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51 10 From the Editor “Ten Things I Love About October” By Colin W. Sargent

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MAINE LIFE 15 Chowder

A tasty blend of the Fabulous, the Eyebrow-Raising, and the Just Plain Wrong.

23 The Maine 100™

Checking back in with the state’s top businesses—how are we all holding up? By Colin W. Sargent

41 How’s Cannabiz?

What a short, strange trip it’s been! From Staff & Wire Reports

67 3 GREAT JOBS YOU NEVER HEARD OF! 17 Electric Avenues

John Roberts thrills our city with his neon dreams. By Colin W. Sargent

28 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Who needs a corner office? By Alec Palmer

37 Comic Genius

It takes a superhero to turn a hobby into a business. By Jesse Stenbak

47 55 Holiday Gifts & Events Guide

FOOD & DRINK 47 Food Networking

Pier 77’s culinary institute. By Diane Hudson

49 Dining Guide

HOMES & DESIGN 69 Talking Walls

ARTS & STYLE

“The Man Who Invented Maine” The perfect corporate getaway is for sale now on the shores of Mooselookmeguntic Lake. By Colin W. Sargent

51 Now Playing

78 Maine Real Estate

Your complete arts and entertainment guide. By Sofia Voltin

Cover: “Sunset on Mooselookmeguntic Lake,” by Meaghan Bailey; see “The Man Who Invented Maine,” p. 67.

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EDITORIAL Colin W. Sargent, Editor & Publisher

10 Things I Love About October

1. Sweater weather! Dido models a little Acadia National Park number in our TOC. 2. Boating is almost poignant in October. There’s nothing like viewing spectacular shore foliage from offshore. 3. Tourtières! It’s not just about pumpkin spice. Other cold-weather comfort foods start reappearing on the menu. Taste the joy of our Franco-American heritage to the soundtrack of Josée Vachon’s singing/guitar-playing/clogging in The Traditions of Québec and Acadia: www. youtube.com/watch?v=9Q8WOdfMWKU. 4. Warm-hearted, hot-headed Scorpios, start celebrating our birthday (October 24 to November 21)! It’s time to get your sting on! 5. The lines have thinned, so now you can grab a slice of beach pizza, sidestep the gulls, and walk to the end of the pier at Old Orchard Beach under the stars. It’s National Pizza Month! 6. Mysterious, apocalyptic fall high tides. The surfers all turn out. 7. Not every month boasts 31 days. The first letter looks like a pumpkin, and the last day is a doozy. Sometimes we get two full moons! 8. Fires in the fireplace. Who isn’t drawn to a warm fire on a cool night? My wife is drawn to the fireplace like a cat, and actually, what creatures aren’t? 9. The last frames of The Hunt for Red October take us to Maine. Luckily, we’re already here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCqR0_a6_so 10. It’s not March.

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eon is the vibrant niche where business and culture collide. Just ask John Roberts of Jayar Signs. A city is most spectacular when it has a glow on. When we called Bailey Sign in Westbrook, they said nobody in Maine repairs or designs neon from glass. They said we’d have to contact an outof-state guy.

His name is Neon Williams. I went to his shop [in Somerville, MA] one time, but he wasn’t open that day. Neon’s a funny business. First it’s hot, then everybody says it’s

Keeping home up in lights. BY COLIN W. SARG EN T

dead, then it comes back. I find myself in a unique position: I’m the only full-service neon-glass shop in southern Maine. How did you get started in neon?

My father opened up a branch of United Neon in Houlton in 1938. I was born up there in 1941. But everybody went running back to Portland because the neon business went dark during World War II when there were blackouts in all the cities. Dad worked on Liberty ships as a painter at the shipyard in South Portland. I went to South Portland High, 1956-59. Then I got married and went back for another year. I took some night courses in electricity at South-

ern Maine Vocational Technical Institute, courses in engineering drawing. After the war, my father worked as a sign man at United Neon on Elm Street in Portland. The building still stands. I have a picture: my father’s in it, my brother’s in it, the crew of 1950. I joined them in 1957. The year of Sputnik!

Yeah, Sputnik. I was 16 and hired on with United Neon as an electrician for signs. Then I started learning the sheet metal trade, plastic trade, welding. My father was a sign painter, so I knew about that. I could do anything in the shop. I stayed there until 1959. Then I went to Coyne Sign Co. OCTOBER 2021 17

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My sister lived in Englewood, NJ, so we went there quite a lot. Neon was in my blood! I had a bigger feeling when I went to Las Vegas. Most of it’s LED now. Tell us about some of your non-neon signs.

I started my sign business in 1975. At first I did a lot of gold leaf. The Marlborough is still there. Gold leaf job. Early 1980s. They’d had an art student do it on a window. I scraped off his work and then did my work. Quite a bit of difference. F. Parker Reidy’s was a nice place. I did a lot of work for Parker. What electric signs, not just neon, do you miss from Portland’s cultural landscape?

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Old Orchard Beach was full of neon when I was a kid. When I was at Coyne, they had the Seven Seas bar sign with animated fish swimming around. Right on the corner of East Grand and the street that leads to the Pier. The Coca-Cola sign in Congress Square was animated, a Donnelly creation. When they passed the billboard law, it was really a sign ordinance. Suddenly I couldn’t put up an animated neon sign. “It’s against the law. It’s about safety.” I guess no one ever got into a car accident looking at the CocaCola sign. Have you ever imagined the city of Portland without neon? When we close our eyes we see Three Dollar Deweys, Portland Monthly, Becky’s, and on and on.

It would be hard. Ever run into a group who’s tried to stop the use of neon in Maine because it’s too urban?

I made a sign for a guy in Kennebunk. He put it up, but the town said it had to come down. He won because he said it was a piece of art. What is art? I use the term “artist” loosely for myself. I’ve never tried to palm myself off as an artist, but I recognize I am. I’ve always sketched and drawn. It all comes together if you read things and do things and have a curious mind. It came down to this: my sticker signature was on it. Of all the letters in the alphabet, what’s the hardest to create in neon?

The absolute worst is an O. I just had to do the word “BOOKS,” and to get those two Os looking alike takes a little work. If it’s all by itself it’s fine, but if there are two in a row, there’s bound to be comparison. What are the sounds of neon? There’s a humming from the transformer and a tickling kind of flicker inside the tubes, like something live scratching to get out.

Sometimes a tube will flicker because the brightener inside it hasn’t stabilized. Some of the new argon tubes will flicker while it’s stabilizing. Neon doesn’t flicker. I made a neon sign for a movie studio that did flicker. They wanted the sign to look like it was in the desert with the wind blowing, where it would go off and on because of a faulty connection. They wanted the sign to look just like I hate signs to look: broken. You love neon, but tell us about some neon jobs you’ve hated.

ou know the credit union on Forest Avenue below the post office? A. R. Wright used to be there where the trains came in. On top of those silos was a huge neon sign. The neon sign spelled out A. R. Wright Coal Company, with two lumps of coal with flames that flashed. It was enormous. It was so big you could get right inside it. But you had to get the pigeons out first. The silos were filled with birds. You had to hang on to the cables that held the thing up, because 10,000 pigeons came flying up when you intruded on their space. Four and five to a nest, cooing. What a stink! The smell of ammonia. Guano four inches deep. Every ten years someone OCTOBER 2021 19

A RT & SCIEN CE had to shovel it out and start again. Neon sounds thrilling, but what about workplace injuries?

I’ve been shocked installing a transformer on a foggy day in Falmouth. You couldn’t see the crew on the street. They turned on the electrodes while I was up on the roof, behind the sign. Fifteen thousand volts went through one arm and down the other. The guy who was with me, Leo, knocked me

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No, I don’t dream in neon. Want to know the truth? I played football and I dream of running, but I can’t run anymore. I was a cornerback at South Portland High.

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he filters for this report are: 1) must be headquartered in Maine and 2) is a forprofit business. But COVID melts the edges of things like state borders almost as quickly as technology does. Evan Livada of Livada Securities wrote me an email last week: “With the mobility of working from home, who really knows what is a Maine company? I played golf the other day with a guy who just moved here and is CFO of a multi-billion dollar company based in Massachusetts.” At least we can assume they’re Red Sox fans.

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he Penobscot Narrows Bridge is one of just four bridge observatories standing in the world today. At 420 feet (forty-two stories), it’s the tallest occupied structure in Maine, and the highest bridge observatory on the planet, according to Maine.gov. The observatory provides a 360-degree panoramic view of the surrounding countryside, including historic Fort Knox. Eileen Bartlett has been a part-time usher for the observatory for the past three years.

What drew you to this unusual job? Do you have any personal connection to the bridge?

My grandpa grew up a half mile from here. His father drowned in the river on Thanksgiving Day, 1894, two months before my grandpa was born. That was back when a ferry ran between Fort Knox and Bucksport. The old WaldoHancock Bridge was built in 1931. 28 P O R T L A N D MAGAZINE

I used to be terrified of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge. Did it scare you too?

No, not really. When I was a kid, a friend and I would get in the middle of the bridge and wait for a truck to pass by and make the suspension bridge shake up and down! What happens when someone gets vertigo in the observatory?

I’ve never seen anyone panic. They’ll say, “Oh god, we’re high!” and they’ll have to come right down, but it doesn’t happen every day. People are warned that it’s floor-toceiling glass, so you can look straight out at

the horizon. Some people end up hugging the wall the whole time. Has anyone ever acted unruly up there?

Not that I’ve seen. Last week we had a group of sixty-five kids around seven years old up here on a field trip. Everyone was excellent and well behaved. They were kind of in awe. They actually acted worse when they got back on the ground. How’s the leaf peeping in September and October?

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or twenty-eight straight years you go to the San Diego Comic Con with your dad. For five or six years you sell high-end watches. Then you start selling high-end comics as a side hustle. You get an MBA at National University in San Diego. You have to travel in this business. I am a facilitator for grading companies. There aren’t many of us. I witness signatures and sometimes fly them by air directly to a collector. It’s lucrative to be a witness. OCTOBER 2021 37

IN THE HU N T How are the first three issues of Kevin Eastman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doing? They’ve come a long way from Westbrook.

Oh yeah, one of the first issues sold last week for $245K.

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ComicConnect sold a CGC 9.8 copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984) with white pages (CGC #3866366001) for $245,000 on September 1. This sale set a record for highest price paid for a Copper Age comic book. It beat out the recent sale of another CGC 9.8 copy with white pages (CGC #2081174001) that sold on ComicConnect for $240,000 on August 24, 2021. These two recent sales completely eclipsed a January Heritage sale of a CGC 9.2 copy of the book, that was signed by Kevin Eastman, by over $200,000 (see “’Batman’ #1 Sells at a Record $2.2 Million”). The sale also comes within $20,000 of the top sale of a Bronze Age comic book; which was a copy of Marvel Spotlight #5, featuring the first appearance of Ghost Rider, that went for $264,000 in June (see “Ghost Rider Sells For $264,000 at Heritage Auctions”). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984) is the first appearance of Turtles, Splinter, and Shredder, and was self-published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It is a rare book to find in high-grades with only 3,000 copies printed by Mirage Studios. —icv2.com/articles/news/view/49224

Before, as a fan, you could go and get a signature. COVID shut that down when the conventions stopped. For the first three months of the pandemic, everything was shut down. Instead of stopping demand, it increased. We lost a lot of stores. What we did was double down on signatures. How many people in Maine do what you do?

I’m the only facilitator.

money, but they can’t always get what they want. They may request a one-ofa-kind piece that only one person owns who would never sell it. These collectors would put the comics in a trust and will be with their families forever. The sheikhs don’t like to be told there are things they can’t buy. How many comics do you have in your personal collection?

I have about 200,000 comics in long boxes. About 10,000 of them are graded.

El Rey Comics is headquartered at 75 Bishop Street in Portland, yet you have an international clientele.

Tell me about grading.

I’ve traveled to Argentina, China, Mexico—I’m from Tijuana—Paris. China likes to buy a lot, but everyone’s afraid of counterfeits. The sheikhs have lots of

rading is a gray area. Once a piece has been graded, you can’t read it. It is sealed up in plastic. It’s for archival purposes. It’s like it is entombed.

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It has archival-level protection. Once it’s graded, it takes the argument of value off the table. Originally, artists would not sign the front cover, as it was considered disrespectful. They would sign inside by their name. Over time, they would sign on the front on top of the type or in a blank area. Nowadays they’ll sign anywhere. What is the most valuable comic you’ve worked with?

Action Comics #1 is worth $400K. It’s the first time Superman appeared. What makes some comics so valuable?

Condition is everything. It’s not rarity, it’s condition. In the 1940s the paper was different, and the ink had lead, and the staples

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comics needs to reflect what is not said.” would rust. When I lived in San Diego you’d hear stories of people finding comics in their attics from when soldiers went to war and they left their collections behind, and when you picked them up they would just crumble. Do you have any security measures?

Anything over a certain value you store at the bank. Every book that comes in, I scan. Every graded book is sealed up and has a serial number. If someone stole a book, I would report it stolen. If someone tried to resell it in its graded state, they’d get caught because of the serial number. What is the most misunderstood thing about what you do?

Some people think comics are for kids. Comics are a legitimate business. They’re feeding more stories into Netflix, Hulu, and pop culture. What is your favorite contemporary series?

ight now I’m reading The Department of Truth by James Tynion. He’s the hottest writer. The premise is that if enough people believe a conspiracy theory, it becomes true. How long does it take for a comic to go from idea to printed book?

If you’re not at Marvel or DC, it would take about six months to flesh out an idea. If approved, it would take eighteen months for a six-issue story arc. How does one know who they should collect?

The business is built on speculation. Disney is a public company. They tell you what’s coming four years out. Collectors know what's coming and start buying them up. I don’t see it as a bubble. What about Maine authors?

Stephen King is writing one right now with his son Owen King, called Sleeping Beauties. Joe Schmalke is the rare breed who writes and creates his own. Oh, and of course Kevin Eastman of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. n OCTOBER 2021 39

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dent has a smoking-hot job. He’s Director of Engagement and Community Outreach for the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy. It must be like knowing the weather before it happens. He’s among the first to see the trends. The numbers come in, he releases them, and then he likely wonders what it all means. He recognizes his unique opportunity to be

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o home delivery is permitted in Medical Use? Marketing for that has taken a great leap forward since Portland Monthly covered cannabis trends last spring. (Like it says at the bottom of the Maine Marijuana Deliveries page at Weedmaps.com, “We use cookies to improve your experience.”) “It doesn’t say permitted. It’s simply not prohibited for the Medical Use pro-

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take the course. “My executive chef teaches what you need to know in the kitchen. But if you don’t know how to read a profit-and-loss statement, you won’t have success.” To astonish diners, financial management must be one of your secret ingredients. In matters of innovation and taste, “you have to learn how to analyze.” COOKING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN Starting in December and continuing for ten weeks during the slower months, Kaya meets with trainees every two weeks, OCTOBER 2021 47

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SERVING IT FORWARD “I was a J-1 trainee myself, traveling from my home in Germany to Malta. It was one of the best times of my life. Still, I wasn’t adequately prepared for real-world management and had to go through tough learning on my own through many mistakes to get to a place of competence. I know how it is out there, and I can give back now. Since no one did it for me, I want to help others get to where they need to be. Seeing them succeed—that’s all I want out of it.” One of the benefactors of Kaya’s training is Melih Yilmaz, who came to Pier 77 from Azerbaijan and was awarded his Certificate of Completion in 2018. “America was my dream,” says Yilmaz. “When I applied for the J-1 in 2017, I got the job here. I loved it. We had an American chef who taught the food side.” But Yilmaz felt excitement in the management classes too. “I learned how to man48 P O R T L A N D MAGAZINE

ing a really good teacher. You must believe in yourself and the people you’re working with. When people know you believe in them, they’ll be stronger and will believe in you. And I tell them it’s okay to make mistakes. Yes, I’m still making mistakes. You learn from them—it’s normal.” WHAT’S ON THE MENU orking with the menu and staff from different countries is a challenge Yilmaz savors. “Most of the time, our menu is American cuisine. People want to see mussels, fried clams, different seafood. This year we have J-1 trainees from Thailand and Turkey. I talk to my guys and honor them for their ideas we can combine together to improve ourselves and the restaurant. They learn the classic foods, but we experiment too, sometimes offering a different menu special. Recently we showed a Thai influence: haddock with coconut milk, lemongrass, ginger, and bok choy in a stew.” His favorite dish to prepare? “Two, actually. Homemade ravioli, and risotto. A chef I worked with in Istanbul made the best risotto but wouldn’t give up his grandmother’s recipe. I finally said to him, ‘I can do anything, and if I can make this risotto too, it will help you,’ so he finally gave it to me. I’ve given it to all of my staff as well.” Although the J-1 visa allows only one twelve-month stay (Yilmaz is an exception), Kaya often follows his trainees’ successes on LinkedIn and receives personal notes from them. Recently Archie from the Philippines got a job in Dubai. “Mr. Kaya, thank you for all your teachings. You didn’t only teach us to be chefs, you also inspired us to seek higher and more challenging positions.” With students like this, life is dessert. n

age the kitchen. A cook is just a cook—a chef is different.” On higher ground, “everyone can be a chef, but not everyone can be a good chef.” Yilmaz’s enthusiasm panned out. He’s now the executive chef at Pier 77, with Kaya sponsoring him and helping him to get his green card. “Yalcin told me, this will require your being here for two years. It may be hard for you and your family. Consider that before accepting.” And it’s true. “My mother is sad and misses me. But if I’m happy, she’s happy. It’s four years now, and I do miss home, but [at 29] I’m also thinking of my future, and this is a good place for me right now. With Covid fears, I’m able to tell my family that in Maine we are very careful. That’s welcome news for them.” What Yilmaz likes most is working with the staff. “I like to train people. When they come here, they don’t know much other than how to use the knife. I learned from Yalcin’s training that respect is key to be-

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Harvest on the Harbor, Ocean Gateway, Portland. Food & wine festival with chef demonstrations, lobster chef competition, Brews & Blues BBQ, & tasting events, Nov. 4–7. Harvestontheharbor.com. Harvestfest, Short Sands Beach, York. Local food vendors, kids’ activities, juried crafters, old-fashioned market vendors, & live music, Oct. 16. 363-4422. The Maine Cannabis Convention, Portland Sports Complex, 512 Warren Ave. Oct. 16–17. 400-4446. Maine Harvest Festival, Cross Insurance Center, Bangor. Celebration of Maine’s small farms & their bounty with over 150 artisans, bakers, vintners, & other vendors, Nov. 20–21. 561-8300.

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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum, 49 Thames St. Pumpkin Train, Oct. 23, 24, 30, 31. 842-0800. MOFGA’s Education Center, 294 Crosby Brook Rd., Unity. Great Maine Apple Day: workshops, cider pressing, educational displays, identifying apples, & kids’ activities, Oct. 17. 568-4142.

een Tribute 2 Prince, Oct. 30; Buckcherry with Hinder, Oct. 31. 772-8274. Bangor Arts Exchange, 193 Exchange St. Town Meeting, Oct. 16; Merther, Oct. 23. 200-6881. Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., An evening with Organically Good Trio, Oct. 15; Blockhead with Arms & Sleepers and Mosart 212, Oct. 22; Vapors of Morphine & Muddy Ruckus, Nov. 6. 791-2695.

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. The Phantom of the Opera 1925 silent film with improvised organ accompaniment by Municipal Organist James Kennerley, Pre-recorded at the Saco Drive-In, 969 Portland Rd., Oct. 16; live at Merrill Auditorium, Oct. 30. 842-0800. Harris Farm, 280 Buzzell Rd., Dayton. Pick Your Own Pumpkins, through Oct. 31. 499-2678.

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Pineland Farms, 16 Pineland Dr., New Gloucester. Corn maze with clues along the way, through Oct. 31. 650-3031. Pumpkin Pickin’ Trains to SeaLyon Farm, WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Train ride to SeaLyon Farm to pick your own pumpkin. Farmstand will be open, Oct. 16 & 23. 882-4193. Pumpkin Valley Farm, 100 Union Falls Rd, Dayton. Fall festival with five-acre corn maze & pick-your-own pumpkins, jumping pillow, corn pit, farm animals, & play areas, weekends through Oct. 30. 929-4088. Thunder Road Farm, 185 Newport Rd., Corinna. Dempsey Challenge corn maze, U-Pick pumpkins, & play area, through Oct. 31. 278-2676. Treworgy Family Orchards, 3876 Union St., Levant. Night Maze, Oct. 15, 16, 22, 23; “Charlotte’s Web” corn maze, hayrides, through Oct. 31. 884-8354.

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Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St., Belfast. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Oct. 14–24. 619-3256. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. The Ghost Train, Oct. 15–31. 282-0849. Denmark Arts Center, Bi-

centennial Park, Firelane 98. The Girl Who Swallowed A Cactus, Oct. 16. 452-2412. Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth. I Think I Love You, Oct. 7–23; The Colors of My Life, Nov. 4–20. 747-5434. Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Jane Austen’s Lady Susan, Oct. 20–Nov. 14. 835-0895. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Late Nite Catechism: The Holy Ghost and Other Terrifying Tales, Oct. 29. 941-7888. Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Nunsense, through Oct. 10. 667-9500. Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. You Got Older, Oct. 7–31. 747-4148. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Top Hat Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors, Oct. 29. 879-4629. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. RENT, 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, Oct. 28–29; Portland Ballet: Persephone & Hades, Oct. 29 & 30; Portland School of Ballet: Spooktacular, Oct. 30; Cartography, Nov. 4. 842-0800. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Young Frankenstein, Oct. 6–31. 646-5511. Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. Perseverance, through

Oct. 17; Searching for Mr. Moon, Nov. 3–21. 774-0465. The Public Theater, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. Middletown, Oct. 15–24, streaming Oct. 19–24. 782-3200. Royal River Community Players, Hillside Cemetery, Yarmouth. Stroll Haunted Yarmouth live-streamed, Oct. 22–31. 760-4350. Saco River Theater, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Mrs. Mannerly, Oct. 22–30. 929-6615. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, through Oct. 10; Fall One Acts, Oct. 15–17; The Red Eye Festival, Oct. 23. 642-3743. Snowlion Repertory Company, Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. My Witch: Margaret Hamilton’s Stories of Maine, Hollywood, and Beyond!, Oct. 29–31. 518-9305. SPACE, 538 Congress St. El Planeta, Oct. 13. 828-5600.

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Aura, 121 Center St. Blue October with Yam Haus, Oct. 10; Dark Desert Eagles, Oct. 15; Get the Led Out, Oct. 21; The Record Company with Jason Spooner Band, Oct. 22; Martin Sexton, Oct. 23; An evening with Dopapod, Oct. 24; Purple Brainz 8: A Hallow-

Blue, 650A Congress St. Cumberland Crossing & Bluegrass Jam Session, Oct. 14; LVDY, Oct. 15; Tracy & Tony Jazz Duo, Oct. 16; D. Gross, Oct. 21; Samuel James, Oct. 22; Sherrie Phair Trio, Oct. 23; Blue Frisell & Tony Scherr Duo, Oct. 24. 774-4111. Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Ouellette, Lefebvre, & Page, Troy Hudson & The High Road, Oct. 15; Denny Breau, Oct. 23; Half Moon Jug Band, Oct. 29; Carole Wise & Friends, Oct. 30; Unfinished Blues Band, Nov. 5. 560-5300. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue, Oct. 10; Jaded Ravins, Oct. 15; Cold Chocolate, Oct. 22; David Clarke Trio, Oct. 29. 236-7963. The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Love By Numb3rs, Oct. 23. 442-8455. Denmark Arts Center, Bicentennial Park, Firelane 98. Northbound Singers, Oct. 23; The Starlight Honeys, Oct. 24; Micromasse, Nov. 6. 452-2412. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Chee-Yun & Mak Grgic, Oct. 17. 941-7888. Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. James Montgomery, Oct. 15; The Peacheaters, Oct. 16; The Accidentals & Sawyer Fredericks, Oct. 23; Judy Collins, Oct. 29; Cheryl Wheeler, Oct. 30; Blues Project–Projections 2021, Nov. 4; Ryan

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EXPERIENCE B. Hebert: Frank Sinatra & Standards Feature, Nov. 5. 646-4777. Maine Academy of Modern Music, 125 Presumpscot St. Ghoul of Rock, Oct. 24. 899-3433. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. April Reed-Cox & Oren Robinson, Oct. 22; Jeff Aumuller & The Potato Pickers, Oct. 23. 879-4629. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Martina McBride, Oct. 9; Onward: A PSO Homecoming, Oct. 19; Pacifica Quartet, Oct. 20; Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro: ‘Och and Oy! A Considered Cabaret’, Oct. 22; PSO: Celtic Spirit, Oct. 23 & 24; PSO: Piano Men, Nov. 6 & 7. 842-0800. Ogunquit Performing Arts, S. Judson Dunaway Center, 23 School St. Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival: Student Piano Recital, Oct. 17. 646-5139. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Jonatha Brooke, Oct. 10; Johnny A., Oct. 14; David Mallett, Oct. 15; Sam Amidon with Roy Davis & the Tusk Audio Session Band, Oct. 16; Slaid Cleaves, Oct. 19; Robyn Hitchcock, Oct. 20; The Portland Jazz Orchestra, Oct. 21; Antje Duvekot with Sawyer Evans, Oct. 23; Hawktail, Oct. 28; Pete Kilpatrick Band, Oct. 29; Palaver Strings, Nov. 4; The Suitcase Junket, Nov. 5; Liz Longley, Nov. 6. 761-1757. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Rodney Crowell, Oct. 8; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Oct. 9; Jigjam, Oct. 16; Amethyst Kiah, Oct. 22; USAF Heritage Winds, Oct. 23; Hanneke Cassel Trio, Nov. 5. 633-5159. Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Hours North, Oct. 9; Cadaverette, Willzyx, & Begnign, Oct. 14; Zeme Libre, Oct. 15; Pardon Me, Doug, Oct. 16; Shutdown Brown, Oct. 22; Kyle Kinane, Oct. 24; Paintin’ P-Town Brown, Oct. 29; The Kevin Roper Project, Nov. 4; Portbowie, Nov. 5; Kitchen Dwellers, Nov. 6. 805-0134. Schoodic Arts, Gouldsboro Town Park, 43-61 ME-186, Prospect Harbor. Carl Karush & Friends, Oct. 29. 963-2569. SPACE, 538 Congress St. Caroline Rose with Joanna Sternberg, Oct. 20. 828-5600. State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Oct. 8–9; Pinegrove, Oct. 10; Postmodern Jukebox, Oct. 11; Judy Collins, Oct. 12; Spoon, Oct. 18; Manchester Orchestra, Oct. 19; Patty Griffin & Gregory Alan Isakov, Oct. 23; City & Colour with Ruby Waters, Oct. 24; Gojira, Oct. 27; Goose, Oct. 28–29; Gary Clark Jr., Nov. 1; Parquet Courts, Nov. 4; Pat Metheny Side-Eye, Nov. 5; Turkuaz, Nov. 6; Daughtry, Nov. 7. 956-6000. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd. Rodney Crowell, Oct. 9; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Oct. 10; Judy Collins, Oct. 15; Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, Oct. 16; Altan, Oct. 22; Cheryl Wheeler & Kenny White, Oct. 23; Jonathan Edwards, Oct. 29; An Evening with Kathy Mattea, Oct. 30; Session Americana,

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Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum, 49 Thames St. The Polar Express, every Thu. –Sun., Nov. 26–Dec. 23. 842-0800. Maine State Ballet, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. The Nutcracker, weekends Nov. 26–Dec. 5. 842-0800. Penobscot Theatre Company, 51 Main St., Bangor. Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play, Nov. 18–Dec. 26; Who’s Holiday!, Dec. 2–26; Auld Lang Zing!, Dec. 29–31. 942-3333. Portland Ballet, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. A Victorian Nutcracker, Dec. 18–23. 842-0800. Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. A Christmas Carol, Dec. 4–24. 774-0465. Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Magic of Christmas, Dec. 10–19 842-0800. The Public Theater, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. A Very Ida Christmas, Dec. 10–12. 782-3200. Royal River Community Players, 305 US Rte. 1, Yarmouth. A Christmas Carol Radio Show, virtual event Dec. 11–12. 760-4350. St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St. The Don Campbell Band Christmas Concert, Dec. 12. 775-5568. Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish. Laughing All The Way, Dec. 3–12. 642-3743. –Compiled by Sofia Voltin.

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he real estate agent was wearing the wrong shoes. She stood on the muddy, craggy path in a pair of open-toed wedges. The man she was showing the property to stood looking around in appropriate footwear. He didn’t own any footwear that wouldn’t have been appropriate. “So as you can see, it’s a totally raw piece of land. There’s seven and a half acres. There’s a hundred feet of road frontage, and the back of the property abuts a nature preserve. The neighboring properties do have homes on them, but they’re set back a ways, so it’s a very private parcel.” The man stood silently. “It’s a beautiful piece of land,” he finally said. “It’s just…um, what can you tell me about this thing?” He pointed behind her at the thirty-foot-diameter silver orb that hovered silently ten feet above the ground in a clearing in the pines.

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She turned around. “Oh.” She looked in her folder. “Yes, so apparently there is an interdimensional portal on the property.” “Ok…what does that mean? Does this thing come with the property?” The orb shot straight up in the air at an impossible speed. “How often does that happen?” Before the agent could answer, another object appeared suddenly and silently, this one shaped like a giant spearhead pointed up to the sky. “Another one?” The agent checked the folder again. “It says here that the seller has been hunting this property since he was a kid, and the portal has been here as long as he can remember. Sometimes he doesn’t see anything for years, and sometimes it’s one right after the other. He says right now is a busy time. He hasn’t seen it this busy since the Iran-Contra Affair.”

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