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It’s not often these days that a new grand theory of history gets taken seriously, and it’s even rarer when the theorizing surrounds a subject as all-encompassing and abstract as capitalism. Somehow, though, the French economist Thomas Piketty has managed to publish a nearly 700-page tome on capitalism that’s not only heavily indebted to Karl Marx and bracingly critical of capitalism, but that’s been read and debated by the US Treasury Secretary, members of President Obama’s cabinet, and virtually every prominent modern economist. It’s also become a bestseller, which for an economics book published by an academic press is notable. There are a few reasons that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, which was released in English translation this month, is getting so much attention — and that Piketty himself is getting “rock star treatment,” as a New York Times headline put it in April. First, Piketty writes under the assumption that economists should tell a story that’s compelling rather than wallowing in the “childish passion for mathematics” that he believes dominates his field. And he succeeds: His book is a good read, even if you’re not an economist. Piketty was already known for proving that economic inequality has grown increasingly extreme. His past research helped trigger the Occupy movement and, more recently, Obama’s declaration that inequality is the “defining challenge of our

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examine. Piketty, writing with more than 200 years of capitalism behind him, has spent his career gathering the data to build a more precise critique. The result stands in stark contrast to the story of capitalism as it’s commonly told. What Marx got right and Piketty meticulously proves is that capitalism inevitably leads to the concentration of wealth in the hands of very few people. It does not, in other words, lead to a egalitarian society with increasing economic mobility — the assumption that has guided economic policymaking throughout US history. It’s the argument behind this conclusion that is most striking. Everyone knows about the obscene gap between the earnings of ordinary workers and the earnings of CEOs because such imbalances are central to many critiques of capitalism. But Piketty says this sort of inequality isn’t the

Inherited wealth is driving income inequality much more than huge salaries. time.” Capital in the Twenty-First Century is Piketty’s attempt to extend his gaze beyond the last several decades to the entire history of capitalism. Piketty is not a Marxist economist, but it’s no accident that his book’s title recalls Karl Marx’s 1867 treatise Capital. Piketty concludes that some of Marx’s most important insights into capitalism were basically on target; many of the 19th-century economist’s theoretical shortcomings can be attributed to the fact that he just didn’t have enough capitalism to study or the right data sets to

main problem. Over the long run, he argues, inequality will be heightened most not by how much people get paid for their labor but instead by the ease with which the affluent rely on their existing wealth to get wealthier. In other words, the wealthiest one percent are becoming increasingly rich through income on capital rather than income from work. Inherited wealth, and income from assets like stocks and real estate, is driving inequality much more than huge salaries. This blows apart the notion that the wealthy earned every

penny of their riches, along with the related idea that they are “job creators” fueling economic growth. Piketty condenses his central idea into a simple formula: r > g. Throughout the history of capitalism, he argues, the wealth that already exists (mostly investments and real estate) has earned a return (r) of roughly 5 percent. The amount people get paid for their labor, on the other hand, grows at about the rate of Gross Domestic Product (g). Piketty’s main accomplishment is revealing that r is generally higher than g, meaning that an increasingly large share of the world’s total wealth will gradually flow into the hands of those who are already wealthy. This is why approximately 95 percent of the income growth in the economy between 2010 and 2012 accrued to the wealthiest one per cent. Piketty acknowledges his analysis conflicts with much of what occurred during the 20th century. After all, the rapid economic growth that followed WWII lessened inequality and leveled r and g. It’s only when you look at the big picture, he argues, that it becomes clear this was a historical anomaly. The 19th-century Gilded Age is much more in line with the overall history of capitalism, he shows, and the sharp increase in inequality during the last few decades is a return to that trajectory. Piketty certainly does not, like Marx, believe that growing inequality will inevitably result in a revolt by the proletariat. But he makes clear that the status quo is unsustainable, and that democracy may not survive the overwhelming concentration of power that accompanies extreme concentration of wealth. The section of his book dedicated to his proposed solution — a global tax on capital — will disappoint many readers; some will view it as overly idealistic and others as not revolutionary enough. Piketty’s most valuable contribution, though, is simply triggering serious debate about alternatives to our fundamentally flawed economic system by making its consequences painstakingly visible.

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A new grassroots organization has risen out of the League of Young Voters’ ashes, aimed at producing what was the League’s best known and most invaluable resource, the Voter Guide. The Voter Education Brigade, which will celebrate its official launch with a party on Thursday, May 8 at Think Tank, comprises core members of the League (which downshifted to an all-volunteer model in 2013 and will focus moving forward on voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts) as well as new members like Sarah Graulty, who moved to Portland from Vermont last spring. “The guide was so important to me as a new Portlander to get a handle on what was happening, and what was on the ballot,” she recalls. She appreciated how comprehensive the guide was; indeed, for nine years, the Voter Guide has provided local citizens with in-depth information and informed opinions about every candidate and referendum appearing on Portland ballots, from who’s running for Water District to how to vote on multi-million-dollar bond issues. The material in the guide is based off a combination of candidate questionnaires and in-person interviews, as well as public debates and forums. As the League did, the Brigade will make endorsements based on their research. Despite the connections between the League and the Voter Education Brigade (whose current chair, Zack Anchors, is a Phoenix contributor — including on this very page), there is at least one key difference between the two organizations. The Brigade hopes to reach a wider audience by “expanding beyond just young voters,” says Emma Halas-O’Connor, the group’s deputy chair and a former member of the League’s Elections Committee, which produced the Voter Guide. Former League program director Delia Gorham, who currently serves as that organization’s chair, notes that engaged participants sometimes “aged-out” of the League’s process; not having to focus solely on one demographic “takes away some limitations,” she says. Halas-O’Connor points out that while Brigade members lean progressive, the guide and its endorsements have often stepped “outside the realm of party-aligned politics,” and she believes the Brigade will continue to foster that independent streak. Will Everitt, a longtime League volunteer who was the group’s state director in 2010 and is involved in the new endeavor, praises the Brigade for “continuing tradition but also making its own new history.” Most importantly, though, the group wants to make a difference this fall. “We live in a time when an extreme minority of wealthy individuals dominate elections with their message,” Halas-O’Connor said in a press release. “By equipping the voters with sound information and enabling easy access to candidates and elected officials, we can make elections be about representing people’s interests.” In addition to the May 8 event, the Brigade will also participate in this Friday’s Art Walk. In partnership with the Community Television Network and Local Muscle Moving Company, the group is offering people the chance to record brief videos in which they can share their political priorities; look for the truck near Queen of Hats on Congress Street this Friday, and for the first-ever Brigade-issued Voter Guide this October.

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politics + other Mistakes Branding iron The buzzword of the day is “branding.” Which is odd, because the concept of infusing a product with a distinct identity has been around since prehistoric times (“Fire By Ogg: Twice The Heat For Half The Effort”) and has been actively used for centuries by the advertising industry and (somewhat less painfully) by cowboys and torturers. Nevertheless, modern marketing is now all about branding, whether you’re selling a congressional candidate (“Bruce Poliquin: He May Be Short, But He’s Also Rich And Not From Around Here”) or a city (“Portland: Yes, I’m Pretty Sure There’s Another One In The East Somewhere”). In keeping with this craze, my home county of Franklin recently embarked on a branding campaign. Last winter, a group of business people and community-minded citizens calling themselves the “Network of Networks” hired a consultant from New York to help them develop a name for their group that didn’t sound so stupid. Also, a brand. Early efforts weren’t promising (“A Lot Like Other Poverty-Stricken Places,” “We Still Have Plenty Of Ticks,” “High In Fiber”), but the N of N persevered and recently announced its selection: “Maine High Peaks: Discover An Elevated Sense Of Living.” There’s no question we smoke a lot of pot around here, but does that really constitute a brand? Also, there’s the little matter of those peaks. While it’s true that most of Maine’s tallest mountains are located in Franklin County, the state’s highest and most famous peak, Mount Katahdin, is nowhere close. And even the ones that are here aren’t all that tall when compared to mountains in places like New Hampshire and Nepal.

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I suspect the thinking is that once cannabis becomes legal, nobody will notice those little discrepancies. All this talk of branding has led me to consider other entities in need of similar marketing help. For instance: F Roxanne Quimby. Her efforts to donate 75,000 acres of her land for a national park have stalled, but that’s nothing proper marketing can’t fix. Her negative image is mostly due to people in the Millinocket area not trusting Quimby, who has a history of banning snowmobiling, hunting, and other traditional mainstays of the local economy on her property. A brand expert would undoubtedly recommend that Quimby make herself more accessible to the populace, so they can get to know her and see that she’s just like them — only infinitely wealthier. To that end, she should downscale her park plans to a more human level. She should set aside one acre as the Quimby National Park Starter Set. For a nominal fee, visitors could see their potential benefactor up close, chopping wood, hauling water from the well, writing enormous checks. For one hour each day, Quimby could even take questions from the public (“Why don’t you go back to Massachusetts?”), thereby dispelling her image of being aloof and disconnected from local concerns. Questioners would be required to stand behind a protective barrier. F Donald Sussman. Maine’s favorite billionaire hedge-fund manager is so rich he makes Quimby look as poor as the Republican running against his wife, Democratic US Representative Chellie Pingree. Sussman owns the state’s largest newspaper and provides a significant portion of the money that funds a variety of liberal political causes. He’s like a left-wing version of the Koch brothers.

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Although Sussman rarely makes public appearances, his influence is widely believed to affect everything from news coverage in the Portland Press Herald (“LePage Orders Maine High Peaks Lowered”) to the city of Portland’s recent attempt to close Sangillo’s Tavern (“He wants the property for a re-education camp”). The guy needs to let his human side show. Once a month, he should make an unannounced visit to a Maine municipality, set up a table and chair, and give away money to anyone who isn’t openly rude to him. Even the staff from the Maine Heritage Policy Center would be standing in line to shake his hand. F Speak of the devil. The MHPC, a right-wing think tank with big influence in the LePage administration, has a seriously creepy image, due in part to the fact that its recently departed chief executive officer, J. Scott Moody, looks like at least one of his parents was a space alien. Also, the center has a reputation for being boring. I would never dare read one of its reports without wearing protective headgear in case I fell over in a coma. Would it be too much to ask the center to include occasional provocative nude photos of prominent conservatives (Condoleezza Rice, Rand Paul) along with a new slogan, such as “MHPC: Thoughtful Analysis, Gratuitous Sex”? Sure it’s playing to the stereotype of extremist politicians. But sometimes, that’s what branding is all about. F Political columnists in goof-off mode. We (by which I mean other political columnists in goof-off mode) probably don’t need branding. We need to go on vacation. Or it could just be that elevated sense of living. ^ Brand new comments can be emailed to me at aldiamon@herniahill.net.

sheds much needed light on a topic portland phoenix reporter lance tapley has been illuminating for eight years: isolated segregation within the Maine State prison system. the filmmakers were afforded remarkable access and the result is a harsh, bleak portrait of the MSp’s solitary confinement unit, where inmates spend 23 hours locked in a cell (the 24th hour is spent in an outdoor cage). in the course of the one-hour program, viewers meet several inmates — including one seeking to get his Ged and another who threatens multiple times to kill the warden — and witness horrific acts of defiance and self-harm. Segregation is portrayed as a vicious cycle; violence begets violence, punishment begets punishment. a man is placed in solitary as a penalty for starting a riot in the general population. he acts out and cuts himself in the cell. his punishment is additional time in “seg.” and on it goes. “it’s like being buried alive,” one inmate says. “this place is like an insane asylum,” says another. as far as television journalism goes, this is a sobering and compelling piece. of course, anyone who’s read tapley’s prison series (including the most recent installment, “locking Up the Mentally ill,” april 4, 2014), already knows of these horrors. “i thought it was visually extremely powerful,” tapley commented. “and that’s of course what counts in the television medium. the viewer has a visceral reaction to this counterproductive torture. i think many people will conclude that a society that allows this must be sicker than the mostly mentally ill human beings who are thrown into this hole. “But the program distorted things by giving the impression that only violent prisoners are put into solitary. Just breaking rules will get you there. also, the big reforms at the prison were not really covered — for example, the virtual ending of the guards’ violent cell extractions of disobedient prisoners to take them to the restraint chair. and there’s been a big reduction in the self-mutilation, the ‘cutting’ — though there’s still far too much. Most important, for most inmates the stays are much briefer [than they used to be]. “at the end, the program does note that the number of people in solitary in Maine has been reduced by 50 percent. it’s closer to 60 percent. But there’s still a long way to go. there’s no need whatsoever for long-term solitary.” the film’s reception among prison-reform advocates was generally positive. the national religious campaign against torture sent out an email urging its supporters to view the film, but it too made note of a few perceived shortcomings: “a glaring omission is the dramatically disproportionate impact solitary confinement and incarceration has on people of color nationally,” the email read. in new york, for example, “while african americans represent about 14 percent of the state’s population, they account for nearly 50 percent of the prison population, and 59 percent of the population in extreme isolation.” (the frontline program focused on Maine, where demographics are different.) nrcat also pointed out that “there wasn’t much mention of the length of time, up to years and decades, that some spend in solitary;” nor was there time to delve into the particular issues faced by women and youth in solitary. We noticed another omission: the frontline piece made absolutely no mention of Joseph ponte, Maine’s former corrections commissioner who just last month took the helm of the new york city prison system. it was under ponte’s watch, which began in 2010, that Maine became a leader in solitary-confinement reform. instead of crediting ponte (or even mentioning him), frontline presents Maine State prison warden rodney Bouffard as the sole reform instigator. to be sure, Bouffard deserves recognition for his work at the long creek youth development center and at the prison. But to omit ponte’s influence completely seems to leave out an important aspect of this story, even if the narrative had to be simplified for a national audience. For those who want additional information and context, tapley’s prison writings can be found at tinyurl.com/tapleyprisonSeries. ^

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Policy-wise, the major work of the 126th Legislature’s two years ended in the early hours of April 18 with a big defeat for the majority Democrats: their inability to attract enough Republican votes to override LePage’s vetoes of bills accepting federal money provided under Obamacare to cover 70,000 more Mainers with Medicaid (MaineCare). (The 126th actually is not quite over. In addition to possible special sessions, “veto day” on May 1 will respond to LePage’s final machine-gun burst of vetoes — already a record-breaking 148, as of press time, according to the Democrats (the governor’s office says 138). As I wrote this, I received an emailed announcement that he vetoed the latest budget bill. That veto is expected to be overridden, with most Republicans joining Democrats.) Politics-wise, the Democrats may use

the Medicaid issue in the fall. But it’s uncertain how what Democrats are calling LePage’s “war on the poor” will cut politically. The poor and near-poor vote in pitiful numbers, especially in non-presidentialelection years, and many working people resent government aid to the less-well-off while they struggle so hard themselves. The 126th’s major achievement? Eager to show that government works, Democrats cite bipartisan passage of budget bills “without excessive gimmicks or draconian cuts,” as Appropriations Committee member Representative Erik Jorgensen (D-Portland) put it. LePage wanted to eliminate state revenue-sharing with municipalities, which would have led to higher property taxes and service cuts. Independent state Senator Richard Woodbury, of Yarmouth, who is retiring, said he found “quite impressive” the work of the Appropriations Committee: “They chose to govern.” By contrast, LePage’s hallmark has been an unprecedented anti-government stance, including refusing even to submit a supplemental budget this year. Producing compromise budgets, however, isn’t voter-sexy, and there were no other large accomplishments. So Maine Democrats don’t appear to have a potentially winning statewide issue or set of issues arising from this Legislature. LePage does. Call it the anti-government Bash Liberals agenda.

Those liberal demons

In general-election campaigns, many politicians tone down their words to play to the independent, more apolitical, moderate middle, a category that contains the largest number of voters. LePage has amped up his rhetoric, which has been pretty forceful throughout his term. An inescapable conclusion, therefore, is that LePage is intentionally exciting his right-wing base with his intense criticism of Obamacare, his incessant drumbeat against welfare cheats, and his daily demonizing of “liberals” — hoping his adherents will swamp the polls come November. As he inflames the emotional, reptilian part of their brains with his rhetoric, he can reach their rational frontal lobes by reminding them that, with a Republican legislative majority during his first two years, he delivered $400 million in tax cuts and loosened government regulations. How big a base does LePage have? In a three-way race, repeating 2010, it’s big — given that 2nd District Democratic congressman Michael Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler will split the Democratic and independent voters. Maine has been trending politically blue in recent years, and few observers think highly conservative LePage could win reelection if he faced off solely against an attractive Democrat. But that’s not what’s happening. While LePage hasn’t added much to the 38 percent of voters he got in 2010, he hasn’t lost voters, either. The latest published poll, by Pan Atlantic/SMS, showed him at 39 percent. Michaud had 38 percent and Cutler 20 percent, with a five-percent margin of error. Stimulating his conservative base is his necessary and maybe sufficient path to re-

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and creating workers’ cooperatives. The crowd ate it up. What a contrast: Earlier I had listened to Republican Governor Paul LePage’s weekly radio message. Eight times in three minutes, LePage, 65, excoriated “job-killing liberals” — meaning Democratic legislators — for rejecting, among other bills, his Open for Business Zones, which would have bestowed huge tax breaks on big corporations. As the campaign season begins, leading the charge on one side is a rural- and northern-Maine-based Trickle-Down Tea Party governor who sees government’s chief role as helping the rich (which he says indirectly helps working people), while he vetoes every bill in sight directly helping the poor and the struggling middle class, including Medicaid expansion, the issue that most occupied the Legislature this year and last. On the other side: Well, Portland is far from a socialist city-state, and the Maine Democratic Party’s temperature is moderate overall. An argument can be made that Democratic legislators are themselves capitalist lackeys, since they have often voted for corporate welfare (see “Anatomy of a taxpayer rip-off,” February 19, 2014). But Greater Portland is the center of the state Democratic Party and home to its most progressive members. Within 10 miles of Congress Square are 22 House and five Senate districts. Only two are held by Republicans, and the two independent legislators within this radius vote with the Democrats. The region’s Democrats, too, are influential. Senate president Justin Alfond and assistant majority leader Anne Haskell are both from the city of Portland. Democratic votes from this small slice of the state are crucial to the party’s statewide candidates.

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election. He might also attract some independents who will hold their noses thinking of all of LePage’s uncouth insults, but vote for him anyway because of his economic policies. Senator Woodbury, a Cutler supporter, thought that beyond LePage’s base there’s “another group upset with his style of leadership but agrees with his general direction.” As LePage’s handlers obviously know, since Ronald Reagan’s presidency the word “liberal” has been a successful demonizer. It’s a label even most liberals run from (they prefer “progressive”). Although Gallup polls show that in recent years the word has become somewhat rehabilitated, in 2012 only 25 percent of Mainers identified as liberal; 36 percent called themselves conservative.

The nexT legislaTure

In legislative races many factors are at work: door-to-door campaigning, personality and connections, general inclinations of the district’s voters, advertising, the top of the ticket, the mood nationally. In addition, Democratic candidates seeking re-election can tout some legislative accomplishments. Here are a few, mostlyDemocratic accomplishments, with emphasis on what Portland-area legislators were involved in: FBen Chin, lobbyist for the progressive Maine People’s Alliance, says improvements in the Property Tax Fairness Credit are important. In the 2013 budget, this credit replaced the “circuit-breaker” for people under 65, reducing the aid provided to low-income people. This year’s changes increase the credit amounts and expand the availability to renters. FAn income-tax loophole was tightened. Corporations will be required to report money held in offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands; as a result, the state could collect an additional $10 million a year. FAs House chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee, Mark Dion (D-Portland) successfully shepherded bills through the State House giving more power to the state Board of Corrections over the county jail system--long seen as inefficient--and stiffening penalties for elder abuse. FA bill passed in 2013 required doctors and hospitals to provide, when requested, prices in advance for their procedures. It’s a “pretty big step,” said Woodbury, its sponsor. Democrats this year got a law passed making more medical information accessible. FIndependent Portland Representative Ben Chipman, Democrat Denise Harlow, also of Portland, and others — among whom Chipman said were the 20 or so hard-core progressives — fought with success against weak mining rules proposed by LePage’s Department of Environmental Protection (and further weakened by the Board of Environmental Protection) that would have permitted the Irving Corporation to strip-mine Bald Mountain in the North Woods. (See sidebar, “Is it almost over?” by Deirdre Fulton.) FSenator Alfond, despite deep enmity radiating toward him from LePage, managed to get several of his bills passed, including one encouraging communities with lots of poor kids to start summer meal programs (the Legislature overrode a veto) and another letting entrepreneurs raise up to $1 million through crowdfunding. FAlfond’s workforce-training bill passed last year was, aside from the budgets, “the Legislature’s most important success,” he claimed. The bill orients state educational aid to “the needs of employers with jobs to fill,” according to a Portland Regional Chamber supportive op-ed published online last year in the Bangor Daily News.

Is it almost over? enviro wrap-up of the state environmental priorities coalition’s top six goals for 2014, at least four saw favorable outcomes during the legislative session. But Glen Brand, executive director of the Sierra club’s Maine chapter, chose something else to highlight. “the most important thing from an environmental perspective is that this is almost certainly Governor’s lepage’s last legislative session,” he said, voicing what may just be wishful thinking. “i say that because the lepage administration has been the worst administration on the environment in the modern history of Maine, bar none.” in terms of policy achievements, however, environmentalists agree that the legislature’s rejection of weak metal mining rules proposed by the state Board of environmental protection was a big win; the bill requires the department of environmental protection (a separate entity) to redraft the rules by February 2016. “with the passage of time, lawmakers have developed a deeper understanding of the risks and challenges of mineral mining,” said pete didisheim of the natural resources council of Maine. another victory was the passage of ld1744, an act to protect Maine lakes, which “prohibits the application of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and soil amendments within 25 feet of fresh surface waters [and] establishes goals for developing a photographic record of the shorelines of lakes,” which can help with enforcement and compliance. the bill, sponsored by assistant majority leader Jeff Mccabe, a democrat from Skowhegan, also directs the dep to fill vacant positions; in his hearing testimony, didisheim noted that the agency’s “lake protection staff and resources are at their lowest levels in years; important outreach and education work is no longer being done; and the scientific leadership that Maine once had in the field of lake protection is slipping away.” environmentalists were also pleased about the passage of two study bills — one that will look at the effects of ocean acidification on Maine’s shellfish, and another that directs the

FIn 2013 a $150-million bond package was passed for road construction and enhancements at the public colleges. A $50-million bond package that would support business development, cleaner water, and a research facility at Bar Harbor’s Jackson Laboratory now sits on the governor’s desk. Comparing the Democrats’ legislative achievements with LePage’s, though, they are “not as big as LePage has,” observed Ben Chin. As for Republican legislators, while they joined Democrats to override some of LePage’s vetoes, they supported most, and if the governor’s anti-government campaign proves popular they will benefit. They may benefit, too, like LePage, from the general malaise that University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried took note of recently in her Bangor Daily News blog: “Maine sits in the bottom three of states for trust in state government.” Of the two Portland-area Republicans — Representatives Amy Volk and Heather Sirocki, both of Scarborough — Volk, who this year is challenging Democratic Senator James Boyle, seems most active. She said the most important bill she sponsored and got passed assists victims of human trafficking through changes to the prostitution laws. She was disappointed the Legislature “failed to meaningfully address welfare abuse” — one of LePage’s priorities. She saw a success in the 2013 bill — pushed by LePage but supported by Democrats — that paid off a huge state debt to the hospitals for Medicaid expenses. Boyle successfully promoted measures to help Mainers go back to college and get their degrees and to limit motorized gold prospecting in streams. Chipman called Boyle “pretty moderate” and Volk “one of

public utilities commission to study the value of solar power generation in Maine. however, there was a major disappointment on the solar front, too. ld 1252, known as the solar rebate bill, would have provided $1 million for people to install solar equipment at their homes or businesses. it also would have allowed the funds to be used to help low-income residents buy energyefficient heat pumps. lepage and Gop lawmakers opposed the bill because it would’ve added 60 cents a year to residents’ electric bills and therefore represented an “energy tax.” while the house was able to override the governor’s veto last month, the Senate was not; only two republicans, tom Saviello of wilton and Brian langley of Bar harbor, voted to override. “we were particularly disappointed that Senators [roger] Katz, [pat] Flood, and [ronald] collins sided with the governor to oppose solar,” Brand said. lepage also vetoed ld 1431, which aimed at increasing the amount of fresh, local food served in Maine public schools. Speaking on tuesday morning, emily Figdor of environment Maine was optimistic that the legislature would override this veto. a closer look at lepage’s veto message, however, underscores what’s driving polarization in augusta: “proponents of this bill argue that Maine’s environmentalists, farmers and schools all agree that more locally grown food should be in our school lunch rooms. lf this were true, then this would already be happening and there would be no need for this bill. the fact that they believe that a new law is necessary to make ‘local food hubs’ viable only exposes the fact that school districts have better food options and thus no interest in supporting them.” By this logic, the very act of policymaking is superfluous — which, of course, is lepage’s point. and the anti-government sword swings again. _Deirdre fulton

the most conservative” reps. Their confrontation will take their suburban district’s political temperature.

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Meanwhile, gubernatorial candidates Michaud and Cutler played no role in the action in Augusta that has set the stage for the fall campaigns. In fact, they virtually disappeared during the months the Legislature dominated state political news. Chin noted that Cutler got little traction with a tax-reform plan he unveiled in early April. Michaud announced support for the Medicaid expansion, but it got negligible attention. (He has not made much news in Washington, either, except for coming out as gay back in the fall.) Who becomes governor is decided by many factors — especially, by advertising dollars and cleverness. But one big factor in 2014 may be that for a year and a half the political news has been of a divided government, with rough, tough Paul LePage brandishing — and using — his antigovernment sword. In terms of political effect, his sword cuts both ways, but it certainly gets your attention. Meanwhile, legislators at least kept the government open, Woodbury said, as citizens waited “for this political dynamic to change.” There’s the choice. Democratic Representative Peter Stuckey, of Portland, who’s not afraid to call himself a liberal, says that as polarization continues, voters will have to decide “whether they want to support government or support the end of government.” The People’s Republic of Portland supports government. That is, it places some faith in the public as well as the private good. How much the Portland area exists in a different political state from Maine as a whole will be seen this fall. ^

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venue for theater opens this week with a play that’s never been seen in Maine, The PuPPeTmasTer of Lodz by Gilles Segal. Set in Berlin in 1950, the play tells the story of a man who hasn’t left his garrett in five years — not since escaping from the Birkenau concentration camp. He doesn’t believe the war is over; his only companions are the puppets he creates and uses to enact scenes from his past life. Doors open at 7 pm, and with no reservations and limited seating, we’d recommend getting there on time. Show starts at 7:30 pm. Suggested donation of $12. Presented in partnership with the Aligned Collective, at the Maine Jewish Museum at 267 Congress St., Portland. 207.773.2339. WAYFARERS | The husband and wife duo ArboreA play at the Oak and the Ax tonight. This Maine-based indie folk/ psych folk pair employ a variety of instruments, including banjo, sawing fiddle, and hammered dulcimer. Joining them in Biddo

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would never know from the orgiastic and ecstatically positive representations gay marriage has received in the media from the LGBTQ community over the last four years that any of us queers might feel ambivalent,” writer and MECA grad Ryan Conrad wrote in a piece for Out in Maine this spring. Conrad is the editor of againsT equaLiTy:

queer revoLuTion, noT mere incLusion, a collection of essays that explore that ambivalence and other controversial topics such as hate crime legislation and social assimilation. Can’t make it to this evening’s 4:30 pm reading at Bates College in Lewiston (136 Central Ave., Room 226)? Conrad will be launching his book right here

in town on Sunday, May 4, at MECA. Visit againstequality.org for more info. THE LIST | It’s that time of year where meandering through town on a First Friday evening may actually be pleasant. Right now the weatherman’s calling for sun and 60-degree temps. With that in mind, here are a few ideas: Go get weird at the AdAm stephAnus abstract realism show at Mainely Frames (541 Congress Street) — his graphite drawings, which depict “immersive webs of humanoid figures and animals morphing into trees and buildings,” sound very cool. Or you could get a little tipsy at eAt more Art 2, Pinecone + Chickadee’s group art show featuring about 50 local artists all showcasing an 8-inchby-8-inch panel of work. There’ll be music, drinks, snacks, and of course P+C’s awesome selection of silkscreened clothing, cards, and accessories. That’s at 6 Free Street. Keep your eyes peeled for Vivid Motion performing excerpts from its larger upcoming work, The seven voyages of sinbad, throughtout the evening in Congress Square (every 20 minutes or so, starting at 5:30 pm). Or check out the Gallery at

a little spiritual guidance? Or maybe you’re just looking to pick up some cool-looking magical stones? Whatever your energetic needs may be, the two-day enlIghtenment expo has got you covered. What can you expect from Greater Portland’s largest gathering of spiritual practioners? Anything from psychic readings to angel readings to energy work to crystal bowl sessions to color-guided meditation... There will also be live music, chakra photography, and door prizes. Today and tomorrow at 10 am. $5. Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside, Portland. 207.774.5601. ALIVE AND SCREAMING | Who says Portland punk is dead? Portland punk ain’t dead! It’s alive and well and you can see for yourself tonight at Mathew’s, where local acts JImmy JAcked, AFghAn, nucleAr bootz, and the Fervents, as well as mInor mIrAcle from Berlin, NH, all play for the ridiculous price of $4. I repeat: $4. 9 pm. Mathew’s

JULY 28 Pub, 133 Free St., Portland. 207.253.1812. MAD MURDERS | Join Mad Horse Theatre Company tonight for dancing, a live auction, a cash bar, and…a murder?!?! Everyone is a suspect at the dAnce

’tIl you drop: murder mystery pArty (which is a fundraiser for

this professional ensemble that has been producing theater in Maine since the mid-’80s). Got a guilty face? Money can buy you an alibi and extra clues; you can place a bet on who you think the murderer is (warning: it might be one of your favorite local actors). It’s like Clue, but IRL. $30 per person or $55 for a couple. 7-10 pm at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. 207.474.4148. FAB FOUR | In this, the One Direction Era, it’s easy to find oneself missing the OG British heartthrobs: the Beatles. (Which is why you can basically find a Beatles tribute band playing any night of the week.) Tonight, the Portland Symphony Orchestra puts its own spin on things with the “clAssIcAl mystery tour” — four musicians who look and sound like John, Paul, George, and Ringo, backed by a full orchestra. The set list includes favorites like “Got to Get You Into My Life” and “Dear Prudence.” $31-81 at 7:30 pm. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. 207.842.0800.

f bryAn AdAms, at the Cumberland County Civic Center, in Portland on May 4. sunday 4 SNAKES ON A STAGE | Start

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reptIle show: reptIles In perIl is an all-ages presentation on endangered reptiles. Among the featured animals will be the critically endangered Chinese Alligator, the snapping turtle, a water monitor lizard from Indonesia, and a giant 15-foot Burmese python. Pretty diverse cast if you ask me. $25 adults, $12 children. 3 pm. University of Maine - Orono, Collins Center for the Arts. 207.581.1755. FEELING PUCKISH | Love beer? Love Shakespeare? The clever folks over at Seven Stages Shakespeare Company in Portsmouth bring you the redhook shAkesbeerIence, the aim of which is to unpack Shakespeare’s language in a unique, easy-going, and accessible way. Plus beer. How thoughtful! This evening’s performance will be a midsummer nighT’s dream, directed by Dan Beaulieu and featuring comedy improve troupe Dorks in Dungeons as well as the contemporary Neoteric Dance Collaborative. Free for all, or by donation, at 6:30 pm. Portsmouth Gas Light Co., 64 Market St, Portsmouth, NH. 603.430.8582. WAKE UP THE NEIGHBORS | The Canadian singer-songwriter, social activist, actor, and longtime vegan (who knew?) bryAn AdAms plays the Cumberland County Civic Center tonight. Best known for his tune “(Everything I do) I Do It For You” (a/k/a the Robin Hood theme song), Adams rose to fame in the 1980s with the release of his fourth album, Reckless. Decades later, he’s still making women weak in the knees. Tickets range from $31.50-77. 8 pm at 48 Free St. 207.775.3458.

involve sombreros and shots, head to LFK for this month’s installment of word portlAnd, featuring poet and special collections librarian Cathleen Miller; memoir/short-fiction writer Colleen Clark, and Zanne Langlois, a local poet and teacher who performed in the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2013. Olé! LFK, 188 A State Street, Portland. 207.899.3277.

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a hundred shows in 2011-12, Kevin Spacey did what most actors of the last several centuries have only dreamed of: tour a world-class production of a Shakespeare play across the entire damn world. Naturally, his predilection for conniving political rogues led him to choose Richard III, a play which he and director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) filled out with 19 tremendous stage actors from Britain and the United States. Luckily, they also filmed it along the way, and while that breaks somewhat with the whole point of theater, the documentary

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past that point. Featuring numerous candid interviews with cast and crew, which cover the many dimensions of Richard, the process of acting in the grandest possible stages, and the triumphs (and hazards) of working with an actor like Kevin Spacey. One night only at PMA Movies, 6 pm. $8 at 7 Congress Sq. 207.775.6148.

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manities Council/SPACE Gallery “...In A networked world” series returns tonight for another thInk & drInk session; this month the panelists will discuss nothing less than truth, and how that slippery concept affects and intersects with our networked, plugged-in lives. Featured panelists are Alex Steed, of the multimedia content firm Knack Factory (he’s also a blogger for the Bangor Daily News, where he

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often spits truth at readers), and Jason Read, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Maine and teller of many truths in the classroom, on the streets, and on Twitter. They’ll discuss the parameters of truth, and why it’s impossible to define something that is always changing on both personal and cultural levels. (Also whether untagging yourself is a dishonest practice.) 6 pm at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. 207.828.5600.

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jennY oDell maps maine infrastructure through google earth _BY nick schr oeD er In a deceptively deep show in SPACE Gallery’s main room, artist and Stanford lecturer Jenny Odell explores rarely seen elements of Maine and the aesthetics of internet surveillance technology over a trim exhibition of videos and digital prints. Odell is an artist who explores society through the prism of the internet — specifically the information contained therein. This methodology guides all her projects, whether she’s rigorously documenting the origins of every product she used over a particular day; or assembling the results of Google image searches for single letters of the alphabet to construct grotesque, absurdist digital collages. Some are humorous, others melancholy, but all revolve around the truth that internet technology can transform a simple inquiry into an endless stream of data, much of it more relevant than it first seems. In “Long Distance,” the San Francisco artist gives that trick a Maine-centered slant. For the five digital prints, Odell has made collages of cutouts from satellite views of social and industrial infrastructure in Greater Portland. Using images culled from Google Earth and the like, she arranges them on large pieces of white, 36” by 36” paper, stripped of the context of their environmental surroundings. Her project is important, and it’s not for formal reasons. The landmarks here are all Portland-specific, but the prints function opposite a map or a legend. They don’t inform. And neither are they exactly a treat for the eyes. The project’s an odd view for a gallery space, but that’s fairly typical for New Aesthetic art emerging from digital technologies and internet culture. Its visual grammar seems purposely mundane, consisting of ovoid patches of drab cement roofs and sprawling, insect-like transportation hubs. All are separated by large patches of white space, which effectively removes the facilities from their present-day social continuum, but also weakens the images’ relation to one another. There’s a temptation to uncover some specific truths about Portland architecture (you might identify the East End Wastewater Treatment facility

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in “Waste Landscape;” the painted murals of the Sprague Energy oil terminal in “Oil Drums in South Portland, Maine”), but the prints of “Long Distance” are largely a conceptual entryway to Odell’s overall project as an artist, which is far more interesting. Odell seems to focus on banal renderings of societal infrastructural sites because, well, that’s where the action is. The visual language of Google Earth is only a few years old, but by now many of us have experienced that first rush of enthusiasm (“look, there’s my old house!”) blur into disquieting cultural guilt (the Instagram account Dronestagram, which maps Google Earth images of Middle Eastern drone strikes, would look strikingly similar to Odell’s work if not for the ochre desert tones). We live in an era where manifestations of power are bulwarked by layers of unparseable data, managerial hierarchies, and surveillance systems. In that way, Odell acts as a sort of translator of this monotonous yet proliferating visual language, drawing attention to the signifiers and systems behind a daunting wealth of information. Decode it, as “Long Distance” seems to say, and you’re on your way to uncovering where those sources of power actually live. We see this most definitively in “Pipe Dream,” a five-minute film consisting of Google StreetView images of the pathway of the crude oil pipeline between Montreal and Portland, which Odell sleuthed out by tracing missing tree cover and the appearance of small yellow signs reading WARNING: CRUDE OIL. The video has obvious political ramifications (an artist statement alludes to this, noting the local protest movement against the pipelines and quoting former NASA head James Hansen as calling the use of tar sands oil “game over for the climate”). But Odell approaches it like an archivist, plotting the series of images and deliberating on their locations. Mass surveillance isn’t likely to go away; we might as well use it to look up the ladder, too. ^

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“PorTLanD CoMEDY SHoWCaSE,” PErForMErS TBa | 8 pm |

Bull Feeney’s, 375 Fore St, Portland | $5 | 207.773.7210

THUrSDaY 8

BoB MarLEY | 8 pm | Stone Moun-

tain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $27.50 | 207.935.7292

ConCErTS CLaSSICaL THUrSDaY 1

BoWDoIn CHorUS | Thurs-Fri

thurs-fri 7:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

FrIDaY 2

BoWDoIn CHorUS | See listing for Thurs

rEIKo UCHIDa | 7:30 pm | Bates

College, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St, Lewiston | $12 | 207.786.6135

SaTUrDaY 3

BoWDoIn CHaMBEr CHoIr |

Sat-Sun sat-sun 3 pm | Bowdoin College Chapel, 3900 College Station, Brunswick

PorTLanD SYMPHonY orCHESTra: “CLaSSICaL MYSTErY ToUr” | Portland Symphony Or-

chestra | Sat-Sun sat 7:30 ; sun 2:30 pm | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland | $31-81 | 207.842.0800

raY CornILS + CHoraL arT SoCIETY SInGErS | 7:30 pm | South

Congregational Church, 2 North St, Kennebunkport | $15 | 207.967.2793 SEaGLaSS CHoraLE | 7 pm | Kennebunk Town Hall, 1 Summer St, Kennebunk | 207.985.2102

SUnDaY 4

BoWDoIn CHaMBEr CHoIr | See listing for Sat

PorTLanD SYMPHonY orCHES-

Tra: “CLaSSICaL MYSTErY ToUr” | See listing for Sat

Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland | 207.216.3890

TUESDaY 6

Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St, Lewiston | 207.786.6135

Square, 181 State St, Portland | $5 | 207.761.1757

PorTLanD SYMPHonY orCHESTra | 10:30 am | Bates College,

THUrSDaY 8

BoWDoIn CHaMBEr MUSIC FEST | 4 & 7:30 pm | Bowdoin

College, Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.798.4141

“CHaMBErFEST II,” BoWDoIn CHaMBEr EnSEMBLES | 7:30

pm | Bowdoin College, Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3253

”THE SUMMEr KInG: an oPEra on THE LIFE oF JoSH GIBSon” | 7:30 pm | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland | $35-42, $10 students | 207.842.0800

DaVE GUTTEr + MIKE TaYLor | 8:30 pm | One Longfellow

“JaZZ nIGHT,” STUDEnT ConCErTS | 7:30 pm | Bowdoin College,

WEDnESDaY 7

anI DIFranCo | 7 pm | University

ConCErTS PoPULar THUrSDaY 1

HUnTEr HaYES | 7 pm | Cross

Insurance Center, 74 Gilman Rd, Bangor | $16.40 | 207.947.7345

“TUrnSTILE THUrSDaY,” FrEEForM oPEn MIC | Thurs 7 pm |

Community Television Network Theater, 516 Congress St, Portland | 207.775.2900

FrIDaY 2

BETWEEn DEaD STaTIonS | 7 pm

| KMH Music, 412 Main St, Presque Isle | 207.764.3651 BrIan PaTrICKS | 6 pm | Gilbert’s Chowder House, 92 Commercial St, Portland | 207.871.5636 JaMES MCGarVEY | 9 pm | Inn On the Blues, 7 Ocean Ave, York Beach | 207.351.3221 JUDY CoLLInS | 8 pm | Jonathan’s, 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit | $65 | 207.646.4777 or jonathansrestaurant.com JUnIor BroWn | 7:30 pm | Strand Theatre, 345 Main St, Rockland | $20 | 207.594.0070

SaTUrDaY 3

anTJE DUVEKoT | 8 pm | One

Longfellow Square, 181 State St, Portland | $15-20 | 207.761.1757 aUDIoBoDY | 7 pm | Opera House, 539 Washington St, Boston, MA | $10 adults, $7 students | 617.259.3400 or bostonoperahouseonline.com Jon PoUSETTE-DarT BanD | 8 pm | Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Rd, Londonderry, NH | $30-$35 | 603.437.5100 or tupelohalllondonderry.com JUnIor BroWn | 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $25 | 207.935.7292 PUTnaM SMITH | 7:30 pm | Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St, Gardiner | $16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 kids | 207.582.7144 or johnsonhall.org SIDE TraCKED | 8 pm | Androscoggin Bank, 130 Middle St, Portland | 207.518.6301 SUBSTanCE | 9 pm | Inn On the Blues, 7 Ocean Ave, York Beach | 207.776.5100 TrICKY BrITCHES | 7:30 pm | Village Coffee House/New Gloucester Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Rd, New Gloucester | $10 | 207.926.3260

SUnDaY 4

BrYan aDaMS | 8 pm | Cumber-

land County Civic Center, 48 Free St, 1st Floor, Portland | $77, $57 & 31.50 | 207.775.3458 or theciviccenter.com

BUCKY PIZZarELLI + FranK VIGnoLa + VInnY ranIoLo | Jona-

than’s, 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit | $32.5 | 207.646.4777 or jonathansrestaurant.com JErKS oF GraSS | with kosher bbq | 5 pm | Levey Day School, 400 Deering Ave, Portland | 207.774.7676 SaCrED HarP | 1 pm | New

of Maine - Orono, Collins Center for the Arts, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono | $30 | 207.581.1755 BoZ SCaGGS | 7:30 pm | Music Hall, 131 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH | $89, $64, $48 | 603.436.2400 or themusichall.org/tickets/index.asp

THUrSDaY 8

CoLIn BLUnSTonE | 8 pm | Tupelo

Music Hall, 2 Young Rd, Londonderry, NH | $50-$55 | 603.437.5100 or tupelohalllondonderry.com FoSTEr THE PEoPLE | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $42 | 603.929.4100 JaY Farrar | 7:30 pm | Strand Theatre, 345 Main St, Rockland | $20 | 207.594.0070

“TUrnSTILE THUrSDaY,” FrEEForM oPEn MIC | See listing for

Thurs

DanCE ParTICIPaTorY THUrSDaY 1

SaLSa DanCInG WITH DJ BraULIo | 8 pm | Pearl, 444 Fore St, Portland | $5 | 207.653.8486

Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden | $14 adults, $7 seniors and students | 207.236.7963 | www.camdenoperahouse.com

EVEnTS THUrSDaY 1

“GranD rE-oPEnInG” | reception

with performances | 5 pm | Meg Perry Center, 36 Market St, Portland | 207.619.4206 or | megperrycenter. com

SaTUrDaY 3

“THE EnLIGHTEnMEnT EXPo” | gathering of spiritual & holistic practitioners | 10 am | Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside St, Portland | $5 | 207.774.5601

SUnDaY 4

THE raInForEST rEPTILE SHoW rEPTILES In PErIL |

3 pm | University of Maine - Orono, Collins Center for the Arts, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono | $25 adults, $12 children | 207.581.1755

WMPG 10TH annUaL FaSHIon SHoW | 8 pm | Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St, Portland | $10-12 | 207.899.4990 or | portcitymusichall.com

WEDnESDaY 7

nEW BEGInnInGS: FInDInG SHELTEr, ProVIDInG HoPE | 6 pm

| Grace, 15 Chestnut St, Portland | $75 | 207.828.4422

THUrSDaY 8

MECaMorPHoSIS: MaInE CoLLEGE oF arT SPrInG GaLa, THESIS EXHIBITIon anD FaSHIon SHoW | 5:30 pm | Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St, Portland | $25$75 | 207.775.3052 or | meca.edu

oUTDoorS FaIrS anD FESTIVaLS SaTUrDaY 3

FaErIE FESTIVaL | 9:30 am | Ken-

nebunk Free Library, 112 Main St, Kennebunk | 207.985.2173 | kennebunklibrary.org

FrIDaY 2

InTErnaTIonaL FoLK DanCE |

6:30 pm | People Plus/Brunswick, 35 Union St, Brunswick | $8, $5 seniors/students | 207.700.7577

LaDY LUCK BUrLESQUE CoMPETITIon | 7 pm | Portsmouth Gas

Light, 64 Market St, Portsmouth, NH | $15 | 603.430.8582

WEDnESDaY 7

WEDnESDaY nIGHT SToMP WITH PorTLanD SWInG ProJECT |

7:30 pm | Acoustic Artisans, 594 Congress St, Portland | $5-10 sugg. donation | 207.671.6029 | acousticartisans.com

THUrSDaY 8

SaLSa DanCInG WITH DJ BraULIo | See listing for Thurs

DanCE PErForManCE THUrSDaY 1

FrIDaY 2

THE arT oF BEInG | presented

SaTUrDaY 3

THE arT oF BEInG | See listing

for Fri

MarTHa’S PLaCE | 7 pm | Camden

FooD SaTUrDaY 3

WEDnESDaY 7

PorTLanD FarMErS’ MarKET |

7 am | Monument Square, Congress St, Portland | 207.774.9979

PoETrY & ProSE THUrSDaY 1

Jan ELIZaBETH WaTSon | reads

and discusses her novel What Has Become of You | 7 pm | Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland | 207.772.4045 or longfellowbooks. com

TESS CHaKKaLaKaL & KEn WarrEn | discuss Jim Crow, Literature, & the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs | 5:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Massachusetts Hall, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

FrIDaY 2

aDD VErB ProDUCTIonS: “oUT & aLLIED” | readings | 7 pm | Long-

Continued on p 24

CLUB DIrECTorY 302 SMoKEHoUSE & TaVErn | 207.935.3021 | 636 Main St, Fryeburg

317 MaIn ST MUSIC CEnTEr CaFE | 207.846.9559 | 317 Main

St, Yarmouth 51 WHarF | 207.774.1151 | 51 Wharf St, Portland aCoUSTIC arTISanS | 207.671.6029 | 594 Congress St, Portland aDaMS STrEET PUB | 207.283.4992 | 5 Adams St, Biddeford anDY’S oLD PorT PUB | 207.874.2639 | 94 Commercial St, Portland annIE’S IrISH PUB | 207.251.4335 | 369 Main St, Ogunquit aSYLUM | 207.772.8274 | 121 Center St, Portland BaSSLInES | 207.699.4263 | Binga’s Stadium, 23 Brown St, Portland BaYSIDE BoWL | 207.791.2695 | 58 Alder St, Portland BEnCHWarMErS | 207.729.4800 | 212 Maine St, Brunswick BIG EaSY | 207.894.0633 | 55 Market St, Portland BILLY’S TaVErn | 207.354.1177 | 1 Starr St, Thomaston BInGa’S STaDIUM | 207.347.6072 | 77 Free St, Portland BLUE | 207.774.4111 | 650A Congress St, Portland BLUE MErMaID | 603.427.2583 | 409 The Hill, Portsmouth, NH BLUE Moon LoUnGE | 207.858.5849 | 24 Court St, Skowhegan

BraMBEr VaLLEY Bar-B-Bar

| 603.430.7713 | 75 Bramber Valley Dr, Greenland, NH BraY’S BrEWPUB | 207.693.6806 | Rte 302 and Rte 35, Naples BrIan BorU | 207.780.1506 | 57 Center St, Portland BrITISH BEEr CoMPanY | 603.501.0515 | 2 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth, NH

THE BrUnSWICK oCEanSIDE GrILLE | 207.934.2171 | 39 West Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach BUBBa’S SULKY LoUnGE | 207.828.0549 | 92 Portland St, Portland

BUCK’S naKED BBQ/FrEEPorT | 207.865.0600 | 581 Rte 1,

Freeport

BUCK’S naKED BBQ/PorTLanD | | 50 Wharf St, Portland BULL FEEnEY’S | 207.773.7210 | 375 Fore St, Portland

BULL MooSE LoUnGE |

207.924.7286 | Moosehead Trail Motor Lodge, 300 Corrina Rd, Dexter BUMPa’S Bar & GrILLE | 207.725.2963 | 276 Bath Rd, Brunswick BYrnES IrISH PUB/BaTH | 207.443.6776 | 98 Center St, Bath

BYrnES IrISH PUB/BrUnSWICK | 207.729.9400 | 16 Station

Ave, Brunswick THE CaGE | 207.783.0668 | 97 Ash St, Lewiston CaMPFIrE GrILLE | 207.803.2255 | 656 North High St, Bridgton

CaPTaIn & PaTTY’S rESTaUranT | 207.439.3655 | 90 Pepperrell Rd, Kittery Point

CaPTaIn BLY’S TaVErn |

207.336.2126 | 371 Turner St, Buckfield

CaPTaIn DanIEL STonE Inn | 207.373.1824 | 10 Water St, Brunswick CaSa DEL LUna | 207.241.0711 | Lewiston Mall, Lewiston CHaMPIonS SPorTS Bar | 207.282.7900 | 15 Thornton St, Biddeford CHaPS SaLoon | 207.347.1101 | 1301 Long Plains Rd, Buxton CHarLaMaGnE’S | 207.242.2711 | 228 Water St, Augusta CHoP SHoP PUB | 603.760.7706 | 920 Lafayette Rd, Seabrook, NH CLUB 737 | 207.442.0748 | 737 Washington St, Bath

CLUB TEXaS | 207.784.7785 | 150

THE DoGFISH Bar anD GrILLE | 207.772.5483 | 128 Free St, Portland

DoGFISH CaFE | 207.253.5400 | 953 Congress St, Portland

DoLPHIn STrIKEr | 603.431.5222 | 15 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH

DoVEr BrICK HoUSE |

603.749.3838 | 2 Orchard St, Dover, NH DoWn UnDEr CLUB | 207.992.2550 | Seasons Grille & Sports Lounge, 427 Main St, Bangor EaSY STrEET LoUnGE | 207.622.3360 | 7 Front St, Hallowell

ELEMEnTS: BooKS CoFFEE BEEr

| 207.710.2011 | 265 Main St, Biddeford EMPIrE | 207.879.8988 | 575 Congress St, Portland FaST BrEaKS | 207.782.3305 | 1465 Lisbon St, Lewiston FaT BELLY’S | 603.610.4227 | 2 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH FaTBoY’S SaLoon | 207.766.8862 | 65 Main St, Biddeford FEDEraL JaCK’S | 207.967.4322 | 8 Western Ave, Kennebunk

FEILE IrISH rESTaUranT anD PUB | 207.251.4065 | 1619 Post Rd, Wells

FLaSK LoUnGE | 207.772.3122 | 117

Spring St, Portland FoG Bar & CaFE | 207.593.9371 | 328 Main St, Rockland THE FoGGY GoGGLE | 207.824.5056 | South Ridge Lodge, Sunday River, Newry FrEEDoM CaFE | 207.693.3700 | 923 Roosevelt Trail, Naples FroG anD TUrTLE | 207.591.4185 | 3 Bridge St, Westbrook FronT STrEET PUBLIC HoUSE | 207.442.6700 | 102 Front St, Bath FronTIEr CaFE | 207.725.5222 | Fort Andross, 14 Maine St, Brunswick FUrY’S PUBLICK HoUSE | 603.617.3633 | 1 Washington St, Dover, NH FUSIon | 207.330.3775 | 490 Pleasant St, Lewiston

GarY’S rESTaUranT & SPorTS LoUnGE | 603.335.4279 | 38 Milton

Rd, Rochester, NH GaTHEr | 207.847.3250 | 189 Main St, Yarmouth GEno’S roCK CLUB | 207.221.2382 | 625 Congress St, Portland GFB SCoTTISH PUB | 207.934.8432 | 32 Old Orchard St, Old Orchard Beach THE GIn MILL | 207.620.9200 | 302 Water St, Augusta GInGKo BLUE | 207.541.9190 | 455 Fore St, Portland GInZa ToWn | 207.878.9993 | 1053 Forest Ave, Portland THE GrEEn rooM | 207.490.5798 | 898 Main St, Sanford GrITTY MCDUFF’S | 207.772.2739 | 396 Fore St, Portland GrITTY MCDUFF’S/aUBUrn | 207.782.7228 | 68 Main St, Auburn GUTHrIE’S | 207.376.3344 | 115 Middle St, Lewiston HarLoW’S PUB | 603.924.6365 | 3 School St, Peterborough, NH

HIGHEr GroUnDS CoFFEEHoUSE anD TaVErn | 207.621.1234 | 119 Water St, Hallowell

THE HIVE | 207.985.0006 | 84 Main St, Kennebunk

HoLLYWooD SLoTS | 877.779.7771 |

500 Main St, Bangor THE HoLY GraIL | 603.679.9559 | 64 Main St, Epping, NH IrISH TWInS PUB | 207.376.3088 | 743 Main St, Lewiston Iron TaILS SaLoon | 207.850.1142 | 559 Rte 109, Acton

JIMMY THE GrEEK’S/oLD orCHarD BEaCH | 207.934.7499 | 215

Saco Ave, Old Orchard Beach THE KEnnEBEC WHarF | 207.622.9290 | 1 Wharf St, Hallowell KErrYMEn PUB | 207.282.7425 | 512 Main St, Saco KJ’S SPorTS Bar | 603.659.2329 | North Main St, Newmarket, NH LaST CaLL | 207.934.9082 | 4 1st St,

Old Orchard Beach LFK | 207.899.3277 | 188A State St, Portland THE LIBEraL CUP | 207.623.2739 | 115 Water St, Hallowell LIon’S PrIDE | 207.373.1840 | 112 Pleasant St, Brunswick LITTLE TaP HoUSE | 207.518.9283 | 106 High St, Portland LoCaL 188 | 207.761.7909 | 685 Congress St, Portland

LoCaL SProUTS CooPEraTIVE

| 207.899.3529 | 649 Congress St, Portland MaInE STrEET | 207.646.5101 | 195 Maine St, Ogunquit MaInELY BrEWS | 207.873.2457 | 1 Post Office Sq, Waterville MaMa’S CroWBar | 207.773.9230 | 189 Congress St, Portland MarK’S PLaCE | 207.899.3333 | 416 Fore St, Portland MaTHEW’S PUB | 207.253.1812 | 133 Free St, Portland MaXWELL’S PUB | 207.646.2345 | 243 Main St, Ogunquit MaYo STrEET arTS | 207.615.3609 | 10 Mayo St, Portland MEMorY LanE MUSIC HaLL | 207.642.3363 | 35 Blake Rd, Standish MJ’S WInE Bar | 207.653.6278 | 1 City Center, Portland Mr. GooDBar | 207.934.9100 | 8B West Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach naraL’S EXPErIEnCE araBIa | 207.344.3201 | 34 Court St, Auburn noCTUrnEM DraFT HaUS | 207.907.4380 | 56 Main St, Bangor THE oaK anD THE aX | | 140 Main St, Ste 107-Back Alley, Biddeford THE oar HoUSE | 603.436.4025 | 55 Ceres St, Portsmouth, NH oaSIS | 207.370.9048 | 42 Wharf St, Portland oLD MILL PUB | 207.474.6627 | 39 Water St, Skowhegan oLD PorT TaVErn | 207.774.0444 | 11 Moulton St, Portland THE oLDE MILL TaVErn | 207.583.9077 | 56 Main St, Harrison orCHarD STrEET CHoP SHoP | 603.749.0006 | 1 Orchard St, Dover, NH oTTo | 207.773.7099 | 574-6 Congress St, Portland PaDDY MUrPHY’S | 207.945.6800 | 26 Main St, Bangor PEarL | 207.653.8486 | 444 Fore St, Portland PEDro o’Hara’S/LEWISTon | 207.783.6200 | 134 Main St, Lewiston PEDro’S | 207.967.5544 | 181 Port Rd, Kennebunk PEnoBSCoT PoUr HoUSE | 207.941.8805 | 14 Larkin St, Bangor PHoEnIX HoUSE & WELL | 207.824.2222 | 9 Timberline Dr, Newry PICaSSo’S PIZZa & PUB | 401.739.5030 | 2323 Warwick Ave, Warwick, RI

PLEaSanT noTE CoFFEEHoUSE

| 207.783.0461 | First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St, Auburn PorT CITY MUSIC HaLL | 207.899.4990 | 504 Congress St, Portland PorTHoLE rESTaUranT | 207.773.4653 | 20 Custom House Wharf, Portland PorTLanD EaGLES | 207.773.9448 | 184 Saint John St, Portland PorTLanD LoBSTEr Co | 207.775.2112 | 180 Commercial St, Portland PorTSMoUTH BooK anD Bar | 617.908.8277 | 40 Pleasant St, Portsmouth, NH PorTSMoUTH GaS LIGHT | 603.430.8582 | 64 Market St, Portsmouth, NH PrESS rooM | 603.431.5186 | 77 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH ProFEnno’S | 207.856.0011 | 934 Main St, Westbrook raVEn’S rooST | 207.406.2359 | 103 Pleasant St, Brunswick THE rED Door | 603.373.6827 | 107 State St, Portsmouth, NH rI ra/PorTLanD | 207.761.4446 | 72 Commercial St, Portland rI ra/PorTSMoUTH | 603.319.1680 | 22 Market St, Portsmouth, NH roCK HarBor | 207.593.7488 | 416 Main St, Rockland rooSTEr’S | 207.622.2625 | 110 Community Dr, Augusta roUnD ToP CoFFEEHoUSE |

207.677.2354 | Round Top Farm, Main St, Damariscotta rUDI’S | 603.430.7834 | 20 High St, Portsmouth, NH rUn oF THE MILL BrEWPUB | 207.571.9648 | 100 Main St, Saco Island, Saco SaLVaGE BBQ & SMoKEHoUSE | | 919 Congress St, Portland SEa DoG BrEWInG/BanGor | 207.947.8009 | 26 Front St, Bangor

SEa DoG BrEWInG/SoUTH PorTLanD | 207.871.7000 | 125

Western Ave, South Portland

SEa DoG BrEWInG/ToPSHaM | 207.725.0162 | 1 Maine St, Great Mill Island, Topsham SEa KETCH | 603.926.0324 | 127 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH SEa40 | 207.795.6888 | 40 East Ave, Lewiston SEaSonS GrILLE | 207.775.6538 | 155 Riverside St, Portland SEED & BEan | 207.636.7555 | 154 Alfred Rd, Kennebunk SHEnanIGanS | 207.213.4105 | 349 Water St, Augusta SIDE STrEET CaFE | 207.801.2591 | 49 Rodick St, Bar Harbor SILVEr HoUSE TaVErn | 207.772.9885 | 123 Commercial St, Portland SKIP’S LoUnGE | 207.929.9985 | 299 Narragansett Trail, Buxton SKYBoX Bar anD GrILL | 207.854.9012 | 212 Brown St, Westbrook SLaInTE | 207.828.0900 | 24 Preble St, Portland SLaTES rESTaUranT anD BaKErY | 207.622.4104 | 169 Water St, Hallowell

SMILIn’ MooSE PUBLYK HoUSE anD TaVErn | 207.739.6006 | 10 Market Sq, South Paris

SoLo BISTro | 207.443.3378 | 128

Front St, Bath SonnY’S | 207.772.7774 | 83 Exchange St, Portland SonnY’S TaVErn | 603.343.4332 | 328 Central Ave, Dover, NH SoUTHSIDE TaVErn | 207.474.6073 | 1 Waterville Rd, Skowhegan SPaCE GaLLErY | 207.828.5600 | 538 Congress St, Portland THE SPaGHETTI STaIn | 603.343.5257 | 421 Central Ave, Dover, NH SParE TIME | 207.878.2695 | City Sports Grille, 867 Riverside St, Portland SPEaKEaSY | 207.596.6661 | 2 Park Dr, Rockland SPrInG HILL TaVErn | 603.431.5222 | Dolphin Striker, 15 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH SPrInG PoInT TaVErn | 207.733.2245 | 175 Pickett St, South Portland STYXX | 207.828.0822 | 3 Spring St, Portland SUDS PUB | 207.824.6558 | Sudbury Inn Main St, Bethel TaILGaTE Bar & GrILL | 207.657.7973 | 61 Portland Rd, Gray THIrSTY MooSE TaPHoUSE | 603.427.8645 | 21 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH THE THIrSTY PIG | 207.773.2469 | 37 Exchange St, Portland TIME oUT PUB | 207.593.9336 | 275 Main St, Rockland TorCHES GrILL HoUSE | 207.467.3288 | 102 York St, Kennebunk ToWnHoUSE PUB | 207.284.7411 | 5 Storer St, Saco TraIn’S TaVErn | 207.457.6032 | 249 Carl Broggi Hwy, Lebanon TUCKEr’S PUB | 207.739.2200 | 290 Main St, Norway UnIon HoUSE PUB & PIZZa | 207.590.4825 | North Dam Mill, 2 Main St, 18-230, Biddeford UnIon STaTIon BILLIarDS | 207.899.3693 | 272 St John St, Portland WaLLY’S PUB | 603.926.6954 | 144 Ashworth Ave, Hampton, NH WaTEr STrEET GrILL | 207.582.9464 | 463 Water St, Gardiner WILLY’S aLE rooM | 207.636.3369 | Rte 109, Acton WooDMan’S Bar & GrILL | 207.866.4040 | 31 Main St, Orono ZaCKErY’S | 207.774.5601 | Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside St, Portland

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MonDaY 5

MarIE BoSTWICK | reads and dis-

Listings Continued from p 22 207.871.1700

MaTT TaIBBI | reads and discusses

SaTUrDaY 3

rICHarD BLanCo

| 3 pm | Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St, Damariscotta | 207.563.3424

SUnDaY 4

7TH annUaL MErrIConEaG PoETrY FESTIVaL | hosted by poet

GET HAIR CAUGHT SKINCARE BEING

Richard Blanco | 3 pm | Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Rd, Freeport | 207.450.5342

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TUESDaY 6

aDELLE WaLDMan | reads and

“ProSE, PoETrY, & PoPSICLES,” rEaDInGS | 6:30 pm | Crackskull’s

Coffee & Books, 86 Main St, Newmarket, NH | 603.659.8181 or crackskulls.com

WEDnESDaY 7

Jan ELIZaBETH WaTSon | reads

Southern Maine - Portland, Glickman Library, 7th Floor, 314 Forest Ave, Portland | 207.780.4269

THUrSDaY 8

aLan WEISMan | reads and

discusses his novel Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? | 7 pm | RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet St, Portsmouth, NH | 603.431.2100 or riverrunbookstore.com

“BIG nIGHT 2014,” rEaDInGS & CELEBraTIon WITH THE TELLInG rooM | 7 pm | University

TaLKS THUrSDaY 1

ropoulos | 7:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.775.3321

“SoCIaL PoLITICS & THE CoLD War” | with Dagmar Herzog

| 7:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Moulton Union, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

FrIDaY 2

“MaFIa, MaSCULInITY, MELoDraMa” | with Dana Renga |

4:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Massachusetts Hall, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

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“TranSGEnDEr, CISGEnDEr, GEnDErQUEEr, TranS: a CoMMUnITY ConVErSaTIon” | with Jules Purnell + Erica Rand + Wendy Chapkis | 7 pm | SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | 207.828.5600 or space538.org

TUESDaY 6

ELIoT CUTLEr | 7 pm | Bates College, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Rd, Lewiston | 207.786.8376

WEDnESDaY 7

“CooPEraTIVE LEarnInG In a METroPoLITan UnIVErSITY: WHY & HoW” | with Christy Hammer | 11 am | University of Southern Maine - Portland, Glickman Family Library, 5th Floor, 314 Forest Ave, Portland | 207.780.4270

“CoYoTE, aMErICa’S SonGDoG” | with Carnivore Conser-

vation Biologist Geri Vistein | 6:30 pm | Skyline Farm Carriage Museum, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | 207.846.9559 or skylinefarm.org

“TrUTH In a nETWorKED WorLD” | with Alex Steed +

Jason Read | 6 pm | SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | 207.828.5600 or space538.org

THUrSDaY 8

“aFrICan aMErICanS & THE U.S. GoVErnMEnT DUrInG anD aFTEr THE CIVIL War” |

with Chandra Manning | Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St, Portland | $10 | 207.774.1822 or mainehistory.org

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thepublictheatre.org | 31 Maple St, Lewiston | May 2-11: Moonlight &

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chocolatechurcharts.org | 804 Washington St, Bath | May 2-4: The Cherry

FrEEPorT THEaTEr oF aWESoME | 800.838.3006 | 5 Depot St,

Magnolias | Fri + Thurs 7:30 pm; Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm | $20, $5 youth 18 & under

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press.com | Press Room, 77 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH | May 4: Redhook

Freeport | May 2-3: Hello Gorgeous!: The Music of Barbra Streisand | FriSat 7 pm

ShakesBEERience | 6:30 pm

Ave, Rollinsford, NH | May 2-17: Har-

207.756.0196 | 225 Water St, Skowhegan | May 3: “What Is This Life”

GarrISon PLaYErS arTS CEnTEr | 603.516.4919 | 650 Portland

vey | Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 3 pm | $18, $15 seniors/students

HEarTWooD rEGIonaL THEaTEr CoMPanY | 207.563.1373 |

Parker B. Poe Theater, Lincoln Academy, 81 Academy Hill, Newcastle |

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rencearts.org | 76 Congress St, Portland | May 1-3: Maine Playwrights

Festival: “The Omega Show,” local short plays | Thurs-Fri 7:30 pm; Sat 4 & 7:30 pm | $15 | May 4: Maine Playwrights Festival: “The 24-Hour Theatre Project” | 7:30 pm | $15

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York | georgemarshallstoregallery.org

| Thurs-Sat 11 am-5 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through June 1: “Momentum XII -Justin Kirchoff: Half-Life,” photography | Through June 1: “Sanctuary Arts -- Spreading the Word,” mixed media group exhibition

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MUSEUMS BaTES CoLLEGE MUS EUM oF arT | 207.786.6158 | 75

Russell St, Olin Arts Center, Lewiston | bates.edu/museum-about.xml |

Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through May 24: “Polish Posters: Art & Illusion” | Through May 24: “Senior Thesis Exhibition 2014,” mixed media student exhibition

BoWDoIn CoLLEGE MUSEUM oF arT | 207.725.3275 | 245 Maine St,

Brunswick | bowdoin.edu/art-museum | Tues-Wed + Fri-Sat 10 am-5

pm; Thurs 10 am-8:30 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Free admission; donations welcome | May 8-June 8: “Frontier Visions: The American West in Image & Myth,” works on paper | Through June 1: “Surrealism in Motion,” short films | Through June 1: “The Object Show: Discoveries in Bowdoin Collections” | Through June 1: “Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography” | Ongoing: “American Artists at Work, 1840-1950” + “Contemporary Masters, 1950 to the Present” + “Lovers & Saints: Art of the Italian Renaissance” CoLBY CoLLEGE | 207.859.5600 |

Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr, Waterville | colby.edu/museum |

Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Free admission | Through June 8: “American Weathervanes from a Distinguished Maine Collection” | Through June 8: “Histories of Now:

Six Artists from Cairo,” video works | Through June 8: “Julianne Swartz: Affirmation,” sound installation | Through June 8: “Spaces & Places: Chinese Art from the LunderColville Collection & the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” | Through June 8: “The Lunder Collection: A Gift of Art to Colby College” | Through June 29: “Alex Katz: Assembly II,” paintings, cutouts, & works on paper | Ongoing: “Process & Place: Exploring the Design Evolution of the Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion” + “Alex Katz Collection” DYEr LIBrarY/SaCo MUSEUM | 207.283.3861 | 371 Main St, Saco | sacomuseum.org | Tues-Thurs noon-4 pm; Fri noon-8 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun noon-4 pm | Through May 31: “Sacy Bay Artists,” mixed media group exhibition | Through May 3: “From the Elegant to the Everyday: 200 Years of Fashion in Northern New England” FarnSWorTH arT MUSEUM | 207.596.6457 | 16 Museum St, Rockland | farnsworthmuseum.org | 10 am-5 pm, open until 8 pm with free admission Wed | $12, seniors & students $10; under 17 free & Rockland residents free | Admission $12; $10 seniors and students; free for youth under 17 and Rockland residents | Through Sept 28: “Coloring Vision: From Impressionism to Modernism,” paintings | Through Dec 31: “Ideals of Beauty: The Nude,” mixed media | Through Dec 31: “The Wyeths, Maine, & the Sea,” paintings & works on paper ICa aT MECa | 207.879.5742 | 522 Congress St, Portland | Wed-Sun 11 am-5 pm; Thurs 11 am-7 pm | Through March 31: “We Are What We Hide,” long-running exhibit in& outside gallery walls MaInE CoLLEGE oF arT | 207.699.5010 | Charles C. Thomas Gallery, 522 Congress St, Portland | Through June 4: paintings by Anne Ireland

oGUnQUIT MUSEUM oF arT

PHILLIPS EXETEr aCaDEMY

| 603.777.3461 | Lamont Gallery,

Frederick R Mayer Art Center, Tan Ln, Exeter, NH | exeter.edu/art/ visit_Lamont.html | Mon 1-5 pm;

Tues-Sat 9 am-5 pm | Free admission | Through May 3: “A Whole New Game: Sports & Games in Art,” mixed media group exhibition PorTLanD MUSEUM oF arT | 207.775.6148 | 7 Congress Square, Portland | portlandmuseum.org | Tues-Thurs + Sat-Sun 10 am-5 pm; Fri 10 am-9 pm | Admission $12; $10 students/seniors; $6 youth 13-17; free for youth 12 & under and for all Fri 5-9 pm | Through June 1: “Art in Process: Weather in High School Art & Science,” student works | Through June 15: “Preserving Creative Spaces: The Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios Program,” documentary installation | Through July 27: “PMA Family Space: Clint Fulkerson,” drawings | Through Aug 3: “George Daniell: Picturing Monhegan Island,” photographs & drawings | Through Aug 24: “Andrea Sulzer: throughoutsideways,” drawings & prints

SaLT InSTITUTE For DoCUMEnTarY STUDIES | 207.761.0660 | 561 Congress St, Portland | salt.edu |

Tues-Fri noon-4:30 pm | Through May 2: “The Battle We Didn’t Choose,” photography by Angelo Merendino

UnIVErSITY oF MaInE - FarMInGTon | 207.778.7292 | Emery

Community Arts Center, 111 South St, Farmington | Through May 17:

“Pardon My Tartle: UMF Senior Art Show,” mixed media

UnIVErSITY oF MaInE MUSEUM oF arT | 207.561.3350 | Norumbega

Hall, 40 Harlow St, Bangor | umma. umaine.edu | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm

| Free admission | Through June 7: “Amy Beeler: Passion & Adornment,” sculpture & jewelry works | Through June 7: “Joe Kelly: Works from 2007-2014,” sculptures & draw-

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tastes like WORlD peace ings | Through June 7: “Looking Back Six Years -- Part One: Selected New Acquisitions,” mixed media | Ongoing: “Selections from the Permanent Collection”

UnIVErSITY oF nEW EnGLanD PorTLanD | 207.221.4499 | Art Gal-

lery, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland | une. edu/artgallery | Wed 1-4 pm; Thurs

1-7 pm; Fri-Sun 1-4 pm | Through June 14: “The Painting of John Calvin Stevens” | Through June 15: “Recent Acquisitions & Selections from the Permanent Collection,” mixed media | Ongoing: paintings & photography by Maine artists + labyrinth installation

UnIVErSITY oF nEW HaMPSHIrE MUSEUM oF arT | 603.862.3712 |

Paul Creative Arts Center, Durham, NH | unh.edu/moa | Mon-Wed 10 am-

4 pm; Thurs 10 am-8 pm; Sat-Sun 1-5 pm | Free admission | Through May 16: “2014 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition,” mixed media | reception April 11 6-8 pm | Through May 16: “2014 Senior B.A. & B.F.A. Exhibition,” mixed media

UnIVErSITY oF SoUTHErn MaInE - GorHaM | 207.780.5008 |

Art Gallery, USM Campus, Gorham | usm.maine.edu/~gallery | Tues-Fri 11

am-4 pm; Sat-Sun 1-5 pm | Through May 2: “2014 BFA & BA Exhibition,” mixed media student show | reception April 18 6-8 pm

UnIVErSITY oF SoUTHErn MaInE - LEWISTon/aUBUrn |

207.753.6500 | Atrium Gallery, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston | usm. maine.edu/lac/art/exhibits.html |

Mon-Thurs 8 am-8 pm; Fri 8 am4:30 pm | Free admission | Through June 6: “Ant Farm: At the Nexus of Art & Science,” installation by Colleen Kinsella + Vivien Russe + Rebecca Goodale + Dorothy Schwartz

UnIVErSITY oF SoUTHErn MaInE - PorTLanD | 207.780.4270 | Kate Cheney Chappell Center for

Book Arts, Great Reading Room, 7th Floor, Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland | usm.maine.edu/bookarts | Mon-Thurs 7:45 am-11 pm; Fri

7:45 am-8 pm; Sat 10 am-8 pm; Sun 10 am-11 pm | Through May 1: “AlMutanabbi Street Starts Here,” traveling exhibition | Through May 7: “2014 President’s Art Show,” mixed media student exhibition | Through May 31: “Rescued, Redeemed, Revived,” book arts | Through Aug 14: “Charting an Empire: The Atlantic Neptune,” cartographic exhibition

oTHEr MUSEUMS aBBE MUSEUM | 207.288.3519 | 26

Mount Desert St, Bar Harbor | abbemuseum.org | Thurs-Sat 10 am-4

pm | Through Dec 31: “Twisted Path III: Questions of Balance” | Ongoing: “Layers of Time: Archaeology at the Abbe Museum” + “Dr. Abbe’s Museum”

CHILDrEn’S MUSEUM & THEaTrE oF MaInE | 207.828.1234 | 142 Free St, Portland | kitetails.com | Tues-Sat

10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm; Mon during school vacations | $10, $9 seniors, $7 youth under 17, free under 6; first Friday of the month is free 5-8 pm | May 1: Tiny Tots: Balloon Ball 10:30am; Star Show 11:30am; Tide Pool Touch Tank 3:30pm | May 2: Fire Safety Friday 10:15am | May 3: The Eyeball Show 11am; Open Art Studio 2-3pm; Smooshy Smelly Science 3:30pm | May 4: Young En-

gineers: Tall Towers 11am; Cooking Healthy: Gluten-Free Zucchini Lasagna 2pm | May 6: Sing-a-long Story Time 11am; Does it Dissolve? 3pm | May 7: Open Art Studio 11am-12pm; Color Play: Warm and Cold 3:30pm | May 8: Tiny Tots: Shape Scavenger Hunt 10:30am; Star Show 11:30am; Tide Pool Touch Tank 3:30pm

CHILDrEn’S MUSEUM oF nEW HaMPSHIrE | 603.742.2002 | 6

Washington St, Dover, NH | TuesSat 10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Admission $7, seniors $6 | Through May 26: “Through the Lens: A Look at Our Diverse World,” photography MaInE HISTorICaL SoCIETY | 207.774.1822 | 489 Congress St, Portland | mainehistory.org | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | $8, $7 seniors/students, $2 children, kids under 6 free | Through May 26: “This Rebellion: Maine & the Civil War” MaInE MarITIME MUSEUM | 207.443.1316 | 243 Washington St, Bath | mainemaritimemuseum.org | Daily 9:30 am-5 pm | Admission $10, $9 seniors, $7 for children seven through 17, free for children six and under | Through June 1: “Going Coastal: Humor, Parody, & Amusement of a Maritime Nature” | Through June 1: “Those Contrary Winds: Weather & its Effects on Ships, Mariners, & Maritime History” | Ongoing: “A Maritime History of Maine” + “A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small & the Great Schooners” + “Snow Squall: Last of the American Clipper Ships” MaInE STaTE MUSEUM | 207.287.2301 | 83 State House Stn, Augusta | mainestatemuseum.org | Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun 1-4 pm | Admission $2, $1 for seniors and children ages 6-18, under 6 free | Through April 30: “Maine Voices from the Civil War” | Ongoing: 12,000-plus years of Maine’s history, in homes, nature, shops, mills, ships, & factories

PEarY-MaCMILLan arCTIC MUSEUM | 207.725.3416 | Bowdoin

College, Hubbard Hall, 5 College St, Brunswick | bowdoin.edu/arcticmuseum/index.shtml | Tues-Sat

10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | Free | Through Aug 31: “Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Natural World” | Ongoing: “Cape Dorset & Beyond: Inuit Art from the Marcia & Robert Ellis Collection” + “Robert E. Peary & His Northern World” + “Faces of Greenland: Ivory Carvings from the Bareguard Collection” PorTSMoUTH aTHEnaEUM | 603.431.2538 | 9 Market Sq, Portsmouth, NH | Tues, Thurs, & Sat 1-4 pm | Through May 17: “The 1749 Model of the HMS America, the Athenaeum’s First Object -- 1820” SoUTHWorTH PLanETarIUM | 207.780.4249 | Science Building, 70

Falmouth St, University of Southern Maine - Portland, | usm.maine.edu/ planet | call for hours | free | May 2:

Dinosaurs at Dusk 7pm; Eight Planets and Counting 8:30pm | May 3: Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast 3pm | May 4: The Little Star that Could 3pm | May 5: dinosaurs at Dusk 1pm | May 7 Eight Planets and Counting 1pm VICTorIa ManSIon | 207.772.4841 | 109 Danforth St, Portland | victoriamansion.org | Through May 21: “Mansion as Muse,” installation by Amy Yoes + Andrew Mowbray + Mark Dion + Dana Sherwood + Justin Richel

a celeBratory dish with chicken, tumeric, and fresh ginger _By lindsa y sterling A 15-year-old woman from Pakistan recently taught me how to cook her favorite dish from home. The Pakistani town of Gilgit, in the Himalayan mountain range, is “a four-hour drive to China,” she told me. “There are mountain peaks covered with snow throughout the year. And K2 is nearby.” It’s about a 24-hour drive from there to the Arabian Sea, but she’s never been. “This is my first time with the ocean. I love it. My host mom loves the ocean, too. On Saturday or Sunday, when we’re wondering what to do, we just drive to the ocean.” The day Savita Nooreen and I spent cooking together was March 21, a holiday called Novruz in her part of the world. On this day Azerbaijanis, Indians, Pakistanis, Turks, Uzbeks, and others celebrate spring, as well as peace, neighborliness, and reconciliation. Savita began to teach me how to make jalfrezi, a dish her family at home would be eating together on that day. First, you sauté onions, turmeric, and bite-sized pieces of chicken breast in oil. Then, once the chicken is cooked on the outside and the onions are soft, you add tomato, chili powder, cumin, and a little water. Put the lid on and let that cook for

FShort Takes xxW the aMazing spiDeR-Man 2 142 minUtes | pg-13 | nickelodeon + westbrook cinemagic + clarks pond + saco cinemagic & imax + nordica + regal brUnswick + smitty’s biddo, sanford, & windham + aUbUrn + lewiston + oxford Amazing is a word so overused it no longer has any impact, which makes it the perfect adjective for this second installment of the second franchise based on the Marvel Comics superhero. The Green Goblin, featured in the first installment of the first franchise back in 2002, returns for another go-round, though Spider-Man spends most of the movie contending with the high-voltage Electro (Jamie Foxx), whose attack on Times Square is the central action sequence. As the hero and his adolescent alter-ego, Andrew

about 15 minutes, until the onions melt into an orange-brown sauce. Meanwhile, using a mortar and pestle, mash fresh ginger into a paste. At the end of the cooking process, mix the ginger into the chicken along with chopped cilantro leaves and cardamom powder. As we cooked, we talked. “Someone on the school bus asked me if we have houses or we live in caves,” Savita said in disbelief. “[Pakistan] is the same as here. It is a developing country. Fifty to 60 years ago there was no connection with the rest of the world. The northern part had no schools. But now it’s just like Freeport. We have schools, colleges, universities…” As uncomfortable as it made me, I had to bring up the t-word. After all, many Americans associate Pakistan with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. My question, embarrassingly, came out this way: “Have you ever seen a terrorist?” “My place is peaceful,” she responded. “I haven’t seen a terrorist, or at least I haven’t known it, or any sort of distraction or any sort of tension.” She indicated that a small percentage of the people in Pakistan are causing the trouble. It reminded me of a conversation I once had with an Afghani woman who said

SomEthing to SmiLE about savita nooreen sits with a plate of homemade jalfrezi. something along these lines: There are bad people everywhere. Let’s not let them ruin what the rest of us think of each other. Savita told me that her community back home has concerns about her American lifestyle. “Some worried that I might get spoiled,” she said. “There is the stereotype that all American kids party a lot — bad kind of activities.” But she’s been Facebooking with her friends from home, reassuring them: “It’s just the same [here as it is at home]. Parents keep an eye on you and your friends. We go to school. We study.” Jalfrezi tasted a lot like a classic Indian

dish: tender bites of meat in a zippy sauce, served with rice. I’m actually not sure whether to label it Indian or Pakistani because my Indian friend also knows jalfrezi as her native food. But nevermind that. Certain things are just beyond borders, like Novruz, chicken jalfrezi, and — now that I think about it — peace. ^

Every month, Lindsay Sterling visits the home of a local immigrant to learn how to make a new dish from a different part of the world. For details and recipes, visit immigrantkitchens.com.

movie reviews in brief

Garfield continues to be the new series’ most valuable player; his tender, modestly written scenes with Sally Field as his widowed aunt and with Emma Stone as his best girl offer a welcome respite from the spectacle. That’s about all I can think of at the moment — imagine how tough this will be once we get to the third installment of the third franchise. Marc Webb directed; with Dane DeHaan and Paul Gimatti.

_Jr Jones

xxW bRick MansiOns 90 minUtes | pg-13 | westbrook cinemagic + clarks pond + saco cinemagic & imax + regal brUnswick + smitty’s windham + aUbUrn Camille Delamarre — who edited Transporter 3 (2008), Taken 2 (2012), and other high-speed actioners for Luc Besson’s EurpaCorp studios — makes

his directorial debut with this similarminded crime thriller, a remake of District B13 (2004). Besson wrote that movie and this one, transplanting the story from a Parisian banlieue to a Detroit housing project but keeping the story intact: an undercover cop (Paul Walker, in one of his final roles) and an ex-con (David Belle, reprising his character from the original) try to take down a powerful slumlord (rapper RZA). This is shamelessly cartoonish B-movie fare, but at least it has a social conscience.

_drew hunt

Brick Mansions

xxW the OtheR wOMan 115 minUtes | westbrook cinemagic + clarks pond + saco cinemagic & imax + nordica + regal brUnswick + smitty’s biddo, sanford, & windham + aUbUrn + lewiston + oxford Nine to Five (1980) pioneered the feminist revenge comedy with its tale of three secretaries con-

spiring to punish their obnoxious boss; The First Wives’ Club (1996) recycled the idea with three divorcees banding together against their ex-husbands. Now first-time screenwriter Melissa Stack gives it another go with this anemic effort: a glamorous attorney (Cameron Diaz) discovers that the man she’s been dating is married, and though she breaks it off, his daffy wife (Leslie Mann) won’t leave her alone. After growing friendly, they learn of his third lover (Kate Upton), a gorgeous bubblehead, and all three decide to get even with him. Mann and Diaz make a pretty funny duo, but in the theater where I saw this, they were both upstaged by the shot of a mastiff shitting on a hardwood floor. Nick Cassavetes directed; with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Don Johnson.

_Jr Jones

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CaPtaIn aMErICa: tHE WIntEr SoldIEr | 12:15, 3:30, 7, 9:50 dIVErGEnt | 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 draFt daY | 11:50 am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50

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_by syMbo line Da i The waxing moon is a time for growth. Adding versus subtracting, expanding versus contracting will keep you in tune with the moon. Spring fever is well underway for some, particularly Libra who have Mars still in their sign (forcing them to make decisions, which is never Libra’s most comfortable activity). Interesting holidays this week: May Day and Cinco de Mayo (no presents required for either). I wonder if the grocery stores in Santa Monica, where I once lived, still put bilingual flyers into the bags before May 5, urging patrons not to discharge firearms in the sky. And, a sad note from your correspondent. My mom, teacher/actor Janet Cragin, passed away on April 24. She was my shining star and the first person who thought that being an astrologer was a valid career choice. RIP Mum.

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Across 1 Govt. product-tester 4 “Viva ___!” (1952 Marlon Brando movie) 10 rather adept at reporting? 13 “how cute!” sounds 14 demons that prey upon sleepers 15 air filter acronym 16 creating a pitt-shaped cake? 18 Sheltered valley 19 Full of it 20 “Blueberries for ___” 21 one of xavier cugat’s exes 22 periods of boredom 24 “night” author Wiesel 26 Bro, say 27 temperature meas. 28 heart readout, for short 30 Mississippi river explorer 32 Breakfast item that’s only around for a short time? 35 “alice” diner owner 37 apprehension 38 tV series set in the tanner household 39 1980’s punky as an impediment?

42 43 44 47 48 51 53 55 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66

conductor toscanini play leapfrog Sault ___ Marie apparel size: abbr. Blown away Made an “old Macdonald” sound one of the carpenters thread target river by the louvre Big boats “i’m getting seasick in this jail,” e.g.? Bikini Bare competitor took in too much Georgia’s capital, casually Barnyard pen “Go away!” “cats” inspiration’s monogram 1

Waxing moon in Gemini, moon void-of-course all day until 9:13 am Saturday, when it moves into cancer, Venus moves into aries. calling all twins! your twin will find you. don’t have one? Well, this explanation is open to interpretation, as this is also a day of impromptu encounters. don’t look for complexity if simplemindedness will explain. hot to trot: Gemini, aquarius, libra, cancer, and taurus. in a rush, but slightly clumsy: Virgo, pisces, Sagittarius, and capricorn. Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Scorpio and aries. 5

Waxing moon in cancer (moon void-of-course until 9:13 am in Gemini). the moon is at odds with Venus and Mars, making what’s called a “t-square,” so relationships are under a strain, particularly for perfectionistic libra, aries, and capricorn folks. however, cancer moons are excellent for baking or creating domestic harmony. looking for coziness: cancer, Scorpio, pisces, and leo. inclined to laziness: taurus, Virgo, Gemini, aquarius, and Sagittarius. 6

Waxing moon in cancer. a super time to improve your home, whether it’s tidying and cleaning or doing the cooking for the week. domestic impulses rule, particularly for cancer, Scorpio, pisces, Virgo, leo, and taurus. capricorn, libra, aquarius, Sagittarius, and aries will be restless, and not able to focus, so procrastinating could be their theme of the day. For all, a certain sensitivity will come easily, which for some could mean prickliness. 7

Monday May 5

sunday May 4

saturday May 3

_ by J en sor e n sen

May day, waxing moon in Gemini, moon void-of-course 7:32 pm until 9:13 am Saturday, when it moves into cancer. in the afternoon, flexibility is more likely, so if you have a crazy idea, bring it to the powers-thatbe then. take action: Gemini, libra, aquarius, cancer, taurus, leo, aries. hold back: Scorpio, leo, aquarius, Virgo, Sagittarius, pisces. 4

Friday May 2

Down 1 legendary 2 the rock’s real first name 3 “Who’s ___?” 4 More piquant 5 “life of pi” director lee 6 Banned pollutants, briefly 7 distinctive atmospheres 8 Game for little little leaguers 9 lend a hand 10 “3 Feet high and rising” hip hop trio 11 drink before dinner 12 tiny machine 15 MlB banned substance 17 Shiba ___ (dog breed) 21 average grades 23 Big name in ‘80s hair metal 25 “Same here” 29 “pretty Woman” star 31 Mufasa’s malevolent brother 32 French cheese 33 hardly any 34 Big shindig 35 oscar-winning role for Meryl 36 ‘ neighbor 39 troubled region of europe, with “the” 40 Word in many cereal names 41 hulu offering 44 telluride top 45 Basic doctrines 46 1926 english channel swimmer Gertrude 49 Spine-tingling 50 Fizzling out 52 circus precaution 54 Secaucus clock setting 56 Frozen waffle brand 59 consumer protection org. 60 affable affleck 17

thursday May 1

Waxing moon in cancer, moon void-of course 4:46 am until 1:55 pm when it moves into leo, cinco de Mayo. Make no decisions in the morning — that Voc moon alters perceptions. Wait until the moon is firmly in leo (the sign of sales!) to try to persuade others. Willing to gamble: cancer, Scorpio, pisces, Sagittarius, aries, and leo. not seeing the fine print: libra, Gemini, aquarius, taurus, Virgo, and capricorn. 8

tuesday May 6

First quarter moon in leo. a turning point for activities that began april 29. excellent day if you work in sales, persuasion, education or party-planning. not a day to slack, because the loudest will be heard. (loudest, not “best” or “smartest.”) leo, Virgo, libra, Sagittarius, cancer, aries, and Gemini are in a mood to play games with high stakes. aquarius, taurus, Scorpio, capricorn and pisces: if you’re feeling thin-skinned, you’re in tune with the moon. So snap out of it, okay? 9

Wednesday May 7

Waxing moon in leo, moon void-of-course 6:50 am until 2:24 am thursday. an all-day Voc moon compromises information, and can also make going from one place to the next exceedingly difficult, but ultimately very fun, particularly for leo, cancer, Sagittarius, libra, aries, Gemini, and Virgo. taurus, Scorpio, aquarius, capricorn, and pisces: don’t look for trouble, which means listening carefully before responding. 10

Moon Keys

This horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves through the signs of the zodiac. | When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. When the moon moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, family, or authority figures; social or romantic activities will not be at their best. | When the moon is in Aries, it opposes Libra, and vice versa. Other oppositions are Taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, Cancer/Capricorn, Leo/ Aquarius, and Virgo/Pisces. The moon stays in each sign approximately two and a half days. | As the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void of course,” making no major angles to planets. Consider this a null time and try to avoid making or implementing decisions if you can. But it’s great for brainstorming. | For Symboline Dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, visit our Web site at thePhoenix.com. Symboline Dai can be reached at sally@moonsigns.net.

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