The Portland Daily Sun, Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Anti-social media is forever See Bob Higgins on page 4

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011

State of the Union advice: After beating Jets, Super Steelers What to say about health care shoot for 7 Super Bowl titles See Tom Daschle’s column on page 5

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Forget the chills, take to the hills Promotional events seek to add excitement to January skiing

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

With temperatures stubbornly refusing to break double digits on Monday, hibernation is starting to seem like an increasingly logical option for the months ahead.

But recognizing the chill such weather can put on one’s enthusiasm for outdoor recreation, Maine’s big-mountain ski resorts are offering a range of deals and events this week to make 3,000 to 4,000 feet seem suddenly reasonable.

Sugarloaf and Sunday River, both owned by Michigan-based “They’ll dress up dumBoyne Resorts, team up to mies in anything and attract skiers and riders young everything, we even and old with two very different had a toilet bowl a promotional events this week.

For those seeking their kicks couple years back.” — off and on the slope, Sugarloaf Ethan Austin, Sugarloaf presents White White World Week with nightly theme par- communications manties, live music, daytime conager, on the resort’s tests and competitions, on and Dummy Jump off the hill, plus daily apres parties, mixers, and “socials” all culminating in Thursday’s crowning of the King and Queen of Sugarloaf.

“January can be sort of a long, cold, desolate month in Maine,” understated Ethan Austin, Sugarloaf communications manager. “Originally this was just sort of a week for locals to get together and party all week, and that’s basically what it still is,” Daytime competitions include Wednesday’s Silly Slalom where teams of three navigate a slalom course carrying a snowmaking hose; and the Dummy Jump, where teams construct an inanimate “skier” to be pushed down the slope toward certain spillage with best impact taking the prize. see SKI page 8 RIGHT: Tyler Whitney launches himself off a jump on a snow skate at Payson Park Monday. Whitney was enjoying some free time with friend Alex Coffin at the park’s groomed hill. He said he plays with the rock band, The Woulds, which, according to its Facebook page, plays “Space Cowboy Power Pop Rock.” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Portland’s Facebook followers turn up the heat over cold snap

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

After the mercury dropped to 13 below on Monday morning, an admonition to “stay warm” on Portland’s unofficial Facebook page set off a chain of comments, both from sufferers of this weekend’s cold snap and from a few happy gloaters.

“Ha ha. I moved to Florida from Portland in august!!! So I don’t have snow. Enjoying 70 degree weather I miss u maine,” wrote one follower.

“Will someone please “CALL JOE” and tell him to turn up the heat ... thanks,” wrote another, making sly reference to the Time and Temperature building sign that advertises

attorney Joe Bornstein and his slogan, “Call Joe.” “Oh I am keeping warm ... in Louisiana!” wrote another follower of the Portland, Maine Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-Maine/245140839314), which boasts over 56,000 people who “like” the page.

“I am.......In Arizona! supposed to be a chilly 75 degrees today!” echoed another post, adding, “(and Im moving back to Maine WHY?????)”

Although temperatures plunged, no records fell this weekend in Portland, the National Weather Service reported. On Sunday, temperatures see COLD page 9

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Universal remotes: Not remotely possible (NY Times) —The universal remote control is one of the modern world’s great ideas, right up there with the automatic dishwasher, Wi-Fi and flush toilets. The theory behind this gadget is simple and sublime: In an increasingly automated and connected world, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could manage all our blinking machines from a single super controller?

As electronic gadgets have grown, so has the desire to consolidate their functions in one all-Indeed, the vision is so irresistible that since the invention of the universal remote back in 1985, it has popped up everywhere.

After testing many different universal remotes — cheap remotes, expensive remotes, smartphone remotes, and a few about which the less said, the better — there’s not much good news to report. Sure, some universal remotes are more useful than others, and one of them is almost pretty good, but in general these devices remain more appealing in theory than in practice.

That’s because they all suffer from an inherent, usually fatal flaw: universal remotes cannot possibly offer enough buttons to mimic all functions of all devices, so they usually have to make compromises, cutting out buttons here and there. The trouble is, some of those buttons are important.

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Jared Loughner pleads not Iran rules guilty in Tucson shooting out fuel swap plan PHOENIX (NY Times) — Jared L. Loughner, who was tackled to the ground by bystanders after opening fire outside a Tucson supermarket on Jan. 8, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to murder Representative Gabrielle Giffords

and two of her aides.

Appearing in U.S. District Court alongside his defense attorney, Judy Clarke, Mr. Loughner entered the plea in written form to U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns of San Diego without uttering a word.

Dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and wearing glasses, Mr. Loughner, 22, smiled through most of the proceedings and chuckled when a clerk read out the name of the case: the United States of America versus Jared Lee Loughner.

Deadly blast at Moscow’s main airport seen as terror attack MOSCOW (NY Times) — A bomber strode into the international arrivals hall at Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday afternoon and set off an enormous explosion, witnesses and Russian officials said, leaving bodies strewn in a smoke-filled terminal while bystanders scrambled to get the wounded out on baggage carts.

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ordered the police to track down the perpetrators.

Investigators said the attack was likely carried out by a male suicide bomber, and that authorities were attempting to identify him.

In the moments after the blast, the smoke was so thick that it was difficult to count the dead, eyewitnesses said. Arriving passengers stepped into the hall to the sight of blood on the floor and bodies being loaded onto stretchers. Ambulances sped away crowded with three or four patients apiece, bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds to their arms and legs.

PARIS (NY Times) — At the talks between Iran and six major powers in Istanbul over the weekend, Iran said it was “no longer interested” in a fuel-swap deal proposed by Washington and the others, a senior Western diplomat said Monday.

In Istanbul, the lead Western negotiator, Catherine Ashton, said only that her Iranian counterpart, Saeed Jalili, had refused to engage on the details of a revised offer to swap most of Iran’s low-enriched uranium for fuel rods, to power a declining Tehran reactor that produces medical isotopes.

After she laid out the proposals, Ms. Ashton, the head of the delegation of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany, told journalists on Saturday, “I made it clear that they should consider them and come back to us.” Asked whether Mr. Jalili agreed to do so, she said that he had listened, but “He didn’t say, ‘Oh, O.K., I will.’ ”

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Dorcas D. Hathaway, 92 FALMOUTH — Dorcas Davis Hathaway, 92, of South Portland, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at Falmouth by the Sea. Dorcas was born in Paterson, N.J., on July 2, 1918, the daughter of Edmund Hall and Frieda Krogel Davis. She was educated at Paterson (NJ) High School and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dorcas married Edward W. Hathaway on June 8, 1940. They were married for 54 years. They were wonderful parents to their two daughters, Dorcas (Alley) and Evelyn (Horton). She was

primarily a homemaker and mother, but also taught home economics in Paterson Schools and at Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York. She was active in her communities as a volunteer social worker for the School Settlement Society, Brooklyn, NY and Family and Children’s Society, Elizabeth, New Jersey. In Maine, Dorcas was a volunteer docent at the Spring Point Museum at SMCC for many years.

Dorcas and Edward retired to Yarmouth in 1979. They greatly enjoyed traveling, playing golf at Val Halla and Freeport

GORHAM — Anne Joyce (Johnson) Phillips, longtime resident of South Portland, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at Gorham House.

She was born on Sept.

21, 1924 in Providence, R.I., the only child of Leon H. and Mildred B. (Joyce) Johnson.

Anne and family moved to Portland in 1933. She graduated from Deering High School in 1943. In 1947, she married her high school sweet-

heart, Andrew S. Phillips, Jr. Also in 1947, she earned her R.N. from New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. She proudly worked as a nurse in Bangor and Portland, Maine; in Boston, Mass.; and in Middletown, Conn.

Anne was a longtime member of the First Congregational Church UCC of South Portland. In addition to regularly attending worship, she served on and chaired the library committee and served on the nominat-

SCARBOROUGH — Elisabeth W. (Betsy) Doermann, 79, died in Scarborough, Maine on Jan. 22, 2011 after a two-year illness. The cause of death was lung cancer.

Betsy was born in Boston and grew up in the Boston suburb of Weston.

She attended The Winsor School, Vassar College, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, a certificate program of the Harvard Business School that existed before women were admitted to its regular degree programs.

Her first job, as an editor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, helped finance her husband’s graduate degree. During the next two decades she ceased full time employment to be a wife, mother of three daughters, and community volunteer in Belmont, Massachusetts, and then in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In Saint Paul, Betsy returned to 22 years of full time work at the Minnesota Historical Society. From 1979 to 1992 she was the manager of the James J. Hill House, the Saint Paul home of the founder of the Great Northern Railway. She directed the

restoration of the house and helped design its education and visitor tour programs.

As a representative of the Historical Society, she also served as Secretary of the Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Board, a state-chartered commission with representatives from the city, county, and state governments and other partner organizations. The Board was formed to help preserve the historic story of these great Mississippi River falls (and the flour milling district they powered) during a heady late-20th century period of new construction and redevelopment along the river.

The Board helped coordinate the planning and financing of several pivotal Minneapolis riverfront projects.

Among the Board’s signature efforts was restoration of an 1883 railroad bridge, supported by twenty one stone arches, that spans the river just below the falls. The refurbished Stone Arch Bridge was lighted, resurfaced and opened to strollers and joggers and cyclists, offering stunning views of the falls, riverfront and historic district.

Bringing new life to the bridge was

Country Club, and attending Mariners hockey games in Portland. She moved to South Portland to be near her children after her husband died in 1994. She enjoyed going on outings, playing bingo and line dancing with new friends at the South Portland Rec Center.

Dorcas is survived by her sister, Evelyn Shipley, Bellport, New York, her daughters, Dorcas H. Alley, Cape Elizabeth, and Evelyn H. Horton and her husband Michael of South Portland, grandsons Thomas E. Turner and his wife Christine, and Chad W. Turner of Hollis, three great grandsons, John, Sean and Jacob Turner, and two great granddaughters, Lauren and Jennifer Turner, all of Hollis, three nephews and two nieces.

The family would like to thank all of the staff at Falmouth by the Sea, Charlotte, Tracy and Dr. Marino, for their kindness and the wonderful care she received over the past two years.

At Dorcas’ request, there will be a memorial service only at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 27 at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland.

Some of Dorcas’ happiest moments in her last years were when she volunteered as a docent at the Spring Point Museum at SMCC (now Portland Harbor Museum). In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Portland Harbor Museum, 510 Congress St., Portland, Maine.

Anne Johnson Phillips, 86 ing committee. She also took great pleasure in working on the Holly Daze bazaar every year. Anne also served on the nominating committee of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Corporation.

She and Andy spent 35 years researching and studying their genealogy. Their research often led to travel, which they both enjoyed.

Anne also enjoyed reading, gardening, cooking, recipe collecting, and spending time with her family.

Anne is predeceased by her husband, Andrew S. Phillips Jr. She is survived by her two sons, Barry E. Phillips and wife Nancy of Portland,

ME; and Dean H. Phillips and wife Kimberly of Port St. Lucie, FL. She is also survived by three grandchildren: Chris Phillips, Laurie Mathisen,, and Andrew Wing; three great-grandchildren: Alexi Mathisen, Andrew Wing Jr., and Dylan Mathisen; and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

There will be no memorial at this time. Services will occur in spring 2011.

In lieu of flowers, Anne requested donations be made to the First Congregational Church Crisis Ministries Fund, 301 Cottage Road, South Portland, Maine.

Elisabeth Wakefield Doermann, 79

Trooper shoots pit bull after it attacks its owner LAGRANGE (McClatchy) A Maine State Police trooper late Saturday afternoon shot and wounded a male pit bull after the animal attacked its owner and forced him to barricade himself in a room in his mobile home on Route 16.

The dog later was euthanized, according to Maine State Police.

The 29-year-old man was treated at Eastern Medical Center in Bangor for bite and puncture wounds on his neck, legs and arms and then released, according to Trooper Adam Coover.

The call for help came in about 4:30 p.m. Saturday from the residence, Coover said Sunday.

From the Bangor Daily News.

the work of many people. Betsy often said that being in the middle of it was the most satisfying part of her career.

In a special award in 1999, the Minnesota chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized her early planning work, completed prior to the design and construction of the new Mill City Museum. The museum was built a few years earlier by the Minnesota Historical Society on the Mississippi riverfront site of a burned-out flour mill, and tells the story of milling in nineteenth century Minneapolis.

In volunteer work, Betsy served as a director on the boards of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Saint Paul Rehabilitation Center, the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, and WCAL, the public radio station of Saint Olaf College.

Betsy is survived by her husband,

Humphrey, of Scarborough, Maine; three daughters, Elisabeth M. Doermann and her husband Si Durney of San Francisco, Eleanor H. Doermann of Seattle, and Julia L. Doermann of Salem, Ore.; and a granddaughter, Sarah Durney.

Her sister, Joan W. Millspaugh and her husband Sandy Millspaugh of Bernardsville, N.J.; her brother-inlaw, Munro Proctor and his partner Pat Irish of Palo Alto, Calif.; and six nieces and nephews and their children also survive.

Services will be at a later date at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Weston.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Minnesota Historical Society in Saint Paul.

Arrangements are by the Hobbs Funeral Home, South Portland.

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LePage should have been held accountable for NAACP flap Editor, I’m disappointed Gov. LePage seems to have dodged the controversy he stirred up over his insult to Martin Luther King —at the least a motion to censure telling Gov. LePage that he can not ignore the prominence of Dr. King and his place in our history and that future displays of this kind will bring more censure.

All he was invited to do was honor Dr. Martin Luther King — and he says kiss my butt? Is that in any way acceptable from our Governor? Then he plays his race card, his son, pulling him into the public eye, exposing him to any number of dangers and indignities — I’d bet his son is pissed ... This all died down too quickly and the consensus seems to be his remarks were about not being obligated to “Special Interests” but to me these were hateful, divisive words with little or no thought to their consequence, more a nudge and a wink to his buddies ... yeah, that Paul LePage, what a rig.

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Anti-social media is forever While twittering about this weekend, a certain short message came across the social media platform. Normally these messages from the ether carry little weight. On social media platforms, it is apparently expected that folks are crude and unrefined. Speak your mind and shame the devil, as they say.

Unless you are the governor’s adopted son.

During all the brouhaha last weekend regarding Paul LePage and his comments to the NAACP (“Tell ‘em to kiss my butt”), our governor invited the NAACP to talk to his son, Devon Raymond.

It did have a “guess who’s coming to dinner” kind of ring about it, but the challenge was thrown out there. In doing so, LePage has tossed Devon Raymond into the pit of being a public figure, where the bodies of those tossed there are ripped asunder by the gnashing teeth of the press.

Somebody, then, should talk to Raymond about his twitter account.

Doubt me? Check out this gem from Sunday night. “Remember guys tomorrow is ‘Hug A Retard’ day...so don’t freak out like you did last year, no one is trying to hurt you!”

Somehow, I get the feeling that if Sarah Palin was made aware

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist of that tweet, Paul’s Tea Party buddies would be engaged in carrying him AND Devon to the woodshed for more than a stern talking too. Odds are, both would be seen leaving the woodshed red-eyed and rubbing their backsides, and the mouthwash would be dishwashing detergent.

I contacted the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), of which Devon was a registered apprentice. Most organizations like the PGA have some kind of policy regarding statements made in social media circles, and disciplinary actions that go right along with them. Raymond, who spent last year working as a PGA pro under the apprentice program, is no longer under that program. According to Jaimie Carbone, since he is no longer a member, the PGA has “one code of ethics that would cover all infractions ... not one specifically for social media.”

I contacted LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt, to see if the Gov-

ernor’s office had any comment.

They took a pass on this one. Such stories are the type that make me wish I had heavily invested in the antacid market in Maine, for I’m sure Demeritt’s office is going through it by the case.

Couple all this with the comment coming on the very weekend of the funeral of Kennedy Camelot member Sargeant Shriver, head of the Peace Corps and husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who was the head of the Special Olympics, and somehow the words take on a deeper tone.

“Timing” might be a family tradition since the governor’s comments came on the eve of MLK weekend.

What I’m getting at is simple.

No matter how many times it’s said, people just don’t seem to get the fact that social media is like herpes. It is going to follow you around forever. Anything you say there might pop up in applications for jobs, or other professional positions.

Once something is said or tweeted, you just can’t “un-say” it.

In the digital world, it’s out there forever for the world to see. That might not be apparent now, but in a few years when applying in the new hyper-competitive job see HIGGINS page 5

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Unmemorable State of the Union speeches When President Obama delivers his second official State of the Union address, he may continue a long tradition of giving a speech that nobody cares much about.

It is a shame how little SOTUs — as they are called in press parlance — are remembered considering how long they are worked upon, how carefully they are crafted and how the president usually drives his staff nuts for months in the creation of each one.

But ask yourself if you can remember a single memorable line from a State of the Union address.

How about, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”? Naw, that was Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address on March 4, 1933.

So how about, “Ask not ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”?

Nope, John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1961.

Then there was Ronald Reagan’s: “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever.

We begin bombing in five minutes.”

Nope, not a SOTU. That was a sound check for National Public Radio.

So what memorable lines from SOTUs are there? Well, we have Bill Clinton’s, “The era of big government is over,” from Jan. 23, 1996. (Less remembered is the important line that came next, “But we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves.”)

Then we have George W. Bush’s “axis of evil” from his SOTU on Jan. 29, 2002, to describe North Korea, Iran and Iraq. (“Is our children learning?” was from a speech in Florence, S.C., on Jan. 11, 2000, so that doesn’t

Roger Simon ––––– Creators Syndicate count.)

And if you are a real student of history or very, very old, you may remember that James Monroe announced during his seventh SOTU on Dec. 2, 1823, his famous Monroe Doctrine, forbidding European countries to further colonize South America. It didn’t make a big splash at the time, perhaps because it came at the end of a pretty long speech (more than 6,300 words).

SOTUs tend to ramble on a bit because they are constantly interrupted — often with no good reason — by applause and because while inaugurations are usually held outside in frigid weather, SOTUs are usually delivered in the toasty confines of the House of Representatives (which is the venue for the speech because it has more chairs than the Senate), and so presidents can afford to dawdle.

President Obama’s first official SOTU, on Jan. 27, 2010 — he had delivered an “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress” on Feb. 24, 2009, which is a SOTU in everything but name — went on for 71 minutes, among the longest in the last 45 years.

His second could go on just as long, especially if the president addresses two issues — gun control and mental health care — that he raised in his memorial speech in Tucson on Jan. 12. It could also make his SOTU memorable.

James Monroe announced during his seventh SOTU on Dec. 2, 1823, his famous Monroe Doctrine, forbidding European countries to further colonize South America. It didn’t make a big splash at the time, perhaps because it came at the end of a pretty long speech (more than 6,300 words).

The Constitution requires only that the president “from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”

George Washington delivered his SOTUs in person, but Thomas Jefferson (who, historians tell us, was not a very good orator) sent his to Congress in writing for a clerk to read aloud.

That practice lasted until 1913, when Woodrow Wilson delivered his address in person. Ever since, presidents have used both options, though with the age of mass media, most prefer to get the free TV time.

The speeches do not, Gallup tells us, swing many votes. A “review of Gallup historical data suggests these speeches rarely affect a president’s public standing in a meaningful way, despite the amount of attention they receive,” Gallup has reported.

Most of the people who tune in to SOTUs tend to already favor the president they are watching. Though when Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., shouted out, “You lie!” at Obama at a near-SOTU on Sept. 9, 2009 (it was a Joint Session of Congress for Obama to outline his health care reforms), that probably was counted as a negative opinion.

While often not remembered, each word of a SOTU is subjected to factchecking and numerical analysis. The

guardian.co.uk analyzed the SOTUs of Obama, Bush, Reagan, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Lincoln and Washington to see which word those presidents used most often.

It was — big surprise — “I.” So how do these speeches get written?

“Obviously, you want to write a speech in a way that is interesting enough that people want to listen, and that leaves them feeling a sense of momentum and progress,” senior Obama adviser David Axelrod told The Associated Press last year. “But these are serious times. I don’t think this is a time for rhetorical flights of fancy.”

But telling Barack Obama he can’t indulge in “rhetorical flights of fancy” is like telling a ballerina she can’t dance on her toes, so I would expect at least a few flights this year.

Obama’s first official SOTU was scheduled for Feb. 2, 2010, the same night that ABC’s “Lost” was going to air its final show of the season. Either ABC or Obama would blink first.

The White House changed the speech to Jan. 27.

(To find out more about Roger Simon, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.)

How to bridge divides in the final health care debate Given the deep divide on health care reform in the courts, the Congress and the country, the long-term viability of this historic achievement depends in part on President Obama’s ability to reduce the tension and seek common ground. In his State of the Union message, he should say something like this: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been one of my proudest achievements. Every American’s quality of life will improve as a result of its passage. Yet the recent vote in the House to repeal this law is a clear indication of the great differences over the proper role of government in health care.

“In spite of these differences, both parties recognize that the trend of rising costs and declining access

to health insurance is unsustainable. The growing burden of our health care bill is straining family and government budgets. We ––––– cannot close our federal deficit or The New York remain economically competitive Times in the world unless we find ways to limit health care costs.

“We are united in our goal to build a high-performance, high-value health care system with lower costs, greater access and better quality. We all understand that we must do a better job in confronting obesity, chronic illness and excessive paperwork in health care. And we share the belief that health care in America will always work best as a partnership between government and the private sector.

“Let us build on what unites us — by constructing marketplaces for health insurance that offer

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greater choice at less cost; creating organizations that coordinate care efficiently and bring down the unacceptable rate of medical mistakes; continuing to encourage scientists to find new ways to prevent and cure disease; and empowering cities and counties to develop new solutions to the perplexing problems of health care in America now.

“To that end, I propose that we create a bipartisan commission to examine the best ways to carry out, oversee and, where appropriate, revise the health care reform law. Made up of members of Congress, governors and members of my administration, this commission would provide invaluable guidance and solutions going forward.

“The key to our success will always be to find ways to do it together.”

(Tom Daschle is the former Democratic majority leader and senator from South Dakota.)

If someone had printed that on a protest sign, tar would have been bubbling HIGGINS from page 4

market, those very quotes come back in Jacob Marley’s chains to haunt you.

Maybe this is the new Maine, and the new information age. People now feel free to just let it all hang out. Every opinion is a matter of public record, whether you are a public figure or not. Every comment or joke can boomerang back and due incalcu-

lable amounts of damage to you in the future.

In chatting with people about this today, I was given the “Well, whatever man. It’s Twitter” reaction by most folks. But imagine if someone had printed that on a protest sign. The tar would never get warm enough, and there would never be enough feathers.

Last week, our Governor said that in looking for women to fill cabinet positions, he “had been rejected

by more women in the past two weeks than in four years of high school and six years of college.” Everyone was so taken back by the comments of the week before, they missed that gem.

I guess in anti-social media circles, the apple never really does fall that far from the tree.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Community kitchens living up to their name At the gym this weekend, I caught sight of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fiori’s show on Food Network. It’s a hyperkinetic romp through the greasy spoons of America: the camera twists and turns to catch Guy’s face gnawing on a deep-fried something or a burger with a name that sounds like a FEMA designation.

The experience is as intimate and satisfying as a Burger King drive-thru.

What a delight it was then to discover the antithesis, a homegrown show based in Portland called Community Kitchens, a production of the Community Television Network. Despite the fact that it airs 20 times a month on channels 2 and 5, I’ve never seen it--not really a surprise, given that I’m generally television averse. Luckily, these episodes are archived online http://ctn5.org/node/70663.

The show is nomadic, set in a new kitchen each month. Restaurant owners, mushroom experts and home cooks are given equal voice to share their cooking and tell stories in their home kitchens.

The program is alternately hosted by Roger Berle and Candice Lee. Lee was an interior designer before attending the French Culinary Institute. She is

perky and enthusiastic and despite her training, she doesn’t compete with her guests. She asks leading questions that allow the guests to ––––– shine. Roger Berle is a writer and Maine island and coastline activist Daily Sun with both erudition and a cornball Columnist sense of humor. His love of spending time in the kitchen with friends is evident and inviting.

The production crew is bare bones: Lesley MacVane produces and runs the camera. Bill Blood also runs the camera and edits. There are no commercial interruptions, no one is shilling for anything. Just affable people talking about their favorite recipes, offering tips and techniques based on personal experience.

The USM professor Dennis Gilbert shows how he milks corn on the cob to make pancakes that will later hold Maine crab and creme fraiche. Anne Zill, the director of the UNE Art Gallery on Stevens Avenue, shows two ways to make Salad Nicoise. She makes her own dressing with champagne vinegar and olive oil from Miccuci’s. She asks Roger to read the labels on the jars for her — her reading glasses must have been elsewhere.

It’s charming; part of the natural flow of cooking with friends.

Margo Mallar

Mushroom expert Greg Marley shares a recipe for chicken sauteed with Black Trumpet mushrooms as he talks about foraging both in the woods and at local supermarkets. Tony Dominicus from Bella Cheesecakes shows how to make an Italian Cheesecake at home and Chef Will Beriau opens a window into the things he teaches his students in the culinary arts program at SMCC. Despite the occasional professional guest, the program is clearly designed to introduce viewers to their neighbors. There is the occasional long pause, the food that isn’t perfectly brown, spills and improvised tools. We learn about their work and their families. It’s the real deal.

“I’d like to see people approaching us about being on the show. We’re looking for anyone with an interest in food. This is community television. It’s the voice of anyone who wants a voice,” said MacVane, who is also director of development, membership and marketing for the station.

So food bloggers, home fermenters and family cooks, here’s your chance to be seen in your natural habitat. MacVane can be reached at lesleymac@ ctn5.org.

(Margo Mallar’s Locavore column appears each Tuesday in the Portland Daily Sun.)

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The Goulds, with 40 animals as a start, made their first delivery of buffalo meat, also known as bison, to friends here in Denver last week. They are opening a themed restaurant on the Kansas-Colorado border supplied by the ranch, and planning bison hunts for tourist-visitors.

“People want the high omega-3s,” which are healthy fats, said Joe Gould, 61, as he scribbled notes at a mentoring session for buffalo-ranching newcomers at the National Bison Association’s winter conference at a hotel here last week.

With prices and American consumption of buffalo at all-time highs — though still minuscule in volume compared with beef, chicken or pork — a new chapter is clearly beginning for one of the oldest animalhuman relationships on the continent, dating back millennia before the first Europeans arrived.

New ranchers are coming in. Older ranchers are straining to build up herds, holding back breeding females from slaughter and thus compounding what retailers say is already a supply crunch. Buffalo meat prices, meanwhile, have soared — up about 28 percent last year for an average rib-eye steak cut, according to the federal Department of Agriculture.

What happened, producers and retailers say, is that the buffalo, the great ruminant of the Plains — once endangered, now raised on ranches by the tens of thousands — has thundered into an era of growing buyer concern about where food comes from, what an animal dined on and how it all affects the planet.

Trendsetting consumers and restaurants on the East and West Coasts caught on. Grass-fed, sustainable and locally grown, obscure concepts to most people 15 years ago or so when the buffalo meat market first emerged, became buzzwords of the foodie culture. Nutritional bean counters, obsessing over lipid fats and omegas, found in buffalo a meat they could love.

“For the last two years, it’s been one of the fastestgrowing categories in our meat department,” said Theo Weening, the global meat coordinator for Whole Foods Market, one of the nation’s largest retailers of buffalo at its chain of stores. see next page

At Tony’s Market here in Denver, that surge is even steeper, up 25 percent just last week for a New York strip buffalo steak, to $24.98 a pound, $10 more per pound than premium Bison await judging at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Friday. (Kevin Moloney for The New York Times) beef for the same cut.

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Grain feeding credited with providing consistency from preceding page

Mr. Weening said buffalo benefited from a kind of synergy: customers started embracing the idea of grass-fed beef, and from there it was a short leap to bison. “Both categories went hand in hand,” he said.

But this new moment, buffalo ranchers and retailers say, is also loaded with risk that growth could come too fast or prices could surge so much that buyers or retailers back away. It is also spiced with a debate about what people really want.

Many of the new ranchers, like the Goulds, say the future of buffalo can be summed up by one term: grass-fed. Feeding animals only on grass, with no

grain in their diet at all, is more natural for the animal and produces the kind of low-fat, environmentally sustainable product that they say best competes with beef for a place on the nation’s dinner table.

Many veteran ranchers, though, say that what consumers and retailers really want is consistency — one cut of buffalo tasting about the same as the next in both flavor and texture. And only grainfeeding, with some grain — often corn — in the diet in the last months before slaughter, can do that, they say.

Crucially, they say, grain-finished buffalo is what most people have probably tasted, bought at Whole

Foods or off a restaurant menu. Purely grass-fed buffalo, they say, is harder to find and can vary in taste and tenderness from region to region and season to season. However it is raised, buffalo meat has much less fat than beef.

“We want no surprises for our customers,” said Russell Miller, the general manager at Turner Enterprises, which owns the chain of buffalo ranches owned by the media mogul and conservationist Ted Turner. Turner Enterprises, by far the nation’s largest buffalo rancher, with more than 50,000 animals, supplies some of the buffalo at Whole Foods, as well as the meat for Mr. Turner’s buffalo-themed restaurant chain, Ted’s Montana Grill.

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Now in its tenth year, the Dummy Jump is among White White World Week’s most popular attractions, attracting a creative contingent of the destructivelyminded.

“They’ll dress up dummies in anything and everything, we even had a toilet bowl a couple years back,” said Austin.

In a contest judged by best impact, a list of rules prohibit certain materials and are an interesting look into how the entrants of yesteryear spiced up their skiers with now-banned technologies. “No materials that release poisonous emissions or are burning can be used,” reads the entrance form, “No sawdust, confetti … no explosives or fireworks that ‘blow up’ may be used.”

Austin said White White World Week events are family friendly during the day, with all the night’s events taking place in the resorts various bars and clubs. “It’s just a fun week,” he said.

Sugarloaf also hosts the Annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit on Saturday, with day and evening events both on and off the slopes to raise money for the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center and the Maine Cancer Foundation.

Sunday River’s “Go50” event is a week long promotion aimed at skiers and riders over 50 years old, with a $79 one-night ski and stay package and a $299 five-night deal and a host of apres ski events.

“The idea is that our skiers and riders over the age of 50 can participate in either in daily activities and daily packages or come ski and stay for the whole week,” said Darcy Morse, director of communications for Sunday River.

Non-slope events include a moonlight snowshoeing excursion, bingo, wine dinners, trivia and cooking with Chef Steve, where participants learn to cook some of the resorts award-winning chef’s favorite meals from former Balsams Resort Head Chef Steve Learned. “That’s new this year and will certainly be of interest,” said Morse.

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With 18-34 inches of base snow and all 42 trails and glades open, Rock said the mountain is primed for skiing, with one caveat. “We would just like to increase the temperature by 15 degrees,” she said.

With a focus on affordable big mountain skiing, Saddleback Mountain offers $35 mid-week tickets Monday through Friday. “That’s 55 percent off compared to the other big ski areas here in Maine,” said JoAnne Taylor of Saddleback’s marketing department.

Wednesdays are “Bring a Friend” say at Saddleback, where anyone buying a mid-week ticket can get a lift pass for a friend for $10.

“We have fantastic snow cover — over 156 inches this season and 17 in past 7 days — and with these temperatures, it’s not going anywhere,” said Taylor.

Saddleback’s upper reaches include the Cassablanca Glades and Kennebago Steppe, a single and double black diamond-servicing region with it’s own mid-mountain yert (Mongolian tent) serving food and rink. “You can head up to the upper mountain and not have to come down all day,” said Taylor.

Friday nights at Saddleback feature a rail jam from 4-8 p.m. when anyone interested in taking on a mini-terrain park can show their stuff under the lights. “There are no lift tickets required, it’s just a chance for people to do their thing on the rail,” said Taylor.

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How cold was it?

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Monday fails to break record cold of 21 below COLD from page one

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NORWAY — The Gingerbread House is expected to be moved to its new home on upper Main Street early next month.

Nancy Merry of James G. Merry Building Movers in Scarborough said Friday that workers expect to be in Norway in about two weeks and will spend a week “loading” the house up, getting it jacked up on wheels.

The porch and an outside chimney have been removed in preparation for hauling the three-story wood-framed house farther west on Main Street to a lot near Butters Park. The site work at the new location is finished.

Volunteers from the Norway Landmarks Preservation Society, the nonprofit organization doing business as Friends of the Gingerbread House, have worked the past two years to acquire the building and move it.

C’s Inc. which is a real estate holding company affiliated with Sun Media Group, publishers of the Sun Journal and Advertiser-Democrat, agreed late in 2008 to delay demolition of the 1851 home if anyone could successfully figure out a way to move the massive house. A final agreement was recently completed by the two parties.

The 80- by 17-foot building is known for its elaborate “gingerbread” trim added near the turn of the 19th century. Known historically as the Evans-Cummings House, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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First, there’s a calm before the storm. “Wednesday, it looks like we get a brief break, we’re in between systems,” Schwib said. Highs should climb into the mid 20s today — “It will be downright balmy,” he said.

On Thursday night and Friday, lows around 10 degrees still won’t feel like the bone-chilling weather that descended this weekend.

“It’s your typical thing, cold outbreaks from Canada,” Schwib said.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Tuesday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2011. There are 340 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference to be carried live on radio and television.

On this date: In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1909, the opera “Elektra” by Richard Strauss premiered in Dresden, Germany.

In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service between New York and San Francisco.

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In 1959, American Airlines began Boeing 707 jet flights between New York and Los Angeles.

In 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Idi Amin seized power in Uganda by ousting President Milton Obote (oh-BOH’-tay) in a military coup.

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by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States.

In 1990, an Avianca Boeing 707 ran out of fuel and crashed in Cove Neck, Long Island, N.Y.; 73 of the 158 people aboard were killed. Actress Ava Gardner died in London at age 67.

One year ago: Iraq hanged Ali Hassan al-Majid (ah-LEE’ hah-SAHN’ ahl mahZHEED’), known as “Chemical Ali” for his role in gassing 5,000 people in a Kurdish village. An Ethiopian airliner crashed into the Mediterranean after taking off from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm; all 90 people aboard were killed.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Gregg Palmer is 84. The former president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, is 83. Actor Dean Jones is 80. Country singer Claude Gray is 79. Blues singer Etta James is 73. Movie director Tobe Hooper is 68. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young is 66. Actress Jenifer (cq) Lewis is 54. Actress Dinah Manoff is 53. Country musician Mike Burch (River Road) is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kina is 42. Actress China Kantner is 40. Actress Ana Ortiz is 40. Musician Matt Odmark (OHD’-mark) (Jars of Clay) is 37.

Actress Mia Kirshner is 36. Actress Christine Lakin is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Alicia (ah-LEE’-sha) Keys is 30.

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Auburn retiree collects Civil War letters

BY JUDITH MEYER SUN JOURNAL, LEWISTON

than 15 years ago, and estimates he now has between 25 and 30 letters, all in their original mailing envelopes and all written by Mainers to family members back home during the war.

After auctioneer Leon Michaud was murdered, Poulin said he purchased some of Michaud’s property and, among the items, were several of these letters, many written by Fortin to his mother. After reading them, Poulin said he was fascinated with the descriptions of war and politics of the time, and has since scoured estates in Maine for more letters.

He likes to purchase estate items that have been stored in barns, he said, because people tend to stash letters and other important papers and forget about them. In his experience, Poulin said, the most inter-

esting paperwork is “usually in a wooden box, covered with rat turds and some hay.”

The letters Poulin has found are weathered, some written on small pieces of embossed stationery and others on large sheets with text scrawling diagonally across the center and up along the outer edges of the sheets. Fortin, who wrote to his mother just two weeks after going to Washington to “give my service for a short time to the sick and wounded Soldiers of Uncle Sam’s Army,” explained to her that he felt a duty to serve. His cursive is delicate but cramped and each letter is folded into a small square.

“Our army,” he wrote, “has been cut up in the most terrible manner by the Rebels, yet more far more have fallen from disease than from the sword or the ball.”

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(McClatchy) One September day in 1862, Portland doctor D.V. Fortin penned a lengthy letter to his mother, Mrs. John Perley, who lived in Freedom.

The doctor wrote about the patients he was treating in Washington, D.C., soldiers felled by “Rebels” during the Civil War. “There is no doubt very near by 26,000 perhaps more, sick and wounded Soldiers, here within 5 miles of the Great White House,” Fortin wrote.

The doctor’s letter is part of a growing collection of letters owned by Jerry Poulin of Auburn, a retired shoeshop worker who collects historical artifacts.

Poulin began his Civil War letter collection more

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I’ve had only a few long-term relationships in my life. I am currently cohabiting with a 52-year-old man who had never been in a relationship before me. For the first two years, he was wonderful, but when I pressed for marriage, he backed away. He knew I was interested in a private ceremony because of my family estrangement, and he agreed with me. But when he finally proposed, he objected to the small ceremony and put off the wedding.

I know he really does not want to marry me, although I suspect he would have gone through with it to please me if I had been more flexible. But I did not want to give in and threatened to leave. We did not speak for a week, and then he called his mother and told her everything, including my wish for a private ceremony. He also told her many things I had said when we were arguing, including that I wish I had never met him.

I asked him to come with me for counseling, but he refused, saying he doesn’t want anyone knowing his business. Yet he thinks it’s OK to share “his business” with his highly biased mother. Because of all the things he told her, I cannot be in the same room with her. He sealed our fate when he brought her into our relationship.

We sleep in separate bedrooms and have no physical contact. I know it’s over. Do you think I am wrong to feel violated because he confided in his mother? And every time I remind him that he agreed to a private ceremony, he clams up and won’t respond, which I think is extremely hostile. -- Canada Dear Canada: Your boyfriend has made some mistakes, but nothing that cannot be forgiven. A middle-aged man who has

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Dear Annie: There has been some debate about whether bar patrons should tip a bartender if he happens to be the owner of the bar. We all are generous tippers, but many times the owner will be the bartender on duty. What is the proper protocol then? -- Niagara Falls, N.Y. Dear Niagara: While you are not obligated to tip the owner of an establishment, it has now become a fairly common and accepted practice. If you are a frequent patron of this bar, tipping would be the less awkward option.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Frustrated Mom,” whose daughter was being bullied. I am a teacher in Massachusetts, where we have very strict laws regarding bullying.

Those school administrators are abdicating their responsibilities and are wrong to assume there will be an increase in the bullying if they admonish the guilty parties. That mother needs to push harder. Why haven’t the parents of the girls been called into a meeting? The administration needs to come down hard on these girls.

By the way, if her daughter is receiving bullying text messages or other communications, they are harassing her, which can be a criminal offense. Mom should help her daughter keep a log, print communications and build a case. If necessary, involve the police. Her daughter may never win back these girls’ respect or affection, but she doesn’t have to put up with their bullying. I know from experience that the vocal pushy parents get what they want from schools. Don’t back down. -- Massachusetts Teacher

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Tuesday, Jan. 25 ‘How to Succeed at Poetry without Really Trying’ at College of the Atlantic 4 p.m. There are many ways to create poetry says Andrew Periale, who is teaching at College of the Atlantic this term. Periale will be taking an innovative approach to talking about writing poetry in a presentation he calls “Showing Up: Or How to Succeed at Poetry without Really Trying.” The talk, part of the college’s weekly Human Ecology Forum, will be in the college’s McCormick Lecture Hall. Periale, who works as a puppeteer, playwright and poet, has the following to say about writing poetry: “There are all kinds of ways to create poetry. There is the flash of brilliance that floods your entire being while relaxing in the bath, or when you notice that the stain on your favorite T-shirt looks exactly like Lady Gaga. There is the passion ignited by a just cause. And then there is the workmanlike decision to just show up, that is, to write every day, rain or shine, in sickness and in health, whether you feel like it or not.” College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor For more information about the talk, which is free and open to all, contact John Visvader at jvisvader@coa.edu or 801-5715.

DownEast Pride Alliance event 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Business After Hours” Networking Event by the DownEast Pride Alliance at Yankee Lanes, 867 Riverside St., Portland.

Snacks, cash bar and reserved bowling lanes will be provided. “The DownEast Pride Alliance (DEPA) is a GLBTQ business networking group in Southern Maine meeting monthly at local establishments for ‘Business After Hours’ events that provide a safe forum for, and help strengthen, the local gay & gay-friendly business community. Bring business cards to share on our Media Table. No fees or RSVP to attend. All in the community are welcome to come for ‘cocktails & conversation.’” FMI www. depabusiness.com

David Vitali appears as Paul Bunyan in a production of the Figures of Speech Student Ensemble (FOSSE), an after-school program for students from Freeport High School. The “Paul Bunyan” tour will open on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mast Landing School in Freeport. The run continues on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Lucid Stage in Portland; on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Warren Library in Westbrook, and on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Peaks Island School. (Photo courtesy of Figures of Speech Theatre)

Portland Trails’ 20th anniversary 5:30 p.m. Portland Trails kicks off its 20th anniversary year with its annual meeting at the Portland Public Library.

The evening starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Lewis Gallery with a reception for Portland Trails Members and Volunteers with special guests, Portland Trails’ founders Tom Jewell, Nathan Smith, and Dick Spencer. Directly after the reception a presentation in the Rines Auditorium, “20 Years and Building: Stories from the Trail,” will be followed by special announcements, proclamations and an unveiling of the new 20th Anniversary Edition Portland Trails Map and Guide.

This event is kindly sponsored by Woodard & Curran, with refreshments provided by Whole Foods Market and Shipyard Brewing Co. Portland Trails was founded in 1991 by Tom Jewell, Nathan Smith, and Dick Spencer, who envisioned a land trust with a mission to preserve open space and build a network of trails throughout Greater Portland.

Over the past 20 years Portland Trails has created a network of over 35 miles of trail that support biking, walking, exercise and people powered commuting year round. The organization works to build and maintain the trails as well as to create events and guided walks year round to promote healthy outdoor activity. Portland Trails also houses the School Ground Greening Coalition which works with local schools to create naturally landscaped playgrounds and classroom curriculum that supports outdoor exploration and education. To RSVP (required) email info@trails.org or call 775-2511. The Portland Public Library is located at 5 Monument Square in Portland.

Effective Caregiving with Michael Brescia 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Effective Caregiving with Michael Brescia. “Michael’s wife, Grace, passed away at age 46 in 2006 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. What he learned about caregiving for his wife and children during the course of her illness. Most relevant for husbands and partners of women who have cancer; useful for anyone providing support to a loved one with cancer.” Free; pre-registration required. Phone: 774-2200; Email: info@CancerCommunityCenter.org; Web: www.cancercommunitycenter.org/calendar. Visit 778 Main St. (Rte 1), South Portland.

Rosemont crime watch meeting 7 p.m. Portland City Councilor Ed Suslovic and members of the Portland Police Department will host a meeting to help members of the Rosemont neighborhood establish a crime watch for the area. Senior Lead Officer for the neighborhood, Tim Farris, will present various strategies that can be used to establish a crime watch and help guide the neighborhood as they develop a program that best meets their needs and concerns. “This meeting is a great first step toward improving the safety of the Rosemont neighbor-

hood and reducing crime,” said Councilor Suslovic. “When you organize the eyes and ears of a community, it not only allows the residents to feel safer and more in control of their neighborhood but it also brings people together to form a more close knit community. For more information about the meeting or crime watch efforts, contact Officer Tim Farris at 650-8763 or timf@portlandmaine.gov. St. Ansgar’s Church, 515 Woodford St.

The Art of Delegating with Jim Millken

day evenings, Jan. 24 through Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. While Mad Horse Theatre Company’s production of Edward Albee’s “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” is being performed on the Main Stage, the Company’s Dark Night Series returns with the perfect companion piece, Albee’s The Play About the Baby. By turns funny, mysterious and disturbing, The Play About the Baby concerns a young couple who have just had a baby, and the strange turn of events that transpire when they are visited by an older man and woman. Performances of the Dark Night Series run Monday through Wednesday nights, when the theatre would otherwise be dark, giving theatre enthusiasts yet another chance to experience the work of this living icon of the American theatre. “The Play About the Baby” is directed by William Steele, Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Suggested donation of $10. 8993993, or order online at www. lucidstage.com

7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Seminar — The Art of Delegating with Jim Millken. Chamber Offices, 60 Pearl Street, Portland. Free to Chamber members; $10 for nonmembers. Jim Milliken is a consultant who specializes in helping individuals and organizations become more productive. He works on-site with executives and managers to improve the processes President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters and structures of organizations, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Buildingin Washington, and to provide customized Wednesday, Dec. 15. Tonight at 8 p.m., volunteers with Orgaskill-building training. He also nizing for America will gather at Ri Ra Irish Pub and Respresents classroom training, taurant in Portland, 72 Commercial St., to watch President with workplace-based designs Obama deliver his State of the Union address. (AP PHOTO) that emphasize practical skills Organizing for America in Project Management, Com8 p.m. Volunteers with Organizing for America (OFA) will munication and Personal Productivity. Few things in the gather at Ri Ra Irish Pub and Restaurant in Portland, 72 workplace are as difficult as delegation – or as important.

Commercial St., second floor to watch President Obama Anyone in a position of supervision, management or leaderdeliver his State of the Union address. The event is one of ship must be able to get results through the work of other many planned across Maine and the country. “OFA suppeople. The process must be reliable and effective. It must porters will use the State of the Union to have a broad disbe handled without excessive duplicated effort, and it must cussion on the President’s agenda to strengthen the middle produce a net gain in output and in the value of the mutual class, continue the economic recovery, and improve the relationship. “Delegation is a special combination of teamtone of civil discourse. Volunteers will also discuss and plan work, supervision and project management. When it is ways in which they can continue supporting the President’s done well, it creates remarkable productivity. As a bonus, agenda and protect the progress the country has made the it provides a very satisfying growth process for everyone.” last two years.” The speech will air at 9 p.m. EST. http:// ‘The Play About the Baby’ www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011 7:30 p.m. Mad Horse Theatre’s Dark Night Series presents see next page “The Play About the Baby” Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-

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The U.S. Center for Disease Control publishes data on sexually transmitted diseases at: www.cdc.gov/std/ stats09/default.htm

Wednesday, Jan. 26 Jane Brox — ‘Brilliant’ at the Portland Public Library noon to 1 p.m. In “Brilliant,” Jane Brox traces the fascinating history of human light from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future—and reveals that the story of light is also the story of our evolving selves. As Brox uncovers the social and environmental implications of the human desire for more and more light, she captures with extraordinary intensity the feel of historical eras: the grit and difficulty of daily life during the long centuries of meager illumination when crude lamps and tallow candles constricted waking hours; and the driven, almost crazed pursuit of whale oil and coveted spermaceti across the world’s oceans. “‘Brilliant’ is a compelling story imbued with human voices, startling insights, and—only a few years before it becomes illegal to sell most incandescent light bulbs in the United States — timely questions about how the light of the future will shape our lives.” Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium. Free.

Thursday, Jan. 27 A talk on Developing an International Nonprofit 11:10 a.m. to 12:35 p.m. Florence Reed, president and founder of Sustainable Harvest International talks about Developing an International Nonprofit to Jay Friedlander’s Launching a New Venture class. SHI is a nonprofit dedicated to working with rural Central American communities to implement sustainable landuse practices. Straus Seminar Room in Turrets. College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. jfriedlander@ coa.edu or 801-5716. Free.

Jim Milliken opened his independent consultancy in Project Management, Communication Skills and related topics/services in late 1986, after a career as newspaper writer/editor/manager that had begun in 1959. He will provide a seminar at the Portland Regional Chamber office today. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Flu vaccination clinic 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. With the arrival of flu in Maine, the City of Portland, HHSD’s Public Health Division has decided to offer two additional seasonal flu vaccination clinics next week as getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce the chances of getting the flu and reduces the risk spreading it to others.

To date, city staff has vaccinated more than twelve hundred adults. The seasonal flu vaccine will be available for $10, or at no cost for individuals with a Medicare Part B card. All types of insurance including MaineCare will be accepted.

Pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine will also be available for $45 or free for people with MaineCare. The clinics are open to children and adults. The Maine Centers for Disease Control is recommending vaccination against influenza for all Mainers age six months and older. This year’s vaccine provides protection against H1N1 influenza and two other influenza viruses. Clinic I: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Portland Community Health Center, 180 Park Ave.; Clinic II: Saturday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 132 Auburn St, Portland. For more information, contact the City of Portland’s Flu Hotline at 874-8946 or visit the Immunization Program website, http://www.portlandmaine.gov/hhs/health.asp.

‘Leading Edge School Choices’ discussion 6:30 p.m. “The message of National School Choice Week is very simple: let parents decide which kind of school works best for their child. It might be a charter school (which is just another type of public school), a cyberschool, a private school, a religious school, or a traditional public school.

Whichever option they choose, parents should have the right to decide which school will best help their child to learn and grow. Led by the Maine Center for Constitutional Studies, this event is part of National School Choice Week.”

Bruno Behrend, director of education reform, The Heartland Institute; Ken Capron, CEO, Maine Center for Constitutional Studies are among the guests. 5:30 p.m. dinner ($25). Presentation begins after dinner at approximately at 6:30 p.m.

Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Avenue, Portland.

Located behind Shaw’s Westgate. www.maineccs.org/ wMCCS/Heartland.html or www.schoolchoiceweek.com

‘Choice and Chocolate’ 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Today, Saturday, Jan. 22 marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution protects the women’s ability to choose whether to continue a pregnancy to term or to have an abortion.

Members of the Maine Choice Coalition in Bangor celebrated Roe v. Wade at Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center on Thurday, Jan. 20 with a “Choice and Chocolate” celebration and lecture. In Portland, coalition members will commemorate Roe v. Wade with an event: Roe at 38: Celebration of Roe v. Wade Film & Discussion, University of Southern Maine - Glickman Family Library – seventh floor in Portland. RSVPs are required through Planned Parenthood. Event contact: Jenna Vendil, Grassroots Organizer (Maine), Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 221-2288, x101.

Data on teen pregnancy and abortion rates are available at the Guttmacher Institute’s State Center. www.guttm-

‘Fracturing the Burning Glass’

5 p.m. Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art features “Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning,” Jan. 26-April 10. Opening reception: Jan. 27.

Gwenäel Bélanger, Susan Leopold, Daniel Rozin, Alyson Shotz. “Navigating the disparity between the actual and the understood, the artists in this exhibition break the plane of the mirror, suggesting that illumination comes not always from what is reflected, but from what light slips through the cracks.”

Artist Talk by Daniel Rozin on Feb. 10 at 3:30 p.m. in Osher Hall. http://www.meca.edu

‘Storytellers’ public reception at USM 5:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Kate Chaney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts exhibit, “Storytellers,” will be on exhibit from Monday, Jan. 24 through Saturday, March 12, in the Unum Great Reading Room on the seventh floor of USM’s Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland. There will be a free public reception and panel discussion to celebrate the opening of the exhibit at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27 in Library’s University Events Room. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday; 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 7:45 a.m. -8 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Saturday. Closed holidays. Guest Curator Henry Wolyniec was invited to curate this group show, which includes eight Maine artists who make it their business to ask questions by using their visual skills to tell stories that inquire, provoke and analyze. Greta Bank, Patrick Corrigan, Carl Haase, Adriane Herman, Charlie Hewitt, Lisa Pixley, Alex Rheault, and David Wolfe will have work included in the show. Exhibitors Greta Bank, Adriane Herman and Carl Haase will participate in the January 27 panel discussion. For information about library hours and access, call 780-4270.

Police to hear from gay community 6 p.m. Later this month, the City of Portland Police Department will host a forum with the city’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender population to discuss safety concerns and ways the department can improve its relationship with the gay community. The forum will provide an opportunity for members of the GLBT community to share their thoughts openly and hear from the department about efforts to ensure that Portland is an inclusive and safe community for all. “Easy access and open communication are basic tenants for how the police department operates in Portland,” stated Portland Police Chief James Craig. “This forum provides members of the city’s gay community an opportunity to voice their concerns and be heard.” University of Southern Maine, Abromson Community Education Center, Room 213, 88 Bedford St. For more information about the forum, call 874-8601 or email lindaw@portlandmaine.gov.

Friday, Jan. 28 ‘The Nature of Woodwinds’ 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra presents “The Nature of Woodwinds, ” an exploration of the musical sounds of nature, beginning in Lewiston on Jan. 28. Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston. The PSO Woodwind Quintet will compare elements of music: tempo, rhythm, and melody, with elements in nature: the seasons, weather, and wildlife. “The Nature of Woodwinds” will visit seven towns in Maine, performing for thousands of young children in 20 performances. Sponsored by Time Warner Cable, KinderKonzerts are entertaining, interactive programs with Portland Symphony musicians and

designed for kids ages 3–7. Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap, and have fun listening and learning about music and instruments. School systems can coordinate the KinderKonzert visit with Science and English Language Arts instruction in addition to Visual and Performing Arts. Specially prepared worksheets designed to support Maine’s Learning Results are available online or by contacting the PSO. Other KinderKonzerts will take place Thursday, Feb. 3 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at East End Community School, Portland, and at 1 p.m. at Reiche Community School, Portland; Monday, Feb. 7 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Saco Museum, Saco; Friday, Feb. 11 at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Fryeburg Academy Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg; Thursday, Feb. 17 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at Windham High School, Windham; Friday, Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School, Brunswick; and Tuesday, March 1 at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. at Margaret Chase Smith School, Sanford, and at 1 p.m. at Carl Lamb School, Sanford. KinderKonzert tickets are $4 per person. For reservations or additional information, email education@portlandsymphony.org or call 773-6128.

Octopus’s Garden exhibit opening at COA 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Octopus’s Garden by Melita Westerlund at the Ethel H. Blum Gallery of College of the Atlantic. Gallery hours, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sculpture and two-dimensional work dedicated to coral, reflecting the artist’s fascination with and concern over the state of coral, which has deteriorated badly from pollution. College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Jan. 28 through Feb. 17 cclinger@coa.edu, 288-5105 or 801-5733. Free.

Comedians of Chelsea Lately 7 p.m. Join Chelsea Lately regulars Loni Love, Natasha Leggero, Chuy and Josh Wolf live at the State Theatre in what is sure to be a side-splitting comedy show. The State Theatre is a historic venue located in Portland, Maine.

Originally opened in 1929 as a movie house, the theatre has experienced a lively history as a music venue and a porn house until it shuttered its doors in 2006. This year, New York City based promoters The Bowery Presents and regional promoter Alex Crothers have taken the reins to return the State Theatre to its original glory by modernizing the venue including refurbishing the stage, new seating and upgrades to the infrastructure, such as new sound and lighting, offering both artists and music lovers alike the best concert experience. Please note: Most material will be of an adult nature). For more information or to purchase tickets log on to http://www.statetheatreportland.com/ or call the State Theatre at 956-6000.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 7 p.m. Enjoy a bit of musical theater and help support a local high school! Come see the Casco Bay High School production of “Little Shop of Horrors” Jan. 28 and 29 on the Portland High School Stage at 7 p.m. Our diligent students have worked tirelessly to bring you this stellar show! Tickets are available at the door for just $5, so take some time to sample the arts without damaging your wallet. For more information, call 874-8160 and ask for Mr. Hale.

‘Paul Bunyan’ tour 7:30 p.m. Audiences in Portland, Westbrook, Peaks Island and Freeport will soon be treated to some wild and wooly chronicles of Maine’s own Paul Bunyan, Mighty Woodsman, Inventor of Logging, and Hero-Leader of the best band of jim-crackin’ rip-snortin’ rogues that ever tramped the Maine woods, by The Figures of Speech Student Ensemble (FOSSE), an after-school program for students from Freeport High School, currently in its fourth year. The “Paul Bunyan” tour will open on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mast Landing School in Freeport. The run continues on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Lucid Stage in Portland; on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Warren Library in Westbrook, and on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Peaks Island School. Funding for the development of “Paul Bunyan” comes from a grant from the Maine Arts Commission’s SMART program, as well as support from the Freeport Performing Arts Boosters. For more detailed information on locations, tickets, etc., go to www.figures.org/projects/ FOSSE or call Figures of Speech Theatre, 865-6355.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse 7:30 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it! Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com. see next page

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Saturday, Jan. 29 Evergreen Cemetery walk 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Portland Trails is excited to announce a 2011 Winter Walk series. This free series, made possible by a grant from Healthy Portland, is for adults and families with children who are making an effort to get more exercise, but are stymied when it comes to winter recreation. Participants are reminded to wear warm clothing, hats and gloves and bring snowshoes if there is adequate snow on the ground. Portland Trails has snow shoes available (free for members, $5/non-members) which can be reserved ahead of time. Please register for any walk by emailing info@trails. org or calling 775-2411. For more information or to check cancellations due to the weather go to www.trails.org. Caitlyn Horose will lead folks along the vast trail network at the Evergreen Cemetery. If there is enough snow people are encouraged to bring snow shoes or reserve some ahead of time from Portland Trails. Meet at Good Eats Boutique, 463 Stevens Ave.

‘Death and Survival in the Civil War’ 10 a.m. Spirits Alive, the advocacy group for Portland’s Eastern Cemetery will offer a three-lecture series of presentations around the theme, “Death and Survival in the Civil War.” Supported in part with funding from the Maine Humanities Council, admission is free, but donations are suggested. The theme of the lecture series was chosen in support of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (2011-2015). “These lectures will offer insight into this country’s greatest national crisis in relation to death and dying. It is estimated that up to 700,000 people, or 2 percent of the population died in the War Between the States.”

On Jan. 29 is “The Forest City Regiment: Death, Mourning and Loss” by Kim MacIsaac, director/curator of the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum on Peaks Island. Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Free, donations suggested. One of the first Maine regiments to be mustered in, The Forest City Regiment included 1,046 men from southern and central Maine, and left Portland in July 1861. After 3 years, this fighting regiment mustered out only 193-the rest were killed in action, died from disease, were wounded, deserted, or transferred to other regiments. Visit the Fifth Maine Regiment’s website for more: http://www.fifthmainemuseum. org.

Flu vaccination clinic 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. With the arrival of flu in Maine, the City of Portland, HHSD’s Public Health Division has decided to offer two additional seasonal flu vaccination clinics next week as getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce the chances of getting the flu and reduces the risk spreading it to others.

To date, city staff has vaccinated more than twelve hundred adults. The seasonal flu vaccine will be available for $10, or at no cost for individuals with a Medicare Part B card. All types of insurance including MaineCare will be accepted.

Pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine will also be available

for $45 or free for people with MaineCare. The clinics are open to children and adults. The Maine Centers for Disease Control is recommending vaccination against influenza for all Mainers age six months and older. This year’s vaccine provides protection against H1N1 influenza and two other influenza viruses. Clinic I: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Portland Community Health Center, 180 Park Ave.; Clinic II: Saturday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Lutheran Church, 132 Auburn St, Portland. For more information, contact the City of Portland’s Flu Hotline at 874-8946 or visit the Immunization Program website, http://www.portlandmaine.gov/hhs/health.asp.

Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream Symposium 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church will be hosting an Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream Symposium. The symposium is created by the Pachamama Alliance, a world wide group of environmental activists working with indigenous cultures to change the ‘Western Dream’ by promoting environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment and social justice. Their website www.AwakeningtheDreamer.org is an inspirational link to this world wide effort. Two trained facilitators will offer an experiential and motivational program that encourages and supports individuals in their involvement with environmental and social issues. The program is designed to help forge the link between individual action and world wide interaction. Attendees are required to register in advance. A donation of $10 is suggested. A lunch will be provided. Individual registration at: www.A2U2.org/contact.aspx?e=72 or by contacting the coordinator, John Burdick. He can be reached at John@YourKitchenImagined.com or by cell: (978) 771-6535.

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Old Port Playhouse

Giant Children’s Book Sale

‘The Juke Box Boys’

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Giant Children’s Book Sale at the Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. Thousands of gently used children’s books at great prices to benefit the Falmouth Library. Bring your own bags and stock up! 7812351.

7 p.m. “The Juke Box Boys,” Tribute to Do-Wop; $39.95 p/p five-course dinner, beer and wine available. Free parking. January 15, 22 and 29 at Anthony’s Dinner Theater, 151 Middle St., Portland. Call for reservations. 221-2267.

‘Watch Your Language!’

7 p.m. Enjoy a bit of musical theater and help support a local high school! Come see the Casco Bay High School production of “Little Shop of Horrors” Jan. 28 and 29 on the Portland High School Stage at 7 p.m. Our diligent students have worked tirelessly to bring you this stellar show! Tickets are available at the door for just $5, so take some time to sample the arts without damaging your wallet. For more information, call 874-8160 and ask for Mr. Hale.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WMPG, Greater Portland’s community radio station at the University of Southern Maine, presents its homegrown radio word game show, “Watch Your Language!” in front of a live audience at Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, 5 Monument Square, Portland.

WMPG will record two half-hour episodes of “Watch Your Language!” for later rebroadcast. “Watch Your Language!” is a game show celebrating the complexity, beauty and downright weirdness of the English language, written and played by local wordsmiths, wits and raconteurs. The show is hosted by Suzanne Murphy of WMPG’s public affairs program, Big Talk, written by Kate O’Halloran and Joanne Fedorocko, and played by Margaret Cleveland, MaryBeth Davidson, Alan Brewer, Caroline Teschke and Marcia Goldenberg. The show is open to the public with a suggested donation of $5, with all proceeds to benefit WMPG’s Power Up! signal improvement campaign. Through a transmitter

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Tuesday, Jan. 25 ‘From Russia With Love’ 7:30 p.m. “From Russia With Love” Tuesday Classical in Merrill Auditorium. This concert opens with the world premiere of Elliott Schwartz’s Diamond Jubilee, co-commissioned by the PSO for the composer’s 75th birthday. Guest pianist Andrew von Oeyen will then join the orchestra for Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The Los Angeles Times declared von Oeyen possessed of “indisputable gifts [and] an extravagantly thorough and effortless technique.” The evening will conclude with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, the politically-charged composition with hidden messages underneath the crowd-pleasing lyricism. A Concert Conversation will be held at 6:15 p.m. Following the concert patrons are invited to a PostConcert Q&A with the artists and then to Restaurant Grace for an Afterglow cocktail reception. www.portlandsymphony.org.

Friday, Jan. 28 Dead of Winter 5 — Death of D.O.W. 8:30 p.m. Five years ago, soon-to-be SPACE Programmer Ian Paige and not-quite-yet Brenda frontman Joshua Loring had a good idea: Create an event that helps Portland musicians and audiences get through these darkest days of winter with hot toddies, cozy candlelight, and intimate performances from a cross-section of our city’s finest musicians. All good things must come to an end, however, and Josh and Ian are going to see this wildly successful series out with a bang.

They’ll be joined by a boatload of Portland celebrities visiting

move and power increase, Power Up! will bring a strong WMPG signal to five times as many Southern Maine listeners as receive it now. The station still needs to raise the final $50,000 of the $225,000 total amount required to fund the upgrade. The new transmitter is expected to begin broadcasting WMPG by mid-September, 2011. ‘Watch Your Language!” is Greater Portland’s only locally written and produced radio word game show. It follows in the tradition of public radio’s “My Word” and “Says You.” WMPG is the volunteer-driven broadcast voice of southern Maine, committed to nurturing and presenting local voices of all kinds.

“Watch Your Language!” is a uniquely entertaining and stimulating program, created and performed completely by local talent. More information about WMPG Community Radio is online at www.wmpg.org 2 p.m. “The Wizard of Oz,” the sell-out hit musical returns to Old Port Playhouse with Gina Pardi returning as “Dorothy Gale.” “Full of special effects, colorful costumes and all your favorite characters, this show sold out before it opened last season. Because of the intimate space within this 70 seat theater, kids of all ages not only see OZ, they experience it!

Due to the demand for tickets, OZ will play for four weeks beginning Jan. 14. And to make it affordable for everyone, the Playhouse has priced all tickets at only $15.” Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. To make a reservation or for more information, call 773-0333 or go to oldportplayhouse.com.

Kirtan with Shubalananda 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join returning kirtan leaders Shubalananda and Ashley Flagg for magical evening of chanting.

By donation. Sadhana, the Meditation Center, 100 Brickhill Ave., South Portland. FMI: www.SadhanaMe.com.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’

Sunday, Jan. 30 Bach’s St. John Passion 2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra at Merrill Auditorium. “One of the most vivid and important works of the Baroque era. Extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, this Passion is as dramatic as the most dynamic operas of the period.” www.portlandsymphony.org

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the stage as your hosts sit by the fake fire in their armchairs, snifters in hand, guiding you through performances by Tyler Jackson (Foam Castles), Samuel James, Aleric Nez, Dave Noyes and Kelly Nesbitt, Sean Morin, Leif Sherman-Curtis (AOK Suicide Forest), JD Walker and Sontiago, Emily Dix Thomas, and more! 14-year-old wunderkind Leander Johnson dj’s the night with the sound of snowflakes falling and expect a ton of surprises from the likes of Joe Ricchio (Portland Food Coma), Crank Sturgeon, Mayor Nick Mavodones, TJ Metcalfe (Dead Man’s Clothes) and Sean Wilkinson on one of our favorite nights of the year! $6, 18 plus.

JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs 8 p.m. JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs is a Cajun dance band that hails from the bayous of mid-coast Maine. They play the traditional “dance hall” style music from the bayous and prairies of southwest Louisiana. No need to bring a partner or even experience in Cajun dancing, there will be a Cajun dance workshop at 7 p.m. $10.

Waranimal’s Winter Beach Ball 9 p.m. SPACE Gallery is going to crank the heat and dance up a sweat so wear your shorts and hawaiian shirt under your snowsuit when you come to Waranimal’s Winter Beach Ball!

Everyone gets lei-ed at the door! Grab a lawn chair and an adult sno-cone with your sunglasses on as you enjoy the ceremonial headbanging and beer tornados of local boys done bad-ass,Waranimal (featuring Dethbot). Boston’s Razormaze holds down the long hair, pointy guitars and ripping solos and Corpse Pose, the new supergroup featuring members of Conifer, Cult Maze and LANTVRN, makes their SPACE debut. Think Weekend at Bernie’s meets Bauhaus. Dj Kurt Baker spins vinyl all through the night so you don’t have to put your coat on till last call! $7, 18 plus.

Sunday, Jan. 30 Rory Block at the St. Lawrence

Saturday, Jan. 29 Monster Energy Music as a Weapon V at the Cumberland County Civic Center 7 p.m. Monster Energy Music as a Weapon V, featuring Disturbed and Korn at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

Tickets: $39.75 general admission. Multi-platinum Chicago quartet Disturbed’s new album, “Asylum,” will be released Aug. 31. Over the course of eight full-length releases, Korn have sold in excess of 30 million albums, played countless sold-out shows worldwide and won two Grammys. www. theciviccenter.com

7:30 p.m. Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.” Come on out to see this blues Icon in the intimate setting of the St. Lawrence Arts Center’s Parish Hall Theater! http://www.roryblock.com

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Super Steelers shoot for 7; Packers primed a chance to do this. Hopefully we will finish the job.”

It was former Texas Longhorns nose tackle Casey Hampton, who grew up in Galveston hating the Cowboys, who brought it full circle for Jones and Cowboys fans, still smarting from two Super Bowl losses to the Steelers in the 1970s.

“This is a great franchise,” Hampton said. “This is my third Super Bowl since I’ve been here and it’s more special going home to Texas. I never liked the Cowboys. If (Jerry Jones) is going to be mad, that’s even better.” Adding even more mud to the eye of a Cowboys franchise and its America’s Team moniker, which is next with five rings but none since the 1995 season, is that the upcoming Super Bowl at Jones’ $1.2 billion show palace will pit the Steelers against the Green Bay Packers.

In other words, it will be a classic matchup of the league’s greatest dynasty team against the NFL’s first Super Bowl dynasty team.

The Packers won the first two Super Bowl titles.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is back in the Super Bowl for the second time in four years as a coach. He is also looking to become Head hung low, New York Jets linebacker Calvin Pace leaves the field celebration behind. The Pitts- Green Bay Packers running back James Starks (44) finds running room the first African-Amerburgh Steelers defeat the New York Jets 24-19 to win the AFC Championship game on Sunday at Heinz against the Chicago Bears during the NFC Championship game on Sunday. ican coach to win two Field in Pittsburgh, Penn. (Doug Kapustin/MCT) The Packers won 21-14. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MCT) titles.

BY CLARENCE E. HILL JR. MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

PITTSBURGH — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones dreamed that history would be made in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium on Feb. 6.

Jones will get his wish.

Instead of his Cowboys looking to become the first team to win a Super Bowl at home, it will be the hated Pittsburgh Steelers playing to christen Cowboys Sta-

dium with their NFL-record seventh Super Bowl title.

The Steelers got there thanks to a 24-19 victory against the New York Jets before 66,662 fans at frigid Heinz Field.

Pittsburgh jumped out to a 24-3 halftime lead before holding on to qualify for its third Super Bowl in the last six years. They won titles following the 2005 and 2008 seasons.

“It’s hard to rank them,” an ecstatic Steelers president Art Rooney II said.

“We will take as many as we can get. It’s great to get