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“Chit Chaat” Chasing down the North-Indian snack in Maine. By Sofia Voltin

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University of Maine in Orono sailed into the record books by 3Dprinting the 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat—3Dirigo. It took $40,000 and 3 days to build. A Guinness World Records adjudicator was present at the christening a few weeks ago to certify three records: the world’s largest 3D-printed boat, largest 3D-printed object, and largest prototype polymer 3D printer. “By working together, UMaine and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will strengthen environmentally responsible advanced manufacturing throughout America, as well as the forest-products industry in Maine,” Sen. Susan Collins says.

During her revealing book tour for Tough Love, former U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice has done some great shout-outs to her pals in Portland. Her mom, Lois Dickson Rice (19332017), figures prominently in the memoir. Lois was a decorated economist, education policy expert, and “the mother of the Pell Grant.” She was raised at 48 Lafayette Street on Munjoy Hill. She graduated from Portland High School in 1950, where she was student council president, valedictorian, and voted “Most Likely to Succeed.”

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The No Man’s Land Film Festival is coming to the University of New England in Biddeford on November 25. From the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, this adventure film festival empowers artists and athletes. Better still, it “undefines feminine.” “Our events showcase the beauty, strength, and power of a small handful of incredibly talented women,” says Kathy Karlo, tour coordinator and event manager. “No Man’s Land travels all year across the U.S. and worldwide with a selection of our best-loved lady-powered adventure films.” through Nov. 10; Dramatic Repertory Company Maine premiere of Lungs, Nov. 8–17. 774-0465. The Public Theater, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. Murder for Two, Nov. 8–10. 782-3200. St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Boxes, Nov. 6–Dec. 1; Who’s Holiday, Nov. 9-30; Broadway with Good Theater, Dec. 2–8. 775-5568. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish. Red Eye: New Play Showcase, Nov. 15-16. 642-3743.

Portland’s dance marathon is not over yet! There’s still plenty to see, including Sevilla, mi tierra on November 22 and 23 at Mayo Street Arts. World-renowned flamenco dancers Miguel Vargas and Ale Canoo are visiting from Sevilla, Spain. Portland Dance Month (PDM) is cofounded by Riley Watts: “My hope is that PDM will help audiences see brilliant forms of dance, creating live arts all over Maine.”

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Experience Lessons for the Liberal Arts, Nov. 10; Bowdoin Collects: Chinese Ceramics, Jades, and Paintings, through Jan. 5, 2020; Emergings Modernisms, American and European Art, through Jan. 5, 2020; The Nineteenth Century: American and European Art, through Jan. 12, 2020. 725-3275. Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. Temporality, Nov. 2–Feb. 23, 2020. 701-5005. Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Horse Power: American Weathervanes From a Distinguished New England Collection, Nov. 10; Peggy Weil: 88 Cores, through Dec. 8; I Am Not a Stranger: Portraits by Séan Alonzo Harris, through Dec. 15; Occupy Colby through Jan. 5, 2020; Wíwənikan…the beauty we carry, through Jan. 12, 2020; Alex Katz/Moby Dick, through March 1, 2020; Seed-O-Matic, through May 8, 2020; River Works: The Whistler and the Industrial Thames, through May 8, 2020. 859-5600. Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Exquisite Beauty: The Enduring Legacy of Grace, through Nov. 16. 808-8911.

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Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs from the Evening Express, 1920-1935, through Jan. 31, 2020; Holding Up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, through Feb. 1, 2020. 774-1822. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Featuring Rich Entel, Alan Sockloff, Nanci Kahn, Nov.–Dec. 773-2339.

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Film

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Cloud Cover Festival II, Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave. An evening of comedy and music from Maine artists, Nov. 23. 329-5621. Craft Fair, Saco River Theater and Old White Church, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Artists and crafters showcase, featuring raffles, facepainting, food and more, Nov. 23. 929-6472. Gardens Aglow, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 132 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. New England’s biggest and brightest light display, Nov. 14–Dec. 31. 633-8000. Maine’s First Referendum, Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St. Maine Secretary of State on the who, what, why and when of the 1819 referendum, Dec. 5. 582-3312.

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ikaline Iocono, owner of Vessel & Vine, has just launched her 2019 mixology university this year—to rave reviews. The kickoff class was “WildCrafted Cocktails,” where lucky students learned to make infusions, syrups, and tinctures with stimulating ingredients foraged from the Maine woods. She leans over her vintage-style bar. A dark curl falls over her forehead. “There are two schools of thought. One is that cocktails should deliver mystique.” A quick smile. “I’m from the other school. Cocktails should never intimidate. It’s ok to experiment and play with them on your own. “Mixing cocktails is all about a few simple basic principles. Once you understand them, you earn the freedom to riff on classic cocktails and make something new. This is what people look to me for—a unique twist.” Many of her students develop a signature style here. Vessel & Vine is half bar, half retail store. Her shop is stocked with elegant cordial glasses, vintage silver-plated corkscrews, copper-plated shaking tins, a cork and wood-grain ice bucket, a brass swan, etched floral coupes, wine, craft beer, rosé in a can, and essential ingredients. As in 30 November 2019 29

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“Cocktails should never intimidate.”

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to 40 types of amaro and vermouth. “You es are all about.” might taste something you love in these Vessel & Vine, 4 Pleasant Street, Brunsclasses, and then you can buy it in the rewick. Cocktail Concoction Classes: $45. tail side of the store.” With newly gained knowledge and exotic ingredients, “people History 101 get really excited to go home and play.” at Garofalo is the manager and “The most frequent question I get is mastermind behind the classwhen to shake or stir, and for how long. Stir es at 50 Local. “We host these when it’s a spirits-only concoction, like a classes only in the off-season. I try to do martini, manhattan or neone per month, and we’ve been ofgroni. Shake when you’re fering them for a year and a half.” June 2, 1851, adding juices or syrups, such Each of Garofalo’s classes has Maine was first as daiquiris and margaritas. a specific theme. On November As for how long—the goal is 24, it’s Prohibition. “I’m readto pass Prohibition ing a couple of books—Imbibe! the appropriate level of dilution while thoroughly chillby David Wondrich and Last laws—which only ing the drink. As a guide, Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibithree ounces of spirits should tion by Daniel Okrent. I’m going made us more dilute to four ounces.” to spice up a history lesson with Students leave inspired drinking and making cocktails creative as we and energized, but the classthat were around before, during, es offer further rewards, too. and survived after Prohibition. found ways “They’re empowering—it It will be much more hands-on, around them. sounds cheesy. The sweetand less scientific, than the spirest thing happens someit-based classes because this will times—people will create a new drink in be solely about cocktails. Participants will class, write down the recipe, and then slip make two different drinks while we talk into the bar and ask me to make it for them. cocktail backstories.” Moments like these capture what my classGarofalo’a first outing this fall was “World of Whisk(e)y.” “The first hour was tasting different whiskeys—Scotch and Vessel & Vine’s “Lady Of The Wood.” $12. Oloroso Irish, bourbon and rye. In the second, evsherry, Barr Hill Tomcat gin, cynar 70, amaro dell etna, eryone chose a cocktail to make showcasand homemade turkey-tail-rishi-chaga tincture. Served straight-up with a turkey tail mushroom garnish. ing whiskey.” Mark Quinn of Kennebunk and Bedford, Massachusetts, warmed to this class with his wife, Debbie. “Learning about the diversity of bourbons, ryes, and other whiskeys from the perspective of the grains and mash used, how they’re distilled and aged, was the highlight of the night,” he says. “It doesn’t get too wild here, but everyone has a good time,” Garofalo says. “People always end up enjoying the drinks, learning about the spirits. No one has ended up dancing on the bar—yet.” 50 Local, 50 Main Street, Kennebunk. Cocktail Classes: $55.

amari. Seventy-five percent of peo-

Temperance Studies “We started out as a mocktail bar in July 2013, and we’ve been offering classes for about three years,” says Mary Jo Marquis 3 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

and wine-based ingredients like ple who come in don’t realize that. It’s super important because they’re very perishable. They have a longer shelf-life than table wine, but it’s just 1 to 4 weeks.” —Nikaline Iocono, owner of Vessel & Vine

of Vena’s Fizz House. “Winter is a great time for these classes, as people are looking for something fun to get out and do. We enjoy introducing new ideas and taking the intimidation out of making things yourself. We also like to talk about the history of the drinks—especially Portland history. After all, Portland is basically the home of the Prohibition movement.” Vena’s Fizz House is named after coowner Johanna Johnson Corman’s greatgrandmother Irvina Johnson, or “Vena” for short. “She was president of the Maine Women’s Christian Temperance Union, so she was anti-alcohol and attached at the hip to Neal Dow,” Marquis says. “Two years after Vena’s opened, we added liquor to our menu. [The real] Vena would probably be spinning in her grave to know her great-granddaughter is serving alcohol. But cocktails and mocktails are still created equal here.” What’s the top recurring question in the

[The real] Vena would probably be spinning in her grave to know her greatgranddaughter is serving alcohol.

and it works perfectly. Fermentation details: Stainless steel fermentation. Charmat process as typical in Prosecco.

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A dry Italian sparkling wine style classes? “What is bitters, and what does it do for a drink,” says Steve Corman, selfproclaimed Bitterest Man in the World. “People use herbs and spices to enhance and flavor food—we use bitters in the same way. And a lot of people don’t know there are health benefits to bitters, too—come to a workshop, and you’ll learn more than you ever thought possible about bitters.” “Mixology is an art form,” Marquis says. “You’ve learned a craft. Once you catch the bug it’s hard to stop.” Vena’s Fizz House, 345 Fore Street, Portland. Mixology 101: $75; Let’s Make Mocktails!: $45; Fizzology 101: (Kids 8–12 years old) $20. n

with a more full-bodied fruit on the

palate. Good aromas of Bartlett pear and nectarine. Very easy drinking with balanced acidity and fruit.

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s a young sports reporter working for The Ellsworth American in the late 1970s, Jeanne Christie never imagined she’d get lost in the forest—and love it. “I moved to Maine during my second year at Indiana University Bloomington,” she says. “I came back to spend the summer with my grandmother. I’d planned to return to school in the fall, but she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.” “When I got the job with The Ellsworth American, I had to cover the Ellsworth High School boys basketball, which was the premier event of the winter season,” she says. “I didn’t know anything about sports when I took it.” In time, she became the weekly sports editor and chief photographer. Fast forward nearly 40 years. Christie has become an award-winning wetland preservationist—and certified forest therapy guide—with assignments from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Association of State Wetland Managers, where she worked as executive director for nearly two decades. How do you switch from sports to sensitively covering nature? “I asked my editor what I should focus on. He said environNovember 2019 33

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Navia takes five under a pine tree.

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on water purification through the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. “[According to the World Health Organization] there are 785 million people worldwide who don’t have access to clean drinking water, and that’s not just third-world countries. Bangor High School had three water fountains shut down while I was attending because of contaminated drinking water.” Amara’s goal is for all to have access to clean and safe drinking water. “I hope for the preservation of the environment so future gener-

ations can enjoy and experience the same things I did growing up, such as seeing Cadillac Mountain for the first time.” So what’s next? “I’m currently in the process of applying to colleges.” At the top of her list is Brown University. “I plan on majoring in chemical or environmental engineering with a minor or double major in environmental sustainability or equity. I want to include social justice, racial groups, and different ethnicities in my education as well.”

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hen Lincoln Peirce (pronounced “purse”) lived in Brooklyn from 1985 to 1992, he listened to old-timey country music on WKCR, the Columbia University radio station. One day he heard a song he liked called “Don’t Fix Up the Doghouse,” but, to his disappointment, he didn’t hear who sang it. Ten years later—but still before the Internet made solving this kind of mystery easy—he heard that voice a second time singing another song, and he had his answer. George McCormick. Who? He’s a singer familiar to listeners of “South By Southwest,” a radio program devoted to honky-tonk, western swing, and straight-ahead country music recorded prior to 1975. Lincoln has hosted the show for twenty years every Monday morning on WMPG 90.9, the University of Southern Maine’s community radio station. Wait. Did he recognize the voice after ten years? “I have a good memory for music,” says Lincoln, 56. “My brain remembers things that aren’t important.” But this Colby College grad remembers things that are important, too, includ-

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ing what it was like to be a kid growing up in Durham, New Hampshire. Those memories serve him well in his career as the creator of Big Nate, the popular comic strip about the misadventures of Nate Wright, a sixth-grader who’s a record-setter—for getting the most detentions. “People ask me all the time how I get my ideas, and my answer is boring: I sit down and think them up.” Lincoln also drew the eight popular Big Nate books, aimed at middle-grade readers. These hybrids of text and pictures held down a top ten slot on the New York Times bestseller list for over 140 weeks. Sales of the series plus compilations have topped 18 million books. Now, Lincoln is working on book two of a three-book series featuring the funny adventures of Max and the Midknights. Max is an apprentice troubadour in medieval times who wants to grow up to be a knight. These books are hybrids, too. As always, Lincoln does the design and layout by hand. When his editor at Crown Books for Young Readers calls for changes, Lincoln makes them the old-fashioned way. “I enjoy trying to fit the words and pictures together. It appeals to the puzzle solver in me.” With the thousand-plus pictures he has to draw for each Max and the Midknights book—not to mention the 25,000 words he has to write—Lincoln is a prime candidate for a digital device that would allow him to alter the size and placement of pictures and text simultaneously. He hasn’t found one, though, so he continues to work the old-fashioned way. Actually, he hasn’t looked very hard. “My system is inefficient,” he says, “but I work on deadline, and I worry about the time spent learning how to use technology. It isn’t at all intuitive for me. I haven’t been able to make the jump. If I did, though, I wouldn’t have to stay up until one in the morning.” The room where he does this painstaking work is on the first floor of the colonial home he shares with his wife Jessica Gandolf, an acclaimed painter, in the Deering Highlands neighborhood of Portland. It’s filled with about 1,200 CDs shelved alphabetically, sports memorabilia, and pictures of their son Elias and daughter Dana. Tucked behind some books over in the corner is the blue ribbon Lincoln won for his apple pie at the Cumberland Fair in 2004. It was the only time he ever entered. “I retired undefeated.”

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ate Hall is unstoppable. At ten, she enjoyed soccer, basketball, and track—on target for an athletic career—when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. “I was forced to take control of it.” She insisted on giving herself that first insulin shot. Now 22, Hall still leaps over any obstacles in her way. “I broke the [39-year] national high school longjump record and American Junior record with a jump of 22 feet, five inches. This qualified me for the 2016 Olympic Trials”— where she placed tenth. According to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations), Hall currently ranks No. 6 in the U.S. outdoor long jump. She won All-America honors 8 times in high school, along with over 30 state and New England championships. “I homeschooled and planned my days to my benefit. This flexibility was a game-changer in my career because I could train any time. It prepared me for college as well.” Hall studied exercise science during her one year at Iowa State and then two years at University of Georgia. At the end of her junior year, her gaze turned to the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, but her jumps had not improved within the college system. She returned to Maine to train with her highschool coach. “Training is far more individualized with Chris Pribish. In college programs, I didn’t always feel fully recovered between workouts. They em-

phasized a lot of heavy lifting, which isn’t best for me.” “With diabetes, people sometimes need more recovery,” Pribish says. “We are flexible and adjust workouts if sugar levels are too high or low. Our scientific approach tends to buck some of the common trends used in schools.” In February, Hall wrapped up her first season as a professional athlete with a national title. “A lot of my competition is surprised I’m from Maine. It isn’t a typical place for a track athlete to train because of the cold.” At the Toyota USATF Indoor Championships in New York, she won the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 41/4 inches and came in second in the 60-meter dash. Her winnings totaled $10,000. But a crushing summer waited ahead. “I didn’t make the 2019 World Championships.” She placed 10th in the qualifying meet with a best jump of 21 feet, 6 inches—missing the final round by one and a half inches. “I was in the best shape of my life. My approach was a little off, so I didn’t

hit the takeoff board. If I had, I’d have easily qualified for the World Championships. My goal for over a year was to make it. It was very hard to come up short. But I learned from this. I wasn’t able to pull it together that day, but my body was in the best condition it’s ever been. I know I’ll be ready for some big jumps in the near future. I’m taking this mindset and preparing for the 2020 Olympic Trials.” She’ll be competing on June 19 and 20, 2020 at the University of Oregon. “I’ve jumped there several times, and I’m excited to go back.” Hall currently lives in Gray. She works as an assistant coach at St. Joseph’s College and trains with Pribish at Momentum Performance & Wellness Center in South Portland. “She works extremely hard,” Pribish says. “She ignores outside distractions and focuses on achieving her goals. She holds herself to high standards and refuses to fail. Kate will continue to succeed on and off the track. She’ll win more titles and make Olympic and World teams for years to come.” November 2019 45

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“…Yes might mean no. The brain is unbelievable.” — Annemarie Albiston

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affect comprehension, too, so yes might mean no. The brain is unbelievable.” Beginnings Annemarie and her husband, Bruce Albiston, opened Aphasia Center of Maine in 2012 and Adaptive Outdoor Education Center in 2015. The Andre R. Hemond Aphasia Retreat—named in honor of Annemarie’s father—is held every fall. It’s a social gathering to support people liv-

ing with aphasia; both those diagnosed and their loved ones. “During one of our first retreats,” Annemarie says, “I had breakfast with a couple. The wife had aphasia and spoke zero words. Her husband stepped out for coffee, so I sat and chatted with her. ‘Do you have children?’ She nodded. ‘How many?’ She held up her fingers. When her husband returned, I casually mentioned she told me they had children. He was shocked. ‘No-

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He was shocked. ‘Nobody ever has a conversation with her. How did you do that?’ I’d learned the secret from my father. You love them for the people they are. loaf,” Bruce says. Enter the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center in Carrabassett Valley. Activities range from rock climbing to skiing. “The folks we work with have had so much therapy in their lives. Instead, we give them experiences they’re going to remember.” Bruce says. “We don’t just go for a sail—we teach people how to sail.” The Albistons are adding more housing to the lodge. Next stop is an event space in Greater Portland. “We’re trying to grow the number of people we serve,” Bruce says. “Our youngest [attendee] had a stroke when she was 9. She’s 15 now,” Annemarie says. “We met Emma a few months after her stroke. The first time she came to our retreat, her father had tears in his eyes watching his little girl relax and have fun. Now they’re a huge part of our community. The people here are my heart and soul. Sometimes it’s like being with my dad again. He passed eight and a half years ago. These folks are our family.”

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to the D.C. Swamp “This is my last hope to really bring the integrity back into our office.” —Tricia Newbold to the House Oversight Committee

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he first miracle is, how does a girl from Madawaska rise to become a senior security specialist in the Executive Office of the President? Young women and men across the state will appreciate knowing how to chart those stars! The next miracle is, when your moment of truth comes, will you be equal to it? So often a person from Maine is called upon to be the conscience of our country. On 23 March 2019, Tricia P. Newbold, “at great personal risk,” came before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform “to expose grave and continuing failures of the White House security clearance system,” according to a memorandum from the late Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chair of the committee. Twenty-five Trump Administration officials were first denied security clearances; Newbold was one of the specialists who issued the security denials. But a wand was waved, and suddenly they received overrides. According to the Washington Post, Newbold began to keep a list of Trump staffers receiving security overrides “in 2018.” “In an administration in which too many have chosen the path of least resistance—silence—Tricia Newbold decided to

put principle first and speak out,” says Ned Price, former National Security Council spokesman under President Obama, who has worked with Newbold. “As a native of Madawaska, Tricia’s integrity and willingness to stand up for what she believes is right are a testament to her Aroostook County values,” Senator Susan

Collins says. “Whistleblowers have played a vital role over the decades in bringing to the attention of Congress wrongdoing, fraud, and abuse. By speaking up, Tricia hopes to ensure that Americans can have confidence that decisions to grant, deny, or revoke security clearances are based solely on established guidelines.” Since her appearance, Newbold has disappeared from the public eye. Global Intel reports Newbold “earns around $120,000 a year and began with the government earning less than $30,000.” She started her career with the Clinton Administration in 2000, then continued during the George W. Bush Administration, the Barack Obama Administration, and now the Trump Administration. She’s 40 and lives in Severn, Maryland. Her parents still live in Madawaska. “She was a very smart and determined student who did not want special privileges or special treatment. Her friends were helpful, lifting her up when necessary, so she could do ‘things’ by herself and not have someone do it for her,” says Gisèle Dionne, Superintendent of Schools, Madawaska. “I taught the physical sciences. I’m thrilled that you’re naming Tricia. She’s very deserving.” No v e m b e r 2 0 1 9 4 9

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great humanitarian”—that’s how the Portland Sunday Telegram described Augusta Hunt on her 90th birthday. Throughout her long life, she championed many causes, using her wealth and privilege to improve the lives of those less fortunate. Augusta Merrill Barstow was born in Portland on 6 June 1842. At the age of 21, she married George S. Hunt, a prosperous merchant with West Indies shipping interests, including sugar importing. They set up housekeeping in the stately brick townhouse at 165 State Street (now the home of Portland Monthly Magazine) and raised two sons. With a lively mind, a keen interest in history, and her husband’s support, Hunt soon found ways to be active in the community. She had a particular interest in improving the lives of women and children. Once, she heard a story of a husband who sent his young children to live with relatives in Canada. His wife objected but had no legal way to stop him. Hunt went to work,

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Oil & Water “I’ve always been struck by the great success of both my great-grandparents. The George S. Hunt & Company was composed of 21 ships and two sugar refining companies. The ships sailed to Cuba and returned with sugar cane which was refined and used in the distilling of rum. Augusta, on the other hand, was a leader in the local Christian Temperance Union, advocating sobriety. One can only imagine the heated conversations between them! George only lived to the age of 67. Augusta was left financially well-off. She had the time and means to pursue her other interest—achieving equal rights for women to vote. She was quite a force and lived into her nineties—also an achievement in those times.” –George S. Hunt III (great-grandson, age 93)

“Learning about the life and devotion to freedom and equality that Augusta had has filled me with a sort of pride I have no right to, and inspiration to keep her work and dreams alive. Even, especially, in these troubled times.” —Helen Hunt

and in 1895, the Maine legislature passed an equal guardianship law. In 1876 Hunt helped found the Maine branch of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and served for many years as its president. This sparked her interest in voting rights for women, which the WCTU saw as vital for protecting the home and children. For decades, Hunt and others campaigned for full voting rights through the Maine legislature. When the all-male legislature turned them down (repeatedly), they tried for the right to vote in municipal elections or simply for the U.S. President. All of these efforts failed. Maine Woman Suffrage Association In 1916, Maine suffragists finally had sufficient votes in the legislature to send the suffrage question to voters in a referendum. Now 75 and retired, Hunt agreed to serve as interim president of the MWSA during a short-term leadership crisis. In October 1916, she hosted MWSA’s annual meeting at her State Street home to choose a new president and decide whether to pursue the referendum. Opposing the idea was none other than Carrie Chapman Catt, the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). This was odd because, for decades, NAWSA had been all about state campaigns. But Maine wasn’t ready, she counseled. MWSA had only $160 in its bank account, a tiny fraction of the war chest it would need—especially because it

lacked experienced suffrage organizers. A campaign would require outside help. Catt wanted to use NAWSA’s scarce resources to support campaigns in states where success was more likely. Hunt served coffee rather than the customary tea, and perhaps the extra infusion of caffeine emboldened the almost 100 women gathered there. Insisting that the “good old state of Maine” wouldn’t let them down, they voted to pursue a suffrage referendum. While no longer its president, Hunt worked hard on MWSA’s campaign. She went door-to-door collecting signatures from women on a voting rights petition. She found office space for the Suffrage Referendum League of Maine at 662 Congress Street, in the storefront of the Queen Anne style building her husband built in 1886. November 2019 51

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Augusta Hunt had two hobbies—bridge and Charles Dickens. She devoted a corner of her suite at the Eastland to prints of Dickens characters and held a Dickens Club meeting twice a month from November through May. One morning while Dickens was in Portland, George Hunt spotted the author leaving the Preble House. When he started to walk up Cumberland Avenue, George hurried home to tell his wife the news that Dickens was likely to walk past the Hunt mansion. Before long, Augusta spotted him passing their home. “I would have liked to shake his hand and tell him what his books meant to me,” Augusta said, “but I recalled what he had said about ladies gushing, and I made up my mind I was not going to gush.”

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Working for rights denied by society requires sacrifice, courage, and the ability to take the long view. Hunt demonstrated these in abundance throughout her career. So, when the referendum met with resounding defeat, she just looked ahead to the next campaign. The 19th Amendment that gave most women the right to vote was ratified in August of 1920. In recognition of her many contributions, Hunt was given the distinction of being the first woman to cast a ballot. “It was indeed fitting that...when woman suffrage was at last granted the first woman’s ballot to be passed was that of Augusta Hunt,” said Maude Wood Park, ExPresident, National League of Women Voters, to the Portland Sunday Telegram on 5 June 1932, in “Mrs. George S. Hunt About to Pass her 90th Milestone.” For 50 years, Augusta Hunt supported or led every movement in Maine to improve the lives of women and children. Highlights include equal guardianship, free kindergartens and day nurseries, Portland’s first-ever police matron, a women’s reformatory, a rest home for aging women, and, of course, voting rights. This Spring, 2020, a roadside marker that recognizes Hunt’s suffrage work, donated by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, will be installed outside 165 State Street. As her 90th news article concluded, “Her name will live long and her work will live always.”

—Anne B. Gass is the author of Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine’s Fight for Woman Suffrage, a book about her great-grandmother. She serves on the steering committee for the Maine Suffrage Centennial Collaborative and speaks frequently on suffrage history.

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sn’t there an easier way?” It’s a question Gabriel Frey, twelfth generation Passamaquoddy artist, is frequently asked. “They are wellmeaning, but there are no shortcuts to doing what I do. “I use black ash for my baskets. I cut down a basket-quality tree—straight, with little-to-no branches—and carry the log on my shoulder out of the woods. To get the raw material, I pound the log to fracture the fiber within the growth ring. I have to strike every square inch of the tree, all by hand. Once they’ve been removed from the tree, I further refine the individual growth rings by splitting and gauging them to the desired thickness and width. “What I do has been done for thousands of years.” Black Ash is so closely tied to Frey’s culture, it features centrally munity. She was like, ‘Yeah, sure.’ When in the creation story of the Wabanaki peoI started working, it was as if I were reple. “Glooskap is a mythical figure, kind of membering something I’d done before—a a trickster guy. Legend has it he shot his arcellular memory.” rows into the heart of the ash tree. When it His first creation, a traditional “potato split open, our people were created.” basket,” was originally designed for farmFrey’s talents stretch beyond basketers’ use in Penobscot county. “I was always ry. “I’ve done a lot of oil paintings and a drawn to making work-related baskets. My few charcoal sketches. I’m inspired to use grandfather was a strict utilitarian. His basmy artistic voice to raise the profile of kets were tools and meant to be used. Very Maine’s indigenous population, which has few basket makers my age were working in been marginalized for so long. I hope to this tradition. They were making ‘fancy’ add to our story and, in doing so, enrich baskets, smaller and more decorative. Maine culture.” “When my grandfather developed emIn early 2019, Frey, 39, won the physema, suddenly there was a time limprestigious United States it on how much I could learn. Artists Award, a $50,000 I went to live and study with unrestricted fellowship. him.” Frey remembers vividly He’s come a long way the day his grandfather said, I from when he made his can teach you how to make basfirst basket at the age kets, but you must learn yourself of 18. “I told my mom I how you make baskets. wanted to go and make a “For the longest time, I folbasket when the Maine lowed in my grandfather’s foot“Tall Purse/Fancy Pack” Indian Basketmakers by Frey recently sold by steps. Strictly utility. Then I was Alliance (MIBA) offered Home & Away Gallery in making a basket for a friend and Kennebunkport. a workshop in our comdecided instead of just carving

the handle, I’d sand it down. It became a polished handle. You could see the sheen in the wood—so satisfying! I began putting more time into each piece. I worked on the details and finished the edges. Each little thing led to more. A couple of elders said, ‘That’s not how you do it.’ Remembering my grandfather I thought, ‘That’s not how you do it, but that’s how I do it.’ “For us, form has always followed function—the pack basket, for example. Prior to European contact in the U.S., roads were rivers and every family had a canoe. The design of the basket was flat on one side to fit your back and rounded on the other to fit into the hull of the canoe. The form is the function. The purses I make, for which I’m now wellknown, are shaped like the pack basket. I’m still doing the same thing, but today, the function is different. They are wearable works of art built within the same tradition that connects people to my homeland in a physical way. This is all part of keeping the cultural history alive and maintaining awareness of what our society looked like prior to European influence.” Thanks to the $50,000 prize, Frey expects to be able to devote more time to developing newer and more refined forms for current functions. He works another job part-time to support his family. “I also have a small integrative massage practice in the Bangor area. I’m primarily in clinical massage modalities—myofascial release, trigger point, deep tissue massage, and sports massage.” His wife, Suzanne Greenlaw, is a Maliseet doctoral candidate in ethnobiology at the University of Maine. They have two children, Musquon, 6, and Alamosit, 2. “The typical artist demands that you go down into your creative cave and come up after 3 days for food,” Frey says. “I could do that, but I’m content. The children are amazing. You choose your struggles.” n November 2019 53

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Bull Feeney’s Authentic hearty Irish fare: from-scratch sandwiches, steaks, seafood. Local craft & premium imported brews. Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskeys. Live music 5 nights. Open 7 days, 11:301. Kitchen till 10. 375 Fore St. 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com. East Ender East of the Old Port. Upstairs lounge for date night or after-work drinks. Casual night with friends or a romantic dinner in our cozy booths. Hand-crafted cocktails, award-winning burger made from cold-smoked beef. 47 Middle St. 879-7669.

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Fish Bones Grill Creative American Cuisine beside the historic Bates Mill canal in the heart of downtown Lewiston. Lun. & din. M-F from 11:30. Din. Sat. from 4. Get hooked at 70 Lincoln St. in Bates Mill No. 6! Reserv.: 333-3663, fishbonesgrill.com.

Hurricane Restaurant New England cuisine w/an international twist. Lobster & blueberry pie! Local produce & seafood, full bar, award-winning wine list, in-house dessert chef. Sunday brunch. Live music Sat. nights. Lun. & din. 7 days. Bar menu always avail. Good restaurants come & go. Great restaurants get better & better! Reserv. suggested. 29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport. 967-9111, hurricanerestaurant.com.

J’s Oyster Premier seafood destination & locals’ favorite w/indoor & outdoor waterfront seating on a scenic Portland pier. Since 1977, classic favorites, friendly service. Named by Coastal Living one of “America’s Best Seafood Dives 2016.” 722-4828. 5 8 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e

Restaurant Review Kon Asian Bistro Steakhouse & Sushi Bar Asian cuisine w/ modern flair. Japanese, Sushi, Thai, Chinese, or hibachi tables. Private party rooms for business meetings to birthday parties. Fresh, delicious items at your table. Family friendly; Mon.-Thurs. 11:30-10, Fri. to 11, Sat. 11:30-11, Sun. 11:309:30. 874-0000, konhibachi.com. Maria’s Ristorante Portland’s original classic Italian restaurant. Greg & Tony Napolitano prepare classics: Zuppa di Pesce, Eggplant Parmigiana, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop Milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, Pistachio Gelato & Maine’s Best Meatballs. See our own sauce in local stores. $11.95$22.95. Wed.-Sat. open at 5. Catering always avail. 337 Cumberland Ave. 772-9232, mariasrestaurant.com. Pedro’s Simple yet full-flavored Mexican & Latino food. Tacos, burritos & impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer & wine. Especiales de la semana (weekly specials) keep the menu fresh & showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining avail. Noon-10. 181 Port Rd., Kennebunk. 967-5544, pedrosmaine.com. Ricetta’s Brick Oven Ristorante Modern, family-friendly. Award-winning brick oven pizzas, pasta, grill, glutenfree pizza & pasta, seafood & Italian entrees w/locally sourced ingredients. Dine-in, take-home, delivery, or have us cater. Kids eat free Mon.! Sun.–Thurs. 11:30–9, Fri. & Sat. 11:30–10. 240 Rte. 1, Falmouth. 781-3100, www.ricettas.com. Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea Chef Chadwick’s seasonally sourced, innovative taste of Maine. Spectacular ocean views inside the intimate restaurant or on the decks. Creative vegan dishes w/produce & seafood from local farms & sea. (Wine Spectator “Best of” Award of Excellence) 40 Bowery Beach Rd., Cape Elizabeth. 799-3134, innbythesea.com.

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A Celtic Family Christmas with Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Waterville Opera House, 93 Main St., 3rd Flr. Nov. 29. 873-7000. A Charlie Brown Christmas Concert, One Longfellow Square. Dec. 15. 761-1757. A ChoralArt Christmas, Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St. Dec. 8. 828-0043. A Christmas Carol with Will Rhys, Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main St., Denmark. Dec. 14. 452-2412.

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Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, State Theater, 609 Congress St. Dec. 3. 956-6000. Northbound—A Winter Solstice and Lucia Celebration, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Dec. 14. 879-4629.

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Holiday Gifts & Events Guide North Pole Express, Boothbay Railway Village, 586 Wiscasset Rd. Sat. and Sun., Nov. 30–Dec. 22. 633-4727. The Nutcracker, Maine State Ballet, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Nov. 29–Dec. 8. 808-5400. The Nutcracker, Waterville Opera House, 93 Main St., 3rd Flr. Dec. 13–15. 873-7000.

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Parade of Lights, Water St. to Waterfront Park, Gardiner. Dec. 7. Parade of Lights, Portland Harbor. Dec. 14. Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations’ Motown Christmas, The Chocolate Church, 804 Washington St., Bath. Nov. 30. 442-8455. Polar Bear Dip & Dash, Eastern Promenade. Dec. 31. The Polar Express, The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum, 49 Thames St. Fri.– Sun., Nov. 22–Dec. 23. 828-0814. The Portland Jazz Orchestra: Holiday Show, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Dec. 12. 761-1757. Rock My Soul: 10th annual Rockin’ Holiday Concert, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Dec. 22. 761-1757.

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Santa Hustle 5K, Maine Mall, 364 Maine Mall Rd., South Portland. Dec. 8. 847-829-4536. Santaland Diaries, The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Nov. 29–Dec. 1, Dec. 5–8. 442-8455. Santa Sunday, Sunday River, 15 South Ridge Rd., Newry. Dec. 8. 543-2754. Shop for a Cause Day, Downtown Portland, Nov. 30. Sing! It’s Christmas (Community SingAlong), The Chocolate Church, 804 Washington St., Bath. Dec. 23. 442-8455. Sparkle Celebration, Downtown Freeport, Dec. 6–8. Taste of Christmas Rooster Luncheon, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Dec. 4. 935-7292. Tate House Colonial Christmas, 1267 Westbrook St. Dec. 14–15. 774-6177. Thanksgiving Arts & Crafts Show, 203 State St., Brewer. Nov. 29–30. 621-2818. This Wonderful Life, The Theater at Monmouth, Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. Nov. 28– Dec. 8. 933-9999. Victoria Mansion Annual Holiday Gala, 109 Danforth St. Dec. 4. 772-4841. Portland Ballet: A Victorian Nutcracker, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Dec. 17; Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Dec. 21–22. 772-9671. Winter Solstice Mini-Fest Featuring Matt Flinner & Low Lily, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Dec. 21. 761-1757.

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hen Dr. Murray Straus, an internationally respected professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire, took a sabbatical in Paris, he and his wife, Dorothy, bought a 42-foot canal boat. What a perfect solution for writing a book“while cruising the canals of France,” Dorothy says. The two dreamers loved the experience so much they searched for another nautical residence beyond the modernist berm-style home they owned in Durham, New Hampshire. They discovered it in Maine, on Long Sands Beach. “Nubble View” was a 1930s Dutch Colonial home with dazzling oceanfront views across Long Beach Road. At one time, a tea room operated on the first floor. What Murray and Dorothy found was the kind of romantic place where they roll up the side-

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eading east, Outermark Island was the last mark before the open ocean and the first mark on a ship’s return. On some nights, the bridge lights of a tanker appeared rising over the swells off the island’s north point, but tonight the horizon was black except for the Machias Seal Island Light flashing ten miles west. Sitting by her bedroom window at her grandma’s house on the harbor, Emily knew that on Machias Seal someone lying awake would be able to see Gannet Light flashing eleven miles farther west on Grand Manan Island, and on Grand Manan someone could see, ten miles farther still, Quoddy Head Light in the State of Maine. When she thought she saw phosphorescence in the water, Emily shuffled into her grandparents’ bedroom and stood in the dark waiting for one of them to wake. “The weir,” she said when Grandpa sat up and hung his head. Emily followed in his footsteps to the pier. He rowed the deeper dory past lobster boats bucking their mooring lines. Moonlight burned in all four windows of the store. Once inside the walls of the weir, she leaned over the side. Black. Her greatgrandfather had kept a weir in the same spot and had twice filled seiners, but now, in 1978, a weir had become, as Emily’s mother liked to say, nothing but foolish. She tapped the bottom to stir the fish. Nothing. She stamped. Sparks spread around the scattering fins; glittering trails rolled underwater toward shore. Grandpa used rags soaked in kerosene and tied to the end of a stick. When he

struck a match and lit the end of the torch, the sky, the harbor, the other boats moored around them, all disappeared behind a curtain of light thrown by the flames. Clumps of burning cloth dropped into the water as he held the torch over the gunwales. The herring swarmed like moths, their bony mouths gaping. With a quick swipe, she scooped them in the net and dumped them squirming into the bottom of the dory. After the fifth pass, the net came up empty and she could read his mind: the catch, not enough to cover the bottom of the dory, not worth getting out of bed for. Then she spotted sticks floating in the water, four separate stubs pointed to the sky. The current turned them together. Four hooves. Emily raised the torch higher. Among the lobster boats standing as tall as ships in the shadows, there floated narrow legs, too many to count. Some of the sheep lay on their sides; their matted, wet wool like seaweed hanging from the ledges. Emily gasped and Grandpa stumbled over the slapping herring. His day-old beard scratched her cheek as he raised the torch higher: all around them legs pressed against the hulls of boats. As the flame dimmed, the shadows sank into the harbor, and the lines in Grandpa’s face deepened around his mouth and forehead. He dropped the torch into the water. Emily knew exactly who’d done this. Now he was in trouble, and so was she. n —Jason Brown’s third collection of stories, A Faithful But Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed, is forthcoming in December. Catch him at Longfellow Books on January 30.

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