The Portland Daily Sun, Friday, April 29, 2011

Pain at the pump? We need As DudeFest abides with us, what more, columnists argue makes the perfect White Russian?

Hunting and gathering in Deering Oaks

See Opinion on page 5

See Jeffrey S. Spofford, page 4

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Developers of the $100 million mixed-use development on Thompson’s Point explained yesterday in great detail how they planned to convert a blighted industrial landscape into a “true gateway” for people traveling into the city by plane, train or car.

Jon Jennings, managing partner of Thompson Point Development Co., told a standing-room-only crowd at

City Hall that the multi-phase project would include a 3,500-seat arena for the Maine Red Claws, a 700-car parking garage and two office buildings.

He said a proposed conference center with 48,000 square feet of floor space would be one of the premier spaces north of Boston.

With a restaurant, concert hall, and a 125-room hotel, Jennings said the 25-acre site located next to the Portland Transportation Center in the see THOMPSON’S POINT page 7

Abide! DudeFest returns to One Longfellow Square

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A Double-crested Cormorant battles a current on the Stroudwater River Thursday in what turned into a soggy afternoon in the Portland area. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Originally conceived as a one-off showing of the Cohen Brothers' 1998 cult classic, “The Big Lebowski,” One Longfellow Square’s DudeFest enters its fourth year tonight.

The annual tradition features a screening of the slacker comedy,

A rain delay, OK, but fog?

drink specials on the film’s infamous White Russian cocktail and half price admission for anyone who shows up in a bathrobe, and this year expands to include a costume contest, live band, and post-screening dance.

“Last year was so successful and so much fun, but we turned away a lot of see DUDEFEST page 9

Autopsy completed; cause of Dittmeyer’s death undisclosed

BY ERIK EISELE

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Rain is one thing, but when fog forces an early end to a Sea Dogs game at Hadlock, you know it's time for a road trip.

It's been that kind of early season for the Portland Sea Dogs, who are embarking on a seven-game road trip today after a home see FOG page 6

CONWAY, N.H. — An autopsy on Krista Dittmeyer has been completed, but it will be weeks before the results get released.

“At this juncture the cause and manner of death remain pending,” said Jane Young, the N.H. assistant attorney general in Fog delayed Wednesday’s Portland Sea Dogs game for 32 minutes before the game was cut short. The Sea Dogs won 9-4. (Photo courtesy of the Sea Dogs)

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‘Sister Act’ musical hits Broadway (NY Times) — When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy at “Sister Act.” Who could resist the vision of a stage full of saintly sisters flaring their gams in unison like the Rockettes, or swiveling their hips, Supremes style, to the silken beat of an R&B tune?

Presumably nobody in the audience at the Broadway Theater, where this latest stage adaptation of a hit movie opened on Wednesday night.

When the jubilant choral numbers subside, as inevitably they must, “Sister Act” slumps back into bland musical-theater grooves and mostly lacks the light of invigorating inspiration.

Based on the movie starring Whoopi Goldberg as a club singer forced to smother her sequined soul beneath a nun’s habit after she witnesses a murder, “Sister Act” has been seen in several previous incarnations, most successfully in London.

The show is tame and frankly a little dull. As adapted by the book writers Cheri and Bill Steinkellner and scored

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Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama said Thursday that at least

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Hundreds of people were injured, officials said.

Tornado watches were issued Thursday by the National Weather Service along nearly the entire East Coast — from Georgia

to the Boston area — a designation that carries with it the possibility of severe storms and winds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

“We expect an eruption of tornadic activity and thunderstorms along a boundary moving along the Eastern Seaboard,” said Mike Mach, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

U.S. economic growth slows to 1.8 percent rate in quarter (NY Times) — The American economy slowed to a crawl in the first quarter, but economists are hopeful that the setback will be temporary.

Total output grew at an annual pace of 1.8 percent from January through March, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after having expanded at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010.

When the year first began, economists had been expecting a much more robust growth rate

of about 4 percent, only to be barraged by bad report after bad report as the days wore on.

Turmoil in the Middle East set off a jump in oil prices. Winter blizzards shuttered businesses and delayed construction, causing investments in nonresidential structures like office buildings to fall by 21.7 percent compared with an increase of 7.6 percent at the end of 2010.

Imports, which are subtracted from output, surged, and military spending sank.

Libyans find hospitality in Tunisia TATAOUINE, Tunisia (NY Times) — A century ago, fleeing Italian colonizers, the inhabitants of Libya’s remote western mountains descended upon this windwhipped Tunisian outpost, many to stay permanently.

With those desert plateaus once again under siege, this time by the armies of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, about 30,000 Libyans have repeated their ancestors’ flight. Astonishingly, to aid workers, hundreds upon hundreds of Tunisians, some of them the descendants of those earlier refugees, have opened their homes to these Libyan families since early April, when Colonel Qaddafi’s forces went on the attack.

There are just two modest clusters of tents housing around 2,500 people. The vast majority of the newcomers are now living with Tunisian families here and in neighboring villages, an area that in normal times counts just 150,000 residents.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen such an impressive response,” said Firas Kayal, a spokesman in Tunisia for the United Nations.

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Portland farmer’s markets pivot to outdoor sales

Grocery supplier closes, impact minimal for Paul’s

It’s transition time in Portland’s farmer’s market world.

A winter’s market held at the Maine Irish Heritage Center along State Street reported strong turnout during its first season in the historic churchturned-community center.

“It’s been very successful, we’ve had 15 to 18 farmers every week, and we’ve had live music every week. The farmers are happy, and the customers keep coming back,” said Pat McBride, board member with the Maine Irish Heritage Center.

Now, with sunshine in the weekend forecast, thoughts turn to outdoor markets. A Saturday market at Deering Oaks debuts Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon.

“Technically the transition is from the Winter Farmer’s Market (on Saturdays) to the market at Deering Oaks Park (on Saturdays),” explained Jaime Berhanu of Lalibela Farm based in Bowdoinham. “About 75 percent of the vendors at the Winter Market also participate in the summer markets, while 25 percent will be attending outdoor/summer markets in other towns.”

The Wednesday market at Monument Square has already begun, Berhanu added, with Uncle’s Farm as one of the first arrivals in early April and more farmers coming each week until the square fills up.

“We also anticipate our best season yet at the Summer Markets, everyone is working hard to get their fields planted and looking forward to seeing all of our wonderful customers throughout the summer!” Berhanu wrote to the Sun. The summer market offers more information on its website: www.portlandmainefarmersmarket.org and is on Facebook (Portland Maine Farmers’ Market). Customers can check both the winter market website (www. portlandmainewintermarket.com) and a Facebook page (Portland Maine Winter Market) to stay up to date with next season.

— David Carkhuff

Local grocer Paul Trusiani of Paul’s Food Center on Congress Street said the closure of a Gardner-based independent grocery supplier “shouldn’t have that big of an effect” on his business.

Associated Grocers of Maine (AG) announced yesterday that it was closing its operation in Maine as a result of the company being forced into receivership. The company supplies canned goods, meat, and dairy products to small grocers and convenience stores throughout the state.

The Associated Press reports that 100 employees at the company will lose their jobs. AG of Maine served customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts, AP reports.

“I buy probably half my product from them,” Trusiani said. “I’ve been dealing with them for about 20 years.

This was unexpected, but not a big surprise.”

Trusiani also said he had been approached Thursday by AG of Massachusetts, as well as other independent suppliers. “We should be getting deliveries from them within a week or two, there shouldn’t be any interruptions.”

— Bob Higgins

Auburn residents unhappy about school’s iPad plan AUBURN — Auburn residents turned out in force Wednesday to express concerns about that city’s plan to outfit every kindergarten student with Apple iPad 2 tablet computers next fall.

The Lewiston Sun Journal is reporting that a majority of residents urged the Auburn School Committee to rethink the decision during the twohour meeting, but that the committee took no action.

Among the concerns voiced by residents were that the kindergartners were too young to be given iPad computers, and that the devices would be

CLARIFICATION Councilor Dory Waxman has been a longtime supporter of a strong elected mayor in Portland. Waxman also supported the charter commission process that occurred in 2009 and 2010. However, a story in yesterday’s Portland Daily Sun neglected to mention that Waxman did not support the charter commission’s final recommendations.

used for computer games rather than real learning, the paper reported.

Others said the computers would worsen problems of short attention spans and poor social skills.

A week-long pilot program for the tablet computer expected to continue as planned in May, the paper said.

If students are responding to the devices, the program will be scrapped.

Police seeing more fake inspection stickers BIDDEFORD — Police in this York County city discovered 31 fake vehicle inspection stickers this month alone, and the police chief says the fraudulent stickers appear to have come from a high-end copying machine, according to the Associated Press.

Police Chief Roger Beaupre tells AP he’s hearing the stickers sell for $50 to $100 on the street.

AP reports that most of the vehicles found with the fake stickers are at least a decade old. Police theorize the vehicle owners applied the fake stickers to avoid making repairs needed to pass state inspection, according to AP.

LePage: Administration vetted ousted official AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said yesterday that a cabinet member who resigned yesterday after allegedly disparaging residents of Aroostook County was properly vetted.

According to the Bangor Daily News, LePage said former Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner Philip Congdin was adequately screened before being hired as the state’s top economic development official.

“Absolutely. He was vetted. Believe me, he was vetted,” LePage said.

Congdin, a Round Pond resident and former Tea Party organizer, allegedly criticized parenting skills of some Aroostook County residents and also disparaged affirmative action during speeches in Aroostook County earlier this month. Bangor Daily News reported that Congdin also said

County residents needed to “get of the reservation.”

Lewiston man charged with animal cruelty LEWISTON — Police have charged a Lewiston man with two counts cruelty to animals after he allegedly put duct tape around a dog’s eyes and snout, the Sun Journal is reporting.

Police say Donald Otis Hebert’s children found the pit bull covered in tape earlier this month, the paper reports, preventing the animal from eating or barking. Unexplained cuts were also found on the dog’s legs.

The dog received medical treatment and was removed from Hebert’s home, the paper said.

‘Gold Star’ license plates proposed in Maine AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage yesterday announced a new license plate design for family members of Mainers killed in military service, the Associated Press is reporting. A private fundraising effort is underway to pay for the Gold Star plates, which cost around $11,000.

The bill would make the plates available to relatives of Mainers killed in all U.S. military options, AP reported.

City preparing for students from Cathedral School Up to 90 students from Cathedral School could enroll in Portland schools next year, creating a logistics hurdle for officials worried about late registrations and other issues, Portland Press Herald is reporting.

Cathedral, a Catholic school located at the base of Munjoy Hill on the East End, has announced plans to close at the end of the current school year.

The 147-year-old school is losing money this year and is expected to be even deeper in the red next year, officials from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland tell the Press Herald.

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Department of Good News Well, I just don’t see how things can get better than this when it comes to current affairs. Prince William is about to get married and President Obama has released his long-form birth certificate.

All we need now is for the House speaker, John Boehner, to follow through on his call for the oil companies to pay their fair share of taxes. Then, really, I think we could go into the weekend with a true feeling of closure.

Boehner, you may remember, told ABC News that big oil companies don’t need the oil depletion allowance and that Congress “certainly ought to take a look at” the tax breaks ––––– our energy mega-firms enjoy.

The New York What a great guy John BoehTimes ner is! You may not remember, but there was a time when Democrats hatedhatedhated him. That was before the House Tea Party Republicans started giving him so much misery. Now you have Howard Dean calling him a “reasonable person” and the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, offering to him “a bouquet.” Everyone loves a winner, except in Washington where losers are so much more attractive.

Gail Collins

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Hunting and gathering in Deering Oaks Spring is my favorite season.

I’m a gardener, so the annual thawing of the soil is something I start checking daily in early March. Unlike last spring, starting in March to poke my finger in the ground this year seemed like an act of futility, with winter carrying through in small fits until the first week of April. Now that I’m finally able to till, I have gotten my onions, potatoes, carrots and asparagus in the ground with the late spring seedlings of cucumbers, peas and green beans sprouting in the cold frame.

I’m not alone. There is a movement going on around the state, and indeed the country to grow your own food. The fresh produce available in our local supermarkets is mostly anything but.

We’ve all heard the USDA studies that tell us our produce travels an average of nearly 1,400 miles from farm to plate. Add to that fact the rising cost of transportation from ever increasing fuel prices, and a recent revelation from the International Energy Agency that (sweet crude,

Jeffrey S. Spofford ––––– Guest Columnist aka, easy-to-extract) oil production is set to decline worldwide by nearly seventy-five percent over the next twenty years, and you have a recipe for a food crises like we haven’t seen in this country in the modern age.

Unfortunately on my small plot of land smack in the middle of Oakdale, I am unable to feed my family completely on my own.

With the upcoming energy crises, and no viable solutions to completely replace oil, finding local sources of food should be on every Portlander’s to-do list.

Luckily, you need not look far.

Spring not only gets me and other Portland gardeners back to their eighth of an acre, but it also harkens the arrival of the best farmers market in the state held

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every Saturday in Deering Oaks Park.

In just a short walk, bicycle ride, or perhaps in the not-sodistant future, horse trot, Portlanders can find local produce, meats, flowers and plants of the upmost quality and, with a farmto-plate average of only fifty-six miles, the lowest environmental impact. Farmers from around the state travel to the market to sell items that are fresher than you will find anywhere else. It’s also a social event — an opportunity to see your fellow Portlanders who, like you, may be just coming out of winter hibernation.

So what better place to start your very own local hunting and gathering regimen than by strolling on down to Deering Oaks Park this Saturday.

It beats a 1,400-mile drive.

(Jeffrey S. Spofford, the circulation manager for The Portland Daily Sun, lives in Portland and can be reached at jspofford@ maine.rr.com) The Portland Daily Sun welcomes readers to check out our Facebook page. Just search “Portland Daily Sun” on Facebook or go to www.facebook.com/TheDailySun

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Pain at the pump? We need more Gasoline prices are above $4 per gallon in much of the country, a reminder that our dependence on oil carries a great cost. President Obama has promised that the Justice Department will be vigilant in pursuing price-gouging at the pump, but what we really need is to address the full set of energy-related problems, with a focus on spurring clean energy innovation.

Our trade deficit arises in large measure from the hundreds of billions of dollars we pay for foreign oil. The imbalances threaten America’s economic stability and national security.

Our consumption of fossil fuels and our energy inefficiency are a drag on our competitiveness and increase air pollution and the threat of climate change.

To compete globally, we need to encourage clean energy innovation while letting the market decide which particular technologies prevail.

Experience in fields like information technology and telecommunications suggests that creating demand for innovation is far more effective than subsidizing company-specific research projects or providing incentives for particular technologies. Governments just aren’t good at picking winners; witness the billions wasted on cornbased ethanol subsidies.

The best way to drive energy innovation would be an emissions charge of $5 per ton of greenhouse gases beginning in 2012, rising to $100 per ton by 2032. The low initial charge, starting next year, would make the short-term burden on consumers and businesses almost negligible.

An emissions charge is not a radical idea; making people pay for the harm they cause lies at the heart of property rights. European countries participate in a cap-and-trade system that effectively imposes a carbon charge. Even

Daniel C. Esty and Michael E. Porter ––––– The New York Times China is pushing to shut down inefficient coal-burning plants by imposing emissions charges. Thus, instituting a carbon charge would have only a minimal impact on American competitiveness — and might even improve it as the incentive for efficiency and innovation kicked in.

Our proposal would apply to all greenhouse gas emissions, so that everybody, and every fossil-fueldependent form of energy, would be included. Coal-burning power plants would pay based on the emissions measured at their smokestacks. Oil companies would pay for every gallon of gas or oil delivered. Yes, these costs would be passed on to consumers, but this is what motivates changes in behavior and technological investments.

Some will say that even the modest emissions charge we propose is politically impossible, given the death of the cap-and-trade bill that the House passed in 2009. But the ballooning federal deficit has created a new political imperative. A modest emissions charge will look attractive compared with raising individual income taxes or burdening the economy with new corporate or payroll taxes.

Let’s be clear: the main goal is not to raise revenue. It is to create a powerful incentive for a gradual but steady shift toward clean and sustainable energy sources. In the short term, an emissions charge would create a major impetus for a move from oil and coal to natural gas, with its much

lower carbon content. Gas would likely become the preferred fuel for new power generation, and by extension, for transportation, as electric vehicles become cost-effective alternatives to internal combustion cars.

Technological advances have made vast quantities of domestic shale gas accessible. The shift to gas as a transitional fuel would allow the United States to cut greenhousegas emissions by up to 50 percent over the next decade. In the longer term, the prospect of a steadily rising emissions charge would focus the private sector’s attention on energy-saving and carbon-reducing innovations.

The calculus for investments would immediately change. Anyone pursuing an energy-consuming project, like a power plant, would factor in the rising long-term charge into their choice of technology. People buying new cars would have an added incentive to think about A Mobil station on Congress Street near Libbytown reflects the rising price of gas. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) fuel economy.

Entrepreneurial spirit not to mention climate change — our would be unleashed in companies from plan has a powerful logic. And because multinational enterprises to back-ofit harnesses our capacity for innovathe-garage inventors. By stimulating tion and entrepreneurship, it could major gains in energy productivity attract broad support, and a bipartiand renewable energy, our approach san majority in Congress. would help stimulate global growth and free up resources to meet other (Daniel C. Esty is the commissioner pressing needs. of the Connecticut Department of In tackling our trade imbalance, Environmental Protection. Michael E. budget deficit, competitiveness chalPorter is a professor at Harvard Business School.) lenges and oil-related vulnerability —

What will the birthers do now that a certificate is out?

COLLINS from page 4

However, as soon as the Democrats started applauding the oil-company interview, a Boehner spokesman issued a clarification, which said that the House speaker “is opposed to raising taxes.”

Obviously, when he said that we should look at things like the oil depletion allowance, he meant “look” in the same way that we are going to look at the royal wedding. It was not an invitation to join the buffet line.

Unlike the John Boehner Oil Tax Loophole Closing Bill, the wedding is definitely coming off, allowing the entire planet to bask in the aura of a fairy-tale moment before moving on to pregnancy rumors. And about time. The world cannot keep generating more than 100 million William/Katerelated blog postings a day for all that much longer.

I got that figure from Trendrr, which also reported that 40 percent of the English-language wedding Twitter messages originated in the United States as opposed to only 31 percent in the United Kingdom.

To which we can only respond: Well, there are a whole lot more of us. Also, as a nation, we pride ourselves on our Twittering. America intends to

be the world leader in all things twit-related.

Soon, there will be a ninth-grade proficiency test on it, and teachers whose classes perform badly will be fired.

Meanwhile, on behalf of all of us Yanks, let me say: Good luck, Kate and William!

Most of us have only been paying attention to you for a week or so, but, still, we have come to know you well. “Kate oozes refinement — her friends wear pearls while hunting,” Time magazine reported. That tidbit alone has kept me engrossed all day. Do you think Time meant fox hunting? A lot of bouncing around in fox hunting, and if the pearls broke I guarantee you that you would never, ever find them. Perhaps the Friends of Kate hunt ducks. Or squirrels. Nothing like a tasty squirrel stew, served to people sporting really expensive neckwear.

Estimates of the cost of the upcoming nuptials range from $34 million to more than $7 billion, depending on whether you factor in the bill for giving an entire nation a day off work. Either way, this is Kate’s special day and you cannot possibly put a price on that. Plus, there is nothing like a wedding to raise the national spirits. Who among us can ever forget the way the national psyche soared when Tricia Nixon tied the knot?

But I digress. In the other important, chapterclosing news of the moment, President Obama has released the long-form version of his birth certificate in an attempt to quell the unflaggable “birther” movement and get the news media to notice when he names a new secretary of defense.

Donald Trump immediately took credit. “Today I am very proud of myself,” he said. This is in contrast to normal days, when Trump is continually walking around in an existential funk, asking himself why he was ever born.

Our next question is how far the closure extends.

Will the birthers who have been demanding to see that long-form certificate since 2008 now throw in the towel and move on to other important issues, such as whether the rapture will occur on May 21?

Emily Ramshaw of The Texas Tribune quickly tracked down the state representative who’s sponsoring the Texas version of the birther bill and found him — surprise! — unconvinced.

Among other things, she reported, Representative Leo Berman wants to know why the hospital where the president was allegedly born doesn’t have a “plaque on the door” commemorating the event.

The more things close, the more they open.

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Miami closes out 76ers and gets set for Celtics (New York Times) For the first time since 2006, the Miami Heat has won a playoff series — and, finally, it can start thinking in earnest about another showdown with the Boston Celtics.

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, Chris Bosh added 22 points and 11 rebounds, and the Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals by topping Philadelphia, 97-91, on Wednesday night and ousting the visiting 76ers in five games.

Mario Chalmers scored 20 points off the bench and LeBron James finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists for Miami. Joel Anthony made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left for the Heat, which will face Boston starting Sunday afternoon in Miami. It was the first series win for the Heat since the 2006 NBA finals.

The Celtcis completed a sweep of the New York Knicks, in four straight games, and a major factor has been the solid play of Kevin Garnett, the team noted.

Thaddeus Young is seen driving past the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh.

Miami will play Boston in the second round of the semifinals.

(Mike Ehrmann/ Getty Images/ New York Times)

Chris Cameron, assistant general manager in media relations for the Portland Sea Dogs, awaits a crowd at Hadlock Stadium, standing on a tarp to protect the field from rain. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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stand that featured rain and, yes, even fog. Yesterday's final game at Hadlock Field before the team travels south concluded just before the rain fell — the Sea Dogs blasted five home runs, defeating the Binghamton Mets 12-5 for a third straight win.

But Wednesday is when the weather was really surreal for the Double-A Boston Red Sox franchise.

In a 9-4 win over the Binghamton Mets, the Sea Dogs witnessed only their second fog delay in team history.

"Sitting up in the pressbox, you couldn't even see the outfield fence," Chris Cameron, media relations director for the Sea Dogs, recalled of the Londontype haze that descended on Hadlock.

A lighthouse in center field — a fixture that erupts when home runs are hit by the home team — turned into a foghorn, blaring away every three or four minutes. By the middle of the seventh inning, umpires had seen — or not seen — enough. They called the game.

"This is the second fog delay in our 18-year history, and this is the first time that it actually forced us to stop a game," said Cameron.

"We waited 32 minutes to see if the fog would clear or not, so at that point the umpires made the decision to call the game," he said.

While unique for fans, the spectacle of a fog-draped field isn't a laughing matter for players.

"It's definitely a safety issue, and also outfielders can't see the ball when it's hit to them," so fog simply hampers continuation of a game, Cameron noted.

By regulation, a game is declared official after five innings, or four and a half if the Sea Dogs are ahead, Cameron explained.

The Sea Dogs have endured four rainouts, two at home, including last Saturday's game. That game has been rescheduled to June 28, when it will be played as part of a doubleheader in Portland, with a 6 p.m. start for both, seven-inning games, Cameron said.

It hasn't been all dreariness for the Sea Dogs. At 7-9, the Sea Dogs are the top hitting team in the Eastern League with a .296 average. On Wednesday evening, Sea Dogs hitters collected 11 hits and nine runs. On Thursday, the team racked up 14 hits and 12 runs.

Now, the Sea Dogs head out on a seven-game road trip with stops in Reading, Penn., and Trenton, N.J. The road trip kicks off tonight with a 7:05 p.m. game against the Reading Phillies. The Sea Dogs won't return to Hadlock Field until Friday, May 6 at 6 p.m., when they launch a three-game series against the New Britain Rock Cats.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, April 29, 2011— Page 7

Developers seek tax breaks for $100 million development THOMPSON’S POINT from page one

city's Libbytown neighborhood would become an entertainment destination for tourists and locals.

But the project, dubbed “The Forefront at Thompson’s Point,” may never get off the ground without targeted property tax breaks from the city.

Jennings said yesterday that developers have lined up at least a halfdozen “equity partners” and have begun financing talks with several banks. But, discussions have also begun with city officials about creating a special instrument known as tax increment financing, or a TIF. “I think (the project is) going to be very difficult if not impossible to do without a TIF, because of the extra infrastructure costs,” Jennings said, adding that improvements to a single rail crossing on the property will exceed $1 million.

“The extraordinary infrastructure costs for that piece of property is what we think is ... exactly what a TIF is meant for,” he added.

Jennings noted that there are no plans for true "public financing" for the arena through local-option taxes or other measures that have been used to develop arenas in larger cities.

TIFs, as commonly used by goverment bodies, help developers finance upfront building costs based on future gains in the property valuations that occur once the project is finished.

Typically, developers enter into a contract with the city to receive a portion

of their property taxes back each year for the “I think (the project is) going to be very difficult if not life of the contract. impossible to do without a TIF, because of the extra These arrangements infrastructure costs.” — Jon Jennings, managing are not new: Renovations to the Baxter partner of Thompson Point Development Co. Building on Congress Street, the Public Market House on project and the Civic Center renovaCumberland Avenue, and the Cumtion are happening concurrently. “It berland Cold Storage, on Commercial strikes me that Thompson's Point is a Street, are a few recent examples. perfect location for a new civic center Although terms of every TIF agreeand that this development team's ment are different, the city always plans could be easily modified to ends up making money on the deals, encompass a new civic center." said Greg Mitchell, the city’s economic Indeed, Cumberland County voters development director. will likely be asked to approve a bond Mitchell confirmed yesterday that or other borrowing plan later this year TIF discussions had begun with the to pay for civic center improvements. developers but declined to elaborate.

Councilor Dave Marshall articuCity councilors have final say on lated a similar standard for deterwhether to approve or deny a TIF mining whether to support a TIF request. At first glance, the project proposal. He hadn’t seen specifics was met with measured support from for the Thompson’s Point project and several city councilors. wasn't sure if he would support it if a Councilor John Anton said in an proposal reached the council. email yesterday that he likes the projNot every project meets city stanect and hopes it succeeds. That said, dards for tax increment financing. he's not yet sold on a TIF. Mitchell said these “partnerships” “My willingness to support a TIF must be able to spur investments that is, as it is for any other TIF request, “either would not occur without a TIF, predicated on: a) clearly defining how or the level of investment would be the TIF subsidy will benefit the resigreater ... through the partnership.” dents of Portland, and b) a thorough There also has to be demonstrated financial analysis demonstrating that benefits to city residents. the project cannot proceed 'but for' a In his presentation yesterday, JenTIF and that we are not unduly subsinings carefully explained why develdizing the developer or the seller,” he opers feel the project would benefit said. the city and its residents. For instance, Anton said he is “puzzled” that this he noted the site will offer free water

Maine State Parks begin to open AUGUSTA — Maine state parks and historic sites are starting to open up for the season, officials with the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, under the Maine Department of Conservation, reported.

Sebago Lake State Park in Casco is opening today, according to Park Manager Andy Haskell. All the sites at Witch Cove will be open, which is about 125 sites, and the shower buildings also will be open, he said.

Park Manager Bob Crocker at Ferry Beach State Park in Saco wants visi-

tors to know that the park is now open, though construction is taking place on Bayview Road, which runs in front of the park’s access road.

Bayview Road, which is undergoing reconstruction, is reduced to a one-lane, gravel road with flaggers stationed on it, and “traffic is slowing down,” Crocker said. Nonetheless, the gates of the park are open.

The construction crew has been working some Saturdays and may be working this Saturday, he said.

— Staff Report

access to the Fore River for canoes and kayaks, as well as connections to Portland Trails.

More importantly, he said the development will create much-needed jobs and economic activity.

According to an economic impact study commissioned by developers, the project would also yield $169 million in one-time economic activity, including $49 million in wages supporting 1,230 jobs. Long term, the project is expected to support 455 jobs per year, and generate $11 million in wages.

“A project to this size, a project of this amount of infrastructure cost and this amount of public benefit, we really feel is right in the sweet spot for what the purposes of TIFs are, which is to spur economic development,” said William Ryan Jr., a managing partner in the development company.

Ryan, like Jennings, is a principal owner of the Maine Red Claws, a Portland franchise of the NBA D-League.

The two-year-old team plays its games at the Portland Expo.

The project is currently in the “preapplication” stage with the city, but Jennings and Ryan expect to begin the planning board review later this year. They hope to have the permits in hand by year’s end and want to begin construction by early 2012.

If all goes well, the first of two or more development phases could be finished by 2014, Jennings said.

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‘It’s a basic drink that everybody loves’

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Rick DaSilva’s White Russian Recipe: • Ice • Equal parts coffee liqueur (like Kahlua) and vodka • Just enough milk to reach the top of the glass

Tips: • Shake, don’t stir.

• Leave some room at the top of the glass so it doesn't bubble over when frothed.

• Don’t be afraid to reach for the cheaper booze, DaSilva said the strong taste of coffee liqueur and milk dulls the flavor of high-end alcohol.

In all of popular film, there are few drinks as closely associated with a leading man as Jeffrey Lebowski’s signature White Russian.

The slacker protagonist’s penchant for the milky cocktail has done for the White Russian what James Bond did for the vodka Martini.

Opening on a late-night, bathrobeclad trip to the grocery store to stock up on half and half, the film sees Lebowski down nine of the coffee-flavored cocktails (counting one spilled mid-faint after Lebowski is drugged by "adult film" magnate Jackie Treehorn).

Tonight’s DudeFest 2011 at One Longfellow Square will feature White Russians on special throughout the night, lending an air of filmic authenticity to those who choose to don the bathrobe, stain their undershirt and join in the frenzied quote-fest of a Lewbowski screening.

But what makes for a good White Russian or “Caucasian,” as the Dude would say? One local bartender weighs in.

“You need equal parts of vodka and Kahlua and just enough milk to

get to the top of the glass,“ said Rick DaSilva, bartender at Bull Feeney’s on Fore Street.

Basing his recipe on personal experience behind the bar instead of on any scene from the 1998 Coen Brothers movie, DaSilva said he prefers his White Russians the 007 way — shaken, not stirred.

“You are technically supposed to shake the White Russian, it does blend it a little bit more and gives you that nice frothy top,” he said. “It’s almost like a milkshake with alcohol.”

DaSilva said the drink is not just for Lebowski fans, although he said the film, as well as the drink’s “frothy goodness,” has probably had a large impact on its popularity. “I was making White Russians before the movie came out, but he just made it popular,” said DaSilva.

“It’s a basic drink that everybody loves. If you don't want to get too drunk and want something that taste good, you go with a White Russian,” he said.

The bartender’s advice on a good White Russian? Skimp on the expensive stuff, as the strong coffee liqueur and milk flavor are sure to smother the taste of any high-end liquors. “If it’s a mixed drink like that where the milk is going to take over most of the flavor, you don't have to go high end and do Grey Goose or Kahlua,” said DaSilva.

“You can just do regular well vodka, and if you need something a little bit better, Absolut or Stoli — there is no reason to pay $18 for a White Russian.”

RIGHT: Rick DaSilva, a bartender at Bull Feeney’s, shows off his take on the White Russian cocktail. Also known as a Caucasian, the milk, vodka and coffee-liqueur drink is popular with fans of the 1998 Coen Brother’s film “The Big Lebowski.” DaSilva’s tip for a good White Russian? Shake, don’t stir, and don’t worry about using high-end liquor, DaSilva said the strong taste of milk and coffee-liqueur makes using a better vodka unnecessary. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

Yankee Magazine names destinations for dining, drinking, fun DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England, on newsstands this week, has named 50 establishments in Maine as “Best of New England — Editors’ Choice” winners for 2011.

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This designation is awarded by Yankee’s editors and contributors, who name select restaurants, lodgings, and attractions in New England to the exclusive list, the magazine reported in a press release. This special issue also names 20 “Top Events” in Maine, for a total of 120 events across New England. The Old Port Festival in Portland, on June 12, was highlighted. Micucci Grocery Co. of Portland won a mention in the Editor’s Choice list for businesses.

The “Editors’ Choice” establishments from Maine include the following places to dine and enjoy a drink:

Sicilian slab pizza to emerge from the oven. One bite of the made-from-scratch, crisp-yetchewy crust--topped with perfectly seasoned tomato sauce and mozzarella--and you’ll be hooked, too. Pizza: from $4.50 per slab; from $18 per small pie; from $36 per large pie. 45 India St. 207-775-1854.”

Clipper Merchant—Best Tea for Two, Limerick Dolphin Marina & Restaurant—Best Chowder, Harpswell Harraseeket Inn—Best Designer Room, Freeport Jamaican Jerk Center—Best Taste of the Islands, Cape Neddick Loco Coco’s Tacos—Best Yankee Magazine released its “Best of New Maine Mexicali, Kittery Southern Coast: Micucci Grocery Co. — Best England” edition this week. Among the picks The Colony—Best Classic is Micucci’s Grocery Co. of Portland for Best Lunch to Go, Portland. The write- Lunch to Go. (COURTESY IMAGE) Seaside Resort, Kennebunkport up states: “See those folks hangFor the full list, visit www.yaning around the back corner of Portland’s Italian keemagazine.com/issues/2011-05/travel/me-best/ grocery? They’re waiting for Stephen Lanzalotta’s me-restaurants-2011.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, April 29, 2011— Page 9

Transforming Forest Avenue focus of city discussion, walk DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT On Thursday, May 12, city officials and members of the Transforming Forest Avenue Public Advisory Committee will host a walk of Forest Avenue between Park Avenue and Woodford’s Corner next month that will be followed by a public meeting to discuss issues and challenges faced by local businesses, residents, pedestrians, cyclists and motorists along the roadway.

The city considers Forest Avenue a critical transportation and development corridor linking the peninsula with I-295 and the city’s downtown with off-peninsula neighborhood centers. The section between Park Avenue and Woodford’s Corner home to a wide variety of uses including the University of Southern Maine, Oakhurst Dairy, the city’s largest grocery story and attractive residential neighborhoods.

Over time, auto-oriented land uses

have begun to impact and change the character of the area. Pedestrian, bicycle and bus accessibility have been diminished by vehicle speed and congestion as well as a lack of pedestrian amenities and parking, which have affected business viability and residential use. Funded by a $100,000 Federal Highway Administration grant administered by the Portland Area Transportation System (PACTS), the city, along with local partners, a consulting team and the committee will study and develop a design of this roadway that provides functional and safe pedestrian, bicycle, bus and motorist access that promotes business and residential activity.

The walk will be held at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Glickman Library on Forest Ave. The public meeting will be held at the Abromson Center, room 109, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information about the committee and the study, visit the city’s website at portlandmaine.gov/forestave.htm.

Utility workers station themselves on Forest Avenue in this construction scene from last June. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

‘The Big Lebowski’ movie inspires annual celebration DUDEFEST from page one

people. It gets bigger every year,” said Tom Rota, director of One Longfellow Square.

“We wanted to make as big of a deal as possible this time, and we are a music venue, so the first thing we thought of was a live band,” said Rota.

Enlisting the help of musicians Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of local bluegrass band The Stowaways and members of New Hampshire’s Jazzputin & The Jug Skunks, DudeFest 2011 will feature live renditions of music from the film courtesy of The Little Lebowski Under Achievers (and yes, there will be plenty of Credence).

Rota said the added attractions to this year’s event are a way of capitalizing on the excitement that exists around the cult classic film. “We felt it was a little anti-climatic, and we wanted to extend the experience for everybody,” said Rota.

As DudeFest has grown, so has the intricacy of costumes one sees there. Last year saw a dead ringer for John Goodman’s Walter Sobchak character, as well as a meticulous recreation of the Maude Lebowski (Julianne Moore) dreamsequence Viking outfit.

This year, One Longfellow will embrace this creative energy with a costume contest, judged by local “dudes” Percy Wheeler and (Daily Sun columnist) Bob Higgins.

“After seeing all the great costumes last year with people dressed to the hilt, it seemed like a shame not to have a costume contest,” said Rota.

“People will get 10 seconds on stage.

Percy and Bob can judge them anyway they want and we have to abide.”

A storied bicycle mechanic and long-time Portland resident, Wheeler

was an obvious choice as an arbiter of “Dudes” for the event. “As I recall, [The Dude] was a peaceful, kind, calm soul. I think I am also those things,” said Wheeler.

“I’m honored to be part of it,” said Wheeler, who said he’ll consider not just dress but also demeanor in bestowing the crown of “Most Dudeliest.”

“Some of it will be appearance and attention to detail, but also, if given the opportunity, I would like to hear them speak so I can see if I feel at peace when they are talking — if I feel like they are The Dude’,” he said.

While Wheeler said absinthe is his own drink of choice, he is well familiar with Lebowski’s signature cocktail. “Growing up, I woke up in parking lots many times after drinking White Russians, and my mother was a huge fan of [them],” he said.

“I’m also happy to be up there with Bob [Higgins], he’s a longtime friend of mine,” said Wheeler.

"The Big Lebowski" has solidified its cult status over the last decade with its memorable lines from writers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen and striking character performances from Jeff Bridges (Lebowski), John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore.

The film tells the story of middle age slacker Jeffery Lebowski being mistaken for a richer man of the same name, and the nihilistic, toe-cutting antics that follow as Lewbowski, a/k/a “The Dude” attempts to straighten out the misunderstanding and find a new rug for his living room.

The movie’s reputation and traditions proceed it to the extent that even surprised Rota and the One Longfellow crew the first time out.

Nowhere was this more evident than at the venue’s bar, where a bottle of Kahula coffee-liqueur and gallon of

milk essential to The Dude’s signature cocktail were drained within five minutes.

“We tried other cult movies here and none of them have really worked,” said Rota. “I think it’s prefect for the age group that comes, the whole generation X crowd, but also The Dude abides, he’s just so cool in the movie and people dig it,” he said.

DudeFest 2011 costs $6 for admission, $3 if you arrive in a bathrobe, but Rota warns that the event is already half sold-out, and One Longfellow had to turn away many people last year.

Just interested in the live music and costume contest? Rota said that there will be 50 to 60 more tickets available for those who want to drop in after the movie, at a price of $5 each.

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By Holiday Mathis world.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Seek mutuality in all things. Create relationships with those who show strong interest in you and what you do. Don’t chase. Only move forward when you feel the “click” of togetherness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’re not in a hurry; still you see the benefit of cutting to the quick. Honesty is the most direct route. You’ll speak your mind and set the stage for open communication in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll provide a fun distraction from the task at hand. What needs to be accomplished will happen -- business first is your motto -- but not without a good dose of delight and whimsy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Stress can be healthy and motivating, or it can be restrictive and debilitating.

You’ll tune in to the differences between good stress and bad stress. You’ll find the balance you seek.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be dealing with tough customers. Make sure the basics are covered before you get too ambitious. Keep your offerings simple so that you will be better able to serve them with immediacy.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 29).

Your desire for personal security will be well satisfied over the next five weeks.

With quiet strength and determination, you will bring about a desired change to your domestic scene. May is romantic. June affords a stellar opportunity to develop your talent. You’ll add to a collection in June. There’s a special connection with Cancer and Scorpio. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 11, 21, 24 and 2.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are prepared for any occurrence at all -- like sudden hunger, a flat tire or a fit of extreme ennui. The care you take in being on the ready helps you relax and experience the moments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You want any interaction with you to be a pleasant experience. Because of this, you will feel compelled to give and do more. As you strive to exceed the expectations anyone might have, consider that sometimes less is more.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll benefit from being available to the world today. So avoid letting your calls get handled by the voice mail. Personalization will matter. Your human touch is valued by all you encounter.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Sometimes you’re wary of groups, daunted by the prospects of fitting in, learning the unspoken rules and understanding the charter. Let those worries go. There’s a group that matches your needs. Find it and join.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). People need to know what you’re good at. Boast of your success. Better yet, find underhanded ways of delivering information so the praise is not coming directly from you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are mentally active, and your passionate emotions make it nearly impossible to stay calm, cool and collected. Tonight, empty your thoughts into a written form. You’ll sleep better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Take a moment to celebrate the discoveries and inventions that have provided you with a higher quality of life. You’ll appreciate an experience that could only occur at this moment in the modern

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, April 29, the 119th day of 2011. There are 246 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1861, the Maryland House of Delegates voted 53-13 against seceding from the Union. In Montgomery, Ala., during an address to a special session of the Confederate Congress, President Jefferson Davis asked for the authority to wage war.

On this date: In 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.

In 1798, Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” was rehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invited audience.

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH’-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR’-nihtz) president.

In 1946, 28 former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being sentenced to death.

In 1961, “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” premiered, with Jim McKay as host.

In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced he was releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tape recordings related to Watergate.

In 1983, Harold Washington was sworn in as the first black mayor of Chicago.

In 1991, a cyclone struck the South Asian country of Bangladesh, claiming an estimated 138,000 lives.

In 1992, deadly rioting erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi (see-mee) Valley, Calif. acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.

One year ago: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (JIN’-dul) declared a state of emergency in the face of the worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Celeste Holm is 94. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Gardner (The Coasters) is 83. Poet Rod McKuen is 78. Actor Keith Baxter is 78. Bluesman Otis Rush is 77. Conductor Zubin Mehta is 75.

Pop singer Bob Miranda (The Happenings) is 69. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 68. Singer Tommy James is 64. Movie director Phillip Noyce is 61. Country musician Wayne Secrest (Confederate Railroad) is 61. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 57. Actor Leslie Jordan is 56. Actress Kate Mulgrew is 56. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 54. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer is 53. Actress Eve Plumb is 53. Rock musician Phil King is 51. Country singer Stephanie Bentley is 48. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 43. Actor Paul Adelstein is 42. Actress Uma Thurman is 41. Tennis player Andre Agassi is 41. Rapper Master P is 41. Country singer James Bonamy is 39. Actor Tyler Labine is 33. Actress-model Taylor Cole is 27. Actor Zane Carney is 26.

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Miranda is afraid to leave because Biff has threatened to kill her if she does. My nephew began having panic attacks a few years ago. My sister was taking him to a counselor who put him on medication, and he got better. Then his father said he couldn’t do that, either. Now the panic attacks have gotten worse.

I gave my cell phone number to my nephew and told him to call me anytime he needs me. I feel as if I’m waiting for something terrible to happen. How can I help Miranda understand that she is teaching her son that he deserves to be treated this way? -- Concerned Aunt in N.C. Dear Aunt: Biff is an abusive bully who has convinced Miranda that this situation is the best she’s going to have. But she needs to get her son out of that destructive environment.

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Dear Annie: I discovered pornography on my husband’s work cell phone. The phone was given to him for business purposes only, but he gives out that number instead of our home phone. It makes me feel like he is hiding something.

The other day I got a call from one of his co-workers’ wives.

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As far as I know, he hasn’t sent these e-mails to anyone else.

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Additionally, he might get in trouble with his bosses if they discover he uses his company phone for these purposes. Ask him to please delete all such messages.

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I am the single mother of two boys, 16 and 13. We live in a small apartment with one bathroom. In the morning, we all get ready at the same time. My boys know that if the door is closed, they have to knock, but otherwise, the 16-year-old is sometimes in the shower while his brother brushes his teeth and I’m applying makeup. There is nothing unnatural, unhealthy or disturbing about it. We all know when privacy is needed. His family is making a big deal about nothing. And you can’t make somebody gay by sharing bathroom space.

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Friday, April 29 Community Development Block Grants week continues with walk on the Bayside Trail 10 a.m. This week, the City of Portland is commemorating National Community Development Week with a series of events highlighting “projects that have helped make Portland a livable community. National Community Development week provides the city an opportunity to draw attention to the many positive impacts generated by both CDBG funds and the HOME Investment Partnership program from the construction of the Bayside trail, to community policing efforts, to the rehabilitation and first time homebuyer programs. All events are free and open to the public where one lucky attendee will receive a gift card from Hot Suppa!. Light refreshments provided by Local Sprouts will be served. Both Hot Suppa! and Local Sprouts are small local businesses that have received CDBG funding.

On Friday at 10 a.m., residents are invited to join staff for a walk along the Bayside Trail.

The trail was designed to re-imagine the area, stimulate economic development and build a welcoming and safe neighborhood for residents and local businesses. The onemile trail has transformed a 13.2-acre corridor that runs parallel to Marginal Way through the Bayside Neighborhood into a ribbon of green that will connect the Eastern Prom with Deering Oaks Park. The $2.3 million trail was funded in part by a $100,000 CDBG grant and helped the city reclaim and decontaminate a prominent brownfield for recreational use in the downtown.” Meet at front steps, City Hall.

Happy Trails Big Bash and Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Portland Trails, a nonprofit urban land trust dedicated to building a network of multi-use trails in the Greater Portland area, will hold its silent auction at The Portland Club. http://www.trails.org

Words & Images 2011: Resurgam Book Release Party

land), Jefferson Navicky (Portland), Isabel Sterne (Cape Elizabeth), Michael Tooher (Portland). This year’s short plays will be directed

by Karen Ball, Laura Graham, Michael Levine, Stephanie Ross, and Tess Van Horn. www. acorn-productions.org or 854-0065

DudeFest 2011 (‘The Big Lebowski’) 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square welcomes fans of the movie, “The Big Lebowski.” “The Dude abides over One Longfellow Square for a night of mayhem featuring a screening of the Coen Brothers’ ‘The Big Lebowski.’”

With live music from the film performed by The Little Lebowski Under Achievers around 10 p.m. and a Costume Contest! The Little Lebowski Under Achievers features Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of The Stowaways! Sign up for the Costume Contest at the show —ticket required to participate. Judges will be chosen ahead from a selection of local “Dudes.” White Russians on special all night, and wear a bathrobe for $3 tickets at the door! “Half-price tickets if you come in a bathrobe but only if there are any tickets left!” http://www.onelongfellowsquare.com/Details. asp?ProdID=1111

Saturday, April 30 Feathers over Freeport 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 30-May 1, Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport; park admission: $3, adults; $1.50, children, ages 5-11; all others free. “Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend” will highlight special birding opportunities in the greater Freeport area, featuring top Maine experts, plus hikes, workshops and other activities for people of all abilities and interests at two locations — Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, according to event organizers. Sponsored by the Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) and the Freeport Wild Bird Supply, organizers hope it will become an annual event showcasing the special natural resources of the area, including the annual Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch and the annual return of nesting osprey at Wolfe’s Neck Woods.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The launch for the forty-first publication Words & Images will feature Kate Cheney Chappell, Adrian Blevins, and an exclusive reading by bestselling author Andre Portland Pirates continue Dubus III from his recent release Townie: A Memoir. There will be a cash bar, free hors A couple approaches an Eastern Prom overlook during a Labor Day weekend. On May 4, Friends of the in the Atlantic Division Finals d’ouerves, and live music from 8-9 p.m. by Eastern Promenade will outline project priorities recommended within the Master Plan for the Eastern 7 p.m. The Portland Pirates are competing in the Atlantic Division Finals against the Binghamton Olas, a Portland-based flamenco-inspired Promenade. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) Senators. The slogan is Portland Pirates Playband. The event is free and open to the off Hockey MISSION: 16W, powered by Time public. Words & Images 2011:Resurgam is the latest Benefit for Brunswick fire victims Warner Cable. Following is the Pirates Atlantic Diviissue from Words and Images, a student-produced publi7 p.m. The Theater Project’s Young Company has organized sion Finals Schedule, Best of Seven Series: Game 1 cation from the University of Southern Maine. Talbot Leca benefit for the victims of the recent fire at 45 Maine St. in was Wednesday, April 27; Game 2: Thursday, April 28 ture Hall in Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland Campus, Brunswick.Local teens from Brunswick and Topsham will at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 3: 92 Bedford St. perform at The Theater Project (14 School St.) to help raise Saturday, April 30 at Broome County Veterans Memorial money. Tickets will be $5, general admission, available at the ‘The Woodmans’ Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 4: Monday, May 2 at Broome door. All proceeds will be donated. The Theater Project is a 6:30 p.m. “The Woodmans” screens at Movies at the County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 5 (if 501(c)(3). Contact the box office at 729-8584.

Museum at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, April 29, necessary): Tuesday, May 3 at Broome County Veterans 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, 2 p.m.; Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.

Maine Playwrights Festival marathon evening Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 6 (if necessary): Friday, NR. “Francesca Woodman’s haunting black-and-white 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit art presented May 6 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game images, many of them nude self-portraits, now reside in the located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces the complete 7 (if necessary): Saturday, May 7 at Cumberland County pantheon of great photography from the late 20th century. line-up for the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival Civic Center, 7 p.m. http://www.portlandpirates.com/ The daughter of artists Betty and George Woodman (she a (MPF), the company’s annual celebration of the work of splash1.asp ceramicist and he a painter/photographer), Francesca was local theater artists. The month-long festival begins in Meeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park a precocious RISD graduate, who came to New York with early April with staged readings of two full-length plays.

7:30 a.m. The 11th annual meeting of the Friends of Baxter the intention of setting the art world on fire. But in 1981, Later in the month, the MPF moves to the St. Lawrence State Park will be held at the Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital as a despondent 22-year-old, she committed suicide. The Arts Center, where 10 short plays will be presented in Street in Augusta. Prior to the meeting, there will be a birdWoodmans beautifully interweaves the young artist’s work two evenings of rotating repertory between April 14 to walk led by expert birders Jay Adams and Ted Allen at 7:30 (including experimental videos and diary passages) with 29. Each evening of plays will be presented four times, a.m. At 8:30 a.m., coffee and muffins will be available and interviews with the parents who have nurtured her profesalong with a special marathon evening on Friday, April 29 books and art pertaining to Baxter State Park and Katahsional reputation these past 30 years, while continuing to on which all 10 plays will be performed beginning at 7:30 din will be on display. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to make art of their own in the face of tragedy. The film grapp.m. Tickets to the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festi12:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is Earle G. Shuttleworth Jr., ples with disturbing issues, among them: parent-child comval are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors. The Maine State Historian, who will talk about his personal recpetition and the toxic level of ambition that fuels the New MPF culminates with the second annual 24-Hour Portollections of former Governor Percival P. Baxter. The meetYork art scene.” ” http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/ land Theater Project, which features directors from five ing also includes a report on the “State of the Park” by Park movies.php different area companies. The 24-Hour Portland Theater Director Jensen Bissell, the election of new directors to the Project will have two performances at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on The Journey Within at Mayo Street Friends of Baxter State Park board, and a musical perforthe St. Lawrence Stage on Saturday, April 30. Entrance to 7 p.m. The Journey Within: A performance by Anca Gooje mance by Rosalea Kimball of the rare “Katahdin Waltz,” the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project festival is $8. The at Mayo Street Arts. “Discover the fascinating world of composed in 1855. After lunch, participants may choose 10 playwrights whose short plays have been selected Bharata Natyam, the most ancient style of Indian classical to go on a guided hike at the Bond Brook Recreation Area for the MPF are all Maine residents hailing from a variety dance in a unique experience of self discovery. The perin Augusta or on a Woods Walk at Wilson Pond in Wayne. of communities throughout the state: Marie Coyle (Portformance is presented by Anca Gooje who choreographed For more information, contact Barbara Bentley, 763-3014, land), Larry Crane (Southport), Lynne Cullen (Yarmouth), and performed in India and Europe. Come and experience barbarabentley@tidewater.net.

Shannara Gillman (Seal Harbor), Kathy Hooke (Portland), this mystical art form!” Tickets online and at the door: $10.

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The nexus of all things organic and natural Local Sprouts Cafe presents monthly ‘Second First Friday Art and Craft Sale’

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Open less than a year, Local Sprouts Cafe has quickly stepped in to fill the roll of community hub left vacant by last fall’s closure of the North Star Music Cafe.

Offering locally sourced food, entertainment and community-building events, Local Sprouts recently began to co-opt the role of another institution with its own take on First Friday.

For the last two months, Local Sprouts has hosted the Second First Friday Art and Craft sale.

The event takes place on the second Friday of each month, but organizers decided to adopt the familiar “First Friday” phrase as a way of letting customers know what to expect for their upstart arts and crafts event.

“We’re trying to give our local artists and vendors a chance to sell in Local Sprouts,” said Local Sprouts worker and art coordinator Kelly Rioux. “Our mission [at Local Sprouts] is to integrate with the local community and support local food and, with that, local art,” she said.

The sale features fine artists, as well as craftspeo-

Portland based herbalists Crow Medicine offer organic salves, tinctures and balms for a variety of ailments. Crow Medicine is just one of the vendors taking part in Local Sprouts Cafe’s new monthly “Second First Friday Art and Craft Sale,” a sale that gives local vendors a chance to sell their wares between Art Walk events. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

ple of all types, including herbalists, fiberworkers and screenprinters as well as live music.

“We haven't exactly been able to have vendors in the cafe constantly because we already have so much going on, so this is our chance to open it up to them,” Rioux said.

The event is open to all vendors, who are asked to donate 10 percent of their proceeds to the cafe

as a means of supporting the event. “We’re hoping it grows, really anybody can be a part of it,” she said.

Currently, the sale draws vendors and artists from its worker and customer base. Screen printer Tim Othy Goldkin, who runs local “upcycled” clothing brand Infini-T’s (see the Sun’s “What’s in a Name” of April 27), was just a “regular customer” hanging around the shop when Rioux tapped him to participate in the fledgling fair.

Riouz said Goldkin might soon run “live printing” sessions during the event. Charging $5 a print, customers could have their own clothes screened or buy one of Goldkin’s own designs for $10.

“Some people would buy my shirts and customize it by getting another print on it,” he said. “Most people didn’t know I would be doing it live. So they printed on their clothing what they were wearing that day.”

The monthly Local Sprouts sale will also include the sorts of products one would expect from the new nexus of all things organic and natural, including herbals from Portland’s own Crow Medicine.

Made and largely grown on Munjoy Hill, the cafe already sells the tinctures, salves, oils and teas of Sarah Crow, and will give the artisan a chance to share her full catalog of wares at the Friday sale.

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Drug Take-Back program at ecomaine 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regional waste manager ecomaine will be a host site for the U..S Drug Enforcement Administration’s free Drug Take-Back program. DEA’s Maine Resident Agent in Charge Michael Wardrop said the program is offered, “so that everyone can rid their medicine cabinets and care facilities of those potentially harmful medications which impact our public safety, personal well being and clean environment.” The ecomaine site is in Portland at 64 Blueberry Road, just on the other side of the Maine Turnpike from UNUM. Troop G of the Maine State Police will be at ecomaine as individuals drive up to drop them off any quantity of unwanted drugs. Large quantities from institutional use are welcome, as well as small quantities from individuals. Last year’s Drug Take-Back Day in Maine netted 7,820 pounds of prescription drugs. Also at the Public Works Recycling Center at 271 Hill St., Biddeford; Community Center on Franklin Street in Saco; new police station at 16 E. Emerson Cummings Blvd., Old Orchard; Goodwin Mills Fire Station, Lyman; Kennebunk High School; Kennebunkport Police Station on Route 9; and the Rite-Aid and Hannaford in Buxton. www.ecomaine.org or www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/ takeback/index.html

Drug take-back day in Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement Administration and Portland Police Department’s Drug Take Back Initiative will occur this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The three Portland PD sites will be at 290 Congress St., 713 Congress St., and University of New England’s College of Pharmacy on Steven’s Ave. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-Maine-Police-Department/121900037821056?

Drug take-back day in South Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The South Portland Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road, or the Community Partnership for Protecting Children (CPPC) HUB trailer, 580 Westbrook Street. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners. The South Portland Police Department hosted two drug takeback dates in 2010; one in conjunction with the DEA, and a second in concert with the Cape Elizabeth Police Department and the South Portland Community Advocates for Social Action (SPCASA). Those local events netted over 280 pounds of prescription drugs.”

Meet the Artists: The Family Gallery Talk 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. “Enjoy a very special time in the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial for families with exhibiting artists Alisha Gould, Carly Glovinski, and Alicia Eggert. We love to talk as families and invite artists to join in our conversation. The artists will share tools and experiments and other parts of the art-making process that are usually left behind in the artists’ studio! The art on the wall will ‘speak to you’ with your help! All children must be accompanied by an adult.”

Community Dog Show at The Woods at Canco 11 a.m. The Woods at Canco retirement community, located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, is hosting its fourth annual Community Dog Show. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories such as “Best Dressed,” “Best Trick” and “Mirror Image Award.” Light refreshments will be provided for people and pups. The public is invited to attend and donations will be collected for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, in honor of Animal Cruelty Prevention Month. For their current wish list, visit www.arlgp.org. To learn more about the fourth annual Community Dog Show, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777.

MAMM SLAM Finals noon to 6 p.m. After two days worth of high energy performances at Empire Dine & Dance over the April 2 weekend, the Maine Academy of Modern Music and the Portland Music Foundation announced the MAMM SLAM Finalists: The Modest Proposal (Freeport HS); Finding Perfection (Scarborough HS); The Twisted Truth (Portland HS, Casco Bay HS, South Portland HS); Dusty Grooves (Cheverus High School HS); Crossed Out (Gorham HS); Wildcard Band: Midnite Haze (Telstar High School/Bethel HS). Five of the bands were selected to move on to the Final Round by a panel of judges that was comprised of professionals recruited from the local music community by the Portland Music Foundation. A sixth Wildcard Band was selected by an online poll held by MaineToday.com. The Port City Music Hall will play host to the MAMM SLAM Finals on Saturday, April 30, where the six bands will compete for the title of Best High School Band in Maine.

Cheverus High School auction 6 p.m. The 25th annual Cheverus High School auction, Guys and Molls, will be held at Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave. “We are turning back the clock to the excitement of the Roaring 20’s: jazz, flappers, the Charleston, gangsters and G-men … Rumor has it that Cheverus now has a speakeasy, and that the ‘Holy Moly Club’ will be hopping with our famous live auction! Come and join in the merry mayhem and see for yourself!” 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., The Speakeasy: Silent Auction; 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Club Holy Moly: Dinner and Dessert; 8:30 p.m., Live Auction Mayhem! Tickets are $50 per person and will benefit the Cheverus Scholarship Fund. For more information visit

the Cheverus website at www.cheverus.org.

‘Dancing with the Community’ 6:30 p.m. South Portland Recreation teamed up with local dance studios to put on a benefit dinner/dance similar to “Dancing with the Stars.” The benefit dance will feature local celebrities dancing with local area dance instructors for a competition like the popular show, “Dancing with the Stars.” Participants are Kevin Scott, 2010 gubernatorial candidate, with Ann Smith; Jill Duson, former mayor, with Sergei Slussky; Robert Lynch, a local chiropractor, with Johanna Welch; Barbara Joyce, Italian Heritage Center first lady, with John Davis; and Verne Weisberg with Elizabeth Richards. Special showcase presentations by Christian Clayton and Polina Kirillova, professional ballroom dancers, and Joe Cupo and Patty Medina, last year’s “Dancing with the Community” winners. Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland; doors open at 6 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door. Call 767-2650 or go to the South Portland Recreation Department at 21 Nelson Road, South Portland.

Salt River benefits Peace Action Maine 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Salt River will thrill the audience with their folk music and much more.” At the Sacred Heart Catholic Church located at 80 Sherman St. in Portland. Donations benefit Peace Action Maine. Suggested donations at the door $15 [sliding scale]. For more information, call Sally Breen at 892-8391 or e-mail sallybreen@roadrunner.com

WMPG’s seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit 7:30 p.m. WMPG announces the seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit at PULSE on Spring Street in Westbrook.

WMPG’s celebration of local fashion designers, A Night of Fashion, Entertainment and Community Fashion Show Highlights, opens its doors at 7 p.m., with 7:30 p.m. preshow entertainment with Dark Follies; 8 p.m. The 2011 WMPG Fashion Show; music by DJ Corbin; 9 p.m. Meet & Greet Designers and Models; 9:30 p.m. Dance Party — closing. Music by DJ (Stuck in the 80’s) Ron. Tickets available online at www.WMPG.org. VIP reserved seating $20; general admission $10; students with ID $5.

Lewiston! Cabaret 7:30 p.m. Lewiston! Cabaret illuminates the stage of the Franco-American Heritage Center’s beautiful new Heritage Hall, featuring a wide array of stage performers young and old assembled for one night of great entertainment by Lewiston’s ever-popular Cabaret host Louis Philippe. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by calling 689-2000 or in person.

Contra Dance at COA 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance with Big Moose Contra Dance Band and caller Chrissy Fowler in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Center, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Lessons at 7:30 p.m., Dance begins at 8 p.m. $6. Children free. www.coa. edu or 288-5015. see EVENTS page 16

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Autopsy completed, but no conclusions yet on ‘cause and manner’ of death AUTOPSY from page one

charge of the investigation, at a press conference Thursday afternoon. “It remains pending due to toxicology results having to be returned,” and that will take more than a month.

Dittmeyer’s body was found in a pond just north of the Cranmore Mountain Resort ski area base lodge Wednesday morning. She had been missing since Saturday, when police found her car running a short distance away with its flashers on and her 14-month-old daughter inside.

Her death is being treated as “suspicious.”

Other than updating press about the autopsy, Young said she was not prepared to release any additional information.

“At this point the investigation remains active and ongoing,” she said to a pack of television reporters from around the Northeast in front of the Conway police station. “Members of the State Police, the

Conway Police Department and the FBI continue to investigate this matter.”

She urged people with information to contact the police department, even if they do so anonymously.

The press conference lasted less than two minutes, with Young walking away as reporters shouted questions.

At Cranmore, meanwhile, authorities expanded the crime scene at the base of the mountain to include the parking lot where Krista Dittmeyer’s car was discovered and the adjacent field. The parking lot and the field were open yesterday.

The area surrounding the pond where Dittmeyer’s body was found was also closed to the public, and officers were still combing the area for clues.

Police have not commented on how they discovered the body, and Cranmore directed all questions to the Attorney General’s office.

Authorities have made no further mention of the two vehicles they obtained search warrants for, or

what they learned from Dittmeyer’s cell phone records. The continued refrain has been that the investigation is ongoing.

The father of Dittmeyer’s daughter is currently serving a four-year sentence — two years in the Maine State Prison followed by two years probation — for selling drugs. According to the Portland Press Herald, Kyle Acker and Dittmeyer were living together in June when police found 15 grams of cocaine, 2 ounces of marijuana and a 9 mm handgun in their apartment.

Police were unwilling to comment whether or not her disappearance was drug-related.

Dittmeyer’s family released a statement earlier in the day saying they were “devastated.” They thanked the public and police for their support.

Dittmeyer was originally from Bridgton, Maine, and had been living in Portland. She worked as a waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings, a restaurant in South Portland.

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Spring Music Fling by Relay For Life 8 p.m. Celebrating three decades of music and hits, the Relay For Life of Greater Portland will be hosting a Spring Music Fling in partnership with The Gold Room in Portland, featuring Motor Booty Affair, Time Pilots and Sly-Chi. “Since the theme of this year’s Relay For Life of Greater Portland event is ‘A World With Less Cancer Is A World With More Birthdays’ it seemed appropriate to celebrate as many birthdays as we could in one night,” said event co-chair Susan Towle. “We were fortunate to partner with The Gold Room and these three popular bands to feature music from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.” In addition to the dance parties that will be breaking out around The Gold Room, Relay For Life of Greater Portland Youth Outreach Chair Andrea Levinsky, a senior at Deering High School, is organizing a silent auction featuring donations from area businesses and Relay For Life of Greater Portland teams.

Items to include four floor seats to any Red Claws game in the 2011-2012 season, live theater tickets, local restaurant gift certificates, hand-crafted pottery items and much more. The Spring Music Fling will take place on th at The Gold Room on Warren Avenue in Portland. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. and will end at 1 a.m. Show is ages 21 plus. Tickets are $20 per person and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland.

To purchase tickets please email greaterportlandrelay@gmail. com. www.facebook.com/relayforlifegreaterportland

Sunday, May 1 Maine Green Independent Party convention 9 a.m. The Maine Green Independent Party will be holding its annual statewide convention at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. All registered Greens in Maine are encouraged to participate. Starting at 9 a.m. the gathering will elect steering committee members and will discuss Party platform and bylaws. After lunch, provided at noon, candidates for Portland’s Mayoral race will speak as will Independent Legislator Ben Chipman and a representative of Maine’s labor community. Interested non-Greens are welcome to attend as non-voting guests. The public is invited to join the gathering at 6 p.m. on the Brunswick Mall for a celebration of Bringing in the May, a tradition

that goes back to the 12th century. The convention closes with some drumming and dancing and ancient ritual, from the Library to the Mall to the beat of “The Different Drummers” (a Yarmouth Drumming circle), followed by a May Pole dance to the tunes of Doug Protsik and Friends. The May Pole Dance will be a weaving together of our intentions for building community and sustainability in the year ahead. In case of rain, the drumming will take place in the Morrill Community Room at 6 pm. The May Pole dance can be held only in dry weather. For registration and more information visit www.mainegreens.org

Sacred Living Gatherings 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unity Center for Sacred Living, an open, interfaith, Oneness oriented Spiritual Community, is “here to evolve consciousness through what we call The New Spirituality. We know that the essence of Spirit is within each and every one of us, and our aim is to create a safe and sacred space for each person to explore their own perception of Spirituality. UCSL offers weekly gatherings that are informative, creative, interactive, and sometimes ceremonial followed by fellowship.” Sacred Living Gatherings on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Williston-West Church, Memorial Hall (2nd fl), 32 Thomas St. Portland. For more information call 221-0727 or email centerforsacredliving@gmail.com.

‘Food is Hope benefit for Wayside Food Programs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Truly Chillemi, a second grader at Pond Cove Elementary School in Cape Elizabeth, has helped organize a musical event and food drive called “Food is Hope” to benefit Wayside Food Programs of Portland. The event will be held at the Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. Scheduled artists include jazz trumpeter Marc Chillemi and the SoPo Trio, singer songwriter Chris James, and traditional Cuban group Primo Cubano.

Donations of non-perishable food will be collected at the event. “After learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at school in January, Truly was inspired to do something to help people in her community. She hopes to use music as a medium for bringing people together and raising awareness about hunger. With the help of her father, jazz musician Marc Chillemi, Truly has organized this event to benefit Wayside Food Programs. ‘Truly’s idea to use music to teach people about the social condition of hunger is quite remarkable,’ says Susan Violet, Wayside’s Executive Director. ‘We are very grateful to her. I want to thank everyone who is

supporting her effort.’” The event will benefit Wayside’s Food Programs and help the many families and individuals who lack adequate access to resources to feed their selves or their families.

The Maine Irish and their Labor Union 2 p.m. Maine Irish Heritage Center presents: The Maine Irish and their Labor Union Granite Cutters International Union of North America. Lecture and movie by Dorothea J. McKenzie at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. “According to Charles A. Scontras in his 1994 study of Maine Labor Unions, Collective Efforts Among Maine Workers: Beginnings and Foundations, 1820-1880, ‘The Maine granite cutters, through their formation of the Granite Cutters National Union, made a major contribution to the national labor movement, and for many years served as in inspirational model for workers throughout the state.’” http://www.stonecuttersonline.org

Portland Symphony Orchestra finale concerts 2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra will close its 2010-2011 season with music of Wagner and Mozart, and featuring Ravel’s luminously beautiful “Daphnis et Chloé.”

Music Director Robert Moody will conduct two performances on Sunday, May 1, at 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. The PSO’s season finale concerts are sponsored by KeyBank, with media support from MPBN. Ticket prices range from $17-$70 and are available at porttix.com and by phone at 842-0800 or in person at PortTIX (20 Myrtle St., Portland). Special pricing may be available for students, seniors, and groups of 10 or more.

‘The Thinking Heart’ in Portland 7 p.m. Four performances of “The Thinking Heart: the Life and Loves of Etty Hillesum,” will be presented in the Portland area during April, May and June. Conversation concerning the work will follow performances. First Parish Portland, 425 Congress St., Portland, on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. Contact: 773-5747. Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, on May 22, at 3 p.m. Contact: Caroline Loupe, cmloupe@maine. rr.com, 926-5983. Admission: Donation requested. Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave., seventh floor, Portland, on June 2, at 7 p.m. This performance is sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Contact: Joshua Bodwell, Executive Director, director@mainewriters.org, 228-8263.

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