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A READING TO REMEMBER Thank you so much for visiting Libby Library tonight! We had a lovely group, and I think people enjoyed the program [“Red Hands,” October 2023]. I personally enjoyed hearing how alive you made the people seem… It was lovely to meet you, and I look forward to your next story. Chandra Weigle, Old Orchard Beach GOD’S GIFT TO CAPT. SINNETT? I am writing you to complain about a disservice your recent article [“Maine Passages,” Summerguide 2023] has done to a small neighborhood community on Bailey Island… The Giant’s Stairs rock formation and the trail along the rocks were donated by Captain Henry Sinnett to the residents of Harpswell, not those of Brunswick, Portland, Boston, or the rest of the country and the world. There is very little parking on our small road, only a few places at either end of the access to the trail. Tourists drive twice the 15-mile speed limit on a road that has no sidewalk or shoulder… They leave litter along the trail. They come at 4:30 in the morning and 2 at night. They vomit on our lawns and poop in our bushes. Please, please refrain from advertising these small communities. Look into the area before you publish and ask yourself if these areas can handle the increased influx of tourists who will impede their lifestyle. Name Withheld by request, Bailey Island INSPIRED DESIGN Very clean. Very nice [cover, November 2023]. Trevor Paul Roberson, Lansing, MI We’d love to hear from you! Send your letters, comments, or quips to editor@portlandmonthly.com or message us on Facebook.

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Cold-water plunges are trending. Diehards cite potential metabolic-health and immune-system benefits. Research hasn’t quite caught up with anecdotal evidence, but initial data suggest the bone-chilling dips might be effective interventions for anxiety and depression. The Natural Resources Council of Maine will hold its annual Polar Bear Dip & Dash at SMCC on December 31.

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Farmington-raised bassist and composer Mali Obomsawin’s spellbinding “There There” accompanied the closing credits of the penultimate episode of hit TV series Reservation Dogs. Catch it again on Obomsawin’s forthcoming album with guitarist Magdalena Abrego, Greatest Hits, recorded at Great Northern Sound Society in Parsonfield.

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fter ten years or so away, I recently moved back to Maine, my home state, this time to Portland. Each day since I’ve been here, I’ve taken my dog, Sylvie, for

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a walk to see what a little wandering might reveal about my neighborhood in the East End. As we leave the apartment—grey clouds so low their edges seem to dip into cold Atlantic water—Sylvie catches a fragrant pocket of wind. Is

it ocean air flowing over the Eastern Prom’s frost-tipped hills? A hint that rain might be imminent? Could it be dry, red leaves scattered over asphalt like pieces of a stained-glass window? None of the above, it seems. Instead, Sylvie pulls me toward nearby Tu D E C E M B E R 2 02 3 25

Z E I TG E I ST Casa, equipped with a dog-approved walk-up window. Sylvie savors the smell of bean and cheese pupusas, put in a box to go.

few blocks on, there’s the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen, open 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “We offer a sitdown meal, bag lunch to go, and a food pantry Monday through Friday,”

says the soup kitchen’s Steve Capriola. “We serve anywhere from 150 to 250 people a day. Many are immigrants, asylum seekers, or refugees.” The soup kitchen also has “several volunteers who are immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees,” says Capriola. Nearby, the city recently cleared the homeless encampment at the park-and-ride off Marginal Way. Continuing on Congress, we pass Eastern Cemetery, the oldest pub-

Each day I take my dog, Sylvie, for a walk to see what a little wandering might reveal.

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lic cemetery in Portland. The first graves date back to 1668, and the geographical distribution of graves in the cemetery—primarily active from the mid-1600s to the mid1800s—reflects the socioeconomic divisions of the city at the time. The middle of the cemetery was “reserved for the white Protestant majority,” while Black people and Quakers were buried in corner sections of the cemetery “as far away from the gate as

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Z E I TG E I ST you could get at the time,” says local cemetery historian and author Ron Romano. The cemetery also maintained a section for “strangers,” people who were “friendless, indigent, or unknown.” Back then, Romano says, “there was a segregation of people in our living world, and that carried over when they died.” In 1908, Portland decided to build a monument for Alonzo Stinson, the first person from Portland to die in the Civil War. The city wanted a public place to display the memorial and chose the corner of Eastern Cemetery at the intersection of Congress and Mountfort Streets, the site of an expanded section for African American burials. To make room for this Civil

Victorian houses loom over the road like perched birds, much larger up close than when seen from a distance.

War monument (a war fought, not to put too fine a point on it, to abolish the enslavement of Black people in the U.S.), the city of Portland then “disinterred the African American people in that corner of the cemetery and put them in a nearby mass grave,” Romano says. “It was kind of the ultimate disrespect to people who

thought they had been laid to rest for forever, but they were not.”

eaded back up the hill, we walk by the Abyssinian Meeting House, one of only two locations in Maine officially recognized by the D E C E M B E R 2 02 3 29

National Park Service as a stop on the Underground Railroad (the other is the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick). Last year, the Meeting House received $1.7 million in federal funds to complete renovations. After months of red tape, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made those funds available to the Abyssinian in November. “We’re really beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Pam Cummings, President of the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House. When everything’s finished, Cummings envisions a dynamic, multifaceted education space where the Meeting House will serve as “a point of reference to teach about Black history.” She says the continued restoration should be well underway by spring, with hopes of re-opening to the public a year or so after that. After decades of sustained effort— much of it carried out by members of the Cummings family—Pam has been moved by the public backing for the Meeting House in recent years. “We were overwhelmed with the amount of support we got from the community,” she says. “We appreciate and feel the love [from]… the people in this state who stepped up and helped us. We love them all.” Up the hill, we pass blue and yellow Victorian houses looming over the road like perched birds, much larger up close than when seen from a distance. Mansion Global (what a name) recently reported that in the third quarter of 2023, Portland became the top luxury housing market in the U.S. Based on these houses— and the nearby water-view condos— it’s not hard to see why.

reaths adorn what look like freshly stained doors. Each fall and winter, more than 2,000 people, mainly from

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Z E I TG E I ST the Caribbean and Latin America, head Downeast to make wreaths, often on seasonal H-2A work visas. “There have been growing concerns about low wages, substandard housing, exploitative work conditions and a lack of access to health care and education” for those workers, The New York Times reported last year. Even the most cursory glance—a routine walk with my dog—reveals that Portland remains a site of contradictions, with Munjoy Hill and the East End presenting some of the city’s most labyrinthine inconsistencies. With skyrocketing housing prices; political and community goodwill but a lack of infrastructure to support refugees, immigrants, and asylum-seekers; and exorbitant wealth making its mark figuratively and literally

Portland remains a city of contradictions.

alongside soup kitchens, while the city has made significant and meaningful progress, aspects of Portland’s past inequities remain firmly rooted in its present. This city, this neighborhood, both seem like they’re at a fork in the road—a playground for the rich in one direction, a thriving, community-focused Portland in the other. As we continue walking, Sylvie and I reach the hills of the Eastern Prom. She finds a place to lie in the grass. Over the ocean, clouds hang down like sheets someone forgot to take in from the line, the thin fabric molded by decades, if not centuries, of wind. n D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 3 31

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State Representative David Boyer of Poland says. “There’s a lot of student debt out there.” APPRENTICESHIPS EVERYWHERE “Some experts say that apprenticeships have the potential to close the wage gap between high school and college graduates,” Bloomberg reports. In Maine, apprenticeships are popping up in a variety of industries. Luke’s Lobster initiated the Lift All Boats mentorship to increase diversity in the hard-to-access world of lobstering. The Portland Press Herald is currently offering printing press apprenticeships. A quick survey of Portland-area job boards reveals employers actively seeking apprentices in the healthcare, electronics, cosmetics, and vehicle-repair fields. UMaine Augusta recently partnered with the Maine Department of Labor to offer a cybersecurity apprenticeship, and the Bath Iron Works Apprentice School has graduated over 1,300 people. The Maine Crafts Association began its Craft Apprentice Program in 2016. Through seven months of hands-on training, the program aims to provide craftspeople with “alternative educational experiences” that promote “craft as a viable career path.” “Applications have been on a steady upswing,” says the association’s Lizz Brown. “Now that we’re in our eighth year, more people are finding out about it.” Apprenticeships are back. They’re reclaiming the traditional trades— electricians, plumbers, mechanics, masons, and ironworkers, for example—and also working their way into white-collar professions. “Some tradespeople make six figures,” Boyer says. LINCOLN LAWYERS Do it yourself. Before the University

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of Maine School of Law was founded in 1961, the only way to become a J.D. in Maine was to study the law until you could pass the bar. The easiest way? Apprenticing for a practicing attorney. “You know, that’s how Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer,” Representative Boyer says. An antiques dealer by trade, Boyer introduced a bill this spring to remove the law school requirement to take the Maine bar exam. “You could study for two years under an attorney and get practical, real-world experience instead of paying for law school. Learn a bunch, meet some folks, serve your community, and then be eligible to take the bar.” “We have a really bad rural lawyer shortage in Maine. There’s more lawyers in Cumberland County than all the others combined. “Say you live up in Aroostook County. The only way to become a lawyer is to move six hours away to Portland—the most expensive city in the state—for three years and go to UMaine Law. You spend over $100,000 for tuition, books, food, and housing. That’s not feasible for most Mainers.”

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testament to my formative educational experiences in Maine. That education also proved instrumental in SGV’s partnership with Don Bosco Youth Technical Institute, a Catholic technical college here in Malawi. I recall a playful tease from Joseph Phelatu, the Job Service Officer at Don Bosco, who looked at me and said, “You sound like a Salesian,” a funny yet flattering comparison to the Salesians of Don Bosco, alluding to both my educational background and my

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ecently, this program achieved a significant milestone that will deliver a considerable impact: the Nordic Development Fund has agreed to partner with SGV to provide 200 motorcycles via no-credit loans adapted from American title loans to Don Bosco graduates who can’t find job placements in Malawi so that they can operate motorcycle taxis. TRANSFORMATIVE TRANSPORTATION Albert Mambo, the recipient of a bike and a full-time job offer as the top apprentice in SGV’s Next-Generation

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liot Stanley is a gregarious gentleman who has enlivened the Maine scene in many ways since he arrived in 1978. He is a graduate of Harvard College (1965) with a law degree from Washington University (1972) and the founder of both New England Antigenics (which he started in 1987 and sold in 2003 to several companies, including Merck and Idexx) and the Baxter (bibliographic) Society of Maine (1984). With his gifted wife, Julia Adams, herself a founder of the celebrated Portland String Quartet, Eliot has been one of the mainstays of local culture and business during the past four decades. He has won many awards, including the Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and served on the advisory group to Governor John Baldacci from 2009 to 2011. In 1975, he wrote the well-received River Coffee and Five Others: A Collection of Short Stories. Now he brings out a trim, elegantly designed and illustrated paperback entitled Orange: A Kibbutz Memoir 1976-77, which this writer finds unique and fascinating, an entrée into Israel of the time and a bit of a reminder of my own youthful adventures, albeit in a different setting. You are not a Maine native? No, I was born in Louisiana and grew up in Oklahoma City. What brought you to Maine? I summered in Maine. After my time in Israel, I returned and rented a cottage at Ferry Beach in Saco. That’s where I was living during the Blizzard of 1978. The sea rose, and the wind blew, and I called my friends in Saco, and they said don’t worry, put another log in the fireplace and read a book. This hapDECEMBER 2023 47

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I’d pretty much lost confidence in myself and life in general. I saw an ad in The [London] Times, which stirred old ideas and curiosity. So why Israel and a job picking oranges on a kibbutz? As I say in the book, I was at the end of ten years of marriage to my first wife. I’d pretty much lost confidence in myself and life in general. I saw an ad in The [London] Times, which stirred old ideas and curiosity about life in the young nation of Israel. In Orange, I talk about how the spunk of the Israelis had caught my imagination when they won the Six-Day War, and, like many other people, I had shared their anguish at the time of the [1972] Munich [Olympic] games [and the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists].

What was the high point of your time in Israel? side from my work at the Kibbutz Palmachim, it was the travel around the country and into the Sinai Peninsula, which is now Egypt, and especially the visit to Saint Catherine’s Monastery, which is at the foot of Mt. Sinai. What was it like to live on a kibbutz in the seventies? As I talk about in the book, I was

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temporarily housed in a private room, since the dorm spaces were filled. Breakfast was in a large central dining hall, and the food was laid out in metal trays and buckets around a long table, buffet style. At one end of the table were fresh vegetables. At the center of the table were various dried, smoked, or otherwise embalmed fish of the herring variety. At the end of the table came a choice of plain yogurt or uncongealed tapioca pudding (served warm in the morning but cold in the evening). To a bacon-and-egg man, the spread seemed to be all hors d’oeuvre with no main course. The maps are excellent. When you decided to write the book, where did you get them? I printed them out from Google, and my long-time friend, Bruce Kennett, suggested I use blue dots for the places I stopped.

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species of scarlet Australian parrots beloved by one of the owners) is to view the mystical area near the bridge where Kennebunk becomes Kennebunkport. Double doors swing open to an intimate space occupied primarily by a suave sushi bar and a long line of comfortable high seats. But it’s the corner table for us, next to the window. Our server brings us fragrant, warm, wet towels. The hipster music adds to the feeling that we’ve drifted

into an episode of something, but we don’t know what the show is. It’s clear right away that the menu favors sustainable, locally sourced seafood. After putting in our drink orders for a vibrant, generous, parrot-red Negroni Sour ($18) and Eden: Golden Russet hard cider ($14) from Vermont, served in a wine glass, we try the Dragonfly House Salad ($12), a fanciful mix of soft lettuces, pears, and crisp radicchio dressed with the lightest alchemical sheen of umami with sweet. Dill and mint brighten the Spicy Cucumber Salad ($15),

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The Corner Room features bright, wideopen space with towering ceilings complemented by handcrafted woodwork. Patrons can expect a warm, comfortable atmosphere, marked by the rich aromas of housemade pastas, pizzas, antipasti and artisanal breads. Come and enjoy the taste of Venice in the heart of Portland, ME! 879-4747, 110 Exchange Street. Visit thecornerroomkitchenandbar.com for more information. Boone’s A Portland landmark since 1898. Original home of Alexander Boone’s world-famous Baked Stuffed Lobster. Two waterfront decks, two full bars, two cozy dining rooms, fireside tables. Perfect setting to enjoy the finest seafood from Maine and the world. Steaks, chowder, lobster rolls, grilled dishes, daily features. Visit Boone’s for a romantic date, business luncheon, family gathering or large banquet. BoonesFishHouse.com Bruno’s Voted Portland’s Best Italian Restaurant by Market Surveys of America, Bruno’s offers a delicious variety of classic Italian, American, and seafood dishes–and they make all of their pasta in-house. Great sandwiches, pizza, calzones, soups, chowders, and salads. Enjoy lunch or dinner in the dining room or the tavern. Casual dining at its best. 33 Allen Ave., 878-9511, https:// www.restaurantji.com/me/portland/brunosrestaurant-and-tavern-/ Maria’s Ristorante Portland’s original classic Italian restaurant. Greg & Tony Napolitano prepare classics: Zuppa di Pesce, Eggplant Parmigiana, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop Milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, Pistachio Gelato & Maine’s Best Meatballs. See our own sauce in local stores. $11.95$22.95. Open at 5 Wed.-Sat. Catering always avail. 1335 Congress Street 772-9232, mariasrestaurant.com. Flatbread Company Portland Tucked between two wharves with picturesque waterfront views. Family-friendly restaurant w/ signature pizzas, weekly carne & veggie specials. Made w/ local ingredients, baked in wood-fired, clay ovens. Everything’s homemade, organic, and nitrate-free. 24 local drafts & cocktails showcase all-local breweries & distilleries. 72 Commercial St., 7728777, flatbreadcompany.com.

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Aura, 121 Center St. Spose’s PDank Xmas 9, Dec. 16. 772-8274. Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations Motown Christmas, Dec. 16; Heather Pierson Plays Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas, Dec. 21. 560-5300.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Paul Sullivan: Christmas in Maine, Dec. 16; SoundCheck: Miracle on 34th Street, Jan. 5, 2024. 236-7963. Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Alumni Jazz Band Holiday Concert, Dec. 17. 564-8943. Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Holiday Hot Chocolate Jubilee with the Volunteers

Jazz Band, Dec. 16; Sing! It’s Christmas, Dec. 18. 4428455. City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Elf The Musical, through Dec. 17. 282-0849. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Gardens Aglow, through Dec. 31. 633-8000.

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T H E A R TS Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Nutcracker, Dec. 16–17. 581-1755. Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth. The Gifts of Christmas, through Dec. 23. 747-5434. Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Christmas with Kennerley, Dec. 19 (on demand Dec. 22–Jan. 22, 2024). 553-4363. Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Elf The Musical, through Dec. 23. 667-9500. Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. 2023 Holiday Show, through Jan. 27, 2024. 772-2693. The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Magic 8 Ball, Dec. 17; The Hill Arts and Dragology Present: Feelin’ Frosty, Dec. 23. 347-7177. Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. KAA Annual Holiday Show and Bazaar, through Dec. 17. 451-9384.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 Southern Maine Community College (South Portland Campus) Run/Walk 9:00 a.m. • Polar Plunge 10:30 a.m. (NEW TIME!)

Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. A Christmas Story: the Musical, through Dec. 17. 799-1421. Maine Audubon, Fields Pond, 216 Fields Pond Rd., Holden. The Night Tree: Annual Welcome Winter Celebration, Dec. 16. 781-2330. Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Lowry’s Lodge Holiday Reading, Dec. 17. 773-2339. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Elf Control: Miracle on Mayo Street: A Corporate Christmas Carol, Dec. 16–17. 879-4629. Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sparkle: Holiday Show, through Dec. 30. 865-0040. New England Craft Fairs, Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave., Augusta. 32nd Annual Last Minute Christmas Arts & Craft Fair, Dec. 16–17. Newenglandcraftfairs.com. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. The Sound of Music: Holiday Show, through Dec. 17. 646-5511. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Portland Jazz Orchestra: Holiday Show, Dec. 15; Rock My Soul, Dec. 17. 761-1757. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Gingerbread Spectacular!, Dec. 15–17; Kevin Kiley & Friends, Dec. 20. 633-5159. Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. Santa’s Workshop STEM Saturday, Dec. 23. 594-4418. Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Livin’ for Drag: Happy Holigays, through Dec. 23; A Christmas Carol, through Dec. 24. 942-3333. Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. A Victorian Nutcracker, Dec. 16–23; A Victorian Nutcracker: Land of the Sweets Experience, Dec. 16–17. 857-3860.

Join us in person for a 5k run/walk followed by a polar plunge at Willard Beach! Or show your support by joining virtually. Scan the QR Code or visit nrcm.salsalabs.org/dipdash to register.

Fundraise to increase your impact! Thank you to our generous 2023 business sponsors:

Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. Choral Art Holiday Singalong, Dec. 21; Home for the Holidays, Dec. 27–29. 775-3356. Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. A Christmas Carol, through Dec. 24. 774-0465. Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Magic of Christmas, through Dec. 17 (on demand Dec. 16–Jan. 8, 2024). 842-0800. Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. 33rd Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition, through Dec. 30. (603)436-8433.

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T H E A R TS Railway Village Museum, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. North Pole Express, through Dec. 17. 633-4727.

Order a 3-Concert Season Ticket Package for your friends and family at 33% off the regular price.

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Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Holiday Offerings, through Dec. 31. 712-1097. Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Neil McGarry’s A Christmas Carol, Dec. 16. 929-6473.

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State Theatre, 609 Congress St. The Fogcutters Superfantastic Christmas Extravaganza!, Dec. 16. 956-6000. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Stone Mountain Live for Christmas, Dec. 15–16. 935-7292.

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Tim Kenlan, Trumpeter Billie Jo Brito, English Hornist

Philip Lima, Guest Baritone

Ticonic Gallery, 93 Main St, Waterville. Holiday Bazaar, through Dec. 24. 8737000. Vivid Motion, The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. ‘Twas the Night Before Burlesque, through See Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live! on January 11 Dec. 16. 347-7177.

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Holiday in Lancaster, PA New York Christmas Spectacular

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Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City)

Feb. 9-12, 2024 | DBL $1,504/pp

New England Aquarium & Faneuil Hall (Boston)

Feb. 23, 2024 | $216/pp

Boston Bruins VS. Pittsburgh Penguins (Boston) Mar. 9, 2024 | Call for cost Atlantic City Getaway (New Jersey)

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Our Nation’s Capital

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Boston Celtics vs. Charlotte Hornets

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Boston Duck Tours & Museum of Science

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Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, NH. Candlelight Stroll, Dec. 15–17. (603)4331100.

916 Main St., Waldoboro. Heather Pierson Trio: A Holiday Charlie Brown Concert, Dec. 23. 975-6490. W&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Victorian Train and Market, Dec. 16. 882-4193

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Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. And Then There Were None, Jan. 19–28, 2024. 7830958. Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Disney On Ice: Mickey’s Search Party, Dec. 21–24. 791-2200. Good Theater, The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. One Man, Two Guvnors, Jan. 17–Feb. 11, 2024. 835-0895. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!, Jan. 11, 2024. 842-0800. Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Broadway National Tour: Come From Away, Jan. 12, 2024. 842-0800. Portland Players Theater, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Beauty and the Beast, through Dec. 17. 7997337.

Dance

Belfast Flying Shoes, First Church in Belfast UCC Fellowship Hall, 8 Court St. Flying Shoes on First Fridays, Jan. 5, 2024. 338-0979.

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T H E A R TS Blue, 650A Congress St. Salsa Nite, Dec. 21. 774-4111. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Resurgence Dance Company: A Bright Room in a Dark Place, Jan. 20, 2024. 236-7963. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Tales of Bells and Drums, Dec. 30. 842-0800.

Music

Aura, 121 Center St. Spafford, Jan. 12, 2024. 772-8274. Blue, 650A Congress St. Savoir Faire and Forest City Swing, Dec. 16; Songwriters in the Round, Dec. 19; Bess Jacques & The Strays and Jazz Sesh, Dec. 20; Tracy McMullen and Hunter Lefebvre, Dec. 23; Jazz sesh, every Wed. 774-4111.

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Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Blues on Sunday, Dec. 17; Southside Blues, Dec. 23. 560-5300.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. SoundCheck: The Clements Brothers, Jan. 12, 2024. 236-7963.

Portland

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Resounding Rhythms Workshops, Jan. 15, 2024. 442-8455. Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Postmodern Jukebox, Dec. 22; The Met Live in HD: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Dec. 30; The Met Live in HD: Nabucco, Jan. 6, 2024; Beo String Quartet, Jan. 14,

2024. 581-1755. Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Met Encore: Florencia en el Amazonas, Dec. 30; Met Live: Verdi’s Nabucco, Jan. 6, 2024. 667-9500.

Dec. 16; Bearly Dead, Dec. 21; GA-20, Dec. 28; Griffin William Sherry with Connor Garvey, Dec. 30; Griffin William Sherry with Love by Numbers, Dec. 31. 805-0134.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Met Live in HD: Nabucco (Verdi), Jan. 6, 2024. 563-3424.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Styles P, Dec. 15; Neighbor, Dec. 28; The Maine Dead Project, Dec. 30; Grace Potter, Jan. 19, 2024. 956-6000.

Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Met Opera Encore: Florencia en el Amazonas, Dec. 30; Met Opera Encore: Nabucco (Verdi), Jan. 20, 2024. 873-7000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Tricky Britches, Dec. 29; NYE with the Duke Robillard Band, Dec. 31. 935-7292.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Casco Bay Tummlers with Jamie Saft, Dec. 15. 879-4629.

Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Met Opera: Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, Dec. 19; Met Opera: Verdi’s Nabucco, Jan. 6 & 16, 2024. 594-0070.

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Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. State Street Traditional Jazz Band, Dec. 30. 865-0040.

One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Blues Prophets, Dec. 16; Low Lily’s Winter Solstice Celebration, Dec. 21; Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm: Winter Solstice Concert, Dec. 22; Cuban Rhythms and Revelry: A Havana Nights New Year’s Eve Bash feat. Primo Cubano, Dec. 31. 761-1757.

Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. The Adam Ezra Group, Dec. 16. 975-6490.

December Comedy31, 2023 Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Cocktail Music Bored Teachers Comedy with Tour, Jan. 19, 2024. 581-1755. Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. Bob Marley, DJ13, Bobby Queen Ave. Ellis Paul & Friends, Dec. 29; The Boneheads, Jan. Jan. 6, 2024. 667-9500. 2024. 633-5159.

Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. YES&Co.

Dancing to Delta Knights Improv Comedy, Dec. 16. 865-0040.

Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. Conifer, Dec. 15; Diane Walsh, Jan. 7, 2024; Guts Baroque, Jan. 18, 2024. 775-3356.

Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. portBOWIE,

Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Bored Teachers Comedy Tour, Jan. 20, 2024. 842-0800.

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Dec. 1 World AIDS Awareness Day Dec. 2 National Build Joy Day Dec. 3 Make a Gift Day Dec. 4 Wildlife Conservation Day Dec. 5 International Volunteer Day Dec. 6 National Miners Day Dec. 7 Hanukah Starts Dec. 8 Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day Dec. 9 National Pastry Day Dec. 10 Human Rights Day

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Dec. 22 National Cookie Exchange Day Dec. 23 National Roots Day Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Dec. 25 Christmas Day Dec. 26 Kwanzaa Begins Dec. 27 Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day Dec. 28 National Call a Friend Day Dec. 29 International Cello Day Dec. 30 Falling Needles Family Fest Day Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Jan. 1 New Year’s Day

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Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Exploding Native Inevitable, through Mar. 4, 2024; Brad Kahlhamer: Nomadic Studio, Maine Camp, through Mar. 4, 2024. 786-6158. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Ancient Bronzes at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, through Jan. 7, 2024; Face Forward: Recent Acquisitions, through Mar. 10, 2024; Jim Dine: Last Year’s Forgotten Harvest, through Jun. 2, 2024; Without Apology: Asian American Selves, Memories, Futures, through Jun. 2, 2024; Nick van Woert: History, Material, Environment, through Jun. 9, 2024; Threads: Artists Weave their Worlds, through Oct. 13, 2024; Re|Framing the Collection: New Considerations in European and American Art, 1475–1875, through Dec. 31, 2024. 725-3275. Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Pastel Society of Maine International Show, through Dec. 17. 985-4802. Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. Winter at Caldbeck, through Jan. 13, 2024. 594-5935.

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Carol L. Douglas Studio and Gallery, 394 Commercial St., Rockport. Landscape and marine paintings, workshops, and instruction. Watch-me-paint.com. 585201-1558. Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St.,

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We Invite You to Spend The Holidays in South Portland! Check Out These Upcoming Events: Tree Lighting at Mill Creek December 1st, 4:30–6:30 PM Mill Creek Park

Mad Horse Theatre Hosts The Maine Premier of White November 15–December 10

Knightville Holiday Stroll—Entertainment, Holiday Shopping & Restaurant Specials! December 3rd, Times Vary by Location

Gingerbread House Building December 16th, 2–4 PM South Portland Community Center Cost: $12

The Lyric Music Theater’s A Christmas Story December 1–17th Breakfast with Santa December 9th, 8–10 AM South Portland Community Center Cost: $12

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Portland Players Present Beauty and The Beast December 1–December 17 We also encourage you to visit our many fantastic South Portland eateries and retailers between seasonal festivites!

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Rockland. Shinique Smith: Continuous Poem, through Jan. 7, 2024; Jeane Cohen: This Watching Land, through Jan. 7, 2024; Alison Hildreth: Darkness Visible, through Jan. 7, 2024; Gamaliel Rodriguez: (In)hospitable, through Jan. 7, 2024. 701-5005.

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Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Remembering June, through Jan. 5, 2024; PerSlovak 2.0, through Jan. 5, 2024; The Okinawa Letters: A Rabbi on The Fringe, through Jan. 5, 2024; Sarah Haskell, Jan. 11, 2024–Mar. 1, 2024. 773-2339. Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Women Behind the Lens: The Photography of Emma D. Sewall, Josephine Ginn Banks, and Abbie F. Minott, through Jan. 21, 2024; SeaChange: Darkness and Light in the Gulf of Maine, through Feb. 4, 2024; A Sailor’s Treasure: Sea Chests & Curiosities, through Mar. 3, 2024; Sustaining Maine’s Waters: Understanding the Changing Gulf of Maine, through Dec. 31, 2024. 443-1316. Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures over 200 miles Downeast. schoodicsculpture.org. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. MSA Teaching & Studio Artist Exhibit, through Dec. 17. 879-4629. Moss Galleries, 251 US-1, Falmouth. Littles, Dec. 31.

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The sensual curve of windows in the dining room makes you feel you’re in a major motion picture starring yourself and your loved ones. “THAT TAKES ME BACK” But the design didn’t start out that way. As far as we can determine, no house existed on this lot until 1970. “It was built by two brothers who were real estate brokers,” says Jim Moody, 91, when we reach him at his home in Florida. “We bought it in the 1980s.” At the time, Moody

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With bold ocean waves crashing just beyond the lawn and sweeping views from Portland Head Light to Hannaford Cove... you’re living the dream. was the CEO and chairman of the board who took Hannaford from annual revenues of $400M to over $1B. he house he purchased was a lovely Colonial Revival, but nothing out of the ordinary. “We didn’t do a lot to it.” The real magic would happen in

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2016, well after Moody left. UNDER THE NET “There used to be a tennis court beside our house that I had my eye on,” Moody says. “It was owned by my neighbor Bob Dunfey [the late hotelier Robert J. Dunfey Sr. ]. I didn’t play tennis at Bates [‘53], but I started playing in my forties, so my

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tha and—of all the weird names for a boy—Woodward. Woody Barker? Really? I loved Olivia after my grandmother, Henry after my brother. That was thirteen years ago, Danny. Time to fish or cut bait.” “Is this an ultimatum?” “To start? No. To decide when? Yes.” “Peggy, this isn’t choosing what to put on a pizza. It’s a big deal.” “Only because you see it that way, Danny.” “So much will change...” “For the better! I’ll go back to teaching. We’ll get benefits. I’ll have the summer off. We’ll hire more help at the shop, spend time with the kids. What’s the point of breaking our backs seven months of the year just to ski and sleep in all winter? Time to be adults, Danny.” “Having children doesn’t make you an adult.” “But it means you’re committed,” Peggy said. “That you believe in more than yourself.”

he was right. I was a bit scared. I’m not good at conflict or saying no. In college, my work-study was in the admissions office, where I eavesdropped on too many conversations that taught me I could never be the person who dashed other people’s dreams. I promised her we’d come up with a plan. This morning, heavy fog obscured the bay. The tide was out. We sauntered along as Miranda sniffed the shells and sea wrack. When I picked up the pace, she trotted beside me until the salt pond’s estuary, where she spied a loon with two chicks on her back, gliding upstream. Miranda barked. The loon swam on as if she’d heard no menace. I found a stick, and we played fetch in the cool damp, then jogged home. I’d not slept well, even after the storm subsided, and awakened groggy.

My mind had been pestered by what Peggy said about being adults, about it being time, about commitment. I wolfed down breakfast and grabbed a quick, cool shower to wake up. Before leaving the house, I eased into the bedroom where Peggy was just stirring. I said, “I’ll support whatever timetable you choose.” She sat up in bed and pulled her hair from her face. “It’s not about a timetable or support, Danny. It’s about commitment.” “I’m committed.” I leaned down and kissed her morning-warm mouth. “I am.” The morning’s fog never cleared. Drizzle dripped down the windows. After the opening rush, business slowed, and I dozed off a few times at the office desk before Peggy arrived. I left early, walked Miranda, and slumped into the recliner. I dreamed I was skiing down Boardwalk at Sugarloaf behind a small boy, repeating, “Scissors, pizza sticks,” the way you teach beginners to snowplow. When that scene faded, I envisioned Peggy breaststroking across a foggy pond, a girl in a life jacket clinging to her back. As the dream toggled between the two scenes, the children morphed from toddlers to young adults—a red-headed boy, a dark-haired girl, images of Peggy and me. I woke up when Miranda whimpered and then barked in her sleep. I sat a moment and wondered what we’d name the children from my dream, though I know I’ll defer to Peggy. She’ll be the one to carry them inside her, from whose body they’ll emerge, take their first nourishment. Because I fell asleep and didn’t start dinner, I’ll suggest Magnani’s. Pizza and beer was our go-to for date night in college, after which we’d come back to my apartment a tad buzzed, snuggle on the futon or in bed, and imagine the future cold and rising, like the tide. n D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 3 111

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at six, cashes out, and brings the receipts home to take to the bank in the morning. Earl, Peggy’s dad, bought the shop in the eighties when it was called Beach and Buns. He renamed it Fog Bank Bakery because the building originally housed Stonecoast Savings. When he retired nine years ago, we quit our teaching jobs and took over. Earl’s season was Memorial Day through Labor Day. With the climate warming, tourists arrive earlier and stay longer, so we‘re open Mother’s Day through October now. In November, Peggy and I head to the mountain where we have a one-bedroom chalet with a sleeping loft tucked up in the woods. We ski during the week, catch up on sleep, and by mid-April are home and gearing up for the summer season. We were reading on the couch last night as a strong summer storm drenched the coast with gouts of rain, sparks of lightning, and rolling thunder. When the lights flickered, Peggy nestled against me. “We forgot to do something, Danny.” “What’s that?”

“Have kids,” she whispered as if imparting a secret. “Where’s that coming from?” “The thunder. It so terrified me as a child that Dad had to hold me on his lap and sing to calm me down.” “Earl’s a good father.” “You will be too.” I didn’t know what to say next, so I leaned in closer. “Say something, Danny.” “You want a baby now?” “Soon.” “I’m not against it, but with our schedules…” Peggy swiveled to face me. “When did we become such fogies? We did things because we wanted to. Made it up as we went. I’m thirty-three. We should start a family.” “I’m not saying we shouldn’t,” I said, “just that we need to figure out how that will work,” “You’re not afraid, then?” “No.” Peggy drew in a deep breath as if she were about to dive into the surf. “Remember sharing our favorite kid names in college? You liked Saman(Continued on page 111)

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ense fog shrouds us or lies banked offshore most mornings Miranda and I head for the beach. When she hears the bay, she lunges forward, eager to be unleashed to play in the waves or chase gulls she’ll never catch. Minutes after we’re home, she’s snoring on her bed while I eat breakfast. My wife, Peggy, and I live just across the street, but I’m up at five six days a week to open the shop. Hilda, our baker, works overnight. When I arrive at six, the aroma of her scones, doughnuts, rolls, and pastries invades my nose. During the next half hour, I stock the display cases, brew coffee, review Hilda’s list of supplies we need for the next few days, and schedule when to remove any items baking in the oven. A few minutes before seven, I open the register, flip over the closed sign, unlock the front door, and greet our regulars. Peggy keeps the books and comes in at eleven for the lunch rush with a pot of the soup du jour or chili. I leave at four, take Miranda for another stroll, and make dinner. Peggy closes

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