ervations: 774-5554. $7.50. Schedule and information: under. Unlike previous productions by the fledging group, www.mainecomedy.com. Box office open Thurs.-Sat., University of Maine at Farmington will feature talks by Fulbright “JoJo” will feature several teenage actors and is best suited noon to 10 p.m. Scholar and International Expert, Dr. Helida Oyieke, March 17 and for audiences 8 and up due to the piece’s more mature 18. (Photo courtesy of University of New England) see next page themes. Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 12 at

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Saturday, March 12 Cool As A Moose Portland grand reopening 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cool As A Moose welcomes the public to the grand re-opening of its store at 388 Fore St. in Portland. The occasion will feature a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m., drawings for merchandise, and refreshments and balloons for kids all day long.”Cool As A Moose is celebrating ﬁve successful years of doing business in its downtown Portland location. To mark the occasion, the company has completely renovated its Fore Street store, making it even more friendly and attractive to local patrons and tourists from around the world.” “We’re inviting everyone to bring their friends and family and come celebrate with us,” said Kip Stone, owner of Cool As A Moose. “We love doing business in downtown Portland, and the renovations are proof of our commitment to continued success at our Fore Street location.” Cool As A Moose Portland is open in March from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

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

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

Port Authorities vs. Garden State Rollergirls

5 p.m. Port Authorities vs. Garden State Rollergirls roller derby action, Happy Wheels, 5-7:30 p.m.; Lucky Lass Throwdown After-Party at 9 p.m., Empire Dine and Dance. “Currently, the Port Authorities are ranked No. 11 of the 25 teams in the WFTDA “Bhutto” is the definitive documentary that chron- Eastern Region. Their next opponent is icles the tumultuous life and violent death of one Garden State Rollergirls, who are not of the most complex and fascinating characters of ranked due to low participation. The our time, two-time Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Port Authorities anticipate another win, Bhutto. The film is playing at the Portland Musuem but, like always, plan for a challenging bout. ... The roster for the March of Art this weekend. (COURTESY IMAGE) 12 bout includes Itsy Bitsy Fighter, Punchy O’Guts, Grim D. Mise, Shirley B. Slammin’, Patty O’Mean, Crystal Whip, Spry Icicle, Barbara Ambush, Polly Credit & Debt Management Seminar Gone, Li’l Punisher, Lez Lemon and Mae Snap. The bout is by the Institute for Financial Literacy held at Happy Wheels in Portland at 5 p.m. Tickets are $5. 10 a.m. to noon. The Institute for Financial Literacy has Purchase tickets early as they sold out last bout! Following launched a new interactive personal finance seminar the bout is the Lucky Lass Throwdown After-Party, held at series. Taught by certified educators and open to the Empire Dine and Dance at 9 pm. This annual St. Patrick’s general public, the seminars are designed to improve Day event is legendary for it’s ridiculous antics like Human financial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn Musical Chairs and Leg Wrestling. It’s the best party of the how to gain control over your credit and debt with proven year!” For more information on team ranking, go to www. tips to effectively manage credit, assess personal debt wftda.com. level and eliminate your debt. All seminars are being held St. Patrick’s Day Dinner at St. Margaret at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near of Scotland Anglican Church in N.H. the Maine Mall at 260 Western Avenue in South Portland. 5 p.m. St. Margaret of Scotland Anglican Church at 85 Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple. Attendance is limited Pleasant St., Conway, N.H., will hold its annual traditional, and advance registration is required. To register, please family oriented St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in the Chamberlain call 221-3601 or email help@financiallit.org. Visit www. Parish Hall under the Church building. There will be two sitfinanciallit.org tings, one at 5 p.m. and one at 6 p.m. Take out orders will St. Patrick’s Day Party be available between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. only. Reservations noon to 3 p.m. St. Patrick’s Day Party at Life is Good. “Enjoy are required. The menu will feature traditional corn beef and free live music and fun activities for the whole family. Get your cabbage, potatoes, stout marinated onions, turnips, carfacepainted or your picture taken with Jake.” rots, Irish soda bread and coffee, tea and juice. Diners will ‘What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?’ event be treated to traditional Irish music including bagpipe music 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Join the Portland Public Library as they performed by noted piper Harry Wellsman. “We had such a celebrate the release of a new children’s novel by Portland wonderful time last year it made sense to do it again,” said writer, Gail Donovan, “What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?” The Father Jeff Monroe, Rector of St. Margaret’s. “The fellowevent will be held in the Rines Auditorium with a live bug ship was wonderful and we sold out dinners.” The meal is zoo, bug games, goodie bags, a reading, and a book signonce again being prepared by David Brennan, well known ing. The humorous novel features fifth-grader Bailey Blecker in Southern Maine for the dinners he has put on at various whose classroom has been attacked by an all too common Anglican and Roman Catholic parishes. Brennan is the subproblem — head lice. The book will be launched with a family Deacon at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church in event featuring all sorts of bugs, but fortunately no lice. ChilOld Orchard Beach. Ticket prices are $7 for adults, $5 for dren ages 5-12 are welcome to experience the Live Bug Zoo senior citizens and children under 12 and $15 for a family up with naturalist, Tony Sohn at 1:30 p.m. and enjoy bug games, to four. Advance tickets are preferred and take out orders giveaways, and goodies ongoing. Books will be for sale and will be available. Call (603) 539-8292 for tickets. author Gail Donovan will be on hand to autograph them. Maine Film & Video Association panel at SMCC

N.C. Wyeth talk by Sy Epstein at the PMA

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

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

Bowl For Kids’ Sake Maine Red Claws Party 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Maine Red Claws are partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine for the annual Bowl For Kids’ Sake fundraising event. To help BBBS recruit more

5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Maine Film & Video Association hosts a panel at Southern Maine Community College of directors of photography and filmmakers to discuss the advantages and pitfalls of working with the technology that’s changing today’s production market. “Digital SLR still cameras equipped with High-Definition video have sparked a revolution in how films and TV shows are being made from back yards to studio lots. The panelists will explore this technology, its place in the industry, and what tomorrow’s changes might look like. Social hour with food and drink to precede the panel and hands-on demo sessions to follow. Panelists include: Directors of Photography Alice Brooks and Phil Cormier, Director of Photography/Gaffer Jayson Lobozzo, and Sound Recordist/Editor Tom Eichler. The panel will be moderated by Producer/Director Ben Kahn.” RSVP: Space is limited, please RSVP on a new Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages.

Maine Academy of Modern Music MAMM SLAM 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. MAMM SLAM Kick Off Show featuring Grand Hotel at Yankee Lanes, 865 Riverside St., Portland. $5 The Maine Academy of Modern Music is proud to announce that it will be launching this year’s Maine Rock

Off battle of the bands, now known as the MAMM SLAM, with a Kick Off Show. This all-ages Rock-N-Bowl show will feature performances by a number of teen bands enrolled at MAMM as well as an appearance by local favorites Grand Hotel. The Academy decided to ring in this year’s competition with a Kick Off Show so that bands can come and register in person for the MAMM SLAM and get a chance to meet/mingle with other bands that will be participating in the program. Likewise, MAMM faculty will be on hand to answer any/all questions about the MAMM SLAM. www. maineacademyofmodernmusic.org

‘Any One Of Us: Words from Prison’ 7 p.m. V-Day aUbUrn will stage two events to raise awareness about violence against women. First, they will present “Any One Of Us: Words from Prison” on March 12 at 7 p.m. and March 13 at 2 p.m. Using graphic stories of women in prison, the show explains a strong connection: incarceration of women is often the direct result of violence against them. With the support of Safe Voices, the show will also include a panel to speak about the effects of domestic violence. Karen Lane will direct the cast, featuring both members and friends: Siiri Cresci, Melissa Farrington, Stephanie Hughes, Betsy Mallette, Bridget McAlonan, Julie Middleton, Mary Morin, and Madeline Strange. Tickets will be $7 for the area premier of this show. V-Day aUbUrn will also mount “The Vagina Monologues” on Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m., with the support of Sexual Assault Crisis Center (SACC). Casting will be held March 6. Tickets will be $5 min. suggested donation. For over 10 years, V-Day has worked to end violence against women and girls by raising awareness. Over 4000 V-Day beneﬁts were produced last year by volunteer activists worldwide, generating over $75 million since V-Day began. This year’s spotlight charity is Women of Haiti. V-Day aUbUrn will also share proceeds with Safe Voices and SACC. The home of V-Day aUbUrn is the First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St., (enter on Spring St. across from Dairy Joy). Accessible. FMI 783-0461 or uuauburn@myfairpoint.net. Due to adult language/content, those under 16 require adult supervision.

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

Mad Horse Theatre presents ‘The Late Henry Moss’ 8 p.m. “The Late Henry Moss” by Sam Shepard, March 12-27. “In a seedy New Mexican bungalow, two estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the mysterious circumstances of their father’s death, over his rotting corpse — a silent but still dominant presence in their relationship. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard makes a ﬁnal, triumphant return to the signature dysfunctional family paradigm of his best-known plays (‘Buried Child,’ ‘True West’). Two warring brothers. An absent mother. An alcoholic father. The rural American West. Classic Sam Shepard.” Show times are: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Mad Horse also offers pay-what-you-can performances each Thursday during the run. Reservations are recommended. Call 8993993, or order tickets online at www.lucidstage.com

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

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

Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Auction 12:30 p.m. The ninth annual Cumberland County Master Gardener Plant Auction will be held at the Portland Flower Show, 58 Fore St., Portland. The event, which is held in space provided by Portland Yacht Services, includes a silent auction from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Building No. 11 and a live auction at 5:30 p.m. in Building No. 3. This popular event beneﬁts the University of Maine Cooperative Extension home horticultural program in Cumberland County. The live auction will include hardscape, perennials, shrubs and trees from the Show’s displays, including the majority of the plant material from Estabrook’s exhibit. The silent auction will include items and services donated by local garden centers, professional landscapers, Master Gardener Volunteers, and many of the vendors participating in the show. Registration for both auctions is from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Building No. 11 (directly across from the main entrance to the Flower Show) or in Building No. 3 at 5 p.m. There is no admittance fee for this event. For more information contact the Cumberland County Extension Ofﬁce at 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) or 780-4205. Visit the Cumberland County Master Gardener website http:// www.cc-mg.org to view the list of donations. This list will be updated on a regular basis. see next page

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

Lamb Day at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The annual Lamb Day at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick. “It will be a great opportunity to view all of the wonderful new life on the farm,” said Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust president Tom Settlemire, a former sheep farmer who helps run the sheep operation at the

At 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Riverdance comes to Merrill Auditorium. (COURTESY PHOTO) Technology Center, located on University Drive in Augusta. The recommendation will be made and considered during the Trustees’ 1:15 p.m. Human Resources & Labor Relations Committee meeting. The entire Board will consider and vote on the Chancellor’s recommendation during the 4:15 p.m. full Board meeting.

BTLT’s signature 320-acre property on the Pleasant Hill Road. Settlemire said that by mid-February new lambs were being born at the farm at the rate of 8 to 10 a day and that by New Lambs Day some 150 new lambs should be on view. The event has become something of a rite of spring in the area sometimes drawing more than 1,000 people — many of them enthralled children — from the area. Come prepared to dodge the mud and sip hot cocoa while new-born lambs dart and hide among their mothers. Petting and feeding opportunities may be

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Christopher Akerlind at Bates College 4:15 p.m. Christopher Akerlind, a Tony Award-winning A stained-glass window in the Maine Irish Heritage Center. The stage lighting designer with ties center on Gray Street will host a St. Patrick’s open house from to Portland Stage Company, and acclaimed ballet dancer 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17. (FILE PHOTO) Jacques d’Amboise visit Bates available — depending on the shyness of College in Lewiston to discuss their work. the lambs. With a healthy lamb operation at Akerlind, who has worked on some 600 Crystal Spring, the farm sold some four tons productions in theater, opera and dance, of lamb last year at the Saturday Farmers’ discusses his career at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Market and other outlets including area resMarch 14, in the Filene Room (Room 301) of taurants. Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St. A renowned dancer for the New York City Ballet, a choSeeing with the Heart’s Ear reographer and the founder of the National 4 p.m. A program of Poetry & Music preDance Institute, d’Amboise reads from his sented by Martin Steingesser, with Judy new book, “I Was a Dancer,” and discusses Tierney and cellist Robin Jellis at Sadhana, his career at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, March The Meditation Center,100 Brickhill Avenue, 30, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 56 Suite C, South Portland Admission: DonaCampus Ave. The d’Amboise appearance tion requested. Seeing with the Heart’s Ear is sponsored by the Bates dance program, will be a medley of Martin Steingesser’s the college’s humanities division and the original poems, poems by other poets and Lewiston Public Library. Both events are music by Robin Jellis, some presented in open to the public free of charge. For more two voices by Steingesser with Judy Tierinformation, please call 786-8294. ney. For Additional Information www.sadhaname.com. Monty and Marsha Brown present

A Tribute to Do-Wop at Anthony’s

‘Lamanche/The English Channel’

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

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

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1:15 p.m. University of Maine System Chancellor Richard L. Pattenaude expects to announce his recommendation for the next leader of the System’s ﬂagship campus in Orono when the UMaine System Board of Trustees meets. The day-long series of committee meetings will take place at the University of Maine at Augusta campus in room 138 of the Randall Student