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49 LOST ON A BARREN IN MAINE By Ben Wilkins
71 DEEP ROOTS
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SNOOPS
19 FROM THE EDITOR
“Strangers in a Strange Land”
By Colin W. Sargent
21 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
23 CHOWDER
A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong.
31 YACHT SPOTTING
By Jill Blackwood, Tess Baldwin, and Nick O’Malley
CULTURE
53 MICRO HIKES By Gwen Thompson
77 FINE LIVING
“A Brief History of High” By Tess Baldwin
83 SUMMER FEVER Maine Fairs and Festivals
119 FICTION
“Dark Energy”
By Joan Connor
SHELTER
105 TALKING WALLS
“Lobster, He Said”
By Colin W. Sargent
112 NEW ENGLAND HOMES & LIVING
REFRESH
61 PILOTING A FUTURE By Sydney Alexander
64 SELECT AREA RESTAURANTS
EXPLORE
24 MADE IN MAINE
44 ON THE WATER
47 EXPLORE RANGELEY
66 VISIT THE KENNEBUNKS
111 THE BOOTHBAYS
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Strangers in a Strange Land
Here ’ s the conventional wisdom:
“In Maine’s chilly waters, you’ll nd lobsters and seals, but not brain or star coral. ese corals thrive in warm, tropical seas, needing temperatures above 20°C (68°F). Maine’s cold waters, around 10°C (50°F), slow the photosynthesis vital for these corals. Additionally, Maine’s murky, nutrient-rich waters and rocky seabed hinder their growth. So, try as you might, you won’t nd coral on the beaches of Maine. is absence highlights the unique environmental needs of these corals, shaped by the delicate balance of marine factors.”
Pretty lies, courtesy of ChatGPT. We at Portland Magazine resist easy “facts” (the Velveeta e ect) because you deserve the extraordinary. I’ve found coral on Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk my whole life, like my father with his father and my son with me since. Pictured is brain and star coral we’ve picked up from the beach. Pieces of beach coral make great bookends for our seashore library of exceptional wonders.
Why? Because the coral could only have gotten here under the creak of oak and canvas.
We welcome stowaways! Kennebunk was once known for more than just producing craft beer. In the West Indies during the late 1700s, sailors from the Kennebunks lined the bilges of their vessels with coral as ballast after trading lumber and pig iron for spices, which had to be kept dry above the keel. When their ships returned to the Kennebunk River, they threw the coral overboard near the breakwater for us to discover—a text message from the 18th century to this very second in the summer of 2024. is is our shared history, a connection to the past we can still see and touch. I’ve found coral along the Saco River too.
We hope you enjoy this Shore issue—a little theater of the unexpected.
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I cannot say enough how excited I am to see every issue delivered to my mailbox. Each Portland Monthly that arrives feels like Christmas over and over in that I get to read and learn about new and familiar businesses and people within your pages and savor the exciting features and stories that capture the best of what Maine has to o er.
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CYCLING RULES!
Good piece on cycling around Portland [“Cycling and the City,” May 2024]. We need more bike lanes and less tra c. Love that Luka Bloom song, BTW. Get up on your bike!
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INTENSE INNS
Love the story about the boutique hotels in Portland [“Petite Retreats,” April 2024]. Beautiful alternatives to the big hotels. High-end WOWness! Donna Archambault, Exeter, NH
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TANK LOVE
Got $11K? And a love of antique tanks? Steven Bunn recently sold a 1945 Studebaker M29 Weasel. Built to battle the Germans in Norway, this monster, manufactured in South Bend, Indiana, can go anywhere—including through snow. In the years since, it’s been repurposed as a tractor on Bunn’s Bowdoinham farm. “I’ve had a lot of fun with it. I hope the next owner will, too.”
Ammo to Art
In 1775, the Britsh atacked First Parish Church of Portland with cannon fre. In 1825, during its rebuilding, the parishioners had a gorgeous chandelier created to house one of turning destructon into design. It’s stll
again.” Experience over board games and a selection of coffee and adult beverages.
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Elec ic R evolution
Portlander Colin S. Sargent is a founding partner of SGV, “the frst electric motorcycle manufacturer on the African continent,” according to Nasdaq.com. After Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi, test-drove one of SGV’s “green machines,” the European Union took notice. SGV has won a grant to deliver 250 motorcycles to low-income Malawians for the Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund backed by the governments of Austria and Switzerland in partnership with the Nordic Development Fund. “Growing up in Maine taught me to value the simplest possible approach to things,” Sargent (Cheverus class of 2000) says.
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Yacht Spo ing
YLuxury from a Distance
BY JILL BLACKWOOD, TESS BALDWIN, AND NICK O’MALLEY
ou ’ ve seen them, you’ve wondered about them: those magnificent oating palaces that cruise in and out of our harbors all summer. Most of us may never have the opportunity to board them, but at least we can get a sense of their opulence.
Here are twelve beauties we’ve spotted, teasers for your imagination. Bon voyage!
Aspen Alternative
Length: 164 feet. Max speed: 20 knots.
e Aspen Alternative was built in 2010 by Trinity Yachts. Sold
in 2015 as Imagine, she had an asking price of $22.9M. Re t in 2022 with interiors by Evan K. Marshall of London. She charters for $199K/week in low season and $220K/week in high season. Or you could just make friends with the mogul while shooshing the moguls in Aspen, Colorado.
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After You
Length: 180 feet.
Max speed: 24 knots.
After You was built in 2011 by Heesen in the Netherlands in consultation with Van Oossanen Associates for naval design. e exteriors were designed by Frank Laupman of Omega Architects. Re tted in 2022, the
Reverie
Length: 165 feet.
Max speed: 14 knots.
Reverie, built in 2000 by the Dutch shipyard Feadship, was designed by Studio De Voogt with interiors by Donald Starkey Designs. She’s gone through two di erent re ts, in 2018 and 2022. e rst, by Donald Starkey and Adam Vorhees, won Best Re tted Yacht at the 2018 World Superyacht Awards. Onboard, the yacht holds a gym as well as a deck jacuzzi, slides from the sun deck to the water, and two jet skis. Reverie charters for $274,000 a week.
Previous names: Blue Moon, Broadwater, Rasselas, Time For Us, Halcyon Days, Juneluck.
interiors now re ect the work of Mark Berryman Design. On board, you’ll nd crew dog Stowie the cockapoo. She might not own the yacht, but she certainly runs her. For sale or charter by Yachtzoo, the asking price is $36.764M, or $350,000 a week.
Black Knight
Length: 83 feet.
Max speed: 16 knots.
A true Mainer.
Goudy & Stevens built the wooden Black Knight in 1968 in East Boothbay, although she had a di erent name back then. R. K. Mellon of Mellon Bank reinvented the vessel for sword shing under the name Cassiar, with designs by Walter J. McInnis of Eldrege-McInnis. McInnis also designed the prototype that would become the fast-cruising rum-runners of Prohibition, as well as the Coast Guard’s cutters sent to catch them. Black Knight received her name from former owner William (Bill) Combs Jr., a New York Yacht Club member. After she served as the committee boat for the 1983 America’s Cup, the Black Knight was bought by Swedish entrepre-
neur Jan Stenbeck, who successfully transformed his family business, Kinnevik, by investing in telecommunications and media. Upon his death from a heart attack in 2002, his son Hugo inherited the ship.
Length: 148 feet.
Max speed: 15 knots. Calliope was built in Turkey by RMK Marine in 2011 as Karia. e hull is by Ron Holland Design. e interior was created by Design Unlimited and found its inspiration in contemporary ailand and Japan. Once owned
Silver Shalis
Length: 175 feet.
Max speed: 20 knots.
e Silver Shalis was built in 2010 by Delta Marine—design by Langan Design Partners, interior by Jonathan Quinn Barnett Ltd, both based in Seattle. Valued at $40M, her annual running cost is $2M-
The Rising Sun
Length: 455 feet.
Max speed: 30 knots.
e Rising Sun’s length ranks her as the 18th largest yacht in the world. Crafted in 2004 by the esteemed German shipyard Lurssen, she can accommodate 18 guests in 9 opulent suites. With interiors by Seccombe Design, she features 82 rooms, including a gym, basketball court, and a movie theater.
e rst owner was Larry Ellison, the visionary CEO of Oracle Corporation. In 2010, the boat was acquired by David Ge en, a music executive and co-founder of DreamWorks.
4M, according to superyachtfan. com. Owner Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties is no stranger to sky-scraping costs. e billionaire is best known for leasing four World Trade Center towers at the worst possible time. After 9/11 Silverstein Properties gave NYC a fresh skyline.
by James Berwind of the Berwind Corporation (originally the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company) under the name Scout, she was sold in 2018 for an estimated
$15.9M. Calliope is now owned by Angus C. Littlejohn of Littlejohn & Co., a private equity investment rm headquartered in Greenwich, CT.
Caliope
Length: 164 feet.
Max speed: 25 knots.
Built by Westport Yachts and featuring interiors and exteriors by Donald Starkey Designs, Honey is Westport’s 10th largest yacht. She’s owned by billionaire Michael Bozzuto of Bozzuto’s Inc., a supermarket wholesaler based in Connecticut and distributes across New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Bozzuto is notably involved in philanthropic work, including the Special Olympics. Charity events have raised over $7M.
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Atomic
Length: 209 feet.
Max speed: 17 knots.
e Atomic is a young giant built in 2020 by Viareggio SuperYachts on the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy. e hull design is by Laurent Giles Superyacht Architects; Espen Øino International nished the exteriors. Darnet Design used walnut, lacquers, leather, and stainless steel for the interiors. In an interview with
Boat International, Darnet says the owners “wanted warm, cozy, and easy-going; nothing showy.” Now for sale at $58M, she’s equipped with a professional dive center, which costs roughly $500K for the space alone, according to IYC broker Mark Elliott. e average annual running cost is $3.5M. Where would you go with 163,000 liters of fuel?
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Hailing from Amsterdam, Kisses was built by Feadship and launched in 2000, with interiors by George Larson. She’s owned by Norman
Braman, a billionaire who made his fortune selling cars in Florida and Colorado with his company Braman Motorcars, generating over $2B/year. Braman was a waterboy for the Philadelphia Eagles as a child and
ended up as the owner for $65M, at the helm of the sports franchise from 1985 to 1994. Braman then sold the Eagles for $185M, then the highest price ever paid for an NFL team. Water boy to yachtsman. Way to go!
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Vanish
Length: 234 feet. Max speed: 19 knots. Built in 2021 by Dutch company Feadship and designed by Harrison Eidsgaard of London, Vanish hosts 12 guests with a crew of 20. She’s owned by Larry Van Tuyl of the Van Tuyl Group, the third largest car dealership in America before a controlling stake was sold to Warren Bu ett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Van Tuyl remains the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway as well as the CEO of VanTrust Real Estate Company.
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Sonician
Length: 150 feet.
Max speed: 20 knots.
Sonician, originally named Bouchon (French for “cork”), was built and designed in 2002 by Trinity Yachts with goodies inside by Dee Robinson Interiors. Owners Charles Walgreen III and wife Kathleen Walgreen had no fear that the boat might bleed them dry; they had a plethora of Band-Aids at their disposal. Charles, also known as “Cork,” is the grandson of Charles R. Walgreen Sr., founder of Walgreens Pharmacy in 1901. Re tted in 2019, the superyacht was sold in 2024 for $14M. She’s now available to charter from RJC Yachts for $150,000 a week. n
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The many lives in blue(berries).
INTERVIEW BY BEN WILKINS
In AMANDA PETERS’S debut novel, e Berry Pickers, four-year-old Ruthie goes missing in 1962 from the Maine blueberry elds. As teenage Ruthie (now called Norma) grows up here in the 1970s, she can’t square her earliest memories with the stories of her childhood told by the people who call themselves her parents. e ensuing story
delves into the shattering impacts of Maine’s colonialist past, shining a light on the state’s Indigenous migrant agricultural workers.
How did this story come about, and what is your family’s relationship with Maine? My dad is Mi’kmaw. Every summer in the ’60s and ’70s, when he was a kid, my grandparents would pack the children up in Nova Sco-
tia—my dad was one of fourteen, so there were quite a few of them—and take them to Maine to work in the blueberry elds. Dad always said, “You should write about the berry pickers in Maine.” I write ction, but he convinced me. We went on a father-daughter trip back in 2017. He showed me the elds and told me stories, and the book just started to come out. I was hooked.
How did you feel when you visited the berry felds?
We’d driven through them before, but I’d never stopped to really look at them. When I hear the stories and I’m looking at the exact eld, I can almost see my grandfather—who’s been gone for years—and my dad and my aunts and uncles. I can almost hear how they joked around with each other.
What’s your dad like?
He’s a funny guy. He tells the same stories over and over again. When he talks about the berry elds, he glows. He loves the memories. He remembers every detail and says that Maine is his second home.
Take us on that trip to the berry felds. We packed up my Prius. e hybrid engine was so quiet that my dad left it on sometimes, thinking it was o . e barrens are down near Ellsworth and Cherry eld, along Route 9. He showed me the cabin where my grandpa and my family used to stay. He told me how they’d cordon o the elds so they’d know which bushes had already been picked. Sometimes, they’d stay to haul potatoes or help burn the elds. ere are so many stories— some funny, some sad.
Tell us one.
There was a gentleman who was terri ed of bears. One night, they were sitting around the re, and my grandfather went up behind him and growled. e man screamed and ran so fast and so far they had to get into their car to catch him.
Do legends like this connect with others?
Now that I’ve written this book, many Mi’kmaw people will say, “Oh, I have stories from the berry elds as well.”
Even up in Nova Scotia?
Yeah, I’ve had perfect strangers come up to me there and say, “I have a berry-picker story.” Of course, I’m Mi’kmaw, so I know a lot of the Mi’kmaw community, and I have friends I didn’t even know were berry pickers who’ve
come up and said, “I have stories from the berry elds, too.”
Does this blueberry migration from Canada to Maine still happen?
Some of the Mi’kmaq still go every summer to rake berries in Maine.
You’ve said you see a lot of yourself in Ruthie. How so?
She’s very uncomfortable. She always feels like she doesn’t quite belong or t in. I’ve felt that way, being of mixed race—my mother isn’t Mi’kmaw. In certain situations, I’ll think, “Where do I belong?” or “Do I belong?” or even “Do I have the right to tell these kinds of stories because they’re Indigenous?” I was raised o the reserve, mostly by my mom. I’ve always struggled with that, and I think that helped me write Ruthie better. It’s obviously di erent—she’s raised by a family that’s not hers, and I was raised by my loving family.
What role does Maine play in the novel?
The Mi’kmaq have a close relationship with the East Coast. A lot of Mi’kmaq were born and live in Boston, for example. Mi’kmaq have traveled down that way since time immemorial. More recently, they travel south to pick berries or help out on the farms or go to lumberjack shows. at was a big thing in my family—logrolling. Members of my family live in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. My connection to Maine deepened through writing this book, and now I see why Dad says it’s like his second home. In the novel, Maine is where Ruthie’s brother, Joe, goes to heal. It’s super important because it’s based on the fact that the Mi’kmaq really did go to Maine, really do still go to Maine, and still have a presence in Maine. I think there will always be a special connection between the Mi’kmaq and Maine.
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Micro Hikes
The Paths More Trod.
STORY BY GWEN THOMPSON
We all know about the Knife Edge, but how many of us have actually done it? Or need to, when Maine abounds with trails short in distance, long on vistas.
BRADBURY MOUNTAIN, POWNAL
is is the hike Bowdoin students take their parents on over Homecoming weekend to explain why they want to go to college in Maine: the
view from the top says it all, and you don’t need crampons to attain it. Drop your shopaholic companions o in Freeport to score big bargains
If you’re even relatively fit, go for it!
—Felicity Beede
and drive 10 minutes to Bradbury Mountain State Park. You’ll be up to the summit and back (.6 mile round-
trip) before they can count the trout in the sh pond at L.L. Bean.
MORSE MOUNTAIN/SEAWALL BEACH, PHIPPSBURG
Another thing to love about Maine: you don’t have to choose between mountains and ocean. “I go to Morse Mountain when I need a dose of ocean along with some exercise,” says Lewiston High School English teacher Margaret Martin of this 3.8-mile round trip. “On a clear day, you can see Mt. Washington from the ledges at the top. Seawall Beach must be one of the longest in Maine, but it’s much less crowded than its more popular sister, Popham, since you can’t reach it by car.” Bring bug spray for the stretch through Sprague River Salt Marsh.
VAUGHAN WOODS, HALLOWELL
Known to the locals as “Hobbitland” for its resemblance to e Shire, Vaughan Woods’ three miles of trails suitable for all ages (including, presumably, centenarian hobbits) take you past majestic
stands of hundred-year-old pine trees, half a dozen picturesque stone bridges, and a pool the future King Louis Philippe I of France is rumored to have fallen into while shing during his
American exile in the last years of the 18th century. (He lived above Union Oyster House in Boston.) If you don’t pass Bilbo Baggins on the trail, perhaps you’ll run into him qua ng ale at the Liberal Cup in Hallowell afterward.
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sweeping views of Muscongus Bay’s islands.
BALD MOUNTAIN, OQUOSSOC
The big question here is, which lake do you look at rst? With breathtaking views of Rangeley Lake and Mooselookmeguntic Lake from the
re tower at the summit, you really can’t go wrong. “Name the season, name the time of day—we’ve climbed it then,” says Brunswick Junior High School social studies teacher Felicity Bean Beede. “I’ve probably done this hike 75 or 100 times—I seriously don’t know. It’s almost a daily thing when we’re upta camp.” e two-mile round trip also bags you views of Cupsuptic Lake,
Saddleback Mountain, and Mt. Washington—not to mention wild blueberries in season.
MACKWORTH ISLAND, FALMOUTH
De nitely bring the dogs and kids along on this one. As you perambulate the island’s 1.5-mile forested perimeter, budding architects can add their own creations to the fairy-house village, and pups can pay their respects at the nal resting place of Governor Baxter’s beloved Irish setters. Find your own private cove to take a dip with skyline views of Portland harbor, or relax on swinging benches perfectly placed to contemplate Casco Bay and the Calendar Islands. Accessible by car and causeway—no ferry required.
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aPiloting Future
From storm devastation, the rebirth of a mainstay.
STORY BY SYDNEY ALEXANDER
It ’ s a bright, sunny day in Kennebunk’s lower village. Light glitters o the river, and the atmosphere at the Pilot House is relaxed and welcoming. From the main oor, views
of the marina open to the water beyond. Most of the patrons here are locals enjoying lunch at the new and improved Pilot House, an exclamation point in the recent history of the town. Kylie Raymond, 33 (right), and
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her brother Nicholas, 29, bought the Pilot House from their parents six years ago. e original restaurant opened in 1978, and it’s shaped the siblings’ lives since childhood. “I grew up working in the old building,” Kylie says.
Designed by their father, Dwight, the new restaurant is right next door to where the old one was. A winding ramp leads up to the entrance, a signi cant—and necessary—modication, according to Kylie. “Our old space ooded three times. Our new building is built higher up, above the oodplain. It’s been elevated nearly six feet, so we’ll be able to keep things going no matter what.”
The Raymond siblings also own the Spirit of Massachusetts, the landmark schooner that’s served as a oating restaurant just steps away since 2016. After eight years of dinner on the water, the ship isn’t moving out—it’s moving up! “We’ve hauled it out and built a skywalk so diners can reach it from the second oor of the restaurant,” Vanessa says. “ e new vibe is like a rooftop bar.” e lights above the river are already drawing crowds as they sail through the open air. “We’re expanding the menu, too, adding a raw bar and o ering sushi rolls. It’ll be a snack place.” Talk about an upgrade—in years past, the Spirit’s meals were scurried in from a food truck.
It’s been a breathless eleven months of rapid rebuilding. e new structure stands proudly at two stories and has an airy, open interior. Large windows o er eye-popping views of the Kennebunk River and illuminate the wooden tables with warm natural light. Painted a cool violet-blue, this new and improved Pilot House ushers in a tide of change.
Still, the main dining area—the downstairs level of the new build-
ing—retains the Pilot House’s buoyant charm. “When we moved, we kept our memorabilia downstairs: the sh, the ags, and that comfy local feel,” Kylie says. “We’ve maintained the original design on the rst oor, but the di erence is, our new building is twice the size.”
Upstairs, they’re better able to serve private parties. “We wanted to hold more events,” Kylie says. “We have a nicer menu on the second oor, and the space will have every-
The patio boasts new river views from angles that diners have never been treated to before.
thing: dining, events, views.” Did somebody say weddings? ere’s a bar and plenty of seating, with the patio boasting new river views from angles that diners have never been treated to before.
“Now we can hold private events without closing the whole restaurant,” says Vanessa, a server at the Pilot House for the past four years. But it’ll take some adjustments. “ ere’s a lot of stairs. It could mean seventy- ve ights for a server in one night!”
Kylie intends to maintain their precious mix of locals and seasonal visitors. “Tourists are more crustacean-oriented, but of course, locals love the haddock.” at said, she and Vanessa agree that the Haddock Reuben is the star of the show. “Not to mention the Salmon BLT and the Fish Tacos. Even if you don’t like seafood, there’s something for everyone. Our Chicken Fried Rice is also popular.”
—Research contributions: Rachael Amoruso, Meg Friel, and Nick O’Malley
Anthony’s Italian Kitchen 30 years of Old World recipes. Best meatballs in town. Milehigh lasagnas, fresh-filled cannoli pastries, 54 sandwiches, pizza. A timeless great family spot. Beer and wine. Free parking. 151 Middle St., Portland, AnthonysItalianKitchen. com, 774-8668.
Bandaloop has moved into a restored 1700s barn on Route 1 in Arundel. Since 2004 we have offered locally sourced, globally inspired, organic cuisine. Our new home has plenty of space, parking, outdoor seating, takeout, and an event space in the loft. We continue to offer something for every palate—from vegans to carnivores and everything in between. bandalooprestaurant.com
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Boone’s A Portland landmark since 1898. Original home of Alexander Boone’s world-famous Baked Stuffed Lobster. Two waterfront decks, two full bars, two cozy dining rooms, fireside tables. Perfect setting to enjoy the finest seafood from Maine and the world. Steaks, chowder, lobster rolls, grilled dishes, daily features. Visit Boone’s for a romantic date, business luncheon, family gathering or large banquet. BoonesFishHouse.com
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STORY BY CLIF TRAVERS
ost Portlanders have taken a bike ride, a run, or a stroll along Back Cove Trail on a beautiful day, never realizing the signi cance of what they’re passing through. Trees line the path—a curving stretch of
littleleaf lindens— but we rarely notice them. “Except in spring,” Je Tarling, Urban Forestry Education Specialist for Maine Audubon, says. “When they blossom, everyone wants to know what they are.”
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT
And for good reason. In mid-June, the blossoms hang in heavy nosegays, and their fragrance is fresh honey. Lindens wrap around Back Cove like a necklace of golden pearls, but these trees are more than a border along a trail. is overlooked landmark is the largest World War I memorial in Maine. Whereas some war memorials speak only to loss, Baxter Boulevard Memorial Grove pays tribute to life and freedom and all the heroes who protected those rights for us.
The history of the memorial’s creation is riddled with conicting stories and misinformation, but thanks to considerable research by dogged fact- nder Gregory Farino and local historian Herb Adams, we’re nally closer to understanding the dates and numbers.
TAKING ROOT
though the familiar story is that there were one hundred trees planted in 1920, Farino has found that “In 1920, only fty-two trees were planted in Payson Park with the intention to transfer them to the newly designed boulevard and walking path that circled the cove. at number started proliferating as both the living and the dead returned from overseas.”
In 1920, only fifty-two trees were planted…with the intention to transfer them to the newly designed boulevard…that circled the cove. That number started proliferating as both the living and the dead returned from overseas.
“ e whole idea started in 1919, a year after World War I was declared over. Governor Carl Milliken called on the public to plant trees to honor the fallen soldiers.” Farino thumbs through the hundreds of pages he’s collected during his research. Al-
Several chapters of the American Legion, notably Harold T. Andrews Post 17 (named for the rst soldier from Maine killed in World War I), began making lists, and by 1923, it was assumed there would be room for 500 trees to line both sides of the boulevard, each dedicated to a soldier, mostly from Portland, who had served in the war. A Legion-maintained book, later to be referred to as e Book of He-
roes, was created to honor the fallen.
POSTWAR RAVAGES
But time passes, more wars are fought, and memories fade. e boulevard, once a lightly traveled scenic road along a promenade, has become a paved thoroughfare rife with toxicants wreaking havoc on the trees that represent a generation of heroes. “Baxter Boulevard was never intended to be this busy,” says Mark Reiland, Portland’s City Arborist. “ e roads are hard on root systems. With the water table rising and saltwater infusing it, keeping the trees healthy is challenging. And construction does damage to the root systems as well.”
More than a hundred years ago, on Armistice Day in 1921, Mayor Charles B. Clarke dedicated the rst sixty-nine trees of the memorial. As the soldiers, both living and dead, returned, their names were added to the list. “It’s most likely that at least 450 trees were tagged with the name of a soldier,” Farino says, “but nding those names is an ongoing e ort” dependent on cooperation from the Parks Department, several American Legion posts, the Portland Public Library, and Farino as fact collector.
TREE DETECTIVES
When Tarling counted the remaining trees in the early 2000s, there were 391 living trees, some of which had been replaced. He determined that approximately 53 were missing, but the total number planted is still unclear since they followed the edge of the cove but then spread o onto a couple of side streets.
According to Farino, the numbers may vary because the trees were planted on both sides of the boulevard, a fact that seems to have
The Frothingham Home as it is today at 274-278 Brackett Street in the West End, where Phillip lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Frothingham.
A Few Identified Heroes in the Grove
Tree #23 is dedicated to Corporal Jacob Cousins, who died on October 14, 1918, at the age of 24, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France during a 47-day battle. He was the first Jewish soldier from Portland to perish in WWI.
Tree #15 is in memory of Ensign Ralph D. Caldwell, who was lost at sea on July 11, 1918, when his cargo ship, the USS Westover, was torpedoed by a German submarine, the U-92, in the Atlantic.
Tree #66 is for Corporal Gordon S. O’Donnell, U.S. Marine Corps, killed on June 7, 1918, in an open wheat field while attempting to take Hill 142 in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
Tree #67 is dedicated to Private Paulino Pelaccia, a recent immigrant from Italy, who enlisted in the Maine National Guard and was killed on July 20, 1918, in the Second Battle of the Marne, about eighty miles outside of Paris. He was interred at Aisne Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France.
Tree #70 honors Private Harry B. Putnam, age 30, who died at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, from what was determined to be Spanish Influenza, leaving behind his wife of one year.
There are efforts by the Parks and Recreations Department to identify more dedications.
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been forgotten over the years. “ e numbers on the tags—small silver discs attached to the trees—are doubled. ere’s a #1 on the left and a #1 on the right. Harold T. Andrews, Maine’s rst fallen soldier, who was killed in France in 1917 while digging a trench for a rail system, is on the rst tree on the right, and Phillip B. Frothingham, killed in France in 1918, is on the left.” e highest-numbered tag Tarling
Credit: Some information was gathered from Maine Memory Network and from Maine Genealogy Archives.
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found was #218 on both sides, which means the total planted that can be con rmed is 436, with the probability that more have been damaged and removed.
LIVING LEGACY
Maintaining a memorial as extensive as Baxter Boulevard Grove is a massive responsibility. “ e trees need a lot of TLC at this point,” Reiland says. “ ey’re already under stress from the recent construction around the stormwater tank. We need people to understand that these trees are ancient. Stay on the path and o the ground around the trees. Compres
sion damages the root system.”
According to sciencedirect.com, the creation of living memorials was an e ort to remind future generations of the sacri ces of the past. Tree memorials o ered the grieving public more accessible places to remember and re ect than the new cemeteries being created outside crowded cities. But those who personally remember World War I have long since passed, leaving the Parks Department with the challenge of renewing public interest in the symbol of a fading memory. “If they don’t even know the memorial is there, the message is
lost,” Reiland says.
FUTURE REMEMBRANCE
But as we move past the Grove’s 100th anniversary, an interactive online map called ArcGIS could o er a new means of raising awareness. rough the City of Portland Tree Viewer, participants can locate a tree and learn its common name. e Parks Department and others in the community hope to expand the site to include each tree in the memorial, along with the name of the soldier it memorializes. is undertaking will require much research, but Farino and Reiland are on it, with the help of the American Legion and a host of local researchers and volunteers.
“We’re hoping to reignite the public’s interest,” Reiland says. “Now that the storm tank construction is done, we’ll be concentrating on rehabbing the memo-
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rial over the next few years. A lot of the trees are reaching the end of their life cycle. We’ll be staggering the replacements to maintain a canopy.” He hopes this continual replenishment will shine a
If [people] don’t even know the memorial is there, the message is lost.
light on the memorial itself as Portlanders, immersing themselves in exercise and nature’s beauty, continue to enjoy the trail. But while traveling the century-old path, it’s important to recognize why this memorial exists. “It’s a signicant remembrance to the heroes of a long-past war. It should be noticed. But please stay on the trail.” n
A Selection of Portland Memorials
Obelisk Memorial to George Cleeves Eastern Promenade, 1883
Lieutenant Frothingham Memorial, Western Promenade, 1921
Caldwell Memorial, Caldwell Square, November 1923
The Hiker, Deering Oaks Park, May 1924
USS Portland Memorial, Fort Allen Park, May 1932
Jacob Cousins Memorial, Eastern Promenade, September 1935
Maine Lobsterman, Lobsterman Park on Temple Street, 1939
Noyes Fire Memorial, Longfellow Park, 2019
A Brief History of High
How far Maine has come.
STORY BY TESS BALDWIN
SCIENCE ADVANCES traces the rst burning of THC-rich cannabis to 2,500-year-old wooden braziers in the Pamir Mountains of western China. Cannabis rst came to the Americas when the Spaniards brought it to Chile in 1545.
Here’s a hazy trail of Maine’s erratic relationship with the plant. 1600s—Early tars aren’t just reefing their sails when they roll into port from Europe and the West Indies. Cannabis has always found a way to reach us above and below decks.
1858 Bangor Daily Whig and Courier runs an advertisement for the “Extract of Cannabis Indica” as “the Permanent Cure of Consumption!”
1913—Maine bans the use of cannabis. On April 13, the Kennebec Journal reports “Plants Cause Madness.” It’s “a deadly native plant of Mexico” that “makes the smoker wilder than a wild beast.”
e article ri s on Americans who, upon smoking the plant, either go insane, become violent, or su er an excruciating death. e drama continues: “Murders are committed by smokers of the marijuana weed… wild orgies” ensue.
1937 e Lewiston Evening Journal puts cannabis on stage as the subject of a “Program for Week Of Prayer At Skowhegan,” in which “Twenty questions and answers on the marijuana weed, used for dope, [are] read by the members.”
1966 e Bangor Daily News reports a student of the University of Maine is expelled after he is charged with “possession of cannabis seed capable of germination.”
1976—Maine becomes the third state to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use. is decision comes a few years after the formation of NORML (National Organization for the
Reform of Marijuana Laws), as well as a case made by the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse for cannabis’s decriminalization.
1991 Donald Christen, founder of Maine Vocals, whose mission is to secure legal access to cannabis, smokes a joint in protest on the steps of the Somerset County Superior Courthouse in Skowhegan.
1999—Maine legalizes medicinal cannabis, the fth state to do so. Without registered dispensaries in place, it takes until 2009 for patients to be able to ll their prescriptions.
2017—Maine fully legalizes the personal use of cannabis.
2020—Sales from recreational dispensaries begin, just in time for a pandemic.
2024—A Maine bill aims to drop the requirement for opaque packaging and ID checks. Further, it will allow accompanied minors inside. n
Bangor State Fair, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St. Rides and games, live music and entertainment, Aug. 1–3. 561-8300.
Belfast Harborfest, 34 Commercial St. 5K Bug Run, pancake breakfast, boat building challenge, live music, cardboard boat challenge, charity auction, & Habitat for Humanity Lobster Gala, Aug. 16–18. 338-2081.
Blue Hill Fair, 233 Ellsworth Rd. A classic country fair including farm animal demonstrations & shows, eating & cooking contests, demolition derby, & live entertainment, Aug. 29–Sept. 2. 374-3701.
Clinton Lions Fair, 1450 Bangor Rd. Midway & exhibits, parade, car show, street pulls, tractor & truck pulls, live music, & pig scramble, Sept. 5–8. 426-8013.
Crown of Maine Balloon Fest, 84 Mechanic St., Presque Isle. Hot-air balloon mass ascensions, hot-air balloon rides, moon glows, kids’ carnival, music, craft fair, farmer’s market, & tasty food, Aug. 22–25. 764-6561.
Eastport Pirate Festival, downtown Eastport. The largest pirate festival in New England. Waterfront fireworks, food, games, live entertainment, crafts markets, barrel-rolling, parade, & fireworks, Sept. 6–8. 853-4343.
Farmington Fair, 292 High St. Large midway, exhibit halls, livestock exhibits, animal pulling events, and harness racing, Sept. 15–21. 778-6083.
Fryeburg Fair, 1154 Main St. Features livestock, agriculture, & farming exhibits, live entertainment, skillet & anvil throw, Woodsmen’s Field day, midway, & food, Sept. 29–Oct. 6. 935-3268.
Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival, Simard-Payne Park, 46 Beech St., Lewiston. Continuing the tradition of the Great Falls Balloon Festival with balloon launches, food & crafts, live music, and more, Aug. 16–18. laballoonfest.org.
Litchfield Fair, 44 Plains Rd. Agricultural fair with rides, antique car cruise-in, & fireworks, Sept. 6–8. 268-4981.
Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival, Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick. Featuring the parade of the clans, athletic & dancing competitions, food, sheepdog demonstrations, workshops, live music, & more, Aug. 17. (833)624-6344.
New Portland Lions Fair, 280 School St. Demolition derby, truck & tractor pulls, cornhole, & on-site camping, Sept. 12–15. 628-3171.
Northern Maine State Fair, 84 Mechanic St., Presque Isle. Truck pulling, demo derby, fair food & local food vendors, Lil’ Lumberjacks at the Fair, car show, animals, kids’ games, antique farm equipment, blacksmith, music, vendors, exhibition hall, & cooking contests, through Aug. 4. northernmainefairgrounds.com.
Old Orchard Beach Car Show, 11 First St. One of New England’s largest car shows highlighting cars in many different categories & classes. Friday Night Showcase & live music, Sept. 13–14. 934-2500.
Oxford County Fair, 67 Pottle Rd. Livestock shows, horse pulling, traditional farming & crafting demonstrations, live music, food, & woodsmen day competitions, Sept. 11–14. 739-2204.
Piscataquis Valley Fair, 77 Fairview Ave., Dover-Foxcroft. Including a dairy show, pig scramble, skillet throw, pulling demonstrations, Tuff Trucks, flower show, demolition derby, & horseshoe tournament, Aug. 22–25. 717-9100.
Skowhegan State Fair, 33 Constitution Ave. The nation’s oldest continuously run agricultural fair, featuring truck pulls, demolition derby, harness racing, midway, agricultural exhibits, & live music, Aug. 8–17. 474-2947.
Southern Maine Steampunk Fair, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Maine’s only steampunk fair with vendors of Victorian-futuristic arts & crafts and Victorian lawn games, Sept. 21. 985-4802.
Topsham Fair, Rt. 196 Coastal Connector.
Highlights include harness racing, exhibition hall, live music, agricultural show, & demolition derby, Aug. 6–11. 729-1943. Windsor Fair, 82 Ridge Rd. More than 50 acres of amusement with daily shows, midway, harness racing, woodsman’s day, demolition derby, & large animal exhibit, Aug. 24–Sept. 2. 549-7911.
Food Festivals
Gray Wild Blueberry Festival, 24 Main St. Festivities for all ages, including live music, food trucks and vendors, make and take workshops, wild blueberry contests, Aug. 10. 657-3339.
Machias Wild Blueberry Festival, Congregational Church, Centre St., Machias. Celebration of all things blueberry with crafts, food, contests, and entertainment, Aug. 16–18. 255-6665. Maine Cheese Festival, Manson Park, Pittsfield. cheese, live music, food trucks, and the 2nd An nual Maine Cheese Awards, Sept. 8. 370-7176.
Maine Lakes Brew Fest
Brag Way, Bridgton. The area’s largest annual sam pling event features Maine-made beers, micro-brews, & wine; with food, live music, & Artisans Craft Show, Sept. 28. gblrcc.org/brewfest.
Maine Lobster Festival
Steamed lobsters, seafood cooking contest, family activities and races, arts & crafts, live entertainment, and parade, through Aug. 4. 800- 576-7512.
Maine Lobster Week
first weeklong celebration of lobster. Lobster shacks, diners, food trucks, & restaurants across the state will prepare Maine lobster in dishes ranging from classic lobster rolls to fine dining multi-course meals, Sept. 22–29. mainelob sterweek.com.
Potato Feast Days
Festivities include doll parade, craft fair, kids games, & displays, Aug. 16–17. 532-4216.
Salmon and Seafood Festival of summer festivity centered around the salmon barbecue, with live music, walking tours, local food & craft vendors, Aug. 31–Sept. 1. 853-6122.
Sanford Airport Brew Fest, Pilots Cove, 199 Airport Rd. Good times, great brews, and live music, Sept. 14. 324-4280. Skowhegan Craft Brew Festival, downtown Skowhegan.
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Featuring Maine-crafted brews, local food vendors, live music, Aug. 31. 612-2571.
Wells Chili-Fest, Wells Junior High School, Rte. 1. Food, vendors, and chili cook-offs in various categories with cash prizes, Aug. 24. 646-2451.
Wild Blueberry Weekend, statewide. Tour wild blueberry farms, pick berries at select locations, & try a new dish or drink, Aug. 3–4. wildblueberries.com.
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor. Lobster Boat Races, craft fair, lobster dinner, and parade, Aug. 10. 963-2235.
Arts Festivals
Atlantic Music Festival, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Hundreds of emerging & established musicians perform to celebrate the work of musical masters, through Aug. 4. (888) 704-1311.
Bar Harbor Music Festival, see website for locations. Founded by violinist Francis Fortier in 1967, the festival provides performance opportunities for outstanding up-and-coming talent, through Aug. 7. Barharbormusicfestival.org.
Bay Chamber Concerts, Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain St., Camden. Summer concert series of chamber music and jazz, Aug. 1–18. 236-2823.
Belfast Summer Nights, Steamboat Landing, 34 Commercial St. Outdoor summer music series: Space Junk & Sugar Snaps (Aug. 1); The Bayou Brothers, Louisa Stancioff, & The Kelly Brothers (Aug. 8); Jay Brown & The Right Track (Aug. 15); Primo Cubano (Aug. 22); Anni & The Rainmakers & The Hot Suppers (Aug. 29); Tuba Skinny (Sept. 5). facebook.com/ BelfastSummerNights.
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival, Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Rd. Featuring local & national bands, enjoy some of the greatest Bluegrass music at one of the largest family musical
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Bowdoin International Music Festival, see website for Brunswick locations. Over 175 free and ticketed events including concerts featuring world-class musicians, student performances, composer lectures, master classes, community concerts, through Aug. 2. 373-1400.
Brunswick Outdoor Art Festival, Maine St. Juried fine arts show including over 100 artists & artisans who will be displaying & selling their work along the sidewalks & on the Town Mall, Aug. 17. 729-4439.
Camden International Film Festival, venues in Camden & Rockland. Celebrating its 20th edition, featuring a slate of boundary-pushing documentary films and filmmakers from across the globe, Sept. 12–15. 200-3171.
Camden Shakespeare Festival, Camden Amphitheater, 55 Main St. Professional, non-profit theatre company performing The Comedy of Errors, through Aug. 4. camdenshakespeare.org.
The Grateful Camp Out, Thomas Point Beach, 29 Meadow Rd., Brunswick. Music Festival with live art, music, food/craft vendors, and camping, Aug. 9–12. thegratefulcampout.com.
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, 137 Pleasant St., Blue Hill. One of the oldest and most distinguished chamber music programs in the U.S. Concerts with open rehearsals & audience-attended classes, through Aug. 25. 374-2811.
Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells. This event brings more than 100 artisans to exhibit their wares alongside music, food, & fun, Sept. 7–8. 646-1555.
League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair, Mount Sunapee Resort, 1398 Rt. 103, Newbury, NH. Handcrafted work of over 300 juried craftsmen, Aug. 3–11. (603)224-3375.
Maine Authors Book Festival, 60 Main Street, Thomaston. Sat. Aug. 24, 11AM-4PM.
Makers on Main, Main St., Freeport. Trail that celebrates local art, crafts, & food from Freeport Town Hall to the Thos. Moser parking lot, Aug. 3 & Sept. 7. visitfreeport.com/makersonmain.
Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, 307 Liberty Rd., Washington. A week of fiber-filled fun. Whether it’s knit, crochet, spin, felt, dye, or weave, enjoy the company of fellow fiber enthusiasts, through Aug. 4. 845-6001.
Music on the Mall, 191-195 Maine St., Brunswick. Free summer concert series: Bonnie Edwards & The Practical Cats, Aug. 7; MSMT, Aug. 14; Breaking Strings, Aug. 21; Dirty McCurdy, Aug. 28. 729-4439.
Portland Chamber Music Festival, Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St. Internationally renowned artists perform a wide range of innovative classical & contemporary chamber music, plus education & engagement programs, Aug. 8–17. (800)320-0257.
Portland Fine Craft Show, 120 Free St. Featuring 120+ juried exhibitors from Maine & the Northeast exhibiting fine crafts, Aug. 24. 205-0791.
River Jam & Fringe Fest, various locations in Biddeford. Weekend of music, arts, & outdoor events on the banks of the Saco River, Aug. 16–17. 284-8520.
Salt Bay Chamberfest, Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. Great chamber music performed by world-renowned musicians, Aug. 6–17. 522-3749.
Schoodic Arts Festival, 427 Main St., Winter Harbor. Packed full of workshops & performances, with programs in film, music, theater, and dance, through Aug. 10. 963-2569.
South Portland’s Art in the Park, Mill Creek Park. Fine art show with up to 170 artists in styles, sizes, & prices to suit all tastes & budgets, Aug. 10. 767-7605.
Summer Solstice Craft Show, Wells Junior High, 1470 Post Rd., Wells. Over 70 Maine & New England artists & crafters with traditional, contemporary, & country crafts, including stained glass, jewelry, pottery, soaps, candles, wood crafts, fiber arts, graphics, photography, & handcrafted specialty foods, Sept. 7–8. 646-5172.
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, 29 Meadow Rd., Brunswick. Celebrating over 4 decades of bluegrass
friends & family, including a showcase band competition, cash bingo, late-night performances, artist workshops, guided jam tent, & daily family activities, Aug. 29–Sept. 1. thomaspointbeachbluegrass.com.
Waterville Rocks, Head of Falls with rain venue at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Free, family-friendly outdoor concerts with beer garden: 12/OC, Aug. 2; Assembly of Dust, Aug. 9. 616-0292.
Winter Harbor Music Festival, 427 Main St. Program featuring returning artists such as Deiran Manning, Deirdre McArdle, Anatole Wieck, Wolfgang Brendel, & Celine Mogielnicki. Concerts streamed with a limited live audience, through Sept. 6. (917) 238-0819.
York County Blues Fest, Friendship Park, 231 Old Alfred Rd., Waterboro. Voodoo Clowns, Memphis Lightning, Albert Cummings Band, and more, Aug. 17. 247-6166.
Outdoor/Sporting
Antique and Classic Boat & Car Show, Naples Town Dock. Featuring marina developers, motorboats, sailing boats & yachts, ship management, small boats, water skiing equipment, water sports clothing, water tourism, windsurfing, & equipment, Aug. 10. mountainviewwoodies.org.
Beach Olympics, 1 Old Orchard St., Old Orchard Beach. Three days of games, fun competition, live music, & a silent auction, Aug. 15–17. 934-2500.
Camden Windjammer Festival, Camden waterfront. Celebration of maritime heritage and traditions including exhibits, food, fireworks, lobster crate racing, educational seafaring stories, and more, Aug. 30–31. 236-3438.
Eliot Festival Day, Hammond Park & Eliot Elementary School, 1298 State Rd. Community event featuring a 5K road race, Donut & Pie Eatin’ Contests, live music, food, parade, colonial reenactment, & more, Sept. 28. eliotfestival.com.
Family Harvest Day, Railway Village, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. Celebrate the bounty of autumn at this old-fashioned, family friendly festival, Oct. 5. 633-4727.
International Seaplane Fly-In, Moosehead Lake, Greenville. Enjoy flybys by rare aircraft, craft fair, steakand-lobster cookout, lake cruise, flying, raffles, & contests, Sept. 5–8. 695-2778.
L.L. Bean Summer in the Park, Discovery Park, Freeport. Get outside all summer long with events happening every day including yoga, concerts, kids activities, trivia, movie nights, and more, through Sept. 1. (877) 755-2326.
Maine Lobster Boat Races, Winter Harbor, Aug. 10; Merritt Brackett, Aug. 11; Long Island, Aug. 17; Portland, Aug. 18. Oquossoc Day, Outdoor Heritage Museum, 8 Rumford Rd., Rangeley. 40 arts, crafts, and antiques booths featuring Maine-made items, artisan goods, and vintage treasures. Aug. 17. 864-3091.
SailMaine Festival & Regatta, Fish Point. Windward Exhibition boat parade of painted sails by local artists, followed by PHRF, 420, & J/22 sailing races with after-party, Aug. 10. sailmaine.org.
Skowhegan River Fest, 93B Water St. Bicentennial parade & celebration of recreation & life on the Kennebec with kayaking clinics, watercraft demos, & vendors, Aug. 1–3. skowheganriverfest.com.
Woodlawn Croquet Big Lobster Tournament, Woodlawn Museum, 19 Black House Dr., Ellsworth. Providing a unique blend of six, & nine wicket competition on several different courts, this tournament draws players from around the country & Canada, Sept. 4–8. 667-8671.
Learning Festivals
Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival, Blue Hill Town Wharf & Historic Village. Boatbuilding demonstrations, traditional boats
on display, boat rides, arts & crafts, & musicians playing sea shanties & fiddle tunes, Aug. 3. bhmhf.org.
Common Ground Country Fair, 294 Crosby Brook Rd., Unity. Celebrate the organic and rural version of the good life and learn new things about farming. Agricultural demonstrations plus produce & crafts vendors, food, & music, Sept. 20–22. 568-4142.
Fields Pond Butterfly Festival, Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Rd., Holden. Monarch tagging, Insect BioBlitz, & butterfly crafts. Come dressed as your favorite butterfly & join the Butterfly Parade, Aug. 24. maineaudubon.org.
Monarch Festival, Valentine Farm, 162 North Rd., Bethel. Monarch tagging, educational booths, children’s activities, lawn games, demos, and more, Aug. 17–18. mahoosuc. org/monarch-festival.
New England Auto Auction, Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head. One of the most highly anticipated sales of the year for automotive enthusiasts with inventory showcasing everything from rare & coveted vintage treasures to classic favorites & restoration masterpieces, Aug. 21–24. 594-4418.
Vintage Motorcycle Festival, Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head. Exhibitor car show, live demos, open-air cafe, guided tours, kids’ activities, aircraft exercises, interactive STEAM displays, & vintage car rides, Sept. 7. 594-4418.
Theater
Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St. Playboy of the Western World, Aug. 23–Sept. 1. 619-3256.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. CBT: Cats: Young Actors Edition, Aug. 15. 236-7963.
Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Dominic’s Diner, through Aug. 3; Motown Moves, Aug.
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August 4 | $227/pp
August 6 | $211/pp
August 10 | $264/pp
August 15 - 18 | DBL $1,634/pp
August 23 - 26 | DBL $1,300/pp
September 13 - 15 | DBL $670/pp
September 17 | $272/pp
September 24-28 | DBL $1,265/pp
Freyburg Fair
Trapp Family Lodge (Stowe, VT)
Haunted Happenings - Salem, MA
Boston Holiday Shopping
Thanksgiving in New York City
Holiday in Lancaster
Dolly Jolly Christmas
“Gardens Aglow” - Boothbay
New York Christmas Spectacular
October 1 | $104/pp (Seniors $92)
October 17-19 | DBL $1,613/pp
October 26 / $167/pp
November 2 / $179/pp
November 27 - December 1 / DBL $2,156/pp
December 1-5 / DBL $1,328/pp
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6–28. 633-5297.
Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Ha Ha da Vinci, Sept. 14. 743-8452.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Oklahoma, through Aug. 4. 282-0849.
Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. NT Live: Nye, Sept. 6. 581-1755.
Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. The Prom, Aug. 9–18. 783-0958.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. The Producers, Aug. 2–4; Monsters! A Midlife Musical, Aug. 16–18. 583-6747.
Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. Proof, through Aug. 10; Little Women, Aug. 15–31. 698-1807.
Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. Something Rotten, Aug. 1–10; Mrs. Parliament’s Night Out, Aug. 15–24; Sherlock Holmes & the Ice Palace Murders, Aug. 29–Sept. 7. 474-7176.
Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Aug. 7–24; The Wizard of Oz, Aug. 12. 842-0800.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Hit the Lights! Co.: Isla, Aug. 24. 879-4629.
Bridges of Madison County, Aug. 15 & 17. 633-5159.
Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. The Play That Goes Wrong, Aug. 14–Sept. 8. 774-0465.
Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement, Sept. 8. 929-6473.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Cyrano, Aug. 8–18. 367-2788.
See Kathleen Turner (Body Heat, Romancing the Stone) through August 17 at Ogunquit Playhouse in A Little Night Music
Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Disney’s Camp Rock, Aug. 10–13; A Little Night Music, through Aug. 17; Little Shop of Horrors, Aug. 22–Sept. 21. 646-5511.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. The
Theater at Monmouth, Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. Souvenir, through Aug. 9; Shakespeare’s Will, through Aug. 10; The School for Husbands, through Aug. 10; Much Ado About Nothing, through Aug. 11; Always… Patsy Cline, Sept. 12–22. 933-9999.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. MCT: Robin Hood, Aug. 3; MCT: Gulliver’s Travels, Aug. 10; Miss Holmes Returns, Aug. 30–Sept. 8. 873-7000.
Dance
Aura, 121 Center St. Breasts of Tiresias & Teresa’s Tatas, Aug. 1–3. 772-8274.
Belfast Flying Shoes, First Church in Belfast UCC, 8 Court St., Belfast. English Country Dance, Aug. 1; First Friday Dances, Aug. 2 & Sept. 6. 338-0979.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Salsa Nite, Aug. 23; Shaken & Stirred Burlesque, Sept. 12. 774-4111.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. The Dark Side of Somewhere, Aug. 30–31. 583-6747.
Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. Sunday Contra Dance, Aug. 4 & Sept. 1. 698-1807.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Ballet Bloom Presents: The Little Mermaid, Aug. 9–10. 347-7177.
Maine State Ballet, Lopez Theater, 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aug. 1–10. 842-0800.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Good Luck Club, Aug. 31. 805-0134.
Vivid Motion, The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Eclipse & Helen of Troy, Aug. 2–4. 347-7177.
Music
1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage St., Bar Harbor. Steel Panther, Aug. 31; Queen Flash, Sept. 7. 288-0829.
Aura, 121 Center St. Cooper Alan, Aug. 23; Steel Panther, Aug. 30; The 502s, Sept. 6; The Portland Yacht Rock Festival, Sept. 13. 772-8274.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Pythagoras & Haki N Dem, Aug. 3; Songwriters in the Round, Aug. 13 & Sept. 10; Ryan Herbert & Eleanor and The Tasties, Aug. 16; Forager, Matriarch, & Emily Irving, Aug. 29; Alive in the Root & Catnip Junkies, Sept. 14; Open Mic Variety Hours, every Tues.; Jazz Sesh, every Wed. 774-4111. Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Dave Rowe, Aug. 2; Sean Mencher & Hugh Bowden, Aug. 3 & Sept. 14; Bess Jacques, Aug. 9; Jacques and Marie & the Paris String Trio, Aug. 10; Memphis Lightning, Aug. 15; Dead Girls The Musical, Aug. 17; Heather Pierson Trio, Aug. 24; Blues on Sunday, Aug. 30; Carole Wise, Aug. 31; Peter Gallway & The Real Band, Sept. 6; Stan Davis, Sept. 7. 560-5300.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. A Day in the Life: A Beatles Experience, Aug. 30; Barnaby Bright, Sept. 6. 236-7963.
Camden Opera House, Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd. Summer Sounds: The Right Track (Aug. 4), Primo Cubano (Aug. 11), Billy Wylder (Aug. 18), Midnight Breakfast (Aug. 25). 236-7963.
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Breakin’
Image: Edgar Degas, Les Blanchisseuses (The Laundresses)
Strings, Aug. 10; Ants on a Log, Aug. 31. 564-8943.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, Waterfront Park, 61 Commercial St., Bath. The Calypso Soldiers, Aug. 4; Women Songwriters In The Round, Aug. 10; A2VT, Aug. 17; Undertow Brass Band, Aug. 24; Pan Fried Steel, Aug. 31. 442-8455.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Cheryl Wheeler with Kenny White, Sept. 14. 442-8455. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Edmund Bagnell, Aug. 23; Listeso Music Group Plays The Music of Taylor Swift, Aug. 31. 282-0849.
Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Naughton Duo, Sept. 8; Trem Das Cores, Sept. 13. 581-1755.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. Sebago Long Lake Music Festival, Aug. 6 & 13; Susie Pepper & Mixology, Aug. 9; Music of The Carpenters, Aug. 11; Piano Bar & Open Mic, Aug. 22 & Sept. 5; The Shadow Riders, Aug. 23; The Downeasters, Sept. 7. 583-6747.
Denmark Arts Center, 50 W Main St. Will Woodson & Caitlin Finley, Aug. 2; Elan Duo, Aug. 4; Choro Louco, Aug. 9; Dam Jam Revival, Aug. 18; Jamie Balmer, Aug. 25; Ants on a Log, Aug. 27; The Bruce Marshall Group, Aug. 31; Teresa Dyer with Queens of Country, Sept. 6; Free Range, Sept. 13. 452-2412.
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Cosmic Kotzschmar, Sept. 14. 842-0800.
Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Julia Gagnon, Aug. 3; MET LIVE: Puccini’s Turandot, Aug. 7; MET Summer Encore: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Aug. 14. 667-9500. Grand Theater, Harbor Park, 413 Water St., Ellsworth. Waterfront Concerts: Bullseye (Aug. 2), Worn Out Souls (Aug. 9), Gordon Thomas Ward (Aug. 16), Chicken Street Band (Aug. 23). 667-9500.
Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. Sundays at the Farm: Cedar Mountain Bluegrass (Aug. 4), Gnarly
Darling (Aug. 11), Claudia Landell (Aug. 18), The Reconstructed (Aug. 25), YONC (Sept. 1), The Bad Backs (Sept. 8), Taylor Marie (Sept. 15); Tim O’Brien & Band, Aug. 18; Jordan TW Trio, Sept. 7. 698-1807.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Holly Near, Aug. 1; The Joni Mitchell Project, Aug. 9; Johnny Cash Tribute Show, Aug. 10; Madeleine Peyroux, Aug. 24; Duke Robillard & His All-Star Band Six Strings of Steel, Aug. 30; Jimmy Keys, Aug. 31; Little Lies, Sept. 1; Occidental Gypsies, Sept. 6; Ian Millar, Sept. 12; The Shadow Riders, Sept. 13. 646-4777.
Maine Savings Amphitheater, 1 Railroad St., Bangor. Foreigner & Styx, Aug. 3; The Smashing Pumpkins, Aug. 4; Lamb of God & Mastodon, Aug. 6; Dan & Shay, Aug. 11; Kenny Chesney, Aug. 15; Whiskey Myers, Aug. 16; Luke Combs, Aug. 22; Walker Hayes, Aug. 30; Bret Michaels, Sept. 1; Jordan Davis, Sept. 7; Cody Jinks, Sept. 12; Pitbull, Sept. 14. 358-9327.
Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Floydian Trip, Aug. 19. 842-0800.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Regina Spektor, Aug. 2; Rick Springfield & Richard Marx, Sept. 5; Norah Jones, Sept. 13. 842-0800.
One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. David Wax Museum, Aug. 1; Lyle Divinsky, Aug. 2–3; Funkationland, Aug. 8; Jonah Kagen, Aug. 8; Bonerama, Aug. 9; Hawktail, Aug. 14; Alexa Rose & Reed Foehl, Aug. 16; The Alana MacDonald Band, Aug. 17; Davy Knowles, Aug. 21; Jorma Kaukonen, Aug. 23; House of Hamill, Aug. 24; Dalton & the Sheriffs, Aug. 29; Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road, Sept. 5; John Gorka, Sept. 6; Catie Curtis, Sept. 7; Caroline Cotter & Sami Stevens, Sept. 12; Sam Shackleton, Sept. 13. 761-1757.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Teada, Aug. 1; Kevin Kiley & Friends, Aug. 3; Stillhouse Junkies, Aug. 9; Eileen Ivers, Aug. 16; The Jerry Douglas Band, Aug. 21; Bob Milne, Aug. 22; The Clements Brothers, Aug. 24; US Navy Band Country Currents, Aug. 29; Le Vent du Nord, Aug. 31; Skerryvore, Sept. 1; California Guitar Trio, Sept. 14. 633-5159.
Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. Cassatt String Quartet, Aug. 6; Guts Baroque, Aug. 15; Trio Mundo, Aug. 17; The Art of Collaboration, Aug. 22. 775-3356.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. M. Ward, Aug. 1; TREE, Aug. 2; Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Aug. 3; The Aristocrats, Aug. 4; Midnight Breakfast, Aug. 8; Stolen Gin, Aug. 9; Bumpin Uglies, Aug. 10; Hans Williams, Aug. 16; Mo Lowda & The Humble, Aug. 17; Stop Light Observations, Aug. 18; Aliens Exist, Aug. 22; Marble Eyes, Aug. 23; Easy Honey, Aug. 25; Gina & the Red Eye Flight Crew, Mondays in Aug.; Perpetual Groove, Aug. 27; The Brothers Project, Aug. 29; Bearly Dead, Wednesdays through Sept. 4; Fruit Bats, Sept. 12; Maggie Rose, Sept. 13. 805-0134.
Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band, Aug. 3; Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, Aug. 28. 929-6473.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, Aug. 1; The Struts, Aug. 6; Guster On The Ocean, Aug. 9; Dweezil Zappa, Aug. 24; Waxahatchee, Aug. 30; Built to Spill, Sept. 1; Bikini Kill, Sept. 6; Sierra Ferrell, Sept. 12; Buffalo Tom & Belly, Sept. 13; Glen Hansard, Sept. 14. 956-6000.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Stone Mountain Annual Anniversary Show, Aug. 2; Keb’ Mo’, Aug. 3; Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Aug. 7; Ward Hayden and the Outliers, Aug. 10; Brothers Comatose, Aug. 14; Tom Rush, Aug. 16; Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Aug. 22; Enter the Haggis, Aug. 23; Sam Bush, Aug. 24; Brandy Clark, Aug. 30; Tuba Skinny, Sept. 7; Harry Manx, Sept. 13; Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Sept. 14. 935-7292.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Breakin’ Strings, Sept. 7. 367-2788.
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Shindaiko, Aug. 11; Ants on a Log, Aug. 29. 594-0070.
Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Tuesdays on the Terrace: Truffle (Aug. 6), Sidewalk
Boys (Aug. 13), Kid’s Night (Aug. 20), Liz & Dan Faiella (Aug. 27). (603)433-1100.
Thompson’s Point, 10 Thompson’s Point. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Aug. 2; Iration & Pepper, Aug. 4; Still Woozy, Aug. 6; Guster On The Ocean, Aug. 10–11; Primus & Coheed and Cambria, Aug. 13; Lake Street Dive, Aug. 17–18; King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Aug. 20; Dark Star Orchestra, Aug. 23; Goth Babe, Aug. 30; Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Sept. 1; Band of Horses & City and Colour, Sept. 10. 956-6000.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Zach Nugent’s Dead Set, Aug. 1; Muse: A Salute to Divas of Rock, Aug. 2; The Stray Horses, Aug, 8; The Finestkind, Aug. 9; Ellis Paul, Aug. 11; Love by Numb3rs, Aug. 15; Martin Sexton, Aug. 16; Ryan Montbleau, Aug. 22; Wake Up Mama, Aug. 24; The Weight Band, Aug. 29; Piano Men, Aug. 30; Michael Corleto & Cody Howe, Sept. 1; Band Beyond Description, Sept. 12. 985-5552.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Sun Ra Arkestra, Aug. 4; Rebels, Aug. 10; Ekaterina Shelehova, Aug. 31. 975-6490.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Tom Rush & Matt Nakoa, Aug. 15; Start Making Sense, Sept. 13; Lorrie Morgan, Sept. 14. 873-7000.
WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Music on the Railway: Little Wishbone (Aug. 11), Sorcha & Emilia (Sept. 8). 882-4193.
Comedy
1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage St., Bar Harbor. Bob Marley, Aug. 9. 288-0829.
Aura, 121 Center St. New England’s Funniest Comedian, Aug. 8, 15, 22, 29, Sept. 5, 12, & 14. 772-8274.
Blue , 650A Congress St. Comedy Open Mic, every Tues. 774-4111.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Bob Marley, Aug. 10. 236-7963.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Juston McKinney, Aug. 16. 282-0849.
Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Theo Von, Aug. 8. 791-2200.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Balderdash Academy’s Improv Jam, Aug. 20. 347-7177.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Steve Sweeney, Aug. 8; Bob Marley, Aug. 11. 646-4777.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Chelsea Handler, Sept. 6. 842-0800.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Garrison Keillor Tonight, Aug. 8. 633-5159.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. T.J. Miller, Aug. 15. 805-0134.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Fred Armisen, Aug. 17. 956-6000.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Bob Marley, Aug. 8 & 29. 935-7292.
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Paula Poundstone, Sept. 7. 594-0070.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. New York vs Boston Comedy, Aug. 31. 985-5552.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Peter Antoniou, Aug. 9; Yourville, Aug. 17. 975-6490.
Art
Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Neue Slowenische Kunst: Monumental Spectacular, through Oct. 5; Hartley & Hopper, through Oct. 5; Saul Steinberg, through Oct. 5. 786-6158.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Tom Burckhardt: Informal Worship, through Aug. 18; Threads: Artists Weave their Worlds, through Oct. 13; Abigail DeVille: In the Fullness of Time, through Nov. 10; Empires of Liberty: Athena, America, and the Feminine Allegory of the State, through Nov. 10. 725-3275.
Carol L. Douglas Studio and Gallery, 394 Commercial St., Rockport. Landscape and marine paintings, workshops, and instruction. Watch-me-paint.com. (585) 201-1558.
36th laudholm nature crafts festival
140+ artisans · beer · wine · food · live music
September 7-8, 2024 · wellsreserve at laudholm historic seaside setting · just off U.S. Route 1 in Wells, ME find tickets & details at wellsreserve.org/crafts
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• Guided tours of the historic Cottage
•Hiking, biking, and driving trails in 2,800-acre Park
•On-site Café
•Daily programs likeTea with Eleanor
•Open late May through mid October
•9a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT; Admission FREE
Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. Kayla Mohammadi, Barbara Sullivan, Nancy Glassman, & Susan Williams, Aug. 2–Sept. 1. 594-5935.
Castine Historical Society, 17 School St. A History of Castine in 40 Objects, through Oct. 14. 326-4118.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. On This Island, through Sept. 8; Nature Cult, Seeded, through Sept. 8; Bronlyn Jones & Robert Bauer, through Sept. 8; To Whom Keeps a Record, through Sept. 8. 701-5005.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Monster Garden Art Show, Aug. 24. 442-8455.
Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Martha Diamond: Deep Time, through Oct. 13; Alive & Kicking, through Nov. 11; Eastman Johnson and Maine, through Dec. 8. 859-5600.
Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. David Driskell, through Sept. 21; Now Away, Aug. 8–Oct. 5; A Quiet Work, Aug. 8–Oct. 5. 808-8911.
David Lussier Gallery, 66 Wallingford Sq., Kittery. Gallery with works by artists including Benjamin Lussier, David Lussier, Pamela Lussier, & Jennifer Simpson. (860) 336-9051.
De’Bramble Art Gallery, 16 Middle St., Freeport. Art by Marilyn J. Welch and Friends. (510) 717-8427.
Dowling Walsh Gallery, 365 Main St., Rockland. James Allister Sprang: Each Of Us Are Several, through Aug. 24. 596-0084.
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth: Tempera Paintings, through Sept. 8; Abstract Flash: Unseen Andrew Wyeth, through Sept. 8; Marsden Hartley and the Sea, through Sept. 8; Emilie Stark-Menneg: Thread of Her Scent, through Sept. 22; Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled, through Sept. 28; Louise Nevelson: Dusk to Dawn, through Sept. 29. 596-6457.
First Friday Art Walks, Creative Portland, 84 Free St. Aug. 2 & Sept. 6. 370-4784.
Toll Car ferry from Deer Island to Campobello
Ferry schedule:
• Deer Island to Campobello 8:30am ADT (7:30am EST) to 6:30pm ADT (5:30pm EST) every hour on the half hour. • Campobello to Deer Island 9am ADT (8am EST) to 7pm ADT (6pm EST) every hour on the hour.
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Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. John Whalley, Aug. 1–31; Daniel Minter, Sept. 5–28. 772-2693.
Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. Watercolor Journey: 2 Day Workshop, Aug. 6–7; Travels and Trails, through Aug. 11; Dawn Dusk Darkness, Aug. 15–Sept. 15. 451-9384.
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood, through Aug. 10; Art in the Garden, through Oct. 19; Music in Maine, through Dec. 31. 774-1822.
Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Constructed (Disquiet), All About Water, Wild & Wondrous, & In The Garden, through Aug. 23. 773-2339.
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Kindred Tides, through Sept. 29; Lost and Found, through Dec. 1; Sustaining Maine’s Waters, through Dec. 31. 443-1316.
Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures over 200 miles Downeast. schoodicsculpture.org.
Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Color and Light, through Sept. 7. 865-0040.
Moss Galleries, 100 Fore St. Judith Rothschild, through Aug. 10. 804-0459.
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd. Domestic Modernism, Aug. 1–Nov. 17; Geometries of Expression, Aug. 1–Nov. 17. 646-4909.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 9500 College Station, Brunswick. Northern Nightmares: Monsters in Inuit Art, through May 4, 2025; Collections and Recollections: Objects and the Stories They Tell & At Home In the North, through Jun. 1, 2025. 725-3416.
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Jeremy Frey: Woven, through Sept. 15. 775-6148.
Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Memories in Blue, Aug. 24; Finishing Touches, through Oct. 14; The Matter of Memory, through Nov. 3. (603)436-8433.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Exploration, Aug. 1–30; Wanderings: Visions of Land & Sea, Sept. 1–29. 712-1097.
River Arts, 36 Elm St, Damariscotta. Land & Sea, through Aug. 10; Abstract, Aug. 17–Sept. 21. 563-6868.
Saco Museum, 371 Main St. The Fabric of Their Lives: Textiles in the Lower Saco Valley, through Oct. 19. 283-3861.
Ticonic Gallery & Studios, 93 Main St., Waterville. Hand-Built Mugs, Aug. 23 & 30; At Play: Works by Tom Jessen, through Aug. 26; Glaze Bootcamp, Aug. 28; Community Draw, Sept. 11. 8737000.
University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. The Numbers Game, through Oct. 13. 602-3000.
University of New England Art Galleries, Jack S. Ketchum Library, 11 Hills Beach Rd., Biddeford. Light and Shadow: Motherhood, Creativity, and the Discourse of Ability, through Oct. 20. 602-3000.
Film
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Deadpool & Wolverine, through Aug. 15. 564-8943.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Vacationland Film Festival, Aug. 8. 282-0849.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. Movie Night, Aug. 20. 583-6747.
Grand Theater, Harbor Park, 413 Water St., Ellsworth. Movies By Moonlight: Trolls 3 (Aug. 8) & The Little Mermaid (Aug. 22). 667-9500.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Princess Bride, Aug. 1; That’s Entertainment! (1974), Aug. 3; Carlo… and his Merry Band of Artists, Aug. 8; Wizard of OZ, Aug. 17; The Lego Movie 2, Aug. 18; Jurassic Park, Aug. 21–22. 563-3424.
Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye, Aug. 1; Lyd, Aug. 6; Napoleon Dynamite,
Aug. 20; Akeelah and the Bee, Aug. 21; Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Aug. 22; Matilda, Aug. 23. 873-7000.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Jaws, Aug. 3; Maine Masters Film Festival, Aug. 23–25. 367-2788.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Eat Flowers & The Arc of Oblivion, Aug. 8; Outsider, Aug. 15; Master & Commander, Aug. 25. 975-6490.
Don’t Miss
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Nick Schifrin, Aug. 24. 236-7963.
Castine Historical Society, 17 School St. 15th Annual Deborah Pulliam Memorial Lecture, Aug. 8; Hidden Legacies Walking Tour, Sept. 7. 326-4118.
Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show, Aug. 10; The Spectacular, Aug. 17; The Early Evening Show, Aug. 24; An Evening with Maine Inside Out, Sept. 7. 743-8452.
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Delicious Divas Lip Sync Smack Down, Sept. 14. 564-8943.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Andy Gross, Aug. 24. 282-0849.
Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Jurassic Quest, Aug. 23–25. 791-2200.
Denmark Arts Center, 50 W Main St. Author Series: Meghan Gilliss, Aug. 11. 452-2412.
The Ecology School, Riverbend Farm, 184 Simpson Rd., Saco. Mycology Outside: A Mushroom Weekend, Sept. 6–8. 283-9951.
Fete Market, see website for locations. Fete Biddeford Market, Aug. 4; End of Summer Market, Aug. 31. 303-9145.
Golden Paw Awards, Royal Oak Room, 1 Bates St., Lew-
iston. Join us for awards, a silent auction, dinner, drinks, and more in this fun event benefiting the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, Sept. 12. gahumane.org/goldenpawawards.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. The Amazing AcroCats & the Rock Cats, Aug. 14–Sept. 1. 347-7177.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Vicki Monroe, Aug. 22. 646-4777.
Maine Audubon, Fields Pond, 216 Fields Pond Rd., Holden. Summer Tree Identification, Aug. 8; Flower Arranging Workshop, Aug. 10; Maine Through the Seasons Photography Workshop, Aug. 17; Foraging: Finding Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants, Aug. 24. 781-2330.
Maine Audubon, Scarborough Marsh, 92 Pine Point Rd. Snowy Egret Day, Aug. 10; Create a Seashell Wreath, Aug. 21. 781-2330.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Theresa Caputo, Aug. 8. 842-0800.
New England Craft Fairs, Wells Junior High, 1470 Post Rd. Wells Summerfest Arts & Craft Show, Aug. 10–11. 946-7079.
Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. Rally 2024 Tribute, Aug. 3–4. 594-4418.
Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Coastal Critters Family Day, Aug. 10. (603)436-8433.
Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Briana Pegado (Make Good Trouble), Aug. 7; Reading the Rainbow Book Club (Outlawed), Aug. 12; Peter Heller (Burn), Aug. 13; Ellen Ruppel Shell (Slippery Beast), Aug. 14; Kristyn J. Miller (Given Our History), Aug. 28; Shannon Bowring (Where the Forest Meets the River), Sept. 4. 536-4778.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield.
Juston McKinney will perform on Aug. 16 at 7:30 PM at City Theater in Biddeford.
An Evening with Maine Authors, Aug. 9. 935-7292.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Japanese Storytelling with Kuniko Yamamoto, Aug. 13; Yo-Yo Guy, Aug. 20. 367-2788.
Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. New England BIPOC Fest, Aug. 18. (603)433-1100.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Layne’s Wine Gig, Aug. 28. 774-4111. The Burleigh, Kennebunkport Inn, 1 Dock Sq. Botanical Bar, through Sept. 1. 204-9668.
Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. The Secret of Cell Block #7 Murder Mystery Dinner, Sept. 3–16. 633-5297.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. Lobster Roll Fundraiser, Aug. 2. 583-6747.
Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Seasonal Appetizers, Aug. 13; Absolem Cider Tasting, Aug. 16; Dinner for 2 Cooking Class, Aug. 22; Battery Steele Brewing Beer Tasting, Aug. 23; Sourdough Bagels Class, Aug. 26; Fess Parker Wine Tasting, Aug. 30; Raw & Roasted Oysters Class, Sept. 10. 443-1402.
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Lobster, He Said
The fctional town of Cabot Cove in Murder, She Wrote has nothing on Cape Porpoise.
This sweet home, in which families have lived happy as clams since before the turn of the last century, faces Paddy Creek. Its .44-acre, teardrop-shaped lot seems to follow and embrace the salt water, glossed with seaweed, beach sand, and rocks for its entire length.
e 1,210-square-foot, single-story retreat is listed as having two baths and just one bedroom, but the charming study, its toes nearly touching the water like a boathouse in a Louis Norton pastel, is easily another.
After 47 years of love and care, Sheila and Billy Matthews are ready to pass on this bijou sanctuary to a lucky new owner. e price is $1.895M
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“ e heart of the house dates to 1890,” Sheila says. “ e very original part here is the kitchen, dining room, and bedroom. is began as a carriage house for the place up on the hill. Many years ago—in the 1940s, I think—they
brought it across the street.” e house took root and bloomed along the bank of the creek. “I added the two-car garage.”
What’s your favorite spot here?
On the deck. e water opens up to the ocean toward the east. You can see Vaughn’s Island.
I have no problem being called a townie. I like it.
During our tour of the house, we couldn’t miss the two photos signed by President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. Is there a story here?
When President Bush was running in 1988, and the press started to come to town to follow him, they needed a liaison from town to help them navigate and nd places for news crews to stay. My husband, Billy Matthews, was a lobsterman who knew his way around. He ended up working with ABC News.
Now that’s quite a catch, all the way around. It was because he knew the village really well. When [paparazzi types] started chasing poor President Bush with boats, they used Billy’s lobster boat [as a bu er], which was quite amusing. He’d be chugging along and all these other boats were ying around.
In case they wanted to come too close to Bush’s Cigarette boat, Fidelity? Yes.
They saw his talents and the way he handled things and wanted to work more with him—as a stringer?
Yes. He worked for ABC for the four years of George H.W. Bush’s presidency, and later they had him covering the primaries in New Hampshire.
So, he really became part of the media. It sounds like a plotline for the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote. [Not that we’re not guilty. Decades ago, the art director for Murder She Wrote ordered copies of Portland Monthly for the coffee tables in the set designs.]
But Billy kept his day job, or at least a seasonal
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one, right?
His vocation was as a lobsterman, but he worked with ABC for quite some time.
Any famous guests visit your house?
Right o the top of my head, I can think of Brit Hume and Ann Compton, both White House correspondents. We hosted ABC get-togethers back then.
Any other bycatch from the brush you guys had with celebrities?
We went to D.C. for a lot of meetings and got to go sightseeing.
Where does Billy keep his lobster boat? Is it one of the boats moored out in front of 18 Paddy Creek?
It’s tidal. His lobster boat is in Cape Porpoise Harbor.
Does the boat have a name?
Miss Nikki.
I’m sure there’s a story there. at’s the name it had when he bought it. We don’t make a lot of changes.
How did you meet?
We met at a Christmas party at the Unicorn & Lion a long, long time ago.
It was a chance happening. e Unicorn & Lion was in Kennebunk, a popular local hangout, like Port House was, or like Forefathers. It was really active until the re. Before my husband moved to Maine to start shing, he was a reman in Manchester, Connecticut. He continued as a volunteer here in Cape Porpoise for many years.
At a retreat like Paddy Creek—you must have lots of animal visitors.
We occasionally get a stray seal, a lot of deer, lots of birds. e deer love our apple tree.
From this deck, you can… We watch the reworks.
Refreshments?
We’d have, you know, just a lobster roll.
How do you make one of those in Cape Porpoise?
Mayonnaise, nothing else.
You know a vegan’s going to ask you about lettuce.
No lettuce. at’s all ller. Just meat. I do have a twist, though. For a bun, I like When Pigs Fly sourdough.
You can launch and recover a small boat right here from this lot?
Yes. Billy keeps one on the shore here. He often takes it out, paddles, and
Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s aw-shucks schtick is a mask for a monster who destroys strangers and loved ones with equal indifference.
Hunter makes a fortune exposing fraudsters. When he stumbles across the corpse of his German teacher on his old reformatory grounds, he’s certain he is onto something evil and becomes drawn into the mystery.
nsure who his own father is, Hunter is no angel himself. A former “black ops” military of cer, he knows what he has to do to get the job done, no matter the cost.
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risa cards warn of air disaster. Brainy Pia offers a path out of his disintegration. Traveling the globe—Paris, Berlin, Geneva, and London—Hunter can’t resist the magnetic scene south of New York where the Crime of the Century once played out.
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I was telling a friend about your listing, and they said, “Well, it’s about time a lobsterman sold his house for $2M.” The perfect mixture of warmth and jealousy. That must feel strange to you to hear that.
It doesn’t make me smile. We’ll miss it. But we’ve been planning. It’s about time we found a place with no worries for retirement.
We know Billy can land a lobster catch and a job with ABC. How’d you land this house?
“I graduated from Kennebunk High in 1965, went to American International College in Spring eld, Massachusetts, and bought Sleepy Hollow Motor Court on the Sea Road in Kennebunk from my mother in 1972.
That’s on the corner of Sea Road and Western Avenue, right? [Now the cottages carry the sobriquet The Wanderer]. So back then, you were across the street from Dot’s Lunch before it became Bennett’s.
Yes, Dot’s Lunch. My mom had run the motor court since my dad, Pete D’ascanio [founder of D’ascanio Plumbing and Heating; Senator Muskie was a client], built it in 1957. I ran it until I sold it in December 1976. In 1977, I moved here, to 18 Paddy Creek Road.
You’re Reservations Manager at The Nonantum Resort. How long have you worked there? Over 18 years.
I get it. So every day you leave one gorgeous place in the morning to go work at another— kind of like townie royalty.
I have no problem being called a townie. I like it.
A badge of honor, then?
I think so. How do I know I like it? Let’s see. I can tell I like it because I always remind Billy, who’s from Connecticut, that he’s “from away”! Taxes are $11,278.
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Dark Energy
BY JOAN CONNOR
H(for J.S.)
e tilts against the kitchen doorjamb. “ is isn’t Y2K. We are in the end times.”
“Excuse me, Harry Hipster. You’re telling me? I’m in my seventies. My life looks like the oor of Francis Bacon’s studio. Talk about end times!”
He adjusts his noir raincoat, which is dark. Or mysterious, or both. “Not your end, THE end. Unpack that, Bertha Boomer.”
She stares at him, thinking
old-fangled words—whippersnapper, upstart. Instead, she says, “Unpack? Is there anything inside that package that is liquid, fragile, perishable, or potentially hazardous?”
He doesn’t miss a downbeat. “A lithium battery—or perfume, see? Daub a bit of battery acid behind your ear there, Bertha. e world as we know it is creaking to an end.”
B.B. waggles her hands like Cab Calloway in a Betty Boop cartoon. “If you start singing Jim Morrison, ‘ is is the end, beautiful friend,’ I will shoot myself in the mouth. No, wait—I’ll shoot you in the mouth.”
H.H. had been her student long ago. He is explaining why he doesn’t tuck a bit of monthly income into Social Security and why he has not shored against his ruins.
“ ere won’t be any left,” he says.
“If we’re so cursed, then why did you quit smoking? Tired of laughing in the face of death and sneering at doom?” B.B. turns her attention back to the chopping board, mincing scallions, slicing celery.
“Because my throat hurt,” H.H. says.
“So you still had some reason for living. e cosmologist Jana Levin
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said, ‘ ere will be a last sentient being, there will be a last thought.’” She scoops the slices into her palms, dumps them into the simmering kettle on the stove.
H.H. mumbles, “Last being, last thought. Probably be a moron.” en he laughs.
He is the cheeriest fatalist she knows, and she knows quite a few.
“I am not naïve,” she says. “Even now, our moon is drifting away. One day a child will ask, ‘What was the moon?’”
H.H.’s cigarette ngers twitch. “ ere will be no child. ere will be no moon.”
She wants to smack his smirky face. No crooning, no spooning in June. But then she doesn’t. What does he know yet about aging? It happens soon enough. And she is happy, she realizes, that she will not live to witness the moon run away from her, the universe run away from her, as the days and former lovers have run away. In her death, in her memory, she pre gures a static joy and turns dark energy into bright white light. She xes time. “What shall you and I do in the interim, Mr. Hipster?” she asks. “You probably just want to grab a windigo and ride around preaching your dismal gospel.”
“What? What?” he says. “What are you talking about? Riding a mythical beast?”
“You know—one of those gas-swilling monstrous mobile homes.”
“Winnebago.” He laughs. “ at’s a Winnebago—the vehicle. It’s also a tribe from Wisconsin, People of the Dirty Water.”
“How would you know that?”
“I’m from Wisconsin.” e soup bubbles. “It is not true,” she says, “about a watched pot. e soup is hot.”
“I think we should eat,” he says. And later they eat. ey eat by the light of a speedy moon. n
