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Won’t you be my valentine

There is nothing I love more than falling in love; the chemistry, the excitement, the butterflies, the kindness, the simple things, like holding hands that make you go wild.

Romantic dinners, walks on the beach, hours spent staring into your lovers eyes. Knowing that you would do absolutely anything for each other to make the other happy. You agree on everything, you make compromises like its second nature. There are never questions of jealousy or trust. Little quirks and behaviors like chewing with your mouth opened or snoring just don’t seem to exist. You never fight; you are the apple of each other’s eyes. You gross people out with acts of public adoration, every where you go people tell you to “rent a room!” There are a few people that warn you that it wont last forever, that this is the “honeymoon stage.” Maybe I am naive, or maybe I am a sucker: overly optimistic and positive to a fault-a believer of bliss, rapture.

Despite the fact that my parents are divorced, I still believe that a relationship can be like this forever. This is my favorite part about falling in love.

You advertise to “yourself” to your lover as the perfect woman. You love football: truly, madly, deeply and can recite his favorite teams player roster and each of there achievements. You never fart, burp or use the ladies room.

You encourage him to go to “gentlemen’s clubs” with his single friends, to get very drunk, that you will never call: in fact you give him lap dance money. You bake his favorite desserts in the Phoebe Cypress nude, you never wear Phoebe Cypress is a nomad. Travsweatpants, ever, or eled far and wide, she brings her sense even eat food. You of style and flavor to the midcoast.

Fearless, unique and always on the don’t believe in love, hunt, this column is motivated by hidcommitment is too den gems throughout our State & inconstraining (I actually animate objects on those adventures heard that one time). that catch her eye, drive her nuts or You don’t have any are misunderstood. expectations. And the most popular “true-self” sales pitch from single women all over...is you hate Valentines Day. You “hate” it because it’s unfair to men, and the assumptions are ludicrous. You especially hate roses. Why should there be a day devoted to chocolate, expensive jewelry, teddy bears, extravagance, flowers and dinner dates.

All the while we are secretly hoping that they will read our minds. Of course, because men are psychic, or so we like to think. We believe that not only will we get a lavish, over the top bouquet delivered to us at work, by an Edward Cullen impersonator, crooning love songs, in front of all of your insanely jealous co-workers. That once you arrive at home, “your song,” (even though he isn’t aware that the song you heard on your car radio, after your first date would be forever “your song”.) will be playing softly in the room.

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beachy, wavy celebrity hair. You will float over a trail of red rose petals, leading you into a candle-lit room with a tower of gift boxes, embossed with various names: Gucci, Tiffany, Cartier, Agent Provocateur, Vosage Chocolates.

A bottle of champagne is being chilled beside a linen and crystal covered table. Oh my, he has prepared your favorite meal. He cooks. He’s perfect.

You put this in writing and by golly it sounds pretty good. It also sounds like a screenplay for a Drew Barrymore movie.

Wake the *#@$ up people! This isn’t a movie. This isn’t Hollywood. Or a dream. This is real life. What have we done to love? this is what Valentines Day really is...

I don’t hate Valentines Day. I just think its stupid. I certainly don’t have any expectations; I never want to set myself up for disappointment...because ladies, men ARE NOT psychic.

They don’t understand that when you say “I don’t want anything,” it really means, I want the best gift ever. So if you want it, speak up and say it. Valentines falls shortly after Christmas, right when the holiday credit card bills are starting to arrive. The chances of receiving diamonds aren’t likely. And with our schedules that fantasy vacation to Costa Rica is out.

I think the pressures we put on men for day devoted to the worshipping of your true love is partisan. What if the tables were turned ladies? How would we deal with that pressure? We wouldn’t. So lets be realistic here and opt out for a snickers, a beer and maybe a card.

When my husband and I were in the “honeymoon” stage of our relationship he warned me that despite our love, our passion, our lust and our commitment to each other that it would not always be this way. He told me that couples argue and that there are ebbs and flows.

Peaks and valleys. Good times and bad. I batted my eyelashes, looked deep into his eyes and replied “No way, we will never fight. We are so in love...”. Proceeded with endless hours of fawning over each other.

Years have passed since the days when we first dated. We have a child, a home, and different responsibilities. Lives. We rarely get to spend time alone, let alone hours. We argue, (he was right...god that tastes awful coming out of my mouth) passionately.

I love my husband. The best gift he has ever given me has fat little feet and dimples on his knuckles. I would never want anything more than what we have. Happy Valentines Day! I love you eternally and cannot wait for our traditional Valentines Day BBQ lunch, complete with mint juleps... and Erik, I don’t want anything.

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A taste of heaven just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sabrosa Cupcake Co. Looking for a gift for someone special on Valentine’s day that’s more personal than flowers or stale boxed candy? Want to find a unique way to cheer someone up? Planning a party or event and need to find something distinctive and unique for your dessert? Look no further than Sabrosa Cupcake Co, based in Thomaston. All cupcakes are made from scratch with delicious and unique flavor combinations coupled with witty names such as “Dirty Girls”, “Pucker Up” and “Hello,Gorgeous!”, and the presentation is simply beautiful.

Cupcakes are available for purchase at Thomaston Grocery, and customers can also place custom orders in advance. However, what truly makes Sabrosa Cupcake Co. unique is that customers can have these tasty treats delivered. That’s right. Why send roses, when you can send cupcakes? What girl would argue?

Owner Heidi Timmermann Vigue started the company in July of 2010, and named it Sabrosa which is the Spanish word for tasty. “I started Sabrosa because I love to cook/bake and have been doing so since I was probably seven years old. I remember having to use a chair to reach items in the cabinets because I was too little to reach,” said Vigue in a recent interview. When I asked her why she chose cupcakes as her specialty over the more standard cake, she shared, “cupcakes are very versatile and can be customized/individualized much easier than a full size cake. Everyone can have their own little “treasure” that makes them feel special – and that’s what we want our customers to feel when they experience our cupcakes.”

The menu (you can see it for yourself on Facebook) is a treat in itself. Vigue says that the most popular cupcake flavor is red velvet. During the holidays,

By Shannon Kinney gingerbread with butterscotch frosting becomes very popular. Summertime brings an assortment of traditional and lighter flavors i.e. lemon, strawberry, blueberry. The company makes a special flavor for each holiday. We were intrigued by “Dirty Little Piggys” which includes layers of delightful chocolate and bacon, and “Marilyn” which promises to be “fun, flirty and delicious!”

For Valentine’s day, Sabrosa Cupcake Co is having several specials, and the featured flavor is “The Chickypoo”, Strawberry or pink tinted (for those that are not strawberry fans) with either Strawberry or pink tinted frosting and decorated with Valentine’s decorations. They will be available at Thomaston Grocery. The company is also featuring a delivery special: An oversized cupcake decorated for Valentine’s Day in a cute little hot pink or white Chinese take-out box complete with a personalized note card and delivered within 15 miles of Thomaston for just $8.00 without balloon, $10 with balloon. What a terrific opportunity to surprise your special someone at work, children at school, co-workers and friends, or just to say “You’re special to me”. Also available for delivery are half dozen cupcakes delivered in a beautiful box with a ribbon – these truly look like gifts when you see them. Flavor choices for Valentine’s Day will be the “Chickypoo”, Chocolate Peanut butter Cup, Red Velvet and Vanilla with Raspberry filling. Many people like the half dozen cupcake package. The enclosed personalized note card is the perfect completion.

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I asked Vigue to share how people have utilized her services in the past, and she said that Sabrosa Cupcakes have been used for birthday parties, special birthday parties (such as 50ths, etc.), anniversary celebrations, treats for co-workers, Christmas and hostess gifts and for weddings. A cupcake tower is more affordable and also a delicious change from traditional wedding cake, and allows for real versatility at your wedding and can include several flavors.

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Anatomy of the Tide Not since In The Bedroom has there been a community-wide flutter of excitement knowing an independent film company is coming to town to film a movie. Only, in this case, these guys didn’t have to fly in from Hollywood. They’ve been living here, working here, sharing a beer at local watering holes all along.

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islands by Two Tides Entertainment and its production team. When all the necessary funding is in place, the goal is to start pre-production in the spring and shoot for five weeks in July and August.

Anatomy of the Tide is a feature film by Midcoast Maine writer/director/producer, Joel B. Strunk whom the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences honored with a Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Award.

Strunk is a tuna fisherman who fishes out of Rockland and has worked in and among Maine’s waterfronts all of his life. His script Anatomy of the Tide placed in the top 30 out of 6,500 scripts for the Nicholl Fellowships this past year, a notable feat in itself. It is a coming-of-age story about three island boys in their final summer of adolescence, who look beyond an ocean that has incarcerated them since birth to plot their hopes and dreams.

Dark secrets, fearful parents, and wealthy seasonal influences all combine to make this story a recipe of tragedy and triumph.

As with every film project, there is always a good back story. One day a few years ago, Strunk was listening to a record album his late father had made. Judd Strunk was a high-profile musician in Los Angeles in the 1960s-1970s who knew a lot of entertainers in the industry. Feeling nostalgic about his father as he listened to his music, Joel Strunk turned the album cover over to see who produced it and found a name he didn’t recognize: Charles Kipps. “When people you love pass away,” says Joel Strunk, “you always try to find living pieces of them in other people.” On a whim, Joel Strunk called up Kipps in L.A. and left

The production budget for this independent film is about $1 million, similar in budget to In The Bedroom. Anatomy of the Tide will be shot and produced here in Midcoast Maine and surrounding

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him a message that he was Judd Strunk’s son— and—if that meant anything to him, he’d love to have a conversation. Kipps immediately called him back and a connection between the two immediately formed. Kipps, a former Motown record producer, who’d made seven gold albums with Aretha Franklin and The Temptations, also happened to be a film producer whose credits included Fat Albert, a feature film for Twentieth Century Fox co-written with Bill Cosby, and Frame of Mind. Kipps asked to see the Anatomy of the Tide script and after reading it, offered to sign on as the film’s lead producer. “Charles doesn’t do anyone a favor if he doesn’t like a script; but in this case, he loved it,” says Joel Strunk. “He told me: ‘Stop focusing on agents and selling your script. Do it yourself. You raise the money—I’ll give you the talent.’ ” Tom Craig, a former senior V.P. of Universal Pictures and United Artists that helped green light such films as Shakespeare in Love, Prince of Tides, and Rain Man, got ahold of the script next through his Maine connections and became the next producer to attach to the film.

Now they had to find a cinematographer. In 2006, Strunk met Daniel Stephens, an awardwinning cinematographer who was teaching a lighting cinematography class at Maine Media Workshops. Stephens had come to the Workshops in 2002 and loved his experience so much, he decided to make Maine his home. He currently works as a cinematographer and partner in the Maine-based production company goodfocus, llc. After Strunk and Stephens collaborated on making a commercial together, Strunk asked Stephens to be his Director of Photography on Anatomy of the Tide. And with most of the necessary pieces in place, they were ready to go to the next level.

Just like In The Bedroom and Islander, what’s exciting about this particular film is that it will be actually shot in Maine. If this sounds like an obvious thing to say—it isn’t. According to Stephens, many production companies don’t actually come to Maine to shoot Maine films because Maine, unlike other states, is perceived as not being very film-friendly. Take Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey as well as Canadian provinces—they all give a 25%- 60% tax credit incentive for filmmakers. That means for a $1 million movie, anywhere from 1/3 to over 1/2 of the film’s qualified expenses can be A multi-dealer shop representing over 70 of the area’s dealers.

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reimbursed to the production company in the form of a tax credit. Maine only reimburses up to 12% of wages paid to Maine residents and 5% of other qualified expenses—which is why from a business standpoint, a production company has more incentive to film in Massachusetts or Canada. “A lot of times, they’ll say the Canadian coast looks a lot like Maine and assume most people won’t tell the difference,” says Stephens.

Another obstacle is that there aren’t a lot of production facilities in Maine, although that’s starting to change in Portland. Still, that adds up to additional expenses when the cast and equipment has to be trucked in from away.

“While [out-of-state film production companies] are infusing some cash into the Maine economy, at the end of the day,” says Stephens, “most of those people they are paying are from somewhere else.”

That’s why this Maine waterfront movie is getting so much local support. Written by a Maine fisherman—and underwritten, to a large degree, by hard-working Maine people: doctors, lobstermen, boat builders, trap manufacturers, fishing fleet operators, aviation professionals, and other waterfront folks and businesses— Anatomy of the Tide plans to be giving as much as it gets from the state it proudly represents. Says Lea Girardin, Director of The Maine Film Office,

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Most of the scenes will be shot in Rockland and potentially, North Haven or Vinalhaven. “We may not have a big production studio here, but look around—the state of Maine is our studio,” says Stephens. “We have some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. And Mainers certainly can ‘tell the difference’” he adds. “This is what Maine really looks like. I’m excited with this film because here’s a chance for me to practice my craft at home, which I don’t get to do very often.”

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Q&A with Dale Swartzentruber Executive Chef, Newcastle Publick House

When and why did you start cooking?

Growing up in the south, and coming from a large family, food was an important part of my life. I actually started cooking as a child, but my career as a chef began as a young adult. I moved to the Caribbean, and found the cultures and flavors therein, to be plentiful and inspiring: hence my beginnings were in cajun and creole cooking.

What other jobs have you had/education?

I am a self taught chef, although I have had the honor of working with some great chefs along the way. I started in the Virgin Islands, at an American Italian Restaurant as a line cook; followed by my first real taste of cajun and creole at the Blue Moon Restaurant. I was asked to be the sous chef and to open the Fort Christian Brew Pub, which allowed great opportunity in management. Moving back to the states, I was the sous chef at the Eastland Park Hotel in Portland. I was then offered the opportunity to work under Sam Hayward at Fore St. in Portland, which is where I really got to nurture my passion for working with fresh, local ingredients.

I moved up to the midcoast in 2004, where I was the chef at the Damariscotta River Grill; following that, I was the Executive Chef at Lupines Restaurant and finally to the Newcastle Publick House as the Executive Chef.

What do you love about your job?

I love the fact that I have the opportunity to use such great fresh and local ingredients. I have such an amazing relationship with local farmers whom provide me with everything from vegetables, meat and dairy products. It is a joy to work in a restaurant where the owners have as much of a passion for local and fresh as I do.

4. How do you feel about shows like Chopped and Iron Chef?

If it involves cooking, I enjoy it. To watch others doing what they love with new and changing ingredients, I find interesting.

What is your favorite thing to cook and create?

What I love to cook is always changing. It all goes back to what is fresh and local.

What do you not like to work with or cook?

The only thing I prefer to not work with is products that are boxed or canned.

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THE VILLAGE RESTAURANT 5 Main Street, Camden

Open on Valentines Day Monday Feb.14th

Good friends, good service, good people Extensive menu from hot dogs to lobster rolls, including fries, onion rings, and more!

“The only thing we overlook . . . is the harbor.”

Tues.-Sun. 11-9 Private Dining Room for Parties Reservations 236-3232

Check out our Soup Specials on www.knox.villagesoup.com Mon-Fri 10:30 - 4 • Sat 10:30 - 3 Call Ahead Service • 236-8751 85 Elm St., (Rt. 1), Camden Market Place, Camden

Bullwinkles Seafood & Steakhouse

& The Bog Tavern • Steaks • Seafood • Chicken • Pasta • Gourmet Pizza • Full Bar • BBQ’s on the deck • Draft Beers

Open Daily 5:30am-9pm “All You Can Eat Seafood”

207-596-7556

Mon. - Thurs. 3 - 8, Fri. 3 - 9, Sat. 12 - 9, Sun 12 - 8 2919 Atlantic Highway, Waldoboro 832-6272

441 Main Street Rockland

Wasabi Lady

Comfort Inn 159 Searsport Ave. Belfast

338-2646

comforinnbelfast.com/dining “Come for dessert and stay for dinner”

Salad Ingredients: 2 cups baby spinach 1/4 cup roasted red peppers 1/8 cup thinly sliced red onion 1/8 cup sliced almonds 4 oz tuna steak Dressing Ingredients: 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sour cream 2 TBL prepared wasabi juice of half lemon zest of 1/2 lemon salt and pepper to taste Dressing: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth.

Salad: Heat a skillet with oil to high heat. Season tuna with salt and pepper and sear on each side for 1-2 minutes. Set aside. Assemble other salad ingredients on a plate. Thinly slices the tuna against the grain and place on top of salad. Drizzle with wasabi dressing and serve.

Home Style Country Cooking Open

Everyday for Breakfast & Lunch Thursday, Friday & Saturday Dinner Mon. Tue. Wed. 6:00 am–2:30 pm Thur. Fri. Sat. 6:00 am–8:00 pm Sun. 7:00 am–2:30 pm 1422 Heald Highway (Rt. 17) Union 785-2300

207-338-4565 • 52 Main Street Beautiful Belfast, Maine 04915 Delvinosgrill@yahoo.com

Open 7 Days: 11:30am-9p.m

Delvino’s

52 Main Street, Belfast Phone: 207-338-4565 Hours: Open 7 days 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

E-mail: delvinosgrill@yahoo.com join us for great food, great fun, great friends!

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Family Friendly Dining Serving Delicious Irish and American Fare 7 Days a Week Wednesday Night: 2 for $28 (special menu) Thursday Night: Corned Beef and Cabbage Friday and Saturday Night: Prime Rib

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Irish Shepherd’s Pie! Corned Beef Rachel!

Happy Hour Mon. - Thurs. 3 - 6 - Fri. 3 - 5 Annie’s Gift Certificates available

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Say what?! Who’s talking about my business online? The new marketing conundrum

At Dream Local (formerly Capture Media Associates), we often hear concerns from businesses about information about them online. Either they heard from someone that there is incorrect information or a bad review about them on a site, or they search for their business in search engines only to be surprised to find reviews and comments about them. We had one client that has moved their location and is concerned that their old address shows up on many search engines. Has this happened to you?

Businesses are realizing that more and more consumers are expressing their thoughts about brands and companies online through ratings and reviews on sites like GoogleLocal, Yelp, TripAdvisor and through posts on their blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more. As a business owner, how do you manage this information? How can you know WHAT is being said about you, and WHERE it is being said?

Social Media Maven

By Shannon Kinney Shannon Kinney of Dream Local (formerly Capture Media Associates) has more than 15 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategy. She has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada, and has worked with high profile companies such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and many others on their strategy development.

The good old fashioned way of solving this problem is to search online, for your business name to see what comes up. If you’re in the hospitality industry, monitoring the site TripAdvisor.com is a good start. If you’re a restaurant, monitoring the sites yelp.com, urbanspoon.com and up and coming foursquare.com are good bets. But, who has the time to keep up with all of this?

The way we solve this for our clients is a product that we offer called RepShield.

This product is a series of reports that will scan over 150 sites on the web (including industry-specific sites and select local sites) to find several things: 1. What is being said about your brand, when it was said, who said it, and where it was said - this empowers you to find the comments and respond 2. How your company is represented online - and this is a critical point. While most business owners are concerned about what consumers are saying, it’s also important to understand how your business “listing” is represented on several different web sites, because these sites impact how you perform on search. If, for example, your listing contains an old address or phone number, consumers that are looking for you online could be sent to the wrong place. By taking control of how your company is represented online, you can ensure a better experience for consumers, and dramatically improved ranking on search engines.

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The most powerful feature of Facebook that you aren’t using: Lists Another topic that generates a lot of questions relates to controlling which friends on Facebook see specific types of information. Questions like “I feel a need to add business colleagues and contacts to my friend list, but don’t want them to see all of my photos”, “Can I just have business colleagues friend my business page?” and “I’m a private person and only want my family to see status updates about my kids” come our way each day. And many people tell me that they shy away from Facebook because of these concerns.

The good news is Facebook has an answer for all of these concerns, a tool called Lists. These lists can control who can see your status updates, photos, wall, and more – making it easy for you to keep some information available for a select group of people. Lists are a great way to organize your friends and help with your privacy. If you are concerned about segregating information, we recommend creating at least a “Personal” and “Professional” list. This way you can post things that are applicable to your professional life and you won’t be bothering your personal friends with too much information. Another example relates to geography, I have a list called “locals” of people in this area. When I’m doing a status update encouraging people to buy a Christmas tree from the local Kiwanis club, I don’t want to bother my friends in California with it, so I send that update only to people in this area. Also, if I only want to see people from this area in my news feed, I can choose that and see how everyone here is weathering the snow storm or reacting to some other local event.

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For a how to guide complete with pictures on how to set up lists, visit: http://capturemediaassociates.com/2011/01/how-to-create-lists-on-your-personalprofile/ Want to learn how to market your business online? Have a question for Shannon or suggestion of what you’d like to see in the next issue? Send it to shannon@dreamlocal.com Follow me on LinkedIn, Foursquare, Facebook or Twitter www.facebook.com/capturemediaassociates www.twitter.com/shannonkin

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Wiscasset Community Center

t e r c e S t p “Best Ke idcoast” eM h t n i Q&A with Jon and Jason Thompson of Genuine Auto

What is the history of the garage?

Jon: Our Dad lived with his family on this property in the 1940’s. Our grandfather (maternal side) ran it as a gas station in the ‘50’s. It was Crockett’s Garage through to the ‘90’s. I purchased it in May 2002. Jason began in Oct. ‘02.

What do you like about working with your brother?

Jon: We have a great deal of trust and understanding with each other. Our customers are as well taken care of in his hands as they are in mine.

Jason: We’re good friends.

We get along great. We can have an argument then go have lunch together. We have the same ideas when it comes to fixing cars.

What is your dream car?

Jon: A maintenence-free, unbreakable, corrosion-proof vehicle of the future - after I retire, of course.

Jason: A “malibu-yellow” Saab SPG convertible.

Here for all your wellness needs!

Come try out our 6-Lane competition pool with family alcove and hot tub, multi-purpose gymnasium and fitness center.

The Wiscasset Community Center just makes sense! We offer low rates, quality programming, well trained staff and a top notch facility.

“The WCC where families are first!”

242 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset, ME 04578 207-882-8230 • www.wiscassetrec.com

Winter Sale!

30% off 50% off

Baby hats & mittens

Robeez

Available now - swim diapers, natural sunscreen, and other baby vacation items Sale good through March 1, 2011

207-563-2333

Open Wednesday-Saturday 10-4, or by appointment 157 Main Street • Damariscotta www.maineclothdiaper.com

Gift Registries Available

Jason Thompson What is your favorite car to work on?

Jon: Any vehicle that gives me a good challenge is fun to work on.

Driveability & electrical problems are my favorites.

Jason: Subarus & Toyotas What do you like most about your job?

Jon: The variety. Every day is different and automakers keep coming up with new challenges.

Jason: It’s more like a hobby than a job.

Our customers make it fun, too.

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What is one tip that you can impart on customers about their vehicles?

Jon: To quote Ben Franklin, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Maintenence is cheaper than repair.

Jason: A good mechanic is as important as a good doctor. Find someone you trust and stay there.

Genuine Auto is located at 126 S Main St, Rockland Phone: 207-594-5872

Presents

From a book by Helene Hanff

Directed by David Troup

At the Rockport Opera House

February 11, 12, 14 at 7:30 pm and February 13 at 2:00 pm

Jon Thompson Jr.

$18 Adults, $10 Students Tickets and Info: (207) 236 0173 or www.everymanrep.org

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Amy Stairs, Liberty For a long time I wanted a sleeve. [A sleeve is a tattoo which covers the same arm surface a shirt sleeve might.] I have lots of “young tattoos”—you know, you get a tattoo for the sake of it. But this one [as she points to her arm] had meaning and thought put into it. This here is a series of dart frogs in the rain forest. They are just amazing little creatures that are adorable and cute. I wanted something like this for the longest time and luckily when I came into Josh’s shop this piece was already here [on the studio’s wall]. It was perfect.

It was different, something I’ve never seen before.

It wasn’t your typical in-your-face, raw, scary tattoo for a sleeve. We talked about throwing in a couple of ladybugs. Today we’re working filling in some of the outlines on some of the tender skin of my arm.

Josh Ard, Belfast I’ve known Amy my whole life. When you get to do a sleeve like this—she’s passionate about it, I’m passionate about it —it works out great. This piece is all original. It’s not boring. There are only so many Chinese Zodiacs you can do before you go numb.

Amy bought the art work from Isaac Wright, an artist, who lives around here. His work is more commonly known in Bangor and has been in Tattoo Magazine a bunch. He works at our shop and he’s a flash artist.

For example, if you go into any tattoo studio and see art work on the walls—that art is sold to different companies and distributed to other tattoo artists, who buy it. But first, someone has got to draw it— those people are called flash artists. This piece would have been sent to Flash Magazine, but Isaac sold it as a one-off to Amy, so now no one else can ever use this design—it’s completely original and hers. And Amy will leave with the artwork as well. She can frame it if she wants.

Kay Stephens Kay Stephens, a Maine freelance writer, has covered both mainstream and underground events, people and scenes since moving to the Midcoast in 1993. She helps small Maine businesses in the creative fields get media exposure through www.kaystephenscontent.com To get daily A & E updates, follow The Killer Convo through Facebook: www. facebook.com/killerconvo and Twitter: http://twitter.com/thekillerconvo

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The artist Josh Ard opened his first tattoo shop, “Permanent Expressions” in March, 2010. It is at 80a Main Street, a funky little basement shop between the Army-Navy store and the yarn shop on Main Street in Belfast. There is a comfortable, welcoming vibe as you enter and walk down the stairs. Art work (and not the pretty sailboats in the harbor kind) hangs on every available inch of space on the walls.

Beyond the music playing in the background, the only other sound is of Josh shaking the tubes of ink as he preps his afternoon’s work on a longtime client, Amy Stairs.

This is the first shop I’ve ever opened by myself, in Belfast, my home town. I’ve been around the tattoo industry my whole life. I’ve worked for a lot of shops around the state, in the country, and as far away as West Africa. So, I’ve seen the good side of things, how shops should work and the bad side of things, how shops shouldn’t work and I took everything I’ve ever learned

and opened this shop. We’re not a typical biker shop, but we pride ourselves on being real.

Because of the licensing law in the state of Maine, you don’t actually need to know how to tattoo, all you have to do is buy the $50 tattoo license and work in a sanitary environment to be operational. So, as long as you’re not giving anyone an infection— you can tattoo. And now because there are television shows, reality shows all featuring tattooing—you can even go on eBay and order a kit for $100. People are doing this out of their houses. But none of this means you’re a good tattoo artist. It’s a bit of a political thing, which is understandable. But there are too many shops out there. You’ve got shops with Asian themes, 1950s themes—there’s a lot of glitter. It looks good on the surface, only. That’s why I left mainstream tattooing and came back to Belfast.

We are here for artists, only artists. We’ll take art from all over the United States,

but mostly what we have here on the walls comes from local artists. We cater to a lot of people who don’t necessarily fit the norm of galleries. We’re not looking to capitalize on anyone’s art work. The shop doesn’t make any money from them. Whatever you do to express yourself, we’ll display here. That’s why we call it Permanent Expressions. Our clients reflect that. They can come here and pick anything off the wall, but it doesn’t cost them anything extra to have our team of artists draw something—as one-off original.

That way they get to leave with the design on your body as well as the art work to take home with them.

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Open Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 9-4pm Visit our website www.mainecoastbookshop.com

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Chad reports on his weight loss challenge What a crazy month ...

I have had so many great things happen for me this month! But just as I am about to kick into high gear, I fell and hurt my knee. I am going to have to wait for almost two weeks to get an MRI to find out just how bad it is. I am scared to death. I don’t want to go through this alone.

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I have not been able to workout or walk for over a week.

I am getting down. I just started a new job at Sterling Ambulance in Union but can’t work till I am cleared by my doctor. I also had to cancel my nine-mile challenge till I can get cleared by my medical team. It is easy to get depressed when you hit a wall — but how do you keep going; it’s tough! All I can do is look at this as a bump in the road.

I have had a chance to talk to a lot of people that are seeing what I am doing and that motivates me to keep my head up. Lowe’s has invited me to walk inside the store to keep me safe from slipping on the ice (they are open at 6 a.m.).

I am down to 414 pounds (58 pounds lost) and have gone from a size 66 waist to a 58. With the exception of my knee, I feel great. I know I have an uphill challenge ahead of me this month — being lonely and single in this the month of love (it’s hard) and marking the first year of my dad’s death on the 26th. I am going to really stay focused. I know I am loved and cared for but sometimes it is hard to remember it.... But then I meet someone who is in a real tough spot and my life is a breeze.

On January 22 I had a chance to help interview 23 people who are ready to take up dropping 100 pounds each. I was touched by the stories that I heard and they have rekindled my passion to get through this and keep going. Not that I was going to stop, but it gave my team a chance to see others are affected by obesity. I would like to thank Phil Clayton for walking every day with me at noon without fail and he still is doing it when I can’t — every Monday to Friday from the Chamber of Commerce in Rockland!

It has been a crazy month and I am always motivated by people’s stories.

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Owners of Fiore Artisan Olive Oils & Vinegars Pat and Nancy O’Brien donate $1 for every bottle of the Original 18 Year Balsamic Vinegar sold to The Chad Ridge “Right Choice” Fund. Fiore is located at 503 Main St., Rockland

Current Weight: 414 lbs Highlights for the month: • The 5K: I kicked off the new year with a bang. I jogged/walked in the Set the Pace 5K. I did it in a time of 58:10. It was amazing — the great comments that I got from the runners and my fellow walkers! I was tired at the end but I felt great!

• The new job: I have been in a slump since I lost my job in early December. So one afternoon I posted “ I need a job” on Facebook.

I got a call from Candice and Jason Wiley, the owners of Sterling Ambulance in Union. After sitting down with them they asked me to come on board. They are working very closely with my team and their schedule to make sure that I can still get my workouts and doctor visits in. “ We are behind Chad 100 percent. He is doing a great thing for himself and the people of the Midcoast,” Jason Wiley said.

• The 1,000-Pounds Challenge: I have had a chance to meet a lot of people who need support and have questions about how to lose weight and keep it off. So John Jeffers and Steve Roberts of Beyond Impulse and I talked to the YMCA. Together we came up with a program called Playing Big Living Lean. We were looking for 12 morbidly obese people who would commit to a nine-month challenge to drop 1,000 pounds in the group.

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Think You Got The Blues?”

The Worst Valentine’s Day Story Ever Contest

Winner:

Carolyn McLean Cameron

“Okay I was 22 and working at WHEB, a rock and roll radio station in Portsmouth, NH. I had interned there and had gotten a job as a salesperson and I was kind of a geek anyway. It was a Friday, and it was Valentine’s Day and I was moping and complaining I didn’t have anyone to spend Valentine’s Day with so the DJ held a contest on air. ‘Call in and Win a Date with Carolyn, the Sales Assistant.’

They were even going to throw in a free dinner for us at Margarita’s. And no one—no one called in all day. At that point in my life, I don’t think I was surprised. I was the butt of the on-air joke all day long and at the end of the day they dedicated “Black Friday” by Steely Dan to me.”

Runners Up: Liz Marie

“When I was 17, my super hipster 20-yearold boyfriend and prom date broke up with me in a Barnes and Noble bookstore... for a skanky anorexic girl working at a cheap clothing store in the mall in our podunk, middle-of-nowhere Tennessee city. Last time I saw him, he was working at The Hot Topic there. I guess he joined the mall-employee family and never left.”

Kristen Lindquist

“On one of our first Valentine’s Days together, I finally convinced my future husband to try ice-skating. He fell, of course, but it didn’t seem like a big deal at the time. Later, after we’d ordered our romantic meal at Cafe Miranda, he was in so much pain that we had to get our food to-go and ended up spending Valentine’s Day together in the ER watching the Olympics on TV while waiting for the doctor to deal with what turned out to be his broken arm.

Maggi Blue, a glass jewelry designer from the Midcoast, felt really bad for our Valentine’s Day Worst Story contestants and has donated one of her “You Think You Got The Blues” blue glass necklaces to the winner. Made with a retro robin’s egg blue, this Steampunk-inspired pendant was fused with two lock washers (which look like small gears after fired) in between the glass layers. All glass is fused by Maggi in her home studio in Maine. Each piece is unique and completely handmade and can be found at http://www.dyelotcollective.com

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February Grab & Go:

Lasagna and Ziti Dinners ONLY

$4.99!!!

Italians, Salads, Wraps, Pizza, Pasta and More!

594-7760

Hours: Mon-Sat 9a-9p Sun 9a-8p

This year listen to your sweetheart “Awwww Honey...Honeeeeeeyyyy can you PLEASE get me something from Yo Mamma’s for Valentines’ Day?????

I want:

Jewelry and cards • Rugs Aprons • Cool stationary Sweet cleaning stuff Lotions and creams New table cloths Chocolate to die for Bags • Luggage Please Honey...they’re open 7 days a week.

I’ll be REAL, real good. OKKKKKK, Honey??”

What would YOU do????

96 Main Street Belfast, ME 338 4884 yomammashome.com

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Free Baguette Monday with a $5.00 purchase !!

Newcastle Publick House Open Year Round

all winter on Mondays only

Don’t forget your Valentine on the 14th!

Lunch & Dinner Oysters & Ale

Corner of Rte 90 & Rte 1 Rockport

Live Music Wed. & Thurs. nights

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Mon. - Fri. 7 am - 6:30 pm Sat. 8 am - 6:30 pm Sun. 9 am - 4 pm

52 Main St. • Newcastle

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Athens pizzeria “Have you had your slice today?”

EAT IN OR TAKE OUT 179 Main Street • Thomaston 354-0040 Mon.-Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

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http://thegoodkettle.com Fax: 567-2036 247 US Rt. 1, Stockton Springs, ME

Salad for 2

1 Peeled and cored apple 1 T honey Any light vinaigrette or italian dressing 1 T olive oil 4 Strips of bacon 1⁄2 Large onion 1⁄4 Cup blue cheese or gorgonzola crumbles 1 Large tomato - chopped 2 Oz. Roasted almonds 4 Cups mxed greens

Rustic French Cuisine Main St. in Rockland

New Bar menu and $8 Small Plates Serving dinner 7 days 207.594.4141 www.lilybistromaine.com

Offshore Restaurant Best in Local Seafood Daily Specials

Closing January 31ST and reopening the week of February 21ST Rt. 1, Rockport - 596-6804

I won’t give you our apple vinaigrette recipe, but here’s a good alternative

In the blender, add prepared apple, dressing and honey.

Blend until smooth. *Slice onions very thin *Cut bacon into strips *Sautee onions and bacon over medium-low heat until Onions are caramelized (about 15 mins) – set aside Assemble salad in serving dish

Pizza, Burgers, Salads Steaks, and more!

Come try our lunch time salad bar!

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Sprinkle mixed greens with blue cheese crumbles, almonds, tomatoes Right before you serve top w/ warm onions and bacon Top w/ dressing

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A taste of France in the Maine countryside for the past 19 years

Shepherd’s Pie

BRICKS

$5 Lunch Mon.-Fri. Serving Dinner 5-Close Mon.-Sat. 266 Main Street • Rockland 207-594-5770

18 Central St Rockport, ME open 4-midnight 7 days a week 236-8500

When I get hungry I get Moody! www.moodysdiner.com 832-7785 Rte. 1, Waldoboro

37 Main Street Belfast, Maine 338-4502 1 West Main Street Searsport, Maine 548-2900

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Worst Love Songs of All-Time

You Light Up My Life Debbie Boone

Eternal Flame The Bangles

Make It With You Bread

So many nights I sit by my window Waiting for someone to sing me his song So many dreams I kept deep inside me Alone in the dark but now You’ve come along You light up my life You give me hope To carry on You light up my days and fill my nights with song Do we need to explain this? .......

Close your eyes Give me your hand, darlin’ Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Is this burning an eternal flame Douse this eternal flame ..... This song still burns in my brain from 1989 ......

Hey, have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other side I may be climbing on rainbows but baby, here goes

TRULY Lionel Richie Girl, tell me only this That I have your heart For always And you, want me by your side Whispering the words, I’ll always love you And forever I will be your lover And I know if you really care I will always be there Nice ‘stache Lionel ...... rom a “Brick House” to this?

The Nights Are Better Air Supply I, I was the lonely one Wondering what went wrong, why love had gone And left me lonely I, I was so confused, feeling like I’d just been used Then you came to me and my loneliness left me I used to think I was tied to a heartache That was the heartbreak, but now that I’ve found you At the end of 1981, Air Supply was not allowed to travel by plane to most locations in the U.S. due to excessive crying by both members .... What a coincidence ... by the end of 1981, while listening to Air Supply, we couldn’t stop crying either.

Key Largo Bertie Higgins Wrapped around each other Trying so hard to stay warm That first cold winter together Lying in each other’s arms Watching those old movies Falling in love so desperately Honey I was your hero And you were my leading lady We actually prefer drinking pina colatas, getting caught in the rain when we go to the Keys ..... Please help us escape ... to a bar called O’Malley’s.

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You’re Beautiful James Blunt My life is brilliant.

My life is brilliant.

My love is pure.

I saw an angel.

Of that I’m sure.

She smiled at me on the subway.

She was with another man.

But I won’t lose no sleep on that, ‘Cause I’ve got a plan.

You know what else is brilliant? ........ Glass.

This is like having shards of glass stuck in your ears.

Afternoon Delight Starland Vocal Band Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight Gonna grab some afternoon delight.

My motto’s always been; when it’s right, it’s right.

Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.

When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day.

And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.

Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight.

The group won the Grammy for “Best New Artist of 1976” Say What? .......

I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) Meat Loaf And I would do anything for love, I’d run right into hell and back.

I would do anything for love, I’ll never lie to you and that’s a fact.

But I’ll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way.

And I would do anything for love, Oh I would do anything for love, I would do anything for love, But I won’t do that, No I won’t do that.

Meatloaf says he would do anything for love, but then he specifies: “I won’t do that.” So, what he’s really saying is that he wouldn’t do anything for love -- we think ....

Dreams, they’re for those who sleep Life is for us to keep And if you’re wondering what this song is leading to I want to make it with you I really think that we can make it girl Actually, we are not picking on this song by Bread ........ we really mean all songs by Bread.

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“Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land And they shimmy And Sammy’s so skinny” Terry Lawry: You take my Breath Away Rex Smith

theSCENE: You You smile and it’s okay You take my breath away Like water from a stream On a sizzling summer day Oh, you take my breath away There are words For the magic of a sunrise Only none of them will due For You You take my breath away And I don’t know what to say ‘Cause you take my breath away Molly Miller: Get out of my dreams, Get into my car Billy Ocean It sounds like to opening line to an episode of Law& Order SVU...CREEPER!!!

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Winter Warmers Part three

The year 2011 is upon us, and as the midwinter season settles in, the thoughts of spring and summer are not far behind. Although before the change of seasons bestows us, we still have some winter to contend with, and some tasty brews to enjoy.

Midwinter is still one of my favorite times of winter, with the hustle and bustle of the holidays behind us; we can sit in stress-free comfort and enjoy a great midwinter’ s brew. Beer tasting and beer dinners are frequent in much of the retail and local restaurants.

And with Valentine’ s Day approaching, why not treat your loved one to such an event!

Valentine’ s Day often brings to life some short-lived very special brews, brewed with some fruit perhaps, spices or even chocolate. These unique brews are often made in very limited small batches and aged for some months, even years, before brought to market. They also pour off the retail shelves and pub tap lines at an accelerated rate. So enjoy their unique flavors while they last!

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The first brew in review is actually a very unique beer that can be enjoyed year round, but has become quite a favorite during the winter months and Valentine’ s Day season.

and either fall in love with the style, or never have another.

The next winter lineup is another Belgian-style brewed beer, although not brewed in Belgium; it’ s brewed right here in Maine, by Allagash Brewing Company in Portland.

Kriek-Lambic is brewed by Lindeman’ s Brewing Company in Belgium.

This uniquely brewed beer is brewed by adding fresh black cherries to a six-month young barrel of Lambic.

The addition of fruits provides a secondary fermentation in oak barrels after the primary fermentation as been completed. The fermentation method used is called spontaneous fermentation, much different than traditionally brewed ales and larger.

Allagash Brewing Company sold its first beer in the summer of 1995, and has created a niche market in the U.S. for Belgium beers. Allagash has filled a void in the American beer market quite successfully.

Starting out as a one-man operation, Allagash has grown considerably over the years, being a intriguing part of the craft brewing movement that has allowed creativity of such styles to flourish.

To brew a spontaneous fermented Lambic, no yeast is artificially added to the unfermented wort, but the wort is exposed to the open air, in open fermenters.

The result of this method is that wild yeast cells in the open air environment cause the wort to ferment.

Allagash Gran Cru is their winter seasonal. This very special brew pours into the glass from a 750-milliliter bottle.

The deep golden color with a beautifully rich three finger head you could float a wine cork on. The note of complex fruity esters with the aromas of allspice, nutmeg, coriander and a slight bit of smoke give this beer a wonderful mix of aromas.

This type of fermentation causes an explosion of fruity esters that become very evident in the finished brew, from plums to raisins.

By Richard Ruggiero

A graduate of Siebel Institute for Brewing Studies in Chicago, Ruggiero worked as a consultant across the east coast setting up micro-brewery on Long Island, N.Y. called James Bay Brewing Company. In 1995 he relocated to Rockland, Maine to build Rocky Bay Brewery which closed in 2007. He is now the brewmaster at the new Shag Rock Brewing Company in Rockland, located at Amalfi’s Restaurant on the water.

This beer pours into the glass like a fine wine, and is very finely carbonated with a pink red hue. The sensual note of cherries that plays with the nose has the escaping bubbles burst to the top of the rich foam head. This beer at first has the reminiscence of champagne, wine and beer all wrapped into one glass. The semi-sweet acidness of the cherries balance very well with the fruity esters as the beer finishes along the palette with a nice dryness of a fine carbonate.

This beer is said to be aged for eight to 12 months, which would add to the smoothness and drinkability of this beautifully brewed beer.

This beer is full bodied, with the flavors of apples and pear that balance completely with the caramel malt sweetness and spice.

If you never had the pleasure of tasting a Belgium beer, now is your time. The unique flavors are a delight to the pallet and nose. But beware: Belgium beers are quite different than conventionally brewed beers.

They are the type of brew you taste for the first time

Try both of these wonderful brews while relaxing among friends or family, but don’ t forget to share the love!

The alcoholic notes lead to a slightly bitter, reamy but warming finish that combines nicely with the dry hops.

Overall, Gran Cru is a great complex Belgian-style Winter Warmer. At 7.2 percent alcohol, its wonderful floral aroma and pleasing palette qualities make this brew a great anytime sipper. A great beer to have on hand for the winter season.

Happy Valentine’ s Day. Cheers, Rich

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This month’s beer reviews feature home beer brews made by Shane Laprade and Ladleah Dunn from Lincolnville. They keep a “drinks” garden right off their front porch with every mint, leaf and herb needed for good mixology. They also grew their own Willamette hops for these particular beers, which have an herbal, woody, and earthy aroma. Keep in mind these are what you call “not real reviews.”

Amber Ale Nice bite to it like a pit bull/Rottie mix. You might get a touch of rabies on this one.

Happens to me all the time.

Buster Brown Ale This Nut Brown Ale sneaks onto your palate like a bad husband at 3 in the morning with six kids waking up in two hours.

Irish Red The nose is beautiful on this unfiltered red, which is carbonated but very new—we like to call it barley legal.

Hard Cider Yeah, we know you’re a beer person, but just try this fermented beverage once and recon”cider” your feelings about the apple.

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Two magical voyages offer much-needed escapism Gulliver’s Travels Utterly free from allegory or weighty matters of any kind is Jack Black’s version of “Gulliver’s Travels.”

I should note that so much of how we respond to a film comes from what we bring with us into the theater. For example, while my expectations for “Dawn Treader” were very high, my expectations for “Gulliver’s Travels” were very low.

This was mostly due to the fact that I’ve never seen or read a version of “Gulliver’s Travels” that I liked. I had to slog through some of Jonathan Swift’s famous book when I was in college and I seem to remember that it was considered an important piece of satire.

However, the book being from the 18th century, I thought the jokes were a bit stale by the time they reached my desk.

In the movies, it tends to be treated as a fantasy story with the chief thrill being the rendering of the little people of one island and the vast giants of the other.

Black proves that what was always essentially a ridiculous story works much better as a comedy.

Black stars as a newspaper mail room slacker, who applies for duty as a travel reporter after he is taunted by a fellow worker. He is motivated in part by the fact that he’s in love with the travel editor, Amanda Peet.

His first assignment leaves him shipwrecked in the Bermuda triangle where he quickly becomes a hero to the little people of Lilliput. Here, in Jack Black style, he introduces the extremely old-fashioned tiny ones to things like “Star Wars” and “Guitar Hero,” making himself the hero of all the great stories of our own land.

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Eventually, the one guy in town who doesn’t like the new giant manages to get Black exiled to another island where Black ends up as a living doll, the plaything of a tyrannical giant girl child. This part of the movie is actually a riot, making the whole experience worthwhile.

The movie has a great cast including Jason Segel of “How I Met Your Mother” and Emily Blunt.

My only gripe was the Jack Black song and dance number at the end.

Both movies earn a solid B rating from a guy who doesn’t get out much.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader From Robinson Crusoe to TV’s “Lost,” I’ve always been a fan of seafaring adventures and island exploration, so it’s fitting that I’ve escaped the winter doldrums with two similar stories in the past month.

One was the most recent installment in the struggling fantasy franchise, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” and the other was Jack Black’s silly take on “Gulliver’s Travels.”

“Dawn Treader,” is based on the children’s fantasy novel by famed Christian writer C.S. Lewis. I owe a lot to C.S. Lewis, because one of his Narnia books, “The Horse and his Boy” is the first real novel that I ever got lost in.

It inspired me to read the rest of the series, and one of my favorites was “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

In it, three children from our world are pulled through a magical painting into the ocean of Narnia where they join in a seafaring adventure, hopping from one magical island to another.

From childhood, I daydreamed of a time when Hollywood might make big-budget productions of the stories. So I was pretty excited about going to see this.

Overall, I wasn’t too disappointed, though it was inevitable that the movie adaptation would fail to rival the movie I had in my mind.

The filmmakers did a wonderful job in creating the ship the Dawn Treader and bringing some of the most memorable characters to life. My favorite character in both book and movie is the noble, knightly mouse “Reepicheep,” a talking, sword-brandishing little daredevil voiced by Simon Pegg of “Shaun of the Dead” fame.

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Also welcome was the addition of young actor Will Poulter, who gave a terrific performance in “Son of Rambow.” He joined the cast in “Dawn Treader” as the detestable Eustace Scrubb.

While the rest of the cast performs fairly well, the franchise has always suffered for a lack of stand-out lead characters. For some reason, Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes as Lucy and Edmund do not have the chemistry or uniqueness of say the cast of “Harry Potter” or the team from “The Lord of the Rings.” They almost seem like they could be any kids put into these situations.

In some cases, the story seems a bit rushed. Where the book had time to stop and explore each island, the movie has to hurry through each challenge to keep the whole thing under two hours.

But the biggest problem has plagued the series from the very beginning. When Peter Jackson did the “Lord of the Rings” movies, he did so with a real sense of love for the source material. With the Narnia movies,

By Daniel Dunkle however, the director and writers were not fans of the original novels and so they could not understand how to make these movies soar.

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Tapped for this film was Director Michael Apted, who has been for the most part a documentary filmmaker.

His biggest movie was “The World is Not Enough.” I get a sense from his interviews that this was just a job for him, not a passion.

The movie includes the controversial lion Aslan, who Lewis patterned after Christ in his books. The allegory is most pronounced in the first book in the series, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” in which Aslan turns himself over to his enemies to prevent them from killing the traitorous Edmund. The minions of the witch then shave his mane, torment him and kill him.

All hope seems lost, then Aslan returns from the grave and utterly defeats the white witch.

In “Dawn Treader,” he offers the noble mouse a chance to leave his sword behind and enter Aslan’s good country, which symbolizes God’s reward for a race well-run. In addition, Aslan turns up here and there to provide guidance for Lucy. Overall, I thought the movie handled this aspect of the story with respect and taste.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Rated: PG Genre: Kids, adventure, fantasy Starring: Will Poulter, Simon Pegg, Liam Neeson Geeking out: It’s Narnia, man!

From the makers of: ‘The World is Not Enough,’ ‘Gorillas in the Mist.’

Verdict: B

Gulliver’s Travels

Genre: Kids, fantasy, comedy Rating: PG (should be PG-13 though) Starring: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly Geeking out: Nothing much to geek out over. There were a few ‘Star Wars’ references.

From the makers of: ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ Verdict: B

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‘Valhalla Rising’ is the story of a one-eyed, mute warrior in the late Dark Ages, who breaks free from slavery and joins a group of Vikings in a crusade. His only true friend is a young boy, who he protects on the long, dark journey.

This foreign feature was directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, possibly known for obscure foreign movies. It stars the somewhat more famous Mads Mikkelsen, known for playing the bad guy on the most recent version of “Casino Royale.”

Rated: This movie is not rated. We would give it an R for graphic violence.

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Dan: So Fritz comes over to the house one afternoon telling me about this “awesome” movie he’s heard about, “Valhalla Rising.” I’m thinking, Norse mythology is pretty interesting. I could go for a movie about warriors ascending into bloody Valhalla. Four hours later...

Fritz: For a journalist, your ability to fabricate a story is too good. I merely said it looked interesting, which I think it was. Also, it was only an hour and a half. However, it certainly wasn’t what I expected nor what I think it was booked as.

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just a bunch of filthy guys staring at each other in a boat for a good long time, punctuated here and there by moments of MelGibson-level violence.

Fritz: While I agree with the gist of what you are saying I have a bit of a different take. I expected a more artsy version of “The 13th Warrior” but was actually pleasantly surprised. Yes, it was slow and in some points confusing, but I thought the visuals and tone of the movie gave it a unique, almost dreamlike feel.

Dan: It was inert and utterly incomprehensible. But at least it was also depressing.

Fritz: We spent a good part of the movie trying to figure out what the movie was about.

Even though the main character is a mute, none of the other actors seemed too interested in talking either. It left a good deal of the movie up to speculation.

Dan: Perhaps I’m being too negative. The complete lack of movie in the movie gave Fritz and I a chance to talk, catch up on things, ponder the human condition at length.

The funny thing was, after 10 minutes of no dialogue on screen, I would start to say something, only to be interrupted and startled by a sudden burst of dialogue that I would have to then rewind.

Fritz: I’ll be the positive one. I actually liked the film. I thought the visuals and attention to aesthetic detail was incredible. With that said, I probably would have turned it off if Dan didn’t have a high def, 47-inch flat screen TV. After a while I simply ignored the plot (spoiler alert: there isn’t much of one) and enjoyed what I was looking at. However, the violent scenes certainly left little to the imagination. I didn’t have a problem with it and thought they were gritty, but this isn’t one for the kiddos.

Dan: I might recommend it for first-year medical students who would like a better idea what people’s insides look like. It also might be a good testing ground for whether they would like to continue their studies at all. I suppose it captured the spirit of the Dark Ages, which didn’t get their name for nothing.

Dan’s bottom line: A slow burn can work in a movie with interesting, sympathetic characters.

In this film, we’re given no back story and the brutality makes most of the characters unlikable. You also have no scenes of them as part of society.

They’re always alone in the middle of nowhere with no context. That and the complete lack of plot renders this a pretentious failure. 1/10 (on Fritz’s 1 to 10 scale).

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By Daniel Dunkle & Fritz Freudenberger

Fritz’s bottom line: In the end I liked it, but probably wouldn’t see it again. I think you would have to be in the right mood for it so I would recommend it only for certain people. The visuals made the movie, but the plotvacuum didn’t. 6/10.

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Cozying up at the pub – the joys of winter in Maine One of my favorite things to do on a cold snowy day in Maine is spend the afternoon in one of our many charming local pubs, enjoying a pint (or two!), local fare, and good conversation. This month, we feature two local gems: The Waterworks Pub in Rockland and The Newcastle Publick House in Newcastle.

The Waterworks

is tucked behind Main Street in Rockland at 7 Lindsey Street in a beautifully restored historic building that epitomizes cozy. With a roaring fireplace, beautiful woodwork and warm atmosphere, this is a terrific place to grab a bite and a pint, and spend time with friends. Owner Vicki Fales says, “For us it’s all about the customer experience, we want this to be a place where people can relax, have fun, and enjoy a good meal and drinks”, and they achieve that well. Complete with a large screen TV and surround sound perfect for sporting events and freshly made popcorn, the Waterworks is ‘the place’ in Rockland to hunker down and enjoy a cold Maine day or evening. They also feature a room for special events, seasonal outdoor dining, and are open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.

The menu contains many favorite pub eats at affordable prices, an impressive sandwich menu, and a variety of dinner entrees. For me, it’s a favorite happy hour spot with friends and also a fun place to bring my young daughter when we dine out – she’s crazy about the popcorn – and we all enjoy the family-friendly atmosphere and coziness of the place. If you haven’t yet had the chance to visit, add this to your must-do list this winter.

The Waterworks Pub is located at 7 Lindsey Street in Rockland, and can be found online at www.waterworksrockland.com, and www.facebook.com/ waterworksrestaurant. Their phone number is 207-596-2753.

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is located at 52 Main Street in Newcastle and has both locals and tourists alike raving about their pub, the atmosphere, and the delicious local fare. “We opened the place in 2008 to fill a void we felt here – a true New England Pub for the people of our community,” shared owner Alex Nevins.

Also located in a beautifully restored historic building, the pub is full of true local flavor in an intimate setting. They boast a strong following, an active mug club, and reasonably priced pub fare along with a terrific selection of local brews. At any time, they feature a rotation of more than 10 drafts from smaller breweries in Maine and around the U.S. “We try to feature a wide variety, and shy away from the brands you can find at every other bar in Maine”, said Nevins, “we mix it up and find fun things for people to try”. Their staple is Maine’s own Liberal Cup brewery. They have 3-4 Liberal Cup flavors on tap at any given time, and because they buy direct from the brewery, they are able to offer it at a reasonable price of only $3.75/pint.

Unlike most pubs, the Newcastle Publick House has an Executive Chef with a tremendous amount of experience. “We are more than just pub food,” said Nevins, “but we respect pub food and treat it just like we do our higher end entrees . We make each dish with special care and creativity”. The menu includes a wide variety of delicious and affordable items, most made with natural, local ingredients. The hamburgers are made with beef from the Caldwell Family Farm in Turner, ME, they feature a water buffalo beef burger from a farm in Appleton, a variety of Maine Shrimp dishes, and purchase the bulk of their produce (in season) from Morning Dew Farm in Newcastle. But the centerpiece of the pub’s local fare is the oysters. “In our region, the oyster is the lifeblood of what we do, a real resource for our town, and we promote them as much as we can”, said Nevins. Their menu features a variety of delicious oyster dishes from a Fried Oyster po’ boy sandwich to their signature dish: Angry Al’s Oysters which features 3 jumbo oysters, chopped spinach, bacon, gorgonzola cheese and their own hot sauce. When Nevins says that the Newcastle Publick House is “all about the oysters”, he is right. The restaurant served more than 20,000 oysters last year – the largest in Maine for the Pemaquid Oyster Company.

The Newcastle Publick House is located at 52 Main Street in Newcastle, and can be found online at http://www. facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Publick-House/ 276987221207?v=wall. Their phone number is 207-563-3434.

This is a series of articles profiling some of the area’s hippest bars, bartenders and their signature drinks. Look for it in each issue of thescene!

Have comments, ideas or suggestions for the next bartender or fun drink?

Just email Shannon@dreamlocal.com. Cheers, Shannon

Signature Drink At the Waterworks

Jamaica coffee 1oz coffee flavored brandy 3/4 light rum hot coffee, sweeten to taste Top with whipped cream

What’s Shakin’?

By Shannon Kinney This is a series of articles profiling some of the area’s hippest bartenders and their signature drinks. Look for it in each issue of thescene! Have comments, ideas or suggestions for the next bartender or fun drink? Just email shannon@dreamlocal.com.

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They say that if you don’t grow with the times, that you’re doomed for failure. That’s certainly not the case with Oakland Park Bowling Lanes in Rockport.

Over the years, the arcade in the downstairs half of the building has grown to include a dancing machine along with a pool table, air hockey machine and other games.

Built in 1959 by Howard Dearborn, Oakland Park is the oldest candlepin bowling alley in the state. Joe and Sue Plaskas who have owned the business for six years now, have left it primarily unchanged. Sue adds that they don’t take debit cards still and that they have fifty-cent coffees.

However, none of the minor changes can keep bowlers like Gordon Harris, a league regular who is 90 years old, away.

Camden barber, Lowell Jones says that he has been bowling at Oakland Park since 1973.

At the same time, despite the few changes and little “modern time” growth, it continues to draw in the younger generations. Children, teenagers, twenty-somethings and up all come to have a good time with friends, family or coworkers.

Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m., there’s bowling for seniors. Thursday mornings there is handicap bowling at 10 a.m. Leagues play Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. The weekends are open for birthdays and company parties. Oakland Park also holds the annual Special Olympics Bowling event and a week long Big Brothers/Big Sisters bowling event.

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Each month, I’ll be out capturing a different theme for the monthly photo spread. Everything from the great outdoors, stock car racing to the small town night life. Call or e-mail Holly Vanorse at hvanorse@villagesoup. com or 594-4401 with your idea.

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Jill Marie Langdon who resides in Thomaston, will be one of the featured artists in the upcoming “Black & White” drawing show that will take place at the Lincoln Street Center for the Arts in Rockland. The fine art display will run between March 18th and April 1st 2011.

Jill Marie has been a professional artist for over 20 years, but her love for art goes back to when she was a child living in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She has always been attracted to the beauty in art as well the world around her, and has made that a life long goal in regards to her art. In turn, she shares that beauty with others through her works.

Over the years, Jill Marie has found that her art, like life, goes through a constant series of changes as well as periods of “being reborn”. These rebirth periods usually correspond to new beginnings, major changes and opportunities. She feels that life’s events give us the chance to stop and evaluate ourselves as well as our lives – and always for the positive.

“This upcoming show had me thinking for quite some time in regards to which of my works I should display. I rarely create in black and white – I embrace and love color. It finally occurred to me that just because a certain piece is black and white, does not mean it lacks beauty. I used this challenge to embark on yet another new beginning – a new body of work that I am now exploring.”

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Presents

The “Black & White” show will be open to the public with an open house on Saturday March 26th from 3-6pm. Contact the Lincoln Street Center for the Arts at 207.594.6490 for more information. Jill Marie Langdon can be reached at 207.354.0652 or email her at artscape@midcoast.com.

Bill Morrissey Twice Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist Bill Morrissey will perform incredibly-crafted songs from his landmark CDs Standing Eight, Come Running, Inside and Night Train. Several of his ten albums have earned 4-star reviews in Rolling Stone as well as equal accolades in nearly every other major national publication.

with Jade Southard opening Jade is native of the Rockland area.

From a young age there was always music in the background and she would play her keyboard and sing in solitude. She picked up guitar in 2005 and sat down and taught herself. Today Jade plays music of others and continues finding ways of building inspiration to write on her own.

Saturday, February 5th - 7pm 24 Lincoln Street, Rockland

$10 in advance, $12 at the door $8/10 for those under 21 or over 65 Tix and FMI: lincolnstreetcenter.org or 594-6490

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Creating the Illusion of Reality

Pure eye candy -- a feast for the eyes -- fantasy forms that twist the mind and give pause to ponder. After a ninetyminute PowerPoint presentation on the works of Jacques Vesery, these were the sort of thoughts that came rushing to mind. But very inadequate to describe the art this Midcoast sculptor creates.

A sculptor you say? And he works primarily with wood? How is that sculpting? And wait a minute -- you’re calling wood carving art?

Yeah, I am. And so does Jacques. Oh, and before we get too far here, pronounce his name “Jack”. It’s what works, and just leave it at that. And to keep you from stumbling over how the name sounds in your head, let’s misspell it the way it sounds. Jack it is.

So back to this idea of carved wood objects being sculpture as well as art. Here’s the deal: dictionary definitions and academic categories are not very useful when you begin to experience Jack’s work. By their very nature, the objects he creates defy labeling. And that’s sort of the point.

Here’s an example: at first glance one of his pieces has the overall form of an egg -- it’s ovoid, it’s about the right size and it’s a very familiar shape. Yet its exterior is intricately carved. As you get in closer you see that the surface is completely covered in what look like feathers. But they aren’t uniform in size or shape. At the round base they are small, fat and round -- just like the base of an egg. As the feather shapes extend up to the tip, they elongate. At the tip of the egg, they get smaller and smaller and the tips get more and more pointy.

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Yet when you pick the piece up, you immediately know by its light weight that it is NOT metal. Again, the illusion of reality is there and you are forced to double-take and triple-take. That’s part of the joy of contemplating and experiencing this phenomenally talented man’s work.

Folks who have lived on the Midcoast for any length of time most likely have caught glimpses of Jack’s work beautifully displayed in local glossy magazines. Yet there are not many places to actually see his work nearby. Jack is working on that. Plans are being made to place his art in local galleries. Jack is essentially a one-man dynamo -- he creates his art, maintains his website and Facebook pages, enters invitational shows, teaches all around the world (France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand). Oh, and those beautiful photos in local magazine ads? He’s usually the photographer too.

Jack is a fine art painter as well. A rare look at his sketchbook reveals that he’s got the goods as an accomplished painter. It certainly serves him well for the surface treatments of his sculptures. Like any painter, Jack develops a pallette of paint colors as he works toward completing the surface of a piece. And this is another wonderful, if a bit quirky, item he offers for sale -- the actual pallette.

By his own admission, Jack is a real neat freak. Like any other artist he uses the classic artist’s pallette with the thumbhole. But unlike many artists, he didn’t much care for the tedius clean-up. So a number of years ago he began covering the pallette with a sheet of paper.

When the piece was finished, all he had to do was discard the sheet and, voila!, no more clean-up tedium. But wait a minute! That sheet of paper was interesting to look at in its own right. And it encapsulated all the colors of one particular piece of sculpture. Why not pair them for sale together.

Brilliant!

The carving is exquisite and perfectly detailed.

But perfect according to what? Ah -- that’s the mystery. You see, some people don’t see And Jack is an excellent business executive. He has “Moon in the Clouds” , by Jacques Vesery, feathers. They see leaves. And that’s okay with been earning his living from his art for a very long time.

2010, 3” x 5.5” x 2.5”. Spalted red Jack. Because he is most definitely not trying to So while there isn’t a physical location in the area to see maple, blued bronze, oak, acrylics. Private recreate a specific reality. What he creates is a his work, jump online instead. His own website is www. collection. PHOTO BY JACQUES VESERY nod in the direction of familiar objects, but with jacquesvesery.com and you can find him on Facebook a twist. Like a feather-covered egg. Makes you as well. If you want to get up-to-minute news on Jack, hit think, doesn’t it? And that’s why Jack likes to say that he creates the illusion that “like” button and become one of his fans. And you’ll be one of the first of reality in his work. to know where to see his work locally or hear him speak. His presentations are awesome.

Once you get beyond the compulsion to label Jack’s work, you free your mind to contemplate the illusions you see. Some might say that they’re Here’s a good piece of advice. Go to Jack’s allusions as well -- references to the familiar. And that wonderful juxtaposition website (www.jacquesvesery.com). of several illusions gets one to thinking and pondering. That’s also what Give yourself a vacation for your Jack is aiming for. While it’s true that there’s a relation between feathers mind. And maybe your soul and an egg (but not an egg growing feathers), Jack also marries seemingly too. Take some time to unrelated objects like coffee beans and a sea shell. explore the images and have some fun Okay, that’s a bit obtuse and overly simplified. It’s not really a sea shell. But it contemplating sure reminds you of one. Jack likes to call them sea forms. And this is where what you see. It’s it can get very interesting. There are both exterior AND interior surfaces to just an illusion. treat. Many times the interiors of Jack’s pieces are layered in gold leaf.

Illusions of the Sometimes as many as seven or eight layers, until it glows like the solid metal. realities that surround and fill our lives. What a beautiful way to have a sense of connection to oneself and one’s world.

Tim Badgley “Coffee Break at Sea”, by Jacques Vesery, 2008, 4.5” x 3” D. Carved/ textured cherry, acrylics. Collection of Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein and Dr. Judith Chernoff. PHOTO BY JACQUES VESERY

Always on the prowl for artists’s openings and receptions, habitual gallery-gazer Tim Badgley formerly owned and operated Callimuse Gallery in Round Pond.

“The Enigma From Within”, by Jacques Vesery, 2006, 2.5” x 2.2” D. Carved/ textured cherry, 22kt gold leaf, carved amber gemstone 30mm x 14mm. Private collection.

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Rockland resident Kris Lowell correctly identified the photo in our “How Well Do You Know Midcoast Maine” contest.

Kris gets The White Hot Spotlight this month and she chose to talk about her hobby in photography.

Q: How did you get into photography and what inspires your hobby?

A: This last summer I had some free time on my hands. I found myself with a new camera, spent a lot of time at the ocean...and I found a new hobby!

My camera is a Cannon Powershot SD1300 IS Digital Camera. My favorite thing to photograph in Maine is the ocean and boats. I think I was a sea captain in another life...or maybe a pirate?

Q: Tell us about this crazy picture.

A: This is the Ferris Wheel at the Union Fair taken in August, 2010. I am a fan of neon lights. While waiting in line to get on the Ferris Wheel, I looked up and thought that it would be a good photo opportunity.

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A: I was driving on Route 17 from Augusta to Rockland when I saw this cool light in the sky and it reminded me of a scene out of Independence Day... when the sky opens and the spaceship comes down :)

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Q: Okay these are kind of unnerving...

A: These photos were taken at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. The fort was built in the 1700s to keep a look out for a British attack. I was there in October around Halloween and being in these tunnels was kind of creepy.

I swear that we could feel a presence in the tunnel other than our own. The photos were my attempt to capture this presence.

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Kris Lowell’s work can be found at Eastern Tire & Auto Service in their “Garage Gallery” (aka the waiting area). The opening reception for the new art show featuring her photographs will be Thursday, February 10 at 5:30 PM at Eastern Tire & Auto Service, Inc., 70 Park St., Rockland. Spirits will be served. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Georges River Land Trust. Photographs and other forms of art will be on display through June 1.

Kay Stephens The winner of “How Well do you know Midcoast Maine” gets The White Hot Spotlight on The Killer Convo as a way to profile artists in the area.

Kay Stephens, a Maine freelance writer, has covered both mainstream and underground events, people and scenes since moving to the Midcoast in 1993. She helps small Maine businesses in the creative fields get media exposure through www.kaystephenscontent.com To get daily A & E updates, follow The Killer Convo through Facebook: www. facebook.com/killerconvo and Twitter: http://twitter.com/thekillerconvo

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You live here in the Midcoast. It’s not like the city, where mindblowing, creative shindigs are happening all the time...on a Tuesday. We’re lucky when we get anyone to pay attention to us up in the north forty. Rad Happenings are the kind of events or scenes that are developing here that you will probably want to be hip to.

Feb. 11-13, 2011

Snow Ball –Dance Party With The Awesome 80’s Totally Live Band February 5, 2011 Two snow-centered events coming at you, one to benefit the other. Saturday February 5, 2011 at the Rockport Opera House, The Awesome 80’s Band will play from 7:30- 10:30pm.

I’m telling you about this now because last year, “Little Miss Always Plans Ahead” went to T.J. Maxx, got my rad 80’s costume complete with pink neon socks, strutted over to the event and it was... sold out. Here’s what I looked like. Cut to: scene in Desperately Seeking Susan when Rosanna Arquette is standing outside looking all forlorn in her foofy headscarf and lace fingerless gloves.

The Awesome 80’s Band hail from Portland Maine and will bring you back to the Hot Tub Time Machine with such cringe-worthy danceable hits as “Break My Stride,” “Can’t Go For That” and “Everybody Have Fun Tonight.”

So get your Wang Chung on by getting your tickets at HAV II in Camden and Bikesenjava in Rockland ...EARLY. Tickets are $40 and include light hors d’oeuvres.

Doors open at 6:30 pm. All proceeds benefit the Ragged Mountain Recreation Area Foundation/Camden Snow Bowl.

U.S. National Toboggan Championships Feb 11-13, 2011

2011 U.S. National Toboggan Championship Schedule FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 10am to 8pm Team registration/toboggan inspection 10am to 3:30pm Toboggan chute open to public $5 per person (conditions permitting) 1pm to 7pm Welcome reception and cash bar (starts at 3:30) in the Welcome Tent -- both hosted by Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center 7:30pm The EVERYMAN Repertory Theatre: “84 Charing Cross Road” -- Rockport Opera House 10am to 8pm Bonfire, food vendors, souvenir sales, music Skiing and snowboarding on Snow Bowl slopes SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2011 7am to 9am 7am to 11am 7am to 4pm 8am to 4pm 10am to 2pm 11am to 2pm 2:00pm 12:30pm 5:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7pm to 10pm

Pancake breakfast: Camden Teen Center, Knowlton Street Team registration and toboggan inspection Free bus shuttle service from downtown Camden (limited on-site parking $5) Morning runs for 2 & 3 person teams Afternoon runs for 4 person teams and Experimental division Coastal Children’s Museum special events located near lodge Chili Challenge in welcome tent The EVERYMAN Repertory Theatre: “84 Charing Cross Road” -- Rockport Opera House Costume contest at the finish line. Spectator ballot box at Souvenir Shack Fireworks over Camden Harbor, sponsored by The First John Prine Turns 40; A Tribute to his 1971 Debut Album -- Camden Opera House The EVERYMAN Repertory Theatre: “84 Charing Cross Road” -- Rockport Opera House Knox Mill -- dance to music by Creatures of Habit. Cash bar available

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 7am to 9am 8am to 4pm 9am 11am to 2pm Noon 3pm (approx)

Pancake breakfast in Welcome Tent, sponsored by Maine Gold Free bus shuttle service from downtown Camden (limited on-site parking $5) Qualifying runs for 4 person teams and Experimental division Chowder Challenge in Welcome Tent FINAL RUNS for qualifying teams: Awards ceremonies & drawings in Snow Bowl Lodge

All times are approximate. Announcer will update the schedule.

AWARDS: First, Second, Third places in each division. Special Awards: Best costume, oldest team, fastest team, fastest women’s team, fastest children’s team, fastest high school team, fastest college team.

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The Toboggan Races as they’re known in these parts, is touted as the only organized wooden toboggan race in the U.S. It’s a professional event that started in 1991 as sort of a joke, something for locals to do in the wintertime, but to the amazement of the organizers, it has evolved into a serious sport, covered by National Geographic, ESPN and other statewide and regional press, drawing more than 5,000 people from the U.S. and abroad to Hosmer Pond in Camden, Maine. In the last 10 years, in particular, it has taken on a surreal quality, sort of Mardi Gras meets Bambi on Ice.

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Half the fun is rooting for teams that shoot the 400-foot toboggan chute with names such as: Redneck Racers, Internal Bleeding, The Grateful Sled, Kevorkian’s Alternative, Night of The Living Sled and The Tobogganists Formerly Known as Prince.

The “eat, drink and be merry” atmosphere among the tailgating parties, the chili and chowder at the food kiosks and the kickin’ band that always jams out in the middle of the ice draw thousands of college students and 20- and 30-somethings out of their hidey holes for the three day féte. Not to say that 40-, 50- and 60somethings don’t come out for sure, but it’s very rare that a Camden event attracts a disproportionate number of young-uns—and that is what truly lends the energy to this party atmosphere. Then there are the costumes. Every year, you’ll double over laughing at someone’s over-the-top ensemble like the team that wore padded bras “manssieres” as earmuffs against the cold or Wonder Sled, the four-person team dressed in the iconic wrapper of America’s favorite white bread.

Friday night of this year kicks off yet another reason to celebrate: Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center is hosting its first-ever reception event at The Camden Snow Bowl from 17 pm with a cash bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres. No cover charge—this is just Point Lookout’s and the event organizers’ way of welcoming everyone to the 21st U.S. National Toboggan Championships. Local tip: Do not even bother to try and park at The Snow Bowl.

Bring your car into Camden and take the shuttle in.

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Kay Stephens Kay is a Maine freelance writer and has covered both mainstream and underground events, people and scenes since moving to the Midcoast in 1993. She spent five years as a freelance contributor for VillageSoup, producing more than 100 articles, features, columns and “Weekend Picks” and now helps small, creative businesses get media exposure.

Q&A with Adam Fearing Terrain Park Manager / Park Rats Instructor Camden Snow Bowl

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I started about 12 years ago at age 13, way back in 1998. I had a great instructor who showed me the light! I learned at the Camden Snow Bowl on a Rossignal Zebra board. I still get that little kid rush every time I ride.

What is a Terrain Park? Who is involved in creating the Terrain Park at the Snow Bowl?

Some people call it the “trick hill”. We build our Terrain Park so the skiers and snowboarders have an appropriate venue to push their freestyle skills in a supportive, safe environment. Terrain Parks can have so many different features...

Snow features include jumps, rollers, jibs (rails and boxes of all shapes and sizes).

We get creative and also use corrugated pipes, newspaper stands, buoys, logs and staircases.

Steve Pixley oversees the Terrain Park (He is also the Camden Harbor Master and on the Snow Bowl Ski Patrol). We rely heavily on the Mountain Operations at the Snow Bowl for the massive amounts of snow it takes to create the park. Tom Beauregard plays a huge role - he is the Piston Bully grooming machine operator, helps with park design, welding of the elements that we put in the park and he grooms the park every day.

What is it about Terrain Parks that got you interested in this part of the ski area scene?

Early on the doing “tricks” part of sports is what I usually gravitated to, whether it was bikes, skateboarding, basketball or snowboarding it was all about trying tricks. I love the energy and vibe in the Terrain Park. It’s competitive yet supportive; challenging and chill all at the same time. I like it because it’s not a team sport, everyone’s an individual and you get out what you put into it.

Was there any special training you had to go through?

A lot of what I do well in the Park comes from me being a perfectionist and a little OCD about grading and leveling the snow. Building jumps and jibs with friends in my front yard every winter gave me a lot of experience on what’s fun and what works. I know how I want things to feel when I ride and I try hard to know what our customers want. It helps to keep a close eye on the industry trends and see what’s hot right now.

The Camden Snow Bowl sent Tom and me to Cutters Camp at Mt Snow in Vermont last spring. Cutters Camp is basically a Terrain Park school for set up, design, risk management and safety. I learned so much with the open forum format with all the other industry professionals, I can’t wait to attend this year.

How would you like to see the Snow Bowl’s Terrain Park develop in the future?

The first thing that comes to mind is more room. I would love to see the main Terrain Park on a top-to- bottom trail. I would love to see a bunch of fan guns (snow making equipment) lining this trail so it is faster and more efficient opening the park for the season... I guess I like to dream big! Speaking of dreaming big what about a mini half pipe or a snow-cross course? Multiple parks on the mountain, rail garden with a magic carpet lift... Maybe another Park Bully to shape the snow... Again I like to dream big!

Adam Fearing Terrain Park Manager & Park Rats Instructor Camden Snow Bowl

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Q&A with Kari Cross, manager of The Wedding and Event Center at Echo Hill What made you decide to purchase Echo hill?

Michelle and I both grew up in Thomaston, so, we are very familiar with the weddings, parties, and events that were always held there. We both love event and party planning and thought it would be a perfect opportunity to put our planning expertise to good use (instead of just throwing one heck of a good basement party or planning a wedding for a friend).

What kind of acts do you have booked in the future?

We are so incredibly excited about the variety of events we have coming in! In February we have a Comedy / Dance night lined up with hilarious, well known comedians Rob Steen and Tom Hayes, Rave On will be coming back, bringing their great energy and awesome dance music, as well as ZUMBA classes starting. So far, March & April will bring more swing dancing, fabulous local bands like Wits End, and an Easter egg hunt and fundraiser for The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine. Our goal is to get a variety of entertainment for everybody. We are putting together plans for family nights, dances for all ages, craft fairs, Murder Mystery events, Cabarets, Line Dancing, more comedy and bands, and much, much more.

We would love to also bring in Motor Booty Affair and Bob Marley!

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Is it going to be B.Y.O.B.? Like the good old days?

Unfortunately times have changed and insurance companies do not like the idea of BYOB public events! We have spent many hours reaching out and speaking with insurance companies and unfortunately are unable to find coverage for that liability. Our weddings and private events are still able to hold their event as a BYOB. We are working very hard on getting all of the updates necessary to apply for our own liquor license. After that is obtained, we can even offer our weddings and private parties an affordable option for bar/bartender services. In the meantime, we have built a wonderful partnership with The Waterworks Restaurant for our public events. They come in, set up a full bar, and mix great drinks at affordable prices. Even though we may never again be a spot for BYOB public events, we will always make sure to offer affordable drink prices!

What changes have you made, or are you going to make?

Our biggest addition we had to make was having a life safety sprinkler system installed. We could not hold public events without it! We have also opened up the back fencing that was there, and added a beautiful outdoor ceremony area by the pond.

We added a fabulous handmade pergola, picnic table, and rustic benches, all made by Chris & Josh.

The outdoor area is also a perfect spot to hold a small outdoor event. Inside; we have added a custom bar area that makes it easy to store, pour, and mix beverages of all kinds.

Upgrading or adding a professional chef’s kitchen, new bathrooms, new flooring / carpeting on the outskirts of our fabulous dance floor, and re-doing our stage is all on our list of things to accomplish.

We have also added a lot of new services and options for private rentals such as weddings and parties. We always want to make sure brides, grooms, and party planners can have their event their way, but, now, we make it a little easier! We have added set up and clean up services for our clients. That takes so much of the stress away when they know they don’t have to worry about getting there hours early to set up for their wedding, or the day after to clean up. We also have doubled our rental supply list, adding linens in a variety of colors, fun things like bubble machines, and beautiful accent lamps just to name a few.

What is your favorite thing about running Echo Hill?

We love meeting and working with the amazing talent that we are booking for our events! It is so exciting to hear the passion they have for their particular craft. Our clients are also amazing. One of our favorite things is when we offer some advice or something to a bride that she had never thought of before; and it all comes together for her! We also love seeing people enjoy the events we have worked so hard to put together, because, after it’s all said and done, everything we are doing is to make our clients and guests happy and have fun!

What is your least favorite?

One thing we get so frustrated with is we can’t make all of our renovations all at once. We have so many visions for the venue and want to be able to show it to it’s absolute full potential. Uh...and the clean up! Haha, we have had some doozies after our events!

Going on a trip?

The Wedding & Event Center at Echo Hill (formerly called Echo Hill) is in a “lease to own” agreement with Michelle Tabbutt-Austin & Chris Austin. They hope to have the venue purchased within the next 2 years. Our team of managers includes Michelle & Chris Austin and Kari & Josh Cross.

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This is a new feature to highlight all the crafties in Maine who don’t necessarily have a physical shop or an online presence other than Etsy (www.etsy.com) which is like an online open craft fair that allows users to sell vintage items, handmade items that are modified, as well as unique, (sometimes downright wacky) handcrafted art. Esty? You Betsy! will feature little-known or underground Maine artists who will make you stop just for a moment and think: “What...the?”

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Indigotwin hails from small town Maine. We are Kirsten and Cortney, identical twin sisters, who have always enjoyed creating art together. From crayon rubbings as small children to works of art as adults, we have always given each other inspiration. We both graduated from the University of Maine with Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in 1998.

Both of us try to get some crafting done when our small children are sleeping. We were inspired to do these folk art sculptures from one of our amazing customers. We started our shop by making about five women with a Valentine theme to them. One was holding a heart, one was holding a string of hearts, etc. A customer saw these and wondered if they could choose the outfit, the hair and the accessories. They wanted to totally customize the piece to make it look just like them, including their green glasses!

We start all of our custom pieces with a questionnaire, go on to a sketch, have it approved and then move on to the sculpting process. Since we are folk artists, we like the pieces to “resemble” the person but not be identical.

Kay Stephens Kay Stephens, a Maine freelance writer, has covered both mainstream and underground events, people and scenes since moving to the Midcoast in 1993. She helps small Maine businesses in the creative fields get media exposure through www.kaystephenscontent.com To get daily A & E updates, follow The Killer Convo through Facebook: www. facebook.com/killerconvo and Twitter: http://twitter.com/thekillerconvo

We make them with big heads, big eyes and big accessories. We like to create something fun and whimsical and these have definitely been popular pieces especially for that hard-to-buy for person.

“Pink Skeleton with heartclay folk art sculpture”

“Love Angel in Pale Turquoiseclay folk art”

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February 2011 An interview with Elsa Ilvonen McFarland, Clairvoyant

Elsa Ilvonen McFarland is a native of Owls Head, graduated from Rockland District High School and the University of Maine, and has spent her life teaching, speaking and motivating people to understand themselves and navigate their futures.

She’s had a variety of careers including teaching; working with the census and real estate, but her most rewarding work has been in lectures and one on one consultations leveraging her gift of insight.

For many of us, these abilities are hard to understand. Some may even dismiss them as impossible. During the time I’ve known Elsa, it’s been clear to me in several ways that it is indeed very real, and I wanted to learn more. In this interview, I talked with Elsa about her gift and what it means to be a lairvoyant.

A lot of people get confused between terms like psychic, insight, clairvoyance. How would YOU describe it so people can understand it?

Being psychic is the ability to see the future of a person’s life – it is usually more specific than intuition and is expressed verbally as part of the right brain consciousness that no one can see.

The future comes up irregularly sometimes and other times it is exact. The timing of a psychic depends on meditations.

A clairvoyant is aware of what the problem is and can see through the flow of what is necessary to reveal the needed steps to help. A clairvoyant is intuitive and insightful, but not necessarily psychic...the difference lies in the cognitive approach. I believe the basis of all learning comes from insight and the higher realms of thinking. And, it’s important for people to be open to understanding that this is very real, some people can see more than others.

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need to consider selling your house at a certain time of year because the market will change, or that weather will affect your home or work at a certain time, that gives you information you can use to prepare. These prophecies can be useful for people to prepare, or to focus on certain areas of their lives to get the outcomes that they seek. This insight is like a door to a higher power, and I help put people in touch with that.

Writer’s note: Elsa once told me that on a certain day (a month or so from the day she told me) I would have a major computer failure due to electricity. On that day, we had a power surge which did indeed knock out my main computer for several days.

She encouraged me to look deeper than that. So, I had an electrician come and they identified that the very outlet that powers all of my computers had a loose wire that was causing heat and could have eventually started a fire.

You’ve also done extensive studies in the earth, weather events and fault lines. How does this tie in with your insight?

Planetary changes, the earth, weather events, and fault lines are part of my hobbies. I refer to them daily and have my own writings coming up focusing specifically on them.

Through all of my research and studies, I’ve managed to understand maps and what will be occurring over the next several years and beyond – my intuition of these areas has grown significantly over the past several years. These events will become an interest to the general population this year. Being from Maine I’ve taken a particular interest in the coast line and fault lines under the state and island communities.

I want to use my insight to be of help to people when the earth changes begin this year here and in other places around New England. Specific examples of changes would be weather events, their affect on crops, rising water levels, how planetary changes will affect the culture, lifestyle and economy, and more.

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When did you first realize you have a gift of insight?

How and WHY did you develop it?

My gift was given to me at childbirth I believe, but I didn’t understand it until I was about 10 years old. As I grew up, it came to me but I wasn’t able to fully develop and understand it until I did research on the cognitive approach to insight, created a balanced lifestyle, and began utilizing meditation to focus and channel these thoughts. As I’ve grown older I am even more aware – and once I was in my forties really became fully in touch with it. I feel it’s important to channel this gift so I can use it in the service of others at large, and to help individuals understand how to develop their gifts.

How do you use this gift in your life?

I use it in my personal life daily, and I’ve used it in different areas of my life to help me overcome obstacles as they present themselves. When I was

By Shannon Kinney a teacher, I found I utilized it often, and since then I’ve done many lectures, in-home seminars and one on one consultations with people. I focus mainly in helping people channel their own intuition, helping people see through conflict and/or resolve challenges or otherwise counsel them in their lives, and helping people see what is happening with the world and environment at large and understand how it affects them.

My lectures are centered on some of my insight and I usually include six topics which are in reference to planetary changes, world events, or some other interest that the audience generates. The clairvoyance I have I use in in-house seminars and small groups – it becomes an interesting exchange of information as others in the audience will give their visualization of what they are “knowing” as well.

Often I’m able to tell people very specific things that will happen to them in the future, in other cases I’m able to give them areas in their life that they can prepare for or strengthen to assist them in future events. I see people, and just know. It’s a powerful experience. Some people are more open to this information than others, and those that are open are able to learn and grow from the exchange in many ways.

How can other people benefit from this gift?

Intuition, whether it is your own or you work with someone like me can be very beneficial in people’s lives. It has been helpful in many cases solving crimes or resolving problems. But one of the most practical ways it can help people is in helping them prepare for events or in planning. For example, if I tell you that you

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Do you believe other people have this gift?

I believe all people are born with some form of capability of insight / intuition to use in different ways. Many people don’t recognize or appreciate the gift because of fear. Some use it for every day living and with family decisions, careers, etc, perhaps without even recognizing it. Some will develop it more than others with meditations, yoga, and other forms of tai chi and use it as part of their life style. I often counsel people individually and in groups on how to develop and channel insight and intuition, and developing the inner self to be more knowing; understanding the essences of the soul, and recognizing the blessings we have been given throughout our lives.

You’ve spoken extensively in groups large and small, what are some of the topics you cover in your lectures?

I’ve spoken in many areas in Maine and throughout the United States and Finland on topics related to planetary changes, how to develop your own intuition and awareness, connecting to the source, becoming enlightened, changes to our environment and understanding nature, the power of affirmations, faith in our lives, and more. In small groups or individual sessions, I focus on the people and what I see for them, and discuss with them their lives and ways to prepare and enrich it.

The intuitive information that I give to people when they come to see me is based on factual information, usually in the form of a short story – I have helped many with developing their essence of being and understanding their path.

What message do you most want to share with people about insight?

For me, the message I most want to leave with people is that it is real and can be immensely useful in their lives. Throughout history, cultures have frowned upon the ability to foresee the future or have intuition, largely out of fear. I hope that I can clear up some of this misinterpretation and share with them that it is something to embrace rather than fear, it is a deep connection to the higher power and being in touch in this way can empower people that are open minded.

Want to experience this yourself? Elsa has an upcoming lecture in Rockland at the Maine Lighthouse Museum on One Park Drive on Thursday, February 17 from 6:308:30pm focusing on A Vision for the Future and Planetary Changes, price is $20 at the door. To reserve your seat, or learn more, contact her at home at (207) 3540270, on her cell (207) 701-8310 or email thepossum31@live.com

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music

Whitney Carpentier is STILL the revolving music reviewer of the month because no one else has requested to be and anyway, her music picks are fun to read.

If you’re interested in doing a music review contact The Killer Convo.

movie

Sean Ames is local connoisseur of things avant-garde and takes great pleasure in the range of perspective that cinema can inspire. He also hosts the “Snafu Lab” radio show at the community station WRFR, Wednesday nights from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

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Lacy Simons, the bookstore manager at Rock City Books & Coffee, is a reader, a maker, and a collector of finepoint pens and terrible jokes. To find more picks and reads: Facebook: www.facebook. com/rockcitycoffee Twitter: @rockcitybooks

No. Seriously? This can’t be real. Die Antwoord is... well, a self-proclaimed ‘’futuristic raprave crew” from South Africa specializing in the ZEF style (think, ‘’ghetto fabulous’’). I’m not sure who their main musical competition may be... but I would say that if they are the hottest thing to come out of South Africa, then I’m slightly worried.

Die Antwoord means “The Answer” in Afrikaans, the official language of South Africa, the answer to what, though, I’m not sure. Even though most people probably see Die Antwoord as a joke on the world, poking fun at today’s popular music scene, there are messages hidden deep, deep in their lyrics. The new single, Evil Boy, shows the groups’ stand on ritual circumcision and each song blends English, and Afrikaans, which can sometimes make understanding the messages they are sending that much harder. And don’t think that if you don’t like listening to them they will just go away. This Internet sensation has a five-record contract and are working on feature length films between recordings. Yep, this group, for some reason, is here for a while. If nothing else, download their album and give these kids some money to put towards cover-up tattoos and a hair stylist.

Machete The latest Grindhouse installment is a tenacious sequel to director Robert Rodriguez’s earlier collaboration with Quentin Tarantino on “Planet Terror.” In fact, it might be his best crap movie to date! I use the word “crap” synonomously with the “class B” format that all of the Grindhouse films are framed within. I have not been a fan of past Rodriguez outings though. Fortunately, it seems that the master’s (Tarantino’s) ability to seemlessly tread the line of dark historical context and outrageous “Pythonesque” parody has firmly saturated this here debauchery. Machete functions as both a poignant critique AND catharsis for the largest Civil Rights struggle in contemporary USA. It is so completely ingrained with real-time American politics—it probably won’t be relatable for future audiences. If it does, that’s really saying something...

A Week at the Airport by Alain de Botton Since February is the month the Deep Winter Madness starts to really settle in here, it’s a good time to invest in travel books if you don’t have the cash to invest in actual travel. My pick for this month is not about traveling to any specific region of the world, but a book-length musing on the act of and places for departure and arrival.

Alain de Botton, a French writer of both fiction and nonfiction, specializes in book-length musings on a wide variety of subjects: architecture, Proust, work, philosophy, love, social status, and carnivorous fungi. (Well, everything but that last one. I threw it in to make sure you were paying attention.)

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Ladies Night Best/Worst Place To Meet That Special Someone In The Midcoast

Whitney Best: “The Library” Worst: “The back of a police car.”

Emily Best: “Coffee shop or boat.”

Worst: “Family Planning.”

Anna Best: “In a garden.”

British Airways invited de Botton to spend a week at Heathrow as a Worst: “In jail or at a mortuary.” writer-in-residence and he got unprecedented access to parts of the airport that travelers don’t generally see— He engaged huge stations for airplane repairs, vast storage areas for rejected samples of cabin paraphernalia, massive food-preparation areas—and Kay Stephens engaged in conversations with business travelers, parting lovers, vacationing Kay Stephens, a Maine freelance writer, has covered both mainstream families, and the many many people for and underground events, people and whom the airport is workplace. His books scenes since moving to the Midcoast in are usually packed with photographs 1993. She helps small Maine businesses in the creative fields get media exposure and diagrams, and, happily, A Week at through www.kaystephenscontent.com Kayla the Airport doesn’t depart (ha! ha ha ha!

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Cellardoor Winterfest

Rockland Art Walk

Sledding, snowshoeing, skating, snowperson making, ice sculpture, music, horse-drawn carriage rides. Coffee, cocoa, donuts, complimentary lunch by Lani Temple, food and wine pairings, and barrel samplings in the new winery facility.

Cellardoor Vineyard, 367 Youngtown Road, Lincolnville. FMI 7634478. mainewine.com

Arts in Rockland (AIR) traditional First Friday with a downtown art walk at participating galleries will include Art Space, Asymmetrick Arts, Harbor Square Gallery and Harbor Square Gallery Winter Street/Jonathan Frost Custom Framing, Playing with Fire!

Glassworks & Gallery and the Rougette Gallery. At 8 p.m., in collaboration with the Strand Theatre, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present the documentary “Desert of Forbidden Art.� This screening is part a monthly film series focusing on artists and the visual arts, and a brief discussion will follow the film. For a walking map and contact information for all of the Arts in Rockland galleries, visit artsinrockland.com.

Saturay, Feb. 5 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Time Out Pub, Rockland

Friday, Feb. 4 5 to 8 p.m.

Downtown Rockland

Grady Champion performance

Monday, Feb. 7 7 p.m.

Time Out Pub, Rockland Grady Champion performs in the upstairs music room of Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $10. FMI: 5939336.

Banff Mountain Film Festival

Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, starting at 7 p.m.

Strom Auditorium of Camden Hills Regional High School For the 11th consecutive year, Maine Sport Outfitters is hosting the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour produced by Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre and features award-winning films and audience favorites from approximately 300 films entered in the annual festival in Banff Alberta, Canada. The World Tour has stops planned in more than 285 communities and 30 countries across the globe.

Bill Morrissey Concert Saturay, Feb. 5 7 p.m.

Lincoln Street Center, Rockland

Twice Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist Bill Morrissey will perform incredibly-crafted songs from his landmark CDs Standing Eight, Come Running, Inside and Night Train in the The Lincoln Street theater February 5th at 7pm. Opening will be Midcoast singer/songwriter, Jade Southard. Tickets purchased in advance are $10, $8 for those under 21 or over 65; tickets will be $12/10 at the door, and are available online.

Tickets: 24 Lincoln Street office, Mon-Fri, 9am to 4pm, or 594-6490.

U.S. National Toboggan Championships Friday through Sunday, Feb. 11 - 13 Camden Snow Bowl

FMI: 236-3438 or camdensnowbowl.com.

See page 31 for complete schedule

Open Mic Night

Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Gator Lounge, The Navigator Motor Inn Weekly performance night, 520 Main St., Rockland FMI: 594-4328

Hooked on Fishing Saturday, Feb. 26 10 a.m.

Seven Tree Pond, Union

The Mike Sabins Memorial Youth Fish & Game Association Hooked on Fishing ice fishing event sponsored by Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Seven Tree Pond at Ayer Park, Route 235 in Union.

No fishing license is required.

Instruction, equipment, and refreshments will be provided.

FREE. FMI: 785-4076.

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■ 10 a.m.

Quarry Garden Talk,

Ken Cleaves will give a tour around his summer garden via a DVD. Camden Public Library..

■ 1 p.m.

“Knox County on Parade,”“Knox County on Parade,” which features old film footage from the 1940s, will be screened in the meeting room at the Rockland Public Library.

The event, sponsored by the Rockland Area Senior Citizens Club, is open to the public. FMI: Karen O’Jala 594-9772.

■ 4 to 5 p.m.

Children’s Draw-

ing Workshops,led by artist Catinka Knoth. Community Room, Rockland Public Library. For age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Children age 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. FMI: 594-0310.

■ 6:30 p.m.

Illustrated talk

about Iceland,Karin Wittman will offer an illustrated talk at Belfast Free Library (106 High St.) about her recent three-month trip to Iceland. Free and open to the public. FMI 338-3884 ext. 10.

■ 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Life drawing

groups,Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/session.

Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.

FMI, visit waterfallarts.org, or call 338-2222.

■ 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Music and

Culture,featuring the work of Chinese composer Chen Yi by Bay Chamber’s Odeon Junior, Youth and Chamber orchestras, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Free.

■ 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Dancing 4

Fun,Weekly night of free style, Lincoln Street for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland.

Free/donations. FMI: 354-0931, dancing4fun.org.

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■ 8 to 10 a.m.

Breakfast Social,

Friendship Museum hosts homemade breakfast with games and time for conversation at Friendship United Methodist Church, in the village.Cost: $5; $2.50 children.

■ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cyber Cafe

for seniors,Spectrum Generations (18 Merriam Rd., Belfast) is now offering free computer lessons. FMI, call 338-1190.

■ 12 to 1 p.m.

Soup’s On!,

First Congregational Church of Camden, 55 Elm St./Route 1, hosts community hot soup luncheon.

Free/donations to fund cost of food. FMI: 236-4821. Impromptu musical accompaniment on piano or harp.

■ 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Goose River Snowmobile Club,monthly potluck supper (6:30 p.m.) and club meeting (7 p.m.) at Lion’s Den, Lions Lane, Camden. FMI: 236-2728. Anyone looking to join a snowmobile club is welcome.

■ 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Open clay studio,Work on your own ceramic projects using wheels, slab roller and kilns. Studio monitor on hand for technical advice. $12/ session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts. org or call 338-2222.

■ 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Trekking in Nepal Slide Show,No Porter No Guide – trekking in Nepal, presentation by Sandie Sabaka, GRLT member, long distance hiker, ridgerunner and ranger.

Refreshments provided after the presentation. Meet in the Hope Town Library. FMI GRLT 5945166.

■ 7 to 9 p.m.

Jazz

■ 7 p.m.

Discover Maine’s

Jam,Fallout Shelter of Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. Donations.

FMI: 338-2222.

Come to play or listen.

■ 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Open Mic

Night,Weekly performance night at Gator Lounge of The Navigator Motor Inn, 520 Main St., Rockland.

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Thursday

■ 10 to 11 a.m.

Author Talk,

Author and Maine State Warden Service Chaplain Kate Braestrup appears in Chats with Champions series in Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library, Elm and Main street, Damariscotta. Free. FMI: 563-5513.

■ 2 to 9 p.m.

Donmar Ware-

house’s “King Lear”High , definition satellite broadcast from London 2 p.m./rebroadcast 7 p.m. at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $23; $18 younger than 18. FMI: 594-0070. General admission.

Wednesday

Wild Plants in Winter,Join naturalist Gary Roberts of Winter Wren Guide Service, LLC at the Appleton library for a conversation on identifying Maine wildflowers in winter. 2916 Sennebec Rd. in Appleton, across from the town office. FMI: call 785-5656.

■ 7 to 9 p.m.

Gordon Bok Concert,Local folkmaster and musicians from his latest recording, “Other Eyes,” perform in Reading Room of Camden Public Library. Cost: $10. Tickets on sale at library.

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■ 6 to 7 a.m.

Winter Walking Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 5962018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

■ 10:30 a.m.

Music Circle Pro-

gram,Free child development program for babies and toddlers and their caregivers. Led by Joanie Dean. Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Rd., Washington. FMI: 845-2663.

■ 6:30 to 11 p.m.

Belfast Flying

■ 6 to 7 a.m.

Winter Walk-

ing Program,Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13. org.

episode of “Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth” (1988, USATV) screened and discussed in the Friends Community Room of Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Free. Special handicap accommodations with 48 hours notice; call 594-0310.

■ 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Film & Discus-

sion Series,“Sacrifice and Bliss”

Shoes Contra Dance,First Friday dance event begins with Community Dance for all ages led by caller Chrissy Fowler with music

by The All-Comer’s Band, followed by 7:30 p.m. Tasty Treat Potluck of savory or sweet finger snacks and 8 p.m. contra dance with The Montville Project and Maine callers Richard Green, Kim Roberts, Maggie Robinson, Nancy Rosalie and Marie Wendt at American Legion Hall Post #43, 143 Church St., Belfast. Cost: $2 adults, $1 children community dance; $8 adults, $6 teens/those who attended Community Dance. FMI: 338-0979 or belfastflyingshoes.org.

■5 to 8 p.m.

Arts In Rockland Art Walk,Arts in Rockland hosts Night AIR First Friday art walk in downtown Rockland. Half a dozen downtown galleries will be open; Farnsworth screens artrelated film 8 p.m. at Strand. FMI: artsinrockland.com.

■ 6 p.m.

Trackside Trivia

Tournament,Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Trivia night for all ages using the Buzztime Game System. Hour-long tournament. Free. Prizes for the winner(s). Call 594-7500 ■ 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Round Top Coffee House,Doors open 6:30 p.m. for musicians, poets and other performers.

Damariscotta River Association’s Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta. Cost: $6; $3 senior citizens; free for children. FMI: 563-1393. First Friday of each month.

■ 8 to 10 p.m.

Farnsworth Films

at The Strand,First Friday series screens “The Desert of Forbidden Art” (2010, Russia/USA/Uzbekistan) at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $8.50; $7 Farnsworth Art Museum members.

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■ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cellardoor

WinterFest,Sledding, snowshoeing, skating, snowperson making, ice sculpture, music, horse-drawn carriage rides. Coffee, cocoa, donuts, complimentary lunch by Lani Temple, food and wine pairings, and barrel samplings in the new winery facility. Cellardoor Vineyard, 367 Youngtown Road, Lincolnville. 763-4478. www. mainewine.com ■ 9:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Maine Media Women,Annual Members’ Showcase, Part 2 held at Rockland

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Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. Cost: $5; $3 MMW members. FMI: 563-8377. Starts with coffee/networking; program at 10 a.m.

■ 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Life drawing groups,Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/ session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts. org, or call 338-2222.

■ 10 a.m.

Puppet Show,“The Red Sheep” presented by Joanie Dean and Primrose Puppets. Also a second show at 10:45 a.m. The story will be performed with silk marionettes, and is fun for any age. Free.

Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union R., Washington.

FMI: 845-2663.

■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Freehand Silhouette Cutting,Artist Ruth Monsell cuts portraits at Owls & Turtle Bookshop, 32 Washington St. in the Knox Mill complex, Camden.

Fee; reservations encouraged by calling 866-212-7288 or 563-2920.

■ 12 to 2 p.m.

Benefit Art for

Kids,Splatter Kids “messy art” studio hosts free Valentine’s Day painting, garland and card making for families in the basement level of Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Valentines and dry goods donations collected for Harwich Helps Heroes packages for soldiers; call 975-3052 for items desired and other info.

■ 6:30 p.m.

Snow Ball,A totally rad party to raise money for the Ragged Mountain Recreation Area Redevelopment effort.

Rockport Opera House. Featuring Maine’s own 80s cover band The Awesome. Music and dancing begins at 7:30 p.m.

Hors d’oeuvres, desserts and a cash bar. Space is limited, tickets are $40 and must be purchased in advance at HAV II in Camden or Bikesenjava in Rockland.

■ 6:30 p.m.

Cabin fever

reliever, auction,Waldo County YMCA (157 Lincolnville Ave., Belfast) $5 a person and includes dessert and a beverage. Money raised goes toward scholarships for Waldo County YMCA summer campers. FMI, contact the YMCA at 338-4598

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■ 7 to 9 p.m.

Bill Morrissey, Grammy-nominated singer/ songwriter performs in theater of Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Cost: $10 advance, $12 at door; $8/$10 for senior citizens and younger than 18. Tickets at Lincoln Street Center; call 5946490. Jade Southard opens.

■ 9 p.m.

80s night,Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland.

Favorites from the 80s. Costumes encouraged. Music by DJ Andy.

21 and older event. Free. Call 5947500.

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■ 9 to 10 a.m.

Free Coffee Hour,

Grace Bible Fellowship, 30 Sherer Lane, Rockland. FMI Pastor Mike 596-7117.

■ 1 to 3 p.m.

Music Jam at

the Museum,Musicians, bring instruments and voices and make music together informally at Sail, Power and Steam Museum at Sharp’s Point South, 75 Mechanic St., Rockland. Coffee and cookies provided. Every Sunday.

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■ 6 to 7 a.m.

Winter Walking Pro-

gram,Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 5962018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

■ 7 to 10 p.m.

Monday Night

Blues,Grady Champion performs in the upstairs music room of Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $10. FMI: 5939336.

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Tuesday

■ 10 a.m.

The Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden Talk, Sharmon Provan talks about the design of the Children’s Garden and how it is being used. Camden Public Library.

■ 12 to 1:30 Waldoboro p.m.

Woman’s Club,The Waldoboro Woman’s Club will meet at the VFW Hall on Mill Street; guest speaker will be Joy Chamberlin of Kno-Wal-Lin. FMI: 273-3082.

■ 4 to 5 p.m.

Children’s Draw-

ing Workshops,led by artist Catinka Knoth. Community Room, Rockland Public Library. For age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Children age 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. FMI: 594-0310.

■ 6 p.m.

Belfast Bicycle Club

■ 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Monthly Jazz

Jam,Midcoast and visiting musicians gather at the Waldo Theatre Annex, 47 Glidden St., Waldoboro.

Cost: $5; free for playing musicians. FMI: 593-7445. Free refreshments. First Sunday of the month.

■ 3 to 6 p.m.

Traditional Blue-

grass Jam,Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston, FMI: 354-1177.

■ 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Super Bowl

Party,Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland hosts annual free high definition screening of Super Bowl XLV broadcast live from Dallas. Special snacks available; beer and wine specials in Balcony Bar (must be 21 or older to sit or enter balcony).

meetings,Open to the pubic, held at The HUB / Bay Wrap in Belfast.

FMI: belfastbikeclub.blogspot.com ■ 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Life drawing

groups,Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts.org, or call 338-2222.

■ 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Dancing 4 Fun, Weekly night of free style, Lincoln Street for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Free/ donations.

FMI: 354-0931, dancing4fun. org.

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Wednesday

■ 6 to 7 a.m.

Winter Walking Program,Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13. org.

■ 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. “ The Fish

Belong to the People,”A bold attempt by Port Clyde fishermen to save the area’s imperiled fishing grounds. Season opener of Quarry Hill’s Adventures in Living Well series for adults age 55-plus at Quarry Hill Retirement Community in Camden.

■ 12 to 1 p.m.

Soup’s On!,

First Congregational Church of Camden, 55 Elm St./Route 1, Free/donations to fund cost of food. FMI: 236-4821.

■ 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Open

clay studio,Work on your own ceramic projects using wheels, slab roller and kilns. Studio monitor on hand for technical advice. $12/ session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts. org or call 338-2222.

■ 7 p.m.

Pen Bay Coin Club,

Stockton Springs Town Office at 7 p.m. Guests are always welcome.

Buy, sell, trade, free appraisals.

FMI: 342-2801.

■ 7 to 9:30 p.m.

English country dancing,Thorndike Masonic Hall, 60 Gordon Hill Road. Suggested donation: $5.

■ 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Open Mic

Night,Weekly performance night at Gator Lounge of The Navigator Motor Inn, 520 Main St., Rockland.

■ 7:30 p.m.

Ameranouche,

the rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic jazz, sometimes referred to as hot swing or Gypsy jazz. $15, reservations recommended. Lily Bistro, Main St., Rockland, FMI: 594-4141, lilybistromaine.com.

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Friday

■ 10 a.m.

U.S. National Toboggan Championships,Camden Snow Bowl, FMI: 236-3438 or camdensnowbowl.com. See page 31 for complete schedule

Sunday Brunch – 9 am - 3 pm

■ 6 to 7 a.m.

Winter Walking Program,Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13. org.

■ 6 p.m.

Trackside Trivia

Tournament,Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Trivia night for all ages using the Buzztime Game System. Hour-long tournament. Free. Prizes for the winner(s). Call 594-7500

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■ 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Life draw-

ing groups,Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/ session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts. org, or call 338-2222.

■ 1 to 3:30 p.m.

The Met: Live in HD,Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland, screens John Adams’ “Nixon in China” live via satellite broadcast. Cost: $27; season tickets available. FMI: 594-0070 or rocklandstrand.com. Encore 1 p.m. Feb. 22, $23.

■ 6 to 9 p.m.

PechaKucha Night,PechaKucha Night Midcoast Maine showcases another group for presenters ■ 5 to in 20 images/20 seconds-each 9 p.m. format at Watts Hall, Main Street/ ‘Have a Route 1, Thomaston. Cost: $5.

Heart for Habitat’The , First FMI: Mary Bumiller, 949-9155, or Church in Belfast, UCC, is hosting rockland@pechakuchamaine.org. a St. Valentine’s Day event, “Have Light refreshments. Doors open a Heart for Habitat.” Dinner will 6 p.m., presentations 7 p.m. be served from 5-7 p.m. and live entertainment will be from 5-9 ■ 7 to 10 p.m.

Banff Mountain p.m., $10 per person, alf of the Film Fest World Tour,Annual proceeds going to the Waldo screening of vertical sports and County chapter of Habitat for multicultural films at Strom Humanity. FMI, 338-2282 Auditorium of Camden Hills Regional High School, Route 90, ■ 6 to 9 p.m.

Dance to benefit Rockport. Cost: $10 advance at Cub Scouts,Walker School in Maine Sport, Liberty will feature music by local Rockport; band Steel Rail Express, $5 for $12 at door; adults, $3 for kids. All proceeds $5 student. will benefit Cub Scout Pack 39.

FMI: 236■ 7 to 10 p.m.

Banff Mountain 7120. DifferFilm Fest World Tour,Annual ent slate of screening of vertical sports and films each night. multicultural films at Strom Audi■ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

“84 Charing torium of Camden Hills Regional Cross Road”Everyman , ReperHigh School, Route 90, Rockport. tory Theatre presents Broadway Cost: $10 advance at Maine Sport, romantic drama at the Rockport Rockport; $12 at door; $5 student.

Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: FMI: 236-7120. Different slate of $18. FMI: everymanrep.org. Also films each night.

7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 and 14; 2 p.m.

■ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

“84 Charing Feb. 13.

Cross Road”Everyman , Repertory Theatre presents Broadway Saturday romantic drama at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: ■ 7 a.m.

U.S. National Tobog$18. FMI: everymanrep.org. Also gan Championships,Camden 7:30 p.m. Feb. Snow Bowl, FMI: 236-3438 or 12 and 14; 2 camdensnowbowl.com. See p.m. Feb. 13. page 31 for complete schedule ■ 9 p.m.

Get ■ 8 to 10 a.m.

6th Annual Lucky Luau, Waldo District’s Scout Breakin honor of fast,Belfast Area High School Valentine’s Day, (98 Waldo Ave., Belfast). FMI, call 9 p.m., Trackside Station,4 548-2425.

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Call 594-7500.

■ 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. “Rave On With or Without Your Sweetheart”, The Wedding & Event Center at Echo Hill, tickets $6 purchased at The Waterworks Restaurant, online at www.eventsatechohill. com, or before the doors open the night of the event from 8:30pm8:45pm at the venue. Not a BYOB event, age 21 and older.

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Sunday

■ 7 a.m. U.S. National Tobog-

gan Championships, Camden Snow Bowl, FMI: 236-3438 or camdensnowbowl.com. See page 31 for complete schedule ■ 9 to 10 a.m. Free Coffee

Hour, Grace Bible Fellowship, 30 Sherer Lane, Rockland. FMI Pastor Mike 596-7117.

■ 1 to 3 p.m. Music Jam at the

Museum, Sail, Power and Steam Museum at Sharp’s Point South, 75 Mechanic St., Rockland. Every Sunday.

■ 2 to 4 p.m.

“84 Charing Cross Road” Matinee, Everyman Repertory Theatre presents Broadway romantic drama at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: $18. FMI: everymanrep.org. Also 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14.

■ 3 to 6 p.m. Traditional Blue-

grass Jam, Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston, hosts traditional bluegrass jam every Sunday. Musicians encouraged to bring their instruments and join in; listeners welcome too. FMI: 354-1177.

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Monday Valentine’s Day

■

6 to 7 a.m. Winter

Walking Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway.

FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13. org.

■ 7 to 9 p.m. Traditional Shape Note Singing, Four-part unaccompanied singing using “Sacred Harp” and “Northern Harmony” tune books in First Church Fellowship Hall, between Church and Court Streets with the entrance on Spring Street, Belfast. FMI: 338-1265 or 5945743. Second Monday each month.

■ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. “84 Charing Cross Road”, Everyman Repertory Theatre presents Broadway romantic drama at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: $18.

FMI: everymanrep.org.

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Tuesday

■ 10 a.m. Naturalizing Garden

Design Talk, Anne Cox, co-owner of Hedgerow Gardens and Nursery in Martinsville, will show photos of her naturalized design installations.

At the Camden Public Library.

■ 4 to 5 p.m. Children’s Drawing Workshops, led by artist Catinka Knoth. Community Room, Rockland Public Library. For age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided.

Children age 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. FMI: 594-0310.

■ 6:30 to 9 p.m. Life drawing

groups, Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/session.

Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.

FMI, visit waterfallarts.org, or call 338-2222.

■ 7:30 to 9 p.m. Dancing 4

Fun, Weekly night of free style, Lincoln Street for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Free/donations. FMI: 354-0931, dancing4fun. org.

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Wednesday

■ 6 to 7 a.m. Winter Walking

Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

■ 12 to 1 p.m. Soup’s On!, First Congregational Church of Camden, 55 Elm St./Route 1, Free/donations to fund cost of food. FMI: 236-4821.

■ 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open clay

studio, Work on your own ceramic projects using wheels, slab roller and kilns. Studio monitor on hand for technical advice. $12/ session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.

FMI, visit waterfallarts. org or call 338-2222.

■ 7 to 9 p.m. Open

Jazz Jam, Waterfall Arts Belfast, 256 High St. Free. FMI: 338-2222, or visit waterfallarts.org.

■ 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Open Mic

Night, Weekly performance night at Gator Lounge of The Navigator Motor Inn, 520 Main St., Rockland.

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Thursday

■ 6:30 to 9 p.m. ‘What’s down

the road for Lincolnville?’, Community workshops to discuss future growth in Lincolnville will be Jan. 27, Feb. 17 and March 24 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Lincolnville Central School (523 Hope Road/Route 235). FMI, call the town office at 763-3555, or visit town.lincolnville. me.us.

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Friday

Program, Free child development program for babies and toddlers and their caregivers. Led by Joanie Dean. Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Rd., Washington. FMI: 845-2663.

■ 6 p.m. Trackside Trivia Tour-

nament, Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Trivia night for all ages using the Buzztime Game System.

Hour-long tournament. Free. Prizes for the winner(s).

Call 594-7500 ■ 9 p.m. Beer Pong, rackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Sign up in advance. $10 per two-person team. Max 32 teams. Game is played with water.

Winnings based on entries. Call 594-7500.

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Saturday

■ 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Life

drawing groups, Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts. org, or call 338-2222.

■ 9 p.m. Dance, Trackside Sta-

tion, 4 Union St., Rockland. Music by DJ Andy. 21 and older event. Free.

Call 594-7500..

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Sunday

■ 9 to 10 a.m. Free Coffee Hour, Grace Bible Fellowship, 30 Sherer Lane, Rockland. FMI Pastor Mike 596-7117.

■ 1 to 3 p.m. Music Jam at the

Museum, Sail, Power and Steam Museum at Sharp’s Point South, 75 Mechanic St., Rockland. .

■

3 to 6 p.m.

Traditional Bluegrass Jam, Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston, FMI: 354-1177.

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Monday

■ 6 to 7 a.m. Winter Walking

Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

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Tuesday

■ 12 p.m. Native Plants for the

Maine Garden Talk, Maureen Heffernan is executive director of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and the author of a new book “Native Plants for your Maine Garden.”

At the Camden Public Library.

■ 1 to 3:30 p.m. The Met: Live in HD Encore, Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland, screens Feb. 12 performance of John Adams’“Nixon in China.” Cost: $23. FMI: 594-0070 or rocklandstrand.com.

■ 6 to 7 a.m. Winter Walking

■ 4 to 5 p.m. Children’s

Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

Drawing Workshops, led by artist Catinka Knoth. Community Room, Rockland Public Library. For age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided.

■ 10:30 a.m. Music Circle

Children age 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. FMI: 594-0310.

■ 7:30 to 9 p.m. Dancing 4

Fun, Weekly night of free style. Lincoln Street for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Free/donations. FMI: 354-0931, dancing4fun. org.

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Wednesday

■ 6 to 7 a.m. Winter Walk-

ing Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway. FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@rsu13.org.

■ 12 to 1 p.m. Soup’s On!, First Congregational Church of Camden, 55 Elm St./Route 1, Free/ donations to fund cost of food. FMI: 236-4821.

■ 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open clay

studio, Work on your own ceramic projects using wheels, slab roller and kilns. Studio monitor on hand for technical advice. $12/session.

Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.

FMI, visit waterfallarts.org or call 338-2222.

■ 7 p.m. Pen Bay Coin Club,

Stockton Springs Town Office at 7 p.m. Guests are always welcome.

Buy, sell, trade, free appraisals. FMI: 342-2801.

■ 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Open Mic

Night, Weekly performance night at Gator Lounge of The Navigator Motor Inn, 520 Main St., Rockland.

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Thursday

■ 4 to 6 p.m. Camden Philosophical Society, monthly meeting, Camden Public Library. Meets fourth Thursday of the month.

■ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Irish Descendants, Canadian Celtic ensemble performs at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. Cost: $20. FMI: 948-7469

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Friday

■ 10:30 a.m. Music Circle Program, Free child development program for babies and toddlers and their caregivers. Led by Joanie Dean. Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Rd., Washington. FMI: 845-2663.

■ 6 p.m. Trackside Trivia

Tournament, Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Trivia night for all ages using the Buzztime Game System. Hour-long tournament.

Free. Prizes for the winner(s). Call 594-7500

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Saturday

■ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bridal Trunk Show, Alfred Angelo on Tour & Local Vendor Open House, Maine Coast Weddings & Specials Events, Corner of Routes 17 and 90, Rockport.

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FMI 230-1200 or www.maine specialevents.com.

■ 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Life drawing groups, Non-Instructional, bring your own materials. $12/session. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, visit waterfallarts.org, or call 338-2222.

■ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hooked on Fishing, The Mike Sabins Memorial Youth Fish & Game Association will hold a Hooked on Fishing ice fishing event sponsored by Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Seven Tree Pond at Ayer Park, Route 235 in Union. No fishing license is required. Instruction, equipment, and refreshments will be provided.

There is no fee to attend. FMI: call Scot & Mary Sabins at 785-4076.

■ 8 to 11 p.m. Monthly Contra Dance, Live music and calling at Simonton Corner Hall, corner of Park and Main streets, Rockport. Cost: $8. FMI: 832-5584. Fourth Saturday of the month.

■ 9 p.m. Blacklight Dance Party, Trackside Station, 4 Union St., Rockland. Music by DJ Andy.

Wear white and glow! 21 and older event. Free. Call 594-7500.

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Sunday

■ 9 to 10 a.m. Free Coffee

Hour, Grace Bible Fellowship, 30 Sherer Lane, Rockland. FMI Pastor Mike 596-7117.

■ 1 to 3 p.m. Music Jam at the Museum, Sail, Power and Steam Museum at Sharp’s Point South, 75 Mechanic St., Rockland.

■

3 to 6 p.m.

Traditional Bluegrass Jam, Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston. FMI: 354-1177.

■ 4 to 7 p.m. Performing Arts

Series, Bay Chamber Concerts presents the Paul Winter Consort with Midcoast Community Chorus and artist Eric Hopkins at the Strom Auditorium of Camden Hills Regional High School, Route 90, Rockport. Cost: $45 and $25; $8 younger than 19. FMI: 2362823/888-707-2770 or baychamberconcerts.org.

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Monday

■ 6 to 7 a.m. Winter Walking

Program, Rockland District Middle School, 30 Broadway.

FMI: 596-2018 or mmajunka@ rsu13.org.

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