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I was in a theater recently and saw Fun Home, the musical featuring “non-linear vignettes” from the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. I couldn’t wait to get a look at who’d be sitting in that darkness. You don’t get nominated for 12 Tony Awards if your musical doesn’t connect with issues that are in play. I expected the show to be packed with theater fans, including young theater fans. The show has the courage to explore LGBTQ issues. There are even special effects—a dreamy mist rises from the stage to suggest time travel. It was a terrific live-performance event—a Sunday matinee with reduced-rate tickets, easy to attend—but wait, what? The demographics of the audience were still skewing in, shall we say, a more mature direction. I heard a whisper in the crowd: I thought we’d see many more of the younger set here. Let’s just say it out loud: Many members of the younger generations don’t attend theater—bad news for theaters, writers, and actors. They’ll go to beer tastings, concerts, and so many weddings (is this the new theater?). But before I get too peevish, let’s step off the print stage and onto the internet—an anonymous meet-up in the darkness—so we can engage in a roundtable discussion. Topic? What will it take to draw the next generations into theaters to promote edgy, provocative shows, both new and classic? And if someone comments, “Well, old shows are not edgy,” maybe he or she could revisit any number of standards, including Carousel (the movie based on the show was filmed in Maine). Let’s all help dispel the urban legend that young fans can’t sit still for two hours. Is maybe part of the key, “Instead of waiting for the audience to come to the theater, take the theater to the audience”? Look for a story in our next issue featuring a Maine theater doing just that. Let’s tease the beast. A recent fad rescues old glass keys from antique Underwood typewriters (many used to hammer out the plots to endangered plays such as Strange Interlude, written by Eugene O’Neill in Maine in 1927) to make jewelry so the wearer can self-identify as thoughtful and literary. The necklace in this picture costs $65 (how many theater admissions is that?). These dangling modifiers seem to be catching on. Maybe this is a beam of hope. See you out there in the darkness.
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The Vegans Are Coming, The Vegans Are Coming! After years waiting to see what would become of Zero Canal Plaza, we have our answer. The Canadian vegan restaurant chain Copper Branch expects to take over the glass-walled building in July. As if we don’t have to listen to vegans talk about their diets enough, now we get to see it. Copper Branch isn’t enlightening us. Green Elephant and Silly’s Simply Vegan have already blessed Portland with their tempeh masterpieces.
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After 46 years, Portland Downtown has announced the 2019 Old Port Festival will be its last. In 1973, the first festival drew attention to the artists and businesses operating in the Old Port, who made it a far more Bohemian celebration. As artist Denis Boudreau says, “Nobody told us what to do. We walked around barefooted... And we were left alone.” (See “Imagine a Town...Run By Artists, July/August 2015.) The OPF has outgrown its party days—it’s now branded as a “family-friendly event”—but on June 9, The Thirsty Pig is promising a proper send off.
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Pack the Subaru and hit the trail. You’re headed to Belfast’s All Roads Music Festival! Starting Friday, May 17, 36 of Maine’s favorite indie musicians, including Rustic Overtones, The Ballroom Thieves, and JanaeSound, will perform at multiple venues across this gorgeous seaport. “The whole town seems to take a lot of pride in the festival,” Martin Earley of Ballroom Thieves says. “We all live in Maine, and we think it’s important to support the local music scene as it grows in new and exciting ways. I grew up 30 minutes from Belfast, and it’s been really great to see the town evolve.”
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Origins In 1950, a group of artists took their skills to Montville, Maine, and founded Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Opening May 24, Portland Museum of Art will showcase works of early Haystack members, including sculptor Dale Chihuly, ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, and jewelry artist Arline Fisch, who first attended the school in 1960 to study weaving with Jack Larsen. “The population was very diverse—people ages 18 to age 80. Everybody had a different background, so there was always a great deal to explore,” Fisch says. “It’s very intimate. I think there are less than 100 people there at any one time, which I thought was important to maintain.” In the Vanguard will feature 90 works along with archival photos, letters, posters, and brochures.
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Maine State Music Theater swings into summer with Sophisticated Ladies, a musical celebrating the incandescent life of legendary jazz composer Duke Ellington. Opening June 5, the show, starring E. Faye Butler and Felicia P. Fields. On top of a magical song list, “this show will employ three choreographers to handle all the amazing dance sequences,” artistic director Curt Dale Clark says. “The entire show will boast a stunning new costume package.”
in Lewiston history: the 1965 fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. “The top sportswriters in the world came to Maine and loved everything about Lewiston, including the briny smell of
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49 Franklin, 49 Franklin St., Rumford. Chelsea Patterson, May 4; The BIG Show! Magic Students Perform!, May 25; Celtic Cabaret - High Time, Jun. 21; Realta, Aug. 8. 369-0129. Acadia Repertory Theatre, 1154 Main St., Mt. Desert. Ghost-Writer, Jun. 25-Jul. 6; The Ice Fishing Play, Jul. 9-20; Perfect Wedding, Jul. 23-Aug. 11; Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, Aug. 13-Sept. 1. 244-7260. Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Foundation, 371 Sawyer Rd., Greene. Electrifying Connections, May 10. 946-5311. Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St., Belfast. An Evening of One Acts, May 3, 4, 10, 11; The Secret Garden, Jul. 1121. 619-3256.
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pany. And then there’s Ali MacGraw (Love Story, The Winds of War). On an unsuspecting summer night, MacGraw surprised former Belfast Maskers director Basil Burwell by turning up after an enchanting Maskers performance of Twelfth Night. The show touched a chord in the former model (and wife of the late Steve McQueen). “She caught up with me to say how impressed she was with what we were doing,” Burwell told us. “Later, when we were striking the set, she showed up again.
The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Twelfth Night, Jun. 1-2, 7-9. 442-8455. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Calendar Girls, May 10-26. The Drowsy Chaperone, Jul. 19-Aug. 4. 282-0849. Cold Comfort Theater, The Crosby Center, Belfast. Festival of Short Plays at University of Maine Hutchinson Center, May 24-25. Belfast Pride Play Festival at 107 Church St., Belfast, Jun. 7-9; Songs for a New World at 96 High Street, Jun. 21-30; Happy Birthday, America!, Jul. 4. 930-7244. The Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq., Cirque du Soleil: Crystal, Aug. 7. 791-2200. Deertrees Theater, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. Art, Jul. 18, 26, Aug. 3; The cast bares all! Calendar Girls, by Tim Firth, premieres at Biddeford’s City Theater on May 10.
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself), Jul. 19 & 24 & Aug. 1; BrouHaHa, Jul. 25, Pinot and Augustine, Jul. 26, Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, Jul. 31. ART, Aug. 3. FORTUNE, Aug. 8, 9, 16, & 23. 583-6747. Everyman Repertory Theatre, Camden Hills Regional High School, 25 Keelson Dr., Rockport.The Big Bang, Jul. 21-22, Jul. 26-27, Aug. 2-3. 236-0173. Fenix Theatre Company, Deering Oaks Park. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Thurs., Fri., Sat. nights Jul. 18-Aug. 10. 400-6223.
She grabbed a broom, swept up the stage, and vacuumed the theater!” Stardust sweeping stardust. Burwell was even more delighted when MacGraw flew back from California to star in a Love Letters benefit performance later that year. Think of her impetuous spirit when you enjoy this season’s shows. Don’t feel like sweeping? Dare to let yourself be swept away! Bring your sense of humor and your heart. Here is this summer’s exciting schedule:
Little Murder Never Hurt Anyone, Jun. 14-16, 21-23. 626-3698. Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 Route 9, Berwick. Always…Patsy Cline, Jun. 14, 15, 19-22, 26-29; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Jul. 3-6, 10-13, 17-20; Mamma Mia!, Jul. 24-27, Jul. 31Aug. 3, 7-10; Peter and the Starcatcher, Aug. 14-17, 21-24, 28-31. 698-1807. Heartwood Regional Theater Company, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle. MEDEA: A Staged Reading, May 10 & 11. Life is a Dream, Jun. 2730. Big River, Jul. 12-14 & 17. 563-1373.
Footlights Theater, 190 US-1, Falmouth. Bless Your Heart, May 2-18. 747-5434.
ImprovAcadia, 15 Cottage St., Bar Harbor. Improvision, Jun. 1, Jul. 8, Aug. 26. 288-2503.
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Theory and Praxis, May 12; Jester Kings of Java, Jun. 15. 879-4629. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Brit Floyd, May 6; Finding Neverland, May 15-16; The Magic Flute, Jul. 24 & 26. 842-0800. Midcoast Youth Theater, 116 Maquoit Rd., Brunswick. Matilda, May 2-5. 837-8567. Nasson Little Theatre, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. 457 Main St., Springvale. Fractured Shakespeare, May 10-18; Your Hit Parade to American Bandstand, May 25; Senior Theatre Show, Aug. 23-25; Where Love Takes You, Sept. 2022; America, Oct. 19-20. 842-0800. New Surry Theatre, 18 Union St., Blue Hill. Little Women, Apr. 26 & 27, May 3-5, 10 & 11; Dear Elizabeth, Jun. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 & 22; The Diary of Anne Frank, Jul. 12, 13, 19, 21, 26 & 27; Nunsense, Aug. 9-24. 200-4720. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit. Jersey Boys, May 15-Jun. 15; 42nd Street, Jun. 19-Jul. 13; Cabaret, Jul. 17-Aug. 10; Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Aug. 14-31. 646-5511. Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Fun Home, Apr. 25May 12; Treasure Island, May 17-19; Mamma Mia!, Jun. 13-Jul. 14; Bye Bye Birdie, Jul. 1821; Rebel Without a Cause, Aug. 15-18; The Man from Planet 52, Aug. 15-18. 942-3333. The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Guys & Dolls, May 17-Jun. 2. 799-7337 Portland Stage, 25 Forest Ave. The Last Five Years, through May 19. 774-0465. Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. Fireflies, through May 12; The Legend of the Banana Kid, May 19; Grease, Jun. 18-20. 782-3200.
Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish. Shrek, May 10-12; Singin’ In The Rain, Jul. 11-28; Winnie the Pooh KIDS, Aug. 2-4; Catch Me If You Can, Sept. 26-Oct. 6. 642-3743. Stage East, 36 Washington St., Eastport. 2 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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RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St., Rangeley. Mamma Mia!, Jun. 28-Jul. 1; Death of a Salesman, Aug. 16-18. 864-5000.
Stonington Opera House, 1 Opera House Ln., Stonington. 367-2788.
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Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St., Monmouth. The Merry Wives of Windsor, Jul. 4-Aug. 18; Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Jul. 11-Aug. 15; Hamlet, Jul. 18-Aug. 17; Intimate Apparel, Jul. 25-Aug. 16; Murder for Two, Jun. 22-Aug.16; Jungle Book, Jun. 29-Aug. 15; Sense and Sensibility, Sept. 12-22. 933-9999 The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick. Voices in the Mirror, May 31- Jun. 2. 729-8584. Waterville Opera House, 93 Main St. 3rd Flr., Waterville. Ripcord, Jun. 14-16, 21-23; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jul. 29-Aug. 3, Aug. 5-10, Aug. 12-17; Pinocchio, Aug. 17. 873-7000. Vivid Motion Dance, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St. The Secret Garden, May 3-5, 1012; #Adulting, Aug. 2-4. 558-1979.
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Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Senior Thesis Exhibition, through May 25. DeWitt Hardy: Master of Watercolor, Jun. 7-Oct. 5th. 786-6158. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment, through Jun. 2; In the Round: Ancient Art from All Sides, through Oct. 13; Let’s Get Lost and Listening Glass, through Sept. 29; Bowdoin Collects: Chinese Ceramics, Jades, and Paintings, through Jan. 5, 2020. 725-3275. Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter Street, Rockland. Melt Down, through Jun. 9; Ellis-Beauregard Fellows Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen, through Jun. 16; Ann Craven: Birds We Know, through Jun. 16. 701-5005. Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. A Vision for Composition: Nineteenth-Century Prints from the Collection, through Jun. 16; Theaster Gates:
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Experience Facsimile Cabinet of Women Origin Stories, through September 8; Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, through Jun. 9. 859-5600. Creative Portland, 84 Free Street. Burundi Drum, Dance & Culture Festival, Jun. 28, at Portland Expo. Music events and a rotating gallery. 370-4784. Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. On a Mountain in Maine, through Jun. 8th; The Screen Show, through September 22; Slab City Rendezvous, through Feb. 9, 2020. 596-6457. Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Maine. Ed Douglas Solo Exhibition, May 2-Jun. 1. 772-2693. HardScrabble Solutions, 445 Main St., Presque Isle. First Friday Art Walk, May 3. 227-7388. Husson University’s Robert E. White Gallery, Peabody Hall, 1 College Circle, Bangor. Sculptures by artist Anne Alexander, through May 12. 992-4925. Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery. Group Show-Behind the Scenes, May 2-12; Kittery Schools K-12 Art, May 16-28; Meet the Locals, May 30-Jul.14. 451-9384. Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. The Magical History Tour, May 11. Holding Up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, through Feb. 1 2020. 774-1822. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Edwige Charlot: Mixed Media, Roland Salazar Rose: Innovative Techniques, Linda Hirsch: Photographs - Cuban Jewish Culture, through Jun. 1. 773-2339. MECA, 522 Congress St. MECAmorphosis, May 3. MFA Thesis Exhibition, May 10 - Jun. 8. 699-5025. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square. Relational Undercurrents, through May 5; Richard Avedon: Portraits 1952-1970, through Jun. 16. 775-6148. Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Paintings in Oil, through May 29. 712-1097 River Arts, 241 US-1, Damariscotta. Interiors, May 3-Jun. 1; Members Show, Jun. 7-Jul. 6; Night & Day, Jul. 12-Aug. 10; Wild Things, Aug.16-Sep. 14. 563-1507. University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 HarMaine Jewish Museum features work from three artists, including Roland Salazar Rose’s mixed media pieces, through June 1.
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low St., Bangor. Meghan Brady, Richard Keen, Zach Horn, through May 4. 581-3300. University of New England Museum of Art, 2693, 716 Stevens Ave. Everyday Maine, through Jun. 25. 221-4449.
Tasty Events
Byrnes’ Irish Pub, 16 Station Ave., Brunswick. Irish Breakfast, every Thursday. 729-9400. Damariscotta River Cruises, 40 Main St., Damariscotta. Oyster and wine tasting cruises, every Saturday Jun. 22-Oct. 19. 315-5544. LeRoux Kitchen, 161 Commercial St. Monthly free wine tastings. Call for dates. 553-7665. Lolita Vinoteca + Asador, 90 Congress St. Tapas Mondays with wine pairings. 775-5652. Island Dog Brewing, 125 John Roberts Road, Unit #15. Island Dog Brewing’s Home Brew Club, May 9. 747-5258. Quill Books and Beverage, 1 Westbrook Common, Unit #5, Westbrook. All day happy hour featuring half priced wine bottles. 591-0056. Rosemont Markets, Portland and Yarmouth. Tasting events on Fri. Call for dates. 774-8129. Rising Tide Brewing Company, 103 Fox St. Food trucks on Fri., Sat. and Sun., BYOF (Bring Your Own Food) to enjoy while drinking locally crafted beer, wine, and cider, or visit the Tasting Room for Maine Made Pub Snacks and Lebbit & Son’s Soup. 370-2337. Sichuan Kitchen, 612 Congress St. Hot Pot Wednesdays, every Weds. Reservations recommended. 536-7226. Sweetgrass Farm Old Port Tasting Room, 324 Fore St. Tasting bar is open year-round for Maine-made wines and spirits. 761-8GIN. Wine and Food Walks, Portland. Join Sommelier Erica Archer for a themed walk through a Portland neighborhood with wine and spirit tastings paired with delicious foods, every Sat. 619-4630.
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Literary Events
Bard Coffee, 185 Middle St. “Silent” Book Club, a book club with no assigned reading where members meet to read silently, share book recommendations, and socialize over coffee and tea. Every fourth Tuesday. 899-4788. Criterion Theater, 35 Cottage St., Bar Harbor. An Evening with David Sedaris, Aug. 1. 288-0829. LFK, 188A State St. Word Portland, a monthly reading series featuring original writing from authors on first Mondays. 899-3277. Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Sarah Blake discusses her new novel, The Guest Book, May 8; Abi Maxwell presents her new novel, The Den, May 16; Maryann CoccaLeffler hosts a storytime and craft for her new picture book, Growing Season, May 19; Mi-
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Tandem Coffee and Bakery, 742 Congress St. “Silent” Book Club, a book club with no assigned reading where like-minded people meet to read silently, share book recommendations, and socialize over coffee and tea. Every second Sunday. 805-1887.
Game Nights
Binga’s Stadium, 77 Free St. Stump! Trivia, every Tuesday. Questionnairey, every Thurs. 699-4263. The Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St. Trivia with prizes and no cover, every Tues. 772-5483. Foulmouthed Brewing, 15 Ocean St., South Portland. Geeks who Drink Trivia Night, every Tues. 618-6977. Local Press, 276 Woodford St. Trivia with Sherry, every Weds. 773-0039. Local 188, 685 Congress St. The Spanish Inquisition with Krister Rollins trivia night, every Mon. 761-7909.
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Bates Dance Festival brings world-renowned performers to Lewiston, including Joanna Kotze and Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group. The festival runs from July 11 through August 3.
Quill Books and Beverage, 1 Westbrook Common, Unit #5, Westbrook. True Crime Trivia, every first Thurs.;Queer Trivia, every third Thurs. 591-0056. Rí Rá Irish Pub and Restaurant, 72 Commercial St. Pub Quiz with $5 pints sponsored by a brewery of the month, every Tues. 761-446.
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Run of the Mill Public House and Brewery, 100 Main St., Saco. Trivia every Mon., Oct.May; Washout Washers Tournament drinking game, every Weds. 571-9648. School Street Pub and Grill, 29 School St. B, Gorham. Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night, every Tues. 222-8090. Sebago Brewing Company, 211 Fore St. Trivia Night at Sebago Old Port, every Mon. 775-2337.
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Mr. Longfellow’s Cocktail Party, Portland Masonic, 415 Congress St. Guests enjoy artful hors d’oeuvres, a complimentary cocktail, cash bar, bidding on a fast-paced auction by entertaining auctioneer Elizabeth Ross Holmstrom, and a sneak-peek of Magical History Tour sites, May 10. 774-1822. Magical History Tour, 485 Congress St. Selfguided exploration that unlocks access to captivating Greater Portland historic sites that are usually closed to public view, May 11. 774-1822. Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston. World-renowned artists and companies, performances, concerts, talks, and more! Jul. -Aug. 3. –Compiled by Catherine Bart and Evelyn Waugh. To submit your own event listing, visit: portlandmonthly.com/portmag/submit-an-event/
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ails along the Promenade, Naked Shakespeare, Portland Lobster Co. deck music, Rising Tide’s MITA release—all telltale signs that summer is here, not to mention tour buses parked on High Street and Sea Dogs taking big swings under the stars.
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Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals are going to soar at Rock Row, Westbrook’s brand new performance venue, on May 26 at 7:30 p.m. We might never come down. Interv ie w by Oli vi a Gunn Kot si s hevskaya
was a big fan so he came through, and we played him the song. He said he liked it, but it had “too many curse words in it.”
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Wow! No, I didn’t know I was the very first show. That’s crazy!
He took out the cursing?
Have you ever been here before?
Never. I’m definitely going to explore! I might have to skip soundcheck and go around and see the city. Ventura, your new album, is fresh out of the oven for this show. What’s it do for you as a performer?
You’ve said Oxnard was your dream album. So why even bother to come out with Ventura, ‘Cheeky Andy’?
This is also my dream album. We finished them at the same time, mixed them at the same time. Oxnard was big because I got to work with one of my favorite producers of all time—Dre. It was like me being able to open myself up to, and work with, a producer and be able to be produced. Before, I was really captain of my whole thing. Dre is my childhood icon. Getting it done with him hand-in-hand and watching him be inspired, that was dope. But simultaneously, I was feeling like I need this other side of the coin, too. I’ve always had like multiple music personalities. When we were making Oxnard, there was this other side of me to be spilled, so I started putting away songs that I wanted for Ventura. What are you most excited for us to hear on Ventura?
Maybe “Come Home.” Yeah, and “Jet Black” with Brandy. What brought you and Smokey Robinson together for “Make It Better?”
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It came from the fans. You know, people were saying “best teeth in the game!” mist and Fredwreck, the producers. We started working on the beat, and once we started getting deep into the skeleton with beats, we were both like, “Yo, this sounds like some old Motown. Something that Smokey would be on.” So we started writing it, me and the Artful Dodger, who was on “Anywhere.” We started coming up with the concepts of making a relationship spicy and fun again when you’ve been together for so long, and we were like, “Damn, you kinda gotta put energy into it and kinda take it back to when you guys first met. Try to keep that spark.” I said, “We need to get Smokey on this,” and the next day Smokey was in the studio. He told me his daughter
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Hell yeah! I was like, “All right, Smokey, what should we do?” He said, “Bring me two discs—one with the instrumental, one with the acapella. I’m gonna come back and fix it for you. I’m gonna make it better.” He came back a week later. Any place we had curse words or anything that was a little funny, he switched up the words and made it real beautiful. He just put his Smokey Robinson touch on it. That’s history. Where did the tour name come from—“Best Teef in the Game?”
It came from the fans. You know, people were saying “best teeth in the game!” I didn’t know. We were in the last minute, and we didn’t know what to call it, so I said, “Let’s just call it that. Everybody on the tour’s got a great set of teeth. Let’s do it.” What are you most looking forward to on this tour?
The shows and traveling, the food, meeting different people, and just experiencing different cities when we can. We don’t have a lot of time usually, so the way we get to really experience it is the people and the show. It’s awesome to see these reactions to the music. This music that you’ve made in these little studios inside, where you’ve been in forever, and you go out and touch the city and do these shows and see the response. People singing the words back. It’s amazing. n
Connection, Jun. 21; The Lorraine Ouellette Trio, Jul. 19. 946-5311. Arts Institute of Western Maine, 224 Main St., Farmington. Maine Mountain Chamber Music, Jun. 1. Aura, 121 Center St. The New Mastersounds, May 15; 1964: The Tribute, May
16; The Wailers, Jun. 7. Chase RIce: Eyes on You Tour, Jul. 25; The Alarm, Aug. 20. 772-8274. Bach Virtuosi Festival, St. Luke’s Cathedral, Jun. 2, 4, 9; Etz Chaim Synagogue, Jun. 6. bachvirtuosifestival.org. Belfast Flying Shoes, 143
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Maggie Rogers is so enamored with us, she’s sticking around for two shows, July 25 and 26, but why wait? Summer is here, and you should be packing in as much as possible starting now! On the Rocks Maybe the most anticipated opening of the year, Westbrook’s Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row is going to deliver a knockout first show on May 26. GRAMMY-winning artist Anderson .Paak and his band, The Free Nationals, are shooting stars. On their heels, Slightly Stoopid rolls in on June 15. With a debut like this, Rock Row is already on track to be a memory maker Get To The Point It’s becoming somewhat of a Portland tradition, taking in at least one show at Thompson’s Point. It hardly gets better than a coast sunset accompanied by your favorite band. On June 7, soul survivors St. Paul & the Broken Bones will be breaking hearts with “Call Me” and new hits. Frontman Paul Janeway says fans can expect “a mix of stuff from Young Sick Camellia, Sea of Noise, and Half the City.” The band took the stage two years ago and fell in love—with us! “You’re a great place to visit in the summertime.” Asked if we’ll be treated to an Otis Redding hit—“Perhaps. Only one way to find out!” Maine’s thirty-somethings likely have a few songs by moody rock band The National in their breakup arsenal. In the wake Church St., Belfast. Chrissy Fowler with The Racket Family and sound by Eric Johnson, May 3; David Smukler with Anadama, Jun. 7;Chrissy Fowler with Riptide, Jul. 5; Luke Donforth with Shandy, Aug. 2. 338-0979. Blue, 650A Congress St. Worst Day of the Week,
of the band’s eighth album release (I Am Easy to Find), they’ll make their first appearance in Maine on June 20 as the Point’s second show of the season. On the Road Again ome artists, while never having lived in Maine, deserve honorary Mainer status. Their albums are telling of the times and often reflect our own lives, speaking to us deep down where our stories are conjured. Country music icon Willie Nelson kind of fits right in here, and he, along with his merry band of outlaws, will light up Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor on June 14. The Outlaw Music Festival features Willie Nelson & Family, Phil Lesh & Friends, Alison Krauss, The Revivalists, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, and Particle Kid. The next night, June 15, legendary blues artist Keb’ Mo’ will echo through the foothills
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while we ate.” What does a rural Maine setting inspire in a musician? Mo’ says the answer’s in his hit song “City Boy.” I can’t sleep, it’s too loud Everywhere, where I go, you know there seems to be a crowd Tired of all these concrete streets I want to feel the dirt up under my feet “It’s not so much about how far off the grid you are,” Mo’ says. “It’s more about the intimacy of the performance. Stone Mountain Arts Center is an intimate venue, very friendly. It’s not grand, but it is grand. It’s grand in the way that grand should be. By the time it’s showtime, you’re really ready because you’ve been treated right and you’re ready to give your best performance you can give.” With a new Keb’ Mo’ album planned for a June release, Stone Mountain audiences can expect new songs and a few by 22-yearold blues musician Jontavious Willis. Daring to Face the Real Portlandia he man with a thousand faces, Fred Armisen (May 23, State Theatre), and comedian Michelle Wolf (June 2, Port City Music Hall) are the big headliners kicking off the laughs this summer, but their marquees don’t cast shadows over our homegrown talent. Starting in June, Quill Books & Beverage energizes the summer with We’re Here: A Night of Queer and Feminist Comedy every third Friday of the month. Host Michael Beling says, “There are typically five or six comedians, sometimes from Boston or Connecticut to headline. [Quill’s owners] Allison Krzanowski and Matthew Irving do a really good job at creating a safe space, and I try to be really
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Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Cherish the Ladies, May 3; Darlingside, May 16; Schooner Fare, May 18; Three Women and the Truth, May 19. 4428455. Criterion Theater, 35 Cottage St., Bar Harbor. The Wailers, Jun. 6; David Crosby & Friends, Jun. 16; Lula
Wiles, Jun. 22; Judy Collins, Jul. 26. 288-0829. Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono. Masterworks IV: Viennese Masters, May 5; Boston Trio, May 19; Crosscurrents: DaPonte Quartet, May 30. 581-1755. Concerts at Jewett, 46
University Dr., Augusta. Masanobu Ikemiya, May 19. 621-3551. Cony High School, 60 Pierce Dr., Augusta. Kennebec Performing Arts Concert, May 3. 370-5381. The Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Chicago, Jun. 21; Josh GroM ay 2 0 1 9 4 1
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hen you think of comedy historically, “safe space” doesn’t come to mind. (It certainly wasn’t part of Carlin’s vocabulary.) “You can’t guarantee that someone’s not going to be offended by something,” Beling says. “That’s the nature of comedy. We try to be very explicit about Quill’s safe space guidelines, which are on the Facebook page. Certainly people have crossed lines at certain points, but I think if a comedian does something that isn’t appropriate, she or he should be able to take some feedback.”
The Attean Family Pow Wow will be held at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray on August 10 and 11. Traditional food, dancers, music, and vendors will be featured all weekend. Get there at 9:30 a.m. for the grand entry!
Tall Tales Returning to State Theatre on June 8, The Moth Mainstage presents five storytellers, including former Project Runway contestant and fashion designer Korto Momolu Briggs and Portland musician Max Garcia Conover, who’s been featured with The Moth in New York and Little Rock. “I’ve been telling stories in between songs since I started performing, but the first storytelling event I participated in was last year at Frontier for a series they do called SoundBites,” Conover says. “To me, telling a story is actuban, Jun. 24th. 791-2200. The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St., Kittery. Latin Night w/ Primo Cubano, May 10; Jazz at The Dance Hall, May 11, 17, 24; Swing Night with Amy Kucharik & Friends with Benefits, May 25; She Funk, Jun. 21; Swing Night, Jul. 6. 7032083. Darrows Barn, 3 Round Top La., Damariscotta. Salt
Lady Lamb The Maine musician lights up State Theatre with a new sense of introspection. b y Evelyn Waugh
ady Lamb returns to State Theatre on June 1 for the release of Even in the Tremor. The indie storyteller’s new work delivers her signature cadence with an unexpected pop twist. It’s been in the ether for four years. When I first sat down to write it, I was falling in love and facing the underlying anxiety that comes with that–the fear of losing what you love. My songs were coming out really intimate and acoustic. They became Tender Warriors Club (Lady Lamb’s 2016 EP).
and I grapple with what that did to me, especially in “Young Disciple,” where I talk about exactly what happened. It made me a contemplative person who investigates what I’m feeling in relation to humanity, the universe, and what it all means. Most of my records are influenced by biblical imagery, inspired by some of my absolute favorite musicians I was listening to when I first moved to Maine, like Sufjan Stevens and Neutral Milk Hotel.
Now…this! What’s it about?
What was it like growing up in Brunswick?
All over the place. A couple songs came from a week and a half I spent alone in upstate New York, and from Montreal, where I camped for a month last summer. I wrote in a little in Mexico, a bit in Nicaragua. It has a lot to do with the struggle of trying to be present and have self-acceptance. Where any song starts to veer into a manic or fearful place, I was actively battling myself. In on e song, I could be falling down a little hole of anxiety, selfloathing even, and within the same song, I steer myself back to presence, self-love, and gratitude. Even in the Tremor seems at times cynical about religion, even while it’s sincere in its biblical imagery. My parents were religious off and on,
I lived within walking distance of the Tontine Mall. It was a pretty golden time. It had everything I could possibly want: the Bullmoose Music Store, a little record store, a music store, and Bart and Greg’s, where I ended up working for four years. I spent a lot of time downtown, just blowing the paycheck I made working at Land’s End (on Bailey Island) on records and movies. That was a formative time for my music.
When did you start writing Even in the Tremor?
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Frog & Turtle, 3 Bridge St., Westbrook. Seth Warner with Susanne Gerry, every third Weds; Dave Good and Jeff Willis, every first Thurs.; The Groove Kings, every first Fri.; Elroy, every second Fri.; Boba Funk, every third Fri.; Juke Joint Devil Band, every fourth Fri. 591-4185.
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A big, explosive show. I have a brand new four-piece band. I handpicked three players from around the country who I admire and whose projects I love. There’s a string section—a lot of the songs on this album have strings and horn parts.
Frontier, 14 Main St. Mill 3 Fort Andross, Brunswick. Lavender Papaya, May 1; Choro Louco, May 8; Shadowfly, May 15; Darlin’ Corey, May 22; Greg Klein Album Release, May 24; Tres Cuchos, May 29; 725-5222. Fryeburg Academy Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., Fryeburg. Bradley Backstage: Dave Kob-
renski & Jed Wilson, May 3; Fryeburg Academy Spring Concert, May 9; Met Opera Live in HD: Dialogues des Carmelites, May 11; Creative Sole Spring Recital, Jun. 1 & 2. 935-9232. Gather, 189 Main St., Yarmouth. Gather Rounders, May 5, 12, 19. Titus Abbott, May 15; Kellie Muse & Susie Pepper, Jun. 19. 847-3250.
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What’s in store for your Aura show? I think they can expect to sit through five minutes of it, and then look at each other and say, ‘Whose idea was it to go see Gilbert Gottfried?’ And then walk out angrily. Have you ever performed in Maine before? I’m sure I have. There are entire states I swear I’ve never been to, and then I show up at the club and I’ve signed a wall, so I go, ‘Oh, okay, I guess I’m back!’ When you get a script like Sharknado, intentionally campy and absurd, do you expect it to become so popular? I think I’ve done at least three Sharknados. And the amount of care that goes into the script and logic…the first one I did I got killed by sharks, but then I was back in the second one. They said that if you watch it on TV, I survive, and if you watch the home edition, I get killed. Either way, I’m back in the second one. It’s always hard to judge! I mean, every
single review of Problem Child was terrible, and it was a major hit. Tell me about your most embarrassing stand-up experience? Once I was on stage in Chicago and someone in the front row yelled out, ‘Your fly is open!’ I walked to the edge of the stage and asked them to zip it up for me. How about your best? Those times when I wasn’t making any money, in my early days, when I’d just go up and say anything that popped into my head. Sometimes I’d have one of those nights when my mind was working overtime and coming up with bits. Those times I remember, but not one in particular.
Any recent projects? I’ve been doing a podcast for about three years now, Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast. And I concentrate on Old Hollywood. I’ve gotten some people I never thought I’d get, like Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner, Bruce Dern.
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Puppets, May 15; Superorganism, May 23; Adam Ezra Group, May 31; Start Making Sense:Talking Heads Tribute, Jun. 14; Steve Gunn, Jul. 24; Todd Snider, Jul. 25; Juice, Jul. 27; Real Estate, Aug. 5; Lula Wiles, Aug. 24; Ghostland, Aug. 30. 956-6000. Portland Bach Experience, multiple locations. Jun. 14-23. portlandbachexperience.com. Portland House of Music and Events, 25 Temple St. Harsh Armadillo, May 3; Color My World: A Tribute To The Band Chicago, May 10; Ghost Light, May 11; Raffi Der Simonian, May 16; Tribute to Blink-182, Jun. 1; Gina and the Red Eye Flight Crew, Jun. 3; Maine Dead Project, June. B-52s Tribute, Jun. 13; Golden Oak, Jun. 28; Bronson Arroyo, Jul. 18. 805-0134. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way. The Kids Are Alright, Jun. 1. 899-3433. Porthole Restaurant & Pub, 20 Custom House Wharf. Sugarbox, May 24; Stolen Mojo, May 25; Slygo Road, May 26; Vinyl Tap, May 26; Something Stupid!, May 27; Ragged Jack, May 31; Dan Merrill & Darren Whitney, every Tues.; Ciee House Band, Jun. 1; Pat Foley Band, Jun. 2; Joan Kennedy, Jun. 12; Fighting Fiction, Jun. 15; Fog Ave!, Jun. 28. 773-4653. RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St., Rangeley. Community Chorus Concert, May 31. 864-5000. Salvage BBQ, 919 Congress St. Live music every Fri. and Sat. 553-2100. Saco River Festival Association, Rt. 25, Cornish. Tom Whitehead & His Hot 5, Jul. 3; Los Galactacos, Jul., 10; Norwood, Jul. 17; Keanu Keanu, Jul. 24; Bold Riley, Jul. 31. sacoriverfestival.org. Saco River Theater, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, May 4; Violinist Jason Anick and pianist Matt DeChamplain, May 10; The Casco Bay Tummlers, May 24; Hiroya, Jun. 1; April Verch, Jun. 7; David Mallett, Aug. 2; Jennifer Porter, Aug. 10. 929-6472.
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Schoodic Arts for All, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor. Sean Heely, May 31; Miners Creek, Jun. 28; Bill Staines, Jul. 19; Gordon Bok, Aug. 30. 963-2569. Space Gallery, 538 Congress. Ceschi and Factor Chandelier with Sole, Brzowski, Pink Navel, and S.Al, May 17; Weyes Blood, May 26; Jon Spencer and the Hitmakers, May 28; Portland Chamber Music Festival: Retro/Perspective, May 31; Droneflower, Jun. 16; Helado Negro, Jun. 20; Mdou Moctar, Jul. 2; The Messthetics, Jul. 13. 828-5600. St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Desert St., Bar Harbor. Mount Desert Summer Chorale: Carmina Burana, Aug. 2 & 3. 244-0042.
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onboard the Casco Bay Ferry and take in the views of Peaks Island, because our coast and our ferries are nothing less than performance art. They expand our boundaries and touch our emotions. At night, they connect us to the universe. The same can be said of the nautical dances performed by the agile crewmembers of lithe vessels like those at Portland Schooner Co. As they swing past Portland Head Light and Fort Gorges, you realize you’re flirting with Maine as paradise this time of year. Maine’s stage dares to step offshore.
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hrough May 29, the Richard Boyd Art Gallery showcases Paintings in Oil, an exhibit the gallery puts up every year. “It’s comprised of seven different artists across multiple genres from still life to landscapes, contemporary to traditional realism,” says Pam Williamson, co-owner. “When we do group exhibits, I incorporate work that speaks to different styles and painting techniques so that there’s a little bit of work for people of all interests.” Paintings in Oil features Patricia Chandler, Carrin Culotta, Kevin Daley, Felicity Sidwell, Jen Pagnini, Roy Perkinson, and Wilson Stewart. “Come in, enjoy it, let it calm you,” Williamson says. “That’s why we select the work we do. That’s what art should be about. We go back to the old days where it’s art for art’s sake.” The striking self-portraits of Johannesburg artist Zanele Muholi don the walls of Colby Art Museum through June 9. Over seventy works tell a tale of starkly memorable selves in Somnyama Ngonyama—Zulu for Hail the Dark Lioness. “We worked closely with London curator Renée Mussai of Autograph, a nonprofit space in London that focuses on photography and the Af-
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t he a rt s rican diaspora,” Colby curator Beth Finch says. “In our Jetté Galleries, there’s a double-height space. We knew what Muholi calls the ‘wallpapers’ would look great in here. One is evocative of the Statue of Liberty. Another wallpaper is much more suggestive of a lioness. Many have a very direct, almost confrontational gaze. When you’re standing in a space surrounded by so many images of the same individual in different guises, you feel the complexity of one individual representing herself in a very powerful way.” Meanwhile, Rockland’s Center for Maine Contemporary Art presents Meltdown, a collection of photography and video by Maine artists calling attention to global warming. “People have been drawn by the mix of photographic and film processes,” curator Bruce Brown says. He’s dishing up “everything from the conceptual work of D.M. Witman, in which her photographs are facing into darkness on the walls; to the storytelling of Jan Piribeck’s animated film; to Shoshannah White’s use of coal and photography on five very large panels; to the conceptual beauty of John Paul Caponigro’s collage work; to Peter Ralston’s journalistic photos…” Meltdown will rock your eyes through June 9. Thespian Dreams n May 12, Mayo Street Arts hosts Vermont’s Bread & Puppet Theater. Their show Diagonal Life: Theory and Praxis “emphasizes the characteristics of our current predicament,” says puppeteer Josh Krugman. “[We may be] on the verge of collapse but are always
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f you’re like me, you follow craft beer as closely as you follow Game of Thrones. It’s fun to see dragons, but as soon as someone brings up Soand-so Stark you’re tapped out. But if you’re the only person still bringing up Robb at the barbecue when everyone’s talking Sansa, well…you get the idea. (Spoiler: Robb Stark’s dead.) The same goes for Maine’s game of beers. To prep for the season, I put down the stout and stopped by a few breweries to get a taste of what’s new. Paved With Hops Portland’s Industrial Way is in high gear preparing for the influx of thirsty seekers making their summer pilgrimage to the beer mecca. The first stop is Foundation Brewing, where John Bonney and his team– wife Tina and partners Joel and Christie Mahaffey–have concocted two brand new summer quenchers: The Weekender and Mango’s My Jam. “Mango’s My Jam is the newest of our M ay 2 0 1 9 5 9
Allagash Brewing Company: Darling Ruby, Farmhouse-style Ale, Saison, 4.5% ABV River Trip, Belgian-style Session Ale, 4.8% ABV
Austin Street Brewery: Pactolian Pils, German Pilsner, 5.0% ABV Battery Steele: Endless Ride (rotating series), blueberry/lemon Kettle Sour, 3.9% ABV Baxter Brewing Co.: Gopher It (June), Triple IPA, 8.8% ABV Prost Secco, Kettle Sour brewed with Champagne, peaches, and pears, 5.3% ABV
Gritty’s: Meddybemps Blueberry Ale, small batch brew, 5% ABV Vacationland, Golden Ale, 4.8% ABV
Kennebec River Brewery: Northern Light, Blonde Ale, 4.5% ABV Oxbow: Grizzacca (now available in cans), dry-hopped Farmhouse Ale, 5% ABV Lone Pine: Oh-J, Double IPA, 8.2% ABV Raspberry Sparkler, American Sour Ale, 4.8% ABV
Summer Swelter, Citrus Ale, 4.7% ABV
Liquid Riot: Vinlandic, Norwegianinspired Barrel-Aged Ale, 8% ABV
Foundation: Mango’s My Jam, sour fruit beer, 5.3% ABV
Herbie (May 21), DryHopped Session Ale, 4.3% ABV
The Weekender, sessionable IPA, 3.8% ABV
Nama (May 28), Japaneseinspired Lager, 5.3% ABV
Funky Bow Brewery: Cover Charge, IPA, 7.5%, Mid-May
Maine Beer Company: Post Ride Snack, Session IPA, 4.9%
High on the Hog (collaboration with Buck’s Naked BBQ, available at both locations), Pale Ale, Mosaic and Citra hops, 5.5% ABV
Mast Landing: Little Choppy (end of May), Hoppy Session Ale, 4.3% ABV
Percussion Mango (available in June), IPA, Galaxy hops, 7% ABV
Rising Tide: Maine Island Trail Ale (MITA), Hoppy Session Ale, Pale Ale, 4.3% ABV
OTTOTune (available in June at OTTO locations and select stores), Kolsch, 6% ABV
Sebago Brewing Co.: Hop Swap IPA, everchanging hop varieties, 7.2% ABV
Goodfire: Their, There, They’re, Pilsner, 4.2% ABV
Bog So Hard (June), Sour Ale aged in Pinot Noir, and gin barrels on Maine cranberries, 7.1% ABV
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fruit beers—we’ve done raspberry, peach, and, guava—mango’s just been released,” Bonney says as he carries out the samples, each varying in opacity. The first sip shocks with a lip pucker, but I easily find the mango and smile. “That’s a bit sour, huh?” “We’ll actually pre-sour the beer before we ferment it. We use lactobacillus, which is in yogurt, and that gives it a crisp, bright, almost lemony tartness. Then we ferment it out, and you can add fruit at different points. We typically add fruit during fermentation, and in this case it was a bunch of mango.”
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s it’s just 5.3% ABV, I wouldn’t hesitate to have a second on a July afternoon. While some sour beers can land heavily in my stomach, this one feels light, and Bonney promises variations through the summer. “We’re actually going to do a fruitpunch version, so think of Hi-C. It’s going to be a blend of cherries, cranberries, peaches, and tangerine. It’ll come out in May.” Steps away, at 100 Industrial Way, Allagash Brewing Company is launching their newest farmhouse ale, Darling Ruby. Taking me to the VIP tasting room, Brett Willis, marketing specialist, steps behind a small bar and cracks open a refrigerator. “This is a fun one when you’re talking about personal flavor, and it’s one of our new beers that just came off the pilot system,” Willis says. It’s the brainchild of industry specialist Lindsay Bohanske. “It’s a farmhouse-style ale with grapefruit juice and zest. The biggest task was juicing and getting the zest from two thousand pounds of grapefruit. Totally manual. You’re not gonna get a huge, ‘Woah! That’s grapefruit juice!’ It’s fruity, but it’s not necessarily grapefruit. Basically, we add the grapefruit before fermentation. It’s food for the yeast.” “I love how light and citrusy grisettes are, while still having a ton of flavor,” Bohanske says. “I felt like the grapefruit juice and zest would be perfect to tie in.” It’s nice, it’s easy to drink, but Wil-
lis is right—it’s not shocking me with a grapefruit flavor. “Could you actually taste the difference in the beers when you first started?” He laughs. “I think there was an element of ‘similar-tastingness.’ We do Belgian-style beers, so there are definitely similarities.” Launched in 1995, Allagash is a chief in the Maine brewing world. Founder Rob Tod is looked at by many greener brewers as something of a King of the North, a guide for the industry. “Our grain comes out of Wisconsin, but we do a lot of local grain,” Willis says. “Rob just made it an initiative in 2017. He said, ‘We’re going to buy a million pounds of local grain per year by 2021.’ We were up to 18 thousand pounds per year of local grain in 2017. I think we used like 235 thousand last year, and we’re set to use 600 thousand this year.” At Batson River Brewing and Distilling, they have local covered. The Kennebunk brewery grows its own hops just down the road on a Kennebunkport farm. The team aims to “capture the joy of sweet New England summers” with its brews, so on the edge of their first summer in business, head distiller Matt Dyer and head brewer Wade Ritchey chat with me over an Estate Pale at their tasting room overlooking Western Avenue. “It’s made with 100-percent Mainegrown ingredients. We work with Maine Malt House and Buck Farms for our base malt in this beer. Then we used the hops that Matt started around four years ago and add a little Maine honey,” Ritchey says. “It’s a good summer drinking beer. It’s a lower ABV; it’s soft and refreshing. It’s floral but not overwhelming. That’s generally how I want our beers to drink.”
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Portland afterdark dark P o rt l a n d a fter Good Time Guys You may not see a new summer brew from Lone Pine this season, but their brand-new tasting room in Gorham makes up for it. When you’ve just opened your second location and have been named the fifth fastest-growing brewery in the country by the Brewers Association, you might be a little preoccupied. In between an inspection and electrical fixes, owners John Paul and Tom Madden sit down to talk shop and hops. With the crisp crack of a can, I find myself drinking “probably the freshest Oh-J anyone’s had”—pulled off the line that day. “This is a double IPA,” Madden, head brewer, says. “There were a lot of ingredients we had that, through experiments, tasted like orange juice—coming from the yeast we’re using and the esters. We wanted to recreate a mimosa. Vic secret and citrus hops give you that orange pith sensation, and the yeast we use gives you that creaminess.” Big reveal (for me, anyhow): “No fruit is used. There’s no orange in it at all. It’s all through
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water, hops, and yeast. It’s made to mimic orange flavor. That was the challenge. Can we use the natural brewing ingredients to create that impression?” Success! Farm To Washington t Oxbow Brewing Company, brewer Mike Fava says their Grizacca “has a low enough ABV and is light enough, dry enough” for more than one round. “It has a slight limey flavor to it, so its bright notes go well with summer. Not to get into calorie stuff, but it’s swimming around 100 calories per serving. I like to drink beer. I like to have a few, and this is one you can have a few and still be active.” This is the first summer that it’s being offered in cans, making it perfect for your first beach visit this season. “This is a 5% ABV. Grisettes are traditionally a wheat farmhouse ale,” says Rebecca Thomas, events manager. “With this beer in particular we use Belgian wheat but then also Maine-grown spelt, which is a wheat varietal—an ancient grain. We brew
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this beer with that wheat and the spelt that comes from Aroostook County. The hops we use are called Azacca hops, which come from the Pacific Northwest. So the name “Grizacca” comes from the grisette and the Azacca together.” Hot Child In The City At just two years old, Goodfire Brewing is a brew baby among giants like Shipyard, Allagash, and Geary’s. As the team says, “All of our beers are pretty new,” but their
provocative “Their, There, They’re,” a pilsner, will be canned for the first time this month. “Their, There, They’re is a four-percent pilsner,” says head brewer Gordon Jones before he goes into details. I sip my beer. “That’s pretty low for a pilsner. It’s a style, and it’s also brewed with spelt, so it’s a dinklepils.” Dinklepils? “Pretty much is what it sounds like.” Still lost. Jones, 27, was brought onboard by Goodfire’s owner David Redding. It’s clear he’s a team asset, but getting the specifics of a beer can send him on quite the tangent. “We’ve got a grammar lesson in that branding, a graphic design lesson in ‘CMYK,’ and a math lesson in ‘Prime and Super Prime,’ says Dylan Ettlinger, distribution manager. Mom, I drank my homework. “We’re a little nerdy.” Beer geeks they are, but they’re the cool kids on Anderson Street this season. n
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Bistro 233 has something great and affordable for everyone in the family! Maine mussels, New York strip streak, baby back ribs, fish tacos, chicken piccata, fish & chips, jambalaya, and Bistro Burger. No more arguing about food style–we have it all! Fun, laid-back environment. 233 U.S. 1 Yarmouth. 846-3633, bistro233.com.
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Caffé Prego Ogunquit’s original authentic Italian caffé. Food & coffee lovers savor breakfast, lunch, and dinner–an eclectic mix of authentic dishes reflecting classic Italian hospitality & quality. Outdoor terrace w/ ocean views. Free Parking availl. 44 Shore Rd., 646-7734, open (daily) Father’s Day to Labor Day, Hours: visit cafeprego.com. East Ender Just east of the Old Port,w/ something for all. For a date night or after work drinks, our upstairs lounge is perfect for a casual night with friends or a romantic dinner in one of our cozy booths. Handcrafted cocktails or our award-winning burger made from cold-smoked beef. 47 Middle St. Portland, (207) 879-7669
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Fish Bones Grill offers creatively prepared American Cuisine along the canal in the historic Bates Mill Complex in the heart of downtown Lewiston. Lunch & dinner M-F from 11:30 a.m. Dinner Sat. from 4 p.m. Get hooked at 70 Lincoln Street in Bates Mill No. 6! Reservations 333-3663 fishbonesgrill.com. Flatbread Company Portland, Tucked between two wharves on Portland’s waterfront, this family-friendly restaurant features signature pizzas plus weekly carne and veggie specials—made with local ingredients, baked in a wood-fired, clay oven. Everything’s homemade, organic, and nitrate-free. Twenty local drafts and cocktails featuring all-local breweries and distilleries. Flatbread has a perfect waterside, relaxed atmosphere for any occasion. 72 Commercial St., 772-8777, flatbreadcompany.com/portland.
J’s Oyster is a premier seafood destination and locals’ favorite with indoor and outdoor waterfront seating on one of Portland’s scenic piers. Established in 1977, J’s offers classic favorites and friendly service. Coastal Living claimed J’s as one of “America’s Best Seafood Dives 2016.” 722-4828.
Kon Asian Bistro Steakhouse & Sushi Bar serves Asian cuisine with modern flair. Japanese, Sushi, Thai, Chinese, or hibachi tables. Private party rooms accommodates groups from business meetings to birthday parties. Choose fresh, delicious items prepared before your table. Family friendly; open Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. to 11 p.m., Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun. 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 874-0000 www.konhibachi.com Pedro’s focuses on simple yet full-flavored Mexican and Latino food. Offering tacos, burritos and an impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer, and wine. Especiales de la semana (specials of the week) keep the menu varied and fresh and showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining available. Open daily, noon - 10 p.m. 181 Port Rd., Kennebunk 967-5544, pedrosmaine.com.
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ociety portraitist Channing Hare lit up Rose Meadows for decades. In 1951, George Kane, the financier who would vault the Au Bon Pain bakery chain to world renown in the late 1970s, snapped up this bonne bouche. “My father spent summers here until 2009, when he was nearly 105 years old,” his daughter says. “He carried on his life to the end!” Always at full tilt, Kane was also on the board of directors at Panera. To reach this mansion at 84 Pine Hill Road, it’s a five-minute stroll from the lush gardens at the top of Perkins Cove to this lofty position. The spirit of the Ogunquit art and theater colony is center stage here. Listed for sale for $2.89M, Rose Meadows is itself a performance piece, lifted into memory by fragrant shore breezes. Mists of Memory “I was 17 or 18 when we moved in,” Kane’s daughter, who asked not to be identified by her first name, says. “I entered Smith College and graduated in 1955. Sylvia Plath was a classmate of mine. She studied English. I majored in Government.”
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Rose Meadows still majors in loveliness. “My favorite place is in the second-floor library, but I love the porches–especially the one off the library. It’s a friendly place. I remember reading Kenneth Roberts’s Arundel there.” From this Olympian perspective, viewers are treated to luscious, private views of the grounds across 2.3 acres. “The roses at Rose Meadows are mostly tea roses. It’s just so beautiful.” Kane’s daughter is silent a second. Is she remembering something? “I used to have an Irish setter who just floated over the meadows. Her name was
Patty.” During the winters, Patty stayed with the family at their winter residences on Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. During the summers, the entire family felt the rush of release when they made it back to the Maine coast. Channing Hare “built the four-car garage. Oh, yes, he stopped by the house! I met him a number of times. He was very charming, interesting, funny.” Hare, who kept a pet Belgian hare on the grounds at Rose Meadows just to spoof his name, excelled at capturing the sharp-angled grace, the prickly interiority of his subjects. No wonder he fell for the inexpressible, trenchant quiet of Rose Meadows. Because this house is a celebrity convergence zone, Hare may have painted his portraits of Kennebunkport novelists Booth Tarkington and Kenneth Roberts here. During his return visits to Rose Meadows after selling the property to the Kanes, Hare probably enjoyed seeing some of the world class art the Kane family has amassed and displays to this day. “My uncle, Charlie Smith, was the collector in the family,” Kane’s daughter says. M AY 2 0 1 9 6 9
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he gates and fences surrounding her estate have additional wire protection against deer, who dream of sailing over the barrier and into the heavenly pasture. “I haven’t seen them climb over the fences. They’re just here when I get here.” Inside, the gorgeous stairways excite with four matched art glass finials on the Newel posts. “My mother found them at the Edith Cooke antique store in Wells,” way back when. Just a guess: Pierpoint? What a place to entertain. They could have shot the movie The Man Who Came to Dinner in this house. “We serve lots of lobster in the dining room or on the porch off the dining room.” Fresh-Baked Inspiration A few years before 1980, Kane’s daughter’s brother, Louis Isaac Kane, who was an executive at Kane Financial with his dad, bought the “Au Bon Pain bread and croissant shop in Faneuil Hall Marketplace and expanded it into a chain, with [the elder]
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Mr. Kane serving on the board...In 2002, Fortune magazine reported that [Kane fils] appeared to be the oldest corporate director in the country, having been re-elected to a three-year term on Panera’s board at 96,” according to the Boston Globe. Backed by his father’s money and guidance, Louis would lift Au Bon Pain to a household name (no matter its comically different pronunciations) as a delicious bakery/bistro at airports and malls across the universe. Written on the Wind ith its pillars and gambrels, 10 bedrooms, 6.5 baths, Rose Meadows could also be a set for shooting Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Can’t you just see Bette Davis leaning down from the second floor gallery? Built in 1895, the house’s voice prints likely include ghostly visitors including Claudette Colbert, a pal of Hare’s. “Channing Hare was the second owner,” Kane’s daughter says. “As far as I know, the house was originally built for two sisters from the West. I thought it Chicago, but I may be wrong. There’s a letter from the architect to the sisters written in pencil that says he’ll do the finest job and use mantelpieces from Portsmouth, and it will cost $9,000. I couldn’t find it last summer.”
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down I-93. I’d seen 27 states; I could go in a million directions. Put time and distance between Sheila and me, make a clean break of everything. And, God forbid, have an occasional drink like a normal person, which amounts to the same as leaving. Sobriety has its place. I knew this. And being with Sheila was generally more good than bad. But small stuff can wear on you. A pebble gets in your shoe, and you end up walking barefoot. Around this point, I noticed something on the road ahead of me. Trash? Maybe something fallen off a tailgate and left behind. When I was closer I realized the debris was actually a dog. A big fella, sitting in a sunny spot where the pavement wasn’t crumbled, itching himself. People let dogs run loose out there, but why he chose to be in that spot was beyond me. When I sounded my horn, he stopped scratching, stretched, and began trotting toward the side of the road. Maybe he had a change of heart. At 40 miles an hour, I only gave him a second or two. First the Jesus Christ moment when I saw him turn back. Then my instinct kicked in. There was a thump. I felt it in the steering column. The dog wound up in the ditch, ten yards from where I pulled over. On his side, breathing fast. Some kind of shepherd mix,
I saw, with a leather collar but no tags. A red tongue hanging out, next to a trickle of blood and a pool of dog piss. He was trembling and snarled when I tried to touch him. In shock. I got a tarp from the pickup’s utility box, thinking a cover might provide warmth and prevent a bite. But when I returned, he was still and not breathing. I looked around, east from where I’d come and then over to where the sun was beginning to set in the hills. No one else was on the road. Nothing appeared different than it had been a few minutes ago. If you’d come upon the scene, you might think I’d just happened to pause there too. But I couldn’t help but look behind me as I pulled the dog onto the tarp, dragged him from the ditch, and found a spot near the guardrail where he was out of sight. Because I knew, from inside my skin, from the pressure I still felt against my right foot, that I’d goosed the gas at the last second and deliberately killed the animal. In my defense, this was not premeditated. Though it must have been more than a muscle twitch. Perhaps without knowing it, I was looking to stop and avoid what might lie ahead. Maybe accelerating put the brake on a bad turn of events that would only get worse, like when you counter-steer to come out of a skid. But it was no time for standing around. The pickup’s grille was dented. There was blood on my jeans. I was suddenly very tired and wanted nothing more than to go home and get some sleep, at least for the night. I drove over to Peru again a week later. Morbid curiosity, I guess. And despite a sarcastic remark from Sheila, I almost laughed. If you only knew, I wanted to say. I had to retrace my steps, mile by mile, waiting to recognize one familiar tree or stretch of road after another. When I finally found the guardrail, I wondered if I was in the wrong place. But the ditch, the brush, the angle of the road were all the same. Only the dog and the tarp were gone, so there was no evidence of my crime, or of my possible redemption. n
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ou might wonder what kind of man would murder a dog. Leave it behind the guardrail of a rural road. Some psychopath, maybe, someone with evil inside, but judge for yourself. The incident happened on my way driving from Maine to “Graceland.” That’s how my wife talked about such excursions, no matter my destination—as in “Elvis has left the building.” Though to my way of thinking, and I told her so, any break was a healthy break. No harm in taking a drive now and then, except in this case for the mutt. Sheila and I were just marking time, anyway. I’d gotten sober, little by little, and the Ninth Step says to make amends, but I guess the damage was done. Soon we’d move on—it was understood. Meanwhile, we snapped at each other like hungry strays. Trivial shit. On this day: Why hadn’t I bothered to repair the something or other. We both needed to cool off. “Screw it.” I grabbed my keys to the pickup. “I have to get out of here for a while.” I had no place special in mind, but a half hour later I found myself in Peru, Maine, a couple of towns over from mine. Driving always seems to relax me—even when I had a CDL and was making long-haul trips twice a week to the Carolinas. That was all behind me—the closest I got to a commercial vehicle now was my receiver’s job on the FedEx dock. But I like the feel of the wheel. As I tooled along I could almost forget the argument. The road was almost forgettable too, one of those back routes that looked familiar only at a certain curve or when I came up a particular hill. No signs to help navigate, just scrawny pine trees and clumps of birches and utility poles leaning like drunks. Every so often, a clearing where someone had left a trailer or tried to farm. As I drove through the woods of Peru, admiring the fresh leaves on a bright spring afternoon, it occurred to me that I could keep going, see where Something-or-Other Highway would take me. Shelburne, New Hampshire, was my estimate. Franconia in under two hours. Boston, a straight shot
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