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Katie and Jason

Tabitha

When Katie and Jason met they knew they wanted a family together and as people do when they fall in love they had one of those conversations that later feels prescient. They talked about how if they could not have a child – they would adopt.

Originally from Machias, Tabitha moved to Portland about 12 years ago for a bigger city life. She is a single Mom with a six year old daughter, is self-employed and a full time student looking to complete her business degree.

After several years of trying to get pregnant they came to the realization that adoption really was going to be their best way of having the family they dreamed of. They called Stepping Stones.

After losing her job as a tile designer everything began to fall apart. She relocated out of state to make a fresh start and re-connect with her family. She fell behind on bills – unable to make ends meet and unable to find work, she moved back to Maine.

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Adeng SHELTER CLIENT Adeng and her daughter moved to Maine from Texas about seven years ago to be closer to her mother and brother who live in New Hampshire in a facility for children with specials needs. She was living with her mother who passed away last August and the landlord evicted Adeng and her child. She originally went to the Oxford Street Shelter where she said staff was kind but the place was very difficult for her young daughter. Someone in the Aspire program recommended Stepping Stones and she gave us a call. “I called Linda and she called me at work the next day and I was living in an apartment that night – I was so grateful. It was a home, not a mat on the floor of a shelter,” said Adeng. “Linda was amazing. She had answers to every one of my questions and was very good at making sure I followed through on what needed to be done, so that the next time I could manage challenges myself. She always seems to do more than she needs to, but she says, ‘that’s my job.’ I remember at Christmas she showed up with all these presents for the children in the shelter. I couldn’t believe that people who were supporting the program would think about giving gifts to the children too!” Adeng is now getting ready to move out of the Transitional Living Program and into her own apartment. Her long-term goal is to reunite with her younger brother who is still living in New Hampshire. In the meantime she is planning on going back to school

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“It was really easy. I googled adoption in Maine and Stepping Stones came up and we decided to call and find out more about the adoption process.” “We felt incredibly well taken care of. Stepping Stones walked us through the A-Z of adoption and made sure we understood the risks and challenges – the adoption staff was very open about the realities of the adoption process – we always felt really well supported. We completed all our paper work and settled down to wait to see if and when we would become adoptive parents. Then after a few months we got the call that a baby was available and were asked if we could get to the hospital the very next day. We were overwhelmed, nervous and excited. We were thrilled. We had the opportunity to meet with our birth mother and even had the chance to stay over in the hospital with the baby in our room. Our adoption was finalized in June. We are just so thankful to have our baby and begin our family. When we are ready to add to our family – we will certainly work with Stepping Stones again. We had a really good experience – they helped us make our dream of having a family come true.”

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“When I first connected with my counselor and case-manager – I was in a bad place dealing with the stress of losing my job and my home – I was sad when I moved back – I had little or no motivation. They gave me hope and the support to build up my resources to turn my life around. The simple fact of losing my job was enough for me to lose my self-confidence, so their hope and belief in me was critical. I remember them saying “It’s going to be OK - we’ll work on this together”. I would strongly recommend Stepping Stones. The program and services are flexible and adapt to your needs – before too long you’re back on your feet, coping with things on your own. They remind you of what you can do and work with you to get your confidence back at handling life’s challenges. Now that I am back in school and have my own place to live - I have big dreams for my future. I know I want to give back and volunteer and I do when time allows. I also have this dream that I can use my skills, passions and experience to fix-up houses to help people who need a place to live and make a fresh start because I know what a difference that can make.”

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There are plenty of film festivals that focus on women directors,” says festival director Kate Kaminski, while Bluestocking amplifies “women’s voices and stories.”

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Among last year’s 100 top-grossing films, women represented just 15 percent of protagonists, and less than one-third of total characters, according to a study released earlier this year by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. “Female characters remained dramatically under-represented as protagonists, major characters, and speaking (major and minor) characters in the top grossing films of 2013,” wrote Martha Lauzen, author of the study and a professor of film and television at San Diego State University. “Female characters were younger than their male counterparts and were more likely than males to have an identifiable marital status. Further, female characters were less likely than males to have clearly identifiable goals or be portrayed as leaders of any kind.” Which is why the Bluestocking Film Series is so important. The festival, which runs this Friday and Saturday night at SPACE Gallery, showcases films that feature complex female protagonists and is the first US film event to receive Sweden’s A-Rating, a nod to the requirement that all Bluestocking submissions pass the Bechdel Test (conceived by the feminist cartoonist and artist Alison Bechdel). To do so, a film

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_by Matt Bors

in the weeks since the congress Square park vote on June 10, one of the city’s most divisive moments in recent memory, a broad coalition of citizens have come together with the aim to forge ahead with constructive, civic-minded plans for the contested public space. led by protect portland parks, the organization behind the victory for the yes on one referendum, the coalition declared in tuesday press release their intention to reconvene the congress Square redesign Study Group, a 13-member committee which had met with mayor Brennan and city councilors in 2012 and 2013, with the aim of fostering “constructive dialogue over the future of the space and its role in the community” with members from organizations as broad as the portland arts and cultural alliance, the portland museum of art, the parkside neighborhood association, the Westin hotel, and the portland development corporation. in mounting the coalition, the group has also reached out to their former opponents, such as the head of the portland chamber of commerce, a representative of rockbridge capital, and broker and developer Jed rathband, who seemed to indicate that there further attempts to initiate the sale of the park to rockbridge capital might be diminished by november. “as a supporter of the no on one campaign, i was in favor of selling a majority of the park to be developed by the Westin,” rathband said. “But, it’s time to move on. i don’t feel that another divisive referendum this november would serve portland well. i’m committed to working with park advocates to find a successful redesign of congress Square park that meets the needs of the neighborhood and can be a catalyst for economic development along the upper congress Street corridor. While i personally believe that a revitalized park could include some architectural structure, at the very least we should explore all our options together as a community.” Bree lacasse, a member of protect portland parks and the portland public arts committee, says she is encouraged by the ongoing discussions, drawing attention to the recent series of art and music events produced by Space Gallery and the local organization Friends of congress Square park (including, as announced recently, free wi-fi). “one positive result of the vigorous debate over the future of the park has been to see the community embrace the park again,” she says. “We are excited to build on the renewed community commitment to this important public space to make a park we can all be proud of.” _Nick Schroeder

MOUNTAINS TO CLIMB The 12-film, two night series includes the Maine premiere of Crystal (dir. by Chell Stephen) must at some point feature two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. “There are plenty of film festivals that focus on women directors,” says festival founder and independent filmmaker Kate Kaminski, while Bluestocking is more character-driven, seeking to “amplify women’s voices and stories.” (The festival does accept submissions from men.) Among this year’s 12 films: F Grace, a six-minute film about a woman preparing to meet her birth mother, written and directed by Liz Cooper, of Australia. F Sticks & Stones, written and directed by Chloe Dahl, of Los Angeles, addresses teenage bullying and coming-of-age. Its star, Danielle Koenig, won Best Actress in the Williamsburg Film Festival last year. F Crystal tells the story of a 17-year-old girl who uses her passion for dance as a way to escape her small-town life in rural Ontario. Written and directed by Chell Stephen, a former student of Kaminski’s, the lead character was portrayed by Kate Stephan, Chell’s sister. F The US premiere of Kimbap, a film about a migrant Korean family, directed by Alex Kyo Won Lee and recently selected by Thuc Nguyen (the mastermind behind The Bitch Pack, a women-in-film collective focused on female representation on the page) for a special Bluestocking 2014 ‘Best in Show’ award.

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This is an outrage Under the rules of the National Association of Political Pundits, Commentators, Bloggers, and Blowhards, I’m required to devote this week’s column to expressing moral outrage over the recent revelations that Republican Governor Paul LePage had a series of meetings last year with a group of certified kooks. Otherwise, I could be brought before the NAPPCBB’s Disciplinary Committee (NAPPCBBDC) on charges of failing to foment public discontent over trivial matters. Rather than risk losing my license to blather, I’m belatedly joining the howling pack of quasi-journalists demanding some unspecified thing be done about this affront to all that is good and just. I’m on the record as thoroughly miffed. In a logy, midsummer sort of way. It’d be a lot easier to work up a good, old-fashioned, frothing-at-themouth rant about LePage getting cozy with a few nuts—who think the US Constitution gives them the right to serve notice on elected officials demanding their resignations for allegedly treasonous acts, after which the loonies are legally entitled to lynch the offenders—if it was in any way important. But it’s not. LePage showed poor judgment in meeting with these fruitcakes. But barely a week goes by in which the governor doesn’t display poor judgment, often in regard to matters considerably more serious than humoring the twisted delusions of political fringe dwellers. Such as: Last month’s poorly worded news release from LePage that appeared to claim Social Security and Medicare were forms of welfare. Wasting half a million bucks on a consultant’s report on Maine’s welfare system that turned out to be

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plagiarized from other research the state could have accessed for free. Getting into an unnecessary test of wills with Maine’s largest municipalities over whether the state would reimburse them for general assistance payments made to aliens seeking asylum. The list goes on and on: his botched effort to boost funding for nursing homes, the questionable legality and effectiveness of his requirement that food stamp recipients have photos on their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards, his failure to take firm action concerning the documentshredding scandal at the Maine Center for Disease Control. Unlike getting together for a few laughs with a congenial assortment of delusional clunkheads, LePage’s actions—or lack thereof—in each of the aforementioned incidents speaks to a more important issue, namely that the state Department of Health and Human Services is an unmanageable nightmare that his administration has proved incapable of sorting out. Hey, I’m starting to feel something like genuine moral outrage. I hope the NAPPCBBDC will take that into account at my trial. I’m told by reliable sources that LePage has begun to formulate a plan for dealing with the massive ineptitude at DHHS. This proposal, to be implemented in his second term, is still in its early stages, but calls for breaking the agency into more manageable parts, one each for mental health, welfare, children and families, and elders. If that’s accurate, it’s a sensible step toward improving services and saving money. What’s puzzling is that if LePage really is prepared to make that sort of unprecedented change, why isn’t he campaigning on the issue? If he has a comprehensive blueprint for upgrading the administration and delivery of

human services, it would help counteract his opponents’ claims that his only interest in welfare programs is to reduce their cost regardless of the consequences, while vilifying the poor. Getting out in front on the issue of breaking up DHHS would also give LePage another edge over those aforementioned opponents. Neither Democrat Mike Michaud nor independent Eliot Cutler has even hinted at undertaking such a bold initiative. When it comes to changes in the welfare system, neither seems willing to commit to any strategy that might alienate liberal voters in southern Maine by suggesting there’s waste and inefficiency in those programs. Rather than risk proposing real reform, both prefer to make LePage’s bumbling the issue. I could probably manage a little outrage about their silence, in case anybody from the NAPPCBBDC is reading this. With billions of taxpayer dollars at stake, fixing all that’s wrong with DHHS has the potential to be a game changer, not just for LePage, but for the department’s commissioner, Mary Mayhew, who—in spite of having done almost nothing right in the last three years—is reportedly harboring gubernatorial ambitions of her own in 2018. If Mayhew turned out to be a key player in restructuring the human-services mess, she might actually have a powerful platform for her Blaine House bid, one so transformative that her past transgressions would be forgotten. If that happens, it would be too bad for me, because I’d previously belched out some heartfelt outrage over those mistakes. I doubt anybody at the NAPPCBBDC remembers that. ^

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DISORDER OVER OUR BORDER Bored at a party? no problem. Just casually mention immigration and you’re certain to generate a stir. i daresay the topic of immigration policies and how to deal with undocumented people inside our borders ranks near the top of the list of polarizing topics here in the united States. as i noted last month, our own state’s chief executive is hellbent on ensuring that undocumented immigrants in our slowly dwindling state will be left out in the cold, unsheltered and without food and basic needs, in order for the state to save what seems to me a pretty insignificant amount of money. and recently on the other side of the country, over a hundred angry protestors in murrieta, california, were so opposed to undocumented immigrants that they blocked federal authorities from bussing them into their area for processing (since judges in texas were overwhelmed by too many cases already). in murrieta, we saw an ugly side of america come out, as the mere idea of the presence of these immigrants sent people to do and say such hateful things it seemed they viewed them as subhuman. imagine what would have happened if they were being sent for resettlement instead of just processing for likely deportation. how ironic that this happened the same week we celebrated independence day. the birth of our nation— which, by the way, was founded on stolen land and built on the backs of stolen people. our collective conscience refuses to think seriously about our own hateful legacy and its lasting impact. instead, we hold to the comforting myth that “our” ancestors came here rightfully and legally and therefore all others must do the same thing. We ignore the unpleasant reality that many who seek refuge in this country today are fleeing situations unthinkable by our First World standards—or quite likely unthinkable to previous waves of white immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. not to mention the fact these most recent immigrants are fleeing places made horrific in large part by our own flawed foreign and domestic policies, including the so-called War on drugs. how bad are these situations in places like mexico, Guatemala, el Salvador, and honduras that people are fleeing to cross our borders (tens of thousands of them unaccompanied minors)? Well, just for starters, honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. these people aren’t off on an adventure to make money. they’re looking for a place to make a basic living and not constantly fear murder, rape, torture, and the like. one thing i can’t help but notice amid all the hate tossed around about these people crossing the borders…well, this group is kind of dark-skinned compared to past uS immigrants. also can’t help but notice that many of the most virulent protesters are white. So it’s not much of a leap to say that unchecked xenophobia and racism are at the root of some of the current immigration debates. it’s not about right or wrong; it’s about us vs. them. and when our melanin-rich president requests more money to try to stem the tide of immigrants, congressional republicans balk, even though some of them were talking about pouring money into building a wall between the uS and mexico not that long ago. With so many people—children in particular—crossing our border fleeing horrendous situations, what we have is not an immigration crisis. We have a refugee crisis. are we willing to send them back, quite likely to their deaths, simply because of the color of their skin or because we don’t like their place of origin? We may never be able to right the wrongs afflicted onto native americans and african americans, but the cycle of hate and bigotry doesn’t have to continue. We can build the foundation of a better way, starting at our border. i just hope it isn’t a foundation for a wall to rival the one that got tore down in Berlin. ^

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SELLING OUR SHARES despite its perks, airbnb is making it tougher to live in portland _b y n iCk sC h r oed e r In any given season, every Portland citizen keeps a small mental list of friends who are looking for apartments. In years past, a Facebook post might yield instant results of people offering up leads before you’re forced to wade through Craigslist. Those days may be over. The city’s rising status in tourist and foodie circles has contributed to a swell in tourism and a recent surge in hotel development, as the city hopes to expand its tourist season beyond the summer months. Yet beyond the hotels, it’s the arrival of Airbnb, the digital marketplace where tenants can rent their living spaces directly to travelers, which presents Portland with a problem. The startup community drools over its capacity to “disrupt” the practices of the travel industry; the transient like to cut their losses while they’re away; more adventurous travelers want an alternative to stuffy corporate hotels; and just about everyone can get down with the reciprocal, people-first ethos the service circulates. But before we herald Airbnb as the harbinger of Portland’s “sharing economy” revolution, some troubling side effects are beginning to show. Airbnb is raising rents, fracturing neighborhoods, accelerating gentrification, and diminishing Portland’s stock of affordable, available, permanent homes.

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Airbnb is raising rents, accelerating gentrification, and dimininishg Portland’s stock of affordable homes.

A forerunner among the many sharing economy models to have gained prominence since the recession, Airbnb was founded in San Francisco by Brian Chesky in 2008, expanding on the far-more-underground and less monetarily-based web forum Couchsurfing.org. And in the last couple years, it’s broken into the mainstream. Hotels are getting business, too, but savvier Portlanders have caught on. The structure of Airbnb makes it difficult to determine how many apartments are being rented at any given time, since the website (and corresponding app) makes units invisible once an agreement has been reached between traveler and host. Searches for random summer weekends on the peninsula yield dozens of results, but there’s no telling how many reservations have already been made. It’s clear that those in town going the Airbnb route are getting results—it’s how they’re doing it that’s worth examining. Nathan Eldridge, whose photography business frequently takes him out of town for the last 12 years, says he started offering his apartment on the site this summer, and has been pleasantly surprised. “I wouldn’t say I’m a veteran, but I’m very happy with it so far,” he says. “I’ve had about nine or ten different guests, and all available dates through the rest of the

summer have been filled.” Eldridge, who lives with his two children in a “really big two-bedroom” within a three-unit building he owns on State St., offers his apartment for $175 a night. Figuring that his kid-friendly space makes him unique among Airbnb options, Eldridge considers himself “almost an ambassador of Portland rather than someone who makes money on vacant space.” He leaves customized groceries for his guests and makes himself available for direction among the city’s cultural attractions. The sense of pride in being an honorable Airbnb host seems embedded within its core adherents. For traveler and host alike, the advantages to lodging in an Airbnb apartment rather than a hotel room are clear. One factor is the cost, as many rentals go for far less than the average price of a corporate hotel room or parlor B&B (Most rentals are within the $100-200 range, with some as low as $60 and others pushing $1,000). But there are more abstract reasons, too. For out-of-towners, staying overnight in a lived-in space can be significantly more memorable and interesting. It offers the traveler a glimpse into the lives of those residing in the city they’re visiting, expands one’s understanding of the region and its culture, and can forge lasting bonds and friendships between travelers and hosts. As a result, many early Airbnb hosts take their roles as cultural stewards seriously, which also helps build trust between the two parties. “I really nerded out when I got into it,” says Nathaniel Meiklejohn, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in the West End. “I’d bring my guests treats from Aurora Provisions and always give them recommendations. Or we’d go out for drinks and I’d draw them a map of what to check out. I could tell people appreciated that.” Yet as the practice has become more widespread, and its principles of sharing more accepted, many landlords and property owners are discovering that, like tenants, they too can pay the bills quicker with out-of-town rent money. As a result, an increasing number of housing units are dispensing with tenants entirely, fabricating homes for exclusive use as short-term Airbnb rental units—at least throughout the high volume tourist season—rendering dozens, possibly hundreds, of homes on the peninsula inaccessible to Portland residents. This development is fairly new. For many of the city’s class of artists and service industry workers, the short-term rental structure of Airbnb would provide financial stability during the recessionary era of inconsistent employment, off-seasons, and vacation times. “For awhile it was my primary source of income,” says Meiklejohn, who estimates he made $6,000 renting out his apartment from June through November of last year. He’d average two nights a week to couples

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THE WORLD IS YOURS airbnb’s limitless peer-to-peer destination spots from out of town, at rates of $150 a night on weekdays and $200 on weekends, staying at his girlfriend’s apartment within the same building complex. “Four Fridays a month would cover my rent.” Marjolaine Whittlesey began renting out her apartment on Munjoy Hill via Airbnb a few years ago, to help fill in the gaps when she’d go away for the summer. Varyingly employed as a teacher, tutor, childcare worker, an educator with the Telling Room, a theater practitioner, and a retail worker in an Old Port boutique, she found the service to be a useful stopgap. “I needed it because I needed help paying rent,” she says. “I asked my landlord and it was fine, and didn’t really look into it. Later they realized, wait, I could be making money off this too. So (now) we have an agreement where the landlord owns the house and its four apartments—their own and three others—and all three other tenants are renting out either a room or the entire apartment.” In Whittlesey’s arrangement with her landlord (who did not wish to be identified), the revenue she receives for renting out her own space goes toward rent; beyond that, she and the landlord split the profits 50/50. She provides the labors required by the Airbnb service (online, administrative, cleaning, etc.) for her own and the other units in the building (tasks she estimates at about half an hour to an hour’s work per day), noting that when she’s gone, her landlord serves as the contact person if issues arise. “As long as I was teaching and had a steady paycheck I was fine,” she says. “But as soon as I started juggling several jobs it was more piecemeal. Just to be able to have that extra (money) to make sure rent is covered, even just 4-5 nights a month, helps that.” Whittlesey sees the Airbnb market as appealing to a “different niche” of Portland tourists than hotels. Like Eldridge and Meiklejohn, she expresses pride and gratitude in connecting personally with travelers, and appreciates the connections she’s made through the process. “I met a woman who went to the same school I went to in France. Now I feel like if I wanted to stay there, I could just call her.”

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But though Whittlesey’s personal experience with the service, like Eldridge’s and Meiklejohn’s, has been decidedly positive, she believes that the practice has gotten more popular then she originally estimated, giving her serious concerns about Airbnb’s sustainability within Portland city life. “If it’s your own space, that’s great. If

you’re inviting people to come in and out I think that’s fantastic. The part that worries me is losing precious homes.” Whittlesey says she has friends who just bought a house on Munjoy Hill with multiple apartments. They had been planning to rent it out, but now prefer to open it to Airbnb rentals to maximize their revenue. “Everything is about maximizing,” she says. “There’s a landlord thirst-for-money now that I don’t feel was here five years ago. I don’t know where that comes from.” “Wouldn’t we rather have more citizens living in Portland than apartments used for Airbnb?” Meiklejohn wonders. “I know I would. Airbnb gets a percentage of the revenue either way, so they probably don’t care how people are renting.” “I’d really like Portland to be a nice, affordable place to live,” says Eldridge, “and the less housing available the more expensive it becomes. On the other hand, I have a mortgage to pay. And as a creative professional I’m self-employed, so finding other means of income is helpful.”

SHARING OR SELLING?

Airbnb may have notionally populist principles, and its founder and CEO Brian Chesky has been very vocal about his interest in “disrupting” established corporate models. But there’s no confusing it with a small business—the company was valued at $10 billion in May (the bulk of their revenue comes from a 6-12% service fee charged for each reservation), and recent reports have cited that they’re ready to expand, developing a program to host restaurants in people’s homes. “We used to live in a world where there were private citizens, and a world where there are businesses,” Chesky said in a recent nationally-televised interview. “Now we’re living in a world where people can become businesses in 60 seconds.” As journalist Susie Cagle writes in a

Housing and Development Committee. “I see it as both a cause and a symptom of gentrification in Portland. It’s a symptom insofar as people who bought their properties a long time ago may be struggling to pay their property taxes or otherwise trying to make ends meet, so they see short term rentals as a way to supplement income. Yet it’s an accelerant of the housing shortage because it takes dozens if not hundreds of units off the market, and exacerbates the scarcity of housing in Portland.” Donoghue says the city council has no immediate plans to regulate the Airbnb market, but its ascendance is a concern. “It’s hard to swallow when you consider the hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money being used to create new housing units.” Even the term “sharing” itself seems stretched. Chesky and other proponents of the sharing economy have interesting ideas about how to redirect power and capital away from corporate structures, but many of their critics argue their models disproportionately benefit alreadyprivileged property owners, and their transactions have less in common with altruistic definitions of “sharing” than unregulated, peer-to-peer business. Being unregulated, Airbnb is also subject to ugly socioeconomic distinctions systemic within the US: a national study conducted by the Harvard Business School revealed that people of color would consistently list properties on Airbnb for less than white residents in similar neighborhoods. And say what you will about the dullness of hotels, but at least their employees are protected by labor laws. On a more basic level, the labor researcher Veena Dubal peels back the rhetoric of the sharing economy thusly: “They advertise that you can earn ‘extra cash’— but the underlying issue is, why do you have to do this?”

“Wouldn’t we rather have more citizens living in Portland than apartments used for Airbnb? _nathaniel meiklejohn I know I would.” recent article titled “The Case Against Sharing,” organizations like Airbnb (as well as the taxi start-up Lyft and MonkeyParking, which lets users sell coveted parking spaces for individual profit) have an anti-establishment allure, branding themselves as an “higher form of enlightened capitalism”, yet are “backed by millions of dollars of capital investment, and (promote) a steamroller approach to laws and regulations that protect workers and consumers.” Practices like Airbnb—and philosophies like Chesky’s—might be seen as either symptom or solution for the economic crisis. According to research data from the IRS last year, income inequality in the US is at its worst since 1923. Real wages have been stagnating for decades, and an increasing number of US citizens are dependent on contingent, part-time work. In Portland, a service-driven, touristdependent economy, those figures are even more drastic. The financial appeal that makes Airbnb hosting attractive to Portland residents—the ability to provide alternative sources of income beyond their normal means of employment—is inarguable. But when applied at the landlord level, its impact on local communities seems questionable, and its benefits are more disproportionately skewed. “I have very mixed emotions about Airbnb,” says Portland City Councilman Kevin Donoghue, also a member of the city’s

While Portland hasn’t discussed regulation at the city level, some parts of the country are already responding to sharing economy. MonkeyParking was recently given a cease-and-desist order from the city of San Francisco, which accused it of creating “a predatory private market for public parking spaces.” The ethics and legality of Airbnb—which trades in the private housing market and has much clearer positive benefits along with its drawbacks—has been harder to parse, though effective last month, New York City made it illegal to rent an apartment for less than 30 days unless one of the apartment’s permanent occupants is present. “The important distinction is whether you’re renting an apartment or a room,” says Donoghue. “Many people have a spare room and don’t mind having episodic guests. That has only a marginal effect on the housing market. But those who rent whole apartments, it affects the same way as a condo would.” As Donoghue and several Airbnb-er’s note, the ethical fault line seems to be drawn between renting out your own living space, and taking units off the housing market for the purposes of extracting a higher profit from Airbnb. Portlanders may find themselves on either side of that line, but we’ll all have something to think about next time we see a friend’s appeal pop up in our feed. ^

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proclaimed (though it’s probably well-earned) “kings of Russian shreddery” KINO PROBY (a tribute to the infamous Russian band, KINO) bring their three-Viktor act to SPACE Gallery to kick off a brief reunion tour. The Phoenix of yesteryear heaped accolades upon them, and there’s no reason to believe the magic has ever left. Vodka and nostalgia are a heady mix; drink deeply and remember a time when Portland wasn’t constantly on Instagram and our love for Russian culture didn’t have to overlook egregious civil-rights abuses. Soapboxes aside—what might be the best show you’ve seen in a while starts at 8 pm; $8 adv/$10 door, at 538 Congress St. 207.828.5600.

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| Portland’s own Fenix Theater Company (no relation) brings its interpretation of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy, As You Like it, to Deering Oaks Park. This play in particular seems to be dominating the theater zeitgeist this season (more on that next week) and Fenix is sure to deliver on their particular brand of hurtlingly-paced,

acting-as-aerobics performance under Peter Brown’s direction. They’ll be running (quite literally) Thursday through Saturday, July 17 through August 9 at 6:30 pm. Free. 207.400.6223. BLOODSUCKING ACADEMICS | If you’re spending a lot of time in the woods this summer, you might want to check out FALMOUTH MEMORIAL LIBRARY’S talk entitled “Tick-borne Illnesses & Their Prevention” to get the deets on all those hot new backyard diseases. At 6:30 pm, Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd. 207.781.2351.

friday 18 BUILDING A MISERY | If you’ve been spending the last several years wearing out your bootleg CD-R of the September 22, 1998, Great Woods concert, then the awful realization has undoubtedly struck: There will be no way for you to see both SARAH MACLACHLAN and NATALIE MERCHANT tonight. Sarah is playing at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor; Natalie at the State Theater in Portland. Both are talented singer-

turning out. The family-friendly festival (organized by Newmarket, NH’s Stone Church) is top on the list of interestingfor-sheer-number-of-thingsin-it events this week. Events include: poetry readings, live art, face painting, dreamcatcher weaving, liquid light shows, arts & crafts vendors and more. Plus you can hoop-dance (if that’s your thing) to a rainbow of local rock, funk, folk and psychedelic acts playing throughout the day. The Lala’ doesn’t stop till the wee hour of 1 am. Starts at noon; $5 at 5 Granite St, Newmarket, NH; 603.659.6321. AMERICAN(A) MUSIC | Nowadays, a lot of the beautiful people are taking a Bon Iverian approach to music creation. A nervous breakdown and self-imposed exile (through Central and South America) is at the forefront of the narrative spiel for the band MINER, and it seems the trip did them good. The husband-and-wifeled, L.A.-based band, sounds as sunny and soaring as any, Coachella-or-Kia-ad-worthy, arena-folk band should. Use this evening to ponder the simple joys of summer, and muse upon what Justin Vernon might have sounded like if he had simply gone somewhere warmer. Playing with DELTA GENERATORS at One Longfellow Square; 8 pm show. $10 adv, $12 door, 207.761.1757.

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of comedians who also worked as bicycle messengers, make sure that PAULA POUNDSTONE is included. (It’s true!) You can use that as a fun fact to tell your friends before heading down to see the observational humorist perform at Jonathan’s in Ogunquit. This is her last show out of three this weekend (check listings for more info) so it’ll probably be packed. Tickets are a crisp $42.50; 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit, 207.646.4777.

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(or jerks for that matter). 134 Congress St. CADENCE AND SLANG | Those more eager to cut their tongues on fresh verse may wish to check out Portland poetry longtimers PORT VERITAS: OPEN MIC & POETRY SLAM and perhaps add two more cents on the topic of competition in literature. $2.503 at Bull Feeney’s, 375 Fore St 207.773.7210.

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As an album title, Proper Placement seems pretty straightforward. Like, setting everything to rights. But for a hip hop album from Ryan Augustus (aka Ghost), invested as he is in the Golden Age of hip hop, it’s fair to wonder if the whole thing is a “Check the Rhime” reference: “Proper. What you say Hammer? Proper / Rap is not pop, If you call it that, then stop.” A good “proper” placement if there ever was one from Q-Tip, after MC Hammer started schilling for Pepsi. Really, putting people in their place is what Augustus is best at, having won more Ruckus Cup MC battle comps than anyone in town, and taking part in a fair bit of ruckus following this past year’s event, where he was stripped of his crown due to a scrap outside the Big Easy. The event’s actual details might be a point of some contention (it was late...), but Augustus does his best to get his story out with his new album’s closing track, “It’s Over.” As you might expect, it’s angry, but for Augustus that’s fairly rare. Most of the time, his tone is laid-back and narrative—not happy-go-lucky, but fairly easygoing. Here, he gets off a good line or two in mocking antagonist Cam Groves (“your happy-family cover is fake-titious”) and Ruckus host Ill by Instinct (“prior to de-

liberation by Judge Judy”), but it’s hard to say he really offers any low blows. When he declares “it’s over,” it’s not entirely clear whether he means the argument and he’s past it, or the relationship. One hopes it’s not the latter. All along, I’ve hoped it was performance art, actually. Maybe the Groves-Ghost beef will become that if it isn’t already. At the very least, the whole event may have slowed Augustus down enough to take stock. After a flurry of releases, this is his first piece since 2012 and it’s definitely a more weighty affair. It’s not like he’s gotten economical, though. There are still 15 tracks here, many of them actually a full song, plus a lengthy transition. But there’s more organization and cohesiveness than on his debut solo effort, Beats & Rhymes. Augustus’ has done well in curating his material here into an album format, something that’s as much of a throwback as his production. That’s right: The backing from producer Jay Humble is definitely more contemporary than what Augustus has used in the past, but it’s still got a ’90s groove (that’s a good thing: throwback, but not a carbon copy). There’s a live feel, with active cuts that start in “Peep the Recipe” and continue throughout, plus the beats feel MPC-created, so they’re “played” in a way that’s different from purely digital construction, even if they’re then cut-up

Putting people in their place is what Augustus is best at, having won more Ruckus Cups than anyone.

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and looped. Humble and Augustus make no mystery of what they’re trying to do. “Recipe” is quite literally their recipe for success, with instructions on “how to rock a mic properly” and how to learn liberally from the likes of Rakim, Run DMC, and Chuck D: “The histories and formulas can help you a lot.” Which raises an interesting question, though. Should you actually be guided by what’s come before? Don’t the truly needle-moving artists forge their own sound? Maybe, but you don’t have to be needle-moving to be entertaining, and Augustus and Humble deliver some entertaining stuff. There are plenty of glistening synths and trumpet clips and even second-order samples, from works by the likes of the Fugees. “Prevail” has a bit of Lauryn Hill doing her “ready or not” thing, a postmodern take considering that “ready or not” chorus was itself a take on the “Ready or Not Here I Come” chorus from the Delfonics. And the Fugees didn’t get permission for that Enya sample in “Ready or Not” either—did Augustus get permission for the Fugees sample? Well, who cares, really? Augustus doesn’t have designs on the big-time, nor is his brand of introspective and narrative hip hop likely to hit top 40 anytime soon. Still, “The Jungle,” featuring a great intro from Syn the Shaman (Trails/Yeti), is distinctive and a nice scene piece that doesn’t get overly personal. “Tales They Tell” features Augustus completely on his game, with a crisp and understated delivery in the front that contrasts well with a pull-back chorus. And

“North Easter” is just a different sort of treatment for a topic that’s usually accompanied by light Bon Iver acoustic guitars in a shack in the woods or something. Maybe the most ambitious piece is “Death,” where Augustus riffs on a journal left behind by a 20-year-old woman with a terminal disease for her husband and young daughter. It ain’t easy following a sample of a woman reading this: “Dying is beautiful/ It’s not easy most of the time/ But there is a real beauty to be found in knowing that your end is going to catch up with you faster than you had expected/ And that you have to get all of our loving and laughing and crying done as soon as you can.” That’s powerful shit. And you’re going to take it on with a rap song? Points for the effort. The execution, which leads into Augustus basically doing a duet with the woman on Psalm 23, is serious, straightforward, and earnest. In the end, that’s Ryan’s calling card: his sincerity. While the production and presentation are of a genre, you won’t find him talking about puffing the chron or dissing women or dropping a million f-bombs or using a bunch of contemporary rap jargon. He’s got a plan and he executes it, with more variety and modes of attack than he’s had on display to this point. As he notes on “Solitude,” with a fun a capella piece in the middle and an Ed OG reference, “I’m a do what I gotta do.” You can’t ask for much more. ^

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CASA DEL LUNA | 207.241.0711 | Lewiston Mall, Lewiston CENTRAL WAVE | 603.742.9283 | 368 Central Ave, Dover, NH CHAMPIONS SPORTS BAR | 207.282.7900 | 15 Thornton St, Biddeford CHAPS SALOON | 207.347.1101 | 1301 Long Plains Rd, Buxton CHARLAMAGNE’S | 207.242.2711 | 228 Water St, Augusta CHEBEAGUE ISLAND INN | 207.846.5155 | 61 S Rd, Chebeague Island CHOP SHOP PUB | 603.760.7706 | 920 Lafayette Rd, Seabrook, NH CLUB TEXAS | 207.784.7785 | 150 Center St, Auburn COLE FARMS | 207.657.4714 | 64 Lewiston Rd, Gray CREMA COFFEE COMPANY | | 9 Commercial St, Portland DANIEL STREET TAVERN | 603.430.1011 | 111 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH DOBRA TEA | 207.370.1890 | 151 Middle St, Portland THE DOGFISH BAR AND GRILLE | 207.772.5483 | 128 Free St, Portland DOLPHIN STRIKER | 603.431.5222 | 15 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH DOVER BRICK HOUSE | 603.749.3838 | 2 Orchard St, Dover, NH DOWN UNDER CLUB | 207.992.2550 | Seasons Grille & Sports Lounge, 427 Main St, Bangor EASY DAY | 207.200.2226 | 725 Broadway, South Portland EASY STREET LOUNGE | 207.622.3360 | 7 Front St, Hallowell EBENEZER’S BREWPUB | 207.373.1840 | 112 Pleasant St, Brunswick EL RAYO | 207.780.8226 | 101 York St, Portland EMPIRE | 207.879.8988 | 575 Congress St, Portland FAST BREAKS | 207.782.3305 | 1465 Lisbon St, Lewiston FAT BELLY’S | 603.610.4227 | 2 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH FATBOY’S SALOON | 207.766.8862 | 65 Main St, Biddeford FEILE IRISH RESTAURANT AND PUB | 207.251.4065 | 1619 Post Rd,

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FIRE HOUSE GRILLE | 207.376.4959 | 47 Broad St, Auburn FLASK LOUNGE | 207.772.3122 | 117 Spring St, Portland FOG BAR & CAFE | 207.593.9371 | 328 Main St, Rockland THE FOGGY GOGGLE | 207.824.5056 | South Ridge Lodge, Sunday River, Newry FREEDOM CAFE | 207.693.3700 | 923 Roosevelt Trail, Naples FROG AND TURTLE | 207.591.4185 | 3 Bridge St, Westbrook FRONT STREET PUBLIC HOUSE | 207.442.6700 | 102 Front St, Bath FRONTIER CAFE | 207.725.5222 | Fort Andross, 14 Maine St, Brunswick FURY’S PUBLICK HOUSE | 603.617.3633 | 1 Washington St, Dover, NH FUSION | 207.330.3775 | 490 Pleasant St, Lewiston GATHER | 207.847.3250 | 189 Main St, Yarmouth GENO’S ROCK CLUB | 207.221.2382 | 625 Congress St, Portland THE GIN MILL | 207.620.9200 | 302 Water St, Augusta GINZA TOWN | 207.878.9993 | 1053 Forest Ave, Portland GOVERNOR’S INN | 603.332.0107 | 78 Wakefield St, Rochester, 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 HARLOW’S PUB | 603.924.6365 | 3 School St, Peterborough, NH HOOLIGAN’S IRISH PUB | 207.934.4063 | 2 Old Orchard Rd, Old Orchard Beach INN ON THE BLUES | 207.351.3221 | 7 Ocean Ave, York Beach IRISH TWINS PUB | 207.376.3088 | 743 Main St, Lewiston IRON TAILS SALOON | 207.850.1142 | 559 Rte 109, Acton

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

Saco Ave, Old Orchard Beach JONATHAN’S | 207.646.4777 | 92 Bourne Ln, Ogunquit JONES LANDING | 207.766.5652 | 6 Welch St, Peaks Island 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 LAST CALL | 207.934.9082 | 4 1st St, Old Orchard Beach THE LIBERAL CUP | 207.623.2739 | 115 Water St, Hallowell LINDBERGH’S LANDING | 207.934.3595 | End of Pier, Old Orchard Beach LITTLE TAP HOUSE | 207.518.9283 | 106 High St, Portland LOCAL 188 | 207.761.7909 | 685 Congress St, Portland

LOCAL SPROUTS COOPERATIVE

| 207.899.3529 | 649 Congress St, Portland LOMPOC CAFE | 207.288.9392 | 36 Rodick St, Bar Harbor MADDEN’S PUB & GRILL | 207.899.4988 | 65 Gray Rd, Falmouth MAINE STREET | 207.646.5101 | 195 Maine St, Ogunquit MAINELY BREWS | 207.873.2457 | 1 Post Office Sq, Waterville MAMA’S CROWBAR | 207.773.9230 | 189 Congress St, Portland MARK’S PLACE | 207.899.3333 | 416 Fore St, Portland MATHEW’S PUB | 207.253.1812 | 133 Free St, Portland MAXWELL’S PUB | 207.646.2345 | 243 Main St, Ogunquit MAYO STREET ARTS | 207.615.3609 | 10 Mayo St, Portland MCSEAGULL’S | 207.633.5900 | Gulf Dock, Boothbay Harbor MEG PERRY CENTER | 207.619.4206 | 36 Market St, Portland MEMORY LANE MUSIC HALL | 207.642.3363 | 35 Blake Rd, Standish MINE OYSTER | 207.633.6616 | 16 Wharf St, Pier 1, Boothbay Harbor MJ’S WINE BAR | 207.653.6278 | 1 City Center, Portland 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 MYRTLE STREET TAVERN | 207.596.6250 | 12 Myrtle St, Rockland NARAL’S EXPERIENCE ARABIA | 207.344.3201 | 34 Court St, Auburn NONANTUM RESORT | 207.967.4050 | 95 Ocean Ave, Kennebunkport 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 GOAT | 207.737.4628 | 33 Main St, Richmond OLD MILL PUB | 207.474.6627 | 39 Water St, Skowhegan OLD PORT TAVERN | 207.774.0444 | 11 Moulton St, Portland THE OLDE MILL TAVERN | 207.583.9077 | 56 Main St, Harrison ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE | 207.761.1757 | 181 State St, Portland OTTO | 207.773.7099 | 574-6 Congress St, Portland 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 PIER PATIO PUB | 207.934.3595 | 2 Old Orchard St, Old Orchard Beach PIZZA TIME SPORTS & SPIRITS | | 185 US Rte 1, Scarborough PORTHOLE RESTAURANT | 207.773.4653 | 20 Custom House Wharf, Portland PORTLAND EAGLES | 207.773.9448 | 184 Saint John St, Portland PORTLAND LOBSTER CO | 207.775.2112 | 180 Commercial St, Portland

PORTSMOUTH GAS LIGHT | 603.430.8582 | 64 Market St, Portsmouth, NH PRESS ROOM | 603.431.5186 | 77 Daniel St, Portsmouth, NH THE RACK | 207.237.2211 | 5016 Access Rd, Carabassett 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 ROOSTER’S | 207.622.2625 | 110 Community Dr, Augusta RUDI’S | 603.430.7834 | 20 High St, Portsmouth, NH RUN OF THE MILL BREWPUB | 207.571.9648 | 100 Main St, Saco Island, Saco SALVAGE BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE | | 919 Congress St, Portland SEA DOG BREWING/BANGOR | 207.947.8009 | 26 Front St, Bangor

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| 207.725.0162 | 1 Maine St, Great Mill Island, Topsham SEASONS GRILLE | 207.775.6538 | 155 Riverside St, Portland SHEEPSCOT GENERAL | 207.549.5185 | 98 Townhouse Rd, Whitefield SHENANIGANS | 207.213.4105 | 349 Water St, Augusta SILVER HOUSE TAVERN | 207.772.9885 | 123 Commercial St, Portland SILVER STREET TAVERN | 207.680.2163 | 2 Silver St, Waterville SKYBOX BAR AND GRILL | 207.854.9012 | 212 Brown St, Westbrook SOLO BISTRO | 207.443.3378 | 128 Front St, Bath SONNY’S | 207.772.7774 | 83 Exchange St, Portland SONNY’S TAVERN | 603.343.4332 | 328 Central Ave, Dover, NH SOUTHSIDE TAVERN | 207.474.6073 | 1 Waterville Rd, Skowhegan SPACE GALLERY | 207.828.5600 | 538 Congress St, Portland SPRING HILL TAVERN | 603.431.5222 | Dolphin Striker, 15 Bow St, Portsmouth, NH 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 SUNSET DECK | 207.934.3532 | the Pier, Old Orchard Beach TAILGATE BAR & GRILL | 207.657.7973 | 61 Portland Rd, Gray TANTRUM | 207.404.4300 | 193 Broad St, Bangor

THATCHER’S PUB/SOUTH PORTLAND | 207.253.1808 | 35 Foden Rd,

South Portland

THIRSTY MOOSE TAPHOUSE/ PORTSMOUTH | 603.427.8645 | 21

Congress St, Portsmouth, NH THE THIRSTY PIG | 207.773.2469 | 37 Exchange St, Portland TIME OUT PUB | 207.593.9336 | 275 Main St, Rockland TORCHES GRILL HOUSE | 207.467.3288 | 102 York St, Kennebunk TOWNHOUSE PUB | 207.284.7411 | 5 Storer St, Saco TRAIN’S TAVERN | 207.457.6032 | 249 Carl Broggi Hwy, Lebanon TUCKER’S PUB | 207.739.2200 | 290 Main St, Norway UNION HOUSE PUB & PIZZA | 207.590.4825 | North Dam Mill, 2 Main St, 18-230, Biddeford

UNION STATION BILLIARDS

| 207.899.3693 | 272 St John St, Portland WALLY’S PUB | 603.926.6954 | 144 Ashworth Ave, Hampton, NH WATER DOG TAVERN | 207.354.5079 | 1 Starr St, Thomaston YORK HARBOR INN | 207.363.5119 | 480 York St, York Harbor ZACKERY’S | 207.774.5601 | Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside St, Portland

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MONDAY 21

national Music Festival, Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School, Maquoit Rd, Brunswick

WEDNESDAY 23

MAINE PRO MUSICA | 7:30 pm | Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | $2025 | 207.633.6855 PORTOPERA: “RIGOLETTO” | 7:30 pm | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St, Portland | $41-105 | 207.842.0800 ”WEDNESDAY UPBEAT” | 7:30 pm | Bowdoin International Music Festival, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick | 207.725.3895 or summermusic.org

THURSDAY 24

LIVE MUSIC FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS! HAPPY HOUR 4-7pm DAILY. NEW DINNER MENU

– vegetarian, vegan & gluten-free options!

465 Fore St. Portland 207-541-9033 • www.liquidm2.com with Freeport Family Performing Arts present

CURTIS ON TOUR ENSEMBLE: “THE FOUR SEASONS -- MARY CURTIS BOK ZIMBALIST CONCERT” | 7:30 pm | Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St, Rockport | $10-45 | 207.236.2823 or baychamberconcerts. org

POPULAR THURSDAY 17

JONATHAN BROWN | 6:30 pm | Bates

College, Quad, 2 Andrews Rd, Lewiston | 207.786.6400

CRACKER + CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN + LYDIA LOVELESS | 8

pm | Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Rd, Londonderry, NH | $35-50 | 603.437.5100 or tupelohalllondonderry.com EXTREME + CHARLIE FARREN | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $32 | 603.929.4100 KENT ALLYN & DAVID GRAF | 6 pm | Gundalow Company, 60 Marcy St, Portsmouth, NH | 603.433.9505

”MIDCOAST MUSIC FEST,” WITH JASON SPOONER BAND + BEAT HORIZON | 6:30 pm | Darrows Barn,

Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Ln, Damariscotta | $15, $7.50 | 207.563.1507 or roundtoparts.org MOSART212 | 6 pm | Congress Square Park, Corner of Congress and High Sts, Portland

TOUCHE AMORE + TIGERS JAW + DADS | 8 pm | Port City Music Hall,

504 Congress St, Portland | $15 | 207.899.4990 or portcitymusichall.com

FRIDAY 18

Freeport Performing Arts Ctr

CHRIS KLAXTON & THE STATE LINE BIG BAND | 8 pm | The Dance Hall, 7

Walker St, Kittery | $12-15 | 207.439.0114 EMILIA DAHLIN QUARTET | 7 pm | Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Rd, Harrison | 207.583.6747 or deertreestheatre. org FAB FOUR [BEATLES TRIBUTE] | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $20-40 | 603.929.4100

HEATHER MALONEY + DARLINGSIDE

| 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $15 | 207.935.7292

LIVE BAIT [JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE]

| 6 pm | Waterfront Concert Series, Ellsworth Harbor Park, Union River Gazebo, Ellsworth | 207.667.9500 KATHY MATTEA | 8 pm | Center Theatre, 20 East Main St, Dover Foxcroft | $35-40 | 207.564.8943 or centertheatre. org NATALIE MERCHANT | 8 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $35-65 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

RICHARD JAMES & THE NAME CHANGERS + PINK TALKING FISH | 9 pm | Port City Music Hall,

504 Congress St, Portland | $10-12 | 207.899.4990 or portcitymusichall. com SARAH MCLACHLAN | 6 pm | Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad St, Bangor | $23-69 | 800.745.3000 SEAN CHAMBERS BAND | 8 pm | The Brickhouse, 259 Broadturn Rd, Scarborough | 207.233.6755

SATURDAY 19

ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER + HEATHER MALONEY + SARA HALLIE RICHARDSON | 7:30 pm

| Strand Theatre, 345 Main St, Rockland | $20 | 207.594.0070

GREAT WATERS MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORUS & ORCHESTRA: “AN EVENING OF BROADWAY” | 8 pm | Great

Waters Music Festival, Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Rd, Wolfeboro, NH | $25-40 | 603.569.7710 INNER VISIONS REGGAE BAND | 8 pm | The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St, Kittery | $15-20 | 207.439.0114 KATHY MATTEA & HER BAND | 8 pm | Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | $3540 | 207.633.6855 MARK MILLER & FRIENDS | 7 pm | Home on the Grange, 2766 Lee Rd, Lee | $12 | 207.738.4696 or homegrange. com MEHUMAN JOHNSON TRIO | 6 pm | Bath Waterfront Park, Bath

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD + SOJA + BRETT DENNEN + TREVOR HALL | 7 pm | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, 72 Meadowbrook Ln, Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford, NH | $30-45 | 603.293.4700 or meadowbrook.net

”MIDCOAST MUSIC FEST,” WITH DAVID MALLETT + HEATHER HARDY + ANNA PILLSBURY | 6:30 pm | Darrows

Barn, Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Ln, Damariscotta | $25, $15 students | 207.677.2354 or roundtoparts.org

PARDON ME, DOUG [PHISH TRIBUTE] | 2 pm | Casablanca Cruises, Port-

land Harbor Tour, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland | $15-18 | 207.831.1324

RUSTIC OVERTONES + LAZY LIGHTNING + PARDON ME, DOUG [PHISH TRIBUTE] + $2 PISTOL + ANNA LOMBARD + OLIVER WATERMAN | medi-

cal benefit | 8 pm | Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St, Lewiston | $10 | 207.689.2000

SUNDAY 20

NORTH OF NASHVILLE | 2 pm | Casa-

blanca Cruises, Portland Harbor Tour, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland | $15-20 | 207.831.1324

MONDAY 21

DIRTY HEADS + PEPPER + KATASTRO | 8 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $25-30 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

TUESDAY 22

RYAN ADAMS | 8 pm | State Theatre,

609 Congress St, Portland | $40-$45 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland. com BEAR HANDS + JUNIOR PROM | 8 pm | Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St, Portland | $12-14 | 207.899.4990 or portcitymusichall.com MARC COHN | 8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $75 | 207.935.7292 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $49-91 | 603.929.4100

WEDNESDAY 23

TARTAN TERRORS | 7 pm | Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Rd, Harrison | 207.583.6747 or deertreestheatre.org

DANCE PARTICIPATORY FRIDAY 18

COUNTRY NIGHT | Rockingham Ball-

PERFORMANCE THURSDAY 17

CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS: “MR. TOL E. RANCE” | Camille A.

MOSTLY BROTHERS & COMPANY

| medical benefit | 7 pm | Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden | $15 | 207.236.7963 | www.camdenoperahouse.com

THURSDAY 24

SATURDAY 19

AGES & AGES | 8 pm | Stone Mountain

Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | 207.935.7292 AMERICA | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $33-55 | 603.929.4100

BRETT ELDREDGE + JERROD NEIMANN + KEITH URBAN + RYAN BROOKS KELLY | 7:30 pm | Bank of

New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, 72 Meadowbrook Ln, Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford, NH | $40-116 | 603.436.2700 or meadowbrook.net GOGOL BORDELLO + MAN MAN | 8 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $25-30 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

OSSIPEE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL

| with performances by Wood Brothers + Willie Watson + Dirty Beggars + Bagboys + Once + Barefoot Movement + 23 String Band + Haas, Kowart, Trice + Aoife O’Donovan + Lomax Project + Carper Family + Mustered Courage + Stray Birds + Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band + Lonely Heartstring Band + more | Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, 291 South Hiram Rd, off Rte 25, Cornish | $25-55 per day; camping extra

CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS: “MR. TOL E. RANCE” | See listing for

Thurs

WEDNESDAY 23

ALISON CHASE PERFORMANCE: “SNEAK PEEK OF NEW WORK” | 7

pm | Stonington Opera House, Main St, Stonington | $5 | 207.367.2788

THURSDAY 24

L STREET DANCE THEATER | Once Upon a Summer Night: Dances from the Front (and Back) Seat | 7:30 pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | $15 | 207.615.3609

ROSA NOREEN & FRIENDS + OKBARI MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE | 5 pm |

Monument Square, Congress St, Portland | 207.774.9979

EVENTS FRIDAY 18

”BOMB DIGGITY BBQ BASH” | with

music by DJ Ponyfarm | 5 pm | 200 Anderson St, Portland | $20, $10 youth

FAIRS & FESTIVALS SATURDAY 19

LALAPALALA ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL | local art, facepainting,

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hoopdance, lightshow, poetry & live music by Are We Elephants? + Badwolf + Raunchy Randos + others | noon | Stone Church, 5 Granite St, Newmarket, NH | $5 | 603.659.6321

THURSDAY 24

OSSIPEE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL | with performances by Wood Brothers + Willie Watson + Dirty Beggars + Bagboys + Once + Barefoot Movement + 23 String Band + Haas, Kowart, Trice + Aoife O’Donovan + Lomax Project + Carper Family + Mustered Courage + Stray Birds + Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band + Lonely Heartstring Band + more | Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, 291 South Hiram Rd, off Rte 25, Cornish | $25-55 per day; camping extra

WEDNESDAY 23

CARL LITTLE | discusses William

Irvine: A Painter’s Journey | 5 pm | Courthouse Gallery, 6 Court St, Ellsworth | 207.667.6611

THURSDAY 24

ROGER ROFFMAN | Marijuana Na-

tion | 7 pm | Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland | 207.772.4045 or longfellowbooks.com

THE GRAND | 207.667.9500 | grandon-

line.org | 165 Main St, Ellsworth | July 24-

HEARTWOOD REGIONAL THEATER COMPANY | 207.563.1373 | Parker B. Poe

Theater, Lincoln Academy, 81 Academy Hill, Newcastle | July 24-Aug 2: The Legend of Jim Cullen | 7:30 pm

LAKE REGION COMMUNITY THEATRE | 207.838.3846 | Lake Region High

School Auditorium, 1877 Roosevelt Trail, Naples | July 18-20: Annie | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm

MAINE STATE MUSIC THEATRE

FOOD SATURDAY 19

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET | 7

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

WEDNESDAY 23

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET | 7

am | Monument Square, Congress St, Portland | 207.774.9979

POETRY & PROSE THURSDAY 17

”BEAT NIGHT,” MUSIC & POETRY | 7

SUNDAY 20

NAT BALDWIN + GREEF + READINGS BY AARON BURCH + CALEB CURTISS + DAVE HOUSLEY + NILES BALDWIN | 8 pm | The Oak and The Ax, 140 Main St, Ste 107-Back Alley, Biddeford | $8 | theoakandtheax.blogspot.com

”RHYTHMIC CYPHER,” POETRY SLAM & OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Meg

Perry Center, 36 Market St, Portland | 207.619.4206 or megperrycenter.com

MONDAY 21

OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT | 6:30 pm

| Serenity Market & Cafe, 25 Sagamore Rd, Rye, NH | 603.319.1671

”POETRY ON TAP,” OPEN MIC & FEATURED POETS | 9 pm | Mama’s

Crowbar, 189 Congress St, Portland | 207.773.9230

TUESDAY 22

OPEN MIC & POETRY SLAM | with

Port Veritas | 7 pm | Bull Feeney’s,

TALKS THURSDAY 17

”TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES & THEIR PREVENTION” | 6:30 pm | Falmouth

Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd, Falmouth | 207.781.2351 or falmouth.lib. me.us

THEATER ARTS IN MOTION THEATER |

DEERTREES NEW REPERTORY COMPANY | 207.583.6747 | Deertrees

Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd, Harrison |

FREEPORT THEATER OF AWESOME

| 800.838.3006 | 5 Depot St, Freeport | July 24-25: The Ladies Who Lunch | 8 pm | $10-15

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Theater, Bowdoin College, Brunswick |

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SEVEN STAGES SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | 603.828.1337 | 7stagesshake-

speare.org | Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH | July 20-Aug 17: The Comedy of Errors | 3 pm

ST LAWRENCE ARTS & COMMUNITY CENTER | 207.775.5568 | stlawrencearts.

org | 76 Congress St, Portland | July 19: Betsy Melarkey Dunphy & Studio

TEN BUCKS THEATRE COMPANY

THEATER PROJECT’S YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATER | 207.729.8584 | 14 School St, Brunswick | July 18-20: Alice

in Wonderland | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm | $6

ART GALLERIES 3 FISH GALLERY | 207.773.4773 | 377

Cumberland Ave, Portland | 3fishgallery.com | Thurs-Sat 1-4 pm & by

CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART | 207.236.2875 | 162 Russell

Ave, Rockport | artsmaine.org | Through July 26: “Art to Collect Now: 37th Annual Art Auction Exhibition”

CHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER | 207.442.8455 | 804 Washington St, Bath | chocolatechurcharts.org | Tues-Wed 10 am-4 pm; Thurs noon-7 pm; Fri 10 am-4 pm; Sat noon-4 pm | Through July 31: “The View Beyond,” works by Elizabeth Newman + David Costello + Rebecca Kuprowicz + kdb COFFEE BY DESIGN/CONGRESS ST | 207.772.5533 | 620 Congress St, Portland | Mon-Wed 6:30 am-8 pm; ThursSat 6:30 am-9 pm; Sun 7 am-8 pm | Through July 31: “A Space to Breathe,” beeswax paintings by Lori Austill

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| Mon-Fri 6:30 am-7 pm; Sat-Sun 7 am-6 pm | Through July 31: “Color Visions: Works from the Hallway Studio,” encaustic paintings by Julie Vohs CONSTELLATION ART GALLERY | 207.409.6617 | 511 Congress St, Portland | constellationgallery.webs.com | Mon-Thurs noon-4 pm; Fri noon-4 pm & 6-8 pm; Sat 2-8 pm | Through July 31: “Movement,” mixed media group exhibition COREY DANIELS GALLERY | 207.646.5301 | 2208 Post Rd, Wells | Mon-Thurs 10 am-5 pm; Sat 11 am-4 pm | Through Aug 16: “Install 5,” sculptures by Peter Bennett + Jay Gibson + paintings by Heather Chontos COURTHOUSE GALLERY | 207.667.6611 | 6 Court St, Ellsworth | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through July 20: paintings by R. Scott Baltz + John Neville + Alison Rector + Colin Page + Ragna Bruno | July 23-Aug 17: paintings by William Irvine + Joseph Keiffer + Lise Becu + John Heliker + Judy Belasco + Rosie Moore DOWLING WALSH GALLERY | 207.596.0084 | 357 Main St, Rockland | dowlingwalsh.com | call for hours | Through July 31: works by Anne-Emmanuelle Marpeau + David Graeme Baker + Anna B. McCoy EDWARD T. POLLACK FINE ARTS | 617.610.7173 | 25 Forest Ave, Portland | Wed-Sat 11 am-6 pm | Through Sept 30: “American Prints, Drawings, & Photographs of the 20th Century: Realism & Modernism” ELIZABETH MOSS GALLERIES | 207.781.2620 | 251 Rte 1, Falmouth | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through Aug 9: “Home & Away,” paintings by Marguerite Robichaux ENGINE | 207.229.3560 | 265 Main St, Biddeford | feedtheengine.org | TuesFri 1-6 pm; Sat 11 am-4 pm | Through July 19: “SELF/selfie Exhibition,” mixed media group show

FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE FALCON FOUNDATION | 207.563.8104 | 5 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta | Fri-Sun

1-5 pm | Through Sept 27: “The Rock Paintings: Joseph Fiore, The Geological Works, 1978-2001,” paintings, pastels, & watercolors GEM GALLERY | 207.766.5600 | 62 Island Ave, Peaks Island | Fri 10 am-7 pm; Tues-Thurs & Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun noon-4 pm | Through July 30: “Walking the Dog: Through the Seasons,” mixed media works by Jane Banquer + Claudia Whitman + Norm Proulx | reception July 18 5-8 pm

GLEASON FINE ART/BOOTHBAY HARBOR | 207.633.6849 | 31

Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | gleasonfineart.com | Mon-Sat 10 am-5

207.439.4209 | 16A Shapleigh Rd, Kittery | call for hours | Through July

31: Asian brush paintings by Bruce Iverson KITTERY ART ASSOCIATION | 207.967.0049 | 8 Coleman Ave, Kittery | kitteryartassociation.org | Sat noon-6 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Through July 27: “Slow Food,” mixed media group exhibition LANDING GALLERY | 207.594.4544 | 8 Elm St, Rockland | landingart.com | Tues-Sat 11 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Through July 27: “Sea Level: Recent Oil Paintings,” by Sarah Faragher | Through Sept 7: “By-Gone Boats,” clay sculptures by David Riley Peterson + “Maine’s Light,” paintings by Bjorn Runquist

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Street, Portland | Through July 28: paintings by Sally Ladd Cole + Dennis Perrin | Through July 31: “2-Person Show,” oil paintings by Sally Ladd Cole + Dennis Perrin

SEACOAST ARTIST ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 603.778.8856 | 225 Water

BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | 207.725.3275 | 245 Maine St,

Brunswick | bowdoin.edu/art-museum

| Tues-Wed + Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Thurs 10 am-8:30 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Free admission | Through Sept 14: “Is This What You Do With What You View?: Selections from the Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection,” mixed media + “On 52nd Streeet: The Jazz Photography of William P. Gottlieb” | Through Oct 19: “Richard Tuttle: A Print Retrospective” | Ongoing: “American Artists at Work, 18401950” + “Contemporary Masters, 1950 to the Present” + “Lovers & Saints: Art of the Italian Renaissance” COLBY COLLEGE | 207.859.5600 |

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

Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Free admission | Through Aug 31: “Lois Dodd: Cultivating Vision,” works on paper | Through Jan 4: “Bernard Langlais,” paintings | Ongoing: “Process & Place: Exploring the Design Evolution of the AlfondLunder Family Pavilion” + “Alex Katz Collection” FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM | 207.596.6457 | 16 Museum St, Rockland | farnsworthmuseum.org | 10 am-5 pm, open until 8 pm with free admission Wed | $12, seniors & students $10; under 17 free & Rockland residents free | Admission $12; $10 seniors and students; free for youth under 17 and Rockland residents | Through Sept 28: “Coloring Vision: From Impressionism to Modernism,” paintings | Through Dec 31: “Ideals of Beauty: The Nude,” mixed media + “The Wyeths, Maine, & the Sea,” paintings & works on paper | Through Jan 4: “The Shakers: From Mount Lebanon to the World,” mixed media ICA AT MECA | 207.879.5742 | 522 Congress St, Portland | Wed-Sun 11 am-5 pm; Thurs 11 am-7 pm | Through Aug 3: “Rehearsal Space: Dance & Conversation,” performances, films, & installation by Jack Ferver + Marc Swanson | Through March 31, 2016: “We Are What We Hide,” long-running exhibit in- & outside gallery walls MAINE COLLEGE OF ART | 207.775.3052 | 522 Congress St, Portland | meca.edu | Mon-Fri 8 am-8 pm; Sat-Sun 12 pm-5 pm | Through July 18: “ART // SERVICE,” mixed media works by war veteran artists | Through Aug 29: “Wednesday Mornings: Recent Work by the Mill Painters” OGUNQUIT MUSEUM OF ART | 207.646.4909 | 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit | ogunquitmuseum.org | Mon-Sat 10:30 am- 5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | Through Aug 31: “Alexandra de Steigeur: Small Island, Big Picture,” photography + “Richard Brown Lethem: Figure (=) Abstraction,” paintings | Through Oct 31: “Andrew Wyeth: The Linda L. Bean Collection” + “Henry Strater: Arizona Winters, 1933-1938,” paintings + “Tradition & Excellence: The OMAA Permanent Collection” PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY | 603.777.3461 | Lamont Gallery, Freder-

ick 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 July 31: “Justice: Faces of the Human Rights Revolution,” photography 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 July 27: “PMA Family Space: Clint Fulkerson,” drawings | Through Aug 3: “George Daniell: Picturing Monhegan Island,” photographs & drawings | Through Aug 24: “Andrea Sulzer: throughoutsideways,” drawings & prints | Through Sept 7: “Richard Estes’ Realism,” paintings

SALT INSTITUTE FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES | 207.761.0660 | 561

Congress St, Portland | salt.edu | TuesFri noon-4:30 pm | Through Aug 8: “In the Shadows: Urban Refugee Children in Africa,” photography by Amy Toensing

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - FARMINGTON | 207.778.7292 | Emery Com-

munity Arts Center, 111 South St, Farmington | Through Sept 7: “William Wegman: Way Up in Maine,” mixed media works

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 Sept 28: “Making a New Whole: The Art of Collage” | Through Oct 31: “Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational” | Ongoing: paintings & photography by Maine artists + labyrinth installation

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE - PORTLAND | 207.780.4850 | Osher

Map Library, Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland | usm.maine. edu/maps | Tues-Thurs 1-4 pm; Sat 10:30 am-2:30 pm | Free admission | Through Aug 14: “Charting an Empire: The Atlantic Neptune,” cartographic exhibition

OTHER MUSEUMS ABBE MUSEUM | 207.288.3519 | 26

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

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

COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS | 207.633.4333 | 132 Botanical Gardens Dr, Boothbay | 9 am-5 pm |

Through July 17: “Flower Portraits,” photography by Kathleen Clemons | Through Sept 30: “Pollinators,” sculptural show curated by June Lacombe | Through Oct 31: “Powerful Pollinators!”, student art exhibit MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | 207.774.1822 | 489 Congress St, Portland | mainehistory.org | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | $8, $7 seniors/students, $2 children, kids under 6 free | Through Aug 31: “Home: The WadsworthLongfellow House & the Emergence of Portland” + “Snapshots of Portland, 1924: The Tax Man Cometh” 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 Sept 28: “Eye Sweet & Fair: Naval Architecture, Lofting, & Modeling” | Ongoing: “A Maritime History of Maine” + “A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small & the Great Schooners” + “Snow Squall: Last of the American Clipper Ships” MAINE STATE MUSEUM | 207.287.2301 | 83 State House Stn, Augusta | mainestatemuseum.org | Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun 1-4 pm | Admission $2, $1 for seniors and children ages 6-18, under 6 free | Through April 30: “Maine Voices from the Civil War” | Ongoing: 12,000-plus years of Maine’s history, in homes, nature, shops, mills, ships, & factories

PEARY-MACMILLAN ARCTIC MUSEUM | 207.725.3416 | Bowdoin College,

Hubbard Hall, 5 College St, Brunswick | bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/index. shtml | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5

pm | Free | Through Aug 31: “Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Natural World” | Ongoing: “Cape Dorset & Beyond: Inuit Art from the Marcia & Robert Ellis Collection” + “Robert E. Peary & His Northern World” + “Faces of Greenland: Ivory Carvings from the Bareguard Collection” PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM | 207.548.0334 | 40 East Main St, Searsport | penobscotmarinemuseum. org | call for hours | Through Oct 19: “Fish, Wind, & Tide: Art & Technology of Maine’s Resources” | Ongoing: “Keeping Warm Exhibition” + “Regional Watercraft” + “Gone Fishing” + “Souvenirs for the Orient” + “Rowboats for Rusticators” + “History, Economy, & Recreation of the Penobscot Region” + “Hall of Ship Models” + “Folk Art of the Penobscot” + “Sea Captains of Searsport” + “Scrimshaw”

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UNUSUAL ICE CREAM OPTIONS Keep cooL WitH tHese neW sWeet treats _By Kat e Mcca rt y Our short Maine summers mean we must maximize our ice cream eating opportunities. Most Portlanders have an opinion about the best ice cream purveyor, from Beal’s to Gifford’s to Red’s Dairy Freeze. But what of the lesser known frozen treats? During this run of glorious warm weather, many Portland restaurants and sweets shops are quietly churning out scoops worth your time this summer. East End Cupcakes, known for their creatively flavored confections like banana cake topped with Nutella buttercream, quietly started making chocolate chip cookies 2 years ago. The cookies are sprinkled with a good amount of Maldon sea salt, giving them an irresistibly salty finish. Owner Alysia Zoidis says, “you need salt when you have sweet. A lot of people overlook that, and you get a onedimensional sweet.” Zoidis serves a scoop of Toot’s vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies ($4). After taste testing area offerings with her mom, Zoidis settled on North Yarmouth’s beloved Toot’s Ice Cream. Zoidis found the motherdaughter duo serving “wonderful, homemade ice cream,” from a repurposed train caboose to be an obvious choice. Vinland, the 100 percent local foods restaurant, has taken advantage of the

FShort Takes 91 minutes | pg | saco cinemagic + westbrooK cinemagic + auburn flagship + lewiston flaghip, etc. I can’t say that Earth to Echo fails totally as children’s entertainment; the grade-schoolers at the preview screening I attended seemed to enjoy it just fine. Yet I’ve seen grade-schoolers transfixed by TV commercials as well, and no responsible parent (or so I hope) would show a child advertisements for 90 minutes straight. <i>Echo</ i> often feels like a featurelength smartphone commercial; when it doesn’t, it comes off as an inept knockoff of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial (1982) and J.J. Abrams’s Spielberg pastiche Super 8 (2011). If the movie is a waste, at least it’s an instructive one, signaling

BEHOLD THIS TREAT vinland’s magic door and east end cupcakes’ ice cream sandwich. flavor that begins to melt as soon as its handed to you. Other summer flavors include White Monkey Tea, infused with a green tea from Little Red Cup Tea Co., and cherries that have been soaked in red wine. A root beer ice cream is flavored using all natural extracts and a crème fraîche Key lime pie has chunks of crushed graham crackers. The Snack Shack stops serving ice cream after Labor Day, so visit before 5:30 pm, seven days a week. While not new, Bonobo Wood Fired Pizza continues their summer ice cream window. They serve popular Gelato Fiasco flavors and Smiling Hill ice cream, one of the only spots to get a scoop without visiting the farm’s dairy store. Stop by any of these spots on your post-dinner constitutional for a treat that is as sweet as Maine’s fleeting summer. You may even find your spot

to lobby for in the neverending debate over Maine’s best ice cream. ^

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xx LiFe iTSeLF 116 minutes | r | eveningstar cinema Steve James’s documentary portrait of Roger Ebert alternates between a spirited account of the film critic’s life and a sobering chronicle of his final months, when he continued working as his body disintegrated from cancer. This isn’t one of James’s best films, but it’s still impressively nuanced and unsentimental. The biographical material never lapses into hagiography; James acknowledges Ebert’s personal failings and even gives screen time to other critics who disagreed

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crowds drawn to the newly revitalized Congress Square Park by serving ice cream out of the back door of the restaurant. The ice cream operation has been in the works for a while, but according to bartender Alex Winthrop, the kitchen was working on achieving the perfect organic, glutenfree cone before launching. A salted butter semifreddo is the first flavor available, with a creamy texture and the sweetness again tempered by a hint of salt ($4 cup, $5 cone). If you’re up for a bit of a drive out of Portland, you’ll be rewarded by fresh ice cream at Krista Kern Desjarlais’ Bresca and the Honey Bee. Desjarlais closed her popular Portland restaurant Bresca in the Spring of 2013, after purchasing the Snack Shack on Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester. Locals have been recreating at the privately-owned Outlet Beach since the 1920s. Desjarlais continues the tradition with her lakeside barbecue menu, but elevates it with gourmet twists on hamburgers and hotdogs. After you enjoy a Le Crunch dog, topped with kettle chips or a chilled rice noodle salad with pork belly, get a scoop ($3.75 cup with a pizzelle cookie, $.50 extra for a house-made sugar cone), while you dip your feet in the refreshing lake water. Desjarlais uses Bink Belgian Ale and fresh peaches in her Belgian ale peach ice cream to create a subtly sweet, complex

with his worldview. Yet it’s the unflinching depiction of Ebert’s physical decline that gives the movie its emotional force. No less than James’s capital punishment documentary At the Death House Door,this asks us to think long and hard about what it means to die with dignity.

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xw Begin AgAin 104 minutes | nicKelodeon John Carney’s cult favorite Once (2006) took a thin love story and filled it out with magical scenes of musical improvisation and discovery; this follow-up works the same way, its soft-rock

bonhomie prevailing over a story that often registers as trite or naive. A British songwriter (Keira Knightley) accompanies her musical and romantic partner to New York City, where he’s been signed to a major label; after he dumps her for someone else, she’s adopted by a down-and-out A&R man (Mark Ruffalo), who assembles a band around her and records them live on the city streets. The stars work overtime to put this across—particularly Ruffalo, who’s saddled with a corny subplot involving the record man’s alienated teenage daughter (Hailee Steinfeld of True Grit). Much of the story is resolved in a hurried closing-credits montage, which suggests the narrative kept getting elbowed out by the more satisfying musical segments. With Catherine Keener, Mos Def, and CeeLo Green.

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Unless otherwise noted, all film listings this week are for Friday, July 18 through Thursday, July 24. 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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JERSEY BOYS | Thu-Sat: 7 | Sun: 3, 7 SHELTER DOGS | Sat: 3

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333 Clarks Pond Parkway, South Portland | 207.772.6023 Call for shows & times.

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1 Temple St, Portland | 207.772.4022

7 Congress Square, Portland | 207.775.6148

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183 County Rd, Westbrook | 207.774.3456 Call for shows & times.

MaInE alaMo tHEatrE 85 Main St, Bucksport | 207.469.0924

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BrIdGton tWIn drIVE-In tHEatrE 383 Portland Rd, Bridgton | 207.647.8666

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Tontine Mall, 149 Maine St, Brunswick | 207.729.5486

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FrontIEr CInEMa 14 Maine St, Brunswick | 207.725.5222

BRASSLANDS | Thu: 2 |Fri: 2, 6, 8 | Sat: 2 | Sun: 2, 6, 8 WALKING THE CAMINO | Tue: 2, 6, 8 | Wed: 2, 6

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185 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | 207.633.0438

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

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420 Alfred St, Five Points Shopping Center, Biddeford | 207.282.2224 Call for shows & times.

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_ by M a t t J o n es

“ONE DAY IN ROME”

— I think you can handle this

Across 1 capital founded in 1535 5 Fit for farming 11 like many a gen. or maj. 14 “once ___ a midnight dreary...” 15 Bag brand 1 6 prefix that follows giga, tera and peta 17 Question for someone who’s already written “beta” and “kappa”? 20 magazine staff members 21 hide from the cops 22 drink too much 23 annual mtV bestowal, for short 25 decidedly unhip 26 packs away 28 Flower necklace given by an environmental group? 30 Knitter’s ball 31 result of a punch 32 they drop the bass 33 Brawl site 34 “Glee” network 37 Great ___ 38 hayride seat 39 avril lavigne’s take on an elton John song? 43 Some fountain drinks 1

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44 “he’s ___ among men...” 45 “Voices carry” group ___ tuesday 46 Fruit in the lyrics to “portland, oregon” 47 elaborate architectural style 49 Satellite launched 10/4/57 52 “Stop trying to imitate the best boxer of all time!” 55 “Saving private ryan” craft, for short 56 add fizz to 57 emanate 58 “___ miserables” 59 Freudian topic 60 Gets the idea 1

_by syMbo line Da i This week, the pressure is off because the moon is waning. Any projects you launched at the solstice should be either cruising along, or showing signs of improvement (renewal?). Enjoy the summer—it will take a while for those days to shorten noticeably. However, the Scorpions among you, particularly the October variety, may find that you’re the person everybody expects to fix everything. And yes, there’s an astrological explanation (Mars and Saturn conjunct in your sign, amping your endurance). Also, many thanks to my correspondents in the past several months—my moonsigns account was inaccessible for a while, and when I finally cracked the lock I found beautiful sympathy notes from many of you about my mom. Thank you for thinking of me. I appreciate. More at moonsigns.net.

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Down 1 activist/playwright clare Boothe ___ 2 2010 apple arrival 3 Screens in a computer lab 4 unremarkable place 5 Sky blue 6 Fixes, as a fight 7 Big primate 8 diner order 9 Seductive guys 10 agree with, as a sentiment 11 annul, as a law 12 dig up 13 capital of taiwan 18 ___! all Berries (cap’n crunch variety) 19 “First lady of Song” Fitzgerald 23 What internet trolls may spew 24 christopher of “law and order: SVu” 26 Barrett of the original pink Floyd 27 ___ mahal 28 Simba’s mother, in “the lion King” 29 33 1/3, for an lp 31 oranges, reds and golds, in fashion terms 33 Gym teacher’s deg. (hey, it even has the class in its name) 34 What a celebrity may use to sign in at a hotel 35 cheer heard a lot at World cup 2014 36 Simple signatures 38 crocheted footwear for infants 39 nittany lions all-time leader in touchdowns ___ clark 40 Words after “loose as” or “silly as” 41 reproach about jumping ahead in line 42 Singing program, to fans 43 Golf bag item 46 Word after shopping or crime 48 Show that you like the show 49 rogen unwelcome in north Korea 50 “Would ___ to you?” 51 First-aid boxes 53 trick ending? 54 rug cleaner, briefly 18

Waning moon in aries. this fire sign moon will prompt others to start the weekend early. Since aries moons can also bring a sense of intensity along with merriment, you’ll want to spend time with people who aren’t so quick to snap, crackle, and pop. Watch that “quick reaction” impulse cancer, capricorn, libra, Scorpio, and Virgo. aries, Sagittarius, leo, taurus, Gemini, aquarius, and pisces: get a haircut!

Waning moon in aries (moon void-of-course in pisces, 12:57 am until 4:06 am). Superb auspices for starting small jobs you can finish quickly, or starting and finishing a project today and tomorrow. cancer, capricorn, Virgo, Scorpio, and libra could get riled up at trifles, but aquarius, pisces, aries, taurus, Gemini, Sagittarius, and leo should go with their impulse. 8

Friday July 18

thursday July 17

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last quarter moon in taurus (moon void-of-course 2:18 am until 8:42 am in aries). a turning point for events that began around the summer solstice or that climaxed around July 11. What (or who) can you live without? practice discretion and expediency, particularly for aquarius, leo, Scorpio, libra, and Sagittarius. pisces, aries, Virgo, taurus, cancer, capricorn, and Gemini: if something needs “break,” just go with it. 25

sunday July 20 10

Waning moon in taurus. in my book (literally, The Astrological Elements, with llewellyn Worldwide), this is the best time for clothes shopping. are you in the mood for something more elegant (or conservative) than your usual attire? aries, pisces, taurus, Gemini, cancer, Virgo, and capricorn: get the best, and don’t settle. leo, aquarius, Scorpio, libra, and Sagittarius: getting undone by the details is likely. 26

Monday July 21 11

Waning moon in taurus, moon void-of-course 2:12 pm until 4:36 pm when it moves into Gemini, Sun moves into leo. okay, now the dog days are officially here. the sun and moon are at odd angles, so male/female relationships could be fraught, or sulky, until later in the day. you should keep your mouth shut in the morning if you’re leo, pisces, Virgo, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. Keep your ears open if you’re libra, Gemini, aquarius, aries, leo, and cancer. 27

tuesday July 22 12

Waning moon in Gemini. many notions, few ideas. Keep it loose, because now through thursday is that last week of the lunar phase, so diminished expectations are more comfortable than initiatives. (in other words: no pressure, chill out!). in tune with the moon: aries, taurus, Gemini, cancer, leo, aquarius, and libra. Zigging where others zag: Virgo, pisces, Sagittarius. 28

Wednesday July 23 13

Waning moon in Gemini. do you know “pick a little,” from The Music Man? it’s sung by the gossips of river city, talking about what they do best. picking (and griping) a lot could come easily to Virgo, Sagittarius and pisces, who are in that “get something happening at all cost” mood. aries, taurus, Gemini, cancer, leo, aquarius, and libra: finish communications! take the draft to polished product. 29

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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