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Michael Brown, class or race?

_by sam ue l ja me s

There seems to be a problem with understanding how the killing of Michael Brown is about race. This may have something to do with the Time Magazine article by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a couple weeks ago, in which he spoke about class taking the focal point over race. I keep hearing more and more people say that this is about class. First of all, I want to state very clearly, that there absolutely is a class problem in the United States, and it is severe. Our current problem of the one percent makes that undeniable. No reasonable person is saying that there isn’t a class problem here. There is. Done. That has been established. No question. Now here is something we need to get absolutely clear: Class is not why Michael Brown was killed. Here are some more questions I’ve gotten since writing the article on talking about Ferguson last week (see “We Can Talk About Ferguson,” in the August 22 issue).

black people are lower class, so if we fixed class wouldn’T ThaT fix The race problem? No. Black people in this country are poorer

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than white people. So, yes, that means we are, in strictly general terms, for the sake of this argument, considered lower in class than white people in this country. Everyone knows this. But the root of the problem, the problem being dead black kids in the street, is our color, not our class. Our class is just a symptom.

class affecTs everyone. how can iT be a sympTom? A friend of mine pointed out to me last week that, strictly in class terms, Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and his group are lower class than Michael Brown. Every single one of them got to walk away after pointing guns at federal agents, which is considered by some to be slightly more egregious than what Brown had done—walking in the middle of the street. A select few may even frown on that more than the theft of cigarillos. Class affects everyone, but not everyone equally. For white people class can be the core of the issue, but for black people it is only the surface of something much deeper. Think of knife wounds. From the outside a cut and a stab wound can look identical, but stitches can only fix one of them.

The one percenT benefiT from all The aTTenTion focused on The racial aspecTs of This parTicular incidenT. This approach keeps The 99 percenT disTracTed, dividing Themselves inTo groups insTead of coming TogeTher. You’re kinda making it about you. Let me throw some numbers up real quick. The first Africans arrived in what would eventually become this country in 1619. As of this writing, that was 395 years ago. Now, here’s the tricky part: The first 246 years of that 395 were spent in chains. Now, here’s something that happened on June 19, 1865: The slaves were freed. Unfortunately, here’s something that did not happen on June 20, 1865: The former slave owners gladly handed over a livable wage, a little extra bump in pay to get everyone started off right, a slap on the back, a smile and a heartfelt apology. Then, even though it had taken 246 years to slowly and painstakingly build an infrastructure largely based on slavery, the US government completely rebuilt all of society overnight to welcome its new citizens. I wish. Instead, freed slaves largely stayed where they were, laboring and living as they had. Freedom meant that they would be paid an incredibly small amount instead of working for free. Black Americans are descendants of the only immigrant group to come to this country against its will. The problem isn’t that we’ve divided ourselves into a separate group. We never had a chance to. We’ve never been part of the whole. The killing of Michael Brown isn’t an incident that has racial aspects, just as a table isn’t a flat item with aspects of legs. Remove the legs from

a table and you don’t have a table anymore. Remove the color from Michael Brown and he’s still alive. Make Michael Brown a rich black teenager, and he’s still dead. Recently the FBI released a statistic that read that 400 citizens per year are killed by police. According to a recent study, in 2012, 313 of them were black. Even if the remaining 87 victims were wealthy, that still makes it a problem of color, not class.

Remove the color from Michael Brown and he’s still alive. Make him a rich black teenager, and he’s still dead.

buT, if we address iT as a class problem we could geT more people fighTing for The cause!

A bus could hop the curb, drive up the ramp on the back of a moving van and crash right into the living room of my second floor apartment before I even finish writing this. Lots of things could happen. More than likely neither of these things will happen. The 1944 G.I. Bill is largely credited for creating the American middle class. After WWII it gave veterans money for college and mortgages and to start businesses. It worked great! That is, unless you were black. Then it didn’t work so great. Actually, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, “…the G.I. Bill exacerbated rather than narrowed the economic and educational differences between blacks and whites.” And there is your danger in making this about class instead of race—or, should I say “our danger,” because that is at the core of the class vs. race argument here. If we talk about class instead of race—or even on equal footing with race—then we can avoid talking about race. You can make it entirely about you, or you can see it for what it is, but either way the burden is on us. But the truth is that the fewer young black deaths there are in the street the better off we all are, despite race. I get it. Believe me. Talking about race is hard. I know this, and let me say this, just so we’re clear: I spent a large part of my childhood living in foster homes here in Maine. I was in the whitest state in rural, white towns living with white families. This means I only got the bad parts of being black and rarely the good parts. I got only the abuse and never the community. I tell you this so you understand that when I say I know how difficult it is for us to talk about race, you can believe that I really do know. But we need to talk about it. Right now. Don’t make it about class. Don’t make it about you. It’s already about you. And me. We’re out of reasons to see it any other way. ^

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politics + other mistakes Bear with me It’s the fall of 2015. A bear walks into a doughnut shop in Portland and says, “Give me two dozen assorted to go.” “Sorry,” says the bakery’s proprietor. “Ever since that referendum backed by the Humane Society of the United States passed last year, it’s been illegal to feed doughnuts to bears. It’s really cutting into my business.” “I understand,” replies the bear. “It’s not your fault voters made such a shortsighted decision. Unfortunately, though, you’ll have to—forgive the pun—bear the consequences.” Whereupon, the beast leaps the counter, mauls the baker and trashes his store. This incident of pastry-related hooliganism is fictional. You should have guessed that when the bear started talking. But if you’re dumb enough to think banning all the most common methods of bear hunting in Maine will be good for wildlife management and the economy, you’re also so clueless that you didn’t know bears can’t speak English. Most of this state’s bruins would have ordered those doughnuts in French. Your ignorance doesn’t end there. You’ve likely bought into the Humane Society’s claim that the referendum on the November ballot is only concerned with what Katie Hansberry, campaign manager for Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting, referred to in the Bangor Daily News as “our beloved, majestic bears.” It isn’t. The money being spent ought to tell you there’s more at stake here than whether it remains legal to lure bears to their deaths by dumping stale doughnuts in the woods. According to campaign finance reports, the Humane Society has already spent close to $900,000 to promote the bearhunting ban and will be dumping, not doughnuts, but more big bucks in

the coming weeks in an effort to lure you into its trap. “Why are they spending so much money to do this?” James Cote, the campaign manager for the Maine Wildlife Conservation Council, asked somewhat rhetorically. “They dress it up that they’re not after all hunting, but it’s pretty clear they don’t like hunting, period.” Unfortunately for Cote and this state’s long tradition of thoughtful management of our natural resources, the decision on whether to preserve the bear hunt—and thwart future efforts by the Humane Society to go after other types of hunting—will be made by voters in southern Maine, who won’t have to suffer the consequences of casting ballots based on emotion rather than fact. At least not until that Sunday morning when they find Yogi and Boo Boo in line ahead of them at Holy Donut. In the interest of science, let’s take a closer look at the doughnut issue. The anti-hunting crowd claims that each year, guides dump 7 million pounds of bait into the Maine woods to attract bears for hunters seeking to bag a trophy. But according to a story in the Bangor Daily, state bear biologist Randy Cross has calculated that if that figure is correct (he doubts it is) all those baked goods amount to just one doughnut for every acre of bear habitat. There are probably more doughnuts per acre of human habitat in Portland. Whatever minimal effect baiting has on bears’ cholesterol levels, Cote of the Wildlife Conservation Council says the current system has given Maine the healthiest population of the animals in the country, with the lowest number of complaints. But this referendum could change that in a hurry. After Massachusetts banned

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COME ON, NOW hunting with bait in the 1990s, reports of nuisance bears more than doubled. Colorado also drank the Humane Society Kool-Aid. Now home invasions by bears are so common that one county has banned levered door handles on new houses because they’re so easy for the beasts to open. In Washington, the lack of effective hunting methods—only about 7 percent of hunters are successful, compared to 25 percent in Maine—has resulted in an increased population of bears that causes over $5 million damage each year to the timber industry by stripping bark off trees. In Oregon, the figure is closer to $12 million annually. Is it any wonder the Syfy channel is preparing a movie called “Bearnado”? Of course, if the Humane Society has its way, that won’t be the end of the disaster flicks. Once the group succeeds in banning bear hunting, it’ll return to save the moose from the local gun-toting barbarians. Sensible management of that herd (moose, not barbarians), in the form of an annual hunt, has resulted in a one-third reduction in moose-vehicle collisions since 2008. But it’s so much more uh humane to let them overpopulate and slam into cars. It’s 2020, and a skinny coyote, an emaciated bobcat and a scrawny fox crawl into a Portland supermarket. “Got any meat?” they ask the manager. “No,” she says. “Since hunting your kind was banned, your fellow starving predators have cleaned me out.” The three creatures regard the manager in much the way Yogi looks at a picnic basket. “I just remembered,” she hastily adds, “there’s a deer and a rabbit foraging in the produce section.”^

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“the best way to receive a fuller, deeper orgasm is to stimulate your whole body. there’s a lot of cultural norms in this country around sex being just the bumping of genitals, and that really centralizes where your orgasm is going to take place. Your skin is this interconnected network of nerve endings, so if you’ve built up that sexual energy from your fingertips to your toes to your hair follicles...when you get to that climactic point, your whole body is going to be engaged because the blood flow to your surface area is everywhere, not just around your genitals.”_Kelly, 37, “ruckus maker,” interviewed at the Public Market. “girls are not taught from a young age to enjoy themselves sexually, or to enjoy their bodies. in fact, i think right now more than ever, we are culturally teaching girls to disassociate from their bodies as much as possible. it’s really somewhat perverse that we expect them to automatically experience an intense orgasm after spending most of their developmental time disassociating psychologically, physically, sexually, emotionally, from their bodies. this is a huge hurdle for most women.”_Michelle, 50, teacher, interviewed at Jet Video. “some of the better sexual experiences people have are not marked by coming; they’re marked by a good experience, tenderness, experimentation, and physicality. if you are having a good time, then why question that compared to other people? sexual identity is as individual as sex, so there’s no way to ever compare or quantify your experiences with other people in your community. everyone’s body is different, everyone’s mind is different. enjoy all of it.” _Chris, 32, professor, interviewed at Speckled Ax. “is there love between the two partners? maybe he doesn’t eat the pie right, i don’t know. maybe he’s not satisfying her in the ways she wants. it sounds like she should speak up and voice to her partner that she’s not climaxing the way that she should be. take control. take the reins and ride the horse.” _Candi, 34, and Jessica, 35, laundry attendants, interviewed at Garden Island Cleaners. “Just be happy with your sexual experience. Why are you looking for something that doesn’t exist? it’s a relationship with the person you’re with. orgasm is much too selfish. sex has become much too selfish. it’s all about who you’re with. this is the first time i’ve said the word ‘orgasm’ in front of my mother!”_Miriam, 78, great grandmother, and Rachel, 56, professor, interviewed on Baxter Boulevard.

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discovering shenna bellows or: why if you vote for susan collins, you’re a bad person _by sam pfeifle ”If people are content with what’s happening in Washington, then they should vote for Susan Collins.” Does that sound like loser talk? The sort of empty rhetoric every political candidate trots out? “She’s the status quo,” Collins’ opponent, Shenna Bellows continues, “with 18 years of opportunity to lead on all of these issues. What I see is an economic, environmental, and constitutional crisis, and there are two options: My husband and I could retire to the woods in Skowhegan, or we can get involved. I’m running because I think we need a new approach, with courage and conviction to lead on these issues. I think we need to. I think it’s unconscionable not to.” And, with Bellows, over beers at the Liberal Cup in Hallowell, that almost doesn’t sound like a bunch of tired and rehashed political bullshit. Let’s have details. Had she been in office last week during Ferguson, what would she have done? (Collins ignored it, but made sure to release a statement on the “GAO finding administration acted unlawfully in Bergdahl swap”; Maine’s grandfather, Angus King, also ignored it, but accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and celebrated the World Acadian Congress.) “If I were a US senator right now,” Bellows says, “I would be sponsoring in the Senate a Demilitarization of Local Law Enforcement Act, as has been introduced in the house [by Georgian Democrat Hank Johnson], to stop the transfer of tanks and militarygrade weaponry to local law enforcement from the military. “And I would push for the End of Racial Profiling Act, to stop the racial profiling of young black men by law enforcement in our urban centers. The tragedy in Ferguson is a direct result of racism, government secrecy, and abuse of power by local michael fer ry

“We know that people feel that the country is on the wrong track, but time and time again, incumbent politicians win because they have the most money.” law enforcement.” These are things that would not come out of the mouth of Senator Susan Collins, of that you can be sure. Of course, everyone knows what Shenna Bellows’ biggest problem is. Even if they don’t know who Shenna Bellows is. That’s the problem. For example: I was leaving the day job to go interview her and offered up an explanation for my early departure from the office. “Who’s Shenna Bellows?” the coworkers wondered. Exactly. And these people live on the Internet. Despite the fact that she led what would seem to have been a high-profile campaign to gain marriage equality for same-sex couples in 2012, many people in Maine don’t even know the name of the woman who would challenge longtime incumbent Susan Collins for her senate seat this November. And that’s as much of an indictment of our brokendown, lackluster public discourse as anything else you’ll think of. Despite the fact that Susan Collins backs nothing but the safest of things (veterans! firefighters! potato farmers! freedom!), while doing nothing to actually improve the lot of the average Mainer, she has become the de facto vote for the politically lazy, those who like to pat themselves on the back for not being “partisan.” In the other corner, however, is a woman who told the bright young head of the AG’s Civil Rights Task Force

(she met him on match.com) that he’d have to wait to marry her until everyone had such a chance at a legal recognition of lifelong partnership. Susan Collins has staked her claim to continued senatorial employment on the amount of pork she can rake in for unnecessary floating weapons built by BIW and glassed-in ferry terminals and inclusion of the “fresh, white potato” in the WIC program. Seriously, she’s great at that. $200k for the Knox Airport this year. $49k for the Newcastle Fire Department. $421k for parks and outdoor recreation. Can Mainers buy something from a giant corporation? Susan Collins will find the money for it. (I’ve been told trying to label her the Queen of Pork is sexist, and I suppose I agree, so how about “Susan Collins: King of Pork”?) Bellows, meanwhile, has been busy making sure your government can’t spy on you with drones or via warrantless search of your phone. She and the ACLU pushed a suite of privacy bills this year, including LD 415, a new law that prevents law enforcement from accessing the contents of your cell phone without a warrant. Good Collins buddy Paul LePage vetoed the bill, but it was actually overridden by the legislature. Another bill, LD 236, “An Act To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Use,” also passed both houses, but the Senate couldn’t manage to override LePage’s veto that time around. Which would you rather have? A highpriced tank for your local police department, care of Susan Collins’ homeland security smorgasbord, or your freedom? Actually, strike that. That’s the kind of false dichotomy the post-9/11 world has led us to accept without questioning it. But such are the questions that have some people painting Bellows as a libertarian. And she is, in the most classic of definitions—focused on the maintenance and establishment of human rights and civil liberties. At times, she and Rand Paul are bosom buddies on issues like government spying (they want it to stop) and the PATRIOT Act (she too would have voted against it). She’s just not the kind of wingnut who thinks the founding fathers meant for us to walk around with automatic weapons in the streets, or uses the Constitution as a way to try to get out of paying taxes to the federal government. She laughs when I wonder just how much of the ACLU party line she personally believed in as Maine Civil Liberties Union executive director. Was she just

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running the joint, or did they make you sign some kind of document with a hand in the air? “They say if you agree with 75 percent of what the ACLU stands for, you should be a member. If you agree with 50 percent, you should be on the board.” It’s a good comeback, and not atypical for a woman who loves to banter, who was president of the debate team at Middlebury, and who, really and truly, had a copy of the Declaration of Independence on her bedroom wall as an elementary schooler, but can’t remember a single thing she hung on the walls of her college dorm room. I mean, Christ, the Indigo Girls are her favorite band (she worries you’ll think less of her, Phoenix readers). Still. She wears smart skirt-suits and pearl necklaces and a page-boy haircut that is the opposite of stylish. She’s done Peace Corps and Americorps and set up micro-lending projects for indigenous artisans in Costa Rica. She ordered a dark cream ale while I sipped a summer wheat (and she showed up for the interview solo—no handlers). There seems to be nothing frivolous about her. What is it that drives a person to want to LEAD? How to come to terms with the arrogance needed to “know what’s right,” combined with the humility to make the betterment of others a life’s work? Bellows had whatever it is at an early age, even serving as a page for Senator George Mitchell at the Maine Democratic Convention in Presque Isle as a teenager in 1990. “My father brought me,” she says. He is featured prominently in her stories about growing up in Hancock and he clearly instilled a certain something in her. “I’m a Democrat,” she says, declaratively, when I wonder whether she ever got so progressive as to vote for someone like Ralph Nader. She notes that Mitchell was the last Democratic senator we’ve had here in Maine, “which is surprising, since there are more registered Democrats in Maine than Republicans, and Maine voters’ values are more in line with the Democratic platform than the Republican platform.” As though more than a handful of the voters in Maine have an understanding of what’s on either “platform.” There is no question that Bellows has groomed herself to be a politician. She does those politician things you hate, like repeatedly say, “my opponent, Susan Collins,” when answering questions, as though we’re on TV or something, and not shooting the shit in a bar. She also does that Clinton thing where, when illustrating a point, she trots out a “real person,” like “Kevin from Millinocket,” who gave her a $20 bill as campaign donation while she was out on her walk across Maine. There’s the thing, though: You’re not such a cynical know-it-all that you think walking 350 miles along the length of Maine in 24 days was a simple publicity stunt, are you? Contrasted with Collins’ weak-kneed three-day “All of Maine” bus whirlwind this week, hitting seven of the state’s 16 counties before the rest of the state is graced with her presence “in November” (yes, really), Bellows gets all the points for walking 12-20 miles every day, 24 days straight, then doing a campaign stop event, then making four hours of phone calls each night to raise a portion of the $1.4 million she’s collected so far. But what did she learn? Do you really need to walk the length of Maine to know that people are utterly down-and-out and barely scraping by, basically for no good reason? “Well,” she says, “when I was in Mat-

at the foot of bunyon bellows talks to supporters in bangor along her 350-mile walk from houlton to Kittery.

broadCasting the message the former aclu of maine director discusses her platform. tawamkeag and 21 people came out, a woman told me that she’s one of those one-in-three seniors that have to choose between medicine and food and that she’s delaying filling prescriptions because the check isn’t making it until the end of the month, and she hasn’t done home repairs that she needs because she figures her house won’t fall down before she dies.” That’s an interesting equation, I say: “My time left on Earth is less than the time my home will remain standing.” “And it puts a very human face on Republican Susan Collins’ failure to lead on increasing social security benefits,” Bellows notes. There it is again. It all comes back to her opponent. If Collins doesn’t want to do something simple like extend the amount of annual income that’s subject to Social Security tax (right now, you don’t pay any SS tax on anything after $117,000 a year; that number goes up a bit every year) so that the cost-of-living increase annually can be juiced to help out struggling seniors, does that make her a fundamentally bad person? Aren’t all of these “bootstrapper” Republicans just heartless assholes? Bellows just sort of shrugs her shoulders at questions like these. She doesn’t think

lay of the land bellows says those she met on her walk were “overwhelmingly supportive”

that way. They’re opponents. They have different ideas. It’s her job to convince you that her ideas are better ideas, not that she’s a better person. Even if she probably is. Her walk, she says, “was really a protest about what our elections have become, which is too often a contest over who has the most money. We know that people feel the country is on the wrong track (just look at the approval rating for Congress), but time and time again, incumbent politicians win because they have the most money.” But don’t you have to have a cynical view of humanity to believe that? If you have crap ideas, why would broadcasting those crap ideas more often win you an election? Shouldn’t an educated populace see through that, and doesn’t that argue affirmatively that the American people are morons? “I think most people are honest and they believe...” I actually guffaw at that, and Bellows sort of tilts her head at me: “What?” I offer that I think most people are pretty bad people. “I think people are fundamentally honest,” she insists, “but politics have become more like the House of Cards than they ought to be.”

What does that mean? “House of Cards reveals a politics based on greed and raw power,” she says. So, it’s only the bad people who are going into politics? Not the fundamentally honest ones? That one’s a shrugger. “A lot of fundamentally honest people are not going into politics because politics has become so corrupt,” she says. Right. Politicians are assholes, like most people. I’m glad we established that. How does she not just see it all as hopeless? Well, Bellows counters, what to make of the “overwhelmingly supportive” folks who came out to see her during the walk? “We were prepared for the possibility of harassment along the way,” she admits. “I was warned by several longtime observers to be prepared for potential harassment.” There was none, however. Just a lot of offers of water and snacks and five-dollar bills given out of yard sale coffers. There’s something downright Maine about an effort like that, and at least the dozens of people here and there who saw her on the road honked and waved and came out to events respected the hell out of it. Even someone as jaded as me can see that happening. Most Mainers I know at least respect a solid effort. It’s just so hard Continued on p 10

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long road ahead bellows joins a long list of maine political candidates walking the state. not to throw your hands up when so many of the people who supposedly represent us are constantly making decisions that would seem to run counter to actually representing us. Bellows nods: “I wanted to show that I’m willing to work for this. I will fight for Mainers.” Hasn’t some other politician trademarked that phrase by now? Get serious: How about Gaza? Would she have voted—as the senate did unanimously—to send an additional $225 million to Israel in military aid? “I support a two-state solution,” she says, avoiding the question. “A strong Israel is important and we need to support Palestine.” I call bullshit. That’s every politician’s position and has been since Clinton. Collins’ too. And yet here we are. What evidence is there that a two-state solution could either work or is in any way a possibility? Bellows trots out Seeds of Peace, the summer camp. Look at the important work they’re doing in bridge-building and showing one side the humanity of the other. Blech. I think the little camp is a talisman that well-meaning people trot out to wishcast a better future, as though 100 lucky kids spending a summer in Maine is going to change anything. “We’re going to agree to disagree on that,” Bellows says with a laugh. “The only way to lasting peace is to have two states and the United States has a key role to play in that. That means ending the occupation and support for both Israel and Palestine.” I tell her that she and Collins are IsraeliPalestine twinsies. No, she says, “Politicians like Susan Collins have taken a deliberately hawkish approach...We come from two distinctly different worldviews on foreign relations.” She points to Collins’ support for the Iran sanctions bill and her “militaristic” approach. Bellows would reduce military funding and transfer it to domestic infrastructure funding. Seriously, though, would she have voted for that additional funding to Israel? “I don’t know,” she says. “I think that Israel’s right to defend itself from the Hamas rockets and the tunnels is incredibly important. There have been no clear winners here.” Really? No winner? The UN says Gaza has seen 2000 deaths, three quarters of that civilians, and more than half a million people displaced. Israel has spent some money and lost a handful of soldiers. “No,” Bellows says, “I don’t think there’s been a winner. The civilian casualties undermined Isreal’s standing in the world, and Palestine lost over two thousand people.” Fine. But what to make of the United

States’ passion for building weapons? Why do we think nothing of spending trillions on war in Iraq and Afghanistan and spectacular new F-35 warplanes, but balk at food stamps and universal healthcare? Why do we bail out giant Wall Street banks, but not students who are being crushed by student loans? Why are we dicking around with a fucking tar sands pipeline when you’d have to be sucking at the oil fields’ teat not to see that a reliance on petroleum for our energy is a road straight to complete and total economic and environmental ruin? How is it not completely and totally obvious that net neutrality and an investment in rural broadband is the only fucking prayer places like the County have of just not completely emptying out? Seriously (and I do actually talk this way to Bellows, and she doesn’t blink). I have a head of steam and the ear of a serious politician. These are the things that truly baffle me. What’s her explanation? “It’s profit over people,” she offers. “I think a lot of our mistaken policies go back to our broken campaign finance system. It’s not quid pro quo, but when special interests lobbyists spend millions of dollars on our elections, it should be no surprise that politicians then find themselves in Washington with policies benefiting those corporations and special interests.” So, it’s not quid pro quo, it’s just that most politicians are spineless and pathetic and allow campaign contributions to change their belief systems? Much better. “What I would say is that I’m not accepting any corporate PAC money from companies like Exxon Mobile or Bank of America,” she says. I laugh. Have they offered her any money? “No,” she admits, “but my opponent, Susan Collins, is accepting their money.” She sure is. And she could surely command more money if she was scared of Bellows. And maybe she is. It’s funny to see Collins marshaling a half-assed bus tour just like her buddy Mitch McConnell down in Kentucky, who finds himself similarly challenged by a smart young woman, Alison Lundergan Grimes, who isn’t afraid of an entrenched incumbent with a huge war chest. But our beers are empty, my hour with her is up, and it’s time for Bellows to move on to the next stop on the campaign trail. She thanks me for the beer and walks out; I sidle up over to the bar for another. The conversation has made me thirsty. A guy to my left, disinterestedly pawing through a newspaper, waits for me to take a sip and then nods behind me to where Bellows and I were sitting, the side bar next to the dartboard: “Who was that?” “Shenna Bellows.” “Who’s that?” Luckily, I didn’t have anyplace to be. ^

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Now that we’ve seen Portland’s low-lying bits get swamped in the Great Flood of ’14 the name Rising Tide Brewery seems eerily premonitory. Enjoy the beer, the comedy, and the PB&ME food truck before Bayside becomes a hipster Atlantis. Tickets $10 (which includes your first beer). 8 pm. 103 Fox St. 207.370.2337. FIGHTIN’ WORDS | It’s Friday and some of you just want to dance. In the spirit of shaking your thing, Maine beat pioneers the House Music Collective cook up another last-Friday-of-themonth PENTHOUSE DANCE PARTY. They’re quoted as saying it’s “the only room in town that feels like a dance club.” Maybe it’s time you found out for yourself if that boastful claim is true. 575 Congress St. 207.747.5063.

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LABORIOUS | We’re not sure if this was planned this way, but here’s a smart idea: a celebration of labor and solidarity for the upcoming holiday—what, did you forget it was Labor Day on Monday?—that doesn’t overlap with the excessive grilling, drinking, or waterskiing typically performed in lieu of working that day. MICAH BLUE SMALDONE, SNAEK, NATE SCHROCK and NINE TO NINE will

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thursday 28 SANS FROGS | Maybe some day,

we’ll all be talented enough to bring bands that we refer to as our “fuck-off vacation band” on a national tour. The prime minister of the low-end Illuminati brings his newest incarnation to Port City Music Hall this fair evening: LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG is a country-infused (there’s a lot of that in Portland this week) bit of lo-fi campfire pluckery that former Primus bassist, Leslie Edward Claypool, decided to put together after a camping trip with his son (the choice description quoted above is his own). From what we have heard it’s real stripped-down, dry, and duly weird. It’s LesClaypool-does-Django-Reinhardt, or even Les-Claypool-doesVernon-Dalhart, but more often than not the bassist’s ten-foottall personality and playing style take the foreground. It’s also cool that Bryan Kehoe, Claypool’s friend since high school, completes the duo (Claypool’s son is not involved). Go expecting that sweet Bee Gees cover. Tickets $28-$50, show at 9 pm with,

New York female music/comedy duo REFORMED WHORES. 504 Congress St., 207.956.6000. CHASING (ANOTHER) AMY | Aristotle described the catharsis of tragedy as a purgation of anxiety, pity, and fear. The catharsis of comedy he considered a surfeit of good feelings which bubble over into laughter. We can be certain his definition would have changed if he had seen master of catharsis-throughembarrassment AMY SCHUMER. Schumer’s blend of mortifyingly provocative comedy (no observational humor here) has placed her on an increasingly notable track over the last ten years, and we’re certainly pleased to see another female comic take the spotlight. Tonight she comes as far north as the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Catch her at 8 pm. Tickets $44-$60. 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, NH. 603.929.4100.

friday 29 HEAVY CRUSH | Typically host-

ing a crème-de-la-crème roster of jazz, folk, and blues acts (as

well as taking home a Phoenix award for Best Jazz Venue), Blue brings the interesting honkytonk/surf rock duo CRUSHED OUT to Portland. The band has got a nice mix of catchy melodies washed in layers of crystalline reverb, and more than enough energy and percussion to get you squirming in your seat, if not just outright dancing in the aisle. While not necessarily setting any new trends, these two do what they do very well, and shine just a little brighter (and beachier) than the rest. Catch them tonight at 6 pm at 650A Congress St. 207.774.4111. LIFTS ALL SHIPS | You know what they say about Maine weather: if you don’t like it, wait a minute and suddenly your neighborhood will be completely flooded by a record-shattering downpour. Celebrate the reemergence of dry land in Bayside with veteran Portland Comedy Co-Op comics, TIM HOFFMAN and CONNOR MCGRATH, at the “4th Annual Comedy Brew HaHa.” Both Hoffman and McGrath have earned their stripes in clubs in Portland and abroad (Hoffman is currently on the Maine leg of a semi-national tour) and their differing styles are paired well here.

theme of labor at Mayo Street Arts at 7 pm tonight, with proceeds benefiting the Southern Maine Workers Center. The line-up alone would make for a good show, but the added theme of solidarity just fills our hearts with excitement. Enrich your leisure time with the rousing songs of the workers who fought and died to make sure you could have that extra Sunday to get wasted and play lawn darts. $10 suggested donation. 10 Mayo St. 207.879.4629. NEW ENERGIES | When Wilhelm Reich needed a name for his cloud-busting, sex-charged “biologically effective energy” he chose orgone, a name that riffed off of both ‘orgasm’ and ‘organism.’ When California natives Sergio Rios and Dan Hastie went searching for a sobriquet for their afro-disco, deep soul act, perhaps it was inevitable that their search led them to that very same word. ORGONE is heavy. Heavy enough to be featured backing CeeLo Green’s multiple Grammy winning “Fool for You” as well as with Alicia Keys on “As I Am.” Adryon de León lends her impressive, searing hot voice to a band so deep in the cut, you’d swear they’d never be able to climb back out. (Did we mention we were excited?) Get ready to sweat, as they take over the rather intimate stage at the Press Room. $12 at 9 pm. 77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, NH. 603.431.5186.

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f AMY SCHUMER, at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, in Hampton Beach on Aug 28. EMERGING ARTISTS | For the

past two months, the performers attending workshops at the Celebration Barn have been perfecting their craft in the incubatory solitude of the hills of Western Maine. Before they disperse into the outside world, this summer’s workshoppers will be presenting new works at the CELEBRATION SUMMER FINALE. The Barn brings in artists from around the globe and has produced some Broadway-level performers in its storied past. This event is your ticket to being able to say “I saw them way back when…” $8-$14; 8 pm. 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. 207.743.8452. FRESH SOUNDS | We’re not holding our breath for a new release by the Books anytime soon, but vocalist/guitarist Nick Zammuto’s newer work is a full of bracingly fresh and baffling earworms as his past projects. From a tractor shed on his farm in southern Vermont (where he makes music videos about launching birthday cake from a homemade trebuchet) ZAMMUTO makes intelligent pop music while swinging Tarzan-like from one engaging surprise to another. They perform with LEVERET at SPACE Gallery tonight at 8:30 pm. (Let’s hope they bring the trebuchet). $12. 538 Congress St 207.828.5600.

sunday 31 HUNKY TANK | It’s nice when an

artist can hold an “aww shucks” self-awareness in one hand, while the other holds fast to an honesty unsullied by modern irony. One of the more surprising things about JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES is that they do so as an honest-to-goodness honky tonk band. While some indie bands fool around with the “Americana” motif or pull out the slide guitar for a sad song or two, the Tough Choices keep both boots firmly on the country side of the line. Not “folk,” not “roots,” just country. One Longfellow Square gets filled with fun songs about messin’ around, breaking hearts, and putting the pieces back together. Hank Williams would be proud. They share the bill with old-timey pros TUMBLING BONES. $10-$12; 8 pm. 181 State St. 207.276.1757. AMERICAN BOY | Do you really need me to describe the music of TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS? I thought so. The

Gainesville native is bigger than American classic rock radio and is making a pretty legendary appearance at the Cross Insurance Arena (most of us still call it the Civic Center) in Portland. For their latest effort, Hypnotic Eye, the Heatbreakers return to the rougher sound and raw production of their first album. We’ve only read good reviews so far, but at this rate, we don’t think a bad Pitchfork rating would really have any effect on their careers. With STEVE WINWOOD. 7 pm at 1 Civic Center Sq., tickets $76.50$136.50. 207.775.3458

monday 1 HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS |

It’s Labor Day and many of the venues around town are skipping out to enjoy the last long weekend summer has to offer. If you’re in New Hampshire and looking for some good music tonight, we suggest the Red Door. They’re hosting singersongwriter ELSA CROSS at 9 pm. Elsa’s a Maine native whose left us for the sunny skies of Austin, Texas, but each time she’s come back, her sound has grown and matured, blending rock, country (there it is again), and folk tones into an enjoyable and full-hearted mix. 107 State St, Portsmouth NH. SELF PROMO | Looking to spend your Labor Day with a literary crowd? This month’s Word Portland features award-winning poet JAQUES J RANCOURT, essayist and Down East magazine associate editor BRIAN KEVIN, as well as the poetry of yours truly. While it seems there might be a conflict of interest, we probably would have suggested it based on the other readers alone. Plus there’s booze. 9 pm at LFK, 188A State St. 207.899.3277.

NH 603.431.2100. FOUND HIM | Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti isn’t a household name, but anyone with a taste in funk or soul music knows the name Fela Kuti. An activist and a musical and cultural pioneer on par with Bob Marley or James Brown, Fela never rose to the same heights of fame in the West. SPACE Gallery shows FINDING FELA, a two-hour documentary that probes the life and times of this brilliant and often contrary individual. 7 pm; $6-$8. 538 Congress St 207.828.5600.

EMOTIONAL WHODUNNITS | Violinist-turned-suspense-novelist DIANE HESTER reads from her debut thriller, Run To Me, at RiverRun Books tonight. Though she’s based in Australia now, her New England summer vacations inspired her to set her novel in the woods of Northern Maine. Let’s hope she made up all the parts about being pursued by a faceless killer. 142 Fleet St., Portsmouth,

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NICE SHOES | All-time Portland art-punk favorites HI TIGER and DJ LONZO play Flask Lounge at 9 pm tonight. They have dubbed the evening Butch Queen in Pumps. Heels encouraged (for all), but not required. We’re not sure what else we could say to make this any more excellent or intriguing. Maybe a Moxie Bomb? 117 Spring St. 207.772.3122.

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“(citydrift) supposes that we are all intelligent heroes of our own stories, and that we all have something we can learn from one another.”

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citydrift/Portland is a 72-hour space for collective enterprise. It is not exactly an art event, because the work does not have to be “art,” strictly speaking, and I wouldn’t call it a festival, though I can see how it would be easy to do that. I see citydrift/Portland as more of a creation of time and space that brings opportunity for participants, or “drifters,” to occupy spaces of equal intelligence. Maybe some of the drifters are artists, performers, musicians, curators, dancers, or generally creative, but maybe they are also archeologists, scientists, construction workers, whatever. I like the idea that citydrift/ Portland is really rooted in Jacques Ranciere’s concept of the “Emancipated Spectator,” a concept which—to put it simply—abolishes the idea that there are intellectual differences between artists and non-artists, “actors” and “spectators,” and instead supposes that we are all intelligent heroes of our own stories, that we all have something we can learn from one another and teach one another along our own forged paths in life. For me, this is the space that citydrift/Portland occupies and embraces. citydrift itself is the creation of the artist Peter Hopkins, who was inspired largely by Guy Debord’s Situationist theories; Jan Hoet’s project in Ghent, Chambres D’Amis, which played with the idea of turning private space into public space; and by his friend Colin DeLand’s work in the New York City gallery scene, which looked at these ideas and expressed more playful reconfigurations of the gallery as a space, as well as the idea of the art fair. DeLand passed away in 2002, and Hopkins created citydrift to serve as an homage to him and his work.

sO anYOne Can beCOme inVOLVed? HOw HaVe YOU been desCribing iT TO peOpLe FrOm OUTside THe “arT COmmUniTY”? The way we’ve been describing it is as an opportunity to engage the community—and individuals within those communities, however they are defined—in lived experiences, without necessarily using the idea that we have to have an object or an interface in order to share experiences. It’s very much about having conversations, whether it’s as easy as a drifter talking with someone who’s asked them, “what is this?”, to an academic discussion of the relevancy of Situationist theory today. I haven’t shied away from taking about the idea of Situation, either—it’s actually a really great conversation to have with someone when I talk about the idea of getting away from commerce-driven interactions or taking a break from how we “brand” ourselves. I feel like in all the conversations I’ve had, whether that person is in the “art community” or not, they can relate. Maybe it’s due to these sort of Facebook realities we both construct and experience, but everyone I’ve talked with seems to not only inherently understand what the Situationist model means, but they actually seem to identify with it. So, in that way, yes, definitely everyone can participate and become involved. Right now, the four curators I’m working with are selecting people that illustrate their own interpretations of what citydrift means to them. In the next phase, we’ll be opening up an online submission form on the website, probably in early September, to allow anyone to submit an idea for a drift they’d like to carry out. And then, of course, I expect that a lot of people will just run into citydrift/Portland by chance and end up participating, whether that’s being inspired to create their own drifts, engaging in a conversation, accidentally picking up a scavenger hunt piece, or maybe even helping a drifter set up.

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The deadline to submit via the website will be the weekend that citydrift happens, so September 21. Up to then, anyone will be able to submit a drift idea to the site and carry it out. You don’t even need approval! Tell us about it and do it! What the submission form does for us is allow the curators and staff to see what you’re thinking and be able to assist you if you’d like. It doubles as a really neat archive, too. We’ll also have analog drift schedules around the city at some of our sites (like the SPACE Gallery Annex), and you can always come and write on the schedule where and when you’ll be drifting so people can find you.

COming UnmOOred citydrift has been organized in Detroit, Brooklyn, and now Portland. CiTYdriFT seems TO enCOmpass ideas FrOm a Few diFFerenT pHiLOsOpHies—aCademiC Ones Like ranCiere’s “emanCipaTed speCTaTOr,” as YOU CiTe, pLUs aCTiOn pHiLOsOpHies Like siTUaTiOnism, and aLLan kaprOw’s COnCepT OF THe Happening. wHY are aesTHeTiCs sUrrOUnding THe bLUrring OF arT and LiFe signiFiCanT TOdaY, parTiCULarLY OUTside OF aCademiC CirCLes? and dOes CiTYdriFT OFFer anYTHing new TO THaT TradiTiOn? Ultimately, I think a lot of artists like the idea of blurring the lines between art and life because there is a huge desire on the part of artists to be understood. I’m speaking in generalities, but I often think that art is met with an attitude that places it in a context where one needs to be educated in order to properly view it or hold an opinion about it. I don’t actually think that’s true, and while of course one can get as academic about anything as one wants, it’s a little defeating to hear things like, “Oh, I don’t like theater,” or “I don’t get art”. So part of this blurring is an attempt to build relationships, to connect to people in meaningful ways and share the work that we spend our lives creating. This will never not be relevant. I think actions, happenings, and dérives can bridge that assumed gap between artist and non-artist by offering points of entry that are perhaps deceiving, a form of trickery that is not malicious but really an acknowledgement of equal intelligence and exchange. citydrift attempts this by taking Debord’s idea of the dérive—which is essentially an unplanned journey through urban environments that allows for new, authentic experiences—and offers this to everyone on the same plane. It doesn’t matter whether

you consider yourself an academic or not, or an artist or not. And maybe especially if you’re an artist, citydrift is particularly looking at you to take yourself less seriously and have fun! Let loose! Let go of who you think you are and what it is you think you do to allow yourself to discover things that couldn’t possibly be found by existing solely within strict routines and definitions. I hope that citydrift/Portland will be a little bit of a vacation from the seriousness of Art with a capital A, though I’m really into that as well.

Can YOU HigHLigHT sOme parTiCipanTs’ wOrk YOU’re inTeresTed TO wiTness? Right now, a lot of the drifters that we’ve asked to participate are going on their own dérives through Portland, physically and conceptually, so the projects are evolving as we speak. I’ve heard that there’s a possibility of a rat installation throughout the entire peninsula, where a little piece of the history of rats in Portland—actual and metaphorical—will be inscribed on the rat. There’s a group that wants to solve mundane problems that Portlanders have through witty inventions. There will be live Skype poetry readings linking Seattle and Portland. In addition to Mainers, we have drifters participating from Oakland, Cambridge, Providence, Philadelphia, Austin, and Phnom Penh, among other cities. I’m really looking forward to the exchanges that can happen between drifters from here and those “from away.” And naturally I’m very excited to see how drifts will happen and evolve spontaneously!^

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ON A MISSION mike clouds rises again. over deep water. The wind-chime shimmer that infuses the verse of “The Katies” is the stars that you see at the edge of your vision right before blackout. But that’s the stuff most like Minimal Message. On the new album’s opening tracks, Clouds flexes his muscles with more dirty South style. The highs and lows aren’t as hugely disproportionate in the drops as mainstream dubstep, but there’s still plenty of that build and release, just with rounded edges and a more steady flow. Clouds isn’t some hopped-up teen in need of another pinch to make sure he’s alive, rather in the orc-ish shouts and

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Whatever the rap equivalent of “she could sing the phone book and I’d dig it” is, that’s Essence for me. Her lyrical style, mostly self-exploratory and day-in-the-life, isn’t always to my personal taste, but her delivery is exquisite. On her new mixtape, The Root of It, she lays down nine songs worth of verses on beats either already rhymed over by the likes of Mac Miller and Nicki Minaj, or produced by the likes of Bonobo or John Beats and never previously explored by other MCs. The results are some of the most fun you’ll have with Essence, even if she’s cold serious through most of the material. She’s just so agile and smooth, a slinky resentment in “Mind Games” (originally “Fantasy” by School Boy Q), a defiant confidence in “Seconds” (produced by Ghostloft), a clipped and burning anger in “Lookin Ass” (that’s Nicki): “Wish I could write a fuckin novel or a thesis ... I’ll always be a better person than a rapper.” It’s also great to see the inclusion of Renee Coolbrith, a fresh young voice who appears on four tracks for a sung chorus. Her best turn comes in “Clarity,” singing a languid “I haven’t fallen out of love,” but with a lilt that implies “yet.” The album as a whole isn’t filled with high peaks—no obvious single like the very catchy “An Unseasonable Spring”—but the pieces are consistently interesting and certainly an important addition to Essence’s growing catalog. ^

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F old pal KURT BAKER left portland for madrid a dog’s age ago, but we’re still keeping tabs on him—for being such a crucial part of the scene, yeah, but also because he’s such a damned sweetheart. no musician we’ve known since is as simultaneously workmanlike and cheery. Baker’s cranked out another batch of confectionary power-pop blasts, classically, dutifully in the Joe Jackson mold, yet with every measure pumped full of maximum energy. brand New b-Sides seems more like a companion piece to 2012’s brand New beat than a disc of outtakes—like your friend’s weird younger sister, you might just end up liking ‘em better. the dude is back for a few weeks before heading back overseas, playing an in-store at the

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portland Bull moose on september 9 as well as a send-off party at Bayside Bowl on september 20. For more info on the new disc—it’s actually a

disc, not some digital-only thang—head to kurtbaker.bandcamp.com. F We covered their last rites last week (see nick schroeder’s review of it’s Great Dying in the August 22 issue), but fans of AWAAS’ epic, post-doom bliss-metal have new roads to travel in their wake. Frontman Zack howard plans to collaborate with portland noise artist remy Brecht (SCROTAL TEAR) in a project rumored to be called the Big holy, and bassist and fellow ex-conifer member sean hadley is playing with a new rock unit called CUSHING. murmurs exist on other projects too—these dudes don’t have much of a history of sitting idly. check cushing when they play with the the noirish local rock band purse and instrumentalists capture the

sun on the Bayside Bowl patio september 5). F eager to see how this weekend’s PORTLAND MAINE SOUL SUMMIT plays out. A three-day roster of dance nights spread out over four venues (a fifth if you count the lobster bake at portland head light on labor day), it seems like another touchstone in the city’s progress into a serious dance town. on saturday, detroit house guru Agent mike x clark starts it off at the Big easy with dJ silverchild; while a whole gaggle of house, electro, drum ‘n’ bass, techno, and dubstep dJs turn Bayside Bowl into a sweatfactory. For more details, including the main event at port city music hall (with detroit deep house artist golf clap), dig up the portland maine soul summit online.

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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

Adoption. Case Management. Community Mental Health. Mental Health First Aid. Shelter and Homeless Services 1.888.866.0113 Call Now Steppingstonesusa.org

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CLUB DIRECTORY 51 WHARF | 207.774.1151 | 51

Wharf St, Portland

ACOUSTIC ARTISANS |

Entrance through alley-way on lower exchange st at key bank sign. Horas: Mon-Thu 4-1 Fri 3-1 Sat & Sun 12-1

Enjoy the last days of summer drinking some of the best beers in the world outside on our patio

www.novareresbiercafe.com (207) 761-2437

207.671.6029 | 594 Congress St, Portland ALISSON’S RESTAURANT | 207.967.4841 | 5 Dock Sq, Kennebunkport AMERICAN LEGION POST 56 | 207.363.0376 | 9 Hannaford Dr, York ANDY’S OLD PORT PUB | 207.874.2639 | 94 Commercial St, Portland ANNIE’S IRISH PUB | 207.251.4335 | 369 Main St, Ogunquit ASYLUM | 207.772.8274 | 121 Center St, Portland BAYSIDE BOWL | 207.791.2695 | 58 Alder St, Portland BEAR’S DEN TAVERN | 207.564.8733 | 73 North St, Dover Foxcroft BEBE’S BURRITOS | 207.283.4222 | 140 Main St, Biddeford BENCH BAR AND GRILL | 207.582.4277 | 418 Water St, Gardiner BENTLEY’S SALOON | 207.985.8966 | 1601 Portland Rd, Rte 1, Kennebunkport BIG EASY | 207.894.0633 | 55 Market St, Portland BLACK BEAR CAFE | 207.693.4770 | 215 Roosevelt Trail, Naples

BLOOMFIELD’S CAFE AND BAR

| 207.474.8844 | 40 Water St, Skowhegan BLUE | 207.774.4111 | 650A Congress St, Portland BLUE MERMAID | 603.427.2583 | 409 The Hill, Portsmouth, NH BLUE MOON LOUNGE | 207.858.5849 | 24 Court St, Skowhegan BRAY’S BREWPUB | 207.693.6806 | Rte 302 and Rte 35, Naples BRIAN BORU | 207.780.1506 | 57 Center St, Portland BRITISH BEER COMPANY | 603.501.0515 | 2 Portwalk Place, Portsmouth, NH

THE BRUNSWICK OCEANSIDE GRILLE | 207.934.2171 | 39 West Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach

BUBBA’S SULKY LOUNGE |

207.828.0549 | 92 Portland St, Portland

BUCK’S NAKED BBQ/PORTLAND | | 50 Wharf St, Portland BULL FEENEY’S | 207.773.7210 | 375 Fore St, Portland

BYRNES IRISH PUB/BATH |

207.443.6776 | 98 Center St, Bath

BYRNES IRISH PUB/BRUNSWICK | 207.729.9400 | 16 Station

Ave, Brunswick THE CAGE | 207.783.0668 | 97 Ash St, Lewiston CAMPFIRE GRILLE | 207.803.2255 | 656 North High St, Bridgton

CAPTAIN & PATTY’S RESTAURANT | 207.439.3655 | 90 Pepperrell Rd, Kittery Point

CAPTAIN BLY’S TAVERN |

207.336.2126 | 371 Turner St, Buckfield

CARA IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT | 603.343.4390 | 11 Fourth St, Dover, NH

CARMEN VERANDAH |

207.288.2766 | 119 Main St, Bar Harbor 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 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 DOBRA TEA | 207.370.1890 | 151 Middle St, Portland THE DOGFISH BAR AND GRILLE | 207.772.5483 | 128 Free St, Portland

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 THE DRAFT HOUSE | 207.739.2989 | 187 Main St, South Paris 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 EMPIRE | 207.879.8988 | 575 Congress St, Portland FAST BREAKS | 207.782.3305 | 1465 Lisbon St, Lewiston FATBOY’S SALOON | 207.766.8862 | 65 Main St, Biddeford FEDERAL JACK’S | 207.967.4322 | 8 Western Ave, Kennebunk FEILE IRISH RESTAURANT AND PUB | 207.251.4065 | 1619 Post Rd, Wells

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 FREEDOM CAFE | 207.693.3700 | 923 Roosevelt Trail, Naples FROG AND TURTLE | 207.591.4185 | 3 Bridge St, Westbrook FURY’S PUBLICK HOUSE | 603.617.3633 | 1 Washington St, Dover, NH FUSION | 207.330.3775 | 490 Pleasant St, Lewiston

GARY’S RESTAURANT & SPORTS LOUNGE | 603.335.4279 | 38 Milton

Rd, Rochester, NH GATHER | 207.847.3250 | 189 Main St, Yarmouth GENO’S ROCK CLUB | 207.221.2382 | 625 Congress St, Portland GFB SCOTTISH PUB | 207.934.8432 | 32 Old Orchard St, Old Orchard Beach THE GIN MILL | 207.620.9200 | 302 Water St, Augusta 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 GRILL 28 | 603.766.6466 | Pease Golf Course, 200 Grafton Rd, Portsmouth, NH GRITTY MCDUFF’S | 207.772.2739 | 396 Fore St, Portland GRITTY MCDUFF’S/AUBURN | 207.782.7228 | 68 Main St, Auburn GUTHRIE’S | 207.376.3344 | 115 Middle St, Lewiston HARLOW’S PUB | 603.924.6365 | 3 School St, Peterborough, NH

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

THE HOLY GRAIL | 603.679.9559 |

64 Main St, Epping, 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 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 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 KJ’S SPORTS BAR | 603.659.2329 | North Main St, Newmarket, NH LAST CALL | 207.934.9082 | 4 1st St, Old Orchard Beach LFK | 207.899.3277 | 188A State St, Portland THE LIBERAL CUP | 207.623.2739 | 115 Water St, Hallowell LILAC CITY GRILLE | 603.332.3984 | 45 N Main St, Rochester, NH 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 MAIN TAVERN | 207.947.7012 | 152 Main St, Bangor 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 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 MILLIE’S TAVERN | 603.967.4777 | 17 L St, Hampton, NH 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 NOCTURNEM DRAFT HAUS | 207.907.4380 | 56 Main St, Bangor THE OAK AND THE AX | | 140 Main St, Ste 107-Back Alley, Biddeford THE OAR HOUSE | 603.436.4025 | 55 Ceres St, Portsmouth, NH OASIS | 207.370.9048 | 42 Wharf St, Portland OLD GOAT | 207.737.4628 | 33 Main St, Richmond 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 PADDY MURPHY’S | 207.945.6800 | 26 Main St, Bangor PEARL | 207.653.8486 | 444 Fore St, Portland PEDRO O’HARA’S/LEWISTON | 207.783.6200 | 134 Main St, Lewiston PEDRO’S | 207.967.5544 | 181 Port Rd, Kennebunk PENOBSCOT POUR HOUSE | 207.941.8805 | 14 Larkin St, Bangor 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 PROFENNO’S | 207.856.0011 | 934 Main St, Westbrook

PUBLIC HOUSE AND PROHIBITION MUSIC ROOM | 603.948.1082 | 45 N

Main St, Rochester, NH THE RACK | 207.237.2211 | 5016 Access Rd, Carabassett RAILROAD DINER | 207.353.6069 | 697 Lisbon St, Lisbon Falls 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 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

SEA DOG BREWING/SOUTH PORTLAND | 207.871.7000 | 125

Western Ave, South Portland

SEA DOG BREWING/TOPSHAM | 207.725.0162 | 1 Maine St, Great Mill Island, Topsham SEA KETCH | 603.926.0324 | 127 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH SEA40 | 207.795.6888 | 40 East Ave, Lewiston SEASONS GRILLE | 207.775.6538 | 155 Riverside St, Portland SERENITY MARKET & CAFE | 603.319.1671 | 25 Sagamore Rd, Rye, NH SHENANIGANS | 207.213.4105 | 349 Water St, Augusta SHOOTERS SPORTS PUB | 207.345.7040 | 128 Lewiston St, Mechanic Falls SILVER HOUSE TAVERN | 207.772.9885 | 123 Commercial St, Portland SKIP’S LOUNGE | 207.929.9985 | 299 Narragansett Trail, Buxton SKYBOX BAR AND GRILL | 207.854.9012 | 212 Brown St, Westbrook SLAB | 207.245.3088 | 25 Preble St, Portland 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 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 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 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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”PORTLAND COMEDY BREW HAHA 4” WITH TIM HOFMANN + CONNOR MCGRATH | 8 pm | Rising Tide

Listings

Brewery, 103 Fox St, Portland | $10 |

SATURDAY 30

COCO PERU | See listing for Fri DARWIN’S WAITING ROOM | See Continued from p 21 MILLIE’S TAVERN | Hampton | kara-

listing for Fri

TIM HOFMANN | Laugh Shack, Deer-

PORTSMOUTH GAS LIGHT | Portsmouth | deck: Dustin Ladale | 7:30

ing Center, Portland | BOB MARLEY | 8 pm | Clambake, 358 Pine Point Rd, Scarborough | $24.50 | 207.883.4871

PRESS ROOM | Portsmouth | jazz

SUNDAY 31

oke with Chris Michaels

WEDNESDAY 3

BLUE MERMAID | Portsmouth | open mic

PORTSMOUTH GAS LIGHT | Ports-

mouth | deck: Malcom Salls | 7:30 pm

PUBLIC HOUSE AND PROHIBITION MUSIC ROOM | Rochester | karaoke RI RA/PORTSMOUTH | Portsmouth |

Great Bay Sailor | 7 pm WALLY’S PUB | Hampton | DJ Kelley | 9 pm

THURSDAY 4

COCO PERU | See listing for Fri DARWIN’S WAITING ROOM | See listing for Fri

”HEADLINERS COMEDY NIGHT,” COMICS TBA | 7 pm | Mr. Goodbar, 8B West Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach | 207.934.9100 OPEN MIC | 9 pm | Mama’s Crowbar, 189 Congress St, Portland | 207.773.9230

WEDNESDAY 3

”COMEDY SHOW,” WITH JAY GROVE, ET AL. | 9 pm | Cara Irish

Pub & Restaurant, 11 Fourth St, Dover, NH | 603.343.4390 OPEN MIC | 6 pm | Union House Pub & Pizza, North Dam Mill, 2 Main St, 18-230, Biddeford | 207.590.4825

”PORTLAND COMEDY SHOWCASE” PERFORMERS TBA | 8 pm | Bull

Feeney’s, 375 Fore St, Portland | 207.773.7210

PUBLIC HOUSE AND PROHIBITION MUSIC ROOM | Rochester | karaoke SEA KETCH | Hampton | Ray Zerkle + Steve Tolley

STONE CHURCH | Newmarket | Irish

session with Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki | 6 pm | Spiritual Rez | 10 pm | $10-$12

CLASSICAL FRIDAY 29

”FESTIVAL CONCERT PROGRAM 10: BIBER, MOZART, STRAVINSKY, TCHAIKOVSKY” | Fri 7:30 pm; Sun 4 pm | Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Rte 15, Blue Hill | call for tickets | 207.374.2203 or kneisel.org

SUNDAY 31

COMEDY THURSDAY 28

AMY SCHUMER | 8 pm | Hampton

Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $54-60 | 603.929.4100

FRIDAY 29

COCO PERU | Fri-Sun 7:30 pm |

2013 Casco Bay Lines Music on the Bay

CONCERTS

DAPONTE STRING QUARTET | 4 pm | First Baptist Church of Paris, 500 Paris Hill Rd, South Paris | $15

”FESTIVAL CONCERT PROGRAM 10: BIBER, MOZART, STRAVINSKY, TCHAIKOVSKY” | See listing for Fri

POPULAR THURSDAY 28

BIRDS ON A WIRE | 7:30 pm | Brick

Church for the Performing Arts, 502 Christian Hill Rd, Lovell | $10, $5 youth 15 & under | 207.925.1500 CHANDLERS BAND | 7 pm | Fort Sumner Park, Portland

LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG + REFORMED WHORES | 9 pm | Port

City Music Hall, 504 Congress St, Portland | $28-30 | 207.899.4990 or portcitymusichall.com

PIPING HOT FLUTES + SEASIDE BRASS | 6 pm | Woodfords Congre-

gational Church, 202 Woodford St, Portland | 207.774.8243 or woodfordschurch.org

RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER + GIBSON BROTHERS |

8 pm | Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd, Brownfield | $100 | 207.935.7292 TEN STRINGS & A GOAT SKIN | 7:30 pm | Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd, Bar Mills | $20 | 207.929.6472

THOMAS POINT BEACH BLUEGRASS SPECIAL | with games,

children’s activities, & live performances by Lonely Heartstring Band + Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper + Barefoot Movement + Steel Wheels + Williamson Branch + New England Bluegrass Band + Rhonda Vincent & the Rage + Reno & Harrell + Maine Youth Bluegrass Ensemble + Gibson Brothers + Spinney Brothers + Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass + White Mountain Bluegrass + Balsam Range + Del McCoury Band + Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys + Tennesee Mafia Jug Band | Thurs-Sun | Thomas Point Beach, Rte 24, Brunswick | 207.725.6009 or thomaspointbeach.com TRAIN + WALLFLOWERS | 8 pm | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook, 72 Meadowbrook Ln, Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford, NH | $30-75 | 603.293.4700 or meadowbrook.net

FRIDAY 29

FUR + PURSE + SUNSET HEARTS + PERFECT HAIR + HOPELESS LOSERS | 3 pm | Congress Square Park,

Corner of Congress and High Sts, Portland CHRIS ISAAK | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $38-77 | 603.929.4100 NORTH SHORE ACAPELLA | 7:30 pm | Great Waters Music Festival, Inn on Main, 200 N Main St, Wolfeboro, NH | $25 | 603.569.1335 STEELY DAN | 6 pm | Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad St, Bangor | $29-103 | 800.745.3000

THOMAS POINT BEACH BLUEGRASS SPECIAL | See listing for

Thurs

SATURDAY 30

KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND | 8 pm | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH | $25-50 | 603.929.4100

STEELY DAN + MAGANAHAN’S REVIVAL | 7:30 pm | Bank of New

THOMAS POINT BEACH BLUEGRASS SPECIAL | See listing for

Thurs

WAILIN’ JENNYS | 7:30 pm | Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor | $30-35 | 207.633.6855

SUNDAY 31

JASON ALDEAN + FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE + TYLER FARR | 6:30 pm |

Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad St, Bangor | 800.745.3000 CASCO BAY TUMMLERS | 2 pm | Congress Square Park, Corner of Congress and High Sts, Portland JAMES MCMURTRY | 2 pm | Savage Oaks Vineyard, 174 Barrett Hill Rd, Union | 207.785.2828

LADY ANTEBELLUM + BILLY CURRINGTON + JOE NICHOLS + TOM DIXON | 7:30 pm | Bank of New

WEDNESDAY 3

CHEVELLE + MIDDLE CLASS RUT | 7:30 pm | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | $25-30 | 207.956.6000 or statetheatreportland.com

LADY ANTEBELLUM + BILLY CURRINGTON + JOE NICHOLS | 6:30 pm |

THURSDAY 4

LOVE TO BURN + MATT NEWBERG

atre, 345 Main St, Rockland | $25 | 207.594.0070

Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, 1 Railroad St, Bangor | 800.745.3000 | Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804

BOMBINO | 7:30 pm | Strand The-

This maine legend plays of variety of classic hits and music from today. $20

For more information please check our website at cascobaylines.com For groups of 20 or more, please call (207) 774-7871 ext. 105.

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TEN STRINGS AND A GOAT SKIN

The Way Portland Does Summer

Wed 8/27 Scotty Lank 6-9PM Thu 8/28 Lyle Divinsky 6-9PM Fri 8/29 Coast happy Hour 5-7PM The Work Trucks 7-10PM SaT 8/30 Fighting Fiction 2-6PM DJ Tish CMB 7-10PM Sun 8/24 North of Nashville 3-7PM www.casablancamaine.com | www.portholemaine.com beth@casablancamaine.com Porthole 207-773-4653 |Casablanca 207-774-7220

Thursday, August 28th - 7:30 PM · $20 “These three young guys are extraordinary musicians and they are unlike any trad/Acadian band you’ve ever heard. You’ve got to see them to believe them.” –Mike Campbell, The Carleton, Halifax Urban Folk Festival

JENNIFER PORTER CONCERT & CD RELEASE Saturday, September 6th - 7:30 PM · $20 · Call 207-929-5412 This concert will celebrate the release of Jennifer’s new CD, Easy Living, which features a dozen Jazz classics from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Be sure to make reservations early for this very special evening!

RORY BLOCK

Saturday, September 20th - 7:30 PM · $30 Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory returns to SRT after an unforgettable sold out show last year!

Tickets & Info: 207-929-6472 or SACORIVERTHEATRE.ORG

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NEW LOCATION

SATURDAY 30

GRAND OPENING

Thursday, August 28th Reception 5-8 pm

MAINE SEAWEED FESTIVAL | with

Listings Continued from p 23 FUTURE ISLANDS + OPERATORS | 9 pm | Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St, Portland | $15-18 | 207.899.4990 or portcitymusichall. com ROD PICOTT | 7 pm | St Lawrence Arts & Community Center, 76 Congress St, Portland | $12 | 207.775.5568 or stlawrencearts.org

DANCE “Lab Art” by Jim Williams 81 Ocean Ave, Knightville, S. Portland www.mainelylabs.com

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SATURDAY 30

GUIDED CANOE TOURS | Sat-Mon 10 am | Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center, Pine Point Rd (Rte 9), Scarborough | $9/$12 | 207.883.5100

SATURDAY 30

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET |

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

PORTLAND FARMERS’ MARKET | 7

am | Monument Square, Congress St, Portland | 207.774.9979

POETRY & PROSE cusses his book Whatever Happened to the Metric System? | 7 pm | Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland | 207.772.4045 or longfellowbooks.com

COUNTRY NIGHT | Rockingham

”BALLROOM NIGHT WITH THE DON ALTOBELLO BAND” | 7:30 pm | Rockingham Ballroom, 22 Ash Swamp Rd, Newmarket, NH | 603.659.4410

GUIDED CANOE TOURS | See listing

MONDAY 1

GUIDED CANOE TOURS | See listing

for Sat

FAIRS & FESTIVALS THURSDAY 28

THOMAS POINT BEACH BLUEGRASS SPECIAL | with games,

THURSDAY 4

children’s activities, & live performances by Lonely Heartstring Band + Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper + Barefoot Movement + Steel Wheels + Williamson Branch + New England Bluegrass Band + Rhonda Vincent & the Rage + Reno & Harrell + Maine Youth Bluegrass Ensemble + Gibson Brothers + Spinney Brothers + Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass + White Mountain Bluegrass + Balsam Range + Del McCoury Band + Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys + Tennesee Mafia Jug Band | Thomas Point Beach, Rte 24, Brunswick | 207.725.6009 | www.thomaspointbeach.com

listing for Wed

FRIDAY 29

TUESDAY 2

LINE DANCING | 6:30 pm | Mem-

Cross Insurance Arena, 48 Free St, 1st Floor, Portland | $37-138 | 207.775.3458 | www.theciviccenter.com

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“SLANT IN THE PARK: WILD,” WILDERNESS STORIES | 7 pm |

Deering Oaks Park, Park Ave and Deering Ave, Portland

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SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS | reads and discusses her novel Heroes Are My Weakness | 2 pm | Books-a-Million, 430 Gorham Rd, South Portland | 207.253.5587

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Rouda & Ben Toppi | 7 pm | b.good, 15 Exchange St, Portland | 207.747.5355

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

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pm | Crackskull’s Coffee & Books,

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food, drinks, & performance by Gunther Brown | 6 pm | Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Rd, Scarborough | teenstotrails.org/benefit

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“BOW TIES & BEAN BOOTS: A NIGHT TO SUPPORT TEENS TO TRAILS” | benefit with lawn games,

JOHN MARCIANO | reads and dis-

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art, children’s activities, music, speakers, and ticketed dinner | 11 pm | Southern Maine Community College, 2 Fort Rd, South Portland | 207.741.5500 or | smccme.edu

SUNDAY 31

”PROSE, POETRY & ALL THINGS MADE OF WORDS” | readings | 6:30

THEATER ACORN PRODUCTIONS |

207.854.0065 | acorn-productions.org | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St, 3rd Floor, Portland | Sept 1-29: “Naked

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ART GALLERIES AARHUS GALLERY | 207.338.0001

CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART | 207.236.2875 | 162 Russell Ave, Rockport | artsmaine. org | Through Sept 20: Betsy Eby:

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

| kitteryartassociation.org | Sat noon-6 pm; Sun noon-5 pm | Through Sept 21: “Ekphrasis: Poetry & Art,” 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 Sept 7: “By-Gone Boats,” clay sculptures by David Riley Peterson + “Maine’s Light,” paintings by Bjorn Runquist | Through Sept 28: “Color Vision,” acrylic paintings by Irma Cerese

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| 207.899.3529 | 649 Congress St, Portland | localsproutscooperative. com | Mon 8 am-3 pm; Tues-Thu 8 am-9 pm; Fri-Sat 8 am-10 pm; Sun 9 am-3 pm | Through Sept 4: “Home Bodies,” mixed media works by Pete Franzen + Hazel Koziol MARK WENTWORTH | 603.436.0169 | 346 Pleasant St, Portsmouth, NH | Through Aug 31: oil paintings by Jeannette Matatics + Steve Matatics MAYO STREET ARTS | 207.615.3609 | 10 Mayo St, Portland | call for hours | Through Aug 31: “Contemporary Fort,” drawings, prints, & installation by Anne Buckwalter + Pilar Nadal | Sept 1-30: “Tropical Moon,” mixed media works by Phantom Buffalo (Sean Newton + Jonathan Balzano-Brookes + Timothy Burns + Philip Willey) MONKITREE GALLERY | 207.512.4679 | 263 Water St, Gardiner | Tues-Fri 10 am-6 pm;Sat noon-6 pm | Through Aug 30: “Contexture” mixed media works by Kathy Goddu + Priscilla Nicholson + Susan Perrine + Jill Snyder Wallace + Susan Walker NW BARRETT GALLERY | 603.431.4262 | 53 Market St, Portsmouth, NH | Through Aug 31: “Essays & Estuaries,” mixed media group exhibition PHOPA GALLERY | 207.317.6721 | 132 Washington Ave, Portland | Wed-Sat noon-5 pm | Through Sept 13: “Travel Journals,” photography by Brendan Bullock | artist talk Aug 28 5:30 pm RIVER ARTS | 207.563.1507 | 241 Rte 1, Damariscotta | Tues-Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun noon-4 pm | Through Aug 28: “The Maine Story: Land & Sea,” mixed media group exhibition RIVER TREE ARTS | 207.967.9120 | 35 Western Ave, Kennebunk | rivertreearts.org | Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through Aug 29: “Metal. Rust. Wood. Paint.”, mixed media works by Rusty Theriault + Nathan Nicholls + Annie Hiedel + Meredith Radford + Dave Allen + Paul Bonneau

ROUX & CYR INTERNATIONAL FINE ART GALLERY | 207.576.7787 | 48 Free Street, Portland | Through Sept

27: works in oil and photography with Ken Valastro + Michael McAllister | artist reception Aug 30, 5 pm

SEACOAST ARTIST ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 603.778.8856 | 225 Water St, Exeter, NH | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm

| Through Aug 30: “How Does Your Garden Grow?”, mixed media group exhibition | Aug 30-Sept 27: “Sunrise/Sunset,” mixed media group exhibition SPACE GALLERY | 207.828.5600 | 538 Congress St, Portland | space538.org | Wed-Sat noon-6 pm | Through Aug 29: “Inter Lithics,” window installation by Miles Templeton | Through Sept 5: “Face Off,” installation by Katie Bell | Through Sept 6: “Staying Put,” mixed media installation by Adam John Manley SUSAN MAASCH FINE ART | 207.478.4087 | 4 City Center, Portland | susanmaaschfineart.com | Tues-Sat 11 am-5 pm | Through Aug 30: “Brenton Hamilton: New Calotype Works” + “Kiki Gaffney: New Paintings” THE SALT EXCHANGE | 207.347.5687 | 245 Commercial St, Portland | 5-10 pm | Through Aug 31: “Monhegan V Perspectives,” paintings by Betty Heselton + Sally Loughridge + Joyce Greenfield + Marlene Loznicka WATERFALL ARTS | 207.388.2222 | 256 High St, Belfast | Tues-Fri 10 am-5 pm; by appointment | Through Aug 29: “Living in These Bodies, Part II: Future Mothers Tent,” installation by Elizabeth Jabar + Colleen Kinsella | Through Sept 12: “Living Wall Installation,” vertical garden

MUSEUMS BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | 207.786.6158 | 75 Russell St, Olin Arts

Center, Lewiston | bates.edu/museumabout.xml | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through Oct 12: “Encountering Maine,” mixed media group exhibition | Through Dec 13: “Convergence: Jazz, Films, & the Visual Arts”

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 DYER LIBRARY/SACO MUSEUM | 207.283.3861 | 371 Main St, Saco | sacomuseum.org | Tues-Thurs noon-4 pm; Fri noon-8 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun noon-4 pm | Through Aug 31: “River, Lake, Ocean: Inspired by a Body of Water,” mixed media group exhibition | Through Nov 9: “At Home in the Victorian Era,” historical exhibit of furnishings, textiles, & bric-a-brac 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 Aug 31: “Stories of the Land & its People,” mixed media student exhibition | Through Sept 28: “Coloring Vision: From Impressionism to Modernism,” paintings | Through Nov 9: “Andrew Wyeth: Portrait Studies,” mixed media | 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 Oct 12: “Project _,” architectural installation by Ana Miljacki + Lee Moreau + “The Wrong Kind of Bars: Paintings from the Maine State Prison” | Through March 31: “We Are What We Hide,” long-running exhibit in- & outside gallery walls MAINE COLLEGE OF ART | 207.699.5010 | Charles C. Thomas

Gallery, 522 Congress St, Portland

| Through Aug 29: “Wednesday Mornings: Recent Work by the Mill Painters” MAINE JEWISH MUSEUM | 207.329.9854 | 267 Congress St, Portland | treeoflifemuseum.org | MonFri 10 am-2 pm | Through Aug 29: “Vessels,” sculpture & prints by Lin Lisberger OGUNQUIT MUSEUM OF ART | 207.646.4909 | 543 Shore Rd, Ogunquit | ogunquitmuseum.org | MonSat 10:30 am- 5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | Through Aug 31: “Alexandra de Steigeur: Small Island, Big Picture,” photography | Through Aug 31: “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” | Sept 4-Oct 31: “A Modernist Menagerie: Works from the Permanent Collection,” sculptures, paintings, & works on paper + “Amy Stacey Curtis: Drawings” 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 Sept 7: “Richard Estes’ Realism,” paintings

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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE - FARMINGTON | 207.778.7292 | Emery

Community Arts Center, 111 South St, Farmington | Through Sept 7: “Wil-

liam Wegman: Way Up in Maine,” mixed media works

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND BIDDEFORD | 207.283.0171 | Campus Center, 11 Hills Beach Rd, Biddeford | une.edu/studentlife/campuscenter |

Mon-Fri 8 am-7 pm | Through Aug 28: “Cut, Arrange, Glue: Collage Improvisations by Robin Brooks”

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

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 Sept 30: “From the Mountains to the Sea: Plants, Trees, and Shrubs of New England” + “Pollinators in the Gardens” photography + “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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the search for taste, tenderness, and thrift _By Bria n dUff Restaurants offer an avenue by which someone with a high school diploma and a craftsman’s sensibility can make a good living or become a huge success. This gives them extra significance now, since sociologists have recently confirmed what we all thought: social mobility barely exists in this country. Born poor? Get used to it. Born rich? Things look good for you. One dubious/leading theory for the persistence of class across generations regards the brain development that occurs among upper class children when their parents let them negotiate about meals. The resulting interminable, emotionally charged conversations develop synapses that lead to educational success. Impoverished children usually shut up and eat what they get. Sociologist Annette Lareau estimates upper class children say and hear many millions more words than working class kids. Thanks to recent food trends, up to 16 percent of those words are “taco.” So policymakers suggest a solution to poverty is to let kids demand their tacos. It could work, and recent developments in Portland can help. While there’s no class mobility in this town, we do have taco mobility—even taco-class mobility, in the form of Hella Good Tacos (a cart that became a restaurant), Taco Trio (a restaurant that launched a truck) and El Corazon, a

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truck that remains a truck. Sampling them offers a chance to understand what these kids are fighting for, and the wisdom of leaping from one class to another. Hella Good took over the space that was Steve and Renee’s Diner. The old sign is still outside, but the inside already feels like a taqueria—with red counters, cafeteria style tables, and an easygoing vibe—the owner bantering from the grill. A large portrait of the proprietors in the Diego Rivera style is a masterwork. The tacos aren’t quite masterpieces, but darn good—and food cart cheap ($2.25). The carnitas featured pulled pork in a dense pile inside a double tortilla along with some parsley and onion. It could have been a touch more tender. A fish taco features a single mildly spiced piece of white fish and some crunchy cabbage and an unassuming white sauce. The cabeza taco, made with beef cheeks, could not be better. Filled with dark, tender, rich meat, it’s the best taco in town. And thanks to cheap beer and frequent specials, Hella Good is the best tacqueria in town—more so if they enhance their salsa choices. Salsa variety is the best aspect of South Portland’s Taco Trio—one of several strengths gone missing on their new truck on the Western Promenade. The Taco Trio truck offers an unfortunate example of an institution’s mobile unit hurting its

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78 minutes | frontier cafe

french | 94 minutes | frontier cafe

This documentary considers the positive effects of music on people with dementia and other mental disorders, a subject that neurologist Oliver Sacks explored wonderfully in his book Musicophilia. Sacks, still irrepressible in his 80s, appears briefly to discuss his findings, and his lucid explanations of complex science provide some of the few worthwhile moments in this oppressively saccharine film. Director Michael Rossato-Bennett bombards the audience with scenes of infirm seniors brightening at the sound of their favorite songs, though such dramatic moments discount all the patient work that precedes any therapeutic breakthrough. The movie effectively bullies you into feeling good; with its hard sell and superfluous CG imagery, it might as well be a superhero movie.

_Ben sachs

reputation, like a college’s online classes, or Germany’s army. Tacos cost over $4, and while they pile on a lot of meat there is little seasoning or apSTrAiGHT for THE HEArT the cabeza taco at el corazon is a summer hit. pealing meaty juiciness to was tender and herbaceous. The truck make them worthwhile—dry chicken, too itself is a red beauty. chewy beef. Somewhat better was the pork Furthermore the woman at El Corazon’s adobo, with a cinnamony sauce and some window is a delight, and spoke with comtart-sweetness from pineapple. They have passion to a destitute fellow who addled a $10 burrito—$12 with guacamole and sour up. We might follow her example by being cream! That is wrong. Foucault thought compassionate to the impoverished rather modernity truly arrived when the idea took then cajoling them to raise their kids to be hold that “society must be defended.” Now the sort of clever, demanding, rule-bending I know what he means. Luckily, before I negotiators the upper class currently procould buy it the truck shuttered and drove duces—like the rule-bending bankers that back over the bridge. ruined the economy a few years back. And With relief I instead got the Corazon let’s keep good tacos cheap—that will help burrito (on Spring St. near downtown) for rich and poor alike. ^ half the price. It was great—the tortilla grilled but still spongy, the carne ground up, juicy and infused with spices. The $ Hella Good Tacos, 500 Washington Ave | tacos ($2.50) are also quite good. The pork 207.775.2722 is almost bellyish in its fatty tenderness. $$ Taco Trio Truck, Western Promenade The fish has a great tart sauce and just$ El Corazon, Spring St. near Temple | bitter cabbage crunch. The pulled chicken 207.200.4801

French filmmaker Michel Gondry has demonstrated time and again that, despite his prodigious visual imagination, he can’t tell a decent story, which might explain why his best features to date have been a fantasy scripted by Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and an illustrated interview with Noam Chomsky (Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?). This screen adaptation of Froth on the Daydream, the 1947 cult novel by Boris Vian, ranks alongside such captivating/ frustrating Gondry efforts as The Science of Sleep (2006) and Be Kind Rewind (2008) in its wild gags (most impressively, an elaborate office set worthy of Jacques Tati in which seated typists peck away at rotating rings of manual typewriters), cutie-pie performances (from Romain

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Duris and the oppressively adorable Audrey Tautou), and flighty narrative (the Tautou character is slowly dying from a lily that’s growing in one of her lungs). In French with subtitles.

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xW Sin CiTY: A DAMe TO KiLL FOR 102 minutes | nickelodeon +

westbrook cinemagic + smitty’s windham + auburn flagship + thomaston flagship Reviewers were forbidden from posting a word about this sequel until opening day, lest we give away the shocking secret that it’s a carbon copy of its predecessor, Sin City (2005). Of course the carbon is the whole point: directors Frank Miller

and Robert Rodriguez, adapting Miller’s black-and-white neonoir comics, take all the key elements of hard-boiled fiction and boil them down even harder, till there’s nothing left but a crusty residue of vicious thugs, cynical losers, crooked politicians, viperish women, and flying glass as people get punched out and crash through windows. The visual design is stunning, with stark black-andwhite photography and striking use of spot color to emphasize the good things in life (neon signs, car taillights, cigarette embers, sexy redheads, etc). The icon-heavy cast includes Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, and Stacy Keach, the latter buried under tons of prosthetic makeup and looking like a human mud slide.

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tEEnaGE MUtant nInJa tUrtlES | 4

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Thu: 7 | Sun: 3, 7

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daWn oF tHE PlanEt oF tHE aPES | 1, 3:55, 6:45

BoYHood | 1:50 CalVarY | Fri: 3, 5, 7:10 9:15 | Sat:

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MaGIC In tHE MoonlIGHt | Fri-

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Strand tHEatrE 345 Main St, Rockland | 207.594.0070

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JUManJI | Fri-Sat: 7:30 | Sun: 2

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FIndInG FEla | Tue: 7

aS aBoVE, So BEloW | noon, 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30

tHE EXPEndaBlES 3 | 12:20, 3:20,

6:45, 9:35

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HErCUlES | 7:10, 9:45 tHE HUndrEd Foot JoUrnEY | 12:20, 3:30, 6:50, 9:40

HoW to traIn YoUr draGon 2 | 11:40 am, 2:10, 4:30

IF I StaY | 11:50 am, 2:15, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45

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lUCY | 12:10, 2:30, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 MalEFICEnt | 11:40 am, 2, 4:20 PlanES: FIrE & rESCUE | 11:50 am, 1:50, 4:20

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aS aBoVE, So BEloW | noon, 2:15, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45

tHE EXPEndaBlES 3 | 12:50, 3:50,

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9:25

GUardIanS oF tHE GalaXY | 12:20, 3:45, 6:55, 9:35

tHE HUndrEd Foot JoUrnEY | 12:20

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_by sy Mbo line Da i “The moon in the bureau mirror / looks out a million miles / (and perhaps with pride, at herself, / but she never, never smiles) / far and away beyond sleep, or / perhaps she’s a daytime sleeper.” _elizabeth bishop, “insomnia”

There are many great poems that mention the moon, and I don’t think a poet exists who doesn’t explore Luna in verse at least once. With the new moon just in the rearview mirror, this week is superb for starting projects, moving enterprises forward, and looking at new options or expansion. Yes, it’s the last gasps of August, so people are still in that “vacation-mode,” but some of us do our best creative thinking while relaxed. More at moonsigns.net.

Jonesin’

_ by M a t t J o n es

“freetown”

— no theme, but you won’t miss it.

Across 1 they’re rigged 11 Nightline co-anchor chang 15 it kills with grilled cheese 16 Bellicose greek god 17 sea creature named for another sea creature 18 home of the sun, storm and sky 19 in-your-face types, in a Seinfeld episode 21 Former europe guitarist ___ marcello 22 celtic folk singer mcKennitt 23 Al stand-ins 26 cyclops’ pack 28 let the moon shine through? 30 doody 32 “take this chair” 33 Alchemist’s cure-all 36 neglects to

37 picks up on 39 plays for a sucker 40 drake song that launched “Yolo” 42 Wine’s companion 44 pitiful 45 part at the end of your finger 47 mazatlan mrs. 50 plea after “don’t leave me!” 52 shuffle relative 55 skips shaving 56 Keep everyone posted? 57 mouthless Japanese creation 58 michael of Arrested Development 59 cake variety

Waxing moon in libra, moon void-of-course 12 pm until 4:53 am saturday. the focus is on doing more with less, as well as finding harmony in a relationship or project. Virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, cancer, and pisces should look outside their immediate neighborhood to find partners or those on “the same wavelength.” leo, taurus, Aquarius, Aries, and gemini may be needlessly touchy. if those folks need solitude, let them be. 6

Waxing moon in scorpio. today and tomorrow are excellent for mincing, slicing, dicing and wincing. (that last comment most apropos to taurus, leo, gemini, Aries, and Aquarius who feel “pressure” to take action.) Virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, pisces, and cancer should follow instincts to “dig deep,” even if it means moving through mud. 7

Waxing moon in scorpio, moon void-of-course 11:40 am until 1:17 pm when it moves into sagittarius. surgery is a theme, and skilled practitioners will have tools so sharp you won’t even notice the incision. Virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, pisces, cancer, and capricorn: give yourself time to explore your own visceral responses to others’ actions. taurus, leo, Aries, gemini, and Aquarius: your instincts are muddy. Are you caught in the weeds, instead of looking at the horizon? try to get to a clear path before taking on a foe. 8

First quarter moon in sagittarius. A turning point for events that began around August 25. Are you are still moving in the right direction? A super day for travel, planning a trip, or speaking up for those who are treated unfairly. libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, Aquarius and Aries could be humorous and warm to those they love, while pisces, Virgo, taurus, cancer, and gemini “mishear” tone in others’ comments. 9

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Waxing moon in libra. let’s play nice everyone, as this is a good day for partnerships and for hearing both sides of a story. however, cancer, Aries, pisces, taurus, and capricorn will be impatient if they sense insincerity or dithering. leo, Virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, Aquarius, and gemini can be productive and flirtatious (and recognized?). today and tomorrow could bring folks who love to talk together romantically. 5

Friday august 29

toon time

Down 1 exchange purchase 2 Authority whose fame was in the cards 3 pointer sisters hit 4 Butter bits 5 Remington ___ 6 umbrella girl’s brand 7 to such an extent 8 Full of stains 9 elephants prized by poachers 10 cranial bone 11 movie set on Amity island 12 Funerary container 13 W’s bro 14 Psych network 20 converse with, in slang 23 Wears all black to look broody 24 singer lena 25 Bird feeder staples 27 “hot 100” magazine 29 Ban Ki-moon’s org. 30 dollar divisions 31 Elvis: ___ From Hawaii 34 -clast starter 35 took another go at tutoring 38 coffee shop freebie 41 cheer at a soccer match 42 1990s honda 43 start of a restaurant order 46 cries a river 48 paperboy’s path 49 Firm workers, briefly 50 Field of the late B.K.s. iyengar 51 medical suffix meaning “inflamed” 52 Grimm network 53 malty brew 54 neither mate

thursday august 28

Waxing moon in sagittarius, moon void-of-course 2:06 pm until 6:15 pm when it moves into capricorn. game-playing, particularly outdoors, appeals to all. Another fine morning for planning a journey. Follow your instincts if you’re sagittarius, capricorn, Aries, taurus, leo, and Virgo. understand you’ll have doubts about your course of action if you’re libra, scorpio, Aquarius, pisces, gemini, and cancer. 10

Wednesday septeMber 3

Waxing moon in capricorn. if you have an urge for wider knowledge, particularly about exotic cultures, you’re in tune with the moon (even if further education is not for you right now). practical concerns take center stage, particularly for scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, Aquarius, pisces, taurus, and Virgo. Aries, libra, leo, gemini, and cancer should take a break from trying to fix others. 11

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.