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BEHIND THE SCENE Ragged Mountain Fat Tire Festival

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TOP DISH: Rockland Café

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WHITE HOT SPOTLIGHT Featuring Johanna Stadler

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

10 ART SCENE The Haynes Gallery 12 ART SCENE The Courthouse Gallery

Whitney Carpentier

Shannon Kinney

Whitney Carpentier is still the revolving music reviewer of the month and anyway, her music picks are fun to read.

Shannon Kinney of Dream Local has more than 15 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategy.

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Daniel Dunkle

18 THE BOOK SCENE

Daniel Dunkle writes the weekly humor column, “Stranger Than Fiction,” and “Down in Front” blogs and movie reviews. He is Associate Editor for The Herald Gazette. His column appears in the Friday editorial pages.

Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/#!/DanDunkle.

20 TOP DISH: Village Restaurant 21 WHAT’S SHAKIN? Archer’s on the Pier 23 YANKEE CHEF Fusion and Friends

Holly Vanorse

Lacy Simons

Got an idea for monthly photos? 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.

Lacy Simons is the new owner of hello hello, known currently to all as Rock City Books in Rockland. She is a reader, a maker, and a collector of fine-point pens and terrible jokes. To find more picks and reads: facebook.com/ hellohellobooks Twitter: @hellohellobooks

24 POETRY SCENE 28 WINE SCENE 30 KILLER PIX 31 FAIR SCENE

Tiffany Howard

32 FILM SCENE, Harry Potter and Super 8

Tiffany Howard co-owns Opera House Video, an independent video rental store in downtown Belfast featuring an extensive collection of new releases, foreign films, documentaries, classics and television series.

33 TOP DRINK: Myrtle St. Tavern 34 ART FOR EQUALITY 36 MODEL SCENE Captain Yo’s Flaming Fish Models

Marc Ratner

38 RACING SCENE on School Street in Unity

After managing and consulting with artists and small independent labels for years, Marc has started a small independent music company that concentrates on singer songwriters. It’s called Mishara Music based here in Midcoast Maine . Marc writes about the national and local music business.

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44 SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN Google debuts G+ to rival Facebook

Jim Bailey Chef Jim Bailey is a Maine native who has more than 25 years experience in the New England kitchen. Although proficient in international cuisine, is an authority of Yankee Food History, New England genealogy and the New England lifestyle since the 17th Century.

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his is not going to be one of those stories that obsessively lists bike racers’ times down a mountain because that’s boring and because any festival that attracts a cool community vibe should really be all about the people.

The Second Annual Ragged Mountain Fat Tire Festival drew hundreds from all around New England on the pleasantly warm weekend of July 9-10 at the Camden Snow Bowl. The winner of the first major race of the event — the Bikesenjava downhill race — happened to be a local guy, Zach Gerry, who’d grown up riding these very trails as his home course.

The easy way up.

Gerry, 25, grew up in West Rockport, and has been riding 13 years all over the state in National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA) races. An affable, gangly guy in a red plaid shirt, Gerry’s noncompetitive, laid-back attitude about the sport seemed to reflect almost everyone else’s I interviewed that day.

“I like cross country as well, but downhill just resembles skiing so much,” said Gerry, who bombed down the Tim’s Tempest trail with ease, setting a new race record.

The best part of getting to know Gerry, as he reenacted several jumps on some of the side trails, was discovering more to his world than mountain biking. He currently travels the country with his girlfriend, Kelly, in a converted 1992 Bluebird school bus. They bop around crosscountry in this 40-foot bus powered by diesel and vegetable oil from season to season, “doing the sports we love — skiing, biking, hiking, climbing and paddling,” he said.

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They met at a whitewater rafting company and work sporadically in order to fund their nomadic lifestyle. He works as a ski tech/bike instructor; she sells handmade clothing on Etsy. Currently, they’re spending the summer in Northeast Vermont. In the fall, they’ll go out to Montana and spend the winter skiing.

For someone like Gerry who started mountain biking when he was eight, this weekend drew a specific type of outdoor kid — those who like to punish themselves on challenging terrain.

Jeff Kuller, Director of Parks and Recreation at the Snow Bowl, said the kids and teens’ biking competitions were probably the highlights of the weekend, “which was wonderful as they’re the future of the sport.” The anticipated “Big Air Contest” did not actually take place because apparently the ramp they needed didn’t come up from Portland in time. However, the biggest race on Sunday, the Maine Sport Runoff Cross-Country Race, part of the Eastern Fat Tire Association Championship Series, drew the largest number of riders that weekend with more than 130 riders registered.

Sponsored by the Midcoast chapter of New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) and largely supported by local bike shops, Bikesenjava and Maine Sport, the Fat Tire Festival got off to a soggy start. After a morning downpour threatened to muddy the courses that morning, the weather changed its mind around 10 AM, just in time to dry out the trails and make for some blissful chair rides to the top of the mountain, where spectators could go up for $5 a ride and registered riders could go up limitless times with their bikes.

After hauling his bike up the chairlift, Dave Richard from Waterville sat perched at the top of Ragged Mountain, looking out at the crisp views

of Penobscot Bay. Richard belongs to a mountain biking and road biking team and has been practicing the last six years in central Maine.

“I’d never actually ridden a downhill race, so when I saw this festival was happening, I thought it was something to add to my cycling resume,” he said. “And I got beat by a tenyear-old boy.”

Several members of his team also fly out to Utah to ride.

“This mountain is not very intimidating, but probably as picturesque as any place we’ve ever ridden,” he said,” Dan Mutz, 2nd place, Zach Gerry 1st place, Ryan August, 3rd place. before taking off down The Lookout Trail. “This is the only Camden that evening, some 50 people stayed place you can ski, mountain bike for Saturday evening’s films at the Snow Bowl. and see the Atlantic Ocean at the same time.”

The documentary “Pedal Driven” told the story On the chairlift going back down, I kept seeing of riders who were building illicit mountain bike Richard traverse the course below like a deer trails without the permission from the owners darting in and out of the woods. “What? Are you until they both began to cooperate with one slacking?” I called, getting slightly ahead of him on the next pass. “Yeah- you just keep taking pictures!” another. By doing so, riders began to understand the landowners better and the landowners began he called up. to embrace mountain biking when they saw how I could hear the reggae booming from the much it did for the local economy.

Snow Bowl below. The tops of tall grasses lining All in all a mellow, easygoing time for the the mountain fields swayed in time to the music Ragged Mountain Fat Tire Festival. “I would like to as if it were an audience in a rock arena “waving have seen it to be a big bigger, although we can’t their hands in the air like they just don’t care.” (For handle the kind of volume we get for the Toboggan the record, Richard got down to the bottom of the Races — there just wouldn’t be enough parking,” mountain first, beating me by a minute.) said Kuller. “But next year, there’s more room to While some toddled over to the Andrew expand [on some of the events] for sure.”

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Featuring Johanna Stadler

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White Hot

By Kay Stephens

Q:What’s the story about your Dalmatians?

Q: So what did you do about it?

A: I was probably six months old when my folks took all of us kids to see the Disney movie, 101 Dalmatians; but it must have stuck, because ever since I can remember, they were all I could think about. My sister and I both got the stuffed Dalmatian dogs from the movie, but that wasn’t enough. I grew up asking my folks for a real dog and they always told me I couldn’t get one until I could buy it myself. So, when I got my first job at 20, the first thing I did was buy a Dalmatian. I named her after my stuffed animal I had as a kid.

A: I foster dogs through an organization called Connecticut Underhound Railroad, which rescues dogs out of the South and relocates them up north. I know in the South times are hard, but people don’t spay and neuter animals down there as much as we do up in the North, which is why there are so many unwanted ones. I also used a group called Pilots and Paws and they actually flew one of my Dalmatians across Texas to a safe place before I could fly him to Massachusetts and get him.

I got another one last year who was deaf. People from Pennsylvania actually picked him up and drove him up here. And the last one I got was born right on the floor of the shelter in the middle of those awful tornadoes in Georgia that were flattening everything around them. I know it isn’t a big deal [talking about my dogs on the White Hot Spotlight], but hey, I would like to shine some light on fostering dogs to save one life at a time. It is something all of us can do to help stop the slaughter of unwanted dogs and cats.

The Connecticut Underhound Railroad has a Maine Rescue coordinator who happens to live here in Midcoast Maine. To find out more about this organization or how to help go to ctunderhoundrailroad.org.

Q: How many do you have now?

A: I’ve got three now and another rescue. To date, I have had 12 Dalmatians since I could start caring and feeding for them 31 years ago. All but the first three were rescues or dogs no one else wanted. I knew I couldn’t afford $1,200 for each dog, so I decided to rescue them instead. There aren’t too many shelters around in New England that have this breed, so that’s how I started to research other shelters and organizations outside of Maine. I chose to look in the south because I went to school at the University of Alabama. The thing that’s different about the South from the North is that there are dogs lying on the side of the roads down there as common as squirrels. It’s really hard for me to take.

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Johanna’s Rescues 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.

PHOTO BY: JOHANNA STADLER

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ohanna Stadler, of South Thomaston, guessed the correct photo of Elmer’s Barn in our “How Well Do You Know Midcoast Maine” photo contest. As each person who wins the White Hot Spotlight has different passions, we’re departing from the usual artistic profile to cover Johanna’s true love: Dalmatians and rescue dogs from a place called the Connecticut Underhound Railroad.

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Those are the first impressions as you step over the threshhold into the Haynes Galleries at 91 Main Street in Thomaston. This is home to some of the most breathtaking art to be seen in Maine. Nine rooms in all, this former sea captain’s home has been transformed into a showcase.

Gary Haynes is an important collector and purveyor of the best art he can find, and the roots of that abiding passion stretch back more than four decades to a time when Haynes had to pinch and save three months to buy his first Andrew Wyeth book of paintings in 1969.

The days of such austerity have long since passed for Gary Haynes. When he was a young man and began attending art school, he also worked in the printing plants of the newspaper business in Tennesee. He Peter Poskas, Morning Calm learned the fundamentals of commercial art and launched a career that remained in the advertising field for many years, eventually owning his own agency that grew to service a wide range of clientele from hospitality and entertainment venues to food service and the health care and hospital sector. Haynes enjoyed one success after another seeing his businesses grow and eventually go public.

But in the midst of all his endeavors in the advertising field, Haynes never lost the abiding passion for art and artists of American Realism. If anything, his business success fueled his capacity to collect the very art that he loved. And he returned to the easel and began to paint, inspired not only by the work of Andrew Wyeth, but by the artist Carl Sublett, who also came to Maine and painted hundreds of watercolors. In the 1980’s Hayne’s wife, knowing his love of Andrew Wyeth’s work,

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After selling his advertising agencies, Gary Haynes acquired a late-nineteenth century schoolhouse, listed on the National Historic Register, converting a portion of it into executive suites. With more time on his hands and his art collection having outgrown his home, he began using the eight former classrooms as a private art gallery. There he began to hold workshops – master classes really – conducted by key American artists.

When the building sold, Haynes packed up all his art from Nashville and brought it to Maine and established the galleries now in Thomaston. The building had once been their Maine home, but they found their dream home at the water’s edge

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Gary Haynes’ strategy for initiating a gallery in Maine was to begin with his own extensive collection as a base. Most gallery owners don’t necessarily own all the art they show. Over time, he was approached by other artists to show their work and today he actively pursues joint ventures with other galleries and agencies.

“We enjoy what we do,” Haynes says. “We enjoy the work, the things we have on the wall, the people we talk to. I love Thomaston because the Farnsworth is just down the street and you wave to all the folks you know. The whole thing is fun – the enfironment, the people, the culture.

One man’s passion has brought a truly amazing collection of art together in a beautiful setting. Gary Haynes stands head and shoulders above most collectors and curators for his keen eye and impeccable taste for the art that he loves. No one should miss the opportunity to see firsthand the fine collection housed at the

Haynes Galleries. Open Monday through Saturday and Sundays by appointment, this is a must-see and must-do for your summer season. The galleries are open through October.

Haynes Galleries’ August exhibit is “Timeless Places,” luminous landscapes of contemporary American realist Peter Poskas. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, and the show will be on view through Aug. 31. Poskas will be on hand to discuss his work from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The event is free and open to the public.

Poskas’ canvases are an ode to rural living — gritty winter scenes in the farmlands of New England and the tranquility of a coastal Maine summer. However, the true star of these paintings is the light — gauzy and golden as the sun sets over Stonington, incandescent as the fog lifts over Monhegan Island, cold and sharp on a barren winter morning in Connecticut.

(Haynes Gallery Continued Page 42)

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ArtSCENE

by Marydale Abernathy

The Courthouse Gallery promises a rich selection of local artists If you’re driving through Ellsworth and notice large-scale granite and steel sculptures on the sloping lawn of the historic Greek revival building, turn around at the next light and explore Courthouse Gallery Fine Art inside and out. One of the most unique things about this gallery property is that it includes both a beautifully restored historic interior space for paintings with original hardwood floors and 14-foot high tin ceilings, and a sculpture park on the grounds with ample space to display large-scale sculptures from local artists.

Karin and Michael Wilkes purchased the historic courthouse from the City of Ellsworth in 2005 when the City put the municipal property out to bid based on the best idea for the historic preservation of the buildings and the benefit to the community. The Wilkes’ proposal to use the historic courthouse as an art gallery was approved unanimously, and they opened the doors in 2006.

John Neville, Fathers on Halibut, Etching

One of the first exhibitions was a retrospective solo show for Stephen Pace, who was leaving Maine to retire to his home state of Indiana. Pace’s large oil paintings with abstract expressionistic overtones and the success of the show created an excitement at the gallery that the Wilkes continue to build on. Themed exhibitions followed including one that highlighted 30 Maine artists by guest curator Bruce Brown, the former curator for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and a 15 year retrospective of 60 artists and poets that had been part of Fairfield Porter’s artist residency

“My work is both personal and regional. I have always drawn from memory. As a youth, growing up in an active fishing village, I had the opportunity to participate in the along shore fishing activities.

It is on these experiences that my work is based.

These are personal and intimate observations of events and activities I am most interested in.”

- John Neville

Plenty of Fish, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40

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David Graeme Baker, , 2011, oil on linen, 48 program on Great Spruce Head Island. Since then, the Wilkes have continued to introduce their community to the great artistic talent that resides locally through solo and group exhibitions, while linking the development of these contemporary artists to the vast artistic traditions of the state.

The Wilkes continue to seek emerging artists, and represent a selection of artists from the Ellsworth region and beyond, whether they live here full time or have some deep connection to Maine.

The gallery promotes a variety of styles, figurative and abstract, and collectors will find a spectrum of work available in all price ranges. There are large master works by nationally recognized artists, as well as affordable options in all mediums. A popular area features the small painting collection hung salon style in the stairwell of the gallery.

This month’s cover artist for the Scene is John Neville, a favorite artist of gallery goers.

Neville, who was born into a fishing family from Nova Scotia, began making intaglio etchings in the 1970s. He based his rich pictorial language on the stories he heard growing up, with humor and insight. In recent years, Neville has brought the mark making of etching to the brush, painting canvases that continue to tell these tales of bygone days. Neville’s expressive oil paintings are bright and colorful with a surprising level of detail that stems from his background as a master printmaker.

One of the gallery’s primary artists, who the Wilkes have represented since their first exhibition, is David Graeme Baker from Hancock who paints intriguing Maine narrative scenes.

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Now in his early 40’s, Baker began painting small still lifes and interiors that have developed into a psychological narrative style that is capturing the attention of collectors nationally. These figurative still lifes, set in austere contemporary Maine landscapes often recall the nostalgic tone of Rockwell, Eakins or Wyeth [Not sure who you’re referring too when you say Maine coast masters], though Baker finds the beauty of modern mundane places and interiors that make his scenes familiar [not sure what you’re saying]. The painting, Vacationland, depicts a woman wearing signature red shoes, and coat, looking wishfully into an empty pool at a deserted motel off Rt. 1A. On further inspection ones see she is wearing a swimming cap and holding swim goggles, perhaps lamenting the passing of summer or feeling regret for any number of lost opportunities, while two young boys, one standing atop the slide waving a flag in victory, the other praying, paying homage to the promise of future.

Vivian Beer, whose work currently is highlighted in a solo exhibiton, grew up near the gallery in Ellsworth, attended Maine College of Art and then attended Cranbrook Academy of Art for her MFA, and completed a 3-year residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. At just 33 years of age, Beer is receiving national recognition for her work. Her work has been selected for an upcoming exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian, titled “40 under 40: Craft Futures” in 2012–13, which highlights forty of America’s top designers under the age of forty.

Although her steel sculpture is sleek, it’s inspired by the natural forms Beer experienced growing up

Stephen Pace, Three Black Horses, oil Beginning in the 1950s, Pace (1918-2010) became a prominent member of the New York group of abstract expressionist painters. His work, was included in most of the Whitney annuals and at the artist-run invitations at the Stable Galley.

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in Maine. Examples of her furniture designs are displayed inside the gallery, and larger works “live” in the gallery’s sculpture park. The steel sculptures are finished and sealed with a glossy automotive paint, as she’s always been attracted to automotive design. In her new Infrastructure Series, Beer is working in shaped concrete with a steel armature. As you walk out the double doors of the gallery, rest on this lovely example of a bulbous, sensuous love seat. From here you may view Beer’s large-scale steel sculptures that gently move in the breeze. Everyone relates different organic forms to these graceful pieces, whether a great blue heron, hummingbird, or whale comes to mind, they will capture your imagination!

Alongside the metal works in the garden are massive stone installations by Jesse Salisbury. Born in Steuben and raised in Maine, Salisbury’s family moved to Japan when he was in high school. Here he studied with Japanese master stonecutters. Salisbury returned to Maine, attended Colby College, and later met his wife, Kazumi Hoshino, at an international sculpture symposium. Hoshino also has sculpture represented at Courthouse Gallery, and both sculptors had work at the Farnsworth Art Museum in 2010.

It is clear they play off each other’s work, and here you may see the yin/yang expression in granite. Salisbury’s work leverages the massive nature of the raw stone to reveal surprises in the form, while Hoshino prefers smoother organic shapes.

An unusual range of work by Maine printmakers were part of “Printmaker’s Art,” a recent gallery exhibition that included 80-years of printmaking in Maine. Works included John Marin, Carroll Thayer Berry, and Dahlov Ipcar’s animal lithographs along with linocuts by her parents William and Marguerite Zorach. Also included were woodcuts by Charlie Hewitt, Holly Meade, and Alison Hildreth, and the fascinating organic electron microscope images of Susan Groce’s etchings created using non-toxic printing methods.

Jesse Salisbury, Night Journey

Abstract work is equally represented and includes work

by Harold Garde, Stephen Pace, and George Wardlaw. The gallery represents several estates including Deer Isle artists Emily and William Muir and Stephen Pace, and Chenoweth Hall, William Moise, and vintage photographs of Maine by Berenice Abbott among others.

Jesse Salisbury creates large-scale stone sculptures from granite and basalt found in Down East Maine.

Influenced by Japanese stone splitting and carving techniques, Salisbury hand splits, and reassembles the granite to bring out the stone’s inherent movement, raw power, and natural beauty.

Vivian Beer, Bridge Bench, Concrete and Steel. Beer grew up in Ellsworth and attended Maine College of Art.

Gallery owners Karin and Michael WIlkes stand beside a Charlie Hewit sculpture, and a chair by Vivian Beer in the front room of the Courthouse Gallery.

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Judy Belasco paints subtle, yet majestic coastal scenes. She spends her summers exploring the coast of Maine in search of these special places. With camera and sketchbook in hand, she captures the moment, and then recreates the experience on canvas back in her studio.

Schoodic, Low Tide Oil on Canvas, 24 x 31

Another intriguing artist shown here is Ed Nadeau, who is known for his Maine folkloric, somewhat surreal oil paintings, depicting humorous and poignant narratives borne from absurd stories of life in Maine. It’s hard not to laugh out loud in the gallery as the story reveals itself to the unsuspecting viewer. There is frequently a horrific outcome embedded in the story, many of which depict current events that turn to lunacy.

These moments are retold with sensuous paint and a dry wit, which recalls the embedded sarcasm of comics and horror films.

The Wilkes have added a new event this year, the weekly “Wednesday Night Art” a series of gallery talks and receptions running mid-June to mid-September. These events feature an intimate art talk with a featured artist currently showing. The talks are informative and amusing and can be found archived on the gallery website. In addition to the role of gallery owner, Karin Wilkes owns KMW Design, a graphic design

Ed Nadeau, Chain and Hook, Oil

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firm that works with eastern Maine corporations and non-profits, and produces the appealing catalogs for the gallery exhibitions. Each folio is introduced by Wilkes or a guest critic’s essay, making these books quite collectible publications documenting the development of Maine artists.

The gallery walls are constantly changing at Courthouse Gallery with three-to-four new shows running consecutively each month. The Wilkes also represent their artists at Art Palm Beach, an art fair on Florida’s gold coast in West Palm Beach, expanding the recognition of these local Maine artists. For more details on the artists see: www.courthousegallery.com

Ed Nadeau, The Rope, Oil

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Brew

Review

Dennett’s Wharf • Castine

By Kay Stephens

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f you ever hear me say, “I think I’ll go for a paddle” in the summer, you might think I’m referring to canoeing or kayaking. But, remember now, this is me you’re talking to. So, obviously I mean I’m going for a sample paddle of beers — this time at Dennett’s Wharf, a dockside restaurant in Castine that boasts around-the-world drafts. I’m partial to Belgians and hefeweizens, so I chose four of these three-ounce samples ($6.75), which arrived on a paddle looking all blond and cute like the Brady Bunch girls with one to spare (Oliver?).

A sample paddle at Dennett’s Wharf in Castine.

Würzburger Festbier

Lucifer

Brewed by Würzburger Hofbräu (Schörghuber), this grunt of a beer with more umlauts to its name than a crappy ‘80s hair band, looked a lot prettier than it tasted. Supposedly, this beer is brewed for special occasions, which is why it’s called a “fest bier”; but, for the first sip on the paddle, it came off surprisingly underwhelming, like a slightly wheatier version of PBR. I expected something meatier. Where’s the beef?

This Belgian Golden Ale should have been spelled “Loose-ifer”for how smoothly this goes down. It’s a smooth talker all right, this hazy, yellow cousin to a Duvel.

On beer review sites, it’s called “aggressive,” but that’s just because the spicy clove and honey malt notes come on strong. Yes, this beer will take you down to the crossroads. And you can play the fiddle all you want, buddy, but in the end, don’t fight it — you will trade your soul for another pint.

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Julius Echter Hefe-Weiss

Now, we’re talking. The second beer on the paddle, a Trappist witte from the Netherlands, had some sharp, sparkling wit, all right. With a murkier amber color and a sweet, almost molasses tinge to it, this beer has more pent-up lyrical rage than an Eminem song.

Mmm. Romans, Friends, Drunkenmen, lend me your beers. This well-balanced Bavarian has been described as “cloudy, dirty, dishwater orange,” but tastes of tastes of lemon, banana and clove. I think Colonel Klink just dropped his monocle.

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The evening’s entertainment, held in two tented venues, included salsa band Rumba Con Son and a cabaret show by The Screaming Queens. In keeping with the party’s glittering South Beach theme, there was Cuban-inspired food, caricature artists and surprises.

Pop the Cork 2011 was organized and produced by Bettina Doulton, owner of Cellardoor Winery; and Lani Temple, owner of Megunticook Market.

PHOTOS BY: MICHELE STAPLETON

Parker Laite having some fun with one of the Screaming Queens.

Rusty Brace, President of United Mid-Coast Charities, receives a check for $50,000 from Pop the Cork organizers Bettina Doulton of Cellardoor Winery and Lani Temple of Megunticook Market.

PTC party-goers enjoy the performance by the Screaming Queens.

Huey Lewis kept the crowd on their feet for the entire concert, which lasted for more than an hour.

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‘Into My Father’s Wake’

By Lynda Clancy

Some of us go sailing, cruising through the blue waters, encountering adventures and misadventures, but charting a course that keeps us steady and safe, without heeling too dangerously on the edges of life.

And then there are among us those who set out on epic voyages, confronting dangers and plumbing the depths of personal mysteries, pushing the boundaries of discovery. It is tales of the latter that captivate us. Why, we ask. What happens next? What did you do to survive?

Writer Eric Best, a summer resident of Cape Rosier and Brooklyn by the winter, gives us such a story. His book, “Into My Father’s Wake,” begins with his purchase of the 47-foot Joshua, Feo, the vessel he set sail on in 1989, single-handed, from San Francisco to Hawaii, and back again.

The 5,000-mile voyage is replete with marine adventures, and self-discovery. How can you not, sailing along in the company of no one but one’s self?

Assisted by the stars, sun and moon, Best loses his Loran but gains the deep knowledge of celestial navigation, and is buoyed by the simple, yet amazing and reassuring, phenomenon of intersecting penciled longitude and latitude into a tidy result on the chart.

“High to the southeast now the moon eluded dark evening clouds and cast a silver path to converge with the sun’s brilliant stream. Feo found herself

intersected by a path of gold from the west and one made of silver from the southeast. “’Here you are,’ proclaimed the sun and moon together. ‘Look! You are here.’”

And then, there is his coming to terms with being alone.

“What was it one of the old hands said? Sailing alone in the ocean means days of anxiety interrupted by stretches of fear, punctuated by moments of sheer terror. The rest of the time you’re just afraid.”

“Into My Father’s Wake” also chronicles Best’s discovery that everything “he might endeavor to leave behind — a failed marriage, stalled career, and a powerful ailing father — came along with him,” a press release about the book says.

Besides living aboard boats for a good portion of his adult life, Best is a journalist, author of the children’s book “The Deep,” founder of Best Partners SC Inc. and originator of “The Captain’s Challenge” engagement for corporate leadership teams. He introduced the scenarios-to-strategy process for institutional securities at Morgan Stanley from 19962006. His work on Wall Street addressed Internet impacts on financial markets, the European Monetary Union, Foreign Exchange, Y2K, China capital market evolution and the media and communications industries.

“What was it one of the old hands said? Sailing alone in the ocean means days of anxiety interrupted by stretches of fear, punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

The rest of the time you’re just afraid.”

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Those books are now in three different Artisan locations, two on Islesboro and at the newest venture, in Belfast.

Artisan has an extensive inventory of books ranging from popular and contemporary to rare and obscure. Specialties include art, architecture, interior design, decorative arts, maritime, military history, poetry, and Maine. Each location has its own personality: Dark Harbor, 509 Pendleton Point Road, with its new best sellers; Pendleton School, 300 Main Road, with its 15-foot ceilings full of treasures and Belfast, 92 High Street, with its eclectic assortment of subjects.

Whether it is ordering a new prize winner that the customer cannot wait to read or finding that special book from someone’s childhood that he or she has been searching for, Artisan can find it... and ship anywhere in the world. It gives the company satisfaction to match the perfect book with a discerning customer, who leaves happy and

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Going through one of the 2,500 boxes brought over from the mainland, Craig discovered a small album containing photographs taken in 1906 in Wisconsin. Being from Wisconsin and an admirer of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Craig realized he was looking at extremely rare images of the Hillside Home School in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The school was established by Wright’s two aunts as a coeducational prep school in the late 19thCentury. Wright later converted the buildings into his school of architecture at his estate, Taliesin.

The Wisconsin Historical Society purchased the album, which has already been used by several researchers who have found the images invaluable.

Luckily, Craig knew what he was looking at and how important it was to the history of architecture.

Craig was standing in the shop last fall when a longtime customer walked through the door clutching a small plastic bag. She slowly unwrapped the bag and pulled out Grantland Rice’s memoir, The Tumult and the Shouting. It was a nice book, but not exactly significant until she opened it to the first page. Grantland Rice was a sportswriter and one of the top writers and broadcasters of his day until his death in 1954. Rice, also known as “Granny,” wrote about a

variety of sports, and his prose was almost heroic in his elevation of sports figures to god-like figures.

As the old adage goes, never judge a book by its cover. The customer opened the book to the first page to reveal that it had been signed by 12 celebrity and sports heroes in 1953, including World Heavyweight Boxing Champions Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney; five time Olympic Gold Medal Winner

and actor Johnny Weismuller; Rube Goldberg (with a small illustration), cartoonist and inventor; John Kiernan, sportswriter; Frank Hogan, New York District Attorney from 19411973, known as “Mr. Integrity”; Herman Hickman, Yale University football coach, sportswriter and broadcaster; Chick Evans, professional golfer; and three we are having a hard time deciphering.

We believe that it may have been a presentation copy to Rice.

The customer had been weeding out her shelves and stumbled across this volume she had forgotten that they owned. Not bad for a little spring cleaning.

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t’s hot, hip and happening in Rockland at Archer’s on the Pier, which opened in the former Boathouse on the waterfront. Beautiful views from every seat, indoors and out, and comfortable bar are just the beginning of what this place has going for it. Archer’s on the Pier is Shaken over ice owned by Lynn Archer, who also owns the Brass Compass, and who and serve in chilled has done us all proud by beating Throwdown’s Bobby Flay. The food is martini glass: fantastic, as one would expect from Archer, with a terrific choice of fresh Chilled vodka seafood and more.

Cranberry and Another gem in the crown is bartender Stacy Campbell. With more fresh lime juices than 10 years of experience, she makes terrific drinks. Stacy has traveled Fresh raspberry extensively throughout Asia — Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and puree beyond. She’s visited Switzerland and lived in Hawaii and the Caribbean.

Stacy has a deep passion for life brings zest to work every day.

French Martini: She prides herself in creative concoctions based on your taste and Just the mood, and after trying several of her dreamy drinks, we could not narrow it down to just one: The Espresso Martini blew me away, but the recipe right balance for that one is a secret! For the Scene, she chose the Raspberry Fog Cutter Gently shake and serve in chilled martini glass: and French Martini as our signatures for this month, and I admit, I’m Chilled Gray Goose vodka going to return again for that Fog Cutter.

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om Rush is taking his warm, expressive voice to to the Boothbay Opera House on Aug. 5 once again. He likes it here, maybe even loves it here, so we are happy to have him back, we hear from the Opera House. “It’s always a great show,” they tell us. “Returning artists have been blown away by the restoration of the Opera House.

Bet Tom will be too, in his own low-keyed way.”

Tom Rush helped shape the folk revival in the 1960s and the renaissance of the 1980s and 90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.”

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His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story telling, the sweet melancholy of ballads and the passion of gritty blues.

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Mixing it up, in other words. Combining more than one element to a particular dish. Fusion and friends is taking these quick and easy recipes and shar-

Easy Jalapeño Poppers 8 4 8 8

medium sized jalapenos oz. Monterey Jack cheese, shredded slices of bacon short wooden skewers or wooden toothpicks

Create a slit in one side of the jalapeños using a small sharp knife. Do not cut all the way through the ends. Remove the seeds and membrane for a milder popper. Stuff a pepper with 1/8 of the cheese. Wrap with a slice of bacon and secure the bacon with a skewer. Repeat with the 7 other peppers. Preheat oven to 425° F. Sear poppers on all sides over high heat in a nonstick pan until bacon is golden

Chicken Muffuletta with Spicy Olive Mayonnaise ¼ c. roasted red peppers (from a jar), drained 1 jalapeño chile, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 c. mayonnaise 1 T. sherry vinegar ½ c. green or black olives, minced 2 T. pimientos, from a jar, drained and minced 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 3 T. olive oil 16 1/4-inch slices provolone cheese 1 large round loaf of bread, sliced in half crosswise Aluminum foil 2 bricks or a cast iron pan and a few heavy cans Combine red peppers, jalapeño, garlic, mayonnaise and vinegar in a food processor and process until smooth. Scrape the mixture into a medium bowl and fold in the minced olives and minced pimientos. Set aside.

Heat the grill to high or the grill pan over high heat. Brush chicken breasts with oil on both sides and sprinkle with salt and pepper, if desired. Grill for 4 to 5 minutes per side until golden brown and just cooked through. Remove from the grill, let rest 5 minutes then slice into 1/4-inch slices on the bias.

Spread some of mayonnaise mixture on the bottom half of the bread, add half of the cheese, half of the chicken and repeat with the remaining ingredients (mayonnaise mixture, cheese and chicken in that order).

Spread the cut-side of the top of the loaf with more mayonnaise mixture and place, mayonnaise-side down, on chicken. Wrap tightly in foil, place on baking sheet and place bricks or a heavy cast iron pan on top. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (to allow the flavors to meld) or overnight.

Godiva Chocolate à l’Orange 3/4 oz. Godiva Chocolate Infused Vodka 3/4 oz. Godiva Chocolate Liqueur 1/4 oz. Grand Marnier Orange twist for garnish Combine Chocolate Infused Vodka, Chocolate Liqueur, and Grand Marnier in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

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ing them with a variety of social gatherings. Be it one on one with a loved one, a relaxing night with intimate friends or inviting some “who cares if I’m wearing knee high socks?” pals over for a few hours.

Hot Chicken Wings with Cucumber Ranch Dip Now we all have had wings, and I am sure we all have our favorite wings out and about, so why try them at home. The answer is simple. Because you can!

Wing Sauce 3/4 c. hot sauce 2 T. butter Cucumber Ranch Dip 4 T. Ranch seasoning mix 1 c. sour cream 1/2 c. cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced 1/2 c. buttermilk (optional) 2 T. lime juice 2 T. cilantro Pinch black pepper 16 chicken wings ¼ c. canola oil Wing Sauce: Add hot sauce to a pot and bring up to medium heat. Add butter and whisk until melted.

Set aside. Make the Ranch dip.

Cucumber Ranch Dip: Add ingredients to a bowl and mix thoroughly using a rubber spatula. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 425° F. Add wings to a sheet tray and toss with oil. Bake for 20 minutes. Once the wings are done in the oven, remove them from the sheet tray and dump them into a bowl. Add the hot sauce and toss until wings are evenly coated. I put them back in the oven for

Turkey Cuban 1/4 c. Hellmann’s or Best Foods Dijon-style Mustard 3 T. cranberry relish Salt and black pepper to taste 4 slices Italian bread 8 thin slices Swiss cheese 4 thin slices cooked ham 6 slices cooked turkey 8 dill pickle slices 6 T. mayonnaise Whisk mustard with cranberry relish in small bowl; season with salt and pepper.

Arrange bread on flat surface, then evenly spread with mustard mixture. Evenly top 2 of the bread slices with 2 slices cheese, ham, turkey, remaining cheese and pickles.

Top with remaining bread, mustard-side down. Spread 1 tablespoon mayonnaise on top of each sandwich and cook in medium skillet over medium heat or in panini press, mayonnaise-side down.

Arrange brick* on sandwiches in skillet and cook 2 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown. Remove brick, then evenly spread tops of sandwiches with remaining 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; turn over. Arrange brick on sandwiches and cook an additional 2 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown and cheese is melted. Cut in half and serve warm. *Wrap brick in heavy-duty aluminum foil to use as a press.

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Take Heart

Poetry

The Maine State Library is partnering with the State’s Poet Laureate, Wesley McNair, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance in the initiative, Take Heart: A Conversation in Poetry.

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Each week McNair offers one previously published poem by a Maine poet. McNair selects each poem and write a brief introduction about the poet’s background and connection to Maine, and the history, context, or themes of the poem. What follows are several that have been featured.

Questions about submitting to Take Heart may be directed to David Turner, Special Assistant to the Maine Poet Laureate, at poetlaureate@mainewriters.org or 207-228-8263. To read the poems, visit maine.gov/msl/poetry.

This poem, by Dave Morrison, of Camden, uses the traditional approach of rhyme and meter for a contemporary subject: last call in a night club.

Here’s a poem to honor fathers and the life-long influence they have on us. In the piece, the late David Walker of Freedom, Maine, writes of his attempt to reach his father, visible yet always in the distance.

Who hasn’t been dispirited by today’s air travel? Yet the experience brings happiness to Kristen Lindquist of Camden. Her uplifting poem shows what the rest of us may have missed.

The Crossing

Transportation

by David Walker

By Kristen Lindquist

At the far edge of the field, just in the shade, my father waves; the heat cuts us in two as I walk towards him. The stubble bleeds yellow, then nearly white; it crunches like snow.

Everyone in O’Hare is happy today.

Sun shines benevolently onto glorious packaged snack foods and racks of Bulls T-shirts.

My plane was twenty minutes early.

Even before I descend into the trippy light show of the walkway between terminals, I am ecstatic. I can’t stop smiling.

On my flight we saw Niagara Falls and Middle America green and gold below.

Passengers thanked the pilot for his smooth landing with such gratitude that I too thanked him, with sudden and wholehearted sincerity.

A group of schoolchildren passes on the escalator, and I want to ask where they’re going.

Tell me your story, I want to say.

This is life in motion.

A young couple embraces tearfully at a gate; she’s leaving, he’s not.

How can I bring this new self back to you, intact?

He yells to her departing back, “Hey, I like the way you move!”

Any kind of love seems possible.

We walk through this light together.

So what if it’s an airport?

So what if it won’t last?

Closing Time

by Dave Morrison The bartender has just announced last call.

It feels like bedtime did when we were young; we act surprised, and then we act appalled.

It’s much too soon, and we aren’t nearly done, but just like then, no matter what we say, we have to move along, we cannot stay.

Into the sun I stride, erect in my cause and body straining towards the other side.

Hands on his hips, my father watches me cross calmly. I am revolved in the season’s eye.

The bouncer has a sideshow barker’s call: “Come on people, drink ‘em up, let’s go, it’s hotel-motel time, the clock on the wall says that this bar ain’t open any more…”

When lights come on it’s unnerving to see the club in all its tattered misery.

The sun leans in the distance, drawing a cloak of pines slowly over its head; and still he is waiting. Every year that I walk his smile grows nearer. And I begin to smile.

The soundman coils the cables on the stage just like a sailor making fast his ship.

The weary waitress starts to feel her age and rubs her temples while she counts her tips.

The barback lugs the cases up the stairs and fills the coolers with tomorrow’s beers.

Poem copyright © 1976 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Reprinted from “Moving Out,” University Press of Virginia, 1976, by permission of Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.

The sadness of anonymous goodbyes — we drain our drinks and shuffle out the door to make our way back to whatever lives we left to come here several hours before.

Unfinished business always seems to shape our attempts at transformation and escape.

Poem copyright © 2011 by Dave Morrison. Reprinted from Clubland, Fighting Cock Press, 2011, by permission of Dave Morrison.

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A Trolley Tour of Maine’s own “Nap-ah Valley�

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ast year in California, I made it my mission to spend an entire day wine tasting in Paso Robles. And I’m no wine snob. In fact, I think my tasting notes on that trip were: “The Chard was fab, but the Grand Cuvee champagne with almond extract makes me want to hump a lamp post.� So, this summer, I decided to fulfill one of my bucket list requirements to spend an entire day wine tasting in Midcoast, Maine.

Clang, clang, clang goes the trolley! For $30, All Aboard Trolley takes you to some choice spots and does the driving. All I had to do was sit back and watch the scenery.

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Outside Savage Oakes tasting room.

But, it’s a completely different experience going on your own versus going on a guided tour.

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Elmer and Holly Savage run this family-owned 95-acre working farm. Elmer took us on a leisurely stroll through their foot trails, past their hogs and Belted Galloway cows (which to me look like Whoopie Pies more than Oreos), past blueberry fields and up to the vineyard itself, explaining how the entire process works from cultivation to harvest. I never knew how many years it takes for vines to actually produce enough usable fruit to make wine and then how much additional time it takes for one of their bottled wines to mature before being able to sell it. I can only speculate

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tasting room, I noticed a freezer filled with cuts of meat from the herds they raise themselves. On special occasions, they’ll do sausage tastings, such as Chorizo, hot Italian and maple breakfast links, some of which pair really well with their reds. I have to say the nerd in me really enjoyed the Blueberry π (pi) dessert wine, not only for its clever title, but for its intense blueberry pie taste (with 17 percent alcohol), which would go well poured over some freshly churned vanilla ice cream.

I was totally stoked for our next stop, Sweetgrass Farm Winery and Distillery, also in Union. The modest-looking tasting barn held stainless steel wine vats and a potbellied copper alembic still, which Keith Bodine, owner, winemaker and distiller, uses to create their wines, ports and spirits. Each person could get up to six tastings in any random order. I’d heard so much about their award-winning Back River Gin (which I and others kept mistakenly referring to Back Water Gin and Cold River Gin) that when I finally got

a chance to taste it, it was obvious what all the buzz was about. This clean, bright, shining gin made with only the slightest hint of blueberries tasted like plunging into an icy stream on a brutally hot day.

Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville, run by owner Bettina Doulton, happened to be our last stop on the tour. I’d covered Cellardoor Winery events many times before and had already enjoyed tastings in their renovated 1790 barn. But, I’d never seen their recently constructed and stateof-the art wine-making facility at the top of the hill.

From their temperature-controlled rooms containing stainless steel vats and oak barrels, to the lab which tests the wine’s pH acidity and oxygen levels to the sloping concrete floors with built-in drainage, this facility clearly stood out for its dedication to serious wine production.

Cellardoor Winery’s rolling vineyards are spectacular, too. You can relax on the porch overlooking the vineyards or stroll down the hiking paths. Choose between a full flight of six tastings or a complimentary glass of wine in lieu of a tasting. My favorite was the Artist Series Grenache, a smooth and soft red made from Grenache grapes.

Now, for the best part. The trolley is fully licensed to allow alcoholic consumption on board complete with wine glasses hanging on a rack in the back.

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Hobo With a Shotgun Not to be mistaken for a B-movie throw away, this blood bath is a wicked good time! Rutger Hauer delivers a killer performance as a sympathetic hobo who rolls into a lawless town and attempts to bring justice, one shell at a time. Set either in an alternate reality or a bleak near-future, this Tarantino-esque flick totes shopping cartloads of gore and could go the way of a Troma film, save for the grindhouse style and dramatic soundtrack. Amidst the over-the-top villains and violence, Hauer keeps it real. Anticipate a high body count, lots of laughs, and even a touch of sentiment. This flick isn’t for all of you, but for the rest of us... “We’re taking a car ride to Hell and you’re riding shotgun!”

BELA FLECK & THE FLECKSTONES, ROCKET SCIENCE Nathaniel “Natty B” Bernier steps in as our music reviewer this month. Nathaniel Bernier, owner of Wild Rufus Records previously retail and now online, has immersed himself in music for 35 years, hosting several radio shows, deejaying at clubs and parties, writing music reviews and interviewing artists. He lives on the coast of Maine and continues to live through music. http://www. wildrufus.com http://wildrufus.blogspot.com/ Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Rocket Science One would think after almost 20 years since the original lineup of the Flecktones had recorded together, that upon finally getting together again, they’d sit back and simply let their artistry take over. That’s precisely what happened, and they attacked it feverishly! The rich opening cut, “Gravity Lane,” incorporates seamless plucking of a happy banjo as only Fleck can do. The amazing array of aural advances through this trippy, jazz-influenced, bluegrass-dripped, bassheavy conglomerate of sounds has one swaying with anticipation — almost urging the players of instruments to hurry up and get to the next song. Each cut seems to explore a new cove in this giant lake of musical expression. Beautiful piano cascades over the catchy jam “Life in Eleven,” followed by Victor Wooten’s unmistakeably driven bass work. Then, Fleck further enhances this delectable ear-treat with deft banjo plucking that drives one into a frenzy—and just then —- the harmonica takes over. Play this track, play this album, hell, play the whole discography on top volume!

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Country artist Campbell featured at Union Fair J

ohn Crabtree, president of the Union Fair, and Elmer “Buddy” Savage, vice president and entertainment chairman, announced that country artist Craig Campbell will be this year’s feature entertainer.

Campbell will perform one show, rain or shine, Friday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. on the big stage across from the grandstand. Gate admission includes this show, which is sponsored by The New Country Bear radio station.

Campbell’s voice is straight-forward and powerful. The songs are down-to-earth portraits of real people from the American heartland. The sound is traditional, unapologetic country. Campbell is a proud reminder of one of country’s strongest creative periods, building on the early-‘90s legacy established by some of the genre’s most successful figures: Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black and Travis Tritt.

Campbell’s unique style is inspired by a blend influences.

Growing up, Campbell’s house was filled with the sound of gospel groups — the Cathedrals, the Inspirations, the McKameys — and the from-the-gut approach of those acts resonates in his delivery today. However, magnetized by the quality of performers during one of the genre’s golden radio eras, he instinctively gravitated toward country music.

He’s drawn comparisons to Alan Jackson — understandable since they’re both Georgian singers with a similar range and accent. But it was Travis Tritt, embodied with a fierce vocal style similarly informed by gospel singers, who most influenced Campbell.

“I have to believe every one of my songs,” Campbell said in a news release.

It’s a simple premise learned through years of touring at the club level, writing songs in Nashville and playing the bars on Lower Broadway in Music City. Campbell moved to Nashville in 2002 and wasted no time ingraining himself in the music community, quickly becoming one of the

in-demand singers on Nashville’s underground demo circuit.

Luke Bryan, fellow Georgian and singer/ songwriter, counseled Campbell to write his own songs. If he could sing and write, he’d be more valuable.

And he’d have an identity of his own “At first it was a job,” Campbell said. “I wasn’t used to it, but then I started writing songs that I thought were kind of cool and I’d play Craig ‘em live and people would applaud, and then it started getting to where people were requestin’‘em. It takes on a completely different meaning whenever you can stand up and say, ‘Here’s a song I wrote.’ As opposed to, ‘Here’s a song I like.’”

While playing piano in Mindy Ellis’ band (Campbell and Mindy are now married with two daughters) he landed a career-defining gig: a 15-month job touring with Tracy Byrd’s band, giving Campbell his first opportunity to play mid-sized venues. He eventually scored a weekly performance slot at Nashville honkytonk The Stage, where his band consisted of musicians who also played with Big & Rich, Chris Young, Mark Chesnutt and Joe Diffie.

Campbell’s talent soon created a wealth of opportunities.

He received an offer from one of Nashville’s major labels but he was more intrigued by interest from songwriterproducer Keith Stegall, who was led to work with Campbell after seeing his set at The Stage. Campbell turned down the

other offer to wait while Stegall and several other industry veterans developed Bigger Picture Group.

“The one word Keith has used a lot with me is iconic,” Campbell said. “He says, ‘We don’t want to do a one-song project, we’re gonna shoot for 20 years.’”

Campbell headed into the studio with Stegall Campbell to work on his first project, founded on his big, commanding voice and centristcountry songwriting. The company introduced him with the 2010 single “Family Man,” a song that incorporates the centerpiece of his life, the source of his emotional strength and the reason he wakes up in the morning. His self-titled debut album blends Campbell’s masculine, nononsense vocal style with solid, salt-of-the-earth songs about America’s working class. The project’s songs, 11 of which are co-written by Campbell, expand on the central themes of his life — family, friends, purpose and self-determination — all delivered with the force and conviction of someone who’s lived every sentiment in every word.

“It’s traditional, back-to-basics, true country music,” Campbell said. “It’s what I am. I can’t be anything else.”

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t one point during “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” the man sitting behind me hollered, “Come on Hermione, get that snake!”

He had been silent up until that point and managed to maintain quiet throughout the rest of the movie. I’m not entirely convinced he meant to say anything out loud at all, but was caught off guard by a sudden surge of emotion, lost in the story.

Toward the conclusion, another event in the film led to a few claps from the audience. Nothing like I once heard when the Death Star exploded in Star Wars and everyone in attendance was convinced Luke Skywalker could hear them applauding, but it was there just the same.

It’s moments like that, when someone at the back of the theater screams during “Jaws,” that make the difference between sitting on your couch and going out to the theater and turning this into a team sport where we can all help each other root for the good guys, and it seems fitting when we consider that this is the end of a story we started in 2001 (or earlier if you read the books).

We’ve watched Harry, Hermione and Ron Weasley grow up all that time with the promise that eventually, Harry was the chosen one, the one foretold to come and vanquish the wicked Voldemort and the powers of darkness. For years while we’ve gone to work or school, reached milestones in our own lives, whenever the topic of Harry Potter has come up, we’ve wondered, “Well, how’s he going to do it?”

It speaks highly of the writers, both author J.K. Rowling and screen scribe Steve

Kloves, that they could weave a story this long and still finish it all up with a satisfying ending, all the while making sure every component segment of the story worked as a complete chapter of its own.

In some respects, I think the filmmakers lucked out. Beyond their control was the fact that the young cast members, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson grew up in front of the camera while continuing to improve as actors without going through either an awkward stage that was unwatchable (Wonder Years, anyone?) or succumbing to child-actor selfdestruct syndrome.

From a strictly movie-going standpoint, this is as good as it gets. This is a climactic conclusion movie that works.

It’s “Return of the Jedi,” only the good one before Lucas took out the “Yub-Yub” song.

(And while I’m going on about Star Wars, don’t think for a moment that I didn’t notice the reference to Han Solo when Weasley went chasing those boys away only to come screaming back a minute later.) The loose ends are tied up and the action is nearly non-stop.

I loved watching the all-out warfare in the Potter universe that started out so cute and fuzzy. Now the spells shooting out of magic wands are no longer Nerf magic that will merely leave someone humorously disfigured for a day or two. Now people are dying! Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis) has gone from lovable goofball kid to Tom Hanks in “Saving Private Ryan!” It’s crazy.

I’m sure someone could find some area that needs improvement if they look hard enough, but I’ll just give it an A and say, “Well done!”

•••••• As much as I liked Harry Potter, and I know this will annoy some, I liked “Super 8” even better.

This is my favorite movie of the year so far, and it’s a bit like someone hired the team from “Inception” to sneak into my dreams and find out what elements I most want in an event film: It’s a monster movie set in 1979 where a group of horror-movie making tweens have to solve the mystery and save the day.

This was written and directed by J.J. Abrams, and like everybody, I’m a fan of his stuff. Loved “Lost” and the new “Star Trek” in particular. Even better, it was produced by Steven Spielberg, the name I put second after George Lucas on my list of all-time favorite filmmakers.

The plot is pretty basic. A group of kids shooting a Super 8 horror movie inspired by George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” witness an epic train crash in which an alien monster is released into the world. Pretty soon a group of evil U.S. military types (think of the guys who helped kill E.T. and evacuated Mt. Alien in “Close Encounters”) have taken over the town and people start disappearing.

It looks and sounds eerily like an old Spielberg movie, to the point where I transcended mere nostalgia and actually felt I had traveled back in time. But Abrams adds to the age-old formula his talent for rich character development, as we have seen before on “Lost.” He doesn’t ignore the back-story.

As one comment I read somewhere put it, even the Super 8 movie the kids were shooting that they showed in the end credits was entertaining. Good stuff.

So I’ll give that one an A+.

Coming Attractions I am most looking forward to “Cowboys and Aliens.” Looks like a home run.

I can also say with certainty that I will go to the advertised new “Planet of the Apes” movie, but I expect I will be disappointed.

I loved the original, but the last attempt at a remake left me cold.

I also will go to the new “Conan the Barbarian” movie, but can’t imagine I’ll like it given that it’s gained only special effects while losing the “Ahhhnold” factor.

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Art for Equality in Rockland Alan Magee, Eric Hopkins, David Scriven Crowley, John Wood, Susan Beebe, Jonathan Frost, Jared Cowan, Alan Clark, Ann Stein-Aaron, David Allen, Nicole Marie and other noted Maine artists have donated artwork to Art for Equality, a silent auction to benefit EqualityMaine’s effort to secure marriage equality in 2012 for gay and lesbian families in Maine. Art for Equality will be held during the First Friday Art Walk on Aug. 5, 5 to 9 p.m., David Scriven Crowley Gallery, 409 Main Street, Rockland. All are welcome.

Alan Magee is acclaimed for technically astonishing, incandescent work that invites the viewer to look beneath the surface and engage deeply with what is real and awe-inspiring. Eric Hopkins’ bright bold paintings of shore, sea, and sky are icons of the Maine Coast. Jonathan Frost is known for paintings of landscape, portraits, Greek myths, and for deeply felt, luminous representations of events from the Civil Rights era. Susan Beebe paints her environs in Maine’s Islands, species of birds that are vanishing from the Canadian boreal forest, and portraits. John Wood is known for skilled watercolors of landscape and seascape.

Two years ago Maine was the first state in the nation to pass a marriage bill through the state legislature and have it signed by the governor. In a subsequent people’s veto, the measure was narrowly defeated. In the intervening years, support for the freedom of gay and lesbian couples to marry has increased.

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Captain Yo’s Performance Sailing models Like many ancient mariners, Captain Yo had earliest boat experiences in the bathtub, navigating the standing wave around his knees and bailing his overwhelmed toy watercraft repeatedly.

The Mark A. McLellan, model sailing vessel by Capt. Yo of Flaming Fish Models, Bass Harbor.

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t camp, Yo’s penknife never tired of reducing some unlucky piece of timber to a pile of splinters and a single boat-like chunk. An early attempt at a Friendship sloop fashioned from a 2x4 lost ignominiously in a downwind race to a raft with a squaresail when she held her wind and reached across the lake. As a teen Yo carved and rigged the crude but functional model brig Elephant from a spruce fireplace log using butt chisels and bedsheets.

Battered and tattered, Elephant is still in the artist’s collection. Later a prized antique model schooner yacht fell into his hands and he replaced the tattered sails and rotten rigging with new sheets, halliards, and sails, and promptly took her out sailing in Southwest Harbor. That early model sailing was an introduction to the nautical arts.

As a young man Captain Yo took the model schooner, now named Norwhal, back into the shop for a rebuild. With a new deck and hatch, and an improved suit of sails she provided plenty of thrills on the water. At the university Yo studied woodworking under Donald Warnock, master luthier, and in spare shop time lofted and built the barquentine Hazel MacHardy with steamed oak frames and mahagony planking. John B. Limbo, a sleek racing sloop, did not sail very well, but performed by becoming the first model Captain Yo sold. Captain

Yo’s next project was a much more ambitious new construction of a ca. 1850 hermaphrodite brig - Genevieve Grace. She was nearly two years abuilding, and after an intitial sea trial she sold for $1500 to an out of state collector. Her fate is unknown, and only one photo exists to show.

Captain Yo’s model building was interrupted by the purchase of the Maine built Pinky schooner Annie McGee, such a diminutive vessel as to be practically a model herself, which he cruised the coast of Maine, and for twenty years offered captained charters for delighted enthusiasts. Each spring Captain Yo undertook to rebuild the old gaffer, replacing tailfeathers, garboards, rails and spars, adding sister frames, making up a new gang of wire rigging, building a new deck, hatch and cockpit, refitting the cabin furniture for a taller person (Henry Kingsbury, the builder, stood only 5’ 6”), installing a soapstone stove, and a new auxiliary motor, sewing flags and sailcovers. The woodworking was good practice for modelmaking; occasionally Captain Yo would carve a small boat out of a shop cutoff as a gift for nephew or neighbor. Finding larger pieces of wood naturally inspired the building of larger models. The pretty sloops and graceful schooners, lobsterboats and sardine boats plying the Gulf of Maine provided the prototypes. Two particular types emerged: the One Piece and the Sailing Model.

The one piece model is typically carved from a single piece though sometimes additional small pieces are laminated where the grain runs out.

Each model is a facsimile of a well known type, redesigned to perform in water rather than appear in scale on a pedestal. As a result the models are squat and foreshortened, giving them a somewhat cute look, but also the requisite stability for their small size. Some types: launch, dinghy, dory, sloop, schooner,

At right, the solid wood U-Boat design. Below, the Bullseye “rug rat” model, great for tots to pull around the house, or swim with at the lake.

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The performance model is a blend of toy boat and scale model, designed to perform in real water, whether bath, pool, pond or, for the serious enthusiast, at sea. These models are carved from solid wood to capture the look of traditional types in a miniature vessel that floats to its lines, has stability and holds its course, whether representing a skiff in a 6” model or a topmast schooner four feet long.

Chinese junk, runabout, dragger, lobsterboat, catboat, guideboat, tugboat, U-Boot, and ferry [pictured above, perfect for carrying Matchbox cars].

The sailing model is more complicated, having a hollow hull covered with a deck, a hatch for bailing and carrying, a rig and sails for power, a lead keel for stability and a rudder for control. Each model begins with an idea. Captain Yo may see an interesting vessel in an old book and be moved to recreate the type as a model. Sometimes years pass during which he considers all the details that will go into a vessel, or a model may take only a few weeks from conception to launch.

Once the form is firmly in mind, Captain Yo chooses a piece of wood, ideally large enough to excavate the desired vessel while avoiding rot, worm holes and knots. Clear softwood is the best material for carving, white cedar is preferrred due to its light weight, and white pine for more strength and smoother grain. The log is split into halves for flat bottom vessels, quarters for sailboats and more difficult thirds for deadrise hulls. The model blank is planed one face straight and flat, and both ends smooth and square. The blank is placed on a machined flat surface and a centerline is marked on the bottom and ends of the piece, the bottom of the keel being the heartwood of the log.

The blank is then placed bottom side down and the top, or deck side is marked for centerline.

The blank is held between two bench dogs gripping the end grain on top of the bench. Careful measurements are made to assure symmetry as the blank is shaped with saw, slick, gouge, knife, plane, rasp and sandpaper. The outer profile is formed, the interior is hollowed, then the outer rails are refined.

Models are tank tested as they arrive at their final shape and are adjusted for trim. After final surfacing the vessel is painted, spars varnished and mounted. A gang of rigging is made up with tiny splices in well tarred minature hemp rope, and sails are taken off cardboard patterns and sewed out of the most likely available fabric.

Mark A. McClellan (1957-2009) is the queen of the Flaming Fish fleet. Modeled after an early knockabout banks doryman by McManus ca. 1906, the double topsail schooner Mark A. McClellan is fast and weatherly, powerful enough to tow other vessels, such as U-Boot, through the water for animation. Designed for ease of shortening sail, Mark A. McClellan is capable of handling winds up to twenty knots, which equals scale storm conditions. She makes a brave sight climbing huge seas under reefed lowers.

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Mary Catharine is a model of ca. 1812 Lake Champlain galley schooner with pole masts and square sails. Significantly smaller than Mark A. McClellan, Mary Catharine can’t handle as much wind, but she is much easier to lift out of the water, and has the added ability to sail directly downwind, very difficult for fore-and-aft rig. Currently on the ways and scheduled for 2011 launch are Santa Maria, the Columbus discovery vessel, and HMS Compass Rose, the fictional British corvette in Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Cruel Sea. As fun as the building of a model is, nothing compares with the fun and excitement of model sailing, the sport. The model sailor walks proudly down to the dock, model in hand, places it on the water and starts rowing like mad to keep ahead. The look and action of a long disappeared or otherwise favorite vessel is the reward for the dedicated model sailor. A high degree of seamanship is required to set the model to hold her course while avoiding navigational hazards and collisions between other vessels and both the chase boat, and the model itself. Picking up the model at speed is always a dicey business as the oars are hastily boated and the model is fended off before it rams the boat’s topsides. Photography compleats the process, with skillful framing making the moving vessel look very lifelike, and provides for sharing the experience with the world at flamingfish.net without taking everyone along in the rowboat.

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chool Street in Unity comes alive on Saturday evenings, with squealing tires, the rumble of engines, and cheering. Into the summer, fans of all ages and walks of life stand at the Unity Raceway track for exciting nights of racing.

July 2 was a jam-packed night of races, rides with favorite drivers and, of course, fireworks.

Speeding cars, wrecks, a mini-van with “It’s Henry” painted down the side and Chrysler Cirruses covered with “Rent Me,” spelled fierce competition. Racing at Unity Raceway is every Saturday evening at 6 p.m. unityraceway.info.

Holly Vanorse Got an idea for monthly photos? Each month, I’ll be out capturing a different theme for the monthly photo spread.

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The 124-foot jet-powered catamaran, one of four boats in the Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company’s fleet, cruises past the Porcupine Island and heads Down East toward Petit Manan.

Located 17 miles from Bar Harbor, Petit Manan is one of five national wildlife refuges and it’s home to nesting seabirds, including Atlantic puffins, razborbills, black guillemots, Leach’s storm petrels, double-crested and great cormorants and common eiders and a variety of gulls.

During the 45-minute trip to Petit Manan Lighthouse, Klyver provides a running dialog about the history of whale watching out of Bar Harbor, and how Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic’s marine mammal research group, conducts research for the effective conservation of marine mammal population and their habitats.

“Gemini, a humpback whale, was the first whale photographed in 1976 and so today we continue to look for whales we know well,” said Klyver. “All trips are also research trips,

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with a scientist onboard, so by your being here you are making research possible.”

After making three or four passes by the island, it is time to head out deeper, 20 to 25 miles out to sea, to the whale feeding ground known locally as the “ballpark.” The depth is 300 to 600 feet, said Klyver, and the AtlantiCat would travel there at around 30 miles per hour.

Klyver instructs passengers to use a clock system and to scan the horizon, keeping an eye out for plumes of mist that are signs of whales blowing air upon surfacing. He advises looking for fins and tails breaking the surface, as well. With that clock, the bow of the boat is 12 o’clock; the stern, 6 o’clock; port is 9 o’clock and starboard, 3 o’clock.

“Shout out loudly the time so we know where to look, and what you think you see,” said Klyver. “But don’t everybody run to one side. We’ll move the boat around and head toward the whale once we find it so everyone can eventually see it.”

Within minutes of reaching the ballpark, Klyver asks the captain to slow down. Everybody listens and scans the horizon in all directions.

Soon, the unmistakable sounds of an exhale in the water could be heard.

“Whale at one o’clock!” shouts someone.

and so much more

PHOTO BY: BARRY GUTRADT

‘Shout out loudly the time so we know where to look, and what you think you see.

But don’t everybody run to one side.’

— Zach Klyver

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PHOTO BY: BARRY GUTRADT

Soon, there are enough whales around the boat that it is easy to figure out the rhythm of their feeding pattern.

“A pair of whales at 3 o’clock,” said Klyver. “It’s a nice pair of finbacks.”

In addition to the whales, there are plenty of harbor seals, shearwaters and other seabirds.

Soon, there are enough whales around the boat that it is easy to figure out the rhythm of their feeding pattern. They make a sharp break for the surface with a loud blow of air, followed by two of three short arching dives, offering plenty of time for photographs of fins and easy tracking of their movement through the water.

Then the whale, or pair of whales does what Klyver called the “terminal” dive, which was a high-arching dive that sends the whales deep underwater for a longer period of time — sometimes as long as six minutes.

Following the terminal dive, it isn’t always easy to figure out where the whale(s) will resurface, and sometimes it was quite a distance away from the boat. In any case, the captain and crew knows how to keep up with the whales, even if they were wild creatures and could care less if tourists want to watch them.

While being able to go out on a day when whales are present is a bonus, it’s not always a guarantee.

And though the trip offers unprecedented views of Mount Desert Island, the Gulf of Maine and surrounding islands, it is chock full of Maine maritime history, information about Maine’s lobster industry and of course, myriad information about whales, seals and seabirds that can best be seen by getting out on the water.

Petit Manan is one of five national wildlife refuges contained in the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

The Refuge, which spans more than 250 miles of Maine coastline, includes more than 50 offshore islands and four coastal parcels, totaling more than 8,100 acres. PHOTO BY: HOLLY S. EDWARDS

PHOTO BY: BARRY GUTRADT

Naturalist Zach Klyver provides abundant information to passengers on every trip out with the Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company, including information about the mountains on Mount Desert Island, the tides, the lobster fishing industry and of course, the lives of whales, seabirds and marine mammals seen along the way.

PHOTO BY: HOLLY S. EDWARDS

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The works are at once detailed and evocative. Poskas captures a vanishing way of life, but these aren’t merely nostalgic pieces. They are a celebration of lives that are tied to the land. He has spent years — in some cases, more than four decades — getting to know the people and places. The narrative emerges through the way a weathered clapboard reflects the setting sun or the way the morning light hits a faded patch of red paint on a dairy barn.

“It brings to light the life that’s inside these buildings,” Poskas says. “These are real people in real places and I hope they cause people to see and appreciate the beauty in small things.”

John Singer Sargent Drawing

Poskas was born and raised in the small city of Waterbury, Conn. Today, he calls the village of Washington, Conn., home, and the farms of Litchfield County are his muse. He’s intrigued by the way the buildings orient to the light, and he is drawn to the winter landscape for the way snow reflects the sky.

Coming to Maine — particularly Monhegan and other islands — has allowed him to paint year-round.

The lush green of a Connecticut summer absorbs and flattens the light. But coastal Maine, with its rocky, sandy, relatively treeless landscape, has a purity and intensity of light that has attracted artists for centuries.

Gary Haynes PHOTO BY: IRVIN SERRANO

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Music

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By Marc Ratner DirectCurrent.com

Music I love — People I like

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ometimes in the midst of all the music reality TV shows that have overrun the TV dial (gee, there’s no “dial” anymore is there?) we’ve lost track of the fact that all these singers are basically just karaoke entertainers.

Are there any singer-songwriters anymore? Artists that have learned the craft of songwriting? And performance?

I’d like to answer that question....both now and in future columns.

To start - I’ll interview a person that may or may not have great insight on the topic but is an easy interview for me...myself.

Hi Marc, tell us about yourself.

Well, let me start by mentioning that I’ve had just about every job that can be held in the music business.

I’ve worked as a radio music director (WMEX Boston - years ago), in music retail (Discount Records in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA), and with major record labels (including 15 years at Warner Bros.Records in Burbank, CA).

But the defining part of my life was that I was a music fan from my youngest days. One of the earliest recorded albums on my favorites list is “Sketches Of Spain” by Miles Davis - which I heard early in life as it was one of my parents favorite albums. I playing music as well, first as a violinist in the Minneapolis Youth Symphony Orchestra, then I studied classical guitar after our family moved to New England, which led to my writing songs and performing in coffeehouses and colleges in the Boston area and eventually to Los Angeles where I released a “45” (does anyone under 40 besides a jukebox collector remember those) on RSO Records - the label that also released “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease” (much more successful records indeed). After I realized that there were better guitar players, better singers and

better songwriters than I - so I switched to the business side of music and over the years I’ve continued to love the singer - songwriter the best.

So Marc - after a lifetime in the music business in Los Angeles how did you end up in Midcoast Maine and are you still involved in music?

Funny you should ask. As long as I’ve been making music I’ve also been involved with Maine. My father was both a student and then instructor at the summer art school in Skowhegan so my first summer in Maine was when I was very young - in 1959. I’ve been coming back ever since and finally with the advent of high speed internet and unlimited long distance phone service it made sense for our family to live in Maine and vacation occasionally in California instead of viceversa. I travel for work as always - it’s just a bit more civilized traveling on the Downeaster and flying out of Portland or Boston than it was driving the 405 freeway in LA - the world’s highest trafficked freeway and flying out of the ever crowded Los Angeles International Airport.

What about music?

After managing and consulting artists and small independent labels for the past half dozen years I’ve started a small independent music company that concentrates on singer songwriters. It’s called Mishara Music based here in Midcoast Maine and we’ve just released our first four releases.

As important as radio airplay is - (and there are two great stations that play our music locally - WERU out of Blue Hill and Sara Willis’ amazing show “In Tune By Ten” on Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) - it’s a company that wants to connect directly with the fans of our

music. I’ve heard over and over again from people that they don’t know where to go to hear new music that excites them like their long time heroes did - James Taylor and Joni Mitchell are two names I hear mentioned often.

It’s out there.

We started Mishara Music because there are so many talented artists out there that are under the radar of the major media companies. Dare I say that I’ve told an artist or two, male and female - if they want to get press and publicity from the big media conglomerates - they should consider double dating Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan....except of course the attention they’d get would never be about their music and it would ruin their careers.

Where do you find it?

The internet is home to so many sources for music to love. One of my favorites sites is Direct Current Music - http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/.

Dave Curtis who runs the site has more music news, release dates and links for amazing artists than I’ve found anywhere else. It’s a site for the music without the attitude. A great place to start.

This is my introduction to a music column for people that love music but don’t know where to go to find it.

In future editions I’ll interview some music business people, share great music discoveries, write about the reality of the music business, share a story or two and somehow make it all about Midcoast Maine at the same time.

Don’t ask me how - I have no idea how it will work out.

But do ask me questions. [thescene@villagesoup.com] You can learn more about my music at www. misharamusic.com and more than you ever want to know about me at : www.marcrescue.wordpress.com:

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Google debuts G+ to rival Facebook. But does it?

By Shannon Kinney

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he web has been abuzz with the launch of Google’s newest foray into the social media space with Google +, often lovingly abbreviated as G+. The service launched on June 28, in an invite-only “field testing” phase in which many of us early adopters were given the opportunity to pound the system and help them identify improvements, fixes, and essentially be their customer service team as we all helped each other figure things out. It has been quite a ride.

While G+ is a powerful social network, the real value goes far beyond social and into collaboration. You can easily share documents via Google Docs, photos via Picasa, videos via YouTube and more. It also introduces new services, including Circles (ways of grouping contacts into smaller targeted groups), Hangouts (ability to have group meetings and discussions via phone and video), and more.

Google+ is also available as a desktop application and as a mobile application, but only on Android and iOS operating systems. (OK everyone, just so you know, this is why I will always have a Droid vs. iPhone, there, I said it, in writing….). On July 14, Google announced that Google+ had reached 10 million users just two weeks after launch. In case you missed that, 10 million users in two weeks.

Do I need to use it? If you enjoy Facebook for the social aspect, or Twitter for the opportunity to see the news and content you

should be reading, you’ll enjoy G+. While there are still a number of bugs being worked out, it’s still worth a look. Message me if you need an invitation.

Does my business need to be there now?

Yes. The question is when. Business profiles are soon to come, and Dream Local will be creating a presence for all of our clients on G+ in addition to Facebook and other channels.

What other social networks should you be watching?

Foursquare is a site we’ve written about a bit before, but is still new to many people, so worth mentioning in this context. Foursquare is a location-based social networking website based on your GPS-enabled mobile phone.

Users “check-in” at venues, and are encouraged to leave tips and reviews. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes “badges”. As of June, the company reported it had 10 million registered users, and was expected to pass 750 million check-ins before the end of June, with an average of about three million check-ins per day.

Do I need to use it? If you enjoy showing businesses that you frequent them, and if you’re just a wee bit competitive, it is a fun tool to use.

I’ve been using it for a couple of years and find it to be useful also when I travel and want to find the best place to go or the best deals.

Does my business need to be there now?

If your business is retail, hospitality-oriented,

a restaurant or bar, we highly recommend leveraging Foursquare. It is a powerful tool to offer deals, recognize your best customers, and monitor what customers are saying about you on the Web. Empire Avenue is a stock market simulation social network game that allows users to buy and sell shares of people and websites, and has been active for about a year.

Do I need to use it? When it comes down to it, Empire Avenue is a game that people with powerful networks enjoy playing. I’m in everything, and even I skip this one.

Does my business need to be there now?

Skip it!

Quora is a terrific tool for finding information. In Quora, users ask and answer questions from other users, and read existing questions and answers. The site launched in private beta in late 2009, but is recently growing more quickly. Quora aggregates questions and answers to topics and allows users to collaborate by editing questions and suggesting edits to other users’ answers. We tested the system recently by answering questions with additional questions and they were (appropriately) flagged and removed. There are people behind the effort, and it shows!

Do I need to use it? If you want to find quick answers to questions on a vast variety of topics, test it out, you’ll like it!

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Does my business need to be there now? If you are an expert on any topic, a combination of LinkedIn answers and Quora can be a powerful tool to build your following, establish your expertise and increase visibility. But it’s time consuming!

Scoville is the place to remember, share and discover places you love. It acts as a bridge between Foursquare and Twitter by gathering the places you’ve visited on Foursquare in the past week and having you choose your favorites which are sent to Twitter with the hashtag #toptuesday.

Then, based on your #toptuesday, it recommends you great new places to discover. Currently, the user base isn’t high enough to unlock the real value in any geography other than New York City, but because of the importance of location-based sites that allow businesses to market themselves to people directly in their area, it’s one to watch for the future.

Do I need to use it? If you’re a power Foursquare user that’s curious, give it a spin and join my network. Otherwise, you can wait on this one.

Does my business need to be there now? For right now, I would say no. However, you do need a system for monitoring mentions of your business online, and should know if someone has listed your

business as a favorite. We can help with this for anyone who needs it.

BranchOut is the largest professional networking service on Facebook. Hundreds of thousands of people use BranchOut to search for jobs or internships, find sales leads, and build a powerful network. I love how easy it was to use, it allowed me to pull in my LinkedIn profile automatically and then connect easily to Facebook contacts building a wider network than is available through LinkedIn due to the sheer size of Facebook. BranchOut was founded in July 2010, but has recently become more mainstream.

In the first quarter of 2011,

launching Tulalip in the near future, a bridge between social and search named after a Native American tribe that hails from Washington near the Microsoft complex. More news on this to come.

All of this said, I’m here to tell you Facebook isn’t going anywhere. It announced this week it has hit 750 million users, and for the average user and the average business, it remains a powerful marketing tool and the central part of any social media strategy. And, don’t forget LinkedIn and Twitter, two extremely effective platforms depending on your markets.

So how do you keep up with all of this? How do you know what’s right for your business? Unless you have considerable amounts of time and marketing experience with online media, the most cost effective, and anxiety reducing, solution is to hire someone like Dream Local that can help. We offer free consultations, drop us a line and we’ll do all we can to help.

BranchOut’s monthly active user count grew from 10,000 to 500,000.

Do I need to use it? If your professional network is important to you, it’s worth adding yourself to BranchOut. My favorite part?

It’s NOT time consuming if your LinkedIn profile is well developed and your Facebook network reaches beyond family and friends and into your professional life.

Does my business need to be there now? It’s a terrific way to publish jobs, check references and networks if you are hiring management level positions.

Otherwise, you can skip it.

Microsoft is also rumored to be

Have a question for Shannon or suggestion of what you’d like to see in the next issue? Send it to info@dreamlocal.com. Fan us on Facebook to stay on top of the latest trends in social media at www.facebook.com/dreamlocal.

Or, of course, you can follow me on VillageSoup, LinkedIn, G+, BranchOut, Quora, Scoville, Foursquare, Facebook or Twitter.

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Belfast Harbor Fest: A maritime weekend Aug. 19-21

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weekend of events kicks off Friday night at 5 p.m. with a Launch Party under the tent on Steamboat Landing at the foot of Commercial Street. The weekend is held by the Belfast Rotary Club.

Saturday morning at 7:30, a pancake and sausage breakfast in the Boathouse until 10 a.m. The cost for the breakfast is $4. There will also be registration for the Bug Run 5K road race from 7:30 a.m. until 8:15 a.m. with the race taking off on Commercial Street at 8:30 a.m.

Come Boating!, Belfast’s community boating program, will host its 11th annual Rowing Regatta as part of the Belfast Harbor Fest.

Among the other all-day events planned with no admission fee are a Classic Small Boat Show, Maritime Exhibits, children’s activities, live music, a fishing tournament and vendors.

On Sunday, from noon to 3 p.m., Habitat for Humanity of Waldo County will be holding its Habitat Lobster Fest. Tickets for the fundraiser are $25 each for lobster (steak will be available for those who don’t enjoy lobster), clams, corn on the cob, chips and homemade pies. Tickets can be purchased from any Habitat board member, by calling 338-2344, or through the Habitat, habitatofwaldocounty.org.

Team Bone Gas with Owen Nelson and Dave Arnold.

Trying to build a skiff in four hours is no easy feat but it’s a bit more difficult when there are some built-in rivalries at play. This was clearly the case last year during the National Boatbuilding Challenge, which is part of the Belfast Harbor Fest.

Last year, three teams from Waldo County General Hospital competed in the boatbuilding challenge: Deep Water Docs: General surgeons Jeff Sedlack and Randy Helmholz.

Bone Gas: Orthopedic surgeon Owen Nelson and anesthesiologist Dave Arnold.

Quality Counts: Dr. Kent Clark and Rob Fowler, RN, theads of quality control at the hospital.

Three hours in, it was clear that Bone Gas was trying to be too perfect with the construction of their skiff. Deep Water Docs was having some problems and Quality Counts, who many had counted out before the competition started, was in the lead among the hospital teams.

A large crowd gathered to watch with many hospital employees cheering for one team or another.

At the end of the four hours, Quality Counts was in the lead but none of the teams were finished. The judge marked each skiff for workmanship at this point.

Quality Counts came in fourth among the 10 teams while Deep Water Docs were fifth and Bone Gas was seventh. The teams were then given more time to try to finish their skiffs so they could compete in the race across the harbor. The rules required that each team member row one leg of the relay race.

That rowing race changed everything. Deep Water Docs, who are both former Navy surgeons and had rowed previously, came in third in rowing race, while Quality Counts had a tough time trying to row in a straight line and finished sixth. Bone Gas was unable to finish their boat in time to compete in the rowing race.

With the scores combined, Deep Water Docs finished fourth overall with Quality Counts in fifth and Bone Gas in seventh.

While Deep Water Docs won’t be able to compete this year, Quality Counts and Bone Gas will both be back and the rivalry is sure to be even more intense.

Getting the boats to the water was no easy feat.

The rowing race across the harbor.

Rob Fowler sands.

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Monday

1 to 8 p.m., Hope Music Festival. Irish, blues and jazz music along with local talent performing a variety of music genres.

Raffles will take place, prizes include a Cedar Works play set, Thomas Moser furniture, a Swans Island blanket, gift certificates for Yoga and massages, and more.

The carnival-like event is a fundraiser for the Hope Elephants, and the entrance fee is a recommended donation of $10 for an adult, $5 for a child and $25 for a family, which are tax deductible.

Hatchet Mountain Publick House, Hope. FMI: Hatchet Mountain Publick House at 763-4565 or visit the Hope Elephants site at hopeelephants.org.

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Tuesday

5 to 10 p.m., Lobsters on the Sound, laid back, boat causal event features a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres from many local restaurants, a downeast style lobster bake, live and silent auctions, and music and dancing under the stars.

John Willams Boat Company, 12 Shipwright Lane, Quarry.

7:30 p.m., Machias Bay Chamber Concerts, Centre Street Congregational Church, Machias. Enjoy the 42nd season of beautiful and moving music with extraordinary musicians.

Each Tuesday through Aug. 9.

FMI: 255-4249 or visit machiasbaychamberconcerts.com.

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Wednesday

9 a.m., Maine Lobster Festival.

Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster crate race, and more. Harbor Park, Rockland. Runs through Aug. 7.

FMI: 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Merryspring’s Annual Kitchen Tour. Visit eight uniquely designed kitchens and enjoy demonstrations and

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tastings from area chefs and caterers at each. Ticket sales support educational programs at Merryspring Nature Center, 30 Conway Road, Camden. FMI: 236-2239.

7 p.m., Storytelling and music.

With Doris Feyling and Donna Griffin. St. Columbia’s Episcopal Church, Boothbay Harbor.

7:30 p.m., Summer Keys, Masonic Hall, Lubec. Wednesdays through Aug. 31. FMI: summerkeys.com

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Thursday

7 a.m., Maine Lobster Festival.

Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster crate race, and more. Harbor Park, Rockland.

Runs through Aug. 7. FMI: 800-5622529; mainelobsterfestival.com.

5 to 7:30 p.m., The Modest Proposal and The Kenya Hall Band perform at Monument Square, Congress Street, Portland. Part of the Alive at Five Free Concert series, running each Thursday through Aug. 4. Sponsored

by WBLM, WCYY, WJBQ, WHOM, WGME13, Portland Phoenix, Mainetoday.com, and Sebago Brewing Company.

7 p.m., Special Jazz Film & Panel. 60-minute documentary, “The Monk and the Mermaid: The Song of Charles Lloyd,” by Fara C and filmmaker Giuseppi DeVecchi. Stonington Opera House.

Part of 11th annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival. Tickets may be purchased online operahousearts.org or by calling 367-2788.

8 p.m., Primo Piano. Concert featuring Thomas Wolf, flute; members of The St. Lawrence String Quartet: Geoff Nuttall, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; and Christopher Costanza, cello; and the 2011 winner of the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award for piano. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. FMI or tickets: 236-2823.

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Friday

7 a.m., Maine Lobster Festival.

Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront

activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster crate race, and more. Harbor Park, Rockland. Runs through Aug. 7.

FMI: 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Belfast Garden Club’s Open Garden Day. Webster Garden on Shore Road, Northport. The open garden season is every Friday from June through August at a different garden each week.

12 noon to 1 p.m., Bob White performs at Congress Square, Portland. Take a break from your busy work day, sit outside and enjoy your lunch while listening to Maine songwriters.

Running each Friday through Aug. 12. Presented by Maine Songwriters Association.

12 noon to 6 p.m., Artisans Fair. Hand crafted art from local artisans: jewelry, pottery, weaving, stained glass, painting, print, photography, woodwork, sculpture. Also a food stand and fun and games for children. First Church in Belfast, 104 Church St. FMI: 338-2282, firstchurchinbelfast.org. Also Aug. 6 1 to 4 p.m., Maine Fairy House Festival. Children of all ages will delight in free fairy house activities, games, teas, crafts and storytelling. Coatal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay. Through Aug. 7.

5 to 7 p.m., Emily Brown Art Exhibit Opening. New work from Philiadelphia artist for the Maine Drawing Project. Waterfalls Arts, 256 High St., Belfast.

5:30 p.m., 2011 Classic Lyman and Antique Wood Boat Rendevous. Cocktail reception and dinner for all antique and classic boat owners and their guests at the Carousel Marina, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: oldboatlovers.com.

6 p.m., Annual Festival of Lights and Illumination Night. Community festival of lights, music and food, which celebrates the family-friend spirit

that makes Ocean Park, Old Orchard Beach, a special place.

7 p.m., Jason Moran performance. His music earned him a 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He will be performing with taiko drummer and fue specialist, Kaoru Watanabe.

The George Stevens Academy 2011 jazz combo, Sam’s Soul Children featuring Stonington’s Annie Ames, will open in its farewell performance. Stonington Opera House. Part of 11th annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival.

Tickets may be purchased online operahousearts.org or by calling 367-2788.

8 p.m., Tom Rush in concert. Whether performing a heartfelt ballad, singing a downto-earth blues tune, or weaving an onstage story with strands of humor and wisdom, Rush has been winning audiences over since the 1960s. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. FMI or tickets: 633-5159.

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Saturday

7 a.m., Maine Lobster Festival.

Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster crate race, and more. Harbor Park, Rockland. Runs through Aug. 7.

FMI: 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com.

8 a.m., Saturday Morning Bird Walks. Join The Natural History Center for a two-hour bird walk offered each Saturday through October. These walks are open to bird lovers of any age and all skill levels. They will be easy walks designed to find the birds of Mount Desert Island. Reservations are suggested but not required.

Meet at The Natural History Center, located on the Bar Harbor Village Green.

9 a.m. t o 5 p.m., Artisans Fair. Hand crafted art from local artisans: jewelry, pottery, weaving, stained glass, painting, print, photography, woodwork, sculpture. Also a food stand and fun and games for children. First

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Church in Belfast, 104 Church St. FMI: 338-2282, firstchurchinbelfast.org. Also Aug. 5.

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Antique Auto, Aircraft and Aerobatic Spectacular. Highwheel bicycles, classic cars, antique planes, and a high-performance air show. Vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, biplane rides, family activities, and more.

Owls Head Transportation Museum, Route 73. Also Aug. 7.

8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Rotary Club Charity Auction and Flea Market. 54th annual event. Auction begins at 10 a.m. Boothbay Harbor.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gallery at the Harbor. A group of Maine artists offering drawings, paintings, orginal prints and fine art reproductions. Also Aug. 7. Heritage Park, Belfast.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Revolutionary War Encampment. The General Henry Knox Museum, corner of Routes 1 and 131, Thomaston.

Also Aug. 7.

12 noon, Dam Blues Fest and Pub Crawl. Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta.

For a list of performers and the pub crawl itinerary visit dambluesfest.com.

1 to 4 p.m., Maine Fairy House Festival. Children of all ages will delight in free fairy house activities, games, teas, crafts and storytelling. Coatal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay. Through Aug. 7.

2:30 p.m., Harbor parade.

This year’s parade will be led by Grand Marshall George McEvoy and the Nellie G II. The parade will circle Boothbay Harbor, and all are invited to watch these classics glide by from points along the shore. Part of the 2011 Classic Lyman and Antique Wood Boat Rendevous.

FMI: oldboatlovers.com.

3 to 5 p.m., Exhibition Open at CMCA. Burn Drawings & Recent Paintings”: Reese Inman (part of the 2011 Maine Drawing Project); “(un)natural splendor”: Inka Essenhigh and Richard Van Buren; “Stopgap and Steadfast”: Ethan Hayes-Chute; “Banded Artifacts/Banded Men”: Paul Oberst.

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Free admission for members; $5 suggested donation for others.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave., Rockport.

FMI: visit cmcanow.org.

6 to 9 p.m., Chicks on the Sea Charity Benefit. All girls cruise aboard The Harbor Princess.

Departs Pier 6. Boothbay Harbor.

FMI: 633-7025.

7 p.m., Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran perform. At 72, Lloyd is “revered not least for his ability to conjure near-mystic moods from jazz vernacular,” wrote Larry Blumenfeld in The Wall Street Journal. Moran, who is a member of Lloyd’s quartet, extends that musical rapport through this rare duet engagement. Opening for the duo is a band of young local professionals, the Duncan Hardy Sextet. Stonington Opera House. Part of 11th annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival.

Tickets may be purchased online operahousearts.org or by calling 367-2788.

8 p.m., Steep Canyon Rangers. This hot bluegrass group are regulars at the Grand Ole Opry and have performed at all the major bluegrass festivals in the U.S. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

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Sunday

7 a.m., Maine Lobster Festival.

Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster crate race, and more. Harbor Park, Rockland. Runs through Aug. 7.

FMI: 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gallery at the Harbor. A group of Maine artists offering drawings, paintings, orginal prints and fine art reproductions. Also Aug. 6. Heritage Park, Belfast.

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Antique Auto, Aircraft and Aerobatic Spectacular. High-wheel bicycles, classic cars, antique planes, and a high-performance air show. Vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, biplane rides, family activities, and more. Owls Head Transportation Museum, Route 73.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Revolutionary War Encampment. The General Henry Knox Museum, corner of Routes 1 and 131, Thomaston.

1 to 4 p.m., Maine Fairy House Festival. Children of all ages will delight in free fairy house activities, games, teas, crafts and storytelling. Coatal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay.

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1 to 4 p.m., Chocolate Sunday.

A selection of decadent delights made by Bremen residents to help raise money for maintenance of the Bremen Town House, listed with the registry of historic buildings. Enjoy chocolate sundaes, ice cream soda’s and all manner of baked chocolate surprises. Free.

Live rock ‘n’ roll, blues and country. Bremen Fire Department display equipment. Silent auction.

7 p.m., Matthew Shipp and his string trio. Visiting Musician at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Bassist William Parker is a father figure to New York’s avantgarde scene and a favorite from past Deer Isle performances. He joins the brilliant violinist Mat Maneri in the String Trio led by pianist Matt Shipp, a devastatingly adventurous musician whose recordings regularly top critics’ best-of lists. Stonington Opera House. Part of 11th annual Deer Isle Jazz Festival. Tickets may be purchased online operahousearts.org or by calling 367-2788.

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Tuesday

11 a.m. to 12 noon, Kids as Cooks: Vanilla Ice Cream.

Children ages 4-10 accompanied by an adult will learn where vanilla comes from and how it’s used, make vanilla ice cream from scratch the old-fashioned way, and taste the fruit of their labors. Recipes to take home are included. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay. To sign up or to learn more, call 633-4333, visit MaineGardens.org, or stop by the Visitor Center, off Barters Island Road in Boothbay.

7:30 p.m., Machias Bay Chamber Concerts, Centre Street Congregational Church, Machias. Enjoy the 42nd season of beautiful and moving music with extraordinary musicians.

Each Tuesday through Aug. 9.

FMI: 255-4249 or visit machiasbaychamberconcerts.com.

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2 to 4:30 p.m., From Art to Landscape – W. Gary Smith at the Gardens. The first presentation in the Ina and Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series, in the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Education Center, will be an illustrated talk by artist and landscape architect W. Gary Smith.

This award-winning, Texas-based designer whose projects grace many of the finest botanical gardens in the country will show connections between people and plants and demonstrate how art and horticulture can combine to create stunning, ecologically designed landscapes. Reservations are required; call 633-4333, visit

MaineGardens.org, or stop by the Visitor Center, off Barters Island Road in Boothbay. The event is followed by a book signing and reception.

7 p.m., Bruce McKenzie Johnson in concert. Magician, comedian, pick pocket and escape artist. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

7 p.m., Concert on Boothbay Common. Free concert on Boothbay Common by Bath Band.

Bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnic, kids, dogs. Route 27, Boothbay.

7:30 p.m., Summer Keys, Masonic Hall, Lubec. Wednesdays through Aug. 31. FMI: summerkeys.com.

7:30 p.m., DaPonte String Quartet Concert. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present the DaPonte String Quartet in the new Bosarge Family Education Center. Dvorak, Comolli, and Mendelssohn are on the program.

The audience is welcome to come earlier and bring a picnic supper. Reservations are required for all; call 633-4333, visit MaineGardens.org for tickets and the complete program, or stop by the Visitor Center, off Barters Island Road in Boothbay.

8 p.m. St. Lawrence Premieres.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet, Anne-Marie McDermott, piano, and Anthony Manzo, bass, perform Mendelssohn’s sextet and Golijov’s Yiddishbbuk. Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland.

FMI or tickets: 236-2823.

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Thursday

12 noon, Art Auction. Hosted

by Boothbay Region Land Trust.

Food and drink provided. Linekin Bay Resort, 92 Wall Point Road, Boothbay Harbor.

1 to 3:30 p.m., Historical Herb Use in Coastal Maine as illustrated by The Country of the Pointed Firs. In this combination lecture and tour, Nancy Wetzel, garden historian and landscape gardener for Historic New England’s Sarah Orne Jewett House, will take her audience back in time to consider the many herbs featured in Jewett’s most acclaimed work. Bosarge Family Education Center & Burpee Kitchen Garden, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. To sign up call 633-4333, MaineGardens. org, or in the Visitor Center at the Gardens, off Barters Island Road, Boothbay.

8 p.m., The Grand Sextet! St. Lawrence String Quartet, Anne-

Marie McDermott, piano, and Anthony Manzo, bass, perform Mendelssohn’s sextet and other works. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. FMI or tickets: 2362823.

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Friday

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show.

Harbor Park, Rockland. Beautiful boats, unique handcrafted products, and a sparkling summer scene will fill the Rockland waterfront and park August 12-14, The only in-the-water event of its kind in the state.

12 noon to 1 p.m., Michelle Lewis performs at Congress Square, Portland. Take a break from your busy work day, sit outside and enjoy your lunch while listening to Maine songwriters.

Running each Friday through Aug. 12. Presented by Maine Songwriters Association.

7:30 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical. Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage. Children of all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 236-2281. Also Aug. 12-13.

8 p.m., Ellis Paul in concert.

This master songwriter and storyteller now travels the globe, but he once lived in the Boothbay region and so his performances at the Opera House are always a homecoming. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave., Boothbay. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

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Saturday

7 to 10 a.m., 14th annual Blueberry Pancake Breakfast. The Camden Rotary Club hosts its annual all-you-can-eat breakfast: blueberry pancakes, sausage, juice, coffee, and milk.

All proceeds support area 501c3 nonprofit organizations. First Congregational Church, 55 Elm St., Camden.

7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Blueberry Wing Ding. Blueberry pancake breakfast, blueberry-theme crafts, and homemade blueberry baked goods.

McLaughlin’s Lobster Shack, Lincolnville Beach.

8 a.m., Saturday Morning Bird Walks. Join The Natural History Center for a two-hour bird walk offered each Saturday through October. These walks are open to bird lovers of any age and all skill levels. They will be easy walks designed to find the birds of Mount Desert Island. Reservations are suggested but not required. Meet at The Natural History Center,

located on the Bar Harbor Village Green.

7th annual White Anchor Tackle Shop Saltwater Tournament.

Fishing derby for striped bass and blue fish. Boothbay Harbor.

Prizes. Also Aug. 14. FMI: 6335929.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 39th annual North Nobleboro Day. Enjoy a great day at old-fashioned prices!

Feast on North Nobleboro’s famous chicken barbecue, fresh corn on the cob, homemade pies and pastries, fudge, hot dogs and ice cream all day long. Live music, live auction, games for kids, raffles, and a silent auction are also part of the festivities.

Free parking and admission at the community grounds at the intersection of East Pond Road and the Upper East Pond Road, approximately 3 miles from Route 1 Nobleboro.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show.

Harbor Park, Rockland. Beautiful boats, unique handcrafted products, and a sparkling summer scene will fill the Rockland waterfront and park August 12-14, The only in-the-water event of its kind in the state.

10 a.m to 3 p.m., 2nd annual Blueberry Festival and Harvest Fair. A family-oriented community event featuring music, children’s activities, arts and crafts, food and lots of blueberries for sale. Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta.

10 a.m., Little River Lighthouse Open House, Little River Lighthouse, Cutler. FMI: 259-3833.

11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Cranberry Fest. All day music festival held in the town field on Little Cranberry Island. FMI: cranberrymusicfest.com or 2445123.

7:30 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical. Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage. Children of all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 236-2281. Also Aug. 14.

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Sunday

7th annual White Anchor Tackle Shop Saltwater Tournament. Fishing derby for striped bass and blue fish. Prizes.

Boothbay Harbor. Also Aug. 14.

FMI: 633-5929.

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10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show.

Harbor Park, Rockland. Beautiful boats, unique handcrafted products, and a sparkling summer scene will fill the Rockland waterfront and park August 12-14, The only in-the-water event of its kind in the state. World Championship Boatyard Dog Trials begins at 10:30 a.m.

all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 236-2281.

8 p.m., Mighty Mystic & the Thunderband. Hails from Jamaica. Since 2006 his music has repeatedly topped the world reggae charts and he is considered one of the most invigorating and infectious artists currently touring. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

2 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical.

Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage. Children of all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 236-2281.

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8 p.m., Free Outdoor Movie.

“In Our Wake: Maine’s Maritime Heritage on Film.” Embark on this journey through the last century of Maine’s maritime history, in the Camden Amphitheatre, as Northeast Historic Film, the Camden Public Library, and the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous team up to present the screening.

Tuesday

7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Salt Bay Chamberfest 2011. The theme is “Inspired by Living Composers.” Also on Aug. 19, 23 and 26. Darrow’s Barn, Round Top Center.

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Wednesday

10 a.m., Jazz Church Service.

It’s the 14th year for this jazz service, raising a joyful noise and playing to a full house with jazz, dixieland and swing.

Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church, Oak Street.

11 a.m. to 12 noon, Composting for Kids and Their Families . Families will pitch in, adding to the Children’s Garden compost pile with the instructor to learn key ingredients. Then, they’ll learn the method of compost construction used by Scott and Helen Nearing, who inspired the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s. In the Bibby and Harold A lfond Children’s Garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Program is for children 4-10 years old accompanied by an adult. Sign up by calling 633-4333, MaineGardens.org, or in the Visitor Center at the Gardens, off Barters Island Road, Boothbay.

7:30 p.m., Summer Keys , Masonic Hall, Lubec. Wednesdays through Aug. 31. FMI: summerkeys.com.

7:30 p.m., Audiobody . Juggling and physical comedy act of musician contortionists Jason and Matt Tardy. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

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Angela Anderson Pomerleau created this oil painting from a photo she took last year at the Union Fair of Aurelia of the Flying Wallendas.

“Aurelia, 2011” will be in a show at Mars Hall Gallery in Tenants Harbor through Aug. 14. She is also hanging a solo show in Port Clyde at Ocean View Hotel Gallery Aug. 25 to Sept. 1 with the series “Around the World in 80 days and other paintings,” all inspired by Holland, China, America, France, Japan, and Italy.

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Thursday

9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Out of the Cutting Garden: Making Stunning Garden Flower Arrangements with Anna Kessler.

Award-winning floral designer Anna Kessler will show how to bring the color and beauty of garden flowers indoors, first explaining how best to cut and condition flowers for long vase life and then demonstrating how to create a variety of fresh floral arrangements for the home. Bosarge Family Education Center, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Sign up by calling 633-4333, MaineGardens. org, or in the Visitor Center at the Gardens, off Barters Island Road, Boothbay.

5 to 7 p.m., Twilight Tours at Nickels-Sortwell House. Tour a mansion, built in 1807 for

Capt. William Nickels, this high Federal-style house is a testament to Wiscasset’s heyday as a seaport. See rooms not usually open to the public. 121 Main St., Wiscasset.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Third Annual Chocolate Buffet. At Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, 174 Lower Main St., Freeport.

FMI: 865-4071.

7:30 p.m., Novel Jazz Septet.

Multi-talented Maine-based musicians. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

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Friday

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Belfast Garden Club Open Garden Day. Eleventh open garden of the season. Andersons’ Garden on Kaler Road, Belfast. The open

garden season is every Friday through August at a different garden each week.

5 p.m., 5:30 to 7 p.m., 15th Annual Tenants Harbor Poetry Reading. 5 p.m. refreshments, book-signing and sales, Branching Out poetry anthology celebrating 15 years will be on sale, reading starts at 5:30. Mary Burchenal, Chris Fahy, Elizabeth Gordon McKim, David Riley.

Live music by guitarist Stuart Bicknell. Old Fellows Hall Tennants Harbor, Route 131 and Watts Ave. just north of Tenants Harbor General Store. Admission free. FMI: 372-8107 or 372-8958.

7:30 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical. Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage. Children of

Saturday

8 a.m., Belfast Harbor Fest.

Celebrate a full day of boats on Belfast’s historic waterfront.

Watch as teams of two build a wooden skiff in record time at the National Boatbuilding Challenge, then cheer them on as they test their boats for seaworthiness in a relay race across the harbor. Steamboat Landing, Belfast.

8 a.m., Saturday Morning Bird Walks. Join The Natural History Center for a two-hour bird walk offered each Saturday through October. These walks are open to bird lovers of any age and all skill levels. They will be easy walks designed to find the birds of Mount Desert Island. Reservations are suggested but not required. Meet at The Natural History Center, located on the Bar Harbor Village Green.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Blueberr y Festival , at the Colonial parking lot in Machias, lcoated behind the Machias Savings Bank Training Center. The festival offers a wide variety of artisans, crafters and food vendors. A lso Aug. 21. FMI: 255-4402.

9:30 a.m., 34 th annual New England Auto Auction . Up to 200 antique, classic, and special-interest vehicles go up for bid. One of the greatest car shows in New England. Held under cover—rain or shine. Owls Head Transportation Museum, Route 73.

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7:30 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical. Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage.

Children of all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 236-2281.

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Sunday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Blueberry Festival, at the Colonial parking lot in Machias, lcoated behind the Machias Savings Bank Training Center.

The festival offers a wide variety of artisans, crafters and food vendors.

Also Aug. 20. FMI: 255-4402.

2 p.m., Peter Pan: The Musical. Camden Civic Theatre brings Piers Chater Robinson’s 1985 adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic to the stage. Children of all ages are invited to join the Darlings, Peter, Tiger Lily, Hook, the pirates, and Lost Boys for this magical, musical adventure. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or tickets: 2362281.

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Tuesday

7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Salt Bay Chamberfest 2011. The thems is “Inspired by Living Composers.” Also on Aug. 26.

Darrow’s Barn, Round Top Center.

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Wednesday

7:30 p.m. Summer Keys, Masonic Hall, Lubec. Wednesdays through Aug. 31. FMI: summerkeys.com.

8 p.m., The Spirit of the ‘20s.

James Campbell, clarinet; Mark Fewer, violin; John Novacek, piano; Marc Johnson, cello; Earl Raney, trumpet; and Rose Vrbsky, bassoon; perform some 1920s favorites. Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland.

FMI or tickets: 236-2823.

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Thursday

8 p.m. “Pilgrimage.” A new play directed by David Peck.

Through Aug. 27. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

8 p.m., Timeless Treasures. An evening of chamber music treasures featuring James Campbell, clarinet; Mark Fewer, violin; John Novacek, piano; Marc Johnson, cello; Alana Vegter, horn; and Peter Zazofsky, viola. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. FMI or tickets: 236-2823.

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Friday

9th Annual Shipyard Cup Races. Boothbay Harbor.

Through Aug. 28.

7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Salt Bay Chamberfest 2011. The thems is “Inspired by Living Composers.” Also on Aug. 26.

Darrow’s Barn, Round Top Center.

8 p.m. “Pilgrimage.” A new play directed by David Peck.

Through Aug. 27. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

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Saturday

8 a.m., Saturday Morning Bird Walks. Join The Natural History Center for a twohour bird walk offered each Saturday through October.

These walks are open to bird lovers of any age and all skill

levels. They will be easy walks designed to find the birds of Mount Desert Island.

Reservations are suggested but not required.

Meet at The Natural History Center, located on the Bar Harbor Village Green.

9th Annual Shipyard Cup Races. Boothbay Harbor. Through Aug. 28.

8 p.m. “Pilgrimage.” A new play directed by David Peck.

Through Aug. 27. Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. FMI and tickets: 633-5159.

Aug. 28

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Sunday

9th Annual Shipyard Cup Races. Boothbay Harbor. Through Aug. 28.

5:30 p.m., Luau at the Gardens. This festive and fun luau-themed party will include a roast-pig dinner with all the tropical accompaniments, catered by Compass Rose Events; island-style music with the Chris Gagne Band; and a chance to bid on a fabulous selection of items and adventures in silent and live auctions. Admission price includes Mai Tai cocktails and

wine. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Road, Boothbay. FMI and tickets: 633-4333.

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Wednesday

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Coastal Maine Antiques Show.

Indoor and outdoor antiques show. MADA and the Damariscotta River Association are partnering to make this year’s show a very special event. Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta.

7:30 p.m., Summer Keys, Masonic Hall, Lubec. Wednesdays through Aug. 31. FMI: summerkeys.com 7:30 p.m., Ragtime pianist Bob Milne. Considered to be one of the best ragtime/ boogie-woogie pianists in the world. Boothbay Harbor Opera House. FMI and tickets: 6335159.

8 p.m., First Chair All Stars. First chair musicians from some of the nation’s top orchestras perform chamber music masterworks. Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland.

FMI or tickets: 236-2823.

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Our 130’ jet propelled catamaran provides a smooth, high speed trip with spacious decks, a full galley with bar. Lots of rail space and 360 degree views. The AtlantiCat gives you the ultimate whale watching experience. Fun for the whole family!

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Every day is

Scholarship Day at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center!

Why are Scholarships important?

Scholarships can change people’s lives.

Just how important are scholarships for those seeking to go to college?

Scholarship committee member, Dr. Carol Robbins, Searsmont, retired educator and active community volunteer emphasizes, “receiving the Donald Walker scholarship (years ago) changed my life.” An emotional Robbins explained, “without the scholarship I never would have been able to finance a four-year college degree. I knew I wanted to go to college, but I never had any idea of how I would pay for it.”

• There are so many people who want to go to college and need a helping hand.

• Not all can pursue a college degree because it costs a fortune to pay for a college education.

• It is not only the tuition students worry about, but also other things such as books, housing, transportation and everyday expenses, including child care and supporting a family (for non-traditional students).

• Scholarships are grants given to students to assist them in achieving their educational goals. Unlike loans, scholarships come from sponsors who have donated a sum of money to help students.

• Donors want students to know they believe in them and encourage them to keep their hopes and aspirations alive. For many, a scholarship helps one achieve their dream career as well.

Meet Samwel Waithaka, Bixler scholarship recipient and Hutchinson Center student.

“Greetings. I am a beneficiary of your generous sponsorship and I would like to sincerely thank you for choosing me to receive the Bixler scholarship. I am from Kenya and I joined my wife and kids here in the U.S. This scholarship means so much to me, and it’s like a foundation has been laid towards my education. It has been my long-time dream to attend college. I am grateful for the opportunity to attend the Hutchinson Center. This is a gift that will always be etched in my heart for the years to come. You have elevated my hopes and dreams, and for this I say thank you very much.”

UMaine Hutchinson Center scholarships available in Belfast include: Annual Fund Scholarship, Best of the Best Scholarship, Bixler Scholarship, Ira Cobe (funded by Maine Community Foundation), Midcoast AAUW (American Association of University Women)

Meet Ann Bixler, Northport, scholarship donor and avid scholarship supporter.

Pete (Harris) & Ann Bixler have lived on the Maine coast for 40 years.

Holding a Sc.D. and MA degrees respectively, they have experienced the benefits a strong education brings. They have also seen the negative effects of a weak education, especially for working people in the Midcoast area. Their scholarship is aimed to help make the University of Maine programs at the Hutchinson Center available to all in need. The Bixler Scholarship Fund has awarded 24 scholarships totally over $20,000 since its inception in 2005.

Scholarship, Ronald & Shirley Jarvella Scholarship, Frederick and Dione Hutchinson Scholarship, Andrew Kuby (funded by Belfast Rotary) Scholarship, and Senior College at Hutchinson Center Scholarship and United Mid-Coast Charities (UMCC) Scholarship.

It’s as easy as that!

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