Portland Monthly Magazine September 2013

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Maine’s City Magazine

September 2013

Volume 28, No. 6

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A Little Light Music

Artist Philippe Bergeron transforms urban nightscapes into light magic.

Interview by Robert Witkowski

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International produce is right at home in Portland’s fresh, local farmers’ market.

By Claire Z. Cramer

Near East, Downeast

Remember when everyone wanted to let the genie out of the bottle?

By Colin W. Sargent

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The Secret Sharer

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Singular Sensations

Jennifer Lawson trades in her Bean boots for a paint brush.

Interview by Claire Z. Cramer

Strangers in a Strange Land

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Avant Garde

At 90, painter Harold Garde is a dynamo.

Interview by Nancy Davidson

Not feelin’ it? Time for a little Maine qualia.

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14 From the Editor

We get to the bottom of the tricky subject of antipodes.

By Colin W. Sargent

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Joke about Thoreau–if you dare.

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Autumn brings a little bling and leafpeeping from the sky.

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Theater season, an antique auction, and Maine’s blues trail are in the mix.

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75 Restaurant Review

The PMA Café is a tasty oasis after a tour of the galleries.

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Our Antipode Featuring original works of fine art, photography and limited-edition prints by regional and local artists.

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If you dig straight down, you’ll come out in China, as the saying goes. What a startling cultural disconnect. If you dig straight down, say, from Deering Oaks, the closest civilized spot (I use “civilized” in the lightest sense) on the extreme opposite side of the Earth is a few hundred shark attacks southwest of Perth, Australia, 524 miles into the blue.

Why, then, when Western Europeans and North Americans feel the need to dig, do “we” imagine China to be the most distant spot away from us on the marble, geography be damned?

That “we” again. The antipode of London is actually Christchurch, New Zealand (at least Lewis Carroll gets it right in Alice in Wonderland). Maybe it’s because “we” see the Chinese as our cultural “others.” From this neck of the woods, we’d have to take a major left turn to dig to China, because China’s in the Northern Hemisphere, too!

The web site tvtropes.org lists mistaken references to digging to China, led by The China Syndrome. My favorite: “In the Buster Keaton short film Hard Luck, Buster goes off a diving board at the end of the film and misses the pool, leaving a hole with no discernible bottom. An indeterminate amount of time later, he emerges in Chinese garb with a Chinese wife and their two small children.”

What’s the antipode of Beijing? It’s just a rainforest or two away from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maybe Evita Peron started the (Keith) urban legend?

As for you, Joni Mitchell, maybe you can see the world from both sides now, but the rest of us just seem to want to conduct a sporting match on who’s the most “from away,” presumably so we can bully them, marginalize them, misunderstand them, exoticize them, or at least tell them they can’t park here.

In Lancaster, England, a person from away is an “offcomer.” In Hong Kong during the Opium Wars, they called Scottish East India trader William Jardine an “iron-headed rat” because he was so utterly exotic to them, from worlds away.

To look at all the “from aways,” visit www.antipodr.com. It’s a wonderful game! It helps us understand we’re all somebody’s “from away” and there’s room at the party for everyone. from top: spiritland.net; Rhonda Farnham; Kim Yoeung Seng

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never joke about thoreau, part II

In response to “Glamping, Thoreau Style” [Summerguide 2013], I’d like to point out this is a very inaccurate use of Thoreau to basically sell these resorts. I firmly believe if Thoreau were alive now, he’d be pleased to see people were trying to draw others to enjoy nature but would more likely camp out in the wilderness than spend a night in such places. The whole point of his beliefs was you must go back to nature, commune, and enjoy it. Not build a multimillion-dollar resort where people stare at nature through a glass windowpane, still wrapped in the luxuries of modern society. A naturalist does not mean a materialist with preferences for things made from nature, like the birch trunk the author of the article points out. From Walden: “Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”

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Maine MaritiMe MuseuM More spectacular than ever!

Marvel at the life-size sculpture of the world’s largest wooden sailing vessel, now with masts

Tour Bath Iron Works to see the Navy’s new high-tech destroyer Zumwalt DDG-1000 being built (Reservations required; available online)

Explore the only intact historic shipyard site where large wooden sailing ships were built

Take a lighthouse cruise on the Kennebec River

Go aboard and below deck on a Grand Banks fishing schooner

Visit the Victorian home of an 1892 Bath shipbuilding family

See new exhibits for 2013: Beyond the Breakers: Lighthouses, Life-Saving, and the U.S. Coast Guard That Flaunting Rag! Maine’s Maritime War Against the Confederacy

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Paris, SoHo, Waterville. Longtime Colby benefactors Peter & Paula Lunder’s gift of a 500-piece collection valued at $100 million has vaulted Colby College Museum of Art into the big leagues. Paintings by Winslow Homer and Georgia O’Keefe gleam beside sculptures by Alexander Calder and Augustus SaintGaudens in a stunning, glass-faced Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion built specifically for the gift. That this collection makes Colby’s the biggest art museum in Maine is impressive enough, but consider that access is free. What are you waiting for? colby.edu –Stacy Sullivan

Crust Stations “You’ll love our lobster doughnut,” says Leigh Kellis, owner of The Holy Donut at 194 Park Avenue. “We dress fresh lobster chunks with fresh herbs, butter, lemon, salt, and a hint of garlic, then tuck them into our delicate Maine potato dough and deep fry them into a golden turnover ($8.87).” Think savory, not sugary.

Perfect with a maple-glazed or the Allen’s Coffee Brandy doughnut as a chaser. Look for a second Holy Donut shop in October at 7 ExThe largest outchange St. in the Old Port. door sculpture in –Hilary Niles New England just

From left: Undine by Joseph Mozier (1886) Cascade VIII by Louise Nevelson (1979)

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um’s ghostly fullscale abstraction of the Wyoming, at 450 feet, the largest schooner ever built in the U.S., now sports six 120-ft. masts with flapping flags and banners. Both

steel replica and wooden original are Bath-made, and sculptor Andreas von Huene is a native of the city.

Percy & Small Shipyard, which built Wyoming in 1909, is now the site

of Maine Maritime Museum. Total cost to date is $2.4 million.

“The flags are made of sail material,” says director of communication Dave Garrison. “We weren’t planning on this, but now it sounds like the

Wyoming is here too–a whole new dimension.

Come experience it.” $15 adults. mainemaritimemuseum.org –Stacy Sullivan

Clockwise from top left: colby college of art /trent bell; colby college of art (2); Noelia Solano; courtesy acadia air tours; maine maritime museum; taylor roberge

tÍfs Treasure a bit of autumn yearround. Noelia Solano uses real leaves in her pieces, dissolved to the veins then electroplated, coating the delicate remains in gold or silver.

The Brunswick jewelry designer says, “I enjoy the idea of a piece of nature on a chain around your neck.” $18 gold, $11 silver. Solano’s online shop is Wood Wren. etsy.com/shop/woodwren –Stacy Sullivan

Clipper Merchant Tea House Hours: Wed-Sat 11am-4pm | Reservations always recommended: 793-3500 Enjoy gourmet lunches, heavenly desserts, wines & teas from around the world served in the antique-filled charm of the J.M. Morse House.

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“...like walking into a Jane Austen novel.”

–Having Tea In New England by Jean M. Andrews

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Glided Tours Why look at leaves from your car when you have the sky?

Acadia Air Tours at Trenton’s Bar Harbor Airport offers a thrilling aerial panorama of changing colors. Through Columbus Day weekend, choose a glider tour by altitude–the higher you soar, the longer your tour. From $135 for 1,250 feet to $359 for 5,500 feet. The first passenger pays; the second flies free! acadiaairtours.com –Elizabeth Siegal

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40th annual International seaplane fly-in Fly-bys, banquets, lake cruise, craft fair, music.

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VICTORIAN FAIR First annual 19th c. outdoor fair for the family. Victoria Mansion, Portland, 11AM5PM,$10/kids free victoriamansion.org

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WEST SIDE STORY When you’re a Jet you’re a Jet all the way.

Ogunquit Play House, Sept. 4-28, $39 ogunquitplayhouse.org

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SUKEFORTH ANNUAL PIG ROAST & AUCTION Local charity fundraiser.

Bingham, 10AM, $15 spectrumgenerations.org/ pigroast

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SUZY BOGGUSS Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, 8PM, $45 stonemountainartscenter.com

New paintings. Portland Museum of Art, through Dec. 8, $6/$10/$12 portlandmuseum.org Read our story “10 Most Intriguing Mainers/Wet Paint,” Nov. 2010, online

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$10,000 OPEN DART TOURNAMENT

Compete for the cash, enjoy a weekend outdoors. Sunday River, Newry, Sept.13-15 sundayriver.com

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Cumberland Fairgrounds, Sept.

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BILL COSBY Merrill Auditorium, 8PM, $35.50 - $101 porttix.com

sukkot “WALLIS SIMPSON–ROYAL OBSESSION” One-woman show about “that woman” and Edward VIII, to benefit the Victoria Mansion. The Cumberland Club, 116 High St., 12 noon, Sept. 18 & 19, $75 includes lunch. 772-4841, victoriamansion.org

Peak Lodge, Sunday River, Newry, Sept 20, $39, sundayriver.com

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 1920s Chicago blues, a play by August Wilson.

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Portland Stage, Sept. 24-Oct. 20, 7:30PM, $40 portlandstage.org

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Fryeburg Fairgrounds, , Sept.

29-Oct. 6, $10/ kids free fryeburgfair.com

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ACADIA NIGHT SKY FESTIVAL Art, music, poetry, stargazing.

Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Sept. 26-30, free acadianightskyfestival.com

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‘80s NIGHT at BUBBA’S What a feeling! Dance your heart out. 92 Portland St., every Friday, 8:30PM, $5/free if you “dress ‘80s,” bubbassulkylounge.com

OPEN LIGHTHOUSE DAY Visit more than 20 lighthouses from Arrowsic to Lubec, on land and at sea. lighthouseday. com

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Meet Maine game wardens from the Animal Planet TV show North Woods Law. Maine Wildlife Park, Gray, 9:30AM-2:30PM, $7/$5 kids, maine.gov/ifw/education/ wildlifepark

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SHAKER VILLAGE APPLE SATURDAYS Cider pressing, hike, craft demos. Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Oct 5 &12, free shaker.lib.me.us

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Galleries Art Gallery at UNE, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. A Mountain Rises: The Art of Katahdin, thru Oct. 27.

221-4499 une.edu/artgallery

Every Picture Tells a Story

Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers, Sep. 13-Dec. 14; Selections from Bernice Abbott’s Portraits of Maine, Sep. 13-Dec. 14.

786-6259 bates.edu/museum

N.C. W YETH Illustrations from the Brandywine River Museum

April 27–December 29, 2013

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Maurice Prendergast, thru Oct. 13; This Mighty Scourge of War: Art of the American Civil War, thru Jan. 5, 2014; Imago and Persona; Breakthrough: Work by Contemporary Chinese Women Artists, Sep. 27-Dec. 22. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum

16 Museum Street Rockland, ME 04841 207-596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org

Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. The Lunder Collection, thru Jun. 8, 2014; Jean-Victor Bertin and Landscape Painting in France, Oct. 22-Jan. 5, 2014. 859-5600 colby.edu Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Every Picture Tells a Story - N.C. Wyeth Illustrations, thru Dec. 29; Andrew Wyeth–Her Room, thru Nov. 14; American Treasures, thru Feb. 2, 2014; A Wondrous Journey, thru Jan. 5, 2014.

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Celebrating Maine’s role in American art N.C. Wyeth, The Hunter, 1906; oil on canvas, 38 7/8 x 26 5/8 in.; collection of the Brandywine River Museum Exhibition sponsors: Anna Mae and George Twigg III The primary media sponsor of this exhibition is Maine Home + Design

First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland. Visit local galleries, studios, and museums, Sep. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1. firstfridayartwalk.com Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland. See website for upcoming exhibits. 774-1822 mainehistory.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. Ahmed Alsoudani, Sep. 7-Dec. 8; Winslow Homer’s Civil War, Sep. 7-Dec. 8; PMA 2013 Biennial, opens Oct. 3; Amy Stacy Curtis: 9 Walks, opens Oct. 3.

775-6148 portlandmuseum.org USM Art Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, Gorham. Persian Visions: Contemporary Iranian Photography, Sept. 17-Dec. 8. 774-1822 usm.maine.edu/gallery

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Theater Acorn Productions, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Fall acting classes begin Sep. 16.

854-0064 acorn-productions.org Belfast Maskers/Cold Comfort Theater, Contempt of Court, an Audience Participation Murder Mystery, Oct.; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Nov.-Dec.; Call for specific venues and fall dates. 930-7090 coldcomforttheater.com Camden Civic Theatre, 29 Elm St., Camden.

The Miracle Worker, Oct; call for dates and locations.

236-2281 camdencivictheatre.com Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Show Incubation Residencies, Sep. 2-30.

743-8452 celebrationbarn.com City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Modern Times Silent Film, starting Sep. 27; Rumors, starting Oct. 25.

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Freeport Community Players, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Rd., Freeport. Indoor/Outdoor, Sept. 12-29. 865-5505 fcponline.org Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Rick Charette, Sep. 21; call for more fall dates. 518-8839, awesometheater.com

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Frontier, Fort Andross, Brunswick. Call for schedule. 725-5222 explorefrontier.com Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop St., Hallowell.

Promises Promises, Nov. 14-17, 21-23.

626-3698 gaslighttheater.org Lakewood Theatre, 76 Theater Rd., Madison.

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club, Sep. 4-7; Too Many Cooks, Sep. 12-15, 18-21.

474-7228 lakewoodtheater.org Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit.

West Side Story, Sep. 4-28; Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story (non-season tickets), Oct. 2-13.

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Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sep. 24-Oct. 20; Vigil, Oct. 29-Nov. 17. 774-0465 portlandstage.org Schoolhouse Arts Center, Rte. 114, Sebago Lake Village. Arsenic and Old Lace, Sep. 20-Oct. 6; Miracle on 34th Street, Dec. 6-22. 642-3743 schoolhousearts.org Stonington Opera House, 1 School St., Stonington.

Call for fall schedule. 367-2788 operahousearts.org Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St., Monmouth.

Patience, Sep. 19-30; This Wonderful Life, Nov. 29-Dec. 8. 933-9999 theateratmonouth.org

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Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Jesus Christ Superstar, Fri, Sat, & Sun, Sep. 13-29; The Sound of Music, Fri, Sat, & Sun, Nov. 22-Dec. 8.

799-7337 portlandplayers.org

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., Waterville. The Secret of Comedy, Sep. 6-8; 13-15.

873-7000 operahouse.org

Music Asylum, 121 Center St., Portland. Karaoke, every Wed; Retro Night, every Thurs; Plague: Goth/Industrial Night, Every Fri; Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Sep. 21; Soul Asylum/Fountains of Wayne, Sep. 27; Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project, Oct. 11. 772-8274 portlandasylum.com The Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland. Model Airplane Monday, Funk & Soul, every Mon. Rap Night, Every Wed; A Band Beyond Description, Jam, Every Thurs. 775-2266 bigeasyportland.com Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland. Open Rounds at Blue, every Tues; Traditional Irish Session, every Wed; Jazz at the Blue, every Fri; Evening with the Bloomers, Sep. 5; Jon Aasastad, OKBARI, Evan King Group, Sep. 6; Abram Taylor, Domino Jazz, Sep. 7; Barn Swallows, Bluegrass Jam, Sep. 12; Martin England, The Burners, Welterweight, Sep. 13; Slipp/ Manski, Sep. 14; Gregory Douglass, SORCHA, Myra Flynn, Sep. 19; Shanna in the Round, Jason Myles Goss, Sep. 20; Matt Wolfe, Sean Mencher & His Rhythm Kings, Ali Manion Quartet, Sep. 21; Devon Collela, Sep. 24; Max Garcia Conover, Samuel James & Dana Gross, Sep. 26; The Renovators, Xenia Dunford, Trapper, Sep. 27; Hardy Brothers Trio, Sep. 28; Gunther Brown, Oct. 3; Big Fancy, OKBARI, Evan King Group, Oct. 4; Hee Hawk, Michael Beling Trio, Oct. 5; Barn Swallows, Bluegrass Jam, Oct. 10; Nich Merriam, Martin England, Oct. 11; Three Point Jazz, Noel Brennan, Jacob Forbes Quartet, Oct. 12. 774-4111 portcityblue.com

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Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Darryl Purpose, Sep. 7; Joe Crookston, Sep. 14; Delfeayo Marsalis & New Orleans Band, Sep. 21; Battlefield Band Celtic Rock, Sep. 27; Geoff Muldaur, Nov. 2; Judy Collins, Nov. 22. 442-8455 chocolatechurchcharts.org Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, Waterfront Park, Bangor. Toby Keith & the Mallett Brothers, Sept. 2; The Avett Brothers, Sep. 13; Casting Crowns, Sep. 14.

1-800-745-3000 waterfrontconcerts.com Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St., Portland.

Acoustic Open Mic, every Wed; Happy Hour with Travis James Humphrey, live jazz every Fri; Shanna Underwood, Sep. 5; Matt Meyer and the Gumption Junction, Sep. 7, Oct. 5; Southbound Outlaws, Sep. 12, Oct. 10; Sean Mencher & His Rhythm Kings, Sep. 14, Oct. 12. 772-5483 thedogfishbarandgrille.com

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Geno’s Rock Club, 625 Congress St., Portland.

Upstart Fest, Sep. 22. 221-2382

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Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland. See website for September dates. 541-9190 gingkoblue.com Jonathan’s, 92 Bournes Ln., Ogunquit. Tom Rush, Sept. 1; David Wilcox, Sep. 13; Judy Collins, Sep. 21; Paula Poundstone Stand-up, Sep. 28; Catie Curtis, Oct. 12; Suede with Fred Boyle and Rich Hill, Oct. 13; Jason Stuart Stand-up, Oct. 18; Ari Hest, Nov. 22. 646-4526 jonathansrestaurant.com

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Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland.

Daniel O’Donnell, Sep. 9; Bill Cosby Stand-up, Sep. 21; Beethoven & Prokofiev, Sep. 29, Oct. 1; Music of Cole Porter and George Gershwin, Oct. 5-6; Blue Man Group, Oct. 11; Stuart McLean, Oct. 14; Mandy Patinkin, Oct. 18; B.B. King, Oct. 24; Bowzer’s Rock N’ Roll Party, Oct. 25; David Finckel, Wu Han & Philip Setzer, Oct. 26; Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Oct. 29; Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Nov. 2-3. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. Celtic Fiddle Festival, Oct. 11; Aztec Two Step, Oct. 26; visit website for more listings.

761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay. David Wilcox, Sep. 14; Downeast Brass Quintet, Sep. 21; The Bo Deans, Sep. 27; Seth Glier & Antje Duvekot, Oct. 11; Paul Brady, Oct. 24; Alan Reid & Rob Van Sante, Nov. 1.

633-5159 boothbayoperahouse.com State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland.Halestorm, Sep. 5; Mayer Hawthorne, Sep. 9; STRFKR, Sep. 10; Gad Elmaleh, Sep. 11; JJ Grey & Mofro, Sep. 12; Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sep. 13; Black Joe Davis, Sep. 13; One More Time (Daft Punk Tribute), Sep. 14; Leftover Salmon, Sep. 17; Toad the Wet Sprocket, Sep. 18; Delta Rae, Sep. 20; Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell, Sep. 22; Ott., Sep. 26; Strangefolk, Sep. 28; The Last Bison, Oct. 1; Joe Satriani, Oct. 3; Toubab Krewe, Oct. 5; Flux Pavilion, Oct. 8; Ian Anderson, Oct. 13; Donna The Buffalo, Oct. 24.

956-6000 statetheatreportland.com Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. Slaid Cleaves, Sep. 8; Suzy Bogguss, Sep. 13; Gaelic Storm, Sep. 15; Kirkamount, Sep. 19; Robbie Fulks, Sep. 26; Barn Burner with Sweetback Sisters, Sep. 27; Ruth Moody Band, Oct. 3; Barn Burner with Tarbox Ramblers, Oct. 4; Bela Fleck’s Banjo Summit, Oct. 8; Barn Burner with Matuto, Oct. 11; Heather Pierson, Oct. 27.

935-7292 carolnoonanmusic.com Stonington Opera House, 1 School St., Stonington. Jonathan Edwards, Sept. 14.

367-2788, operahousearts.org USM School of Music, Corthell Hall, Gorham.

British Brass: A Tribute to the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble concert, Sept. 13; Pianist Bridget Convey performs John Cage, Sept. 20; Old Fashioned Outdoor Band Concert, Sept. 28.

780-5555, usm.maine.edu/music

Tasty Events Browne Trading Company, 262 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every first and third Sat, 1-5pm.

775-7560 brownetrading.com

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Flanagan Farm, 302 Range Rd., Buxton. Hugo’s Farm Land Trust Dinner: Benefit dinner prepared by local chefs to benefit Maine Farmland Trust, Sep. 23, Oct. 7, Nov. 10, Dec. 8. flanaganstable.com

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Old Port Wine Merchants, 223 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tasting every third Wed, 4-7:30pm.

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Salt Exchange, 245 Commercial St., Portland. Bourbon tastings, first Fri. of every month. 347-5687 thesaltexchangerestaurant.com

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874-6426 thewestenddeli.com

Don’t Miss Acadia Oktoberfest, 20 Main St., Southwest Harbor. Mount Desert Island’s fall festival, Oct. 11-12.

244-9264 acadiaoktoberfest.com Boothbay Rail Village, Boothbay. Fall Foliage Festival, crafts, food, cook-offs and live entertainment, Oct. 12-13. 633-4743 railwayvillage.org

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Camden International Film Festival, Camden, Rockport, Rockland. Workshops, forums, events and 80 documentary films from around the world, Sep. 26-29. 917-355-6310 camdenfilmfest.org

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Discovery Park, L.L. Bean, Freeport. 15th Annual Freeport Fall Festival. Art show, live music, food and fun, Sep. 21-22. 865-1212 freeportusa.com

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Fryeburg Fair, 1154 Main St., Fryeburg. Maine’s largest annual agricultural fair, Sep. 29-Oct. 6.

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Gardiner Swine and Stein Oktoberfest, Walter St., Gardiner. Craft beer, local music and Maine pork products, Oct. 12.

582-3100 gardinermainstreet.org Hamilton House Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, 40 Vaughan’s Ln., South Berwick. More than 150 artisans; furniture, pottery, jewelry, glass, knitting, plus music and food, Sep. 2829. 617-227-3956 historicnewengland.org Homes of Wayne Tour, Wayne. Annual “charm, farm, and whimsy” showcase of nine antique and new village and lakeside homes, and classic wooden boat exhibit at the Androscoggin Yacht Club, Sep. 14. 685-5598, cary-memorial.lib.me.us Maine Lobsterboat Race at the Eastport Pirate Festival–last lobsterboat race of the season, Sep. 8. mainescoast.com/lbr RGS Studio, 151 Newbury St., Portland. Open Studio 2013 to benefit Safe Passage, Sep. 20.

761-3916 rgsphoto.com St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth. 2013 Yarmouth Art Festival, juried show with painting, sculpture, photography and more, Oct. 16-19.

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nual Scholarship Golf Classic, Sep. 13; Ayotte Classic, Sep. 20. 1-800-843-5623, sugarloaf.com Sunday River, 15 South Ridge Rd., Newry. Full Moon Dinner, Aug. 23, Sep. 20; Crossroads International Celtic Festival, Sep. 11-15; Sunday River Open Dart Tournament, Sept. 13-15; MotoGiro USA, Sep. 20 -22; Eastern States Cup, Sep. 21-22; Harvestfest and “Chowdah” Cookoff, Sep. 21; Wife Carrying Championship, Oct. 12; Fall Festival Weekend, Oct. 12-13; Mountain RAID, Oct. 13. 824-3000, sundayriver.com Victorian Fair, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. First annual 19th century outdoor fair on the grounds, for the whole family, Sept. 8.

772-4841 victoriamansion.org Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Rd., Livermore. Artists’ Retreat, Sep. 6-8.

897-4366 norlands.org Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Rd., Freeport.

Local farm harvest celebration, hot food, live music, agricultural demonstrations, pumpkins and hayrides, Oct. 12. 865-4469 wolfesneckfarm.org WoodenBoat Sail-In, WoodenBoat campus, Brooklin. Annual gathering of the schooner fleet, with live music, refreshments, and free boat tours, Sep. 10. sailmainecoast.com – Compiled by Jeanee Dudley

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Meet the man behind the curtain, Ted Gallant. Portland Stage Co.’s technical director loves to dazzle crowds.

Drawing from Anita Stewart’s set designs, the 20-season veteran brings to life detailed vignettes like the Paradis store in Last Gas and the White House dining room in Looking Over the President’s Shoulder. It’s all on a shoestring–“$2,500 per production, and not just building materials.” From local lumber to donated paint, “we take advantage of resources and reuse things whenever we can.” Next stop, a 1920s recording studio as the backdrop for August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, opening September 24, sponsored by Portland Magazine. Be sure to turn off your cell phones.

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Looking Forward to Seeing the Maine Mango Grove Crystal clear Poland Spring water, the pride of Maine, now available in mango peach. Who said change isn’t good?

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Don’t Give Up Your Night Job Because Bath Iron Works and Austal–an Aussie shipbuilding firm in Mobile, AL–are collaborating on littoral combat ships for the Navy, a few shipyard execs are being shuttled from gulf (of Maine) to gulf (of Mexico). But what to do at night down there? Surprise–Portland’s Bob Bull has sparked a country music career. His specialty? “Love songs about trains.” Think “Hank Williams on the waterfront.” To eavesdrop on Mr. Bull (winner of the New Horizon Award from the Mobile Country Music Assoc.) and his secret southern stylings, a surprise to his northern buddies, visit you­tube.com/­watch?­v=asq_QtqVt8o.

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Enjoy steamed lobsters ($6 per pound-and-a-half) delivered to your campsite at Sagadahoc Bay Campground in Georgetown.

Owners Pat and Eric Kosalka love glamped up fall oceanside camping. “Our local lobsterman goes out in the morning and has them on your plate at 6 that night,” says Pat. –Hilary Niles We’re sad to note the passing of Maine Supreme Court justice Caroline Glassman (1922-2013). Among her furniture from her townhouse on Thomas Street in the West End: a revolving bookcase and Maine governor’s desk originally from the Blaine House, recently auctioned at J.J. Keating in Kennebunk. Winning bids: “$700 for the desk from an Alfred resident and $275 for the bookcase from a Kennebunk native,” says Rich Keating.

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A little respect, Blues Brothers: There are only 174 markers on the nationwide Blues Trail, with only 10 outside of Mississippi, and one of them’s in Maine. You guessed it, the marker is located in the Trade Winds Motor Inn parking lot in Rockland, home of the North Atlantic Blues Festival. We’re talking about legends from Muddy Waters to B. B. King and this summer’s headliner, Mavis Staples, dodging careening tourists parking here. Follow the trail to Portland’s Merrill Auditorium to catch King live October 24. september

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Light Music Our urban reflections are Philippe Bergeron’s projections.

Christopher Riccardo; inset: courtesy philippe bergeron/© Jean-Louis Darville Photography

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Philippe Bergeron, 52, projects an incendiary view of the world as he dazzles Portlanders with PaintScaping, his 3-D digital mapping company. The former actor, figuratively setting City Hall on fire at the Old Port Festival’s 40th anniversary, is changing the way we see ourselves, one building at a time. september

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Do you consider your work to be Structuralist? Post-modern?

That’s like asking someone in 1910 if their film is post-modern. It’s a new art form–combining the virtual and the real, hopefully seamlessly.

What excited you about the project?

Portland City Hall was my choice. The Custom House is great, but why not go all the way? The great city halls are all back East.

They’re extraordinary. This was a celebration of Portland and City Hall itself, but not only Portland history, my personal history as well.

What do you mean?

We’re one of the millions who invade you every summer. I’m from Montreal, so my family came to Old Orchard and Pine Point all my

life. We took day trips to the Old Port–I was probably two my first time to Portland.

So you guys have been a projection on this culture.

Ironically, I was vacationing here two years ago, walking around the Old Port. I said, “What a great city. I’d love to do a Paintscape here sometime.”

The thing is, my parents came with me to see City Hall Paintscape. We’d just visited all the places like when I was 10 years old. And it struck me–I was part of the show. It’s all part of who I am. Why do you think there’s a lighthouse & lobster in the show?

How did the City Hall project come to your attention?

We did a Paintscape in Orlando for a conven-

tion of downtown managers. Jan Beitzer, executive director [since retired] of Portland Downtown District, saw it, fell in love with it, and invited us to do the Old Port Festival’s 40th anniversary. After signing the contract, I jumped up and down. I was going to get my lobster roll! It’s not easy to get a good lobster roll in L.A. The subliminal lobster roll?

Lobster rolls are a religion. We have to go to The Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth, Rising Tide at Pine Point, and Ken’s Place in Scarborough. All these are a must!

When I was doing tests for the Old Port Festival and my parents were leaving to go to Ken’s, I asked, “Can you wait for me? I’ll be finished in about an hour.” They said, “No!” So I went with them. It was more important for me to have that lobster roll with them there.

And then you created a little light music, with a dash of shock and awe. Did it make the Portland PR people uneasy?

I wrote the structure of the presentation with PDD. They loved it. I gave it to Rob Ostir [Hollywood visual effects artist whose credits include Mr. & Mrs. Smith, TRON: Legacy, Thor, X-Men: First Class] to direct. He brought it to new levels.

In Iron Man II, Bergeron’s Detective Lemieux investigates a madman using technology developed by Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.).

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It was your first City Hall. Have more come calling since?

There’s been some interest, but the one I really want to do is Philadelphia’s. Message to Mayor Michael Nutter: I want to do your City

Clockwise from top left: christopher riccardo; courtesy paintScaping (2); courtesy philippe bergeron/paramount pictures

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The many faces of Portland city hall– From left, moving shadows trick the eye; Maine postcards evolve to swinging lines; second floor windows incredibly rotate on the fascade; a lighthouse illuminates a ginat lobster scurrying up the building; fireworks explode out of windows signal the grand finale.

Hall! Or even Independence Hall. The paintscape would be so great.

Clockwise from top left: courtesy paintScaping; christopher riccardo (2); courtesy paintScaping

What’s your biggest smash hit so far?

FLASHNIGHT

Something we did with Sony Pictures at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun. It was a press junket for 17 films, and we blew them away with our Green Hornet PaintScape showing digital characters jumping from balcony to balcony.

They told us, “Congratulations. You dazzled the biggest stars in the world.”

“It tricks you by creating virtual shadows for virtual reality. If they look like real shadows, then you have the audience.”

Who’s most fun to act with: Nicholas Cage, Matthew Broderick, Alan Rickman, Frank Langella, or Robert Downey, Jr.?

Are Franco-American actors rising above stereotype today?

Jean Renault, actually. I played the assistant in Godzilla. He was so funny, much different than his characters [in The Professional, La Femme Nikita]. We laughed and swapped recipes. What was really funny was that Matthew Broderick was darker in person than his character.

Who’s most impacted you the most, good or bad?

James Gandolfini. I think this text says it all: I talked with James Gandolfini…I mentioned that I knew you and…the scene you were in with him. He said, “That was a good scene,” and to say hello to you. Your reputation lives on.

I got that the day before he died. I played Denis, a French-Canadian mafioso, on the [”Soprano Home Movies”] episode of The Sopranos. It was the most intense one day of acting I’ve ever experienced.

I’m always playing the annoying French guy, and I’m not even French! I think its easier for French-Canadians to make fun of the French than they can of themselves.

Who cares? There’s plenty of clichés of Americans eating hot dogs. I couldn’t care less. Every actor is a stereotype. DeNiro made a career out of playing mafiosi, Meryl Streep is known for her accents. My accent gave me a career. It’s not bad, it’s good.

That’s what you need to do in Hollywood– you have to have a niche..

What brought you back to digital media?

I first made waves in animation at a convention in 1985 by creating the first human developed by computer with emotions. But I was sick of computers in a couple years and started doing horrible stand-up comedy. I had audiences rolling on the floor–for all the wrong reasons. I went into acting for 15

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Once you accept that you can’t change the structure of the building and work with it, the possibilities become endless.

It tricks you by creating virtual shadows for virtual reality, and if they look like real shadows, then you have the audience. You can change the look of the world in ways we can’t imagine. We’re just seeing the beginning of mapping.

Is it more important to be creative or technical?

It’s much more important to be creative, but you have to have the technical foundation people don’t see. Simply put: I have a master’s in computer science and I starred on The Sopranos.

How did the Portland City Hall presentation rate in its scope and challenge against other projects around the world?

Technically, not too much. It’s a pretty simple concept–light on a building. We did a 3-D Mapping festival at the Quebec Winter Carnival in February. It was -35º (F) degrees, so after that I feel I can go anywhere in the world.

What did you need to do to prepare for this project?

City Hall was a perfect mapping building– ledges, windows. The theme was “Resurgam,” and our research about the fire that destroyed City Hall in 1908 was great. Fire is a great effect, but not everyone wants to use it– hotels never want to do it.

We set up across the street at Systems Engineering. It was extreme luxury for us.

We were inside on the fourth floor with a perfect view. The company had a party that night, and all had great seats to watch.

Which Maine lighthouse would map best?

Portland Head Light. I’ve never done a lighthouse, so that would be fantastic! It’s round, so point-of-view would be important on whether it was mapped 360º all the way around or just one side so people could see it. I guess we

wouldn’t need to worry as much about the side by the ocean.

How do you feel these big images reflect our inner projections?

Every good piece of art should reflect our subconscious. The world is black and white, fire and light.

The experience is so much more amazing live. Watching a PaintScape on YouTube is like watching an IMAX movie on your iPhone.

That’s what I’d like to do most, but it’s so delicate. Rescuing people in a burning building with firefighters, helicopters with searchlights on the building, people jumping or falling but being rescued by firefighters–never dying.

People will know it’s not real intellectually, but emotionally it will feel so friggin’ real! But the sensitivities of 9/11 make it difficult.

Please list your dream locations for a PaintScaping show.

The White House, what else? It’s the most famous building in the world. I could even use the fire effect, since historically it was burned in the War of 1812. It’s the perfect color, it would get decent press coverage, and there’s a built-in audience–everyone.

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The Hancock Tower [in Boston] is such a bad building for mapping–we would have to compensate with tons of projectors, and it would still not look good. Glass buildings are the worst. The only way to project on glass [windows] is to cover them with white fabric–that’s the whole building! People think a flat white wall would be good, but that’s about as bad as it gets.

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o visit the swankiest nightclub in Maine, you have to pass through a set of red doors.

The Morocco Lounge was a dine-anddance attraction in the Wadsworth Hotel on 30 Preble Street. Built in 1924, the building still stands today and is known as Wadsworth Apartments, but the Morocco Lounge is long gone.

“My grandfather owned the hotel,” says Dr. Kerry Citrin. “My father, Murray Citrin, was manager.” From the late 1930s until the early 1950s, Murray “ran the nightclub and tended bar.”

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“My mother, Elinor Citrin, was the hatcheck girl!” says Kerry’s sister Nancy Citrin Rosenberg (Deering High School, 1965) from her home in St. Petersburg, Florida.

“It was a happening place. We had some big names in its heyday,” including the Sid Lerman Orchestra. Other nights, Murray tickled the ivories. “He could really play. Believe it or not, I have the piano still! It’s dark mahogany, a Kimball from Chicago. My dad was the arranger and conductor for a good deal of the music. It’s beautiful. Listen!”

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Clockwise from top left: Courtesy sam svetkey (3); randy hazelton

First page: Leather-upholstered, decoratively studded swinging doors and a forgotten matchbook scavenged on eBay are among the detritus of the Morocco Lounge, the 1940s hot spot where a callow Frank Sinatra once sang after a gig with the Dorsey Brothers’ band.

This page, clockwise from top left: At the Morocco Lounge, youthful manager Murray Citrin and his wife Elinor bookend Murray’s parents, Wadsworth Hotel owners Eva and Jacob Citrin, with Murray’s sisterin-law, Edith Citrin (her husband Mike handled promotions and decor); Edith at the coat check; Mike and Edith’s daughter Roberta Citrin and a friend share a little VIP nightclub glamor at a “reserved” table in the early 1950s; Portland event promoter Keith L. Citrine, nephew of Murray and Mike, sits among his souvenirs of a bygone era–chairs, tables, candlestick, and glassware from his family’s trendy club. “I have shot glasses at my camp that I partied with during college,” Keith recalls. “I was just having fun in my 20s. I had no idea how cool they were.” september

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and there’s a pause. Then she strikes a ghostly chord that puts chills down your spine when you think of what the Morocco Lounge used to be. She’s spot-on. The sound is as good as any transporter or time machine.

Murray died in 1992, at age 74. Elinor died on April 14th of this year, at 95. “How she loved the Morocco,” Nancy says. The memory keepers are gone, but the story lives on.

Featuring “dancing every evening,” the supper club was “divided into the main lounge and the club section on a mezzanine,” according to advertisements from the late 1940s.

At just 22 in 1940, “My dad was The Man,” Kerry says of Murray, “but my Uncle Mike handled the decor and the promotions.”

Mike was talented, designing everything from the Moorish frescoes in the Casablanca vein to the menus and souvenir matchbooks.

“The Morocco was very romantic. The chairs were wooden with leather seats.

When you entered through the red leather doors you’d see my mother at the hat check, then the polished maple bar would be straight ahead. To the left was more seating and the decor of what an idealized Morocco looked like. There was a dance floor, with the band up on a box.

“We had magicians and exotic dancers, women who danced with snakes. The talent agency my father used for big bands was out of Boston, Sam Rudiberg.”

In a nutshell, the Morocco “was it, a huge attraction for sailors during World War II– you could count on maybe 100 when a new ship was in port.” Visible as a series of long, dark silhouettes in Long Island Sound, “the North Atlantic Fleet was up here!

“People would dance, see the floor show, and drink. Rudy Vallee stopped by, with friends,” Kerry says, “but he didn’t sing.”

Then Old Blue Eyes walked in.

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“Frank Sinatra was better known as the new kid with the Tommy Dorsey Band back then,” Kerry says. “He’d just started with them, and one night, after a playing at Old Orchard Beach Pier, he came to the Morocco.

It was way before he became famous. My father heard he was there and introduced him on the microphone, and Frank just got up

The Morocco Lounge’s 1947 cocktail menu entices with Turban Lifters, Sultan’s Favorites, and Magic Carpets. and did an impromptu. He sang some songs.” What songs? “Night and Day?” “Under My Skin?”

“Who knows?” Kerry says. There’s a devilish pause. “I guess he did pretty well for himself after that.”

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he story checks out. On a thread on sinatrafamily.com, Sinatra’s swing through New England is documented with the Dorseys in late August through early September: “[He was in] Salem, New Hampshire, for a one-nighter with the Dorsey band on August 30, 1940. (On subsequent nights, they performed in Lynnfield, Mass.; Old Orchard Beach, Maine; and Neponset, Mass.),” writes George Lyons of Malden, Massachusetts. “My Auntie Florence, 16 at the time, got her FS autograph at the 1940 Neponset gig.” Lyons, a Sinatra impersonator, has kindly provided an image to show how the future Chairman of the Board used to sign his name back then.

“One night,” Kerry says, “some sailors came in and they said they’d sunk a German U-boat ten miles off the harbor. Everybody in Portland had heard the booms and explosions in the distance earlier that day.”

Seems the Morocco Lounge had a knack for being in the right place at the right time.

In the lounge’s twilight, “I was seven, so I remember the magic feeling of walking into the club,” Kerry said. “My sister was three

Clockwise from top left: Frank as a fresh-faced young singer; Sinatra’s autograph is a family souvenir shared by George Lyons, a Sinatra impersonator from Malden, Massachusetts, whose Aunt Florence obtained it when Sinatra toured Neponset, near Boston, just days from his Portland/Old Orchard stop in late August/early September 1940. The Morocco Lounge once lit up the Wadsworth Hotel at 30 Preble Street; today, the spot houses Down Home Cookin’ at street level and the Wadsworth Apartments on the floors above; “priced to sell” in 1955, a newspaper ad boasts an “ultra smart cocktail lounge” with “the largest dance floor in the city.”

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years younger.”

“I remember it was dark inside,” Nancy says. “I remember there was a stage where the acts used to perform.”

Then there wasn’t.

“My grandfather sold the hotel in 1955,” Kerry says.

When we went in search of vestiges of the old Morocco Lounge, we found, after a walk through a dark basement below Down-Home Cookin’ and a climb through a lost set of stairs, the original red leather doors with brass upholstery tacks spelling out “M” and “L.” They are so vivid you can nearly hear the music.

The original nightclubbers would have had to have taken a left from the main lobby to reach this point, which can only be gained via the basement today. The red doors are forever locked away behind a skeleton staircase.

“Well, I have some of the tables and chairs in the basement of my house in Cape

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Elizabeth,” says Keith Citrine, a cousin to Kerry and Nancy. “The tables have heavy metal bases. I also have some of the shot glasses, photos, and a sheaf of promo­tion­al materials.”

Which isn’t surprising, as Keith makes his living as an event planner today.

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y father was Nate Gold, of Nate Gold and His Commanders,” says Scarborough’s Bob Gold, who would rise from working at the Graymore Hotel across the street as a maître d’ to one day becoming the owner of WPOR radio. “Nate and his band performed regularly at the Morocco Lounge for years.

“Nate was born in Minsk, Russia, in 1912. He played trumpet–extremely good– I think of Harry James and Louis Armstrong. It was a combo; the drummer Bill Conley’s day job was at the U.S. Postal Service. He lived up in Munjoy Hill. My father lived in Deering.”

The Morocco Lounge was so evocative “even the teapots” carried the North African motif.

The competing Graymore Hotel had a nightclub, too, “but it was more modern. The Morocco was leaning into the French Morocco” sense of things. “It was intimate,” Gold says.

If it was so great, then why did it die?

“After World War II, something happened to Portland,” Kerry says. “There were no more sailors.”

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“Usually when I’m at the State, I’m just thinking about the show, getting a beer, or going to the bathroom.”

Dine like an egyptian

Up on Congress Square, the Egyptian Room, 1927, adorned the Eastland Hotel. Chief among the amusements were the spectacular wall panels [to suggest stone carvings] of King Pepi II and Queen Sebek.

Frederic L. Thompson, in The Rines Family Legacy (Acadia Publishing, 2005), cites a page from the Egyptian Room’s 1936 menu, which claims that “This [Egyptian] dining room is believed to be the first, if not the only public dining room of its type in America.” Thompson ventures, “The motif was an attempt to capture the excitement of the recent archeological discoveries in Egypt and to forget the horrors and sadness of the First World War.”

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he blogger who styles himself “Dr. Sphinx” and insists “Egyptomania is a cure for boredom” considers “tea at the Egyptian Court” at the Eastland to be the apotheosis of retro-cool. Looking for something more substantial? According to faded

Eastland menus, in 1927 you could order a Lobster Newburg en Casserole for $2.25 in the Egyptian Dining Room. (No doubt, the Egyptian Room at the Eastland was the inspiration for the New Egyptian Room at the Ferris Arms Motel on 44 College Ave. in Waterville, with “cocktails–dancing nitely 9 to 12.” This oasis reached a peak between 1963 and 1973 and featured a United Nations Buffet in the Banquet Room.)

What it all means

In these enlightened times, if the idea of exoticizing the Near East makes us culturally uncomfortable, how do we account for the Tiki torches smoldering from patios all over Maine today, suggesting Polynesia?

Sometimes fun is just fun. If there’s anything deeper about the phenomenon, Douglas C. Towne excavates it in his wonderful essay, “A Retro Magic Carpet Ride,” in SCA Journal (Spring 2009), in which he mentions Maine’s largest city first as an exemplar of Arabian kitsch: “For most of the 20th century, the Near East captivated Americans, its influence extending coast-to-coast. Countless owners of motels, restaurants, and nightclubs bet their economic futures that naming their business after elements of this region would bring

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Then, too, America fell in love with Egypt during the famous 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, according to Towne. “The most renowned tale…was that of the dancer, ‘Little Egypt,’ who is alleged to have made her debut at the 1893 Exposition. To capitalize on the success of the attraction ‘A Street in Cairo,’ after the Exposition closed, a number of dancers, all calling themselves ‘Little

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Exactly when did the mysticism sweep us up? Towne traces the fascination to 1855, when “the USS Supply sailed to the Mediterranean in search of camels”…for experimental use in the Southwest desert by the U.S. Army. Thirty-three were brought here, Towne reports. The project was abandoned, but the camels went wild and thrived as their legend grew: “The last camel was reportedly captured in Arizona in 1946, though some were seen in Mexico as late as 1956.” (Maybe we should take another look at the Desert of Maine in Freeport.)

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But the cultural event that sealed the deal was the return after World War II of U.S. troops who had served in the North Africa Campaign, Towne says.

Today, while Portland has a hookah club (the Purple Caterpillar on Exchange Street) and sells hookahs at Ebenezer African Grocery on Congress, the phenomenon is on the wane. We follow other stars now.

“Perhaps because our relationship with the culture is more problematic, influenced by the region’s political issues and 9/11,” Towne claims.

On the other hand, Near East reverberations still direct our unconscious decisions.

We have The Beans of Egypt, Maine, Rick’s Café in Naples, the Sahara Club (an oasis of sobriety on Washington Avenue), and… hey, the Maine College of Art isn’t called MECA for nothing! n

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Redefining the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers September 28, 2:30 pm, Olin 104 Lecture: Japanese Printmaking, Yesterday and Today, Hideki Kimura, Professor, Kyoto City University also on view: Selections from Berenice Abbott’s Portrait of Maine

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SHARER A talented artist sets up her studio–in another artist’s Old Port gallery!

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hen you walk into the George Anderson Gallery in Boothby Square, you’re surrounded by Anderson’s work–vibrant, nearly electric images of waterfront life, fishermen, workboats, gulls, wind, and waves. It’s a one-artist gallery where primary colors climb the brick walls and brighten the entire room.

Except there’s a second artist here. She’s painting behind the desk at the back of the store. Jennifer Lawson, a creative director at L.L. Bean from 1985 to 2003 and a highly sought creative consultant for years after that, is now trading her services as a humble retail gallerina in exchange for her own studio space in a sunny window at Anderson’s gallery, where she focuses on painting.

When did you start this arrangement with George Anderson?

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zeitgeist ings. He’s been here for 10 years; I used to live in this neighborhood. One day I brought friends and I noticed a sign on the door saying he was looking for someone to work here. [Anderson, the former owner of a successful advertising agency, lives and paints in Rockport, Massachusetts, where he also has a gallery.]

Everything just started falling into place.

He said, ‘You can work here, but you have to paint while you’re here.’ So I thought, hey, I can either paint at home, alone, or I can paint here, in the gallery, in a space where I

can focus and work. George has been kind of a mentor. He even calls me, a lot, to make sure I’m painting.

So it’s symbiosis? George keeps after you to keep painting?

That’s the deal. For me, it’s a gift.

That was in 2003, but I had free-lance consulting clients of my own, so I continued to consult. I worked with Johnny’s Selected Seeds for a few years. I spent 18 months flying to Baltimore every week for a client–until I realized this was nuts. They asked me to move there and work for them. I said, you know, my friends are in Portland. Do I really want to pack up and start over again?

You seem pretty good at starting over.

I grew up on the West Coast–San Francisco.

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When did you leave L.L. Bean?

EllEn KornEtsKy, lCsW My family’s still there. I’ve been in Maine since 1982. Leaving L.L. Bean after nearly 20 years was a big step. But I had to try.

Did you go to art school?

I have a BFA from Utah State (1976). I always drew, even when I was a child, and I studied painting, but I didn’t really pick up the pencil and sketchbook until 2007.

You seem at home in different media–oils as well as watercolor, and pen and ink.

Personal challenge?

Counseling specializing in:

Yes, it was great. Now I take a salsa dancing class at USM once a week. And El Rayo [Taqueria on York St.] has a band–Primo Cubano–once a week, so I go salsa dancing on Wednesdays. I have a friend who taught me to swing dance, so we go swing dancing at the Woodford Club, too. I love having these things in my life.

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I like them all, so I keep at them. Sometime in 2008 I started my own blog to converse with other artists. We follow each other’s blogs, so I’m always connected. And Facebook. I was skeptical at first because of all the personal stuff people put out there. But Facebook’s very immediate. You can just post a picture and you can see other people’s work quickly.

You took the plunge and really started painting. Then what?

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Well, I lived in Bali for two years.

What did you do there?

I painted!

And since you returned in 2010?

I’m just really getting into my creative side, trying to do what fulfills me. It’s been great. I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro by myself last year.

But it’s funny. George was just here this week, so we had a meeting. We both come from the corporate world, so we ‘have a meeting.’ I’d just finished a painting on Monday. George said, ‘We’re going to put a frame around this and sell it.’ I thought, wow, I’m really getting somewhere.

He said I have to start painting bigger canvases. I’m trying. I started painting 6”x 6” and I’ve progressed up to 12”x12”–big is intimidating. I’m fine to draw it out, but it’s the application of the paint. I feel like my brush strokes are more exposed. George doesn’t work this way– he’s very graphic and his colors are mostly solid, but I’ve got a whole sky to solve.

George says, ‘You can do this.’ He’s such a great guy, but I think he gets a little impatient with me for not becoming big enough fast enough. But there is a world of smal­ler paintings out there. Not everyone september

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Maybe turning painting into a career feels too much like another fast track you’ve been trying to get away from? What do you imagine your husband [the late NBC and WCSH-6 news reporter Bob Elliott] might have counseled?

Oh gosh. Bob was from Maine; he left the big time because he really wanted to come back and live here. But for someone trying to be small-town, he played big. I wasn’t even painting back then–I was at L.L. Bean. But I think he would have encouraged me to do what I want.

I’m going to have a show in October, at Clayton’s Cafe in Yarmouth. All oils. I have a lot of these small canvases; part of this ‘learning year’ I’m having is using up what I have.

[She points to a plastic bin of blank white canvas squares on the floor.]

White canvas can be terrifying, so I like to start with an undercoat. This green [a dreamy sage square on her easel] is the start of a beach scape. n

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Bar none, Maine has the best qualia.

The smell of fresh-roasted coffee mixed with the tang of salt air on Commercial Street is a quale (the singular form of qualia). A friend chimes in: “That first bite of a lobster dredged in butter while you’re sitting at the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound, enveloped in the steam of more lobsters being prepared all around me.”

Being awakened by the eardrum vibration of the screams of gulls, almost but not quite human, over Ragged Island in Harpswell.

It’s a quick dazzle, an “irreducible” experience so powerful, singular, and exact it’s difficult to improve on it with further description.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ticks off “the feel of sandpaper,” “the smell of skunk,” and “the sight of bright purple.” Then there’s Australian philosopher Frank Cameron Jackson’s example of “Mary, the brilliant color scientist…imprisoned in a black and white room...”After years of study, she becomes a world expert on colors without september

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It’s what brought Thoreau here. The crack of a dead branch while you walk for the first time along the Allagash River. The crash of a fawn as he jumps right ahead of you.

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All the jazz about a white Christmas is about qualia. David Lodge cites this passage from Anne Michaels’s Fugitive Pieces: “The winter street is a salt cave. The snow has stopped falling and it’s very cold. The cold is spectacular, penetrating. The street has been silenced, a theatre of whiteness, drifts like frozen waves. Crystals glisten under the streetlights.”

The locking and unlocking sound of oars as a single shell slips across the mist of Highland Lake.

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Not that Maine is the exclusive domain of qualia. Charmingly, Virgil tries to describe a pear to Beatrice, who’s never tasted one, in Yann Martel’s novel Beatrice and Virgil. And who doesn’t love Gary Snyder ’s “Mid-August at Sourdough Moun­tain Lookout”?

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arly on Saturday mornings, a long stretch of tented farmstand tables snakes through the heart of Deering Oaks Park, heaped with fresh eggs; coolers full of frozen meat; displays of cheeses, honey, pickles, jams, seedlings; and freshly cut flowers. But it’s the best pickings of fresh produce that the home and restaurant cooks are here for before 9 a.m.

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“We love our Jamaican gherkins,” says Mary Ellen Chadd, who’s owned organic Green Spark Farm with her husband Austin for the past three years. “They’re round and prickly, and they grow wild in Jamaica.”

Who knew? On this Wednesday in Monument Square, her cukes are small, seedless Europeans. She’s set out bags of young pea shoots, bunches of Thai basil, and half-pint baskets of shiny, bright-green Japanese shishito peppers–jalapeño-sized and ridged like okra pods. “Just sear them in a dry castiron pan until they char a bit, pile them on a plate, drizzle them with olive oil, sprinkle sea salt, and pick them up and eat around the seeds.” Curious, I take some home and follow her instructions exactly. Once charred, they look pretty sorry, but I go ahead and apply olive oil and salt and try one. Within a minute, I’ve eaten six. They are crazy delicious and completely unlike any green pepper I’ve tasted. Even better, they’re nearly seedless. september

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Hungry EYE Even the green beans at this small stand are from away–glamorously skinny French haricots verts.

“Cipollinis store better than I thought, so I planted more this year,” he says.

“Anything Italian sells,” says Hincks, who offers the Rosa di Milano among his onion varieties and claims his ridged Italian zucchini has a superior cooked texture. I try some; he’s right, but it’s still zucchini.

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“We bought our 55-acre farm in 2004,” says Daniel Price, who owns it with his wife, Ginger Dermott. “We’re up to five greenhouses now.” Freedom Farm, like Green Spark, Meadowood, and Stonecipher, is certified by the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Organization (MOFGA). Free-

All Hail Kale

“Dinosaur’s the rage these days,” says Bruce Hincks when asked about trends in kale. His Meadowood Farm in Yarmouth grows the wrinkly, oval-leafed Dinosaur, also called Tuscan or Lacinato, that has left old-school, tough, leathery, curly kale suffering in comparison. The dark green Tuscan, tender and less dominating in flavor, is more versatile and quicker to cook.

It’s mild enough to cut in shreds, dress with lemon and olive oil, and eat raw as a salad. The farmers’ market is full of the new kales–the flat, lacy Russian and collard-leaf Camden types are tender and mild in flavor; like the Tuscan, they take very little time to cook.

How do farmers choose vegetable varieties to grow? It’s a balance between proven, hardy winners and trying new things.

Over the years, I’ve learned to trust their instincts. Will they grow more of something the next year if it’s trendy this year?

“No!” says Freedom Farm’s Daniel Price.

“No!” says Ian Jerolmack of Stonecipher Farm in Bowdoinham. “Everything’s hot for about one minute! I grew puntarelle [an Italian dandelion-like green] last year for a chef. People tried it once and that was it. I was throwing it away.”

Yet Stonecipher grows supertrendy cipollini onions in yellow and red varieties.

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fired, spinning-drum contraption he sets up next to his stand during pepper harvesting season in late summer and fall. Buy a few pounds of peppers and they’ll roast and char them on the spot, saving you the hot work of broiling or grilling them at home. And what peppers! Big oblong reds in varying degrees of heat; fat, sweet bells; hot little red and green varieties; and dark green poblanos.

Take home roasted poblanos and your work’s half done to make chiles rellenos.

Freedom is one of many farms growing shallots, formerly wizened little brown imports begrudged a tiny corner in supermarket produce bins. Now they’re common as onions–a healthy, fresh native crop. In the past couple of years, Freedom and a few other farmers also discovered they could grow fresh ginger. Ginger! The fresh roots are pale and rosy before the skins turn brown and dry. The flesh is wondrously juicy and tasty, and the above-ground leaves, still attached, make great tea.

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dom’s known for its comprehensive selection of crops you never used to find at Maine farmers’ markets: heirloom and French Charentais melons and unusual winter squash; tomatoes of many colors; Asian and Italian eggplants; a variety of onions, including the long red Tropea; fennel bulbs; and a large selection of hot and sweet peppers, including the winning little shishito.

“We added the pepper roaster–it’s popular,” he says of the propane-

Garlic takes the blue ribbon as Maine farmers’ most evolved crop.

Ten years ago, you might have occasionally spotted a basket of local garlic and picked up a bulb as a novelty.

Nowadays, garlic is a destination attraction, starting with the curly green scapes (tops) in early summer, which can be cut and used in stir-fries, or puréed into a mild pesto.

Scapes are closely followed by young garlic bulbs–snowy white with long, hard stems attached and mild, juicy cloves encased in soft, not-yet-papery skin. Then comes the avalanche of cured bulbs. Garlic is so widely available in late summer and fall at the farmers’ market that it’s possible for a home cook to stockpile almost enough to last until the first scapes turn up the following summer.

“I think we grow about 20 varieties [with names like German red and white, Polish red,

Siberian red, Georgian fire, and Oregon blue]. Some people come with little Sharpie markers and write the name on each bulb,” says Meadowood’s Bruce Hincks. “They’re serious. They have tastings.” A savvy trendchaser, Hincks also rides the wave of fancy peppers, offering basket upon basket of long, light green Biscaynes; even lighter green Sweet Banana; bell-shaped Island Purple; Hungarians; shishitos; and many, many small hot chiles. Everyone’s going bananas for peppers. Meadowood has another niche in onions– Italian cipollinis and Rosa di Milanos, mild white Ailsa Craigs, Red Wings, and Walla Wallas.

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Part of this experience was being told “You don’t paint like a Mainer.” I guess at that time it really was so. The thing which is a delight is I don’t think anyone would say that anymore. I think the range of what we see on the gallery walls and museum walls in Maine has grown much broader, much less regional looking; and for that, to whatever degree I share in that, I am more than pleased. Looking back at the roughly 30-year period, it really has been a drastic change. And part of that

Clockwise from top: The 16-panel Iconoclast, rescued from storage, requires a 24-foot wall; a Harold Garde exhibit at the Museum of Florida Art; Puppets. Previous page, from top: Figure and Profile; The Swimmer; Harold Garde still paints nearly every day.

Iconoclast hadn’t been seen in decades.

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Strappo Kimono 3 is one of many images of kimonos Garde has painted over the years.

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How do you feel about the show at the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland coming up?

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I’m very excited. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a show in Portland. Spending my time away from the studio gets to be pretty rare. I paint just about every day, and I get up anxious to get started again. Not sure where it’s gonna go, not sure how it’s gonna happen, but it’s been the focus, it’s where my attention goes. I paint to please myself, but with de Kooning on my shoulder. So when I get the opportunity to show in Portland it’s an important step. I’m [better] known in the midcoast area and in Florida.

Portland is an important center for art.

It’s in my world, and the Jewish museum is relatively new with a significant mission.

The exhibitions focus on the talent of Jewish artists with a connection to Maine. It’s also an opportunity to work with you as the curator. I like circular things, things that come back. I like the idea that someone who knew my work earlier is involved with my work now.

Exciting for me in this show will be largescale new work, non-figurative but much tighter in composition than earlier work, which was based much more in exploring the overall energy. This is much more the sense of resolution that comes from balancing the structure and formal aspects of what makes a painting.

You mentioned Florida. Tell me about Iconoclast.

The journey began in the summer of 2009, after more than 30 years of dust and storage.

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Legends and Bill, ever curious, asks me what’s upstairs. I invite him to look, and he wanders up the rickety stairs to my second-floor storage.

He pulls two panels and brings them to the edge of the balcony. From above, he calls out, “Harold, what are these?”

Three decades is a long time. I stare.

Then, I realize I’d given these panels to my son Keith a long time ago. There should be another 14 panels up there. Do the other 14 exist? Are they all still there?

My nephew, Jay Rosenberg, undertakes the task. Digging through dusty storage is not easy.

But he prevails. He finds them all. There’d been a retrospective of my work at the Museum of Florida Art several years earlier. Keith asks if the museum is interested. They are.

It was quite a process to find a 24-foot wall.

A reproduction was approved that’s displayed outside–with the original inside– the Museum of Florida Art in DeLand. Iconoclast has a permanent home. Thanks to Bill and Kathie Hohns.

Describe the Strappo technique, your own medium.

I had gotten to work in acrylics and then I found when I peeled the paint off a glass, I loved the underside of the work,so I started to add that as a texture to the canvas. Then I did some images that were controlled and peeled those off. I started to do this drawing transfer– it’s a total transfer, so it’s great. I can control it! I see everything just the way it’s going to be, remove the clear glass in the transfer process, and it doesn’t depend upon how much the ink has dried, so I have a lot of control. I delighted in the process and learned how to simplify it. I started doing workshops in it.

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I’d never made a New Year’s resolution before and this was the exception. I realized this after the start of the new year, 2013, my 90th birthday year. So when the year started and I started working, I decided it would be fun to give myself a challenge of quantity and to push aside everything else. My priority was to do 90 paintings in the first 90 days of my 90th year. And I did it! Ninety Strappo paintings, 90 days! n “Harold Garde: Addendum” at the Maine Jewish Museum, to October 25. 267 Congress St., Portland, 329-9854, Monday Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. or by appointment For more, visit portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2013/08/garde.

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Hurricane Restaurant’s lunch and dinner menus feature the finest seafood on Maine’s coast seven days a week. Enjoy $10 off every bottle of wine on Wednesdays.

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OK, sandwiches, salads. Think again.

Take the Studio Lunch ($12.95). Visually, it’s a painter’s palette of a plate. The seasonal soup is a velvety potato leek, garnished with colorful drops of Sriracha. An assortment of cheeses includes the aromatic, creamy Le Delice; tangy Great Hill Blue accented with a dab of honey; and a sharp Shelburne cheddar, all playing well within a Standard Baking baguette. House-pickled vegetables– tasty dilly beans, cauliflower with a hint of curry, and red peppers–are served on crisp greens along with mixed olives.

We continue our artful noshing with the meze plate ($9.95), savoring the complementing flavors of house-made olive tapenade, creamy hummus, fresh pita chips, veggies, grilled stuffed grape leaves, and baguette. The grape leaves are a major attraction here, filled with saffron rice, sundried tomatoes, feta, and walnuts. It’s all a cut above your usual meze plate.

Oh, yes. There are sandwiches, of the kind you always think you’ll make for yourself but never do. The imaginative Parisienne ($8.95) has smoked ham surrounded with ripened brie, just enough Dijon mustard, sliced cornichons, and peppery greens in a gorgeous baguette, with potato chips (or green salad for an additional $3.95).

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Designer notwithstanding, this threefloor melange of Queen Anne, Georgian, Federal, and Colonial Revival styles was built for Portland National Bank executive Piper on a lot that art maven Lorenzo de Medici Sweat had once purchased from

Early advertisements indicate that original owner Piper was one of 45 proud local drivers of a Knox automobile in 1910. Six of the drivers listed in the Knox ad carried the surname Payson, two of whom also lived on Vaughan Street.

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11 & 16 Massachusetts Avenue – Boothbay A truly classic Maine log cabin located in the beautiful village of East Boothbay. Convenient to Boothbay Harbor and Ocean Point, this pristine home has been recently redone with the finest of updates. Sitting atop the Murray Hill neighborhood with views galore of Linekin Bay. Use for your summer retreat or year round enjoyment. This lovely 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with separate 2 car garage is a pleasure to show. Come be part of our community. $759,000 63 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538 800-576-6911 • 207-633-2222 • Fax: 207-633-6251 info@pottlerealtygroup.com • www.pottlerealtygroup.com

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This truly beautiful, custom built home close to Bowdoin College is situated on a .46 acre, fully fenced lot with lovely landscaping and stone patio. On the first floor, you will find an open kitchen with raised breakfast bar, dining area with access to the back deck, a front to back living room with gas fireplace, formal dining room and office space, all with hardwood floors. The second floor offers two bedroom suites, two additional bedrooms, full bath, laundry room and family room. Additional surprises await. $389,900

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PORTLAND | $395,000 One-of-a-kind downtown Loft Condo offering a fabulous open concept. The flexible floor plan with 14’ ceilings, stainless/granite kitchen and bamboo flooring has tons of light. Two walk-in showers and huge finished basement space, and storage make this a unique home.

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FALMOUTH | $475,000 Picture-perfect beautifully maintained Private Country Home & 3 stall Barn with flexible use on 6.5 ac. 2/10 mile driveway to 4 7/30/13 Bedrooms, 3 fireplaces + woodstove, gorgeous oak moldings & floors plus in-law apt. Fabulous gardens & landscaping show pride of ownership!

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Beautiful custom waterfront home, Beaver Mountain Lake, Rangeley. Open living area, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, family room, 3 season porch, $629,000

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New renovations, turn key. On 7 Islands, Pingree Lease- $1700/yr. $285,000

Remarkable setting, impeccable passive solar home, panoramic views! Large garage, and professionally landscaped. Close to 2-ski areas & Rangeley! $289,000

Vintage cottage on eastern shore of Mooselookmeguntic Lake with rare permanent dock in excellent condition. Bald Mountain Road. A real gem!!! $699.900

Lakehouse condo, renovated in 2010, including chef’s kitchen with stainless steel Kitchenaid appliances. Quiet setting, sandy beach and close to Rangeley village. $225,000 Landing Listing First chance to own land on Richardson Lakes in years! Walk to Rapid River and Middle Dam 2.93 acres and 224 ft. of waterfront, shared dock system in place. Bring your fly-rod! $455,000 Best Buy Large home built in 1989, includes 20 + acres, 1410 feet on the Sandy River, wood floors, 9 rooms. Residence or second home, investment or B&B. Minutes to Rangeley $214,900

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PORTLAND | $399,000 Unique Architecturally designed 7th floor corner unit. This 1 bedroom light filled condo has expansive westerly views of Back Cove and Mt. Washington. Private large balcony, on site covered parking, walk to restaurants, museums and all Downtown Portland has to offer!

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Little Deer Isle Eggemoggin Reach Retreat Strategically situated high on nearly 10 acres to capture splendid views of this much admired sailing lane where windjammers and schooners are common place. Circa 2003, top quality, shingled, custom built home with many incredible features and added space for guests in a separate guest house or garage studio.

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Beals “Frost Farm” Enchanting saltwater farm c. 1870 on western shore of Beals Island with jaw-dropping ocean views & sunsets over Hannah’s Cove. Retains many original, distinctive architectural features. New roof, windows & furnace.

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Deer Isle Oak Point Seaside Family Compound Rugged rock bound shoreline with level entry to deep water frontage. South and westerly exposure provide cool ocean breezes and fabulous sunsets! The 7.8 acres are a wonderful combination of woods and open sunlit clearings, a totally private setting. The 1,163' of shore frontage on the bay has a mooring in place.

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Deer Isle Sunshine Oceanfront Homestead Circa 1970 Cape style home nicely surrounded by lawn and gardens that lead to gentle entry of the 425' of shoreline with a sandy/gravel beach.

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Sargentville “The Field” Fabulous piece of shore front where the cove meets Eggemoggin Reach with long views down the Reach. Open fields, apple trees and lupine lead to a beach and potential spot for a boat mooring.

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Stonington Waterfront Home Seasonal cottage in a pristine setting on Holt Pond , a saltwater estuary surrounded by conservation land and leads to the inner harbor. Private yet nearby Stonington Village. Beautiful sunsets!

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Stonington “Gulls Ledge” Unique contemporary designed to take full advantage of the commanding ever changing ocean views over Deer Isle thorofare. Additional separate guest quarters.

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Stonington Open Harbor House Take in long sweeping views down Burnt Cove where the meadow meets the sea. Circa 1862 Farmhouse with original 2-story post & beam barn, double sided fireplace and much more!

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PITTSTON - Absolutely spectacular!

One of a kind! Newer post & beam w/over 5000 sq. ft. of incredible living space. 4 BRs, 4.5 baths, 30 acres, Douglas fir doors, chef's kitchen, stone fireplace, 8 stall horse barn. Pastures, views, in-ground pool! $1,500,000

HALLOWELL - Sited on 2.3 acres of manicured grounds, this spectacular home has 6 BRs, 3.5 baths, chef's kitchen, 5 working fireplaces, family rm w/ raised panel, breakfast area, formal dining/living w/floor to ceiling windows, porch. Extraordinary! $775,000

WHITEFIELD - Spectacular 3 bedroom colonial. 3-1/2 baths, concrete counters, wood floors, incredible home theater, basketball court, lanai with hot tub and built-in grill, inground pool, basement in-law apartment, all systems updated. $425,00

W. GARDINER - Spectacular setting with views for miles. Impressive log home with slate fireplace, lots of glass, soaring ceilings, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths, loft, family room, open concept, 2 car garage, privacy. Just incredible! $350,000

AUGUSTA - Stunning views and setting with this like-new contemporary Cape. Maple kitchen w/granite and bar area, fireplaced living, formal dining, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, huge family room, 2 car garage, deck, pool, cul-de-sac.

Upper Ganneston. $375,000

PITTSTON - Spectacular 3 BR, 2.5 bath Colonial. Wood floors, 10' ceilings, office, incredible entry foyer, custom, quality kitchen w/island and granite, window seat, master suite, huge family room, columns, wood floors, deck, 2+ acres. Amazing! $435,000

HALLOWELL - Absolutely stunning! 2 bedrooms, 2.5 custom baths, incredible kitchen w/granite & Viking appliances, wood floors, double fireplace, beautiful master suite, patio, 2 decks, 2 car garage, fully updated. Spectacular views and total quality! $315,000

MT. VERNON - Massive & impeccable contemporary home. 5 large BRs, 4 baths, wrap-around porch, barn/guest house, attached garage, family room, huge deck, manicured grounds, Viking stove, fruit trees, 2 small ponds and so much more! $475,000

W. GARDINER WATERFRONT - Duplex home on Cobbossee Lake w/ spectacular views. Over 6000 square feet, new roof, 2 boilers, massive kitchens, 15' from water's edge, new docks, enclosed porches, huge rooms. Serious value here! $375,000

GARDINER - Over 4800 sq.ft. of incredible living space! 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, stunning kitchen w/island and stainless, 2 slate fireplaces, 45x55 heated garage, family room, 77' deck, views, 2 hole golf course, private. Just awesome! $475,000

AUGUSTA WATERFRONT - Stunning home on Three Corner Pond!

Massive cathedral living/game room w/ stone hearth & stove, 2-3 BRs, 2 car garage, newly renovated basement, minutes to new hospital. MOTIVATED SELLER! $359,000

FARMINGDALE - Stunning Hayford Heights Cape w/over 2 acres of land. 3 BRs, custom hickory kitchen w/island, formal dining & living, family room w/ hearth & stove, open concept, master suite, deck & screened porch, 3 car attached, 2.5 baths. $395,000

CHELSEA - Absolutely stunning & impeccable 3-4 BR Cape on 16+ acres.

2.5 baths, formal dining, wood floors, den, kitchen w/granite & stainless, 2 car garage, circular drive, deck, inground heated pool, great view. What a house! $275,000

MONMOUTH WATERFRONT - Impeccable home on Cochnewagon Lake. 2 BRs, 2-1/4 baths, huge living, waterside porch, wrap around deck, spectacular views, separate garage w/ guest quarters, master suite. Efficient & maintenance free! $350,000

HALLOWELL WATERFRONT Breathtaking views from this highly visible 3 story brick building. Lg parking lot, 155' of Kennebec River frontage. Lg 2 story bldg in back. Currently 1 Long Term Tenant. 3 apts, 2 storefronts, restaurant & more. $625,000

HALLOWELL COMMERCIAL Downtown Hallowell's anchor building. Over 13,000 square feet, sprinkler system, newer rubber roof, elevator, long term tenants, high visibility, large parking lot. This is tough to beat! $575,000

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sat down to pull on her pantyhose, then stood, snugged them up, put in her earrings, and stepped into her boots. “Do I look all right?” she asked.

“Yes,” I said, “You look fine.”

“Let’s go,” she said.

The warden had told Jo, “The demonstrators on both sides may be rowdy, perhaps quite profane, but the police will keep them separated.” Later he whispered to me, “You’ll know it’s over when the prison lights dim.”

It was ten fifteen, balmy, and threatening rain when we arrived at the barracks. Three troopers greeted us. “I’m Lieutenant Givens and I’ll lead,” the shortest one said. “You and Mrs. Strong will follow me in your car. Troopers Shackleford and Bonds here will be behind you. Don’t worry about stoplights. There will be an officer directing traffic at every intersection until we pass through town.”

“Thank you,” I said.

Bonds, the tallest, handed me a card with his cell phone number on it. “Call if you need to stop for any reason,” he said, “and I’ll radio Trooper Givens.” I handed it to Jo. In the car, Jo rested her hand on top of my thigh and said, “I’m glad you insisted on driving. I couldn’t ride with them.”

“No,” I said. “That would have been awkward.”

We flew through town as if the signals had been synchronized for us, rolling along at the speed limit on the highway until we crawled down the exit for East Helensburg and The Helensburg Correctional Facility. Winding the final quarter mile through a gauntlet of yellow barricades, we arrived outside the prison at elev-

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knotted my tie for the third time and listened to Jo squeegee the shower walls, one of the tasks and rituals she’s refused to abandon or alter these last nine years, even in the days of our most savage grief, like no weeds in the garden, no neglected laundry, no unpaid bills, no lying in bed after the alarm, no leaving the dishes until morning, no forgetting to water the plants, no third glass of wine with dinner, no skipping Mass. As she would not be broken, she kept me whole.

The shower door slapped shut. I heard Jo’s cap crinkle as she hung it on the peg beside the mirror, followed by the crackle of her hairbrush drawn through her auburn and gray tresses. She ran the tap, brushed her teeth, gargled, and spat.

Jo stepped into the bedroom, naked, a towel draped over her shoulder, trailed by a wisp of steam. Sitting on the bed, she dried between her toes. “How much time do I have?” she said.

“About ten minutes,” I answered.

“I’m not going to wear any jewelry,” Jo said, “except for the dove earrings she gave me.”

“I think that’s good, Jo,” I said. “She’d like that.”

Jo rose and put on the underwear and half-slip she’d laid out on the bed. I stared at the photo collage of Marcy on my dresser—her first day of kindergarten; as Mary in the Christmas Pageant at Saint John’s; her National Honor Society Induction; Junior and Senior Proms; graduations from High School and College–and loosened my tie. In each photo, even as the Virgin Mother, Marcy smiled. I knew she’d smiled the same way when she’d run out of gas and was offered help. It was a smile she trusted.

Jo grabbed a black, long-sleeved, mid-calf dress from its hanger on the closet door and slipped it over her head. She buttoned the front,

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en twenty-three in a light mist.

A trooper in rain gear, waving a flashlight, directed me to back into a reserved spot across the road from the main gate, between two state police Ford Explorers. I cracked my window, yanked on the emergency brake, and put the car into neutral, idling so the defroster would keep the windshield clear.

Our headlights strafed a sea of people swarmed behind a chain link fence in a field festooned with banners and illuminated by the glow of barbecue grills next to the main gate. Jo gasped as the crowd parted, allowing two pregnant women to stand against the fence and raise a banner mounted on poles that said: An Eye for An Eye

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reached for Jo’s hand. A helicopter droned overhead. Mist beaded on the windshield. I cut the ignition and headlights. Jo peered over her shoulder. My knuckles cracked as she squeezed my fingers. “My sign, it isn’t in the back seat,” she

said, terror flaming in her hazel eyes. “God, we didn’t forget it?”

“It’s in the trunk,” I said. “But do you want to get out of the car now?”

“Yes,” she said. “Why not?”

“In case the Supreme Court issues a stay,” I said, regarding my watch. “It’s just now half past. Wait a bit?”

“No,” Jo said. “Now.” I eased out, opened the trunk, and retrieved her sign, which she had covered in clear tape so the words would not run if it rained.

When I opened Jo’s door to help her out, the three troopers, each holding an umbrella, raced to shield us from the flock of reporters and cameramen and ushered us to an open spot on the knoll across from the prison entrance. Above the hum of generators and the sizzle and ping of bugs and moths striking the klieg lights and satellite dishes mounted on the television trucks, we could hear the crowd across the road chanting, “An Eye For An Eye, Beckett Must Fry.” A smaller group answered, “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”

Searchlights strobed the moonless sky. The blue pulses of the cops’ wigwags glinted on the fence, the barricades, the wet pavement, and the metal gate. I took a deep breath inhaling the scent of charcoal and grilled meat.

Jo strode into the flash of a hundred cameras and raised her sign: Killing The Man Who Killed My Daughter Is Vengeance Not Justice At midnight the lights dimmed. n The first Colonial use of capital punishment in Maine was in 1644, for murder. All other uses have been for murder, other than the case of Jeremiah Baum, who was hanged for treason in 1780. Capital punishment was abolished In 1876 by a margin of 13 votes in the legislature but was reinstated in 1883. The botched execution of Daniel Wilkinson in Portland (near where the present Portland Glass offices are) on Congress Street in 1885, where passers by watched in horror as he was slowly strangled to death, resulted in its abolition in 1887. Since then, there have been six attempts to reinstate it: 1925, 1937, 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1979. All have been unsuccessful.

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