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In Charlotte, North Carolina, iconic examples of urban signage aren’t simply pointed to and admired–they’re being registered as historic landmarks. “We feel like protecting things that make Charlotte unique is important,” Diane Althouse, executive director of Historic Charlotte Inc., has told The Charlotte Observer. Fun and funky commercial masterpieces like the JFG Coffee sign, spangled by incandescent light bulbs, are being rescued from warehouse ignominy and restored to even higher visibility, in this case with a $15,0000 grant. “People are drawn to these signs for a lot of different reasons,” the Observer story says. Now they tell us! It’s a great idea to keep highways sign-free, but when the icy winds of Lady Bird Johnson’s beautification blew across the state of Maine decades ago, the rules (no off-site commercial signs within 660 feet of a federal highway) were horizontally applied instead of interpreted, so in the name of compliance, we lost brain dazzlers like the huge incandescent “Drink Coca Cola” sign that lit up Congress Square for generations. Many of Maine’s most entertaining urban signs were struck down in order to legislate beauty, and they came down in a hurry. Oh, some people missed them–notably artist Jon Legere, who took every opportunity to include vanished signage in his nostalgic cityscapes of Portland–but for the most part, anyone who dared to speak up for commercial iconography must have felt like “a lion in a den of savage Daniels.” Even sadder to consider nowadays is the fact that the law’s original language was not bereft of exemptions, allowing for signs “determined by the State, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to be landmark signs…or historic or artistic significance, the preservation of which would be consistent with the purposes” of the Highway Beautification Act. So why wasn’t this provision seized upon and Portland’s most characteristic signs given the landmark status they deserved (and needed to survive)? For those of us who don’t remember some of these signs and therefore can’t mourn them (but loved the unforgettable Domino Sugar sign in the movie He’s Just Not That Into You), have you noticed that the B&M Baked Beans plant in Portland has been without its famous rooftop sign since July 13, 2009, when the wind blew down, and subsequently destroyed, the 10-foot by 70-foot landmark? Isn’t that an empty feeling? Now multiply that sense of loss across a whole city. Though plant manager Art Hemmerlein promises, “The new replacement sign [by Sign One, Inc.] will be a better, green situation, using LED lighting and just one-third of the power of the previous sign,” it still wasn’t quite up at press time, awaiting better weather. The crowning irony: In its heart, Portland Public Library’s new 17- by 21-foot digital screen that’s going to transform Monument Square is (shhh) a sign. If anyone reading us would like to share a photo or memories of the missing signage we might have saved like Charlotte, please email them to staff@portlandmonthly.com.
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port City Music Hall, 504 Congress Street, Portland. Soulive, April 10; Kaki King, April 20; Badfish, April 22; U-Melt, April 24; Dr. Dog, May 10. 899-4990 or portcitymusichall.com
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portland Symphony orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland. “Play that Funky Music, PSO!,” April 24 and 25; Argentina Wine Dinner and Auction, April 28; and “Mighty Mahler,” with the Choral Art Society’s Masterworks Chorus, May 2 and 4. 842-0800, 842-0812 TTY, or portlandsymphony.com Stone Mountain arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield. Cowboy Junkies, April 16; Parry Larkin, April 17; Jayme Stone with Yacouba Sissoko, April 18; Richie Havens, April 23; Cherish the Ladies, April 24; Greg Brown, May 7; Gordon Bok, May 8. 935-7292 or stonemountainartscenter.com
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Galleries Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Ongoing: “Layers of Time;”“Sieur de Mont;” and “Online Wabanaki Timeline.” 288-3519 or abbemuseum.org Addison Woolley Gallery at Studio 203A, 61 Pleasant Street, Portland. “Photographs by David Wade and Fran Vita-Taylor,” May 7 to 14. 450-8499 or addisonwoolley.com A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Forest Avenue, Portland. German Expressionist Prints, to May 15. 699-2919 or edpollackfinearts.com Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. ”Celebrating Women,” seven international festivals honoring women photographed by Paola Gianturco, to May 20. 221-4490 or www.une.edu/artgallery Atrium Arts Gallery, University of Southern
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aucocisco Gallery, 89 Exchange Street, Portland. “Grace DeGennaro: Indigo Series,”in April, and “Works by Katherine Bradford,”in May, both opening with First Friday receptions. 775-2222 or aucocisco.com Bates College Museum of art, Lewiston. Senior Thesis Show 2010, April 9 to May 30. 786-6158 or bates.edu/acad/museum Farnsworth Museum of art, 16 Museum Street, Rockland. “The State of Printmaking since 1940,” to April 18; “Elegantly Attired: Victorian Apparel and Accessories in Coastal Maine,” to April 25; Arnold Newman, to August 8; and Louise Nevelson, to December 31. 596-6457 or farnsworthmuseum.org Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore Street, Portland. Gallery group show includes Paul Black, Sylvia Dyer, Claudette Gamache, and Stan Moeller. 874-8084 or forestreetgallery.com Galeyrie Fine art, 190 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. Gallery artists show, new offerings from the Osher Map Collection and Falmouth Historical Society. Presentation of the 1932 Illustrated Map of Maine by Berta and Elmer Hader. 781-3555 or galeyrie.com Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle Street, Portland. ”New Work” by Margaret Lawrence, with Side Gallery featured artist Alec Richardson, to April 24; and “Paintings by Kathleen Galligan,” with Side Gallery featured artist Nancy Morgan Barnes, April 29 to May 29. 772-2693 or greenhutgalleries.com Institute of Contemporary art at Maine College of art, 522 Congress Street, Portland. “Thinking Outside the Body,”April 23; “BFA Thesis Exhibition,”May 7 to 23;”and Mecamorphosis,”2010 spring fundraising party, May 13. 775-3052, (800) 639-4808, or meca.edu June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 122 High Street and 522 Congress Street, Portland. At Congress Street, Vinalhaven Press. At High Street, “Charles DuBack: Collages from the 1950s.” 772-1961 (High Street), 699-5083 (Congress Street), or junefitzpatrickgallery.com Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath. Current exhibits include ten acres of galleries and exhibits on 25 acres of waterfront, and “Some Burdensome: Big Ships, Big Cargoes,” to June 14. 443-1316 or mainemaritimemuseum.org
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Maine State Museum, 83 State House Station, Augusta. “Maine Bounty: The People and Resources That Shaped Maine,”“12,000 Years in Maine,”“Made in Maine,”“Struggle for Identity,” and “Maine Gems.” 287-2301 or maine.gov/museum portland Museum of art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. “Division and Discovery: Recent Work by Frederick Lynch,” to May 16; ”Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann,” to May 23; and ”Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art,” to June 6. Movies at the Museum, ongoing, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. 775-6148, portlandmuseum.com, or moviesatthemuseum.org
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Susan Maasch Fine Art, 567 Congress Street, Portland. “Jack Montgomery: The Gender and Coming of Age Photographs;”“Paintings: Paintings in Abstraction and Contemporary Realism;” Prints by Mac Beckmann; and sculpture by Riv Pyne and others continues to May. 699-2966 or susanmaaschfineart.com University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor. I-95 Triennial Invitational Exhibition, April 23 to June 12. 561-3350 or umma.umaine.edu Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress Street, Portland. Catherine Lo and Debra Yoo, “New Paintings,” April 2 to May 1; and Randy Regier, “Paradox Lost” and “Hecho en Maine,” May 5 to 29. 780-0700 or whitneyartworks.com Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main Street, Wiscasset. “Recent Acquisitions and New Works,” April 1 to May 28, and “Emergence: New Paintings of Maine,” May 29 to July 2, opening reception, May 29. 882-7682 or wiscassetbaygallery.com
Don’t Miss The Bid Against Child Abuse, 15th Annual Auction, to benefit programs of the Child Abuse Prevention Council of York County, April 16 at The Nonantum Resort, Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. 985-5975 or kidsfreetogrow.org Maine Festival of the Book, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland. April 9: Opening night, with featured presenters Anita Shreve and Tess Gerritsen, and Youth Outreach in the Community with Jay Piscopo; April 10: Readings, book sales, signings, and author discussions with Neil Rolde, Trudy Price, Rhea Cote Robbins, Anne C. Heller, Debra Spark, Elizabeth Searle, Nicole Chaison, and more; and Annual Poetry Party, featuring a jazz trio, cocktail hour, spoken word performance, and poetry slam; April 11: “Longfellow’s Shorts,” a dramatic reading of selections from Debra Spark’s new novel Good for the Jews, at Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Avenue. 871-9100 or info@mainereads.org University of Maine-Augusta and Maya Angelou, Augusta Civic Center. The UMA Student Government Association presents a talk and evening with Dr. Maya Angelou. April 24. Tickets $25/person. 877862-1234 or www.uma.maine.edu/mangelou.html
Book readings Museum of Human Beings, Colin Sargent’s April book signings, readings, and discussions: Nonesuch Books, 50 Market Street, South Portland, April 3, 11 a.m., 799-2659; Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta, April 10, 10 a.m., 626-2415; Maine Festival of the Book, Abromson Center, 88 Bedford Street, Portland, April 10, noon-2 p.m.; Borders Bookstore, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland, April 24, 2 p.m., 775-6110.
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Three days of programs, parties and performances. Enjoy a full day of literary dialogue on Saturday, April 10 at USM’s Abromson Center starting at 9 am. With the exception of Opening Night: An Evening with Tess Gerritsen and Anita Shreve on Friday night, events are unticketed and free!
Saturday, April 10 ✷ Starting at 9 a.m. Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland Meet the authors as they discuss writing, publishing, gardening, architecture, Ayn Rand, Vincente Minnelli, mystery, memoir, and more!
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Get yOur winGs–”It’s easy and challenging at the same time,” says Rockport artist Dicky Saltonstall of flying on Kitewings, priced from $958 to $2,806. Whether you’re an in-line skater, skier, or surfer, these colorful Dacron airfoils add dimension to your experience. Martin Finell, CEO of Finland-headquartered Kitewing Sports, envisions vertical profits nearby: “I would be surprised if there isn’t a dealer in Maine by the end of the year.” Until then, there’s always Maryland and Quebec. Visit kitewing.com
private cycler–Smart cyclists are registering now for Dempsey Challenge II, set for October 2-3, which will likely double their inaugural $1 million-plus which 3,500 participants raised for the Dempsey Center at Central Maine Medical Center. “We’ve had a 100-percent increase in participation,” says event manager Wendy Tardif. “We’ve already added a second day and another 4,000 participants for races on both foot and bicycle, ranging from 5K to 100 miles.” Asked if her brother will be riding this time around, Mary Dempsey says, “Absolutely! He wouldn’t miss it.” Your ticket to ride is $150, but if you’d like a private spin with McDreamy, plan on ponying up $10,000. And how much would one need to donate to ride next to Dempsey for the entire race? “First, you’d have to keep up with him for 50 miles,” Tardif says, “but I think you’re on to something.”
churchill ups–“The Kentucky Derby’s all about horses and hats–I’m not sure in which order,” says Dorinda Putnam, the sought-after milliner at Queen of Hats, who fills 60 world-wide Derby hat orders at her 560 Congress Street shoppe every spring. Consider happy customer Cindy Hamilton, owner of Americana Workshop in Kennebunk: When you sashayed into Churchill Downs with your hat on, did you feel overdressed? “It’s impossible to be overdressed. Coming from Maine I felt good, and Dorinda did me well!” Did your horse come in? “No, but I did win $762 on a trifecta!” Did your hat have anything to do with it? “It brought something! The whole thing was perfect. I wore the hat everywhere, the limo, to dinner…I didn’t take it off until bed. In fact, my friend and I are going to have a Derby party this year just so we can wear our hats again! We were just so extremely pleased with what we had to show from Maine.” queenofhats.com
scOne in lOve with yOu–Creating and sustaining the perfect bed & breakfast is both an art and a science. So why shouldn’t we have a university for it? “Mouthwatering Mornings” is just one of the
workshops available through the newly-launched Maine Innkeeping Society, sponsored by the Swan Agency Sotheby’s International Realty. “The B&B industry in Maine was hurt much less than other businesses in the downturn. Still, we want to work together to bring it back with a vengeance,” says Kim Swan, who, along with B&B specialist Dana Moos and guest instructors, will be offering classes at the Danforth Inn. Offerings include “Beyond Breakfast,” April 7, $15; “Using Photos in Social Media,” April 8, $20; and “Inntimate Weddings,” April 26, free. Visit maineinnkeepingacademy.blogspot.com.
OperatiOn ruby thrOat–How do you get your neighbor’s hummingbird to come to your feeder, especially in an icy place like Maine? “Trumpetshaped flowers are great up here,” says Anne Maher of Skillins Greenhouses.”Anything they can easily get their nose into!” O’Donal’s landscape designer Irene Barber drops to a whisper: “Butterfly weed. It’s a beautiful meadow or naturalizing plant that…does as excellent a job attracting hummingbirds as it does its namesake.” To fine tune your tactics, visit rubythroat.org.
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“This was a shot of adrenaline for those with a passion for historical documents,” says James Julia of James D. Julia Auctioneers in Fairfield. “A very aggressive, anonymous phone bidder paid $1.15 million for George Washington’s personal map of the Battle of Yorktown, making this the most expensive antique of any kind sold in Maine, as well as the most expensive map ever sold in the world.” Julia personally authenticated the pencil-and-ink chart and dated it to October 29, 1781. “It comes to us from the Decatur-Armsden family, who are direct descendants of Tobias Lear, best friend to Commander Washington,” he says. “This auction was like picking a gold nugget from a stream out west in the 1800s. It was full of adventure, action, and discovery.” –Meagan S. Riedmann
Lost in the Moment “When I started having daughters, I started seeing things from their point of view. I thought, ‘I could make a contribution here,’” says local author Phillip Hoose. That path has recently boosted Hoose to a Newbery Prize and National Book Award for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; $19.95), the heroic account of the 15-year-old Montgomery girl who refused to surrender her city bus seat in 1955, beating Rosa Parks by nine months. Recalls Hoose, “Claudette agreed before the announcement to accompany me to the podium to receive the [National Book] Award. We were both so into it I forgot to accept the award–and walked off the stage without it!” –Molly McLeod
Children of the Corn? Shock Value Maine-based volunteer medical aid group Konbit Sante, busy in Haiti, tells us, “Our donations have tripled, to just under $380,000.” Emily Gilkinson relays a first-hand impression of their impact at Justinian Hospital in Port-auPrince: “A woman fractured her lower leg so badly the bone was sticking out. Every physician she’d seen said amputation was the only option; she was a dancer, so she desperately wanted to keep her leg. An x-ray machine and surgical supplies we provided helped the chief surgeon save her leg. Last we heard, she’d regained feeling in her toes.” –Jared Thurber
Many Mainers, upon opening the gatefold cover of Vanity Fair’s recent Hollywood issue, were delighted to see local Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick on the third panel, while a host of others must have wondered why this group of upcoming starlets does not go beyond the pale. As Us Weekly was quick to suggest, why weren’t Zoë Saldana (Star Trek, Avatar) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) included?
Baby, I’m a Star
First ESPN reporter Erin Andrews unhappily made
news when a stalker took intrusive advantage of her by videotaping her through a hotel-room peephole.
So what better way for this Lewiston native to recover her sense of privacy than to take a spin on this season’s Dancing
With the Stars? At least she has Portsmouth’s Tom Bergeron, the host of Stars, around to provide security.
Pictured left: Maine-born Randall ox Bart, a cast member at Colonial Williamsburg and the subject of our feature story “Jurassic Ox,” October 2005. Not only is he hale and hearty, he’s been rubbing hooves with many celebrities. In 2008, Bart had a close up with Matt Lauer and Al Roker during a remote telecast for the Today Show. No word if he met QE2 during her recent visit to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
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Maine has an ineffable pull, drawing visitors to our 3,478mile coast and pine-treed interior. For many notables, part of Maine’s attraction is we’re also largely a paparazzifree zone. But no one’s going to object if you bring your camera when staying at any of these star-favored hotels. “We’re the only four-diamond hotel in the city,” says Gerard Kiladjian, general manager of the Portland Harbor Hotel, “and we have everything you’d hope a great Old Port location might have: luxury accommodations, a capable concierge, high-end dining, and a full menu of special services. Our location makes us attractive to performers; Carrie Underwood, the Black Eyed Peas, and Bruce Springsteen have been guests.” Some celebs like to blend in with the crowd, Kiladjian says. “Tony Hawk, the skateboarder, and his crew were looking for
Clockwise from left: Amy Smart (White Barn Inn, attending Ali Larter’s Kennebunk wedding), John Malkovich and Taylor Swift (Bar Harbor Inn & Spa, separate tours of Frenchman’s Bay), Kiefer Sutherland (Portland Harbor Hotel, hanging out in the Old Port). Keep an eye out for Maya Angelou this month when she visits UM-Augusta. Background photo: The Bar Harbor Regency dramatizes the allure of Maine. April
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Carpenter, who just turned 60, believes urban living is gaining ground. “This is a megatrend for baby boomers. When your kids move away, and you’re stuck in the suburbs, and everything you want to do is a 20- or 30-mile car trip, it gets old. Taking care of grass gets old; shoveling snow gets old. Portland is one of the best cities in the country” for having a world of charm just steps away. “When we walk out the front door, we have Portland Public Library right here, Portland Museum of Art up there, the Merrill [Auditorium] down there, the sports arena right behind us, and 50 restaurants within easy walking distance.” Which doesn’t completely account for the elevator straight out of Blade Runner. “We thought about a circular staircase,” he smiles, “but when I’m 75, do I want to climb a few sets of stairs? Since this is such an eclectic space, this was the simplest, easiest, most space-saving thing to do. It creates a unique environment upstairs. It’s my personal study up there,” he admits, “and this makes it more personal.” Just 27 inches in diameter, the glass elevator isn’t exactly
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What first drew Dan to Maine?
Dan’s first wife, Maggie. They were coming back from Europe–she’d taken ballet lessons in Blue Hill when she was young, and she said, ‘You really need to see Maine.’ He just fell in love with this place. Dan wanted an island. The realtor, Vance Gray [of Downeast Properties], told him, ‘You don’t want an island!’ Then he saw the old sea captain’s house on Deer Isle. It had grass coming through the floorboards, and he fell in love with it. He said, “Will you take a check?” His spending so much time here was a secret, wasn’t it?
Dan guarded it very closely. Our house looks out on Eggemoggin Reach. Fans knew he lived in Maine, but for 25 years no one knew where. It wasn’t until after he died [on December 16, 2007, following a courageous and soulsearching battle with prostate cancer] that the Peoria Journal Star contacted someone on the island, and they accidently gave it away. It’s not a secret anymore. You’d been a guitar player and vocalist yourself. Are you still performing?
No. That was another life. What do you do these days?
Mainly projects for caregivers. I work with the Blue Hill Memorial Hospital. I have a blog, dontloseheart.org [named for his song recorded December 2006]. I’m working on a pamphlet for caregivers. The focus is on the patient; the person with them doesn’t have support. I often hear, ‘We don’t know what to say to them.’ So you still live on Deer Island?
I could never move to…well, anywhere, really. Tell us about Dan’s quest to find The Wild Places in his life, and in his heart.
He found them on the sea, in a series of boats that ended with his 36-foot Minstrel. He loved that boat. He was sailing her right up to a month and a half before he died. On a whim, he even sailed alone to one of his doctor’s appointments in Boston–all the way from Deer Isle. Did I worry? Yes. Did I tell him? No.
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Our last cruise together was incredible. I had a new camera, and Dan wanted to take a couple of weeks to visit all of his favorite places. We took our time and let the wind and currents decide which way we’d go. We went to Seal Bay, Frenchboro, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Holbrook Island, Isle Au Haut, and Vinalhaven. We’d set the anchor for a few days and go gunk-holing for hours in the dinghy. I was constantly shooting, from our feet in the cockpit to eagles and cormorants that seemed to be posing just for us. I didn’t, however, take any photos of Dan. I promised not to, since the cancer drugs were taking their toll. It was a magical cruise, and for the first time I was the one who wasn’t ready to go home.
Take us sailing with Dan. This is from his logbook, in 1994: “After two nice days of daysailing to get my chops back, headed out to my favorite anchorage–Seal Bay, Vinalhaven. Sailed wing on wing down Reach with NW breeze. Across Jericho. Motored through D.I. Thoroughfare (as usual) against light W. wind. Sailed across W. Penobscot and ran out of wind at 6 off Bluff Head. Motored to my usual spot and had a nice dinner of crabmeat pasta and salad. Never been here this early, but I’ll have a full six weeks of sailing before tour starts in September.” Which of his songs speaks to you about his wild places the most?
“The Reach”, although he wrote other songs specifically about his time in Maine: “The Minstrel,” “Isle Au Haut,” “Come To The Harbor,” “Reach Haven Postcard,” “Mountains To The Sea,” “For A Carpenter” (written for his friend Bryan), “Windward,” “Magic Every Moment,”and “Song Of The Sea:” Soundings taken at the edge of darkness The widest silences the heart can ever hear You can steer to the stars along your lee Set you bearings to the song of the sea Tell us some of his very small and endearing (or infuriating!) traits.
Living with Dan was a joy for me. If I had to think of one “quirk” that bothered me, it would have to be his habit of sightseeing while driving. As his head turned, so would his hands, and we’d start drifting toward the center divider. I’d say “Tack!” and he’d steer to starboard. I always accompanied him on the road; we just loved being together and couldn’t even imagine being apart for days, much less months. In Maine, our routine was totally different. We’d have breakfast and turn on his old Realistic Weatheradio and listen to the maritime forecast. Dan dubbed the new computerized voice “Sven,”so Sven would tell us what kind of weather to expect, and we’d plan our days accordingly. If Sven made any mention of sun, Dan would go to the store for provisions. I’d help him carry everything down to the dinghy, then either row out to the boat with him for some cruising or a day sail or give him a kiss and a bonvoyage push. In rain or fog, we’d tack our way across Maine to go antiquing or run errands, or we’d stoke up the wood stove and read. In the evening, we’d turn on the radio and listen to classic rock, NPR, or baseball or football. We didn’t have television, so when Princess Diana died, we heard it on the radio. By 2001 we had a phone, so on September 11 we were on the back porch drinking tea when my father called to tell us that a passenger plane had just hit the Twin Towers. We had no images flashing over and over on a screen, just the sun shimmering on the water, so we turned on the radio and then sat there trying to imagine the unimaginable. April
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Extraordinary He seems to have been enchanted by the eternals here– gulls, beauty, the sea, solitude, things you can’t measure.
Dan refused to get a phone at the house in Maine for the first 15 years or so (and this was before cell phones), so when he was here he was totally cut off from the hectic pace of the music business. The only time the office in Los Angeles could talk to him was when he’d drive to a pay phone and call them. He loved that, and being on the ocean only enhanced the feeling that he was out of reach. He was such an introspective, private person. That introspective nature allowed him to write the incredibly personal, philosophical songs he was known for. But the fame he gained from those songs meant that he would be in a different city every day, perform in front of thousands of people, and watch while the songs he poured his heart and soul into were either celebrated or torn apart by critics. So the time he spent “out in the world” was incredibly intense, and physically and emotionally draining. The time he spent “away from the world” had to be equally intense, and physically and emotionally healing. And he could only find that in the wild places. Was he a night person? Did he write at night? Tell us about seeing him “on the phone” with the universe he was so sensitively trying to understand up here.
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Ridiculously talented is very apt. Dan played a one-man show at Carnegie Hall when he was 27. He loved all kinds of music, and wrote and recorded songs in many genres: ballads, rock, blues, folk, bluegrass, Latin, jazz, country, and medieval. He played acoustic, electric, lead, rhythm, slide, and bass guitars. He also played piano, electric keyboards, banjo, hammer dulcimer, mandolin, bowed psaltery, sitar, and autoharp. On his last two CDs, he sang every part and played every instrument. He sold millions of recordings: one triple-platinum, four double-platinum, three platinum, and two gold albums. He was a talented portrait painter, illustrator, and photographer, as well as an amazing chef. Oh, and he did a James Mason impression
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Dan sailed single-handed as far south as Boston, and as far north as Nova Scotia. But his favorite places to sail were the waters between Tenants Harbor and Englishman Bay. You could be cruising in any of these waters with him and point out a small island and he could tell you the name of the island, why it was named that, and its history. His favorite anchorage was Seal Bay, Vinalhaven. He also loved Roque Island Harbor. For dining, he liked mooring in Burnt Coat Harbor on Swan’s Island, where Kevin Staples would come out in his dinghy with his dog standing in the bow, and take Dan’s order for lobster dinner. They’d talk for a while about life and music. Most of the time, Dan cooked onboard. He’d make meals like linguini and clams with a green salad and a glass of red wine. It was amazing what he could create in that little space. For special occasions, we’d get gussied up and go to Arborvine in Blue Hill, where Beth would always welcome us warmly. In Camden, The Waterfront, or Cappy’s for chowder, then down the hill to their bakery for coffee and pastries. On Deer Isle, the old Fisherman’s Friend; then in later years to Lily’s Cafe.
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it’s not just two quips passing in the night. Mainers are famous for getting the last word, even in the latest edition of The Yale Book of Quotations. By F r e d r . S h a p i r o
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“A sad fact, of course, about adult life is that you see the very things you’ll never adapt to coming toward you on the horizon… You tell yourself you’ll have to change your way of doing things. Only you don’t. You can’t. Somehow it’s already too late.” Richard Ford (writer, lives in East Boothbay), Independence Day (1996) “Either get busy living or get busy dying.” Stephen King (writer, born in Portland), “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (1982)
“A statesman is a politician who is dead.” Thomas Brackett Reed (Speaker of United States House of Representatives, born in Portland), quoted in Los Angeles Times, 10 October 1896
“I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.” Stephen King, “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (1982)
“They [two fellow Congressmen] never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” Thomas Brackett Reed, quoted in Samuel W. McCall, The Life of Thomas Brackett Reed (1914)
“Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet, born in Portland), “A Psalm of Life” (1838)
“Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant– No! No! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone.” Laura Elizabeth Richards (writer, lived in Gardiner), “Eletelephony” (1880)
“Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Rainy Day” (1841)
“So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread, And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head.” Edwin Arlington Robinson (poet, born in Head Tide), “Richard Cory” (1897)
“I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Children’s Hour” (1859) “Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Landlord’s Tale; Paul Revere’s Ride” (1863)
“Now I’m down to 70 or 80. That’s all I can do [explaining why, at 50 years of age, she no longer runs 120 miles a week].” Joan Benoit Samuelson (first Olympic women’s marathon gold medalist, born in Freeport), quoted in New York Times, 13 April 2008 [Of the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy:] “I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny–Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Margaret Chase Smith (Senator from Maine, born in Skowhegan), speech in Senate, June 1, 1950
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“One if by land and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and sound the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Landlord’s Tale; Paul Revere’s Ride” (1863) “Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing; Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Theologian’s Tale: Elizabeth” (1874) StAff illuStrAtionS
“I have been told that Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” Bill Nye (humorist, born in Shirley), quoted in Mark Twain, Autobiography (1924)
“It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another–it’s one damn thing over and over.” Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet, born in Rockland), Letter to Arthur Davison Ficke, October 24, 1930 “Although he is regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics, and in America disagreement with the policies of the government is not evidence of lack of patriotism.” George J. Mitchell (United States Senate Majority Leader, born in Waterville), Statement at Senate Hearings on Iran-Contra scandal, 13 July 1987
“I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did His dictation.” Harriet Beecher Stowe (novelist, lived in Brunswick), Uncle Tom’s Cabin introduction (1879 edition) “The hardest case we ever heard of lived in Arkansas. He was only fourteen years old. One night he deliberately murdered his father and mother in cold blood, with a meat-axe. He was tried and found guilty. The judge drew on his black cap, and in a voice choked with emotion asked the young prisoner if he had anything to say before the sentence of the Court was passed on him. …‘Why, no,’ replied the prisoner, ‘I think I haven’t, though I hope yer Honor will show some consideration for the feelings of a poor orphan!” Artemus Ward (humorist, born in Waterford), “A Hard Case” (1867) “[Mother:] It’s broccoli, dear. [Child:] I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.” E. B. White (writer, lived in North Brooklin), cartoon caption, New Yorker, 8 December 1928 “Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.” E. B. White, New Yorker, 3 July 1943 “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.” E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web (1952) n April
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tects for both Northland and VIA are coordinating efforts to recast the building. Archetype Architects is responsible for the shell and core, while Scott Simons Architects (SSA) is designing the new interiors for VIA. Benchmark Construction, the project’s contractor, is striving to achieve the goals of both sets of architects while adhering to an aggressive completion deadline. All this choreography must be carefully managed. Kevin Gough of Archetype says, “The National Park Service is a great example: They’re looking to protect the building as a historic landmark, so everything we do to the exterior and to the historic character of the interior has
mation of the former library’s Main Reading Room: “The Room had beautiful wood detailing, high book shelves–it was a classic old reading room. We’re changing it to a place of activity, where there’s lots of movement, lots of motion.” SSA has designed a mezzanine that will cut through this room, connecting the upper floor in the rear with the upper gallery in front, dramatically, as Simons puts it, “flying through the space.” The mezzanine will provide a place of connection not just for the two ends of the building but also for the people inside, with meeting spaces, a kitchen, and a lounge. “VIA wants to create a very active social
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space where their clients can come and see the energy of their business.” At the opening ceremonies of the Baxter Library in February of 1889, James Phinney Baxter said, “When the curtain rose upon the first scene in this historic drama of this building, it was but ‘the insubstantial fabric of a vision’ to the architect and myself…The curtain rises again as I resign this charge to others.” The curtain rises again as this landmark sails through time: in August 2010. n
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Yeah, it does. It shouldn’t, but it does. My dachshund, Harvey, senses your question, and he’s getting antsy about it. A lot can happen in New York City in a few months. My friends asked me to go to a bar that was located at an intersection I knew well. But I’d never heard of this place. It was so new, it wasn’t even on the internet. That’s what happens when you leave town. It makes it happening and fresh and alive. April
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This was the record we put the least thought into. We did this with the same producer as the last record, in half the time: “We want songs three people can play, technology that will allow us to play live, and let’s just not be precious about it in any way.” I was really excited about the fact that we wrote the record as a band. Here are the songs, here are the ideas, here are the tracks. I’ve listened to the record a few times and thought I would have done this or I would have done that, but it’s actually good the way it is. Lovely, beautiful and to the point. I don’t think I’ve made a to-the-point record ever.
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Does this change the way you perform these songs?
The beautiful part is, we can actually take these songs on the road and make it sound like the record. Do you miss being the sole occupier of your ‘sonic space’?
No. Not at all. The great thing about being a musician is there are so many great places to make your mark. For me, there’s always another film score or other project. This month, I’m doing an instructional piece for a website to teach people to play my songs. I can lose my self in pedal-steel land for days.
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In “The Betrayer,” you have a lyric about “become someone else, someone new.” Is that about the changes in you?
There are so many subtle psychological things you put in lyrics that you don’t ever think about until someone points them out. But, for all intents and purposes, that song is about becoming a spy, a double agent. It’s a romance, a double-voice thing. It was inspired by a book I read called Agent Zigzag.
Out of all your recent successes, do you recall a moment where it felt like your career was really taking flight?
No. I think there are artists who have their Grammy-winning moment or performance, like if I were Obama in the National Convention in 2004, when everyone all of a sudden knew who I was. But many of my triumphs have been closeted. You don’t really realize that the moment you’re in is the moment that will define you. And that’s a dangerous point, because if you think moments define you… There’s been so much… Dave Grohl introducing me to 18,000 people at the O2 Arena in England. Does that define you? Something that defines you becomes mundane. I’ll never say that an achievement beyond my own making will define me, because I’ve always been the designer of my own dreams and the designer of my future.
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This 10.5-inch example glows with blades of ivory and mother of pearl below engraved hunting scenes. One side of the fan features a Dutch military scene; the other side features three cartouches with Chinese versions of European courts. This is part of a lot of five fans that sold at Thomaston Place Auction Gallery for $1,900. Right: At 7.5 inches, this 19th century Chinese silver fan, with case, filigree work, and blue and green enamels, sold at Skinner, Inc., for $1,198.
China. With the China Trade at full swing, ships from Maine and all of New England competed to be first to return to guarantee the highest prices at auction for tea, silk, china, and other luxuries from a world away. “At its peak, the China Trade was Maine’s lifeline to the world,” says James Callahan, Director of Asian Art at Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers, of Boston. “From Bar Harbor to York, all the ports were extensively involved in it.” Like butterflies among the dross were delicate hand fans created especially for the Western markets. The montures (sticks and guards) of these fans were usually carved ivory from Canton. Their leaves boasted exquisitely rendered, original paintings depicting landscapes and classical figures. “The quintessential example is a paper base with brilliantly painted garden pavilions and figures with paneled ivory faces and brocade costumes made from leftover fragments from a tailor,” says Callahan. These were hardly utilitarian tools for
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Beale Street Barbeque continues a tradition of eclectic American cuisine at their new location in South Portland. Still serving the best hardwood-smoked and grilled meats, poultry, fish, and seafood, as well as tasty appetizers, specialty sandwiches, salads, and creative daily lunch and dinner specials. Full bar featuring Maine microbrews on tap. No reservations needed, children welcome. Open all day, every day at 725 Broadway in South Portland. mainebbq.com or 767-0130 Becky’s at 390 Commercial Street, featured in Esquire and recommended by Rachael Ray, is “a slice of diner heaven,” according to Gourmet. Serving classic diner fare within the call of gulls, it’s Maine’s best familyfriendly place to keep it real. Open 4 a.m.-9 p.m., 7 days a week. 773-7070 BiBo’s Madd apple Café is located at 23 Forest Avenue, Portland, in the heart of the Arts District. Focusing on creative, affordable cuisine with an eclectic wine list to match, served in a bright casual atmosphere. Lunch Wednesday-Friday 11:30-2, brunch Saturday and Sunday 11-2 and dinner Wednesday-Saturday 5:30-close. Menus change with the local growing season. bibosportland.com, 774-9698 * Billy’s Chowder House makes seafood dreams come true, serving the freshest seafood around, whether you like it fried, grilled, broiled, stuffed, or over pasta. The chowders are all homemade and the lobster rolls have been featured in Bon Appétit. Located at 216 Mile Road in Wells, and surrounded by the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge. billyschowderhouse.com, 646-7558
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the Black tie Market and Bistro will satisfy anyone’s craving for great food served with flair and fun. Now serving light breakfasts and lunches, and everything you need to entertain at home. Made-to-order paninis and wraps, soups, home-baked desserts and fresh salads. Try our candy bar, gelato, or a great bottle of wine. Now hosting wine tastings! theblacktieco.com, 756-6230 Buffleheads at Hills Beach, Biddeford’s only seaside dining, serves lunch and dinner, offering a wide variety of selections from pizza and great burgers to delicious pastas, the freshest seafood, and specialties such as roast turkey, baked chicken with prosciutto in puff pastry and hazelnutcrusted rack of lamb, along with excellent homemade desserts. Visit buffleheadsrestaurant.com or call 284-6000. Clementine restaurant located at 44 Maine Street in Brunswick. Chef-Owner Dana Robicheaw offers the culinary expertise that he acquired at Johnson and Wales and other Portland fine dining establishments. Clementine offers exquisite food and fine wine in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for a multi-course tasting menu for parties of two: $45 /person or $60/person with paired wines. Open Tuesday-Sunday 5-9 p.m. 7219800, clementinemaine.com
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Cleonice Chef Richard Hanson presents the cuisine of the Mediterranean prepared from the finest local ingredients. Cleonice offers both delicious cuisine and affordable selections for lunch and dinner in the casually sophisticated atmosphere of the landmark Lucini Building. Nominated for the James Beard Award two years in a row. 112 Main Street in Ellsworth. Visit cleonice. com or call 664-7554. DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant offers the freshest lobster, seafood, Black Angus cuts of beef, Italian fare, and more. Located on Commercial Street in the Old Port, DiMillo’s offers fabulous water views of Portland Harbor from every table. Try our famous clam or haddock chowder, lobster stew, or one of our delicious salads. Serving from 11 a.m. Enjoy our famous Lobster Roll. Visit us at www.dimillos.com or call 772-2216. The Dogfish Bar & Grille, 128 Free Street, Portland, 772-5483, and The Dogfish Cafe, 953 Congress Street, Portland, 253-5400. “Great food, drink, and service in a casual and unpretentious atmosphere.” The Cafe (Monday-Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday Brunch) offers a more intimate setting while the Bar & Grille (open daily at 11:30 a.m.) offers live music Wednesday-Saturday nights. For a real local feel, reasonable prices, and great food, check out either one or both! thedogfishcompany.com Espo’s Trattoria has been owned by the same family for over thirty years and will become your first choice for fine Italian dining. Menu items include homemade sauces, lasagna, fresh local seafood, and tender steaks. Generous portion sizes are served by personable, professional staff in a family-friendly atmosphere. Lunch specials served daily from 11a.m. to 3p.m. Takeout and catering are available. espostrattoria.com The Farmer’s Table American bistro supports the local farming and fishing community. Specialties include locally-raised Angus beef, fresh Maine lobster roll, “rightoff-the-boat” beer-battered haddock, and fresh-roasted turkey club, all prepared by chef Jeff Landry. Open Tuesday – Friday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 205 Commercial Street, Portland. 841-9114 Fish Bones American Grill is a casual upscale restaurant offering American cuisine with a multinational flair. Techniques include light grilling, sautéing, and use of homemade food paints to further enhance our plated creations. Located in the heart of Lewiston in the historic Bates Mill complex, Fish Bones offers dinner Tuesday through Saturday, and Sunday brunch. Come get hooked! fishbonesmaine.com, 333-3663 *
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G & R DiMillo’s Bayside 118 Preble Street, Portland. You’ll find a comfortable sports bar with excellent food! Catch the season’s most exciting games on multiple wide screen flat panel TVs. Featuring homemade pasta and bread, classic appetizers, soups, sandwiches, burgers; and homemade, hand-tossed dough for fantastic pizza. Monday–Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday noon-8p.m. grdimillos.com, 699-5959 Grace has found its home in a 160-year-old Methodist church. Engulfed by huge cathedral ceilings & beautiful stained-glass windows, our eclectic menu and house-infused cocktails provide a perfect atmosphere for any occasion. Located at 15 Chestnut Street, Portland, we are open Tuesday–Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. Reservations are recommended with ample seating at our circular 30-seat bar or in our comfortable cocktail lounge. 828-4422 The Good Table lives by its motto, “honest food, honest prices” offering made-from-scratch meals with brunch, lunch, and dinner. A well-rounded menu with choices to please every palate. Featuring inspired blackboard specials, the kitchen always takes advantage of locally-grown produce and seafood. Full bar with seasonal cocktails. 527 Ocean House Road on Route 77
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in Cape Elizabeth. [Check for seasonal hours] thegoodtablerestaurant.net, 799-4663 the Great Impasta, a long-standing restaurant located on Maine Street in historic Brunswick, serves Mediterranean-inspired food with a concentration on Italian dishes. This restaurant is a favorite of both locals and those from away. Incredible, fragrant aromas from the open kitchen hit you the moment you walk through the door. Vegan and gluten-free menus available. 42 Maine Street, Brunswick. 729-5858, thegreatimpasta.com Great lost Bear, 540 Forest Avenue in the Woodfords area of Portland. A full bar with 70 beer taps featuring Maine & American Craft breweries as well as a large Belgian selection. Our menu features salads, burgers, a large vegetarian selection, and the best nachos & buffalo wings in town. Discover where the natives go when they’re restless! Every day 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. greatlostbear.com, 772-0300 In Good Company offers an Old World atmosphere of unhurried dining, coupled with a compelling wine selection and limited bar. The ever-changing menu of light tapas to full entrees utilizes locally-produced cheeses, sausages, meats, wild-harvested seafood, mushrooms, and greens. The daily dessert offerings are decadent yet sublime. Open Tuesday-Sunday at 4:30. 415 Main Street, Rockland. ingoodcompanymaine.com, 593-9110 Jacqueline’s tea room and Gift Shop Experience authentic afternoon tea in an exquisite English setting. Select from over 70 of the finest quality loose-leaf teas to accompany your four-course luncheon of scones, finger sandwiches of all kinds, and desserts. Great for intimate conversations and parties. 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. TuesdayFriday and alternating weekends. 201 Main Street, Freeport. Reservations only. No reservations required for shopping. jacquelinestearoom.com, 865-2123 Jameson tavern, with a casual bar, lounge & dining room. The building is the site of the signing of the Constitution for the state of Maine when it broke away from Massachusetts. Classic preparations served in a graceful & elegant setting make this a fine retreat from frenzied outlet shopping. 115 Main Street, Freeport. 865-4196 * Kon asian Bistro and Hibachi Bar is inspired by the senses. Décor and music will invigorate the international essence of taking you to a different land. Thursday– Sunday evening a DJ will transform the bar into an Asian night club. Experience the world-class New York chefs prepare you a fresh, succulent dish. 1140 Brighton Avenue, Portland. konasianbistro.com, 874-0000 linda Bean’s perfect Maine lobster roll is coming to Portland! The new location on Exchange Street will include the sweetest Maine lobster with the company of a full-service bar. Using a ¼ pound of Maine lobster fresh from her own wharves and adding her special mix of herbs earns it the right to be called “Perfect.” lindabeansperfectmaine.com lotus Chinese and Japanese restaurant, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, Maine (Falmouth Shopping Plaza). We feature full-service bar and lounge area, sushi bar, Chinese traditional food not available outside of Boston, friendly atmosphere and courteous service. 781-3453 Margaritas Mexican restaurants & Watering Hole! Two locations in Portland, others in Lewiston, Augusta, Orono, and Portsmouth. Always free hot chips & salsa, legendary margaritas, & the house specialty, the sizzling fajita. Happy hour Monday-Friday, 4-7 p.m., free hot appetizers. In Portland at 242 St. John Street, Union Station Plaza, 874-6444, and 11 Brown Street near the Civic Center, 774-9398. Maria’s ristorante, est. 1960, 337 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, one street down from Congress Street. Portland’s finest Italian cuisine. Maine Sunday Telegram’s four-star restaurant. Homemade sausages and finest meatballs around, thick Veal Chops a la Maria,
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The Salt Exchange American-style tapas using local, organic, and sustainable ingredients. Extensive beer and wine list. Wine tastings Wednesdays from 5-6:30 p.m. include complimentary canapés. Open for lunch 12-2:30 p.m., and dinner Monday–Thursday, 5:30-9 p.m., and Friday-Saturday, 5:30-10 p.m. Lounge open for “The Hours” Monday-Saturday 5-7 p.m. Includes heavily discounted beers, martinis, and sangria with discounted appetizers. 245 Commercial Street, Portland. thesaltexchange.net, 347-5687 SeaGrass Bistro, 30 Forest Falls Drive, Yarmouth, an intimate 40-seat dining room with an open kitchen. Chef Stephanie’s style of American bistro cuisine, with Asian, French, and Tuscan influences, uses fresh local ingredients. Music while you dine Thursdays in October & December. Open Wednesday-Saturday for dinner, reservations starting at 6 p.m. For cooking class information: seagrassbistro.com, 846-3885 *
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Dick Fosbury: Of course. It was a highlight of my life, to jump with you and Johnny. It was in Burbank Studios, and Johnny cleared 4 feet even. After you jumped, I took my mark, ran at the bar, and fell on my butt. Johnny was petrified, but I dusted off my shoes with a damp rag and then cleared 6'8" in sweats. Johnny felt so guilty he let me stay on the couch for most of the show, with Raquel Welch, Carol Burnette, and Rod Serling. It was memorable, even being a ‘Flop.’ The next week, I was jumping on the Merv Griffin Show, outside on the streets of Philly. Merv jumped 4' 1" to beat Johnny. We needed a jump-off! bill cosby: Ask him, ‘tell us about the way you changed things.’ Historically, his ability, his style–it was determined in those days what anatomical part of the body could go over first so the bar was legally cleared. When you read that description, it did not allow for the clearance Dick was doing–you were not allowed to clear the bar head-first; he had to modify how he did it. So…’how did you modify it?’
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Fosbury: You’re remembering the old rules from the ‘40s, which restricted the jumpers’ style clearing the bar. That was why Babe Didrikson got silver at the Games when she cleared the winning height but it was disallowed. I never had those restrictions by the time I came along. cosby: People were trying to jump like Dick early on but had been disqualified. Ask him, ‘Were there people who tried to declare you non-gratis while you were climbing and going higher and higher? Were there people saying to you that you were doing it illegally?’ Fosbury: Some of the old coaches were checking the rulebook and asking the judges for an opinion, but I was OK. The only rule was that the jumper could only jump off one leg; still true today. [By the way,] Bill Cosby’s no closet track star, as anyone knows who has been to the Penn Relays, or who reads Track & Field News. He’s a great fan, loves the sport. It’s great that you’re making a stop in Maine this summer from June 17 to July 1 to run the “Dick Fosbury Old School, New Era Track Camp” at Bowdoin College. How’d this pop-
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I was attending Oregon State University, studying engineering for a career, when I returned home from the Games. I refocused on getting my degree and went to work after school. Our great fortune is that we always have new games to play; for me, mountain biking, roller blading, snowboarding. This is what motivates me to stay in shape so I can try the next new thing. It’s ‘re-creation’.
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What did you personally think of the fists raised in the air on the awards podium in Mexico City in 1968?
I was surprised and startled, it was such a dramatic and bold act. Oh yes, after forty plus years, it’s still being discussed. And my friends, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, have dedicated their lives to being educators of our youth. They are fine men.
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You’re an icon for daring to be different. Did that ever get politicized? Did it ever get under people’s skin?
Not really. But I was told by several coaches from the communist regime that my technique would never work, I would never win. Did [Soviet high jump star] Valeriy Brumel ever say anything memorable to you after you rewired the universe he used to preside over?
Yes, he told me if he hadn’t crushed his legs, he might have been able to try my technique and beat me with my own style. We both laughed when I challenged him to “just try!”
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Right now, if I were to give you a set of high-jumping shoes, what could you clear?
Nothing. I had a spinal fusion two years ago to remove a lymphoma tumor, which I’ve survived. I’m starting over to walk, jog, and snow shoe in the winter, and feel blessed I’m still vertical. Do you ever jump in your dreams?
No, but it’s funny. I dreamed I was running gates in a slalom course on my carving board last week. It must have been triggered by my visit to the Winter Games in Vancouver. Have you ever considered the Fosbury Flop your intellectual property?
Well, I did get to name my style, and it stuck. That was clever. What’s your best straddle jump [using the pre-Fosbury style]?
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Both 19-room Country Club Inn and 50-room rangeley Inn are comfortable and historic, with wonderful views of the Rangeley Lakes and surrounding mountains. Since Kurt Russell considers Rangeley his hometown, locals aren’t surprised to see Russell, Goldie Hawn, and children Kate & Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell in town. “They stayed here when they celebrated Kurt Russell’s grandmother’s 100th birthday in the inn’s dining room” Rangeley Inn’s Pat Breen says. “There were about 50 people at the celebration. Afterward, it was like watching a play in the lobby. He’s so handsome– and Goldie had her picture taken with some of the housekeepers.” Margie Jamison, owner of Country Club Inn, recalls when Russell and Hawn flew down just for an overnight from Toronto. “They stayed in Room 2. His mother and sister were staying with us, too. The next day I
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There’s plenty to do here, thanks to an onsite ski area, miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, tennis, guided adventures, fly fishing, kayaking, and two golf courses. General manager Jeff McIver says, “The Donald Rossdesigned golf course is a huge draw. Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, and [former Boston Bruin] Rick Middleton have all come because they wanted to play the Panorama.” Those who want more privacy can choose the Beaver Lodge, a Craftsman “cottage” overlooking the lake. Once the home of the resort’s original owner and now available for the first time for guests, it includes a top-notch kitchen, and guests can hire their own private
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Balsams chef for their stay. Reservations: 800-255-0600, thebalsams.com. Rates in June: $169-$229 per person including all meals. Beaver Lodge (8 guest rooms): $2,500 per night in addition to the per-person rates. Open from mid-May to Columbus Day, and Christmas to the last Sunday in March.
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in Metropolitan Home. With just eight guest rooms, it’s polished and appealing, and, unlike the pet-free Danforth, it welcomes dogs in one of its guest rooms. It’s been rumored– though the ever-discreet staff won’t confirm it–that an internationally-known doyenne of style and her pets stayed at the inn last summer during a much blogged-about antiquebuying trip up the coast. Toni Morrison’s also been a guest. Reservations: 800-356-0408, pomegranateinn. com. Room rates: $140-$295, including a full breakfast and intermezzo. The newest luxury hotel on Bar Harbor’s waterfront is the Harborside Hotel, spa & Marina. General manager Eben Salvatore says, “Often we don’t even know when we have celebrities here because they have their [manager or assistant] check them in. With the exception of the Extreme Makeover show– their hours were frantic and they required a lot of attention–most celebrity guests are low-key.” The guests may be low-key, but one wonders what the noise level was when Richard Petty and several hundred of his closest friends took off from the hotel on the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. They were, no doubt, well-fueled. Guests can dine at La Bella Vita or at the Bar Harbor Club Dining Room next door; this year, a new waterfront lobster pound will open for traditional lobster bakes. Reservations: 288-5033 or theharborsidehotel. com. Rooms rates: $139-$1,079 in June. Open May 7-October 31. Convenient to the Civic Center, downtown Portland, and Old Port, the Holiday inn by tHe bay has hosted major performing artists for decades, from Frank Sinatra to Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, and skating stars Dorothy Hamill, Nancy Kerrigan, and Evan Lysacek. According to the hotel’s director of operations, Gus Tillman, it’s also welcomed presidents Ford (who brought a portable White House switchboard along), Carter, Clinton, and George H.W. Bush. Now owned by hoteliers Danny and Carla Lafayette, the 239-guestroom hotel and conference center is currently undergoing a $2 million renovation. Reservations: 775-2311, innbythebay.com. Room rates: $192-$209. n Note: All rates are subject to change without notice. more images, visit portlandmonthly.com.
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Exciting New Discoveries of Maine Tourmaline on Plumbago Mountain The first crystals were found on September 24, 2009. What followed was the opening of eight additional gem pockets, yielding the rarest and most desirable of all colors of tourmaline… Blue! It is called the Eureka find. Eureka blue is a unique shade of tourmaline. It has been described as the color of the twilight sky at winter solstice. This find of winter teal gems is yielding some of the most sought-after cut and polished Maine tourmaline we have ever had the privilege to offer. Historic finds of this nature seldom occur either here in Maine or anywhere in the world. Stop in to see the new Eureka blue tourmaline gems as we are adding more to our collection every week. Because this find is so new, visit our website to be kept up to date on developments. Sign up for our email newsletter so that we can share this part of Maine’s gem history with you.
The Owl Has Arrived In Portland
The Owl was found on the north wall of gem pocket #7 on December 28, 2009 where it had stood sentry for 300 million years watching over its nest of blue tourmaline. The Owl was removed intact and is here in our store still watching over its tourmaline, only now the tourmaline have been cut and polished. The Owl has two large blue tourmaline eyes surrounded by two feather-white radiant crystals of cleavelandite. The head is owl brown lepidolite. Even if you are just a little curious you should stop in to see the owl and its tourmaline. See The Owl
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out back to take advantage of the breathtaking views. Harriet Bass Johnson, the Bass shoe heiress, added the kidney-shaped pool after purchasing the home in the 1980s. “No one suspected the pool was there,” says listing agent John Hatcher, who remembers being asked to watch over the pool “in the summer of 1988,” with swimming privileges included, while the Johnsons were away on vacation. “There are actually three in-ground pools in the West End–here, 28 Bowdoin Street, and 46 Western Prom.” The interior at 314 Danforth is rock-solid, with maple hardwood floors; a study with fireplace and built-in bookcases; and a living room with water views, fireplace, and built-in bookcases. The dining room glows with direct views of the pool. Four bedrooms on the second floor, includ-
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In November 1998, actress Phyllis Thaxter told us about her link to this lovely property:
ing a master bedroom with double closet and two single closets, add comfort and family appeal (as does a bedroom on the third floor). Especially desirable is the location directly across from Waynflete. Did we mention there’s a lovely two-story in-law apartment with water views and a fantastic aluminum deco kitchen counter/sink? All in all, a place worthy of a judge, not to mention the future mom of Superman. n
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Phyllis spent her girlhood “on 314 Danforth Street in the West End” as the daughter of Justice Sidney St. Felix Thaxter and Phyllis Schuyler Thaxter, the 1920s Broadway star for whom South Portland’s Thaxter Theatre is named. Justice JusticeSidney Sidney St. “We also lived at 17 Storer St.Felix FelixThaxter Thaxter Street, which became part of Waynflete before it burned to the ground about 10 years ago,” she says. “I went to Butler, Waynflete, and Deering High. I’d have graduated with the Class of ‘38 had I not gone to Montreal and on to an acting career.” Her first crush was with a Maine island just offshore: “Summers we lived on Cushing, in a John Calvin Stevens house with a wraparound porch right on the hill. You can still see it if you’re on a boat coming into port.” Then she fell in love with Hollywood and charmed scribes like Cecil Smith: “Her sense of stage is spontaneous, her vivacity borders on brilliance, and her style is her very own.” Wartime Portland had barely missed her before she was up in lights in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, 1945; Springfield Rifle, with Gary Cooper; The Sea of Grass, with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy; and Jim Thorpe, All American, with Burt Lancaster. Praised for her “bright, darting eyes and her…expressive body,” Phyllis went on to star with John Garfield (The Breaking Point), James Cagney, Gene Kelly, Robert Ryan, Cornell Wilde, Ronald Reagan (She’s Working Her Way Through College), and even Peter Sellers (The World of Henry Orient). But none could sway her from returning to her native Portland. From the mid-60s on she’s volunteered at Maine Medical while appearing on “Twilight Zone,” golfed with husband Gilbert Lea (All American on Princeton’s undefeated 1935 football team and former president of Tower Publishing) after a turn as Clark Kent’s mother in 1978’s Superman, and watching her grandchildren grow up (daughter Skye Aubrey starred in Broadway’s “Cactus Flower” before Goldie Hawn appeared in the movie) while sneaking in a stunner with Vanessa Redgrave in 1985’s Three Sovereigns for Sarah. “But my deepest connections are to Maine. My brother, the late Sidney Thaxter, was a partner at Curtis, Thaxter, et al.; my sister Hildegarde (Mrs. William Niss) was married to the late Judge Edward Gignoux; and my nephew, “Pete” Thaxter, works at Curtis Thaxter to this day,” says Mrs. Lea, who doesn’t think it’s at all amazing that she’d mysteriously choose a life in Maine over a life of fame. “Mysterious?” she laughs. “Then we’re all mysterious, aren’t we!”
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Adolescent girls and their parents pelted me with jeers as I marched to my car. When I drove away, I turned on my wipers to prove my point–but the rain never did fall. And I never umped again. I didn’t want to do it in the first place. But Brian was desperate. “It’s junior high,” he said, following me out of school and into the parking lot. “Come on, you’ll love it.” The truth was, I did love the game. I had played ball for three-quarters of my life. But I’d never umped. “I don’t make quick decisions,” I told him. “I over-think.” “What quick decisions?” he said, turning me toward the field. “I’ll call the balls and strikes, you do the bases. They either beat the throw or they don’t. Right?” The game was surprisingly well attended for early spring, ten or fifteen fans per team, die-hard parents and preschool siblings in wool hats, down vests, mittens. Frost hardened the ground still, snow edged the left field woods, and low piles of clouds hovered over the diamond. The first inning proceeded uneventfully. My first official call was an infield popup that the pitcher brought down. “Nice catch,” I told her, and she gave me that dropshouldered look so popular among girls that age, as though incredulous at the depth of my stupidity. “The batter is out,” I allowed. Obviously. Between innings Brian told me to act more umpish. “Make some noise out there. That’s what they want.” I had my chance as soon as the teams took the field. The batter grounded to second. The throw beat her by twenty feet. “Yer out!” I yelled, jerking my thumb into the clouds, and the little crowd erupted. “Good throw, Crystal!” “Way to hustle, Jen!” “How many outs, Ump?” the shortstop asked. This morning in music class she had led an insurrection against me. This afternoon I was “Ump.” “One down,” I called. She punched her glove, backed into position. “Play ball!” I yelled. Now both teams picked up the chatter–“No batter, no batter!” “Make her throw strikes!” “Wait for your pitch!”–and by the end of the inning I was fully engaged, legs spread, arms swung wide, hovering the base. “She’s awriiight!” Between innings Brian told me I looked like a natural out there. I told Brian I felt good. And with that, we took the field for the top of the third. On the first pitch, the batter swung late and popped one over first. The crowd cheered, but the
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