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Just try and put one past her! She’s the former principal at Riverton Elementary (now Gerald E. Talbot Community School), and years before her husband, Bob Blackwood, rose to senior vice president at Norway Savings (retiring in 2009), he “was in the special forces.”Youmean he was a Green Beret?
How did you meet?
e couple both received advanced degrees from the University of Southern Maine, where they've set up a scholarship fund. Bob earned his MBA from the School of Business in 1978 and a BS in Accounting in 1982; Jill earned her MSED in Literacy Education in 1983, according to the USM Foundation.
ill Blackwood says, “We’ve been here for 16 years, but my husband’s parents built the house in 1990.” is spectacular spot on the Portland ship channel “used to be the old Cloyester Hotel, one of those old wooden classic Maine hotels.”
You guys really are in the catbird seat. What an extraordinary perspective! Do you know who’s aboard some of these yachts?
“Captain. During Vietnam, he was assigned to ailand for a year. We were married in 1970. I was a camp follower. I had a job in ailand teaching English.”
You mean one of the “summer ammables”?“Yes!
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For this issue, we’ve asked Jill which glamour boats have been visiting Portland Harbor during COVID. Her reply is the stunning photography that lights up this issue (see “From the Catbird Seat,” p. 28).
“ e pictures are taken from our dining room window.”
What“Yes.” was his rank?
“My husband went to Bowdoin. I went to Mt. Holyoke. Two single-gender schools back then! We were introduced by a mutual friend.”
“Well, there’s the one owned by [tennis champion] Monica Seles. I think she was onboard! I blew it up so we could see her. (My husband’s camera is a Canon EOS 5D MarkII with a Canon L lens, 100–400mm zoom.) I certainly remember the stabbing incident. In other cases, it’s hard to tell who’s the owner. I got hooked on cyber-sleuthing for details. You can learn a lot in 30 seconds about statistics and ports of call, but it’s very hard to nd the real names, because o entimes the owners are distanced in the registration paperwork. You’ll see a yacht is owned by ‘Good Luck Finding Me, LLC.’”
is is so much more than a hobby, and in so striking a location!
It was run down,” falling apart, unsaveable. Now, from this vantage point, Jill shoots pictures of yachts coming into port. “ is house, this property, looks down the channel between Portland Head Light and Ram Island Light. Everything comes by us.”
“My childhood bedroom looked over the faculty parking lot at my high school in Somerville, New Jersey. Nice town, but you can’t beat the Maine coast!”
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ank you for Amanda Russell’s charming story [“ e Road to Perfect Teeth,” May 2022] about the two must-haves for success: straight teeth and perfect posture. at orthodontist was my dad, and yes, he straightened my teeth, my brother's, and my two sisters’. And we too got reminders to “Stand up straight, don’t slouch.” But I don't remember any reward for disobeying!
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Is Westbrook’s Rudy Vallee still relevant in 2022? Just listen to his moving, gutsy rendition of “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
—Luca Antolini
Kezar Pleaser
To win the 2022 U. S. Coffee Tasting Championships, Portland’s Julien Langevin had to taste 6 sets of 3 cups of coffee in just 6 minutes, and identify in each set which coffee was different from the other two. Largely self-taught, Langevin hones his “slurping” technique before work as a production roaster at Coffee by Design. Next stop: the World Coffee Championships in Milan, where Langevin placed 14th.
Forget pizza and chicken nuggets. Portland and Westbrook high school cafeterias now serve North African chicken and kale stew. As of 2016, over 24,000 Portland metro area residents were new Americans from East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, as well as Asian countries like China, the Philippines, and Iraq (portlandmaine. gov). Lunch options like Timman Jizar—an Iraqi rice dish with carrots, tomatoes, and cinnamon—expose students to other cultures while welcoming new Mainers into the Win-win!community.
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For the rst time since 1783, native alewives are returning to China Lake to spawn. anks to the Alewife Restoration Initiative that modi ed all six dams on the China Lake Outlet Stream —Landis Hudson of Maine Rivers says the alewife count for this year was 837,000!
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Eagle-eyed Maine fans of ’22 Billboard-topper Harry Styles spotted that “Grapejuice,” “As It Was,” “Cinema,” and “Love of My Life” on Harry’s House were all recorded at Highmoor Farm. Though agriculture professor Tori Lee Jackson denies there’s a recording studio at the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, one of Styles’s co-songwriters was Windham native Amy Allen, who cowrote his triple platinum Adore You too. Coincidence?
The Alewives Are Coming!
In the 1820s, mapmaker Moses Greenleaf coined the name Ore Mountain for the surface limonite gossan that the First Mainers used as an ingredient for decorative paint. e elevated ore deposits were ve miles east of the four-mile natural gorge. By 1843, the ore was deemed ideal for industry, with the forests here the perfect source of charcoal. Katahdin Iron Works was created as a blast furnace driven by blowers powered by the river. Sixteen stone kilns heated ore to create pig iron and wrought iron. Business picked up during the Civil War David Pingree and his Boston partners ramped up the operation by upgrading the bunkhouse into the Silver Lake Hotel, a tourist trap. And just like that—the Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway brought the world here. In time the Iron Works was cranking out cruiser engines for what would become the United States Navy’s Great White Fleet
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reminder that time is eeting, not to mention owned by the State.
rashed by birds and the near-silent passage of canoes and kayaks, the former site of Katahdin Iron Works is full of smooth, water-carved slate cli s and waterfalls courtesy of the West Branch of the Pleasant River.
though they recovered. In 1913, the
H idden on the east side of Moosehead Lake, “Maine’s Grand Canyon” lies in a narrow cle of the world “made out of Chaos and Old Night,” like Henry David oreau says. Famous to kayakers and intrepid hikers, the curiosity known as Gulf Hagas or “ e Grand Canyon of the East” has an elegant front door—the town of Greenville. Or you can take a scrappier approach from the east, via Brownville Junction. If you’d like a guide to take you through, “the Appalachian Mountain Club has a couple of properties in that area,” says Allison Arbo, Joint Executive Director for Destination Moosehead Lake and Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation. “ e North Maine Woods is a nonpro t —they maintain the trails and the toll booths and all that.”
But stu happens. A hurricane swept up sparks and set the Iron Works on re, hotel went up in ames. Only one kiln remains as a Hashtag Ozymandias.
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he original structure that is the heart of the Lucerne Inn was built in 1818 above the unearthly beauty of Phillips Lake, surrounded by what appear to be alpine mountains—a trick of the eye. Travelers stopping by exclaimed that the site immediately brought to mind their native Lucerne, Switzerland . No one has ever disputed this. Most of the rooms have replaces to go with their stunningEspeciallyviews. during COVID, this scenic destination at 2517 Main Road in Dedham (you can’t miss it as you travel from Bangor or Bar Harbor) strikes us as a lovely breath of fresh air. It must have been for Amelia Earhart (imagine this resort as viewed from the sky) during a 1934 stop. Innkeeper David Silverman con rms the visit with newspaper photos.
“It’s called Rian’s Pub, our daughter’s middle name,” Silverman says. ink scallops wrapped in bacon, clam chowder, chicken quesadilla, fried haddock. All with Switzerland at your feet.
driving by here for 45 years and never stopped, but now that you have the new casual patio [dining], here I am.’
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Because it’s a true alpine retreat, the Inn has an extensive wine list. Overheard: “ is is such a sweet place. Only in Maine can you discover the Alps and have fresh lobster at the same time.”
Okay, Lawrence of Arabia. is Freeport bon-bon is not a true desert, because these 40 glacial acres of sand that have swallowed up a farmhouse and a springhouse across the centuries enjoy the rain in Maine along with the rest of us.
CACTUS FLOWER: THE DESERT OF MAINE
But it’s a whale of a fun tourist attraction. e scienti c among us can attend lectures about how this geographic anomaly came to be. Blame it on the Tuttle family, who neglected to rotate their
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A change at the inn renowned for its elegant dining is creating some buzz this summer. “A man pulled into our parking lot,” Silverman says. “He told me, ‘I’ve been
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For a glimpse of Acapulco in Maine, see “Biddeford Cool,” p. 101.
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It’s easy. Our 4,250-foot peak is the thirdhighest mountain in the state (a er the peaks Baxter and Hamlin on Mt. Katahdin). e summit of Pão de Açúcar in Rio is a paltry 1,283 feet. We hesitate to say it, guys, but the ski resort you’ve got down there is pitiful!
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Cynthia Length: 182 feet. Max Speed: 15.5 knots. Formerly owned by Fontainebleau Development (as in the Fontainebleau, Miami Beach) CEO Jeffrey Soffer as Madsummer and as Drizzle by Inditex/Zara founder and multi-billionaire Amancio Ortega Bill Gates as the richest man in the Cynthia able at any one time.
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You can see the world gliding by. It’s been an eye-opener, especially during COVID.
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“Once I retired and was around the house more o en to see the ships that pass, I asked myself, Who are all these people who can a ord these enormous yachts? I started snapping and researching.”
“I live in the Loveitts Field neighborhood,” she says. “It’s on the ship channel, about halfway between Ram Island Ledge Light and Portland Head Light. You can see the entrance to White-
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eet Jill Blackwood of South Portland. She’s a hobby photographer with a hawk eye and a healthy streak of curiosity— think Jimmy Stewart, keeping an eye on things with his camera in Rear Window…
To learn more about Jill Blackwood and her husband, Bob, see this month’s Letter from the Editor, p. 14.
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Length:163 feet. Max Speed
Originally built for Lands’ End founder Gary Comer, the yacht formerly known as Turmoil to navigate the Northwest Passage, and in ity to travel 10,000 nautical miles without refueling, she has circumnavigated the world 23 times, according to her Vripack design team.
Length: 240 feet.
New York to Miami in under 48 hours and is owned by electronic-payment industry point-of-sale pioneer George Wallner, who told Metal Shark shipbuilders he wanted “a rugged vessel capable of reaching the remote, unspoiled destinations that you can’t get to with an airplane.”
Length: 167 Feet. Max Speed: 18 Knots.
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Max Speed: 18 knots.
Mother Jones reports that Tennessee real-estate billionaire Franklin L. Haney’s $50M yacht was docked in Miami April 2–7, 2018 for a meeting with Qatar’s minister of commerce and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen agents. According to PSRMemphis.org, Harney, a one-time Bible salesman who previously his Alabama nuclear power plant—thanks to a tip from Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Length: 157 feet. Max Speed: 27 knots.
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Owned by tennis champion Monica Seles and her billionaire husband Tom Golisano, the founder of Paychex, three-time New York gubernatorial candidate, and former owner of the Buffalo Sabres ice hockey team. When they had their $75M yacht redecorated in 2017, the couple sued their interior designer for overcharging them by $300K. “Tom is the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back, but he will not let you steal the shirt off his back,” his lawyer told WHAM-13.
Built as Evviva by legendary J. Orin Edson, known as the boatbuilding. His 2019 obituary on Passagemaker.com notes that he was inducted into the National Marine Manufacturers Association Hall of Fame in 1993 for “more than any other person…bringing affordable boating to a mass audience” by turning a bespoke business into a production-line business.
Length: 151.6 feet. Max Speed: 15.4 knots.
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the few women skippers of a yacht this size. Shalem told YachtForums.com, “When I hired Sharon I heard a lot of sexist com ments, but she can run the boat better than any other captain.”
Length: 196 feet.
“That was a stupid rumour” that Jay-Z and Beyoncé took refuge behind Jamaica Bay’s smoked glass off Ordnance Island last summer, Bermuda Yacht Services told the Royal Gazette. While Jamaica Bay’s owners were sheltering on board from the pandemic, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were vacationing on Flying Fox, a 450’ su peryacht with two helipads and a crew of 55 that charters for $3M a week.
Length: 136 feet. Max Speed: 18 knots.
Currently on the market for $10.45M, DREAmer is the third of four yachts built by Hargrave Custom Yachts for shopping-mall developer Sam Shalem. (Her successor, Baba’s, is 50 feet longer and more than twice her gross tonnage.) Captain Sharon Buttemer, who started out as a deckhand
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Max Speed: 16 knots.
Owned by David Dyer, past president of J. Crew and former CEO of Now that he’s retired, Dyer spends 12–14 weeks a year on board. He told SuperYacht Times “it’s all a matter of money” which coun Temptation, unusually for
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Length: 196 feet. Max Speed: 16 knots.
Length: 175 feet. Max Speed: 14 knots.
Silver Shalis is owned by real-estate mogul Larry Silverstein, the 99-year leaseholder of the World Trade Center complex who rebuilt it after 9/11. This yacht makes annual appearances at DiMillo’s on the Water. Once we had lunch at a table by her bow and watched two men in a small dinghy pol ish about a fourth of one side of the hull for an hour and a half.
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As Excellence III, she was the dream of New England car dealership king Herb Chambers, who chartered her out for ten weeks a year to cover some of her $3M to $3.5M annual maintenance costs, says powerand motoryacht.com.
Length: 123 feet. Max Speed: 19 knots.
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e good news is, University of Maine Cumberland Extension educator Kathy Savoie spotted some beach plums right here in town on a walk on Back Cove Trail and embarked on a successful foraging expedition with colleague Kate McCarty to make beach plum jelly in the kitchen classroom at the UMaine Regional Learning Center in Falmouth
When foraging in an urban environment, McCarty says it’s important “to make sure you’re picking in an area that hasn’t been a ected by environmental contaminants like road salt or exhaust, and to wash the fruit well before you begin to prepare the recipe.”
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Although they're considered to be at fairly low risk of extinction globally, and once ourished along the sandy shores of Southern and Mid-Coast Maine, Prunus maritima is now classi ed as “critically imperiled” on the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's list of endangered plants, documented in only eleven towns in Cumberland, Knox, Sagadahoc,
“We haven’t carried wild beach plum jam for at least eight years,” says Maine Maple Products manager Eric Ellis. “Our manufacturer couldn’t get hold of enough beach plums to ful ll our order. Even in the time that we were distributing it, our supply of plums was coming from Cape Cod. at’s about the only area where you’ll nd them plentiful.”
“ e best time to pick beach plums in Maine is August to September,” McCarty says. “You tell when they're ripe based on the color. Depending on the variety, they're either reddish or plum-colored, not green.”
Wild beach plums: Is this tangy fruit suddenly trending again?
The best time to pick beach plums in Maine is August to September.
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and York counties, due to beachfront development encroaching on its habitat.
McCarty recommends using Pomona’s Universal Pectin to make a less sugary locavore version of beach plum jam using maple syrup or local honey. Ellis says beach plum jam has “a unique avor. It wasn’t one of our top three, but there was a lot of disappointment when it disappeared.”
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Although these local delicacies are so legendary that entire cookbooks have been written about them (see Plum Crazy: A Book About Beach Plums by Elizabeth Post Mirel), and McCarty con rms that “the jelly was delicious,” she adds that “it was admittedly a lot of work! But a fun experience to have had.”
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ou won’t nd beach plums for sale at Beach Plum Lobster Farm in Ogunquit, at the Beach Plum Company gi shop in Newcastle, or on the menu at the Beach Plum seafood restaurant in Portsmouth. But Skillins Greenhouse in Falmouth sells 1'–2' seedlings for $49 that will eventually grow 6'–8' tall. Just beware you don’t end up with a Sleeping Beauty situation in your backyard.
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e plums are very small, so you need a lot of them,” says Jill Crosbie of Beach Plum Farm Preserve in Ogunquit, a former saltwater farm managed by Great Works Regional Land Trust. “If you get them when they're really nice and ripe, they're yummy raw. e skin's kind of tart, but the inside tastes good.”
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hey can even replace fencing in a yard, “since they naturally form a dense thicket that provides food, shelter, and protection for local wildlife, as well as hosting hundreds of moth and buttery caterpillars, which eat their leaves. eir blossoms feed bees and other pollinators in mid-spring, and their fruit is an important forage for birds and small mammals.”
“ e bushes are beautiful when they're in bloom in the spring with white blossoms,” Crosbie says. To glimpse the glory of these rare beauties when they awaken in their natural habitat, visit Beach Plum Farm Preserve in late April to May and stroll the gentle half-mile loop trail down to the salt marsh. Crosbie
raspberry bushes,” says Crosbie. “ ere was a big patch of them on the farm’s property that was di cult to manage. I've mowed rows in between them so you can pick from both sides, but I don't know how it'll turn out, because beach plums are kind of nicky and do their own thing.”
Fialko recommends planting “at least two beach plums to ensure they cross-pollinate and are able to produce fruit.” Better yet, “plant a lot, so there's abundance to go around for birds and people.” New plantings in the wake of shoreline development “are o en ornamental European and Asian plants which provide much less for the local ecosystem than the native species” they displace.
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If you’ve got the patience of a prince, “We encourage people to grow native beach plums from seed and to plant seed-grown beach plums in their yards and communities,” says Anna Fialko of Wild Seed Project in North Yarmouth. “ ough they’re most o en found in sand dunes and are tolerant of salt spray, they don’t need to be next to the ocean to survive. All they require is well-drained sandy or gravelly soil in full sun. ey make a great hedge, a charming small street tree, or can be espaliered against a south-facing building.”
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In 1896, the Portland Railroad Company opened Riverton Park in the area where Allagash now sits, drawing thousands of pleasure seekers by trolley from Monument Square. e park’s 30-acre grounds included a riverside casino designed by John Calvin Stevens, a dance hall, a bandstand, an
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Visitors cite going to a local brewery is their No. 2 activity.
For nearly three decades, this area has been a magnet for beer seekers visiting Allagash and the cluster of other breweries that now ourish around it. Several have moved on—most notably Bissell Brothers, to ompson’s Point—but most remain: Foundation Brewing Company, De nitive Brewing Company, Battery Steele Brewing, and Austin Street Brewery are all worthy stops on an Industrial Way brewery tour.
While staying true to its Belgian roots, Allagash brews such an array of lambics, sours, wheat beers, wild ales, and more that locavore tipplers advise visitors to the tasting room to try anything and everything but the White available nationwide. On a recent visit, we tasted the Allagash Tripel (9% ABV), a strong golden ale that has hints of honey, banana, and passion fruit amongst the hops. We also enjoyed a North Sky (7.5% ABV), a Belgian-inspired stout that’s light and sweet, mildly chocolatey, and darkly fruity with a silky mouthfeel.
outdoor theater seating 2,500, a boathouse, a croquet eld, a petting zoo, a trout pond, and a deer run. With the rise of the automobile, it morphed into an amusement park and eventually closed as a casualty of the Great Depression. Today the park is supported by the Friends of Riverton Trolley Park and Portland Trails, with sponsorship from Adopt-a-Trail partner Allagash Brewing Company.
But in the beginning there were a lot more doubts and a lot less beer. Tod launched Allagash in the corner of a warehouse on Industrial Way in 1995, brewing only Allagash White (5.2% ABV), a classic Belgian-style witbier brewed with coriander and orange peel. It’s both sweet and sour, refreshing and drinkable, but it didn’t look or taste anything like what most American beer drinkers were used to. Nevertheless, Tod persisted.
Kennebec, Penobscot, Presumpscot, and Saco rivers ow east into the Gulf of Maine. But farther north, the Allagash River has always rushed with a wild and independent streak, carving its own route into Canada. Its namesake, Allagash Brewing Company, has also dared to go its own way for the last 27 years.
the prestigious Great American Beer Festival, including Brewery and Brewer of the Year in 2021. In 2019 Tod won the James Beard award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional.
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For a fun drinking game while sipping Sixteen Counties (6.5% ABV), try to remember (or learn) the lyrics to the “Sixteen Counties” song all Mainers memorize in elementary school. is strong ale honors Maine’s farming tradition with Mainegrown barley, wheat, and oats; its lemon, oral, and herbal notes smooth out any excess bitterness.e
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“In 1995 there were quite a few Englishstyle beers and pale ales around, and [founder] Rob [Tod] didn't see the point in brewing a beer that quite a few other people were already brewing,” says Brett Willis of Allagash. “So he started brewing a Belgian-styleAllagashwitbier.”hascome a long way since then. Portland’s largest brewery is now the 23rd largest cra brewery in the United States by sales volume, according to the Brewers Association. It has won 19 brewing awards at
In 1998 Allagash White won its rst gold medal at the World Beer Cup, and the course was set. rough several expansions the brewery remains in the same location a stone’s throw from the Riverton Trolley Park trail.
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Wine magazine declared their internationally recognized lobster roll the best sandwich in the state. e menu, however, extends beyond lobster rolls. We tried a caprese sandwich and a brat boiled in beer with beer-braised onions and sauerkraut.
e brat complemented their new Swi ly (6.5% ABV) red IPA that evoked memories of Bass Pale Ale and nearby Geary’s Original Pale Ale. For dessert, we paired Maine’s o cial state treat, the whoopie pie (laced with North Sky stout and Irish cream), with a taster of From Maine, with Love #13 (5.3% ABV), a tart wheat ale aged with cherries and honeyberries.
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Its northernmost location at 27 Western Avenue is as beautiful and tragic as an Italian opera. e ghosts of Café Topher, Grissini Trattoria & Pani cio, Abbondante Trattoria and Bar, and Rebecca Charles’s Pearl Kennebunk & Spat Oyster Cellar still whisper their lost menus to us.
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We’re nestled outside, embraced by the fragrance of a miniature lemon tree’s delicate owers. Everything and everybody seems new, including our charming server, who’s from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and
We start with a glass of red blend ($13) and the cocktail Sophisticata (limoncello, gin, Salers, Cocchi Americano, orange bitters, $15), in honor of our citrus table companion. Just days into the launch, it’s lovely here under the strings of lights as the moon rises, the vibe exciting though uneven. We thoroughly enjoy the Caprese (heirloom tomatoes, a glistening orb of fresh mozzarella, pesto, $18) in a de ly curved lunar crescent on the edge of a generous white plate, but what really knocks us out are the Fried Squash Blossoms (prosciutto, fontina, romesco, $18). Gorgeous to the eye, lighter than air, with the most delicate tasty crunch, they call us to return for themselves alone. It’s like sampling a work of art.
We choose the tangy Sword ($39), and its background of olives, fregula, fava beans, and pepperonata absolutely satis es and transports us to Italy. e Lobster Agnolotti is another straight-up winner from executive chef (and native Mainer) Luke Sibley. Luscious packets of ricotta cheese are accompanied by, rather than lled with, perfectly cooked prize lobster tails and claws, medallions of zucchini and yel-
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low squash, and asparagus tips in a sherry and cream sauce. At $42, it belies the notion of osteria rooted in hospitality and low prices, but that eeting thought is dispelled by the Dessert?experience.Oh,we couldn’t possibly! We order two espressos and share the Panna Cotta ($15), a rich whirl of caramel, ricotta cream, and pistachio gelato with mixed berries. Total bill: $255 including tip (yes, they charge for the San Pellegrino).
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As man’s best friends nally get to share the bene ts of Maine’s expanding “Cannabiz,” national CBD sales for pets re ect the trend, jumping from $426 million in 2020 to $629 million in 2021, according to a Bright eld Group study cited in Forbes last Seventy-threeMay.percent of owners who gave their pets CBD used CBD themselves, the study said. “I’ve been in the retail pet industry for eight years now, and probably ve years ago is when I was rst exposed to it,” Brady says.
Although many Maine veterinarians list CBD product availability on their websites, no Maine veterinarians contacted commented on their use of CBD, as they are o en restricted in their endorsement of CBD by licensure guidelines; the di erent levels of FDA approval for CBD products; and their own level of familiarity with the developing science.
“I’m proud of our city and state for having so many animal-focused companies,” says Howland. “I think that’s something Portland is becoming known for. It’s really wonderful when we go to trade shows across the country and say we’re from Portland and people say ‘Oregon?’ And we say ‘No! Maine.’”
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“A er exhausting all of the [conventional] medicine without any real results, I started looking for di erent products,” Brady says. Using CBD, “My cat made a full recovery and is even better than he’s been in years. Now he takes it regularly.”
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“Pet owners are driving demand,” says Howland. “ ey go to their vets and ask for product
In 2018, Howland, Dr. Joseph Wakshlag, and Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine pioneered a pharmacokinetic clinical trial of the e ects of cannabinoids on osteoarthritis in elderly dogs using ElleVet Sciences’ chews. Some of the dogs were already scheduled for euthanasia due to their poor condition, but 80 percent of the dogs receiving the treatment saw signi cant improvement.
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Last year we partnered with Portland Stage for a concert that combined the music of Bach with historical works from the likes of Socrates, Gandhi, and Maya Angelou. It was a powerful re-interpretation of the vid eo we did in the summer of 2020 with Jus tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amanda Gor man, Senator Angus King, Richard Blan co, and others.
INTERVIEW BY LILY RANDALL
What keeps bringing you back to Maine?
Why did you choose Portland as the home for the Bach Virtuosi Festival?
I co-founded the Bowdoin International Music Festival in 1964 and guided it for 50 years. A er stepping down as Director in 2014, I grew restless. I wanted to devote my self to Bach Portland is a vibrant and grow ing community where the audiences are out standing and appreciative. I felt the festival and Portland were a good match.
nature. And we have many friends in Maine we’ve been close to for decades.
ach Virtuosi FestiVal founder and director Lewis Kaplan lets us in on what’s in store this summer, Bach’s drinking habits, and what keeps him coming back to Maine.
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e best is performing Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo vi olin, which I have done probably several hun dred times. e worst was performing the Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time, where the pianist starts the last movement alone, followed by a long violin solo. e pianist started in the wrong key—and to make mat ters worse, Messiaen was in the audience.
Maine has been my second home for 60 years. My wife and I have had a house right on Maquoit Bay in Brunswick since the late 1970s. It’s my favorite place to be at one with
I learn from each and apply what I learn from one to the others. My favorite is what ever I’m doing at that moment.
What were your best 30 seconds on stage? Your worst 30 seconds on stage?
What’s new this year? Has anything changed since before the pandemic?
What’s your favorite work of Bach’s to play? To conduct? To listen to? Why?
It wouldn’t be summer in Maine without lobster, lighthouses, beaches…and Bach!
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How do you juggle the many different hats you wear at the festival, from professor to violinist to director to conductor? Which is your favorite?
is summer, Christoph Wol , the re nowned Bach biographer and Harvard pro fessor, will give a free Bach lecture on Au gust 1 and join journalist Allan Kozinn and Rabbi Gary Berenson for a free panel dis cussion about anti-Semitism on August 4 at Etz Chaim Synagogue. And on August 5, four talented young musicians from e Juilliard School will pair music with art in performance at the Portland Museum of Art’s Free Fridays.
My favorite work to play is the Bach Chaconne. I enjoy conducting Bach’s Can tata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ru uns die Stimme,” an allegory about a wedding where
There’s more than one Bach festival held each year in Maine. What sets the Bach Virtuosi Festival apart? ese musicians are among the very best
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Christ is the groom and the human race is the bride, which contains some of his greatest mu sic. I like to listen to the Cello Suites, especial ly performed live. ey are all upli ing, of this world and at the same time of another world.
If Bach came to this year’s festival, which Maine food spe cialty do you think he’d want to try?
Beach Olympics, 1 Old Orchard St., Old Orchard Beach. Three days of games, fun competition, live music, & a silent auction, Aug. 18–20. 934-2500. Fryeburg Fair, 1154 Main St. Features livestock,
I would say you’re missing out. It would be like only knowing history in the past ve years—a very narrow picture. If you only listen to pop music, it’s like eating at McDonald’s every day. Nothing wrong with hamburgers, but there’s a lot of enjoyment one is missing. It’s so impor tant for people to listen to Bach and other clas sical music—as opposed to pop music today, which is largely synthesized and soulless. To that end, we work with Portland Conserva
He would certainly have enjoyed a good local beer. e bills for his alcoholic purchases exist, and the amounts are copious.
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What would you say to people who only listen to music made in the last five years? Why is it important to study Bach and classical music today?
Is there a certain restaurant, landmark, or place that you always try to visit when you come to Maine?
in the world and perform throughout the world. I highly recommend hearing them here this summer.
What music (besides Bach) have you been listening to lately?
tory of Music to encourage students to attend our concerts and events. All students, whether K-12 or college students, attend our concerts for free.
“ Can ’t miss cl assi cal even t o f th e su mm er ” Boston Globe, Classical Music Critics “A rock so l i d en sem bl e, m ag n ificentl y po lish ed, si zzl in g , steeped i n l ush n ess! ” Allan Kozinn, Portland Press Herald JUNE 2-9, 2019 LEWIS KAPLAN, DIRECTOR Brilliance. Passion. Community. B ac h V i r t u osi F est i v al .or g 20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME 04101207.842.0800BoxO ce Hours: Mon-Sat 12-6 b y phon e, web site o r at t he box o f f i ce BUY YOUR LOVED ONES A SEASON PASS All concerts begin at 7:30 PM Sunday, June 2 – St. Luke’s Cathedral CELEBRATING BACH: Tuesday, June 4 – St. Luke’s Cathedral BEFORE BACH AND BEYOND: Timeless Inspiration – Synagogue Etz Chaim BACH IN THE SYNAGOGUE Saturday, June 8 – Falmouth Congregational Church FREE CONCERT : In support of the Falmouth Food Pantr y Sunday, June 9– St Luke’s Cathedral MUSIC’S GREATEST YEAR, 1685: Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti “ Can ’t miss cl assi cal even t o f th e su mm er ” Boston Globe, Classical Music Critics “A rock so l i d en sem bl e, m ag n ificentl y po lish ed, si zzl in g , steeped i n l ush n ess! ” Allan Kozinn, Portland Press Herald JUNE 2-9, 2019 LEWIS KAPLAN, DIRECTOR Brilliance. Passion. Community. B ac h V i r t u osi F est i v al .or g 20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME 04101207.842.0800BoxO ce Hours: Mon-Sat 12-6 TI CKETS b y phon e, web site o r at t he box o f f i ce BUY YOUR LOVED ONES A SEASON PASS All concerts begin at 7:30 PM Sunday, June 2 – St Luke’s Cathedral CELEBRATING BACH: Tuesday, June 4 – St Luke’s Cathedral BEFORE BACH AND BEYOND: Timeless Inspiration – Synagogue Etz Chaim BACH IN THE SYNAGOGUE Saturday, June 8 – Falmouth Congregational Church FREE CONCERT : In support of the Falmouth Food Pantr y Sunday, June 9– St. Luke’s Cathedral MUSIC’S GREATEST YEAR, 1685: Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti MULTI-TICKET DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE Concer ts per formed at St . Luke ’s Cathedral and Etz Chaim Synagogue JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2022 “Some of the most respected musicians of our time , including flutist Emi Ferguson and soprano Sherezade Panthaki .” — Portland Monthly Magazine “Can ’t miss classical events of the summer.” — Boston Globe, Classical Music Critics BachVir tuosiFestival .org/program Sunday, July 31 A BACH CELEBRATION Monday, August 1 RENOWNED BACH BIOGRAPHER CHRISTOPH WOLFF Tuesday, August 2 BEFORE BACH AND BEYOND Wednesday, August 3 FREE BAROQUE MASTERCLASS Thursday, August 4 ALL-BACH CONCERT AND ANTI-SEMITISM PANEL Friday, August 5 FREE PERFORMANCES AT PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART Saturday, August 6 CELEBRATING VIVALDI, HANDEL, AND BACH TI CKETS available at
What’s the most misunderstood thing about Bach?
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I get great pleasure from Mozart operas, Beethoven string quartets, Mahler symphonies, Debussy, and several contemporary composers.
Catch the Bach Virtuosi Festival July 31–August 6 at St. Luke’s Cathedral, Etz Chaim Synagogue, and Portland Museum of Art. bachvirtuosifestival.org
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In Bach’s obituary, one of his sons described how Bach enjoyed the lighter, even humor ous side to music, especially when he was per forming. He had enormous human dimen sions and a wonderful sense of humor.
34th Laudholm Nature Crafts Festival, 342 Laud holm Farm Rd., Wells. Over 100 jury-selected master artisans exhibit their wares, Sept. 10–11. 646-1555.
Bangor State Fair, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St. Rides and games, live music and enter tainment, Aug. 4–7. 561-8300.
Maine Music Fest, Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Including The Jason Spooner Band, Coyote Island, Palomino Motel, and Muddy Ruckus, Aug. 13. 985-5552.
York Days, Short Sands Beach. Summer Lighting of the Nubble, craft fair, 5k virtual road race, through Aug. 7. 363-1040.
Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Gilligan’s Island: The Musical, through Jul. 30; The Shoes Have Left the Building, Aug. 2–27; The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sep. 2–24. 633-5297.
Maine Outdoor Film Festival, Eastern Promenade. Over 15 hours of outdoor adventure and
York County Blues Fest, Friendship Park, 231 Old Alfred Rd., Waterboro. The Joanna Connor Band, Thornetta Davis, Bonnie Edwards & The PRactical Cats, Memphis Lightning, and more, Aug. 20. 247-6166.
Wild Blueberry Weekend, statewide. Inaugural weekend. Tour wild blueberry farms, pick berries at select locations, & try a new dish or drink, Aug. 6–7. Wildblueberries.com.
October 2-9, 2022 8 Full Days Sunday to www.fryeburgfair.orgSunday Agriculture & Livestock Woodsmen’s Field Day Exhibitions & Museums Tractor & 4WD pulls Harness racing Night Shows & Fireworks Grand www.fryeburgfair.orgMidwaySpectacularParadefood&RidesCampsites JULY/AUGUST 2022 77 FESTIVALS
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Salmon and Seafood Festival, downtown Eastport. Salmon barbecue, with live music, walking tours, local food & craft vendors, Sept. 3–4. 853-6122.
Skowhegan State Fair, 33 Constitution Ave. The nation’s oldest continuously run agricultural fair, featuring truck pulls, demolition derby, harness racing, midway, agricultural exhibits, & live music, Aug. 11–20. 474-2947.
Houlton. Festivities include doll parade, craft fair, kids games, & displays, Aug. 19–20. 532-4216.
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison.
Gray Blueberry Festival, 24 Main St. Festivities for all ages, including live music, food trucks and vendors, make and take workshops, wild blueberry contests, Aug. 13. 657-3339.
Maine Lakes Brew Fest, 261 Point Sebago Rd., Casco. The area’s largest annual sampling event features Maine-made beers, micro-brews, & wine; with food, live music, & Artisans Craft Show, Sept. 24. Mainelakesbrewfest.com.
Wells Chili-Fest, Wells Junior High School, Rte. 1. Food, vendors, and chili cook-offs in three cat-
River Jam Fest, various locations in Biddeford. Weekend of music, arts, & outdoor events on the banks of the Saco River with Friday night’s kickoff, Fringe Fest, Aug. 19–20. 284-8520.
Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival, Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick. Featuring the parade of the clans, athletic & dancing competitions, food, sheep dog demonstrations, workshops, & live music, & more, Aug. 20. 626-7007.
Topsham Fair, Rt. 196 Coastal Connector. Highlights include harness racing, exhibition hall, live music, agricultural show, & demolition derby, Aug. 9–14. 729-1943.
egories with cash prizes, Aug. 27. 646-2451.
Windsor Fair, 82 Ridge Rd. More than 50 acres of amusement with daily shows, midway, harness racing, woodsman’s day, demolition derby, & large animal exhibit, Aug. 28–Sept. 5. 549-7911.
Camden Shakespeare Festival, Camden Amphitheater, 55 Main St. As You Like It, through Aug. 7. camdenshakespeare.org.
South Portland’s Art in the Park, Mill Creek Park. Fine art show with up to 170 artists in styles, sizes, & prices to suit all tastes & budgets, Aug. 13. 767-7605.
SailMaine Festival & Regatta, Casco Bay. A day of racing with a boat parade & the windward (painted sails) exhibit. Aug. 13. Sailmaine.org.
agriculture & farming exhibitions, live entertainment, skillet & anvil throw, Woodsmen's Field Day, midway, & food, Oct. 2–9. 935-3268.
Portland Theater Festival at Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Body Awareness, through Jul. 31; Pass Over, Aug. 4–21; Pony, Aug. 18–Sept. 4. 879-4629. Potato Feast Days, Monument Park, 109 Main St.,
Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Smoke on the Mountain, Aug. 2–28 (on-demand Aug. 17–Sep. 11). 774-0465.
Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Descendants: The Musical, Jul 30–31; The Nutty Professor, through Aug. 6; Mr. Holland’s Opus, Aug. 12–Sep. 17; James and the Giant Peach, Aug. 27–28; Clue, Sep. 22–Oct. 30. 646-5511.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. World Builders, Aug. 10–28. 367-2788.
An Evening at Dave’s Sauna, Aug. 5–6; Every Brilliant Thing, Aug. 26–28; The Marvelous Wonderettes ‘58, Sept. 2–4. 583-6747.
Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. Kong’s Night Out, Aug. 4–7 & 10–13; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Aug. 18–21 & 24–27; Great Expectations, Sep. 1–4 & 7–10. 474-7176.
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Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Darlin’ Companion: A Tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, Jul. 31 & Aug. 1; The Color Purple, through Aug. 6; Kinky Boots, Aug. 10–27. 842-0800.
Theater at Monmouth, Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. Lysistrata, through Aug. 18; Pandora, through Aug. 18; Anthony and Cleopatra, through Aug. 20; Amphitryon, through Aug. 19; Comedy of Errors, Jul. 21–Aug. 21; Eurydice, Jul. 28–Aug. 19; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sep.
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Maine Highland Games, Scottish and Celtic arts festival with Athletcs and Band competitions, exhibits, and more. August 20, mainehighlandgames.org
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Maine Folk, featuring Adam Ezera Group, Way Down Wanderers, the Jason Spooner Band, and more. July 15 - 17, mainefolk.com
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Green Woods Roots & Culture Revival, featuring Blakkamoore, Iba Mahr, Dub Apocalypse, and more. August 5 - 7, greenwoodsreggae.com Grateful Camp Out, featuring the Zach Nugent Band, Englishtown Proj ect, Bearly Dead, and more. August 12 - 14, thegratefulcampout.com
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Maine VAG Fair, Two Day Volkswa gen and European Car Show, June 11, vagfair.com
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Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, our very own, second gen eration, four-day Bluegrass Festival. Established 1979! Featuring over 18 artists, including Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart, Del McCoury, the Dan Dyminski Band and MANY more! Every Labor Day Weekend, September 1 - 4, thomaspointbeachbluegrass.com
Summer Jam Camp Out, Featuring Pink Talking Fish, Max Creek, Marble Eyes, and more. July 1 - 5, summerjamcampout.com
Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport Opera House & various locations. Summer concert series of chamber music and jazz, Aug. 3-14. 236.2823.
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Bowdoin International Music Festival, see website for Brunswick locations. Over 175 free and ticketed events including concerts featuring world-class musicians, student performances, composer lectures, master classes, community concerts, through Aug. 5. 373-1400.
Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. I Love The 90s Tour, Aug. 13; Jack White, Aug. 23. 791-2200.
Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Au ditorium, 20 Myrtle St. John Weaver Memorial Concert: Richard Elliott, Aug. 19 (on-demand
Bach Virtuosi Festival, St. Luke’s Cathedral, 143 State St. Music of Bach and his contemporaries performed by world-renowned musicians and Juilliard students, Jul. 31–Aug. 6. 415-4947.
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www.islandinnmonhegan.com - 207.596.0371 Through October 16, 2022 Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death Through December 11, 2022 Sarah Cain: hand in hand Through August 14, 2022 Act of Sight: The Tsiaras Family Photographywww.museum.colby.eduCollection Above: Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972), Untitled, ca. 1959. Gelatin silver print, 9 ¾ × 10 in. Gift of Dr. William and Nancy Tsiaras. 158.2020; Installation view of Sarah Cain: hand in hand; Andrew Wyeth, John Olson’s Funeral, 1945. Watercolor on paper. © 2021 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society (ARS). New Britain Museum of American Art, Charles F. Smith Fund, 1945.26. free and open to all
Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main St. Slim pickins and Banjo Sean Lorway, Aug. 5; Palaver Strings, Aug. 7; Dominique Dodge, Aug. 19; Portland Brass Quintet, Aug. 21; Mallett Broth ers Band, Aug. 28; Bruce Marshall, Sept. 3; Mark Smith & Andrew Mark violin/cello due, Sept. 4; 2nd String, Sept. 9. 452-2412.
Fantastic. I’m glad my music seems to have lasted long enough to surface so many times, but it pisses me o that the problems I was hoping to solve keep reappearing.
at was the genius of Stephen Stills—a great rock and roll talent.
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Graham Nash knows the war’s not over yet.
I don’t believe so, or I’d have tried to check out the Bush Mansion. ey aren’t just from Texas, you know!
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Stephen has a Portland connection. Ev ery time we’re in the area, his wife, [the former] Kristen [Hathaway], has the family come over. She makes a fantastic lobster soup.
It’s much more personal. Because I’m now 80, I’m looking back at my life. e opening line to my new record is “I used to think that I could never love again.”
[Worse! pause] I believe we did.
—Graham Nash
I did hear from Abbie Ho man, but not Bobby Seale. ere’s a possibility he’s never connected himself with the song.
No, Blackpool is very, very di erent. It has a Coney Island vibe. Tourists, lots of ho tels, stands selling T-shirts. I was born in the Kimberley Hotel, which is on the Front.
I’m not so sure that’s about me. at’s about Leonard Cohen.
I still believe in what the stoodhippiesfor.
I’m writing a brand-new studio record that’s all ready to go next year: Golden Idol. It’s about all the Republicans who are falling for the big lie and embracing Trump with all their arms wrapped around him.
[pause] Stills.
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I don’t remember Stephen doing that.
Who the hell doesn’t like a good lobster sandwich? Come on!
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back from Wood stock, she said she was watching the con cert on all three news channels and had written 99 percent of the song. Her version was more purple than ours. Stephen Stills asked her right away if we could record it. “Of course you can do it!”
It’s a new single called “Love of Mine.” I don’t know what I’m going to call the album yet. No, it was pretty immediate. Joni didn’t get to play at Woodstock because she was sup posed to be on e Dick Cavett Show, one of her rst big opportunities. When we got
Yes, it’s a beautiful melody called “Follow Your Heart.” I lost track of it 15 years ago, picked it up a month and a half ago, and wrote new words for it.
I listened to you playing “Wooden Ships” at Woodstock. The grabber line then and now is, “Can you tell me please, who won the war?” Who did win the war then, and as you see it, what war are we fighting now?
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I heard you shifted your set list because of Ukraine. I did. I now start with “Find the Cost of Freedom” and follow that with “Military Madness.” I let the audience know you’d normally play a hit and let everybody re lax and take o their jackets, but this isn’t a normal time.
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Screen Door Summer Music Festival, Cam den Library Amphitheater, 55 Main St. Calidore String Quartet, Arkai Music, Axiom Brass, Palaver Strings, Conrad Tao, Maxwell Quartet, Strings and Things, Oshima Brothers, Pedja Muzijevic,
I think Berenice Abbott was a very important photographer. As musicians and photogra phers, it is your duty to talk about your times to show the way you live. Berenice Abbott’s photographs really do that
I think water is the most important ele
This interview is appearing in our nautical issue. You’ve taken me out on the water as a listener. What’s the draw of sailing for you?
As musicians, it is your duty to talk about your times.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Will Evans, Aug. 4; The Shadow Riders, Aug. 5; Blues Proj ect, Aug. 19; Jimmy Keys, Aug. 27. 646-4777.
Maine Savings Amphitheater, 1 Railroad St., Ban gor. Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band, Aug. 2; A Day to Remember, Aug. 3; Incubus, Aug. 7; Pitbull, Aug. 11; Luke Combs, Sep. 2–3; Aerosmith, Sep. 4; Jason Aldean, Sep. 10; Sting, Sep. 11; Five Finger Death Punch, Sep. 17; Reo Speedwagon & Styx, Sep. 18. 358-9327.
Portland Chamber Music Festival, Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St. Internationally renowned artists perform a wide range of innovative classical & con temporary chamber music, plus education & en gagement programs, Aug. 11–18. (800)320-0257
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I still believe in what the hippies stood for. Love is better than hate. Peace is bet ter than war. Human beings are all we have on this planet. We were ghting against the Vietnam War, ghting racial prejudice, ghting Richard Nixon e war we’re ghting now is the madness of Putin and what’s happening in Ukraine.
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Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Dermot Ken nedy, Aug. 8; Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Aug. 10; Joe Bonamassa, Aug. 18. 842-0800.
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Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Deer Isle Jazz Festival Craig Taborn, Jul. 29; Deer Isle Jazz Festival Craig Taborn Trio, Jul. 30; Don Roy Fiddlers, Aug. 3; Summer Sing with George Emlen and Friends, Aug. 17; Halcyon String Quartet, Sep. 17. 367-2788.
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Thomas Point Beach, 29 Meadow Rd., Brunswick. Green Woods Roots and Culture Revival, Aug. 5–7; The Grateful Camp Out, Aug. 11–14; Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Sep. 1–4. 725-6009.
Visit vinhillmusic.com for the full schedule! SEPT LIVINGSTON25TAYLORMASTERCLASSSEPT 24 Singer/Songwriter/Educator LIVINGSTON TAYLOR AUG 6 The Best Last Hope COLIN QUINN AUG 12 A Capella Vocal Group NATURALLY 7 AUG 20 America’s Got Talent Winners TEXAS TENORS SEPT 10 Comedian TODD BARRY OCT 9 Grammy-Winning Artist PAULA COLE AUG 11 Tribute to The Band THE THE BAND BAND AUG 13 Maine Music & Food Trucks, w/ the Jason Spooner Band MAINE MUSIC FEST AUG 7 French Jazz Cabaret ANNIE ROYER Outdoor Concerts | Performances in the Barn Summer Drive-In Movies | Sunday Chill at the Hill B ayview 58 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011 www.bayviewgallery.com G allery Monhegan Idyll by Kevin Mizner, oil on canvas, 12” x 24” 86 PORTLAND MAGAZINE
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Uncharted: Maine Artists: Maine Waters, through Sep. 18; Looking for Winslow Homer, through Nov. 27; Sustaining Maine’s Waters: Understanding the Changing Gulf of Maine, through Dec. 31; Shipwrecks & Sal vage, through Dec. 31. 443-1316.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Annie Royer, Aug. 7; Wake Up Mama, Aug. 8; The THE BAND Band, Aug. 11; Naturally 7, Aug. 12; Sauce Boss, Aug. 14; The Texas Ten ors, Aug. 20. 985-5552.
Tsiaras Family Photography Collection, through Aug. 14; Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death, through Oct. 16; Sarah Cain: hand in hand, through Dec. 11; Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, Aug. 14–Feb. 19, 2023. 859-5600.
Bates Dance Festival, multiple locations in Lewiston. Virtual & live performances includ ing concerts, an interactive video installation, & experimental screendance, through Aug. 6. Batesdancefestival.org.
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Fly ing Woman: The Paintings of Katherine Bradford, through Sept. 11; Surrealist Play Gone Astray, through Oct. 23; The Draftsman in Society: German Expressionist Prints, through Dec. 11. 775-6148.
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Courthouse Gallery, 6 Court St., Ellsworth. Jon Imber: The Freedom of Abstraction; Tom Curry, Aug. 8-Sept. 2. 667-6611.
Seal Cove Auto Museum, 1414 Tremont Rd. Selling Lifestyle and Leisure: Art, Advertising, and the Automobile.
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Andrew Wyeth: Early Temperas, through Oct. 16; Andrew Wyeth: Islands in Maine, through Oct. 16; Farnsworth Forward: The Farnsworth Collection, through Dec. 31; Ashley Bryan: Beauty in Return, through Dec. 31; Betsy’s Gift: Works By N.C. and Jamie Wy eth, through Dec. 31; The Geography of Ideas: Wyeth Perspectives of Maine, through Dec. 31; Leonard Baskin: I Hold the Cracked Mirror Up to Man, through Jan. 15, 2023. 596-6457.
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Connolly, through Jul. 30; John Whalley, Aug. 4–27; Joel Babb, Sep. 1–Oct. 1. 772-2693.
Maine State Ballet, 348 U.S. Route One, Fal mouth. Coppélia, through Aug. 6. 781-3587.
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Powdered Pigments: Three Centuries of Pastel Drawings, through Aug. 21; Innovation and Resilience Across Three Gen erations of Wabanaki Basket-Making, through Sep. 18; At First Light: Two Centuries of Artists in Maine, through Nov. 6; Antiquity & America: The Ancient Mediterranean in the United States, through Feb. 5, 2023. 725-3275.
First Friday Art Walks, Creative Portland, 84 Free St. Aug. 5; Sept. 2. 370-4784. Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Thomas
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“The design was inspired by my parents’ trips to Acapulco ,” says builder/developer Michael Payeur, the listing agent. “It was Mom and Dad’s dream home. My father, the late Fern Payeur, designed and built the house
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Y our 5.5-acre adventure begins the moment you turn into the tree-lined, curving, storybook driveway at 423 Pool Street (also Route 9) and head toward the magnetic blue glow of the river behind the
in 1975. We moved in in 1976. They’d waited for years for this plot of land to come up for sale,” just driving by and sighing. “He told my mom, ‘If the property ever goes up for sale, I’ll buy it!’ He was supervising Anchorage Bay, his new development at Biddeford Pool, when she saw it and called him.”
If this tour were a 1970s TV show, the opening credits would start running on the curving drive.
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“That’s Proctor’s Creek coming off the Saco River. The property me anders along the mean high-water line all the way back to Pool Street,” mak ing the lot a near peninsula. “That’s why it’s 1,200 feet of water frontage,” Michael says. The University of New England campus is to your right, and the State of Maine-maintained Mar blehead Boat Launch to the Saco Riv er is to your left—enviable neighbors both—but you can’t see them because you’re bewitched by these gardens and trees. The stucco here is real (“cementbased”). The signature low overhangs “provide better protection from the ele ments” and are money savers.
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“There is no moment of my life when you are not a part of me; you hold my heart; you guard my soul; youguide my dreams so tenderly. And if my will might be done,and all I long for could come true, with perfect joyI would choose to share eternity with you.”
house. Through an archway, you can see tantalizing views of a dreamy swim ming pool between the dwelling and river. Chaises longues and a pool house. Sunken gardens, floral walkways, and a moonTimegate.to pinch yourself. Total cost for this estate is $998,500—less than many Portland condos, yet part of the resort community of Biddeford Pool , For tune’s Rocks , and the Kennebunks
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Now, I have decided to offer For Now and Ever to those who have known and value its sentiment as well. Each litho is numbered and signed by hand and precisely captures the detail of the drawing. As an anniversary, wedding, or Valentine’s gift for your husband or wife, or for a special couple within your circle of friends, I believe you will find it most appropriate.
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DearTheReader,drawing you see above is called For Now and Ever It is completely composed of dots of ink. After writing the poem, I worked with a quill pen and placed thousands of these dots, one at a time, to create this gift in honor of the love of two of my dearest friends.
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“All the arched doors were custommade from California redwood .” Is that even legal now?
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The constructionwood-framedincludes a blend of new hardwood floors and tiles, a heat ed two-car garage, and a walk-out basement to the pergola. There are three bedrooms, three baths. “In the 1970s, people didn’t have giant mas terSobaths.”they loved Acapulco. Did they see any movie stars when they were there? (Sinatra’s Acapulco house was named Casa Bristol .)
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“At 15, I was breaking the fun meter at our place on Hills Beach . I played a lot of hockey. I was a goalie.”
“What happens in Acapulco stays in WhatAcapulco.”wereyou doing while the house was being built?
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placement cost for 2022: $16,290 each, as suming you could get them.What would it be like to live in a mov ie like this? The liv ing room and groundfloor primary bed room look over the limpid swimming pool and through limbed trees to the Saco River.
Inside the 3,766-square-foot house, the Acapulco theme continues as though his father were present (and he is, though he passed away in 2019). Michael says, “He was into the arch way thing.” He’s not alone. They add monumental drama here (in the 1970s, nobody said “wow factor”).
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We ended up losing the game, but that was all right. I’ll be back.
It worked. I swung at the rst pitch and hit a little blooper too deep for the shortstop to reach and too shallow for the le elder, the ball miraculously dropping in the grass exactly between them. “Run!” everyone shouted, and I dropped the bat and hurried down to rst base, arriving just in time. I stood on the bag with both feet and pointed up towards Jesus, mouthing, “ ank you.”
From the author’s evolving short story collection The Man Who Made Jesus Laugh
tepping into the box, I told Jesus, “If You don’t want to help me, ne. I don’t need You or anyone else—I’ll do it on my own!” I was thinking He might admire that kind of attitude and decide to help me out.
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By now my batting average had sunk to exactly 200, below which a player’s pres ence on a baseball team cannot be justi ed. ere was one game le to go in the season. We were playing this team we were tied with for last place: the Shop-a-Lot Black Bears. We were the Mainely Mu ers Chickadees, the chickadee being the state bird, but let’s face it: not a good match, a bird against a bear.
Nobody212.would know if I nished above or below the Mendoza Line (we didn’t keep batting stats), but I would know, and if I nished below, I wouldn’t come back. I was fourteen, so I had another year in the league, but if my presence on the team could not be justi ed, I’d play badminton in the backyard with my sister Meredith.
baseball team cannot be justi ed regard less of his defensive skills. And I didn’t even have any defensive skills. Which was why I was out in right eld for my three innings eachButgame.Icould quit making the sign of the cross as I came to bat if it was going to give Mom a conniption. I started asking Je sus (not out loud of course), “Help me out, Lord—little bloop single, that’s all.”
Next time up, I didn’t say anything again, and at least I made contact, popping out to rst base, but now I was further be low the Line.
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But I guess Jesus agreed with Mom about asking for His help in a baseball game while my own grandmother was in the hospital dying. So I started asking Him to help her get better. Stepping into the bat ter’s box, I said to Him, “Please help Gram, Lord. Don’t let her die. I love her so much,” hoping He would try and cheer me up with a baseButhit.you can’t fool Jesus.
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So far I didn’t have any reason to do the thanking part. In fact, since turning to Je sus I hadn’t got a hit in eight trips to the plate. It was getting near the end of the sea son and my batting average was just above 200, right on the Mendoza Line: the thresh old below which a player’s presence on a
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I told her that wasn’t why I did it. “It’s for goodSheluck.”said that was worse. “ e sign of the cross isn’t for good luck—it’s for praying, and if you want to pray for something, pray for your grandmother,” she said, choking up a Gramlittle.was in Maine Medical, dying. She was about a hundred and y years old, so it didn’t seem all that tragic. Plus you see players on TV making the sign of the cross all the time, and it’s not for their grand mother—it’s for help in getting a hit, and when it works they point up towards Jesus, mouthing, “ ank you.”
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