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André Derain (French, 1880-1954), Bridge over the Riou, 1906, oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 40 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The William S. Paley Collection

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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer left a pressure cooker on a Boston sidewalk two days after the marathon. #numbstream

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When silence speaks volumes

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On her deathbed, Terry Tempest Williams’s mother left her daughter three shelves of cloth-bound journals. When Williams opened them, hoping to find solace as well as perhaps some insight into her mother’s soul, all she found was blank pages. Volumes of empty journals, bestowed as a final, inscrutable gift that Williams came to interpret in many ways — as an act of aggression, as a vessel for her own truths, as a mirror, and as a void. In her latest book, released earlier this year in paperback, Williams (who speaks at Longfellow Books on May 2) dives from those stark white journal pages into the stories and revelations they call to mind. Woven together, these meditations comprise When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice (Picador; $15), a surging and lyrical memoir of womanhood as influenced by nature and nurture. A woman hears many voices over the course of her life: Her own, one hopes, and that of her mother, also those of her grandmother and great-grandmother and all the women who came before. Like birdsongs in a forest, these can be difficult to discern unless you truly

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LuMInARY Terry Tempest Williams is in town this week. listen. And here, Williams shows us how. Carried on waves of prose, we get to know Williams as a writer, an activist, a wife, a daughter, and an adopted mother; she asks us to join her on a journey of self-discovery and we do so, finding our own questions reflected in hers. In this book, even what is soundless has voice: silence, sorrow, intuition, death. These intangibles speak loudly, in fact — beseeching the women

for whom this book is written to heed, to pay attention. “In a voiced community, we all flourish,” she writes. While much of Williams’s book treats voice as a personal and internal concept, she doesn’t neglect the global context, which is unsurprising given her status as a renowned thinker on social justice and environmental issues. “We are engaged in two wars, big wars with big costs,” she reminds us. “The only thing quiet about them is that the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have remained largely hidden, denied except to those who are fighting them. This is our national lie, that somehow these wars exist outside of us. America’s War on Terror has silenced us, turned us into sleepwalkers, not only unable to speak, but afraid to speak out. In times of war we can use our voices as a stay against those who are suffering. In times of war, survival depends on listening to that suffering.”

_Deirdre Fulton

Why did Wolf Blitzer’s CNN crew leave a pressure cooker on a Boston sidewalk two days after the bombing? Seek answers here. Chris Faraone was a block and a half from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, en route to a bar called Forum on Boylston Street, when the bombs went off. The day’s shift from carnival to chaos is preserved impeccably on his Twitter feed. “I’d make fun of all the people going to watch the marahon [sic] in running gear, but I totally did go to see Magic Mike in my G-string,” he wrote at one point. Soon after, he was sending dispatches from a war zone: “Some relatively calm, others crying for blocks near Boston marathon finish line where loud noises were just heard,” “Observer who was right near Boston Marathon finish line during explosions tells me he smelled gun powder,” “FYI to my friends and fam and readers: I’m okay, and for the next few hours will be writing and processing today’s pandemonium.” That last tweet could serve as an epigraph for the e-book Faraone, a former Boston Phoenix staff writer who covered everything from Occupy protests to the LA rap collective Odd Future at the bygone paper, released last week called Heartbreak Hell: Searching for Sanity in Boston Through a Week of Tragedy and Terror. Faraone didn’t just spend the hours following the attack writing and processing; he has never really stopped. He was interviewing people at the vigil in Boston Common the day after the bombings. Then he was speaking to a gaggle of nurses in town for a medical convention. Then, on Friday — the day Boston literally and figuratively froze with fear — he reported from what seemed to be the only open bar in the entire city: Biddy Early’s, in the Financial District. Here’s a brief taste of the book, which is available in a free multi-platform storytelling format at heartbreakhell.com:

Wolf Blitzer is broadcasting live outside of the Westin with Governor patrick, who’s fast becoming an international hero. i stop short in my tracks. is that what i think it is!?! Blitzer is actually holding a silver pressure cooker — like the one used in the bombings — and is nearly shoving it at deval for a reaction. as people everywhere are finding out, patrick is a shrewd politician; i once saw him engage a homeless guy at Franklin park for 10 minutes, fielding the man’s woes with more attention that most pols give to security briefings. polite by nature, the gov cooly signals that he won’t touch the controversial kitchen item. no one seems to blame him. even Blitzer’s interns are cringing. later on, i pass the cnn truck idling around the corner. passersby are staring incredulously; lo and behold, Blitzer’s producers left the pressure cooker outside, on a folding chair — an insanely boneheaded move considering that their station had identified it as a clone of the silver bullet that sent metal shards and shrapnel into hundreds not far from here. i’m not the only one disgusted by the idiotic display; a passing gas worker laments to a pal over his cell phone: “the whole world is losing its fucking mind because Wolf Blitzer is out here,” he snarls. “this asshole brought a pressure cooker on the set — yeah, that same pressure cooker — then left it out on the street.” ^

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politics + other Mistakes The price you pay Want to pay less in taxes? Start by paying more. I know, that reads like a line from the Democratic Party’s state platform, but it’s not. In fact, it’s a concept supported by, among others, Republican Governor Paul LePage. Right there, the idea runs into trouble, because as far as lots of Mainers are concerned, if LePage is in favor of it, they’re against it. So let me hasten to add that this proposal is also backed by independent US Senator Angus King, Democratic US Representative Chellie Pingree, and large segments of the business community. In fact, the only ones opposing it are the Maine Heritage Policy Center (motto: No — To Everything), some New Hampshire politicians (motto: Live Free — Off Out-Of-State Liquor Sales) and my friend Culpepper (motto: Screw That). The policy center’s position is easy to understand. It believes more taxes — on anything, for any reason — are bad. Period. New Hampshire’s stand is consistent with its opposition to any tax except an excessive one on property. And Culpepper (a real person, but not a real name) isn’t buying into this deal, because, as a small businessman in rural Maine, he’s spent years figuring out ways not to pay the taxes he owes. Which makes him part of the problem. Culpepper and the rest of the state’s cash-only, underground economy don’t contribute their share of sales and income taxes, so the rest of us have to pay more. By the rest of us, I don’t actually mean me, because I regularly buy taxable stuff from Culpepper on which no tax is charged. He in turn neglects to include that transaction on his income tax form. And everybody’s happy. Except for those of you who have to cough up a

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little extra to make up for Culpepper and me cutting corners. If we all acted in strict accordance with the state’s tax laws, the government would take in so much additional income there’d be no budget shortfall, no need to cut off revenue sharing to cities and towns, no plans to shift education costs to local school districts, no problem paying back the debt owed to hospitals, and no reason not to expand Medicaid. In other words, those piffle-headed excuses for noxious bacteria that run Augusta would spend every penny of it. And more. By paying more in taxes, we’d end up paying . . . more. Because nobody, except possibly LePage, would actually advocate using that extra money to lower income-tax rates or reduce the percentage we pay in sales tax. As we should have known, there’s no cash reward for being more honest. And if there were, it would be taxed. Which brings us back to the idea I hinted at above. Congress is currently considering a bill that would require online retailers who do at least $1 million in business annually to collect sales taxes from all their customers. If it passes, it means that every time you buy something from Amazon.com or eBay, you’ll be charged the same 5 percent tax you’d have to pay if you bought the identical item at a store in Maine. Currently, state law requires all of us to pay that fee on online sales — it’s called a “use tax,” for reasons that escape me — and there’s space on the state income-tax form to include it with your annual payment. According to documents I haven’t bothered to review, last year approximately 11 people complied with that statute, sending in $304.67. Needless to say, Culpepper wasn’t one of them. I’m not sure about the

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Can I get a wItness? Maine Heritage Policy Center. If everyone was as honest as those suckers who paid, the state treasury would, according to a couple of studies, be fatter to the tune of somewhere between $15 million and $28 million. (Since these studies were conducted by the sorts of economists who regularly miscalculate the state budget, I assume the actual amount is going to be more like $609.34, but that’s still twice what we take in now.) Universal compliance with the use-tax law could have another positive economic benefit, namely that if there’s no significant difference between the price at your local store and that of the online retailer, you might be more inclined to make the purchase in the real world, thereby keeping the profits in Maine. The problem with that argument is that those of us in rural parts of the state have few shopping options (the general store, Culpepper), which is why we were doing so much online purchasing in the first place. But even if we were willing to drive an hour or more to patronize a bricks-and-mortar shopping center, we’d likely end up sending the dollars we would have squandered at BestBuy.com or VictoriasSecret.com at a big box Best Buy or a Victoria’s Secret in a mall. Which would make an imperceptible difference in the local economy. And reduce taxes not at all. Even though Culpepper does most of his business on a cash or barter basis, he remains staunchly opposed to taxing Internet transactions. When I asked him why, he looked at me like I was crazy. “Porn,” he said. “It would make porn 5 percent more expensive.” ^

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have changed. on april 16, republican Governor paul lepage spoke at a public gathering in Skowhegan, a town whose commercial interests have had a rocky dispute with the guv over his reluctance to issue a bond for investment there. despite the almost certainty of newsworthy (or at least amazingly quotable) utterances, no media bothered to attend. So no reporter was present to protest the request from lepage’s office to bar recording equipment. Since taking office he’s been famously wary of having his words transmitted to the public at large. nevertheless, no reporter was present, even to take notes, when lepage again demonstrated why that wariness might be justified. the people of Maine got lucky, no thanks to professional journalists. only by the purest non-journalistic chance did we learn even more about the troubling ways in which the governor’s mind works. he made the laughable claim (laughing was the response of the UMpi spokeswoman when she heard about it) that there’s a “little electric motor” inside a wind turbine on the UMaine-presque isle campus, turning the blades even when there’s no wind — “so that they can show people wind power works.” at least one intrepid regular person captured lepage’s audio and leaked it not to a reporter but to a progressive activist who also blogs for the Bangor Daily News and writes a commentary column for the Kennebec Journal. the incident has gotten national attention, and again confirms for lepage-watchers that our governor has a dangerously distant relationship with the truth. it should also confirm for Mainers that our traditional press corps has a dangerously distant relationship with covering our elected officials. F even when official faults crop up cLOse TO The NewsrOOM, reporters aren’t always on top of things. But in a rare example of airing of its dirty corporate laundry, the Portland Press Herald last week ran a sizeable story headlined “Press Herald parent accuses former ceo of misusing more than $530,000.” the richard connor era at the PPH was previously most notable for its claims of wonderful profitability to the public — followed by claims of dropping revenue and outright poverty to its employees (who collectively own a portion of the company), resulting in, among other things, massive tensions when it came time for talking about raises. the legacy of connor, who left in late 2011, is in its final death throes, now that the Press Herald’s employee-theft insurance policy has validated claims connor misused $537,988.68 in company funds. the man himself steadfastly — almost trumpishly, now that we think of it — denies any wrongdoing and claims the PPH and its insurance company, travelers casualty and Surety, have everything all wrong and that he did not, in fact, do anything untoward. of course that hasn’t stopped him from admitting doing at least some of the things travelers determined he shouldn’t have, telling reporters for the Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News that he did indeed spend company funds for personal dental work, to buy an SUV for his son’s use, and on camden vacation rentals while he was looking for a residence shortly after arriving on the scene in 2009. it’s just, he claims, those expenses were genuinely company-related — so it wasn’t theft. he might actually believe that: connor always had a flair for grandiosity. he treated the newspaper like his personal journal, writing bizarre columns about astrological readings and exercising a very heavy hand in news coverage decisions. now we learn he used the paper as his personal bank, too, putting $90,000 in personal expenses on company credit cards and using a further $70,000 in company funds to pay his personal credit card, as well as giving himself “$287,224.78 in unauthorized salary increases and bonuses,” according to an accounting released by the Press Herald. now that’s grandiose. ^

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Unions in Maine Laborers may have a bright future _b y De ir D r e f u Lton

Even as the organized-labor movement continues to falter on the national level, union leaders here in Maine are optimistic about a potential resurgence — or if not that, at least a stanching of the bleeding and an opportunity to prove that pro-union policies are best for local workers and communities. The positive signs have come in various forms. Just last week, the state legislature killed a so-called “right-to-work” bill, which would have prohibited “a person from being required to join a labor organization or pay any labor organization dues or fees as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.” Some 24 states have enacted such legislation, mostly in the South and Midwest (none in New England). Right-to-work proponents (like Governor Paul LePage and most Republicans) say the bill, similar to one voted down in the last legislative session, would make Maine more attractive to businesses; opponents (mostly Democrats) say right-to-work laws lead to lower wages and are essentially an attempt to bust unions. Meanwhile, in March, 250 lobstermen signed up to join the newly formed Maine Lobstering Union, an offshoot of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Last month, medical marijuana dispensary employees held a small rally in Longfellow Square that called attention to their own attempts to unionize. Daycare workers in Maine have been divided for years over the pros and cons of collective bargaining rights for private child-care provid-

ers who receive state subsidies. And the Maine Education Association, the state’s teachers’ union, is currently engaged in a full-scale battle with LePage over the administration’s education proposals, including efforts to make towns contribute to teachers’ retirement funds and an initiative that will give schools across Maine A-through-F letter grades based on performance. A mere 11.5 percent of Maine workers (64,000) belonged to unions in 2012, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics — some of whom may be unemployed, given that “industries with high rates of union membership have generally had some of the largest job losses . . . paper mills, for example,” says Julie Rabinowitz, director of communication

Contractors who wish to bid on the Summit job must abide by various union standards.

for the state Department of Labor. Still, it’s clear that organized labor is flexing its muscles in the Pine Tree State.

Project Labor Disagreement

Perhaps the brightest development came toward the end of March, when Summit Natural Gas, a subsidiary of the Coloradobased Summit Utilities, announced it would use a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for its Kennebec Natural Gas project — an 88-mile steel transmission pipeline, plus more than 1600 miles of plastic distribution pipes, running through 17 central Maine communities. The PLA — modeled on the National Pipe Line Agreement, itself a sort of PLA used nationwide — will apply only to the 88-mile section of pipeline and requires contractors who wish to bid on a portion of the job to adhere to union standards for work conditions, wages, and benefits. Local representatives of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), who encouraged Summit to make such an agreement, say the PLA locks in good wages (about $17 an hour — as opposed to the $10-12 earned by a typical day laborer), plus benefits Continued on p 10

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and health-care, for pipeline construction workers. Individual laborers need not become union members to earn the agreement’s prevailing wage, but they will not receive benefits if they don’t. In order to bid on the job, contractors and subcontractors must “sign on” to the PLA, agreeing to abide by certain rules for the duration of this specific project. Used throughout history on massive projects like the Hoover Dam and Disney World, PLAs are one way for organized labor to make piecemeal inroads without launching a full-scale public awareness campaign. Companies who use PLAs typically expect access to a pool of skilled laborers who get the job done quickly and efficiently. With natural gas expected to thrive here in Maine — Cumberland, Falmouth, and Yarmouth recently agreed to a proposal to expand distribution through those three towns — the precedents set by a PLA could mean good-paying jobs for the long haul. “Maine is going to be booming with gas line infrastructure over the next 10 to 15 years,” says Chris Tucker, a union member and LIUNA organizer. “We’re trying to give [laborers] a career. The workers are tired of working for nothing.” In his State of the State address, LePage vowed to “fast-track” natural gas expansion. But the governor’s enthusiasm for the industry in general and for Summit’s $300 million project in particular didn’t keep him from publicly chastising the company for choosing to operate under a PLA. “While I appreciate Summit’s commitment and investment in Maine to help reduce our cost of energy, I am extremely disappointed that they have chosen to implement a PLA on this project,” LePage said in a statement issued March 21. “This action not only increases the cost of the project, but more importantly, it shuts out Maine’s construction workers and their families from good job opportunities.” When asked for clarification, the governor’s office referred the Phoenix to Associated General Contractors of Maine, which, along with the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine, represent a combined 375 construction companies, general contractors, and subcontractors — many of which could potentially bid on the pipeline project. These organizations also oppose the PLA, claiming it will drive up labor costs, restrict competition by favoring union contractors, and ensure that work is awarded to out-of-state entities. (LePage’s current deputy chief of staff and legislative director is Kathleen Newman, who formerly served as president and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine.) “We are glad that Summit has chosen to do business here in Maine, but we are firm in our commitment to educate the public about the negative impact that their project labor agreement will have on Maine’s construction industry,” said Hope Perkins, who now serves as president and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine, in a statement. Maine Natural Gas, another company installing a natural gas distribution system in and around Augusta, publicly announced that it does not use PLAs “because they don’t fit in with our philosophy.” For its part, despite making the controversial choice to use a PLA in the first place, Summit has distanced itself from discussions of the labor agreement, pointing out in news reports that the larger portion of their project — the 1600 miles of plastic piping — will not be governed by a PLA. Evidently, the company is not

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F of the primary concerns of unions is worker safety. according to the Besides bargaining for higher wages and health-care options, one

US department of labor’s occupational Safety and health administration (oSha), some of the leading causes of workplace death in private industries are falls, electrocutions, being struck by an object, and getting caught between objects. this makes a compelling argument for the necessity of unions like Maine’s iatSe local 114, part of the international alliance of theatrical Stage employees. the union’s portland chapter consists of about 60 active members whose jobs include loading heavy equipment, rigging light displays at great heights, and operating electrical boards at the city’s numerous arts venues. in a city like portland where culture plays a vital economic role, local 114 serves as a safeguard for those working in a skilled profession that can be as irregular, fast-paced, and dangerous as any in the arts. doug Born, 51, has been a member of iatSe since 2000. he notes that while any industry comes with a certain amount of physical risk, the psychological benefit of having union support is significant: “Union employees are empowered employees. Simple as that.” Born speaks from experience. in 2003, he fell 26 feet while working a nonunion contract at a phish concert in limestone, suffering numerous injuries that required him to be airlifted to the hospital. “it wasn’t the crew’s fault,” he says. “it was an unsafe worksite. oSha took one look at it the next morning and deemed it unsafe.” the event has served as a dire illustration of the intrinsic dangers of his trade. corey anderson, 32, works as a rigger and lighting technician for the State theatre, Merrill auditorium, and elsewhere in Greater portland under union and nonunion contracts. When he joined iatSe in 2009, he admits having practical concerns, about either being passed over for nonunion jobs or losing money on the ones he did work by having the union take an assessment (which is a cut of pay for nonunion jobs). “that has never happened. What was made clear to me from the get-go is that 114 is not interested at all in making it harder for stagehands to work. it’s counterproductive. So when i work for the State (or other non-organized venues), there’s no assessment taken out.” despite this, anderson still sees a “massive discrepancy” in the wages of union and nonunion contracts. “i make $19 an hour working as a stagehand at Merrill auditorium (a union-organized venue). at the State theatre (which isn’t organized), it’s about $12.50.” the Merrill has a four-hour minimum, so anderson’s work there earns at least $76 per event, and more if it takes longer. the State, by contrast, pays anderson a flat $50 per job, regardless of its duration. Most jobs there are under four hours, but they could conceivably go as long as eight — with no extra money for the longer job. if the pay often works out about the same and local workers aren’t assessed fees working nonunion contracts, why the need for a union at all? “i believe in unions,” anderson says. “there are a number of industries in this country where workers still need the kind of protection that can only happen from being in a union, and the music industry is one of them. What i do is dangerous. obviously we try as hard as we can to mitigate that danger, but it’s undeniable. and those dangers are magnified exponentially when you have people who care more about money than their workers. it’s useful to have a system in place to ensure that doesn’t happen.” anderson says that the 22 employees at the State theatre (whose

Despite opting for the PLA, Summit has distanced itself from appearing too pro-union.

general manager, lauren Wayne, was not available to talk to the Phoenix by our deadline) voted in February on whether to become represented by iatSe. the workers voted against it 13-9. While he voted in favor, anderson isn’t disappointed by the outcome. “i think these things function when the workers want them. i don’t like the idea of us forcing anyone who doesn’t want to be represented.” after going years without admitting new members — which anderson attributes to a fear among older members of losing work — the iatSe has lately begun to induct a steady stream of twenty and thirtysomethings, which gives the group hope for the future. or as Born put it, in work as in entertainment: “the show must go on.” _nicholas schroeder

interested in making a political statement through business policy. Michael Duguay, Summit’s vice president of business development, told the conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center: “We want the most qualified workers. They can be union or non-union. We’re looking for what’s best for Maine and Maine communities.” Representatives from Summit did not respond to requests for comment from the Phoenix. Contractors and subcontractors were shocked by Summit’s decision to use a PLA, says Matthew Marks, CEO of Associated General Contractors of Maine. “We were all kind of caught off guard,” he says. “The PLA will limit the scope of people who can actually bid on the project.” This is a questionable — if not downright false — claim. While the PLA may limit the number of contractors and subcontractors who choose to bid on the project, it doesn’t outright exclude anyone — regardless of their union status — from

doing so. Companies who sign onto the PLA do so for this project only and are free to remain “open shop” elsewhere. (The bidding process is currently on-going; Summit expects to announce its awards very soon.) Both LePage and the contractors organizations have reiterated one salient, but perhaps specious, statistic: “Because 98.6 percent of Maine’s construction workforce chooses not to belong to a union,” LePage said, “the PLA would discriminate against almost all of Maine’s construction workers and would most certainly require out-ofstate workers to do the work.” Not true, LIUNA counters, taking issue specifically with LePage’s language. While it is accurate that Maine has low union membership in the construction industry, that doesn’t necessarily indicate preference. “How can they speak for 90 percent of

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the workforce in Maine?” Tucker wonders. “[The workers] have never been asked!” It’s true, he admits, that much of the work performed in Maine today is non-union, “but that doesn’t reflect desire.” Many workers don’t even know that the power to organize is in their hands, he says. In addition, Tucker points out that the Summit PLA includes a clause guaranteeing that at least 50 percent of pipeline workers are from Maine, and the laborer’s union uses member dues to provide free training for prospective workers so that they are properly qualified for the work to come. (Because pipeline construction requires certain skills — skills that out-ofstaters may possess in spades — it’s important to make sure Maine workers measure up in terms of performance and skilllevel so that hiring stays local.) Opposition to PLAs is based on one thing, union reps say: Greed. “They’re against unions because right now their workers are at-will employees,” Tucker says. “When workers have a voice, employers lose control.”

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money builders that hiring union workers, paying solid wages, and observing standard safety protocols amounts to smart business practice. The “organizing” arm of organized labor seems to be more energized than in the recent past. For example, LIUNA organizer Devin Mayo has his sights set on the new highrise apartment complex recently approved for Bayside — by implementing a Community Benefit Workforce Agreement (much like a PLA, ensuring that local laborers are hired to work on a large local project), the developer could “put people to work building their own housing.” (It would also, incidentally, help the union expand its scope into a minority neighborhood.) But achieving such lofty goals could be difficult in the current climate. Despite a pro-labor, majority-Democrat legislature, anti-union forces still wield influence. Consider LePage’s recent promise, caught during the Skowhegan Chamber of Commerce awards dinner and reported by political activist Mike Tipping at his Tipping Point blog, to “be the next Scott Walker” during the 2014 election— a reference to the controversial Wisconsin governor who sparked massive protests and a failed recall attempt when he attempted to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Chris Quint, executive director of the Maine State Employees Association, scoffs at LePage’s remark. “We would hope the governor would put aside the divisive rhetoric, and hostile agenda of divide and conquer, and get to work to create economic prosperity for all Maine families,” he says. That would indeed be nice. But in the absence of such a marked alteration of temperament, we predict organized labor will continue to broadcast its pro-worker message to the public, project by project, in a renewed attempt to remain relevant. ^

Labor leaders are loking to the future, seeking new members and promoting union workers as good value.

On a hazy spring afternoon, a 22-year-old roofer named Jacob walks into the Local 327 union hall in Augusta and starts filling out paperwork. He’s a roofer looking for a better job and better pay, he says, and a friend turned him on to the pipeline project. The prospect of finding steady, safe, sustainable employment is enticing. Tucker says to him what he says to all Maine workers: “You’re all done working for nothing.” In this case, “nothing” was low wages (Jacob said he earns about $12 an hour as a roofer, with no bennys or health insurance), and no job security. That’s the hope, at least. Buoyed by the Summit success, labor organizers are looking toward the future, eager to acquire new members and to convince other big-

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Sam Pfeifle last week when he favorably reviewed their new disc Land as a community redeemer in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. If you missed their record release party — or want to relive it — the group play with JT loCkWood at the Dover Brick House at 9 pm. 2 Orchard St. in Dover, NH. 603.749.3838. MILKING THE SPOOKY | Spring has arrived, yet deathpunk band Covered In Bees aim to plunge all into darkness with a “Halfway to Halloween” spectacular at the Asylum. With local metal dogs hessIan, dark doo-wop group Johnny CremaIns, and Crash CoBra. 8 pm, $5 at 121 Center St. 207.772.8274.

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f ImanI WInds, at USM’s Hannaford Hall, in Portland on May 2. thursday 2 WIND UP AND PITCH | There is no circuit too large for quintet ImanI WInds, who merge chamber classical with musical traditions around the globe. They’ve made albums reprising Astor Piazzola, Paquito D’rivera, and the slow burn of ’20s Parisian jazz, and play a set at the USM’s Hannaford Hall tonight at 7:30. $40 ($10 students) at 93 Bedford St. on the Portland campus. 207.842.0800. More music transcending its boundaries is on display at Mayo Street Arts, where notable trumpeter mark TIpTon plays South American folk tunes with the help of friends. 7 pm, $7-10 at 10 Mayo St. 207.615.3609. PRIVATIONS | Whether you want to arm yourself for the next ideological scrum or merely learn talking points for the next time you bump into a cutie at Greendrinks, you might bring yourself to an evening discussion on “CharTer sChools, sChool FundIng, and TeaCher evaluaTIons” at Bowdoin Col-

lege’s Visual Arts Center. The issue is not going away. 7 pm, 207.725.3000.

friday 3 GALA HUMOR | These sum-

mer art walks are exceedingly navigable, but you’ll need a plan to hit the following spots: porTland Flea-For-all, which hosts a local artisanal food showcase (meaning free food) called “Flea Bites” and as well as the “Portland Record Party,” vinyl sale. That’s from 5 to 8 at 125 Kennebec St. The Coffee By Design on India Street gets a jolt of laughter from emerging local comics from the porTland Comedy Co-op as well as bluegrass music from TrICky BrITChes. 6 pm at 67 India St. And Aucocisco Galleries, situated in the heart of the commercial Old Port, shows a reception for new works by respected expressionist painter rIChard BroWn leThem and the meditative, ethereal color canvases of raChel easTman. 5 pm at 89 Exchange St. GET A DEBRIEFING | As it winds down, check your mood. Are you fired up? Then consider attending a lecture by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, who discusses emerging surveillance tactics, drone warfare, torture, and Constitutional oversights

PLAINS, TRAINS & AUTOS | The banjo group sTeep Canyon rangers — sans Steve Martin — play the Strand Theatre in Rockland tonight. Their 2012 effort Nobody Knows You won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album, and there might be no such group better at fusing complicated pop harmonies and fingerpicking rhythms. 7:30 pm, $22-25 at 345 Main St. 207.594.0070. MAC ATTACK | Several Portland actors are on stage and screen for a conceptual multimedia performance of Macbeth, which

boasts film, music, shadowplay, and illusions courtesy of Heartwood Regional Theater Company. 7:30 pm, $22 at the Parker B. Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill Rd in Newcastle. 207.563.1373. SOME FOR EVERYONE | keller WIllIams — the janglefolker not the real-estate agency — brings his live-looped “oneman jam band” act to Port City Music Hall. Seeing how his last record consisted of piano covers of Grateful Dead songs, he could go that route. 8 pm, $25 at 504 Congress St. 207.499.8990. HULKING UP | While at Mayo Street, the tradition of Lady Armwrestlers is only a year or two old, but it seems quintessentially Portland nonetheless. A new SLAP (“su-

perhero lady armWresTlers oF porTland”) tournament

happens tonight, with local luminaries going arm-to-arm to benefit venerable youth theater organization A Company of Girls. 7:30 pm, $7 at 10 Mayo St. 207.615.3609.

sunday 5 DEVOTIONALS | Oh, to be a

rock band in America in 1994. In 1994, a group of expat Englishmen living in squalor in New York City formed spaCehog, an extravagant fusion of riff-wor-

as employed by US intelligence here and internationally. His talk, titled “ChoosIng a proper

response To duBIous InFormaTIon From your unCle sam,”

airs at USM’s Talbot Lecture Auditorium at 7:30. If you’re chill, the haunted blissouts of offkilter folk acts rural ghosTs and greg JamIe are balanced by the revenant flamenco revival of olas, captained by former Cerberus Shoal-er and student of the duende Chriss Sutherland. 8 pm, $10 at Acoustic Artisans, 594 Congress St. 207.671.6029. SNARL | A set from the electrifying indie rock band the Box TIger is matched with one by WorrIed Well (see their new record Luck reviewed by Sam Pfeifle on page 20) and the local indie/chamber-folk septet ForgeT, ForgeT; the latter of whom launched a massive $6000 Kickstarter effort this week to get their debut record mixed and mastered at some of the top studios on the continent. 9 pm at the Big Easy, 55 Market St. 207.775.2266. LAND HO | The malleTT BroThers Band, fast becoming one of Maine’s most visible cultural products, struck some resonant notes in the heart of

f anna and elIZaBeTh, at Acoustic Artisans, in Portland on May 6.

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f nICole raBaTa, at Blue, in Portland on May 8. ship, Bowie theatrics, and glammy ’80s panache. As the ’90s alt-rock bubble reached its zenith, they took flight on the ubiquity of the FM single “In the Meantime” — one of those songs you can hop up and down to and never lose the rhythm. A household name, they spent the next two records becoming a better and more thoughtful band, which evidently the masses did not appreciate one bit. Twelve years later all is forgotten; the band tour on the strength of a new record, As It Is On Earth, which proves them every bit as ambitious and Bowie-worshipful as ever. With spenCer alBee, a pop-rock songwriter whose recent project Space vs. Speed covered similar terrain. 10 pm at the Big Easy, 55 Market St., 207.774.2266. FINDING THE FIRE | The Minneapolis rapper and singer dessa, part of that city’s trailblazing Doomtree Collective, made a huge splash the last time she played Portland, exhibiting work from her lounge-inflected, conscious hip hop records. All early signs suggest that her third, titled Parts of Speech and set to be released in June, raises the stakes. On its first single, “Warsaw,” we hear Dessa with a glovesoff urgency absent from her other solo work, and it stands to reason that this is how hard she comes tonight when she plays SPACE Gallery with the Jersey-based indie-rock/hip hop act BrICk+morTar. 8:30 pm; $13 at 538 Congress St., 207.828.5600. POST-THATCHERISTS | Punk, never more dead, suffers a sneak attack by literary-cum-reality hardcore band dead Trend this week (read more about their debut full-length False Positive on page 20). The group revive the sound of dirty, raw, ’80s punk rock intransigence with a set at Mathew’s, with sets from old nIghT, the ouTFITs, and Vegas’s CoasTWesT unresT. 5 pm, $3 at 133 Free St., 207.253.1812.

monday 6 ESCAPING THE ERA | Immersed

deep in the study and practice of traditional Appalachian music is the Southwest Virginia duo anna and elIZaBeTh, whose stage shows include storytelling, shadow puppets, and a narrative storyboard of illustrations called a crankie. They play with the Irish ballad duo the murphy Beds; one of whom, Jefferson Hamer, currently tours with the popular folk singer Anais Mitchell. An educational and possibly restorative Monday night engagement at Acoustic Artisans. 8 pm, $10 at 594 Congress St., 207.671.6029. SO TO SPEAK | If you missed the reading last week by writer (and former Longfellow Books worker) Imogen BInnIe, she reads from her novel Nevada at the monthly lit soiree Word porTland, with poets ryan mClellan and JeFFrey Thompson at LFK. 9 pm at 188A State St; visit wordportland.wordpress.com.

tuEsday 7 RICH PAGEANTRY | The songs

of sIlversun pICkups are some of the most epically constructed you’ll find in popular indie-rock. Taking cues from ’90s shoegaze, Midwestern emo, and dark American arena rock, the band aimed to take a major step toward the mainstream with 2012’s Neck of the Woods, introducing electronics and slicker production and smoothing out some of the jagged urgency of some of their early material. Some have called them this generation’s Smashing Pumpkins. Fair. With Bad Books, who sound like a cheerier version of Elliott Smith’s pop phase. 8 pm, $25-30 at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St., 207.956.6000. GRIT & GRIZZLE | Bluesy, surly, folk-rock is the métier of Providence-based group vudu sIsTer, the alias of songwriter Keith

McCurdy and a rotating cast of characters. It’s not too far off from Deer Tick, who are the benchmark for this sort of stuff in that area. With the irrepressible traveler dan Blakeslee at the Oak and the Ax, 107 Main St. in Biddeford. Visit theoakandtheax.com.

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ity that the new ghosTFaCe kIllah record demands attention. A concept record based on a comic book written by collaborator adrIan younge, Twelve Reasons to Die is a serious return to form. Possessor of some of the most distinct style and cadence in hip hop and arguably a funnier dude than his late Wu-Tang brother Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Tony Starks plays with Younge at 8 pm at the Port City Music Hall. $20. VANILLA BEAN | Sure, all-American boy Josh rITTer plays with his Royal City Band at the State, and he’s a fine songwriter and all, but the possibility exists that you might really set your soul on fire if you get in a room with nICole raBaTa, the Maine Irish flutist and chamber musician whose compositions tell every bit the story without being so damn literal. She plays a set with instrumentalist Jr. sTevens (of local groups the Press Gang and Sylvain’s Acadian Aces), 7:30 at Blue. 650A Congress St. 207.774.4111.

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theater Homegrown dozen Twelve Maine plays in acorn’s fesTival _by Megan gr u Mbling It’s time once again for Acorn Mike’s kid is the starting quarterback; the Productions’ annual celebration of two grown men quibble not only over coachthe playwrights living among us. As in ing strategies, but also the deep past. The previous years, the Twelfth Annual Maine characters both have depth and a banter that Playwrights Festival features two evening degenerates nicely, and though the plotline programs of short plays, this year numgets a little cluttered, Pratt’s is an interesting bering twelve. Last weekend also saw the conceit: how adolescence brings itself to bear staged reading of one full-length play, Culon the dynamics of ostensible grownups. len McGough’s Want/Not; and an evening Halo, by Hal Cohen, is a monologue feacalled Take Two, in which short monologues turing Patricia Mew (who is excellent here) are presented twice, with different actors as a Physician at a podium, narrating a harand directors. The festival will wrap up rowing experience treating an asthmatic on May 5 with an array of theater artists child. The story launches with some interunder the gun for the all-night adventure esting narrative leaps, and is richly detailed of the 24-Hour Theater Project. (with perhaps even a surplus of medical Program A, which runs for one more procedurals). The doctor initially presents night on Sunday, bears the header “Beating some interesting asides of rude arrogance the Odds” (and features alarmingly loud that would be compelling to follow up on, topical pop songs between plays). It opens as would be the actual circumstances framwith Michael Tooher’s Rope Trick, in which ing her telling of the tale. a He (Tristan Rolfe) and She (Elizabeth LarFinally, David Susman’s Zeno’s Arrow die), bedecked in camo, tug on a brazenly is a light, clever little riff on the ancient allegorical rope. The dialogue between Greek’s theory of ever more infinitesimal, them, abbreviated and childlike, moves ultimately unachievable distances between perhaps a bit too slowly to the entrance of bodies: Zeno’s Arrow (Kara Haupt) can the Writer (Evadne Bryan-Perkins, in a very never entirely become one with her Target funny send-up), who informs them that (Tristan Rolfe). Susman’s writing is brisk they are her “constructs.” What happens and punchy, remains whimsically allegorifrom there feels a little timeworn, but is, in cal, has a deftly sketched arc, and certainly the same sense, a classic device. makes a good point. Holly Belle, by Sarah Paget, is a local-color Program B of short plays, billed as The drama set on a Maine island. Holly Belle Perils of Company, includes another six plays: is the name both of a young divorcee (Kara Megan Tripaldi’s Cat Scratch; Date Night at Al’s Haupt) and the boat that belonged to her Bar and Grill by Dan Hadley; Delvyn Case Jr.’s dead father, still mourned by her mother, Delestage; Michael Kimball’s Janey Succumbs to Nadine (Pamela Chabora). The boat has Polar Madness; Charlie Cole’s Stel; and Carolyn been sold to a young widower lobsterGage’s Radicals. ^ man, Lucas Eaton (Josh Brassard), much to Nadine’s distress, but the three find The 2013 Maine PlaywrighTs FesTival | unexpected connection. Paget draws NaProduced by Acorn Productions | at the St. Lawdine’s stubborn grief lyrically and symparence Arts Center in Portland | through May 5 | thetically, and the play maintains a tone of acorn-productions.org wistful optimism, though her dead lobsterman’s character is revealed through somewhat weighty exposition. In Roger Clark Van Deusen’s Slunkerfish, the fishing has considerably less verisimilitude. Angston (Cory King) and Hewitt (Randall Tuttle) are fishing on the Portland pier (though Tuttle’s Hewitt seems more Bayou than Peninsula) when Angston catches the ominous titular fish. Things devolve from there for poor Angston, paralleled by the oblivious Hewitt’s ichthyic folklore. The story is slight by nature, and sometimes the creative profanity feels a little forced, but at its best, the dialogue leaps entertainingly as the men talk past each other, and King’s antics are great. Memories of Paradise, by Bruce Pratt, is a more serious twohander, launching from the interesting conceit of high school football buddies Alex (Randall Tuttle) and Mike (Josh Brassard). Alex is now the high GOING LITERAL Rope Trick’s metaphor is pretty obvious. school’s football coach, and

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The way Worried Well’s Daniel James does emo will remind you of Death Cab and plenty of other genre stalwarts, but he likes it tarnished, fingerprints on the lenses of the binoculars he uses to view the world. Rather than making him tentative, though, this muddying of the waters gives him fuel to go bigger, creating a vibrant and-too bright world. There’s something baroque, something emotional and primal, vivid and stark about Luck, the band’s first proper fulllength release. Subtlety was not a baroque touchstone value, by any means. They liked things big and loud and raucous back then — but all in exaltation of their devotion to their newly entrenched Christian god. Well, James is of the mind that you “Find Your Own God,” as he outlines in a song that opens like an old soul track full of organ, but then goes sideways. Were the Isley Brothers emo before it was a thing? I’m sure they would have approved of putting a gal on a pedestal, as James does: “I suppose then that I believe in your kindness, in your beauty/If I were made to choose for myself, a deity/Then I’d pray to the face that I dream of every day, anyway.” There’s an interlude presented by guest vocalist Amanda Gervasi, buffeted by torrents of James. If you’re into dense and plentiful lyrics, this is your band. James turns smart phrases and is thought-provoking. His “Paul’s Time with Wm. James” is a hyper-personal affair, a narrative about his father. James seems like he can finally put

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himself in the elder’s shoes: “Growing old is aching all the time,” he sings among elements repeating in unpredictable counts and interesting rhythms. Drummer Cam Jones helps with that. A songwriter in his own right, Jones seems to enjoy supporting James and keeping things orderly. The way he gets out of the chorus back into the spare verse on the opening “She’s Got Something to Say” is especially crisp, with the tambourine disappearing for a bit before the full kit enters for the full-band finish that takes long enough to develop that you forget it’s a possibility. It’s a graduated climb that manages to have big dynamics. “Give ’Em Hell Kid” does something similar, with an opening featuring a descending guitar line and super-close vocals, distorted like James is on the phone (i.e., right in your ear). And, then, kapow: “So now they say you’re depressed/But I’m pretty sure they lied.” Eventually they find a middle ground and then modulate up for a bridge that gives way to a continuing call and response, except the call is mixed to the back. Most everything here fits a verse-chorusbridge archetype, and the choruses generally deliver the goods. The best punch comes in “I Couldn’t Make Stairs,” which opens as a lament for “my very own patch of dirt” (reminiscent of the Mallett Brothers’ new record, reviewed here last week), but turns into an act of defiance: “When they bribed me I respectfully declined.” The finish even

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Crossing state lines

F remember when we reported that WEs HARTlEy was leaving portland forever? the impulse wasn’t wrong, per se, but thankfully that sad fate was quickly reversed. the dude did leave for the other coast awhile in late 2011 — likely taking whatever potential for legend of the then-newly released Splendora colt record Hoods on the Water tower with him — but he’s been back in town since last spring. one of the city’s finest and most genuine songwriters, hartley’s been playing scattered solo shows here and there, but we were thrilled to see surface some new recordings for the indie-country troubadour, a homemade cd-r titled convenient Repairs featuring original hand-drawn covers. haven’t heard this doozy yet, but if there’s one thing we know about Wah it’s that he puts total heart and soul into his songs, to a disarming degree. and if we learned anything from Hoods, there’s no correlation between formality and quality. dig this up.

glossy. They’re accessible. Worried Well can be goofy, even. Their video for “Sickly Honest” is a fun take-off on OK Go’s first video breakthrough, and the song itself has an open and close that feature guitars like sound effects. The song’s center, though, is banged-out pop rock, with a huge chorus (“She knows me well enough not to believe me/I’m never strong enough to no deceive you, you see”) and a bridge that ramps up further with gang vocals. “You’re Doing Fine” is almost Billy Joel in its pop and struts in the verse, with sword strokes of attacking chords. Maturation is on James’s mind again, as he points to “children of the ’80s going gray with age.” Like the Hold Steady or the Weakerthans, his brand of nostalgia can be biting, and they sound like both bands with the organ-filled play gRoWing uP the biting nostalgia of worried well. out. Yes, James — who’s now moved in local bands from ska to pop punk features a touch of screamo contrasted with to emo to something more like good, oldsome delicate piano before James closes with fashioned rock and roll — seems to be telling the stark realization that “I smiled when I us he’s all grown up. Look for the next alshould have shown no teeth.” bum to ring in his mid-life crisis. ^ Like the new Shouting Matches album, engineer TJ Swan has left the production spare and inviting to emphasize that Luck | Released by Worried Well | with the Box starkness. It’s fun, but there’s a rawness Tiger + Forget, Forget | at the Big Easy, in Portto it that keeps everything from getting to land | May 3 | worriedwell.bandcamp.com

Dead Trend

F Big week of announcements for the sTATE THEATRE, huh? We get another chance to answer the eternal question of whether animal collective’s music holds up live. plus, Beck slides into the major-popstar midsummer slot that Fiona apple occupied last year, which seems like a pretty decent formula. add

that they’re officially booking shows at PoRT CiTy, and portland’s unquestionably back on the roadmap for buzzworthy touring music. Meanwhile, though the AsyluM has always brought some surprising acts to their venue, their summer schedule is curious indeed, with appearances by the psychedelic Furs, tesla, aaron carter, and ’90s alt-rock group Fuel. the scuttlebutt there is that alex Gray of Bangor’s Waterfront concerts is tossing them some acts. that’s the only feasible explanation for the upcoming portland visit by ted nugent, who has the worst politics in rock hands down. F Watch out for the DiRigiMus CollECTivE touring the art Walk in a roving van this Friday. you’ll probably hear them before you see them. F DEAD TREnD, an ’80s hardcore punk throwback group, slap down their debut record False Positive this week, and make it official with a show at

Mathew’s on May 5. these dudes are interesting: they were first conceived as a fictitious band in drummer Mike Fournier’s novel Hidden Wheel (three rooms press, 2011). then they were real, a band making music pitched to sound like it’s from basements in the ’80s (some of them are old enough to have been teenagers then). they’ve got the mannerism down: False Positive sounds unironically, unselfconsciously poached in the reagan era; covering work woes, political disaffection, and symptoms of refusal about as snarly and vile as S.o.a. or early negative approach. twenty-one songs in 28 minutes suggests a blistering pace, and yeah it’s fierce, but we don’t see why there can’t be a few more dischargestyle thrashers mixed in. all midtempo rants and we get the spirit but lose the feeling. a refreshing way to “get at” punk and an unusual band for sure, hear False Positive at deadtrend.bandcamp.com.

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THURSDAY 9

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”SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY” | 8 pm | State Theatre, 609

Congress St, Portland | $27.50-32.50 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

LILAC CITY GRILLE | Rochester | | Dave Gerard | 8 pm

RI RA/PORTSMOUTH | Portsmouth

COMEDY THURSDAY 2

OPEN MIC | 8 pm | Slainte, 24 Preble St, Portland | 207.828.0900

”WAIT WAIT...DON’T TELL ME!”, LIVE BROADCAST | 8 pm | Collins

Center for the Arts, University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono | $25 | 207.581.1755

FRIDAY 3

”COMEDY BY DESIGN,” WITH PAUL HUNT + ERICK GUNDERSON

| Fri 7:30 pm; Sat 1 pm | Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St, Westbrook | 207.857.3860

SATURDAY 4

BOWDOIN CHAMBER CHOIR | Sat-

Sun 3 pm | Bowdoin College Chapel, 3900 College Station, Brunswick

BOWDOIN CHORUS + MOZART MENTORS ORCHESTRA | 7:30

”FITHIAN FESTIVAL CONCERT,” WITH USM CHAMBER SINGERS + ST. MARY’S SCHOLA | 8 pm |

University of Southern Maine - Gorham, Corthell Concert Hall, 37 College Ave, Gorham | 207.780.4270 ”GOSPELFEST” | 6 pm | Bowdoin College Chapel, 3900 College Station, Brunswick

CLASSICAL THURSDAY 2

BOWDOIN CHORUS + MOZART MENTORS ORCHESTRA | Thu-Fri

FRIDAY 3

BOWDOIN CHORUS + MOZART MENTORS ORCHESTRA | see listing for Thu

$76 Per/Mo.

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SEAGLASS CHORALE: “BERNSTEIN & SONDHEIM ON BROADWAY” | 7 pm | Kennebunk Town Hall, 1 Summer St, Kennebunk | $12-15 | 207.985.2102

SUNDAY 5

BOWDOIN CHAMBER CHOIR | See

listing for Sat

CONCERTS

117 MPG!

PORTLAND COMMUNITY CHORUS

COLBY COLLEGE CHORALE | See

Hopeless Duo

MARTINGALE WHARF | Portsmouth

PORTLAND COMMUNITY CHORUS

P H O E N I X

2013 MetroPolitan

”GRADUATE VOICE RECITAL,” WITH JAZMIN DERICE | 8 pm |

University of Southern Maine - Gorham, Corthell Concert Hall, 37 College Ave, Gorham | 207.780.5256

”GRADUATE VOICE RECITAL,” WITH MATTHEW MURRAY | 5 pm |

University of Southern Maine - Gorham, Corthell Concert Hall, 37 College Ave, Gorham | 207.780.5256

PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: “MAHLER’S 5TH SYMPHONY” | Portland Symphony

Orchestra | Sun 2:30 pm; Tues 7:30 pm | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland | $31-76 | 207.842.0800

”SENIOR PERCUSSION RECITAL,” WITH JOSHUA CHAMPAGNE |

8 pm | University of Southern Maine - Gorham, Corthell Concert Hall, 37 College Ave, Gorham | 207.780.5256 UNH CONCERT CHOIR | 3 pm | University of New Hampshire, Johnson Theatre, 30 College Rd, Durham, NH | 603.862.2404 or unh.edu/ theatre-dance/productions.html

Continued on p 24

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It’s time.

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Museum, 267 Congress St, Portland | $12 | 207.329.9854 or treeoflifemuseum.org

Listings

SATURDAY 4

BIG D & THE KIDS TABLE + SKASTITUTES | 6 pm | Studio 250, 250 Read St, Portland | $12-15 | 207.899.1771 or 250portland.com

DON CAMPBELL: “THE MUSIC OF DAN FOGELBERG” | Don Campbell

Continued from p 23

TUESDAY 7

PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: “MAHLER’S 5TH SYMPHONY” | See listing for Sun

In fact, Goodwill has been reducing, recycling, repurposing and retraining for over 100 years.

THURSDAY 9

Now that’s just a bit of time creating a healthy, sustainable community where nothing goes to waste. Not a shirt. Not a shoe. Not a person.

Goodwill. Seeking solutions that work. Join us.

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

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THURSDAY 2

OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Tupelo Music

Hall, 2 Young Rd, Londonderry, NH | 603.437.5100 or tupelohalllondonderry.com

REBELUTION + J BOOG + HOT RAIN | 8:30 pm | State Theatre, 609

Congress St, Portland | $17.50-20 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

FRIDAY 3

BREAKERS JAZZ BAND | 7:30 pm |

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Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | $10-15 | 207.633.6855

BRENDA MCMORROW & JOHN DE KADT | 7:30 pm | New Church,

302 Stevens Ave., Portland | $20-25 | 207.216.3890 JONATHAN EDWARDS | 8 pm | Center Theatre, 20 East Main St, Dover Foxcroft | $25 | 207.564.8943 or centertheatre.org

CHRISTIAN MCNEILL & SEA MONSTERS | 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts LIVE ENTERTAINMENT REAL PUB FOOD Where Rock-N-Roll Never Forgets! 35 Blake Rd. Standish, ME 207.642.3363 memorylanemusichall.com

5/3:

Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $16 | 207.935.7292 DEBBIE DAVIES BAND | 7:30 pm | Saco River Theater, 29 Salmon Falls Rd, Bar Mills | $20, $18 seniors/students | 207.929.6472 GENTLEMAN OUTFIT | 2 pm | Inn On the Blues, 7 Ocean Ave, York Beach | $5 | 207.351.3221 MISTER MOON | 7 pm | KMH Music, 412 Main St, Presque Isle | $5-10 | 207.764.3651

OLAS + RURAL GHOSTS + GREG JAMIE | 8 pm | Acoustic Artisans, 1

Forest Ave, Portland | $8-10 | acousticartisans.com

ZEMYA + SPOONMAKER’S DIAMOND | 8 pm | Maine Jewish

| 7:30 pm | Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St, Bath | $15-18 | 207.442.8455 or chocolatechurcharts.org

CARL PALMER & HIS BAND [EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER TRIBUTE] | 8 pm | Tupelo Music

Hall, 2 Young Rd, Londonderry, NH | $50-55 | 603.437.5100 or tupelohalllondonderry.com

CLUTCH + LIONIZE + SWORD + NEVER GOT CAUGHT | 8 pm | State

Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $20-25 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com JONATHAN EDWARDS | 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | sold out | 207.935.7292 SETH GLIER | 7:30 pm | Village Coffee House/New Gloucester Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Rd, New Gloucester | $15 | 207.926.3260 MOSAIC | 3 pm | First Parish Church of Kennebunk, 114 Main St, Kennebunk | 207.985.3700 STEEP CANYON RANGERS | 7:30 pm | Strand Theatre, 345 Main St, Rockland | $22-25 | 207.594.0070 SUBSTANCE | 9:30 pm | Inn On the Blues, 7 Ocean Ave, York Beach | $5 | 207.351.3221 KELLER WILLIAMS | 8 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $20-25 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

SUNDAY 5

STEEP CANYON RANGERS | 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $35 | 207.935.7292

MONDAY 6

ANNE & ELIZABETH + MURPHY BEDS | 8 pm | Acoustic Artisans, 1

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THURSDAY 9

”BATES FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL,” WITH VELOCIPEDE + PRESS GANG + ALBA’S EDGE + KATIE MCNALLY & ERIC MCDONALD + GREG & JESSIE BOARDMAN | 5 pm | Bates

DANCE PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY DANCE WITH SASSAFRAS STOMP | 8 pm | Falmouth

Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Rd, Falmouth | $10, $7 youth under 21, $5 youth 5-12 | 207.756.2201

WEDNESDAY 8

JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND + FELICE BROTHERS | 8 pm

Vita Brevis π N xNE

SUNDAY 5

”A COLLECTION OF DANCES FOR ALL AGES” | See listing for Sat ”STEP UP 2 DANCE COMPETITION” | noon | Westbrook Perform-

ing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St, Westbrook | 207.857.3860

MONDAY 6

DANCE STUDENT SHOWCASE | 7 pm | University of New Hampshire, Johnson Theatre, 30 College Rd, Durham, NH | $5 | 603.862.2404 | www.unh.edu/theatre-dance/productions.html MOMIX: “BOTANICA” | MOMIX |

7:30 pm | Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland | $30-44 | 207.842.0800

EVENTS FRIDAY 3

”THE PORTLAND RECORD PARTY,” VINYL SALE | 6 pm | Portland

lantic, Gates Community Center, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor | $6 | 207.288.5015

SATURDAY 4

CONTRA DANCE WITH BIG MOOSE BAND | 8 pm | College of the At-

SUNDAY 5

PERFORMANCE THURSDAY 2

SPRING DANCE CONCERT | Thurs-

Sat 8 pm | Bowdoin College, Pickard Theater, Bath Rd, Brunswick | 207.725.3253 | www.msmt.org

”THEATER & DANCE PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES” | Thurs-Sat

FRIDAY 3

| 8 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $25-30 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

for Thurs

SATURDAY 4

TUESDAY 7

SILVERSUN PICKUPS + BAD BOOKS

ing for Thurs

”THEATER & DANCE PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES” | See listing

THURSDAY 2

7:30 pm | Colby College, Cellar Theater, Waterville

SHEESHAM & LOTUS | 7 pm | St Lawrence Arts & Community Center, 76 Congress St, Portland | $15 | 207.775.5568 or stlawrencearts.org

SPRING DANCE CONCERT | See list-

THURSDAY 9

Forest Ave, Portland | $10 | acousticartisans.com

5/4:

5/10: Ryan BRooks kelly 5/11: The Tony Boffa Band 5/17: RioT acT 5/18: The diRTy 3Rds

| State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $24-29 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com SHEESHAM & LOTUS | 7 pm | Skye Theatre, 2 Highland Dr, Carthage | $15 | 207.562.4445

SPRING DANCE CONCERT | See listing for Thurs

”THEATER & DANCE PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES” | See listing

for Thurs

SATURDAY 4

”A COLLECTION OF DANCES FOR ALL AGES” | Sat-Sun 2 pm | Orion

Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave, Topsham | $12, $10 seniors/ youth | 207.729.3891

Flea-for-All, 125 Kennebec St, Portland | 207.482.9053

”SUPERHERO ARM WRESTLERS OF PORTLAND,” ARM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT | 7 pm | Mayo Street

Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | $7 | 207.615.3609

FAIRS & FESTIVALS SATURDAY 4

BATH MAYFAIR | downtown Bath, Bath | visitbath.com/events/mayfair/

KENNEBUNK MAY DAY FESTIVAL | downtown Kennebunk, Kennebunk | www.kennebunkmaine.us/index. aspx?NID=366 MAINE FIDDLEHEAD FESTIVAL | local food festival with speakers, workshops, food & craft vendors, live music, & kids’ activities | 9 am | University of Maine - Farmington, Emery Community Arts Center, 111 South St, Farmington | 207.778.7096 | mainefiddleheadfestival.com/

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5/1 Open Mic @8 5/2 Open Mic Comedy @8, Hang the DJ @10

5/3 The Dappered Gents & Friends @ 9:30

5/4 Old Night, Billy Carr @9 Facebook.com/SlainteWineBar Twitter.com/SlainteME

5/5 Harvey Eyeballs & Oscar Adams @8:30

5/6 Shannon Corey, Jared Salvatore, Sorcha @7:30

Open 5PM to 1AM

5/7 Karaoke w/ DJ Ponyfarm

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Great new menu served until 12:30 am every night

SIRI BECKMAN Talks about wood engravings and shows her work at PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave, Portland | May 8 @ 5 pm | The show is up through June 8.

FOOD FRIDAY 3

”FLEA BITES,” FOOD & ART FESTIVAL | 6-9 pm | Portland Flea-

for-All, 125 Kennebec St, Portland | 207.482.9053

SATURDAY 4

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET |

7 am | Deering Oaks Park, Park Ave and Deering Ave, Portland

WEDNESDAY 8

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET |

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

POETRY & PROSE THURSDAY 2

SUSAN DAHLGREN DAIGNEAULT | discusses In the Shadow of a Mountain: a Soldier’s Struggle with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | 6:30 pm | Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd, Falmouth | 207.781.2351 or falmouth.lib.me.us

”INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE” | with Neville Choonoo + Bambo Soyinka, et al. | Thurs-Fri 9 am | University of Maine - Farmington,

FRIDAY 3

KIARNA BOYD | discusses her

novel Blessed & Cursed Alike | 7 pm | RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet St, Portsmouth, NH | 603.431.2100 or riverrunbookstore.com

”INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE” | See listing for Thurs

”MAY SARTON CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” | literary festival at

SATURDAY 4

”MAY SARTON CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” | See listing for Fri

SUNDAY 5

TODD GIPSTEIN | discusses his

novel Legacy of the Light | 5 pm | RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet St, Portsmouth, NH | 603.431.2100 or riverrunbookstore.com

Maine Ballroom Dance 7:30 PM RefResheR Lessons befoRe satuRday dances: 5/4 - Rumba with Ray Viollette 5/11 - Swing with Elizabeth Richards 5/18 - American Tango with Deb Roy 5/25 - Waltz with Elizabeth Richards

MAINE BALLROOM DANCE 614 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101 • 773-0002 www.maineballroomdancing.com info@maineballroomdancing.com

207-773-0002

”MAY SARTON CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” | See listing for Fri ”RHYTHMIC CYPHER” OPEN MIC & POETRY SLAM | slam team finals

with Dominique Christina | 7 pm | Dobra Tea, 151 Middle St, Portland | 207.370.1890

MONDAY 6

”MAY SARTON CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” | See listing for Fri OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT WITH PORT VERITAS | with Robin Merrill

STORYTELLING OPEN MIC WITH CONOR MCGRATH | 8 pm | Slainte,

TUESDAY 7

ELINOR LIPMAN | discusses her nov-

el The View from Penthouse B | 7 pm | The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH | $40 (incl. book) | 603.436.2400

WEDNESDAY 8

DEBRA SPARK | discusses her novel

The Pretty Girl | 2 pm | Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St, Cumberland Foreside | 207.829.2215

THURSDAY 9

FIONA MAAZEL | discusses her novel

Woke Up Lonely | 7 pm | RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet St, Portsmouth, NH | 603.431.2100 or riverrunbookstore.com ”SHESPEAKS: REBEL YELL” | with Pam Erickson + Shannara Gillman + Noel Gallagher + Erica Labb + Josephina Gasca | 7:30 pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | $12-15 | 207.615.3609

comfort food local beer malt whiskey local music live wires

TALKS THURSDAY 2

”CHARTER SCHOOLS, SCHOOL FUNDING, & TEACHER EVALUATIONS” | 7 pm | Bowdoin College,

Visual Arts Center, Beam Classroom, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

”COLBY, NAPOLEON, & LION OF LUCERNE” | with Raffael Scheck | 7

pm | Colby College, Schair-SwensonWatson Alumni Center, 4000 Mayflower Dr, Waterville | 207.859.4000

”DEFENDING FREEDOM OF INFORMATION” | with Judy Meyer | 5:30

pm | DaVinci’s Eatery, 150 Mill St, Lewiston | 207.782.2088

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Sunday - Friday 4 - 7p: All Drafts $3 100+ Whiskies 20% off Thursday & Friday 5 - 6p: BACON & CHEESE Happy Hour

Hello Newman $1.50 PBR & Bud Pounders Friday 9:30p: Shut Down Brown upstairs Saturday 9:30p: Forest City Drifters upstairs Thursday 9:30p:

Dave Rowe downstairs

Tuesday 7p: Tuesday 9:30p: Wednesday 8-11p:

Poetry Slam upstairs Open Mic downstairs Squid Jiggers

$3 Baxter Stowaway/Seasonal Drafts

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3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

Listings Continued from p 25 ”PECHA KUCHA” | 6:30 pm | River

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Tree Arts, 35 Western Ave, Kennebunk | $5 | 207.967.9120 or rivertreearts.org ”THE PENINSULA SCHOOL” | student-led art discussions | 1-2 pm | ICA at MECA, 522 Congress St, Portland | 207.879.5742

”THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN”

| with John Cross | 12:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Moulton Union, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3253

FRIDAY 3

SATURDAY 4

Northern Lights

THE BEST selection of hookahs & accessories including Fantasia Shisha

THE LARGEST selection of vaporizers (including parts and accessories)

• Water pipes from Illadelph, HBG, MGW, Delta 9, and Medicali • Local hand blown glass from around the country • Tapestries and Posters • ONLY authorized Illadelph in the area.

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”AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE CIA: BALANCING CIVIL LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY” | with Ray McGovern | 6:45 pm | Bowdoin College, Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.775.3321

TUESDAY 7

”BEE KEEPING” | with Bill Turner

& Elizabeth Bardswell | 7 pm | York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Rd, York | 207.363.2818

”ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PLANNING” | 9 am | Midcoast Center for

Higher Education, 9 Park St, Bath | 877.282.2182

YOUR

BENEFIT

Museum, 83 State House Stn, Augusta | 207.287.2301 or mainestatemuseum.org

”ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PLANNING” | 10 am | Lewiston Career-

Center, 5 Mollison Way, Lewiston | 207.753.9000 or mainecareercenter. com/careercenters/lewiston.shtml

THURSDAY 9

”BOWDOIN & THE COMMON GOOD: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY” | 3:30 pm | Bowdoin Col-

lege, Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 3900 College Station, Brunswick | 207.725.3000

”GETTING AHEAD: SOCIAL MOBILITY, PUBLIC HOUSING, & IMMIGRANT NETWORKS, PT. 3” | with Sylvia Dominguez | 4:15 pm | Bates College, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Rd, Lewiston | 207.786.8296

THEATER A COMPANY OF GIRLS |

207.874.2107 | Portland Stage Studio Theater, 25A Forest Ave, Portland |

FREEPORT THEATER OF AWESOME | 800.838.3006 | 5 Depot St,

Freeport | May 3-11: Mentalist Roderick Russell | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm | $18-20, $12-14 seniors/students

”ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PLANNING” | noon | Southern Midcoast

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

Center, 185 Lancaster St, Portland | 800.281.3703 CareerCenter, 275 Bath Rd, Brunswick | 800.281.3703

”GENERATIONAL THEFT: HOW ENTITLEMENT SPENDING IS STEALING OPPORTUNITY FROM AMERICA’S YOUTH” | with Geof-

frey Canada & Stanley Druckenmiller | 7:30 pm | Bowdoin College, Pickard Theater, Bath Rd, Brunswick | 207.725.3433 or msmt.org

”THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: HOME DEMOLITION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WAR IN PALESTINE” | with Jean Riesman | 4 pm |

”WHAT ROBOTIC SOCCER-PLAYING DOGS CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANCIENT ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY” | with Robert B. Sobak | noon |

CATERING TO YOU

”THE CIVIL WAR STATUES OF MAINE SCULPTOR FRANKLIN SIMMONS” | 6:30 pm | Maine State

”ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PLANNING” | 10 am | Portland Career-

College of the Atlantic, McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor | 207.288.5015 or coa.edu

OUR EXPERIENCE...

WEDNESDAY 8

Bowdoin College, Moulton Union,

HEARTWOOD REGIONAL THEATER COMPANY | 207.563.1373 |

3-11: Macbeth | Fri-Sat + Thurs 7:30 pm; Sun 3 pm | $20-22, $12 students

MAD HORSE THEATER COMPANY

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3-12: The Common Heart | Fri 8 pm; Sat 4 & 8 pm; Sun 2 pm | $23

PORTLAND PLAYBACK THEATRE COMPANY | portlandplayback.com |

ST LAWRENCE ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTER |

207.775.5568 | stlawrencearts.org | 76 Congress St, Portland | May 2-4:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FARMINGTON | 207.778.7347 | Olsen Student Center, 111 South St, Farmington | May 2: The Vagina Mono-

logues | 7:30 pm | $2

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ART GALLERIES 3 FISH GALLERY | 772.342.6467 | 377

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ARTSTREAM STUDIO GALLERY

CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART | 207.236.2875 | 162

Russell Ave, Rockport | artsmaine.org | Through May 12: “ARTicipation!”, mixed media student art exhibit

CHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER | 207.442.8455 | 804 Washing-

ton St, Bath | chocolatechurcharts. org | Tues-Wed 10 am-4 pm; Thurs

COLEMAN BURKE GALLERY/ BRUNSWICK | 207.725.5222 | Fort

Andross, 14 Maine St, Brunswick |

Mon-Sat 10 am-7 pm | Through May 25: Aaron T. Stephan: “Paths,” installation | reception May 25 5-7 pm

COLEMAN BURKE GALLERY/ PORTLAND | 207.725.3761 | 504

Congress St, Port City Music Hall Window, Portland | Through May 31:

ENGINE | 207.229.3560 | 265 Main

GALLERY AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND | 207.221.2288 | 443 Congress

St, 3rd Floor, Portland | call for hours | May 3: “THREADS: Young People Explore Self-Identity & the Ties That Bind Us Together,” student selfportrait line drawings | reception 5-8 pm

GEORGE MARSHALL STORE GALLERY | 207.351.1083 |

140 Lindsay Rd, York | georgemarshallstoregallery.org | Thurs-Sat 11

am-5 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through June 2: “Momentum XI,” mixed media works by Bear Kirkpatrick + Rose Umerlik + Lauren Gillette | reception May 4 5-7 pm

Fri & SAT: Prime rib All you cAn eAT hAddock

bAck by PoPulAr demAnd The $9.95 lobSTer dinner!!

Join us Around our new outdoor Firepit HAppy Hour M-F 3-7pM And All dAy sundAy Big screen nFl

live Music every FridAy, during HAppy Hour 3-7 pM! 175 lower main st. Freeport, Maine 04032 207 865 9105 freeportseafoodco.com

MAINSTAGE

MAY 10, FRIDAY AT 7:30 PM Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St, Lewiston, ME 04240 Tickets: Adults - $20 Students & Children - $10 Reservations: 782-7228 www.laarts.org

HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO

CINEMA VIVANT! Vintage silent films with live gypsy swing music Thanks to our Mainstage sponsors: Androscoggin Bank, Center Street Dental, Austin Associates, P.A., Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch Media Sponsors: Sun Journal, Gleason Media, Lewiston Auburn Magazine, Down East Magazine, Macaroni Kid

A Taste for Modernism

Media Sponsors:

This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

May 2–September 8, 2013

(207) 775-6148 | portlandmuseum.org André Derain (French, 1880-1954), Bridge over the Riou, 1906, oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 40 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The William S. Paley Collection

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Listings Continued from p 27 ICON CONTEMPORARY ART |

207.725.8157 | 19 Mason St, Brunswick | Mon-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 1-4 pm

MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION | 207.773.8396 | 519

Congress St, Portland | mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com |

Tues-Thurs 10 am-3 pm | May 3:

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MAY 1-7

Derby Weekend! Wed.1: Trivia Nite 7pm Thu.2: Andi Fawcett & Doubting Gravity 9:30pm Fri.3: First Friday Art, 5pm, Gorilla FInger Dub Band 9:30pm. Sat.4: KENTUCK DERBY PARTY!!! 2pm Capt. Ray & The Castaways, 9:30pm Sun.5: Big Brunch 10:30, Irish Sessions 3pm Tue.7: Game Nite 6pm

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MUSEUMS

BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

207.772.9280 | 6 Free St, Portland |

library.com/programs/LewisGallery. htm | Mon-Thurs 10 am-6 pm;

Fri 10 am-7 pm; Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through June 13: “The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion & Design” | May 3-31: “Exchange,” acrylic paintings by Daniel Minter + Flavio Freitas | reception May 3 5-8 pm PROVIDENT BANK | 603.431.1114 | 21 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH | call for hours | Through May 31: “Two Ways of Seeing,” photography by Carol Van Loon + prints by Holly Elkins RICHARD BOYD GALLERY | 207.792.1097 | Island Ave. & Epps St., Peaks Island | Thurs-Sun 10 am-5 pm | May 3-30: “It’s Not So Black & White III,” mixed media group exhibition | reception May 3 5-8 pm

SANCTUARY TATTOO & ART GALLERY | 207.828.8866 | 31 Forest

Ave, Portland | sanctuarytattoo.com | Tues-Sat 11 am-7 pm | May 3-31: Alexander Kreher: “Under Your Skin,” photography | reception May 3 5-8 pm

SEACOAST ARTIST ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 603.778.8856 | 225 Wa-

| 207.786.6158 | 75 Russell St, Olin Arts Center, Lewiston | bates.edu/ museum-about.xml | Tues-Sat 10

am-5 pm | Through May 25: “Selections from the Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions” + “Senior Exhibition 2013,” mixed media student works + “The Mind’s Eye,” graphite drawings by Dozier Bell

BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | 207.725.3275 | Bowdoin

College, 9400 College Station, Brunswick | bowdoin.edu/artmuseum | Tues-Wed + Fri-Sat 10

am-5 pm; Thurs 10 am-8:30 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Free admission; donations welcome | Through June 2: “Sense of Scale, Measure by Color: Art, Science, & Mathematics of Planet Earth” + “Simply Divine: Gods & Demigods in the Ancient Mediterranean” + “Transformative Gestures: Paintings of the Renaissance” + “Unity & Fragmentation: Selections from the Permanent Collection” | Through July 14: “Per Kirkeby: Paintings & Sculpture” COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC | 207.801.5733 | Blum Gallery, 105 Eden St, Bar Harbor | Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm | Through May 3: “Illuminate Dust,” works by Maddie Magnuson | May 6-10: “Park & Alley: Foundational Landscapes in Making Beijing Livable,” installation by Austin Bamford

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 and Rockland residents free | Admission $12; $10 seniors and students; free for youth under 17 and Rockland residents | Through Sept 22: “Decorating the Everyday: Popular Art from the Farnsworth” | Through Nov 17: “Andrew Wyeth: Her Room,” tempera, watercolor, & pencil works | Through Dec 29: “American Treasures: Small Treasures,” sculpture + “Every Picture Tells a Story: N.C. Wyeth Illustrations from the Brandywine River Museum” | Through Jan 5: “A Wondrous Journey: Jonathan Fisher & the Making of Scripture Animals” | Through Feb 2: “American Treasures: Other Voices,” mixed media group exhibition FRYEBURG ACADEMY | 207.935.9232 | Eastman Performing

Arts Center, 745 Main St, Fryeburg | fryeburgacademy.org | Mon-Fri 9 am-1 pm; by appointment | Through May 18: “Mark Baum, Painter (1903-1997): A Retrospective”

GREAT BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | 603.427 | Gateway Gallery,

MUSEUM OF AFRICAN CULTURE |

June 28: “Lines Converge, Colors Dance,” multimedia works by Ashley Bryan + Daniel Minter + Rohan Henry | Ongoing: “An Exhibition of Bronze” OGUNQUIT MUSEUM OF ART | 207.646.4909 | 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit | ogunquitmuseum.org | Mon-Sat 10:30 am- 5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | May 8-Oct 31: “Henry Strater: A Life in Art,” retrospective + “Sixty Works Sixty Years,” mixed media

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 4: “Luminous Terrain: The Art of the White Mountains,” group painting show 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 May 19: “Blueberry Rakers,” photography by David Brooks Stess + “Voices of Design: 25 Years of Architalx,” interactive exhibition | Through Sept 8: “The William S. Paley Collection: a Taste for Modernism” | reception May 3 5-8 pm

SALT INSTITUTE FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES | 207.761.0660 | 561 Congress St, Portland | salt.edu |

Tues-Fri noon-4:30 pm | Through Feb 8, 2014: “Tinder: Maine Stories by Fall 2012 Graduates,” mixed media

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - AUGUSTA | 207.621.3530 | Klahr Center,

46 University Dr, Augusta | Mon-Fri

9 am-4 pm | Through May 31: “Toward Greater Awareness,” installation by Mitch Lewis

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - FARMINGTON | 207.778.7072 | Art Gallery,

246 Main St, Farmington | Tues-

Sun noon-4 pm | Through May 18: “Amalgamate: UMF Senior Exhibition,” mixed media student works UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - ORONO | 207.581.3245 | Lord Hall Gallery, 5743 Lord Hall, Orono | Mon-Fri 9 am-4:30 pm | Through May 3: “University of Maine Department of Art Student Exhibition,” 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 8: “I-95 Triennial 2013,” mixed media group exhibition + John Bailly: “Piece of Mind,” 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 May 12: “Maine Women Pioneers III: Worldview” | 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 17: “2013 Senior BA & BFA Exhibition” | May 3-17: “2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition (II)” | reception May 3 6-8 pm

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 3: “Department of Art BFA Exhibition,” mixed media

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE - LEWISTON | 207.753.6500

| Atrium Gallery, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston | usm.maine.edu/lac/art/ exhibits.html | Mon-Thurs 8 am-8 pm; Fri 8 am-4:30 pm | Free admission | Through June 7: “Pollination: Evolving Miracles,” mixed media group exhibition

OTHER MUSEUMS ABBE MUSEUM | 207.288.3519 | 26

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

| Through Oct 31: “N’tolonapemk:

Our Relatives’ Place” | Through Dec 31: “Wabanaki Guides” | 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 | Through Aug 31: “Show & Tell Gallery: Artwork by Youth With Autisum Spectrum Disorder” | May 2: Tiny Tots: Sensory Play 10:30 am; Star Show 11:30 am; Mini-Campsites 3:30 pm | May 3: Fire Safety Friday 10:30 am; Touch Tank 11:30 am; The Circus is in Town 3:30 pm | May 4: Camera Obscura noon; Kids on the Block 1 pm; Open Art Studio 2-3 pm | May 5: Play Our Way: Private Playtime for Families Affected by Autism 10 am-noon; Japanese Children’s Day 2:30 pm | May 7: Cooking Healthy: Sesame Noodles 10:30 am; Urban Gardening: Pea Planting 3:30 pm | May 8: Open Art Studio 11 am; Mini-Campsites 3:30 pm | May 9: Tiny Tots: Monoprints 10:30 am; Star Show 11:30 am; Bubble Wand Making 3:30 pm

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 27: “Mosaic: Our Multicultural Neighborhood,” mixed media

DISCOVER PORTSMOUTH CENTER

| 603.436.8420 | 10 Middle St, Portsmouth, NH | portsmouthhistory.org | 10 am-5 pm | Through May 31: “New Hampshire Art Association Printmakers Open Juried Exhibition” | Through May 31: “Seacoast Reflections,” photography by Suzie Goodwin 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 | May 3: “Vintage Maine Images: A Website Comes to Life,” photography | Through May 26: “Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine,” historical exhibit 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 May 26: “Ahead Full at Fifty: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum” | May 3-Dec 1: “That Flaunting Rag!: Maine’s Maritime War Against the Confederacy” | Through June 14: “The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion & Design” | Through Oct 25: “Honing the Edge: the Apprenticeshop at 40” | 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 May 18: “Malaga Island, Fragmented Lives” | 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/arctic-museum/index.shtml | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | Free | Through April 6, 2014: “Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Natural World” | Through April 16, 2014: “In a State of Becoming: Inuit Art from the Collection of Rabbi Harry Sky” | Ongoing: “Chilling Discoveries About Global Warming” + “The Roosevelt: a Model of Strength” + “The North Pole” + “Permanent Collection” SOUTHWORTH PLANETARIUM | 207.780.4249 | Science Building, 70

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103 RESTAURANT | 603.332.7790 |

103 N Main St, Rochester, NH

302 SMOKEHOUSE & TAVERN |

207.935.3021 | 636 Main St, Fryeburg 302 SPORTS BAR & GRILLE | 207.894.5730 | 765 Roosevelt Trail, Windham 51 WHARF | 207.774.1151 | 51 Wharf St, Portland ALISSON’S RESTAURANT | 207.967.4841 | 5 Dock Sq, Kennebunkport ALL AMERICAN TAVERN | 207.674.3800 | 64 Bethel Rd, West Paris ALTERA LOUNGE | 207.713.1950 | 16 Park St, Lewiston ANDY’S OLD PORT PUB | 207.874.2639 | 94 Commercial St, Portland ASYLUM | 207.772.8274 | 121 Center St, Portland BACK BURNER TAVERN | 207.935.4444 | 109 Main St, Brownfield BARLEY PUB | 603.742.4226 | 328 Central Ave, Dover, NH BAYSIDE BOWL | 207.791.2695 | 58 Alder St, Portland

BEACHFIRE BAR AND GRILLE

| 207.646.8998 | 658 Main St., Ogunquit BEAR’S DEN TAVERN | 207.564.8733 | 73 North St, Dover Foxcroft BEBE’S BURRITOS | 207.283.4222 | 140 Main St, Biddeford BENTLEY’S SALOON | 207.985.8966 | 1601 Portland Rd, Rte 1, Kennebunkport BIG EASY | 207.775.2266 | 55 Market St, Portland BILLY’S TAVERN | 207.354.1177 | 1 Starr St, Thomaston BINGA’S STADIUM | 207.347.6072 | 77 Free St, Portland BLACK BEAR CAFE | 207.693.4770 | 215 Roosevelt Trail, Naples BLUE | 207.774.4111 | 650A Congress St, Portland BLUE MERMAID | 603.427.2583 | 409 The Hill, Portsmouth, NH BRAY’S BREWPUB | 207.693.6806 | Rte 302 and Rte 35, Naples BRIAN BORU | 207.780.1506 | 57 Center St, Portland BRIDGE STREET TAVERN | 207.623.8561 | 18 Bridge St, Augusta

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

BULL FEENEY’S | 207.773.7210 | 375 Fore St, Portland

BULL MOOSE LOUNGE |

207.924.7286 | Moosehead Trail Motor Lodge, 300 Corrina Rd, Dexter BUXTON TAVERN | 207.929.8668 | 1301 Rte 22, Buxton BYRNES IRISH PUB/BATH | 207.443.6776 | 98 Center St, Bath

DEER RUN TAVERN | 207.846.9555 | 365 Main St, Yarmouth DOBRA TEA | 207.370.1890 | 151 Middle St, Portland THE DOGFISH BAR AND GRILLE | 207.772.5483 | 128 Free St, Portland DOGFISH CAFE | 207.253.5400 | 953 Congress St, Portland DOOBIE’S BAR & GRILL | 207.623.7625 | 349 Water St, Augusta DOVER BRICK HOUSE | 603.749.3838 | 2 Orchard St, Dover, NH EASY STREET LOUNGE | 207.622.3360 | 7 Front St, Hallowell EMPIRE DINE AND DANCE | 207.879.8988 | 575 Congress St, Portland THE FARM BAR & GRILLE | 603.516.3276 | 25A Portland Ave, Dover, NH FAST BREAKS | 207.782.3305 | 1465 Lisbon St, Lewiston FAT BELLY’S | 603.610.4227 | 2 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH FEDERAL JACK’S | 207.967.4322 | 8 Western Ave, Kennebunk

FEILE IRISH RESTAURANT AND PUB

| 207.251.4065 | 1619 Post Rd, Wells FIRE HOUSE GRILLE | 207.376.4959 | 47 Broad St, Auburn FLASK LOUNGE | 207.772.3122 | 117 Spring St, Portland THE FOGGY GOGGLE | 207.824.5056 | South Ridge Lodge, Sunday River, Newry FORE PLAY | 207.780.1111 | 436 Fore St, Portland

FREEPORT SEAFOOD COMPANY

| 207.865.9105 | 175 Lower Main St, Freeport FRESH | 207.236.7005 | 1 Bay View Landing, Camden 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 THE FUNKY RED BARN | 207.824.3003 | 19 Summer St, Bethel FURY’S PUBLICK HOUSE | 603.617.3633 | 1 Washington St, Dover, NH FUSION | 207.330.3775 | 490 Pleasant St, Lewiston THE GIN MILL | 207.620.9200 | 302 Water St, Augusta GINGKO BLUE | 207.541.9190 | 2 Portland Sq, Portland GREEN MONKEY | 603.427.1010 | 86 Pleasant St, Portsmouth, NH 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 HANNA’S TAVERN | 207.490.5122 | 324 Country Club Rd, Sanford HARLOW’S PUB | 603.924.6365 | 3 School St, Peterborough, NH

HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEEHOUSE AND TAVERN | 207.621.1234 | 119 Water St, Hallowell

HILTON GARDEN INN | 207.865.1433 |

5 Park St, Freeport

BYRNES IRISH PUB/BRUNSWICK HOLLYWOOD SLOTS | 877.779.7771 |

| 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 BLY’S TAVERN | 207.336.2126 | 371 Turner St, Buckfield CAPTAIN DANIEL STONE INN | 207.373.1824 | 10 Water St, Brunswick CARTELLI’S BAR AND GRILL | 603.750.4002 | 446 Central Ave, Dover, NH CENTRAL WAVE | 603.742.9283 | 368 Central Ave, Dover, NH CHAMPIONS SPORTS BAR | 207.282.7900 | 15 Thornton St, Biddeford CHARLAMAGNE’S | 207.242.2711 | 228 Water St, Augusta CHOP SHOP PUB | 603.760.7706 | 920 Lafayette Rd, Seabrook, NH CLUB TEXAS | 207.784.7785 | 150 Center St, Auburn CURVA ULTRA LOUNGE | 207.866.3600 | 103 Park St, Orono DANIEL STREET TAVERN | 603.430.1011 | 111 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH DAVIS ISLAND GRILL | 207.687.2190 | 318 Eddy Rd, Edgecomb

500 Main St, Bangor

THE HOLY GRAIL | 603.679.9559 | 64 Main St, Epping, NH

HONEY POT BAR & LOUNGE |

603.760.2013 | 920 Lafayette Rd, Seabrook, NH HOOLIGAN’S IRISH PUB | 207.934.4063 | 2 Old Orchard Rd, Old Orchard Beach HOXTER’S BAR & BISTRO | 207.629.5363 | 122 Water St, Hallowell IPANEMA BAR & GRILL | 207.942.5180 | 10 Broad St, Bangor IRISH TWINS PUB | 207.376.3088 | 743 Main St, Lewiston IRON TAILS SALOON | 207.850.1142 | 559 Rte 109, Acton JACK’S PLACE | 207.797.7344 | 597 Bridgton Rd, Westbrook

JIMMY THE GREEK’S/OLD ORCHARD BEACH | 207.934.7499 | 215 Saco Ave,

Old Orchard Beach

JIMMY THE GREEK’S/ SOUTH PORTLAND | 207.774.7335 | 115 Philbrook Rd, South Portland

JOE’S NEW YORK PIZZA |

207.699.5559 | 420 Fore St, Portland

JONATHAN’S | 207.646.4777 | 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit

JUMPIN’ JAKE’S SEAFOOD CAFE & BAR | 207.937.3250 | 181 Saco Ave,

Old Orchard Beach THE KAVE | 207.469.6473 | 177 Silver Lake Rd, Bucksport

KELLEY’S ROW | 603.750.7081 |

421 Central Ave, Dover, NH THE KENNEBEC WHARF | 207.622.9290 | 1 Wharf St, Hallowell KERRYMEN PUB | 207.282.7425 | 512 Main St, Saco KING EIDER’S PUB | 207.563.6008 | 2 Elm St, Damariscotta KJ’S SPORTS BAR | 603.659.2329 | North Main St, Newmarket, NH THE LIBERAL CUP | 207.623.2739 | 115 Water St, Hallowell LOCAL 188 | 207.761.7909 | 685 Congress St, Portland LOCAL BUZZ | 207.541.9024 | 327 Ocean House Rd, Cape Elizabeth LOCAL SPROUTS COOPERATIVE | 207.899.3529 | 649 Congress St, Portland THE LOFT | 207.541.9045 | 865 Forest Ave, Portland MAINE STREET | 207.646.5101 | 195 Maine St, Ogunquit MAMA’S CROWBAR | 207.773.9230 | 189 Congress St, Portland MARGARITA’S/AUBURN | 207.782.6036 | 180 Center St, Auburn MARK’S PLACE | 207.899.3333 | 416 Fore St, Portland MARTINGALE WHARF | 603.431.0091 | 99 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH MATHEW’S | 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 MCSEAGULL’S | 207.633.5900 | Gulf Dock, Boothbay Harbor MEMORY LANE MUSIC HALL | 207.642.3363 | 35 Blake Rd, Standish MILLIE’S TAVERN | 603.967.4777 | 17 L St, Hampton, NH MONTSWEAG ROADHOUSE | 207.443.6563 | Rte 1, Woolwich MOOSE ALLEY | 207.864.9955 | 2809 Main St, Rangeley MR. GOODBAR | 207.934.9100 | 8B West Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach MY TIE LOUNGE | 207.406.2574 | 94 Maine St, Brunswick MYRTLE STREET TAVERN | 207.596.6250 | 12 Myrtle St, Rockland NOCTURNEM DRAFT HAUS | 207.907.4380 | 56 Main St, Bangor NONANTUM RESORT | 207.967.4050 | 95 Ocean Ave, Kennebunkport NORTH BEACH BAR AND GRILL | 603.967.4884 | 931 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach, NH 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 PORT TAVERN | 207.774.0444 | 11 Moulton St, Portland THE OLDE MILL TAVERN | 207.583.9077 | 56 Main St, Harrison ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE | 207.761.1757 | 181 State St, Portland THE PAGE | 603.436.0004 | 172 Hanover St, Portsmouth, NH 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 PORT CITY MUSIC HALL | 207.899.4990 | 504 Congress St, Portland PORTLAND EAGLES | 207.773.9448 | 184 Saint John St, Portland PORTLAND LOBSTER CO | 207.775.2112 | 180 Commercial St, Portland PORTSMOUTH GAS LIGHT | 603.430.9122 | 64 Market St, Portsmouth, NH POST ROAD TAVERN | 207.641.0640 | 705 Main St, Ogunquit PRESS ROOM | 603.431.5186 | 77 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH PROFENNO’S | 207.856.0011 | 934 Main St, Westbrook PUB 33 | 207.786.4808 | 33 Sabattus St, Lewiston THE RACK | 207.237.2211 | Sugarloaf Mountain A, Kingfield RAVEN’S ROOST | 207.406.2359 | 103 Pleasant St, Brunswick READFIELD EMPORIUM | 207.685.7348 | 1146 Main St, Readfield 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 RJ’S BAR AND GRILL | 83 Washington St, Dover, NH THE ROOST | 207.799.1232 | 62 Chicopee Rd, Buxton 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 RUSTY HAMMER | 603.436.9289 | 49 Pleasant St, Portsmouth, NH SAVORY MAINE | 207.563.2111 | 11 Water St, Damariscotta SCHEMENGEES BAR AND GRILL | 207.777.1155 | 551 Lincoln St, Lewiston SEA 40 | 207.795.6888 | 40 East Ave, Lewiston SEA DOG BREWING/BANGOR | 207.947.8009 | 26 Front St, Bangor

PEPPERCLUB dinner 7 nights The Good Egg Café six mornings two favorites in one location

Wednesday, 5/1: Connor Garvey @ 7pm Thursday, 5/2: Sorcha @ 7pm Music, Food, Drinks and No Cover! Private room available 78 Middle Street Portland, Maine 04101 207.772.0531 www.pepperclubrestaurant.com

SEA DOG BREWING/ SOUTH PORTLAND | 207.871.7000 | 125 Western Ave, South Portland

SEA DOG BREWING/TOPSHAM |

restaurant•brewery•distillery

207.725.0162 | 1 Maine St, Great Mill Island, Topsham SEASONS GRILLE | 207.775.6538 | 155 Riverside St, Portland

SEBAGO BREW PUB/KENNEBUNK | 207.467.8107 | 67 Portland Rd, Kennebunk SHEEPSCOT GENERAL | 207.549.5185 | 98 Townhouse Rd, Whitefield

SHOOTERS BILLIARDS BAR & GRILL | 207.794.8585 |

222B West Broadway, Lincoln

SILVER HOUSE TAVERN |

207.772.9885 | 123 Commercial St, Portland SILVER SPUR | 207.345.3211 | 272 Lewiston St, Mechanic Falls SILVER STREET TAVERN | 207.680.2163 | 2 Silver St, Waterville SLAINTE | 207.828.0900 | 24 Preble St, Portland

SLATES RESTAURANT AND BAKERY | 207.622.4104 | 169 Water St, Hallowell

SOLO BISTRO | 207.443.3378 |

128 Front St, Bath SONNY’S | 207.772.7774 | 83 Exchange St, Portland SOUTHSIDE TAVERN | 207.474.6073 | 1 Waterville Rd, Skowhegan SPACE GALLERY | 207.828.5600 | 538 Congress St, Portland SPARE TIME | 207.878.2695 | City Sports Grille, 867 Riverside St, Portland SPECTATORS | 207.324.9658 | Rte 4, Sanford SPLITTERS | 207.621.1710 | 2246 N Belfast Ave, Augusta SPRING HILL TAVERN | 603.431.5222 | Dolphin Striker, 15 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH SPRING POINT TAVERN | 207.733.2245 | 175 Pickett St, South Portland STONE CHURCH | 603.659.6321 | 5 Granite St, Newmarket, NH 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 T&B’S OUTBACK TAVERN | 207.877.7338 | 6 Jefferson St, Waterville TANTRUM | 207.404.4300 | 193 Broad St, Bangor THATCHER’S PUB | 207.887.3582 | 10 Cumberland St, Westbrook 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 TORTILLA FLAT | 207.797.8729 | 1871 Forest Ave, Portland TOWNHOUSE PUB | 207.284.7411 | 5 Storer St, Saco UNION STATION BILLIARDS | 207.899.3693 | 272 St. John St, Portland VACANCY PUB | 207.934.9653 | Ocean Park Rd, Old Orchard Beach WALLY’S PUB | 603.926.6954 | 144 Ashworth Ave, Hampton, NH WATER STREET GRILL | 207.582.9464 | 463 Water St, Gardiner WHITE’S CUE CONNECTION | 207.657.2266 | Rte 100, Gray ZACKERY’S | 207.774.5601 | Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside St, Portland

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Trouble brews in the hallowed halls of Wittenberg University as professors Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus duel for the allegiance of their pupil – Prince Hamlet. From tennis and beer to soliloquies over skulls, Davalos’ imaginative comedy of 16th century college life mixes slapstick and wordplay with a philosophical exploration of reason versus faith, played out in a zany spin on classic characters – real and imaginary! Sponsored by: L.L.Bean | Maine Home + Design | maine PORTLAND Magazine | Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

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dinner + Movie Greens, beans, and Goat a sampling of a Burundian diet _By lin ds a y st e rl in g I recently had the pleasure of cooking with a Burundian woman from Eastern Africa in her kitchen in Gorham. The minced cassava leaves in the bottom of her large pot looked like a wad of grass clippings removed from the inside of a lawn mower. As they heated up on the stove with water, they smelled like a health nut’s green smoothie. And things kept getting better. Into the minced greens, my teacher, Mia Ntahobari, submerged cubed eggplant, diced green pepper, onions, leeks, oil, and a couple pieces of bone-in goat meat. Over the course of the next three hours, she also added tomato paste, goat broth, garlic, bay leaves, pepper, and peanut butter. The final dish, called sombe in her native Kirundi, looked like cooked collard greens, only minced up more finely. My kids aren’t going to like this, I was thinking. Then she said, “My kids don’t like vegetables either, but they like sombe.” Her kids are four, six, eleven, and thirteen years old now. They have been in Maine for three months since arriving from Burundi. She worries that it will be hard for them to make friends at school because of the language barrier and differences in life experience. They’ve lived through unspeakable tragedies resulting from the lack of a justice system in Burundi.

FShort Takes xxx iROn MAn 3 130 Minutes | everywhere None of the Iron Man movies has been as good as The Dark Knight (2008), but their mix of spectacle and droll comedy goes down a lot easier than the other franchise’s thumping Sturm und Drang. One might even argue that their obsession with weapons manufacturing offers as interesting a cultural critique as the surveillance element of The Dark Knight, though the filmmakers have generally backed away from this idea as if it were a live grenade. This installment actually flirts with satire, sending its hero-in-acan (Robert Downey Jr.) on a vengeful mission against a mad, bearded jihadist (Ben Kingsley) before yanking the rug out from under the neocon story line. There are some good laughs as well, most of them involving

The cooked greens were one of four components in her favorite meal. “Sombe,” she explained, “Is a meal all people [in Burundi] eat regularly with beans everyday.” She used canary beans, which were large and light yellow when dried and turned tan, plump, and creamy once cooked. The third component of the meal, fried bone-in chunks of goat meat in red sauce, is popular throughout Burundi. She suspects Burundians prefer goat because it’s less expensive to raise than beef. First she boiled the goat meat in water. Then she strained out the broth

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and shallow-fried the goat pieces with onions, curry powder, and dried basil. Once the goat pieces were nice and crispy brown on the outside, she added tomato paste and the reserved goat broth to make a smooth dark red sauce around the goat pieces. I thought the goat was delicious. A little tough, but fun to eat off the bone. It was not strong like lamb. The flavor of the meat was mild, a lot like beef. Her husband taught me how to make the bugali that brings the dish all together. It’s made of corn flour cooked with water and molded into cake. To eat the meal, Burundians break of a piece of bugali from a communal cake, and then use the piece to scoop up a bite of greens, beans, and goat from their own dish. No forks or spoons were used. There was literal finger licking. Though the goat and cassava leaves did make the meal seem foreign to me, I found it to be rich, soft, warm, and comfortPrePPIng a Feast mia ntahobari gives a stir to ing. I liked it even more after I her sombe. took Mia’s advice and added a couple drops of ultra hot sauce, their plates. My nine-year-old wasn’t in called Akabanga oil. the mood for adventure. Next time! ^ A week later, after finding goat meat, corn flour, canary beans, and cassava leaves at her friend’s store, Ebenezer (654 Visit ImmIgrantKItchens.com for the Congress St, Portland) and cooking the recipe and to sign up for the author’s next meal a second time, I liked it even more. cooking class (somali flatbread and beef) My seven-year-old and husband cleaned may 10.

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Downey’s brutal put-downs of cute little kids. Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) directed; with Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebecca Hall, Guy Pearce, and Don Cheadle.

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_J.r. Jones

118 Minutes | b&w | portuguese | pMa Movies F.W. Murnau’s indelible Tabu (1931), a last gasp of the silent era about young lovers cast out of their Polynesian paradise, gets a postcolonial gloss in Portuguese filmmaker (and former film critic) Miguel Gomes’s similarly two-part meta-movie. After a mock-ethnographic prologue, Gomes (Our Beloved Month of August) flips Murnau’s sequence, and his perspective. First, in 35mm, comes “Paradise Lost,” in which quiet, religious Pilar (Teresa Madruga) goes to the movies in present-day

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Lisbon, offers to house Polish backpackers, and otherwise tries to figure out how best to spend her retirement. She takes an interest in elderly neighbor Aurora (Laura Soveral), who suspects her Cape Verdean maid (Isabel Cardoso) of stealing. On her deathbed, Aurora asks Pilar to

find an old flame, Gian Luca Ventura (Henrique Espírito Santo), who then recalls their affair on a farm in Africa. Thus commences the ironically titled “Paradiso,” set on a plantation in an unnamed Portuguese colony in the ’60s, where young wife Aurora (Ana Moreira) hunted game while the young Ventura, her Italian lover (Carloto Cotta), played drums in a Phil Spector cover band. Cinema, Ventura recalls, bored Aurora to death, and if in the first half Gomes dares the audience to be bored, the second half is a cinephile’s payoff. “People’s lives are not like dreams,” says the elderly Aurora. But movies are, when they are as haunting as this one.

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Robert Redford directed and stars in this boomer drama about the Weather Underground, impressive for its cast of aging talents (Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, Richard Jenkins, Brendan Gleeson). The story hardly seems worth all the firepower: Redford is a former Weatherman, thought to have killed a guard during an early-’80s bank robbery in Michigan, who goes on the run after his cover in Albany, New York, is blown by dogged reporter Shia LaBeouf. There’s the usual handwringing about whether the ends justified the means, tarted up with a little Occupy Wall Street rhetoric; the high celebrity quotient tends to work against the drama, reminding us what a privileged generation this was and how its endless examination of itself in popular culture was part of that privilege.

_J.r. Jones

The stone mountain arts center is a unique maine destination.... a music hall nestled in the foothills of the white mountains in Brownfield maine.

Hosting national acts up close and personal in a less than 200 seat timber frame barn serving fine wines and imported beers as well as dinner by reservation before the show. Turn off faceboook and your cell phone and turn on your senses to the up close and personal style of the Stone Mountain Arts Center.

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Bob Marley, Christian McNeill and the Sea Monsters, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leo Kotke, Carol Noonan,Catie Curtis, Lucy Wainright Roche, April Verch, Jonathan Edwards, Steep Canyon Rangers, Asleep at the Wheel, Jay Nash Trio, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tom Snow, Aaron Neville, Toots and the Maytals ,The Toughcats, Heather Masse, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robinson, Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, The Wood Brothers, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Rustic Overtones, Gypsophilia, Girls, Guns, and Glory, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Corey Hart, Guy Davis, Alvin Toughblood Hart, Mavis Staples, Lake Street Dive, Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives,Teada, Lori McKenna, The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Slaid Cleaves, Suzy Bogguss, Bela Fleck’s Banjo Summit, Ellis Paul, Antje Duvekot, Ani DiFranco....... These are just the shows so far..and we go all year long!

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Unless otherwise noted, all film listings this week are for Friday, May 3 through Thursday, May 9. Times can and do change without notice, so do call the theater before heading out. For up-to-date film-schedule information, check the Portland Phoenix Web site at thePhoenix.com.

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dinner + Movie Portland ClarKS Pond CInEMaGIC Grand

333 Clarks Pond Parkway, South Portland | 207.772.6023

tHE BIG WEddInG | 11:40 am, 2, 4:20, 7:20, 9:30

nICKElodEon CInEMaS 1 Temple St, Portland | 207.772.9751

tHE CoMPanY YoU KEEP | 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 42 | 1:10, 4, 7, 9:40

tHE GrEat GatSBY | Thu: 10 Iron Man 3 | 1, 3, 4, 6:40, 8:30, 9:20 “MaInE MaYHEM FIlM FEStIVal” | Thu: 9:15

oBlIVIon | 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 PaIn & GaIn | 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 tHE SaPPHIrES | 12:45, 6:15

PMa MoVIES

7 Congress Square, Portland | 207.775.6148

taBU | Fri: 6:30 | Sat-Sun: 2

WEStBrooK CInEMaGIC

183 County Rd, Westbrook | 207.774.3456

tHE BIG WEddInG | 11:50 am, 2, 4:20, 7:20, 9:30

tHE CroodS | 11:50 am, 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 9:20

EVIl dEad | noon, 2:10, 4:20, 6:50, 9:10 42 | 12:20, 3:20, 6:50, 9:40 G.I. JoE: rEtalIatIon | 11:50 am, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10

Iron Man 3 | 11:50 am, 12:15, 12:45, 3, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 9:20, 9:50

MaInE alaMo tHEatrE

85 Main St, Bucksport | 207.469.0924

tHE PlaCE BEYond tHE PInES | Fri: 6:30 | Sat-Sun: 2

aUBUrn FlaGSHIP 10

746 Center St, Auburn | 207.786.8605

PaIn & GaIn | 12:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 SCarY MoVIE 5 | 1:20, 7:05

ColonIal tHEatrE

163 High St, Belfast | 207.338.1930 Call for shows & times.

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tHE CoMPanY YoU KEEP | Fri-Sat:

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Tontine Mall, 149 Maine St, Brunswick | 207.729.5486

1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:50 | Sun-Thu: 1:30, 4, 6:30

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14 Maine St, Brunswick | 207.725.5222

lIVE BroadCaSt oF alICE’S adVEntUrES In WondErland BY tHE roYal BallEt | Sun: 2, 7 | Tue: 2, 7

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855 Lisbon St, Lewiston | 207.777.5010

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7:10, 9:45 | Sun-Thu: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 1570 Main Street, Oxford | 207.743.2219

raIlroad SQUarE 17 Railroad Sq, Waterville | 207.873.6526

tHE rEVolUtIonarY oPtIMIStS | Sat: 4:30

15 Front St, Farmington | 207.778.4877 Call for shows & times.

nordICa tHEatrE

12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 7, 9:05 | Sun: 12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 7 | Mon-Thu: 2:45, 4:50, 7

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EMPEror | Fri-Mon: 5:30, 7:45 SPrInG BrEaKErS | 6, 8:15

rEGal BrUnSWICK 10 19 Gurnet Rd, Brunswick | 207.798.3996 Call for shows & times.

SaCo CInEMaGIC & IMaX

783 Portland Rd, Rte 1, Saco | 207.282.6234

SMIttY’S CInEMaBIddEFord

420 Alfred St, Five Points Shopping Center, Biddeford | 207.282.2224

SMIttY’S CInEMaSanFord 1364 Main St, Sanford | 207.490.0000 Call for shows & times.

SPotlIGHt CInEMaS

6 Stillwater Ave, Orono | 207.827.7411 Call for shows & times.

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Main St, Stonington | 207.367.2788

42 | Fri-Sun: 7 GIrl rISInG | Thu: 7

nEW HaMPSHIrE tHE MUSIC Hall

28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth | 603.436.9900

tHE CoMPanY YoU KEEP | Sat: 7 | Sun: 3, 7 | Tue-Thu: 7

rEGal FoX rUn StadIUM 15

45 Gosling Rd, Portsmouth | 603.431.6116 Call for shows & times.

Strand tHEatrE

345 Main St, Rockland | 207.594.0070

GInGEr & roSa | Fri: 5:30 | Sun: 1, 3:30, 6 | Mon-Wed: 7

GIrl rISInG | Thu: 7:30 EnCorE BroadCaSt oF HandEl’S GIUlIo CESarE BY tHE MEtroPolItan oPEra | Sat: noon tHE WoodManS | Fri: 8

tHoMaSton FlaGSHIP 10

9 Moody Dr, Thomaston | 207.594.2100 Call for shows & times.

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adMISSIon | Fri: 4:10, 6:55, 9:25 | Sat: 1:10, 4:10, 6:55, 9:25 | Sun: 1:10, 4:10, 6:55 | Mon-Thu: 4:10, 6:55 tHE CroodS | Fri: 4, 6:45, 9:20 | Sat: 1, 4, 6:45, 9:20 | Sun: 1, 4, 6:45 | Mon-Thu: 4, 6:45 Iron Man 3 | Fri: 4:15, 7, 9:35 | Sat: 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:35 | Sun: 1:15, 4:15, 7 | Mon-Thu: 4:15, 7 oBlIVIon | Fri: 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 | Sat: 1:25, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 | Sun: 1:20, 4:25, 7:10 | Mon-Thu: 4:25, 7:10 olYMPUS HaS FallEn | Fri: 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 | Sat: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 | Sun: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 | Mon-Thu: 4:30, 7:15 oZ tHE GrEat & PoWErFUl | Fri: 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 | Sat: 1:05, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 | Sun: 1:05, 4:05, 6:50 | Mon-Thu: 4:05, 6:50 PaIn & GaIn | Fri: 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 | Sat: 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 | Sun: 1:20, 4:20, 7:05 | Mon-Thu: 4:20, 7:05

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HEartS & MIndS | Wed: 7

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no choice Kudos to the Penobscot County Commissioners for hosting an informational public forum concerning the proposed East West Utility Corridor. They graciously allowed the public to ask questions and voice concerns alongside their own about this private project. Peter Vigue, CEO of Cianbro Corporation, was yet again evasive about the location of a route. Information regarding proponents including towns, businesses, individuals, and investors was not forthcoming. I am weary of rhetoric about poverty and quality of life. Mr. Vigue has us practically dragging our knuckles in the dirt as we eke out a “hand to mouth” existence in the “hollow middle” of our state. Now, that’s just rude. If “quality of life” is a super corridor defiling the last vestige of pristine wilderness on the east coast, I say “no thanks!” If “poverty” means cleaner air and water, safe communities, loving friends and neighbors, bring it on. I wonder how the good people of Eastport feel about Mr. Vigue’s commitment to relegate their picturesque village to a concrete wasteland of a deepwater cargo port. I tire of his statistics from Forbes magazine. It is not so gloom

and doom. Maine ranks lowest in un-employment in the nation, one of the best track records for recycling, lowest nation levels of mercury in our ground and water, and some of the highest growth rates for organic agriculture in the past eight years. That sounds like a good quality of life to me, my children and grandchildren. The East West Corridor is promoted as an economic engine, a connection with “global markets.” Thought it may provide some short term employment, its sole purpose seems to be the extraction and export of Maine resources and a conduit for the export of Canadian energy, leaving Enbridge and the Irving boys breathless with anticipation. With all of Mr. Vigue’s assurances that his first priority is the safety, health, and prosperity of our communities, I’m still scratching my head. If that were true, wouldn’t he have approached us first for input to see if this was the direction we wished to take? Once the land is purchased, the permits granted and politicians placated, there is no choice. 21

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last quarter moon in aquarius. look at your calendar. today should mark a turning point for events that got really heavy around april 25, or that began around april 10. aquarius, Gemini, libra, Sagittarius, capricorn, pisces, aries: if your imagination runs wild, please tell me you’re having a good time. a feeling of resistance to being “crowded” or “steered” could make taurus, leo, Virgo, cancer, and Scorpio feisty. 26

Friday may3 11

Waning moon in aquarius, moon void-of-course 12:24 pm until 2:25 pm when it moves into pisces. excellent for communicating with faraway friends or using new technology. a mid-day void-of-course moon prompts the “hail Mary” pass for the risk-takers, which could include aquarius, Gemini, libra, aries, and Sagittarius. capricorn, Virgo, cancer, and pisces could be tickled by the flightier folks in their circle, while taurus, leo, and Scorpio should hold back on decision-making. 27

saturday may 4 12

Waning moon in pisces. the truth will out — in a roundabout way. pisces moons bring out the artistic sensitivity, as well as any proclivity to get really, really trashed. (hey, forewarned is forearmed, and get your designated driver in place.) Gemini, Virgo, and Sagittarius: it will be easy to commit to something — or someone — you can’t follow through on. no need to speak up. But for those born under capricorn, aquarius, pisces, aries, taurus, cancer, Scorpio, libra, and leo: you’ll be vulnerable to folks who need a helping hand. 28

sunday may 5 13

Waning moon in pisces, moon void-of-course noon until 9:09 pm when it moves into aries. an all-day Vc moon makes for excellent circumstances for creating unexpected art, or for digging in the garden and finding a treasure. looking beneath the surface is advised for pisces, cancer, Scorpio, taurus, and capricorn. Gemini, Sagittarius, and Virgo could over-react to something minor. libra, aquarius, leo, and aries: keep your sense of humor, as someone could not fulfill a commitment, through sheer “spaciness” (yes, a medical condition i’m told...). 29

monday may 6 14

Waning moon in aries. From now through thursday’s new moon, the astrological transits are urging completion, revision, or surrender. aries moons prompt new projects. if you can complete a task quickly, go for it, but beware of any bright young or old thing coming forward with the solution to your problem. aquarius, pisces, aries, taurus, Gemini, leo, Sagittarius, Virgo, and Scorpio: embrace whims — as much as is in your nature. libra, cancer, and capricorn: today and tomorrow won’t be comfortable, but you’ll get at the truth. 30

tuesday may 7 15

Waning moon in aries, moon void-of-course 8:40 am until 6:09 am Wednesday. We’re close to the new moon so “sure things” could seem iffy. on the plus side, one’s appetite for spice is enhanced — consider a new barbecue sauce. aries moons are all about kids, or childlike behavior. aries, leo, Sagittarius, aquarius, and Gemini may need to speak up (wicked loud!) to be heard. taurus, Virgo, Scorpio, and pisces: find the laughs, and if you’re feeling “rushed,” you’re in tune with the moon. libra, capricorn, and cancer: expect some fuzziness about matters hitherto decided. 31

Wednesday may 8 16

dark of the moon in taurus. a good day for cleaning up and throwing out, particularly material made of ceramic or stone. and get rid of items (particularly clothing) that doesn’t fit your current lifestyle. lose the corporate job? lose the suits. Bargain-hunters love this moon, but it takes time for the hunt. Sharp-eyed: capricorn, pisces, aries, taurus, Gemini, cancer, and Virgo. needlessly stubborn, yet amusing: libra and Sagittarius. hard to please: Scorpio, leo, and aquarius. 32

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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