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You can just see the meet-cute between two squirrels: “Come on up to my drey. I have some new etchings I’d like to show you. I’m told they’re early Whistler, and while they’re not signed, they carry an estate stamp. Not to mention, I have a new mid-century modern co ee table.” e architecture for a drey is a series of divine accidents. ey’re imperfectly oval, with curvilinear features and dramatic, spiky cantilevers. Better still (and Ruskin would approve), no two dreys are alike. It takes leaves, mud wattle, twigs, pine-cone fragments, and maybe a little high-proof bodily uids to make a drey, well, stick. It also takes a dream and, in our example above, a little savoir faire.
A lesser-known secret: dreys are shaggy, amorphous little models for the cosmos. e outside may seem deceptively simple, but the inside is something else again. e best dreys are lined with so moss and gossamer, fragrant pine needles, and inspirational pillows (“Home Is Where the Nuts Are”). Sorry, Professor Tolkien. A hobbit never had it so good.
Full transparency: I’ve said “drey” at least 50 times in the last two weeks, annoying friends and family. During my journey I’ve stumbled on some exacting rules. For instance, it’s redundant to say “squirrel’s drey.” If someone makes a mistake like that, you sort of know who you’re dealing with.
Dray is the second spelling for drey. Is that like grey and gray? No. ere isn’t space here to disambiguate them. And while we’re at it, who else lives in a drey? Is it just squirrels? Shh! Tell no one: the ringtail possum.
e collective noun for squirrels is “a scurry of squirrels.” It’s a crossword clue. Ditto for “a dazzle of zebras” and “a parliament of owls.” I sensed these sweet turns of phrase were older than dirt, but my drey has a library, and I admit to being oored when I learned that groups of animals like these were invented and ingeniously described by the rst woman ever credited to have been published in English, Dame Juliana Berners, born in 1388. Her work is funny, courtly, and y. So y, in fact, that she wrote a treatise on y- shing a century and a half ahead of Izaak Walton.
My takeaway a er a day in a drey? Drey refers to not one thing but two: a home and its inhabitants. So when you hear me say “Nice drey!” as I o en do, you know I’m not chattering on about genius loci but marveling that squirrels got it right the rst time. Why not? ey’re not so scattered—I’ve seen them mourn their dead.
Residents and their legends, not just a pile of shiny building materials, de ne a home.
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Oh boy. My [December 2022] issue of Portland Magazine just arrived, and hooray, there’s a story by [Diane Hudson]. And there’s an article about Brad Maushart [“Brushstrokes & Breaststrokes”], another favorite person I know in Maine.
Susan Porter, Bu alo, NY/Peaks Island Founder, Addison Woolley Gallery
Dear George Jreije, My mom and I were talking about alchemy and what it means [“Spun Gold,” December 2022]. She pretty much knew the basics, but I’d never heard of it. I researched it, and it's fascinating. We had fun discussing it. Many more books to come [from you], I’m hoping!
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ank you for the wonderful article “Sunrise, Sunset” [November 2022] concerning the beautiful summer cottage of Crawford W. Livingston, Jr. that burned down on February 17, 1965. You mentioned my late husband, Adelbert (Del) Jakeman, Jr., who was working for the Biddeford-Saco Journal at the time and covered the story. He was a wonderful writer and author, taking a er his father, Adelbert, Sr., who was a well-known author. My family and I always admired the mansion, and Livingston. Quite a fellow! Our hearts were broken when we heard the news of the devastating re. Was anyone ever held accountable?
Jillian C. Jakeman, Ocean Park
Debuting at the “In My Style” New York Fashion Week exhibition of vintage evening gowns worn by Kennebunkport’s legendary singer on stage and screen: mezcal, blanc vermouth, grapefruit, lemon, soda, Peychaud’s bitters.
Where were you when this picture was taken? No need to answer if you were among the unborn.
“I was building a snow fort!” says screenwriter Brian Daly.
I was chasing a lost weather bal loon across backyards. The radio sta tion said scientists desperately needed the information it carried, and we were al ready behind Russia
I found it.
— CWSAccording to former Port- land Police Chief Michael Chitwood, “complaints about criminal actvity–drugs, alcohol, sex” got this 1891 gazebo designed by John Cal- vin Stevens torn down just before the West- ern Promenade’s 1989 entry into the Natonal Register of Historic Places could have saved it. Undaunted, the Friends of the West- ern Promenade have raised $11,000+ towards Gazebo 2.0.
Feast your eyes in these hotel dining rooms.
Guidebooks toss around phrases like “unique” and “one-of-akind” experiences. Maybe that’s because they’ve never been witness to real magic like the Reading Room at the Bar Harbor Inn, designed by William Ralph Emerson in 1887. is is sensual panoramic dining to con ate the senses: a butter-poached halibut of a view. A Rachmanino Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor of a view. If you really want to channel Edith Wharton and other ghostly habitués, come to the Sunday brunch. e ultimate fantasy: after dessert, step into the view and become part of the sunset with the schooner Margaret Todd in full view from the dining room.
From Off-Season rates starting at just $89 per night, to peak Summer rates starting at just $259, there’s something for everyone at The Anchorage. 2-Night Stay and Dine Packages also available.*
For casual but cool dining anytime, try our seaside Sun & Surf! On the beach across from The Anchorage Inn. 207.363.2961
Over 200 rooms & suites, 2 indoor & 2 outdoor (in season) pools, oceanfront dining, and more, just 45 minutes from Portland and one hour from Boston.
Moosehead Lake is a big movie in the dining room windows of the Lodge
Up here, there's drama below the waves too. Penobscot governor and (this is a compliment) witch John Neptune, according to legend, could lean casually against a pine tree near the lake, let his spirit run down
the sap of the tree, and travel underwater like a spirit. Trappers from the Hudson Bay Co., who o en stole furs from Penobscot hunting parties, would see a mossy arm coming up out of the water. And then, boom! Subterranean Neptune would overturn their canoes.
Henry David oreau found himself, and his audience, on this enchanting lake. A er a rustic breakfast here (I'll have the salmon eggs benedict, please), you're ready to embark on your wilderness expedition believing everything is possible.
Every night is a special occasion at the Cape Arundel Inn & Resort . Ocean Avenue lifts the world high above the waves. The view from the dining room (there’s porch dining too) takes in the mystical Kennebunkport of Blowing Cave and Spouting Rock , not to mention nearby Walker's Point . With its tower and wraparound porch, resorts like this are part of the original sleight of mind where the railroad invented Summer People.
Essential knowledge required upon entry: beach roses, also known as rugosa roses, are Chinese imports, dating to the 18th-century adventures stemming from the Kennebunk River. For a deep dive, check out novelist Booth Tarkington's novels Mirthful Haven and Mary's Neck
How do you know you've really made it in Kennebunkport? You're the talk of the town if they seat you in the "Bird Cage" at the Colony Resort—especially if you don't have to ask.
From le to right, drink in a grand visual sweep that includes Nubble Light, Mount Agamenticus (the Vesuvius of Southern Maine, a so , graceful curve), Perkins Cove, and the bracelets of lights along Gooch's Beach).
Channel your inner Christian Bale (a guest of the Colony 3–4 years ago) and order the lobster or baked Alaska. Dramatic backgrounds are sometimes deepened by engaging foregrounds, such as the drolleries of the hotel putting green in the rose gardens below.
The Lodge at Kennebunk is set on a quiet 8 acres of land, and has convenient highway access. It is also minutes away from shopping, dining, and beach options. Our facilities include a 40' outdoor heated pool, a conference room, a game room, a playground, picnic tables, and gas barbecue grills. Our amenities include extended cable television, air conditioning, phones, refrigerators, and microwaves in every room.
What do you get when you cross e Claremont Hotel (a world-famous croquet destination) with Batson River Fish Camp? e 21st century in Southwest Harbor, and they've nailed it. n
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What Shakespeare lover can resist alliteration?
“In September 2013, my son and daughter and I were sitting on the rocks in Belfast City Park overlooking the harbor, talking about getting the community involved in celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday coming up in 2014, wondering how we’re going to do this with no money,” says Recycled Shakespeare Company co-founder Lyn Rowden. “We’re essentially freegans into recycling everything that ever was, so all three of us said at once: ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recite!’”
Slogan sorted, “Emily [Rowden Fournier] wanted to hold a community reading of all 150 sonnets on Shakespeare’s birthday in April, and Aaron [Rowden] wanted to direct A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the solstice, and that’s all we thought we were going to do and then go home. But we had over 250 people come to Dream when we were expecting about 30, so we
decided to keep going.”
Unlike arts organizations with expensive facilities to maintain, “We have no theater and no plans to have a theater.” Repurposing existing places, the RSC performs in church and grange halls, the town square, or on a baseball diamond. When an outdoor park performance got rained out, “Fair eld House of Pizza recon gured their 25-person seating area to t 50 people plus the cast elbow to elbow, and now Pizza and a Play is our most popular show.”
For the Bard’s Birthday Bash, all of Waterville’s a stage: “We parade around town in costume singing and reading sonnets at the library and at di erent businesses.”
Rowden says their minimal carbon footprint is akin to how plays were put on in Shakespeare’s day. “ eir shows were in the daytime using natural lighting, they kept things on their stages to a minimum, they
recycled and repurposed costumes. I don’t know if we’ve ever bought a piece of fabric. Sew for a Cause gives us all kinds of scraps, and we use whatever they give us. We have cozy audiences, so everybody can hear without microphones, and we train our cast in vocal projection.”
With sets made of cardboard and duct tape, and hubcaps found by the side of the road serving as shields, the one prop they’ve had to invest in for safety is metal swords. “Wooden swords were much more dangerous, as the wood started to splinter and y,” and baguettes turned out to be no better: “By the third day, it was so hard it broke in half and cut someone.”
A negligible operating budget means lowkey fundraisers. “Sometimes we’ll o er the option to reserve front-row seats for $10. Or you can donate $1 to have a Shakespearean insult delivered live to somebody at one of our plays by our Master of Mockery. We might make $200 to cover our next show. Right from the beginning, we wanted to make sure the arts are available to every single person.
We do these things so all our plays can be free, and we will never charge for them.”
Following Shakespeare’s lead in recycling “plots, themes— even the peo ple,” the RSC takes care not to be wasteful of human resources either. “Everybody who wants a part gets a part—that’s part of our mission,” says Rowden. “ e oldest person we’ve cast was 81 years old, all the way down to a 6-year-old, with actors as well as people from all walks of life who’d never been on stage before. People say, ‘I’ve never found a group that welcomed and accepted me like this. I actually got to contribute my knowledge and skills.’” RSC directors, says Rowden, “are not
dictators. It’s OK for the cast to help create the vibe of the play instead of rigidly following what the director’s telling you to do. A lot of people refer to being with us as a safe space, because we’re not using the arts as a power struggle to lord it over other people. Emily always said, ‘Another word for recycling is redeeming, whether it’s bottles, words, or people. If redemption isn’t part of what we do, then we don’t need to do this anymore.’”
er a visit from William Wolfgang of the University of Warwick in the UK while researching his doctoral thesis on Grassroots Shakespeare: Amateur and Community-based Shakespeare Performance in the United States of America , Emily joined him
in founding the EarthShakes Alliance, a global collective of Shakespearean theaters and companies pledging to put environmental concerns at the heart of their practices and productions. “We were the rst to be doing recycled green theater,” Rowden says. “We didn’t know it was going to be the next big thing.”
Now they’ve been joined in taking EarthShakes’ multi-pronged sustainability pledge by organizations such as Shakespeare’s Globe in London and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. “Grad students used to call Emily all the time to interview her,” Rowden says. “She was invited to present papers on green theater practices in Prague and at the Globe 4 Globe: Shakespeare and Climate Emergency Symposium in London in 2020."
But that summer, on a white-water raing trip in e Forks on the Upper Kennebec, Emily leaned out too far trying to help a child who’d fallen overboard, fell in, and got
swept under the boat herself. “It’s unfathomable to me that she could’ve died in the water, because she was a really strong swimmer, and she swam in that river,” her mother says. “But my husband taught CPR for years, and he couldn't revive her.” She was 32.
When William Wolfgang eventually presented Emily’s paper at the Globe in 2021, “I cried through the whole thing. Our little girl who decided she was going to read some sonnets for Shakespeare’s birthday, being honored at the real Globe eatre in London eight years later by people from all over the world recognizing her work and how in uential she was.”
Susan Collins sent a condolence letter mourning the loss to the arts community in Maine, and RSC supporters set up a GoFundMe page in Emily’s memory, “so we had to keep going,” Rowden says. “We couldn’t just say to all these people, ‘Sorry, it’s over.’ ings should be recycled, repurposed, and redeemed, and Shakespeare should be accessible to all with no obstacles or barriers, and we will make that happen, no matter what.” n
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the owner of Camp Laughing Grass in Harrison. “You can make remark able memories here. We have 13 sites, from wilderness outlooks along the Crooked River to rustic cabins for two to luxurious glamping pavilions. A new A-frame and treehouse are in the mix for next year.”
Not to mention lighting up. “Cannabis is all over camp. Weed-shaped plushies, green blankets, and fresh-cut leaves” update the dull pillow mints you might otherwise expect.
is isn’t Madison’s rst rodeo. In 2017 (retail cannabis was legalized in 2016), she tried to host a bud-and-breakfast gala at the Cornish Inn, but the smokin’ shindig was squashed by the town before its start. “Five years later, cannabis has become much more accepted. e town of Harrison has welcomed and embraced Camp Laughing Grass.”
right on the river. We have kayaks, canoes, cornhole, Yardzee, and horseshoes.” If hiking’s your thing, “there are astonishing trails and mountains (Pleasant Mountain, Bald Pate, and Mt. Henry) minutes away.”
While “we encourage bringing cannabis along too, we o er free samples from local dispensaries and sellers, including High Rollers , Crystal Spring Healing Alternatives , Sticky Bud Farms , and Green Country Cannabis .
We’re talking delicious edibles, pre-rolled blunts, and oils. e gummies are particularly popular.
“At night, our bon re sets us free.” Mystically in the heart of camp, “it’s the
grow so close in a place I love, and come back year a er year together.
“A er a relaxing night’s rest in your cabin or tent, come and enjoy our continental breakfast and co ee. Our homemade mufns, oatmeal, and fresh fruit are perfect for morning munchies.”
“Our glamping sites take it to the next level.”
e dome-style Northern Lights Glamping model has a clear roof, so you can enjoy the night sky while tucked in bed. “And our tents are perfect for those hoping to be embraced by nature. Each site o ers a picnic table, parkstyle grill, and re ring.”
“When we aren’t hosting Camp Laughing Grass, we o er international retreats in enchanting destinations around the world—in fact, I’m hosting one in Jamaica right now.” n
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Portland is a nationally renowned beer destination. We have more breweries per capita than any city in the country; our brewers have won James Beard Awards and been name-checked by the New York Times and Bon Appétit. But if you want Portland’s OG alcohol option? It’s rum, without a doubt.
With over two centuries of rum production in the Old Port, it makes sense for rum to have a strong presence.
If you walk along the Eastern Promenade Trail toward the Bayside Trail and Diamond Street, you can enjoy world-class rum at ree of Strong Spirits, a modern distillery channeling the rich history of Portland’s rum.
Colorful and inviting, ree of Strong’s space doubles in size during the summer months as outdoor seating makes a comeback. Inside, the walls are painted with blues and yellows, featuring a catchy rum-punch recipe: “One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak.”
“We wanted to call out Maine’s long history of rum-making and the spirit of gathering people around the punch bowl,” says co-founder Dave McConnell. “We always have a daily punch on o er in the tasting room.”
eir house-made spirits include Brightwater (silver rum), Stone Pier (blended rum), Merrymeeting Spiced Rum, Acadican (sweet rum), and Nightwater Dark Rum.
Even a century doesn’t quiet the riot.
The vibrant tasting room o ers innovative rum cocktails, rum ights, and a light food menu that includes charcuterie boards, housemade chili, spiced almonds, and bottomless bowls of popcorn. Brightwater Daiquiris, Merrymeeting Painkillers, and ree of Strong Negronis are among the most popular cocktails.
e Mojito was our particular favorite of the night—so much so, we split a pitcher. “Premixed mojitos on dra are a pandemic-inspired innovation,” says McConnell. “We also o er a pre-mixed Stormy Night,” their take on the classic Dark & Stormy. Even better, both are now available in cans to go.
The night of our visit, it was trivia night. Despite being o our A game, we managed to eke out a win against some of the toughest trivia teams in Greater Portland, scoring some enviable 3OSS logo swag. For the spirit of Portland’s history, the spirit of community, and just basic ol’ good spirits, there aren’t many better places for hanging out than ree of Strong.
Trivia Question No. 1: Prior to 1837, Maine shipyard and waterfront industry workers took two breaks a day for sustenance. What was the source of their sustenance?
A: Rum
“It was normal for workers to drink on the job, for ministers to drink before delivering a sermon, or for a gentleman of society to get beastly drunk and dance a jig on top of a table at a town gathering,” said former Portland mayor Neal Dow, the “Father of Prohibition” in the United States. “The town bell rang at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. as a reminder for workers to break for some rum, which em-
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ployers were expected to provide.”
Dow’s first regulatory success in his war against alcohol came in 1829. He partnered with the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association to lobby Portland employers to stop giving rum as part of workers’ wages.
Trivia Question No. 2: The protest that resulted in the death of one Portlander and the wounding of seven others is known as the Riot of 1855. Fill in the blank.
A: Rum
In 1851, Dow pushed through legislation banning the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages. In 1855, while Dow was the mayor of Portland, fed-up citizens marched on City Hall to protest his policies. Dow ordered local militia to open fire on the mob storming City Hall.
Trivia Question No. 3: What is the only liquor available in color and flavor possibilities from clear to amber to dark?
A: Rum
If sugarcane is the original source of any liquor, you can call it rum. Among the offerings at Three of Strong are Acadian, an agricole-style rum made from Louisiana sugarcane juice; Brightwater, a classic light rum; Nightwater, the dark-oaked sister with notes of coffee and molasses; Merrymeeting spiced rum; and ‘Chando 12, an aged rum sourced from Colombia with a name inspired by a word for “hanging out.” n
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen 30 years of Old World recipes. Best meatballs in town. Mile-high lasagnas, fresh-filled cannoli pastries, 54 sandwiches, pizza. A timeless great family spot. Beer and wine. Free parking. 151 Middle St., Portland, AnthonysItalianKitchen.com, 774-8668.
Bandaloop has moved into a restored 1700s barn on Route 1 in Arundel. Since 2004 we have offered locally sourced, globally inspired, organic cuisine. Our new home has plenty of space, parking, outdoor seating, takeout, and an event space in the loft. We continue to offer something for every palate—from vegans to carnivores and everything in between. bandalooprestaurant.com
Bruno’s Voted Portland’s Best Italian Restaurant by Market Surveys of America, Bruno’s offers a delicious variety of classic Italian, American, and seafood dishes–and they make all of their pasta in-house. Great sandwiches, pizza, calzones, soups, chowders, and salads. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the dining room or the tavern. Casual dining at its best. 33 Allen Ave., 878-9511, https:// www.restaurantji.com/me/portland/brunosrestaurant-and-tavern-/
Bull Feeney’s, authentic Irish pub and restaurant. Hearty Irish fare, from-scratch sandwiches, local seafood. Maine craft & premium imported brews. Maine’s most extensive single malt, Irish & Bourbon whiskey selection. 375 Fore St. 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com
The Corner Room features bright, wide-open space with towering ceilings complemented by handcrafted woodwork. Patrons can expect a warm, comfortable atmosphere, marked by the rich aromas of house-made pastas, pizzas, antipasti and artisanal breads. Come and enjoy the taste of Venice in the heart of Portland, ME! 879-4747, 110 Exchange Street. Visit thecornerroomkitchenandbar.com for more information.
Flatbread Company Portland Tucked between two wharves with picturesque waterfront views. Family-friendly restaurant w/ signature pizzas, weekly carne & veggie specials. Made w/ local ingredients, baked in wood-fired, clay ovens. Everything’s homemade, organic, and nitrate-free. 24 local drafts & cocktails showcase all-local breweries & distilleries. 72 Commercial St., 772-8777, flatbreadcompany.com.
J’s Oyster Premier seafood destination & locals’ favorite w/indoor & outdoor waterfront seating on a scenic Portland pier. Since 1977, classic favorites, friendly service. Named by Coastal Living one of “America’s Best Seafood Dives 2016.” 722-4828.
Maria’s Ristorante Portland’s original classic Italian restaurant. Greg & Tony Napolitano prepare classics: Zuppa di Pesce, Eggplant Parmigiana, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop Milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, Pistachio Gelato & Maine’s Best Meatballs. See our own sauce in local stores. $11.95-$22.95. Open at 5 Wed.-Sat. Catering always avail. 1335 Congress Street 772-9232, mariasrestaurant.com.
The second we walk into Dok Mali on India Street, we know we’re part of a fun crowd.
For diners who dare to drink a ai Long Island Iced Tea ($15), the cognac, dark rum, and brown sugar bourbon are smooth and mingle easily. My companion’s Spicy Lemongrass Margarita ($14) gets a “Wow, it’s got the perfect heat!”
e Dumpling Flight ($24) we begin with is genius. Two pieces of seven varieties arrive displayed in an attractive woven bowl. e fresh, earthy avors of the Veggie + Edamame (steamed) and the Chive (deep fried) are welcome surprises. e sweet and spicy notes and varied textures of the pan-fried Pork + Zucchini, Shrimp + Pork, Pork Gyoza, and the steamed Kanom Jeeb ( ai chicken dumplings) and Vegetable are just as stimulating to the palate.
Blossom Dumplings (4 pieces, $13) are not included in the ight, but we’re thankfully inspired to add these beauties glistening in coconut sauce and lled with caramelized minced chicken, ground peanuts, and radish.
Next up, fresh spring rolls, a serving of eight
pieces ($12) that mysteriously calm with crunchy carrots, cucumber, basil leaves, and rice noodles.
Dok Mali’s mission is to rustle up the “captivating tastes of ai street food culture,” and our next two appetizers embody that energy: Moo Ping ($9), meltin-your-mouth tender pork skewers marinated in ai herbs, and the delec table Goong Pao ($16), three perfectly grilled prawns topped with a tasty heap of bright orange tobiko ( ying- sh roe). Knockout dip ping sauces are here to take you some where new: a sweet one for the pork, and a hot one for the prawns. We fully savor the La La Pork ($25)—braised pork belly with bok choi, egg, and very good brown (or white) rice—and the Crying Tiger ($28), a succulent piece of marinated rib eye grilled medium rare, served with sticky rice, tasty veggie skewers, and a spicy roasted
tomato dip, before packing some to go, leaving room for dessert. Sporting a warm, crisp crust like pu pastry, the Fried Ice Cream ($12) makes for a perfect nish.
Dok Mali excites our taste buds “like night markets” where “the energy picks up when the day is done for late night mingling, drinks and an array of delectable dim sum.” ink street food on a romantic avenue. n
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. National Theater Live: Henry V, Apr. 14–17; National Theater Live: Othello, May 12–15. 564-8943.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Exit Laughing, May 12–28. 282-0849.
Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. Little Women, Apr. 20–23 & 27–30. 783-0958.
Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. You Can’t Take It With You, through Apr. 23. 835-0895.
Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. The Sound of Music, through Apr. 16. 667-9500.
Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Curtains, through Apr. 8. 799-1421.
Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. Dance Nation, Apr. 20–May 14. 747-4148.
Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. National Theatre Live: Othello, May 6. 873-7000.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. The Coldharts’ Edgar Allan, Apr. 15; Bread & Puppet’s
Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin), Apr. 23. 879-4629.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Ugly Duckling, Apr. 8. 842-0800.
Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131
Main St. Queen, through Apr. 16; Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Apr. 14–16; Ironbound, May 4–21. 942-3333.
Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Cirque
Alfonse: Animal, a Farm Story, Apr. 21; Broadway National
Tour: Fiddler on the Roof, Apr. 28–29. 842-0800.
Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. The Cake, Apr. 5–23. 774-0465.
Public Theatre, 31 Maple St.,
Lewiston. Jeeves & Wooster in ‘Perfect Nonsense’, Apr. 21–30 (on-demand Apr. 25–30). 782-3200.
Recycled Shakespeare Company, downtown Waterville. 10th Annual Bard’s Birthday Bash: Sonnet Stroll and Masquerade Ball, Apr. 22. 314-4730.
USM Department of Theatre, Russell Hall, Gorham Campus. Eurydice Rising, Apr. 4–8. 780-5151.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. The Play That Goes Wrong, Mar. 31–Apr. 9; School Show: The Ugly Duckling, May 9. 873-7000.
Belfast Flying Shoes, First Church in Belfast UCC Fellowship HApp, 8 Court St., Belfast. Flying Shoes on First Fridays, Apr. 7 & May 5. 338-0979.
Maine State Ballet, Lopez Theater, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth. Alice In Wonderland,
through Apr. 8. 842-0800.
Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Sylvia, Apr. 28–29. 857-3860.
Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Ballet
Hispánico: Noche de Oro, May 11. 842-0800.
Portland School of Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Year End Showcase, May 13. 857-3860.
State Theatre, 609 Congress
St. Broadway Rave: The Musical Theatre Dance Party, Apr. 7; Best Night Ever: Boy Band Bash, Apr. 8. 956-6000.
Vivid Motion, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St. The Yellow Wallpaper & Tales From The End of the World, May 5–7. 775-5568..
Aura, 121 Center St. Adam Doleac, Apr. 1; Maddie & Tae, Apr. 6; Gary Mullen &
The Works, May 3; Laura Jane Grace, May 11; Andrew McMahon, May 14. 772-8274.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Bess Jacques & The Strays, Apr. 4 & May 2; el malo, Apr. 7; Cumberland Crossing & the Bluegrass Jam, Apr. 13; Jazz sesh, every Wed. 774-4111.
Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Anni Clark, May 5. 560-5300. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. The Blue Café: IVA, Apr. 7; Low Lily with Elise & Ethan, Apr. 21. 236-7963.
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Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Dave Mallet & The Mallet Brothers Band, Apr. 1; Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus, Apr. 8; KindKids Music, Apr. 16; Being Petty: The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Experience, Apr. 22; Eileen Ivers, May 5; YellowHouse Blues Band, May 13. 442-8455.
Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Jazz at
Lincoln Center, Apr. 2; School of Performing Arts, Apr. 2; The MET Live in HD: Falstaff, Apr. 8; Gary Mullen and the Works, Apr. 16; Maxwell Quartet, Apr. 22; Masterworks V: Ode to Joy, Apr. 30; The MET Live in HD: Der Rosenkavalier, May 7. 581-1755.
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Bach Birthday Bash, on-demand Apr. 4–May 4. 553-4363.
Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Jon-Michael Ogletree, Apr. 2. 941-7888.
Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. MET LIVE: Falstaff, Apr. 1; MET LIVE: Der Rosenkavalier, Apr. 15; MET LIVE: Champion, Apr. 29. 667-9500.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Diane Blue with Cliff Goodwin, Apr. 15; Don Campbell Band, Apr. 22; Another Tequila Sunrise, May 5; Carbon Leaf, May 7; Tret Fret, May 12; Tom Rush with Matt Nakoa, May 13. 646-4777.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Met Live in HD: Falstaff (Verdi), Apr. 1; The Met Live in HD: Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), Apr. 15; The Met Live in HD: Champion (Blanchard), Apr. 29. 563-3424.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Big Lux: Hip Hop Violinist, Apr. 8; Nicolas Boulerice with Frédéric Samson, Apr. 21; Thabisa: Folk & Afro-Beat Fusion, Apr. 28. 879-4629. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Natalie Merchant, May 9. 842-0800.
One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. James Montgomery, Apr. 7; Jontavious Willis, Apr. 8; USM Student Jazz Combo Night, Apr. 12; Duke Robillard Band, Apr. 14; Stillhouse Junkies, Apr. 19; The Portland Jazz Orchestra feat. USM Jazz Ensemble, Apr. 20; Upstate, Apr. 22; John Gorka, Apr. 27; House of Hamill, Apr. 28; The Jason Spooner Band, May 6; Will Dailey, May 11. 761-1757.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. The Boneheads with special guests, Apr. 15; John McCutcheon (virtual), Apr. 16; Scotti River Trio, Apr. 22; Pan Fried Steel, Apr. 29; Kalos, May 6; Andrew Duhon, May 12. 633-5159.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Jukebox the Ghost, Apr. 1; Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Apr. 2; The Steel Wheels, Apr. 4; Annie in the Water, Apr. 6; Wake Up Mama: An Allman Brothers Tribute, Apr. 7; Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers, Apr. 8; Cave In with Mouth Washington, Apr. 9; The Heavy Heavy with Shane Guerrette, Apr. 11; Ryan Montbleau Band, Apr. 15; Yellowhouse Blues Band, Apr. 22; Della Mae, Apr. 23; City of the Sun, Apr. 25; Perpetual Groove, Apr. 28. 805-0134.
Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, Apr. 14; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Apr. 23. 842-0800.
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Eckart Conducts Márquez, Apr. 2–4 (on-demand Apr. 12–May 12); The Nat King Cole Songbook, Apr. 15–16; Lights! Camera! Pops!, May 6–7; Peter and the Wolf, May 14. 842-0800.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Apr. 1; LeAnn Rimes, Apr. 6; Andrew Bird, Apr. 11; Clutch, Apr. 14; Start Making Sense & The Ocean Avenue Stompers, Apr. 15; Badfish, Apr. 20; Nickel Creek, Apr. 21; Father John Misty, Apr. 22; Houndmouth, Apr. 29; Pink Talking Fish, May 13; Beartooth & Trivium, May 14. 956-6000.
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St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St. Heavy Nettles, Apr. 17; Cattle Call, Apr. 27; Novel Jazz, Apr. 29; An Evening of Maine Fingerpicking Guitar with Denny Breau, Sean Mencher, Peter Albert, and Hugh Bowden, May 14. 775-5568.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Harry Manx, Apr. 1; Buffalo Nichols, Apr. 7; Tinsley Ellis & Marcia Ball, Apr. 8; Adam Ezra Group, Apr. 15; Jake Blount, Nic Gareiss, and Laurel Premo, Apr. 22; Dar Williams, Apr. 28; War and Treaty, Apr. 29; Miko Marks and Rissi Palmer, May 5; Eileen Ivers, May 6; Tom Rush and Matt Nakoa, May 12. 935-7292.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Open Mic, Apr. 6 & May 4. 367-2788.
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Met Opera LIVE: Verdi’s Falstaff, Apr. 1 & 11; Buffalo Nichols, Apr. 8; Met Opera LIVE: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Apr. 15 & 25; Jake Blount, Nic Gariess, & Laurel Premo, Apr. 21; Fyütch, Apr. 28; Met Opera LIVE: Blanchard’s Champion, Apr. 29 & May 9; The War and Treaty, Apr. 30. 5940070.
Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave. God-Emperor Penguin with Serling & Stasis, Apr. 1; Pink Navel with Altered Gee & Won Pound, Apr. 7; HIRS Collective, May 11. 8088080.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St. Ellis Paul, May 6. 729-8515.
University of Southern Maine, Corthell Hall, 37 College Ave., Gorham. Ed Reichert’s Foolish Musical Theatre Studio Recital, Apr. 1; 2023 Honors Recital, Apr. 8; Oliver Scott and Jack Dodd Senior/Junior Voice Recital, Apr. 13; Matthew Nelson Senior Composition Recital, Apr. 22. 780-5555.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. The Sixties Show, Apr. 22; Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer with Rakesh Chaurasia, May 7. 873-7000.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Juston McKinney, Apr. 14. 236-7963.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Bob Marley Comedy Show, Apr. 13. 646-4777.
Mystic Theater, 49 Franklin St., Rumford. Off Broadway: Peter Fogel’s Til Death Do Us Part, You First, May 13. 369-0129.
One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. LOLS: An Evening of Local Comedy, Apr. 1. 761-1757.
Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Ready, Set, Go!, Apr. 16 & May 14. 942-3333.
St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St. Balderdash Academy Improv Live, Apr. 28. 775-5568.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Comedian Bob Marley, Apr. 20. 935-7292.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Tape Face, Apr. 12; Whose Live Anyway?, Apr. 19. 873-7000.
Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St.,
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Lewiston. Senior Thesis Exhibition 2023, Apr. 14–May 27. 786-6158.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. In Light of Rome: Early photography in the Capital of the World: 1842-1871, through Jun. 4; Turn of Phrase: Language and Translation in Global Contemporary Art, through Jun. 4; Human Nature: Environmental Studies at 50, through Jun. 4; Masks of Memories: Art and Ceremony in Nineteenth Century Oceania, through Jul. 9; Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable, Apr. 6–Sept. 17; Re|Framing the Collection: New Considerations in European and American Art, 1475–1875, through Dec. 31; Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Ancient Bronzes at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, through Jan. 7, 2024. 725-3275.
Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. Life In Winter, through Apr. 15. 594-5935.
Carol L. Douglas Studio and Gallery, 394 Commercial St., Rockport. Landscape and marine paintings, workshops and instruction. Watch-me-paint.com. 585-201-1558.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. 2023 CMCA Biennial, through May 7. 701-5005. Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Naeem Mohaiemen: grace, through Apr. 23; 2023 Senior Exhibition, May 4–22; Time and Tide Flow Wide: The Collection in Context, 1959-1973, through Jun. 11; All in One: Selections from the Alex Katz Foundation Collection, through Jun. 11; Ashley Bryan / Paula Wilson: Take the World into Your Arms, through Jul. 31. 859-5600.
Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Noriko Sakanishi: Dreams, through Apr. 22; Tom Flanagan: Paradox, through Apr. 22; Explorations, through May 20. 808-8911.
David Lussier Gallery, 66 Wallingford Sq., Kittery. Gallery with works by artists including Benjamin Lussier, David Lussier, George Van Hook, and Pamela Lussier. 860-336-9051.
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth: Early Temperas, through Apr. 30; Andrew Wyeth: Islands in Maine, through Apr. 30; Maine in America 2023: Celebrating the Alex Katz Foundation, through Sept. 24; The Farnsworth at 75, through Dec. 31; Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk, through Sept. 29, 2024. 596-6457.
First Friday Art Walks, Creative Portland, 84 Free St. Apr. 7; May 5. 370-4784.
Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. February/March Greenhut Artists Group Exhibit, through Apr. 1; Maine the Painted State, Apr. 6–May 27. 772-2693.
Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. Awakenings: All Member Exhibition, Apr. 6–30; K-12 Student Art Exhibition, May 4–14. 451-9384.
Lincoln Theater, Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer: The Blockbuster Exhibition, Apr. 20–21. 563-3424.
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Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Fashion for the People: Maine’s Graphic Tees, through Apr. 8; CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections, through Dec. 30. 774-1822.
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Women Behind the Lens: The Photography of Emma
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D. Sewall, Josephine Ginn Banks, and Abbie F. Minott, through Nov. 1; SeaChange: Darkness and Light in the Gulf of Maine, through Dec. 31. 443-1316.
Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures spanning over 273 miles along the coastal region of Downeast Maine. schoodicsculpture.org.
Monson Arts Gallery, 8 Greenville Rd. Artists of Maine Highlands Today and Tomorrow, through Apr. 14. 997-2070.
Moss Galleries, 100 Fore St. John Bisbee, through Apr. 16; Celeste Roberge, Apr. 21–May 28. 804-0459.
Moss Galleries, 251 US-1, Falmouth. Robert S. Neuman, Michael Mulhern, & Carla Weeks, through May 13. 781-2620.
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd. Shifting Sands: Beaches, Bathers, and Modern Maine Art, Apr. 29–Jul. 16; Joe Wardwell: Mural Commission, Apr. 29–Nov. 12; Networks of Modernism: 1898–1968, Apr. 29–Nov. 12; The Architect of a Museum, Apr. 29–Nov. 12. 646-4909.
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, through Apr. 23; American Perspectives, through May 7; Outside the Frame: Todd Webb in Africa, through Jun. 18; Elizabeth Colombia: Mythologies, May 5–Sept. 3. 775-6148.
Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Reinventing Portsmouth, Apr. 7–Oct. 9; A Sense of Place, Apr. 1–Oct. 28. (603)436-8433.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Works on Paper, Apr. 1–29; Paintings in Oil, May 1–30. 712-1097.
River Arts, 36 Elm St, Damariscotta. Dark & Light, through Apr. 1; Storm, Apr. 8–May 13. 563-6868.
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Exhibition on Screen: Vermeer: The Blockbuster Exhibition, Apr. 27. 594-0070.
University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Tenacious, through Jun. 11. 602-3000.
University of New England Art Galleries, Jack S. Ketchum Library, 11 Hills Beach Rd., Biddeford. Of and About the Road: The Automobile in History, Society, and the Environment, through Apr. 7; Images of Neuroscience, Images of Transcendence: Work from UNE Imaging and Paintings by Honour Mack, Apr. 21–Sept. 29. 602-3000.
Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Vacation Week Movie: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Apr. 17–21. 667-9500.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Quiet Girl, through Apr. 6; The Lost Weekend, Apr. 13–14. 563-3424.
Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. I Know a Man… Ashley Bryan, Apr. 8. 873-7000.
Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Maine Comic & Toy Convention, Apr. 28–30. 791-2200. HealthyMaineTM Expo, Portland Expo, 239 Park Ave., Portland. Join us for the first annual HealthyMaineTM Expo
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Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Janoah Bailin’s “rOng: a sOund circus”, Apr. 1–2; Songs are Like an Emotion: How Writing a Song Around 1 Big Idea Simplifies Everything, Apr. 8. 879-4629.
Mystic Theater, 49 Franklin St., Rumford. Friday Night Live 11, Apr. 1, 7, & 8; Stories from Bob Perlow: The TV Sitcom Warm-Up Guy, May 12. 369-0129.
State of Maine Quilt Shop Hop, see website for locations. Hop from quilt shop to quilt shop for goodie bags, in-store drawings, demonstrations, and more, Apr. 1–30. maineshophop.com.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Welcome to Night Vale, Apr. 28. 956-6000.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Spring Rooster Luncheon, Apr. 13. 935-7292.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Trivia Night, Apr. 13 & May 11. 367-2788.
Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH. Baby Animals: Heritage Breeds at the Banke, Apr. 23–30. (603)433-1100.
WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Easter Eggspress
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An Artisan Weekend, River Bend Farm, 184 Simpson Rd., Saco. The Ecology School & edible MAINE present a weekend of celebrating local food and drink, Apr. 15–16. 283-9951.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. Talking Food in Maine: Intimate Conversations with host Cherie Scott and guest Barton Seaver, Apr. 6. 563-3424.
Maine Maple Weekends, Hilltop Boilers, 159 Elm St., Newfield. Celebrate Maine maple syrup Weekend with Axe Women Loggers, farm tractor displays, antique gas engine demonstrations, a scavenger hunt, and more, on weekends through Apr. 22. hilltopboilersmaplesyrup.com/events.
Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Facebook Live cooking demos with a rotating list of staff & local chefs, every Thu. 443-1402.
Recycled Shakespeare Company at Fairfield House of Pizza, 207 Main St. Cards and Carbs, Apr. 15. 612-6688.
WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Mother’s Day Tea with Maine Tasting Center, May 13. 882-4193.
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Viking ceremony? Windjammer wedding? Yeah, we’ve got that.
BY KEEVA JACQUESNothing like a Viking wedding to wake up the seagulls. “She borrowed our largest rowboat, decorated it, and was slowly rowed Viking-style across the harbor to land at our dock.” No veil is required if you’re wearing a horned Viking helmet.
“ e rowers also wore helms and carried weapons. e invasion party walked up the ramp, where she took the groom for her prize.” says the windjammer Angeli-
que’s owner Candace Kuchinski, who presided over the retro-Scandi ceremony.
If you’re one of the trembling guests at such a saga (actually, it was a sweet event), how do you respond? Raise your drinking horn and pass the mead bowl. Skol! Whatever you’re channeling, nautical weddings are making a splash this year, and the tide is rising.
With intimate weddings trending ashore, it’s the perfect time for seaworthy vessels to shine. Portland Schooner Company’s romantic Heart’s Desire, a 1925 Alden schooner, is the ultimate clink of champagne
glasses for just six lucky passengers. Just try to miss her. Above and aba her long, dramatic bowsprit, she carries a big red heart on her main ga topsail.
Across the harbor, Boatelope is a runaway favorite. Owner and rst mate Wendy Johnson, with captain Ken, her husband, “provide romantic nautical elopements” aboard their 39-foot trawler, Serenity. e moment they pick up their passengers at Bug Light House Ramp, “the bride and groom, and their two guests, run the show,” Wendy says. “We’re a blank canvas fully customizable to each couple. Wherever you want your ceremo-
ny’s backdrop to be, we’ll bring you there.” ey’re a vessel in the truest sense. Trawling for numbers? Cision Newswire reports 62 percent of U.S.-based engaged couples say they’re considering an elopement. Why not by sea?
aine is home to some of the world’s most stunning historically preserved schooners, including Portland Schooner Company’s Timberwind and the Maine Windjammer Association’s Heritage and Angelique. Aboard 96-foot, 92-year-old
Timberwind, there’s plenty of room for champagne spraying, wedding-dress twirling, and bouquet throwing. “You don’t need much more to make it a memorable experience,” says Anne Draddy of Portland Schooner Co.
“Each vessel has her own personality” that re nes the spirit of each wedding, says Nicole Jacques of Maine Windjammer. Aboard Heritage, owned and operated by Sean Grimes, “Whether we’re sailing between islands, spotting seals and pu ns, or preparing cake and champagne, there’s never a moment without laughter…or the occasional tears between vows.” Even sailboats get the blues.
Sometimes things don’t always go as planned,” says seasoned Captain Isaac Manuel. No matter how nice the forecast is, “there’s always a chance of wind, rain, and rough seas.” Everything might be planned to perfection, “but sometimes the greatest memories happen when imperfection strikes.”
Spontaneity will forever be the coolest wedding planner. “One time, the wind was stronger than expected, and during the ceremony, the bride’s veil blew o .” n
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There ’ s a mystic moment driving north on I-95. At the peak of the Piscataqua River Bridge, you see the state-line sign. Now look down, .8 miles away, right on the water. at’s the house. It’s true—Maine welcomes you!
Two Hundred Forty-Six Main Street in
Eliot is a bridge to adorable, with monumental views of the Main Street Causeway and two signature bridges that connect Maine to New Hampshire. Mirrored in the water and built in 1750, this one-bedroom, one-bathroom, 655-square-foot landmark is older than many of the houses in nearby Strawbery Banke
Eliot was once known as the Upper Parish of Kittery. You can’t miss No. 246, because
it’s just the second house in on the Eliot side of the causeway to Kittery.
As I write this, 246 Main Street is listed for $298,000. On the rst day, there were over 1,290 views by potential buyers on just one site (Red n).
“The house is up on a hill,” our photographer says during a morning visit right a er
a snowstorm. “It looks like a little bungalow, a cape. It’s cuter in person than any picture can show.
“From the back of the house you can see Spinney Creek—as wide as some lakes— which connects with the Piscataqua. Looking toward downtown Portsmouth, you can see the Piscataqua River Bridge and the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, near the USS Albacore submarine museum. You know, the old li bridge.
“In the back of the house some old granite slabs under water and make a perfect walkout to a kayak or canoe.
“Inside, it’s beautiful pine oorboards and knotty pine walls on the rst oor. You can see where an old stove was
hooked up.
“But the grass has grown really high. It doesn’t look like anyone’s done any landscaping in about two years. Any house that’s abandoned...over time, if you don’t keep up with maintenance, the world eats it right up. Halfway across the causeway, you turn into Kittery. “ e only footprints in the snow were mine.”
We invited three innocent bystanders to view photos of this listing and comment. Here are their responses:
e rst thing I’d do is cut the lawn. [In the snow?]
e rst thing I’d do is take the
canoe out for a paddle to see the whole world spinning round. [Patrician disengagement— there’s a lot of work to be done here!]
e rst thing I’d do is bulldoze this thing [ e pragmatist.]
“The sellers bought it 1–2 years ago,” a real-estate agent representing the seller says. “ ey’ve only been there once. I have no idea why they’re selling it. It’s an LLC...”
Isn’t this older than some of the houses in
Do you love a water view too?
“I don’t know anything about houses in New Hampshire.”
Is this the oldest house you’ve ever listed?
“I’ve sold older houses.”
Who owned the house before the sellers bought it?
“I don’t know anything about who owned it before. I have no information about the people before.”
End of story, right? is is how easily even the most well-meaning erasure happens, but this is Talking Walls. Our trademark is the deeper dive.
After reclusive poet and novelist Dr. Michael Boccia died on April 16, 2021 (according to Direct Cremation of the Seacoast) at age 71, his loving wife Valentina, 57, who still owns the white house next door, put this historic treasure on the market.
“I was a boat person when I came to America from Vietnam,” Valentina says when I reach her, “but I’ve been a general contractor for many years. Where I was born, we consider the number 8 to be lucky. So when I picked a price for the house, I made a point of choosing $298,888.
“ e buyer was wealthy, from New Orleans, acting as an LLC. He put down $50,000 in earnest money and bought it sight unseen—a er lopping o the last three 8’s and negotiating the price down to $298,000.”
HE TOOK OFF YOUR THREE LUCKY 8’S? VERY UNLUCKY! “Well, you decide. Barely a er he bought it, Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans.”
It’s unknown if the LLC’s investments went into a tailspin as well.
“He only visited the house once. I never saw him again. Some months ago, people called me on the telephone, looking for him.”
Does this tiny house with the perfect view have the power both to sweep and scare buyers away? Scratch the surface of curiosity and you have to wonder if there’s a reason no one appears to have cut the grass since the late-summer 2021 hurricane in New Orleans.
According to fable.co, the late “Michael Boccia is a well-published scholar, poet and ction writer. He is an experienced humanities professor, editor, and world traveler. In remote Maine, he lives as a medieval
monk in a State of Total Confusion and believes in all religions. Michael Boccia is a lost soul, a student of life, a drunkard, a liar and a devil kissed by the gods.”
Talk about an updated Sarah Orne Jewett story. We might add this: “Prizes a water view.”
Among Boccia’s novels is Fool’s Paradise (2010), with this description on Amazon: “A Young Little Girl... who is visually and mentally impaired, gets lost in New York City, and goes on an odyssey followed by ghosts. She is adopted by a drunken street person, who is a Zen master. Accidentally she comes into position of money of drug dealers who pursue her. Spirits follow her on her journey and protect her until she reaches safety.”
“He bought the house in the early 1990s,” Valentina says. “He knew it was more than 250 years old and loved it for that. In 2001, he asked for bids to restore it. I run a construction business. He called for an estimate. I told him if I was going to drive up to Maine from Lynn, Massachusetts (on the coast between Boston and Salem), he had to be here. I said I wasn’t going to drive up to Maine and have to turn around without meeting anybody.
“‘You’d better be punctual,’ he said.” She pauses.
“He told me he fell in love with me looking out the window as I came up the front walk.”
Even then, there’s the sense that he cherished his privacy and didn’t mind at all if the bushes grew up in front of the house. His interior life may have been loud in his ears.
“Basically he refused to do any remodeling. He loved the history of the property. He told me this was the second oldest house in Eliot. Everything had to be historically correct for him. He wanted to be hidden from the front behind bushes.
“My price was right in the middle. I got the job,” she says. “I oversaw the creation of the deck” that gorgeously hangs over the water with mind-blowing views “and a ramp for him, because sometimes, depending on his paralysis, he needed a wheelchair, and sometimes he improved to where he could use a cane.”
ese are adept labors of love in a lucky dwelling designed to bring two people together.
“Once the furnace went out during the
The 1750 cape sits just past the causeway from Kittery into Eliot.
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winter, so with a single match we lit the antique stove. It kept us warm!”
Ever the GC (general contractor), “I also bought two houses beside Two-Four-Six [which inevitably leads to Eight], my nickname for the house.”
I’m a poet too,” she says. “I grew up in Vietnam writing poetry, but never in English, just in Vietnamese. He asked me to translate my poems for him, and we’d read back and forth out loud together in that tiny house, deep into the night.” She takes a breath.
“Sometimes he asked me to sing to him.”
“Yes. His favorite spot was to make his way from the bedroom to the kitchen, where the views open up to the water,” then go on forever. “At all hours, he’d sit there and look out,” traveling, dreaming.
“When he passed away, I wanted to x it,” she says. “I wanted a garden in front, something beautiful. Early in our marriage, I planted the rhododendon in the front yard that’s now large. But when I started clearing the bushes out front–just clearing things out” that obscured the façade and front entrance, the town was all over me. ‘You are not allowed to change anything.’”
Her buoyancy may have been met with historic reserve. “ ey made me put an ugly plastic erosion barrier against the water.” She wanted to put in some new oors, “a nice garden and driveway,” but she could tell which way the wind was blowing. “Because it’s closer than 100 feet to the water,” the footprint was going to be in exible.
With an ache she had to move on. Unmown, “246” hurtles through time like a meteor.
Michael, your house is a mystical, lyrical wreck, worthy of a sensitive who’s tuned to that key. Not to mention, athwart these waters, you have location, location, location. With more than a dash of luck and love.
Take the King’s Highway. It’s just 58 miles. A cozy 655 square feet, 1 bed/1 bath. Price is $298,000. If we were you, we’d add the $888. Taxes are $3,677. n
Long Point Island. An entire privately owned o shore island o ering endless 360 degree water views, numerous pocket beaches, two meticulously maintained homes, and a park-like setting of meadows, paths, and stunning granite ridges. On all of Maine's coastline few of these island gems exist.Two year-round homes boast stunning views from every room, fully equipped kitchens, and living spaces bathed in sunlight. Eat breakfast watching the sunrise from your ocean-facing screened-in porch; dine with the sunset all around you on your south/west facing decks. The magic is truly all around you as you watch sailboats from your living room, and listen to birdsong and the ocean waves from your kitchen. Walk the paths that wind through your almost 6 acre private retreat after tying up your boat at the deep water mooring. Fish from the granite ridges. Launch kayaks from your protected beach. This entirely private retreat o ers island living with modern convenience boasting conventional septic and well, on-the-grid power, and auto access during low tide via a beautiful granite drive. A sanctuary perfect for both solo enjoyment and to share with family and friends, Long Point Island is a rare and wonderful place whose magic is di cult to describe to thosewho have not visited, but impossible to forget once you have seen it with your own eyes. All of this is an easy drive to downtown Brunswick and a short car ride (or boat trip, should you prefer) to Portland.
New Vineyard. Do you enjoy privacy? Lovely home sited on 68 acres of woods and fields. 3 bd 3 baths plus office. Out buildings included a Post and Beam barn. The barn has a kitchen! 6 bay vehicle barn and other sheds. Hard wood foor, 2 living areas, front porch to watch over the land and a back patio also enjoy. Trails. Apple trees. Large 20 x 12 kitchen. Office room. Walk up attic. Generator. 2 wells. Easy ride to Farmington and/or Skowhegan. Sugarloaf is approx 45 Mins away. $625,000
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My son and I were sitting at one of the chess tables underneath the Casco Bay Bridge. We were playing the memory matching game. My memory had been coming up quite a lot lately, but that wasn’t why we were playing the game. We were playing because my son liked to beat me at it. We toss a match at each other when we light up a memory we both can share. I started out in the lead, which was pure luck, but soon his pile of matches was twice the size of mine.
Memories defined our lives from the moment he was born. His growing memory was relative to mine, and mine relative to those of my parents. Sometimes I listen to my parents telling stories and they seem in agreement over a version of a story that I know isn’t quite true—the entire 20th century, for example. In a way it’s cute, and in a way it’s interesting, like a form of memory osmosis that couples develop over time. It’s a kind of love, isn’t it, revising history together.
I don’t remember what the weather was that day under the bridge. Let’s say it was sunny and warm—I dare you to take exception to that. Maybe it rained that night, and we all slept well. My memories have become more fictionalized over time.
I remember watching my dear son and feeling the thrill of being in direct contact with his eyes and his mind at work. His memory is better than mine; it isn’t yet infused with all the ludicrous things that happen in one’s life. For a while I made a comeback, and my pile of matches grew nearly as tall as his.
He took a deep breath and exhaled loudly through his mouth—the same way I do when I’m trying to think— and rattled off the rest of the board. After that, we walked to the basketball court and shot around for a while. Then his mother came and picked us up. Her memory is better than mine too. We went to Red’s for ice cream. I don’t re
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