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Butstill,wesurvived.Inthedeadof February we were convinced we wouldn’t,butwedid.Lookatus, throwingopenourwindows,throw¬ ingoffourlayers.Soifwegetalittle loonythistimeofyear,whocan blameus?We’veearnedit.Besides, we’reallalittlenutstolivehereinthe wintertobeginwith.
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“AfterreceivingmyMFAin directingfromCarnegie-Mellon in1972,IcametoMaine.A groupofusatschoolhaddecidedwe didn’twanttodothatNewYorkthing, andaftersomedeliberationwechose Rockland.” A farm was bought in Warren,andRafkincameupaloneto getthingsestablished.Hebeganre¬ ceiving“DearMichael”lettersfrom membersofthegroup—“Gottagoto NewYorkorl’llneverknow...”—andby theendoftheyeartherewasonlyone personleft.Rafkinsimplywrote“Don’t come.”
He spent the next three years workinginasawmillandrecovering from“thehorrendous”experienceof gradschool.Hethenestablisheda semi-professionaltheatercompany, The Rockport Theater Ensemble (wherehemetupwithDebHall),and producedtwo—whatheterms"quite wonderful"—shows.
“Thefirstshow1didwasona volunteerbasis.Donaldgavemealist, andIfilleditin24hours.Therewasa greatsenseofreliefwhenIshowedup. Uptillthen,theywereontheirown. They were stunned that someone actuallylikedfindingprops.Ihave greatitemkarma.1wakeupinthe morningandthinkI’mgoingtofindan item,andIusuallydo.
junkshoppingarerecreationforher.“I lovethechallengeoffindingthings— likeatransfusionmachinefor“Dra¬ cula” or exact period books and magazinesfor“VirginiaWoolf"oreven findingrealfliestosticktoflypaperfor “TentMeeting.”Thisjobcombines resourcefulness,imagination,andper¬ sistence.Youhavetoenjoytalkingto peopleandhaveagreatvisualmem¬ ory.”Herjobhastakenherallover Portland,insidemyriadbusinesses andintothebasementsofeveryjunk storeintown(“whichisnotalwaysa pleasantexperience”).
Weylenjoysherinteractionwiththe community.“That’sabigpartofbeing amemberofthiscompany.We’repart ofthiscommunity,andmyjobgives peopleanopportunitytoparticipate andcontributetosomethingwonder¬ ful,tobecomeinvolvedintheprocess. Manypeoplearesurprisedthatthey havesomethingwewantonstage. Most people are delighted, some simplyrisetotheoccasion.Fewsay no.”
And perhaps the most pressing questionofall—hisdiet.DebHall reportsOwenhasanenormousappe¬ tite,andheagrees.RafkinsaysOwenis theonlyactorhe’severknownto“bulk up"beforeashow.Owenhimselfsays thathegets“light-headed”ifhe doesn’tgethisthreesquaresaday (“pastaandalotofkielbasa—he’shalf Polish,”reportsRafkin).Tonypounds hislankyframe.“Allmuscle.”
Bothhadappearedinproductionsat thePortlandStageCompany,castout ofNewYork,sotheyknewMaine.Plus, DunlaphasstudiedforestryatUMO (heisalsoaprofessionalsurveyor),so hereallyknewwhattheyweregetting into.“1luredCynthiaherewithprom¬ isesofgreatwealth,fame,success,a house of her own”—“All of which cametrue,”addsBarnett—“Andshe tookmywordforit,withtheever¬ presentoptionofreturningifthings didn’tworkout.”
BarnettmetRafkinin1986while workingonanindustrialfilm.They decidedtoreadascripttogether. Barnettrecallsherreservations:“I didn’tknowwhothesepeoplewere. AndIwasasnottyNewYorker.Iwasn’t interestedindoingcommunitytheater. Butwegottogetheronceaweektodo scene work with people who were interestedinformingacompany.And that’showitstarted,anditjustgrew fromthere.”
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LongfellowreturnedtoCambridgeand convincedthewidowElizabethCraigie totakehimasaboarderatherhome on the Charles River. The widow CraigiehadbeenputoffbyhisEuro¬ peanstyleofdressand,inparticular, his“lavendergloves.”Whenshefound outthathewastheauthorofher cherishedOutre-Mer,shethoughtbetter ofhimandagreedtolethimlodgeat herhouse.
Thisperiodmarkedthebeginningof Longfellow’sliterarycareer.“Voicesin theNight”and“Hyperion”werepub¬ lished to wide acclaim. He also courtedFannyAppleton.“Hyperion” causedquiteastirwithitsthemeof unrequitedlove,andFanny’ssensitiv¬ itieswereoffendedbythepublic’s noticeofthesimilaritiesbetweenthe bookandtheircourtship.Fannydis¬ tancedherselfevenfurtherfromLong¬ fellow.
Of Henry David Thoreau he had nothingtosayofconsequenceabout Waldenortheman.ButThoreauwas invitedtoattendmeetingsof“The SaturdayClub,”agroupofliteraryelite organized by Longfellow who met monthly.Thoreauflatlyrefusedthe invitations,claiminghehadlessdif¬ ficultyseeingthroughthecigarsmoke attheParkerHouse,where“menwere depositedaboutinchairsoverthe marblefloor,asthickaslegsofbacon inasmoke-house."
Both Americans and Europeans lovedhispoetry,anditwassaidthathe was the poet of the common man. Neverhadapoetenjoyedsuchrespect andpopularityinhislifetime.Ayear afterhisdeath,abustwaserectedin thePoet’sCornerinWestminster Abbey,LongfellowtheonlyAmerican bestowedthehonor.
LongfellowdiedatCraigieHousein 1882ofperitonitis.Hewas75years old.PerhapsLongfellow’swordslive onintherecessesoftheheartsofthose who have read them. An old and addledEmerson,afterattendinghis oldfriend’sfuneral,said,“Thereliesa beautifulsoul,but1forgethisname.”
fromthenon,hercareerwaskeptalive mostlyduetotheeffortofthefolk¬ singers Gordon Bok and Jackson Gillman, who both made tapes of Ruth’spopularballads.Bokalsokept Ruth’sbook,ColdasaDogandtheWind Northeast,inprint.Inthemid-1980s, GaryLawlessthroughhisBlackberry PressstartedreprintingRuth’snovels inpaperback.
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Herlettersareasfunandmoving toreadasherbooks,andthe publicationofthemisonlythe beginning of what might be called”The Ruth Moore Ren¬ aissance”hereinMaine.Attheendof April,WestbrookCollegeinPortlandis planning a symposium on Ruth’s works; and the Abbe Museum in AcadiaNationalParkisalsoplanninga seriesofprogramsfor1994revolving aroundRuth’sstronginterestin archaeology.There’sevenadigon Gott’sIslandnamedforRuthMoore. GaryLawlessisplanningtopublish anotherbookofRuth’suncollected poems(herthirdbookofpoetry, The TiredAppleTree, appeared post-
H_It’sbecomingastale industry:AttheendofApril, WestbrookCollegein Portlandisplanninga symposium on Ruth’s works; and the Abbe Museum in AcadiaNationalParkisalso planningaseriesof programs for 1994 revolving aroundRuth’sstronginterest inarchaeology.There’seven a dig on Gott’s Island named for Ruth Moore.
Vhumouslyin1990),aswellasmore reprintsofherothernovels.Discover¬ ingandre-discoveringthewondersof Ruth Moore’s works has become a stateindustry.
HInthelaterletterswrittenfromBass Harbor,shewritesaboutherirritation with“millionsoftourists”whobother herandhergardens,aboutherhatred oflanddevelopers,aboutherworkand familyfriends.Throughoutthere’sthe underlyingsadnessforthelossofthe cherishedlifesheonceknewasagirl growing up on Gott’s Island. M
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give the move a good “50-50 chance,”accordingtoFranScan¬ nell of Bigelow, depending on costandengineeringstudies.If PortlanddoeswinBigelow,we’ll seeabout$2.5millionperannum comingintotheLaboratoryfrom federalorganizationslikeNASA, theNationalScienceFoundation, andtheOfficeofNavalResearch.
We’llsee14credentialedsci¬ entistsand31researchassistants eating lunch every day on the Portlandwaterfront,talkingabout ongoingstudiesquiterelevantto localconcerns,“suchasnoxious phytoplanktonblooms;recruit¬ mentofherring,codandlobster; redtideecologyandtoxicology; acidrain;benthicpollutionand otherenvironmentaltopics.”
Roland Mercier recentlyjoined theaccountingfirmof KPMG Peat Marwick asahealthcare consultant.Mercierhasover10 yearsexperienceinhealthcare reimbursement,includingem¬ ploymentwithEasternMaine MedicalCenterasreimburse¬ ment manager and with Blue CrossandBlueShieldassenior auditor.HeholdsaB.S.degreein accountingfromtheUniversity ofSouthernMaine.
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Russell E. Oakes hasrecently establishedthe Maritime Man¬ agement Corp. Oakes,formerly avicepresidentwithBoulos PropertyManagementandcon¬ trolleroftheDartmouthCom¬ pany,willfocusoncommercial, residentialandcondominium association management and servicethesouthern,LewistonAuburn and Bangor regions. Hisassociates,TimMcNamara andElizabethGaudet,willhan¬ dletheoperationalmanagement andmarketingofthefirm’sprop¬ ertymanagementportfolio.
Richard Hauser hasjoined The Boulos Company asaspecial projectsassociate.Priortojoin¬ ingTBC,hewasemployedby Portlandinsuranceprovider, UNUM, and by Booz, Allen & Hamilton,aWashington,D.C.baseddefensecontractor.Hauser holdsaB.S.indecisionscience fromGeorgeMasonUniversity, Fairfax,VA.HeresidesinYar¬ mouthwithhiswife,Jeannie.
Meg Hickey ofYarmouthhas beenpromotedtovicepresident of MaineBank&Trust. Shehas beenwiththebanksinceits inceptionandisresponsiblefor allresidentialmortgagelending. Hickeyservesasamembership
Eric A. Andrews ofWellshas becomeacommercialloanof¬ ficerat Maine Bank&Trust. He hadpreviouslybeenwithMaine NationalBankandFleetBankof Maine.AndrewsservesasaJun¬ iorAchievementadvisorandhas beenactiveincommunityaffairs.
Donald Giancola, vicepresi¬ dentof Country Business, Inc., hasbeenelectedtothe boardofdirectorsoftheNew EnglandBusinessBrokersAssoci¬ ation,aregionalchapterofthe InternationalBusinessBrokers Association.Giancola’sduties willincludemarketingandeduca¬ tionalactivitiesaswellaswork-
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1can’tthinkoftwobetterop¬ positesthanthisradiant,barren Mainewinterdayandthisbook, ShadowsandGoatbones. Outsidemy window the ice floes nudge and shiftontheBayandthefieldson thefarshorereflectthewhite silence of New England winter, whiletheworldwithinthebookis warm,garlicky,guilt-spicedethnic soup.AndIcan’tthinkofapoet moreoppositetothisreaderthan Barbara Lefcowitz. She is the woman who appears as the Other inmydreams.Sheisanarchaeol¬ ogistoftheghettoandtheshtetl andtheconcentrationcamp.Sheis thewomanwholooksatasidewalk crackandsees,reflected,theplace betweenherlegs,“redandloose¬
I stand on my porch, book in hand,freezing,andIcan’tsee anotherhumanbeingfortenmiles around.Yetthisismybookaswell ashers.Thepoethasexchanged liveswithme.SheisfromMaine, forthetimebeing,incoldstorage.1 am from Prague, from Warsaw, fromAuschwitz,fromVilna,from Parsippany.NewJersey.Mycityis densewithhumanity,1can’tget awayfromthem.Igototheincin¬ erator in the basement of my Brooklynapartmentandthereare hornyoldwomentherewitherect nipples and blue-roped thighs, smellingofburntgrapefruit.They areafterme.It’suselesstomoveto the country. They know where I live.
Therearenoopenspacesinthis book.nodistanceseitherintimeor place. The atmosphere flutters withtheshadowsofthedead.The girlwhodiedinAuschwitzatthe ageofnine;shewouldbemyage
We pause most longingly on thingswhichareveryold,which areplacedbeyondhistorybyhav¬ ingbeendestroyedbytime:an¬ cientteethoragoatboneexhumed atanarchaeologicalsitebysome¬ one who must always be digging becauseherpoetryhasaDraculan needforfossilfuel.Ms.Lefcowitz isadriventraveler.Shevisitsceme¬ teries when she comes to town. Sheistheguidetothepeatbogthat holds the 8000-year-old woman; sheisthepsychoanatomistthat placesherownfragile,peat-worn corpseonFreud’splumpcouch.
LikeFreud,BarbaraLefcowitz seeksoutthespotsonearthwhere the unconscious leaks through withitsweirdotherness:ahot¬ springsspa,afakewaterfall,an EdwardHopperpainting,acrack inthesidewalk,anEmilyDickin¬ sonpoem,anobscurejuncturein theneurologyofthebrain.Inher book,though,they’reeverywhere, an earthquake sidewalk full of cracks,deadmice,deadJews,on¬ iongrass, test-tube babies and gypsyaunts.
Thedaydarkens,ofcourse,be¬ foreIcanfinishthebook.I’mno longer in the sparkling polar coastalMaine,butinanightwhich couldbeanywhereonearth.Iturn onanoverheadbulb—“god’sglass eye”—and begin to separate my¬ selffrom ShadowsandGoatbones in ordertoreviewit.Poetandreader disentanglethemselvesfromtheir temporary dance and begin to write. How sad. H
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CafeNo,20DanforthStreet,Portland,willhost VintageRepertoryCompany'sproductionof TomStoppard'sTheFifteenMinuteHamlet andChristopherDurang’sTheActor'sNight¬ mare, Wednesdayeveningsat8p.m.from April 14—May 12.Ticketsare$6,reservations recommended.772-8114.
ThePortlandStageCompany,PortlandPer¬ formingArtsCenter,ForestAvenue,performs MichaelHenryBrown'sBordersofLoyalty,a playexploringissuesofraceandanger,where anup-and-comingblackactormustchoose loyalties between his manager, a black woman,andapowerfulJewishagent, March 30—April 18, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdayat7:30,Saturdayat8p.m.,andSun-
On Tuesday, April13at6p.m.,the studentsandfacultyofBowdoinCollege willperform ElevatorMusic, composed byElliottS.Schwartz,composerand professorofmusicatBowdoin,inthe ColesTowerelevator.At7:30p.m.the studentsandfacultywillgiveaconcertof contemporary‘‘classical"musicin KresgeAuditorium,VisualArtsCenter. Flutist DeirdreManning, accompanied by John Johnstone onpiano,willper¬ form works by Doppler, Chaminade, Ibert,BozzaandElliottS.Schwartzina recitalonSunday,April18,3p.m.,inthe BowdoinCollegechapel,Brunswick. AnthonyAntolini willdirectaper¬ formance by the Bowdoin Chorus of RachmaninoffsTheLiturgyofSt.Chrys¬ ostomonSaturdayApril24,7:30p.m.,at theBaptistChurch,Thomaston,andon SundayApril25,4p.m,atSt.John’s Church,Brunswick.OnSunday,April25, 7:30p.m.,the BowdoinConcertBand, directedbyJohnMorneau,willperform inPickardTheater,MemorialHall,Bow¬ doinCollege,Brunswick.RobertGreen¬ leeconductsthe Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra inworksbySaint-Saens, Mozart,andElliottSchwartz,onSunday, May2at3p.m,intheBowdoinchapel. On Sunday, May 9 at 3 p.m, Robert Greenleeleadsthe Bowdoin Chamber Choir inaprogramof20thcentury FrenchandEnglishmusic.Allconcerts listedarefree.725-3000.
OnSunday,May 2,7:30p.m,the UMF Community Chorus, directedbyJoel Hayden,willperformitsannualspring concertwithorchestraandsoloists,atthe UniversityofMaine,Farmington,Nordica Auditorium,MerrillHall.Tickets$4/$3 seniors, high school students and younger.Formoreinformation,callJoel Hayden,778-7288,orBeverlyCollins, 778-7072.PhilipCarlsenwillconductthe UMFCommunityOrchestraat7:30p.m.in NordicaAuditorium,MerrillHall,on Sunday,May9.Ticketsare$3/$2seniors andchildrenunder12.Formoreinfor¬ mation,callPhilipCarlsen,778-7290.
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The PortlandMuseumofArt iscur¬ rentlyexhibitingmorethan100paintings bysuchMaineCoastartistsas Andrew Wyeth,RichardEstes,RobertIndi¬ ana, Rockwell Kent and Beverly Hallam, whichwillbeopenthroughApril 18.Ongoingexhibitsinclude"TheIm¬ pressionistsandOtherMasters:Artists YouLove,"featuringworksby Monet. Renoir.Picasso,Matisse, andothers, "Vincent'sJourney."asculptureby Paul Rodrigue ofPortlanddedicatedto peoplewholivewithAIDs,andTheScott M.BlackCollection,whichdisplays19th and20thcenturypaintingsandsculpture byartistslikeChagallandToulouse-
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The MaineCollegeofArt, formerly PortlandSchoolofArt,522Congress Street,presents“Six:SculpturalVisions,” an exhibition by contemporary New Englandsculptorsexploringtheconcept ofsculptureas3-dimensionalformand thepresentcurrentsinsculpting,through April25intheBaxterGallery.ThePhoto GallerywillhostanexhibitionofGlenn Renell’sworkintheAmericanSouthwest, throughApril9.OnSaturday,April10at 8:30p.m.,theMaineCollegeofArtholds its 18thAnnualArtAuction, witha previewbeginningat7p.m.,auctioning workdonatedbystudents,faculty,and alumni,tobenefitthecollege’sscholar¬ shipfund.Therewillalsobeapublic previewoftheseworksApril5-9at11 a.m.-2p.m.,and4-6p.m.Formorein¬ formation,call775-5089.May16-June4 thecollegewilldisplayworksbygradu¬ atingseniorsintheBaxterGallery, openingreceptiononMay15from5-8 p.m.,summergalleryhoursareMondayFriday,9-4p.m.775-5089.
The UniversityofMaineMuseumof Art willsponsoranexhibitthisspring titled"CrossingLines:HistoriesofJews andGentilesinBangor,Mt.DesertIsland, andCalais,Maine,"examiningthechal¬ lengesJewishemigreshavefacedsince arrivingintheseregionsattheturnofthe century.UniversityofMaine,Orono. —CompiledbyPeterDavenport
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■■ / my grandfather asked, ■■/noticingtheoldfelthat WW pulled down over my Jjears.1wasstandingon a chair in his camp at Caucomgomoc Lake when he returned fromtakingabucketofwoodash tothebackhouse.Myfatherhad come up-country for the salmon fishing,andsinceitwasaraw,wet springday,heleftmeinthecareof myagedguardian.Iwasstanding onthechairinordertoreacha tantalizingassortmentofgearcluttering the bare cedar rafters. Grandfather’s swaybacked old cabinwasayoungboy’sdelight;a wideassortmentofguns,traps, snowshoes, wood tools, chains and other paraphernalia from a longlifespentoutdoorslitteredthe place—1hardlyregrettedbeingleft there.
Sittingonthescarred,pinedea¬ conseat,IwatchedGrandfather adjustthestovedamper;thenhe sat down and told me about the days when he was a young man workinginthesurroundingwoods. Inthatera,beforetheadventof tractors, trucks, or even good roads, if a man wanted to move logsaboutinthewoods,herelied onthemostdependablemeansof transportation available—the horse.Grandfatherlovedhorses andlearnedhowtoworkthemasa boy. When he came of age, he became a teamster for a local loggingoutfit.
Grandfaterstartedoutasatote teamster—one who ferried men andsuppliesfromacentraldepot totheoutlyingcamps.Manyofthe guyswhostartedthiswaylater beganhaulinglogsfromthewoods to the landings on lakes and streams,butaftertryingthisfora while,Grandfatherdecidedtore¬ mainatoteteamster.Heenjoyed thelongertripsandconcludedthat hecoulddowithouttheexcite¬ ment of careening down steep slopesaheadofseveraltonsof logs.Grandfatherworkedoutof PittstonFarm,abigsupplyfarm north of Moosehead Lake that served as a depot for men and equipmentboundforpointsnorth. Inhistravelsbetweenthefarmand outlying camps, he met a good many people—about whom he frequentlytoldstories:JackKings¬ ley,thesawfiler,SamLoganthe chainsalesman,andHermanLight¬ foot,thelonelyoldIndian.Grand¬ fatherknewthemall,buthesaidas farashorseswereconcerned,he nevermettheequalofWillAmes. GrandfatherfirstmetWillona remotesectionofwoodsroadsev¬ eralmilesnorthofthefarm;itwas teno’clockonaJanuarynightand bittercold.Astormwasboiling andthesnowwascomingdownin bigheavyflakes,pilingupfast. Grandfatherwaslatecomingback
from Tom Campbell’s camp up on ThirdSaintJohnPond.Thebossat PittstonhadtoldGrandfathertotake aloadofblankets,foodandchainup toCampbell’soutfit,aroutinejobhe performedoften.Hesawthelow, slate-coloredcloudsformlateinthe afternoonandwasanxioustoget backbeforetheweatherhit.He probablywouldhave,too,ifithadn’t beenforCampbell’sinsistencethat Grandfathertakebacktwomenhe wasabouttofire.Apparentlythese newrecruitsfromBangorweren’t workingout;thismeanttheyeither couldn’tdotheworkorcouldn’t standtheboss’sabusivebehavior.No onelikedCampbellmuch;hissole concernwasprofit,andhedrovehis crewsmercilessly.
“Hell,iftheyain’tgonnawork,they cangofillupsomeoneelse’sbunk¬ house—I ain’t runnin’ a damned Sundayschool!”
Grandfatherhookedupthechainhe tossed and the man pulled the strugglinghorsesandthesledupto roadlevel.WhatamazedGrandfather mostwasnottheman’sfinematched Percherons,butthewayinwhichhe handledthem.Otherthanadjusting thechainsandharness,thisteamster neverlaidahandoneitherhorse,but directedthemsolelybyvoice.The massiveanimalsrespondedperfectly toeachcommand;anyworktheydid seemedeffortless.Hesoonlearned theman’snamewasWillAmeswho hadjustcomedownfromHurricane Brookheadedforthefarm.
TheypulledintothebarnatPitts¬ tonaboutmidnight,exhaustedand frozentothebone.Thetwomen hurriedofftotheinvitingwarmthof the farmhouse, while Will and Grandfather bedded down their teamsinthecavernousinteriorofthe barn.GrandfatherwatchedasWill finishedrubbingeachanimaldown andthentookanappleoutofhis pocket,splititandgavehalftoeach horse,theirjawsworkingcontented¬ ly.Astheyheadedforthelightsofthe main house through the hissing snow,Grandfatherknewhehadmeta manofunusualskill,andhopedto seemoreofthisWillAmes.
woulddigin,andwheneverhesaid “Ho!” they would cease and standstockstill.Mostteamstershad troublewithunrulyanimals,butthe onlytimeWill’shorsesactedupwas whenhecameclosetoadjusttheir harnesses.Eachwouldsniffaround Will’sjacketlookingfortheoddapple orlumpofsugarsnatchedfromthe cookshack.
