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FDPOPNZ Here are my fave Maine-bred albums from 2011 to get )FSF BSF NZ GBWF .BJOF CSFE BMCVNT GSPN UP HFU you started. Each is available online and at Bull Moose ZPV TUBSUFE &BDI JT BWBJMBCMF POMJOF BOE BU #VMM .PPTF Music stores: .VTJD TUPSFT Marie Moreshead, "Marie .BSJF .PSFTIFBE i.BSJF Moreshead" (self-published): I .PSFTIFBEw TFMG QVCMJTIFE * fell in love with Marie's voice from GFMM JO MPWF XJUI .BSJF T WPJDF GSPN the moment I popped this into my UIF NPNFOU * QPQQFE UIJT JOUP NZ car stereo and heard her JewelDBS TUFSFP BOE IFBSE IFS +FXFM like coo on the lead track, "In My MJLF DPP PO UIF MFBE USBDL i*O .Z Dreams." Tortured vocalists are a %SFBNT w 5PSUVSFE WPDBMJTUT BSF B dime a dozen these days, especially EJNF B EP[FO UIFTF EBZT FTQFDJBMMZ in the singer-songwriter genre, so JO UIF TJOHFS TPOHXSJUFS HFOSF TP it's refreshing to have someone JU T SFGSFTIJOH UP IBWF TPNFPOF like Moreshead serve up a sunny MJLF .PSFTIFBE TFSWF VQ B TVOOZ disposition on tracks such as "Love EJTQPTJUJPO PO USBDLT TVDI BT i-PWF Yourself" and "Smile." Even when she's singing a :PVSTFMG w BOE i4NJMF w &WFO XIFO TIF T TJOHJOH B song with biting lyrics, i.e., "Thought I Knew You," the TPOH XJUI CJUJOH MZSJDT J F i5IPVHIU * ,OFX :PV w UIF Portland native does so to a skip-along, finger-plucking 1PSUMBOE OBUJWF EPFT TP UP B TLJQ BMPOH mOHFS QMVDLJOH beat. If you want music that will make you smile, this is CFBU *G ZPV XBOU NVTJD UIBU XJMM NBLF ZPV TNJMF UIJT JT it. Moreshead recently relocated to Los Angeles; here's JU .PSFTIFBE SFDFOUMZ SFMPDBUFE UP -PT "OHFMFT IFSF T hoping she does some gigs in her home state in 2012.

IPQJOH TIF EPFT TPNF HJHT JO IFS IPNF TUBUF JO Whitcomb, "Crown Park" (self-published): Play8IJUDPNC i$SPXO 1BSLw TFMG QVCMJTIFE 1MBZ ing old-school metal with an epic prog-rock feel could JOH PME TDIPPM NFUBM XJUI BO FQJD QSPH SPDL GFFM DPVME easily go off the rails into embarrassing retro land, but FBTJMZ HP PGG UIF SBJMT JOUP FNCBSSBTTJOH SFUSP MBOE CVU Portland's Whitcomb pulls it off with aplomb. Combining 1PSUMBOE T 8IJUDPNC QVMMT JU PGG XJUI BQMPNC $PNCJOJOH Ozzy-era Black Sabbath with a modern alt-rock sensibil0[[Z FSB #MBDL 4BCCBUI XJUI B NPEFSO BMU SPDL TFOTJCJM ity, this debut CD segues from acoustic blues to trainJUZ UIJT EFCVU $% TFHVFT GSPN BDPVTUJD CMVFT UP USBJO roaring thunder rock with ease, showcasing the band's SPBSJOH UIVOEFS SPDL XJUI FBTF TIPXDBTJOH UIF CBOE T versatility. Whether you love metal, prog or just a good WFSTBUJMJUZ 8IFUIFS ZPV MPWF NFUBM QSPH PS KVTU B HPPE head-banging experience, this is a good buy.

IFBE CBOHJOH FYQFSJFODF UIJT JT B HPPE CVZ The Mallett Brothers, "Low Down" (CDBY): This 5IF .BMMFUU #SPUIFST i-PX %PXOw $%#: 5IJT may sound like sacrilege to Mainers, but I've never reNBZ TPVOE MJLF TBDSJMFHF UP .BJOFST CVU * WF OFWFS SF ally liked Ray LaMontagne's music. So when someone's BMMZ MJLFE 3BZ -B.POUBHOF T NVTJD 4P XIFO TPNFPOF T sound is described as "alt-country," I cringe, because TPVOE JT EFTDSJCFE BT iBMU DPVOUSZ w * DSJOHF CFDBVTF so many local musicians have tried to copy Ray's softTP NBOZ MPDBM NVTJDJBOT IBWF USJFE UP DPQZ 3BZ T TPGU singing mountain-man style. This sophomore album by TJOHJOH NPVOUBJO NBO TUZMF 5IJT TPQIPNPSF BMCVN CZ The Mallett Brothers doesn't do that - at all. Instead, 5IF .BMMFUU #SPUIFST EPFTO U EP UIBU o BU BMM *OTUFBE it's a good old-fashioned, barn-burning hoedown with JU T B HPPE PME GBTIJPOFE CBSO CVSOJOH IPFEPXO XJUI lightning-quick banjo picking, dueling guitars and just MJHIUOJOH RVJDL CBOKP QJDLJOH EVFMJOH HVJUBST BOE KVTU enough twang to classify it as "country rock" without FOPVHI UXBOH UP DMBTTJGZ JU BT iDPVOUSZ SPDLw XJUIPVU sacrificing the "rock" part.

TBDSJmDJOH UIF iSPDLw QBSU Various artists, "Greetings from Area Code 207, 7BSJPVT BSUJTUT i(SFFUJOHT GSPN "SFB $PEF Volume 8" (Cornmeal): I'm cheating a little with this 7PMVNF w $PSONFBM * N DIFBUJOH B MJUUMF XJUI UIJT one, because it was released in November 2010, but until POF CFDBVTF JU XBT SFMFBTFE JO /PWFNCFS CVU VOUJM "Volume 9" comes out, this is the best sampler of recent i7PMVNF w DPNFT PVU UIJT JT UIF CFTU TBNQMFS PG SFDFOU Maine-spawned music you'll find. You'll find a little bit of .BJOF TQBXOFE NVTJD ZPV MM mOE :PV MM mOE B MJUUMF CJU PG everything here, from hip hop (Spose) and alt-rock (Holy FWFSZUIJOH IFSF GSPN IJQ IPQ 4QPTF BOE BMU SPDL )PMZ Boys Danger Club) to pop (Amy Allen) and blues (Nick #PZT %BOHFS $MVC UP QPQ "NZ "MMFO BOE CMVFT /JDL Curran and The Lowlifes). It even has Ray LaMontagne, $VSSBO BOE 5IF -PXMJGFT *U FWFO IBT 3BZ -B.POUBHOF but he's playing with Rustic Overtones, so it's all good.

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PSUMBOE T OFXFTU QVOL CBOE 5IF ortland's newest punk band, The Outfits, came together in the spring, 0VUmUT DBNF UPHFUIFS JO UIF TQSJOH and are now playing out regularly BOE BSF OPX QMBZJOH PVU SFHVMBSMZ JO BOE BSPVOE UIF 1PSUMBOE BSFB 5IFJS in and around the Portland area. Their TPVOE JT PG UIF USBEJUJPOBM GBTU QVOL sound is of the traditional fast-punk persuasion, and among their influences QFSTVBTJPO BOE BNPOH UIFJS JOnVFODFT BSF 5IF 2VFFST BOE 4MPQQZ 4FDPOET 7JTJU are The Queers and Sloppy Seconds. Visit their Facebook page, and you'll hear solid UIFJS 'BDFCPPL QBHF BOE ZPV MM IFBS TPMJE tracks such as "Why USBDLT TVDI BT i8IZ Don't You Ever Call %PO U :PV &WFS $BMM Me" and "I Can't Hear .Fw BOE i* $BO U )FBS You." :PV w In classic power*O DMBTTJD QPXFS punk fashion, the QVOL GBTIJPO UIF band consists of three CBOE DPOTJTUT PG UISFF members: Drummer/ NFNCFST %SVNNFS vocalist Anna Flemke, WPDBMJTU "OOB 'MFNLF bassist/vocalist Kate CBTTJTU WPDBMJTU ,BUF Sullivan and guitarist/ 4VMMJWBO BOE HVJUBSJTU vocalist Sierra RobWPDBMJTU 4JFSSB 3PC erts. GO put together FSUT (0 QVU UPHFUIFS a stack of questions, B TUBDL PG RVFTUJPOT stuck safety pins through them, and then TUVDL TBGFUZ QJOT UISPVHI UIFN BOE UIFO dyed them green. The Outfits, appreciaEZFE UIFN HSFFO 5IF 0VUmUT BQQSFDJB tive of the gesture, obliged us with some UJWF PG UIF HFTUVSF PCMJHFE VT XJUI TPNF answers.

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FGGPSU Flemke: Sierra writes the music for the 'MFNLF 4JFSSB XSJUFT UIF NVTJD GPS UIF guitar and bass, and I usually come up HVJUBS BOE CBTT BOE * VTVBMMZ DPNF VQ with my own drum beats. When we write XJUI NZ PXO ESVN CFBUT 8IFO XF XSJUF lyrics, it's a very collaborative process. SitMZSJDT JU T B WFSZ DPMMBCPSBUJWF QSPDFTT 4JU ting around a table thinking up words and UJOH BSPVOE B UBCMF UIJOLJOH VQ XPSET BOE phrases for songs is one of my favorite QISBTFT GPS TPOHT JT POF PG NZ GBWPSJUF things about being in this band. It's super UIJOHT BCPVU CFJOH JO UIJT CBOE *U T TVQFS fun to brainstorm with each other.

GVO UP CSBJOTUPSN XJUI FBDI PUIFS How did The Outfits come to be? )PX EJE 5IF 0VUmUT DPNF UP CF Roberts: Anna and I were friends for a 3PCFSUT "OOB BOE * XFSF GSJFOET GPS B while, but we both knew Kate from around XIJMF CVU XF CPUI LOFX ,BUF GSPN BSPVOE town. One day, Anna posted something on UPXO 0OF EBZ "OOB QPTUFE TPNFUIJOH PO Facebook about starting a band with Kate, 'BDFCPPL BCPVU TUBSUJOH B CBOE XJUI ,BUF Courtesy photo and I wriggled my way in there. I was 1]c`bSag ^V]b] BOE * XSJHHMFE NZ XBZ JO UIFSF * XBT Recording a full-length album is on the agenda for early 2012 for the punk trio The Outfits, which performs on New originally on keys because we had a fourth @SQ]`RW\U O TcZZ ZS\UbV OZPc[ Wa ]\ bVS OUS\RO T]` SO`Zg T]` bVS ^c\Y b`W] BVS =cbÂżba eVWQV ^S`T]`[a ]\ <Se PSJHJOBMMZ PO LFZT CFDBVTF XF IBE B GPVSUI Year's Eve at Geno's Rock Club in Portland. members doing guitar and vocals.

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JO MPDBM CBOET IBT SFBMMZ IFMQFE VT UPP How do you like to describe your style Roberts: We're received nothing but )PX EP ZPV MJLF UP EFTDSJCF ZPVS TUZMF 3PCFSUT 8F SF SFDFJWFE OPUIJOH CVU of music? support from the local music scene.

PG NVTJD TVQQPSU GSPN UIF MPDBM NVTJD TDFOF Roberts: It's tough in the day and age Although our style differs greatly from 3PCFSUT *U T UPVHI JO UIF EBZ BOE BHF "MUIPVHI PVS TUZMF EJGGFST HSFBUMZ GSPN where punk is such an all encompassing that which is going on in Portland at this XIFSF QVOL JT TVDI BO BMM FODPNQBTTJOH UIBU XIJDI JT HPJOH PO JO 1PSUMBOE BU UIJT term. I really want to keep to the basics, time, everyone has been really encourUFSN * SFBMMZ XBOU UP LFFQ UP UIF CBTJDT UJNF FWFSZPOF IBT CFFO SFBMMZ FODPVS and I'll stick with 70s-style punk as a good BHJOH BOE XF WF TVGGFSFE GSPN OP MBDL PG aging, and we've suffered from no lack of BOE * MM TUJDL XJUI T TUZMF QVOL BT B HPPE way to describe what I'm striving for. bookings. I'm very grateful to have such XBZ UP EFTDSJCF XIBU * N TUSJWJOH GPS CPPLJOHT * N WFSZ HSBUFGVM UP IBWF TVDI open, supportive peers.

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CONCERTS N #/.#%243 TODAY 4/$!9 Franklin County Fiddlers, "Home for the &RANKLIN #OUNTY &IDDLERS h(OME FOR THE Holidays" concert, Skye Theatre Performing Arts (OLIDAYSv CONCERT 3KYE 4HEATRE 0ERFORMING !RTS Center, South Carthage. $15. 562-4445. Potluck #ENTER 3OUTH #ARTHAGE 0OTLUCK supper at 5:30 p.m., concert at 7 p.m.

SUPPER AT P M CONCERT AT P M Ben Laufer, piano music, Local Sprouts "EN ,AUFER PIANO MUSIC ,OCAL 3PROUTS Cooperative, Portland. Free/donation, #OOPERATIVE 0ORTLAND &REE DONATION localsproutsxoop. 7 p.m.

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FRIDAY &2)$!9 Rustic Overtones, rock/funk, with Bronze Radio 2USTIC /VERTONES ROCK FUNK WITH "RONZE 2ADIO Return, 18-plus; Port City Music Hall, Portland.

2ETURN PLUS 0ORT #ITY -USIC (ALL 0ORTLAND $18 to $30. portcitymusichall.com. 8 p.m.

TO PORTCITYMUSICHALL COM P M Steve Grover Sextet Holiday Show and CD 3TEVE 'ROVER 3EXTET (OLIDAY 3HOW AND #$ Release, carols, Christmas favorites, holiday 2ELEASE CAROLS #HRISTMAS FAVORITES HOLIDAY folk songs and more, One Longfellow Square, FOLK SONGS AND MORE /NE ,ONGFELLOW 3QUARE

Portland. $12. onelongfellowsquare.com. 8 p.m.

0ORTLAND ONELONGFELLOWSQUARE COM P M Animal Mother, rock, Local Sprouts Cooperative, !NIMAL -OTHER ROCK ,OCAL 3PROUTS #OOPERATIVE

Portland. Free/donation, localsproutsxoop. 7 p.m.

0ORTLAND &REE DONATION LOCALSPROUTS COOP P M Norway Open M i c Night, hosted by singer.ORWAY /PEN -IC .IGHT HOSTED BY SINGER songwriter Heather Pierson, Norway Unitarian SONGWRITER (EATHER 0IERSON .ORWAY 5NITARIAN Universalist Church. $3; bring non-perishable 5NIVERSALIST #HURCH BRING NON PERISHABLE food item. (603) 733-6350. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., FOOD ITEM 3IGN UP AT P M

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SATURDAY 3!452$!9 "The Great Day," contemporary and traditional h4HE 'REAT $AY v CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL Christmas music, Greely Middle School, #HRISTMAS MUSIC 'REELY -IDDLE 3CHOOL

Cumberland. Free/donation, whitepinechurch.org. #UMBERLAND &REE DONATION WHITEPINECHURCH ORG 6 p.m.

P M MONDAY -/.$!9 Matisyahu, hip hop/reggae, with Chris Cab, all -ATISYAHU HIP HOP REGGAE WITH #HRIS #AB ALL ages; State Theatre, Portland. $25 in advance; $28 AGES 3TATE 4HEATRE 0ORTLAND IN ADVANCE day of show; general admission, statetheatre DAY OF SHOW GENERAL ADMISSION STATETHEATRE portland.com. 8 p.m.

PORTLAND COM P M TUESDAY 45%3$!9 Jazz Jam, come to play or just listen, Waterfall *AZZ *AM COME TO PLAY OR JUST LISTEN 7ATERFALL Arts, Belfast. $5. waterfallarts.org. 3 to 5 p.m. !RTS "ELFAST WATERFALLARTS ORG TO P M WEDNESDAY 7%$.%3$!9 Clutch, metal, with Corrosion of Conformity and #LUTCH METAL WITH #ORROSION OF #ONFORMITY AND Kyng, all ages; State Theatre, Portland. $20 in +YNG ALL AGES 3TATE 4HEATRE 0ORTLAND IN advance; $25 day of show; general admission.

ADVANCE DAY OF SHOW GENERAL ADMISSION statetheatreportland.com. 8 p.m.

STATETHEATREPORTLAND COM P M Gawler Family, folk, Skye Theatre Performing Arts 'AWLER &AMILY FOLK 3KYE 4HEATRE 0ERFORMING !RTS Center, South Carthage. Call for price: 562-4445. #ENTER 3OUTH #ARTHAGE #ALL FOR PRICE 7 p.m.

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Continued from Page E10 :fek`el\[ ]ifd >OUS 3 O l d Time Music Jam, open jam of old-time /LD 4IME -USIC *AM OPEN JAM OF OLD TIME Appalachian music, Local Sprouts Cooperative, !PPALACHIAN MUSIC ,OCAL 3PROUTS #OOPERATIVE

Portland. Free/donation, localsprouts.coop. 7 p.m.

0ORTLAND &REE DONATION LOCALSPROUTS COOP P M DEC.29 $%# Gawler Family Band, folk, Unity Centre for the 'AWLER &AMILY "AND FOLK 5NITY #ENTRE FOR THE Performing Arts. $15. unityme.org/theater. 7:30 0ERFORMING !RTS UNITYME ORG THEATER p.m.

P M Jimmy Dority, pianist, Local Sprouts Cooperative, *IMMY $ORITY PIANIST ,OCAL 3PROUTS #OOPERATIVE

Portland. Free/donation, localsprouts.coop. 7 p.m.

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COMEDY N #/-%$9 Open M i c Comedy Night, 21-plus, Slainte, /PEN -IC #OMEDY .IGHT PLUS 3LAINTE

Portland, slaintewinebar.com. 8 p.m. today and 0ORTLAND SLAINTEWINEBAR COM P M TODAY AND Dec. 29. $EC Bob Marley, holiday show, Merrill Auditorium, "OB -ARLEY HOLIDAY SHOW -ERRILL !UDITORIUM

Portland. $48. porttix.com. 7 p.m. Dec. 29; 6:30 0ORTLAND PORTTIX COM P M $EC and 9 p.m. Dec. 30-31.

AND P M $EC

BARS/CLUBS N "!23 #,5"3 TODAY 4/$!9 The Fogcutters, big-band jazz, Gingko Blue Jazz 4HE &OGCUTTERS BIG BAND JAZZ 'INGKO "LUE *AZZ Club, Portland, gingkoblue.com. 7:30 p.m. #LUB 0ORTLAND GINGKOBLUE COM P M Ben Kilcollins, acoustic, Andy's Old Port Pub, "EN +ILCOLLINS ACOUSTIC !NDY S /LD 0ORT 0UB

Portland, andysoldportpub.com. 7 p.m.

0ORTLAND ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M Poke Chop &The Other White Meat, open blues 0OKE #HOP 4HE /THER 7HITE -EAT OPEN BLUES jam, The Cage, Lewiston. 783-0668. 8 p.m.

JAM 4HE #AGE ,EWISTON P M Band Beyond Description, jam-band covers, 2 1 "AND "EYOND $ESCRIPTION JAM BAND COVERS

plus; Big Easy, Portland, bigeasyportland.com. 9 p.m.

PLUS "IG %ASY 0ORTLAND BIGEASYPORTLAND COM P M Tristan Omand, Americana, folk and country, 4RISTAN /MAND !MERICANA FOLK AND COUNTRY

Blue, Portland. Donation, portcityblue.com. 8 p.m.

"LUE 0ORTLAND $ONATION PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Samuel James and Dana Gross, roots and blues, 3AMUEL *AMES AND $ANA 'ROSS ROOTS AND BLUES

Blue, Portland. Donation, portcityblue.com. 10 p.m.

"LUE 0ORTLAND $ONATION PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Jerks of Grass, bluegrass, Bayside Bowl, Portland. *ERKS OF 'RASS BLUEGRASS "AYSIDE "OWL 0ORTLAND baysidebowl.com. 8 p.m.

BAYSIDEBOWL COM P M Retro Night, Asylum, Portland.

2ETRO .IGHT !SYLUM 0ORTLAND portlandasylum.com. 9 p.m.

PORTLANDASYLUM COM P M Beer Pong, Line Dancing, Karaoke and DJ B"EER 0ONG ,INE $ANCING +ARAOKE AND $* " set, 21-plus; Club Texas, Auburn. $2. 784-7785.

SET PLUS #LUB 4EXAS !UBURN Doors at 6 p.m. $OORS AT P M Open M i c Night, Deer Run Tavern, Yarmouth. /PEN -IC .IGHT $EER 2UN 4AVERN 9ARMOUTH 846-9555. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

TO P M Griffin Sherry and The Ghost of Paul Revere, 'RIFlN 3HERRY AND 4HE 'HOST OF 0AUL 2EVERE

acoustic Americana/soul, Dogfish Bar and Grille, ACOUSTIC !MERICANA SOUL $OGlSH "AR AND 'RILLE

Portland, thedogfishbarandgrille.com. 8 p.m.

0ORTLAND THEDOGlSHBARANDGRILLE COM P M

SATURDAY 3!452$!9 Jeff Cusack, soft rock, Andy's O l d Port Pub, *EFF #USACK SOFT ROCK !NDY S /LD 0ORT 0UB

Portland, andysoldportpub.com. 7:30 p.m.

0ORTLAND ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M Christmas Party with DJ B-Set, 21-plus; Club #HRISTMAS 0ARTY WITH $* " 3ET PLUS #LUB Texas, Auburn, clubtexas.info. Doors at 8 p.m.

4EXAS !UBURN CLUBTEXAS INFO $OORS AT P M

DEC.29 $%# Pam Baker &The SG's, blues, Gingko Blue Jazz 0AM "AKER 4HE 3' S BLUES 'INGKO "LUE *AZZ Club, Portland, gingkoblue.com. 7:30 p.m. #LUB 0ORTLAND GINGKOBLUE COM P M Steve Jones, blues, Run of the Mill Brewpub, 3TEVE *ONES BLUES 2UN OF THE -ILL "REWPUB

3ACO TO P M Saco. 571-9648. 8 to 11 p.m.

0OTATO 0ICKERS BLUEGRASS !NDY S /LD 0ORT 0UB

Potato Pickers, bluegrass, Andy's Old Port Pub, 0ORTLAND ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M Portland, andysoldportpub.com. 8 p.m.

6ALERIE /RTH INDIE FOLK "LUE 0ORTLAND Valerie O r t h , indie folk, Blue, Portland.

PORTCITYBLUE COM P M portcityblue.com. 6 p.m. %RIC &RENCH AND -R (YDE ROCK BLUES "LUE

Eric French and Mr. Hyde, rock/blues, Blue, 0ORTLAND PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Portland, portcityblue.com. 8 p.m.

'EOFF :IMMERMAN AND 0ETE -ILLER URBAN FOLK

Geoff Zimmerman and Pete Miller, urban folk, "LUE 0ORTLAND PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Blue, Portland, portcityblue.com. 10 p.m.

4HUMB 4HINGS $OGlSH "AR AND 'RILLE 0ORTLAND Thumb Things, Dogfish Bar and Grille, Portland.

THEDOGlSHBARANDGRILLE COM P M thedogfishbarandgrille.com. 8 p.m.

0OKE #HOP 4HE /THER 7HITE -EAT OPEN BLUES Poke Chop &The Other White Meat, open blues JAM 4HE #AGE ,EWISTON P M jam, The Cage, Lewiston. 783-0668. 8 p.m.

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Band Beyond Description, jam-band covers, 2 1 PLUS "IG %ASY 0ORTLAND BIGEASYPORTLAND COM P M plus; Big Easy, Portland, bigeasyportland.com. 9 p.m. *ERKS OF 'RASS BLUEGRASS "AYSIDE "OWL 0ORTLAND Jerks of Grass, bluegrass, Bayside Bowl, Portland.

BAYSIDEBOWL COM P M baysidebowl.com. 8 p.m.

2ETRO .IGHT !SYLUM 0ORTLAND Retro Night, Asylum, Portland.

PORTLANDASYLUM COM P M portlandasylum.com. 9 p.m.

Beer Pong, Line Dancing, Karaoke and DJ B"EER 0ONG ,INE $ANCING +ARAOKE AND $* " set, 21-plus; Club Texas, Auburn. $2. 784-7785.

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MONDAY -/.$!9 Mother Leopard, funk, Big Easy, Portland.

-OTHER ,EOPARD FUNK "IG %ASY 0ORTLAND bigeasyportland.com. 10 p.m.

BIGEASYPORTLAND COM P M Stowaways Bluegrass Night, Empire Dine and 3TOWAWAYS "LUEGRASS .IGHT %MPIRE $INE AND Dance, Portland, portlandempire.com. Open $ANCE 0ORTLAND PORTLANDEMPIRE COM /PEN bluegrass jam, 6 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m.

BLUEGRASS JAM P M CONCERT P M Open M i c Night, with Ev Guy, RiRa, Portland. /PEN -IC .IGHT WITH %V 'UY 2I2A 0ORTLAND 761-4446. 8 p.m.

P M TUESDAY 45%3$!9 Cover to Cover, local artists play originals and #OVER TO #OVER LOCAL ARTISTS PLAY ORIGINALS AND favorite classic album, 21-plus; Big Easy, Portland.

FAVORITE CLASSIC ALBUM PLUS "IG %ASY 0ORTLAND bigeasyportland.com. Kenya Hall performs "Back BIGEASYPORTLAND COM +ENYA (ALL PERFORMS h"ACK to Black" by Amy Winehouse, 9 p.m.

TO "LACKv BY !MY 7INEHOUSE P M Karaoke Night w i t h DJ Ponyfarm, 2 1 +ARAOKE .IGHT WITH $* 0ONYFARM

plus; Slainte, Portland. $3, $5. 553-2350.

PLUS 3LAINTE 0ORTLAND

slaintewinebar.com. 9 p.m.

SLAINTEWINEBAR COM P M Open M i c Night w i t h Slack Master, Run of the /PEN -IC .IGHT WITH 3LACK -ASTER 2UN OF THE Mill Brewpub, Saco. 571-9648. 8 to 11 p.m.

-ILL "REWPUB 3ACO TO P M Brad Hooper, blues, Andy's Old Port Pub, "RAD (OOPER BLUES !NDY S /LD 0ORT 0UB

Portland, andysoldportpub.com. 7 p.m.

0ORTLAND ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M Chas Lester Trio, jazz, soul and funk, Empire Dine #HAS ,ESTER 4RIO JAZZ SOUL AND FUNK %MPIRE $INE and Dance, Portland, portlandempire.com. 8 p.m.

AND $ANCE 0ORTLAND PORTLANDEMPIRE COM P M

WEDNESDAY 7%$.%3$!9 Maine Academy of Modern Music M A M M Slam -AINE !CADEMY OF -ODERN -USIC -!-- 3LAM FRIDAY Show, rock, with Modest Proposal, Worried Well, &2)$!9 3HOW ROCK WITH -ODEST 0ROPOSAL 7ORRIED 7ELL

A Very Model Airplane Holiday Show, funk/R&B, Cosmonaut Astrox and Dusty Grooves, all ages; ! 6ERY -ODEL !IRPLANE (OLIDAY 3HOW FUNK 2 "

#OSMONAUT !STROX AND $USTY 'ROOVES ALL AGES Big Easy, Portland, bigeasyportland.com. 9 p.m.

Bayside Bowl, Portland. $5. maineacademyof "IG %ASY 0ORTLAND BIGEASYPORTLAND COM P M "AYSIDE "OWL 0ORTLAND MAINEACADEMYOF Jake Roche, alt-folk/rock, with Lit on the modernmusic.org. 5 p.m. *AKE 2OCHE ALT FOLK ROCK WITH ,IT ON THE MODERNMUSIC ORG P M Flash, 21-plus; Slainte, Portland. $3, $5.

Acoustic Song Circle, Deer Run Tavern, Yarmouth. &LASH PLUS 3LAINTE 0ORTLAND

!COUSTIC 3ONG #IRCLE $EER 2UN 4AVERN 9ARMOUTH slaintewinebar.com. 9 p.m.

846-9555. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

SLAINTEWINEBAR COM P M TO P M The Waiters, rock, Run of the Mill Brewpub, Saco. $AVID "EAM AND 4HE #USTOM (OUSE 'ANG

David Beam and The Custom House Gang, 4HE 7AITERS ROCK 2UN OF THE -ILL "REWPUB 3ACO 571-9648. 8 to 11 p.m. blues/Americana, Andy's Old Port Pub, Portland.

TO P M BLUES !MERICANA !NDY S /LD 0ORT 0UB 0ORTLAND Jonah Wisneski, blues/Americana, Andy's O l d Port ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M andysoldportpub.com. 7:30 p.m. *ONAH 7ISNESKI BLUES !MERICANA !NDY S /LD 0ORT Pub, Portland, andysoldportpub.com. 8:30 p.m.

Open M i c Night, Slainte, Portland. 553-2350.

0UB 0ORTLAND ANDYSOLDPORTPUB COM P M /PEN -IC .IGHT 3LAINTE 0ORTLAND Scotty and The Bigdogs, eight-piece rock/ 8 p.m.

3COTTY AND 4HE "IGDOGS EIGHT PIECE ROCK P M

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BLUES BAND 'INGKO "LUE *AZZ #LUB 0ORTLAND gingkoblue.com. 8 p.m.

GINGKOBLUE COM P M Sly-Chi, R&B, RiRa, Portland, rira.com. 10 p.m.

3LY #HI 2 " 2I2A 0ORTLAND RIRA COM P M Heather Maloney, singer-songwriter, Blue, (EATHER -ALONEY SINGER SONGWRITER "LUE

Portland. Donation, portcityblue.com. 8 p.m.

0ORTLAND $ONATION PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Mark Tipton's Holiday Bizarre, jazz holiday music -ARK 4IPTON S (OLIDAY "IZARRE JAZZ HOLIDAY MUSIC with a twist, Blue, Portland, portcityblue.com.

WITH A TWIST "LUE 0ORTLAND PORTCITYBLUE COM Donation. 10 p.m. $ONATION P M Travis James Humphrey, acoustic covers and 4RAVIS *AMES (UMPHREY ACOUSTIC COVERS AND originals, Dogfish Bar and Grille, Portland, the ORIGINALS $OGlSH "AR AND 'RILLE 0ORTLAND THE dogfishbarandgrille.com. 5 to 7 p.m.

DOGlSHBARANDGRILLE COM TO P M Gil Donatelli Quartet, jazz, Dogfish Bar and 'IL $ONATELLI 1UARTET JAZZ $OGlSH "AR AND Grille, Portland, thedogfishbarandgrille.com.

'RILLE 0ORTLAND THEDOGlSHBARANDGRILLE COM 8 p.m.

P M Holy Mackerels Trio, roots, Tugs Pub, Southport (OLY -ACKERELS 4RIO ROOTS 4UGS 0UB 3OUTHPORT Island. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. )SLAND TO P M Plague, industrial night, Asylum, Portland. $5; $2 0LAGUE INDUSTRIAL NIGHT !SYLUM 0ORTLAND before 9:30 p.m. portlandasylum.com. 9:30 p.m.

BEFORE P M PORTLANDASYLUM COM P M Beatnik Jr., experimental rock, followed by "EATNIK *R EXPERIMENTAL ROCK FOLLOWED BY ATOMIK dance party, Empire Dine and Dance, !4/-)+ DANCE PARTY %MPIRE $INE AND $ANCE

Portland, portlandempire.com. 9:30 p.m.

0ORTLAND PORTLANDEMPIRE COM P M

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David Surette and Owen Marshall, Irish music, "LUE 0ORTLAND PORTCITYBLUE COM P M Blue, Portland, portcityblue.com. 7:30 p.m.

Traditional Irish Session, Irish music, Blue, 4RADITIONAL )RISH 3ESSION )RISH MUSIC "LUE

Portland, portcityblue.com. Donation. 9:30 p.m.

0ORTLAND PORTCITYBLUE COM $ONATION P M Van Voorst Quartet, jazz, Gingko Blue Jazz Club, 6AN 6OORST 1UARTET JAZZ 'INGKO "LUE *AZZ #LUB

Portland, gingkoblue.com. 6 p.m.

0ORTLAND GINGKOBLUE COM P M Lisa Gallant, pop/rock covers, RiRa, Portland. ,ISA 'ALLANT POP ROCK COVERS 2I2A 0ORTLAND 8:30 p.m.

P M Poke Chop &The Other White Meat, blues jam, 0OKE #HOP 4HE /THER 7HITE -EAT BLUES JAM

The New Venue, Portland. 541-9045. 7 p.m.

4HE .EW 6ENUE 0ORTLAND P M Open Mic Night, featuring Doug Hoyt, Dogfish /PEN -IC .IGHT FEATURING $OUG (OYT $OGlSH Bar and Grille, Portland, thedogfishbarandgrille "AR AND 'RILLE 0ORTLAND THEDOGlSHBARANDGRILLE .com. 7:30 p.m.

COM P M Rap Night, with local musicians, 21-plus; Big 2AP .IGHT WITH LOCAL MUSICIANS PLUS "IG Easy, Portland. $3. bigeasyportland.com. 9 p.m. %ASY 0ORTLAND BIGEASYPORTLAND COM P M Karaoke w i t h DJ Johnny Red, Asylum, Portland. +ARAOKE WITH $* *OHNNY 2ED !SYLUM 0ORTLAND portlandasylum.com. 9 p.m.

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"THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" (R) ÂľB63 57@: E7B6 B63 2@/5=< B/BB==Âś @ Stars Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan (2:38) (!& AbO`a 2O\WSZ 1`OWU @]]\Sg ;O`O AbSZZO\ Skarsgard and Robin Wright. Directed by David AYO`aUO`R O\R @]PW\ E`WUVb 2W`SQbSR Pg 2OdWR Fincher. A disgraced journalist gets assistance 4W\QVS` / RWaU`OQSR X]c`\OZWab USba OaaWabO\QS from a computer hacker to unravel a horrific T`][ O Q][^cbS` VOQYS` b] c\`OdSZ O V]``WÂżQ family history while investigating the disappearTO[WZg VWab]`g eVWZS W\dSabWUObW\U bVS RWaO^^SO` ance of a woman who went missing 40 years O\QS ]T O e][O\ eV] eS\b [WaaW\U " gSO`a ago.

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"THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN" (PG) (1:47) ÂľB63 /2D3<BC@3A =4 B7<B7<Âś >5 ("% Stars Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig.

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0S`Y]TT O\R 8]SZg @WQVO`Ra]\ Directed by David Fincher. Rated R 2W`SQbSR Pg 2OdWR 4W\QVS` @ObSR @ for vulgar language, nudity, explicit T]` dcZUO` ZO\UcOUS \cRWbg Sf^ZWQWb sex, rape, violence, gore and adult aSf `O^S dW]ZS\QS U]`S O\R ORcZb themes. Running time: 2:32 Please see'GIRL,' Page E28 bVS[Sa @c\\W\U bW[S( Gc\Xj\ j\\ ¡57@: ¸ GX^\ <)/ (!

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Men on opposing sides of war find their .FO PO PQQPTJOH TJEFT PG XBS mOE UIFJS shared humanity in their love of animals TIBSFE IVNBOJUZ JO UIFJS MPWF PG BOJNBMT in "War Horse," Steven Spielberg's sentiJO i8BS )PSTF w 4UFWFO 4QJFMCFSH T TFOUJ mental epic about a country thoroughbred NFOUBM FQJD BCPVU B DPVOUSZ UIPSPVHICSFE who travels from the fields of Devonshire XIP USBWFMT GSPN UIF mFMET PG %FWPOTIJSF to the trenches of the Somme in World UP UIF USFODIFT PG UIF 4PNNF JO 8PSME War I. 8BS * The film - based on a play that was 5IF mMN o CBTFE PO B QMBZ UIBU XBT based on Michael Morpurgo's children's CBTFE PO .JDIBFM .PSQVSHP T DIJMESFO T book - is a tale told on a vast canvas, with CPPL o JT B UBMF UPME PO B WBTU DBOWBT XJUI a wide array of characters - each of whom B XJEF BSSBZ PG DIBSBDUFST o FBDI PG XIPN develops a connection to "Joey," one of the EFWFMPQT B DPOOFDUJPO UP i+PFZ w POF PG UIF prettiest equines ever to grace the silver QSFUUJFTU FRVJOFT FWFS UP HSBDF UIF TJMWFS screen. But that crowded hodge-podge TDSFFO #VU UIBU DSPXEFE IPEHF QPEHF of characters fritters away the potential PG DIBSBDUFST GSJUUFST BXBZ UIF QPUFOUJBM poignancy as we're taken away from the QPJHOBODZ BT XF SF UBLFO BXBZ GSPN UIF story's heart and soul - a boy and his TUPSZ T IFBSU BOE TPVM o B CPZ BOE IJT horse.

IPSTF Albert, played by newcomer Jeremy "MCFSU QMBZFE CZ OFXDPNFS +FSFNZ Irvine, has been in love with this horse *SWJOF IBT CFFO JO MPWF XJUI UIJT IPSTF since first he was a foal. The animal is of TJODF mSTU IF XBT B GPBM 5IF BOJNBM JT PG little use in farm country in pre-World War MJUUMF VTF JO GBSN DPVOUSZ JO QSF 8PSME 8BS I Britain. He's a racing stallion in a hard* #SJUBJO )F T B SBDJOH TUBMMJPO JO B IBSE scrabble land where draft horses are all TDSBCCMF MBOE XIFSF ESBGU IPSTFT BSF BMM anyone wants. But his drunken, proud and BOZPOF XBOUT #VU IJT ESVOLFO QSPVE BOE war-hobbled dad (Peter Mullan) buys the XBS IPCCMFE EBE 1FUFS .VMMBO CVZT UIF colt at an auction and Albert gets to train DPMU BU BO BVDUJPO BOE "MCFSU HFUT UP USBJO him, to show the farm folk and snooty IJN UP TIPX UIF GBSN GPML BOE TOPPUZ landlord (David Thewlis) what Joey can MBOEMPSE %BWJE 5IFXMJT XIBU +PFZ DBO do with a plow.

EP XJUI B QMPX "You keep looking after Joey and he'll i:PV LFFQ MPPLJOH BGUFS +PFZ BOE IF MM keep looking after you," his mom (Emily LFFQ MPPLJOH BGUFS ZPV w IJT NPN &NJMZ Watson) counsels.

8BUTPO DPVOTFMT But war is declared and Dad has to sell #VU XBS JT EFDMBSFE BOE %BE IBT UP TFMM the horse to an Army cavalry officer to pay UIF IPSTF UP BO "SNZ DBWBMSZ PGmDFS UP QBZ the rent. Horse is wrenched from boy, and UIF SFOU )PSTF JT XSFODIFE GSPN CPZ BOE vice versa. At least Captain Nicholls (Tom WJDF WFSTB "U MFBTU $BQUBJO /JDIPMMT 5PN Hiddleston) is sympathetic. )JEEMFTUPO JT TZNQBUIFUJD "I'll respect him and all the care you've i* MM SFTQFDU IJN BOE BMM UIF DBSF ZPV WF taken with him," the soldier promises.

UBLFO XJUI IJN w UIF TPMEJFS QSPNJTFT Think of the sale as a "lease," he says.

5IJOL PG UIF TBMF BT B iMFBTF w IF TBZT Joey will come back to Albert after the +PFZ XJMM DPNF CBDL UP "MCFSU BGUFS UIF fighting "Over There." mHIUJOH i0WFS 5IFSF w What follows after this 40-minute 8IBU GPMMPXT BGUFS UIJT NJOVUF prologue is a magnificent and misguided QSPMPHVF JT B NBHOJmDFOU BOE NJTHVJEFE cavalry charge that leads Joey on an odysDBWBMSZ DIBSHF UIBU MFBET +PFZ PO BO PEZT sey that puts him first in German hands, TFZ UIBU QVUT IJN mSTU JO (FSNBO IBOET then in the care of a French teen and her UIFO JO UIF DBSF PG B 'SFODI UFFO BOE IFS grandpa, a pawn of war hauling ambuHSBOEQB B QBXO PG XBS IBVMJOH BNCV

REVIEW I<M@<N "WAR HORSE," starring Jeremy Irvine, ÂľE/@ 6=@A3 Âś abO``W\U 8S`S[g 7`dW\S Emily Watson, David Thewlis. Directed 3[WZg EOba]\ 2OdWR BVSeZWa 2W`SQbSR

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lances and artillery and experiencing the MBODFT BOE BSUJMMFSZ BOE FYQFSJFODJOH UIF horrors of No Man's Land and the world's IPSSPST PG /P .BO T -BOE BOE UIF XPSME T first tanks. mSTU UBOLT Spielberg, known for taking his visual 4QJFMCFSH LOPXO GPS UBLJOH IJT WJTVBM cues from earlier classics, pays homage DVFT GSPN FBSMJFS DMBTTJDT QBZT IPNBHF to "Dr. Zhivago," "The Black Stallion" and UP i%S ;IJWBHP w i5IF #MBDL 4UBMMJPOw BOE especially "Gone With the Wind" here FTQFDJBMMZ i(POF 8JUI UIF 8JOEw IFSF - wordless scenes showing the horse's o XPSEMFTT TDFOFT TIPXJOH UIF IPSTF T point of view, battles choreographed David QPJOU PG WJFX CBUUMFT DIPSFPHSBQIFE %BWJE Lean-style and spot on recreations of -FBO TUZMF BOE TQPU PO SFDSFBUJPOT PG "GWTW" shots that capture the vast fields i(858w TIPUT UIBU DBQUVSF UIF WBTU mFMET of carnage and a sunset homecoming.

PG DBSOBHF BOE B TVOTFU IPNFDPNJOH But despite borrowing from the best, #VU EFTQJUF CPSSPXJOH GSPN UIF CFTU despite a horse that has as much perEFTQJUF B IPSTF UIBU IBT BT NVDI QFS sonality as any animal actor we've ever TPOBMJUZ BT BOZ BOJNBM BDUPS XF WF FWFS seen on the screen, "War Horse" never TFFO PO UIF TDSFFO i8BS )PSTFw OFWFS achieves the pathos, awe and lump-in-theBDIJFWFT UIF QBUIPT BXF BOE MVNQ JO UIF throat emotion that director, composer UISPBU FNPUJPO UIBU EJSFDUPS DPNQPTFS and screenwriters were aiming for. We BOE TDSFFOXSJUFST XFSF BJNJOH GPS 8F lose track of Albert for most of the picture, MPTF USBDL PG "MCFSU GPS NPTU PG UIF QJDUVSF robbing Irvine of the chance to move us SPCCJOH *SWJOF PG UIF DIBODF UP NPWF VT with his sense of loss. Spielberg is profiXJUI IJT TFOTF PG MPTT 4QJFMCFSH JT QSPm cient at making us fear for the horse, but DJFOU BU NBLJOH VT GFBS GPS UIF IPSTF CVU his peerless ability to tug the heartstrings IJT QFFSMFTT BCJMJUZ UP UVH UIF IFBSUTUSJOHT fails him.

GBJMT IJN And John Williams' score may be the "OE +PIO 8JMMJBNT TDPSF NBZ CF UIF most forgettable of his legendary career.

NPTU GPSHFUUBCMF PG IJT MFHFOEBSZ DBSFFS Still, it is a vividly detailed depiction of a 4UJMM JU JT B WJWJEMZ EFUBJMFE EFQJDUJPO PG B time, a place and a conflict - Spielberg's UJNF B QMBDF BOE B DPOnJDU o 4QJFMCFSH T World War I movie, to go along with his 8PSME 8BS * NPWJF UP HP BMPOH XJUI IJT World War II movie and his upcoming Civil 8PSME 8BS ** NPWJF BOE IJT VQDPNJOH $JWJM War piece. The naivete of a horse-drawn 8BS QJFDF 5IF OBJWFUF PG B IPSTF ESBXO age faced with the reality of mechanized BHF GBDFE XJUI UIF SFBMJUZ PG NFDIBOJ[FE war is perfectly captured. He gets the XBS JT QFSGFDUMZ DBQUVSFE )F HFUT UIF big theme - measure a man by how he CJH UIFNF o NFBTVSF B NBO CZ IPX IF acts toward animals (the Germans were BDUT UPXBSE BOJNBMT UIF (FSNBOT XFSF nicknamed Huns in that war, the film sugOJDLOBNFE )VOT JO UIBU XBS UIF mMN TVH gests, for good reason) - across.

HFTUT GPS HPPE SFBTPO o BDSPTT But those hoping for a holiday weeper #VU UIPTF IPQJOH GPS B IPMJEBZ XFFQFS might as well leave the hankies at home.

NJHIU BT XFMM MFBWF UIF IBOLJFT BU IPNF This "War Horse" does well by war and 5IJT i8BS )PSTFw EPFT XFMM CZ XBS BOE justice to the horse. It's the people who KVTUJDF UP UIF IPSTF *U T UIF QFPQMF XIP are shortchanged.

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EFDPSBUJOH IJT EPHIPVTF It takes Charlie's dogged love of a misfit *U UBLFT $IBSMJF T EPHHFE MPWF PG B NJTmU real tree to remind everyone that it's not SFBM USFF UP SFNJOE FWFSZPOF UIBU JU T OPU the commercialism that's important. And UIF DPNNFSDJBMJTN UIBU T JNQPSUBOU "OE if Linus' speech is a little church-y for the JG -JOVT TQFFDI JT B MJUUMF DIVSDI Z GPS UIF likes of me, its message does help point MJLFT PG NF JUT NFTTBHF EPFT IFMQ QPJOU out that Jesus' whole deal was not about PVU UIBU +FTVT XIPMF EFBM XBT OPU BCPVU accumulating wealth.

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DANCE N $!.#% "The Victorian Nutcracker," by Portland Ballet, h4HE 6ICTORIAN .UTCRACKER v BY 0ORTLAND "ALLET

Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $17 to $47.

-ERRILL !UDITORIUM 0ORTLAND TO porttix.com. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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THEATER N 4(%!4%2 "The Snow Queen," family-friendly adaptation h4HE 3NOW 1UEEN v FAMILY FRIENDLY ADAPTATION OF (ANS #HRISTIAN !NDERSEN S CLASSIC FAIRY of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, Portland Stage Company. Sold out.

TALE 0ORTLAND 3TAGE #OMPANY 3OLD OUT portlandstage.org. 7 p.m. today; 2 and 7 p.m.

PORTLANDSTAGE ORG P M TODAY AND P M &RIDAY NOON 3ATURDAY Friday; noon Saturday.

"A Christmas Story," presented by Penobscot h! #HRISTMAS 3TORY v PRESENTED BY 0ENOBSCOT Theatre, Bangor Opera House. $20 to $35. 9424HEATRE "ANGOR /PERA (OUSE TO 3333. 7 p.m. today and Friday.

P M TODAY AND &RIDAY "Nutcracker Burlesque," adults-only spin on the h.UTCRACKER "URLESQUE v ADULTS ONLY SPIN ON THE classic ballet by Vivid Motion Inc., St. Lawrence CLASSIC BALLET BY 6IVID -OTION )NC 3T ,AWRENCE Arts Center, Portland. Sold out. vividmotion.org. !RTS #ENTER 0ORTLAND 3OLD OUT VIVIDMOTION ORG 7:30 p.m. today and Friday.

P M TODAY AND &RIDAY "The Musical Bah Hum Bug," "Christmas Carol" h4HE -USICAL "AH (UM "UG v h#HRISTMAS #AROLv musical, Academy of Developing Artists of Maine, MUSICAL !CADEMY OF $EVELOPING !RTISTS OF -AINE

Biddeford. $10 in advance; $13 day of show. 502"IDDEFORD IN ADVANCE DAY OF SHOW 021 7. 7 p.m. today and Friday.

P M TODAY AND &RIDAY "Scrooge," adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," h3CROOGE v ADAPTATION OF h! #HRISTMAS #AROL v A/D/A/M, Biddeford. $10 in advance; $13 day of ! $ ! - "IDDEFORD IN ADVANCE DAY OF show. 423-2027. 7 p.m. today and Friday.

SHOW P M TODAY AND &RIDAY "Wales and Tales," featuring Al Mi Her and his h7ALES AND 4ALES v FEATURING !L -ILLER AND HIS Merry Band of Holiday Celebrants; benefit for -ERRY "AND OF (OLIDAY #ELEBRANTS BENElT FOR Midcoast Hunger Program; Theater Project, -IDCOAST (UNGER 0ROGRAM 4HEATER 0ROJECT

Brunswick. Donation. 729-8584. 7 p.m. today.

"RUNSWICK $ONATION P M TODAY "Home for the Holidays Cabaret," by New h(OME FOR THE (OLIDAYS #ABARET v BY .EW Edge Productions and Lucid Stage; Lucid Stage, %DGE 0RODUCTIONS AND ,UCID 3TAGE ,UCID 3TAGE

Portland. $8. lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

0ORTLAND LUCIDSTAGE COM P M &RIDAY "Santa's Reindeer Revue," children's theater, h3ANTA S 2EINDEER 2EVUE v CHILDREN S THEATER

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, #HILDREN S -USEUM AND 4HEATRE OF -AINE

Portland. $8, $9. kitetails.org. 1 p.m. Friday.

0ORTLAND KITETAILS ORG P M &RIDAY Phyzkidz, family-friendly vaudeville show, 0HYZKIDZ FAMILY FRIENDLY VAUDEVILLE SHOW

Acorn Studios, Westbrook. $10 to $14. !CORN 3TUDIOS 7ESTBROOK TO www.phyzgig.org. 11 a.m. Tuesday to Dec. 30.

WWW PHYZGIG ORG A M 4UESDAY TO $EC Phyzkidz, family-friendly vaudeville show, Space, 0HYZKIDZ FAMILY FRIENDLY VAUDEVILLE SHOW 3PACE

Portland. $10 to $14. phyzgig.org. 2 p.m. Tuesday 0ORTLAND TO PHYZGIG ORG P M 4UESDAY to Dec. 29.

TO $EC Phyzgig, adult-oriented vaudeville show, Portland 0HYZGIG ADULT ORIENTED VAUDEVILLE SHOW 0ORTLAND Stage Company. $16 to $20. phyzgig.org. 7 p.m.

3TAGE #OMPANY TO PHYZGIG ORG P M Dec. 29. Through Dec. 31. $EC 4HROUGH $EC

AUDITIONS N !5$)4)/.3 Amateur Adult Stand-Up Comedy Show, openings !MATEUR !DULT 3TAND 5P #OMEDY 3HOW OPENINGS for comedians ages 18 and older with PG-13 FOR COMEDIANS AGES AND OLDER WITH 0' material; no notes or scripts; shows will start in MATERIAL NO NOTES OR SCRIPTS SHOWS WILL START IN January; School house Arts Center, Standish. 642*ANUARY 3CHOOLHOUSE !RTS #ENTER 3TANDISH 3743. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

TO P M 4UESDAY Annie Baker's "Circle Mirror Transformation," !NNIE "AKER S h#IRCLE -IRROR 4RANSFORMATION v parts for a high school female, two adult males PARTS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE TWO ADULT MALES and two adult females; shows are in March; AND TWO ADULT FEMALES SHOWS ARE IN -ARCH Gaslight Theater at Hallowell City Hall. 626-3698.

'ASLIGHT 4HEATER AT (ALLOWELL #ITY (ALL 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

P M 4UESDAY AND 7EDNESDAY Amateur Kids Stand-Up Comedy Show, openings !MATEUR +IDS 3TAND 5P #OMEDY 3HOW OPENINGS for comedians under age 18 with material suitable FOR COMEDIANS UNDER AGE WITH MATERIAL SUITABLE for all ages; shows start in January; Schoolhouse FOR ALL AGES SHOWS START IN *ANUARY 3CHOOLHOUSE Arts Center, Standish. 642-3743. 6 to 8 p.m. !RTS #ENTER 3TANDISH TO P M Wednesday.

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ART MUSEUMS N !24 -53%5-3 CONTINUING #/.4).5).'

Portland Museum of Art: "Madeleine de Sinety: 0ORTLAND -USEUM OF !RT h-ADELEINE DE 3INETY Photographs," photos of everyday people and 0HOTOGRAPHS v PHOTOS OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND public events over a 40-year period, through PUBLIC EVENTS OVER A YEAR PERIOD THROUGH Dec. 31; "Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews $EC h'ATHER 5P THE &RAGMENTS 4HE !NDREWS Shaker Collection," Shaker furniture, printed 3HAKER #OLLECTION v 3HAKER FURNITURE PRINTED works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small craft, WORKS VISUAL ART TOOLS TEXTILES AND SMALL CRAFT

through Feb. 5. portlandmuseum.org THROUGH &EB PORTLANDMUSEUM ORG University of New England Art Gallery, Portland: 5NIVERSITY OF .EW %NGLAND !RT 'ALLERY 0ORTLAND "Faces of War," photo essay of soldiers in Iraq and h&ACES OF 7AR v PHOTO ESSAY OF SOLDIERS IN )RAQ AND Afghanistan by Jerry Robinov, through Feb. 12. !FGHANISTAN BY *ERRY 2OBINOV THROUGH &EB une.edu/artgallery/facesofwar.cfm UNE EDU ARTGALLERY FACESOFWAR CFM Maine Historical Society, Portland: "Having -AINE (ISTORICAL 3OCIETY 0ORTLAND h(AVING in Paris a Great Success," French fashion from IN 0ARIS A 'REAT 3UCCESS v &RENCH FASHION FROM 1928 to 1936, through Dec. 31; "Dressing Up, TO THROUGH $EC h$RESSING 5P

Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in 3TANDING /UT &ITTING )N !DORNMENT )DENTITY IN Maine," artifacts reveal the way Mainers dressed -AINE v ARTIFACTS REVEAL THE WAY -AINERS DRESSED from the 18th to 20th centuries, through May 27.

FROM THE TH TO TH CENTURIES THROUGH -AY mainehistory.org MAINEHISTORY ORG Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk: "Barry: The "RICK 3TORE -USEUM +ENNEBUNK h"ARRY 4HE

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"Marie-Christine and Her Hen," 1975, from "Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs," which concludes its run at µ;O`WS 1V`WabW\S O\R 6S` 6S\ ¶ '%# T`][ µ;ORSZSW\S RS AW\Sbg( >V]b]U`O^Va ¶ eVWQV Q]\QZcRSa Wba `c\ Ob the Portland Museum of Art on Dec. 31. bVS >]`bZO\R ;caSc[ ]T /`b ]\ 2SQ !

Art Exhibition," Edith Cleaves Barry's paintings, !RT %XHIBITION v %DITH #LEAVES "ARRY S PAINTINGS

sculpture and pen-and-ink drawings, through Jan. SCULPTURE AND PEN AND INK DRAWINGS THROUGH *AN 9.985-4802.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: "OWDOIN #OLLEGE -USEUM OF !RT "RUNSWICK "Along theYangzi River: Regional Culture of the h!LONG THE 9ANGZI 2IVER 2EGIONAL #ULTURE OF THE Bronze Age from Hunan," 60 bronze vessels and "RONZE !GE FROM (UNAN v BRONZE VESSELS AND monumental bells cast in southern China between MONUMENTAL BELLS CAST IN SOUTHERN #HINA BETWEEN 1300 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E., through Jan. 8; " # % AND " # % THROUGH *AN "Where Hath Fleeting Beauty Fled?", selections h7HERE (ATH &LEETING "EAUTY &LED v SELECTIONS of 19th- and 20th-century art, through Jan. 22; OF TH AND TH CENTURY ART THROUGH *AN "After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs, New York h!FTER !TGET 4ODD 7EBB 0HOTOGRAPHS .EW 9ORK and Paris," street photography of Webb, through AND 0ARIS v STREET PHOTOGRAPHY OF 7EBB THROUGH Jan. 29. bowdoin.edu *AN BOWDOIN EDU Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: "Port of -AINE -ARITIME -USEUM "ATH h0ORT OF Portland: A Ship-Shaped History," a look at 0ORTLAND ! 3HIP 3HAPED (ISTORY v A LOOK AT Portland's past via the ships that sailed through 0ORTLAND S PAST VIA THE SHIPS THAT SAILED THROUGH the harbors, the city's shipping and shipTHE HARBORS THE CITY S SHIPPING AND SHIP building industries, and more, through Feb. 14.

BUILDING INDUSTRIES AND MORE THROUGH &EB mainemaritimemuseum.org MAINEMARITIMEMUSEUM ORG Saco Museum: "Let Heaven and Nature Sing: 3ACO -USEUM h,ET (EAVEN AND .ATURE 3ING Seventh Annual Festival of Trees," through Dec. 3EVENTH !NNUAL &ESTIVAL OF 4REES v THROUGH $EC 31.283-3861.

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: Louise &ARNSWORTH !RT -USEUM 2OCKLAND ,OUISE Nevelson, sculptures, through Dec. 31; Paul .EVELSON SCULPTURES THROUGH $EC 0AUL Caponigro, "The Hidden Presence of Places," #APONIGRO h4HE (IDDEN 0RESENCE OF 0LACES v black-and-white photographs, through Jan. 15; BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGH *AN "Beyond Rugs!", rug-hooking textile art, through h"EYOND 2UGS v RUG HOOKING TEXTILE ART THROUGH Feb. 5. 596-6457. &EB Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport: "The 0ENOBSCOT -ARINE -USEUM 3EARSPORT h4HE Circus Comes to Town," Bex Bros. Circus, #IRCUS #OMES TO 4OWN v "EX "ROS #IRCUS

miniature circus figures and more, through Jan. MINIATURE CIRCUS lGURES AND MORE THROUGH *AN 29. penobscotmarinemuseum.org PENOBSCOTMARINEMUSEUM ORG Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: "Twisted Path !BBE -USEUM "AR (ARBOR h4WISTED 0ATH

II: Contemporary American Art Informed by )) #ONTEMPORARY !MERICAN !RT )NFORMED BY Tradition," contemporary art show featuring native 4RADITION v CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW FEATURING NATIVE artists from the Northeast, through May; "Indians ARTISTS FROM THE .ORTHEAST THROUGH -AY h)NDIANS and Rusticators," through December 2012.

AND 2USTICATORS v THROUGH $ECEMBER abbemuseum.org ABBEMUSEUM ORG UMaine Museum of Art, Bangor: Dominic 5-AINE -USEUM OF !RT "ANGOR $OMINIC Chavez: "The Global Lens," photography #HAVEZ h4HE 'LOBAL ,ENS v PHOTOGRAPHY exhibit; Carlo Pittore, "Studio Life," paintings; EXHIBIT #ARLO 0ITTORE h3TUDIO ,IFE v PAINTINGS and Abe Ajay, "Constructions," wall-oriented AND !BE !JAY h#ONSTRUCTIONS v WALL ORIENTED relief sculptures, all through Dec. 30.

RELIEF SCULPTURES ALL THROUGH $EC umma.umaine.edu UMMA UMAINE EDU

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Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary -AINE #OLLEGE OF !RT )NSTITUTE OF #ONTEMPORARY Art), Portland: "A Perpetual Present: 2011 MECA !RT 0ORTLAND h! 0ERPETUAL 0RESENT -%#!

Faculty Selects Exhibition," through Friday. 699-5029. &ACULTY 3ELECTS %XHIBITION v THROUGH &RIDAY Rose Contemporary, Portland: "Enter Night," 2OSE #ONTEMPORARY 0ORTLAND h%NTER .IGHT v multimedia, through Dec. 31. 780-0700.

MULTIMEDIA THROUGH $EC Zero Station Art, Design and Framing, Portland: :ERO 3TATION !RT $ESIGN AND &RAMING 0ORTLAND "New and Recent Photographs" by Thomas h.EW AND 2ECENT 0HOTOGRAPHSv BY 4HOMAS Birtwistle, Cole Caswell and Bryan Graf, through "IRTWISTLE #OLE #ASWELL AND "RYAN 'RAF THROUGH Feb. 1. zerostation.com &EB ZEROSTATION COM running with scissors, Portland: "Inside Stories," RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 0ORTLAND h)NSIDE 3TORIES v oil paintings by Adria Moynihan, through OIL PAINTINGS BY !DRIA -OYNIHAN THROUGH Saturday. 831-5682.

3ATURDAY Coleman Burke Gallery at Port City Music Hall, #OLEMAN "URKE 'ALLERY AT 0ORT #ITY -USIC (ALL

Portland: "Bad Seed #3," work byJT Gibson, 0ORTLAND h"AD 3EED v WORK BY *4 'IBSON

through Jan. 25. colemanburke.com THROUGH *AN COLEMANBURKE COM Gleason Fine Art, Portland: "Eye Catchers," 'LEASON &INE !RT 0ORTLAND h%YE #ATCHERS v artwork to please the eye and tickle the senses, ARTWORK TO PLEASE THE EYE AND TICKLE THE SENSES

through Jan. 30. 699-5599.

THROUGH *AN

Harmons & Bartons Gallery, Portland: "Bringing (ARMONS "ARTONS 'ALLERY 0ORTLAND h"RINGING Art Home for the Holidays," four craft artists in !RT (OME FOR THE (OLIDAYS v FOUR CRAFT ARTISTS IN fiber, metal, wood and ciay, through Dec. 31. lBER METAL WOOD AND CLAY THROUGH $EC 774-5948.

Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland: Diane !DDISON 7OOLLEY 'ALLERY 0ORTLAND $IANE Hudson's "My Chicago" and Jane Banquer's (UDSON S h-Y #HICAGOv AND *ANE "ANQUER S "Vanishing Acts," through today. 450-8499. h6ANISHING !CTS v THROUGH TODAY Green Hand Bookshop, Portland: "In the Forest 'REEN (AND "OOKSHOP 0ORTLAND h)N THE &OREST By the Sea," paintings by Jada Fitch, through "Y THE 3EA v PAINTINGS BY *ADA &ITCH THROUGH Jan. 30. 450-6695. *AN June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland: *UNE &ITZPATRICK 'ALLERY AT -%#!

0ORTLAND "Drawing the Line #11," drawings large and h$RAWING THE ,INE v DRAWINGS LARGE AND small, through Friday. 772-1961.

SMALL THROUGH &RIDAY Fore Street Gallery, Portland: "New Work," &ORE 3TREET 'ALLERY 0ORTLAND h.EW 7ORK v paintings by Paul Black, through Jan. 7. 874-8084.

PAINTINGS BY 0AUL "LACK THROUGH *AN Greenhut Galleries, Portland: "Peace 2011," 'REENHUT 'ALLERIES 0ORTLAND h0EACE v paintings, drawings and sculptures, through PAINTINGS DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURES THROUGH Dec. 31. 772-2693. $EC Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery): "Port 0ORTLAND 0UBLIC ,IBRARY ,EWIS 'ALLERY h0ORT of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History," presented OF 0ORTLAND ! 3HIP 3HAPED (ISTORY v PRESENTED

by Maine Maritime Museum, through Jan. 3.

BY -AINE -ARITIME -USEUM THROUGH *AN maine.aiga.org MAINE AIGA ORG Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth: "On 4HOMAS -EMORIAL ,IBRARY #APE %LIZABETH h/N the Way Home," acrylic landscape and figure THE 7AY (OME v ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE AND lGURE paintings by Patricia L. Ritzo, through Dec. 30.

PAINTINGS BY 0ATRICIA , 2ITZO THROUGH $EC 799-1720.

Falmouth Memorial Library: Neil Wyrick, "Colors &ALMOUTH -EMORIAL ,IBRARY .EIL 7YRICK h#OLORS of Maine," paintings, through Dec. 30. 781-2351.

OF -AINE v PAINTINGS THROUGH $EC The Royal Bean, Yarmouth: Artisans collective 4HE 2OYAL "EAN 9ARMOUTH !RTISANS COLLECTIVE mixed-media show and sale, through Jan. 31.

MIXED MEDIA SHOW AND SALE THROUGH *AN 846-7967.

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BSUXPSL PO UIF XBMMT However, if I can )PXFWFS JG * DBO find a breakfast mOE B CSFBLGBTU place with both substance AND style, QMBDF XJUI CPUI TVCTUBODF "/% TUZMF I'll gladly take it. And that's what I've * MM HMBEMZ UBLF JU "OE UIBU T XIBU * WF found at Brea Lu Cafe.

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UIFSF CFGPSF JU T XPSUI B SFUVSO WJTJU As soon you as walk into the old "T TPPO ZPV BT XBML JOUP UIF PME storefront, which looks sort of Art TUPSFGSPOU XIJDI MPPLT TPSU PG "SU Deco from the outside, you're struck %FDP GSPN UIF PVUTJEF ZPV SF TUSVDL by the interior details, including CZ UIF JOUFSJPS EFUBJMT JODMVEJOH pressed-tin-type ceilings and shelves QSFTTFE UJO UZQF DFJMJOHT BOE TIFMWFT full of books, knick-knacks and picGVMM PG CPPLT LOJDL LOBDLT BOE QJD tures of the city's past. A back room UVSFT PG UIF DJUZ T QBTU " CBDL SPPN has exposed brick and a wood stove, IBT FYQPTFE CSJDL BOE B XPPE TUPWF making it very cozy in winter.

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CELEBRATE AN ITALIAN Christmas Eve tradition with 13:30@/B3 /< 7B/:7/< 1V`Wab[Oa 3dS b`ORWbW]\ eWbV the Feast of the Seven Fishes. The five-course bVS 4SOab ]T bVS ASdS\ 4WaVSa BVS ¿dS Q]c`aS menu includes bay scallops with spicy tomato [S\c W\QZcRSa POg aQOZZ]^a eWbV a^WQg b][Ob] fonduta and grilled octopus and shrimp served T]\RcbO O\R U`WZZSR ]Qb]^ca O\R aV`W[^ aS`dSR with potatoes, capers and winter spinach. Mangia. eWbV ^]bOb]Sa QO^S`a O\R eW\bS` a^W\OQV ;O\UWO WHEN: Serving 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday E63<( AS`dW\U ! b] & ^ [ AObc`ROg WHERE: Cinque Terre, 36 Wharf St., Portland E63@3( 1W\_cS BS``S !$ EVO`T Ab >]`bZO\R HOW MUCH: $50 per person 6=E ;C16( # ^S` ^S`a]\ INFO: 347-6154 7<4=( !"% $ #"

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TAKE A WELL-DESERVED BREAK from your B/93 / E3:: 23A3@D32 0@3/9 T`][ g]c` last-minute Christmas shopping and ZOab [W\cbS 1V`Wab[Oa aV]^^W\U O\R pop into Rosemont Market for a late^]^ W\b] @]aS[]\b ;O`YSb T]` O ZObS afternoon wine tasting with Ned Swain OTbS`\]]\ eW\S bOabW\U eWbV <SR AeOW\ of Devenish Wines. ]T 2SdS\WaV EW\Sa WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday E63<( " b] % ^ [ 4`WROg WHERE: Rosemont Market, 580 Brighton Ave., Portland E63@3( @]aS[]\b ;O`YSb #& 0`WUVb]\ /dS >]`bZO\R HOW MUCH: Free 6=E ;C16( 4`SS INFO: 831-2553 7<4=( &! ##!

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BDUVBMMZ We agreed it is a good thing this is a 8F BHSFFE JU JT B HPPE UIJOH UIJT JT B winter seasonal, because it is not a beer XJOUFS TFBTPOBM CFDBVTF JU JT OPU B CFFS we would want to drink for refreshment XF XPVME XBOU UP ESJOL GPS SFGSFTINFOU on a hot summer day. And this will not PO B IPU TVNNFS EBZ "OE UIJT XJMM OPU make our list of favorites.

NBLF PVS MJTU PG GBWPSJUFT But it wasn't a bad beer. And those who #VU JU XBTO U B CBE CFFS "OE UIPTF XIP really miss Pumpkinhead after it disapSFBMMZ NJTT 1VNQLJOIFBE BGUFS JU EJTBQ pears from the shelves will have someQFBST GSPN UIF TIFMWFT XJMM IBWF TPNF thing to satisfy them through the winter.

UIJOH UP TBUJTGZ UIFN UISPVHI UIF XJOUFS Compared to the other apple-themed $PNQBSFE UP UIF PUIFS BQQMF UIFNFE drink I've tried in the past couple of ESJOL * WF USJFE JO UIF QBTU DPVQMF PG weeks, Applehead is a pure winner.

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The Bakery, Damariscotta: Jean Kigel: "Kitchen 4HE "AKERY $AMARISCOTTA *EAN +IGEL h+ITCHEN Americana," paintings, through Dec. 31. 563!MERICANA v PAINTINGS THROUGH $EC 2867.

Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. &RYEBURG !CADEMY 0ALMINA & AND 3TEPHEN 3 Pace Galleries of Art): "The Creche Collection," 0ACE 'ALLERIES OF !RT h4HE #RECHE #OLLECTION v unique creches from around the world, through UNIQUE CRECHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH Dec. 30; "John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: $EC h*OHN (ULTBERG AND -ONHEGAN )SLAND The Man, the Place and His Dreams," through Jan. 4HE -AN THE 0LACE AND (IS $REAMS v THROUGH *AN 21. fryeburgacademy.org FRYEBURGACADEMY ORG Monkitree, Gardiner: "Beast in Show," benefit for -ONKITREE 'ARDINER h"EAST IN 3HOW v BENElT FOR area animal organizations by artists Susan Mathias AREA ANIMAL ORGANIZATIONS BY ARTISTS 3USAN -ATHIAS and Nancy McGinnis, through Jan. 16. 512-4679.

AND .ANCY -C'INNIS THROUGH *AN Aarhus Gallery, Belfast: "Holiday Extravaganza," !ARHUS 'ALLERY "ELFAST h(OLIDAY %XTRAVAGANZA v more than 60 Maine artists, craftsmen, poets and MORE THAN -AINE ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN POETS AND musicians, through Saturday. 338-0001.

MUSICIANS THROUGH 3ATURDAY Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport: #ENTER FOR &URNITURE #RAFTSMANSHIP 2OCKPORT "Maine Wood 2012," biennial juried exhibition of h-AINE 7OOD v BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION OF outstanding Maine woodworkers, through Feb. 3.

OUTSTANDING -AINE WOODWORKERS THROUGH &EB woodschool.org WOODSCHOOL ORG Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland: Annual holiday #ALDBECK 'ALLERY 2OCKLAND !NNUAL HOLIDAY exhibition, work by gallery artists and invited EXHIBITION WORK BY GALLERY ARTISTS AND INVITED guest artists, through Friday. 594-5935.

GUEST ARTISTS THROUGH &RIDAY Archipelago, Rockland: "All Things Bright and !RCHIPELAGO 2OCKLAND h!LL 4HINGS "RIGHT AND Beautiful," diverse works of four Maine artists, "EAUTIFUL v DIVERSE WORKS OF FOUR -AINE ARTISTS

through March 16. 596-0701.

THROUGH -ARCH Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland: Diane Bowie #ARVER (ILL 'ALLERY 2OCKLAND $IANE "OWIE Zaitlin, encaustic paintings, through Dec. 31. :AITLIN ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS THROUGH $EC carverhi I Igal lery.com CARVERHILLGALLERY COM Art Space Gallery, Rockland: "A Tradition of !RT 3PACE 'ALLERY 2OCKLAND h! 4RADITION OF Affordable Art," winter show, through Dec. 31. !FFORDABLE !RT v WINTER SHOW THROUGH $EC artspacemaine.com ARTSPACEMAINE COM Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth: "Small #OURTHOUSE 'ALLERY &INE !RT %LLSWORTH h3MALL Works 2011," multi-artist show, through Friday.

7ORKS v MULTI ARTIST SHOW THROUGH &RIDAY 667-6611.

L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston: "Precious Things," , ! !RTS 'ALLERY ,EWISTON h0RECIOUS 4HINGS v multiple artists, through Jan. 7. 576-4805.

MULTIPLE ARTISTS THROUGH *AN Harlow Gallery, Hallowell: Members' invitational, (ARLOW 'ALLERY (ALLOWELL -EMBERS INVITATIONAL

through Jan. 14. 622-3813.

THROUGH *AN Finance Authority of Maine, Augusta: J. Donna &INANCE !UTHORITY OF -AINE !UGUSTA * $ONNA Asmussen, watercolors and printmaking, through !SMUSSEN WATERCOLORS AND PRINTMAKING THROUGH Jan. 6. famemaine.com *AN FAMEMAINE COM

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egg tempera and sign lettering enamels, through EGG TEMPERA AND SIGN LETTERING ENAMELS THROUGH Jan. 13. 317mainst.org *AN MAINST ORG Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth: "Maine Past -ERRILL -EMORIAL ,IBRARY 9ARMOUTH h-AINE 0AST and Present," graphite drawings by Tony Lisa, AND 0RESENT v GRAPHITE DRAWINGS BY 4ONY ,ISA

through Jan. 8. yarmouthlibrary.org THROUGH *AN YARMOUTHLIBRARY ORG Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport: "Celebrate 4HOS -OSER 3HOWROOM &REEPORT h#ELEBRATE Women Artists in Maine," group show of 20 art7OMEN !RTISTS IN -AINE v GROUP SHOW OF ART ists, through Dec. 31.865-4519.

ISTS THROUGH $EC Art Guild Gallery, Freeport: 15 local artists show !RT 'UILD 'ALLERY &REEPORT LOCAL ARTISTS SHOW and sell paintings, photos, glass and pottery, AND SELL PAINTINGS PHOTOS GLASS AND POTTERY

through Dec. 31. 865-3103.

THROUGH $EC Gallery Framing, Brunswick: "Maine 10," holiday 'ALLERY &RAMING "RUNSWICK h-AINE v HOLIDAY art show, through Dec. 30. 721-0766.

ART SHOW THROUGH $EC Coleman Burke Gallery (Fort Andross), Bruns#OLEMAN "URKE 'ALLERY &ORT !NDROSS "RUNS wick: "Multiples," group exhibition with Mildred WICK h-ULTIPLES v GROUP EXHIBITION WITH -ILDRED Johnson, George Mason and Isabelle Pelissier, *OHNSON 'EORGE -ASON AND )SABELLE 0ELISSIER

through Feb. 1. colemanburke.com THROUGH &EB COLEMANBURKE COM Markings Gallery, Bath: Invitational ornament -ARKINGS 'ALLERY "ATH )NVITATIONAL ORNAMENT show, ornaments in glass, clay, wood, fiber and SHOW ORNAMENTS IN GLASS CLAY WOOD lBER AND metals, through Dec. 31. markingsgallery.com METALS THROUGH $EC MARKINGSGALLERY COM Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor: "Gift 'OLD 3MITH 'ALLERY "OOTHBAY (ARBOR h'IFT Wrapped," mixed-media collages by Noriko 7RAPPED v MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES BY .ORIKO Sakanishi, through Saturday. 633-6252.

3AKANISHI THROUGH 3ATURDAY University of New England Campus Center, 5NIVERSITY OF .EW %NGLAND #AMPUS #ENTER

Biddeford: Charles Thompson, en plein air "IDDEFORD #HARLES 4HOMPSON EN PLEIN AIR paintings celebrating nature, Jan. 15. une.edu PAINTINGS CELEBRATING NATURE *AN UNE EDU York Public Library: "Courting the Muse," 9ORK 0UBLIC ,IBRARY h#OURTING THE -USE v watercolors by Ken Fellows, through Dec. 30.

WATERCOLORS BY +EN &ELLOWS THROUGH $EC 363-2818.

Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk: Second 3NUG (ARBOR &ARM +ENNEBUNK 3ECOND annual holiday art show, through Dec. 31.

ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART SHOW THROUGH $EC snugharborfarm.com SNUGHARBORFARM COM Kennebunk Free Library: YES Art Works Group +ENNEBUNK &REE ,IBRARY 9%3 !RT 7ORKS 'ROUP Exhibit, through Dec. 31. 985-2173. %XHIBIT THROUGH $EC Red Door Pottery Studio, Kittery: "Focus on 2ED $OOR 0OTTERY 3TUDIO +ITTERY h&OCUS ON India," photos by Lawrence Elbroch, through Feb. )NDIA v PHOTOS BY ,AWRENCE %LBROCH THROUGH &EB

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OFJUIFS ESZ OPS DSJTQ I was glad I spent the full $4 and got a * XBT HMBE * TQFOU UIF GVMM BOE HPU B Shipyard Prelude.

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by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec CZ +PTI "QQFMCBVN BOE "OESF /FNFD (former showrunners on "Alias"), has a GPSNFS TIPXSVOOFST PO i"MJBTw IBT B cookie-cutter plot about terrorists who DPPLJF DVUUFS QMPU BCPVU UFSSPSJTUT XIP steal nuclear missile launch codes to try TUFBM OVDMFBS NJTTJMF MBVODI DPEFT UP USZ to launch World War III. But the generic UP MBVODI 8PSME 8BS *** #VU UIF HFOFSJD story is a fine framework for Bird to TUPSZ JT B mOF GSBNFXPSL GPS #JSE UP orchestrate one gigantic set piece after PSDIFTUSBUF POF HJHBOUJD TFU QJFDF BGUFS another.

BOPUIFS You may not remember what "Ghost :PV NBZ OPU SFNFNCFS XIBU i(IPTU Protocol" was about 10 minutes after 1SPUPDPMw XBT BCPVU NJOVUFT BGUFS you've seen it. But you won't forget the ZPV WF TFFO JU #VU ZPV XPO U GPSHFU UIF movie's astonishing action feats, includNPWJF T BTUPOJTIJOH BDUJPO GFBUT JODMVE ing Cruise scaling the Burj Khalifa, JOH $SVJTF TDBMJOH UIF #VSK ,IBMJGB the tallest building in the world, with UIF UBMMFTU CVJMEJOH JO UIF XPSME XJUI a gigantic sandstorm rolling in on the B HJHBOUJD TBOETUPSN SPMMJOH JO PO UIF horizon. Obviously, the actor wasn't reIPSJ[PO 0CWJPVTMZ UIF BDUPS XBTO U SF ally dangling by his fingertips 100 stories BMMZ EBOHMJOH CZ IJT mOHFSUJQT TUPSJFT above the ground. But man, does it look BCPWF UIF HSPVOE #VU NBO EPFT JU MPPL that way in the movie!

UIBU XBZ JO UIF NPWJF Almost 30 minutes of "Ghost Protocol" "MNPTU NJOVUFT PG i(IPTU 1SPUPDPMw were shot with 70mm IMAX cameras, XFSF TIPU XJUI NN *."9 DBNFSBT and although the giant format isn't alBOE BMUIPVHI UIF HJBOU GPSNBU JTO U BM ways ideal for action-intensive pictures, XBZT JEFBM GPS BDUJPO JOUFOTJWF QJDUVSFT Bird takes every conceivable advantage #JSE UBLFT FWFSZ DPODFJWBCMF BEWBOUBHF of the extra clarity and oversized frame, PG UIF FYUSB DMBSJUZ BOE PWFSTJ[FE GSBNF as well as the pumped-up sound, to BT XFMM BT UIF QVNQFE VQ TPVOE UP

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PG BMM .BHJD )BU TFBTPOBM QBDLT The clear winner in the group was 5IF DMFBS XJOOFS JO UIF HSPVQ XBT Ravell, which had a wonderfully smooth 3BWFMM XIJDI IBE B XPOEFSGVMMZ TNPPUI mouthfeel, a good rich mix of malt and NPVUIGFFM B HPPE SJDI NJY PG NBMU BOE vanilla beans, and just a little bit of hops.

WBOJMMB CFBOT BOE KVTU B MJUUMF CJU PG IPQT It comes in at 5.8 percent alcohol, and *U DPNFT JO BU QFSDFOU BMDPIPM BOE would be wonderful to curl up with on the XPVME CF XPOEFSGVM UP DVSM VQ XJUI PO UIF couch on a cool winter evening.

DPVDI PO B DPPM XJOUFS FWFOJOH Encore is a good, bitter beer, and in &ODPSF JT B HPPE CJUUFS CFFS BOE JO what seems to be a trend, mixes wheat XIBU TFFNT UP CF B USFOE NJYFT XIFBU beer with an IPA. Now that I have tasted CFFS XJUI BO *1" /PX UIBU * IBWF UBTUFE this mix several times, it's not as discorUIJT NJY TFWFSBM UJNFT JU T OPU BT EJTDPS dant as I first thought.

EBOU BT * mSTU UIPVHIU Howl is a deep black, and it was de)PXM JT B EFFQ CMBDL BOE JU XBT EF scribed as having a chocolate flavor, but TDSJCFE BT IBWJOH B DIPDPMBUF nBWPS CVU for me, the chocolate was more like a GPS NF UIF DIPDPMBUF XBT NPSF MJLF B Tootsie Roll. It was my least favorite of 5PPUTJF 3PMM *U XBT NZ MFBTU GBWPSJUF PG the three.

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whip up vertiginous excitement. Simple XIJQ VQ WFSUJHJOPVT FYDJUFNFOU 4JNQMF stunts, such as Cruise leaping onto a TUVOUT TVDI BT $SVJTF MFBQJOH POUP B moving van, seem more dangerous and NPWJOH WBO TFFN NPSF EBOHFSPVT BOE painful. Elaborate sequences, such as a QBJOGVM &MBCPSBUF TFRVFODFT TVDI BT B long fight inside a multi-level car park, MPOH mHIU JOTJEF B NVMUJ MFWFM DBS QBSL are so exciting that even though you BSF TP FYDJUJOH UIBU FWFO UIPVHI ZPV know the good guys are not going to lose, LOPX UIF HPPE HVZT BSF OPU HPJOH UP MPTF you still start worrying that the good ZPV TUJMM TUBSU XPSSZJOH UIBU UIF HPPE guys are going to lose. (The scene recalls HVZT BSF HPJOH UP MPTF 5IF TDFOF SFDBMMT a similar moment in Steven Spielberg's B TJNJMBS NPNFOU JO 4UFWFO 4QJFMCFSH T "Minority Report," in which Cruise i.JOPSJUZ 3FQPSU w JO XIJDI $SVJTF squared off against Colin Farrell. The TRVBSFE PGG BHBJOTU $PMJO 'BSSFMM 5IF highest compliment you can pay Bird is IJHIFTU DPNQMJNFOU ZPV DBO QBZ #JSE JT that he does it better.)

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UIJT NJOEMFTT FOUFSUBJONFOU "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" i.JTTJPO *NQPTTJCMF o (IPTU 1SPUPDPMw is thoughtful enough to throw in not one JT UIPVHIUGVM FOPVHI UP UISPX JO OPU POF but two nice surprises in its final five CVU UXP OJDF TVSQSJTFT JO JUT mOBM mWF minutes, none of which involve any CGI NJOVUFT OPOF PG XIJDI JOWPMWF BOZ $(* whatsoever. This is an expertly crafted XIBUTPFWFS 5IJT JT BO FYQFSUMZ DSBGUFE piece of pop entertainment. Bring on QJFDF PG QPQ FOUFSUBJONFOU #SJOH PO "Mission: Impossible V," please. i.JTTJPO *NQPTTJCMF 7 w QMFBTF

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'SPN UP Q N 8FEOFTEBZ From 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday UISPVHI 'SJEBZ UIF CBS PGGFST through Friday, the bar offers IBMG QSJDFE BQQFUJ[FST IPVTF half-priced appetizers, $4 house XJOF NJYFE XFMM ESJOLT BOE wine, $5 mixed well drinks and BCPVU B EP[FO ESBGU CFFST GPS about a dozen draft beers for FBDI 8IJMF UIPTF CVEHFU $2.50 each. While those budgetGSJFOEMZ QSJDFT XFSF UFNQUJOH TP friendly prices were tempting, so XBT UIF TQFDJBMUZ ESJOL NFOV was the specialty drink menu.

"U UIF CPUUPN PG UIF MJTU XBT B At the bottom of the list was a DPDLUBJM -BWFOEFS 'SFODI *U cocktail, Lavender French 75. It IBE #PNCBZ 4BQQIJSF (JO NJYFE had Bombay Sapphire Gin mixed XJUI .BJOF .FBEXPSLT -BWFO with Maine Meadworks LavenEFS .FBE BOE MFNPO KVJDF BOE der Mead and lemon juice and, BT JG UIBU XFSFO U FOPVHI B EBTI as if that weren't enough, a dash PG $IBNQBHOF of Champagne. :FT QMFBTF (JWF NF POF PG Yes, please. Give me one of UIPTF those. .PN XIP JT CFDPNJOH NZ Mom, who is becoming my happy-hour sidekick, decided on IBQQZ IPVS TJEFLJDL EFDJEFE PO the Sparkling Pomegranate MarUIF 4QBSLMJOH 1PNFHSBOBUF .BS tini. As the bartender mixed our UJOJ "T UIF CBSUFOEFS NJYFE PVS drinks and poured them straight ESJOLT BOE QPVSFE UIFN TUSBJHIU up in a martini glass, two men VQ JO B NBSUJOJ HMBTT UXP NFO sitting near her said, "Well, those TJUUJOH OFBS IFS TBJE i8FMM UIPTF look pretty."

MPPL QSFUUZ w And they did - the martini was "OE UIFZ EJE o UIF NBSUJOJ XBT a rich red, and my drink was B SJDI SFE BOE NZ ESJOL XBT garnished with a sprig of lavenHBSOJTIFE XJUI B TQSJH PG MBWFO der and a twist of lemon. For $10 EFS BOE B UXJTU PG MFNPO 'PS apiece, they were also well worth BQJFDF UIFZ XFSF BMTP XFMM XPSUI the money. A taste of the pomeUIF NPOFZ " UBTUF PG UIF QPNF granate martini was too sweet HSBOBUF NBSUJOJ XBT UPP TXFFU for me, but my LF75 was just the GPS NF CVU NZ -' XBT KVTU UIF right blend of tart lemon balancSJHIU CMFOE PG UBSU MFNPO CBMBOD ing the sweet mead, making for a JOH UIF TXFFU NFBE NBLJOH GPS B refreshing drink.

SFGSFTIJOH ESJOL The Snow Squall seems like 5IF 4OPX 4RVBMM TFFNT MJLF a neighborhood-type gathering B OFJHICPSIPPE UZQF HBUIFSJOH place. The owner, who was workQMBDF 5IF PXOFS XIP XBT XPSL ing behind the bar, seemed to JOH CFIJOE UIF CBS TFFNFE UP know many of the people sitting LOPX NBOZ PG UIF QFPQMF TJUUJOH on leather couches in the lounge PO MFBUIFS DPVDIFT JO UIF MPVOHF area and around the pub tables.

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Portland, but the bar/restaurant 1PSUMBOE CVU UIF CBS SFTUBVSBOU was easy to find. With the Snow XBT FBTZ UP mOE 8JUI UIF 4OPX Squall situated near Casco Bay, 4RVBMM TJUVBUFE OFBS $BTDP #BZ I was hoping for some water * XBT IPQJOH GPS TPNF XBUFS views, especially with the night's WJFXT FTQFDJBMMZ XJUI UIF OJHIU T bright full moon, but the building CSJHIU GVMM NPPO CVU UIF CVJMEJOH

is actually set back behind South JT BDUVBMMZ TFU CBDL CFIJOE 4PVUI Port Marine.

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enough space at the bar so you FOPVHI TQBDF BU UIF CBS TP ZPV don't feel like you're squished.

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wielding John Michael Higgins, who must XJFMEJOH +PIO .JDIBFM )JHHJOT XIP NVTU sign off on whether the place is safe for TJHO PGG PO XIFUIFS UIF QMBDF JT TBGF GPS animals and human visitors.

BOJNBMT BOE IVNBO WJTJUPST The unfortunate timing of "Zoo," coming 5IF VOGPSUVOBUF UJNJOH PG i;PP w DPNJOH out so soon after the recent exotic animal PVU TP TPPO BGUFS UIF SFDFOU FYPUJD BOJNBM disaster in Ohio, robs the snake and grizEJTBTUFS JO 0IJP SPCT UIF TOBLF BOE HSJ[ zly bear escapes of whatever fun those [MZ CFBS FTDBQFT PG XIBUFWFS GVO UIPTF gags promised. And Crowe, who co-wrote HBHT QSPNJTFE "OE $SPXF XIP DP XSPUF the script and transposed this true British UIF TDSJQU BOE USBOTQPTFE UIJT USVF #SJUJTI story into a more generic Southern Cal TUPSZ JOUP B NPSF HFOFSJD 4PVUIFSO $BM setting, seems at a loss to get at his "big TFUUJOH TFFNT BU B MPTT UP HFU BU IJT iCJH statement."

TUBUFNFOU w The father-son rift plays well, as Damon 5IF GBUIFS TPO SJGU QMBZT XFMM BT %BNPO really sells the line "You're breaking my SFBMMZ TFMMT UIF MJOF i:PV SF CSFBLJOH NZ heart" to his rebellious, misbehaving kid.

IFBSUw UP IJT SFCFMMJPVT NJTCFIBWJOH LJE But the budding romance between Dylan #VU UIF CVEEJOH SPNBODF CFUXFFO %ZMBO and Lily, the open-hearted waitress at the BOE -JMZ UIF PQFO IFBSUFE XBJUSFTT BU UIF zoo restaurant played by the wondrous [PP SFTUBVSBOU QMBZFE CZ UIF XPOESPVT Elle Fanning, feels more like the prod&MMF 'BOOJOH GFFMT NPSF MJLF UIF QSPE uct of market research than something VDU PG NBSLFU SFTFBSDI UIBO TPNFUIJOH organic.

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5IF NFOV OPUFT UIF 4OPX The menu notes the Snow Squall's stance on supporting 4RVBMM T TUBODF PO TVQQPSUJOH local businesses. Like the Maine MPDBM CVTJOFTTFT -JLF UIF .BJOF Mead Works lavender mead used .FBE 8PSLT MBWFOEFS NFBE VTFE in my drink, it listed a number of JO NZ ESJOL JU MJTUFE B OVNCFS PG local businesses, from Standard MPDBM CVTJOFTTFT GSPN 4UBOEBSE Baking Co. to Freedom Fish, #BLJOH $P UP 'SFFEPN 'JTI from which the venue purchases GSPN XIJDI UIF WFOVF QVSDIBTFT products.

QSPEVDUT The bar filled up as happy hour 5IF CBS mMMFE VQ BT IBQQZ IPVS rolled on. By 6 p.m., local musiSPMMFE PO #Z Q N MPDBM NVTJ cian Adam Waxman had set up, DJBO "EBN 8BYNBO IBE TFU VQ and was singing while strumBOE XBT TJOHJOH XIJMF TUSVN ming a guitar. Between the chatNJOH B HVJUBS #FUXFFO UIF DIBU ter of customers and the chill UFS PG DVTUPNFST BOE UIF DIJMM music, the bar was quite abuzz.

NVTJD UIF CBS XBT RVJUF BCV[[ Having heard halfway through )BWJOH IFBSE IBMGXBZ UISPVHI my Lavender French 75 that NZ -BWFOEFS 'SFODI UIBU the Meow Meow Kitty - a blend UIF .FPX .FPX ,JUUZ o B CMFOE of sake served with a slice of PG TBLF TFSWFE XJUI B TMJDF PG cucumber - was really the cat's DVDVNCFS o XBT SFBMMZ UIF DBU T meow, I was hoping to try that as NFPX * XBT IPQJOH UP USZ UIBU BT my second drink. But after all, NZ TFDPOE ESJOL #VU BGUFS BMM someone had to drive home.

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NBLF JO BOPUIFS It's a film littered with aphorisms, some *U T B mMN MJUUFSFE XJUI BQIPSJTNT TPNF provided by Benjamin's pithy/ droll brothQSPWJEFE CZ #FOKBNJO T QJUIZ ESPMM CSPUI er, played by the perfectly cast Church.

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OPUIJOH DBO TUPQ ZPV w Sadly, you can't say the same for Crowe 4BEMZ ZPV DBO U TBZ UIF TBNF GPS $SPXF o who always leads with his heart - and his XIP BMXBZT MFBET XJUI IJT IFBSU o BOE IJT movie. "We Bought a Zoo," with its adult NPWJF i8F #PVHIU B ;PP w XJUI JUT BEVMU themes and dissonant bursts of profanity, UIFNFT BOE EJTTPOBOU CVSTUT PG QSPGBOJUZ doesn't quite come off as a kid-friendly EPFTO U RVJUF DPNF PGG BT B LJE GSJFOEMZ romp, and stumbles when it reaches for SPNQ BOE TUVNCMFT XIFO JU SFBDIFT GPS emotional highs and lows.

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E63<( opportunity," Newhouse said in a phone PQQPSUVOJUZ w /FXIPVTF TBJE JO B QIPOF Friday 4`WROg JOUFSWJFX i5IJT JT NZ mSTU A/VUDSBDLFS interview. "This is my first 'Nutcracker/ WHERE: Merrill E63@3( ;S``WZZ although this is music I grew up listenBMUIPVHI UIJT JT NVTJD * HSFX VQ MJTUFO Auditorium, 20 Myrtle /cRWb]`Wc[ ;g`bZS ing to and am familiar with. My sisters JOH UP BOE BN GBNJMJBS XJUI .Z TJTUFST St., Portland Ab >]`bZO\R participated in ballet as kids, and 'The QBSUJDJQBUFE JO CBMMFU BT LJET BOE A5IF TICKETS: $17 to $47; 842- B7193BA( % b] "%) &" Nutcracker' was part of their tradition." /VUDSBDLFS XBT QBSU PG UIFJS USBEJUJPO w 0800 or porttix.com & ]` ^]`bbWf Q][ Newhouse made his debut with the /FXIPVTF NBEF IJT EFCVU XJUI UIF INFO: porlandballet.org 7<4=( ^]`ZO\RPOZZSb ]`U Boston Symphony in February, conducting #PTUPO 4ZNQIPOZ JO 'FCSVBSZ DPOEVDUJOH Mahler's Ninth Symphony on short notice. .BIMFS T /JOUI 4ZNQIPOZ PO TIPSU OPUJDF He replaced James Levine, who bowed )F SFQMBDFE +BNFT -FWJOF XIP CPXFE out for health reasons. Newhouse considPVU GPS IFBMUI SFBTPOT /FXIPVTF DPOTJE ers Levine a mentor.

FST -FWJOF B NFOUPS He characterized his BSO debut as )F DIBSBDUFSJ[FE IJT #40 EFCVU BT "dramatic and unexpected." Because iESBNBUJD BOE VOFYQFDUFE w #FDBVTF of Levine's ongoing health concerns, PG -FWJOF T POHPJOH IFBMUI DPODFSOT Newhouse had prepped for the chance, so /FXIPVTF IBE QSFQQFE GPS UIF DIBODF TP while it's true he had short notice, he was XIJMF JU T USVF IF IBE TIPSU OPUJDF IF XBT not unprepared.

OPU VOQSFQBSFE "I knew it was a possibility," he said. i* LOFX JU XBT B QPTTJCJMJUZ w IF TBJE "Mentally, I had an idea it could happen. i.FOUBMMZ * IBE BO JEFB JU DPVME IBQQFO But it was still exciting and scary at the #VU JU XBT TUJMM FYDJUJOH BOE TDBSZ BU UIF same time, especially because I had never TBNF UJNF FTQFDJBMMZ CFDBVTF * IBE OFWFS conducted that piece for performance.

DPOEVDUFE UIBU QJFDF GPS QFSGPSNBODF "It was a wonderful experience. The i*U XBT B XPOEFSGVM FYQFSJFODF 5IF orchestra was supportive, and it allowed PSDIFTUSB XBT TVQQPSUJWF BOE JU BMMPXFE Photo courtesy of Portland Ballet >V]b] Q]c`bSag ]T >]`bZO\R 0OZZSb me the chance to build a strong connecNF UIF DIBODF UP CVJME B TUSPOH DPOOFD Jay Ryan Caroll and Megan Buckley dance in a previous season's "Victorian Nutcracker." This year, Portland Ballet 8Og @gO\ 1O`]ZZ O\R ;SUO\ 0cQYZSg RO\QS W\ O ^`SdW]ca aSOa]\¸a µDWQb]`WO\ <cbQ`OQYS` ¶ BVWa gSO` >]`bZO\R 0OZZSb tion with the musicians."

UJPO XJUI UIF NVTJDJBOT w presents its production at 2 O\R %(! ^ [ 4`WROg 6Wab]`WQOZ ¿Uc`Sa O\R Z]QOZSa ¿Uc`S W\ bVS bSZZW\U and 7:30 p.m. Friday. Historical figures and locales figure in the telling. ^`SaS\ba Wba ^`]RcQbW]\ Ob Newhouse has watched a DVD of a /FXIPVTF IBT XBUDIFE B %7% PG B previous performance of "The Victorian QSFWJPVT QFSGPSNBODF PG i5IF 7JDUPSJBO been working on this piece for some time CFFO XPSLJOH PO UIJT QJFDF GPS TPNF UJNF Nutcracker" by Portland Ballet. His girl/VUDSBDLFSw CZ 1PSUMBOE #BMMFU )JT HJSM now, and many have danced it before. Under OPX BOE NBOZ IBWF EBODFE JU CFGPSF 6OEFS friend, who danced when she was younger, GSJFOE XIP EBODFE XIFO TIF XBT ZPVOHFS the leadership of executive and artistic direcUIF MFBEFSTIJQ PG FYFDVUJWF BOE BSUJTUJD EJSFD watched the DVD and offered observaXBUDIFE UIF %7% BOE PGGFSFE PCTFSWB tor Eugenia O'Brien and associate artistic UPS &VHFOJB 0 #SJFO BOE BTTPDJBUF BSUJTUJD tions and pointers. He will rehearse with UJPOT BOE QPJOUFST )F XJMM SFIFBSTF XJUI director Nell Shipman, "The Victorian NutEJSFDUPS /FMM 4IJQNBO i5IF 7JDUPSJBO /VU the orchestra just once before Friday's UIF PSDIFTUSB KVTU PODF CFGPSF 'SJEBZ T cracker" features more than a dozen profesDSBDLFSw GFBUVSFT NPSF UIBO B EP[FO QSPGFT two performances.

UXP QFSGPSNBODFT sionally trained dancers among the cast.

TJPOBMMZ USBJOFE EBODFST BNPOH UIF DBTU Tom Parchman, principal clarinetist with 5PN 1BSDINBO QSJODJQBM DMBSJOFUJTU XJUI O'Brien said it's a testament to the high 0 #SJFO TBJE JU T B UFTUBNFOU UP UIF IJHI the Portland Symphony Orchestra, has UIF 1PSUMBOE 4ZNQIPOZ 0SDIFTUSB IBT quality of her dancers that Portland Ballet RVBMJUZ PG IFS EBODFST UIBU 1PSUMBOE #BMMFU played with the Portland Ballet Orchestra QMBZFE XJUI UIF 1PSUMBOE #BMMFU 0SDIFTUSB can attract a conductor with Newhouse's DBO BUUSBDU B DPOEVDUPS XJUI /FXIPVTF T for many years. Playing with the symphoGPS NBOZ ZFBST 1MBZJOH XJUI UIF TZNQIP credentials. Golan bowed out of this year's DSFEFOUJBMT (PMBO CPXFE PVU PG UIJT ZFBS T ny and playing with Portland Ballet are OZ BOE QMBZJOH XJUI 1PSUMBOE #BMMFU BSF production because of a commitment in QSPEVDUJPO CFDBVTF PG B DPNNJUNFOU JO two very different experiences, he said.

UXP WFSZ EJGGFSFOU FYQFSJFODFT IF TBJE China. $IJOB With the symphony, a musician responds 8JUI UIF TZNQIPOZ B NVTJDJBO SFTQPOET "Lawrence thought he would be a good fit i-BXSFODF UIPVHIU IF XPVME CF B HPPE mU aurally based on the music as it is happenBVSBMMZ CBTFE PO UIF NVTJD BT JU JT IBQQFO for the energy and playfulness, as well as the GPS UIF FOFSHZ BOE QMBZGVMOFTT BT XFMM BT UIF ing. With ballet, the tempo of the music JOH 8JUI CBMMFU UIF UFNQP PG UIF NVTJD lushness, of the music for the production," MVTIOFTT PG UIF NVTJD GPS UIF QSPEVDUJPO w is based on the speed of the dancers. The JT CBTFE PO UIF TQFFE PG UIF EBODFST 5IF O'Brien said.

0 #SJFO TBJE musicians respond visually more than NVTJDJBOT SFTQPOE WJTVBMMZ NPSF UIBO "Lawrence was torn by the opportunity to i-BXSFODF XBT UPSO CZ UIF PQQPSUVOJUZ UP aurally.

BVSBMMZ go to China, but thrilled he could call Sean HP UP $IJOB CVU UISJMMFE IF DPVME DBMM 4FBO "We're all there in service to the dance," i8F SF BMM UIFSF JO TFSWJDF UP UIF EBODF w and get a response that allowed him to do his BOE HFU B SFTQPOTF UIBU BMMPXFE IJN UP EP IJT Parchman said. "We're very dependent on 1BSDINBO TBJE i8F SF WFSZ EFQFOEFOU PO China trip knowing that he was assisting us $IJOB USJQ LOPXJOH UIBU IF XBT BTTJTUJOH VT the conductor, who can see how high they UIF DPOEVDUPS XIP DBO TFF IPX IJHI UIFZ by getting someone of that caliber who truly CZ HFUUJOH TPNFPOF PG UIBU DBMJCFS XIP USVMZ went, to know when to give the next beat.

XFOU UP LOPX XIFO UP HJWF UIF OFYU CFBU acknowledges the greatness of the music."

BDLOPXMFEHFT UIF HSFBUOFTT PG UIF NVTJD w The music depends on how long it takes 5IF NVTJD EFQFOET PO IPX MPOH JU UBLFT for the dancers to go up and come back Staff Writer Bob Keyes can be contacted at 791-6457 or: GPS UIF EBODFST UP HP VQ BOE DPNF CBDL AbOTT E`WbS` 0]P 9SgSa QO\ PS Q]\bOQbSR Ob %' $"#% ]`( down."

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egg yolks made it seem like there were FHH ZPMLT NBEF JU TFFN MJLF UIFSF XFSF three or four eggs on the plate.

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for a child when our waitress told us GPS B DIJME XIFO PVS XBJUSFTT UPME VT one ($3.75) would likely be enough.

POF XPVME MJLFMZ CF FOPVHI She also told us we could get it shaped 4IF BMTP UPME VT XF DPVME HFU JU TIBQFE like a teddy bear head, with ears, if we MJLF B UFEEZ CFBS IFBE XJUI FBST JG XF wanted.

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omelet with pineapple, ham, sour cream PNFMFU XJUI QJOFBQQMF IBN TPVS DSFBN and cheddar for $7.95. Other omelet BOE DIFEEBS GPS 0UIFS PNFMFU varieties include a Greek, a Mexican, a WBSJFUJFT JODMVEF B (SFFL B .FYJDBO B Western and a Mediterranean. You can 8FTUFSO BOE B .FEJUFSSBOFBO :PV DBO pick your own ingredients as well.

QJDL ZPVS PXO JOHSFEJFOUT BT XFMM You can also build your own breakfast :PV DBO BMTP CVJME ZPVS PXO CSFBLGBTU burrito, beginning at $4.95. For meats CVSSJUP CFHJOOJOH BU 'PS NFBUT such as hash, bacon or sausage, add TVDI BT IBTI CBDPO PS TBVTBHF BEE $2. Other breakfast specialties include 0UIFS CSFBLGBTU TQFDJBMUJFT JODMVEF Belgian waffles, French toast and eggs #FMHJBO XBGnFT 'SFODI UPBTU BOE FHHT Benedict. #FOFEJDU The Features staff of The Portland Press Herald/ BVS 4SObc`Sa abOTT ]T BVS >]`bZO\R >`Saa 6S`OZR Maine Sunday Telegram anonymously samples meals ;OW\S Ac\ROg BSZSU`O[ O\]\g[]caZg aO[^ZSa [SOZa for about $7.

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The Feature, BENElT CONCERT FOR +EEP -% 7ARM benefit concert for Keep ME Warm &UND /NE ,ONGFELLOW 3QUARE 0ORTLAND Fund, One Longfellow Square, Portland. $10. onelongfellowsquare.com. 7 p.m. today.

ONELONGFELLOWSQUARE COM P M TODAY Labyrinth Walk, indoor Chartre-style labyrinth ,ABYRINTH 7ALK INDOOR #HARTRE STYLE LABYRINTH for meditative walks; benefits Center for FOR MEDITATIVE WALKS BENElTS #ENTER FOR Grieving Children; Trinity Episcopal Church, 'RIEVING #HILDREN 4RINITY %PISCOPAL #HURCH

Portland. Donation. 772-7421. 4 to 7:30 p.m.

0ORTLAND $ONATION TO P M today.

TODAY Holiday Sing-A-Long, fundraiser for Lincoln (OLIDAY 3ING ! ,ONG FUNDRAISER FOR ,INCOLN County Animal Shelter and CHIP Energy Fund, #OUNTY !NIMAL 3HELTER AND #()0 %NERGY &UND

Savory Maine, Damariscotta. 563-2111. 4 to 6 3AVORY -AINE $AMARISCOTTA TO p.m. today.

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Unity Barnraisers Community Meal Fundraiser, WITH THE 'AWLER &AMILY 5NITY #ENTRE FOR THE with the Gawler Family; Unity Centre for the 0ERFORMING !RTS -EALS AT AND Performing Arts. $20. 648-9005. Meals at 5 and P M MUSIC AT P M $EC 7 p.m.; music at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29.

3ECOND !NNUAL 2ED #ROSS &AIRPOINT "UNDLE Second Annual Red Cross Fairpoint Bundle 5P "LOOD $RIVE RAFmE PRIZES OF I0ODS LAPTOPS

Up Blood Drive, raffle prizes of iPods, laptops, +INDLES .OOKS AND DIGITAL CAMERAS (OLIDAY )NN Kindles, Nooks and digital cameras, Holiday Inn

BY THE "AY 0ORTLAND REDCROSSBLOOD ORG A M by the Bay, Portland, redcrossblood.org. 11 a.m.

TO P M $EC to 6 p.m. Dec. 29.

SPECIAL EVENTS N 30%#)!, %6%.43 TODAY 4/$!9 "Polar Express"Train Rides, holiday-decorated h0OLAR %XPRESSv 4RAIN 2IDES HOLIDAY DECORATED train rides to "The North Pole," Narrow Gauge TRAIN RIDES TO h4HE .ORTH 0OLE v .ARROW 'AUGE Railroad, Ocean Gateway Terminal, Portland.

2AILROAD /CEAN 'ATEWAY 4ERMINAL 0ORTLAND $25 to $40. porttix.com. Rides start at 2:45 p.m.

TO PORTTIX COM 2IDES START AT P M today and Friday.

TODAY AND &RIDAY Victorian Christmas at Donnell House, Victorian 6ICTORIAN #HRISTMAS AT $ONNELL (OUSE 6ICTORIAN Christmas decor, kids' crafts and live musical #HRISTMAS DECOR KIDS CRAFTS AND LIVE MUSICAL entertainment, Maine Maritime Museum ENTERTAINMENT -AINE -ARITIME -USEUM (Donnell House), Bath. $5; $3 for ages 12 and $ONNELL (OUSE "ATH FOR AGES AND under; $15 per family. 443-1316. 3 to 7 p.m.

UNDER PER FAMILY TO P M " D e c k the Halls: The Carols of Christmas," h$ECK THE (ALLS 4HE #AROLS OF #HRISTMAS v holiday celebration, Victoria Mansion, Portland.

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 6ICTORIA -ANSION 0ORTLAND $15; $13.50 for seniors; $5 for ages 6 to 1 7.

FOR SENIORS FOR AGES TO victoriamansion.org. Today to Jan. 8.

VICTORIAMANSION ORG 4ODAY TO *AN "A Little More Heartwood Christmas," h! ,ITTLE -ORE (EARTWOOD #HRISTMAS v Christmas poetry, readings and music, #HRISTMAS POETRY READINGS AND MUSIC

Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $8; $5 for 3KIDOMPHA ,IBRARY $AMARISCOTTA FOR students, heartwoodtheater.org. 7 p.m.

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READING ,OCAL 3PROUTS #OOPERATIVE 0ORTLAND Free/donation, localsprouts.coop. 7 p.m. &REE DONATION LOCALSPROUTS COOP P M Cafe en Francais, stories of family histories and #AFE EN &RANCAIS STORIES OF FAMILY HISTORIES AND experiences told in French with guest speaker EXPERIENCES TOLD IN &RENCH WITH GUEST SPEAKER Richard Lord, People Plus, Brunswick. Call for 2ICHARD ,ORD 0EOPLE 0LUS "RUNSWICK #ALL FOR price: 729-0757. 2:30 p.m.

PRICE P M "Rusty Rocket's Last Blast," kid-friendly solar h2USTY 2OCKET S ,AST "LAST v KID FRIENDLY SOLAR system tour, University of Southern Maine SYSTEM TOUR 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTHERN -AINE (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $4, $5. 780 3OUTHWORTH 0LANETARIUM 0ORTLAND

4249. 11 a.m. Tuesday and Dec. 29.

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3OUTHWORTH 0LANETARIUM 0ORTLAND TO usm.maine.edu/planet. 11 a.m. Through Dec. USM MAINE EDU PLANET A M 4HROUGH $EC 30.

"Two Small Pieces of Glass," shows about the h4WO 3MALL 0IECES OF 'LASS v SHOWS ABOUT THE history and science of telescopes, University HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF TELESCOPES 5NIVERSITY of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), OF 3OUTHERN -AINE 3OUTHWORTH 0LANETARIUM

Portland. $4 to $6. usm.maine.edu/planet. 1 0ORTLAND TO USM MAINE EDU PLANET p.m. Monday and Wednesday.

P M -ONDAY AND 7EDNESDAY "Search for the Solar System's Edge," h3EARCH FOR THE 3OLAR 3YSTEM S %DGE v astronomy show, University of Southern Maine ASTRONOMY SHOW 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTHERN -AINE (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $4 to $6.

3OUTHWORTH 0LANETARIUM 0ORTLAND TO usm.maine.edu/planet. 8:30 p.m. Monday; 1 USM MAINE EDU PLANET P M -ONDAY p.m. Tuesday and Dec. 29.

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"A Christmas Carol" (1951), Rockland Library. h! #HRISTMAS #AROLv 2OCKLAND ,IBRARY Free. 594-0310. 6:30 p.m. today. &REE P M TODAY National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation" (1989), .ATIONAL ,AMPOON S h#HRISTMAS 6ACATIONv

Strand Theatre, Rockland. Free. 3 p.m. Friday.

3TRAND 4HEATRE 2OCKLAND &REE P M &RIDAY "A Small Act," 2010 documentary for Boxing h! 3MALL !CT v DOCUMENTARY FOR "OXING Day, Strand Theatre, Rockland. Donations $AY 3TRAND 4HEATRE 2OCKLAND $ONATIONS will help support United Mid Coast Charities.

WILL HELP SUPPORT 5NITED -ID #OAST #HARITIES rocklandstrand.com. 5 p.m. Monday.

ROCKLANDSTRAND COM P M -ONDAY "Ram Dass: Fierce Grace," 2002 documentary h2AM $ASS &IERCE 'RACE v DOCUMENTARY with post-film discussion led by Bill Halpin and WITH POST lLM DISCUSSION LED BY "ILL (ALPIN AND Saskia Huising, Rockland Public Library. Free.

3ASKIA (UISING 2OCKLAND 0UBLIC ,IBRARY &REE 594-0310. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 29.

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6S )OWA P M &RIDAY AND P M 3ATURDAY Portland Pirates, AHL affiliate of the Phoenix 0ORTLAND 0IRATES !(, AFlLIATE OF THE 0HOENIX Coyotes, Cumberland County Civic Center, #OYOTES #UMBERLAND #OUNTY #IVIC #ENTER

Portland. $12 to $20. 828-4665. Vs. Worcester, 0ORTLAND TO 6S 7ORCESTER

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and old newspaper clippings, BOE PME OFXTQBQFS DMJQQJOHT "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" i5IF (JSM XJUI UIF %SBHPO 5BUUPPw is tailor-made for Fincher, who JT UBJMPS NBEF GPS 'JODIFS XIP previously turned "Zodiac" into a QSFWJPVTMZ UVSOFE i;PEJBDw JOUP B masterpiece of police procedural NBTUFSQJFDF PG QPMJDF QSPDFEVSBM and journalistic investigation and BOE KPVSOBMJTUJD JOWFTUJHBUJPO BOE elevated the serial-killer thriller FMFWBUFE UIF TFSJBM LJMMFS UISJMMFS into the realm of high art with JOUP UIF SFBMN PG IJHI BSU XJUI "Seven." A famously obsessive i4FWFO w " GBNPVTMZ PCTFTTJWF filmmaker, Fincher is fascinated mMNNBLFS 'JODIFS JT GBTDJOBUFE by research and detail, and he CZ SFTFBSDI BOE EFUBJM BOE IF makes you share his excitement NBLFT ZPV TIBSF IJT FYDJUFNFOU as Mikael and Lisbeth piece BT .JLBFM BOE -JTCFUI QJFDF together the clues to a seemingly UPHFUIFS UIF DMVFT UP B TFFNJOHMZ unsolvable crime.

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PS turn the sight of a dead cat into UVSO UIF TJHIU PG B EFBE DBU JOUP gruesome nightmare fodder. The HSVFTPNF OJHIUNBSF GPEEFS 5IF film's astounding opening credits, mMN T BTUPVOEJOH PQFOJOH DSFEJUT too, are the work of an artist in UPP BSF UIF XPSL PG BO BSUJTU JO a cheerfully dark mood. But the B DIFFSGVMMZ EBSL NPPE #VU UIF movie doesn't treat the pain of its NPWJF EPFTO U USFBU UIF QBJO PG JUT heroine lightly. "The Girl with the IFSPJOF MJHIUMZ i5IF (JSM XJUI UIF Dragon Tattoo" is a fabulously sin%SBHPO 5BUUPPw JT B GBCVMPVTMZ TJO ister entertainment, but it breaks JTUFS FOUFSUBJONFOU CVU JU CSFBLT your heart, too. Who expected ZPVS IFBSU UPP 8IP FYQFDUFE that?

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MPPLT MJLF B CPZ CVU JT BDUVBMMZ B NBO JT looks like a boy but is actually a man, is a beloved icon around the world but not B CFMPWFE JDPO BSPVOE UIF XPSME CVU OPU that well-known in the U.S., which is why UIBU XFMM LOPXO JO UIF 6 4 XIJDI JT XIZ the film has already opened in several UIF mMN IBT BMSFBEZ PQFOFE JO TFWFSBM DPVOUSJFT PWFSTFBT countries overseas.

Tintin, his dog Snowy and supporting 5JOUJO IJT EPH 4OPXZ BOE TVQQPSUJOH DIBSBDUFST TVDI BT UIF SFGPSNFE BMDPIPMJD characters such as the reformed alcoholic Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) will be $BQUBJO )BEEPDL "OEZ 4FSLJT XJMM CF OFX UP UIF NBKPSJUZ PG "NFSJDBOT XIP TFF new to the majority of Americans who see Spielberg's movie. Merge could not have 4QJFMCFSH T NPWJF )FSHF DPVME OPU IBWF asked for a better introduction. The script BTLFE GPS B CFUUFS JOUSPEVDUJPO 5IF TDSJQU draws its plot from three separate books, ESBXT JUT QMPU GSPN UISFF TFQBSBUF CPPLT and there are many in-jokes and appearBOE UIFSF BSF NBOZ JO KPLFT BOE BQQFBS ances by Tintin regulars to delight the BODFT CZ 5JOUJO SFHVMBST UP EFMJHIU UIF hardcore. But a working knowledge of the IBSEDPSF #VU B XPSLJOH LOPXMFEHF PG UIF books is not required to enjoy what SpielCPPLT JT OPU SFRVJSFE UP FOKPZ XIBU 4QJFM berg has pulled off here. When a vendor CFSH IBT QVMMFE PGG IFSF 8IFO B WFOEPS at an open-air market points at Tintin and BU BO PQFO BJS NBSLFU QPJOUT BU 5JOUJO BOE shouts "Him? &WFSZCPEZ LOPXT IJN w UIF Everybody knows him!" the TIPVUT i)JN joke works in two ways.

KPLF XPSLT JO UXP XBZT The first action setpiece in "The Adven5IF mSTU BDUJPO TFUQJFDF JO i5IF "EWFO tures of Tintin" comes just a few minutes UVSFT PG 5JOUJOw DPNFT KVTU B GFX NJOVUFT into the film, a brief bit of business involvJOUP UIF mMN B CSJFG CJU PG CVTJOFTT JOWPMW ing Snowy and a cat. From that point on, JOH 4OPXZ BOE B DBU 'SPN UIBU QPJOU PO the sequences get bigger and bigger until UIF TFRVFODFT HFU CJHHFS BOE CJHHFS VOUJM an extended motorcycle chase through a BO FYUFOEFE NPUPSDZDMF DIBTF UISPVHI B city in Morocco, all done in one astonishDJUZ JO .PSPDDP BMM EPOF JO POF BTUPOJTI ing take, that is the most thrilling piece of JOH UBLF UIBU JT UIF NPTU UISJMMJOH QJFDF PG film in any movie this year. mMN JO BOZ NPWJF UIJT ZFBS There are sequences in "The Adven5IFSF BSF TFRVFODFT JO i5IF "EWFO tures of Tintin" that rival some of the UVSFT PG 5JOUJOw UIBU SJWBM TPNF PG UIF high points in "Raiders of the Lost Ark": IJHI QPJOUT JO i3BJEFST PG UIF -PTU "SLw Spielberg has no contemporary peer 4QJFMCFSH IBT OP DPOUFNQPSBSZ QFFS when it comes to cutting action together XIFO JU DPNFT UP DVUUJOH BDUJPO UPHFUIFS and finding just the right spot to place his BOE mOEJOH KVTU UIF SJHIU TQPU UP QMBDF IJT camera, and Tintin gives him an opporDBNFSB BOE 5JOUJO HJWFT IJN BO PQQPS tunity to indulge his creativity without UVOJUZ UP JOEVMHF IJT DSFBUJWJUZ XJUIPVU worrying too much about plot. The story XPSSZJOH UPP NVDI BCPVU QMPU 5IF TUPSZ

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from music that were important to my GSPN NVTJD UIBU XFSF JNQPSUBOU UP NZ emotional and spiritual development: In FNPUJPOBM BOE TQJSJUVBM EFWFMPQNFOU *O the wilderness, the silence, the bare naUIF XJMEFSOFTT UIF TJMFODF UIF CBSF OB ked reality not masked by music; in YeLFE SFBMJUZ OPU NBTLFE CZ NVTJD JO :F shiva (a high-level Torah study program) TIJWB B IJHI MFWFM 5PSBI TUVEZ QSPHSBN

away from music for several years, BXBZ GSPN NVTJD GPS TFWFSBM ZFBST letting go of my dreams to be a star, to MFUUJOH HP PG NZ ESFBNT UP CF B TUBS UP be famous. It wasn't until I separated CF GBNPVT *U XBTO U VOUJM * TFQBSBUFE the music from my ego or my desires as UIF NVTJD GSPN NZ FHP PS NZ EFTJSFT BT to how the music would serve me that I UP IPX UIF NVTJD XPVME TFSWF NF UIBU * became able to make music."

CFDBNF BCMF UP NBLF NVTJD w But in his earlier days, it seems that #VU JO IJT FBSMJFS EBZT JU TFFNT UIBU Matisyahu went to concerts to, like .BUJTZBIV XFOU UP DPODFSUT UP MJLF most people, party and have a good time.

NPTU QFPQMF QBSUZ BOE IBWF B HPPE UJNF When asked who some of his favorite 8IFO BTLFE XIP TPNF PG IJT GBWPSJUF performers to see live were, he wrote: QFSGPSNFST UP TFF MJWF XFSF IF XSPUF "I can't remember the last time I saw i* DBO U SFNFNCFS UIF MBTU UJNF * TBX music sober live and enjoyed it."

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rather get gifts from strangers than famSBUIFS HFU HJGUT GSPN TUSBOHFST UIBO GBN ily. Though not everyone will be a strangJMZ 5IPVHI OPU FWFSZPOF XJMM CF B TUSBOH er, because Lucid Stage has an extensive FS CFDBVTF -VDJE 4UBHF IBT BO FYUFOTJWF community of volunteers, performers and DPNNVOJUZ PG WPMVOUFFST QFSGPSNFST BOE supporters who will likely turn out.

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name director (after Wim Wenders and OBNF EJSFDUPS BGUFS 8JN 8FOEFST BOE Martin Scorsese) to give the gimmick a .BSUJO 4DPSTFTF UP HJWF UIF HJNNJDL B try this year, and the results are so exUSZ UIJT ZFBS BOE UIF SFTVMUT BSF TP FY traordinary, they make you start wonderUSBPSEJOBSZ UIFZ NBLF ZPV TUBSU XPOEFS ing if 3-D is a good idea, after all.

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ers, but the movie's relentless pace is a FST CVU UIF NPWJF T SFMFOUMFTT QBDF JT B big part of its charm. This one really is CJH QBSU PG JUT DIBSN 5IJT POF SFBMMZ JT a roller-coaster ride, nothing more and B SPMMFS DPBTUFS SJEF OPUIJOH NPSF BOE nothing less. You've just never ridden one OPUIJOH MFTT :PV WF KVTU OFWFS SJEEFO POF quite like this before, and seeing it simply RVJUF MJLF UIJT CFGPSF BOE TFFJOH JU TJNQMZ won't be the same outside the theater.

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ter County, N.Y., in a Reconstructionist UFS $PVOUZ / : JO B 3FDPOTUSVDUJPOJTU Jewish family. As a teenager, he began +FXJTI GBNJMZ "T B UFFOBHFS IF CFHBO studying and exploring Judaism more TUVEZJOH BOE FYQMPSJOH +VEBJTN NPSF deeply, including at a school in ManEFFQMZ JODMVEJOH BU B TDIPPM JO .BO hattan and a wilderness program in IBUUBO BOE B XJMEFSOFTT QSPHSBN JO Oregon.

0SFHPO At 19, he renamed himself Matisyahu "U IF SFOBNFE IJNTFMG .BUJTZBIV and became affiliated with a ChasBOE CFDBNF BGmMJBUFE XJUI B $IBT sidic movement within Judaism. When TJEJD NPWFNFOU XJUIJO +VEBJTN 8IFO performing, he was often seen with a QFSGPSNJOH IF XBT PGUFO TFFO XJUI B beard and wearing the black fedora and CFBSE BOE XFBSJOH UIF CMBDL GFEPSB BOE long black coat typical of members of the MPOH CMBDL DPBU UZQJDBM PG NFNCFST PG UIF Chabad sect. $IBCBE TFDU But just last week, Matisyahu's reli#VU KVTU MBTU XFFL .BUJTZBIV T SFMJ gious affiliations made news when he HJPVT BGmMJBUJPOT NBEF OFXT XIFO IF shaved off his signature beard and wrote TIBWFE PGG IJT TJHOBUVSF CFBSE BOE XSPUF online: "No more Chassidic reggae POMJOF i/P NPSF $IBTTJEJD SFHHBF superstar." Some took the remarks to TVQFSTUBS w 4PNF UPPL UIF SFNBSLT UP mean he was pulling back on his faith, NFBO IF XBT QVMMJOH CBDL PO IJT GBJUI but he letter said on Twitter that he CVU IF MFUUFS TBJE PO 5XJUUFS UIBU IF would continue practicing his faith in the XPVME DPOUJOVF QSBDUJDJOH IJT GBJUI JO UIF same ways, and that his facial hair may TBNF XBZT BOE UIBU IJT GBDJBM IBJS NBZ make a comeback someday.

NBLF B DPNFCBDL TPNFEBZ And for those worried about how his "OE GPS UIPTF XPSSJFE BCPVU IPX IJT

image change will affect his concert at JNBHF DIBOHF XJMM BGGFDU IJT DPODFSU BU the State Theatre, don't - according to UIF 4UBUF 5IFBUSF EPO U o BDDPSEJOH UP recent reviews, his musical style and live SFDFOU SFWJFXT IJT NVTJDBM TUZMF BOE MJWF show remains unchanged.

TIPX SFNBJOT VODIBOHFE Musically, Matisyahu is known for .VTJDBMMZ .BUJTZBIV JT LOPXO GPS spiritual lyrics, energetic rapping and TQJSJUVBM MZSJDT FOFSHFUJD SBQQJOH BOE beat-boxing, often to a reggae rhythm.

CFBU CPYJOH PGUFO UP B SFHHBF SIZUIN His career began when he was in Bend, )JT DBSFFS CFHBO XIFO IF XBT JO #FOE Ore., for wilderness school and began 0SF GPS XJMEFSOFTT TDIPPM BOE CFHBO performing as MC Truth.

QFSGPSNJOH BT .$ 5SVUI In 2005, Phish invited him to perform *O 1IJTI JOWJUFE IJN UP QFSGPSN with them at the Bonnaroo Festival.

XJUI UIFN BU UIF #POOBSPP 'FTUJWBM After that, he toured extensively for "GUFS UIBU IF UPVSFE FYUFOTJWFMZ GPS a couple of years before releasing the B DPVQMF PG ZFBST CFGPSF SFMFBTJOH UIF single "King Without a Crown," which TJOHMF i,JOH 8JUIPVU B $SPXO w XIJDI became a hit on rock radio and made the CFDBNF B IJU PO SPDL SBEJP BOE NBEF UIF top 10 Modern Rock chart. He's since UPQ .PEFSO 3PDL DIBSU )F T TJODF charted three albums on the Billboard DIBSUFE UISFF BMCVNT PO UIF #JMMCPBSE Top 40 mainstream album chart.

5PQ NBJOTUSFBN BMCVN DIBSU Because he honors the traditional #FDBVTF IF IPOPST UIF USBEJUJPOBM Jewish Sabbath, from Friday evening to +FXJTI 4BCCBUI GSPN 'SJEBZ FWFOJOH UP Saturday evening, he doesn't do Friday4BUVSEBZ FWFOJOH IF EPFTO U EP 'SJEBZ night concerts. And he has said in the OJHIU DPODFSUT "OE IF IBT TBJE JO UIF past that doing Saturday shows is tricky, QBTU UIBU EPJOH 4BUVSEBZ TIPXT JT USJDLZ

because he's not supposed to work until CFDBVTF IF T OPU TVQQPTFE UP XPSL VOUJM after sundown and can't ask anyone to BGUFS TVOEPXO BOE DBO U BTL BOZPOF UP work for him until then, either. Keeping XPSL GPS IJN VOUJM UIFO FJUIFS ,FFQJOH kosher is not that hard, he says, but as a LPTIFS JT OPU UIBU IBSE IF TBZT CVU BT B vegan, eating healthy on the road is his WFHBO FBUJOH IFBMUIZ PO UIF SPBE JT IJT bigger challenge.

CJHHFS DIBMMFOHF In between writing, recording and tour*O CFUXFFO XSJUJOH SFDPSEJOH BOE UPVS ing, Matisyahu writes long meditative JOH .BUJTZBIV XSJUFT MPOH NFEJUBUJWF pieces about religion and spirituality on QJFDFT BCPVU SFMJHJPO BOE TQJSJUVBMJUZ PO his website.

IJT XFCTJUF When asked what he likes to do besides 8IFO BTLFE XIBU IF MJLFT UP EP CFTJEFT music, he gave this answer: NVTJD IF HBWF UIJT BOTXFS "I spend my days (in) voice therapy, i* TQFOE NZ EBZT JO WPJDF UIFSBQZ physical therapy, psychotherapy, shul QIZTJDBM UIFSBQZ QTZDIPUIFSBQZ TIVM and vegan restaurants, reading, resting, BOE WFHBO SFTUBVSBOUT SFBEJOH SFTUJOH walking, breathing, thinking, praying, XBMLJOH CSFBUIJOH UIJOLJOH QSBZJOH writing, trying not to think, trying not to XSJUJOH USZJOH OPU UP UIJOL USZJOH OPU UP talk or put garbage inside me.

UBML PS QVU HBSCBHF JOTJEF NF "The good stuff is already there." i5IF HPPE TUVGG JT BMSFBEZ UIFSF w

street, you can participate in the swap, TUSFFU ZPV DBO QBSUJDJQBUF JO UIF TXBQ and if you've never been to a Yankee BOE JG ZPV WF OFWFS CFFO UP B :BOLFF swap, this would be a good chance to TXBQ UIJT XPVME CF B HPPE DIBODF UP participate in one without angering famQBSUJDJQBUF JO POF XJUIPVU BOHFSJOH GBN ily members.

JMZ NFNCFST One of the fun things about a Yankee 0OF PG UIF GVO UIJOHT BCPVU B :BOLFF swap is that when it's your turn, you can TXBQ JT UIBU XIFO JU T ZPVS UVSO ZPV DBO either open a new gift or "steal" a gift FJUIFS PQFO B OFX HJGU PS iTUFBMw B HJGU that was already opened by someone UIBU XBT BMSFBEZ PQFOFE CZ TPNFPOF else.

FMTF People who want to participate should 1FPQMF XIP XBOU UP QBSUJDJQBUF TIPVME

bring a wrapped, used gift for re-gifting CSJOH B XSBQQFE VTFE HJGU GPS SF HJGUJOH (a perfect way to get rid of unwanted B QFSGFDU XBZ UP HFU SJE PG VOXBOUFE presents from years past) or a new gift QSFTFOUT GSPN ZFBST QBTU PS B OFX HJGU that costs less than $25.

UIBU DPTUT MFTT UIBO The gifts are put under a tree, then 5IF HJGUT BSF QVU VOEFS B USFF UIFO numbers are drawn to determine who OVNCFST BSF ESBXO UP EFUFSNJOF XIP picks when.

QJDLT XIFO The first person will unwrap a gift, then 5IF mSTU QFSTPO XJMM VOXSBQ B HJGU UIFO the second person can either unwrap a UIF TFDPOE QFSTPO DBO FJUIFS VOXSBQ B new gift or steal the first present. Then OFX HJGU PS TUFBM UIF mSTU QSFTFOU 5IFO the third person can either unwrap a new UIF UIJSE QFSTPO DBO FJUIFS VOXSBQ B OFX

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present or steal from the first two people.

QSFTFOU PS TUFBM GSPN UIF mSTU UXP QFPQMF And so on.

"OE TP PO "But it will be orderly; it won't be a freei#VU JU XJMM CF PSEFSMZ JU XPO U CF B GSFF for-all," said Liz McMahon of Lucid Stage.

GPS BMM w TBJE -J[ .D.BIPO PG -VDJE 4UBHF An orderly holiday gift exchange - now "O PSEFSMZ IPMJEBZ HJGU FYDIBOHF o OPX there's something to dream about.

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