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Requiem for a Showgirl
Maine’s Llewellyn J. Morse was not the USS Constitution, but she played her in the movie.
It ’ s okay if you haven’t heard of me. Like you, I was born in Maine. In 1877, as the last full-rigged ship made in Bangor, I began my career in the China Trade, sailing to the Orient with the name of my owner, lumber baron Llewellyn J. Morse, on my billethead. My Far East adventures ended when Louis Rosenfeld bought me in 1888 and I debuted in San Francisco. In 1898, the Alaska Packer Association bought me, and I started dodging the Paci c icebergs of middle age.
RAKISH UNDERSTUDY
Banged up but still gorgeous, I wasn’t surprised when Hollywood came calling. Paramount Studios hammered a fake hull around me, painted me a glossy black, and put a white stripe along my gun ports. Didn’t I turn heads with that colossal American ag! ey made all three of my masts even taller and chewed out the timbers of one-third of my insides so the cameras had more room to maneuver. As the uncredited star of the 1926 silent movie Old Ironsides, I was lmed around Santa Catalina island, pretending to be ghting the Barbara Pirates in the Mediterranean while future legends came along for the ride. Wallace Beery, eight years before playing Long John Silver, played the Bos’n. Duke Kahanamoku—the Hawaiian prince, legendary surfer, and Olympic star—was the Pirate Captain. Boris Karlo was a Saracen Guard. Heavyweight boxer George Godfrey played e Cook. Twenty- ve-year-old Gary Cooper was an extra. Magic was coming together here with a $2M budget. e audience shrieked and cheered during the rst use of Magnascope during battle scenes, but I was ruined forever. Trashed and unable to sail, down on my luck with no hope of recovery, I was dumped as a shing barge before being burned to the keel a few months after the show—on the ‘wrong’ coast. I didn’t even make it home. Did I mention that cast members were hurt during lming? A transcript of a lawsuit detailing the unsafe conditions and the wreckage of my lissome hull was recently ‘disappeared’ from the internet.
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I’m delighted with the magazine, the poem, and, especially, the interview [“King before King,” November 2023]. I’ve been an S. King Constant Reader since I was 16 (I’m 45), and I’ve always been extremely interested in his college days (as a matter of fact, I acquired the rights to Hearts in Suspension, a book about his college years published in 2016, 50 years after his entrance to UMaine, and I’m currently translating it for publication in Spanish). I’ve written books about him, I work for his Spanish publisher, and after all these years, I’ve never found an interview about his [experiences] as a returning professor. It was a priceless article for me.
And now here I am, hunting down that number of e Maine Review from 1979 dedicated to King. Ari Bosi, Miami
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“It was kind of just a joke between a few friends, way back when we frst started it in 2002,” says Inge Graham of Briar and Bone in Biddeford. “There were only six of us then, but it’s grown each year since. Usually, about a hundred or so people show up these days. Now in its 23rd year, this is the summertime event for folks of the gothic persuasion! Saturday, June 7, 12-5 p.m. Then join us at Eclipse in Biddeford for the afterparty!”
Fort Gorges or Fort Sumter?
Just when you think you’ve seen your last “Bucky ball,” the nickname given to geodesic domes designed by Maine’s Buckminster Fuller, another one crops up.These two are newsworthy because they’re in Greenland at the U.S. military base in Pituffk, overseen by the 821st Space Base Group and visited this spring by Vice President Vance
you call a baby pufn? A pufing. Why would we lie about such matters?
Hiding in Maine. With Us.
“Death to the Dracu grandson!” In terror, Iordana Ceausescu of Romania disappeared in secret to Old Orchard Beach with her son while the world searched for them. She lived a buried life among us for
interviews with Iordana. Colin W. Sargent’s Red Hands—“an astounding account of the Romanian revolution in the voice of Ceausescu’s daughter-in-law.”
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Coming at you live from the Old Port–why we’re buzzing over these seven new attractions:
Oun Lido’s: “It’s a big privilege,” owner and head-chef Bounahcree
Old P t New in the
STORY BY LAUREL FAYE
“Bones” Kim says. “I feel a sense of responsibility in creating a more diverse and safer space in the Old Port. As someone from my background, being in this industry leaves me with the responsibility to represent the community that we’re a part of. I
came out as a trans man when I was 24–it’s been ten years since, and while I’ve always struggled with how I’ve presented, I’m an elder Queer now; I’ve gotta show out for the younger folks and tell them ‘you can do this too. Just stay true to you.’ It’s why I opened this place: so people like us can have a home in the Old Port.”
Born and raised locally, Kim has been cooking since 15. “I left Portland High after my freshman year, then started washing dishes at Pepperclub, where Honeypaw is now. en I moved over to Local Sprouts Collective–I choose where I work based on the diversity of culture. I was at Công Tu Bôt for 5 years, which was my intro back to my Vietnamese roots.” Half Vietnamese and half Cambodian, Kim’s Oun Lido’s represents a chance to tap into the gastronomic culture “of my Cambodian father, who processed seafood after coming to Maine as a war refugee in 1983.” e new space, tucked away on Market, straddles the line between a ’90s-inspired casual eatery and a Cambodian sh house serving “ nest” high-class bites. “Lots of Asian restau-
It’s why I opened this place: so people like us can have a home in the Old Port.
rants call themselves ‘World-Famous,’ so we’re playing that cute trope up,” he says. “I chose a di cult space with a big risk in being down here, both below street level and just on Wharf. I used to avoid Wharf like the plague back in the day. It’s bro-ey down here, which intimidates folks, and sometimes there are ghts outside, but that’s the Old Port. e building used
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Maine has the allure of the exotic–a place we’ve all been to in our dreams. I became a Mainer in 1957 when I played at the Kennebunkport Playhouse. It was beautiful. I was just married, and my wife and I were busy exploring all the nooks and crannies.
“I don’t think people from Maine have an accent. If they did, how come Meryl Streep never played anyone from Maine?
“It’s funny, I’m planning a one-man show as Margaret Thatcher. But it’s not too late to change it to Margaret Chase Smith. I could use the same handbag.” —Interview with Alan Alda by Diane Russell, February/March 2005.
By simply being here, we’re opening the gates for other marginalized folks who can relate–and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
to be Pat’s Pizza, which was geared toward rowdiness, but that’s the exact opposite of what we’re going for. By simply being here, we’re opening the gates for other marginalized folks who can relate–and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Before it was Pat’s, the building belonged to Market Street Eats, before they shifted to their new space next door in 2009. In 1924, the building was a machine shop owned by Morris and Elizabeth (Schiebe) Hugo, with a sign above the door promising “everything in brass and copper.”
If there’s one dish you have to try?
“It’s gotta be the Loc Lac–a beef sirloin stir-fry,” Kim says. “Most restaurants have their version, but ours is more ‘mom-style.’ We start with shaved sirloin, then we hard sear and glaze it with a pepper & garlic sauce.” Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., 30 Market Street.
Silver Street by Taj: Portland’s favorite curry spot brings its South Portland charm to the Old Port. e Guntaka family blends their best dishes with a casual cocktail are for an ambiance that can’t be beat. Whether you’re at the bar sipping a specialty drink made by head bartender Cody Brann or snacking on samosas at the cocktail table, Silver
Street by Taj is the go-to after-work hangout for any denizen of the Old Port. 7 days a week, 5 p.m.- 1 a.m., 35 Silver Street.
Free People: “Getting a store in Maine was something we’d been trying to do for years. It’s more community based here, and we love that small business feel of Maine,” Free People rep and Austin transplant Hannah Moss says. “I needed to get out of Texas after living in Austin for twelve years. At rst, the small-town feel of the city scared me. You mean I can walk out in the street, and someone will recognize me, and I’ll recognize them? Now, I love it! I can’t imagine living anywhere else.”
Tomaso’s Pizza and Burger Bar: is sister biz to Tomaso’s Canteen, run by
At first, the smalltown feel of the city scared me. Now, I love it! I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
Sam Minervino, slings 10-inch pies, burgers dripping in toppings, and a myriad of apps and sides for any taste, all under $20. Tuesday-Sunday, 4 p.m.-1 a.m., 51 Wharf Street.
Afternoon Tea at the Ironside Lounge in the Portland Regency
Downtown Social Club
Hotel & Spa: “We wanted to o er an approachable take on an elegant tradition,” Stefan King says. “Our afternoon tea can be tailored to whatever experience you desire. Whether it’s friends catching up, celebrating with some bubbles, an afternoon date, or a multi-generational get-together, everyone can feel comfortable here and enjoy a timeless tradition.” Dine on freshly brewed
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tea, Maine lobster on house-made brioche, smoked salmon and dill on rye, buttermilk scones, macarons, and
petit fours by Ironside Lounge’s signature replace, and settle in for a cozy afternoon. Friday-Sunday, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., $33 per person. Reservations encouraged. 11 Milk Street.
Yuri’s Dessert Bar: Bakers Yuri Kim and Gunsang Park serve sweet treats à la Parisienne via Korea in the former Stars & Stripes location. With experience working for Paris Baguette and Tous Les Jours, the dynamic duo stuns with aky pastry such as strawberry crème fraiche croissants; award-worthy foam work at the espresso bar; and windows large enough to let in all the natural light you can drink. Monday- ursday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday & Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., 3 Spring Street.
Downtown Social Club: Some might call it Old Port-adjacent; we call it exciting. Looking for a lively space to host that private event? How about a themed dance night with the doors open to the whole neighborhood? e Maine Lobsterbake Company’s Courtney MacIsaac brings the community together in this new venue, which hosts Latin Dance Night every Monday and ’80s Dance Parties–with a special ’80s menu–every ursday, both at 6 p.m. Don’t worry about food or bevs, their sibling spots–Social Spirits & Social Eats–provide a complete catering menu featuring comfort food with an elevated twist. Open by event. 128 Free Street. n
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The Witness Tree
Travel through time in Deering Oaks’s Sacred Grove.
STORY BY NANCY ENGLISH
When Major Ben Church charged into battle in 1689 against the Wabanaki and their French allies in what is now Deering Oaks Park, the Witness Tree stood on a rise
carved out by a historic inlet from the sea.
Portland was called Falmouth, and Maine was Massachusetts. Camp re smoke alarmed farmers at the Brackett homestead, who alerted the English troops; they had to get themselves and their ammunition across that
water. Ten died in battle, including Captain Brackett, George Bramhall, and an enslaved man who worked for Captain Tyng; Brackett, Bramhall, and Tyng have streets named after them in Portland’s West End. And the enslaved person, as of now, remains nameless.
The Witness Tree towers over the stairs that descend to the playground. It’s roughly 330 years old.
The frst bridge in the Oaks was designed in 1887 by William Goodwin, Portland’s chief engineer, whose structure echoed the work of Frederick Law Olmsted. It was replaced in 1911 by the vaulted stone and concrete bridge with an elliptical arch we know today.
REDCOATS CONFUSED
The oak that witnessed Church’s men sending “the enemy ying in shame” saw the same enemy take revenge in 1670, with smoke drifting from burning homes and more gun re. After little Falmouth burned down, the woods were emptied of Europeans till 1716.
THE GIFT
A Kittery shipbuilder named Nathaniel Deering returned in the 1760s when the waves of Back Cove still slid up the lowlands presided over by the witness tree. e water of 1837’s tides nearly made an island out of Portland’s peninsula. His family prospered, and a century later, Deering’s descendants o ered the Oaks to the city if the assessor would keep the valuation the same on the land for 10 years. e town did so and added another 15 years for good measure, taking possession of 52 acres of the park in 1870 for about $10,500 eir homestead later became a part of the University of Southern Maine, which spread across their farmland
from the new arts center to the new Portland Commons–which might have been better named Deering Commons after the original settlers and the town of Deering that grew up around them until it was incorporated into Portland in 1899
BEST SERVED RARE
In 1902, the Witness Tree and its neighbors overlooked a zoo maintained by the Portland Parks Commissioners, featuring coyotes from Idaho that dined daily on 24 cents [$8 today] of meat; deer enjoying clover, hay, ground corn, and oats; a fawn raised by park sta on cow’s milk when its mother rejected it; Montezuma quails, or “fool quails” because they were so easy to kill; monkeys delivered by sailors; parrots, peacocks, and rabbits. White Pekin ducks played in the spring-fed ravine before the concrete wading pool took over its source west of Deering Oaks Pond. All the while, visitors fed the animals continuously. e vast and tall oak stands into its fourth century above the estuary, overseeing a playground, tennis courts, and I-295 with roaring diesel tractor-trailers and cars sailing by for more than 50 years.
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1689 Maj. Benjamin Church battles a force of French & Indians along a tidal estuary, today the site of the tennis courts in Deering Oaks.
1804 Deering mansion built on today’s Bedford Street, overlooking the Oaks.
1882 Wooden footbridge built in Deering Oaks.
1883 First public bandstand built in the Oaks.
1887 First duck house placed in the pond. 1891 First petting zoo opens in the Oaks, with deer, bear cubs, and monkeys.
1895 Castle in the Park constructed.
1908 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show performs next to the Oaks in a field on Forest Avenue.
1911 Concrete bridge built in the Oaks.
1920 Maine Statehood Centennial celebrated with Passamaquoddy encampment in the Oaks.
1922 City buys out Casco Tannery Co. on Forest Avenue with its sheds and cesspools; reclaimed land is added to the Oaks.
1927 Charles Lindbergh speaks to a roaring crowd of 25,000 by the Castle in the Park.
1931 Deering Oaks Rose Circle set out by Parks Superintendent Karl Switzer on the site of the former Casco Tannery Co.
1933-34 New Portland Post Office, a WPA [Works Progress Administration] project, built on Forest Avenue.
1937 Monument to World War I General Clarence Edwards dedicated in the Oaks opposite the new Post Office.
1924 Spanish-American War monument dedicated in the Oaks.
1945 Softball field in the Oaks dedicated to Sgt. Edward Quinn, Jr., killed in Okinawa.
1960 Current spray fountain with colored lights installed in the Oaks pond.
Each night from late-October to March, Portland’s very own murder of crows descends into the branches of Deering Oaks. According to the Maine Audubon Society, they particularly love to make their communal roosts in the trees nestled along Park Avenue.
1972 I-295 cuts a huge swath off the north edge of the Oaks.
1993 President Bill Clinton speaks in the Oaks.
1994 Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston filmed skating in the Oaks for the movie The Preacher’s Wife.
2000 Summer Shakespeare performed in the Oaks by the Maine Dramatic Institute.
Update:
2010 Lady Gaga speaks out against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in the Oaks before a crowd of fans.
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From historian Herb Adams’s “Sunday in the Park with Fred,” Portland Monthly, April 2000.
BY ANY OTHER GRAIN
In the 1920s, former tannery land held new beds of annuals. Converted to roses in 1934, it must have been
In the 1990s, the students of nearby King Middle School had another name for the Oaks: the pejorative “Pickle Park.”
glamorous with more than 75 hybrid roses. But the pesticide needs of hybrid roses made them fall out of favor in the 2000s; more challenging shrub roses took their place. Ruby Frost Olé and others rebloom annually, shedding their fragrances and with no apparent damage from Japanese beetles. Or maybe the Parks Division gets an exemption…as it did to spray the oaks for the omnivorous browntail moths, sending thousands of larvae crashing to the ground early one recent summer and
WCSH personality
Bob Elliot tacked one of his famous signs on the granite archway off of Forest and Park, naming Deering Oaks Park one of “Bob’s Famous Places.”
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Map of the City’s Heart
Above: Falmouth Harbor and Portland Sound, Desbarres, 1776.
Below: A swan boat glides across Deering Oaks pond, 1910. Many Portlanders still remember the castle rising behind it as the 1990’s snack bar, The Barking Squirrel.
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A Newcomer’s Portland Guide to
BY LAUREL FAYE
Students just take the ferry to school?” I ask. e idea that a kid just hops on a boat and rides it to classes is so foreign to me. My school days consisted of a 45-minute commute from a neighboring town while my brother and I chewed gas station taquitos and listened to my mother playing Andrea Bocelli over the radio. I spot a school-aged girl opening the lid of her strawberry-print lunchbox, an afternoon snack for the return trip?
“It’s a lobster roll,” my partner guesses in a stage whisper.
“It is not,” I say. ough truthfully, I think it might be.
“Whatever it is, it’s probably littered with cranberries.”
We study the girl as she removes a bottle of Moxie, an apple, and a chicken salad with cranberry on sourdough. It’s a good thing I am not a betting woman. And though I grew up under a Coca-Cola sun in humid middle Georgia, I enjoy the bite of Maine’s o cial soft drink, even as I nd myself perplexed yet again by this new state I call home.
NEAR AND PHAROS
Portland has six lighthouses. I’d conjured up images of wave-tossed vistas standing proud amid the tumultuous surf. Imagine my feeling of betrayal upon learning that Portland Head Light isn’t even in Portland. Nor is Portland Breakwater. e lighthouse that towered high in my mind trembles in its granite setting as the ferry skirts Cape Elizabeth and the diminutive Bug Light, created intentionally by a puckish Yankee to mimic the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Greece.
IT’S JUST MAPLE AND SNOW, LAFAYETTE
You invented ice cream here, supposedly, but so far, I’ve only had Gelato Fiasco to slake the warm spring from my lips. Furthermore, where did all the Italians come from? I’d thought Maine was a mishmash of Indigenous, French, and English. Color me surprised, reader, to be carried on the back of the ol’ green, white, and red straight into Micucci’s in Little Italy for a fresh slab.
GAUGING THE LANGUAGE
‘Wicked’ threw me for a loop. Now, I can’t get it out of my vocabulary. Send help! I’ve only tried “Ayuh,” once. I’m still getting the tomato
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stains out of my favorite cardigan.
CRUSTACEAN KINGDOM
Lobstah versus Lahbstah–the former is correct. e latter will get you called a “Mass-hole.” So will parking on the “bad side of the street,” as well as just about any impolite behavior one can pin on our favorite tourists. Truthfully, it’s best not to bring up “Taxachusetts” at all. And here I thought the hate Florida got from us Georgians was bad!
OAR LOCKS, NOT WARLOCKS
I thought you each had a personal boat to take out on Casco Bay. I now know that while only half of us here actually have boats, all of us have skis.
REMEMBER ME
Maine Memory Network? e only
Memory Net we had in Georgia was for Dementia patients. It’s not a thing everywhere else. ere’s so much history here that even the most minor, most inconsequential building has massive amounts of historical relevance. And you care about it enough to document it, which is even wilder! Good on you, Portland, you cultural palimpsest.
CALENDAR WHIRL
I’m familiar with the standard two-season fare of southern summers and winters, but we Mainers get a lucky six! Mud, Spring, Construction, Summer, Fall, Winter. Of course, new seasons mean new seasonal lingo–“My road’s been posted!” My L.L. Bean Maine-grade winter boots saw me through the worst of it. Do you have any tips from a real Mainer on getting that winter stink out of them? Forget
it; bring out the ip- ops!
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
From my pack on the ferry, I remove an egg & cheese from Crooked Mile and o er half to my partner, savoring the warm, u y bite as we ferry-goers munch together in silence. Another boat approaches, and some of us–for we really are an us now, cradled by the deep-point to it. It’s the mailboat, zagging through these shaggy islands, full of adventure: House, Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Long Island, Great Chebeague, Cli , Pumpkin, Cushing, with tantalizing views of Eagle and Pound-of-Tea.
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We all know the phrase, “Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em,” but Maine remains ahead of the game. We’ve got the numbers on 2025’s state retail cannabis sales.
According to the Adult Use Retail Sales Report, compiled annually by Maine’s O ce of Cannabis Policy, over $19 million in cannabis products were sold in March of this year alone, the result of 300,000 individual transactions. Since last March, we’ve already hit $243,916,002.68. at’s an increase of over $26M from the year prior.
Back in 2020, sales barely reached $4.2 million. However, 2021 was
the year the business reached its rst incredible boom, raking in a grand $82M. We were graced with another swell in 2022, totaling $159M in cannabis products sold. Maine continues to trend upward, with $217M in 2023 and $244M in 2024 ink we can top our personal best?
Curious about the current state of the union? ere are only four states left in the U.S. where cannabis is still fully illegal and criminalized, including CBD: Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, and South Carolina.
In Texas, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, it’s CBD oil only, with the occasional cheeky Delta-8 or 9 slipped in.
While Nebraska and North Carolina decriminalized cannabis, it’s still illegal, and no medicinal varieties are available.
Twelve states are still mixed, with medical marijuana made available to the public, but decriminalization remains undecided: Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. e rest? High as kites in the May sky. n
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Nestled in the heart of the Old Port, Oun Lido’s–the buzzy Cambodian bistro at 30 Market Street–beckons with dishes that burst with color and intense avors. Directly across the street from the Portland Regency Hotel, it re ects the culinary journey of chef/ co-owner Bounahcree “Bones” Kim.
[See our story on page 25.]
Two levels of this venerable Victorian address are given over to Oun Lido’s, one below ground, where the food prep takes place, and one above, in a dining room with dramatic lighting against exposed brick. e visuals surprise—even the website dares to move the spirit with op art.
From Snacks on the menu, we start with the Shrimp Fresh Roll ($16), “two rolls with shrimp, sh sauce caramel, lettuce, daikon, carrot,
Oun Lido’s is splendido.
cuke, shiso, pea shoots, teuk trey [a second sh sauce].” Incredibly crisp, an explosion in your mouth.
e Nam Chien ($11.50) is “three fried egg rolls with chicken, vermicelli, wood ear mushroom, carrot, onion, and lemon zest.”
Served with a sprig of cilantro, they have a very nice, light coating.
Since a friend has highly recommended it, we venture into Salads and share the Plea Sach Ko ($19). is zingy beef sirloin dish is so polychromatic it’s like reworks: “anchovy prahok sauce, Chinese eggplant, cherry tomato, onion, roasted leeks, cauli-
ower, peppers, pickled bean sprouts & peanuts.” Wow. It’s a work of art. Like celebration streamers, the roasted leek strands add just the right sweet notes. From “Plates,” we order Kathew Cha ($25), “rice noodle stir fry with chicken, shrimp, eggs, scallion, bean sprouts, ginger, garlic, oil, chili, peanuts.” Served with lime, the shrimp are gigantic and crave-worthy.
ere’s new music all over the Old Port this summer. Here’s a great place to let your taste buds hear it—and get the party started. n
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Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s aw-shucks schtick is a mask for a monster who destroys strangers and loved ones with equal indifference.
Hunter makes a fortune exposing fraudsters. When he stumbles across the corpse of his German teacher on his old reformatory grounds, he’s certain he is onto something evil and becomes drawn into the mystery.
Unsure who his own father is, Hunter is no angel himself. A former “black ops” military offcer, he knows what he has to do to get the job done, no matter the cost.
Nightmares, hallucinations, and fragments of grisly memories knock on the door of his subconscious. Even the stage prop “Old Sparky” in his new lover’s lurid Grand Guignol connects a deadly circuit in Hunter.
Orisa cards warn of air disaster. Brainy Pia offers a path out of his disintegration. Traveling the globe—Paris, Berlin, Geneva, and London—Hunter can’t resist the magnetic scene south of New York where the Crime of the Century once played out.
Hunter is falling through the universe’s trap door. He’s headed for hell—unless he can redeem himself with one final flight.
Portland Lobster Company “Maine’s Best Lobster Roll,” lobster dinners, steamers, fried claims, chowder. Enjoy live music daily w/ ice-cold local beer or fine wine on our deck overlooking gorgeous Portland Harbor. 180 Commercial St., 775-2112, portlandlobstercompany.com.
The Corner Room features bright, wide-open space with towering ceilings complemented by handcrafted woodwork. Patrons can expect a warm, comfortable atmosphere, marked by the arich aromas of house-made 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 Portland’s Best Italian, Market Surveys of America. Silver medal, Best Italian, Best of 207. Seriously delicious Italian, American, seafood dishes with signature in-house pasta (Bruno’s Pasta Co. goodies entice in statewide culinary stores). Great sandwiches, pizza, calzones, soups, chowders, salads. Lunch/dinner in dining room or tavern—casual dining as an art form. 33 Allen Ave., 878-9511, restaurantji.com/ me/portland/brunos-restaurant-and-tavern-/
Docks Seafood We pride ourselves on our Maine roots. Our mission is to source our seafood locally and regionally. This is noticed by discerning diners who appreciate the value of their food being made fresh from scratch. Our bar features a rotating list of Maine craft beers and signature cocktails. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wed.-Sun.
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.
DiMillo’s On the Water Now’s the time to enjoy everything DiMillo’s has to offer: fabulous dishes prepared by Head Chef, Melissa Bouchard, voted one of Maine’s Chefs of the Year, plus Certified Angus Beef, Italian and the best lobster around. Our outside dining is unparalleled. Open Monday thru Saturday at noon, Commercial St., Old Port 772-2216. Always FREE PARKING while aboard.
Flatbread Company Portland Situated on the working waterfront next to Casco Bay Cruise Lines in Portland’s Old Port. Family-friendly restaurant with signature woodfired, pizzas, fresh salads, local craft beer, spirits and local, organic fresh ingredients. Pet friendly, deck seating on the water during summer. 72 Commercial St., 772-8777, flatbreadcompany.com.
Joseph’s by the Sea in Old Orchard Beach offers breathtaking views of Saco Bay. Enjoy indoor dining, outdoor seating, an upstairs lounge, and a rooftop deck. We specialize in locally sourced seafood and fresh Maine lobster. Closed for the season, we’ll reopen in March. Contact us at info@josephsbythesea. com or call 207-934-5044 for more info.
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DON’T MISS THESE OUTSTANDING SHOWS!
JULY 11–AUGUST 1, 2025
Tickets from $5–35 on sale June 1
JULY 11 & 13
Ragamala Dance Company Invisible Cities
JULY 17
Rob Flax’s Boom Chick Trio Concert on the Quad
JULY 18 & 19 OzuzuDances Space Carcasses
JULY 23 Moving in the Moment
JULY 25
Gesel Mason Performance Projects Yes, And - Maine
JULY 28
Musicians’ Concert
JULY 31 & AUG 1
Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company
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Music
Aura, 121 Center St. The Kills, Jun. 6; Martin Sexton, Jun. 7; 4NRS, Jun. 14; Mamma Mania!, Jun. 19; Reverend Horton Heat, Jun. 20; Robin Trower, Jun. 27. 772-8274. Bach Virtuosi Festival, St. Alban’s Church, 885 Shore Rd., Cape Elizabeth. Jun. 18–24. bachvirtuosifestival.org.
Bay Chamber Concerts, Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain St., Camden. Young Stars of Maine Prizewinners Concert, May 22; Falu Shah, May 23–24; Spring Music School Recitals, May 27–Jun. 3. 236-2823.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Damn, Girls!, May 17; Saccage & Hideous, May 22; Modern Friendship, Windier, & Silver Tree, May 24; SNAEX & Micah Blue Smaldone, May 30; Carl Dimow Quartet & Nadia Washington Quartet, Jun. 14; Gruppo Antudo & Sophie Patenaude, Jun. 21; Open Mic, every Tues.; Jazz Sesh, every Wed. 774-4111.
Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. YellowHouse Blues Band, May 17; Jud Caswell, May 23; Southside Blues, May 24; Bess Jacques & The Strays, May 30; Peter Gallway & The Real Band, May 31; Anni Clark, Jun. 7; Gordon Ward, Jun. 14; Denny Breau, Jun. 20; Onward, Jun. 21; Songwriter Showcase, Jun. 22; Blues on Sunday with Nelson Checkoway, Jun. 27. 560-5300.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Julia Keefe Quartet, Jun. 13; Spyro Gyra, Jun. 14; Darlin’ Corey, Jun. 18. 236-7963.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Denny Breau, Carole Wise, & Bruce Marshall, May 17; Squeezebox Stompers, May 23; Arabic Music Community Ensemble, May 31; Espiral 7, Jun. 5; Julia Gagnon & Nate Haven, Jun. 13. 442-8455.
Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. The Met Live: Salome (May 28) & Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Jun. 7). 581-1755.
Cross Insurance Arena, 1 Civic Center Sq. Coheed and Cambria with Mastodon, May 28. 791-2200.
Good Theater, Stevens Square Theater, 631 Stevens Ave. The Skivvies, Jun. 20–21. 835-0895.
Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. MET LIVE: Salome (May 17) & Il Barbiere di Siviglia (May 31). 667-9500.
Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. The Mallett Brothers Band, May 18. 698-1807.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Ball in The House, Jun. 6; Denny Breau, Jun. 7; Rhinestones & Rust, Jun. 12. 347-7177.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Moondance, May 16; Livingston Taylor, May 17; James Montgomery, May 23; Shades of Blues, May 25; Eric Hutchinson, May 29; Sophie B. Hawkins, Jun. 1; Cheryl Wheeler, Jun. 6; Liz Longley, Jun. 8; Don Campbell Trio, Jun. 13; The Spacecowboys, Jun. 14; Traveller, Jun. 28; Karla Bonoff, Jun. 29. 646-4777.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Met Live: Salome (R. Strauss), May 17; Adam Ezra Group, May 25; The Met Live: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rossini),
May 31. 563-3424.
Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Met Opera: Salome (R. Strauss), May 31; Met Opera: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rossini), Jun. 14. 873-7000.
MAINE LIVE
Maine Savings Amphitheater, 1 Railroad St., Bangor. Avril Lavigne, May 25; Zac Brown Band, May 31; Halsey, Jun. 4. 358-9327.
Maine State Music Theater, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Scott Moreau, Jun. 15–16. 725-8769.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Frank Hurricane &
The Magic of Motown at Merrill Auditorium on May 16.
Ralph White, May 29. 879-4629.
Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. The Portland String Quartet, May 18; Paul Sullivan, May 24; Fódhla, Jun. 7. 865-0040. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. The Magic of Motown, May 16. 842-0800.
One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Duke Robillard, May 16; Cantrip, May 17; Jackie Greene, May 18; The Portland Jazz Orchestra, May 22; Pine State Pitches, May 29; Allumé, May 30; Richard Shindell, May 31; Open Mic Night, Jun. 4; Eilen Jewell, Jun. 12; Ruthie Foster, Jun. 13; Mason Jennings, Jun. 14; Big Yellow Taxi,
Jun. 21; Rhett Miller, Jun. 28. 761-1757.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Andrew Duhon, May 23; Marcia Ball, May 30; The Sweet Remains, May 31; Le Vent du Nord, Jun. 7; Alison Brown Band, Jun. 13; Gaelic Storm, Jun. 14; Dom Flemons, Jun. 21; I Draw Slow, Jun. 27. 633-5159.
Portland Bach Experience, see website for locations. Jun. 5–15. portlandbachexperience.com.
Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. Velvet Harmonies, May 18; Clifford Cameron Trio, Jun. 14; Robert Gans, Jun. 26. 775-3356.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Tom Hamilton, May 15; Moon Hooch & Saxsquatch, May 16; Will Evans with Kuf Knot & Christine Elise, May 17; Samia, May 20; Ok Computer, May 23; Gltitterfox, May 27; Rigometrics, Jun. 20; Delicate Steve, Jun. 28. 805-0134.
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Carmina Burana, on demand May 19–Jun. 16; Dvořák’s New World Symphony, Jun. 17. 842-0800.
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Seaside Pavilion, 8 6th St., Old Orchard Beach. Summer Concert Series: Piano Men, Jun. 28. 842-0800.
Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. Pihcintu, May 17; Little Lies, Jun. 7. 929-6473.
Seaside Pavilion Events, 8 6th Street, Old Orchard Beach, So Good! The Neil Diamond Experience starring Robert Neary, June 25. Piano Man, June 28. 934-2024
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Sunny Day Real Estate, Jun. 1; JPEGMAFIA, Jun. 3; Jack’s Mannequin, Jun. 4;
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Stephen Kellogg, May 17; Tricky Britches, May 24; Christian Martin Trio, May 30; Bill Kirchen Band, May 31; Julia Gagnon, Jun. 6; Shawn Colvin & Rodney Crowell, Jun. 12; Gaelic Storm, Jun. 13; The Weight Band, Jun. 14; Nefesh Mountain Band, Jun. 27. 935-7292.
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Met Opera: Salome, May 17 & 27; Met Opera: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, May 31 & Jun. 10; The Weight Band, Jun. 13. 594-0070. Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Tuesdays on the Terrace: Ocean Ave Band (Jun. 17) & Katie Dobbins and Chris Noyes (Jun. 24). (603)433-1100.
Thompson’s Point, 207 Thompson’s Point. Vampire Weekend, May 29; Wallows, Jun. 6; The String Cheese Incident, Jun. 12; Mt. Joy, Jun. 19; Khruangbin, Jun. 29. 956-6000.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St. Susan Werner, Jun. 14. 729-8515.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Being Petty, May 17–18; Foreside Funk, May 22; The Wolff Sisters, May 23; Thanks to Gravity, May 24; Eclipse, May 29; Vyntyge Skynyrd, May 31; portBOWIE, Jun. 6; Primal Soup, Jun. 8; Deep Blue C Studio Orchestra, Jun. 12; Studio Two, Jun. 13; EXTC, Jun. 14; Suzanne Vega, Jun. 18; Magic Bus, Jun. 19; The Jacob Jolliff Band, Jun. 27; Tom Dimenna, Jun. 29. 985-5552.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Zoso, Jun. 8. 975-6490.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Good Vibrations, May 23; 10,000 Maniacs, May 30; The Nelsons, May 31; Tesla, Jun. 4; The Sixties Show, Jun. 7; Steve Earle, Jun. 10; Jorma Kaukonen with John Hurlbut, Jun. 17; Karla Bonoff, Jun. 28. 873-7000.
WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Music on the Railway: Bold Riley, Jun. 8. 882-4193.
Comedy
Blue, 650A Congress St. The Comedy Collective, May 17; Comedy Open Mic, every Tues. 774-4111.
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Bob Marley, Jun. 21. 564-8943.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Avner The Eccentric & Al Getler, Jun. 14. 442-8455.
Good Theater, Stevens Square Theater, 631 Stevens Ave. The High Road, Jun. 5–8. 835-0895.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. TJ, May 24. 347-7177. Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Bob Marley, Jun. 15. 646-4777.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Jon Stewart, Jun. 21; Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, Jun. 26–27; Sarah Millican, Jun. 28; Demetri Martin, Jun. 29. 842-0800.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Dusty Slay, May 16. 956-6000.
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Bob Marley, May 22. 935-7292.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. John Waters: The Naked Truth, Jun. 20–21; Happenstance Theater’s Pocket Moxie, Jun. 28. 975-6490.
Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Paul Reiser, Jun. 6. 873-7000.
Theater
Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St. Maine Playwrights One Act Festival, Jun. 20–29. 619-3256.
Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, A Concert, Jun. 26–29. 633-5297.
Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. KOAL by Jacinta Yelland, May 16. 743-8452.
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Rodger & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma, May 16-17. 564-8943.
City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Murder On The Orient Express, to May 25. 282-0849.
Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. Keep Singing!, Jun. 6–15. 783-0958.
Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth, With A Little Help From My Friends, Jun. 4–28. 747-5434.
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Scott Thompson is Buddy Cole in The Last Gloryhole, May 30. 646-4777.
Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. In-Laws, Out Laws, and Other People who Should be Shot!, May 22–31; Office Hours, Jun. 5–14; Footloose the Musical, Jun. 19–28. 474-7176.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire, Jun. 5–6. 563-3424.
Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. Something Rotten, Jun. 6–22. 799-1421.
Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. The Legend of Georgia McBride, to May 25. 747-4148. Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Rd., Falmouth. Play Me A Story! with Portland Stage, May 17. 781-2330.
Maine State Music Theater, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Robin & Clark’s Aladdin, Jun. 9; Anastasia The Musical, Jun. 4–21; Tootsie, Jun. 25–Jul. 12. 725-8769.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. King Friday’s Dungeon Puppet Slam, May 23–24; Happenstance Theater’s Pocket Moxie, Jun. 29. 879-4629.
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. CoCoMelon SingA-Long, May 29. 842-0800.
Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Come From Away, May 15–Jun. 14; Guys And Dolls, Jun. 19–Jul. 19. 6465511.
Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Mother Russia, to May 18; The Rocky
Some American Stories
Lunder Wing
Robert S. Duncanson, Vale of Kashmir, 1870. Oil on canvas, 26 × 49 ½ in.
The Lunder Collection. Photo credit: Luc Demers.
Sophie B. Hawkins, Jun. 1 at Jonathan’s Ogunquit
MAINE LIVE
Horror Picture Show, Jn. 12–Jul. 13. 942-3333.
Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Broadway National Tour: Ain’t Too Proud, May 27–28. 842-0800.
Portland Players Theater, 420 Cottage Rd., South Portland. Fun Home, Jun. 13–29. 799-7337.
Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, May 14–Jun. 1. 774-0465.
Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. The Dragon King, May 18. 782-3200.
Film
Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. Forever Everly: The Everly Brothers Rockumentary, Jun. 13–14. 7823200.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Fly Away Home, May 18. 367-2788.
MAINE JAZZ CAMP
Adults of all ages most welcome July 6-12, 2025
Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Halcyon Presents: Lime City, May 18. 594-0070.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. The Boston Strangler, May 16; Film & Discussion: The M Factor, May 17. 975-6490.
Literary
Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Maine Irish reads Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono, Jun. 12. 780-0118.
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Story Time with Splash & Mini-Mariners Cruise, May 27 & Jun. 17. 443-1316.
Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Maureen Stanton (The Murmur of Everything Moving), May 22; David Gessner (The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird), May 28; Lori Ostlund (Are You Happy?), Jun. 10; Mark Lefebvre (Healing a Village), Jun. 12; Catherine Newman (Sandwich), Jun. 18; Travis Kennedy (The Whyte Python World Tour), Jun. 24; Jessica Berger Gross (Hazel Says No), Jun. 25. 536-4778.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. The Moth Mainstage, Jun. 6. 956-6000.
Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. A Celebration of Write ME, May 31. 975-6490.
Dance
Belfast Flying Shoes, First Church in Belfast UCC Fellowship Hall, 8 Court St., Belfast. First Friday Dance, Jun. 6. 338-0979.
Blue, 650A Congress St. Salsa Nite, May 23 & Jun. 27. 774-4111.
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. DanceMaineia, May 18. 236-7963.
Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. Sunday Contra Dance, Jun. 1. 698-1807.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Hustle & Flow: Dancestravaganza, May 17. 347-7177.
Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Saturday Sessions: DJ Jay-C & Five Eleven, May 24. 805-0134.
State Theatre, 609 Congress St. The Big Gay Dance Party, Jun. 21. 956-6000.
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2025 Summer Concerts
8 6th St. Old Orchard Beach
FREE parking and shuttle service from Old Orchard Beach High School
So Good!
The Neil Diamond Experience Starring Robert Neary Wed., 6/25, 7pm
A one of a kind, cut above the rest, tribute to one of the greatest and most successful recording artists in history.
Maine’s 195th Army National Guard Band
Fri. 7/4, 7pm, FREE Come celebrate the 4th of July with us at the Pavilion!
Mark Schultz
Tues. 7/8, 7pm
As one of Christian music’s most distinctive voices, this singer/ songwriters music tugs on his listeners’ hearts.
Purchase tickets at seasidepavilion.org or call 888-718-4253
Deep Blue C
Orchestra
Tues. 7/15, 7pm
A tribute night to the composers from Bernstein to Lennon and McCartney with featured guest artist. Fred Lipsius.
Blues and Jazz Festival
Sat. 7/19, 6pm YellowHouse Blues Band, Soggy Po Boys, and Southside Blues Band will give you a night that you will not forget.
Jason Gray, Dave Pettigrew & Ricki
George Tues., 7/22, 7pm Seaside Pavilion is bringing a worship night featuring three exceptional artists.
Jim Brickman
Wed. 8/6, 7pm
The multiple award winning, hit-making songwriter is the bestselling solo pianist of our time.
Randy Armstrong & WorldBeat
Marimba Sat. 8/9, 7pm
An all-ages delight in sound and vision featuring music from around the world.
Three of Strong Spirits, 35b Diamond St. Bachata Night with Danza Latina, May 16 & Jun. 20. 899-4930.
Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Senior Thesis Exhibition 2025, to May 24; Beth Van Hoesen, to May 24; Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing, Jun. 6–Oct. 11. 786-6158.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands, to Jun. 1; Irreplaceable You, to Jun. 1; Reimagining Our Américas: Empathy and Activism Beyond Borders, to Jun. 1; Poetic Truths: Hawthorne, Longfellow, and American Visual Culture, 1840–1880, to Jul. 20. 725-3275.
Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. Elizabeth Awalt, May 17–Jun. 22. 594-5935.
Castine Historical Society, 17 School St. A History of Castine in 40 Objects, Jun. 9–Oct. 13. 326-4118.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. Leaf Litter, May 24–Sept. 7; The Shape of Memory, May 24–Sept. 7; Nicole Wittenberg: Cheek to Cheek, May 24–Sept. 14. 701-5005.
Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Senior Show 2025, to May 24; Into the Wind, to Jun. 8; Radical Histories, to Jun. 8; Stan Douglas: Hors-Champs, to Aug. 24. 859-5600.
Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Infinite Light, to May 24; Variations, to Jun. 7; Out of my Mind, to Jun. 14; Adven-
ture of the Unknown, to Jun. 14. 808-8911.
Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape Painting, to Jul. 6; Capturing Her Environment: Women Artists, 1870–1930, to Jul. 20; Anne Buckwalter: Manors | Momentum 2025, to Sept. 21. 596-6457.
Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Jim Flahaven, to May 31; Matt Blackwell, Jun. 5–28. 772-2693.
Kittery Art Association, 2 Walker St. K-12 Student Art Show: The Kittery School System, May 15–25; Explosive Spring, May 29–Jun. 22; Nautical New England, Jun. 26–Jul. 20. 451-9384.
Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. Exhibition On Screen: Michelangelo: Love and Death, Jun. 12–13. 563-3424.
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Best Friends: Mainers and their Pets, to Jun. 6; Of Note: Maine Sheet Music, to Jul. 28. 774-1822.
Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Emily Hass: No One Leaves Home Unless, to Jun. 26; Ron Faris: Being There and Everywhere, to Jun. 26; Joanne Tarlin: Turbulence, Fragility, Resilience, to Jun. 26; Tigist Yoseph Ron: Yaya, to Jun. 26. 773-2339.
Maine Sculpture Trail, Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium. An outdoor exhibit of 34 sculptures over 200 miles Downeast. schoodicsculpture.org.
Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Refresh, to May 31; Second Lives, Jun. 6–22; Summer Show, Jun. 27–Aug. 24. 865-0040.
Moss Galleries, 251 US-1, Falmouth. Frances Hynes: Playing Notes, to May 31; John Hultberg: Angels Above Fear, to May 31. 781-2620.
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd. A Sailboat in the Moonlight, to Jul. 20; Henry Strater’s Ogunquit, to Nov. 16; Where the Real Lies, to Nov. 16. 646-4909.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 Polar Loop, Brunswick. Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios, May 20–Oct. 26; At Home In the North, to Jun. 1, 2026. 725-3416.
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. Jo Sandman: Skin Deep, to Aug. 17; Painting Energy: The Alex Katz Foundation Collection at the Portland Museum of Art, May 23–Sept. 14. 775-6148.
Portsmouth Historical Society, 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Young Artists Contests, to May 31; Contemporary Currents, to Oct. 13; Cabot Lyford: Winds of Change, to Nov. 2. (603)436-8433.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. Paintings in Oil, to May 30; Works in Watercolor by Randy Eckard & Richard H. Eyster, Jun. 1–29. 712-1097.
River Arts, 36 Elm St, Damariscotta. New Works, to May 24; Members’ Show, May 31–Jul. 5. 563-6868.
Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, 48 Free St. Portland. Jake Hall. 221-7700
Ticonic Gallery & Studios, 93 Main St., Waterville.
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University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Circle of the Sun, to Jun. 8. 602-3000.
Bites
The Burleigh, Kennebunkport Inn, 1 Dock Sq. Decked Out with Burleigh & Boston Beer Co., May 17. 204-9668.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Food & Medicine of the Wabanaki, Jun. 7. 633-8000.
Maine Cheese Guild, 19 Miller St., Belfast. Intro to Goat Cheese, May 21. 419-9175.
Maine Tasting Center, 506 Old Bath Rd., Wiscasset. A Homestyle Indian Cooking Journey, May 15, 30, Jun. 5, & 19; Chinese Dumplings with a Maine Twist, Jun. 8; Cook & Create: Durban Curry, Jun. 20; Perfectly Paired: A Sip & Style Experience with Maple & Honey Boards, Jun. 22; Beyond the Grape: A Survey of Maine Wines, Jun. 25; Queso Presto! Workshop, Jun. 28. 558-5772.
Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Father’s Day BBQ Cooking Class, May 22; Free Beer Tasting with Mast Landing, May 23; Poke Bowl Class, May 28; Cider Tasting with Absolem Cider Company, May 30; Asian Baked Tofu, Jun. 1; Summer Wines Under $20 Tasting, Jun. 12; Free Mead Tasting with Run Amok Mead, Jun. 13; 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee Weekend Party, Jun. 20–22; Cast Iron Cooking Class, Jun. 25; Free Bissell Brothers Beer Tasting, Jun. 27. 443-1402.
Acadia Birding Festival, Acadia National Park. See website for details. May 29–Jun. 1. acadiabirdingfestival.com. Aura, 121 Center St. Portland Pride 2025, Jun. 21. 772-8274. Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Paths of Courage: A Veteran Stories Tour, May 17; Oral History Training Workshop, May 31; Cyanotype Printing, Jun. 4. 985-4802.
Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. The Early Evening Show, May 31. 743-8452.
Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Delicious Divas: Queens and Kings, Jun. 7. 564-8943.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Burst & Bloom Variety Show, May 24. 442-8455.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Proper Planting: Plants & Practices, May 17; DIY Garden Mobiles Family Program, May 17; The Caterpillar Lab, May 30–Jun. 1; Natural Communities of Maine, Jun. 5; Illustrating Mushrooms with Watercolor & Ink, Jun. 9–10; Basket Weaving Demo with Chief Richard Silliboy, Jun. 21; Wearable Art Using Fresh Flowers, Jun. 21–22. 633-8000.
The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Wes Barker, May 30. 347-7177.
Maine Audubon, Fields Pond, 216 Fields Pond Rd., Holden. Forestry for Maine Birds: Birding with Holden
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Land Trust, May 17. 781-2330.
Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Rd., Falmouth. Garden Care, May 30; Native Plants Sale & Festival, Jun. 7; Bird Walk, every Thurs. 781-2330.
Maine Audubon, Scarborough Marsh, 92 Pine Point Rd. Opening Weekend Celebration, May 24–26; Bird Walks, every Wed. 781-2330.
Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Streets of Change: How Urban Renewal Shaped Jewish Life in Portland’s East End, May 15; The Hidden Exodus: The Story of Ethiopian Jews and Operation Moses, May 29; Maine Jewish Museum Hall of Fame 2025, Jun. 8. 773-2339.
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Headin’ Upta Camp: Exploring the History of Maine’s Sporting & Leisure Camps (Zoom Lecture), Jun. 12; Explorers Sketchbooks with Watercolor & Ink, Jun. 21. 443-1316.
Makers on Main, Main St., Freeport. An expansive trail of Maine art, crafts, & food, with a delightful array of local products for sale, Jun. 7. visitfreeport.com/makersonmain.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Georgia Beatty’s The Book of Stars with Emily Schubert, Jun. 8. 879-4629.
New England Craft Fairs, Wells Junior High, 1470 Post Rd. Wells Annual Summerfest Arts & Craft Show, Jun. 21–22. 946-7079.
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. Tim Sample, Jun. 26. 633-5159.
Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. STEM Saturday, May 24; Spring Auto Tour, Jun. 14; 50th Anniversary Celebration, Jun. 26–29. 594-4418.
Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Trivia Night, May 15. 367-2788.
Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Flag Day Commemoration, Jun. 13; Portsmouth Pride Festival & Marketplace, Jun. 21. (603)433-1100.
Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. Tim Sample, Jun. 20. 985-5552.
Whoopie Pie Festival, Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds, 77 Fairview Ave., Dover-Foxcroft. Celebrate Maine’s State Treat with music, games, whoopie pie eating contests, & much more, Jun. 14. mainewhoopiepiefestival.com.
Windswept Gardens, 1709 Broadway, Bangor. Herb Workshop, Jun. 7; Grow Your Own Veggie Haven Workshop, Jun. 14; Planter Party Workshop, Jun. 21; Pollinator Paradise Workshop, Jun. 28. 941-9898.
WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. The Great War Remembered: World War I Reenactment Weekend, May 17–18; Ride the Rails to Hike the Trails, May 31 & Jun. 28; The Road to Togus Remembered: Civil War Reenactment, Jun. 21–22. 882-4193.
To submit an event listing: portlandmonthly.com/portmag/submit-an-event/ Compiled by Bethany Palmer
FALL SHOW
All Aboard!
e Mountaineer o ers a supremely scenic journey over Crawford Notch.
Station 2 Station
Little Cranberry Island’s former Coast Guard Lifesaving Station wants to harbor you. All that stands between you and this haven is $6.5M.
STORY BY COLIN W. SARGENT
Acouple of years out of Bard College, in 1978, I was visiting my grandmother in Northeast Harbor,” says seller Frank Newlin. “She’d chartered a cruise, but the weather was terrible, so she o ered the luxury lobster boat to me. We headed east by Baker Island. In the rough weather, the Station stood out.
“‘Oh, by the way, it’s for sale,’ the captain said.
“I’d just started as a stockbroker with Mosley, Hallgarten, Estabrook, and Weeden. I owned the Station ten days later. For decades, I’d come up from New York to catch my breath.
“I was up here during 9/11, one of the prettiest days in the summer. Glorious. Deep blue sky. My wife and I were having co ee on the porch. My brother-in-law called. ‘Turn on the TV.’ It was one of the prettiest days in Manhattan, too, above the smoke curling into the sky.
“ e Station was built in 1880 with the original boathouse. Manned by locals, it was part of the voluntary life-saving service until the close of World War II. When I bought it, the sea wall was falling into the water. e ocean was coming to take it away.”
e 12.5-acre parcel’s Station has three bedrooms, a living room and dining room, a kitchen, a granite replace, a tower bedroom, and a two-bedroom guest house with a
three-car garage. And 2,000 feet of sensuous shoreline.
What’s your favorite room?
“It’s not the top of the tower, although I love showing that to people. I’m building a man cave on the ground oor. It faces southwest into the gut. e living room is a great place to watch a storm. e storms come in from the east and southeast, crashing right on the wall in front of the living room.
W“e got huge waves from a one-syllable hurricane I can’t remember. Spray burst above the roof. Wind and rain, the only way it can be in a Maine November. One storm set me running through the blasts of wind and downpours to help rescue some of the island’s sheep. If there’s a dumber animal on this planet, I haven’t met it. You can’t tell a sheep to stay dry.
“I heard a thud, went out, and found a pu n-like bird with the
Neighbor Henry Grandgent built the fireplace by hand over the course of a winter 25 years ago.
wind knocked out of it. My bird book said dovekies eat mussels, so I got a shoe box, added mussels, and sheltered it in the lee.
T“he next morning, the storm had passed, but the black and white bird died. I returned to the book and learned only then that it’s next to impossible for a dovekie to take o from land. It has to be water. It made me sad to think that what I did only hurt it. If I had thrown it away from the top of the tower, it would have had more chances than I gave it.
“I’ve seen so much here. A giant whale washed up on the edge of my property. Maybe a minke. It was there for a long time. Finally, the wheels, red tape, and ecologists nished, and they removed the skeleton. I’ve seen orcas in the harbor, too. I’ll be reading on the porch, look up, and see almost every commercial cruise ship there is. All the tall ships go in the eastern way, almost within a stone’s throw.”
What are your favorite page-turners?
“Anything by John Sanford. Maine’s Frankie FitzGerald wrote an essential book about Vietnam and totalitarianism. It wasn’t all reading, however. We had dances, too.”
To put us there, what kind of music? “Los Lobos.”
On the radio?
“No. e band. In the ell.”
How’d you pull that o ?
“Geddy Mitchell had Jenny’s Pub in Bar Harbor. When I heard he’d booked Los Lobos, I said, ‘I’ll split the cost with you if you have them out.’ e dance was held in the original boat room where they went out in long boats and rescued foundered ships.”
Taxes:$16,034. n
“Since taking ownership at the start of the year, my wife and I are committed to continuing the
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LEGENDS
Witness Tree (continued from page 45)
The castle was designed by Frederick Augustus Tompson. According to the Friends of Deering Oaks, it was built in 1894 as a warm shelter for pond ice-skaters, and it included a freplace. The castle has served as a visitor’s center, a snack bar, and an ice-skate rental venue. The land of the castle was deeded to the city by Deering in 1879.
saving the leaves.
TOUCHING DOWN
In 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh gave a speech to 25,000 exultant fans, thrilled by his ight across the Atlantic Ocean.
SHHHH…THE ROOTS ARE SLEEPING
T he Deering Oaks Family Festival ourished from the early 1980s till 1994, after which city sta moved to protect their old oak trees, like the Witness Tree, whose roots were su ering from thousands of visitors’ feet.
SWANNING AROUND
e early swan boats, so beloved in the 1920s, brie y returned in the 1990s but disappeared. We were promised new ones if the water quality could be improved. So far, that’s still a work in progress.
NIGHT MOVES
Historian Herb Adams, founding member of the current Parkside Neighborhood Association, said, “By 1990, Deering Oaks had become a dark place for drug dealing, knives, ghts … It took a neighborhood uprising–and lots of heavy lifting by fed-up neighbors and good folks from all around–to turn it around.”
COMPROMISING SITUATIONS
According to a 1983 Portland Chronicle article, the Oaks hosted drug sales and men seeking gay sex, where young men turned a hang-out by the bridge into a crime honey pot, turning on the men they’d befriended by stealing from them–men unwilling to prosecute because of prejudice against homosexuality.
AT EASE
In September 2010, Lady Gaga attracted a crowd of fans to urge their
The
park once flled and drained straight from the ocean. It was naturally connected to Back Cove until it was altered in the late 19th century to suit roadways. At one point, you could’ve sailed a ship straight to the park. In the original 1850 plan written up by William Goodwin, Back Cove is still visibly attached to the park.
By Virginia Souza
support for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” provision that kept gay members of the armed services from being allowed to be open about their sexual preferences. A year later, that law was repealed.
IN THE ARMS OF THE ARBORS
In 2020, Adams said, “A driver on drugs jumped the curb and killed Celestin Muhizi, an elderly man watching a youth baseball game in the Oaks. He had survived the Rwandan genocide but died in his adopted country under the branches of that very tree.”
GOTTA CURFEW?
From the same article, “Patrolman Mark Dion remembers parking with his date down by the pond several years ago.”
In 2023, Dion was elected the city’s mayor. He and the manager, the city council, the police, and city sta have responded to homeless encampments
The park is known for its stands of red and white oaks, some more than 200 years old. Other species include Maine Green Ash, Pin Oak, and Siberian Elm, which can be found near the Oak’s Rose Circle. If the park isn’t quite the heart of the city, then it’s certainly the lungs. With over 1,000 individual trees, 60 different species present in the 54-acre park, and the average lifespan being 150-250 years old, Deering Oaks is one of the woodsiest areas in Portland.
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“When the Deering Oaks family festival switched from a three-day to a ten-day festival, the increased attendance, rides, and tents greatly aggravated compaction of the turf and tree roots. Stan Bennett of Oakhurst Dairy was one of the local business leaders who observed the damage and recommended reducing the impact on the park’s trees. The following year, the focus shifted to closing Deering Avenue to keep rides and vendors on paved surfaces, including the Fitzpatrick Stadium parking lot. The newly formed Friends of Deering Oaks likewise advocated for reducing the damage. The Witness Tree also suffered this impact and today still displays a circus tent stake driven into its root fair— ouch!”
—Jeff
Tarling, Maine Audubon Society
THE THROUGH LINE
Jim Flahaven
May 1 - 31, 2025
Opening Reception: Thurs., May 1, 5 - 7pm
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Deering Oaks Park.
IS THIS SEAT WARM?
A homeless encampment was in place, and traces remained from 2022 on, as the city installed public toilets, maintained them twice daily, re-designed the structures after one was vandalized and destroyed, re-installed that one and more, and continue to keep them clean in 2025
SUPER TROOPER
Supervising Ranger Liz Collado sits at a desk in the park’s “Castle,” below the plaque once a xed to the witness tree commemorating the 1689 battle. “Portland Park Rangers,” she says, “made 448 visits to Deering Oaks in 2023 and 1,470 in
Local psychics say Deering Oaks is off the charts! Psychometers, such as electromagnetic feld meters, measure levels of spiritual and psychic activity.
2024, clearing refuse and used syringes.” Her family goes back 12 generations, descending from John Libby, who arrived at Richmond Island as an indentured servant in 1636. “It’s a privilege to be part of the history of Portland,” she says.
Still, let us praise her and her sta and all the generations of city workers, neighbors, and visitors whose love takes care of our parkland and its historic trees. n
thanks to archivist Abraham
STEM Outreach at the University of Southern Maine
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The Birds, by Karen E. Hofreiter Summerguide 2010.
in the Birth Room Joni
When you have your one and only baby, you bring Joni Mitchell with you. In the hospital’s birth room, Joni sings to you from your husband’s cassette player. At rst, anyway. For the rst stage of your 9-hour labor, the last stage of your before times, you sit in the birth room’s rocking chair and deep-breathe and rock away to Court and Spark. e album that you fell for hard while sitting lotus-style on your twin bed in your sister’s and your shared room.
Sometimes, the two of you listened to music together; but Joni, then you listened alone, rocking back and forth in a brooding teenage trance. In your rst stirrings of low-down longing. Each song was a sexy story. You were begging Help Me yet
longing to fall; you were waiting for a Car on the Hill; you were A Free Man in Paris; you were Raised on Robbery. You were trying out all those lives, while really you were the silent people-watching girl at the People’s Parties. That song segues seamlessly into the scary one, the one in which you are constantly a ‘stranger’ to yourself; you can ‘crawl’ but can ‘ y’ too… And you can lie splayed on a hospital bed, twisting in pain like the worst-ever menstrual cramps, whole-body cramps, the Joni tape long since turned o , the doctor threatening after eight-plus hours to give you the spinal injection you haven’t wanted, so your baby can come clear-headed into this world. Your anxious husband relents, saying maybe you should take the shot. No.
You tell him and the doctor No
with such force that you nally give the push needed, splitting your life in two and pushing forth a son. Into a stunned silence in which you fear he’s dead. Broken by his sweet, piercing cry. And your husband hoarsely exclaims, “Rock and roll!” Drowned out by this naked new stranger. You take hold of him, his warm, innitely soft skin pressing yours. No words; you are way too exhausted for words. But lyrics, Joni’s lyrics, aren’t mere words, and these sing inside you as you hold and rock your son, meeting his dark, wide-open stare, yours only not. At last, and at rst, it’s Down to You. n
