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PHOTO: Portland Museum of Art

Augusta Area

Maine Woods Presentation Set for May 30, 2012 at The Lithgow Library
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/15/maine-woods-presentation-set-for-may-30-2012-at-the-lithgow-library/59734/

Kennebec Valley Human Society Needs Your Support
http://www.pethavenlane.org/kvhs/wish.htm 

Brian Lajoie Benefit–9-Hole Golf Scramble and Luncheon Benefit June 8, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/21/brian-lajoie-benefit9-hole-golf-scramble-and-luncheon-benefit-june-8-2012/60035/

10th Annual Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament to be Held June 11, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/22/10th-annual-meals-on-wheels-golf-tournament-to-be-held-june-11-2012/60128/

Bath

Dreamland Theatre 2012 Schedule
http://www.sagadahocpreservation.org/DreamlandTheatre.htm

Brunswick

Evening Star Cinema

Calendar of Upcoming Movies
http://www.eveningstarcinema.com/coming.html

 Tontine Mall
149 Maine St.
(207) 729-5486
www.eveningstarcinema.com

Gardiner

Gardiner Farmer’s Market Every Wednesday from 2PM to 6PM
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/14/gardiner-farmers-market-every-wednesday-from-2pm-to-6pm/59578/

Info on Children’s Programs: All Ages Talent Show Auditions at Johnson Hall May 23 and 26, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/21/info-on-childrens-programs-all-ages-talent-show-auditions-at-johnson-hall-may-23-and-26-2012/60020/

REMINDER: Gardiner Main Street Invites you to “Ride Into Summer” on May 25, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/21/gardiner-main-street-invites-you-to-ride-into-summer-on-may-25-2012/59427/

Hallowell

Lithgow Library to Host Sustainability Series through May
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/04/20/lithgow-library-to-host-sustainability-series-throughout-may-2012/57734/

Gaslight Theater to Produce The 39 Steps beginning May 18th
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/04/29/gaslight-theater-to-produce-the-39-steps-show-to-open-may-18-2012/58436/

250th Anniversary/Old Hallowell Day Celebrations 2012 Continues
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/15/250th-anniversaryold-hallowell-day-celebrations-2012-continues/59647/

Kennebec Valley Art Association Receives $3,430 Grant from the Maine Community Foundation
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/21/kennebec-valley-art-association-receives-3430-grant-from-the-maine-community-foundation/60072/

Harmony

Lewiston

Festival Franco Fun 2012 Celebration Scheduled for June 2nd
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/22/festival-franco-fun-2012-celebration-scheduled-for-june-2nd/60178/

Ogunquit

Ogunquit Playhouse Box Office Open and Schedule Announced
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/03/31/ogunquit-playhouse-box-office-open-season-announced-for-2012/55843/ 

2012 Calendar for the Portland Museum of Art
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/04/20/2012-exhibition-schedule-for-the-portland-museum-of-art-2/57714/

Portland School of Ballet Summer Class Schedule Announced
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/04/21/portland-school-of-ballet-class-schedule-for-the-summer-of-2012/57822/

Portland Stage to Present Marie Antoinette May 1st to 20th
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/04/28/portland-stage-to-present-marie-antoinette-may-1st-to-20-2012/58405/

Italian Heritage Center Newsletter for May 2012
http://italianheritagecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Italian-Heritage-Center-Newsletter-May-12.pdf

Portland Museum of Art Events and Movies for the Week of May 21, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/21/portland-museum-of-art-events-and-movies-for-the-week-of-may-21-2012/60062/

Rockland

A Sure Bet is The Line-up at The Strand Theatre through May 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=60163&action=edit

Saco

Waterville

A Sure Bet is The Line-up at The Strand Theatre through May 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/22/a-sure-bet-is-the-line-up-at-the-strand-theatre-through-may-2012/60163/

Winthrop

Electricity Maine to be Featured at June Meeting of Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce on June 7, 2012
http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/05/22/electricity-maine-to-be-featured-at-june-meeting-of-winthrop-lakes-region-chamber-of-commerce-on-june-7-2012/60152/

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Maine Theater, Social and Public Events – Updated Regularly So Keep Checking Back!

 http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/03/23/maine-events-updated-regularly/54833/

Check this out for many new entrees and REMEMBER to check this post often on The Valley Voice Homepage.

Maine Music Artists and Venue News – Watch for Regular Updates!

http://thevalleyvoice.org/2012/03/25/maine-music-artists-and-venue-news-watch-for-regular-updates/55152/

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ACORN NEWS – APRIL 2012

NOTES FROM THE PRODUCING DIRECTOR

Things are hopping around Acorn this month as we present our biggest event of the year:”The Maine Playwrights Festival.” This year’s event includes the usual evenings of short plays, the third edition of the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project, 2 staged readings, and a new evening of performances titled “Take Two” consisting of 2 different interpretations of ten 2-minute plays. All of the fun starts Tuesday with a kick-off event title “Write Right Wright” featuring playwrights reading their poems, essays and short stories. We hope that you will be able to check out at least one of these wonderful events that showcase the great talents of Maine-based writers and actors.

Classes for children at theAcorn Acting Academy begin next week, and we have some exciting new offerings, including a production class of “Little Red Riding Hood,” the next offering of the Fairy Tale Players. We have added a new teacher, Michel Toth, to our faculty and changed some of our class times and days to help you work around your child’s busy schedule. Adult classes start towards the end of the month, and we are pleased to welcome back Michael Howard to our teaching faculty. Register early for our popular “Writer’s Improv” class as it does fill up, and look for an announcement soon about another writing class we will be offering in Portland.

If you are planning on registering your child for one of our Summer Acting Camps be certain to do so this weekend to take advantage of last year’s prices. While we try to keep all of our programs affordable and low-cost, rising costs do cause us to periodically adjust our tuition rates for inflation. We have a number of exciting sessions planned for students this summer, including 2 sessions of “Fractured Fairy Tales,” and we have programs for children as young as 6 and as old as 14.

One of the most significant changes in our programming is that we have decided to endNaked Shakespeare’s monthly Wine Bar shows in order to focus on producing our annual Teen Shakespeare production, which is an adaptation of Hamlet this year, and our audience wlak-through performance installation of “All’s Well On The Waterfront” this June (part of the Portland Performing Arts Fringe Festival). Look for an announcement soon about the new Acorn Shakespeare Conservatory a two-year training program for actors that will begin in the fall.

We are grateful to everyone who contributed to our recent fundraisers, the Bowl-A-Thon and our Kickstarter campaign. THANK YOU. If you did not donate at one of these events but would like to support Acorn, please visit our website to donate through PayPal ordownload our fundraising letteras we do rely on individual donations for approximately 10% of our annual operating budget. We certainly wish we lived in a society that provided government support for the arts, but unfortunately, as all non-profits we do have to turn to our supporters to help fund our free and low-cost programs. We appreciate your understanding of this economic reality.

See you at the theater!

- Mike Levine

CHILDREN’S ACTING CLASSES

begin this week, and it’s not too late to register

We offer classes for beginners as well as more advanced students after school on weekdays. Space is still available in all classes, including our Fairy Tale Players “Little Red Riding Hood” production class, so be sure to sign up the dramatic child in your life for a class today!

click here to download a brochure

click here for more info or to register

WRITE RIGHT WRIGHT
a special kick-off event for the Maine Playwrights Festival

Featuring essays, short fiction and poetry readings by MPF playwrights Laurie Brasssard, Hal Cohen, Maureen Ann Connolly, Delvyn Case, Chelsea Cook, Sarah Halford, Rebecca Iren, Cullen McGough, Patricia Mew, Jefferson Navicky, and MK Spain, as well as Lowry’s Lodge curators Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel

Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30pm

Mayo Street Arts, Portland

Admission FREE (suggested donation $10)

MEMORIAL DAY, by Lynne Cullen
a staged reading of a new play

Memorial Day, 1960. It’s the first Sullivan family barbecue since the death of their father, and Hank – the new King of the Grill – is trying to maintain order, but when he invites a stranger to the party, all bets are off.

Saturday, April 7th at 7:30pm

Acorn Studio Theater

Admission FREE (suggested donation $5)

SUMMER ACTING CAMPS
this weekend is the last opportunity to register your child at last year’s prices

Our acting camps are a great vehicle for your dramatic child to explore their creativity with a group of like-minded students their own age. Every session ends with a performance for families in the Acorn Studio Theater.

One-week sessions begin June 18th

click here to see the schedule

WE DREW THE SKY, by Charlie Marenghi
a staged reading of a new play

Based on the real life story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, an artist who secretly taught children in the Terezin concentration camp.

Saturday, April 14th at 7:30pm

Acorn Studio Theater

Admission FREE (suggested donation $5)

LOWRY’S LODGE
featuring local poets Michael Macklin and Marty Pottenger

Our monthly poetry series curated by Anna Wrobel and Jim Donnelly continues with 2 great local authors reading from their work.

Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m.

Admission FREE (suggested donation $5)

ADULT ACTING CLASSES
begin the week of April 23rd

Whether you are just starting your journey into the world of acting, or you are looking to sharpen the tools in your box, we have a class for you!

click here to download a brochure

click here for more info or to register

Acorn Productions | 90 Bridge St. | Westbrook, ME 04092

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Please join us as we gather to raise both Children’s Cancer Awareness and money to help Madeline “Maddy” Dostie. Maddy is my ten year old cousin, the daughter of Tanner Dostie of Gardiner and Wendy Hochendoner of Winthrop, and the the Granddaughter of Vinnie and Mari McGuire of Gardiner, and Melinda Hochendoner and the late Karl Hochendoner of Oregon. Maddy was Life-Flighted to MMMC in Portland recently, where doctors removed a cancerous tumor from her brain. Maddy is now in for a long haul, with a spinal tap scheduled, followed by possibly more surgery, and then radiation and chemotherapy.

Check out this beautiful new poster for the event…a huge thank you to Jason Swails for the generous donation of his time and creative talents!

We will be having live music by Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations, silent auctions, live auctions, and raffles. We are looking for donations of auction items. Tickets will be $10.00 and must be pre-bought. For more info please contact Mari or Vinnie McGuire at 582-8977, or Dave Kaplan at 242-8548.

Dave Kaplan’s sister, Debbie Brestel, has donated a beautiful painting. We will now be auctioning this wonderful Diptych work valued at $1200.00. There will be a reserve of $300 so that is where the bidding will start. If anyone would like to purchase the Palm tree painting, or another of Debbie’s works, there are several on display at the showroom of Kaplan Electric on Rt 202 in Winthrop. Check her work out on her site.

Tickets are not yet printed…but for those who want to order now you can send a check made out to Mari McGuire. Please mail the check to me ( Dave Kaplan) at: 20 Roseanne Ave, Augusta, Me.04330.

Augusta Elks Lodge #964
397 Civic Center Drive,
Augusta, ME 04330

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Sat. March 24
Brendan Lake

The Old Goat Pub offers a variety of lagers, ales, wine, domestic and imported beer to suit anyone’s taste. Also offering a one of kind menu which includes appetizers, pasta and Paninis.

Weekends offer a variety of live entertainment in a cozy welcoming atmosphere.

Hours:
Monday-Saturday 12:00 p.m.-To Closing
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

The Old Goat
33 Main Street
Richmond, Maine
737-4628

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Pina

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, March 16 — Thursday, March 22:
Daily at 2:50, 4:55 and 7:00 EXCEPT No 7:00 show on Wednesday!
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:45 and Fri. and Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

Wow! “PINA, Wim Wenders’ shockingly beautiful and moving tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, is a dance movie that brings the audience to the performance in a way a traditional documentary could never do – and in ways that even being in a theater, watching live, won’t accomplish. This meditation on movement and space, transportation and transcendence is not to be missed. It’s a loving (and playful) eulogy, a celebration of a creative force. If the best dance performances mirror life, then Pina – nominated for a documentary Academy Award- takes the mirror image and magnifies it, vitalizes it. Wenders shoots the members of Bausch’s ensemble in the cars of a gliding monorail, on busy street corners, on the barren ridge of an industrial wasteland, in sleek modernist buildings and elegant gardens. Wenders says “until now, movement as such has never touched me.” He went on to explain how he had learned to value what body language, what human motion and force and grace, can do. With Pina, his revelation becomes ours”—Stephen Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer. In English and in German with English subtitles. PG. 106 Min.

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In The Land of Blood and Honey

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SHOWTIMES

Friday, March 16 — Thursday, March 22:
Daily at 2:30, 5:05 and 7:30
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:00 Noon

OVERVIEW

Golden Globe nomination: Best Foreign-Language Film!

Angelina Jolie moves to the other side of the camera and reveals an amazingly compassionate and passionate eye in her directorial debut, a moving  drama about the complex relationship between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman held captive in the camp he oversees. A story of love against the most unlikely home for it, IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY is an unforgettable cinematic experience. “”…introduces the idea that war is very much about the violent domination of women and not just about nation-states, ethnic conflicts, historical grudges and men killing men….moves briskly and easily holds your attention…”—Manohla Dargis, N.Y. Times. In Bosnian with English subtitles. R. 127 Min.

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The Artist

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SHOWTIMES

Monday, Mar. 12 — Thursday, Mar. 15:
Daily at 2:35, 4:40 & 6:50

Friday, March 16 — Thursday, March 22:
Daily at 2:40 and 7:10
Also Fri. and Sat. at 9:05

OVERVIEW

5 Academy Awards including Best Picture of the Year!
Best Actor (Jean Dujardin) and Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius)!

Already the Golden Globe winner for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), named Best Film of the Year by the New York Film Critics and countless others, THE ARTIST  received 10 Oscar nominations and won 5! “The year’s most euphoric screen experience belongs to—incredibly—a black-and-white silent film. In 1920s Hollywood, actor George Valentin (the magnificent Jean Dujardin) is the Clooney of cinema—until the “talkies” take over and his fame crumbles. Only starlet Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo) keeps faith in his talents. Even without dialogue, the film’s touching, dramatic and beguiling sentiments come through loud and clear”—Us. PG-13. 100 Min.

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A Separation

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SHOWTIMES

Monday, Mar. 12 — Thursday, Mar. 15:
Daily 2:25, 4:50 and 7:15 Except NO 7:15 on Wednesday!

Friday, March 16 — Thursday, March 22:
Daily at 4:45
Also Sat. and Sun. at 12:15

OVERVIEW

Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign-Language Film!

Nominated for 2 Oscars—Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Film–A SEPARATION has drawn, by actual count, THE best of reviews of any film released in the past year. A truly involving drama about an Iranian couple whose marriage dissolves over family loyalties, A SEPARATION is “…an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you in the jury box…. As the great Sam Fuller said,’ “The end of this story will be written by you!’“—J. Hoberman, Village Voice, “A world-class masterpiece…. Flawlessly crafted, brilliantly performed and elegantly photographed, it follows a succession of disastrous consequences that flow from the marital split, and that pose profound moral questions without venturing judgments”—Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal. In Farsi with English subtitles. PG-13. 123 Min.

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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

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SHOWTIMES

Saturday, March 17 & Sunday, March 18
at 9:30 a.m.

Individual tickets are $8.00. For more information call 207-873-4021.

OVERVIEW

The title of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s very highly regarded film conjures Italian director Sergio Leone, but it plays out as a juxtaposition of a famous Eugene O’Neill title as in A Long Night’s Journey into Day. It is an antidote to the glib portrayals of murder and the police investigations that solve them on American television. A doctor, a prosecutor, and a team of police officers fitfully prowl the desolate Anatolian steppes in the dead-of-night in a three-car caravan following a confessed murderer’s instructions to find his victim. The hauntingly beautiful landscape offers glimpses of familiarity only to repeatedly yield no body. Amongst the seemingly idle chatter of men engaged in a somber mission, revelations of character, metaphysical perspectives, and even clues about the crime slowly bubble forth as if written by Chekhov. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is certainly in no rush to wrap up its tale and even less inclined to present it to the audience with a neat bow. Though demanding great patience and concentration from filmgoers, the film offers rich rewards as day dissipates the cloak of night and the gears of the legal system whir to record the gleanings from the night’s work. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is Turkey’s representative for the 2012 Foreign-language Oscar.  “…my own (Cannes) best-of-fest list; the first is the one I’d most like to see win the Palme d’Or: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”—Geoff Andrews, Sight and Sound.  “…an epic and rigorous sideways portrait of a night and day in a murder investigation… that demands we keep our eyes and ears open… the only masterpiece in the Cannes competition (and) should have won (the Palme d’Or)”—Dave Calhoun, Time Out (London). I would have chosen (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) as the best film (at Cannes). By the end of the film, you have a portrait of the Anatolia region in Turkey where you can’t ever tell what’s really true.—John Powers, National Public Radio. (In Turkish with English subtitles). Unrated. 157 minutes.

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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

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SHOWTIMES

One Show Only!
Wednesday, March 21 at 7:00

OVERVIEW

Some of the year’s best documentaries will play at this spring’s “Wednesday Doc Nights” which runs through April 18. After the screenings, join film journalist and instructor Anthony Kaufman (Variety, indieWIRE. Utne Reader) and special guests for discussions about nonfiction filmmaking and timely social issues.

March 21: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Chad Freidrichs, 83mins). Called “devastating” and “an engulfing real-life horror story” by the NewYorker, this expertly crafted and emotionally trenchant examination of institutionalized racism and the decline of the modern American city takes its name from an infamous 1950s housing project that turned out to be a colossal failure‹”a slow motion Katrina,” as one historian called it. While St. Louis’ notorious Pruitt Igoe development became synonymous with the worst parts of ghetto life‹crime, drugs and squalor‹this insightful film exposes the root causes of the collapse, and debunks the myths that still circulate about public housing today. “Superb. An uncommonly artful example of cinematic journalism” (Variety).

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Admission Prices at Railroad Square Cinema

Adults
$8.50 evenings
$7.00 matinees (shows starting before 4:30 unless otherwise stated)
$6.50 with a discount book
$5.50 Mondays

Children (12 and under)
$5.50 at all times

Senior Citizens (65 & Over), Military Personnel and Students with I.D.s
$6.50 evenings and matinees

Members
$5.50 Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Discount books are available. $65 for 10 admissions
or $55 if you’re a Railroad Square Cinema member. 
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On view through Feb. 5

More than 200 objects from the most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials ever assembled. Learn more…

Back and Forth: An Evening with Dancers

Tuesday, November 15

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Free admission.

An explosive night with dancers Pandit Chitresh Das, one ofIndia’s foremost Kathak masters and one of the world’s fastest, tap dancers Jason Samuels Smith. Learn more…
Presented by the Portland Museum of Art in collaboration with Portland Ovations.

Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs

On view through Dec. 31

“Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs is worth seeing a number of times. It is an exhibit of subtle messages and great aesthetic beauty.” Pat Davidson Reef, Lewiston Sun Journal

Save the Date

Meet the Artist: Dahlov Ipcar

Saturday, November 19

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Free with Museum admission.

Meet Maine artist and illustrator Dahlov Ipcar! Her children’s books along with pillows and rugs by Class Rug Co. are for sale in the Museum Store.

Gallery Talk  

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Part II by Linda Atkinson

Saturday, November 12

1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Free with Museum admission.

Learn more…

Movies at the Museum

Silent Souls

Friday, November 11, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 12, 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 13, 2 p.m.

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September 16th
Acoustic Chi

A casual restaurant, full bar, large patio, catering service and off premise bartending available.

Lisa’s Restaurant and Lounge
15 Bangor St
Augusta, Maine
207-621-0599

Saturday, Sept. 10th
Craig Hensley

The Old Goat Pub offers a variety of lagers, ales, wine, domestic and imported beer to suit anyone’s taste. Also offering a one of kind menu which includes appetizers, pasta and Panini’s. Weekends offer a variety of live entertainment in a cozy welcoming atmosphere.

Hours:
Monday-Saturday 12:00 p.m.-To Closing
Sunday 12:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

The Old Goat
33 Main Street
Richmond, Maine

THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR 

The playwrights of Dearly Departed and The Dixie Swim Club invite you to a family reunion. In this Southern-fried comedy the Verdeen cousins – Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette – have agreed to host the annual gathering of the wildly eccentric Verdeen clan. Self-righteous aunt LaMerle reminds them that the eyes of Texas are upon them, with good reason.

Gaynelle has been found innocent of deliberately crashing her car into her ex-husband’s girlfriend’s double wide but she must still prove her sanity to a court appointed psychologist. Peaches, the number one mortuarial cosmetologist in the tri-county area, is declaring her long lost, long haul trucker husband dead, and Jimmie, the rough around the edges manager of Whatley’s Western Wear, is resorting to extreme measures for the affections of Sweetgum’s newest widower. Can things get any worse after a neighbor’s pet devours the food, a one-eyed suitor declares his love, and a high stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake? Well, it is the hottest day of July and we are smack dab in the middle of the Texas tornado season. Grab your measuring cups. It is a bitter battle for the better batter! Who’s bringing the three-bean salad?

SHOW TIMES

Evening Shows:

Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm

Every other Sunday at 4 pm

Matinees:

Every other Wednesday at 2 pm & 7 pm*

*There are no 7 pm matinees during the month of September

THE SEASON

The Red Velvet Cake War August 18,19,20,21, – August 24,25,26,27

TICKETS

Calypso Soldiers will be on Stage at The Bridge Street Tavern on August 12th

~THIS WEEKS DRINKS SPECIALS~
$1.50 PBR Drafts, $2.00 Rolling Rock 16oz. Cans, $4.25 Sex on the Beach or Long Island Ice Tea Drinks, $5.00 Jager Bombs, $5.25 Grateful Dead or Jolly Rancher Drinks and don’t forget our “Weekly Bottle Special” … This week its all ‘BASS’Bottles Just $2.75….

—- DAILY SPECIALS @ THE BST! —–

SUNDAY: Open @ 5:00pm….FREE POOL & DARTS!!! ! PBR Drafts $1.25 & PBR Pitchers $5.50. 5p-11p.   TUESDAY: Open @ 7:00pm…. $2.00 Tues. All Drafts, Bottles, Well Drinks & Well Shots! Just $2.00 From 7p-1a. DJ MAINE EVENT Spins ‘EM All night!~From 9p-1a.   WEDNESDAY: Open @ 7:00pm…. $1.50 Drafts & $2.75 Domestic Bottles 9p-1a. “TEN CENT CIRCUS” On Stage Each Wed. For Some Great Local Talent. THURSDAY: Open @ 7:00pm… $1.50 Domestic Drafts, $4.00 Well Drinks & Shots! 9p-1a. In House DJ Mixing-Up All Your Great Favorites.   FRIDAY: Open @ 5:00pm…HAPPY HOUR 5-8p.$1.25 Drafts, $1.75 Micro Drafts, $2.25 Domestic Bottles, $2.75 Teas & Micro Bottles, $4.00 Well Drinks & Well Shots!* LIVE BANDS* ( To Be Announced Each Week ) 9p-1a.~   SATURDAY: Open @ 5:00pm….HAPPY HOUR 5-8p.$1.25 Drafts, $1.75 Micro Drafts, $2.25 Domestic Bottles, $2.75 Teas & Micro Bottles, $4.00 Well Drinks & Well Shots! * LIVE BANDS* ( To Be Announced Each Week ) 9p-1a.~

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MONDAY: CLOSED
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY: 7pm -1am
FRIDAY -SATURDAY: 5pm-1am
SUNDAY :5pm -11 pm

Entertainment

Wednesday~~
Wednesday eve is “TEN CENT CIRCUS” !! Live on stage ! This Wednesday and every Wednesday !  .. Show starts at  9pm -1am. Come on in ,listen to these guys rock the house .. always the place to be for live Central Maine Music .. BST is where its at !

Thursday~~
Thursday nights it’s  ALL REQUEST LIVE  !! our DJ will be playing Billboards top 100 of yesterday and today !  9pm -1am. Come on in , put in a request and dance away your ass off !…Great drink specials , incredible regular priced drinks.Come on in listen to “Your” music and Enjoy your Thirsty Thursday with US ! …

Friday~~
Friday night its the ‘CALYPSO SOLDIERS’  !! welcome them back into The BST ,No cover charge ! Show starts at 9pm . Friday nights  at the BST are just getting hotter! Come in and check out our new renovations and amazing changes we have made!We continue to make BST the hot spot for Central Maines nightlife !

Saturday ~~
Tonight on Stage at the BST :  ‘ROK SOLID PRESENTS: ROK SOLID LIVE featuring JSwails, HitMan JayzWay ‘ and many more .. Then DJSwails will be bringing up some amazing hip hop dance to !!!!!…No Cover Charge! Show Starts At 9pm . Enjoy Some Great Music to Dance the night away to ! Come see why BST is the BeST place For Great  Local and live Hip Hop  Music !!! .The BeST regular priced drinks in town , amazing staff…  new and old friends.. come see why everyone makes it to downtown Augusta for the BeST night out!

Sunday~~
Sunday is** FREE POOL AND DARTS ** Come in shoot some pool and brush up on your game and socialize !!PBR Drafts $1.00 & PBR Pitchers $5.00. 5p-11p.

18 Bridge Street
Augusta, ME 04330-5101
(207) 623-8561

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JOYCE’S RESTAURANT,
192 WATER STREET,
HALLOWELL, MAINE

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Bill Haley

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Artist Michelle Curlett and Photographer Bill Haley will have a one day show on the deck at Joyce’s. The show features Art and Photography of and around the Kennebec River. A great way to share a Sunday afternoon.

Not being affiliated with a major party can make it tough to get on the ballot in Maine, for any public office. The Maine Election Commission requires that a candidate collect 4,000 valid citizen signatures and 40,000 dollars in campaign contributions by the end of May in the election year. Those candidates that were successful began collecting these requirements last year, and are eligible to receive matching campaign funds, equal to the most spent by any candidate.

As I began in mid-March of this year, and was enrolled as a full time student at UMA, I soon realized that I could not do both. My professors at UMA agreed to grant me time to finish classes late. Even with a handful of volunteers, I was unsuccessful in meeting the required deadline. I was not organized enough in my efforts.

There are several reasons why I wanted to be Governor of Maine. Let me list the primary problems in historical order:

1.) Dams without fish ways

2.) The Maine Turnpike

3.) The Maine State Lottery

4.) Mismanagement of State funds

5.) Maine’s business policies and tax laws

1.) This problem is rectifiable witha bond issue using existing funds. From 2004 to 2009 Maine’s Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (IF&W) spent 16.3+ million dollars raising and trucking game fish (trout & salmon) to places they could not swim to themselves. I’m not against hydro-power, I’m all for it, but not at the expense of the food chain. Game fish are not the only fish affected by our lack of fish ways on existing dams. Sturgeon, shad, alewives and other ocean run fish numbers are affected as well. We have been poor stewards by not having fish ways installed already.

2.) Many voters remember voting for a bond issue to create the Maine Turnpike with the understanding that once it was paid for the tolls would be eliminated, as they were for the Memorial bridge in Augusta. This obviously did not happen. It should. Beyond maintenance and salaries, profits go to the general fund. Let the legislature find another source of income, like say income tax from jobs for Mainers, who are known nation-wide, as Workers.

3.) Maine voters again were sold a bill of goods. The profits from which were to go into the education fund. Not so, never happened. The profits from the Maine State Lottery also go to the general fund. The legislature opted to contract outside, instead of using Maine State employees and Maine owned equipment, and chose Scientific Games (SG)as the contractor. I met a woman in the mid-1980s who worked for SG. At the time, she was paid 80,000 dollars a year to drive to businesses and demonstrate the use of the machines. ( I can’t help but wonder what the upper management was making a year.)

4.) While the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) must use outside contractors (Doctors, OTs, PTs, Nurses, etc.), and legislators have voted them increased fee schedules, but not the funds to pay for the increases, services to Mainers suffer. Many of these contractors won’t do business with DHHS because of the disparity of payment. Insurance companies pay about 3 times more than DHHS pays. The DHHS budget is, therefore, consistently under-funded. All other department heads, meanwhile, are aware that if they don’t “spend down” their budgets before the end of the year, their next year’s budget will be cut by that amount. Would that be so bad? I mean for the tax payers of Maine.

5.) Legislature needs to take a serious look at the cost of doing business in Maine. Fees and taxes must be reduced to encourage existing businesses and start-ups to employ more Mainers, who want to work. Unemployment compensation doesn’t last forever, and many who are under employed wind up on DHHS rolls. Stop the madness. Maine has a vast wealth of natural resources and entrepreneurs. Let us produce goods and services, and get income and sales tax. It’s the old fashioned way. It worked before, and will work again.

Sincerely,

Daniel Roy Albert

Write in Candidate for Governor. Gardiner, Maine

In the picture from left to right is Dennis Wheelock of Dennis’ Pizza, Chris West Gardiner Main Street and Steve Marson of Central Maine Pyrotechnics

The Friday before Memorial Day Weekend 2010, was a great evening to be in Gardiner.  The 1^st Annual Hogs, Pies and Fireworks went off without a hitch and the crowd was thoroughly impressed; not only by the fireworks display of Central Maine Pyrotechnics, but also by the delicious pizza that was served up by several downtown businesses.

“It was a great event for the City because it displayed how much people in this area want to come out and enjoy each other’s company,” stated Chris West, Executive Director of Gardiner Main Street.  “It was a perfect way for everyone to celebrate the official beginning of summer.”

As promised, the winner of the pizza tasting contest’s “Peoples’ Choice Award” received a trophy celebrating their victory.  “We are hoping to make this an annual event so the trophy can be passed around from year to year,” states West. “It will make for great competition between the area restaurants.”  This year’s winner, Dennis’ Pizza, has the trophy proudly displayed at their Bridge Street location for all to see.

Central Maine Pyrotechnics was recognized with a certificate of appreciation for generously agreeing to do their training session at the waterfront.  “Without Steve and the crew at Central Maine Pyrotechnics this event would not have happened. We are truly grateful to them for putting on such a wonderful show,” West said. “Again, this event showed just how much the residents and business owners care about the community they live in.”

Chris West
Gardiner Main Street
www.gardinermainstreet.org
director@gardinermainstreet.org

207-582-3100

Story and photo by Gardiner Correspondent Nichoas Tozier

July 8th at  5:30pm to 8:30pm

“When you spend time around Michael’s art, it changes,” says Monkitree owner Clare Marron. “The time of day, your mood, the lighting… I want everybody to have one more chance to see Michael’s amazing work before we prepare for the next exhibit.”

There will be wine, cheese, and beverages available, as well as guitar music by local singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Nicholas Tozier. The event will conclude Monkitree’s first exhibit.

“While there is a wide variety of my work in exhibition at the gallery,” says Michael, “Artistically, I always strive to adhere to a common characteristic in my work which is creating a visual narrative. I have always felt that the most memorable works of art throughout history are those that meet that goal. Even abstract and non-representational works may have this chracteristic. It’s basically a viewer looking at a work and feeling a connection to it – sensing a story. I feel that the works in this exhibit successfully allowed me to meet that goal.

“I also want to thank Clare and Peter for inviting me to be such a major part of their wonderful art gallery. They both share great vision not only for the future of the space, but for the exciting and emerging art community present within Gardiner. Discovering and exploring Gardiner was a true highlight of my trip and I look forward to returning at some point in the future.”

Monkitree
263 Water Street
Gardiner, ME

Link to Monkitree’s Facebook Listing:

http://www.facebook.com/nicholas.tozier?v=app_2344061033#!/event.php?eid=129783170387895&ref=ts