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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“An unforgettable film!…Images from the film are bound to stay with me forever!” – E. Nina Rothe, The Huffington Post
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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.~

~HOURS~
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

Location

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

Created By

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

What Do You Think?: Group Discussion – April 1st
The Banquet of Holofernes by Kaspar van der Hoecke

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Price: Free with Museum admission
Members’ Price: Free
Location: Great Hall & Galleries

This group meets at the Museum’s Information Desk and heads into the galleries to closely examine one piece from the collection each month. This month, we will be discussing The Banquet of Holofernes by Kaspar van der Joecke. Say what you think, and learn what others have to say—it may change the way you see. Conversation continues over lunch in the Museum Café (bring your own or purchase in the Café).

Image credit: Kaspar van den Hoecke (Flemish, circa 1585–1648), The Banquet of Holofernes, circa 1615, oil on canvas, 53 3/4 x 58 3/4 inches. Norton Museum of Art. Purchase, the R.H. Norton Trust, 2002.18.

Gallery Talks
Still Life: The Triumph of the Carrot by Ted Connelly

Date: Saturday, April 3
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Price: Free with Museum admission
Members’ Price: Free
Location: Great Hall & Galleries

A Docent-led Gallery Talk is an opportunity to explore more deeply the lives of artists and the artwork they produce. Months of research culminate in a 45-minute lecture.
Please note: this Gallery Talk starts at 1 p.m.

Phone: (207) 775-6148
Fax: (207) 773-7324
Email: info@portlandmuseum.org

Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Memorial Day-Columbus Day: Open Mondays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on the Following Holidays
New Year’s Day (January 1)
Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November)
Christmas (December 25)

Admission:
$10 adults
$8 seniors and students with I. D.
$4 youth 6 to 17
Under 6 are free

Free admission Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free Friday Evening sponsors, L.L.Bean and Patricia and Cyrus Hagge, thank you for visiting the Portland Museum of Art.
Members are free. Membership is a great value! Portland Museum of Art Members receive free year-round admission, discounts in the Museum Store, and the Members’ Magazine.
Group Tour Information

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Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Portland, Maine 04101
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We just found out that we have about 30 tickets remaining for tonight’s Iris Dement concert! This is a long story and we apologize to all the folks we had to turn away for tickets. Trust us, this is not the way we wanted it!

But, since it is so late, we do not expect to sell all the tickets we have. You should have no trouble getting them at the door.
After the opening act and intermission, Iris will not start until about 9pm. Thre is till time to make it!
Thanks,

Tom

The Portland Museum of Art has recently installed three major works of contemporary art by leading figures in today’s art world: Jenny Holzer, Richard Serra, and Ellsworth Kelly. This is the first time that these pieces have been exhibited in Maine. This new installation of work in the Museum’s contemporary galleries was lent to the Museum by an anonymous private collector. The three works are all black and white and large in scale, but each exhibits a distinctive surface that engages the visitor in different ways—politically, thematically, and aesthetically. Entitled Surfaces, the installation will be on view until the summer of 2010 at the Portland Museum of Art.

Photo: Jenny Holzer black and white in large scale. courtesy of Porland Museum of Art

The Jenny Holzer painting Left Hand features an enormous handprint along side an enigmatic hand-written inscription that gives the name of an Iraqi detainee who died in Abu Ghraib prison. Like other works in her Protect Protect series, Left Hand is taken from documents recently made public by the United States Government. Holzer exhibited works from this series at the 2007 Biennale in Venice, she observed that, “People find them sad. The prints from the detainees are post-mortem, and it is ghastly to take a dead man’s hands and yank them down to make prints. That’s why those handprints are distorted.” Holzer’s identity as an artist has been closely linked to her use of language, specifically aphorisms, that she carves in granite benches or displays as large LED signs, as they might appear in New York’s Times Square. The Portland Museum of Art owns a small set of Holzer sayings printed on wooden postcards, one of which reads: “Protect me from what I want.”

While the powerful Holzer handprint can be read as a solemn, memorial portrait, Ellsworth Kelly’s enormous abstract print River II can be seen as a landscape. By combining large sheets of paper to form one continuous black-and-white image, Kelly depicts the surface patterns of water that flows through a river at various stages along its course. The multiple images also suggest scientific x-rays, lined up on a light box to chart the aortic flow of blood, the river of life.

More black than white, more activated surface than blank paper, the monumental “drawing” by Richard Serra comes to life at its edges. It is there that the visitor can see how densely the artist has applied paintstick over a base of silkscreen with obsessively overlaid, repetitive gestures. Portland Museum of Art Curator Susan Danly notes, “While Serra’s work has grown out of a minimalist aesthetic, the scale, visceral texture, and big, black void of this work overwhelm the viewer. The Museum is fortunate to have the support of collectors and artists whose sensibilities work so well with the grand proportions of our contemporary galleries.”

Museum Information

The Portland Museum of Art is located at Seven Congress Square in downtown Portland. The Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the Museum is open on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students with I.D., $4 for youth ages 6 to 17, and children under 6 are free. The Museum is free on Friday evenings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Museum Cafe and Store. For more information, call (207) 775-6148. Web site www.portlandmuseum.org.

e-NEWS FOR MAINE COMMUTERS

 December 2009

In This Issue Emergency Ride Home Guarantee is Big Commuter Benefit Holiday Bus Rides in Greater Portland Great Deal on Holiday Bus Rides on CityLink in Lewiston and Auburn LL Bean: A Leader in the Outdoors and Commuter Options Vanpooler Doug Hubley Enjoys a Good Book While He Commutes Vanpool Seats Available Now Who We Are GO MAINE is Maine’s statewide commuter service program. We provide information on and access to healthy, economical, and eco-friendly options for commuting to and from work, like carpools and vanpools, transit and bicycle commuting info, park & ride lot maps and the Emergency Ride Home Guarantee.   GO GREEN and SAVE GREEN with GO MAINE today. Our service is free, fast, flexible, confidential and there’s absolutely no obligation.    Learn more at GO MAINE… Quick Links   Become a Fan on Facebook!   Check out our commuter videos!

Emergency Ride Home Guarantee One of the big benefits of registering with GO MAINE is the Emergency Ride Home Guarantee. If you have a workday emergency, GO MAINE will provide you with a free (or reimbursed) taxi ride or rental car to get you home. It could be for an illness, family emergency, unscheduled overtime, or other unforeseen workday emergency, Think of it as “commuter insurance,” a little piece of mind for you. Another good reason to be a part of the GO MAINE Nation.  Check out the Emergency Ride Home Guarantee video on YouTube. Free Holiday Bus Rides in Greater Portland The Portland METRO and the South Portland City Bus are offering commuters an early holiday gift. For two days only, Friday & Saturday, December 18th and 19th, you can ride free on both bus services.  Enjoy unlimited travel throughout Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth. Catch a ride at many convenient locations throughout Greater Portland. Check Free Holiday Bus Rides for more information, and operating schedules.  Great Deal on CityLink Bus Rides in Lewiston and Auburn December is here and so is the cold, snowy weather. Why not warm up with a cozy ride the on the CityLink bus? During the month of December, all CityLink buses are discounted.  Every Tuesday two passengers can ride for the price of one. City Link provides reliable and affordable transportation throughout Lewiston and Auburn. Service runs five days a week from 6 a.m.to 5:45 p.m. Just look for the “purple bus.” For a complete schedule and to learn more about riding the bus, go to Bus Info LL Bean: A Leader in the Outdoors and Commuter Options L.L. Bean, one of Maine’s largest and most recognizable employers, is leading the way in alternative commuting options for its employees. ECOBean (Employee Commuting Options) was created to encourage and reward employees who choose a cost effective and environmentally friendly mode of traveling to and from work. With support from GO MAINE, a carpool database was created to match participating employees. Participation exceeded L.L. Bean’s expectations, with 26% of all of their employees enrolled in ECOBEAN. The L.L. Bean ECOBean program goes beyond carpools, however. They offer telecommuting, condensed workweeks, discounted home heating prices, and reserved parking spaces for carpoolers. Spokesperson Laurie Brooks stated, “As long as were still meeting quotas, why not? It’s better for the environment…” L.L. Bean’s innovatives commuter program has been recognized in the national magazine What Women Wear Daily. Kudos to our L.L. Bean friends! Read on to learn more about GO MAINE employer services.

Vanpooler Doug Hubley Enjoys a Good Book While He Commutes

Doug Hubley has been riding in a GO MAINE vanpool for 17 months; Van # 39, from Portland to Lewiston.   Why did Hubley join GO MAINE? “I wanted to save money and the life of my car, cut my carbon emissions… As a writer, I also wanted to gather the personal experience to be able to spread the word about vanpooling and GO MAINE. The van has enabled me to revive the voracious reading life I had as a teenager and young adult.” Congratulations Doug!    Visit GO MAINE to learn more about how you can save money on your commute, and catch up on some reading too! And watch the video of other commuters as they tell their stories.

Comfortable, Convenient and Money-Saving Vanpool Seats Avaliable Now

Some of our vanpool routes have immediate seat openings. Maybe there’s one that’ll fit your commute: Portland/Topsham to Augusta, Lewiston/Winthrop to Augusta, Waterville to Augusta, Farmington to Augusta, Yarmouth/Freeport to Augusta Augusta/Gardinar to Portland Downtown Riding a commuter vanpool is inexpensive, stress-free and eco-friendly. Check with GO MAINE for complete information on commuter vanpools.

Drive alone less. Save a lot more. Join Maine’s commuter revolution today!   Sincerely,

Carey M. Kish GO MAINE Program Manager 800.280.RIDE ckish@gpcog.org www.gomaine.org    GO MAINE is sponsored by the MaineDOT and the Maine Turnpike Authority, and administered by the Greater Portland Council of Governments.

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Paulson Family Christmas – Come join all of us on this rare occasion, singing Christmas carols and celebrating the season! We’ll all be there…Stefanie, Jo, Chris, Kat, Tom & Margaret (Mom might decide to stay home for the peace and quiet!!) Bruce will be behind the bar lending his special holiday cheer To make dinner reservations call Bruce at 621-4114.

coming up at

ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE

This weekend we have two great shows for you, on Friday December 4th LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE AND REBECCA PRONSKY with local favorite Marie Moreshead opening! Lucy is the daughter of Loudon Wainwright and Suzzy Roche, has a beautifully clear voice and is easily as funny as her father. Along with Rebecca Pronsky (who was formally seen opening for Steve Forbert) this is a show that you should not miss.   And on Saturday December 5th, TWO SHOWS with two time Grammy Winner BILL HARLEY. Bill is giving an evening concert at 8pm and a very special KID’S SHOW at 2pm filled with his wacky, fun songs that your kids will love. Bill has the ability to speak to all ages with his storytelling style of songwriting. Come spend the day with your kids, or the evening with Bill as he performs his ever-changing, ever-popular songs, sung from his slightly off-center point of view. SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR EMAIL MEMBERS! •••Get $3.00 off of any Bill Harley tickets, just go to the promotional code box at checkout for online orders and enter “ahab” to receive your discount. One Longfellow Square’s Jazz at the Square series ends this month so don’t miss THE AHMAD HASSAN MUHAMMAD TRIO (Tue, Dec 8). Portland Jazz Orchestra will perform December 15 and continue a once a month show at the Square, stay tuned for those dates. And mark your calendar for A Christmas Jazz Show with Chris Humphrey, (Tuesday, December 22). JUST ANNOUNCED! •••AOIFE CLANCY and ROBBIE O’CONNELL (FRI, Jan 22),   GRAHAM PARKER (FRI, Apr 2). ON SALE NOW! ••• JONATHAN EDWARDS (FRI, Jan 29) GOING FAST! ••• DAROL ANGER’s YULEGRASS (Sat, DEC 12), INANNA WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION (Sat, DEC 19), & GREG BROWN (Fri, Jan 8).

Fri, Dec 4 | Lucy Wainwright Roche & Rebecca Pronsky w/Marie Moreshead | The daughter of Loudon Wainwright and Suzzy Roche, Lucy has been described by the New York Times as having the best qualities of both her parents and a voice “clear as a bell”. Brooklyn “indie twang” songstress Rebecca Pronsky shares the bill! Marie Moreshead opens! | $15.

Sat, Dec 5 | Bill Harley | A two-time Grammy award winner and frequent All Things Considered commentator, Bill’s songs are joyous, direct and honest, told and sung from his slightly off-center point of view.  ($15 adv/$18 door) Bill Harley’s Kid Show  An afternoon Kid’s Show Sat Dec 5 at 2pm | $10.

Tue, Dec 8 | The Ahmad Hassan Muhammad Trio, Jazz at the Square continues with exciting original jazz from Ahmad Hassan Muhammad on keyboards, Phil McGowan on drums and Oliver Watkinson on Bass. ($5/$3 students & seniors).

Thur, Dec 10 | Erin McKeown w/Gregory Douglass | From elegant pop to balls-out rock, sweet electronics to witty swing, singer/songwriter Erin McKeown has packed a ton of music into her young career. Check Out Her New CD Hundreds of Lions!! Gregory Douglass opens! ($15 adv/$18 door).

Fri, Dec 11 | Garnet Rogers w/Larry Zarella | Sponsored by The Bollard! Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet, a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. ($12 adv/$15 door).

Sat, Dec 12 | Darol Anger’s Yulegrass | Renowned fiddler and Portland resident Darol Anger brings together an all-star collection of string virtuosos for an evening performance featuring some of the finest talent from today’s contemporary string band scene! ($22 adv/$25 door).

Fri, Dec 18 | Matt & Shannon Heaton: “A Fine Winter’s Night”

Sat, Dec 19 | Inanna: Winter Solstice Celebration

Sat, Dec 26 | Ellis Paul

tickets & information at (207)761-1757 or

www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Trick-or-Treating for kids in costume beginning at 3 PM, sponsored by participating Water Street businesses.  Luminaries will mark participating businesses from the post office to the Library .

Sidewalk Parade of Children  at 4 PM (line-up at 3:55 at A1 To Go)

Jack-o-Lantern contest for families. Place pumpkin entries in McKay park by 3:45 PM – no limit per person

Halloween Costume Contest (Most original/Scariest/Cutest) Prizes for the winners!

Children’s activities

FREE popcorn!

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