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John Ford, we hardly knew you! Critics in The Atlantic and The New York Times Book Review are turning somersaults over the breakthrough book that chronicles the darker impulses and erratic genius of our local director. By Colin W. Sargent
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“Flip the Script” Get out of your wine rut. These fresh alternatives will shake up your regular staples. By Ralph Hersom
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On the matter of women’s rights, it’s time to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come–and how far we still have to go. By Olivia Gunn Kostishevskaya
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“Nous Sommes Pas Tous La Même” Lift the mask you wear and examine the bare-faced truth of your cultural identity. By Rhea Côté Robbins
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“Menu-Busters Anonymous” Ever crave a certain dish from your past, only to find it absent from every menu in town? By Olivia Gunn Kostishevskaya
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ow that the Beatles Channel is on Sirius 18 as we travel across the universe, I feel closer to spring. Did you know John Lennon and Yoko Ono went house hunting along the coast of Maine once, to try on what we feel? The Dakota, Central Park, is gorgeous but comparatively claustrophobic. What must it have been like for them to come up here undercover, feeling so much release as the shores of Maine spooled out to infinity in front of them? Yoko was visiting Portland in 2005 when I caught up with her. How many times have you been to Maine before? Yoko Ono: “I believe a couple of times, but just once with John. We were driving the coast, so to speak, I think maybe in a station wagon. He fell in love with wherever we went, and now he’d fallen in love with Maine. We talked excitedly in the car. We were looking for a house on the water.” If John and Yoko had bought a house in Prouts Neck in Scarborough, they’d have had a lot to prove to the locals. Because as I’ve been told recently, the clan out there in Prouts Neck is comprised of “very private people.” Even Google Street View doesn’t dare to go out there because it’s so exclusive with its private roads! Ever since Yoko told me about this search, I keep hunting for a perfect place for them in my mind. During our interview, Yoko spoke of “time as a great hotel room,” whether it was the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, where they spent their ‘second bed-in,’ or the Portland Regency, where she was speaking to me at exactly that second, or any other hotels before or since. So it seems appropriate. Because she and John will always be together, what kind of house would they have picked in Maine? “We talked excitedly in the car. We were looking for a house on the water… We did examine the place! We kept driving north along the water until I don’t really remember the name of the town.* We went quite a ways up, actually, because it was so beautiful.” To Lennon, each place was more beautiful than the last. Ditto for Yoko. Join Yoko and John. Feel what they felt. Start your search. Ninety-seven percent of our readers say they’re looking for a new or second home right now up here. Did you know a Maine summer resident, the Pulitzer prizewinner Edward Bok of Camden/Rockport, coined the term “living room?”Turn the pages of this March issue of Portland Monthly to sense incredible homes traveling through time, style, memory, and personality. Happy hunting! *See Portland Monthly’s short story “Lamoine,” by Rick Moody [Summerguide 2006], where he writes of doing the same thing.
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In the Arena “We’re very excited about the Maine Mammoths playing here,” says Matt Herpich of Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena. The Mammoths’ eight arena games run from April to July. “It’s a three-year deal with a two-year extension option,” says Herpich. The team is likely named for the Scarborough Mammoth, an Ice-Age monster trapped in time 15,000 years ago and discovered in the Scarborough Marsh in 1959. Season tickets: $99.
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Decision 1919 Waterboro-based robotics company Howe & Howe Technologies is in the running for a multi-million-dollar government contract to build the U.S. Army’s next generation of battlefield support vehicles, according to the Press Herald. The selection process is down to four firms vying to equip the army with the specialized robots. “We’ve been doing a lot of work like this with the military, fighting tooth and nail for the contract ever since we started this program,” says Geoff Howe, who owns the company with twin brother Michael Howe. “The soldiers will be the actual choosing factor in which machine the Army selects.” Stay tuned.
I'm Shipping up to…Portland Start your St. Paddy’s Day celebrations early with the Dropkick Murphys at State Theater on March 14. The Celtic punks will stir the crowd into a frenzy of Irish cheer with rousing renditions of classics like “Tessie.” Fill up your jar and join the fun. Tickets $35.
Bart & Greg’s DVD Explosion! in Brunswick has long had a cult following among locals, but that hasn’t saved the video store that launched Maine musician Lady Lamb. Bart & Greg’s recently closed its doors after 15 years in business, leaving a hole on Maine Street and in the hearts of nostalgic residents. “I am so sad to hear [this],” one local wrote on the store’s Facebook page. “Brunswick will be a poorer place.” Maine musician Lady Lamb credits Bart & Greg’s as the birthplace of her craft: “I’d work the closing shift at the DVD store and then spend eight or nine hours a night in the basement, experimenting with music. It was a formative experience for me,” she says.
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With roughly 310,000 gallons harvested in our state each year, it’s clear: maple syrup runs deep in Maine. Celebrate with Maine Maple Sunday, an annual statewide festival that falls on the fourth Sunday in March–though many places offer events for the whole weekend. Over 80 sugarhouses will participate on March 24 and 25. Joe’s Sugarhouse in Gorham invites guests to observe the process of making maple syrup, followed by a maple syrup-centric breakfast. In Dayton, Harris Farm offers sugarbush tours, horse-drawn wagon rides, and a pancake breakfast. It doesn’t get sweeter than this.
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Com e dy K i n g Comic, author, and host of The Daily Show Trevor Noah will have Merrill Auditorium in stitches on March 13. The South African comic brings his wry wit and political commentary to Maine as part of his nationwide stand-up tour. Tickets start at $45 and are sure to sell out. For a fresh look at Portland’s daring and dynamic comedy scene, see Portland After Dark “Just For Laughs,” p. 27.
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On March 1, renowned Chinese troupe The Peking Acrobats will take over Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport for a dazzling performance. Considered China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, and gymnasts, the company is famous for their risky maneuvers and thrilling routines. With live music played on Chinese folk instruments, colorfully striking costumes, and numbers involving tumbling and trick cycling, you won’t be able to tear your eyes away. Tickets are $25, or $10 for guests under 25.
Over 50 years of vocal harmonizing, gospel singing, and dancing converge on-stage when South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo steps into the spotlight. The a cappella group has won four Grammy awards since catching the world’s attention with vocals on Paul Simon’s 1986 masterpiece, Graceland. A new generation of talented singers has since inherited the vision, keeping the harmonies alive for a new age. Prepare to be captivated by songs and stories from Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Merrill Auditorium on March 10. Tickets are $30-$40.
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Celebrate a fresh new season and find inspiration at New England’s home and garden shows. Home & Garden Shows Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, Connecticut, Feb. 22-25. 860-844-8461 Rhode Island Home, Flower & Garden Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, Mar. 5-8. 401-438-7400 Pioneer Valley Home Expo, Smith Vocational High School, Northampton, Massachusetts, Mar. 10-11. 413-585-5207 Bath Antique Sale, Bath Middle School, Bath, Mar. 11, Apr. 8. 832-7798 Boston Flower & Garden Show, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay are a Springtime delight.
Mass., Mar. 14-18. 781-343-1569 The Maine Home Show, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, Lewiston, Mar. 17-18. 577-2721 16th Annual Southern Rhode Island Home Show, Ryan Center, Kingston, Rhode Island, Mar. 17-18. 401-788-3200 The Maine Flower Show, Thompson’s Point, Mar. 21-25. 623-6430 Western Massachusetts Home & Garden Show, Eastern States Expo, West Springfield, Massachusetts, Mar. 22-25. 413-733-8158 Seacoast Home & Garden Show, Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, New Hampshire, Mar. 2425. 866-295-6438
Bridge of Flowers Opening, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, Apr. 1. 47th Annual Bangor Home Show, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, Apr. 6-8. The Maine Photography Show, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Boothbay Harbor, Apr. 7 - May 4. 633-2703 49th Annual Portland Home Show, Portland Expo, Apr. 13-15. Daffodil Days Begin, citywide, Newport, Rhode Island, Apr. 14-22. BDN Maine Garden Show, Alfond Arena, Orono, Apr. 20-22. Vintage Bazaar, Brick South, Thompson’s Point, Apr. 20-22. 978-518-0128 Vermont Home & Garden Show, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, Vermont, Apr. 21-22. 802-876-6200 Falmouth Kitchen Tour, Falmouth. See some of Falmouth’s loveliest kitchens–it’s an annual tradition, May 4-5. 229-3866 Mayfair: Northern
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Garden Clubs Gorham Garden Club, The Gorham Garden Club “meets on the last Tuesday evening of the month,” September through June, at 7 p.m. at the First Parish Church, 1 Church Street, Gorham. Dues are $15. The club maintains the Baxter Museum Garden, the Town of Gorham Monument Garden, and the Welcome to Gorham signs. In 2018 the club will be celebrating our 85th year of gardening in Gorham Longfellow Garden Club, The Longfellow Garden Club was “created in 1924 to promote and maintain the Longfellow Garden on the campus of the Maine Historical Society in downtown Portland, ME. The Colonial Revival Garden was completely replanted in 2009 following construction on the Brown Memorial Library. The garden is located behind the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, the childhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.” The club meets on the second Tuesday of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Woodfords Congregation Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland. Mar. 13: “Gardening Forever: Adaptive Strategies to Ensure Lifelong Gardening,” 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth. Apr. 10: “Medomak Valley High School Heirloom Seed Project,” 202 Woodford St., Portland. May 8: “All About Orchids,” plus luncheon, 11 Foreside Rd., Falmouth. Cape Elizabeth Garden Club, “Founded in 1948, the club maintains the gardens at the Keeper’s House of the Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth.” For information on more of Maine’s garden clubs, visit MaineGardenClubs.org. February/March 2018 17
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The Portland Boat Show, Portland Sports Complex, Mar. 1-4. 655-2722 Augusta Boat Show, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Mar. 9-11. 594-8622 Maine Boatbuilders Show, Portland Sports Complex, Mar. 23-25. 774-1067 16th Annual Maine Boats, Homes, & Harbors Show, Harbor Park, Rockland, Aug. 10-12. 594-8622
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Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville.
Game Time: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss, through June 24. 859-5600 Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth at 100: Maine Drawings, through Mar. 4; Andrew Wyeth: Her Room, through Mar. 20; Black and White: Louise Nevelson/Pedro Guerrero, through Apr. 1; Jamie Wyeth: The Kennedy Studies, through Apr. 1; On a Mountain in Maine, through Oct. 7; Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads, Mar. 24 Dec. 30. 596-6457 Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. March Group Exhibition, Mar. 1-31; The Portland Show, Apr. 5-28. 772-2693 Maine Maritime Museum, 234 Washington St., Bath. Maine in the 19141918 Great War, through May 6. 443-1416
MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland. You Never Know How You Look Through Other People’s Eyes, Mar. 8 - Apr. 20. 775-3052 Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, through June 3; The Robbers: German Art in a Time of Crisis, through July 15. 775-6148 Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps Street. ”Works on Paper” an Annual Group Exhibit of Visual Arts, through Mar. 30. 221-4499 UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Images of Children: Period and Contemporary Photographs, through Apr. 1. 221-4499
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Community Television Network, 516 Congress St. Playback Theater, the first Fri. of every month. 775-2900
Lincoln’s, 36 Market St. Laugh Shack Comedy, every Thurs. Jonathan’s Ogunquit,
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Check out Jack Black’s neck on Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The comedian, who plays Professor Shelly Oberon in the 1990s adventure reboot, wears a peacock stripe bow tie made by Kennebunk craftswoman Lisa Eaton of bowtie.com. “It’s very exciting,” says Eaton. “I’ve sold a handful more of the peacock stripe bow tie [$87].” Eaton began sewing at 10 and found her niche in men’s accessories when she started spoofing with novelty science-inspired ties for her professor husband. Jumanji topped $500M worldwide in its opening weekend, according to Variety. Despite this, “I’m embarrassed to say that I have yet to see the movie!” Eaton says. “I’m more of a Netflix movie watcher.”
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Amateur ornithologists eager to glimpse a sighting of the elusive Arctic snowy owl are causing problems for the Portland Jetport. Reports of owl sightings have caused birdwatchers to flock to the jetport, parking illegally and congesting the area around the airport, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Livermore’s Shane Missler, a Spruce Mountain High grad, saw his fortunes take flight recently. The 20-year-old became the winner of the fourthlargest jackpot in Mega Millions’ 21-year history, when he pocketed a staggering $451M. Missler has since ‘retired’ from his job as a background screening worker and has set up a trust named “Secret 007, LLC.” On the night of the draw, Missler simply posted “Oh. My. God.” on his Facebook page.
Romance & Reality TV Chelsea Roy’s search for love ended recently on Season 22 of The
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Underwater Kind Brunswick-native Nan Hauser, 63, took a swim in the Cook Islands recently. The marine biologist was filming a humpback whale when she noticed the 25-ton mammal appearing to shield her from the circling threat of a 15-foot tiger shark. The video ends with Hauser gasping “I love you!” to the benevolent marine mammal.
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Just for Laughs Talented locals and eager audiences have transformed Portland’s comedy scene into a headline act.
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t’s impossible to be in the alternative scene in the Portland area and not hook up with dudes who are into woodworking,” deadpans Micaela Tepler with a shrug. No, we’re not sharing a private drink in a quiet bar. Tepler is on stage in front of a crowd of laughing strangers. At a time when a little comic relief is welcome, Portland’s comedy scene packs a punch from Monday through Sunday. Step inside Blue and you’ll find its interior warm and intimate, with deep red walls and muted lighting. On Monday nights, Blue treats its patrons to a stand-up comedy show, “Worst Day of the Week.” Presented by Portland Comedy Co-op, the event features both local and out-of-state comedians, in-
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cluding sets from members Tepler, Connor McGrath, Ali Simpson, and Anders Nielsen. Shortly before 8 p.m. on a recent Monday, I slip into a seat at the bar. Blue’s events are donation-based, and the menu politely requests guests order at least one item. They don’t need to tell me twice. A draft of Goodfire Brewing Co. Waves ($7) can only help subside the drag of another Monday. Showtime. The first comedian is slow to ignite the audience with a quiet yet impassioned monologue about tuna fish, but this crowd isn’t baring its teeth–yet. Nielsen describes the crowd at Blue as “our refined, NPR audience.” Another round of drinks and several sets later, seasoned comedian Tepler takes the stage, reducing the now-
loosened audience to hysterics with her sharp wit. Her secret? “I use what’s around me,” she says. “A lot of my material comes out of Portland, but I also like to subvert what people think being a woman is about.” Gin and Jokes To give you a head-start on the weekend, Portland Comedy Co-op also produces Laugh Shack Comedy every Thursday at Lincoln’s. “The best thing about Blue and Lincoln’s is they’re really well-established,” Tepler says. “The people in the audience know what they’re getting, and they’re coming back.” Lincoln’s reputation as a hotbed for up-and-coming comedy has been building February/March 2018 27
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“Living in Portland, you have one of two experiences. You’re either eating lobster rolls and getting your driveway shoveled, or you’re making lobster rolls and shoveling someone’s driveway.” –Connor McGrath
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hile performers need comedic chops to kill a set on stage, Tepler claims comedy is not a solo act. “The audience can make a show.” And armed with the five-dollar drinks menu, the crowd at Lincoln’s is “always great.” At 8 p.m. on a recent Thursday, Lincoln’s is teeming with guests. By the time the show starts, it’s standing room only. Tepler is the host, introducing us to a varied mix of comedians. First up, a young Boston-based woman who finishes her uproarious set with a ukulele song about politics and Tinder dates. Next is a soft-spoken man who quips about Maine weather, followed by the tuna fish joker from Monday night with a revised set, which now delights this audience.
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Laughing Matters What better way to wind down your weekend than in the company of some of Portland’s most comical residents? The doors open at 8 p.m. for Sunday Night Stand Up!
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at Empire. Though more frequently recognized as a music venue, Empire’s comedy events draw increasingly large crowds. “Originally we started comedy at Empire as an open-mic night in 2015,” says Lucas Salisbury, Empire’s general manager. “Last year, we switched to showcases and named it Sunday Night Stand Up!” Empire also hosts First Friday Comedy, a nod to Portland’s First Friday Art Walk. I’m halfway through my drink when host Ian Stuart jumps onto the stage. A self-described “giant white dude with a booming voice,” Stuart’s stage presence is at once commanding and lighthearted. Stuart, who credits Portland’s nowdefunct Comedy Connection club with starting his career in comedy, has organized and hosted Sunday Night Stand Up! since its inception in 2016. Of the closing of
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steadily. “We’ve been near or at capacity for every show in the last two months, which isn’t bad for a secret bar,” says Nielsen. “We’ve hosted many comics who’ve done shows like Conan, Kimmel, and Comedy Central Presents.”
Into the Bullpen n Wednesdays at 8 p.m., head upstairs at Bull Feeney’s for Portland Comedy Showcase to get your farcical fix midweek. The fast-and-loose stand-up show, founded in 2013 and run by comedian Mike Levinsky, “is the longest running comedy series in Portland,” says Mark Turcotte, who often performs there. “There are few opportunities elsewhere in the state, especially for newer comics who need to get on stage and work out material. The thing I appreciate most about the Portland scene is the passion. You can see it in the quality and production of the shows,” he says. “Stand-up is the only art form that needs to be developed in front of an audience. With opportunities to perform or take in a show just about every night of the week, I think it’s working.”
Lewiston’s Dawn Hartill hosts an allmale lineup on a recent Wednesday night. One regular, Jamie Roux, regales guests with details of his last date, quipping that the next time we see him, he’ll “probably be single.” Despite the small crowd, the room soon fills with energy.
Comedy Connection in 2012, Stuart says, “I think it spurred an entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no barometer of ‘success,’ as far as becoming the headliner at the local comedy club. It can be tough for some comedians, but it’s also a place for people to thrive. A DIY landscape.” Mark Turcotte agrees: “The onus is on the comedians to keep the scene alive.” With a red velvet curtain as backdrop, Stuart hones in on the audience by asking about the best part of living in Maine. Like Micaela Tepler, Stuart concedes that location informs some of his material. “For a while I would’ve considered it hack,” he says. “But Mainers are proud of where they’re from. If you don’t touch on that,
“It’s impossible to be in the alternative scene in the Portland area and not hook up with dudes who are into woodworking.” –Micaela Tepler
you’re sort of losing a bit of connection.” His answer to the best part of living in Maine? The return policy at L.L.Bean. Sunday Night Stand Up! feels decidedly uncensored. The evening’s first comedian, Dennis Fogg, approaches the microphone and announces he’s only got a few minutes– his wife and kids think he’s at Shaw’s. “I’m grateful that you’re all here, but I’m even more grateful that they’re not.” From scathing self-deprecation to lighthearted mockery, this evening’s lineup at Empire delivers, charming the audience. In one set, a married mother-of-two titillates the crowd as she describes her “celebrity cheat list,” and a jerseyclad 30-something bemoans his family’s fervent interest in his relationship status. A typical lineup at Empire may include “national acts and people who started doing comedy a week ago,” Stuart says. “One of the beautiful things about comedy is so many different types of people are attracted to it. That’s the fun of it. The Portland comedy scene has never been stronger.” n
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It’s time we met the John Ford you never knew.
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poiler alert. Here are two scenes from a movie local director John Ford never shot, because he lived them.
Scene No. 1: It’s 1954, and Maureen O’Hara is on the set of The Long Gray Line, about West Point cadets and their leaders. “I walked into his office without knocking and could hardly believe my eyes. Ford had his arms around another man and was kissing him. I was shocked and speechless. I quickly dropped the sketches on the floor, then knelt down to pick them up. I fumbled around slowly and kept my head down. I took my time so they could part and compose themselves. They were on opposite sides of the room in a flash.”
Tyrone Power played the male lead in the film. Scene No. 2: It’s 1936. Katharine Hepburn is crazy in love with her director, John Ford. They’ve fallen in love. We see Katharine at her desk, carefully writing “a personal letter to [Ford’s wife, Mary McBride Ford], offering her $150,000 if she would divorce Ford and let him keep custody of Barbara, the daughter to whom he was particularly close.” “Mary refused,” writes Nancy Schoenberger, author of Wayne and Ford, The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $27.95), a book that’s touched off a global reassessment of Ford and his motivations just as sexual harassment revelations are erupting throughout the country. February/March 2018 31
The point of mythic convergence: What is a “man,” and how have we been conditioned to expect “men” to behave? That is, is being a man fake news? According to The Atlantic, “Shoenberger has hidden a provocative thesis inside a Christmas present for Dad…From the bulk of the evidence here, masculinity (like the Western) is a by-product of nostalgia, a maudlin elegy for something that never existed–or worse, a masquerade that allows no man, not even John Wayne, to be comfortable in his own skin. In the long working ‘friendship’ between the two men, unless I missed it, Ford never spared a kind word for his protégé. In fact, Ford was savage in his mistreatment of Wayne, even though–or because–Wayne worshipped him.” The New York Times chimes in: “‘John Ford and John Wayne taught us how to be men,’ the director John Milius observes in the opening pages of Wayne and Ford. Schoenberger spends much of her swiftly paced, elegantly written book trying to unlock why.” Ford might have cultivated the image that he was a cowboy director, but he was 3 2 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
far more psychosexually complex, Schoenberger, a professor at The College of William and Mary, suggests. The Ford/Wayne redefinition of cinematic manhood wasn’t a creative conspiracy so much as an act of fear and self doubt under cover. We reached Schoenberger to help Portlanders get to know the real Ford better.
Three movies for a Ford novice?
Among the Westerns: Stagecoach, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. Non-westerns: The Quiet Man, How Green Was My Valley, The Grapes of Wrath.
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To what extent is Ford a ‘European’ director? He’s credited with bringing German Expressionism, with its lowkey, dramatic lighting, into Westerns, not to mention How Green Was My Valley and The Grapes of Wrath. I don’t think of Ford as a “European director,” though he was influenced by the German Expressionists, especially F.W. Murnau [Nosferatu], as seen in his use of dramatic lighting and fog in The Informer and elsewhere. Like all artists, he was a great borrower–he took what he needed and made it his own. Rather, in bringing the Western along from a mostly matinee, shoot-’em-up for kids to a vehicle for grown-up themes, he pioneered a quintessentially American art form.
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The end of The Searchers is cosmic. John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards is a nowhere man, stepping into infinity. He knows he’ll never come in for a landing. I saw it recently, and it struck me: Is The Misfits indebted to The Searchers? You draw an interesting comparison between John Huston’s The Misfits (writ-
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what’s in a name?
Did you know an homage to John Ford sits hidden in plain sight in the Old Port? No, not his statue on Pleasant Street. Bull Feeney’s Irish Pub is named in honor of our city’s most famous director, though it seems like a little-known fact among Portlanders. When we asked people at random if they knew the restaurant was named for the director, it was zero for 15 outside Bull Feeney’s and 3 for 15 beside the statue. Born John Martin Feeney in 1894, Ford earned the nickname “Bull” at Portland High School for his reputation as a fearsome, charging fullback on the football field. “I’ve never heard that,” says Joseph Redman of Joseph’s on Fore Street. “And I’ve been here in Portland for more than 40 years.” Sounds like it’s time for a John Ford film festival! Right: Ford at home in Bel Air, Calfornia, in 1973.
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Right: You can rent The Ford House at 33 Great Pond Road on Peaks Island, with cinematic views of Casco Bay, for $230 per night. Ford’s father bought the summer home in 1902. Above: The Gem Theater on Peaks where Ford worked as an usher.
unforgettable The disturbing shot of Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) framed in an open doorway at the end of The Searchers (above) became
an enduring –and often copied– cinematic image. In an article entitled “The Doorway Shot,” The Huffington Post examines how Ford’s iconic frame has been echoed by a new generation of directors, citing scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.
ten by Arthur Miller) and The Searchers. I haven’t seen The Misfits in a long while, and don’t know if Huston or Miller had Ford’s film in mind, but both have an autumnal feel–the end of the wildness of the West (a theme Ford also explores in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence). The only things really wild in The Misfits are the mustangs, and as I recall, there’s a feeling that the characters are already all used up. Ethan Edwards, who represents that wildness in The Searchers, is out of place and nearly out of time, as the West increasingly belongs to the homesteaders, the farmers, the ranchers.
“I like the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.” –Orson Welles
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That famous threshold image that opens and closes The Searchers… Yes, it’s a powerful and influential image, seen most recently in the 2017 Western Hostiles–which I have yet to see, but in the trailer it shows a cowboy framed in just the same way. I suggest that Ford may have borrowed the image from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s wonderful 1945 film I Know Where I’m Going, where the heroine (Wendy Hiller) is twice framed in doorways, signifying life-changing decisions. That’s purely speculation on my part, and come to think of it, we see a powerful threshold image in Stagecoach, released in 1939.
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Regarding the echoes of working-class Portland, my book was limited to the Ford-Wayne Westerns, so I don’t really explore How Green Was My Valley or The Quiet Man, but Ford once said that the Welsh setting for Val-
ley could have stood in for any Irish town, and of course The Quiet Man reflects his fascination and pride in his Irish immigrant roots. The protagonist, Sean Thornton–a boxer!–played by John Wayne, is an alter ego for Ford (Sean being an Irish equivalent of John). Ford did love boxers, and that’s part of the appeal of Victor McLaglen, who won an Oscar for The Informer, and who then appeared in mostly comic roles in Ford’s cavalry trio. Clearly, there was a love of the gusto and camaraderie in saloons–preferably frequented by Irish and Irish immigrants, which he grew up with in Portland where his father owned a bar. February/March 2018 33
Legends Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, John Ford, and John Wayne on a fishing trip.
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Quentin Tarantino has had some rough things to say about Ford– when he isn’t stealing his memorable shots. What’s behind the hate? Also, in Birth of a Nation, one of the Klansmen lifts his hood to improve his view. We see it’s the young John Ford, in an early acting role. It’s a chilling image. What was your reaction when you looked into this, and how should Ford’s fans regard it? Regarding Tarantino’s remarks and the idea of Ford as a racist, I think the opposite is [also] true. Though the Apaches and Commanches and other marauding tribes of Native Americans are conveniently used in his early Westerns [especially Stagecoach] as generic enemies to be slaughtered, he came to regret his depiction of Indian people. His late Western, Cheyenne Autumn, told a tale from the point of view of the Cheyenne Nation, showing their mistreatment by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. “I’ve killed more Indians than Custer. This is their side,” he said about the film. He was probably sensitized by working with the Navajos on their reservation in Monument Valley. He came to respect and even love the Navajo people, using them as extras and paying them handsomely, which helped them weather some brutal winters. He was proud of his friendship with them. In Rio Grande, though the Indians are adversaries, Ford takes pains to show some of their rituals and customs in an accurate light. Even earlier, in his great silent film The Iron Horse, though he depicts the Indians as enemies of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, in one scene he humanizes an Indian brave by showing a dog lying his head on a slain warrior, mourning his death. Ford was also proud of the fact that he
was among the first directors to give an African American actor, the wonderful Woody Strode, a lead role in a major American film, Sergeant Rutledge. The movie’s plot, a black Buffalo Soldier in the U.S. Cavalry wrongfully accused of the rape and murder of a white girl, was very much ahead of its time. Rutledge flees, knowing he won’t get a fair trial because of his race. A student of American history, Ford schools us on the black cavalry officer: Congress created the Buffalo Soldiers cavalry unit after the end of the Civil War in recognition that most black soldiers had no home to return to after the war. In the movie, Rutledge realizes that his fellow cavalry soldiers are the only home he knows, hence he returns to stand trial.
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Regarding Ford and Wayne “tweaking the conventions of what a ‘man’ is today,” I think Ford, having grown up with brothers he idolized, in a rough-and-tumble world of boxers, drinkers, and roustabouts, found his deepest theme in male camaraderie, es-
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Mrs. Colton was lovely but older, and her grown daughters were okay with her decision to sell it in 2006. It wasn’t going to work for them.” Going green The second owners are Irving ‘Irv’ Bailey, financier and founder of Chrysalis Ventures, and Cathy Bailey, a diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to Latvia. They completely renovated, but carefully preserved, Faraway, with its floorboards of fir and paneling fashioned from underwater cypress. What a challenge to update this esFebruary/March 2018 39
a legend reborn hen I sold Faraway to the Baileys, there was no electricity, only gaslights,” Litchfield says. “The Coltons had a small generator for the vacuum cleaner or hairdryer– that was it. Solar power now drives a huge generator. There are no electric bills at all. It’s off the grid, yet fully functional.” The finishes and “the architectural integrity” transport you to Edwardian times. “And some furniture is original, including a Stickley dining room table and chairs that were designed for the house. “The living room, dining room, entry
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foyer, and library all have large granite fireplaces, as do many of the seven bedrooms. The large, floor-to-ceiling living room fireplace was made of native pink granite boulders with a long granite mantel.” Asked for the source of the granite, she says, “The fireplaces are all beach stones, probably right from the island. There’s 1,600 feet of waterfront because it is Eastern Point–all stone and ledge. I’m sure the stones are from here.” Navigational landmark Faraway is so beloved to passing yachts that “old charts show this house. You’re half a mile from both Northwest Harbor and Southwest Harbor, so it’s private but not far
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away. It’s a great dock, fairly protected.” Asked about her favorite place, Litchfield says, “The porches are wonderful because some are open and some are enclosed,” offering beauty whatever the weather, including mesmerizing views of the 130-foot pier. A generational retreat Children will be wild for “the tree house. There’s a huge swing. There are enormous
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A gift of joy The house was built by Edward Bok, editorin-chief of the Ladies’ Home Journal, and his wife, Mary, for “their daughter as a wedding present,” says realtor Scott Horty. Mary Curtis Bok was the sole heiress of Portland’s print magnate Cyrus Curtis, who published the Ladies’ Home Journal. As editor of Ladies’ Home Journal, Edward ignited world interest in the ‘homeas-castle’ with his advocacy of domestic
architecture. In fact, Bok coined the term “living room” (in a feature called “The Living Room is Born), and the Ladies’ Home Journal turned the “bungalow” style into a worldwide rage. According to Theodore Roosevelt, Edward was “the only man I ever heard of who changed, for the better, the
architecture of an entire nation, and he did it so quickly and effectively that we didn’t know it was begun until it was finished.” Born in Holland, Edward won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for biography for his The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years Later. “The Boks were significant philanthropists in Camden,” says Scott Horty. “Boks still own an adjacent property.” Near and Dear Surrounded by lichen-stained stone walls, this luxury cottage is an eye-popping point of departure, with 358 feet of bold waterfront, four fireplaces, hardwood floors, cook’s kitchen, central air, more decks than an ocean liner, and a 1,900-square-foot green-shingled guest cottage nestled in the trees that’s an architectural attraction all its own. The entire estate’s 1.91 acres include a dock and deeded rights to a stone beach, February/March 2018 43
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own sandy beach? a sneak peek Inside sweeping deck with gallery looks to the rocks and islands in the distance. Too much breeze? Duck into a covered porch that turns a corner, with a rustic tongue-in-groove ceiling. Views from the massive living room telescope through a large picture window framed by dark beams below a coffered wood-and-plaster ceiling. The Walnuts boasts three fireplaces, one of which, in the library, features a brick and tile hearth surrounded by pickled paneling. The dining room has a bank of windows with views up the coast. Striking green crown molding and trim set off the white walls. Dining room too formal? Try the breakfast room with casement windows that let the salty breeze in, with views to forever. The pickled paneling is carried on here, too. Ten bedrooms give the house a bit of that twentieth-century dormitory feel that used to be so popular. A Real Classic Still, of all the roughly 18 Stevens designs out here, The Walnuts may be the most evocative. It’s accurate to think of it as the fruition of the first blush of the Homer connection to Maine, because it was young Arthur who convinced his brothers, and his parents, to come up from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and see the part of Maine he’d fallen in love with. “The three brothers, Winslow, Charles Jr., and Arthur, went to John Calvin Stevens. Each commissioned Stevens to do a cottage,” Shettleworth says. “Winslow’s was called Kettle Cove. The one for Charles Jr. is absolutely unaltered. The third one is The Walnuts. That’s largely unchanged as well.” As for the neighborhood, see the August 2017 story “Inside Maine’s Exclusive Prouts Neck Community” in The Wall Street Journal. Taxes are $82,526. n 4 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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one who craves island life but wants a quick connection to reality for only $159,000. “The interior was completely remodeled in 2005, including improvements to the roof,” says broker Billy Milliken. “It’s a very well-appointed cottage.” Polished oak
floorboards and a bright kitchen complete with inviting breakfast bar makes 21 Barney Cove a freshly primed canvas to create your dream vacation or family home. The house is a year-round property and won’t feel shuttered up and forgotten like so many vacation villages thanks to the working dock that borders the west side of the property. “The dock is owned by a local fisherman,” says Milliken. “You can see all his lobster traps stacked up from your window. During the afternoon, you can watch the boat return with the day’s catch.” Maybe you’ll even get friendly and strike up a shore-to-door deal on fresh lobsters. Think of the possibilities. Taxes are $1,100. February/March 2018 51
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ituated just 20 feet from the ocean’s edge, the eastern-facing home at 318 Rays Point Road in Milbridge is impeccably positioned for watching those remarkable Maine sunrises. The house, called Sea Smoke, was built in 1974 when “setback requirements weren’t as strict as they are now,” says owner John Bettis. “You get the most beautiful view.” Except for the waterfront, the .53-acre property is surrounded by abundant pine trees and a grassy lawn. It’s listed at $199,300. Tucked into a quiet neighborhood– “most of the activity comes from seagulls, terns, and bald eagles”–on the marshy coastline of Narraguagus Bay, the two-bed, one-and-a-half-bath dwelling has a prosperous track record as a vacation rental, but it was originally intended for a family home. “It’s a cottage-style place,” Bettis says of the single-story building, “and we wanted to keep it old-fashioned.” But not antiquated. Inside, Sea Smoke feels spacious, thanks to an open-concept floor plan which includes the living room, kitchen, and dining area, complete with a high-vaulted ceiling and “three large sliding glass doors overlooking the bay.” In winter, cozy up next to the hearth of the woodstove. Cool off in summer with a cocktail on the waterside patio, your front-row seat to the cinematic tidal bay. Taxes are $2,248. –Madison Andrews
Convinced a seafront home on Isleboro is out of your reach? Think again. You can call John Travolta and Kelly Preston neighbors once you collect the keys to your new home at 206 McCorison Lane, on the market for $180,000. Arriving on the Margaret Chase Smith ferry at Grindel Point, you’re just a three-minute drive to West Penobscot Bay and a 616-foot, open-plan bungalow that faces directly out onto the surf. Don’t hesitate–this opportunity won’t wait around. “It’s aggressively priced for a quick sale,” says broker John Oldham of Island Property in Isleboro. “The property has the potential to be a tiny home,” says Oldham. Full-length windows open to “northerly
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ust 12 miles north of the Acadia Schoodic Peninsula lies the town Milbridge, nestled at the point where the Narraguagus River opens into the ocean. The picturesque town, with its commercial wharf, firehouse, and town hall, is the living painting that captivates you from a tiny gazebo on the opposite shore. “I built the gazebo a couple of years ago,” says Bob Ensslen, the current owner of 103 Fickett’s Point Road. “You can look across the bay and see a great view of the town and the lobster boats coming and going.” Turn your back, if you can, on the view and make your way along the grassy path lined by
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On a quiet point of land in Pembroke, just a hop, skip, and a jump from the Canadian border, you’ll find a peaceful haven at 31 Hardy Point Road. Here, a three-bed family home sits upon 1.6-acres of lawn that ambles gently down to the mouth of Pennamaquan Bay. lready have one foot through the door? Lucky for you the house is move-in ready. There’s ample space both inside and out, including a 2,200-square-foot garage with power for any motorheads. The generous lawn, dotted with birch trees, allows direct access to the bay, making it an easy spot to launch kayaks and canoes for a day paddle past the tiny islands and coves that scatter along Pennamaquan Bay. A highlight of the property is undoubtedly the second deck (the first is right outside the back door), perched right over the shoreline, complete with wooden pergola. Imagine yourself there on a summer afternoon, the trellis wound with clematis and Virginia creeper, relaxing with sundowner cocktail in hand as the water slips slowly past. Taxes are $1,730. n
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As Maine goes, so goes the nation. It sounds so encouraging. But is that true with women’s rights? Prepare for some surprising facts across the decades… By Ol iv ia Gu nn Kosti shevs kaya
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t’s the late 1970s, that uneasy period when the sexualized title “stewardess” was morphing into the gender-neutral “flight attendant” and women were smoking Virginia Slims. Tension lingers from Vietnam. Patty Hearst has experienced Stockholm Syndrome as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, Watergate has fractured the country’s trust, President Carter is desperately cleaning up, and Feminism is in full swing. Here in Maine, women comprise 40 percent of the work force but face unequal pay. In front of the departure gate of the
Portland Jetport on a crisp November morning, 19 Maine women get out of cars and taxis and assemble in the airport lobby. Imagine: Here is Merle Nelson greeting Sharon Rene Talbot and Linda S. Dyer. Next comes Vivian Massey, JoAnn Fritsche, Kim Matthews, Anne Hazelwood-Brady, Nan Stone, Cynthia Murray-Beliveau, Lois Reckitt, Constance Depew, Kate McQueen, Paulette Dodge, Claire Hussey, Janet Mills, and Pat Ryan. (If you or one of your relatives were in attendance, let us know at editor@ portlandmonthly.com.) Should one of them need to use the air-
port “powder room” before takeoff, she’ll have to pay a nickel to enter, though access to the men’s restroom is free of charge– just one of many frank injustices that have turned a slow burn into something very hot. The destination? Come fly with them as they lift into the flight levels and soar over Boston and New York and into a brighter future. These Downeast ladies feel a rush of excitement, because they’re heading to Houston, Texas, as Maine’s delegates to the first and only U.S. government-funded conference of its kind. The 1977 National Women’s Conference, attended by 20,000 leaders from
Above left: First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, and Betty Ford, International Women’s Year presiding officer Bella Abzug, and Torch of Freedom relay runners Donna de Varona, Suzy Chaffee, Michelle Cearcy, Peg Kokernot, and Sylvia Ortiz at the opening ceremony of the National Women’s Conference, Houston, November 1977. Above right: The 2017 Women’s March in Portland.
1971
Susan D. Jacobson becomes the first woman to graduate from Bowdoin College.
1974 Maine is the 31st
state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923. The amendment, which guarantees equal rights regardless of gender, is still not included in the U.S. Constitution.
1977
Anna Polvinen becomes Maine’s first female trooper. In 2016, Central Maine News reports that of 330 active troopers only 24 (7%) are female.
1980 Newly-elected city
councilor Linda Abromson abolishes a five-cent fee for the women’s toilets at the Portland International Jetport.
1985 The “spousal
exemption” rule is removed from sexual assault statutes.
1990 Women are able to join
and vote as members of the Maine Charitable Mechanics. Augusta’s Franco-American society “Le Club Calumet” first begins accepting female members in 2006.
1991 The Portland Country Club 2016 Reports show women in allows women the right to the same memberships and tee-times as male members.
1996 An Act to Prohibit
Stalking is enacted, making stalking a crime in Maine.
Maine are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men.
2017 A referendum to include
an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to explicitly protect against sex discrimination fails to secure enough votes.
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“In a state that ranked
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Policy Center study, change in Maine hasn’t been easy.”
Up in the Air ith ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” playing in her head, State Representative Lois Reckitt, who will later become Vice President Executive of the National Organization for Women, looked out her Boeing 727 window to see the clouds and cities below as she rushed south. “It was very energizing and exciting,” she says. “Every time the plane stopped” at connecting cities on the way to Houston, “more delegates got on,” from other states. “The plane felt full of us.” She ruefully remembers the flight attendants–“who I fear may still have been referred to as stewardesses at the time”–were supportive of the mission. It wasn’t all smooth sailing. Once in Houston, the group arrived at the hotel to find a conference for overwhelmingly male building contractors refusing to leave. “It was really a mess trying to get into the hotel. I remember Bella Abzug (chair of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year and head of the conference) came tearing into the lobby, practically mowing me down.” These women meant business.
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The Task at Hand Specifically, issues on the table for the 19 Mainers covered the Equal Rights Amendment, shelters for domestic violence survivors, sexual assault crisis services, equal pay, and pregnancy discrimination. Reckitt says there was one major contention: whether or not to openly support lesbian 6 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
rights. “There was some concern it would hinder our organizing attempts,” she says. “At the conference, there was an effort by some to identify everybody who wasn’t ‘out.’ There was a code that if you wore a yellow smile button, you were either lesbian or supportive of the issues.” Reckitt, who had just recently come out, remembers stepping into an elevator and being handed a button. “It felt like a safe place. The ‘antis’ were all the way across town at some rally after not being able to get enough delegates to make any difference at all,” she says with a laugh. The turning point on the gay rights issue was when Betty Friedan, co-founder and president of the National Organization of Women, who was known to take an anti-LGBT stance, stood up and spoke in support.
Lobby Executive Director, Eliza Townsend (above right). “But, when the session concluded, there was no money appropriated for the shelters. The group was told that in the middle of the night when the decisions were reached, there wasn’t anyone present representing them.” After the defeat of the Battered Women’s Projects (BWP) in 1978, the women “learned, regrouped, and vowed never again” would they be unrepresented during a legislative vote. At the time, it wasn’t just the halls of Augusta lacking female representation. At the Maine Women’s Lobby Celebration in 2014, Mills described the dichotomy of the time: movements like women’s rights continued to gain intensity, but women continued to be underrepresented in the workplace. In 1978, 92 students graduated the University of Maine School of Law–only 21 of them women (Last year, women made up just under half of the class.) “There were even fewer role models for women who wished to work construction, in the trades, or in law enforcement,” says Mills.
Return Flight The world had changed during the conference. Now it was time to bring change back to Maine. The delegates landed back home with a “gentle, optimistic energy fueled by uniA Different World ty of purpose,” says Maine Attorney General Mills. After the trip to Houston, the nyone who considers this nostalAttorney General’s Office partnered with gia isn’t keeping her eyes open. Yes, the ACLU to hold the first Maine Womthis was a different time, though reen’s Conference at Colby College. “Our cent headlines do have us wondering just original meetings were small gatherings how far we’ve come. Three years after this in someone’s apartment or flight, the Portland Internasomeone’s office, conniving tional Jetport still maintained in rooms to raise money, to pay toilets in the women’s respread the word, and to destroom, but not the men’s. velop some presence, status, The reasoning? Women’s toiand respect in the halls of lets required more cleaning. the State House.” Other states across the counDuring the 1978 Maine try had already banned the Legislative Session, the group practice in the mid-1970s, folworked to fund battered womlowing efforts by women’s en’s shelters. “They had tesgroups and the Committee to Bright Ambition: Attorney tified, written letters, found End Pay Toilets in America. General Janet Mills is running for governor in 2018. Maine has yet sponsors, agreed on a budget– In a 1992 Portland Press Herto elect a female governor. all of it,” says Maine Women’s ald article, former Portland
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across the country, will be a unifying assembly to address neglected issues from equality, to education, to reproductive rights. Though it sounds like the start of a kick-ass new Netflix series, this legendary trip will be an igniting spark. It lights up an organization called the Maine Women’s Lobby over 2,000 miles away. As you read this, the Lobby is celebrating its 40th year in search of justice.
mayor and city councilor Linda Abromson recognized the city’s removal of those toilets as her first legislative victory. Across town, The Portland Country Club hosted a men-only tee time that excluded female members. Finally, in 1991, the club amended those by-laws to “afford women the same rights of membership as men, including the same access to tee times.” “The club leaders recognized the rules and by-laws were archaic,” says member Kathy Drake. While women’s pay toilets and golf course restrictions gall today, they pale in comparison to the darker issues the MWL faced in state legislation. It wasn’t until 1985 that the Spousal Exemption, which did not recognize marital rape as a crime, was removed from Maine’s sexual assault laws. In addition, language was added that no longer made rape a “lesser crime” if it occurred on a date. The Road Ahead n a state that ranked ninth-highest nationally in homicides against women by men in a 2013 Violence Policy Center study, change hasn’t gotten any easier. Domestic violence continuously makes up 50 percent of these homicides each year. “As you can see from the #MeToo movement, we still have a lot of work to do on attitudes and social structures,” says Townsend. “It’s the complex nature of the issues and the tendency in the media to reduce the issues to sex and body parts–or even something as simple as the five-cent bathroom fee– though it is appalling.” Much of the lobby’s work centers on economic stability and violence against women. “Money is the overvarching issue above anything else,” says Townsend. “Whether you have money, what you have to do to get money, and whether or not you stay in a relationship that’s not working–everything is shaped by money.” There has been positive change. Townsend notes the expansion of Maine’s
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Family Medical Leave law to include domestic partners in 2007 as a highlight. In 2015, L.D. 921 was passed to provide more extensive protections for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the workplace. Penalties increased for employers who fire employees needing to take time off to attend court dates, doctor appointments, and other related burdens. But as Maine continues to evolve, new challenges emerge. According to the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, there are now approximately 7,500 East African immigrants living in Androscoggin County, and around 5,000 living in Cumberland CounArt ty. In 2014, Maine saw 158 cases of violence Artfully s des against East African women, of which 60 designed off percent were domestic violence and 30 per- offersbre be cent were cases of sexual assault. Mufalo breastma an Chitam, Executive Director of the Maine mastecto rec Immigrant Rights Coalition and former reconstru Cal MWL board member, believes inclusivity of Call toda con immigrant women is key to progress, along consulta with efforts to foster trust between communities and institutions such as law enforcement. “We need to harness the full potential
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t was determination, passion, and devotion that 19 Maine women tapped into 40 years ago on an historical journey to Houston, returning home inspired and ready to work. It was the same energy that brought over 10,000 women and men to the streets of Portland in January 2017 for the Women’s March. Looking back on the 1977 rally, Attorney General Mills says a Margaret Mead quote comes to mind: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” She ascribes it to “the mischievous band of determined women, ages 18 to 64, who listened to rousing speeches in Houston, and the many others who dug into issues at the 1978 statewide conference…” As for Reckitt’s proudest moment of the Maine Women’s Lobby? “We’ve lasted 40 freaking years. That’s really kind of amazing when you think about.” n
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Nous Sommes Pas Tous La Même Sometimes we are compelled to examine–and reject–the many masks and monikers that are applied to us. The final discovery? Our diversity demands more than one simple epithet.
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hat mask did you choose for Mardi Gras? The idea got me thinking about the masks–real and symbolic–that we wear. Mardi Gras has become one of those holidays that spills over cultural boundaries–like St. Patrick’s Day–an occasion that includes the world in its celebrations. Mardi Gras, for all Lenten penitents, is a day of excesses and carnivale. The mind sparks with creativity at the possibility of a disguise for the day. Who are you beneath the mask on Mardi Gras? The wearing of a mask grants permission to envision or experience the other side of reality for a brief moment–to fleetingly become someone or something else. This is not unlike the masks many Franco-Americans wear on a daily basis to negotiate their way through an anglicized existence. Many of
By Rhea Côté Robbins
us are unaware of the masks we don on a daily basis. They are fixed to us by the sacrifices and concessions made by our ancestors in order to operate and survive as an immigrant in a hostile world. I read something recently that describes Franco-Americans and French-Canadians in the U.S. as expats. This struck me as a creative way to describe the chain migration of French-Canadians to the U.S in search of work and a better life. Expats do not wear masks. There’s an implied status in the title. The word conjures a picture Come closer: The word is masque, the root word for masquerade. A mask of detachment is “masque d’indifférence.” Alexander Dumas, born in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France, wrote L’Homme au Masque de Fer in 1847.
of an individual who has chosen to emigrate, and who will return to his or her native country. Personally, to hear someone pronounce who or what Franco-Americans/French-Canadians are (or are not) is too simplistic. It sounds to me like the one making the pronouncement is on the defensive–or perhaps attempting to curry favor. I would prefer an open dialogue, allowing for multiple interpretations that do not become lost in relativism but offer the opportunity to self-define multi-dimensionally through different places and cultures. I refuse to have my self-definition miniaturized by blanket pronouncements. I refuse to wear a mask. n Rhea Côté Robbins is the author of ‘down the Plains,’ and editor of Heliotrope–French Heritage Women Create. February/March 2018 65
Small town. Big love. In the mid-1930s, a group of Bridgton residents worked together to clear six ski trails on the north side of P leasant Mountain, in a layout that spelled the word LO VE. The iconic display can still be seen today, and the spirit behind it can still be felt. All over town, you’ll find people pouring their hearts into businesses, arts, and community projects. Love continues to fuel this town’s growth. It’s in our DNA. And after spending time here, we hope it’s part of yours, too.
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I’m Not Your Mascot My Maine illuminates the voices and experiences of those who call Maine home. A display of racial stereotyping witnessed in adolescence inspired Maulian Dana’s lifelong pursuit of indigenous rights and representation. By Maulian Dana
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y name is Maulian Lorraine Dana, and I’m excited to have this chance to share the experience of a Penobscot Nation tribal citizen in Maine. “Maulian” is the English name “Maryann” spelled in Penobscot–we do not have the letter “r” in our language, so it’s replaced by an “i.” Having a unique tribal name in a state not known for its diversity has been an interesting experience, to say the least. I have the same middle name as both my maternal and paternal grandmothers, each strong pillars of the community. Both have held directorial and elected positions in the Penobscot community for my entire life. My last name is a strong connection to my ancestors. Many different families of Danas have inhabited these sacred lands for countless generations, and I carry the name with pride and humility in all of my work. I was raised on Indian Island, the Penobscot Nation Reservation where I now own a home and raise my two daughters. I have the honor of being the first-ever appointed Ambassador for our nation. I serve as a representative to municipal, state, and federal governments, as well as doing education and outreach on a variety of civic and social issues. I work closely with the other tribal governments in Maine: the Passamaquoddy tribes of Sipayik and Indian Township, the Maliseet tribe of Houlton,
and the Micmac tribe of Presque Isle. We’re all stand-alone sovereign nations with our own history and culture, but we come together to unite as the Wabanaki Confederacy–the “People of the Dawn.” I became interested in the rights of indigenous people when I was a teenager. I was watching the high school basketball tournaments with my father, Barry Dana, who was the Chief of the Nation at the time. The game was between the Nokomis Warriors and the Skowhegan Indians. When half-time came, the cheerleaders and band came out to perform. Both teams were dressed in fake buckskin outfits, neon-colored “war paint,” and feathers from a craft store. They were all making the hand-over-mouth chant you might see in old westerns when the Indians were on the warpath. I turned to my father enraged. “Is this what people think of us? This is not OK!” A fire was lit in me that day to protect what was sacred to me. I’d been raised to
respect and turn to my culture and cultural identity in times of self turmoil or discrimination from others. In the stands were kids my own age and their parents mocking my religion and heritage. In that moment, I was set on my path as an activist to change these mascots in Maine and beyond. My reaction was not a political correctness crusade on ignorant but well-meaning people cheering for a team; these displays incite dangerous thought patterns that lead to racist and sometimes violent behavior against the marginalized target group. I turned that anger into motivation. Wells High School uses “Warriors” with culturally-offensive imagery, and the Skowhegan Indians remain the only “Indian” mascot in the state. The work continues, but the 20 or so schools that have made the changes over the years give me hope. After graduating from the University of Maine Orono with a degree in Political Science, I knew I wanted to use my knowledge and my passion for progressive social change to help my people. I was elected to the tribal council, a 12-person governing board that reports to the Chief, in 2016. A year later, I was offered the Ambassadorship. I’m truly blessed to be chosen as the Tribal Ambassador and carry with me both my ancestors’ hopes and my descendants’ dreams in all I do. Woliwoni naka mesintalnapemak. Thank you and all my relations. n February/March 2018 67
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might be worth exploring Old World wines. Try a Bordeaux blend for an enjoyably robust taste. If you prefer the flavors of the Syrah grape, look out for a bottle of CrozesHermitage from the Rhône region for a full and smoky glass of wine. n Ralph Hersom is a sommelier and owner of RRH Cellars Wine Consultancy. He was formerly the Cellarmaster at Windows On The World and Wine Director of Le Cirque 2000 in NYC. February/March 2018 69
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inding a five-star meal in Maine is not an issue. We’re in the golden age of a culinary growth spurt, with top chefs serving up award-winning, original dishes celebrated around the country. Foodies, always ready for the latest trend, can hardly type their hashtags fast enough. But even with all the acclaim circulating, will chefs turn away a diner craving a triedand-true favorite or regional delicacy? “Any chef, especially at a fine dining establishment, will be interested and proud to have his or her guests taste a unique creation,” says Hugo Aguirre, Director of Food and Beverage at Grace White Barn Inn in Kennebunk. “But without sounding pretentious, when you’re a five-star, fivediamond restaurant, the name of the game is pleasing our guests and going above and beyond their expectations.” Should someone request, say, Lobster Thermidor [See “The Curious Incident of the Lobster Thermidor,” Summerguide 2017] several days before a reservation for a special evening, White Barn Inn will make it, even
if it’s off the menu, says Aguirre, but not before adding that a spectacular alternative is already offered by the Inn’s Chef Matthew Padilla, “the Kennebunkport Lobster Fettuccine. It’s very popular.” Some menu selections are eternal. Think martinis. If the classic martini isn’t available on a trendy-tini menu at a great bar, don’t imagine James Bond is going to be turned away. Michelle Corry, co-owner of Portland’s 555 and Petite Jacqueline with husband Steve Corry, says they’ve taken special requests at both restaurants since day one. “We need plenty of notice, and it’s often restricted to product availability and how busy we are on any given day,” she says. “But we’ve done lobster dinners, past menu items, specialty desserts,
Dare to disturb the status quo and order off menu? Petite Jacqueline will make coq au vin , while The White Barn Inn would be happy to satisfy your craving for Lobster Thermidor upon request.
cakes, strict dietary menus, and kosher menus for people, just to name a few.” At Petite Jacqueline, French cuisine classics are at the heart of the menu, but visitors might be surprised to see Coq Au Vin–chicken braised with red wine–missing from the list. Not to worry. Chef Nick Dalaimo says he’s happy to serve this magic standard if given at least 24-hours notice. “We’re happy to make good food for good people,” he says. “It’s no problem. While a chef’s first instinct is to be most excited to cook something different,” menu vagaries don’t prevent a chef’s exploring the fragrance of things past, especially since memories are most vividly evoked by the sense of smell. Think Marcel Proust and his madeleines. 1) First, be polite. It’s hard to imagine any chef wanting to disappoint a hungry patron–chefs get hankerings too–but how do you make one of these dinner requests without being that guy? For startFebruary/March 2018 71
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Dining Guide Anthony’s Italian Kitchen, offers homemade Italian cooking using the freshest ingredients, featuring favorites such as pizza, pasta,and sandwiches. Voted “Best in Portland” for three years. Dine-in and catering services on offer. Beer and wine available. Open 11-8 Mon. through Sat. 151 Middle St #5, Portland; and new location Cumberland County Courthouse, 205 Newbury St. anthonysitaliankitchen.com, 774-8668. Bayside American Café (formerly Bintliff’s) owned and run by Joe & Diane Catoggio since 2003. The menu includes delicious items like house-made smoked salmon, corned beef hash, crab cakes, sandwiches, salads, Benedicts, and more. Come and discover why customers love Bayside American Café. Breakfast, brunch, and lunch are served daily starting at 7 a.m. 98 Portland St., Portland, 774-0005 baysideamericancafe.com. Benkay sushi bar and Japanese restaurant is back! At our new location on 16 Middle Street in Downtown Portland, chef Ando has designed an authentic Japanese culinary experience close to Portland’s waterfront. Full bar and menu including premium sushi, sashimi, and rolls. Monday-Friday: Lunch, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Dinner: 5 p.m. - close. Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 a.m. - close, 7735555, www.sushiman.com BlueFin North Atlantic Seafood restaurant in the Old Port harnesses all that Maine is, and positions it into a delicious dish. Executive Chef Tim Labonte creates new and unexpected meals using fresh, locally-caught seafood and seasonal ingredients at their peak. From breakfast through dinner and anything in-between, your next adventure may just be your next dish. 468 Fore Street Portland’s Old Port 775-9090 portlandharborhotel.com/portland-harbor-hotel-dining.php Bolster, Snow & Co., is located on the firstfloor of the spectacularly reincarnated brick mansion, The Francis (formerly the Mellen E. Bolster House). With executive Chef Nicolas Verdisco at the helm, Bolster Snow provides guests with warm and genuine hospitality, gracious service, and fiercely seasonal food and drink that are representative of the Northeast Region. 747 Congress St. Portland, 772-7485, thefrancismaine.com Bruno’s Voted Portland’s Best Italian Restaurant by Market Surveys of America, Bruno’s offers a delicious variety of classic Italian, American, and seafood dishes–and they make all of their pasta in-house. Great sandwiches, pizza, calzones, soups, chowders, and salads. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the dining room or the Tavern. Casual dining at its best. 33 Allen Ave., 878-9511.
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uring my wonderbread summers in the Kennebunks, riding my bike almost daily from Gooch’s Beach to Kennebunkport, I’d always steal a look for her–that ghostly face peering from the second floor window of the fallingdown, fabulous Colonial mansion that was 1 Doane’s Wharf Lane. Though I so wanted to, I couldn’t look at her too long, because “that would be rude,” and she chilled me to the bone. But the invalided Miss Frances Treamer (1893-1968) was really a sweet person, however much she looked like a character straight out of a Nathaniel Hawthorne story. So often people, and houses, are misunderstood as the result of insufficient details.
My mother lived across the street from homebound Miss Treamer–already legendary for her window-watching–when she was a child. Only once did our family witness this startling creature move outside in daylight. The story goes, one fall day, my grandfather looked up from raking leaves to see none other than the frail Miss Treamer slowly but deliberately making her way across Beach Street, leaning on her cane. Clearly she was on a mission. “Young man,” she addressed my grandfather, though they were roughly the same age. “You have Indian shutters in your windows. I’d just like you to know.” Startled, he invited her in, but instead of taking an offered seat, she went over to the front window, pulled one of
the Indian shutters out with a flourish, and then, refusing tea, left with a gracious smile, returning to her window with a face so indelible it seemed etched in the glass. A For-Sale Sign Appears Well after her death, One Doane’s Wharf Lane went up for sale. Touring the house, I was Pip in Miss Havisham’s house in Great Expectations. Here was ancient paneling and a floor plan that looked like three houses joined together across the centuries, each with a different story to tell, dating to 1765. In the salon I found a giant hole, as if a meteorite had crashed through the rotten flooring. Looking down into the hole, I saw the remains of a piano, its gleaming surface visible through patches of thick dust. I studied its frozen keys, its broken sound board, its mangled loud and soft February/March 2018 85
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pedals. After years of silently waiting to be played, had the piano crashed through to the basement in a cry for attention? An icy hand gripped at my heart as I wondered what last song had been played on it, and by whom? Could Miss Treamer’s fingers have danced across the ivory keys in her youth? Chopin, maybe? Was it after midnight when it made its final landing? What a jarring sound it must have made,
lifting the crows into flight! oday, in March of 2018, the house at 1 Doane’s Wharf Lane is making a lot of noise on its own. The eightbedroom, 15-room landmark is for sale for $1.295M after a remarkable renovation. “I have pictures of the house before we worked on it,” says WorthPoint.com founder Will Seippel, the seller. “It was invaded by vines.”
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SACO RAMADA The Saco Plaza Ramada Inn is strategically located on the Maine Turnpike. Includes 88 guestrooms, conference and banquet facilities.
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Uniquely sited 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, private waterfront, open ocean views. Water views from Living room, Kitchen , dining room and master bedroom. Two car garage under. Cathedral ceiling living room opens onto waterfront deck. $749,000
Immaculate water’s edge home situated on 1.6 acres wrap-around deck, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, eat-in kitchen, fireplace, whole house automatic generator. Detached 3 car garage with town permitted in-law apartment. Water views from every room. Walk out basement. $629,000
Come build your brand new Cape on over an acre of land with exclusive private access to Strawberry Creek for canoeing and kayaking. Make small changes or come up with a whole new design. 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath home with the master on the 1st floor. Bonus room upstairs can be used as an office, media room, etc. Sit on your new farmers porch and watch the deer, osprey and other wildlife. Take advantage of low Harpswell Taxes. Also listed as land MLS# 1081990. $360,000
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Cundy’s Harbor home with 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath in wooded Heron Lane neighborhood. Master Suite with en-suite bath & walk-in closet. Pine floors throughout the main living area adds to the charm of this log home. 1 acre lot offers plenty of space to enjoy afternoons on the private back deck overlooking the tree-lined back lawn. A short stroll down the gravel lane brings you to deeded ROW access to common dock on Quahog Bay! $285,000
Traditional island summer cottage awaiting your personal touch. 2017-new roof shingles, new septic system, new exterior paint. This 1895 cottage has all the original charm from when island access was by steam ferry from Portland. Easy walking to the Cribstone Bridge, restaurants, and kayaking rentals. Gather around the fireplace at night. Relax anytime on the classic cottage porch and catch up on summer reading. $265,000
Year round waterfront living on the protected waters of Card Cove. Hardwood and tile floors, waterfront decks, wood paneling and exposed beams. Master bedroom with master bath and deck overlooking the cove. Shared dock, driveway, well and septic. $259,000
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This cute seasonal camp is located in the coastal Harpswell-By-The-Sea neighborhood & features vaulted ceilings, sliding glass doors from your living/dining room onto a waterfront deck & offers over 100’ of water frontage. Enjoy picturesque water views of Rich Cove including a mix of wildlife. Kayak from your front yard or use one of Harpswell’s best protected deep water docks on Quahog Bay to moor your boat. Common area includes a boat launch, fire pit, picnic tables & kayak storage. Go fishing or swimming !! $204,000
If you are looking for privacy than this is the building lot for you. This 1.97 acre lot abuts an ice pond which you can see from the building window. Lots of mature trees and rock walls make this a very peaceful and relaxing setting. Sit and watch the ducks in the marsh. Come take advantage of the low Harpswell Taxes. $150,000
This .43-/- acre building site offers seasonal water views and is located within walking distance of ocean access, local restaurants and island amenities. Build your yearround home or island get-a -way and take advantage of the southerly exposure. This property has an existing building on it that used to be the “Doughty Store”. Buyer shall have right to upgrade shared septic system at Buyer’s expense. New leach field will be shared with 1734 HIR. Do not enter structure. Building may be a tear down. $49,000
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she ordered tersely. “Head for the old oak tree. On the hill we can be on the lookout for clues.” Bess whimpered fearfully, but the three chums kept walking toward the old oak tree. Togo the terrier tailed them tinily. His eyes also sparkled. “Will we still have a picnic?” Bess wailed nervously. “I hope so,” George declared kindly. “Keep walking,” Nancy murmured dreamily. The three chums climbed the hill. Togo ran merrily with them. His eyes still sparkled. (What did he know? He was a dog.) At the top of the hill, Bess set the picnic basket down with a giggle. (Who knows why?) Nancy looked around. Sleuths always look around. They’re sleuths. Bess opened the picnic basket. She spread out the cloth. She removed the food and gaily checkered napkins from the basket and set them out on the cloth. “Are you ready to eat,” she asked plumply. “I am,” George replied. She sat down next to Bess. “I’ll keep watch,” Nancy said. She had to; you know why. Bess ate her sandwich. George ate her sandwich. “What kind of sandwich is this?” George demanded. “I don’t know,” Nancy replied. Nancy did not pack the picnic basket. Hannah Gruen, housekeeper to blue-eyed Carson Drew, attorney, since Nancy’s mother died when Nancy was ten (or three –it depends upon the version; Carolyn Keene had multiple personality disorder ), packed the picnic basket. The young sleuth removed a sandwich from the basket. She peeled it apart. She sniffed the mystery meat. “Hmm,” she explained. “It is not chicken salad. It is not tuna fish. It is not red herring. It is not deviled ham. It,” she declared, “is a mystery.” Bess noisily ate her mystery sandwich.
George put hers back in Hannah’s basket. “I wish that Ned Nickerson were here,” Nancy said, “so we could picnic on angel cake and fruit juice, our favorite snack.” Ned Nickerson, who attended Emerson College (not the writing program one) and was two years older than Nancy, was not there. A scream rang out. A violent storm approached the hill. “Look out,” Nancy called. “Take shelter under the old oak.” “I’m a wreck,” Bess said, quavering. The chums leaned against the trunk of the tree. The violent storm passed. “Who or what was that?” George asked queerly. “I don’t know…yet,” Nancy replied. She wished Ned Nickerson were there. He spoke Cantonese. He lived in Hong Kong on college exchange. He maybe was in the U.S. Intelligence Service. A member of Omega Chi Epsilon fraternity with his friends Burt Eddleton and Dane Evans, he could help Nancy Drew solve the mystery. Bess walked forward to get another sandwich. “Hey,” she demanded. “Where are the sandwiches?” Nancy looked around. Where were the sandwiches? “Hey,” Bess demanded. “Where is the picnic basket?” Where was the picnic basket? “And where,” Bess demanded, “are the gaily colored checkered napkins?” Where were the gaily colored checkered napkins? And where was Togo? Vanished. n Can Nancy solve the mystery? Find out online at bit.ly/PMonthlyFictionJoanConnorPt2. Joan Connor is a professor at Ohio University. She has published four collections of short stories and a collection of essays. February/March 2018 103
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