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Nearly four decades ago, when Nancy and I launched Portland Monthly, we tooled around in the red 1966 Mustang Fastback we’d received as a wedding present in 1980. It had been my Mom's car; even then it turned heads on I-295. When someone made an o er we couldn't refuse, we gulped, said good-bye, and sold it for seed money. As we recall, “the ’Stang’s” only drawback was you had to put everything down (including all the otsam that comes with being young parents) to open the trunk because it took two hands.

Across the years, we dreamed of nding her and buying her back. en we thought, if it ever works out, why not try a convertible, where we could just reach into the back seat and pass out our glossy magazines to many of our readers along the coast? ere’s something about a Mustang. Like the all-American horse that inspired them, they’re “small, compact, good-boned, and very hardy.” Over the years, we’ve helped sponsor one of the equine models at Ever A er Mustang Rescue in Biddeford .

Today, readers smile when they see us driving through York, Wells, the Kennebunks, Scarborough, Portland , Yarmouth, and Freeport in the one that didn’t get away. We see joy in their eyes when they tell us about the similar cars they learned to drive in, the date cars they spi ed up, and the ones beloved family members pampered. It’s not too small and not too big. Just right. A’s to FAQs? Signal Flare Red. 1966. Straight 6. No power brakes or steering. A made-in-America wonder still going strong.

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Breezing along, Maine spilling through our windshield, stories mingle with the dreamy coastline, provocative and new for all time.

We’re heading your way now. is issue we're delivering stars e Maine 100 ™ , our list of the top 100 rms headquartered in Maine. Or check out our fun interview with singer-songwriter Janis Ian, who’s performing at three venues up here this fall. (Anyone remember “At Seventeen”?) Sample a brand-new Kennebunk restaurant that occupies the space of an old favorite.

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HOPELESSLY DEVOTED

I was intrigued to open Summerguide 2022 and read “Private Lives,” an arti cle speculating about the reasons Rug gles and Olive Morse, Victoria Man sion’s first owners, remained childless. I was saddened, however, to turn the page and see their portrait altered with pho toshopped beads, garter, and jester’s hat. I’ve been at Victoria Mansion for twenty years and have devoted myself to learn ing about the Morses through the re cords and physical things they left be hind. While I’ll never fully know them, they have become more real to me with each passing year.

My plea to those reading “Private Lives” is this: imagine away the silly trappings added to the Morses’ portrait and see them as two human beings star ing back at you from across the divide of time. They were as real as you and I, and as complex.

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Who doesn’t love Elvis? Did you know that Priscilla Pre sley was born in Maine? [See our interview “Priscilla Pres ley’s Maine” Feb/March 2004]. e rst engagement Elvis missed when he died was at the Civic Center here. Col. Tom Parker (played by Tom Hanks in the lm) covered the windows of the Portland Sher aton near the Mall with aluminum foil. For more of Elvis’s bizarre re quirements for his hotel room, see “Brush With Fame,” July/August 2001.

Tale of Two Bounties

October 29 marks ten years since the deadly sinking of the 1962 movie replica HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy Portland Magazine covered the Coast Guard’s investigative hearings in “Mutiny on the Bounty II” (April 2013).

In the heartbreaking 2021 short documentary Bounty, citizens of the Penobscot Nation Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana, and Tim Shay li the rug o “our ancestors’ death warrants”: the 1755 Phips Proclamation promising colonists “For every Male Indian Scalp…Forty Pounds” and “For every Scalp of such Female Indian or Male Indian under Twelve Years of Age…Twenty Pounds.” Watch it: upstanderproject.org/ lms/bounty. environment, and nd a sense of purpose and give back to society while learning new skills,” says VetDog’s CEO John Miller

The couple that lifts together stays together. “It was both comfortable and uncomfortable,” says Portlander Caroline Spencer on Instagram af ter competing in the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games with her husband Austin. She took 36th and he took 35th. Ladies frst?

FarmerintheSwells

When the world is your oyster and your farm’s in the tide

BY LUCA ANTOLINI

Oh, so you lobster?

If I had a nickel for every time I heard this question, I probably wouldn’t have to work on an oyster farm at all.

ink of lobstering and oystering as cousins: lobstering is shing, oystering is aquaculture. I nd the word “aquaculture” pretentious and somewhat un tting for the work I do, but despite the countless hours I spend cleaning the tens of thousands of oysters of their own excrement, oystering is, undeniably, aquaculture. While you can dig for oysters (think clams), the mollusks on

that platter of a dozen oysters you ordered with artisanal sauces and lemon slices on the side were almost certainly grown by someone since the time they were the size of the ngernail on your pinkie.

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It’s hard to describe oyster farming with out visual aids. e oysters, like I said, are grown from a very small size. Some farmers even reproduce the oysters them selves, producing oyster “seeds” which are then sold or grown. We purchase our ba by oysters from many di erent hatcheries. Once we receive the seeds, they’re grown in plastic mesh bags roughly 20" x 40", with 4–14 mm holes. As “seeds,” thousands of oysters are placed into a bag, though just a small portion will survive. Four of these bags are then placed into a cage held up by two otation devices, allowing the oysters to sit below the water’s surface.

e inconspicuous submerged cages and black otation pontoons respect the beauty of the Maine coastline, while

brightly colored buoys warn boaters of the cages at the edges of the farm. Despite the minimal visual impact of our farm, we went out one morning to nd a few of our cages submerged—with bullet holes in their oats—courtesy of a nearby neighbor who was far from a fan of the farm “tainting” his view.

As the oysters grow, they’re put into

the cages and bags clean of algae, seaweeds, and, yes, their feces, to permit water ow. A deck brush and elbow grease usually gets the job done.

Once the oysters reach three inches (usually a er three years, measured by a small piece of a paint stirrer we cut as a guide), they’re ready for market. Ideal for eating just a few years into their life, many oysters can live up to twenty years.

Oysters’ beauty does not entail a sacrice of strength or resilience. Rather, oysters’ seductiveness arises, in part, from their fortitude. e o en rough waters create friction which produces a deeper and smoother shell, making that plate of oysters look just a bit nicer for your social media

bags with larger holes to allow a greater water ow to bring them nutrients. Oysters are pretty low maintenance, and the ocean does most of the heavy li ing. Typical maintenance consists of scrubbing

Norposts.isthe illustrious pearl a strang er to adversity. Pearls are formed when an irritant enters the body of the oys ter, triggering a defense mechanism. e oyster releases a substance called nacre which coats the irritant, layer a er lay er, until a pearl is formed. ough only

I feel a connectionwatery with the oyster beforefarmersme.

one percent of oysters produce pearls, I dream of nding one.

HOMEGROWN

e oysters don’t travel far once they reach maturity. ey’re so delicious, they’re lucky to reach Portland’s restau rants at all. Initially our oysters jour neyed further south to Boston, but soon increasing local demand allowed us to sell them just miles away from where they began their lives. You can now en joy a taste of West Bath ’s New Meadows River at the Maine Oyster Company or SoPo Seafood .

CRAFT

It’s easy to imagine Maine oyster farms as a mirror image of our state’s many cra breweries: every farm produces the same product, but each is distinct and appeals to di erent tastes, o en with a cult-like following. Briny, sweet, buttery. Hoppy, fruity, dry. Same idea. e water an oyster is grown in gives it a unique taste.

e New Meadows River’s current and extreme Maine tides provide the oysters with constant water ow o ering them plentiful nutrients.

LANDLUBBER

Oystering was certainly not a summer job I’d ever imagined for myself. Like any kid growing up on the Maine coast, I spent the warmer months by the ocean. I always pictured myself scooping ice cream or mowing lawns once school let out for the year. So when early spring came around and I found myself being taught to zoom around in a boat on the rst day of the job just weeks a er leaving the DMV with my driver’s li-

cense, I was in uncharted waters. ough Maine waters in March are hardly a pleas ant and forgiving place to learn to operate a boat, the next day I was out all alone on that 14-foot at-bottomed Carolina Ski . It’s now hard to believe I once spent my Maine summers folding khakis at Ralph Lauren

CAPITALISTIC CRUSTACEANS

ere’s minimal marketing required to at tract the consumers of oysters. So long as a highway exists between New York, Con necticut, Massachusetts, and Maine dur ing the summer, there’ll be a demand for them. ough many of our oysters are con sumed by Vacationland visitors, some have ventured south to be sold in Boston’s Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood. ere’s something extra sexy about slurping down a Maine-raised oyster a er a Sox game. e roar of the Guinness-fueled crowds in the background as you eat your oysters at Eventide Fenway a block from the ballpark gate embodies the paradoxical wonderland New England has to o er.

Locally the wholesale price for oysters is pretty stable. For the most part, restaurants buy them for a buck apiece, though some larger restaurants buy them for seventy- ve cents to a dollar per oyster. Even though the going rate for a thousand one-millimeter oyster seeds is about $8, around eighty percent of the seeds die before they reach market size, so there’s definitely some risk involved.

HERE’S A HISTORY LESSON

I feel a watery connection with the oyster farmers before me, though not so much with their equipment. In A History of Oysters in Maine (1600s-1970s) Randy Lackovic of USM’s Darling Marine Center cites an 18th-century report to the King of France: “Oysters are very Plenty in Winter on the Coasts of Acadia, and the Manner of shing for them is something singular. ey make a Hole in the Ice, and they thrust in two Poles together in such a Manner, that they have the E ect of a Pair of Pincers, and they sel-

dom draw them up without an Oyster.”

Fast forward to the mid-20th century, and the Maine Department of Marine Resources is attempting to revitalize the depleted oyster population by depositing a new generation of mollusks sourced from Holland into the aquatic ecosystems of the Midcoast. But Maine waters proved too cold for European oysters, prompting University of Maine pro fessor Herb Hidu to conduct a research project investigating their cultivation,

ny of whom went on to start their own aquaculture operations) turned their attention to the Crassostrea virginica or Eastern oyster, native to the Atlantic , in the 1990s. Success! Maine’s oyster in dustry grew by nearly 50 percent from 2020 to 2021, generating over $10M in a single year.

TRADE SECRETS

funded by the Sea Grant in 1972. Initial success breeding these European oysters to be able to withstand Maine oceanic environments was curtailed by an invasive parasite. A er this failed attempt, Hidu and a new wave of graduate students (ma-

As you embark on your oyster odyssey, here are some facts of edutainment that will help you im press even your most pretentious oys ter-eating friends. For starters, oyster farmers in the northeast sink their oys ter cages to the ocean oor during the winter months to allow the oysters to go dormant while the water’s below freez ing. Next, oysters aren’t actually an aph rodisiac , so stick with the chocolate and strawberries on your next date night. While it’s commonly thought that you shouldn’t eat raw oysters in months that don’t contain an “R,” you should rath er avoid oysters that have been harvest ed during a “red tide” algae bloom. One

oyster can lter y gallons of water per day, which means eleven million oysters can lter 550,000,000 gallons every day. Oysters are so cool New Yorkers are try ing to grow a billion of them across the ve boroughs.

NOT-SO-OLD MAN AND THE SEA

As I begin to start thinking about trading my college classroom for an o ce and my dorm room for an apartment, oystering will, I hope, remain a perennial part of my life. I long to live within a stone’s throw of the Atlantic Ocean for the rest of my days, and dream that someday I too can em ploy a naive, underquali ed n

We went out one morning to find a few of our submerged—withcages bullet holes in their floats.

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Another Op’nin’, Another Show

BY GWEN THOMPSON

he show must go on, and one way or another it did. We’ve emerged from the pandemic with a new appreciation for virtual performances (“Love the One You're With,” right?) and the hope that live and on-demand streaming will continue to make theater more accessible to those unable to attend in person. Yet there’s no business like show business, and nothing like live theater. If that lump in your throat when the house lights go down melts into tears of joy to be back in the audience at last, you’re not alone.

Here’s a sampling of what’s on the boards in Maine this season—see our e ater Listings on p. 66 for much more!

ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR

Whether you favor Basil Rathbone’s inter pretation or Robert Downey Jr.’s, it’s liberat ing to know Sir Arthur Conan Doyle him self gave co-author and leading man William Gillette free rein with the very rst Sherlock Holmes play. In his 1923 autobiography Memo ries and Adventures, Conan Doyle recalls tell ing Gillette: “You may marry or murder or do what you like with him.” Track down Sherlock Holmes: e Final Adventure Steven Dietz’s Edgar-winning adaptation of the 1899 play—at Portland Stage Oct. 26–Nov. 13.

WHO WILL BUY?

e Pre-Raphaelites weren’t all aming red hair and pretty wallpaper patterns. You know some thing’s not quite right when dozens of fruits from di erent climes are “All ripe together/In summer

weather...Who knows upon what soil they fed/ eir hungry thirsty roots?” Join unsuspecting sisters Laura and Lizzie on an enchanting musi cal journey to the Goblin Market, adapted from Christina Rossetti’s sweetly creepy poem by Pol ly Pen and Peggy Harmon, at Denmark Arts Center Oct. 28–30.

CAROUSEL UNPLUGGED

You know you’re a Mainer if you free-associate Rodgers & Hammerstein with Boothbay Harbor rather than Oklahoma or the South Paci c. Sa vor Carousel ’s stunning score undistorted by am pli cation in Good eater’s intimate production with twin-piano accompaniment at St. Lawrence Arts Nov. 9–Dec. 4.

OLD FAMILY RECIPES

Nope, it’s not the latest artisanal cocktail. If you missed the virtual reading of Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas by Richard Blanco (2013 inaugural poet for President Barack Obama) and Vanessa Garcia (International Latino Book Award winner) at the Little Festival of the Unexpected last spring, you can still sink your teeth into this tale of a Cuban-Ameri can baker torn between Maine and Miami as a mainstage production at Portland Stage Jan. 25–Feb. 12, 2023.

CALL ME INEVITABLE

You could probably draw a Venn diagram to illus trate the overlapping spheres of in uence of lob stermen, marine scientists, tourists, islanders, and property developers, but writing a culture-clash lobstering musical as composer and ImprovAca dia co-founder Larrance Fingerhut and Second City playwright Andy Eninger have done sounds

like a lot more fun. Catch the world premiere of Trapped the Musical at Penobscot eatre in Bangor Feb. 9–Mar. 5.

COLD WAR

Two artistic egos con ned at close quarters...what could possibly go wrong? Although Maine art ist Jamie Wyeth o en found it easier to paint bal let superstar Rudolf Nureyev without him in the room, Nureyev’s Eyes by David Rush reveals how they eventually achieved détente. Step inside the artist’s studio in this Good eater production at St. Lawrence Arts Feb. 22–Mar. 12, 2023.

MARGINALIA

Part of the heartbreak of Anne Frank ’s diary is its extreme circumscription mirroring that of her life. And en ey Came for Me: Remember ing the World of Anne Frank by James Still com bines videotaped interviews with Anne’s rst boyfriend, Ed Silverberg, and her neighbor Eva Schloss (whose family was also betrayed, arrest ed, and sent to concentration camps) with live ac tors in scenes from their lives during World War II. Venture beyond the pages at the Footlights eatre in Falmouth Mar. 16–Apr. 8, 2023.

ASK JEEVES

Lacking an omniscient butler on standby, I keep P. G. Wodehouse books on hand as men tal emergency rations, because when noth ing makes sense—as it hasn’t for several years now—the only antidote is Perfect Nonsense of the kind only Bertie Wooster can stammer out. Let loose some long-overdue laughter with the Goodale Brothers’ Olivier Award-winner for Best New Comedy at the Public eatre in Lewiston Apr. 21–30, 2023. n

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TThehe Lobster in the Living Room of e Maine 100TM is surely one of oughLuke’s.you won’t see Luke’s Lobster on our list this year (they’re not exactly headquartered in Maine), it could happen someday. But they’re certainly helping to push up the in ation rate. In 2019, Forbes reported that a 4 oz. Luke’s

Lobster roll went for $14 in 2009. is past summer, we spied one going for $24 in the groovy kiosk below the Brooklyn bridge. Even though ZoomInfo.com lists their corporate headquarters as 459 Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York, their corporate imagery resolutely suggests Made in Maine. So far ung is their in uence, you can grab a buttery bite with them in Tokyo and Singapore if you tire of San Francisco and Washington D.C. On the other claw, Luke’s Lobster ME LLC is located at 60 Portland Pier right here, while Luke’s Lobster Seafood Co. can be found at 84 Industrial Park Road, Saco. All-knowing LinkedIn says it’s Brooklyn. Stay tuned.

84 Industrial Park Road, Saco

Here are some other Maine-ish busi nesses we’ve had to throw back. Unum ($1.45B) once had Portland Head Light as its logo; now they’re head quartered in Chattanooga, TN.

e original Hannaford Brothers grew up at 43 Myrtle St. in Portland near Mer rill Auditorium (See “Living Large,” Feb./ March 1999), but today their chain is owned by the Dutch rm Ahold Delhaize. If they were on the list, Hannaford ’s g ure would be $1.097B. e grocer George C. Shaw, also a Portlander, was the found er of Shaw’s. Shaw’s was once Maine-based but now is owned by a Massachusetts rm that owns Star. At press time, they’ve an nouced they’re closing the Scarborough lo cation. e Westbrook Shaw’s closed ear lier this Foundedyear.in 1884 on the Kennebec Riv er, Bath Iron Works ($370.93M) has been a subsidiary of General Dynamics of Res ton, VA, since 1995. General Dynamics was ranked No. 83 in the Fortune 100 compa nies in 2020.

Barber Foods may be owned by Tyson of

Arkansas, but you’ve got to love their Chick en Cordon Bleu and Chicken Kiev. $56.47M.

Founded in 1975 in Maine, with its rst store opening at the Maine Mall in South Portland, Olympia Sports ($77.726M) was acquired in 2019 by JackRabbit, owned at the time by CriticalPoint Capital of California.

Olympia started closing stores July 21, 2022, and completely shut down last month.

e top two entries in the Maine 100TM are both pet care developers. Not just that, they’ve already been involved in a notable trade-secret lawsuit and settled.

5. $589.307M L. L. BEAN, Freeport

6. $421.727M DEAD RIVER COMPANY, South Portland

7. $343.373M CN BROWN COMPANY, South Paris

8. $281.323M VIP TIRES & SERVICE, Auburn

9. $202.924M BANGOR SAVINGS BANK, Bangor

10. $196.792M WOODARD & CURRAN, Portland

11. $170.257M AUTO EUROPE, Portland

12. $167.142M TWIN RIVERS PAPER, Madawaska

13. $144.066M CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK, Camden

14. $129.698M HUSSEY SEATING, North Berwick

15. $122.372M MEMIC, Portland

16. $120.514M MAINE MACHINE PRODUCTS COMPANY, South Paris

17. $117.887M DARLING'S AGENCY, Brewer

18. $116.344M FABIAN OIL, Oakland

19. $114.436M NORTHEAST BANK, Lewiston

20. $113.681M GEIGER, Lewiston

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89. $25.77M ATLANTIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Brunswick

90. $25.599M WEATHERVANE SEAFOODS, Kittery

91. $25.436M PAUL WHITE COMPANY, Portland

92. $25.207M CENTRAL MAINE MOTORS, Waterville

93. $24.924M PARTNERS BANK OF NEW ENGLAND, Sanford

94. $24.177M KENNEBEC LUMBER COMPANY, Solon

95. $23.721M WRIGHT-PIERCE, Topsham

96. $23.001M SYNERGY CHC, Westbrook 97. $22.886M HALEY WARD, Bangor

98. $22.876M SHP MANAGEMENT CORP., Cumberland Foreside

99. $22.473M ROBBINS LUMBER, Searsmont

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Through the Mirror: Janis Ian

Janis Ian shares the eternal green room with Judy Collins and Leonard Cohen in Greenwich Village, 1974. She joins us here for three concerts this fall.

INTERVIEW BY COLIN W. SARGENT

Her megahit “At Sev enteen” does more than play in the back ground of the 2004 movie Mean Girls. Singer-Songwriter Janis Ian invent ed the counternarrative that would inspire actor/writers like Tina Fey and Janeane Garofalo.

Our 100,000 print readers are excited about your Maine performances this fall!

anks, I’m pretty excited too! I love Maine, spent wonderful times there as a child (my memories of Monhegan Island are still very vivid, especially the fairy houses) and more recently around the Boothbay Harbor area. My folks have been trying to nd dates for Shalin Liu [performance center] for about ve years now, and Rockland has that light house…I should just be a tourist and forget the shows, really!

Tell us about a new song you’ll be playing when you come up here and how and where you composed it

Hard to pick one, since I rotate them so fre quently. I guess two of my own favorites are “I’m Still Standing” and “Resist.”

“I’m Still Standing” took a long time to write. I began it while on tour in Australia decades ago, but just couldn’t get it right. It’s hard to straddle the line between acknowl edging that things change because you’re ag ing, and whining about getting older! In the end, I decided to turn everything that’s sup posed to be negative about aging into a posi tive—hence lines like “See these bruises, see these scars/hieroglyphs that tell the tale/you can read them in the dark/through your n gertips like Braille.” I really love the idea of a chorus that begins “I would not trade a line.”

Tell us about the first time you ever visited Maine and what was going on in your life.

Oh gosh, I think I was about seven years old. My parents knew a family that lived there

(the name “Borden” comes to mind, but I could be wrong). I remember that their children played with me along some body of water, and there were large amounts of jelly sh washed up on shore. I’d never seen one, so it was pretty impressive.

You were born in a small town, Farmingdale, NJ. How do you draw on that to connect with Maine audiences sprinkled along the seacoast? Is there such a thing as a global intimacy? What an interesting question! You know, I live on a saltwater canal now, about two blocks from Tampa Bay and six blocks from the Gulf. I think people are drawn to water, if they’re listening to their hearts—we come from it, a er all. When you grow up in small towns, as I did, there’s an intimacy to daily life that you don’t nd in big cities. For all the downsides (everyone is in everyone else’s business, for better and for worse), there are a lot of positive things about it.

Springsteen or Bon Jovi?

Oh good gosh!

I guess I’d say Latifah or Houston?

New Jersey natives sometimes get the (patri archy-driven) question: “Springsteen or Bon Jovi?” Where and how do you and your music find a breath of fresh air within that somewhat reductive universe?

Oh good gosh! I guess I’d say, “Latifah or Houston?” I’m not sure what a reductive universe is, or why the question would be patriarchy driven. But no need to explain, please. I generally take remarks like that with a large grain of salt.

As the first musical guest on the premiere of Saturday Night Live, what strange particular memory do you have that comes back to you full strength?

Honestly, no strange memory of it. It was the rst time I’d ever seen Jim Henson at work, and I thought that was pretty amaz ing. Billy Preston was brilliant. George Carlin, well, he was right then, and he’s right now!

I only realized last week that “At Seventeen” is bossa nova! Tell us about your inspiration to put a reflective, serious message in a romantic container like that. Where were you when you had your breakthrough moment?

I was sitting and playing guitar at my mom’s dinner table, reading the New York Times while running over that guitar pattern. e song grew out of an article in the Times by a woman who’d thought her debutante coming out would solve all her problems, and her realization that it didn’t. Really, there was no great decision to use the samba-type melody and guitar part to sneak in a lyric, though that’s what happened. I think things like that are what I call “talent speaking.” I have a lot of respect for my talent, and happily acknowledge that it o en knows better than I do.

Where’s your favorite place on earth to write music? The painter Dozier Bell once told us that when she’s in the zone, she eats Kit Kat bars and hides the wrappers under the sofa cushion. I’m afraid it’s nothing that interesting. I

like having a low couch and a co table, because I usually write hold ing a guitar on one knee and leaning over it to jot things in a notebook. But that’s about it—no particular time, place, food.

Do you write science fiction in the same place or a different place?

I don’t consider myself a very good short story writer as yet, and I’ve only written nine, so it’s hard to say. But basically, writers write.

at’s the bottom line. Doesn’t matter where. Writers write.

What’s the longest period since 1970 when you did not perform, and why did you go quiet like that?

I can’t remember. I tend to walk away when I feel like my obligations are over whelming my writing time. at’s why I’m doing a nal tour; that’s why I’ve put out my last new album. I think the longest I haven’t been on a stage was about eight

years, but I could be wrong.

I remember when Eric Clapton refused to play Layla.” Was there ever an occasion where you

refused to play “At Seventeen”? Nope.

What’s the strangest time you were ever interrupted in concert? What happened?

A few years ago, playing a small club I loved in Phoenix, I watched a couple in the front row order a pizza, have it delivered, eat it, then leave. at was pretty weird.

What are your 30 most exciting seconds as a performer?

Finishing a show feeling like I did a good job.

Did you think it possible that in 2022 our culture would have to relearn the lessons in “Society’s Child”?

It’sNo.unfortunate.

Not many performers can say The Doors were their backup band. I’m referring to your Fresno concert where you’re the headliner

and they appear below you, with the explanatory “Light My Fire” included below their name. Do you have a Jim Morrison story?

Not really—and they weren’t my “backup band,” which would mean they played while I sang. In those days we all did a lot of switching around. I opened for them, or Joplin , or whoever, and those people opened for me next time. It was a good time for cross-fertilization.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono once drove up to Maine, house-hunting. John kept pointing to the next peninsula and the next, in infinite regression: No, let’s look up there! They reached the top of the state without deciding. If you were to buy a retreat up here, where would it be and what would it look like? Actually, what would it sound like? I can’t imagine getting that lucky! n

Catch up with Janis Ian this fall at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, Oct. 27; Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brown eld, 28; and the Strand eatre, Rockland, Oct. 29.

Grow your own, or at least shop locally grown.

Farm to FableN

ot into knitting or woodcarving? Sad to say goodbye to gardening season? Try this newly legal remedy for winter: homegrown cannabis.

ough the plant’s outdoor growing season ends in September, with a few pots of dirt and a 400-watt light bulb, you can overwinter it

Accordingindoors.toMaine law, residents 21 years or older may grow up to three mature cannabis plants. When properly cultivated, one plant can produce 5–15 ounces of weed per year: that’s upwards of $1000 worth of dried ower. Considering that seeds typically sell for $5–$15 each

at brick-and-mortar stores like Canna bis Seed Bank of Maine in Farmington or from online retailers like Homegrown Cannabis Co., the investment return is notSecuringinconsequential.yourseeds is just the begin ning, though. “Like me, cannabis likes nei ther wet feet nor to be cold,” says Univer sity of Maine extension professor of soil and water quality John Jemison. “Cannabis is adapted to lower water use than many plants, so overwatering can lead to diseases such as Pythium[-induced root rot].”

NETFLIX AND CHILL?

To help the rest of us relax, cannabis plants need to mellow out. According to Jemison, “Stress can make a female plant

produce male owers—bad news!” Why should we care, in this non-binary age? When male owers pollinate females, seed-heavy buds result.

If this sounds too green for your thumb, dispensaries like Sweetspot in Portland “have a kind of farmer’s market of can nabis, because we have about 25 di er ent vendors that we work with. We don’t produce any of our products ourselves, so the selection is always changing, and that keeps people excited about coming over here,” says general manager Taj Mohol. “ e thing with cannabis is, these strains and these products vary so much that it actually behooves people to go to multi ple shops. I think it’s great when people bounce around and shop everywhere.” n

BY LILY RANDALL

BY COLIN W. SARGENT

when Vanity Fair wrote, “Is America Finally Over Its Moment?”Mainein

2013, who knew that the answer ten years later would still be no. It’s not just the J. Crew catalog shoot cited by the magazine, or the in uential Ralph Lauren spread we covered at the Kennebunk River Club [“ e Lobster at Ate Manhattan”] in 2007. It’s more a feelingdriven style. Everywhere we turn, we’re seeing a maniacal love for Maine.

Not cottagecore. (You’ve seen the ubiq uitous shelter catalogs.)

Not Barbiecore. ( e 2022 trend that turned the world pink.)

But Mainecore—a branding bonanza. A er all, we invented the ‘she’ shed (we just called it the bait shed). Or is it our glamor ice- shing shacks? As we write this, there’s a big green light for some of the most au thentic and lovable aspects of Maine cul ture, and it’s getting brighter. Log cabins, chickadee curtains, knotty pine, lobster im ages, and gulls, gulls, gulls.

REAL ITALIANS

You drive up to an Amato’s, walk inside. You’re o ered an Italian sandwich. Absolutely delicious! But beware: You have to disambiguate between the “Classic Italian” and the “Original Real Italian.” If you’re of the Mainecore persuasion, you place your order for the Original.

Mainecore

Oh, no. Now we’re a style, an inspo, a trend.

e Amato family didn’t just invent the Italian sandwich. During World War II, a powerful executive, Camilla Amato, guid ed the rm toward the Sputnik era while her brothers were o ghting. e lovely stone mansion that the Italian sandwiches built still stands at 114 Stevens Avenue.. Follow this Facebook link to see Mainecore lovers pining away for Portland’s Italian sandwiches all over the U.S.: 50705201199920/?type=3&comment_atos/photos/a.10150705201184920/101https://m.facebook.com/amid=10153746210804920&_rdr

HARD-CORE MAINECORE

Ride the boat to Chebeague Island to nd a real library where guest writers

read from new work and for dessert, there are real Scotch Cookies from a lost recipe from the long-shuttered Cushman’s Baking Company be tween Elm, Lancaster, and Kennebec Streets in town. Now that’s hardcore Mainecore! ( e structure still stands and now hosts the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science.)

Cushman delivered fresh baked goods door-to-door from trucks back in the day. Branding insight: you didn’t have to stand in line. Here’s the recipe. Don’t ever let it go.

CLAMMING UP

Snow’s Clam Chowder used to be the pride of Pine Point e classic factory with a big red and white Snow’s sign burns in our memory. Now it’s part of the “Maine outside of Maine” (on re ection, a fascinating terrain). You can still buy Snow’s products at Hannaford , but Snow’s is now owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods, headquartered in San Di-

Cookie Recipe

1 ½ cups sugar cup shortening cup molasses egg ½ cups our teaspoon salt ½ teaspoons soda teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon mace cup milk

“Cream sugar, shortening, molas ses and egg. Si dry ingredients and beat in, along with the milk. Drop by ta blespoonful onto greased sheets. Press down lightly with oured glass. Bake, but do not overbake.”

Submitted by Jean Dyer. Note: This recipe comes courtesy of the Chebeague Island Parents Association and appears in Chebeague Island Cooking, an outstanding guide to ancient Maine cuisine and available when you send $8 to Sheila Putnam, Box 135, Chebeague Island, Maine, 04017.

ego. None of which is mentioned on the can I Snow’stried.Clam

Chowder was founded in 1920 by Fred H. Snow, a true Scarbor ough local. Early on, he ran the shore res taurant Snow’s Clam Bake Dinners, can ning chowder at the same time (possibly during the o -season). Like magic, the business grew into the mammoth cannery loved by so many on Pine Point Road.

In 1959, Snow’s was sold to Borden, but wonderfully the Pine Point factory kept rattling on. Our magazine was ve years old in 1990 when it fell silent.

For decades the Snow family, benefactors of the area, lived in Castillo del Mar, the John Calvin Stevens-designed Spanish-style villa that still stands at 209 East Grand Avenue in Old Orchard Beach.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis on the beach in front of the house and stayed the night there.

THE REAL DEAL

Happy Holidays! A sled from Paris Manu facturing Co. of South Paris, dating to the 1800s, is the real ” nest kind” accessory. ey turn up in all the major auction houses. Here’s one that just sold

A six-ounce bag of Humpty Dumpty chips can be ordered on Amazon for $12.89. Six 6-oz. bags cost $44.81.

On eBay, this decorative metal can has the asking price of $149.99 plus $21.54 shipping.

inson and Norman Cole. (Remember King Cole potato chips?) My rst brush with Humpty was as a Cub Scout, when our den visited the new (as of 1950) manufacturing plant on U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough to see Made in Maine in action. At one point they took us to a vat of bubbling fat. We stared down. I think my friend Je Smaha was among the cubs with us. Our guide

callMaine.thenew—thingsome“Here’ssaid,rstinWethem

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at’s why I feel like a ghosted cub whenever I see the logo now, the Humpty bags imposters somehow.

HUMPTY DUMPTY POTATO CHIPS

Face it, Humpty. You lost your crown when you were bought out by the unclearly Canadian rm Old Dutch Foods. But there are many who would have you believe otherwise... Humpty Dumpty was founded on Second Street o Mussey Street in South Portland in 1947 by George Rob-

In February 1989, during the re cession, Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips and its logo were un loaded to Borden, Inc e Canadian chip manufacturer Small Fry of On tario snapped them up in January 2000. Sounds like a movie of the week to me. en, according to Wiki pedia, “Old Dutch Foods acquired Hump ty Dumpty Snack Foods in a $26.7 million takeover bid in 2006.” Old Dutch is head quartered in Roseville, Minnesota, with a chip division in Manitoba, Canada. “ e Humpty Dumpty brand is generally sold in the New England states, Quebec, e Mari times, and Newfoundland and Labrador.”

Is loving Maine a neurosis? e buoyancy and amboyance of these lost businesses belong to these shores. What can we do about losing these brands? Nothing. Well, that’s ne. Oh, yeah—love the ones you’re with.

STYLE OR POINT OF VIEW

We know you can decorate Mainecore. But do you think Mainecore?

You know you’re Mainecore if you know that WCSH-TV is named for the location of their rst broadcasts, the top of the Congress Square Hotel, which stillIt’sstands.like

e Da Vinci Code, except it’s the Forest City Code. e world made sense (ha ha). e Porte ous family, owners of the Porteous, Mitch ell and Braun department store that’s now home to Maine College of Art & Design,

DOCKSIDERS: We’ve got the look. Even if we invented these shoes, you can’t blame us for yacht rock!

You’re Mainecore if you know that Ru dy Vallee had an early job as an usher at

famous for their bakery’s Scotch Cookies (see recipe p. 44).

the Strand eatre formerly at 565 Congress Street. You know it because he told it to you once, when you were too young to be the editor of Portland Magazine. You know that Rudy’s last address, in Holly wood Hills, was on a street he tried to rename Rue de Vallee. You know that at his boyhood home in Westbrook at 36 Monroe Avenue, there’s a Yale knocker for the bandleader of the Yale Collegians mounted on his bedroom door.

Do you know 117 Lo s, the yellowbrick luxury apartment buiding on 117 Preble Street that’s leasing oneand two-bedroom units? Apartments start at $1,300 plus utilities, parking, and a pet fee for a studio. e building is so cool it looks like a set design for e Hud-

sucker Proxy. Designed by John Calvin Stevens, it was built in 1927 as the headquarters of the world-famous Schlotter beck & Foss food-service and condiment company, creators of Mos-Ness Dressing , a staple for cafeterias everywhere from universities to hospitals to military

mess halls to asylums in both world wars and well into the 1990s. It’s great on salads and roast oysters. Occasionally you can still nd it at Whole Foods, but at press time it’s not for sale in the Portland store, though it’s Portland to the bone. We bought some in May through Amazon,

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If you’re Mainecore, a little voice whispers into your ear that maybe you’ve said Mainecore too much. So you invent a symbol—the in nity symbol, a lazy gure eight. You don’t actually invent it, but you know what I mean.

∞ When you drive through Monument Square, you re ect that Portland once had a skyscraper taller than the highest commercial buildings in Boston at the time.

∞ You know that part of the torndown Union Station still exists as the basement used by Maine Hardware in Union Station Plaza Shopping Center.

∞ You know that two Nazi spies came ashore from a U-boat near Bar Harbor one wintry night in 1944 and grabbed a bite at Union Station on their way to New York to in ltrate the Manhattan Project

∞ You know that Bette Davis spent her early summers as a lifeguard on Ogun quit Beach

∞ You know that a er he and Bette split up, actor Gary Merrill, who fell in love with her while shooting All About Eve, lived in one of the two lighthouses at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth—the west tower. A bachelor pad.

∞You nd yourself craving Mailhot Sausage from Lewiston, est. 1910, and their delicious tortieres–spiced meat pies–and their cretons, a deviled ground pork or turkey spread that’s so savory you’ll never forget the taste.

∞ You miss the giant Coca-Cola sign at the top of Congress Square that ashed and danced its incandescence to mark the Portland skyline.ere’s only one breed of cat, you know. e Maine coon cat is legendary for coming to our shores as part of the China Trade.

∞ You suffer a flash of vertigo every time they “roll that beautiful bean foot age” in a Bush Beans commercial. That’s because the late, great B&M Baked Beans were so much deeper and better. Just the thought of their brown bread makes you close your eyes. Here’s how bad you’ve got it. When B&M closed, you bought a case of gorgeous B&M jars because you couldn’t bear thinking of them disappearing from the world. That was a year ago. Ordered from Walmart, the case cost $48 including shipping. You can’t get those cases “no more.”

Last spring, a single jar cost $13. Now people are selling the empty bean jars for $15 to $25 each including shipping. Talk about “cool beans.” If you look closely, you’ll see the jars have differ ent themes: Betsy Ross, Paul Revere, the Boston Tea Party. “New England’s finest since 1867.” Why are the jars so great? You can heat them up in a microwave, for one thing. And they look like cute little bean pots. Hold it. We may have ordered another case from Food Ser

vice Direct for $65. We’ll let you know when it arrives.

∞ You tell your friends that An na Kendrick went to Deering High School (and Lincoln Middle School). Before her, Tony-winner and ve-time nominee Andrea Martin. Before her, Annie Proulx , author of e Shipping News and “Brokeback Mountain.”

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Tonight's new view between UNION and Blue.

BY MILENA CALCAGNI

UNION’s interior de sign is exactly how my dream home would look.

Bright fuchsia owers bloom against the cool marble bartop and warm tones of the exposed beams and rustic wood paneling. Opposite the formal dining area where couples celebrate their an

niversaries and business partners toast their latest success, comfy beige lounging sofas rest against the wall beneath scattered con temporary pendant lights.

We scramble to claim seats at the bar so we can watch as the chefs whisk this and ambé that, working in harmony to master fully assemble each plate. As we sit, our usu al drinks are already waiting for us: Sangria

for Jess, who longs for the days of her sum mer abroad in Spain; piña colada for Deena, who wishes she were sipping it on a beach; and ginger beer for me, the designated driv er. UNION’s bar manager, Jordan, greets us with a knowing smile.

“Hey, ladies—welcome back! What brings you in tonight?”

“It’s girls’ night. We survived the work

week, and small victories are victories still!”

Jordan gestures to the man next to us. “We were just talking about the First Fri day Art Walk tonight. He’s visiting Port land for the week, and it’s not something we can let him miss!”

Since we’ll be burning plenty of calories on our post-meal stroll through the Arts District too, I feel no guilt in ordering the decadent con t Maine duck and asparagus polenta and sharing the s’mores tri e for dessert. Both are delicious and plated with such artistry I’m almost sad to eat them.

WALKING THE WALK

It’s only a 15-minute walk from UNION to Blue, our next stop. We strut in squad formation down Congress through Mon ument Square, admiring the architecture to a soundtrack of passing cars and street performers playing guitar, and nd ourselves in the thick of the First Friday crowd. We momentarily break our huddle to peruse the maze of o erings, getting lost admiring the bright abstract paintings and one-of-a-kind pottery.

I’m immediately drawn to the tables of locally made jewelry with brightly colored beads and intricate metalwork, deciding on a sea-glass pendant that matches my dress. I’m in awe of a stylized depiction of the wharf in neon acrylic paints, but I think it may be too large for my living room. Match ing ceramic co ee mugs for my roommates will be far simpler to bring home.

Deena admires surprisingly lifelike artwork cra ed entirely from ower pet als, purchasing a piece which so closely resembles the midnight sky it was mod

eled on that I mistake it for a photograph. We’re startled from our shopping spree by a scream, relieved to discover it’s just Jess nearly fainting over a slew of funky vintage fashion and now clad in a chartreuse gown with telephones printed all over it, which she somehow pulls o e ortlessly.

BLUES IN THE NIGHT

We continue our stroll to Blue. As the

sun begins to set, only the neon signs and street lights are le to illuminate our path. While the city rests, Blue is our tick et to a concert almost every night of the week, favoring folk and jazz.

We arrive just before Britt Connors and Bourbon Renewal take the stage. Britt’s voice has jazz, blues, and folk all blended as smoothly as, well, bourbon. Blue is donation-based, so rather than compiling $100+ each to cover tickets and entry fees, we donate directly to the per formers. While the space is rather small, this only improves the acoustics and means there isn’t a bad seat in the house.

In fact, just about every seat is front row.

Each of us has to be up early for work in the morning, so this time Deena and Jess join me in opting for root beer. We settle against the far right wall— a splash of red—and let the reverberation of the bass lull the week’s frustrations away. Even a er our night has reached its nal curtain call, the show at Blue goes on far past our bedtimes, and we know it will be wait ing for us again tomorrow night. n

Out of the Mist

Wandby Landing charms with an Italian twist.

BY COLIN W. SARGENT

Who knew a couldwreckship be so fun?

LandingWandby’s

founders Matt and Mariah Dyer o er a sweet origin story: “In 1921, the captain of the British cargo ship the SS Wandby mis read his chart in the fog and wrecked on the rocks o the coast of Kennebunk[port], Maine. With zero casualties, the English crew found themselves stranded in the small Maine village. ey were welcomed with open arms by the residents, lling their days with feasts, plays, dances, and various forms of merriment until the crew members could nd their way home.”

LUCKY STRIKE

Friendship warms the darkest passages. Wandby may have been an English steam er, but a rarely discussed coincidence has it that she was heading from Genoa, Italy, to Portland when she crashed into the rocks beside Walker’s Point. Tonight we pair fate with fortune as we celebrate Italian cui

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Salad ($15), “pine nut vinai grette, peaches, fennel, and pecorino” and the tasty Grilled Lamb Skewers ($18) spiced with yogurt and currant marmalata. Views of the marsh from the rustic decor of the vaulted second- oor dining room (before the transformation, this was once the site of On the Marsh Bistro) add to the romance. Our two wines by the glass, Santa Tresa Frappato (Sicily, $12) and Al Passo Sangio vese (Tuscany, $15) keep us on an even keel, with the latter my surprise favorite.

CRAFT IS KING

Because handmade pasta is a specialty here, a er enjoying fresh rolls baked on-site we try the Mezzi Rigatoni, “Calabrian chili and pork sausage sugo, cauli ower, rosemary, parme san” ($18/$27). It’s distinctive, delicious, and so evocative we’re already reminiscing about vacations we’ve shared in Rome and Naples. We also share Roasted Beets with pistachiocoriander vinaigrette ($9), perfect for fall.

Next up is the ChickenCreekGunnyFarm a la mattone (cooked under a brick) with bagnetto verde, a green sauce redolent with capers, anchovies, gar lic, olive oil, parsley, and egg ($27). Wow. It’s perfectly cooked, moist, tender, burst ing with avor. No maritime metaphor can do it justice.

ANCHOR UNDER THE STARS

For dessert, we can’t resist sharing the Tira misu: “Vanilla Cake, Mascarpone, Espres so, Marsala, Chocolate” ($13). It’s authentic, dreamy, and created on site. Wandby Land ing isn’t just a de ly named theme restaurant. e Italian cuisine here is real, and it’s creat ing new memories.

Two cappuccinos put us over the top, and we’re headed home to watch La Dolce Vita. n

Andy’s Old Port Pub…Best traditional lobster roll on Portland’s waterfront, extraordinary pizza (even create your own!) and pub fare. Local fresh seafood. Live acoustic music. Never a cov er. Local brews and waterfront style cocktails, 94 Commercial Street, Portland, 874-2639

Anthony’s Italian Kitchen 30 years of Old World recipes. Best meatballs in town. Mile-high lasagnas, fresh-filled cannoli pastries, 54 sand wiches, pizza. A timeless great family spot. Beer and wine. Free parking. 151 Middle St., Port land, 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, organ ic cuisine. Our new home has plenty of space, parking, outdoor seating, takeout, and an event space in the loft. We continue to offer some thing for every palate—from vegans to carnivores and everything in between. bandalooprestau rant.com

Bull Feeney’s, authentic Irish pub and restau rant. 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. 7737210, bullfeeneys.com

DiMillo’s On the Water Now’s the time to enjoy

everything DiMillo’s has to offer: fabulous dishes prepared by Head Chef, Melissa Bouchard, voted one of Maine’s Chefs of the Year, plus Certified Angus Beef, Italian and the best lob ster around. Our outside dining is unparalleled. Open Monday thru Saturday at noon, Commer cial St., Old Port 772-2216. Always FREE PARK ING while aboard.

El Corazon Mexican food from the heart. Au thentic family recipes passed down through generations & “oversized tequila selection.” Try our “Marisco”—a Mexican seafood cocktail of shrimp, bay scallops, clams, octopus & Maine lobster. Lun. & din., Mon.–Thurs. 11–10. Fri.-Sat. till 11. Sun. 9–9. 190 State St. 536-1354, elcora zonportland.com.

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. Ev erything’s homemade, organic, and nitrate-free. 24 local drafts & cocktails showcase all-local breweries & distilleries. 72 Commercial St., 7728777, flatbreadcompany.com.

Hurricane Restuarant New England cuisine with an international twist. Lobster & blueberry pie! Local produce and seafood, full bar, award-

winning wine list, in-house dessert chef. Sunday brunch. Live music Wednesday nights. Lunch and dinner seven days a week. Bar menu always available. Good restaurants come and go. Great restaurants get better and better. Reservations suggested. 29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport. 967-9111, hurricanrestaurant.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 Liv ing one of “America’s Best Seafood Dives 2016.” 722-4828.

Maria’s Ristorante Portland’s original clas sic 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. Po’ Boys & Pickles..Small, easygoing joint constructing oversized po’boy sandwiches along with other hearty cajun eats!

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BY JEFF LYONS & JASON SINGER

Maine is a very proud state. We y the 1901 ag on our hats and shirts and co ee

mugs. In Portland we have squares, book shops, museums, restaurants, bars, and stat ues honoring locally born celebrities like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Ford. We support our multi-generational farms and shermen, labeling tourists and transplants as “from away.”

But even by these proudly provincial standards, Belle ower Brewing Compa ny is spectacularly locavore. About 99% of their grain is grown, malted, and pro cessed in Maine ey display local art for

sale on their walls. e Instagrammable mural on the exterior—voted Best Mural in Portland Old Port’s 2022 Best of Port land list—was painted by Portland artist Rebecca Volynsky

Even the additional beer ingredients come from Maine when possible. e hops in their agship Magpie (5.5% ABV) are grown in Gorham. e honey in Folk Magic (7.6% ABV) comes from Back woods Bee Farm in Windham

“I actually just drove there to pick up a bucket60-poundofhoney for our next calternoon.saidco-ownerbrewing,”ZachPageonarecentafelistoflotouchesdoesn’tstop

there. Four to ve nights a week, Belle ower features local food trucks. e brewery doesn’t have a kitchen of its own, but it does supply snacks, including delicious vegetarian and nonvegetarian charcuterie options from Saco based Charcutemarie ey host seasonal Makers’ Markets, where local artisans can promote and sell their goods. And the beer labels ri ng on Belle ower’s barn hex-in spired logo are designed by local artists, some of whom work

in the tasting room.

For a brewery that opened only a year and a half ago in March 2021, mid-pan demic, Belle ower’s local focus has paid o . In their rst month, they produced 30 barrels of beer. Now they’re at maximum capacity averaging 150 barrels per month, Page says, but to meet growing demand are upgrading the glycol chiller and tanks they inherited from Brewery Extrava that brie y existed in the same loca tion before Belle ower blossomed.

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Belle ower’s East Bayside smolderingroseborhoodneighliterallyfromthestill-ashes

of the Great Portland Fire of 1866, which were dumped into Back Cove, laying the groundwork for further expansion of this area that was once seawater. But in the next thirty years, according to climate scientists, Bayside will again be uninhabitable due to rising water, unless drastic steps are taken.

In the meantime, drink up! We recently tried Manifesting (5.5% ABV), Belle ow er’s pint of sunshine gold disguised as a double fruited sour, a avorful blend of the tropics with lip-puckering sour. It’s a desti nation beer, and it’s just the be ginning. Bellelineupower’sof

East Bayside rose from the still-smoldering ashes of the Great Fire of 1866, which were dumped into Back Cove.

ales, lagers, and porters is among the best in the city. Magpie (5.5% ABV), their ag ship beer, is a hazy New England Pale Ale, piney and dank in a way that makes it eas ily drinkable. Devil’s Chair (8.2% ABV), an imperial double New England IPA, is citrusy, mildly toasty, and a bit sweet at the nish. It’s so smooth it drinks like a session beer, although too much of this good thing can make the memory a bit hazy. e Awakening Place (8.5% ABV), Belle ow

er’s Baltic Porter, is both smooth and complex, with hints of choc olate, raisins, barley, and nuts. More of a sipper than a chugger.

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Belle ower’s Cove Street location is just steps from the Bayside Trail . ere’s no de nitive evidence Yogi Berra had it in mind ad vising, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” but that advice holds true here. Af ter a one-kilometer walk east, you can go le and connect with the Back Cove Trail (3.5 mile loop) or head right and walk the base of the Eastern Prom to East End Beach and beyond. e trail to the right immediately re wards you with a view of Casco Bay. Keep ing it real, the concrete, gra ti-faced structure to the right of the path provides another reward: clean water. Portland’s sewage treatment plant is a modern-day necessity that only came into being in the

1970s. (No longer can one hope the odor is from baking beans at the now shuttered B&M factory.) Continue along the path to our little gem of an urban beach. East End Beach gets really tiny at high tide, but it’s a great place to dog-watch and dip your feet. Continue on the path and take the stairs on the right up to magni cent Fort Allen Park to enjoy the spectacular view of the bay before circling back around and down to the Yeast Bayside brewery cluster. n

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Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myr tle St. Farruquito | Flamenco Íntimo, Oct. 26; Maine State Ballet: The Nutcracker, Nov. 25–Dec. 4. 842-0800.

Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Giselle, Oct. 28–29. 857-3860.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Contra Dance with Belfast Flying Shoes, Nov. 19. 542-0836.

State Theatre, 609 Con gress St. Nutcracker! Magic of Christmas, Nov. 15. 9566000.

Music

Aura, 121 Center St. The California Honeydrops, Nov.

3; Foreigners Journey, Nov. 26. 772-8274.

Blue, 650A Congress St. Tracy McMullen, Oct. 15; Brian Shankar Adler, Oct. 29; David Rogers, Nov. 3; Titus Abbott Collective, Nov. 12; Choro Louco, Nov. 18; Frank Fotusky, Nov. 24; Jazz Sesh, every Tue; Irish Session, every Wed. 774-4111.

Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Free port. Sean Mencher and Hugh Bowden, Oct. 28; Blues on Sunday with Nel son Checkoway, Per Hanson & Jon Ross, Oct. 30 & Nov.

27; Unfnished Blues Band, Nov. 5; Country Roads, Nov. 12; Anni Clark, Nov. 18; Bess Jacques, Nov. 19; Southside Blues, Nov. 26. 560-5300.

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Elm St. Fire & Grace, Oct. 28; Tannahill Weavers, Nov. 12; Oshima Brothers with Lulu Moss, Nov. 19. 236-7963.

Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Rock Hearts, Oct. 29. 564-8943.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Schooner Fare, Oct. 21; The Last Waltz, Oct. 28;

David Bromberg, Nov. 4; Livingston Taylor, Nov. 6; Cheryl Wheeler, Nov. 18; Ellis Paul, Nov. 19; Pat Col well & The Soul Sensations Motown Christmas, Nov. 26; Nefesh Mountain Hanukkah SHow, Nov. 27. 442-8455.

Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Steve Wilson & Bruce Barth, Oct.

27 & 28; ensemble 4.1; Oct. 30; Blind Boys of Alabama with Charlie Musselwhite, Nov. 12; Masterworks II: Tchaikovsky’s 6th, Nov. 20. 581-1755.

Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Trey Anas tasio Band & Goose, Nov. 9. 791-2200.

Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Sujari Britt, Oct. 23. 941-7888.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Just Gaga with Nickie Fuller, Oct. 15; Crystal Bowersox, Oct. 22; Sawyer Fredericks, Oct. 28; Cheryl Wheeler & Kenny White, Oct. 29; Once an Outlaw, Oct. 30; The Peacheaters, Nov. 4; The El ton John Experience, Nov. ticket to in

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11; Dueling Pianos, Nov. 12. 646-4777.

Friends of the Kozschmar Organ, Merrill Audi torium, 20 Myrtle St. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Oct. 29 (on-demand Oct. 30). 553-4363.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Casco Bay Tum mlers with Jamie Saft, Oct. 28. 879-4629.

Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. ZZ Top, Oct. 19; Dirty Dancing in Concert, Oct. 27; Preserva tion Hall Jazz Band, Nov. 1; The Four Phantoms: A Holiday Concert, Nov. 16. 842-0800.

One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. David Mallett, Oct. 15; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Oct. 20; Jake Blount, Oct. 23; The Suitcase Junket, Nov. 5; Portland Jazz Orchestra, Nov. 17. 761-1757.

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Altan, Oct. 19; Lilli Lewis, Oct. 22; Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Nov. 4; The Small Glories, Nov. 13. 633-5159.

Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. The Unlikely Candidates with Nox Holloway & Kenzo Kregan, Oct. 22; Shut Down Brown & Mother Leopard, Oct. 29; The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Phish for Kids, Oct. 30; Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Nov. 6; Port Bowie, Nov. 11; The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays Music of Talking Heads for Kids, Nov. 20. 805-0134.

Portland Ovations, Hannaford Hall, USM Port land Campus, 88 Bedford St. Fauré Quartett, Nov. 10. 842-0800.

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Audi torium, 20 Myrtle St. The Music of Queen, Oct. 15–16; Violins of Hope: Verdi’s Requiem, Oct. 23 & 25 (on-demand Nov. 2–Dec. 2); Get Happy!: A Judy Garland Celebration, Nov. 5–6; Thomas Wilkins Conducts Your PSO, Nov. 20. 842-0800.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue, Oct. 23. 542-0836.

Saco River Theater, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Bux ton. Novel Jazz Septet, Nov. 13; Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection, Nov. 26. 929-6473.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Hippo Cam pus, Oct. 15; Slothrust, Oct. 21; Neighbor, Oct. 22; Chelsea Cutler, Oct. 23; Noah Kahan, Oct. 25; Kitchen Dwellers & Daniel Donato, Oct. 28; Kurt Vile and the Violators, Oct. 31; Trom bone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Nov. 3; Marcus Mumford, Nov. 5; Pink Talking Fish, Nov. 11; Trampled By Turtles, Nov. 12; Bright Eyes, Nov. 13; The Lone Bellow, Nov. 16; Palaver Strings: Zodiac, Nov. 17; Godspeed You! Black Em peror, Nov. 18; Spencer and the Walrus Pres ent the 20th Annual Beatles Night, Nov. 25–27. 956-6000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfeld. Slaid Cleaves, Oct. 21; Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Oct. 27; Janis Ian, Oct. 28; The Watkins Family Hour, Oct. 30; Paula Cole, Nov. 4; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Nov. 11; WÖR, Nov. 12; Jake Shimabukuro, Nov. 19. 935-7292.

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Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Tim O’Brien with Jan Fabricius and Chris Smither, Oct. 15; Janis Ian, Oct. 29; Jake Shimabukuro, Nov. 20. 594-0070.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St. Dirty Cello, Oct. 28; Christine Lavin, Nov. 19. 729-8515.

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. The Jason Spooner Band, Nov. 19. 985-5552.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Glenn Miller Orchestra, Oct. 19l Leo Kottke, Oct. 22. 873-7000.

Theater

Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St., Belfast. The Lady in the Van, through Oct. 16. 619-3256.

Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Rocky Horror Picture Show, Oct. 29. 564-8943.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washing ton St., Bath. Midcoast Literacy’s Young Readers Theater, Oct. 23; Fully Committed, Nov. 25–Dec. 4. 442-8455.

City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Sylvia, through Oct. 23. 282-0849.

Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Theater at Monmouth on Tour: As You Like It, Oct. 20; The Met Live in HD: Medea, Oct. 29; NT Live Broadcast: Frankenstein, Oct. 31; The Met Live in HD: La Traviata, Nov. 5; NT Live Broadcast: Prima Facie, Nov. 17; Legally Blonde: The Musical, Nov. 29. 581-1755.

Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Ses ame Street Live! Make Your Magic, Oct. 29–30. 791-2200.

Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main St. Goblin Market, Oct. 28–30. 452-2412.

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Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. The Lifespan of a Fact, through Oct. 30; Carousel, Nov. 9–Dec. 4. 835-0895.

Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Live Theater: Willy Wonka, through Oct. 16; Broad way Boston Bus Trip: Hairspray, Oct. 22; MET LIVE: Medea (Cherubini), Oct. 22; MET LIVE: La Traviata (Verdi), Nov. 5. 667-9500.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Met Live in HD: Medea (Cherubini), Oct. 22; The Met Live in HD: La Traviata (Verdi), Nov. 5. 563-3424.

Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. When We Were Young and Unafraid, through Oct. 23; Straight White Men, Nov. 17–Dec. 11. 747-4148.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Tarot Theater (The Major Arcana), Oct. 15; Tophat Produc tions’ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Oct. 21. 879-4629.

Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, through Oct. 30; Elf The Musical, Nov. 30–Dec. 18. 646-5511.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Ready, Set, Go!, Oct. 30; Matt & Ben, Oct. 20–Nov. 6. 942-3333.

Portland Players Theater, 420 Cottage Rd.,

South Portland. Rent, Nov. 4–20. 799-7337.

Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Oct. 26–Nov. 3 (on-demand Nov. 9–27); A Tuna Christmas, Nov. 30–Dec. 24. 774-0465.

Public Theater, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective, Nov. 4–13 (on-demand Nov. 8–13). 782-3200. Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. NTLive:

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Straight Line Crazy, Oct. 20; Met Opera LIVE: Cherubini’s Medea, Oct. 22; Met Opera Encore: Cherubini’s Medea, Nov. 1; Met Opera LIVE: Verdi’s La Traviata, Nov. 5; NTLive: Jack Absolute Flies Again, Nov. 10; Met Opera Encore: Verdi’s La Traviata, Nov. 15. 594-0070.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Na tional Theatre Live: Frankenstein, Oct. 30; Met Opera Encore: Medea (Cherubini), Nov. 5; The Sound of Music, Nov. 11–20. 873-7000.

Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. The Last Girl, Oct. 20. 857-3860.

Comedy

Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Oro no. Jay Leno, Oct. 22. 581-1755. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. The 3 Redneck Tenors, Nov. 26. 941-7888.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Bob Mar ley Comedy Show, Oct. 23 & 27. 646-4777.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Andy Gross Live, Oct. 28. 542-0836.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfeld. Comedian Bob Marley, Oct. 26; Paula Poundstone, Nov. 18. 935-7292.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Paul Reiser, Oct. 21. 873-7000.

HOLIDAY GIFTS

ArtBates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. And So Did Pleasure Take the Hand of Sorrow and They Wandered Through the Land of Joy, Oct. 28–Mar. 18, 2023; Expressions of Compassion: Selections from the Barbara Morris Goodbody Photography Collection, Oct. 28–Mar. 18, 2023. 786-6158.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine, through Nov. 6; Masks of Mem ories: Art and Ceremony in Nineteenth Century Oceania, through Jan. 15, 2023; Antiquity & America: The Ancient Mediterranean in the United States, through Feb. 5, 2023; Re|Framing the Collection: New Considerations in European and American Art, 1475–1875, through Dec. 31, 2023. 725-3275.

Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Sea of Stories: History Through Art & Archives, through Dec. 31. 985-4802.

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 Win ter St., Rockland. Ian Trask | Mind Loops, through Jan. 8, 2023; Elijah Ober | Calcium/Your Future

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Ex Squirrelfriend, through Jan. 8, 2023. 7015005.

Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 May fower Hill Dr., Waterville. Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death, through Oct. 16; Sarah Cain: hand in hand, through Dec. 11; Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, through Feb. 19, 2023. 859-5600.

Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Munira Naqui: Concrete Matter, through Oct. 15. 808-8911.

David Lussier Gallery, 66 Wallingford Sq., Kit tery. Gallery with works by artists including Ben jamin Lussier, David Lussier, George Van Hook, and Pamela Lussier. 860-336-9051.

Dowling Walsh Gallery, 365 Main St., Rock land. Betsy Eby, through Oct. 29; Will Sears, through Oct. 29; Jordan Seaberry, through Oct. 29. 596-0084.

Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rock land. Andrew Wyeth: Early Temperas, through Oct. 16; Andrew Wyeth: Islands in Maine, through Oct. 16; Farnsworth Forward: The Farnsworth Collection, through Dec. 31; Ashley Bryan: Beauty in Return, through Dec. 31; Leon ard Baskin: I Hold the Cracked Mirror Up to Man, through Jan. 15, 2023; Louise Nevelson: Dawn to Dusk, through Dec. 31, 2025. 596-6457.

First Friday Art Walks, Creative Portland, 84 Free St. Nov. 4. 370-4784.

Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Tom Paie ment Solo Exhibition, through Oct. 29; Jeff Bye Solo Exhibition, Nov. 3–26. 772-2693.

Harbor Square Gallery, 374 Main St., Rockland. Flight Risk: Fine Art For The Birds, through Oct. 31. 594-8700.

Jud Hartmann Gallery, 79 Main St., Blue Hill. The Woodland Tribes of the Northeast: bronze sculptures by Jud Hartmann (ongoing); paint ings by Charles Fenner Ball, Carolyn Walton, Barron Krody, Jean Hirons, Randy Eckard, Jerry Rose, William Bracken (ongoing). 461-5307. Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. Seacoast Moderns, through Oct. 16; En Plein Air, Oct. 20–Nov. 27. 451-9384.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Northern Threads: Two Centuries of Dress at Maine Historical Society, Part II: Clothing circa 1890–1980, through Dec. 31. 774-1822.

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Looking for Winslow Homer, through Nov. 27; Sustaining Maine’s Waters: Understanding the Changing Gulf of Maine, through Dec. 31; Shipwrecks & Salvage, through Dec. 31. 4431316.

Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures spanning over 273 miles along the

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Moss Galleries, 100 Fore St. Phoebe Porteous & Alice Jones, through Oct. 15; William Manning & Jaap Helder, Oct. 21–Nov. 26. 804-0459.

Moss Galleries, 251 US-1, Falmouth. Liz Hoag & Morgan Cameron, through Oct. 15; John San toro & Torrie Dorsey, Oct. 21–Dec. 3. 781-2620.

Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd., Jim Morin, Drawing and Painting, through Oct. 31; Virginia Overton: Untitled (Cardinal C-80), through Oct. 31; The View from Narrow Cove, through Oct. 31; I’ll Bring the Luck with Me: Hunting and Fishing with Henry Strater, through Oct. 31; Robert Lau rent: Open Studio, through Oct. 31; Hopeful: A Project by Charlie Hewitt, through Oct. 31; Sue Miller: Personal Voyage, through Oct. 31; John Walker: From Low Tide to High Tide, through Oct. 31. 646-4909.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Sur realist Play Gone Astry, through Oct. 23; The Draftsman in Society: German Expressionist Prints, through Dec. 11; Presence: The Pho tography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder, through Jan. 15, 2023; Kathy Butterly: Out of one, many / Headscapes, Nov. 4–Mar. 5, 2023. 775-6148.

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Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Scenes of Maine, through Oct. 30; Seren ity, Nov. 4–27. 712-1097.

River Arts, 36 Elm St, Damariscotta. Abstract, through Oct. 15; Artist’s Choice, Oct. 15–Nov. 19; Celebration, Nov. 19–Dec. 30. 563-6868.

Saco Museum, 371 Main St. Pastel Painters of Maine Juried Exhibition, through Oct. 21; The 18th Annual Festival of Trees, Nov. 25–Dec. 29. 283-3861.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH. Water has a Memory, through Oct. 31; People of Dawnland, through Oct. 31. (603)433-1100.

University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Michael Kol ster: Home and Other Realms and Work from the Stephen K. Halpert Collection of Photogra phy, Oct. 21–Jan. 22, 2023. 602-3000.

University of New England Art Galleries,

Jack S. Ketchum Library, 11 Hills Beach Rd., Biddeford. River to the Sea: UNE Faculty Exhi bition, through Jan. 6, 2023. 602-3000.

The Wright Gallery, 5 Pier Rd, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport. Maine inspired fne art. 5020012.

Film

Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Documentary Film: Hungry Now, Nov. 13. 581-1755.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. Baby Face, Nov. 3–4. 563-3424.

Maine Jewish Film Festival, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Violins of Hope, Oct. 19. 831-7495.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Damnationland, Oct. 27; Teton Gravity Research: Magic Hour, Nov. 4; Warren Miller’s Daymaker, Nov. 19. 9566000.

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Movies in the Barn: The Addams Family 2, Oct. 15; Movies in the Barn: Young Franken stein, Oct. 21; Movies in the Barn: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Oct. 29. 985-5552.

Don’t Miss

9th Annual Veterans Day 5K Road Race, Wells Elk Lodge, 356 Bald Hill Rd. Race starts and ends at the Wells Elk Lodge, Nov. 12. 6462451.

Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Mike Miclon’s The Early Evening, Oct. 15. 743-8452.

Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main St. Jolly Holi day Homemade Bazaar, Nov. 12. 452-2412. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Mike Super, Nov. 12. 941-7888.

Harvestfest, Short Sands Beach, York. Local food vendors, kids activities, juried crafters, oldfashioned market vendors, & live music, Oct. 15. 363-4422.

Harvest on the Harbor, Ocean Gateway, Port land. Food & wine festival with chef demonstra tions, lobster chef competition, Brews & Blues BBQ, & tasting events, Oct. 27–29. Harveston theharbor.com.

League of Maine Craft Show, Wells Jr High School, Route One (1470 Post Rd.), Wells. The annual November show features Maine and New England artists and crafters. You will fnd jewelry, pottery, clothing, soaps, woodcrafts, specialty foods photography, and much more, Nov. 5–6. 967-2251.

Maine Harvest Festival, Cross Insurance Cen ter, Bangor. A delicious celebration of Maine’s small farms and their bounty with over 150 vendors on display, featuring artisans, bakers, & vintners, Nov. 19–20. 561-8300.

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reading by Colin Sargent (Red Hands) and Ellen Meeropol (The Lost Women of Azalea Court), Oct. 27. 7pm. 536-4778.

Railway Village Museum, 586 Wiscasset Rd. (Route 7), Boothbay. Railway SPOOK-tacular, Oct. 29. 633-4733.

Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Real Ghost Stories with Adam Berry, Oct. 15. 5420836.

Snowfake Trail, Downtown Limington, Limer ick, and Newfeld. Annual open house for small businesses. “Follow the trail and enjoy local, craft-brewed beer, hand-made artisan French style chocolates, Maine maple syrup, local foods, and much more, Nov. 11–13. thesnowfa ketrail.com.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. An Evening with Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan, Oct. 16. 956-6000.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH. Ghosts on the Banke, Oct. 28–29; Dawnland StoryFest, Nov. 5. (603)433-1100.

United Maine Craftsmen, see website for lo cations. 40th Annual Augusta Arts and Crafts Show, Nov. 12–13; 47th Annual Thanksgiving Arts and Crafts Show, Nov. 25–26. Unitedmaine craftsmen.com.

Windswept Gardens, 1709 Broadway, Bangor. Windswept Gardens 2nd Annual Harvest Fest, Nov. 5–6. 941-9898.

Tasty

Bangor Uncorked, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., Bangor. A night of sampling more than 50 wines and cocktails from Italy, France, Austra lia, Spain, and more, with live music by the Dom Colizzi trio and makeup, fashion, and home dé cor to browse, Oct. 15. 561-8333.

Earth at Hidden Pond, 354 Goose Rocks Rd., Kennebunkport. Cheese & Wine: The Classic Pairing, Oct. 22 & Nov. 19; Earth Mixology Class, Nov. 12 & Dec. 3; Bitters & Sweets: The Art of Amaro, Nov. 18. 967-6550.

Gnocchi Making Class, The Burleigh, Ken nebunkport Inn, 1 Dock Sq. Learn the basics of gnocchi pasta making with a hands-on class at The Burleigh, Nov. 12. 204-9668.

Italian Cocktail Class at Via Sophia, Via Sophia by the Sea, 27 Western Ave., Kennebunk. Join Senior Director of Foods & Beverage, Kristie Sibley, to learn to combine unique favors to create Italian classics, diversify your palate, and expand the selection in your liquor cabinet, Nov. 12. 967-6530.

Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Face book Live cooking demos with a rotating list of staff & local chefs, every Thu. 443-1402.

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BY COLIN W. SARGENT

isn’t there. A harvest wreath in the fall, a Christmas wreath during the holidays, a black funeral wreath during darker times. Release the ravens!

With its unparalleled Cuban mahog any interiors and remarkable history, 375 Spring Street— built on land once owned

CHAMBER

by J. B. Brown across the street from Wayn ete School in Portland’s West End—is the ne plus ultra of the city’s most evoca tively Victorian neigh borhood. It’s listed for $2.999M.ehouse was com missioned by Maine Gov ernor Israel Washburn (1813-1883), the rst-ev er Republican in the State of Maine. From 1851 to 1861 he served Maine in the U.S. Congress. From 1861 to 1863 he led the Pine Tree State as governor for two one-year terms. Richly rewarded and well respected for his support of the Emancipation Proclamation, he moved to the For est City to serve as Collector of Customs for the port of Portland 1863-1877, appointed by President Lincoln. In 1872 he moved to palatial o ces in the landmark U. S. Custom House in the Old Port.

Which was not exactly like being the Maytag Repairman. Portland was the

sixth largest seaport on the Eastern Seaboard. A forest of masts crowded into our harbor from all over the world. We had surging culture, unlimited prospects. Built in 1868, this house astonished our city just two years a er we were leveled by the Great Fire of 1866

“Only four families have lived here since this house was built,” says listing agent Marc Gup.

Born a Whig, “Governor Washburn was a founding member of the United States Re publican Party,” a true Lincoln Republican.

T he Washburn era was followed by generations of the Chapman family, which pulled its own magic levers of power. e arcade in Monument Square was once called the Chapman Arcade e Time & Temperature Building at 475-477 Congress Street was originally called the Chap man Building Inside is unabashed ur ban self-consciousness, as if the house has its own story-mind and you’ve stepped into an Edith Wharton novel—gleam ing built-ins, curved arch

es, and original ceiling rosettes.

“ ere are seven replaces—four on the rst oor, three on the second. One thing you can’t tell online is the quality of natu ral light in here.” Upstairs, from a single spot, the magni cent central hallway of fers vistas of other bedrooms and lounges. is 17-room, 6-bedroom house is so well proportioned it plays even larger than its 5,930 square feet. Soaring ceilings in the living room, library, den, dining room, modern kitchen, and three of the bed rooms help create this sensation. e third oor is entirely nished. e bright kitch en opens out to the stunning gated court yard. Our favorite space is the observation room on the second oor, from which you can see the brick carriage house and lush mature trees and gardens. You’re the lord of the leaves here. A visitor stops short: “What a place to watch the snow fall!”

Because it’s like time travel to tour this immaculate city seat with a library larger than the Internet, it’s enlightening to hear Gup say, when we ask who’s likely to buy this house, “Young parents” coming to Portland from a larger market, likely Brooklyn or Manhattan, probably “working from home.” n

Taxes are $26,533.

Beautiful western mountains of Maine. Cape on 80 acres of fields and forest! Dead end road in Salem Township. Fish Hatchery Rd. Fireplace. 3 bed, 2 baths plus additional large sunroom. Garage and building/ workshop. Fruit trees and berry bushes. $395,000

LOOKING FOR WATERFRONT? Here is one of our several waterfront listings. 4 bd 3 bath with ROW to water and near boat launch and public beach. $380,000.CSM has water front homes, camps and land in the beautiful western mtns of Maine. Spring Lake, Flagstaff Lake, Embden Pond and rivers and streams. KINGFIELD. A classic ski village close to Sugarloaf. Renovated farmhouse with 3 bd plus bunk room , 2 baths, den, fireplace and 2 living areas. Attached two story barn all on a large lot intown yet close to snowmobile, biking and hiking trails. Furnished and ready for you to enjoy. $305,000.

For Sale, 185 Fore Street, #202, Portland. This unit is steps away from the Old Port and waterfront with 10' ceilings, spacious rooms, and an extralarge deck with water views. $850,000

For Sale, 130-132 Pleasant Street, Portland c.1804 This completely restored, historic, multi-use building in the West End is a beautiful, ready-to-go opportunity. $975,000

Under Contract, 34 Hammond Street, Portland. Two more units coming available soon! Introducing Hammond Heights, a new, welldesigned condominium development near to all the Washington Ave. amenities and many other hot spots that this location offers.

Ed Gardner, Broker Gardner Real Estate Group 511 Congress Street Portland, ME ed@gardnerregroup.com04101207.415.4493

Bosebuck Mountain Camps on Aziscohos Lake

BOSEBUCK MOUNTAIN CAMPS

631

Step back in time and enjoy life the way it should be. A year round facility that includes 12 rental cabins a main lodge with dining hall and addition al staf and owners cabins. A premiere location for the avid sportsman... hunt, fsh, snowmobile or enjoy of grid living at it's fnest. Currently, these sporting camps are owned and operated as a hunting and fshing lodge with 3 meals a day included and served in the main lodge.

Aziscohos Lake is over 6700 acres in size with a maximum depth of 60 feet ofering native salmon and brook trout fshing.

277 Beach

Located on the North end of Aziscohos Lake with 15+ acres of owned land and over 1200 feet of waterfrontage. A renown fshery known as one of the best in the northeast. Guides are available for fshing and hunting.

This property can work as a family compound, hunting and fshing club or sporting camps... with owned land and lots of waterfront, the possibilities are endless.

Call today! $2,200,000

RANGELEY Slips, Gas, Shop, Downtown Commercial Zoning, High Traffic Location, $965,000.

RANGELEY LAKE – Lakeside Marina & Convenience - Wonderful business opportuinty in downtown commercial zoning, convenience store, 25 boat slips, gas, boat rental business, great waterfront location! $965,000.

SPRING LAKE – Escape to nature and a wonderful waterfront property on a great remote body of water. Off grid w/generator, year round building, detached garage, Ice fish, hunt, enjoy all seasons! $495,000.

PROCTOR ROAD – Gorgeous VIEWS overlooking Rangeley and Saddleback Ski Area, wonderful estate property located just outside the Rangeley village, 48.32 Acres,4 bath w/

PINE GROVE LANE – Located close to the village with expansive southwest views of Rangeley Lake, 4 beds, 3.5 baths, very close to Saddleback Ski Area, snowmobile and ATV from your doorstep, heated garage! $639,000.

1322 Main Street – BEAVER MTN. LAKE – A park like setting, extremely private location, 3 beds, 2.5 baths, 596 feet of waterfront, attached garage, detached garage, potential guest cottage. $775,000. Vista Lane – RANGELEY LAKE –Vista Estate on 567 feet of deep water frontage,53 private acres w/south facing exposure, total privacy, development potential. $2,650,000.

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swan lake

Notably one of THE most remarkable properties on this desirable lake!

Custom built w/3314 sq.ft., Cathedral ceiling in Great Room will awe you. Access to Waterfront deck from both levels & garage. 1.5 Acres w/ 285’ frontage and dock for the boats! Expansion Possible. 1304620 |

Nestled at the end of Pleasant St, overlooking the Penobscot with 200’ waterfront, this 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath home features lovely open living room and sunroom. Vistas will awe you. Detached 4 bay garage w/loft. Property is fenced, paved drive, sea wall; impeccable inside and out. Mls:1412774 $399,900

Year-Round Lake House was built in 1999. Interior adorned with wide spruce & yellow pine. Living room & kitchen open foor bedroom or offce; master suite on upper level. Beautiful views. Walkout basement. 110’ waterfront, beach & dock. Rec room over garage. Mls:1359899

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Belfast

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Belfast

Built in 2003, nothing spared here folks! Captivating views from every room, wraparound deck, lower level patio, Great Room w/freplace, Master En-Suite w/freplace & jetted tub, family room on lower level with walkout to the shore!

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Mls: 1302727 | $349,900

A 1 acre parcel with 170’ of water front on the Passy River with direct boating access to Belfast Harbor & Penobscot Bay. 2 bdrm, year-round cottage completely remodeled a few years ago. Kitchen ofers patio doors to the deck, overlooking the water. This low density building allows multiple building lots. Only 25’ set backs from the water. Kayak or walk to downtown Belfast. Pedestrian bridge makes an easy walk, connect to the rail trail & harbor walk. City utilities.

Beautifully Restored New England Cape on Pitcher Rd in Belfast. Sunny & open 1st foor w/spacious kitchen featuring granite counter tops, stainless appliances & top of the line cabinetry. Slider leads to new deck that wraps around to the rear overlooking the lovely apple trees & gardens. Living, din ing, den &1st foor bdrm, laundry & full bath all on 1st foor. 3 rooms & full bath up. Large 2-story barn ideal for shop/home business. 3 miles to downtown waterfront. $429,900

Spacious 4 bedroom 3 bath home on Beautiful Swan Lake w/over 700’ shared water front to access for your boating, swimming and fshing enjoyment. 3 foors of living. Master on 1st foor. Lovely views. Make this your summer or yearround home. Mls:1410836 $394,900

Custom built 3/2 home features intricate details throughout. Lovely wood foors, seasonal water views and easy access on the Rail Trail which leads to the Belfast Waterfront. Water facing screened porch and spacious deck. Must SEE!

Mls:1295111 | $229,900

MLS:1537163 | $550,000

This beautiful, completely remodeled and updated, home boasts 48 acres, 2 bedrooms, and privacy and serenity you can only dream of. Nestled among the trees, enjoy watching the wildlife from your dining table and living rooms. Land has a lot of mixed soft and hardwood on it. Long road frontage, some amazing felds for the horses. This property is close to downtown Belfast Waterfront.

MLS:1536597 | $350,000

Belfast$499,900

Cross Pond, Morrill

Handsome and elegant, Mansard style home situated in the Village of Monroe, only 20 minutes from Downtown Belfast Waterfront. Prestigiously situated on a spacious corner lot encompassing two acres with wonderful lawn and garden areas and boasting beautiful frontage on Marsh Stream; a bonus for anyone who likes fshing and fddleheads. Conscientiously maintained. Easy commute to Bangor (30 minutes) or Belfast (20 minutes).

Penobscot Bay

Serenity, Peace, and Tranquility on Cross Pond in Morrill… describes this amazing property. Nestled in the middle of a spacious 5+ Acres, this home is like none you will fnd. Chef’s kitchen, Living rm & dining features gas freplace; den w/ woodstove. Wrap-around deck w/hot tub. Master bdrm features private bath. Central Air, full house generator, outdoor shower, Brazilian hardwood decking, dry basement, det. 2-car garage, FULLY FURNISHED HOME. 284’ WATERFRONT $495,000

Beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bathroom condo only 2 miles to downtown waterfront! Located within a 46 unit complex spread over 44 acres with walking paths. Lovely, spacious deck. Master w/private bath. Maintenance-free living included in price. Mls:1405561 $139,900

Belfast Commanding views across Penobscot Bay from this Contemporary, only 5 miles to downtown Belfast waterfront. Built in 2005, this 1624 sq. ft home features access to oceanfront from every room! City utilities, private development. Enjoy lobster bakes on your own beach!

Mls: 1283853 | $549,900

MLS:1527353 | $425,000

25+/- ACRES of gorgeous land w/ views, overlooking Lincolnville and Camden Hills. Breathtaking peaceful surroundings. This land features long road frontage along Muzzy Ridge Rd and continues around the corner to Lawry Rd. Along Muzzy Ridge Rd section of property are blueberry crops, recently leased to a wholesaler. This parcel has never been ofered for sale publicly before. Inquire today, these don’t come along frequently.

MLS:1538654 | $220,000

Belfast

Belfast

MLS:1512805 | $225,000 MONROE

Attention Equestrians! Near downtown, home features 8 rooms, spacious kitchen w/island, family room overlooking private 14.46 acres, pastures for horses. Horse barn w/ electric & water opens to paddock area. Mls:1401830 only $269,900 Belfast, Me

Welcome to Saturday Cove, walking distance to public shore access, this charming home awaits your arrival. Covered front porch; dining room of the living; the kitchen faces the back of the property with a separate entrance. Upstairs features bedrooms and a neat space for a reading nook Own a piece of Mid Coast Maine, only moments from Bayside with good proximity to Camden, Lincolnville, Belfast.

Only 2 miles to downtown, this lovely home has an updated kitchen, freplace in living, open porch. Most recently operated as a business, located on U.S. Rt. 1 makes this ideal home offce, accounting, legal or medical facility.

Belfast

Belfast Sea Captain’s Home that has been impeccably maintained and updated. Walking distance to downtown Belfast and also to the Belfast Harbor Walk and Rail Trail. Great Room/studio with separate entrances ideal as home offce, professional, clinical, spa unit. Formal dining and living rooms, spacious kitchen with tin ceilings, This is the dream home you’ve been searching near Belfast Proper. $374,900

Mls: 1290995 | $254,900

MLS:1524071 | $350,000

Charming Cape Cod is prestigiously situated on the corner of Rt. 3 and Rt. 131. This home ofers fexibility to incorporate a home ofce or business venture alongside your residence. Home to the Cross family for generations, this property has been well maintained. 9 Rms, 1st f. master w/private bath, ideal for 1st foor lifestyle. Oversized garage can accommodate your large trucks and SUV. Full basement.

Acres w/ 515’ shorefront featuring many one foor. Expansion possible to full 2nd

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rileY, BroKer

Contemporary home featuring 3 and 2 with modern decor throughout. Well-appointed kitchen w/ bar; open to dining which in turn opens to the rear, private deck. Master En-Suite w/private bath. Attached 2-car garage. Downstairs media room. Mls:1410884 $275,000

Belfast currently used as a custom, interior design studio.

With 9 rooms, 3 baths, building offers fexible foor plan, and zoning allows administrative center, professional, clinical offce space, uses are endless. Renovated in 2009 with attention given to maintain the original details of this historic house, the charm and warmth adorn every room. Commercial, ADA accessible w/City Utilities, Central AC. M Be a part of its history, one of Belfast’s oldest, existing houses, The Nesmith-Read House. $350,000

written on a paperless pad in fading invis ible ink. ey speak to each other in airless balloons. As the she-wraith doesn’t speak, she stares through the wooden windows to the deserted route beyond. e superhigh way made every highway a potholed byway, every scenic route as anachronistic as the carved Indians at the moccasin stores, as the coin viewers on the wooden re towers haunted by leaf peepers.

The Dead Motel’s door is a plywood panel, its windows boards, its parking lot a weed garden, its siding del iquescent stripes of ta y. But memory is loyal if time is ckle. Memory rehearses it self and year a er year the Shades return. ey check in. ey dine. ey dri onto the unsheeted double bed and try to recall through the haze of time the postures of love once rehearsed there. ey rehearse. en she wa s across the peely-paint room and takes a dry shower, humming diminu endo inaudible forgotten songs about “la zy-hazy-crazy days of summer.” is is

love, as imsy as a kiss.

Many motorists stay at the Dead Mo tel; they have no names, the register erased by the years which zip along the superhigh way. Even a broken clock is ckle twice a day, “in silence unto eternity.”

No need to tuck the gray children in or walk Inconsequential or Pall in the pock marked parking lot. No need to read the sign that spells “Go-d E-ts.” ey dimly know their dim roles and rigmaroles. ey are part of the same gray story repeating in the Dead Motel, a memory loop that nev er reaches a conclusion, a mobius reel play ing forever at the drive-in while the silhou ettes of children play on the candy-striped swing set, and the gay gray cartoons it over the monolithic screen.

Hey, hey you, Mr. and Mrs. Shade hol ler. Take our picture please, take our picture with a black and white boxy Polaroid. To make it stop, to make time feel abashed and dejected. Because if you look hard enough, you can hear our scream, our silent scream against the irradiated, avid sky. n

The Kingdomof Shadows

BY JOAN CONNOR

At the base of Horrible Hill rots the blink ered Dead Motel. No tourists stop here now, but their memories ght over the erased lines of the parking spaces. ey drive vintage T-Birds, nned Caddie convertibles, old Ford Galaxie 500s, Dodge Meadowbrooks, Gray Ghosts. ey check in at the desk. e silent echoes of the summon ing desk-clerk bell reverberate as quiet as snow. Perhaps the memories are tired, tired of driving, tired of being insubstantial,

tired of vacationing on evaporating lakes with shadow children and shadow dogs named Inconsequential or Pall who squabble in cranky silences.

Or maybe they arrived by train, on “a train of shadows,” walked from the crossroads to the motel, starving for foodless meals and ghost cocktails, gimlets and zzes. e caved-in wing on the west side of the Dead Motel served food, west where sun sets and darkness dawns, skies the color of grief. ey order roast beef and potato dinners which arrive as light as meringues, peas boiled to pulp oating like sou és, the order

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