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‘Dice-K’ making rehab start Attorney: City still sorting out who should oversee in Portland enforcement of street artists, vendors — Page 13 See page 3

Occupy takes aim at student debt — Page 8 Battles with the tech world See Karen Vachon, page 4

Police: Man tried to hide crack cocaine in his mouth See page 6

Bryan Joyce, 7, of Portland makes bubbles during an OccupyMaine protest of student debt, held in Monument Square Wednesday. The average student who borrows to pay for college now graduates with about $25,000 in student loan debt, officials say. A crowd listened to Rachel Lyn Rumson talk about the student debt situation, which she called a “generation of debt.” The bubbles symbolized economic “bubbles” created by Wall Street. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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The fashion behind sports drafts (NY Times) — The experts gathered around a conference table, sipped water and debated Dontari Poe, the oversize defensive tackle from Memphis and a likely first-round pick in the 2012 NFL draft. In this room, early in draft week, his size was indeed an issue, but not his athleticism, smarts or speed. “We wanted some personality,” Rachel Johnson said. “But we don’t want anything too bold. That can be overwhelming with taller guys who have more presence, or more body.” That statement qualified as a scouting report, but not the usual, on-field version. Johnson cared little for where Poe would be drafted, As Poe’s draft stylist, Johnson cared more about the wide lapels on his suit jacket and the fabric swatches her team had selected. On Thursday, a series of young men, all muscular and athletic, will saunter across the stage at Radio City Music Hall to shake hands with Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL. Most, if not all, will wear custom suits, with bright patterned ties and fashionable pocket squares fit for the red carpet. Many will make the same choice as Poe did, adding a draft stylist to the usual crew of handlers (agent, publicist, strength coach). As the stylist to NBA players like Amar’e Stoudemire and LeBron James, Johnson watches the NBA and NFL drafts in a manner far different than most. That Poe sounded as much fashionista as mammoth defensive lineman this week spoke to her influence. In recent years, Johnson said, she has witnessed a style shift among athletes. While it once seemed that most of them wore suits in styles passed down from their fathers, in the past four to five years, she said, “men with larger frames began to understand their bodies more.” She added: “Men were trying to camouflage their bodies, and weren’t necessarily accepting their bodies. Now, I see more who are well tailored and showing off those curves.” This shift, Johnson said, came from more athletes appearing on the covers of fashion magazines or branching into businesses outside their sport. It is most pronounced each year at drafts, like the one the NFL will host from Thursday to Saturday. The first round, in particular, is football’s version of a fashion show. Right down to the stylists.

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In testimony, Murdoch plays down political pull LONDON (NY Times) — With a political firestorm cascading over the British government’s ties to his media empire, Rupert Murdoch presented himself to a judicial inquiry on Wednesday as a blunt-talking businessman with a wide variety of interests and acquaintances who nevertheless did not seek to use his considerable power to manipulate British governments over the last several decades. While acknowledging meetings, dinners and shared quips with a series of prime ministers and and other members of the British political elite over the years, Murdoch asserted, “I don’t know many politicians.” He spent several hours testifying before the so-called Leveson inquiry on media ethics, which was established after a scandal involving phone hacking at Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World deepened with allegations of payments

to public officials, destruction of evidence and other wrongdoing. Looming over the arrests of reporters, editors and Murdoch executives that followed were broader concerns that Murdoch and his family had become almost shadow royalty — exerting great authority behind the scenes in a country that he first encountered as a student, at Oxford, in the 1950s. In contrast to his subdued, deferential demeanor when he appeared before a parliamentary committee into the hacking scandal last year, Murdoch, 81, looked energetic and alert in a dark blue suit and light blue tie, jogging to his desk at the end of one short break, and keen to dispute assertions with which he did not agree. On occasion, he seemed laconic and cautious in his responses, mildly disputing suggestions that he ran his companies as a charismatic figure. “Aura? Charisma? I don’t think so,” he said.

Justices seem sympathetic to central part of Arizona law WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Justices across the ideological spectrum appeared inclined to uphold a controversial part of Arizona’s aggressive 2010 immigration law, based on their questions on Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument. “You can see it’s not selling very well,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a member of the court’s liberal wing and its first Hispanic justice, told Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., referring to a central part of his argument. Verrilli, representing the

federal government, had urged the court to strike down part of the law requiring state law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop if the officials have reason to believe that the person might be an illegal immigrant. “Why don’t you try to come up with something else?” Justice Sotomayor asked Verrilli. It was harder to read the court’s attitude toward the three other provisions of the law at issue in the case,

including ones that make it a crime for illegal immigrants to work or to fail to register with federal authorities. The court’s ruling, expected by June, may thus be a split decision that upholds parts of the law and strikes down others. Should the court uphold any part of the law, immigration groups are likely to challenge it based on an argument not before that court on Wednesday — that the law discriminates on the basis of race and ethnic background.

Marines moving women toward the front lines (NY Times) — The Marine Corps, the most male of the armed services, is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer school at Quantico, Va., and ground combat battalions that had once been closed to women. The moves — announced by Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, in a message sent to all Marines on Monday night — are intended largely to study how women perform in formerly maleonly units, and reflect new Pentagon rules released in February allowing women to serve closer to the front line. The new Pentagon policy continues the ban on women serving as infantrymen, Special Operations commandos and in other directcombat positions. But it has opened the door to thousands of new jobs for women, who represent about 15 percent of the force. The Army, which like the Marine Corps has excluded women from many jobs because of the physical demands or proximity to combat, is also studying ways to integrate women into ground combat units. In the coming months, General Amos said in an interview, the Marine Corps plans to assign about 40 women to 19 battalions of six different types: artillery, tank, assault amphibian, combat engineer, combat assault and low-altitude air defense. Infantry battalions, however, will remain closed to women. General Amos said he would limit the initial group to more mature Marines: gunnery sergeants, staff sergeants and company-grade officers, meaning lieutenants or captains. Navy medical officers, chaplains and corpsmen could also be assigned to those battalions.

Violence in Syria’s capital even with a cease-ﬁre BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Three members of the Syrian security services used to suppress antigovernment dissent were killed in and around Damascus on Tuesday, according to the official media and activists, one of several indications that the cease-fire arranged under United Nations auspices continued to wobble. In addition, a small bomb exploded outside an Iranian culture and travel center in

the center of Damascus, the Syrian capital, wounding four people but not causing much damage. Government forces followed the pattern established since the cease-fire, resuming attacks where the United Nations had just visited, while soldiers remained largely quiet in the places where the unarmed monitors were walking around. The Damascus suburb of Douma, which staged a massive

antigovernment protest when the observers visited Monday, was shelled heavily on Wednesday morning, activists said. Only about a dozen monitors have deployed in the country so far, but Syrians have already soured on the experience, blaming the monitors for being powerless in the face of further violent attacks despite the cease-fire technically in effect since April 12.

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Boston Red Sox pitcher to make rehab start in Portland Saturday Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, “Dice-K,” is scheduled to make a rehab start for the Portland Sea Dogs on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hadlock Field when the Sea Dogs take on the Reading Phillies, the Sea Dogs reported yesterday. The 31-year-old Matsuzaka was placed on the disabled list on May 18, 2011 and underwent successful Tommy John surgery on June 10, 2011 to reconstruct a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm. He made his first rehab start with Single-A Salem on Monday, April 23 where he allowed three runs on six hits in four innings of work. In six seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Matsuzaka has notched a 49-30 career record with a 4.25 ERA. His best season came in 2008 when he went

Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, “Dice K,” is scheduled to make a rehab start for the Portland Sea Dogs on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hadlock Field. (Photo by Kevin Pataky/MiLB.com)

18-3 with a 2.90 ERA. Prior to joining the Red Sox he had an eight-year career with the Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball where he was 108-60 with a 2.95 ERA. He was the MVP of the World Baseball Classic in both 2006 and 2009. Although this will be Matsuzaka’s first time at Hadlock Field, it will not be his first time in a Sea Dogs uniform. Matsuzaka previously made a rehab appearance with the Sea Dogs on Aug. 30, 2009 when the Sea Dogs were on the road in Manchester, N.H., taking on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The Portland Sea Dogs are 6-15 on the season following a win in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday. The Sea Dogs trailed in the ninth, but notched five runs in the final

frame and closed out the 7-3 win over the New Britain Rock Cats (13-7) Wednesday afternoon at New Britain Stadium, the Sea Dogs reported. The Sea Dogs enjoy a scheduled off day today, and open up a seven-game homestand Friday night. The Reading Phillies will be in town for the first three games, and the Trenton Thunder will make up the final four games of the stand. Portland will send right-handed pitcher Chris Martin (0-2, 5.03) to the mound Friday night.

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Amid U.S. crime, violence, vitriol, does God really think we trust Him? Editor, I think it’s time for the U.S. to stop insulting God. We claim in God we trust, but looking about I see evil just about everywhere — crime and violence out of control, dollar worship, etc., etc. I can’t believe God thinks for a second we really trust in Him. Then our politicians, many of questionable character, end speeches asking (or telling) God to bless us. God can only shake His head, saying, “These folks just don’t get it.” The other day on national talk radio I heard a selfproclaimed Christian refer to our President with these trenchant remarks: “The guy is a liar, a communist dog-eater, he wouldn’t know the truth if it crushed his skull.” You get the picture. Turn the other cheek. Yeah, sure! Lee Kemble Portland

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My Octogenarian friend sat silently in the pew as the congregation left the church. He was praying as he always does. Normally, I wouldn’t interrupt the prayer. But the voice inside spoke, and I gave him a gentle embrace. Tears filled his eyes. “How are you?” I asked. “I’m living in the past,” he said, adding, “I’m having problems with 21 century technology.” I could relate to his frustration — but knew beyond my ability to console, I’d be little help. My husband came over. He’s the family IT guy, who has helped my friend when he had technology issues in the past. My friend’s wife passed away a few years ago. Grieving her loss, he embraced new technology; purchasing an iPhone, digital camera, and laptop computer. I was impressed with his embrace of technology. Perhaps his desire was to learn something new, relate to a modern world, and be in touch, 21 century style. I prayed he’d be better at it than me. I’m high maintenance in my family when it comes to technology. I’ve been known to say to my husband: “Please don’t die on me, I’d be totally lost”! My friend’s frustration was my greatest fear. This could be me someday. My husband had to leave. I

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Better with Age stayed to console my friend. This misery loves company encounter moved to the nearby coffee shop. There would be no attempt of blind leading blind - let’s see if together we can figure it out. I knew better. For this hour, we would leave technology behind. This was sacred one-on-one time; face to face, we’d share stories of the past, the events of the week, here now and present, as we warmed our hands embracing our coffee mugs. I shared a work experience that happened a few days earlier with my friend. A networking group that I belonged to decided that social media communication was the way to do business. When I raised concern that this may be short selling the personal relationship aspect of getting to know the other, I was informed that I was alone in this thought, and was disrupting the group. A week before, this same group did a presentation on tweeting. I learned

that only 2 percent of tweets are read and forwarded. It begged me to ask: Do I want to spend the bulk of my time trying to be creative in cyber space? Or could my time be better spent in a meaningful encounter with the other? I concluded that the human relationship was more important. I graciously gave up my seat in the group. The next day I felt vindicated. I boarded a plane and picked up the in-flight magazine. There was a story about dating websites, being daunting and over-rated. People were giving up on them, opting instead for other more personal options, such as It’s Just Lunch — a dating service that allows you to break bread face-to-face, observe body language, and experience true chemistry. Sitting in the airport waiting for my connection a fellow network group colleague called me to let me know he was sorry I left the group. He felt the same way, but didn’t dare speak up. In my circle of boomer friends, I’ve found a silent majority that is both open to and overwhelmed by technology and its influence and affect on everyday life. From how we communicate with each other, to our home appliances — there are times when I throw up my arms and lament the loss of see VACHON page 5

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Defendant No. 34 has her say

In February, in the Cairo courtroom where the democracy advocates were being held in the same kind of cage as Anwar Sadat’s killers, Nancy Okail, Defendant No. 34, stood out. It was not just her beauty. The Egyptian woman who leads the Cairo office of the U.S.based Freedom House was the one in the cage reading George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia.” It was her gesture of resistance to the Egyptian military regime that had put on trial democracy advocates who dared to partner with Egyptians in promoting democracy in a country that supposedly just had a democratic revolution. Apparently, Okail didn’t have her copy of Orwell’s “1984” or “Animal Farm” — classics on authoritarianism — because this fraudulent show trial could easily have been a chapter in either one. While seven American democracy workers who were slated to be tried with Okail had been allowed to leave the country, she and dozens of her Egyptian colleagues still face prosecution at a trial re-set for June. She is deeply — and rightly — worried that the U.S., now that it has gotten its citizens out by paying a $5 million bail, will forget about the Egyptian democracy workers. After the American workers were released, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approved $1.3 billion in military aid to the Egyptian Army in an effort to keep relations on an even keel. It didn’t. The Egyptian authorities responded by asking Interpol “to issue worldwide notices for the arrest of 15 nongovernmental workers — 12 of them Americans — accused of illegally operating pro-democracy programs and stirring unrest,” The National Journal reported. It’s sad to see Egypt’s ruling military council — which has done good things to shepherd Egypt’s democratization process — get maneuvered by remnants of the old regime into this xenophobic attack on groups whose only crime was supporting Egyptian efforts to monitor elections and form parties. “When the U.S. decides to just give away the military aid to Egypt without considering the consequences on us,” Okail told me, “it sends a message that the West and the U.S. don’t care about democracy and human rights. They just care about strategic stability. We, the defendants, felt betrayed. The battle we fight standing in that cage, hearing

Thomas L. Friedman

––––– The New York Times calls for our execution, is not a battle for our freedom but a battle for liberating Egyptian civil society.” But it isn’t only liberals who are having a hard time. Last Sunday, Egypt’s new Islamist-dominated Parliament demanded that the country’s senior Muslim cleric — the stateappointed grand mufti, Ali Gomaa — resign because he had visited East Jerusalem to pray in the Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. Gomaa said it was a personal visit, arranged by Jordan. Nevertheless, Reuters reported that the Egyptian parliamentary committee responsible for religious affairs called on Gomaa to step down, issuing a statement that the “brutal enemy” — Israel — controls Jerusalem’s “entries, exits, mosques and churches. Going in enforces occupation and bestows upon

it legitimacy. It also represents a sign of normalization with the Zionist entity that is popularly rejected.” What does it tell us that a country that had a democratic revolution is jailing democracy workers and a country that has a peace treaty with Israel wants to sack its mufti for even praying in a Jerusalem mosque? It tells us that the Arab awakening in Egypt did not blow the lid off. It blew the lid up. But the lid — the old regime and intelligence services — is still around. By blowing the lid up, though, it created space for the young people who actually sparked the revolution there to take to the streets and for the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists, and even a few liberals, to get elected to Parliament. But now you have a six-way struggle for power in Egypt: the Army, the Islamists, the youths, the liberals, the old regime’s loyalists and the business community. This is going to take a long time to sort out. America’s job is to let whoever wins know that their relations with us will depend on their commitment to free elections, an independent judiciary, free press, open trade, religious pluralism and the rule of law.

It also tells us that anyone who thinks that the Arab Spring proves that Arabs don’t care about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict anymore is fooling themselves. Resolving it is now more important because the Arab street has a bigger say in politics than ever — and the issue still resonates. America has so much more credibility with Arabs in promoting democracy when it is also seen as promoting an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Finally, it tells us that — while it is understandable that the Obama team would initially take a low-key approach to defending democracy workers in Egypt — Okail is right: There is such a thing as too low-key. If we don’t stand up firmly for our own values, then what will happen to those Egyptians who do? We must respect Egypt’s sovereignty and dignity, but we have no reason to respect a contrived witch hunt against democracy workers trying to hold their own government accountable. We bit our tongue with Hosni Mubarak, and how did that end? Without vibrant civil society groups, there will never be a sustainable democratic transition in Egypt.

Mohamed Morsi, center, standing, gives the first speech on Saturday of his campaign for Egypt’s presidency. He is using an “Islam is the solution” platform. (Moises Saman for The New York Times)

Technology can enhance your life. It doesn’t need to run your life VACHON from page 4

switches and dials. Turning on my TV, stereo and oven have not gotten easier. I’ve finally navigated my way with the oven. The TV and stereo have been left to my husband and kids — I haven’t mastered that. Telecommunication, though handy to have phone access 24/7, dropped calls are common every day, accepted as a way of life. In the day of landlines, the only dropped call was when the caller deliberately hung up on you. That was a rare occurrence. The many ways to communicate — e-mail, phone, text, facebook, Skype, and cell phone give you no way to

escape. Recently I read that technology was redefining the work day, and time off. Companies that provide a cell phone and laptop expect a response no matter the hour of the day, and whether or not you’re on vacation. Lawsuits for unfair labor practices are on the rise. What’s to feel ashamed about living in the past? I pray that age and wisdom prevail. After an hour with my friend, the phone call from my colleague, and reading articles on the subject, I’ve concluded that much of social media is over-rated. Nothing beats the direct one-on-one encounter. Perhaps it’s time for some technology talk therapy. It goes like this: don’t be afraid to admit that you’re lost in the advances of technology. The message

gleaned from this week’s experiences says: You are not alone! There are many in the same boat. Times are changing — rapidly. Like a pendulum swung in a new direction, it needs time to balance out. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Things have a way of running full cycle. Technology can enhance your life. It doesn’t need to run your life. Pray that you can find the balance. And, who knows, maybe someday there will be a return to switches and dials. For now, speak up and ask a kid for help! (Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough. She is a licensed insurance agent, and an active volunteer in her community.)

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The body of Freeport musician Dean Levasseur was found Wednesday morning by a canine team near a stream a few hundred yards from the site of Chickenfest, the party he disappeared from late Saturday night, reports the Maine Campus, the University of Maine student newspaper. Levasseur, 24, of Freeport, was scheduled to play in a band at Chickenfest in Howland on Saturday. The party is an annual event held in a secret location, and this year it was held off a logging road in Howland. Levasseur was the focus of an extensive search when he didn’t turn up to perform. “Detectives say there’s no indication of foul play and the cause of death will await the medical examiner’s findings,” State Police spokesman Steve McCausland told The Associated Press. Officials said yesterday they didn’t yet know how he died or the circumstances leading to his disappearance. An autopsy is expected today.

Police: Federal drug convict caught with crack cocaine in his mouth Scuffling with a police officer wasn’t the biggest mistake that Dennis Splude, 55, made following a traffic stop on Main Street in South Portland, police said. Packets of suspected crack cocaine were recovered from Splude’s mouth, where he had tried to hide them, according to Lt. Frank Clark with the South Portland Police Department. On Tuesday at 5:12 p.m., Officer Scott Corbett was patrolling the Thornton Heights area of South Portland when he noticed a vehicle pass him bearing an apparently fraudulent inspection sticker, Clark reported. Officer Corbett made a traffic stop on Main Street, and issued a summons for the fraudulent sticker to Sheryl Wallace, 45, a transient in the greater Portland area, Clark said. During this roadside investigation, Corbett developed reason to believe that the male passenger, Splude, also a greater Portland transient, “had secreted something in his mouth during the stop,” Clark reported in a press release. Splude resisted

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Heroin, cocaine, cash, handgun recovered from S. Portland motel Two Brooklyn, N.Y. men are the focus of a drugtrafficking investigation in South Portland, after police said they recovered heroin, cocaine, cash and a handgun from a South Portland motel Tuesday. Around noon Tuesday, officers were dispatched to the Days Inn on the Maine Mall Road to investigate the reported odor of marijuana emanating from a hotel room, South Portland police reported. Upon arrival, officers identified themselves to the occupants through a closed door. One of the occupants, Anthony Calderon, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y. jumped out of the second-floor window and was apprehended in the parking lot. Officers then secured the hotel room, and subsequently found a second suspect, DavidCordero son Cordero, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., hiding in a nearby hotel room that had been left open for house cleaning, according to Lt. Frank Clark Sgt. Kevin Cashman. Officers then collaborated with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, which continued the investigation and executed a search warrant at the hotel room. Based on the investigation in the room, 200 bags of heroin with an approximate street value of $4,000; 50 grams of cocaine with an approximate street value of $5,000; approximately $7,000 in cash; a handgun with the serial number filed off; and other evidence of drug trafficking activities were recovered, police said. Calderon was placed under arrest and transported to the Maine Medical Center, where he currently remains under armed guard, for treatment of injuries sustained from his second-story fall. He has a drug-related criminal history in New York City, police said. Cordero was arrested and booked at the Cumberland County Jail on a charge of criminal trespass, and has since posted bail. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency continues to investigate, and charges against Calderon, to include aggravated trafficking in cocaine, are anticipated, Cashman said.

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MUSIC CALENDAR ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Brzowski is throwing down the gauntlet with all the desperation of a man on the edge. The Portland-byway-of Providence, R.I. emcee kicked around the Massachusetts and Rhode Island music scenes in varying projects since 1993. He has spent a decade steadily amassing a sizable groundswell of indie hip-hop true believers. Brzowski is at Empire Dine and Dance Friday night. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Thursday, April 26 Greg Brown at One Longfellow 8 p.m. SOLD OUT! One Longfellow Square. Having recorded more than a dozen albums and reached charttopping success, Greg Brown’s deep, swampy voice delivers songs of sorrow and joy, born of cross-country drives and soul-searching fishing trips. Brown’s songwriting has been lauded by many, and his songs have been performed by Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Michael Johnson, Shawn Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Rolling Stone’s fourstar review of his disc, Further In, calls Brown “a wickedly sharp observer of the human condition.” www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Friday, April 27 April Verch Band 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. April Verch, doesn’t just perform music, she exudes it. The internationally renowned Canadian fiddler, singer, songwriter and stepdancer has a passion for performing and her goal is to touch the lives of those who are listening at any given moment. www. onelongfellowsquare.com

Brzowski and Moshe, Bleubird, Ceschi, Eyenine 9:30 p.m. Brzowski and Moshe, Bleubird, Ceschi, Eyenine at Empire Dine and Dance. After a 12-show run doing shows in France, Germany and Switzerland, Brzowski and Moshe (the beards you love to hate) are back for a rare local underground hip-hop set together. First hometown show home from Europe. http://milledpavement.com

Saturday, April 28 PSO Pops! Music of Queen 7:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra Pops! will pay tribute to the music of Queen in the final Pops concerts of the season. The classic rock of this legendary band meets a different kind of classic style in the sounds of the symphony orchestra, accompanied by a tribute band led by vocalist Michael Shotton. Music Director Robert Moody conducts two performances on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 29 at 2:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium, with guests the USM Chamber Singers. Tickets range from $20-$65 and are available through PortTIX at 8420800 or www.porttix.com.

Oratorio Chorale in Maine 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, the Oratorio Chorale brings a new and innovative program to two venues on the coast of Maine, part of a five-day residency with the Vancouver-based Orchid Ensemble. During the week the Orchid Ensemble will provide school presentations of East-West music, and a program of Chinese-Jewish music of the Asian Diaspora. The musical programs are billed as “Cold Fusion,” in which the Oratorio Chorale will perform with the Orchid Ensemble’s Lan Tung, of Taiwan and Canada, on the erhu (Chinese violin), Yu-Chen Wang, of Taiwan and the U.S. on the zheng (Chinese zither), and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion. This ensemble blends these ancient instruments and traditions from China and beyond. The school programs will feature instruments, music and stories from China and around the world. Student participation will be offered at Morse High School, at Bath Middle School, the Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, and for students at Temple Beth-El in Portland. In addition, a free special program of Jewish/Chinese fusion music will be presented at Temple Beth-El on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. Among other music that evening, the Oratorio Chorale will perform a composition by Moshe Denberg. Based on the Orchid Ensemble’s “Ten Thousand Miles to Kai-Feng,” this program explores the Jewish presence along the Silk Road and in China, from the 7th century and beyond. It features music that combines Jewish and Asian traditions. Oratorio Chorale and Orchid Ensemble performances take place on Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Montgomery Theater, Morse High School, Bath, and on Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. at Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Tickets to the weekend concerts are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, students half price, children under twelve free. For ticket information, contact 798-7985, or visit www.oratoriochorale.org for ticket venues.

Mike and Ruthy (formerly of The Mammals) 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. A timeless original folk and blues duo from Woodstock, NY, their fan-funded CD “Million to One” rose to the top 20 on the Americana charts in 2010. This month they are celebrating the release of “The NYC EP” a collection of six compelling new songs which includes their newly re-crafted Woody Guthrie ballad “My New York City.”

Meghan Yates and the Reverie Machine 8 p.m. Meghan Yates and the Reverie Machine, Robert Sarazin Blake, and Dan Blakeslee. Hailing from Portland Maine, Meghan Yates & the Reverie Machine create a fusion of near ancient song writing and progressive instrumentation. Led by Meghan’s powerful and angelic voice, the songs beg the listener to delve inward and experience the music through their mind, body, and heart. www.danblakeslee.com. Doors at 7:30 p.m., music at 8 p.m., $8 at the door. www.mayostreetarts.org

Emilia Dahlin Quartet and Sara Cox 8:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Emilia Dahlin weaves a historian’s imagination with a troubadour’s artistry, blending vintage jazz inflections and raw, rootsy folk. Honest and eloquent songcraft, shot through with a gently mesmerizing voice that engages the listener in tales of the human condition. Sara Cox’s most recent album, “Crowded Is The New Lonely,” strikes a fine balance between countrified-rock and lonesome acoustic balladry. With an interactive video piece by artist Susan Bickford and a double-hit of topnotch Portland singer/songwriters, this is bound to be a special evening. www.space538.org/events.php

Future Islands make pitch-perfect pop that aims to break your heart and heal your wounds. Fellow Wham City dwellers Ed Schrader’s Music Beat (who played here last year with Dan Deacon) return with their scuzzy, frenetic no-wave and Peru, Maine’s Powers rev things up to start. www. space538.org/events.php

Tuesday, May 1 Kathleen Edwards at Port City 8 p.m. State Theatre & WCLZ Presents: Kathleen Edwards at Port City Music Hall with Hannah Georgas. Since the release of her debut LP, Failer (2003), Kathleen Edwards has toured across Canada, USA and Europe several times over, sharing the stages with the likes of My Morning Jacket, John Doe and Willie Nelson. The Vancouver-based Georgas and her debut have garnered national acclaim that’s almost too numerous to count.

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8 p.m. The State Theatre presents Bob Weir in an acoustic concert. Bob Weir has a secure place in rock history as the Grateful Dead’s co-vocalist and what Andrew Clarke (in one of England’s leading newspapers, “The Independent”) called the genre’s “greatest, if most eccentric rhythm guitarist.” He is one of the genuinely fine songwriters of the late 20th century.

8 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Future Islands with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and Powers at SPACE Gallery. Baltimore trio Future Islands take the romantic synth sound to new heights, thanks to a visceral one-two punch of their addictive melodies and vocalist Samuel T. Herring’s indelible delivery. Known for their startlingly good live shows,

9 p.m. HillyTown and A Robot present: AWAAS/Mango Floss/Whip Hands/The Waldos at Geno’s, 625 Congress St. Awaas is an independent project. Isolated Mainers who previously brought you Important Record’s brother bands Conifer and Ocean.

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Baykeeper wins EPA lifetime achievement award BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Joe Payne, the Casco Baykeeper, speaks about Gulf of Maine environmental restoration during a press conference in 2010 at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Friends of Casco Bay’s Joe Payne has won recognition for his lifetime advocacy for clean water. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday presented its annual Environmental Merit Awards for 2011. Payne was joined by Jeff Emery of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in receipt of the merit awards, which recognize valuable contributions to environmental awareness and problem solving, the EPA’s New England Regional Office reported. Emery was noted as an environmental scientist “and as a leader in such collaborations as those with such national and regional organizations as EPA, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, the National Park Service as well as other jurisdictions that include Canadian Provinces, Maine Indian Tribes and other states.” Payne won an Environmental Merit Award for Lifetime Achievement at a ceremony in Boston. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree congratulated Payne. “For 20 years, Joe Payne has worked tirelessly to protect Casco Bay from a number of environmental threats — storm-water runoff, industrial pollution and oil spills among them,” Pingree said in a press release. “Everyone who values and makes their living from Casco Bay has benefited from this exceptional scientist and committed advocate. The health of the bay couldn’t be in better hands than Joe Payne’s.” Payne has been a baykeeper on Casco Bay for 20 years. In 1991, he was hired as the first employee of

Friends of Casco Bay, a grassroots conservation organization in southern Maine, the EPA noted. Payne, a fisherman’s grandson, has been a steward and voice for Casco Bay ever since. Payne was saluted for his “sciencebased, collaborative approach to resolving threats to the bay’s environmental health,” the EPA press release noted. “He has spearheaded numerous conservation campaigns that benefit the bay and the entire Maine coast,” the EPA stated. “He created an awardwinning volunteer water quality monitoring program and made Casco Bay one of the most thoroughly sampled water bodies in the country. The monitoring work allowed the organization to identify and eliminate sources of fecal coliform pollution and allowed hundreds of acres of clam flats to be re-opened to harvesters. His achievements also include launching a mobile pumpout service for recreational boats, which has kept over 125,000 gallons of raw sewage out of Casco Bay.” The EPA added, “He sampled stormwater runoff for pesticides washing into the bay to support an education program to limit lawn chemicals, which is now a statewide effort, and initiated a lobster relocation project, rescuing 35,000 lobsters from the area to be dredged. He has also worked to raise awareness of the threat of coastal acidification from stormwater runoff and air deposits.” Awarded by EPA since 1970, the merit awards honor individuals and groups who have shown particular ingenuity and commitment in their efforts to preserve the region’s environment. This year’s competition drew nearly 100 nominations from across New England.

Blitz of spring maintenance

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Michael Pendexter (left) and Daniel Szatkowski unload mulch at the corner of Park Street and Congress Street Tuesday for the Portland Downtown District Blitz, a concentrated landscaping effort. Portland’s Downtown District is a notfor-profit organization founded in 1992. It is funded by a tax assessment on property within the boundaries of the District. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, April 26, the 117th day of 2012. There are 249 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 26, 1937, German and Italian warplanes raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, resulting in widespread destruction; estimates of the number of people killed vary greatly, from the hundreds to the thousands. On this date: In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Va., on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1785, American naturalist, hunter and artist John James Audubon was born in present-day Haiti. In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Va., and killed. (As he lay dying, Booth looked at his hands and gasped, “Useless, useless.”) In 1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France’s Vichy government during World War II, was arrested. In 1952, the destroyer-minesweeper USS Hobson sank in the central Atlantic after colliding with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp with the loss of 176 crew members. In 1962, the NASA spacecraft Ranger 4 crashed into the moon as planned after failing to transmit images and data. In 1968, the United States exploded beneath the Nevada desert a 1.3 megaton nuclear device called “Boxcar.” In 1972, the first Lockheed L-1011 TriStar went into commercial service with Eastern Airlines. In 1986, a major nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). In 1992, Moscow saw its first publicly observed Russian Orthodox Easter in 74 years. In 2000, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation’s first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions. One year ago: An 84-year-old naturalized American from Burundi accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide went on trial in Wichita, Kan. (While Lazare Kobagaya was convicted of making false statements on immigration forms, the jury deadlocked on whether he’d played a role in the genocide. Federal prosecutors later moved to dismiss all the charges because they’d failed to disclose information about a witness who could have benefited the defense.) Today’s Birthdays: Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 79. Songwriter-musician Duane Eddy is 74. Singer Bobby Rydell is 70. Rock musician Gary Wright is 69. Actress Nancy Lenehan is 59. Rock musician Roger Taylor is 52. Actress Joan Chen is 51. Rock musician Chris Mars is 51. Actorsinger Michael Damian is 50. Actor Jet Li is 49. Rock musician Jimmy Stafford is 48. Actor-comedian Kevin James is 47. Actress Marianne JeanBaptiste is 45. Country musician Jay DeMarcus is 41. Country musician Michael Jeffers is 40. Rock musician Jose Pasillas is 36. Actor Jason Earles is 35. Actor Leonard Earl Howze is 35. Actor Tom Welling is 35. Actor Nyambi Nyambi is 33. Actress Jordana Brewster is 32. Actress Stana Katic is 32. Actress Marnette Patterson is 32.

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Dear Annie: My two siblings and I are planning a family vacation that will include renting a house. They each have kids who still live at home and will be coming along. One sibling is spending a lot of money just to travel to us. My husband absolutely refuses to pay for one-third the cost of the house, since we only require one bedroom and they require more. But if we divide it by the number of bedrooms, one family will end up paying almost half of the cost of the entire place. And if we divide it by the number of people, the family already paying the most to travel here will be paying the most for the house, as well. And that sibling has always been very generous with me. I am upset with my husband, and now my siblings are upset with me. What is fair? -- No Good Solution for this Arithmetic Problem Dear Solution: Your husband’s position is not unreasonable. The more people who use the premises the more it costs to run the place and supply the food. Unless those who spend less money to get there want to subsidize the others, it would be fair to discuss this with everyone and work out a solution together. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Mom in Connecticut,” who asked about emailing thank-you notes. Few children would be eager to handwrite a thank-you note, but I have the solution. When my children were young, they were not permitted to enjoy the gift (spend the money, watch the DVD, play with the toy, etc.) until a handwritten thank-you was ready to be mailed. Now I don’t have to remind them, as they know it is expected of them. -- Mom in Pennsylvania Dear Mom: We wish more parents were as conscientious as you. It would help with a lot of problems -- not only thankyou notes.

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Rape Aggression Defense class set This May, the Portland Police Department will offer its Rape Aggression Defense Training class, the city reported. The course is specifically designed to help women survive situations in which their lives are in jeopardy, a city press release noted. This class is open to all women, ages 13 and older, in the Greater Portland area who would like to develop real life defensive tools and tactics. The class is scheduled for May 8, 10, 15 and 17, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and May 19 from 8 a.m. to noon. For details, e-mail ppdrad@portlandmaine.gov or call 874-8643.

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Thursday, April 26 Count Every Dollar noon to 1 p.m. “Count Every Dollar, How do your spending habits impact your financial goals? Join us to look at how the money you spend today will impact your financial goals.” Portland Public Library. Money Smart Week at Portland Public Library is a national event of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and American Library Association. Locally, CA$H Greater Portland and its partners help individuals and their families find ways to make the most of their money throughout the year. CA$H Coalition members include: AARP Tax-Aide, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Services, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, Internal Revenue Service, KeyBank, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Portland Housing Authority, United Way of Greater Portland, and Women, Work and Community. For more information, visit www.cashgp.org.

Cash Mob at Tommy’s Park in Portland 5:30 p.m. Tommy’s Park. Cash Mob in Portland. “Join gr8PortlandME and Cash Mob Portland Maine in our efforts to support our local business community with monthly ‘Cash Mobbing’ events. Everyone is invited to Portland Maine Cash Mobs! Each ‘Mobber’ is asked to bring $20 to spend at the chosen business and also encouraged to join in the ‘after mob’ at a local watering hole. Details of the businesses to be ‘cash mobbed’ and ‘after mobbed’ will be revealed at the meeting time and place, as well as simultaneously on the Cash Mob Portland Maine Facebook page and on Twitter @cmportlandme.” www.facebook. com/CashMobPortlandMaine

Brighton Avenue-Deering Avenue-Falmouth Street study meeting by the city of Portland, PACTS 6 p.m. Portland District 2 City Councilor David Marshall and District 3 City Councilor Ed Suslovic, the city of Portland and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System will host a second public meeting for the Brighton AvenueDeering Avenue-Falmouth Street Intersection Study. The study, funded by a PACTS grant and local match, is analyzing the complex six-legged intersection near the University of Southern Maine campus and evaluating different configurations to better meet traffic, bicycle, pedestrian, transit access and safety needs. “As part of its recent campus expansion, USM contributed $250,000 to make improvements to the intersection for motor vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users as well as to improve the quality of the streetscape. Currently wide expanses of pavement make pedestrian crossings difficult and unsafe. Bicycle lanes are discontinuous, and high volumes of traffic along a principal arterial, Route 25, create significant congestion and long signal delays. The feedback from this meeting will help determine the outcome for the study and what improvements to fund.” 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Open House, Light Refreshments; 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Public Meeting, USM Wishcamper Center, Room 102, Bedford Street, Portland.

‘The Problem of Money’ author 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jane Honeck, author of “The Problem of Money” will be a guest speaker at the Falmouth Memorial Library as part of the Falmouth Memorial Library’s Money Smart Week. This event is co-hosted by the Friends of the Falmouth Memorial Library and Gorham Savings Bank. This event is free and open to the public. Snacks and refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is suggested. Contact 781-2351.

Little Black Dress Event for Goodwill 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will hold its first Little Black Dress Event — It Works! at the Portland Club (156 State St., Portland). “It is an evening that celebrates everyone’s favorite little black dress, while raising funds to support Goodwill’s Workforce Solutions programs that help people in Maine get back to work. The event will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, live music from The Wetsuits and exciting live auction items and raffle prizes throughout the event. Goodwill will also feature a boutique store, where guests will have the opportunity to pick up affordable vintage jewelry, shawls and other accessories.” Tickets for the event are $40 each or two for $75 and are available online at www.goodwillnne.org or by calling 774-6323.

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc reading, book party 7 p.m. Join Portland writer and former Telling Room director Gibson Fay-LeBlanc for a reading and book party at SPACE Gallery. His first book of poems, “Death of a Ventriloquist,” won the Vassar Miller Prize and, in love songs and prayers, short histories and tragic tales, tracks the consequences of speaking in a voice other than one’s own. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls the book “a debut that rings out long after Fay-LeBlanc’s lips stop moving,” and the Irish poet Eamon Grennan notes, “What drives the poems in this wonderfully animated debut…is the patent honesty of the poet’s voice.” Gibson has had poems in magazines includ-

Coast City Comics on Congress Street is gearing up for Free Comic Book Day, which will start around 10 a.m. (arrive early to get free stuff) on Saturday, May 5. Casablanca Comics in the Old Port also is participating. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) ing Guernica, The New Republic, and Tin House, is the Poetry Editor at Maine magazine, and teaches workshops at The Telling Room and throughout Maine. FMI: gibsonfayleblanc.com.

‘A Life In The Theater’ 7:30 p.m. David Mamet’s homage to show business at Freeport Factory Stage: “A Life In The Theater.” “This production features two of Portland’s most important and talented actors: Will Rhys and Dustin Tucker, and is directed by PSC Affiliate Artist, Sally Wood. Rhys and Tucker play two actors: Rhys, a sage professional with years of shows under his belt, and Tucker a promising upstart who endures counseling, life lessons and endless opinions from his elder. The relationship between the two men is ultimately transformative, and will leave audiences swept up by their experiences both on and off stage. This play is peppered with plenty of salty language, and is intended for adult audiences.” Performances are April 19-May 5, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Thursday performances are Pay-What-You-Can. (Pay-what-you-can performances are intended to be a community benefit for those who really want to see good plays, but simply can’t afford to do so) Ticket prices for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 students/seniors. Special group pricing is available. Five-Pass Subscriptions can be purchased at $15/pass general and $12/pass student/senior.

‘Hedda Gabler’ at USM 7:30 p.m. “Hedda Gabler,” by Henrik Ibsen, directed by William Steele, University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre. April 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.; April 29 at 5 p.m.; tickets $15, $8 for students, $11 seniors and USM employees and alumni. www.usm.maine.edu/theatre

Friday, April 27 Active Caring: Life Stories of Helping in a Challenging Environment 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The New England Consortium on Life Stories will host Active Caring: Life Stories of Helping in a Challenging Environment, at the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. Sponsored by the University of Southern Maine’s School of Education and Human Development and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the conference- the first of its kind for the consortium- focuses on active caring, often described as the choice to help, in some way, in the face of violence or oppression. Conference workshops and presentations will demonstrate that stories of active caring may influence our day-to-day interactions and inspire larger, more heroic acts. One such home-grown illustration of active caring is Maine’s own Moral Courage Project. A collaboration between the Auburn School District students and the greater Auburn/Lewiston community, the Moral Courage Project is a cross-curricular, community-wide initiative that encourages students to investigate stories of active caring close to home. Students actively

engage with storytellers in the community, and educators throughout the district incorporate multimedia, essays, and interviews focused on active caring into their curriculum. Students, faculty, and community members involved in the Moral Courage Project will discuss their experiences in a conference workshop Friday morning in the USM Wishcamper Center at 9:20 a.m.

Free Credit Report Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free Credit Report Day. “Your credit history: bill payments, credit card, and loan debt, can impact your ability to make future purchases, qualify for employment, utilities and housing. Join us to review your free credit report, and find out how to build good credit. Once you have your credit report, learn how you can multiply your savings with a Maine Family Development Account. Call 871-1700, ext. 725 to schedule an appointment. Walkins welcome upon availability.” For more information, visit www.cashgp.org.

National Drug Take-Back Day in Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This Friday and Saturday as a part of the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Drug Take-Back Day, the Portland Police Department in partnership with the Maine Medical Center, Rite Aid and University of New England and other drug enforcement agencies will host a medication collection drive for medications including vitamins, over-the-counter drugs, prescriptions, and veterinary drugs. Medications should be brought in their original containers/packages if possible. Individual privacy will be protected by removing any personal information. Labels should not be removed before drop-off as they identify substances/drug classes. Participation is free. Durable medical equipment, thermometers or needles will not be accepted. At the Maine Medical Center, south entrance parking lot for the Bramhall entrance, Portland. Also on Saturday at Rite Aid Pharmacy, 290 Congress St., and University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave.www.ci.portland.me.us

No Labels discussion with Angus King, Eliot Cutler 5:30 p.m. “At the University of New England’s Portland Campus, No Labels, the grassroots movement of more than half a million Republicans, Democrats and independents dedicated to making government work again, will host a panel on ways to fix gridlock and hyper-partisanship in Congress. No Labels is building on momentum for its No Budget, No Pay Act and other reform proposals from its 12-point Make Congress Work! action plan. The No Budget, No Pay Act would withhold congressional pay if members of Congress fail to pass spending bills and the budget on time. ... No Labels is a group of Republicans, Democrats and independents who want our government to work again. ... To learn more about No Labels, please visit NoLabels.org.” see next page

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Happy Trails Big Bash & Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Bid on a bicycle, or a two-night stay in cabin by a lake, or Red Sox tickets, or a meal out at one of Portland fine restaurants. Portland Trails’ Happy Trails Big Bash and Silent Auction. The Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland. Admission: Tickets are $35 ($25 for Portland Trails members), or 10 tickets for $250 for nonmembers (includes free membership) and $200 for members.

Kennebunk Democratic Candidates Night 7 p.m. Democratic Candidates Night at Kennebunk Town Hall Auditorium with master of ceremonies Chris Babbidge. The format: Each of the Democratic U.S. Senate candidates will get five minutes to talk to the audience. Then the four will be asked to answer the same questions. Doors open at 6, the event starts at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Diane Denk, 604-0838. Social hour at 6 p.m. and meeting begins at 7 p.m. Kennebunk & Kennebunkport Democratic Town Committees. www.kennebunkkennebunkportdems.org

‘Abundance’ in Buxton 7:30 p.m. Saco River Grange Hall, Buxton, will stage “Abundance.” Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28 and May, 3, 4, 5, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 29, 2:30 p.m. matinee. Tickets $18 Adults, $16 Students and seniors; Thursday, May 3 is paywhat-you-can. “‘Abundance’ is the story of two mail-order brides who meet while waiting for their husbands to pick them up at the stagecoach station of a small town in the Wyoming Territory in the 1860s. Bess (Jennifer Porter) is a timid romantic, while Macon (Sally Wood) is high spirited and thrilled about the prospects of a new life in the West. Bess soon finds that her husband-to-be, Michael, has been killed and will be replaced by his brother, Jack (Dana Packard) a mean-spirited brute with a penchant for gambling.”

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‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 8 p.m. Lyric Music Theater in South Portland presents the comic operetta, the classic: “The Pirates of Penzance.” “Gilbert and Sullivan at their finest! Young Frederic joins a band of tender-hearted pirates, indentured until his 21st birthday. Alas, discovering he is a leap-year baby, this could take longer than expected.” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Through Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m. www.lyricmusictheater.org/portland-theater-shows. aspx#pirates

Saturday, April 28 Saturday farmer’s market starts 7 a.m. to noon. The outdoor Saturday farmer’s market in Deering Oaks Park starts April 28 and runs Saturdays at Deering Oaks Park in Portland from 7 a.m. to noon. Also, on Wednesdays in Monument Square in Portland from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Feathers over Freeport 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feathers over Freeport is an annual birdwatching weekend and festival for all ages and abilities. Activities include live bird programs, hawk watching, osprey watching, the latest in digiscoping, bird walks & talks, a puffin program, and children’s activities. Held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at Bradbury Mt. State Park and on Sunday, April 29 at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park. All events included in park admission: $1. ages 5-11; free for under 5 and over 64; all others $3. Saturday evening Puffin Program at Freeport Community Library is free and open to all: Everything About Puffins with Susan Schubel of Audubon’s Project Puffin. www.maine.gov/feathersoverfreeport

Healthy Kid’s Day at the Portland YMCA 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Portland YMCA is hosting Healthy Kid’s Day on April 28. “This community-wide event, celebrated at YMCAs throughout the country, is filled with chances to explore some of the best local and healthy choices for recreation, foods, and personal care.” Bring swimsuits for the pool, clothes for messy art projects, and sneakers to investigate the YMCA and area opportunities!For more information, please call 874.1111, or visit www.cumberlandcountyymca.org.

Medication collection in South Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Medication collection by the South Portland Police Department, South Portland Community Advocates for Social Action, Unum, The Opportunity Alliance and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, at the South Portland Community Center and from 10 a.m. to noon at the HUB CPPC Trailer at 580 Westbrook St. 799-5511, ext. 7221 for details.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by WPD 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Westbrook Police are joining with the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies around the country to provide the means for our citizens to dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medications. “You can turn in your unused, expired or unwanted medication to be propely and safely disposed of. Please bring your old medications to the lobby of the Westbrook Public Safety Building at 570 Main St. ... The program is free and anonymous with no questions asked.”

Poetry Month Celebration with Lady Zen noon to 1 p.m. A Poetry Month Celebration with Lady Zen will be held on Saturday, April 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium to wrap up the Poetry Month festivities at the Portland Public Library. Winners of the Poetry Competition will be announced followed by a talk and performance by local poet, Lady Zen. Portland-based Lady Zen

is a Jazz Funk Poet who has performed all over the country. She will be presenting a piece called Collaborations and will talk before hand about her process of writing and creating poetry.

Pink Tulip Party to benefit cancer foundation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. At the Friends of the Eastern Promenade’s Pink Tulip Project garden at the top of Cutter Street. “Our balmy spring has coaxed the tulips into popping up early this year! Since the fickle flowers won’t wait for us, the Pink Tulip Party has been moved up to Saturday, April 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the home of Rob and Robin Whitten, 23 St. Lawrence St. in Portland. The event will held in the Whittens’ spectacular garden, graced by hundreds of colorful tulips as well as a variety of other spring flowers. Bring your neighbors and friends! A minimum donation of $10 is suggested. All proceeds benefit the Pink Tulip Project, which raises funds for the Women’s Cancer Fund at the Maine Cancer Foundation. Founded in 2006 by Robin Whitten, a breast cancer survivor, the Pink Tulip Project has raised over $200,000 to date. More than 30,000 Pink Tulip Project bulbs will bloom this year, creating awareness and support for those who have been affected by cancer.”

Benefit potluck dinner for Brentwood garden 6 p.m. At Central Square Baptist Church, Deering Center, Portland, all ages are welcome. Benefit potluck dinner, Neighborhood Music Jam with Slate, and local auction. Cost: $10 adult, $5 children 13 and under, $25 a family. Community Sponsor: The Deering Center Neighborhood Association. Tickets on sale in advance at Jet Video and at the door.

The Freedom Gala 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A fun evening of music at The Portland Company with a live and silent auction to benefit LOVE146 a nonprofit organization that works to abolish the exploitation and sex trafficking of children through prevention and after-care. Performances by hip-hop artist Bobby Bishop and actor Dennis St. Pierre; Special Keynote Speaker, Rob Morris, president and co-founder of LOVE146. The Portland Company, 58 Fore St., Portland. www.FREEDOMME.com rtlandlibrary.com

‘The Vagina Monologues’ 7 p.m. “The Vagina Monologues” with proceeds to benefit SACC, Safe Voices and Women of Haiti. Other women in this year’s cast include: Tracy Draper, Christine Doucette, Sara Flowers, Alexis Handy, Claire Hebert, Sara Karam, Casey Knight , Joanne Labrie, Giselle Scherle, Ami Seamon, Melissa Stevens, Madeline Strange, Hope Tracy, Isabelle Troadec, and Danielle Wadsworth. V-Day aUbUrn’s home is the First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. (across from Dairy Joy). Tickets are priced on a sliding scale $5-10; pay as you are able. Parking; accessible. FMI 7830461 or www.auburnuu.org. Adult language, under 16 must be acompanied by an adult. see next page

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Sunday, April 29 Great Portland Bike Swap 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Buy a bike, sell a bike or do both at the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Great Portland Bike Swap. This year’s swap will feature hundreds of bicycles of all kinds, a large area for test riding, exhibits by local bike shops, food and drinks for sale and more. For more information and to see a video about the swap, please visit www.BikeMaine.org or call 623-4511.” University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan Gymnasium, 66 Falmouth St., Portland. Admission is $3, with free admission for students at the University of Maine, University of Southern Maine, University of New England and Southern Maine Community College and children 12 or younger. A small commission on all sales supports the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s work to improve bicycling.

Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament noon. A Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine will be held at the Portland Club at 156 State St. The entry fee is $100, and 75 percent is paid out to final table. Seating is limited to 100 players. For more information or to sign up for the event, call 773-5437 or visit www.somebigs.org.

Spring into Summer Extravaganza in Gray 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. “We will have 23 vendors with tables set up in the golf club for your shopping pleasure. We have everything from jewelry to hand knit products to weight loss — with everything in between.” Spring Meadows Golf Club, 59 Lewiston Road, Gray. (940) 447-3322

Ireland’s 19th Century Catholic Middle Class 2 p.m. Social History of Ireland’s 19th Century Catholic Middle Class presented by Dr. Erin Bishop at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of State and Gray streets, Portland. “In 1800, Daniel O’Connell, a young barrister who had just made a start in Irish nationalist politics, began a clandestine correspondence with a distant cousin, Mary O’Connell of Tralee, County Kerry. Two years later, Daniel married the dowerless Mary, jeopardizing his inheritance and sealing a deep bond that continued through his rise to international prominence and election to the British Parliament. It would be severed only by Mary’s death in 1836.” The public life of Daniel O’Connell, called “The Libera-

Pink tulips were planted as part of the Maine Cancer Foundation’s Pink Tulip Project, which supports the Women’s Cancer Fund. Established in 2001, the fund insures that resources would always be available for breast and other cancers that affect women. For information, visit http://pinktulip.kintera.org. On Saturday, April 28, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Pink Tulip Party will take place at the home of Rob and Robin Whitten, 23 St. Lawrence St. in Portland. A minimum donation of $10 is suggested. All proceeds benefit the Pink Tulip Project, which raises funds for the Women’s Cancer Fund at the Maine Cancer Foundation. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) tor” or “The Emancipator” for his work on behalf of Irish Catholic emancipation, is well known. As part of the Maine Irish Heritage Center’s quarterly series of Dúchas (Heritage) talks, Bishop will present a panoramic view of Mary O’Connell’s private world — a rare look at the lesser-known social and domestic life of the 19th-century Irish Catholic middle class. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 899-0505

Monday, April 30 FY13 school budget workshop 5:30 p.m. The Portland City Council will hold a workshop on the FY13 school budget on Monday, April 30, at 5:30 p.m. The City Council public hearing on the school budget will be held at a Special City Council meeting on Monday, April 30, at 7 p.m. Council action on the school budget will take place Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers. www.ci.portland.me.us

The economic climate and its effect on the people 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. University of New England students in the School of Social Work along with those of the Occupational Therapy and Dental Hygiene programs will host a public discussion from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the economic climate and its effect on the people of Maine. The event will be held at the First Parish Portland Unitarian Universalist Church at 425 Congress Street in Portland. It is free and open to the public. The discussion includes a panel with State Rep. Ben Chipman of Portland, Department of Health and Human Services Advocacy Lawyer Rita Furlow and Father Joseph Bismanai. A representative from “Homeless Voices for Justice” will also participate.

‘The Great Trans-American Train Ride’

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