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Round two and patience

ROLLERS UPDATE: A derby thing

FILM SCENE: Moonrise Kingdom

TOP DISH: Ocean’s Edge

TOP DRINK: Amalfi on the Water

COLLEGE SCENE: First-person, student profiles

10 MUSIC SCENE: Road Trip

Marc Ratner

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, he’s an authority of Yankee Food History, New England genealogy and the New England lifestyle since the 17th Century. With two cookbooks just written, Chef Jim looks forward to hearing from you at via email theyankee@aol.com or theyankeechef.com.

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14 FESTIVAL SCENE: Lobster Festival, Union Fair 16 HANDCRAFT SCENE: Tygerlily Glassworks 18 OUTDOOR SCENE: Thomaston Town Forest 19 MUSICIAN SCENE: On the patio with Colin 20 BREW REVIEW: Summer = Beer 20 RESTAURANT SCENE: Belfast Hot Spot: Rollie’s 21 SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN: Promoting your business with Facebook and Google+ 22 FOOD SCENE: Yankee Chef - It’s Time! 23 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Things to do in August

Daniel Dunkle

Shannon Kinney

Daniel Dunkle writes the humor column, “Stranger Than Fiction,” and “Down in Front” blogs and movie reviews. He is News Editor for Courier Publications, LLC, which publishes theScene, The Courier-Gazette, The Camden Herald and The Republican Journal. Follow him online at villagesoup.com or on twitter at twitter.com/#!/DanDunkle.

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atience, it’s something I try my best to have. It also ties in with that old saying “Everything I’ve learned, I’ve learned from my dog.” I have had two dogs in my adult years and I will say, they have taught me quite a bit. Worry for one. Was I giving my first dog, a Hurricane Katrina rescue, a good shot at a second chance? What was that she was chasing? Did she really just tear the tail off that skunk? The smell that immediately filled my house and her sneezing outside confirmed that she had. Even with my second dog, every time he acts a little off from his usual self, is he sick? He’s scratching a little too much, does he have fleas? He whimpered when he scratched his ear, is it an ear infection again? One thing I have learned from them

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both is patience. My first dog, Onyx, was anti-animal social. She had never been properly socialized in her former life in New Orleans. So it was patience that was needed in my task, every day, to work with her so we could comfortably walk down the street without her lunging at another dog because she wanted to be the alpha. Dunkin, my second dog, is a ball of fire. At the age of six, he still thinks he’s one (he also thinks he’s my human baby). Patience has come in all shapes and forms with the 47-pound spastic ball of fur. Working with him every day to leash train him, teaching him to stay at least ten feet away when food was involved. Getting him to not pee in the house, or to stay away from the hot woodstove in the kitchen. Teaching him to not eat the carpet, or the cushions, or the pillows, or the books, or the magazines... In the five years living with Dunkin, I’ve come to realize that the patience I

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A derby thing

Round Two Continued from Page 5 Finally, the feedback came. Mostly it has been good. People like the smaller size, saying it’s easier to hold now. Some liked that we geared it back toward what the initial vision was. They liked the variety. Others said they missed all of the art gallery showings and events. Everything from the good, the bad and even the ugly has been taken in and discussed. If a tweak here or there needed to be made, it was done. It’s all appreciated and it’s all valuable. The feedback helps us work to make theSCENE the best it can be. If something doesn’t work, and we’re told that it doesn’t, we can change it. If someone says “Hey, this might work better,” we can give it a try to see if it does. We want theSCENE be a good, solid publication. So with this second issue, and all future issues, we want and welcome your thoughts, opinions and ideas. Post them to our Facebook page, send them via a private message from that page, or send me an email at hvanorse@courierpublicationsllc.com.

theSCENE asked Rock Coast Roller’s “Roll Doll” (aka Zoe Foster) what the roller derby meant to her and why she chose to be a derby girl and what it means to be a Rock Coast Roller. Roller derby to me is the ultimate expression of contemporary womanhood. Derby skaters are a diverse bunch but we are all strong, independent, athletic, compassionate, tough, brave and caring. It’s a team sport full of excitement, fun, hard work and just the right amount of quirkiness. For me derby is a great release; when I’m out on the track I can live in the moment, putting aside any thoughts about my job, what I’m going to have for dinner or my plans for the weekend. I chose to do roller derby because I wanted to be physically active, make new friends and get involved in my community. It was something I’d wanted to try for a long time. Having it just appear in Rockland was one of the ways that it chose me. To me being a Rock Coast Roller means practicing hard for my team, being a role model for young women, having a positive impact in the community and being true to myself and my ideals. It’s about the friendships and relationships and the game itself. It’s about growing as a skater and a person, and putting my heart and soul into something

Roll Doll COURTESY OF: ZOE FOSTER that’s a little bit scary and a whole lot of fun. Upcoming bouts for the RCR: Saturday, Aug. 18 — Home bout at Midcoast Recreation Center Saturday, Aug. 25 — Away vs. Twin City Riot Follow the RCR on Facebook or visit their site rockcoastrollers.weebly.com. The Rock Coast Rollers are sponsored by theSCENE. Each month, find photos, updates and get to know the derby girls.

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Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton and Bruce Willis in Moonrise Kingdom.

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irector Wes Anderson is an artist, but I’m only a fan of his stuff about half the time. My three favorite Wes Anderson movies are “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and his new one, “Moonrise Kingdom.” I actually wasn’t even planning to go to this. I went for a walk downtown and came to The Strand just in time for the evening show. On a whim, I decided to go in. Before I review the movie, I have to talk about The Strand. The theater is just beautiful. One thing in particular that struck me was the bit before the film asking you to turn off your cell phone. At The Strand, this is a sepia-toned comedy short featuring Rockland’s Liz McLeod answering some old fashioned 1940s phone in the middle of a movie while another theatergoer gives her the stink eye. By

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changing the time period, this shows how ridiculous it is to talk on the phone during a movie. Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” is the kind of movie that should only be watched in an old-fashioned movie palace. Set in 1965, it tells the story of two star-crossed young lovers, a bold orphan summer camp defector named Sam (Jared Gilman) and a motherhating summer home runaway named Suzy (Kara Hayward). The story is set on an island or coastal community that won’t seem that different to longtime Midcoast visitors. Like all of Anderson’s films, this is delightfully whimsical. Each frame is a meticulously planned picture. Edward Norton plays the bumbling “Khaki Scout” leader in charge of a tent village that looks right out of a Yogi Bear cartoon. It’s from this camp that Sam resigns as a scout and goes off to meet his love Suzy. The two are right at that weird

moment, not quite teenagers, not quite children. Uncomfortably so. They set up housekeeping in a tent in the woods where she reads her fantasy novels and plays her records while he fishes and defends them with his air rifle. They are forced periodically to evade the posse of scouts dispatched to find them, scouts with early 60’s ideas about conformity and bullying with names like “Lazy Eye.” Also hunting them are the community’s bumbling police officer, Bruce Willis, and Suzy’s unhappy lawyer parents, Bill Murray and Frances McDormand. It’s obvious to the audience and lost on the oblivious adults in the film why these two kids need to get away for a little while to get through this phase of growing up. In getting that across, Anderson does a good job as an artist. There are places where the story drags on a little too slowly, and places

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where I found myself distracted by Anderson’s “look how very clever and hip I am” style. For one thing, all of the characters always talk in his signature emotionless short clipped sentences, a hipster patois. Mostly I figure, “OK, they’ve got their walls up.” But even in a moment of peril, the characters aren’t allowed to jump out of monotone. He’s a master at casting, and somehow has Murray in his corner, which is working well for him. If the writing was a little tighter, his movies would be damn near perfect. If you grew up in the 20th century, though, I bet you’ll like this one.

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URock? Me too! t 55, the mid-coast winters were taking their toll on me. The stagnation in my life was becoming a major issue. I spent a summer considering finishing my degree in Business Management as a possible solution for the winter doldrums. After consulting with the kind and helpful URock staff, I enrolled as a part-time student in University College at Rockland. My last exposure to college dates back to the 1970s. The first night of class was filled with needless anxiety. Did I know anyone of the 100 or so people roaming the hallways? One of these faces in the crowd was a person that I had seen before, but where? When I saw her at the Pen Bay YMCA, I introduced myself by asking “Didn’t I see you at URock?” Tricia Pendleton is a wife, mother of three, and works at Pen Bay YMCA. She is a graduate of Camden-Rockport High School and earned an Associates Degree in Travel and Tourism from Beal College. Her job in the youth and family services department at the “Y” generated an interest in furthering her education. Tricia credits the “Stay close, go far” motto as the reason she is able to pursue a BS in Child

rica Jacobs might be described as the typical, non-traditional student that University College at Rockland caters to. The Waldoboro native is 29 years old, has an 11 year old daughter, and works part-time while attending college full-time. She comes from a homeschooling background and also homeschooled her daughter for several years. Erica returned to the area after living in Virginia for eight years and began studying at URock in the spring of 2010, first pursuing an Associate of Liberal Studies with a minor in Behavioral Science. Erica hopes to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing degree at the University of Southern Maine after she completes her studies at URock. During her time at URock, Erica has found numerous opportunities and resources to help her achieve her educational goals. One such opportunity came in the form of a work study grant from the federal government that allowed her to work for pay as an assistant at the URock office. Her duties included answering questions for students, scheduling tests and advising appointments, answering phones and proctoring tests. She was also able to study while she worked. In addition to her regular course load, Erica is enrolled in the Honors Program which requires her to maintain a certain grade point average and complete extra courses, but which will also prove beneficial when she

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Mental Health and Human Services from University of Maine at Augusta. The flexibility of live, interactive television, and online classes allows busy Tricia to manage her academic goals. Interactive television (ITV) and online classes are accessible from her computer. Some of the live classes allow her to submit her homework via the internet. Tricia appreciates the opportunity to “model” the importance of education to her family. Her daughter Susi, a senior at Camden Hills passed the URock placement test to qualify for a tuition free college class. The experience and credits will help Susi jump start her college career. Education is the cornerstone of anyone’s career. “Learning is earning.” It is obvious to me that the accessibility of URock is a vital asset for the mid-coast community. The students’ attitude of “We’re all in the same boat” and their willingness to help each other out is an extra benefit. A grandmother in one of my classes impressed me with her explanation for returning to college: “I’m ready to start a new chapter in my life.” Can URock help you start a new chapter?

By Susanna Norwood-Burns applies to graduate school. Erica has many positive things to say about her experience at University College at Rockland. She finds the course offerings extensive, especially with the option of taking online classes through any other University of Maine Systems schools, as well as classes available via interactive television, video conferencing and on site with a live instructor. One of her favorite classes thus far was anatomy and physiology, a challenging course that few students relish taking. Erica says that she began her college career with a real phobia of science because of a bad experience she had with high school science. But after speaking with an advisor at URock, she was matched with a tutor who helped her overcome her fears and discover her abilities. She ended up getting an A- in the class as well as gaining great confidence in her ability to succeed in challenging courses. In her free time outside of school, Erica enjoys spending time with her family, reading (especially books on nursing), doing needlecraft, playing piano, walking and hiking (in warm weather), going to coffee shops and writing. She also very much enjoys spending time with both the elderly and children. She was very close to her grandparents and her greatgrandmother, spending many happy hours visiting with them and learning the stories of their lives. Because of these experiences, she hopes to eventually work in geriatric nursing.

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ast month I wrote about two local venues on the Midcoast - the Camden Opera House in Camden and The Strand in Rockland. Both are “antique” venues that have been restored, updated and are extraordinary places to see live music. Locals love them and so do our visitors. They have great programs all year long that include live music, movies, plays, musicals, festivals and more. But what if you want to take a “road trip”? If you live here in our Midcoast vacationland - where do we go for a night away from home? Perhaps somewhere else for a night to see some live music in an equally unique venue? Got the place. It’s in Maine. It’s not a restored old venue. It started life as a barn. And it’s in the middle of nowhere at the end of a dirt road. What? Let me tell you a story. My wife surprised me with tickets to see an artist we both love - Livingston Taylor (Liv is a brother of James and an amazing live performer on his own - you can see for yourself - he’s at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor - another terrific venue on the Midcoast - on August 11th) for my birthday last winter. The tickets were for a performance smack dab in the middle of January in the countryside outside of a town I’d never heard of. Brownfield, Maine? It was a package deal.....we were booked for the night at the Inn At Crystal Lake (just over the border in New Hampshire) and everything was included - lodging, dinner, transportation to and from the show, tickets and breakfast the next morning. Once we arrived we had a wonderful dinner at the Inn and then they drove us to the Stone Mountain Arts Center. The roads were deserted because it was the coldest night of the year - the van

thermometer read 4 degrees on the way to the show and it had snowed earlier in the day. I was thinking to myself “Poor Livingston - booked in January on the coldest night of the year in the middle of nowhere in Maine - can’t be many people there”. As it is in Maine in the middle of winter out in the woods, it was pitch black as we drove up this dirt road and then there were lights and cars and a large building in the middle of nowhere. In we went and lo and behold it was packed. The showroom doubles as a dining room (if you don’t eat as part of the deal at the Inn At Crystal Lake) and the sold out room was just finishing dinner. When the tables were cleared and the forks, spoons and knives were silent Livingston came on stage. Great show, great performance, great room, great audience - it was a perfect night. And when it was over the van was waiting to take us back to the Inn. How did this happen? Carol Noonan - a successful singersongwriter on her own - decided with her husband, Jeff, to build a performance venue in their barn in the middle of nowhere in the woods in Maine. Not because business minds said “What a terrific idea to make lots of money” - hah! But because they had passion for music and performers and thought “If we build it right - maybe they will come - the artists and the audience”. It was a huge leap of faith. Tim Ostendorf and Bobby Barker, coowners of the Inn At Crystal Lake, were sitting on the porch having dinner with Carol and Jeff at their barn and house about seven years ago and Carol told them about their idea to have a place for great musicians to hang out and play. The barn on the property was built for Jeff’s commercial fishing net building business and the fishing business wasn’t in the best of shape. The next morning, as Tim tells it, Jeff took out his Sawzall and cut the porch off

the barn. That’s how it started. But let’s back up a bit. Carol Noonan. She was a voice major in college in Boston at the New England Music Conservatory (and so was Tim from the Inn - he majored in voice at Boston University - one of the things that brought them all together years later as friends in Maine). And she was a rocker as a member of the band “Knots & Crosses” - a Boston area rock band in the early 90s that was on the fast track to success. They signed a major record deal with Island Records (home of U2 and Bob Marley) but as happens in the music business before the record even came out - out went the old boss, in came the new boss - and Knots & Crosses was off the label. They self produced and self released two highly acclaimed albums and then Carol moved on in a more singersongwriter direction and was signed to Rounder Records and released three wonderful solo albums. Since then she’s built her own company that she records for and at the Stone Mountain website stonemountainartscenter.com/ you’ll find a link for her music as well as the arts center. One of Carol’s big fans was Liane Hansen the longtime host of Weekend

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Edition Sunday on NPR and as Carol tells the story - one of the many times Liane featured her - this time a St. Patrick’s Day essay by Carol on her dad and one of his favorite songs “Danny Boy” that she performed - the post sold enough records to pay for the huge featured windows behind the stage at Stone Mountain. After college Carol spent a bunch of time working and performing at the Quisisana Resort in Center Lovell, Me. and that’s where she caught the “Maine” bug and when almost 20 years ago she and Jeff came up the hill in search of a farm Carol didn’t even need to go inside - she loved the spot and the farm at first look. Over the years as Carol toured across the country the music business changed. The commercial clubs and big venues were now owned by huge faceless corporations and the staffs were ever changing and they were booking less music and more karoke nights or other lowest common denominator types of bookings all in the search of the biggest profits. Carol found herself doing more house concerts and concert series in small towns at unusual venues. The shows were affordable and catered to people that loved the arts. So Carol and Jeff decided to change the barn function from net building to artist building.

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It took about a year and a half to get everything ready and they opened in August of 2006. Carol’s reputation in the music touring business was strong enough that a few brave agents and artists were willing to try some bookings at Stone Mountain. All the experts said “start small” - but Carol and Jeff needed to make a go of this and make some money right away after a year and a half of getting ready so they went for it. The first concert was bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley (“Man Of Constant Sorrow”) and when his tour bus started up the hill to Stone Mountain the neighbors all called and said “the bus is coming, the bus is coming”. Then Dar Williams - whose dressing room was a bedroom in the house. By fall the artists dressing room downstairs in the barn was finished. What a dressing room it is. Carol describes it as a “boys room”. It’s got a record player with a huge vinyl record collection, a pool table, old music posters, satellite tv - a newly installed eight track player with an eight track music tape selection - and they feed the artists great food The artists love it. They go out of their way to book shows at Stone Mountain. Glen Phillips (leader of Toad The Wet Sprocket and a recording and touring artist on his own) says about the artist hangout at Stone Mountain - “It’s the best back stage in the country. Hanging downstairs playing records, games and instruments is like getting to stay at a friend’s apartment where you get to go

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look in the closet”. He also says that performing there is a dream. “It’s a great beautiful room - the audience is expected to pay attention and that makes the artist’s job so much easier - it’s so nice that they care. The remarkable thing about this model is that it’s not in a major metropolitan area. It’s out in the middle of nowhere and they pull it off which just blows me away” Seating for the shows is all at dining tables. Dinner is important for Stone Mountain because Carol admits they just hopefully break even on artist tickets they invest as much as they can to bring the best artists to town and then they make their not very large profits on dinner. But because the artists come first they keep to a tight schedule - seating at 6pm, orders all in by 6:30, everyone served by 7 - 7:30 and everything cleared by showtime at 8pm. It’s very important to them to make sure there’s no clinking of silverware during the show. Because of the time constraints the food is casual but very good - chowders, stews, chillis, salads - a few specials like chicken pot pie and great pizza. “Everything we can put in big pots and serve quickly”. The sound engineer is a real pro and I can testify that the sound is perfect - and there’s not a bad seat in the house. I asked Carol about her favorite shows and she immediately raved about Mavis Staples and then started reeling off a ton of others - Marty Stuart, Lucinda Williams (who will have just played for two nights by the time this article comes out), Richard Thompson, Bela Fleck - her

list went on and on. Why wouldn’t it. This is a labor of love. It’s a real musical person booking real artists all for the love of music. There’s no big corporate computer ticket program attached to Stone Mountain - they do all the sales personally. Carol said that when you buy a ticket over the phone you’ll see the person that sold you the ticket at the show. Where’s Carol? She’s working. She says people are surprised when she comes out of the kitchen wearing an apron to say hello. If you want to book a place to stay overnight when you go to a show at Stone Mountain - the only link on the website is to the Inn At Crystal Lake. Carol and Tim met when she was giving a recital at The Little White Church (which has a sign outside calling itself “The Most Photographed Church in New England”) at Crystal Lake across the street from the inn. She’d heard that Tim also had been a music voice major in college and she stopped in to introduce herself and the friendship started right then. Tim and Bobby supported The Stone Mountain Arts Center from day one when a lot of other local businesses told Carol they thought she was crazy The van they use to ferry customers back and forth to the performances has a license plate that reads “SMACVIP” their nickname for the Stone Mountain special is the “Smack Package” (think Stone Mountain Arts Center - “SMAC”). All of these folks are musical, dedicated caring people and that dedication shows. Either way you want to go (and I’ve done it both ways - staying overnight or driving back and forth - a long drive but worth it) - it’s a special evening. If you want music for music’s sake add the Stone Mountain Arts Center to a list of great venues in Maine that starts with The Camden Opera House and The Strand Theatre. (And don’t forget the Boothbay Opera House - another goodie). Check the schedule for upcoming shows at stonemountainartscenter.com and check out the Inn at Crystal Lake at innatcrystallake.com/ And Glen Phillips? (glenphillips.com) Glen will be back at Stone Mountain on Sunday September 30th (and at the Boothbay Opera House on Saturday the 29th). Next month I’ll talk more with Glen about life in a successful rock band and life outside of it.

August Music Picks Sara Willis’ album picks from “In Tune By Ten” heard Monday through Friday at 10pm & Sunday at 10am on MPBN - the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (for station frequencies & streaming go to www. mpbn.net) Let’s go wild shall we? The new record by the Debo Band, self titled, will blow your musical mind. A collective of musicians in Boston, this record positively thrilled me. A real coming together of musicians and musical styles. That’s all I’m sayin’...check it out And Bobby Womack’s new cd, The Bravest Man in the Universe, got right under my skin. Produced by Damon Albarn and Richard Russell. It’s so authentic and the production, which is full of electronic beats and manipulation makes for a wonderful tension. I can’t get it out of my cd player.

Denis Howard’s album pick from WERU 89.9 Blue Hill, 99.9 Bangor & streaming at www.weru.org The most played record recently on the air at WERU is the new album, their 3rd, “Silver Lining” by The Honey Dewdrops who are Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish - from Charlottesville, VA. They combine folk and old country music, playing guitar, banjo and mandolin and you might have heard them when they performed on “A Prairie Home Companion”. They’ll be at One Longfellow Square in Portland in October.

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Books (fiction, combined print) 1. 50 Shades of Grey (E.L. James) 2. 50 Shades Darker (E.L. James) 3. 50 Shades Freed (E.L. James) 4. The Litigators (John Grisham) 5. Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn) 6. Bared to You (Sylvia Day) 7. Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith) 8. Wicked Business (Janet Evanovich) 9. Bloodline (James Rollins) 10. Coming Home (Karen Kingsbury)

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Theater Movies

1. Wild (Cheryl Strayed) 2. Ameteur (Edward Klein) 3. Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand) 4. An American Son (Marco Rubio) 5. Cowards (Glen Beck) 6. In the Garden of Beasts (Erik Larson) 7. Killing Lincoln (Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard) 8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot) 9. Yes, Chef (Marcus Samuelsson) 10. Becoming Sister Wives (Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robin Brown)

1. The Dark Knight Rises 2. Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3. The Amazing Spiderman 4. Ted 5. Brave 6. Magic Mike 7. Savages 8. Madea’s Witness Protection 9. Moonrise Kingdom 10. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

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1. “Call Me Maybe” Carly Rae Jepsen 2. “Wide Awake” Katy Perry 3. “Payphone” Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa 4. “Whistle” Flo Rida 5. “Lights” Ellie Goulding 6. “Somebody I Used to Know” Gotye feat. Kimbra 7. “Titanium” David Guetta feat. Sia 8. “Good Time” Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen 9. “Where Have You Been?” Rihanna 10. “Scream” Usher

1. 50 Shades of Grey (E.L. James) 2. 50 Shades Darker (E.L. James) 3. 50 Shades Freed (E.L. James) 4. Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)

Albums 1. Fortune (Chris Brown) 2. Teenage Dream (Katy Perry) 3. Believe (Justin Bieber) 4. Overexposed (Maroon 5) 5. Living Things (Linkin Park) 6. Making Mirrors (Gotye) 7. Some Nights (fun.) 8. Welcome to the Fishbowl (Kenny Chesney) 9. 21 (Adele) 10. El Camino (The Black Keys)

5. Mocking Jay (Suzanne Collins) 6. Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins) 7. Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel (Sylvia Day) 8. The Fallen Angel: A Novel (Daniel Silva) 9. The Marriage Bargain (Jennifer Probst) 10. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

Video Games 1. NCAA Football 13 (Xbox 360) 2. NCAA Football 13 (PS3) 3. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360) 4. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii) 5. Just Dance 3 (Wii) 6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Xbox 360) 7. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Xbox 360) 8. The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3) 9. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) 10. Pokemon Conquest (DS)

iPad/iPhone downloads (free) 1. Chrome 2. Mega Run — Redford’s Adventure 3. CSR Racing 4. Angry Birds Space 5. Highway Rider

6. Skype 7. Draw Something 8. Facebook 9. Temple Run 10. Paper by FiftyThree

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scene Goobies old/Smith Gallery has opened a new gallery in Boothbay Harbor called Goobies…nice things Ltd. Goobies was the gallery’s original name until it morphed into Gold/Smith Gallery in 1983. This spring the Vanders purchased the blue building at 8 McKown Street from David Doherty, who ran Albert Meadows Antiques there for many years. When David decided to use the time in the summer to search out new treasures for his other store on Captiva Island, Florida, he put his building on the market. The building next door was the original home of Goobies way back when... anyway, to make a long story short, the Vanders were running out of wall space, so the building fit right in with their needs. Goobies is an alternative art space with fabulous and often quirky things. Next week there are two life-sized cast aluminum mermaids arriving by Geoff Herguth. The gallery also is featuring the famous rolling owl stools by Stonington wood wizard, Geoff Warner, a tasty smattering of antiques and one-of-a-kind silver jewelry handmade in Bali and beyond. The gallery is open every day 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be reached at 633-6252.

Sprucewold Lodge ust minutes away from Boothbay Harbor rests an old-fashioned, rusticstyled inn that not only has the look and feel of a Maine log cabin, it has history too. Sprucewold Lodge is located on Nahanada Road in Boothbay Harbor. The lodge has sat there, just up the hill from Linekin Bay, for more than 90 years. Sprucewold was built in the 1920s as a resort for “Victorian Rusicators”. People from Boston to New York would make the trek to stay at the cozy, authentic log cabin. Nearly a century later, the Sprucewold is still sought after and enjoyed. It boasts 26 rooms that include a full breakfast. It’s also a beautiful location to hold an event. Weddings, private parties, class or family reunions and corporate retreats are welcome at the lodge. Sprucewold also offers tours. Everything from lighthouse tours to botanical tours as well as tranquility weekends. Whether you’re from near or far, the lodge offers a gorgeous and quiet time away from home. For more information about Sprucewold Lodge, visit sprucewoldlodge. com or call 633-3600.

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o one can think of the state of Maine without thinking about lobster. They go hand in hand and it only seems fitting that Maine has a festival in celebration of the delicious crustacean. Every year in early August, Rockland has its annual Maine Lobster Festival. It’s been held every year for 65 years, including this year. The festival is known for the incredible amounts of lobster it serves to festival goers, and it has also become well known for its musical acts that can be heard all day long and almost every night of the event. The festival even crowns a sea goddess and has its very own King Neptune and Black Beard pirate. Babies dressed as lobsters participate in a diaper derby. Children have a cod fish carry competition. Most well known is the lobster crate race. How many lobster crates could you run across in the harbor before you fell in and got soaked? The 2012, 65th annual Maine Lobster Festival runs from Wednesday, Aug. 1 through Aug. 5. Stand out events for 2012 include: Wednesday, August 1 at 8 p.m. the coronation of the 2012 Maine Sea Goddess will take place on the Main Stage. Thursday, August 2 at 8 p.m. Jonathan Edwards & Band are set to perform live. Friday, August 3 at 8:30 p.m. Country music singer Randy Houser will perform live. Saturday, August 4 at 9:30 p.m. .38 Special performs live.

.38 Special was formed in 1974 by friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant. Hits include “Hold On Loosely”, “Caught Up in You” and “If I’d Been the One”. They bring their Southern, country rock sound to the Main Stage on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 9:30 p.m. SOURCE: BING IMAGES

Randy Houser charted his first single “Anything Goes” in 2008 from his album of the same name. That same album also produced his first top 10 hit with “Boots On”. Houser also co-wrote singles “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” for artist Trace Adkins, “Back That Thing Up” for Justin Moore and “My Cowboy” for Jessie James. Houser brings his live music to the Main Stage on Friday, Aug. 3 at 8:30 p.m. SOURCE: GOOGLE IMAGES

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Maine band and fan favorite, Rustic Overtones, come back on the music scene after a five-year hiatus. Their jazz-infused rock has touches of soul, funk and ska that gets everyone moving and singing along. Their 2007 album Light at the End was the fastest selling local disc ever in the state. Rustic Overtones will be bringing their old and new favorites to the stage on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. SOURCE: RUSTIC OVERTONES

A Blueberry A-fair n Maine, everyone knows that August is the month of blueberries. Harvesting in the blueberry fields starts, and of course there’s the Blueberry Festival in Union. The festival has everything from blueberry pancakes and pies to muffins, and even a queen. The coronation for the Blueberry Queen is slated for Sunday, August 19 at 8 p.m. right after the blueberry pie eating contest. Wild Blueberry Corner features information about blueberries from harvesting to recipes and cooking secrets. The Blueberry Hut has a delicious variety of goods made with blueberries. Friday, Aug. 24 is the official day for the Blueberry Festival but both the Blueberry Corner and Hut will be open from Aug. 18 through 25. The Blueberry Festival coincides with the Union Fair, which runs from August 18 through the 25. The Union Fair promises the usual assortment of family fun. Agricultural events, farming animals, fair rides and food and of course, the demolition derby. Stand outs for the Union Fair this year are: Saturday, Aug. 18 at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Tim Dyson’s FMX Motorcycle Show Monday, Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. the Union Fair Hosts NWA on Fire Wrestling Thursday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. Maine band, the Rustic Overtones, performs live. Friday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. Country music singer Steve Holy performs live. Tuesday, Aug. 21 The demolition derby is scheduled and fireworks are planned for Wednesday, Aug. 22.

Steve Holy has released three studio albums since 1999. His first was Blue Moon followed by Brand New Girlfriend and Love Don’t Run. He’s charted 15 singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, including his number one hits “Good Morning Beautiful” and “Brand New Girlfriend”. Holy will perform live on Friday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m.

In Maine, August means wild blueberries By Gail J. VanWart aine is proud of its wild blueberries and is the largest producer of blueberries in the United States. Wild blueberries are just that, wild plants native to Maine’s soil, which contain twice as many antioxidants as bigger cultivated blueberries grown elsewhere. Nature also gave the small wild blueberry a special flavor that can’t be matched. That’s why people flock to Maine in search of them and Maine celebrates its annual August harvest. The L.L. Bean bootmobile will be rolling into Wilton on August 3 to kick off its 30th annual Wild Blueberry celebration. The iconic boot, touring in honor of L.L. Bean’s 100th anniversary, will be standing outside the Western Maine Expo building to greet festival goers from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. As the first in a chain of festivals paying tribute to Maine’s official berry across the state, Wilton’s Blueberry Festival will take place August 34. If you get there early on Saturday, you can start the day off with a traditional blueberry pancake breakfast. Both days are jam-packed with events, some of which you may never encounter anywhere else, such as the 6:30 p.m. parade of boats on Wilson Lake prior to the fireworks display. Visit wiltonbbf.com for a complete downloadable schedule and map. The annual Blueberry Festival musical

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Tygerlily Glassworks

Question and answer with local glass artist, Heidi Small, owner of Tygerlily Glassworks. Small’s work can be found at tygerlilyglassworks.com, on Facebook and Etsy.

How long have you been working with glass? I have been working with glass for about six years. I took my first bead-making class October of 2007.

How did you get started? I started making jewelry with beads and findings I found in crafting and beading shops. The more I did it the more I discovered my own creativity. I felt what I was making was sort of generic the images in my head were things I could buy in stores — hence the idea of making my own was born. I began self teaching myself with books and tutorials on jewelry and glass bead

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making. Most things I can read and figure out how to do it, but hot glass has so many variables (types of glass, torches, gas, oxygen, and fire, etc.) that I soon found a local studio and took a class. After the first class I was hooked, I bought a torch and some glass and started working at home. My studio has evolved a great deal since that first torch and some glass. I have expanded to working in other mediums and forms of glass kiln formed glass, pottery, fused glass and even candle making.

Where is your home base for Tygerlily Glassworks? I have a beautiful well-stocked studio upstairs over my garage, which is located at 10 Coves End Road in South Thomaston. And you can find my work in some local businesses (Knights Marine).

What has been the most rewarding part? It is always very rewarding to make your living doing what you love to do. To have a vision and then be able to create it is very self-gratifying. To have people want to buy my creations is self-validating. I am able to be a stayat-home mom, able to be involved in my children’s daily lives as well as extra things. I even coach soccer for them This is ultimately the most rewarding for me .

What are some challenges/hurdles? Sometimes it is hard for me to get time in my studio when I would like to spend time with my kids or the other hundred things I need to do. I also have times when I am not

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Do you have people make special requests? Yes, this is one of my favorite things to do. I love and welcome new ideas and sometimes it’s a good challenge. I have some repeat customers that around Christmas have new ideas for me to make, they come back every year. Sometimes someone might just want something in a different color or size or something new all together, either way, I am open to new ideas and love custom orders.

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Thomaston Town Forest

fter mentioning the Thomaston Town Forest in passing to some people who I know are avid outdoorsy types, I was quite surprised to find out that not many people have heard of it. Or they have heard of it, been on the trail, and didn’t know what exactly it was called. The Thomaston Town Forest, part of the Georges River Land Trust and a section of the Georges Highland Path, is a 350-acre town forest. Together with the Oyster River Bog, the Thomaston Town Forest Trail can connect a hiker to Route 90 in Rockport from Route 1 in Thomaston, a 10-mile hike. The trail can be accessed by two points. One is located on Beechwood Street in Thomaston, about 2-miles from the light in town or 3 miles if you’re coming from the Route 90 end of Beechwood. The other access point is located on Booker Street, near the end by the Thomaston Pollution Control plant. Following the blue trail blazes is highly advised. With old woods roads and stray trails, it’s easy to take a wrong turn and end up where every hiker doesn’t want to be - lost. The overall hike is an easy one. It’s good for someone looking to venture through the woods to see wildlife (deer and turkeys heavily populate the area) or for a family looking to get outside and moving.

Jack Baker Woods entrance to the Thomaston Town Forest from Beechwood Street.

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will be front and center at the 37th Annual Wild Blueberry Festival in Machias, August 17-19. In the heart of Downeast, where Maine’s unique wild blueberries grow best, the Machias festivities include everything from an old-fashioned pie-eating contest to blueberry farm tours. For five nights, August 14-18, its air will be filled with sounds of a musical written and performed by local talent in the sanctuary of Centre Street Church. More information is available at machiasblueberry.com. Friday, August 24, will mark the 53rd Wild Blueberry Festival Day at the Union Fair. In 1959, the Union Fair introduced the State of Maine Blueberry Festival as a special featured attraction. Nowadays, people travel from all over the world for Union Fair’s Wild Blueberry Festival Day. Each year a new Blueberry Queen is selected and fair goers enjoy wild blueberries as only Maine can dish them out. Wild blueberry pie is actually free at the Wild Blueberry Hut and attendees can even score a free poster or T-shirt by visiting Wild Blueberry Corner in the Blueberry Acres Pavilion. For more information, visit unionfair.org. For recipes and to learn more about Maine’s wild blueberry history and health benefits, visit wildblueberries.com.

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BELFAST, Maine

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Question and answer with local musician, Colin Nelson. Location: Midcoast Maine Sounds like: Hopefully good music Influenced by: Zac Brown, The Stones, G-Love, Ben Harper

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How long have you been a musician? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a picture of me at about 2 years old with a violin covered in Bert and Ernie stickers. My Mom taught violin and my father made them when I was younger, so music has always been in my life. What led you to make the choice? I don’t know how much of a conscious choice it was. I was bored one night in Yosemite when a friend started teaching me guitar. Something must have stuck because when he came to visit me later that year I was playing gigs and recording. It just seemed like a natural release for all that stuff we carry around with us. What’s it like being a musician in Maine? I love it. Every venue has its own character and during the summer it’s great having both the loyalty of all the locals and the exposure to the tourists. You never quite know what to expect but it’s always a fun time. Have you faced any challenges? Probably the biggest challenge I’ve faced is finding other musicians to play with. It seems like a lot of talented musicians move south to more urban areas. Those who are left, myself included, are usually working day jobs in order to pay the bills. Scheduling time is a challenge when you want to organize anything beyond the occasional jam session. Where are some of the places you’ve performed? I’ve mostly stuck to the Tri State Area. Yet again these day jobs get in the way of any national tours.

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he months of July and August are the peak of the summer season in the Midcoast, with the 2012 North Atlantic Blues Festival, the Great Schooner Race, great weather and the summer tourists. Our most famous historical summer event, the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, was held in a tavern, while consuming some great beer! Ahhhh, our forefathers really knew how to do it right! And with the summer season comes some great summer brews to taunt our pallets, in this review, we will be trying some unique summer beers! Sebago Brewing Co., Saddleback Ale Sebago Brewing Co., located in Portland, has been producing some tasty brews for quite some time. Their Saddleback Ale, although available year round, has become a summer favorite among handcrafted beer lovers. This crisp, light, but not thin all-malt beer gains its roots from the eastern European larger styles. As this fine ale quenches the pallet, a crisp, clean flavor of pale malts comes to play transient nicely to the balance of European Czech hops with a wonderful clean, dry finish. This beer is well balanced and very drinkable without being to lite or thin, a great summer beer. If you are looking for a summer

Summer = Beer beer that actually has lots of flavor, without being too heavy, this is the one for you! At 3.9% ABV and 20 IBUs this ale is very drinkable, without taking you over evening. Innis & Gunn Brewing Co., Oaked Aged Pale Ale Brewed in Edinburgh, Scotland and available only in bottles in the US (four packs), this very uniquely brewed Ale falls in the specialty Ale category. What makes this beer so special, is that it’s aged in American White Oak Bourbon barrels for seventyseven days! The appearance once poured into the glass is of almost a caramel copper appearance, the hint of oak aroma is noticed with a slight note of caramel malt, the flavor is very different and wonderful, with a slight burntness due to both the oak and roasted malts, with just a hint of hops which actually balances out the flavor well. As the beer finishes your palette the flavor of the whiskey comes to play with a very unusual finish of vanilla wood flavors that never become overbearing. What I like most about this beer is that the oak and whiskey flavors never take away from the beer flavor, they are there mostly in the background, and add a type of velvety finish to this wonderfully brewed Ale. At 6.6% ABV, and very drinkable, this Ale should be consumed

By Richard Ruggiero

slowly while enjoying all the unique flavors. This is a beer I would love to try on draught! This would require a trip to Scotland, hey, not totally out of the question. Well balanced, lots of flavor and unique tastes, a must try on your bucket list of beers. Ox Bow Brewing Co. , Farm House Pale Ale Ox Bow Brewing Co. is fairly new to the handcrafted beer scene, and is located in Newcastle. They describe the brewery as a Belgian Farm House Brewery with an American influence, brewing Belgian-style beers. Their Farm House Pale Ale is in the Belgian-style Saison style of beers. This very refreshing beer is aromatic with citrus, herbal and rustic flavors, a true Belgian-style. As the beer passes over the palette, the wonderful dry herbal finish balances out nicely with the American hop profile. Unfiltered and very refreshing beer. A great addition to the lineup of summer beers, hurry, and get some before the tourists drink them all. Search out these fine handcrafted beers at your local pub, restaurant or retailer. Have a happy and long summer. Cheers, Rich

Restaurant Belfast Hot Spot: Rollie’s Question and answer with downtown Belfast’s hot spot, Rollie’s Bar and Grill. Location: 37 Main St, Belfast ME 04915 Hours: 11a.m. until 1 a.m. (Kitchen open till 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and open till 12 a.m. FridaySaturday) How many years has the doors to Rollies been open? The unofficial date is 1972, but the space as been active as various ventures years before that. The history behind Rollies? The Jenness family is the most remembered proprietors as they collectively owned and operated Rollie’s longer than anyone else. Several others carried the torch before our family took the reigns. Rollie’s has been a part of many memories and has even been the backdrop of Thinner. What type of atmosphere does it provide? Rollie’s is a sports bar with six 50 inch TVs for your sports-viewing pleasure. Looking for other diversions?

Our TouchTunes jukebox can liven up the crowd or perhaps bumper pool or Buckhunter will do the trick. Our seating encourages strangers becoming friends. A place to meet for a business lunch, or catch-up after work, or bring your family for dinner, and meet your friends for a nightcap, all while watching your favorite team. What do you like about having a business where yours is located? Our location puts us in the middle of an awesome downtown, with all the events

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in Belfast we get to cater to many. Have their been any hurdles in the years you’ve been open? Like all businesses there have been hurdles, but nothing that has stopped our growth and desire to offer a top notch place to come and enjoy. Best thing about having a business like this? Every day is different, but we still get to enjoy the many different customers who have made Rollie’s there go to place. Most ordered dish? Cheeseburgers and Reuben’s oh and I guess our $1 Tacos on Tuesday, and $.33 wings on Sundays. Most ordered drink? Draft Beer Memorable event/dining guest? What happens at Rollie’s stays at Rollie’s, we don’t kiss and tell! Are there any special summer events/ happenings for the late Summer months? Look for our various specials and promotions on Facebook, see you there!

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Five new ways to promote your business with Facebook and Google+ By Shannon Kinney

his is a series of articles relating to social media trends, tips and tricks for your personal and business lives by Shannon Kinney of Dream Local. She has more than 16 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategy. She has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada, and has worked with high profile companies such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and many others on their online strategy development. Five new ways to promote your business with Facebook and Google+ Welcome back to the Social Media Maven column! Several big changes since we last talked that affect how you promote your business on both Facebook and Google+. Here are the top five:

1.Google Places merges with Google+: Not sure if your business needed a page on Google’s social network Google+? The answer is, you have to. Here’s why: Google launched a new product last week — “Google+ Local” — that integrates Google Places (the search result listings with local businesses and pins on the maps) with the Google+ social media site. With the change, Google has abandoned Google Places, forcing all of its business listings into Google+. Once this merge happens to you, you will have a Google+ page, and users searching for you on the search engine will find it. For more on how to maximize your search engine rankings and using Google+, visit our detailed post at dailydose.dreamlocal.com

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2.Facebook launches voice: This recently launched Facebook setting at the top of the page allows business page managers to quickly change to a different “voice.” The message states, “You are posting, commenting, and liking as (insert page name),” and then gives you the option to change back to yourself. Many business owners have struggled with understanding how they could comment or “like” others’ Facebook posts as their business instead of themselves. This new feature makes it quick and easy. Bravo! 3.Facebook launches promoted posts: Business pages with more than 400 “likes” the opportunity to “promote” posts on Facebook. The main goal in using this new feature is to share posts with a greater number of people who “like” a business’s page to increase your reach and engagement. A promoted post can be picked out by the “Sponsored” stamp in the lower-left hand corner of the post. Experimenting with these posts can be very inexpensive, and an excellent tool to get your message out there! 4.Facebook allows you to change your business page name, finally! After years of requests, including from us, Facebook now allows businesses to change their Facebook URL (ours, for example, is www.facebook.com/ dreamlocal). For businesses that have changed their name or want a better address, you can do it! Under your admin settings, choose Edit Page > Update Info and under your address you will see a link called “change username”. Eureka! But be careful, you can only do this once

5.Coming soon: Facebook offers: Facebook offers essentially act as virtual coupons, and are available to many business page owners now with full rollout expected soon. While check-in deals required mobile devices and visits to store locations, Facebook has decided to move toward this more self-serve alternative. The Facebook user simply clicks on the linked words, which sends the offer to his or her e-mail account to be used at a business’s

location or website. Redeeming the offer puts a story into news feeds and the Facebook user’s timeline, opening up possible chances for others to redeem the offer and improving engagement for the business. To learn more about each of these new features or how to use social media to promote your business, visit our blog at dailydose. dreamlocal.com, and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ dreamlocal

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Yankee Chef — It’s Time! By Jim Bailey

lueberry season is here in the month of August and it’s about time. Like strawberry season, we must enjoy those roadside blue pearls while we can. My friend, Gail VanWart, owns a MOFGA-certified blueberry field in Dedham, and has for over 160 years. Gail got me on the blueberry kick about a month ago, so enjoy them while you can. If you are a chef (or even a home cook) let me tell you it is like night and day when you compare blueberries from any other state with Maine, so get out there and buy them when you see roadside stands.

Maine to Kentucky Sauce This blueberry grilling sauce is fantastic for grilled chicken, beef and lamb. Go ahead, you know you wanna! Baste away! 1 T. vegetable oil 1 small red onion, peeled and minced 3 t. minced garlic 1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped 3/4 c. bourbon 2 c. fresh blueberries 1/2 c. ketchup 1/3 c. cider vinegar 2 T. brown sugar 1 T. molasses 1/8 t. ground allspice Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and just starting to brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and jalapeno and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add bourbon, increase heat to high and bring to a boil; cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Stir in blueberries, ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, molasses and allspice; return to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 20 minutes.

Yanked Blueberry-Strawberry Semifreddo Semifreddo means “half cold or half frozen” and includes ice cream cakes and custards. It is typically made by folding whipped cream into a thicker ingredient base, such as custard and freezing the mixture. The resulting dessert is reminiscent of a mousse and much lighter than ice cream, although it tastes every bit as delicious. Its light texture makes it very easy to cut and serve and it literally melts on your tongue as you eat it. The name may sound quite fancy, but in truth, making semifreddo is quite simple. The most difficult part of making semifreddo is waiting for it to freeze, which typically takes from several hours to overnight in your freezer. 1/2 c. milk 3 egg yolks 1/4 c. sugar 1 1/2 c. fresh blueberries 1 c. sliced fresh strawberries 1/2 t. cayenne pepper, optional 1 t. real vanilla extract 2 c. mascarpone cheese

2 oz. chocolate, chopped fine Place milk in small saucepan and heat over medium heat until scalding. In bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until creamy. Pour milk gradually into egg mixture, whisking constantly until thickened. Let cool. Meanwhile, puree fresh blueberries, fresh strawberries and cayenne pepper with vanilla extract in a blender; set aside. Using electric mixer, slowly beat mascarpone until creamy and smooth. Slowly beat in egg mixture until combined and lightened. Fold in fresh blueberry puree, fresh strawberry puree and chocolate. Pour into small loaf pan lined with plastic wrap and freeze for about 4 hours or until firm. When ready to serve, either turn out onto serving platter and remove wrap; garnish with fresh slices of strawberries and whole blueberries or scoop semifreddo into serving containers and garnish accordingly.

Fresh Blueberry Coconut Smoothie Need something to soothe(or Smooth) that burn from the above recipe? Here ya’ go! 3 c. frozen fresh blueberries 4 T. brown sugar 1 t. dried ginger 13 oz. canned coconut milk, divided* 1 t. toasted, grated coconut, for garnish (Simply place coconut on a sheet pan or baking pan and place in broiler for 2 minutes, or until browned. No need to stir and keep cooking, browning one side of the coconut is perfect.) Blend fresh blueberries, brown sugar, ginger and 6 oz. coconut milk in blender until frothy. Pour remaining coconut milk into four glasses and slowly add blueberry mixture to each. Stir gently with a spoon to get a marbled white and blue look. Garnish with toasted coconut. *Make your own simply by scalding 2 c. milk and place in bowl with 2 c. shredded coconut. Strain after 30 minutes and cool.

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n ‘Brigadoon’, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Belfast Maskers present outdoor production of Lerner & Loewe musical on its Festival Stage in front of Union Hall, 1 Union St., Searsport. Cost: $18; $10 n 65th Annual Lobster Festival, 11 a.m. age 13-18; $5 age 5-12. Advance tickets at GalRockland Harbor Park. Tons of steamed Maine lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, lery 37 or call 338-9668. Nightly through Aug. 5, weather permitting. maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard n Live Music, 7 to 9 p.m. Bill Hahn and ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, Sue Davenport play jazz and blues Thursday lobster-crate race and more. 800-562-2529; evenings at Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St. behind the mainelobsterfestival.com business block, Thomaston. No cover charge. FMI: 354-1177. n Wednesday in the Park Concert, 12 to 2 p.m. Stefan Low performs in the n Music in the Amphitheatre, 7 to 8:30 Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avp.m. Meteora Acoustic Trio performs in the enue. Hosted by Camden Parks & Rec Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Free/ Department. Rain location: Camden donations; bring lawn seating. Rain location: Public Library. Camden Public Library. n Millay Documentary, 7 to 8 p.m. Whiten The Velvet Lounge, 7 to 9 p.m. The Bill hall Inn, 52 High St./Route 1, Camden, screens Barnes Jazz Trio performs every other Thursday hour-long “Renascence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, at Rock City Cafe, 316 Main St., Rockland, in cofPoet” (1992, USA) in the Millay Room as part of feebar/cafe setting. Free/tips for musicians. its summer celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s “discovery” at the inn. Free. n Lina Boudreau, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Skye Theatre n Danny Beal’s Downeast Goodtime Hour & presents Francophone star a Half, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Each summer troubaat Unity College Centre dour Danny Beal comes to the Opera House at for the Performing Arts, 42 Boothbay Harbor stage with a new show and new Depot St. Cost: $15. FMI: 948stories and music with his old friends the Holy 7469. Mackerels. Advance tickets $10, day of show tickets $15. Box office orders to 633-5159 or online at n New Black Eagle Jazz, 7:30 to 10 p.m. boothbayoperahouse.com. In person sales at the Traditional jazz, as performed by the Black Opera House at 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Eagles at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Harbor. Doors for seating open at 7 p.m. Advance tickets $20, day of show $25. Doors open at 7 p.m. For tickets or information contact n Brubeck Brothers Quartet, 8 to 10 the box office at 633-5159 or visit our website p.m. Bay Chamber Concerts welcomes back at boothbayoperahouse.com. FMI: blackeagles. American jazz stars at the Strand Theatre, 345 com. Main St., Rockland. Cost: $40 or $30; $8 younger than 19; plus season and series pass discounts. n Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. A FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770. Musical Rendezvous with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet and Sospiro Winds at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: $40 or $30; $8 younger than 19; plus season and series pass discounts. Pre-concert talk by Manuel Bagorra/ n 65th Annual Lobster Festival, 11 a.m. post-concert reception at CMCA. FMI: 236-2823; Rockland Harbor Park. Tons of steamed Maine 888-707-2770. lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, maritime displays and demonstrations, Maine arts and crafts, visits to n Main Street Festival, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Navy and Coast Guard Monthly celebration of Belfast Farmers’ Market ships, harbor cruises, with live entertainment on upper Main Street, entertainment, parade, lobster-crate race and between Church and High streets, Belfast. First more. 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com Fridays through October.

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Circus Under the Big Top ships, harbor cruises, entertainment, parade, lobster-crate race and more. 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com n Maine Fairy House Festival., 1 to 4 p.m. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Rd., Boothbay. Fairy Tea or Gnome Punch, make-andtake crafts, Gnome Games with prizes and a full line up of children’s performers. Free with gardens admission. 207633-4333; mainegardens.org

Walker International Events presents two shows (5:30 and 7:30 p.m.) on August 6 and 7 at Brooks Community Park, Moosehead Trail Highway/Route 7. Cost: $12 before Aug. 6, $15 at gate; two free children’s tickets (younger than 15) with each adult ticket, $5 additional children. To reserve tickets, call 322-2342 and leave name, phone number, number of adult tickets desired.

n A Grape Affair, 5 to 8 p.m. Cellardoor Winery 367 Youngtown Rd. Lincolnville. Al Fresco dining in the vineyard with music and dancing. Summer fare featuring local ingredients prepared by Chef Lani Temple of Megunticook Market. Live music. Advance tickets required; $50. 207-763-4478; mainewine.com

mix of odd characters who all converge on a clam shack in Machias. The performance will premiere at the Portland Performing Arts Festival in June 2012. Special advance tickets $15, or $18 on the day of the performance. Youth tickets, age 12-18 priced at $5. Box Office 633n First Friday Art Walk, 5 to 8 p.m. Down- 5159 or online ticket at boothbayoperahouse. town galleries in Rockland open their doors for com. Doors for seating open at 7:30 p.m. receptions and open houses; free admission to Rockland’s Farnsworth Art Museum. FMI: artsinrockland.org. n Rockport Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to n Friday Gallery Walk, 5:30 to 8 p.m. 12 p.m. Rockport Downtown galleries in Belfast open their doors Farmer’s Market, for receptions and open houses plus live per461 Commercial St., formances on the street every Friday through Rockport Marketplace, August, then first Fridays through end of the Rockport. Organic year. FMI: belfastartwalk.com. eggs and produce; pastured pork, beef and poultry; lies; breads, n ‘Brigadoon’, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Belfast Maskers present outdoor production of Lerner pastries, sandwiches; fresh and aged cheeses. & Loewe musical on its Festival Stage in front of Year round. Indoors in winter. Every Saturday. Union Hall, 1 Union St., Searsport. Cost: $18; $10 n Wings & Wheels Spectacular and Aeroage 13-18; $5 age 5-12. Advance tickets at Gal- batic Air Show, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Owls lery 37 or call 338-9668. Nightly through Aug. 5, Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St., weather permitting. Owls Head. High wheel bicycles, classic cars, an-

n Live Music, 7 to 9 p.m. Local performers are showcased Friday and Saturday nights at Highlands Coffee House, Main Street/Route 1, Thomaston.

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tique planes, and a high-performance airshow. Vehicle demonstrations, Model T rides, family activities. Adults $15; under 18 free. 207-5944418; owlshead.org

n 65th Annual Lobster Festival, 11 a.m. Rockland Harbor Park. 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 n First Friday Outdoor Concert, 7:30 to 9 more. 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival. p.m. Strand Theatre presents Occidental Gypsy com on Winter Street, downtown Rockland. Free. n Maine Fairy House Festival., 1 to 4 p.m. Food vendors open 5:30 p.m. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island n Thumbs Up by The Celebration Enn Belfast Summer Nights, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. n 65th Annual Lobster Festival, 11 a.m. Rd., Boothbay. Fairy Tea or Gnome Punch, makesemble, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Funny and poignant and-take crafts, Gnome Games with prizes and Outdoor summer music series presents the MonRockland Harbor Park. Tons of steamed Maine daynite Jazz Orchestra at downtown corner of High lobsters served; pageantry, waterfront activities, evening of theater is about the adventure of a full line up of children’s performers. Free with young Lexi who, while hitchhiking her way to and Main streets. Free/donations. FMI: 322-7123. gardens admission. 207-633-4333; mainegarmaritime displays and demonstrations, Maine Canada, finds herself in the company of a wild dens.org Bring folding chairs, dancing shoes. arts and crafts, visits to Navy and Coast Guard

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n 1980s Dance Party Concert, 7:30 to 9 p.m. The MRT Glee Club sings almost two dozen favorite hits at Marsh River Theater, 24 Monroe Highway/Route 139, Brooks. FMI: 722-4110. Costumes and dancing encouraged. Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 11.

n ‘Brigadoon’, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Belfast Maskers present outdoor production of Lerner & Loewe musical on its Festival Stage in front of Union Hall, 1 Union St., Searsport. Cost: $18; $10 age 13-18; $5 age 5-12. Advance tickets at Gallery 37 or call 338-9668. Nightly through Aug. 5, weather permitting. n The Velvet Lounge, 7 to 9 p.m. Rock City Cafe, 316 Main St., Rockland, presents Found Wandering; and Caleb Spaulding and The Historical Society in coffeebar/cafe setting. Free/tips for musicians.

n Loudon Wainwright III, 8 to 11 p.m. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Honest, funny, sentimental wiseass folkie, tragicomic character actor, candid diarist – he’s been called it all during a career that has spanned the stage and screen.His recording career includes 23 albums and his music has been recorded by Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Rufus Wainwright and Mose Allison. Tickets $20 in advance or $25 on the day of the performance. Contact the box office at 633-5159 or visit the website at boothbayoperahouse.com. Doors for seating open at 7:30 p.m.

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n 65th Annual Lobster Festival, 11 a.m. Rockland Harbor Park. 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. 800-562-2529; mainelobsterfestival.com n Maine Fairy House Festival., 1 to 4 p.m. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island Rd., Boothbay. Fairy Tea or Gnome Punch, makeand-take crafts, Gnome Games with prizes and a full line up of children’s performers. Free with gardens admission. 207-633-4333; mainegardens.org n Doris Feyling Tea & Stories, 2 to 4 p.m. Doris Feyling Tea & Stories at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church 32 Emery Ln Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-3913 or visit lincolnartsfestival.net n ‘Brigadoon’, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Belfast Maskers present outdoor production of Lerner & Loewe musical on its Festival Stage in front of Union Hall, 1 Union St., Searsport. Cost: $18; $10 age 13-18; $5 age 5-12. Advance tickets at Gallery 37 or call 338-9668. Nightly through Aug. 5, weather permitting. n Music in the Amphitheater, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Special Edna St. Vincent Millay program of poetry and music by The Edna Project in the Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Free/

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n Bay Chamber at Wyeth Center, 6 to 9:15 p.m. Geoff Nuttall, Livia Sohn, Christopher Costanza and Paolo Bordignon play two hourlong Luminous Baroque concerts, 6 and 8:15 p.m., at the Farnsworth Art Museum’s Wyeth Center, Union Street, Rockland. Cost: $30, $40 both; $8/$16 younger than 19; plus season and series pass discounts. FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770.

n Movies in the Amphitheatre, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Summer series screens “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971, USA) in Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Free, bring blan- n “The Fantasticks”, 7 to 9:30 p.m. kets or chairs for seating. Rain location: Picker Camden Civic Theatre Room of nearby Camden Public Library. presents the world’s longest-running Broadway musical at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 senior citizens; $12 n Guided hike, 9 a.m. Sears Island, Searsport, Sears Island Road. Loop trail, approx. students. FMI: 236-2281. Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour before shows. Fridays 3 miles gradual uphill, nothing steep. Bring and Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m. through water. 548-2941 Aug. 19. n Wednesday in the Park Concert, 12 to 2 p.m. The Cause performs in the Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Hosted by Camden Parks & Rec Department. Rain location: n Brooks Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 the library’s Picker Room. p.m. Brooks Town Office. The Brooks Park Boosters Farmers’ Market offers a variety of local goods, including fresh vegetables, herbs, baked goods, pork, beef, veal, eggs, hummus, potted annuals and perennials, jams and jellies and n Belfast Summer much more. Come to the market, support your Nights, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. local farmers and food producers and enjoy Outdoor summer music series their fresh, delicious foods! presents the Mehuman Jonson band at Heritage Park, adjacent n Rockport Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to to the public landing. Free/do12 p.m. Rockport nations. FMI: 322-7123. Bring folding chairs, Farmer’s Market, dancing shoes. 461 Commercial St., n Pairings 101, 5:30 to 7 p.m. CellarRockport Marketplace, door Winery, 367 Youngtown Rd., Lincolnville. Rockport. Organic eggs Understand the basics of aroma identification, and produce; pastured pork, beef and poultry; learn the art and science of food and wine lies; breads, pastries, sandwiches; fresh and aged parings and enjoy pairings of savory and sweet cheeses. Year round. Indoors in winter. Every treats with wines. $20 per person. Reservations Saturday. requested. 207-763-4478; mainewine.com n 10th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harn Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. The bors Show, 10 a.m. Harbor and Buoy Parks, Four Seasons with Geoff Nuttall, Matthias McIn- Rockland. Where ‘Tradition Shapes Innovation’. tire, Paolo Bordignon, Nicole Johnson and Marc Maine’s only in-water boat and home show feaJohnson at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central tures artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftsmen, St. Cost: $40 or $30; $8 younger than 19; plus designers, furniture makers, and marine gear season and series pass discounts. Pre-concert vendors, plus music, food, and the 10th Annual talk by Manuel Bagorra/post-concert reception World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials at CMCA. FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770. (Sunday). $12 adults, under 12 free. No pets allowed. Produced by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine. 800-565-4951; maineboats. com n 10th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & n Tenth Annual Shipyard Cup, 12 p.m. Harbors Show, 10 a.m. Big Boat Racing on the coast of Maine in the Harbor and Buoy Parks, Boothbay Harbor Region. Racing starts at noon. Rockland. Where ‘Tradition FMI: shipyardcup.com Shapes Innovation’. Maine’s only in-water boat and n “The Fantasticks”, 7 to 9:30 p.m. home show features artists, Camden Civic Theatre presents the world’s lonarchitects, boatbuilders, gest-running Broadway musical at the Camden craftsmen, designers, furOpera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 niture makers, and marine senior citizens; $12 students. FMI: 236-2281. gear vendors, plus music, Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour food, and the 10th Annual World Championbefore shows. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m.; ship Boatyard Dog® Trials (Sunday). $12 adults, Sundays 2 p.m. through Aug. 19. under 12 free. No pets allowed. Produced by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine. 800- n Ali Manion Group, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Hot jazz, sultry blues and rockin’ R&B hosted by 565-4951; maineboats.com Northport Music Theater, Route 1. Cost: $15; $8 n Tenth Annual Shipyard Cup, 12 p.m. youth, cash/check at door only. To reserve, call Big Boat Racing on the coast of Maine in the 338-8383. Nightly through Aug. 11. Boothbay Harbor Region. Racing starts at noon. n Ballads in Blue, 8 to 10 p.m. Balladeer FMI: shipyardcup.com

n John Gorka Concert, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Folk icon performs solo acoustic concert and the Camden Opera House, Elm Street/Route 1. Cost: $20 advance; $25 at door. Tickets weekdays at town office; call 470-7066; or visit www.camdenoperahouse.com. Opening act: Brendan Lake of The Work Trucks.

donations; bring lawn seating. Rain location: Camden Public Library.

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Brad Hooper performs at WaterWorks Restaurant & Pub, 7 Lindsey St., Rockland. n Livingston Taylor, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor presents Livingston Taylor. Taylor recorded his first record at 18 and has continued to create well-crafted, introspective and original songs that have earned him listeners worldwide. He is equally at home with a range of musical genres—folk, pop, gospel, jazz—and from upbeat storytelling to touching ballads. Advance purchase tickets $22, day of show $27. Box office 633-5159. Tickets also available online at boothbayoperahouse.com. Doors for seating open at 7:30 p.m. Historic bar open upstairs at 7 p.m. for ticket holders. n Winterpills Concert, 8 to 10 p.m. Chamber-pop ensemble performs at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $12. FMI: 594-0070. Opening act: string-rock quartet Darlingside.

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n 10th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, 10 a.m. Harbor and Buoy Parks, Rockland. Where ‘Tradition Shapes Innovation’. Maine’s only in-water boat and home show features artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftsmen, designers, furniture makers, and marine gear vendors, plus music, food, and the 10th Annual World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials (Sunday). $12 adults, under 12 free. No pets allowed. Produced by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine. 800-565-4951; maineboats. com n Tenth Annual Shipyard Cup, 12 p.m. Big Boat Racing on the coast of Maine in the Boothbay Harbor Region. Racing starts at noon. FMI: shipyardcup.com n “The Fantasticks”, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Camden Civic Theatre presents the world’s longest-running Broadway musical at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 senior citizens; $12 students. FMI: 236-2281. Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour before shows. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m. through Aug. 19. n Free Outdoor Concert, 3 to 4 p.m. Free Outdoor Concert 3-4Breakers Jazz Band, directed by Marlene Hall, performs in the Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Bring lawn seating, picnic.

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n Marcia Ball Concert, 7:30 to 9 p.m. New Orleans-style blues piano great performs in the Smith Hokanson Memorial Hall of Vinalhaven School, 22 Arcola Lane. Cost: $20; $10 younger than 18; $50 sponsors (priority seating, pre-show reception). FMI: 863-2331. Tickets at the Paper Store. Benefits PIE. n Open Mic, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Good music, good company and fun every Tuesday night at Cuzzy’s, 21 Bay View St., Camden. n Movies in the Amphitheatre, 8 to 9:45 p.m. Summer series screens “A Knight’s Tale” (2001, USA) in Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Free, bring blankets or chairs for seating. Rain location: Picker Room of nearby Camden Public Library.

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n Wednesday in the Park Concert, 12 to 2 p.m. Bob Stuart performs in the Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue. Hosted by Camden Parks & Rec Department. Rain location: the library’s Picker Room. n Millay Documentary, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Screening of “Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay” (2009, USA) in the Millay Room of White Hall Inn, 52 High St./Route 1, Camden, as part of summer celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet’s “discovery” at the inn. Free. FMI: 236-3391.

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Blueberry Festival and Harvest Fair

Greenfields

n Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, 8 a.m. Thomaston, Rockland, Camden. Join The annual Blueberry Festival & Harvest Fair will be held at the Round Maine’s most exciting sail and powerboat Top Farm property on Bus. Rt. 1 in Damariscotta August 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 regatta! Daily races for sailboats; Poker Run p.m. Sponsored by the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, the free and Photo Pursuit events for powerboats. community event celebrates the Maine blueberry harvest. It features arts and Participants are hosted each night at a different craft vendors, home-baked blueberry pastries, children’s activities and a variety exclusive venue. Lobster bakes, barbecues, dancing, and fireworks are all a part of the of music. The Damariscotta area musical trio, Greenfields, will offer their Irish ticket. 207-266-9381; penobscotbayrendezvous. ballads, songs of the sea, folk and contemporary tunes as one of the performing com musical groups. There will be hand-made blueberry fabric items and plenty of n Belfast Summer Nights, 5:30 to 7:30 local food prepared by Fellowship members and hundreds of quarts of freshly p.m. Outdoor summer music series presents raked native berries for sale. FMI: David Bailey 563-2105 Emilia Dahlin and The Colorados at Heritage Park, adjacent to the public landing. Free/donations. n Union Fair & State of Maine Wild BlueFMI: 322-7123. Bring folding chairs, dancing shoes. August, then first Fridays through end of the year. FMI: belfastartwalk.com. berry Festival., 11 a.m. Union Fairgrounds, n Music in the Amphitheater, 7 to 8:30 n “The Fantasticks”, 7 to 9:30 p.m. off Rt. 17, Union. This classic rural p.m. Alice Limoges Trio perCamden Civic Theatre presents the world’s lon- fair includes harness racing, an forms in the Camden Amphithegest-running Broadway musical at the Camden old-fashioned pig scramble, wild atre, Atlantic Avenue. Free/donaOpera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 blueberry pie baking and eating tions; bring lawn seating. Rain senior citizens; $12 students. FMI: 236-2281. contests, animal and tractor pulls, location: Camden Public Library. Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour sheep shearing, 4-H exhibits, carnival rides, and before shows. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m.; fireworks. 207-785-3281; www.unionfair.org n The Velvet Lounge, 7 to 9 p.m. The Bill Barnes Jazz Trio performs every other Thursday Sundays 2 p.m. through Aug. 19. n Winemaker Dinner, 6 to 9 p.m. Celat Rock City Cafe, 316 Main St., Rockland, in cof- n Lincoln Festival Chorus, 8 p.m. Lincoln lardoor Winery, 367 Youngtown Rd., Lincolnville. feebar/cafe setting. Free/tips for musicians. Festival Chorus at Congregational Church of Booth- A four-course dinner featuring local, seasonal n Ed Gerhard at Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 7:30 to 10 p.m. From Toyko to Rome and in venues across the US, Ed Gerhard’s music has touched audiences all over the world. This Grammy winning guitarist brings his virtuosity, generosity and humor to every performance. Advance tickets $18, day of show $22. Box office 633-5159 or online tickets at boothbayoperahouse.com. Doors for seating open at 7 p.m. For more information on the artist visit virtuerecords.com

bay Harbor, 1 Eastern Ave Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 633-3913 or visit lincolnartsfestival.net

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n Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, 8 a.m. Thomaston, Rockland, Camden. Join Maine’s most exciting sail and powerboat regatta! Daily races for sailboats; Poker Run and Photo Pursuit events for powerboats. Participants are hosted each night at a different exclusive venue. Lobster n Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. bakes, barbecues, dancing, and fireworks are all Dreams and Passions program with Geoff Nuta part of the ticket. 207-266-9381; penobscottall, Livia Sohn, Christopher bayrendezvous.com Costanza and Stephen n Brooks Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 Prutsman at the Rockport p.m. Brooks Town Office. The Brooks Park Opera House, 6 Central St. Boosters Farmers’ Market offers a variety of local Cost: $40 or $30; $8 younger goods, including fresh vegetables, herbs, baked than 19; plus season and series pass discounts. goods, pork, beef, veal, eggs, hummus, potted Pre-concert talk by Manuel Bagorra/post-concert annuals and perennials, jams and jellies and reception at CMCA. FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770. much more. n Rockport Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Rockport Farmer’s Market, 461 Commercial St., Rockport Marketplace, Rockport. n Friday Gallery Walk, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Organic eggs and produce; pastured pork, beef Downtown galleries in Belfast open their doors and poultry; lies; breads, pastries, sandwiches; for receptions and open houses plus live perfresh and aged cheeses. Year round. Indoors in formances on the street every Friday through winter. Every Saturday.

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ingredients prepared by Chef Lani Temple of Megunticook Market, paired with Cellardoor wines. $75 per person. Space limited; reservations required. 207-763-4478;mainewine.com n “The Fantasticks”, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Camden Civic Theatre presents the world’s longest-running Broadway musical at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 senior citizens; $12 students. FMI: 236-2281. Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour before shows. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m. through Aug. 19. n Southside Johnny and the Poor Fools, 8 to 10 p.m. Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools embark on a stripped down journey through Johnny Lyon’s eclectic version of the Great American Songbook. Playing a wide range of music pulled from Dylan, Mose Allison, Muddy Waters, NRBQ, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, The Band, George Jones and more, The Poor Fools will also dive into some of the legendary Asbury Jukes material–revisiting the classics as well as the underperformed deep track. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Advance tickets $25, day of show $30. Doors for seating open at 7:30 p.m. Contact the box office at 633-5159 for tickets and information, or visit boothbayoperahouse.com

Sunday

n Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, 8 a.m. Thomaston, Rockland, Camden. Join Maine’s most exciting sail and powerboat regatta! Daily races for sailboats; Poker Run and Photo Pursuit events for powerboats. Participants are hosted each night at a different exclusive venue. Lobster bakes, barbecues, dancing, and fireworks are all a part of the ticket. 207-2669381; penobscotbayrendezvous.com n Union Fair & State of Maine Wild Blueberry Festival., 11 a.m. Union Fairgrounds, off Rt. 17, Union. This classic rural fair includes harness racing, an old-fashioned pig scramble, wild blueberry pie baking and eating contests, animal and tractor pulls, sheep shearing, 4-H exhibits, carnival rides, and fireworks. 207-7853281; www.unionfair.org n “The Fantasticks”, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Camden Civic Theatre presents the world’s longest-running Broadway musical at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1. Cost: $16; $14 senior citizens; $12 students. FMI: 236-2281. Tickets at camdencivictheatre.com or one hour before shows. Fridays and Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 2 p.m. through Aug. 19. n Lincoln Festival Chorus, 7 p.m. Lincoln Festival Chorus at Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 1 Eastern Ave Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 633-3913 or visit lincolnartsfestival. net

Monday

n Union Fair & State of Maine Wild Blueberry Festival., 11 a.m. Union Fairgrounds, off Rt. 17, Union. This classic rural fair includes harness racing, an old-fashioned pig scramble, wild blueberry pie baking and eating contests, animal and tractor pulls, sheep shearing, 4-H exhibits, carnival rides, and fireworks. 207-7853281; www.unionfair.org

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Library, 1 Limerock St., turns into a movie theater with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and free popcorn. Call library, 236-3642, for each week’s title. Registration requested.

cook Road, Southport. FMI: 633-3913 or visit lincolnartsfestival.net n Union Fair & State of Maine Wild Blueberry Festival., 11 a.m. Union Fairgrounds, off Rt. 17, Union. This classic rural fair includes harness racing, an old-fashioned pig scramble, wild blueberry pie baking and eating contests, animal and tractor pulls, sheep shearing, 4-H exhibits, carnival rides, and fireworks. 207-785-3281; www.unionfair.org

n Musical Evening of Millay, 7 to 9 p.m. Soprano Nancy Ogle and pianist Laura Artesani of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts faculty perform Edna St. Vincent Millay poem settings in the Millay Room of Whitehall Inn, 52 High St./Route 1, Camden. Free, refreshments. FMI: n Friday Gallery Walk, 5:30 to 8 p.m. 236-3391. Part of summer celebration of the Downtown galleries in Belfast open their 100th anniversary of the poet’s “discovery” at doors for receptions and open houses plus the inn. live performances on the street every Friday through August, then first Fridays through end of the year. FMI: belfastartwalk.com. n Union Fair & State of Maine Wild n Opera House at Boothbay Harbor presBlueberry Festival., 11 ents Bill Harley, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Twoa.m. Union Fairgrounds, time Grammy award-winning artist, recipient off Rt. 17, Union. This classic of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RI rural fair includes harness Council for the Humanities and an NPR comracing, an old-fashioned pig mentator, Harley’s songs and stories paint a scramble, wild blueberry vibrant and hilarious picture of growing up, pie baking and eating contests, animal and schooling and family life. Home of “Zanzibar”, tractor pulls, sheep shearing, 4-H exhibits, carnival rides, and fireworks. 207-785-3281; “Monsters In The Bathroom”, “50 Ways To Fool Your Mother”, “You’re In Trouble”, “Dad Threw www.unionfair.org n Belfast Summer Nights, 5:30 to 7:30 The TV Out The Window”, “Down in the Backpack” and “The Ballad of Dirty Joe”, Bill’s work p.m. Outdoor summer music series presents the Jud Cease Quartet on Beaver Street. spans the generation gap. Singer, storyteller, Free/donations. FMI: 322-7123. Bring folding author, playwright, educator, performing artist – welcome to the world of Bill Harley chairs, dancing shoes. – a world of wit and wisdom. Advance tickets n Pairings 101, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cel$15 adults, $7 under age 18. Day of show $18 lardoor Winery, 367 Youngtown Rd., adults, $10 under age 18. Doors for seating Lincolnville. Understand the basics of open at 7 p.m. FMI & Tickets: 633-5159 or aroma identification, learn about the art boothbayoperahouse.com. FMI on the artist: and science of food and wine pairings, and billharley.com enjoy pairings of savory and sweet treats n Red Cloak Haunted History Tour, with wines. $20 per person. Reservations 7:30 to 9 p.m. An evening lantern lit requested. 207-763-4478; mainewine.com tour will explore Damariscotta or Wiscasset, n Opera House at Boothbay Harbor discovering ghosts and history, spirits and presents Bob Milne, 7:30 to 10 p.m. mystery. Buildings that Milne is considered to be one of the best once seemed ordinary ragtime/boogie-woogie pianists in the will take on eerie new world. Milne is an active “Musical Ambasdimensions as The Lady sador” for the United States Department of in the Red Cloak relives State, and has performed numerous times in their history and that Japan. Advance tickets $17, day of show $22. of the ghostly entities Doors open at 7 p.m. For tickets contact the that are said to still reside there. Walks are box office at 633-5159 or online at boothfairly easy and appropriate for all ages. $12 bayoperahouse.com. For additional informa- for adults, $7 children under 12, free children tion visit bobmilne.com under 5. By reservation only. FMI: 380-3806 or redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com n Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. First Chair All Stars play Dvorak at n Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: First Chair All Stars/Joseph Silverstein’s $40 or $30; $8 younger than 80th Birthday Bash at the Rockport Opera 19; plus season and series pass House, 6 Central St. Cost: $40 or $30; $8 discounts. Pre-concert talk by younger than 19; plus season and series Manuel Bagorra/post-concert pass discounts. Pre-concert talk by Manuel reception at CMCA. FMI: 236Bagorra/post-concert reception at CMCA. 2823; 888-707-2770. FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770.

Thursday

n Rustic Overtones, 8 to 10 p.m. Maine’s rockers perform on the grandstand of Union Fairgrounds, off Route 17. Cost: fair admission. All ages show.

Friday

n Art for Arts Sake, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Art for Arts sake at Boothbay Region Boatyard on Southport Island, 100 Ebene-

singer performs on the grandstand of Union Fairgrounds, off Route 17. Cost: fair admission. All ages show.

Saturday

n Brooks Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Brooks Town Office. The Brooks Park Boosters Farmers’ Market offers a variety of local goods, including fresh vegetables, herbs, baked goods, pork, beef, veal, eggs, hummus, potted annuals and perennials, jams and jellies and much more. n Rockport Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Rockport Farmer’s Market, 461 Commercial St., Rockport Marketplace, Rockport. Organic eggs and produce; pastured pork, beef and poultry; lies; breads, pastries, sandwiches; fresh and aged cheeses. Year round. Indoors in winter. Every Saturday.

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n Belfast Summer Nights, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Outdoor summer music series presents the Jason Hemmens Band at downtown corner of High and Main streets. Free/donations. FMI: 322-7123. Bring folding chairs, dancing shoes. n Bay Chamber Concerts, 8 to 10 p.m. First Chair All Stars and Curtis On Tour play season finale at the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. Cost: $40 or $30; $8 younger than 19; plus season and series pass discounts. Pre-concert talk by Manuel Bagorra/postconcert reception at CMCA. FMI: 236-2823; 888-707-2770.

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n Camden Windjammer Festival, 10 a.m. Camden Harbor. A celebration of Maine’s n 35th Annual New England Auto Auchistoric windjammer tion, 9:30 a.m. Owls Head Transportafleet. Boat parades, tion Museum, 117 Museum St., Owls Head. fireworks, music, food, Up to 200 antique, classic, and special inter- maritime heritage est vehicles go up for bid. Held under cover exhibits, and demonrain or shine. Preview 8/20–8/24. Adults $15, strations. camdenwindunder 18 free. Gates open 7:00 a.m. 207-594- jammerfestival.com 4418; owlshead.org n Fireworks Dinner, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. n Art for Arts Sake, 10 a.m. to 6 Natalie’s at the Camden Harbour Inn, Bay View p.m. Art for Arts sake at Boothbay Region St., Camden. Includes complimentary ChamBoatyard on Southport Island, 100 Ebenepagne toast and chocolate-dipped strawbercook Road, Southport. FMI: 633-3913 or visit ries. 207-236-7008; nataliesrestaurant.com. lincolnartsfestival.net n Friday Gallery Walk, 5:30 to 8 p.m. n Monthly Contra Dance, 7 to 9 Downtown galleries in Belfast open their p.m. Live music and calling at Simonton doors for receptions and open houses plus Corner Hall, corner of Park and Main streets, live performances on the street every Friday Rockport. Cost: $8; free for children. FMI: 832- through August, then first Fridays through 5584. All dances taught, beginners welcome; end of the year. FMI: belfastartwalk.com. bring water. Usually fourth Saturday of the n MISSION IMPROVable Comedy Team, month. 8 to 10 p.m. At the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. This fast-paced and exciting new form of comedy is a combination of MTV’s “Wild ‘N Out” and “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” n Art for Arts Sake, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Art for Arts sake at Boothbay Region but there is a bit of a twist. Just like in the old TV series “Mission Impossible,” the Chicagoan Boatyard on Southport Island, 100 Ebenecook Road, Southport. FMI: 633-3913 or visit actors in Mission IMPROVable pretend to be agents. The audience members are the colincolnartsfestival.net agents and participate in the hilarious theater games or “missions” by yelling out suggestions. Advance tickets $18, day of show $20; student tickets $10 advance. FMI: 633-5159 or n Millay Poetry Reading Gala, 7 to Boothbayoperahouse.com. 9 p.m. Poet Kathleen Ellis host Maine poets Kristen Lindquist, former Rockland n Full Moon Midnight Explore Ghost Poet Laureate KenHunt, 9 to 11:45 p.m. Join Mysteridall Merriam, Gary ous Destinations for a Full Moon Midnight Lawless, Maine Poet Explore of the haunted Rufus Flye House in Laureate Wes McNair, Damariscotta. Learn to use equipment that n PechaKucha Night Midcoast Maine, Patricia Ranzoni, detects paranormal activity and split into 8 to 9:30 p.m. PechaKucha Night Midformer Maine Poet teams to collect evidence throughout the 3 coast Maine showcases another group for Laureate Betsy Sholl story building. This house is home to mists, presenters in 20 images/20 seconds-each and Elizabeth Tibbetts in the Millay Room shadows, footsteps and verbal communicaformat outdoors at the Camden Amphitheof Whitehall Inn, 52 High St./Route 1, tion! $59 fee includes dinner at Salt Bay Café atre, Atlantic Ave. Cost: $5. FMI: Mary Bumill- Camden. Free, refreshments. FMI: 236-3391. and a donation to the Pemaquid Watershed er, 949-9155, or rockland@pechakuchamaine. Part of summer celebration of the anniverAssociation (both located in the building). org. Light refreshments. sary of the poet’s “discovery” at the inn on Space is limited! By reservation only. FMI: Aug. 29, 1912. 380-4677 or mysteriousdestinations.com. n Steve Holy, 8 to 10 p.m. Country

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