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Get a taste of summer at the South Berwick Strawberry Festival inside: Where to see the whales 5 Strawberry season One of the sweetest parts of summer is strawberry season and all the delicious shortcake that comes with it. In our second issue of this 13-week summer series of the York Independent, we look at the Strawberry Festival in South Berwick. Look for a new York Independent each Thurs- day through Sept. 8. If you have an event you want to tell us about, send the information to All Time Low all ages ...... mon AUG 1 comedian [email protected]. AZIZ ANSARI Stone Temple Pilots ...... tue AUG 2 Sunday, June 26 Also on the cover: Looking for hot tunes? Check out our listings on page 20. And hit the seas Thursday June 30 Stone Temple Pilots ...... wed AUG 3 for a little whale watching on page 8. Louis C.K. comedian, 2 shows .thu AUG 4 comedian JOHNPINETTE Queensryche ...... fri AUG 5 sunday july 3 York Independent Inside SAT 7/2•ALL AGES America ...... sat AUG 6 Staff ThisWeek Reggae Revival with Ali Editorial 4 THIS WEEK saturday Executive Editor Five things happening this week plus more ideas for Bob JULY 9 Campbell’s UB40, Junior Amy Diaz, [email protected], ext. 29 Contributing Editor fun any time. FRIDAY Marvin’s Wailers and Lisa Parsons, [email protected] JULY 8 SAGET ...... sun Staff Writers Maxi Priest AUG 7 Racheal Akers, [email protected], ext. 17 the Arts: Craig Brown, [email protected], ext. 38 6 Theater in Biddeford Melissa Etheridge ...... mon AUG 8 Adam Coughlin, [email protected], ext. 12 Plus theater listings, art gallery exhibits and events Jeff Mucciarone, [email protected], ext. 36 and classical music. Cinderella ...... wed AUG 10 Briana Palma, [email protected], ext. 10 Angel Roy, [email protected], ext. 30 Listings & events Inside/Outside: Ron White comedian ...... fri AUG 12 Send all listings — art, theater, classical, childrens & family 8 Fun in the sun and out events, nature and outdoors events, music, food, drink This week: Whale watching. Ted Nugent ...... mon AUG 15 and more — to [email protected]. Other listings: Children, page 8; Museums & Tours, Book Editor page 9, and Nature & Recreation, page 11...... tue Lisa Parsons, [email protected] Barenaked Ladies AUG 16 Contributors 12 Books John Andrews, Henry Homeyer, Karen Plumley, Eric W. Sae- Reviews and listings. KC & The Sunshine Band fri AUG 19 ger, Bridgette Springer, Rich Tango-Lowy, Michael Witthaus. To reach the newsroom call 625-1855, ext. 29. 14 Food Whitesnake ...... sun AUG 21 Robert’s has Maine eats PLUS More farmers markets Business just south of the state line; For a little green, get a fri Publisher Kenny Wayne Shepherd AUG 26 Jody Reese, Ext. 21 good white or red; Go shopping for Ingredients with Associate Publisher Rich Tango-Lowy; Food and drink listings. Southside Johnny & The Dan Szczesny, Ext. 13 Associate Publisher NITE: Asbury Jukes ...... sat AUG 27 Jeff Rapsis, Ext. 23 Production Manager 18 Bands, clubs, nightlife The Monkees ...... sun AUG 28 Glenn Given, [email protected] Up close and personal at Jonathan’s; Meet Jessica Production Prouty.; Nightlife, music and comedy listings and more. B.B. King ...... fri SEPT 2 Dave Coscia, Andrew Mason 20 Music this Week Circulation Manager Live performances on the New Hampshire sea- Doug Ladd, Ext. 35 {tuesday} July 26 coast and beyond. Carnival of Madness Tour with Advertising Manager Charlene Cesarini, Ext. 26 22 Movies Theory of a Deadman, Alter Account Executives COMEDIAN Reviews plus where to find indie movies and a Doreen Astbury, [email protected], Ext. 11 listing of local cineplexes. BRIAN Bridge and Black Stone Alyse Savage, [email protected] Tony Cesarini, [email protected] REGAN Cherry ...... sat SEPT 3 Kristin Crawford, support staff, Ext. 24 Odds & Ends: • THU JULY 28 Roxanne Macaig, [email protected], ext. 27 23 Crossword Bret Michaels ...... sat SEPT 17 Kathy Stickney, [email protected], ext. 44 23 Signs of Life National Account Representative George Thorogood Ruxton Media Group 23 Sudoku To place an ad call 603-625-1855 Ext. 26 & The Destroyers ...... sat OCT 8 For Classifieds dial Ext. 25 or e-mail [email protected].

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Friday, June 24 Saturday, June 25 Saturday, June 25 Wednesday, June 29 Take in the Spirit in Ameri- The Newburyport ArtWalk A “Summer Solstice” bur- It’s the last day of the great ca hot air balloon festival at Old today features 18 galleries in gundy wine and cheese blind annual sand-sculpting compe- Orchard Street, Old Orchard Newburyport, Mass., opening tasting will be held at The Gen- tition at Hampton Beach, N.H. Beach, Maine, 207-934-5714, their doors to the public from 3 eral Butler Farm, 3 Ledge Farm See www.hamptonbeach.org with a lobster bake on the beach to 7 p.m. See artwalknewbury- Road, Nottingham, N.H., 603- for details. The entire area is from 4 to 7 p.m., for $20 per port.blogspot.com. 724-4500, on Saturday, June illuminated for night viewing. person. There will be tethered 25, at 6 p.m. Guests will be See images of previous years’ balloon rides at sunrise and asked to bring an inexpensive winners on the website. sunset Friday, Saturday and bottle of red or white burgun- Sunday for $20 per person. Vis- dy wine. Kathy Campbell of it www.oob365.com. Cornucopia Wine and Cheese Market in Exeter will explain wine and cheese pairings. Res- ervations are required.

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Look for movies all summer long at The Get an early start on July 4th, with fireworks Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, N.H., on Wednesday nights (with a rain date on Fri- 436-2400, www.themusichall.org. Often, three The Seacoast Trolley Museum in Ken- days) and holidays at Hampton Beach, N.H. different films show each week (one Sunday nebunkport, Maine, will be having a sunset Shows start at 9:30 p.m. Get extra fireworks and Tuesday, one Wednesday and a new one trolley ride with ice cream on Wednesdays this week with a sky show on Saturday, June Thursday through Saturday). This weekend, and Thursdays in July and August at 7 p.m. $5 25, to celebrate the sand sculpting event. See catch Paul Giamatti as a wrestling coat in Win per person. Call 207-967-2712 or go to www. www.hamptonbeach.org. Win Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. trolleymuseum.org. 068444

York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 4 THIS WEEK Berries in South Berwick Thousands expected at 36th Annual Strawberry Festival The Community Pantry will be serving frozen sive festival proceeds were awarded in the form lemonade. The Knights of Columbus will have of grants to many local charities and non-prof- fried dough, and the Masons will be cooking it groups. up a great chicken barbecue. Other non-profit “We awarded grants in the amount of groups will be serving sandwich wraps, teriya- $13,044” to the Recreation Department, vari- ki, nachos, fruit cups, cotton candy and water. ous booster clubs, the senior and youth centers, and Friends of the South Berwick Library, as The road race & entertainment well as Ethel’s Tree of Life and others, Pou- The day’s activities begin at 8 a.m. with lin said. Additionally, she noted, “We are an a 5-mile road race and a 2.5-mile fun walk Artisan festival and offer spaces to our South sponsored by the South Berwick Recreation Berwick non-profit groups. For most of them, Department and local businesses. The race will the Strawberry Festival is their biggest fund- start at Marshwood Middle School on Academy raiser for the year.” Street just off Route 236. Guests can cheer on the participants as they make their way through the course. The strawberry run will accept Pick your own strawberries registrants at the door on race day for $20 or These are some of the local farms where visi- in advance for $15. Registration forms are tors can pick their own strawberries. Photo above and on page 2 from last year’s festival. Photos courtesy Terry Poulin, festival chairperson. available online at www.southberwickstraw- berryfestival.com. The fun walk will cost $8. • Doles Orchard 187 Doles Ridge Road, Lim- By Karen Plumley nations located all around the school grounds or Entertainment fires up right at 9 a.m. on two ington, Maine, 207-793-4409. Doles Orchard [email protected] take the old-fashioned trolleys from the Ogun- separate stages, one at the food court and one at also has apples, raspberries, plums, flowers, quit Trolley Company, which will be available Central School. First up will be two shows from pumpkins and free hayrides. Call for hours, or Always the last Saturday in June, this year for free. Running every 20 minutes, the trolleys Bob and Marla Puppeteers at Central School, visit www.dolesorchard.com. the South Berwick Strawberry Festival will be will provide a relaxing ride to the festival from while on the food court stage the Northern • Lavigne Strawberry Farm 158 Whichers held at the Central School on Saturday, June parking locations at Marshwood Great Works Explosion Cloggers will perform three dance Mill Road, Sanford, Maine, 207- 324-5497. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The South Berwick Call for hours of operation. School on Route 236, the Community Center routines. Other performers expected are the all- Strawberry Festival has traditionally kicked off • Little River Flower Farm 160 Turkey Lane, on Norton Street, Powder House Hill and Aga- women a cappella group Women of Note, the the summer season for this town. Buxton, Maine, 207- 929-3967. This farm menticus Field. Funky Divas of Gospel, and the Beatles tribute According to festival committee chairperson grows certified organic strawberries in June. It High school math teacher Khayyam Moham- band All Together Now. Guests who can’t make Terry Poulin, thousands are expected to attend also has more than 3.5 acres of cottage garden med is the South Berwick Strawberry Festival it to the stage on time might catch a glimpse of this year’s event. Last year’s festival saw more cut flowers in every size, shape and color avail- publicity coordinator. the strolling barbershop quartet Seacoast Men than 20,000 guests throughout the day, which is “I have been with the festival for seven years able from late June through September. Open of Harmony. Visitors will also enjoy strolling year-round. Call or visit www.littleriverflow- why the committee cannot rely on local straw- now. I got started because I am a strong believ- among the many booths set up for local artisans erfarm.com for directions and picking times. berries to fill the demand. er in community service and giving back to the to sell their wares. • Riverside Farm Stand and Greenhouse “We wish we could use local strawberries, community in which I live,” he said. Moham- According to Terry Poulin, last year’s impres- Route 4, North Berwick, Maine, 207- 676- but because we can’t count on the weather in med recommends that visitors arriving on 2648, www.riversidefarmstand.com. Owned New England, we buy them from a local dis- festival grounds make their first stop at the Strawberry Bread and operated by the Tuttle family. Riverside tributor. We won’t know until the day we get Strawberry Festival Information Booth. With Recipe courtesy Puffin Inn Bed & Break- Farm hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 3 to 6 p.m. them where they come from. In the past it potentially thousands of people in attendance, fast of Ogunquit, 233 US Route 1, Ogunquit, daily. has always been California. We will hull over a visit to the booth will be a must to find out Maine, 646-5496, www.puffininn.com. • Sapphire Hill Gardens 79 Bridge St, Ber- 2,000 pounds of strawberries at the hulling par- about the day’s schedule and where the various wick, Maine, 207- 698-4722. No pesticides are ty,” Poulin said. other activities will be located. Here, people 3¼ cups flour used at Sapphire Hill, and in addition to straw- Preparation of the strawberries begins on Fri- will also be able to purchase strawberry festival 1¾ cups sugar berries, the farm grows beans, beets, carrots, day morning before the festival at the South memorabilia, Mohammed noted. ½ teaspoon cinnamon peas, pumpkins and summer squash. Hours of Berwick Community Center, where more than Strawberry shortcakes have always been 1 teaspoon salt operation are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. 150 volunteers assemble for an old-fashioned a favorite at the festival. Visitors will be able 1 teaspoon baking soda until noon; Saturday, 8 a.m. until dark, and Sun- community social — to hull, slice, and sugar to purchase one right away at 9 a.m. until the 3 eggs, slightly beaten day, noon until dark. The farm accepts cash the berries. Other volunteers slice the biscuits, strawberries run out. New this year, strawberry 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons oil only. prepare the whipped cream and move every- cheesecake is on the menu for $5 each. Two 10-ounce packages sliced frozen straw- • Spiller Farm 85 Spiller Farm Lane, Wells, thing under the strawberry shortcake tent so all In addition to shortcakes and cheesecakes, berries and juice Maine, 207- 985-2575, www.spillerfarm.com. 1¼ cups chopped walnuts (if desired) Spiller Farm boasts u-pick strawberries in will be ready for guests when it opens in the there will be a food court serving a pancake Mix first five ingredients in a large bowl. Add June, and then also offers apples, blueberries, morning. Last year, festival committee mem- breakfast for early risers from 6 to 10 a.m. liquid ingredients and blend well. Do not use pumpkins, raspberries (red), tomatoes, oth- bers served up more than 250 cases of fresh Throughout the day, there will be various food a mixer. Pour into two greased and floured er vegetables, a picnic area, farm animals and strawberries, 80 gallons of whipped cream and items sold by local non-profit groups. The loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 school tours including hay rides. Weather and more than 330 dozen biscuits. South Berwick Fire Department will be sell- minutes. picking conditions dictate hours. Guests can walk to the various festival desti- ing hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and cold drinks. Page 5 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent ARTS A haunting past and promising future Biddeford’s City Theater is renewed By Craig Robert Brown O’Neil, project manager for the restoration. [email protected] In the late 1920s the theater’s popular vaudeville acts, a staple in the community’s “Hey, Eva, how are you?” ask the patrons as entertainment, waned. The rise of speaking films they walk into City Theater, a restored opera forced the theater to reinvent itself as a movie house at 205 Main St. in Biddeford, Maine. house. From the 1930s to the 1950s, changes Eva Gray collapsed backstage on Nov. 1, were made to the theater, including the addition 1904, at what was then called Biddeford Opera of a permanent cinescope screen. New design House. Gray had just finished singing “Good- elements were added. However, by the 1960s, bye Little Girl, Goodbye” when she exited to people began to travel outside the town of Bid- the wings of the stage and fainted, succumbing deford for feature films and other entertainment. to heart disease. Gray’s three-year-old daughter The theater closed. At one time it was filled with was beside her, and as a New York Times obit- sand and used by government employees as a uary put it, “heard her farewell song.” Gray’s horseshoe ring. ghost is one of the many reportedly still walking In the 1970s the theater was classified as a his- through the theater. toric landmark by the National Trust, despite its But the lingering spirits aren’t scaring away being used for city storage. A group of citizens visitors. interested in preserving the history of the theater “I know my audience,” says Linda Sturdivant. began to petition for its restoration. The group In 2009 Sturdivant was named the artistic called themselves the City Theater Associates. director of City Theater, and she has been select- O’Neil was young and inexperienced when City Theater. Courtesy photo. ing shows that are new and on the cutting edge. she took on the task of renovating and restoring Castro discovered a sample of wallpaper under- allocations, grant proposals were accepted, and “I’m trying to offer shows that have a wide the theater. But she was hopeful and had the trust neath a sconce in City Theater. It enabled the generous donations, such as one from “Bud” appeal but aren’t offered all the time,” Sturdi- of the theater community. workers to match paint and paper samples. The Hirst for a new staircase and marquee, kept the vant said. “I said, ‘We don’t have the money yet, but we determined color scheme of the original work was project under a million dollars. This summer Sturdivant has selected Gypsy as will get the money,’” O’Neil recalls. ivory. Pinks and a “creamsicle-like color” were The community had rescued the theater. the theater’s musical. The renovations began as “more of a Band- mixed. O’Neil at first thought the color might be Today, City Theater still needs some work. “I’m very cognizant the big musical is some- Aid thing,” O’Neil said. The idea, at first, was too dark, but she kept an open mind. The bathrooms need updating, but O’Neil says thing people want to see,” Sturdivant said. Gypsy simple: find and fix the most hazardous issues “I took comfort in honoring John Calvin’s there is a certain look the project managers want tells the story of a stage mother during the 1920s — faulty wiring, fire hazards, weak stairs. “Let’s work. No matter what we found, it would look to achieve: “Simple and elegant,” she said, “and as vaudeville was dying and risqué burlesque just clean this place up and see if we can get it to right,” O’Neil says. a blend of modern and classic.” shows were becoming the norm. The musical function again,” O’Neil said. The interior began to take shape and the feel- The theater is a community theater. The staff will run from July 22 to Aug. 7, on Fridays and As the theater was cleaned up, people began to ing that City Theater Associates were doing runs on a volunteer basis, and volunteers will Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. take notice and came in for performances, bring- good work aided in the allocation of money from often return regularly. “I had one woman who The background story of Gypsy, that of a the- ing income to the once dormant space. O’Neil the City. was in and I asked her why she was in that day. ater in distress amidst cultural change, isn’t saw the potential the theater could have, and she In the late 1990s the theater was about to cel- ‘I haven’t been here in two days and I’m start- unlike the history of the City Theater. wanted to do things correctly. ebrate its 100th year. And while things were ing to miss it,’ she [replied],” Sturdivant said. In Originally built for local government offic- When it came time to find someone to help, moving steadily forward, there were still prob- the winter, Sturdivant enjoys putting on small- es, the theater opened in the city hall building as she looked to Paul Stevens, a Portland-based lems to be addressed. er black-box shows, and the theater still shows an opera house in 1860, on the eve of the Civ- architect and descendent of John Calvin Ste- “We would have a lottery before each show film. In October there will be a screening of The il War. A fire ravaged the building in the winter vens. Stevens put together a portfolio pro bono. to see what seats would break,” O’Neil said. Rocky Horror Picture Show. of 1896. Photographs from the time show the His work gave a sense of credibility to the proj- Hussey’s Seating donated the seats current- Ghost stories aside, the people who worked building was a total loss. Water used to put out ect. Several of the contractors were from Maine. ly in the theater, and shortly after the theater and those who continue to work to renovate the the blaze appears frozen on charred remains. The Tony Castro, of Tony Castro and Company, was awarded greater allocations to improve the theater are happy with the course it has taken. rebuilding of the theater was assigned to archi- is a self-taught artisan painter specializing in the establishment with the ability to stack those “Someone was looking out for us,” O’Neil tect John Calvin Stevens. It is Stevens’ work that restoration of historic homes and buildings. “I allocations each year, a rare opportunity the the- said. the City Theater used as a guide during the resto- call him the patron saint of paint,” O’Neil said. ration process “that is still ongoing,” said Renee ater readily accepted. On top of these extended See www.citytheater.org to buy tickets. THEATER Listings 10 Main St., Ogunquit, Maine, at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20-$35. Visit through Sun., July 10, with a matinee purchase tickets call 207-698-1807 or • Alana Watercolor Gallery • Amesbury Playhouse 207-646-5511, ogunuitplayhouse.org www.seacoastrep.org or call 433- on Wed., June 29. For ticket informa- go to, www.hackmatack.org. 58 Cranfield St., Route 1B, Dinner Theater • The Players’ Ring 4472. tion and menu options, call 978-388- • A FUNNY THING HAPPENED New Castle, N.H., 603-431-3726, 194 Main St. Amesbury, MA 105 Marcy St. Portsmouth, • SUMMER OF LOVE at Ogunquit 9444 or go to www.amesburyplay- ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM alanawatercolors.com 978-388-9444 playersring.org, 603-436-8123 Playhouse, through Sat., July 16. house.com. Dinner/showtimes are at a musical comedy with music by • Art Esprit • Booth Theater • Pontine Theatre Tickets can be purchased at www. noon/1:30 p.m. and 6/7:30 p.m. on Stephen Sondheim presented by the artesprit.org 13 Beach St., Ogunquit, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, ogunquitplayhouse.org or by calling Wednesdays; 7/8:30 p.m. on Fridays Hackmatack Playhouse Wednesdays • Art to Art Shop & Gallery Maine, 207-646-8142, 603-436-6660, www.pontine.org 800-982-2787. Evening show times and Saturdays and noon/1:30 p.m. on through Saturdays, July 6-23, at 8 p.m. 106 Main St., Newmarket, N.H., boothproductions.com • Portland Stage are Tuesday through Thursday at 8 Sunday. Matinees are Thursdays July 7, 14, & 603-292-3668 • Firehouse Center for the Arts 25A Forest Ave., Portland, Maine, p.m.; Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at • THE WIZARD OF OZ Prescott 21 at 2 p.m. To purchase tickets call • Artstream Market Square, Newburyport, 207-774-0465, portlandstage.org 8:30 p.m.; Sunday at 7 p.m. Matinees Park’s outdoor summer production 207-698-1807 or go to, www.hackma- 56 N. Main St., Rochester, N.H., Mass., 978-46-7336, firehouse.org • Prescott Park Arts Festival are Wednesday & Thursday at 2:30 will run Thursdays through Sun- tack.org. artstreamstudios.com • Hackmatack Playhouse 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, p.m.; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and Sun- days, from June 24 through Aug. 21. • THE MUSIC MAN at Ogunquit • BUOY 538 School St., Route 9, in 603-436-2848, prescottpark.org day at 2 p.m. Shows start at 7 p.m. on Thursdays Playhouse July 20 through Aug. 20. 2 Government St., Kittery, Berwick, Maine, 207-698-1807, • Rochester Opera House • FORBIDDEN NEWBURYPORT & Sundays and 8 p.m. on Fridays Evening show times are Tuesday myspace.com/buoygallery hackmatack.org 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, The Firehouse Center for the Arts & Saturdays. There are two matinee through Thursdays at 8 p.m.; Friday • Bridge Gallery • Leddy Center for the 335-1192, rochesteroperahouse.com offers a satirical look at the coastal performances: Sat., July 30, at noon at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 8:30 p.m.; Sun- 1R Water St., Newburyport, Mass., Performing Arts • Seacoast Repertory Theatre city of Newburyport. Tickets cost $25. and Sun., Aug. 7, at 1 p.m. Call 603- day at 7 p.m. Matinees are Wednes- 978-462-2740, 38C Ladd’s Lane Epping 125 Bow St., Portsmouth, Performances are Thurs., June 23, 436-2848 or go to www.prescottpark. day through Thursday at 2:30 p.m.; bridgegallerynewburyport.com 603-679-2781 603-433-4472, www.seacoastrep.org through Sat., June 25, at 8 p.m., and org. There is no fixed admission but a Saturday at 3:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. • Centennial Hall • The Music Hall • THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM Sundays, June 19 & 26, at 3 p.m. To $5-to-$10 suggested donation. Tickets can be purchased at www. 105 Post Road, North Hampton, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be purchase tickets call 978-462-7336, or • TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM ogunquitplayhouse.org or by calling N.H., centennialhall.org 603-436-2400, themusichall.org performed through July 16 at the Sea- go to www.firehouse.org The opening performance for the 800-982-2787. • Chameleon • NH Theatre Project coast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., • IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY The season by the Hackmatack Playhouse 18 Liberty St., Newburyport, 959 Islington St, Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Show times are Thurs- Amesbury Playhouse Dinner The- from Wed., June 29, hrough Sat., July ART LISTINGS Mass., 978-463-7623, 603-431-6644 days at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., ater will put on this comedy of mis- 2, at 8 p.m. with matinees on Thurs., GALLERIES www.chameleonarts.com • Ogunquit Playhouse Saturdays, at 2 & 8 p.m. and Sundays taken identity and farce Fri., June 24, June 30, and Sat., July 2, at 2 p.m. To Call for hours • Children’s Museum York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 6 of New Hampshire 7 Congress Square, Portland, • York Art Association • THE BEST OF THE BEST works 6 Washington St., Dover, N.H., 742- Maine, 207-775-6148, U.S. 1 Alternate, York Harbor, in all media by members of the NH 2002, www.childrens-museum.org www.portlandmuseum.org Maine, 207-363-4049, Art Association on display at the asso- • Connor Summers Gallery • Portsmouth Art Exchange www.yorkartassociation.com ciation’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery On with the show 48 Market St., Newburyport, 220 State St., Portsmouth, N.H., • York Public Library in Portsmouth Wed., June 29, through Have a theatrical produc- Mass., 978-462-9196, 603-431-7900, 15 Long Sands Road, York, Maine, Thurs., Aug. 26. A reception is Fri., ARTS www.connorsummers.com www.portsmouthartexchange.com 207-363-2818, york.lib.me.us July 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. tion in the works? Or an art • Coolidge Center for the Arts • Portsmouth Athenaeum Art events show? Let us know about it. 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, 9 Market Sq., Portsmouth, N.H., • PLEIN AIR THURSDAYS mem- Gallery exhibits Send all the information to N.H., 603-436-6607 603-431-2538, bers of the Kittery Art Association • A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN Multi- [email protected]. • Discover Portsmouth Center www.portsmouthathenaeum.org (membership costs $25) create outdoor artist exhibit through Oct. 15 at The Corner of Middle & Islington • Portsmouth Museum arts on Thursdays through Aug. 25, Red Door Pottery Studio and Gallery streets, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436- of Fine Art from 4 to 7 p.m. Go to www.kitteryar- Shop, 44 Government St., Kittery, 8420, www.portsmouthhistory.org One Harbour Place, Portsmouth, tassociation.org for a schedule of loca- Maine. Call 207-439-5671 or visit • Drake Farm Books N.H., 603-436-0332, tions and details about the events. www.reddoorpottery.com. Antiques & Gallery www.portsmouthmfa.org • NEWBURYPORT ARTWALK on • ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND Go to the MET 148 Lafayette Road, North Hampton, • Ogunquit Museum Sat., June 25, in Newburyport featur- BEAUTIFUL at Bridge Gallery in See the opera Madama Butterfly as part of 603-964-4868, drakefarm.com of American Art ing 18 galleries 3 to 7 p.m. See art- Newburyport through June 27. Meet Summer HD Encores from the Met, a series • Drift Contemporary Art Gallery 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, walknewburyport.blogspot.com. artist Karla Cook at a reception with live that will run all summer offering encore 7 Shapleigh Road, Kittery, Maine, 207-646-4909, • OPEN STUDIO featuring art by music on Sat., June 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. 207-438-0417, drift-gallery.com www.ogunquitmuseum.org Mary Arthur Pollack (mixed media, • BOATS, BUOYS, AND GULLS broadcasts of a variety of productions from • Emporium Framing • The Red Door Pottery Studio painting) and Lillian Coolidge (oil paint- featuring oil paintings by Catherin The Metropolitan Opera (www.metopera- and Gallery 44 Government St., Kittery, Maine, ing) at Indigo Artist Studio in Newbury- Raynes at Kennedy Gallery through family.org). Anthony Minghella directed this 261 Main St., South Berwick, 207-439-5671, port during ArtWalk on Sat., June 25. Thurs., June 30. production of Puccini’s classic. Madama But- Maine, 207-384-5963, www.reddoorpottery.com • SISTERS WE THREE in New- • CINDY RIZZA, works on display terfly screens Saturday, June 25, at 4 p.m. at emporiumframing.com • River Current Studio buryport — meet artist and poet Cari- at Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth • Exeter Fine Crafts 2 Mill Dam Road, York, Maine, appa Annaih during Newburyport Art- in June. the Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St. in Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436- 61 Water St., Exeter, N.H., 207-351-3262, rosalindfedeli.com/ Walk on Sat., June 25. • CONTEMPORARIES: The Art- 2400, www.themusichall.org. Tickets cost $17. 603-778-8282 studioandgallery.html • THE QUESTION OF DRAWING, ists of La Napoule Art Foundation, • HENRY STRATER: The Draw- Market Square, 10 Pleasant St., Ports- • Firehouse Center for the Arts • Rochester Public Library an exhibition featuring artists who push featuring eight New England artists, ing Tradition, works on display at the mouth. Call 436-7777. Market Square, Newburyport, 65 Main St., Rochester, N.H., the parameters of what is acceptable on display at the Ogunquit Museum of Ogunquit Museum of American Art • SCOTT & IAN DUFFY June art- Mass., 978-46-7336, 603-332-1428, www.rpl.lib.nh.us as drawing, on display at the Ogunquit American Art through Sun., June 26. through Mon., Oct. 31. ists of the month at Exeter Fine Crafts, www.firehouse.org • Sanctuary Arts Museum of American Art from Fri., • DEGENERATE IMPRESSION- • JACQUES CARTIER watercolors 61 Water St., Exeter. Hours are Mon- • Galleries at 117 Bolt Hill Road, Eliot, Maine, July 1, through Sun., Aug. 21. ISM Work of Matthew Grubb will on display at Exeter Public Library, 4 day-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or One Washington Center 207-438-9826, • ART SHOW The Dyer Library will be on display through July 1 at the Chestnut Street, Exeter, NH, 603-772- Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Call 778-8282. Dover, N.H., 603-749-3355, www.sanctuaryarts.org be hosting the York County Senior McLaughlin-Hills Gallery in Ports- 3101, www.exeterpl.org, through June • THE SOLO SHOW Multi-artist onewashingtoncenter.com • Saco Museum College’s art reception on Thurs., July mouth. Call 319-8306 or visit www. 30, . exhibit on display through July 26 at • Gallery at 100 Market & the Dyer Library 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invit- mclaughlin-hillsgallery.com. • JEFF FITZGERALD exhibits his the Soo Rye Gallery, 11 Sagamore 100 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, ed to meet the artists and admire thir • DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Historic paintings at Nahcotta in Portsmouth Road, Rye. Call 319-1578 or visit 603-436-2818 207-283-3861, paintings. Call 207-283-3861 or go to and Contemporary Images of the through Sun., June 26. www.soorye.com. • George Marshall Store Gallery dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. Wentworth-Gardner House, is on dis- • JOHN ANGELOPOULOS works • SOMERBY’S LANDING 140 Lindsay Road, York, Maine, • Seacoast Artists Association • JACK LEVINE works on display at play through July 31 at 50 Mechanic on display in at the NH Art Associa- SCULPTURE PARK is hosting 207-351-1083, 225 Water St., Exeter, N.H., the Ogunquit Museum of American Art St., Portsmouth, NH, featuring the tion’s Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in it’s year long exhibit featuring large, web.mac.com/mpharding 778-8856, www.seacoastartist.org Thurs., Aug. 4, through Mon., Oct. 31. photography by Wallace Nutting, Portsmouth through Wed., June 29. outdoor, sculptures by New England • Just Us Chickens Gallery • Sisters We Three • NEWBURYPORT ARTWALK on work from the MMA, and local pho- • JUST MY IMAGINATION Multi artists. Located at the West end of the 9 Walker St., Kittery, Maine, 57 Pleasant St., Newburyport, Sat., Aug. 20, in Newburyport featur- tographers Geneve Hoffman and Phil- artist exhibition through July 15 at The boardwalk next to the Block Cow Tap 207-439-4209, justuschickens.net Mass., 978-462-4500, ing 18 galleries 3 to 7 p.m. See art- ip Case Cohen. Admission is $5 per Gallery at 100 Market, 100 Market & Grill, Newburyport, Mass., 978- • Indigo Artist Studio www.sisterswethree.com walknewburyport.blogspot.com. person, $2 per child. St., Portsmouth. Call 436-2818. 768-3600, www.somerbyslandings- 53 Middle St., Newburyport, • Soo Rye Art Gallery • ART WALK ART TALK The Saco • DOUGLAS GRAZIER works • LAND, SEA AND IN-BETWEEN, culpturepark.org. Mass., 978-500-0564, 11 Sagamore Rd, Rye, N.H., Museum will be having an art talk with on display at the York Public Library featuring works of Catherine Con- • STREET A.K.A. MUSEUM Work www.indigoartstudio.com 603-319-1578, www.soorye.com artist Diane Bowie Zaitlin on Fri., Aug. until July 5. nor and James Mickelson, at Connor of international street artists will be • Kennedy Art Gallery • Somerby’s Landing 26, at 6 p.m. The event is free and also • FABULOUS FIBER an exhibit of Summer Gallery in Newburyport. on display through Sept. 11 at the 41 Market St, Portsmouth, N.H., Sculpture Park coincides with the Biddeford Artwalk. fiber arts (quilts, rug hooking, weav- • LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK: Portsmouth Museum of Art, 1 Har- 603-436-7007 West end of the boardwalk next Call 207-283-3861 or go to www.dyer- ing, wearable art, fabric painting and Incidents of Garden Displacement, bour Place, Portsmouth. Admission • Kittery Art Association Gallery to the Black Cow Tap & Grill, librarysacomuseum.org. soft sculpture) is on display at the works of sculpture on display at the is free. Outdoor tours cost $5. Gal- 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery Point, Newburyport, Mass., • ARONSON TO ARONSON: The York Art Association through Sun., Ogunquit Museum of American Art lery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, 11 Maine, 207-451-9384, 978-768-3600, Lineage of Experssionism, on display June 26. Fiber artist Wen Redmond through Sun., June 26. a.m.-5 p.m., Friday until 8 p.m. Call www.kitteryartassociation.org somerbyslandingsculpturepark.org at the Ogunquit Museum of American will give a gallery talk “Fiber Art — • LET IT BE SPRING Multi-artist 436-0332. Self-guided tours and tours • Lamont Gallery • Spirit of Newburyport Studio Art from Sat., Aug. 27, through Mon., Breaking the Barriers of Traditional exhibit on display at the Seacoast Art- guided by cell are also available. Phillips Exeter Academy, 36 Liberty St., Newburyport, Oct. 31. Quilt Making and Enter the Realm of ist Association Gallery, 225 Water St., • SUMMER SAMPLER featur- 11 Tan Lane, Exeter, N.H., 603- Mass., 978-465-8855, • DRAWN TO MODERNISM, fea- Art” on Thurs., June 23, at 6:30 p.m. Exeter. Gallery hours are Tuesday- ing works by Caryn Lynn Duncan, 777-3461, www.exeter.edu www.spiritofnewburyport.com turing works by American Modern- • FROM THE GARDEN TO THE Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 778- Ann Larkey, Larry Reynolds, Megan • Lepore Fine Arts • Stone Soup Artisans ist artists, on display at the Ogunquit KITCHEN, an exhibition celebrating 8856 or visit www.seacoastartist.org. Miller, Nick Ellard and Daisy Adams 58 Merrimac St., Newburyport, 228 Main St., Saco, Maine, Museum of American Art on Thurs., Stonewall Kitchen’s 20th anniversary • LOUD AND PROUD exhibit featur- at Lucy’s Art Emporium in Dover Mass., 978-462-1663, 207-283-4715, Sept. 8, through Mon., Oct. 31. with images of landscape and harvest ing paintings by Marilyn Price at the through Sun., July 3. www.leporefinearts.com www.stonesoupartisans.com • HISTORIC ART WALK co- and featuring works of more than 30 Franklin Gallery, 60 Wakefield Street, • TRADITION AND EXCEL- • Lucy’s Art Emporium • Strawbery Banke Museum sponsored by the Ogunquit Museum New England artists, at George Mar- Rochester, NH, www.benfranklincrafts- LENCE Highlights from the OMAA 303 Central Ave., Dover, N.H., 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., of American Art, the art walk is held shall Store Gallery in York through Sun., nh.com, through Thurs., June 30. Permanent Collection, are display www.lucysartemporium.com 603-433-1100, in the summer and starts at the art July 10. • MAINE MODERNS: Art in through Mon., Oct. 31, at the Ogun- • Nahcotta www.strawberybanke.org museum. The walk proceeds to the • FROM THE GARDEN TO THE Seguinland 1900-1940, an exhibit of quit Museum of American Art. 110 Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H., • Sweethaven Studio & Gallery cove telling the history of the world KITCHEN, an exhibition celebrating American modernists you worked • WALSINGHAM GALLERY 47 603-433-1705, www.nahcotta.com. 25 Inn St., Newburyport, Mass., famous art colony. The walk ends at Stonewall Kitchen’s 20th anniversary in Maine in the first half of the 20th Merrimac St., Newburyport, Mass., • Nantucket Stock Exchange Too 978-465-7656, the Woodbury studio and art school at the flagship store (a companion to century, is on display at the Portland 978-499-4411, thewalsinghamgallery. 117 Water St., Newburyport, www.sweethavenstudio.com for punch and cookies. Go to www. the exhibit at George Marshall Store Museum of Art through Sun., Sept. 11. com. Every Saturday, an artists will 978-499-0600 • Taylor’z Gallery ogunquitheritagemuseum.org. Gallery) features works using plant • NANCY R. DAVISON, printmaker, come and paint in the studio, giving • New Hampshire Art 1325 1st St., York, Maine, • NEWBURYPORT ARTWALK on materials and reproductions of works displays her works about York and guests an idea of how the creative pro- Associations Robert Lincoln 207-363-0709 Sat., Oct. 15, in Newburyport featur- by regional artists. York Bach at the York Hospital Dining cess occurs. Levy Gallery • The Three Graces Gallery ing 18 galleries 3 to 7 p.m. See art- • FUSION OF COLOR, FORM Room, 15 Hospital Dr., York, Maine, • WATER - BLUE GOLD: Essen- 136 State St., Portsmouth, 105 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., walknewburyport.blogspot.com. AND LIGHT Work of Lauren Chuslo- 207-363-4321, through June 29. tial to All Life on Earth will be dis- nhartassociation.org/exhibitions 603-436-1988, Shur will be on display June and July at • THE PLASTIC OCEAN works by played through Sept. 4 at Gallery 6 • NH Art Association Gallery www.threegracesgallery.com Openings & artists receptions the Seacoast Artist Association Gallery, Susan Schultz on display at the Ogun- at the Children’s Museum of New at the Sheafe Warehouse • Valley Artisans Artists Gallery • SUMMER EXPOSURE works by 225 Water St., Exeter. Gallery hours are quit Museum of American Art through Hampshire, 6 Washington St., Dover. Prescott Park, March St. Portsmouth 10 Goboro Road, Epsom, N.H., Susan Kneeland are on display at the Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call Sun., July 31. Call 742-2002 or visit www.childrens- • Newburyport Art Association 603-736-8200 Firehouse Art Gallery through Sun., 778-8856 or visit seacoastartist.org. • RED, WHITE & BLUE works in museum.org. 65 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., • Walsingham Gallery July 24. Artist reception will be Sat., • GARDEN PARTY, featuring works all media by members of the NH Art • WENDY TURNER is the artist of 978-465-8769, 47 Merrimac St., Newburyport, June 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. of members of the Kittery Art Associ- Association, through Fri., June 24, at June at Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water www.newburyportart.org Mass., 978-499-4411, • GOING GREEN a show featuring ation, is on display at the association’s the association’s Robert Lincoln Levy St., Exeter. Gallery hours are Monday- • New Hampshire Art www.thewalsinghamgallery.com the members of Kittery Art Associa- gallery through Sun., June 19. Gallery in Portsmouth. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sun- Association’s Robert Lincoln • Worldly Goods tion at the association’s gallery, will run • GARDEN SHOW at Emporium • REFASHIONED featuring works day, noon-4 p.m. Call 778-8282. Levy Gallery 37 Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H., Thurs., June 23, through Sun., July 17. Framing in South Berwick, Maine, by artists using clothing or hairstyles • WILD BLUE YONDER is a show 136 State St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-9311, • JOHN MARIN: Modernism at throughout the summer. to comment on history, on display at featuring landscapes and the works 603-431-4230 www.worldlygoodsnh.com Midcentury, an exhibit of works by • GATEWAY GALLERY Multi- the Portland Museum of Art through of Mitchell Rosenzweig, Lindy Car- • Paradise Gallery of Kittery • Valerie’s Gallery John Marin (1870-1953) focusing on artist exhibit on display through July Sun., July 31. roll, Linda Plaisted and Kathi Smith, 64 Wallingford Square, Kittery, 26 State St., Newburyport, Mass., his works from 1933 through 1953, at 29 at Great Bay Community College, • RENDA BROOKS Work will be on through July 13 at artstream in Roch- Maine, 207-703-0672 978-499-8444, the Portland Museum of Art, Thurs., 20 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth. Call display through June at Me & Ollie’s, ester. • Portland Museum of Art www.valeriesgalleries.com June 23, through Mon., Oct. 10. 427-7641 or visit www.greatbay.edu. Page 7 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent iActivnities for chilsidren and familiesd, woerkshops/, voolunteer oppourtunitiestsi, events to keep youd healthy aend more Spouting off Watch for whales at Jeffrey’s Ledge By Karen Plumley Launched in March 2006, Nick’s Chance is [email protected] 87 feet from bow to stern and is equipped with the most modern safety and navigation- Every day is different at First Chance Whale al equipment. The crew and passengers aboard Watch in Kennebunk, which sails from Memo- the vessel will start out from Kennebunkport rial Day weekend through Columbus Day, and sail 20 miles to Jeffrey’s Ledge, the sum- with guests hoping to enjoy a seasonal whale- mer feeding grounds of several migratory and watching adventure. A six-year member of the territorial whales. Nick’s Chance has a maxi- popular whale-watching crew, Mate Michael mum human capacity of 149. Davis described one memorable season three years ago when for about two weeks a particu- Preparing for the cruise lar mother Humpback whale and her calf were For newbie whale watchers, Michael Davis residents of the northern Atlantic waters off recommends dressing in layers. He also notes the coast of Maine. the importance of using sunblock, wearing a “The mother would recognize our boat by hat and sporting a pair of sunglasses. Non- the sound of the engine and confidently leave drowsy Dramamine is good to have for those her calf with us while she hunted in the open susceptible to seasickness — Davis said to waters. We basically ‘babysat’ her calf until take one dose the night before the cruise and she came back. A couple of times the young then one more dose right before sailing. whale would put its flipper on the side of the “Another thing that all visitors might want boat while waiting for its mother. Then mom to do is read up on the types of whales that they would return, giving us a quick wave of her might see. We hand out a whale primer and a tail [in thanks] before retrieving her calf and whale wheel chart. There is also a wealth of swimming away,” Davis said. information at the Woods Hole Oceanic Insti- This is just one of the many stories Davis tute website [www.whoi.edu],” Davis said. might share with guests of First Chance Whale Photos courtesy of Crewmate Michael Davis, First Chance Whale Watch, Kennebunk. Watch as they set sail aboard Nick’s Chance, What to watch for the newest vessel in the fleet, for a 4½-hour lobster cruise that sails along the Kennebunk On the cruise, passengers may see Fin- wildlife adventure in the Gulf of Maine. River. It’s closer to shore and families might backs, Humpbacks, Minkes and occasionally see dolphins and tuna, learn about lobsters, a rare Blue Whale or Sperm Whale. If they are and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Ken- lucky, guests might even catch a glimpse of First Chance Whale Watch nebunk coastline,” he said. the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, 4 Western Ave., Route 9, Kennebunk, During the whale watches, older kids can which is now believed to have dwindled to a Maine, 207-967-5507, www.firstchance- cruise-goers will get to see while aboard ship. enjoy learning about whales while sailing, as population of less than 500. whalewatch.com “We tell our guests to watch for the splash- well as the entertaining antics of Captain Gary “We tell everyone to look for spouts and Cost is $48 for adults, $28 for children ing of dolphins and tuna, or gray and harbor and his crew. 3-12, $10 for children under 3. Group and to let us know if they see one,” Davis said. seals lounging in the sun on Boon Island,” “The crew will sometimes bring out a whale charter rates are available. Call for details. But not all whales create spouts, and passen- Davis said. “One time we saw four seals lying baleen [a whalebone that is characterized by All trips are approximately 4½ hours. In gers may also want to watch for other signs on a raft near the coastline, and passengers plates of long flexible hairs located in the spring, cruises are on Saturdays & Sundays of whale activity, such as tails lifting out of were intrigued. Also, there has currently been mouth] for viewing,” Davis said. “It is a pretty only, at 9 a.m., from May 28 through June 26. the water. Finbacks, for example, have robust an insurgence of puffins.” impressive sight.” Starting on Monday, June 27, cruises leave spouts that can reach heights of 20 feet or For children under the age of 8, Davis rec- Often, whale watchers may ask what will daily at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. In the fall, Sept. more. Minkes, on the other hand, do not gen- ommends cruising on the company’s lobster 10 through Columbus Day, cruises are week- happen if no whales are spotted during the erally create spouts and are difficult to spot. boat, Kylie’s Chance. “Young children some- ends only at 9 a.m., and the last cruise of the hours out at sea. According to Davis, it is a Humpbacks are seen much more often because times expect to see whales immediately on the season is Monday, Oct. 10, at 10 a.m. Special rare occurrence — “But if no whales are spot- they tend to lift their tails out of the water whale watch, but this just doesn’t happen. The July 4 Fireworks cruise at 8 p.m. (two hours) ted, we offer each passenger an opportunity to when diving for food. is $25. whales do not show up on demand. Some of come back and sail with us…at no charge.” Whales may not be the only wildlife that our younger guests might prefer a 1½-hour

Children & Teens 207-363-4911, www.yorkzoo.com a.m. A craft will accompany his sto- Craze” on Tues., Aug. 16; “Wonders • American Independence • OVER THE RAINBOW PICNIC ries. Call 207-283-3861 or go to www. of Weaving” on Thurs., Aug. 18; “On Museum join the cast of the Prescott Park produc- dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. the Home Front” on Tues., Aug. 23; One Governors Lane, Exeter, N.H., tion Wizard of Oz for a picnic on Sat., • SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN “School Days” on Thurs., Aug. 25. Boat race 603-772-2622, June 25, at 11 a.m. in Prescott Park in DWARVES Ogunquit Playhouse chil- • NOCTURNAL MAMMALS The www.independencemuseum.org Portsmouth. The event will feature dren’s production runs Sat., July 2, at Great Bay Discovery Center will dis- See cardboard boats compete at • The Children’s Museum of NH crafts, lunch, games and performances. 10 a.m. and noon, and Sun., July 3, at cuss live nocturnal mammals on Wed., Rotary Park in Biddeford, Maine, 6 Washington St., Dover, N.H., See www.prescottpark.org for tickets. 10 a.m. July 6, at 6:30 p.m. Call 603-778-0015 on Saturday, June 25, at 9:30 p.m. 603-742-2002, • FROGTOWN MOUNTAIN PUP- • MORNING ADVENTURE events or go to www.greatbay.org. Competitors will try to paddle the childrens-museum.org PETEERS will perform The Legend of at Museums of Old York (207-363- • COCHECHO ARTS FESTIVAL homemade cardboard boat from • Portsmouth Public Library the Banana Kid on Sat., June 25, from 4974, www.oldyork.org) in York, TUESDAY CHILDREN’S SERIES 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, N.H., 11 a.m. to noon at Dyer Library in Saco, Maine, offer children of various ages presents child-friendly events on six the Rotary Park Boat Ramp to the 603-427-1540, Maine. Call 207-283-3861 or go to three hours of fun and learning. Most Tuesdays, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., beach without sinking. The event www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/ www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. cost about $23 and run from 9 a.m. in Dover’s Henry Law Park (60 is hosted by Dyer Library and Saco • Sandy Point Discovery Center • CARDBOARD BOAT RACE on to noon; call or visit the website for Washington St.). Bring blankets and Museum, 371 Main St. in Saco, 89 Depot Rd., Stratham, N.H., Sat., June 25, at 9:30 a.m. at Rotary details. Programs include “I Spy folding chairs. On July 5, Little Red Maine, 207-283-3861. See www. Park in Biddeford, hosted by The With My Little Eye” on Tues., July Wagon (www.unh.edu/theatre-dance) 603-778-0015, www.greatbay.org dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. • Seacoast Science Center Dyer Library and Saco Museum. Call 5; “Games Galore” on Thurs., July 7; presents the classic fairytale “Jack and 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye, N.H., 207-283-3861 ext. 115 for more infor- “Paper Plain and Pretty,’ on Tues., July the Beanstalk”; this 45-minutes play Marcus Gayle on Aug. 29. See www. ing Muster Day for ages 7 to 11 on 603-436-8043, mation or go to www.dyerlibrarysaco- 12; “Painting History” on Thurs., July is for the pre-K to grade three audi- cochechoartsfestival.org/schedule. Sat., July 9, from 10 to 3 p.m., where seacoastsciencecenter.org museum.org. 14; “Alphabet Arts” on Tues., July 19; ences, but all ages can enjoy it. Other aspx. In case of rain, Children’s Series the children will learn the life of a • Water Country • SUMMER READING ADVEN- “Colonial Cooking” on Thurs., July shows: vocalist Jody Gourlay on July performances may be moved inside to Revolutionary War soldier, including 2300 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, TURE Dyer Library in Saco, Maine, 21; “Sailors of Sea” on Tues., Aug. 2; 12; musician Wayne from Maine on the Dover City Hall Auditorium at 288 march and drill, and creating decora- 603-427-1112, watercountry.com will be have Murray Dellow, a native “Lady’s Life” on Thurs., Aug. 4; “First July 19; Todd Wellington, the King Central Ave. tions for your uniform. They will then • York’s Wild Animal Kingdom New Zealander, telling stories from Settlers” on Tues., Aug. 9; “Trapped of Silly, on July 26; magician BJ • MUSTER DAY! The American escort General George Washington in Rt. 1, York Beach, Maine, his homeland on Fri., July 1, at 11 in Gaol” on Thurs., Aug. 11; “Cow Hickman on Aug. 2, and musician Independence Museum will be hold- the American Independence Festival. York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 8 Reservations are necessary; $50 per to www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. child. Call 603-772-2622 or go to • GOING BATTY The Great Bay www.independencemuseum.org. Discovery Center will be hosting a • MASONS DAY The Strawbery BayVenture focusing on bats on Wed., Green sale Thanksgiving in June Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H., July 27, and Fri., July 29, from 9:45 Rolling Green Nurs- The American Legion Post 56 Auxiliary will be celebrating Masons on Sat., a.m. to noon for ages 7 to 11. Children ery, 64 Breakfast Hill, will host a turkey dinner with all the fixings July 9. The event will include scaven- will learn about little brown bats and ger hunts, face painting, magic shows, make bat houses to take home. Pre- Greenland, N.H., www. and desserts on Monday, June 27, at 5 p.m. balloon artists, and a cookout with free registration required. Call 603-778- rollinggreennursery. at 9 Hannaford Drive, York, Maine. Dinner food. Call 603-668-8744. 0015 or go to www.greatbay.org. com, will hold a Summer costs $8 for adults, $5 for children under • HARBOUR TRAIL 5K ROAD • BATS LOVE THE NIGHT The Solstice Sale and Silent 10. Call 207-363-0376 for information. RACE & KIDS’ FUN RUN on Sat., Great Bay Discovery Center will be Auction on Saturday, July 9, at 9 a.m. starting at Little Har- having a read-aloud of the story Bats bour School, 50 Clough Drive in Ports- Love the Night by Nicole Davies on June 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. with the proceeds to benefit Fami- lies First (www.familiesfirstseacoast.org, 603-436-2732). The mouth, N.H. See www.pccrrs.org. Thurs., July 28, from 9:45 a.m. to 11 Cultural Center 9:30 p.m. Call 978-462-2681 or go to • SANDY BEACH CLEAN-UP The a.m. for ages 4 to 6. The event will event will feature plant collections, mixed containers, pottery, 135 Daniel St. in Portsmouth, www.newburyhist.com Great Bay Discovery Center will host include outdoor play and craft mak- accessories and more. Tickets cost $10 per person. 603-430-6027, saacc-nh.org • FAMILY SCRAPBOOKING a Sandy Beach clean-up on Wed., July ing. Pre-registration is required. Call • Seacoast Trolley Museum program on Wed., July 20, from 2 Maine, 207-384-2454, 13, and Fri., July 15, from 9:45 a.m. to 603-778-0015 or go to www.greatbay. Camps 195 Log Cabin Road, of to 4 p.m., at Museums of Old York. www.historicnewengland.com noon. The event will teach how pollu- org. • SUMMER CAMP The Children’s Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967- Learn archival techniques and look at • Historic New England and tion affects us, and children will make • THE JUNGLE BOOK an Ogunquit Museum & Theatre of Maine will 2800, www.trolleymuseum.org examples of historic scrapbooks. Cost Governor John Langdon House a craft to take home. Event is for ages Playhouse children’s production, on offer a series of one-week summer • Star Island Corp. is $20 per family scrapbook. 143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, 7-11 and pre-registration is required. Sat., July 30, at 10 a.m. and noon and camps for ages 4 to 8. Each week 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, • DINNER AT JEFFERDS TAV- 603-436-3205, Call 603-778-0015 or go to www. Sun., July 31, at 10 a.m. there is a different themed camp and 603-430-6372, www.starisland.org ERN The Museums of Old York www.portsmouthhistory.org greatbay.org. • IT’S EASY BEING GREEN! The there is a healthy snack provided each • Strawbery Banke Museum will be hosting a dinner on Fri., July • The History Center • KIDS KONCERTS presented by Great Bay Discovery Center will be day. The themes vary from Animal 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. The dinner will of Kennebunkport Somersworth Festival Association, having a BayVenture focusing on Safari to Mad Scientists. The first 603-433-1100, strawberybanke.org consist of local seafood, beef, fresh 125-135 North St., Kennebunkport, free, each Wed. at 6 p.m. from July 13 recycling on Wed., Aug. 3, or Fri., camp is held Mon., June 27, to Fri., • USS Albacore vegetables, and desserts of local fresh Maine, 207-967-2751, to Aug. 17, at the Somersworth High Aug. 5, from 9:45 a.m. to noon for July 1, and the last camp is held Mon., 600 Market St. Portsmouth, fruits. Reservations are required and www.kporthistory.org School outdoor pavilion (11 Memorial ages 7 to 11. Children will learn about Aug 22, to Fri., Aug 26. The camps go 603-436-3680, ussalbacore.org tickets are $25 per person. Call 207- • Isle of Shoals Steamship Drive, Somersworth). Food is avail- the “green” features at the Discov- from 9 a.m. to noon Mon-Fri. Regis- • Warner House 363-4974. Company Cruises able for purchase. Schedule includes ery Center and will make a recycled tration is $160. Call 207-828-1234 or 43 Middle Road, Portsmouth, • 75 SUMMERS The Brick Store 315 Market St., Portsmouth, Wayne from Maine (July 13), Toe T-shirt tote to bring home. Pre-regis- go to www.kitetails.org. 603-436-5909, warnerhouse.org Museum will be hosting its 75th anni- 800-441-4620 Jam Puppet Band (July 20), Band tration is required. Call 603-778-0015 • JUNIOR ROLE-PLAYER • Wells Auto Museum versary celebration on Sat., Aug. 6, • Jackson House Overboard (July 27), Judy Pancoast or go to www.greatbay.org. WORKSHOP The American Inde- Route 1 Wells, Maine, from 1 to 5 p.m. There will be four 76 Northwest St., Portsmouth, (Aug. 3), Tricky Dick the Magician • DO TURTLES SLEEP IN TREE- pendence Museum will have a three- 207-646-9064 locations on Summer Street featur- 603-436-3205, (Aug. 10) and Wildlife Encounters TOPS? The Great Bay Discovery day history camp for ages 10+, Wed, • Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion ing historic homes, stories, and vin- www.portsmouthhistory.org (Aug. 17). Call 603-692-5869 or see Center will be having a read-aloud of July 6, through Fri, July 8. The camp State Historic Site tage events. Enjoy games, activities, • John Paul Jones House www.nhfestivals.org. the story Do Turtles Sleep in Treetops will teach participants to take on the 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, refreshments, and barn dancing. Call 43 Middle St, Portsmouth, • MICHAEL RECYCLE The Great by Laura Purdie Salas on Thurs., Aug. role of an 18th-century Exeter resident 603-436-6607, nhstateparks.org 207-985-4802 or go to www.brick- 603-436-8420, Bay Discovery Center will be hav- 4, from 9:45 to 11 a.m.. for ages 4 to including etiquette and daily chore • Wentworth-Gardner/Tobias storemuseum.org. www.portsmouthhistory.org ing a read-aloud of the story “Michael 6. The event will include outdoor play lessons. Basic costume will be pro- Lear Houses • CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT • Kittery Historical and Recycle” by Ellie Bethel on Thurs., and craft making. Pre-registration is vided. Reservations necessary; cost is 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth, ON PUDDLE DOCK The Strawbery Naval Museum July 14, from 9:45 to 11 a.m. for ages required. Call 603-778-0015 or go to $150 per child. Call 603-772-2622 or 603-436-4406, Banke Museum will be celebrating 200 Rogers Road, Kittery, ME, 4 to 6. The event will include outdoor www.greatbay.org. go to www.independencemuseum.org. www.wentworthgardnerandlear.org Fitz John Porter’s birthday by sharing 207-439-3080, play and craft making. Pre-registration • FAIRY HOUSES: THE MUSICAL • ART IN NATURE The Seacoast • Woodman Institute Museum the experience of the life of a Civil www.kitterymuseum.com is required. Call 603-778-0015 or go a Ogunquit Playhouse children’s pro- Science Center will be hosting a 182 Central St., Dover, War soldier. The event will include the • Moffatt-Ladd House & Gardens to www.greatbay.org. duction., on Sat., Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. week-long event to explore art in 603-742-1038, New Hampshire 5th Regiment and the 154 Market St., Portsmouth, • CHICKEN BARBECUE The and noon and Sunday., Aug. 7, at 10 nature July 10-17 with feature work- woodmaninstitutemuseum.org 2nd Vermont Artillery as they pitch 603-436-8821, moffattladd.org American Independence Museum a.m. Fairy house village tours will be shops, programs and activities for Events tents, demonstrate training exercises, • Museum of Lighthouse History will be holding a barbecue at Town held Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and all ages. Call 603-436-8043 or go to • FOUNDER’S DAY The Seacoast cook over campfires, and share songs, 2190 Post Rd, 1 Wells, Maine, Hall Commons Fri., July 15, from 5 Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. Trolley Museum will be celebrat- Sat., Aug. 20, and Sun., Aug. 21, from 207-646-0245 to 9 p.m., followed by a magician and • FAMILY PARADE PARTY The • THEATRICAL HISTORY CAMP ing Independence Day as well as the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 603-433-1100 • Museums of Old York string music. Call 603-772-2622 or go Cushing House Museum and Garden at Museums of Old York (oldyork.org; Museum’s birthday on Sat., July 2. or go to www.strawberybanke.org. York, Maine, 207-363-4974, to www.independencemuseum.org for will be having their 2nd annual fam- 207-363-4974) in York, Maine, Mon., Many trolleys will be taken out for • CONSTITUTIONAL CONVER- www.oldyork.org pricing and other information. ily parade party Sun., Aug. 7, from 1 July 25, through Fri., July 29, from 9 exhibit. Call 207-967-2712 or go to SATION The American Indepen- • Nott House • AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE to 3 p.m. Call 978-462-2681 or go to a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $140. Kids will www.trolleymuseum.org. dence Museum will be holding a 8 Main St., Kennebunkport, Maine. FESTIVAL The American Indepen- www.newburyhist.com write scripts, act, choose costumes and • AN AMERICAN CELEBRA- discussion about the United States • Ogunquit Heritage Museum dence Museum will hold its Inde- • WARDEN’S WATCH Great Bay more in the historic buildings. A play TION Strawbery Banke Museum will Constitution with Richard Hesse of 86 Obeds Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, pendence Festival on Sat., July 16, Discovery Center will be hosting a will be performed Friday. For ages 7 be hosting an old-fashioned Fourth of Franklin Pierce College Wed., Sept. 207-646-0296, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. BayVenture focusing on the job of a to 12. July celebration, complete with wagon 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Folsom Tav- www.ogunquitheritagemuseum.org There will be an escorting of President Conservation Officer on Wed., Aug. parade, kite flying, garden crafts, live ern in Exeter. Admission is free. Call MUSEUMS & TOURS • Ogunquit Museum of Washington, a horseback delivery of 10, from 9:45 a.m. to noon for ages 7 music, basket weaving and more. 603-772-2622 or go to www.indepen- Modern Art the Declaration, historic role-players, to 11. Children will learn about the job • American Independence Tickets $15. Event will go from 10 dencemuseum.org. 183 Shore Rd. Ogunquit, Maine, music by the Lincoln Minutemen and will solve a “who done it” mys- Museum a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mon., July 4. Call • PRINCE HALL LECTURE The 207-646-4909 Fife and Drum, and cannon firings tery. Pre-registration is required. Call One Governors Lane, Exeter, 603-433-1100 or go to www.straw- Seacoast African American Cultural • Perkins Cove Lobster Tours by the militia. At night there will be 778-0015 or go to www.greatbay.org. 603-772-2622, berybanke.org. Center will be having a lecture on the Bourne Ln. Ogunquit, Maine, fireworks and live music. Admission • TEDDY BEAR CLINIC The Chil- www.independencemuseum.org • AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUB- abolitionist and most famous black in 207-646-7413 costs $7. Call 603-772-2622 or go to dren’s Museum of NH will be holding • The Brick Store Museum MARINERS The Seacoast African the Boston area during the American • Prescott Park www.independencemuseum.org. the annual Teddy Bear Clinic on Wed., 117 Main St., Kennebunk, Maine, American Cultural Center will pres- Revolution on Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. Call Marcy St., Porstmouth, • LOCAL ROOTS The Children’s Aug. 10, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Event 207-985-4802, ent a lecture on Tues., July 12, at 6:30 603-430-6027 or go to saacc-nh.org. Museum of NH will be hosting an “eat will include a Teddy Tea Party where www.brickstoremuseum.org www.prescottpark.org p.m. that focuses on the black sub- • Portsmouth Athenaeum local” food fair Wed., July 20, from 1 health professionals will perform • Counting House Museum mariners in the U.S. Navy from 1940 Exhibits 9 Market St., Portsmouth, to 4 p.m. The event will teach children check-ups on the animals. Designed to Main and Liberty streets, South to 1975. Call 603-430-6027 or go to • CITY OF THE OPEN DOOR: 603-431-2538, how to eat healthy and will be host- help children who are anxious about Berwick, Maine, saacc-nh.org. HARRY S. HARLOW The Discov- www.portsmouthathenaeum.org ing the Dover Farmers Market. Call going to the doctor. Admission is $8. 207-384-0000, www.obhs.net • JULY GARDEN PARTY Fuller er Portsmouth Center will be hosting • Portsmouth Harbour Trail 603-742-2002 or go to www.childrens- Call 603-742-2002 or go to www. • Cushing House Museum Gardens will host a garden party Wed., an exhibit of 52 panels featuring the www.pbhtrail.org, 603-431-2768 museum.org. childrens-museum.org. and Garden July 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be doorways to significant Portsmouth • Portsmouth Historical Society • FILTER FEEDER FRENZY The • WHOSE SHOES? Great Bay 98 High St., Newburyport, Mass., live jazz, local ale by the Smuttynose properties. The exhibit is ongoing. www.portsmouthhistory.org Great Bay Discover Center will be Discovery Center will be having a 978-462-2681, newburyhist.com Brewing Co., wine tasting, cheese tast- Call 603-436-8420. • Portsmouth Public Library exploring the waterfront for filter feed- read-aloud of the story Whose Shoe? • Custom House ing and a silent auction in the Gardens. • CLARISSA The Custom House 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, ers on Wed., July 20, and Fri., July 22, A Shoe for Every Job by Stephen Maritime Museum $20 a person. Call 603-964-5414 or go Maritime Museum in Newburyport 603-427-1540, from 9:45 a.m. to noon for ages 7 to R. Swinburne on Thurs., Aug. 11, 25 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., to www.fullergardens.org. is hosting an exhibition from May 18 cityofportsmouth.com/library/ 11. Children will learn about the food from 9:45 to 11 a.m. for ages 4 to 6. 978-462-8681, www.thechmm.org • ANNUAL DECORATOR SHOW through June 30 of Clarissa, a woman • Rundlet-May House chain while exploring the waterfront The event will include outdoor play • Discover Portsmouth Center HOUSE PREVIEW PARTY The who served during WWII in the SPARs. 364 Middle St., Portsmouth, and will make a craft to take home. and craft making. Pre-registration Corner of Middle & Islington Museums of Old York are hosting a Call 978-462-8681 or go to www.cus- 603-430-7531 Pre-registration is required. Call 603- is required. Call 778-0015 or go to streets, Portsmouth, 603-436-8420, preview party of the transformation tomhousemaritimemuseum.org. • Saco Museum & 778-0015 or go to www.greatbay.org. www.greatbay.org. www.portsmouthhistory.org of the historic Emerson House on • COUNTING HOUSE MUSEUM the Dyer Library • SUMMER READING ADVEN- • SUMMER CARNIVAL Thurs., • Fuller Gardens Fri., July 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost is in South Berwick, Maine, offers a per- 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, TURE: INDIA Dyer Library will be Aug. 11, through Sun., Aug. 14, at Holy 10 Willow Ave., North Hampton, $50 per person and includes food and spective on life along the seacoast. It is 207-283-3861, having Dr. Neelam Shukla talk on A Trinity Church parking lot, 404 High St. 603-964-5414, fullergardens.org drinks. Call 207-363-4974. open July through September, Satur- www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org Day in the Life of India on Fri., July in Somersworth, NH. Hours are 5 to 9 • Gundalow Project • COCKTAIL PARTY TRIVIA The days and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Admis- • Sayward-Wheeler House 22, at 11 a.m. She will share informa- p.m. on Thursday and Friday, noon to 9 60 Marcy St., Portsmouth, Cushing House Museum and Garden sion is free. Call 207-384-0000. 79 Barrell Lane, York, Maine, tion on the culture and holidays and p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on 603-433-9505, gundalow.org will be having a cocktail party under • DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Historic 603-436-3205 will teach how to make a traditional Sunday. Event includes entertainment • Hamilton House the stars Sat., July 16, from 7:30 to and Contemporary Images of the Indian toy. Call 207-283-3861 or go and rides. See www.nhfestivals.org. 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick • Seacoast African American Page 9 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent INSIDE/OUTSIDE Out and about on the Seacoast Tour by foot, Segway, bike and more By Bridgette Springer Segway tours in Portsmouth Deer St. in Portsmouth, 343-7977), which is [email protected] Available through October 2011, Segway also the starting location for the walks. Fol- Experiences in Portsmouth, is offering tours lowing a wine sampling, the group heads out Historic walking tours are available for up to eight people with two guides in his- for the walking portion of the tour, stopping throughout the Seacoast. But these aren’t toric Portsmouth. at “active” pubs and taverns including the the only ways to see the sights. The Segway tours are open to riders 14 18th-century William Pitt Tavern on Court For something a little different, the Sea- years old and up and can cover all eight Street. coast Segway Tours, based at the Discover historic house museums in Portsmouth, “One of the big highlights is talking about Portsmouth Center and the Paul Jones Car- according to Heidi Bunnell, executive direc- the tunnel system used in the 19th century. riage House, offer the chance to see the city tor at Segway experiences. Portsmouth was actually home to the largest from a different perspective as you wheel There is no set schedule for the Segway brewery in the 19th century and the tunnels around town on an upright scooter that tours, as the company is just getting started are linked to the brewing history and rough is safe and practical for most ages. Or get with the season. Cost is $40 per person for and tumble activities including sailors with a taste of the darker sides with New Eng- the one hour tour and and $100 per person curious goods and items,” Zwicker said. The land Curiosities, which offers haunted-style for the three hour tour. The one-hour tour tour covers all the centuries, with forgotten tours. can be booked with little advance notice, stories learned from unlikely sources includ- ing real estate agents and law enforcement. Looking for additional tours? Here but call up to a day ahead for the three-hour are some to try: history tour. No driver’s license is required Customers of the haunted pub tour need • Portsmouth lighthouse tours (www.ports- for rental, but be prepared to participate not be ghost believers; they will still come mouthharborlighthouse.org or e-mail info@ in a safety overview prior to departure. In away from the adventure with lots of his- portsmouthhaborlighthouse.org addition, there are weight requirements for torical knowledge. As for current pubs with • Tip Toe Through the Tombstones in New- the scooters: you must weigh between 100 some spiritual activity, Zwicker hints at The buryport, Mass., with Ghlee Woodworth and 250 pounds. Youth require parental Blue Mermaid, and said that every now and (e-mail TipToeThroughTheTombstones@ supervision. then something will be pushed off a table or yahoo.com) The scooters are powered by lithium bat- counter, or a spirit might be seen. In addition • Bird-watching in Newburyport (www. teries and must be plugged in and charged to the pub tour, “Historic Portsmouth Leg- massaudubon.org/) See the sights on a Segway. Courtesy photo by ends and Ghosts” is every Friday at 6 p.m., every day, which takes about 12 hours. Philip Case Cohen. • Self-guided walking tour of Newburypo- They can travel approximately 24 miles on which showcases historic locations includ- rt (www.newburyportchamber.org/tour.shtml a charge. History and haunted ing The Music Hall. The “Shadows and for map) If by chance you sign up for the tour and happenings Stone” cemetery tour is every other Satur- • Newburyport Artwalk on Saturday, June don’t feel comfortable operating the scoot- Roxie Zwicker, of New England Curi- day at 8 p.m. and visits the oldest common 25 (www.artwalknewburyport.blogspot. er, the company will offer a full refund. osities, will be offering two-hour haunted burial ground in New Hampshire, dating com/) Helmets are provided and riders have the pub tours starting Wednesday, June 29, at 6 back to the 1600s. • Portsmouth Harbour Trail self-guided The tour is priced at $10 ($8 for children). tour (online map at www.portsmouthcham- same rights as pedestrians and cyclists. The p.m. The tours, which can accommodate up Tickets may be purchased online at www. ber.org/cwi/visitors/info_request_form. guides avoid sidewalks and are very aware to 40 people, will take place on alternating newenglandcuriosities.com. Private group cfm, or call the Chamber of Commerce at of the pedestrians throughout the tour. For Wednesdays and Sundays at noon. 436-3988. reservations or information, call 828-5280 For the Wednesday pub tour, tickets can be reservations are accepted. or visit www.seacoastsegway.com. purchased at Maine-ly New Hampshire (22

Wentworth-Gardner House, is on dis- of Edith C. Barry. The exhibition will to 4 p.m. Call 207-967-2751. moffattladd.org. play through July 31 at 50 Mechanic include photographs, souvenirs, cos- • KITTERY HISTORICAL AND • MUSEUM OF LIGHTHOUSE St., Portsmouth, NH, featuring the tumes, and written word. Call 207- NAVAL MUSEUM Located in Kit- HISTORY Located in Rockland, photography by Wallace Nutting, 985-4802 or go to www.brickstore- tery, Maine, the museum features ship Maine, the Museum of Lighthouse From family fun to work from the MMA, and local pho- museum.org. models, guns, shipyard and submarine History is the largest lighthouse muse- outdoor adventure tographers Geneve Hoffman and Phil- • INCIDENTS OF GARDEN DIS- memorabilia, and lighthouse artifacts. um in the U.S. The museum is open 9 ip Case Cohen. Admission is $5 per PLACEMENT The Ogunquit Muse- Open June to October 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Fri- Do you have a summer person, $2 per child. um of American Art will be having p.m. Call 207-439-3080. day and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday event on the horizon? Let • FIRE ON THE WATER: Ports- an exhibition by Lauren Fensterstock, • THE LINEAGE OF EXPRES- through Sunday. Admission is $5. us know about it. Send all mouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly an artist and curator from Maine who SIONISM The Ogunquit Museum Call 207-594-3301 or go to www. the information, as well as Confederate Raider Alabama, is on focuses on garden design. The exhibit of American Art will be hosting the lighthousefoundation.org. a way to contact you, to display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum will be on display through June 26. “Aronson to Aronson: The Lineage • THE NOTT HOUSE in Ken- [email protected]. in Portsmouth through Sat., Sept. 17. Call 207-646-4909. of Expressionism” exhibit from Aug. nebunkport, Maine, is open for tours Call 603-431-2538 or go to www. • JACK LEVINE The Ogunquit 27 to Oct. 31. The exhibit features art Thursday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 portsmouthathenaeum.org. Museum of American Art will be hav- from David Aronson and his son. Call p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and • “FITZ JOHN PORTER: Civil War ing the Jack Levine exhibit from Aug. 207-646-4909. Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Hero or Coward?,” an exhibit about 4 to Oct. 31. Call 207-646-4909. • MARITIME PORTSMOUTH Call 207-967-2751 in Portsmouth, the Star Island is the • WELLS AUTO MUSEUM Locat- the Civil War soldier born in Ports- • JACKSON HOUSE Located in The Discover Portsmouth Center will • THE QUESTION OF DRAWING second largest of the nine island that ed in Wells, ME, the auto museum is a mouth, is on display through Mon., Portsmouth, N.H., the Jackson House is be hosting an exhibition from June 3 exhibit will be at the Ogunquit Museum make up the Isle of Shoals. Star Island collection of over 80 antique and clas- Oct. 31, at the Strawbery Banke the oldest surviving wood frame house to Aug. 31. The exhibit will feature a of American Art from July 1 to August Corp. provides individual and fam- sic cars. The museum is open 7 days Museum in the Rolland Gallery. The in NH and ME. Open June through collection of 200 paintings and arti- 21. The exhibit features artists who push ily retreats from June to September. a wekk from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and exhibit includes a music and lecture October on the first Saturday of the facts. Call 603-436-8420. the parameters of what is acceptable as Conferences are presented throughout admissions is $7 a person. For more series, a daily walking tour and more. month. Tours 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. • MODEL SHIP EXHIBITION The a drawing. Call 207-646-4909. the summer on subjects ranging from information call 207-646-9064 or go • GOVERNOR JOHN LANGDON Admission $5. Call 603-436-3205. Custom House Maritime Museum is • RUNDLET-MAY HOUSE Located yoga to natural history. Call 603-430- to www.wellsautomuseum.com. HOUSE in Portsmouth, N.H., is a • JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE hosting an exhibition from June 28 in Portsmouth, N.H., the Rundlet-May 6272 or go to starisland.org. • WENTWORTH-COOLIDGE national historic landmark featuring a Located in Portsmouth, N.H., the John through Aug. 28. The exhibition will House is open for tours on the first and • USS ALBACORE in Portsmouth, MANSION in Portsmouth, N.H., Georgian mansion where John Lang- Paul Jones House features artifacts feature a clipper and merchant ship third Saturdays from June 1 through NH, is a historical vessel worth visit- ton includes an art gallery, historical don resided. Open Friday through from the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of models. Call 978-462-8681 or go to Oct. 15. The tours run from 11 a.m. to ing. The park is open from 9:30 a.m. to interpretations, picnics, guided tours, Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission 1905 and from John Paul Jones, an www.customhousemaritimemuseum. 4 p.m. and admission is $6. Call 603- 5 p.m. every day from Memorial Day and scenic views. The mansion is is $6. Call 603-436-3205. American Naval Hero. Open 7 days a org 436-3205. to Columbus Day and admission is $5. open June 20 through Sept. 1 and the • HAMILTON HOUSE in South week 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $6. • MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE & • SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE Call 603-436-3680 or go to ussalbacore. Arts Gallery is open May 20 through Berwick, Maine, is a national historic Call 603-436-8420. GARDENS Located in Portsmouth, Located in York Harbor, Maine, The org. Sept. 28. Call 603-436-6607 for more landmark overlooking the Salmon • KENNEBUNKPORT HISTORY N.H., the Moffatt-Ladd House is a Sayward-Wheeler House is a historic • WARNER HOUSE in Portsmouth information. Falls River. Open Wednesday through CENTER Located in Kennebunk- national historic landmark. The house house full of 18th-century relics. Vis- is the earliest extant brick urban man- • WENTWORTH-GARDNER Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is port, Maine, the history center is com- is furnished as it was in 1763. Tours go iting hours are the second and fourth sion in New England. The museum AND TOBIA LEAR HOUSES $8. Call 207-384-2454. prised of five buildings featuring arti- for an hour and are held Mon through Saturdays from June 1 to October 15, hours are Wednesday through Mon- located in Portsmouth’s historic South • IMPRESSIONS OF A WORLD facts, memorabilia and presentations Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission day from noon to 4 p.m. and the End are historical monuments full TRAVELER The Brick Store Muse- of the events that shaped the town. to 5 p.m. House and garden Tours are is $5. Call 207-384-2454. admissions price is $5. Call 603-436- of architecture and art and are open um in Kennebunk opened an exhibit Open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. $6. Call 603-436-8221 or go to www. • STAR ISLAND CORP. Located 5909 or go to www.warnerhouse.org. through Oct.16, Wednesday through York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 10 • days and Thursdays in July and August at 7 p.m. $5 per person. Call 207-967-2712 or go to www.trolley- INSIDE/OUTSIDE museum.org. Phantoms • KENNEBUNKPORT VILLAGE See the Seacoast Historic Village Walking Tours in United Phantoms, a Kennebunkport begin in July and go Family events for this weekend through August. They are on Tuesdays member of the United at 2 p.m. And Saturdays at 11 a.m. Soccer League’s Premier Local celebrations day, June 25, from 7:30 to 9:30 Markets alive From Labor Day until Columbus Day Development League • York’s Firefighters Mus- a.m. Enjoy an outdoor bird- • The 11th Annual Wells the tours only run on Saturdays. Call • (PDL) Division, www. ter and Parade will be held ing adventure with the family Antique Show & Sale will ROSE GARDEN TOURS Tour the nhphantoms.com, 603- at the 1,600 scenic acres of gardens at Old Sheep Meadow Nurs- on Sunday, June 26, from 11 be held this year on Sun- ery, 90 Federal St. in Alfred, Maine, 329-9626, on Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. when they will face a.m. to 3 p.m. in the downtown research reserve including a day, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 207-324-5211, www.oldsheepmead- off against the Portland Phoenix at Portsmouth High School, York Beach area. Arranged by 19th-century saltwater farm, 4 p.m. on the grounds of the ownursery.com. The tours run at 11 50 Andrew Jarvis Drive in Portsmouth. Upcoming home the York Beach Fire Depart- Rachel Carson Wildlife Ref- Wells Reserve at Laudholm a.m. and 2 p.m. on Fridays and Sun- games also include Wednesday, June 29, at 7 p.m. vs. MPS days through July 4. The Nursery ment (1 Firehouse Drive, uge area, Laudholm Farm Farm (342 Laudholm Farm Portland Phoenix; Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. vs. Vermont features roses in all shapes and sizes Voltage; Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m. vs. Western Mass Pioneers, York, ), this annual event is Visitors Center, exhibits, and Road, Wells). Fifty exhibitors grown on their own roots. sure to be a fun-filled day for seven miles of spectacular from all over New England, • SARAH ORNE JEWETT and Sunday, July 24, at 5 p.m. vs. MPS Portland Phoenix. the whole family. Fire trucks, marsh walkways and trails Texas and Tennessee will be WALKING TOUR in South, Ber- Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through ME, 207-934-5714. Friday 4 to 7 firefighters and fire dogs will along marshes, fields and selling antiques that specialize wick, Maine, features 17 buildings on June 30; then 10 a.m. through 6:30 Lobster Bake on the Beach $20 per and new Main Street related to the life be seen in the parade, which wetlands. Stay a little longer in early painted and coun- p.m., July 1 through Aug. 14; 10 person. Tethered Balloon Rides at sun- of novelist, poet and short-story writer a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 15 through Aug. rise and sunset Friday, Saturday, and travels down Main Street into and enjoy the opening of the try furniture and Americana, Sarah Orne Jewett, who was born in York Beach Square, down antique and vintage jewel- 28, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29 Sunday $20 per person. Free trolley Changing Landscapes exhib- 1840. See www.southberwickmaine. through Sept. 5. rides to the Smoking at the Ballpark Long Beach Ave. and around ry, early ceramics and silver, it at 10 a.m. at the Laudholm org. • YORK’S WILD KINGDOM is BBQ Fest on Saturday. See www. • SELF-GUIDED WALKING the Nubble peninsula to end farmhouse. No registration fine glass and china, early a family-oriented zoo and amuse- oob365.com. at Short Sands Beach. Muster baskets and decoys, early pot- TOUR OF KENNEBUNKPORT ment park in York, Maine, that has required. Cost is free. Call • SUMMER SOLSTICE sale and events in years past included tery, brass, copper, pewter, VILLAGE Guide books, as well 75 animal exhibits, 18 rides for all silent auction hosted by Rolling Green 207-646-1555. as area maps, which offer in-depth dry hose, wet hose, “mystery” quilts, vintage linens and tex- ages, and five food and ice cream Nursery, 64 Breakfast Hill, Greenland, • One way to enjoy the Ken- descriptions and backgrounds of the stands. The animals vary from the and ladder competitions. For tiles, antiquarian books and NH, www.rollinggreennursery.com, nebunk River with a young historic buildings are available for African Lion to the Patas Monkey, on Sat., June 25, from 3 to 5 p.m. All more info about this year’s fes- prints, tools, oak furniture and $4 at the Port of Call Gift Shop and family is to take a short lob- and the site includes mini golf and proceeds will benefit Families First. tivities, contact the York Beach more. The show will be held the Pasco Exhibit Center. Or call 207- a haunted house. Call 207-363-4911 ster boat cruise. The Rugosa, The event will feature a themed plant Fire Department at 363-1015. rain or shine. Cost is $6 ($5 967-2751. or go to www.yorkzoo.com. collection, mixed containers and pal- a classic New England wood- • It’s opening night for the with printed ad, free for chil- lets of pottery collections and garden en lobster boat, sails from The Antiques Beach/waterfront events stage performance of The Wiz- dren when accompanied by an accessories. Tickets are $10 per per- Nonantum Resort, 95 Ocean Call for hours. • SAND SCULPTING COMPETI- son. Visit www.familiesfirstseacoast. ard of Oz in Prescott Park in adult). No dogs. Sponsored by • ANTIQUE ENGINE SHOW The Ave., Kennebunkport, on trips TON Sat, June 18, through Wed., June org or call 603-436-2732. downtown Portsmouth, NH, the Wells Chamber of Com- Seacoast Trolley Museum will be lasting approximately 90 min- 29, at Hampton Beach. See www. • SOUTH BERWICK STRAW- on Friday, June 24, at 8 p.m. merce. Call 800-641-6908 or having an exhibit of antique stationary hamptonbeach.org for details. BERRY FESTIVAL on Sat., June utes. On Saturday and Sunday, steam engines on Sat., Sept. 17, and The play is free ($5 suggest- visit www.goosefareantiques. 25, from 9 to 4 p.m. on the Central June 25 & 26, trips will leave Sun., Sept. 18. Call 207-967-2712 or ed donation) at the outdoor com for ad to print out for dis- Bike races/events School Grounds on Main Street. This at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Fam- go to www.trolleymuseum.org. • YORK RIDES hosted by CycleY- yearly event is filled with entertain- stage in the park area adjacent counted admission. • AUSTIN’S ANTIQUES 11 Dover ilies will enjoy the beautiful ork starting and ending at York Pub- ment, food, artisans, and strawberry to the town docks. Presented Road, Chichester, 603-798-3116. coastline, and kids will delight lic Library each Tuesday at 5 p.m. shortcakes. Free admission. www. in partnership with the Sea- • BRENTWOOD ANTIQUES 106 through June 28. E-mail cgrimando@ southberwickstrawberryfestival.com. to watch seamen haul lobster Visit the library coast Repertory Theatre, the Lafayette Road, Hampton Falls, 603- yorkmaine.org or call 207-363-1007. • AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE traps. Cost is $30 per adult, • Bring your little ones to 929-1441, www.thetrainshop.com. performance will take center • MAINE LIGHTHOUSE RIDE FESTIVAL Sat., July 16, in Exeter. $20 per child. Call 207- 468- the preschool story hour at • COVEWAY ANTIQUE CENTER on Sat., Sept. 10, in South Portland, Celebrate by escorting President stage on Thursdays and Sun- 1557 Route 4, Northwood, 603-942- 4095 to schedule a trip. York Public Library, 15 Long Maine. The only organized ride in the Washington down Water Street or days at 7 p.m., and Fridays and 7500. • On Saturday, June 25, at Sands Road, on Friday, June world where you can see up to nine dancing to the music of the Lincoln Saturdays at 8 p.m., through • ELDRIDGE, FERN & FRIENDS historic lighthouses in a single day. Fife and Drum. Admission is $7. Call 8 a.m., active families might 24, at 10:30 a.m. Join library Aug. 21. The Over the Rain- Route 4, Northwood, 603-942-5602 The ride features 25-, 40-, 62- and 772-2622 or go to www.indepen- staff for stories, songs, finger • EVANS & WRIGHT ANTIQUES bow Kids Picnic to celebrate like to watch and cheer on 100-mile options. Call 207-284-9260 dencemuseum.org. plays and crafts appropriate AT THE EAGLE 194 First NH Turn- opening weekend is on Sat- the participants in the annu- or go to www.easterntrail.org. • STRATHAM FAIR Thurs., July al Aggieman Triathlon for children ages 3 to 5. Call pike, Northwood, 603-942-5020. • HARBOR ADVENTURES York 21, through Sun., July 24, from 8 urday, June 25, at 11 a.m. in • KEEPERS ANTIQUES 114 Dover starting at the Piscataqua Riv- 207- 363-2818. Harbor, Maine, 207-363-8466, www. a.m. to 10 p.m. on Route 33. Horse Prescott Park. The brunch is Road, Chichester, 603-798-3399. harboradventures.com, offers moun- er in Eliot, and ending at Mt. • Older families can sit pulls, tractor pulls, lobster lunch, an opportunity for kids ages • LEE CIRCLE ANTIQUES 38 tain bike and coastal bike tours. lasagna supper, chicken barbecue, back and watch The Illusion- Calef Highway, Route 125, Lee, 603- 3-10 to dress up as their favor- Agamenticus summit in York. dunking booth, pie0eating con- ist at the York Public Library 868-3424. ite character from The Wizard The race will include a 1.75- Campgrounds test and more. Admission is $7, or (15 Long Sands Road, York, • OLE PARSONAGE ANTIQUES • DIXON’S COASTAL MAINE $20 for a four-day pass. See www. of Oz and enjoy select scene mile sea kayak course leaving 207-363-2818) during their 528 First NH Turnpike, Northwood, CAMPGROUND on U.S. Route 1, strathamfair.com. performances by the actors. from the Eliot Boat Basin and 603-942-5749. traveling inland up the side of Summer Film Series on Sun- Cape Neddick, Maine, 207-363-3626, • HAMPTON BEACH SEAFOOD Attendees will have the chance • PARKER-FRENCH ANTIQUE www.dixonscamprground.com., is FESTIVAL & SIDEWALK SALE the Piscataqua River, a 25-mile day, June 26, at 7 p.m. This CENTER 1182 Route 4, Northwood, to take part in crafts and open through Sept. 17. on Fri., Sept. 9. Sample the flavors Oscar-nominated animated 603-942-8852, www.nhantiquealley. meet the actors. Visit www. bike ride through Eliot and • HEMLOCK GROVE CAMP- of the seacoast at New England’s South Berwick terminating at film tells the story of an aging com GROUND 1299 Portland Road, Ken- largest seaside festival. More than prescottpark.org for tickets. • PETER SAWYER ANTIQUES the base of Mt. Agamenticus, magician who takes his out- nebunkport, ME, 207-985-0398. 32 50 restaurants join together, offer- 17 Court St., Exeter, 603-772-5279, acres of campgrounds, 75 sites, office, ing an extensive menu of seafood and a 3-mile trail run that will dated stage act from Paris to www.petersawyerantiques.com. The great outdoors Scotland, where his magic and store, rec hall, laundry room and bath- delicacies. Admission is $5 (bring finish on top of the mountain. • R. JORGENSEN ANTIQUES house.• HOMESTEAD BY THE money for food) and all proceeds • Join Dick Bateman from The total time of the race will kindness inspire a naive young 502 Post Road, Wells, 207-646-9444, RIVER FAMILY CAMPGROUND go to the Hampton Rotary. Call 926- York County Audubon for an be at most 3½ hours. Learn maiden to tag along with him. www.rjorgensen.com. 610 New County Road, Biddeford, 8717 or go to www.hamptonbeach- early morning Bird Walk at more at www.aggieman.org. The movie is in French with • R.S. BUTLER’S TRADING ME, 207-282-6445. Offers swim- seafoodfestival.com. Wells Reserve at Laudholm COMPANY 102 First NH Turnpike, ming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, • JACKSON HILL CIDER DAY subtitles and is rated PG for Northwood, 603-942-8210. Farm (342 Laudholm Farm thematic elements and smok- tubing down the river. is Sat., Sept. 10, in Portsmouth. This • SHOWCASE CONSIGNMENTS • SALTY ACRES CAMPGROUND event is for all ages to enjoy crafts, Road, Wells, Maine) on Satur- ing. 80 minutes. Cost is free. 332 Dover Road, Chichester, 603- 277 Mills Road, Kennebunkport, ME, music, spinning and cider pressing 798-4199. 207-967-2483. Features pool, coin-op demonstrations. Admission is $6. Sunday from 12 to 4 p.m. Admission Tours • WISWALL HOUSE ANTIQUES hot showers, dumping station, fire- GHOSTLY WALK during Ogun- Call 603-436-3205 or go to www. is $5. Call 603-436-4406 or go to • SHIPBUILDING ODYSSEY The 28 Wiswall Road, Durham, 603-659- wood. Nearby beaches, golfing, deep quitfest in October, the Ogunquit Her- historicnewengland.org. www.wentworthgardnerandlear.org. Brick Store Museum will be hosting a 5106, www.wiswallhouseantiques. sea fishing, whale watching, tours. itage Museum conducts a ghost walk • WOODMAN INSTITUTE three hour tour along the Kennebunk com. • WILD ACRES FAMILY CAMP- Fishing/sailing led by costumed hosts and featuring MUSEUM Located in Dover, N.H., River on Sun., Aug. 14, from 12:30 to • YORK ANTIQUES GALLERY ING 179 Saco Avenue, Old Orchard, • stories about the ghosts of Ogunquit AL GAURON DEEP SEA FISH- the museum features natural, local, 5 p.m. The tour will start at the muse- 746 U.S. Highway 1, York, Maine, Beach, ME, 207-934-2535. and surrounding area. The tour takes ING State Pier at the Bride, Hamp- and art history, including a 10 ft. polar um and then will be a narrated trolley 207-363-5002, www.yorkantiquesgal- about an hour and is on Fri., October ton Beach, 603-926-2469, www. bear and dinosaur bones. The museum excursion of the local shipbuilding lery.com Fairs & festivals algauron.com, offering fishing trips, 22. Call 207-646-2939. Nature & Recreation is open Wednesday to Sunday 12:30 to sites. Afterward there will be refresh- • SPIRIT IN AMERICA HOT AIR whale watching, fireworks cruise, • ICE CREAM & SUNSET TROL- Amusement parks 4:30 p.m., April to November. Admis- ments. Registration is $30 per person. BALLOON FESTIVAL on Fri., LEY RIDE The Seacoast Trolley pirate cruises, night fishing and sion is $6. Call 603-742-1038 or go to Call 207-985-4802 or go to www. • WATER COUNTRY 2300 Lafay- June 24, through Sun., June 26, at Old Museum will be having a sunset trol- more. www.woodmaninstiutuemuseum.org. brickstoremuseum.org. ette Road, Portsmouth, NH, 603- Orchard Street, Old Orchard Beach, • THE BUNNY CLARK, leav- ley ride with ice cream on Wednes- 427-1111, www.watercountry.com. Page 11 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent TECHIE A twit which will tweet in infamy Learn how much your Twittering really matters By John Andrews family in touch, but to push commercial and and friends have been kind enough to retweet follows closely with 10,453,100 (despite actu- [email protected] political messages. How do you know those it. I tweet a link to this column every week, so ally tweeting 10 times as much), while Barack messages are having any impact? you’d think I’d be more influential about tech, Obama trails in third with only 8,688,683. Pre- I’ve become something A company called Klout.com looks to quan- but then again, there are a LOT of people talk- dictably, it’s mostly celebrities in the top 100, of a Twitter addict lately. I tify your social media influence into a single ing about tech on the Internet. though Twitter itself is number 15, narrowly have these random, useless score. Anyone can look up his own or someone It’s not the only site giving you some kind led by Twitter en español in 14th. thoughts throughout the day, else’s Klout score just by visiting the website, of ranking, of course. TwitterScore.info gives Twitaholic is run by TwitterCounter.com, and like millions before me, but signing up gives you more insight into how you a score from 0.01 to 10 “based on three which offers some free stats and a paid ser- I’ve discovered what a joy it is you’re being studied. factors for scores of Twitter users: friends, vice for more detailed info and featured spots to broadcast this brilliance out Klout bills itself as “The Standard for followers and frequency of updates.” Tweet. on their page. It claims I’ve tweeted precisely into the universe with slightly greater than zero Influence,” so it couches all its keyword anal- Grader.com uses number of followers, the eight times every day since May 31, which … probability that others will read it. ysis in that term. For example, it thinks I am number and recency of your updates, the dangit, now I have to count. Nope, that’s not Not that I’m clogging up the tubes with my “influential” about seven topics. In ascending amount you’re retweeted or referenced and a remotely correct. Might be my average, but I brain babble. Some of my followees can shout order, they are: tea, technology, cars, laptops, few other factors to give you a raw score, a don’t feel like calculating that. out a dozen tweets in half an hour, not even music, apple and Chinatown. The last one is grade showing your score’s percentile among It should be obvious by now how inadequate counting their direct replies to other users. No, easy enough to explain — I recorded a song other graded users and a ranking showing how any single number is in determining your influ- I like to make sure I’m contributing only the called Chinatown a few weeks ago and have many graded users ranked above and below ence online, especially if the stats aren’t even most erudite and original wisdom to the elec- been pimping the MP3 constantly since. It has you. right. That won’t stop me from begging for tronic hive mind. nothing to do with the movie and fairly little Then there’s Twitaholic.com, which is followers, though. I’m @CitizenjaQ, and I’m Increasingly, Twitter and social networking to do with any particular cultural district, but all about ranking. As of this writing, Lady spectacular. sites are being used not just to keep friends and I’ve mentioned the word a number of times Gaga has 11,015,383 followers. Justin Bieber ing the town dock at Perkins Cove, River. See seacoastsailing.com. 603-664-2030. Kayaking/canoeing GOLF & RAILROAD Route 1, • SEACOAST UNITED PHAN- Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-2214, • SMITH & GILMORE DEEP • NONESUCH RIVER GOLF • HARBOR ADVENUTRES York North Hampton, N.H., 603-964-8939. TOMS, a member of the United offers deep sea fishing. SEA FISHING State Pier in Hamp- CLUB 304 Gorham Road, Scar- Harbor, Maine, 207-363-8466, www. • RANGEWAY GOLF 167 Elm Soccer League’s Premier Develop- • CAPTAIN EDWARD CASA- ton Beach, 603-926-3503, offers deep bourgh, Maine, 207-883-0007, www. harboradvventures.com, offers sea St., Salisbury, Mass., 978-462-8534, ment League (PDL) Division, www. ZZA, 63 Merrimac St., Amesbury, sea fishing charters. nonesuchgolf.com kayak and bike tours along the southern www.rangewaygolf.com. nhphantoms.com, 603-329-9626, Mass., 508-451-0431, www.coast- • PEASE GOLF COURSE 200 coast of Maine and the coast of N.H. • SAGAMORE GOLF CENTER plays at Portsmouth High School, aldiscoveries.com, offers sailing Golf courses Grafton Drive, Portsmouth, N.H., • PORTSMOUTH HARBOR 22 North Road, North Hampton, N.H., 50 Andrew Jarvis Drive in Ports- cruises. • APPLE HILL GOLF CLUB 603-433-1331. CRUSIES Ceres Street Dock, 64 603-964-8393, sagamoregolf.com mouth, N.H. Upcoming home games • CAPTAIN’S FISHING PAR- Route 107, East Kingston, N.H., 603- • PORTSMOUTH COUNTRY Ceres St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436- • SCHOONER MINIATURE include Sat., June 25, at 7 p.m. vs. TIES, 10 82nd St., Plum Island Port, 642-4414, applehillgolf.com. CLUB 80 Country Club Lane, Green- 8084, www.portsmouthharbor.com, GOLF 58 Ocean Road, Saco, Maine, MPS Portland Phoenix; Wed., June Newburyport, Mass., 800-427-1333, • BREAKFAST HILL GOLF land, N.H., 603-436-0701, www. offers cruises of the harbor, Isles of 207-284-6174, www.schoonermin- 29, at 7 p.m. vs. MPS Portland Phoe- www.captainsfishing.com, offer- CLUB 339 Breakfast Hill Road, portsmouthcc.net. Shoals and the inland river with dis- igolf.net. nix; Wed., July 6, at 7 p.m. vs. Ver- ing public dinner cruises, full- and Greenland, N.H., 603-436-5001, • SABLE OAKS GOLF CLUB cussion of local nature and history. • WONDER MOUNTAIN FUN mont Voltage. partial-day fishing trips and whale- www.breakfasthill.com. 505 Country Club Drive, S. Portland, • PORTSMOUTH KAYAK ADVEN- PARK 270 Post Road, Moody, watching. • CAPE NEDDICK COUNTRY Maine, 207-775-6257, www.sableo- TURES 185 Wentworth Road, Ports- Maine, 207-646-9655, www.maine- Runs/walks • CLIPPER FLEET at Bridge Mari- CLUB 650 Shore Road, Ogunquit, aks.com. mouth, N.H., 603-559-1000. Offers family-amusements.com. • GOOSE ROCKS Beach Assso- na, 177 Bridge Road in Salisbury, Maine, 207-361-2011, www.capened- • SAGAMORE GOLF CENTER tours, classes, and rentals. ciation’s 5K Road Race and Walk Mass., 978-465-7495, www.clip- dickgolf.com. 22 North Road, North Hampton, N.H., • SEACOAST KAYAK 210 Ocean Spectator sports on Mon., July 4, at 9 a.m. at Goose perfleet.com, offers deep sea fishing • DUNEGRASS COUNTRY CLUB 603-964-8393, sagamoregolf.com. Blvd., Seabrook, N.H., 603-474-1025. • SEA DOGS of Portland, an affili- Rock Beach in Kennebunkport, and charter boats. 200 Wild Dunes Way, Old Orchard • SUNNINGDALE GOLF CLUB Offers kayak rentals. ate of the Boston Red Sox, play at Maine. Entry fee is $20 before July • EASTMAN’S FISHING & Beach, Maine, 207-934-4513. 301 Green St., Somersworth, N.H., Hadlock Field, 271 Park Ave. in Port- 1, $25 after. See www.grba.info. WHALE WATCHING just south of • EXETER COUNTRY CLUB 55 603-742-8056. Mini-golf land, Maine, 207-879-9500, www. • FOUR ON THE FOURTH road Hampton Bridge, offers full- and half- Jade Hill Road, Exeter, N.H. 603-772- • BUC’S LAGOON 59 Ocean Blvd., seadogs.com. Regular season games race on Mon., July 4, at 8 a.m. in York, day fishing trips and whale-watching. 4752. Golf tournaments Hampton, N.H., 603-926-0888. run through Sept. 5. Upcoming home Maine. See www.yorkmaine.org. Call 603047403461 or www.eastman- • THE LEDGES GOLD CLUB One • 25TH ANNUAL GOLF CLAS- • CAPTAIN’S COVE US Route 1, games include June 23 vs. Trenton • L.L. BEAN FOURTH OF JULY sdocks.com. Ledges Drive, York, Maine, 207-351- SIC The Children’s Museum of Hampton, N.H., 603-926-5011, small- Thunder, June 27-29 vs. New Britain 10K on Mon., July 4, at 7:30 a.m. in • NINTH WAVE SAILING CHAR- 3000, www.ledgesgolf.com NH holds its annual Golf Classic on golf.com. Rock Cats, June 30 vs. NH Fisher Freeport, Maine. See www.llbean- TERS sailing from the west end of • THE LINKS AT OUTLOOK Tues., June 28, at Cochecho Country • CASINO MINI-GOLF 169 Ocean Cats, July 1-3 vs. NH Fisher Cats, July roadrace.com. Newburyport, Mass., boardwalk. Call GOLF COURSE 310 Portland St., Club in Dover, N.H. The tournament Blvd., Hampton, N.H., 603-929-4653. 14-17 vs. the New Britain Rock Cats, • OLD PORT HALF MARA- 866-984-9283 or see www.9thwave.net. South Berwick, Maine, 207-384- includes 18 holes of golf and carts, a • MOUNTAIN VIEW GOLF July 18-20 vs. Binghamton Mets, THON on Sun., July 24, at 8 a.m. • SEACOAST SAILING leaving 4653, outlookgolf.com. pre-tournament lunch, and a cocktail RANGE 1569 Main St., Sanford, July 28-31 vs. Altoona Curve, Aug. in Portland, Maine. See www.old- from Wentworth by the Sea marina in • MERRILAND FARM 545 Coes hour in the clubhouse. Prizes will be Maine 207-324-0436, www.mounta- 9-11 vs. Akron Aeros, Aug. 12-14 porthalfmarathon.com. Newcastle, N.H., to locations along the Hill Road, Wells, Maine, 207-646- given. Registration is $150. Call 603- inviewgolfrange.com. vs. Erie Seawolves, Aug. 19-21 vs. • AMIDON FAMILY DENTIST- New England coastline including Isles 0508. 742-2002 or go to www.childrens- • PLAY ON FUN CENTER 506 Binghamton Mets, Aug. 22-24 vs. RY 5K ROAD RACE on Sun., July of Shoals, York Nubble Lighthouse, • NIPPO LAKE GOLF COURSE museum.org. Route 1, Kittery, Maine, 207-439-7529. Harrisburg Senators, Sept. 2-5 vs. 31, at 8 a.m. in York, Maine. See Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua 550 Province Road, Barrington, N.H., • PUTT-A-ROUND MINIATURE NH Fisher Cats. www.yorkmaine.org.      G Irwin Co  Fine Jewelry   Ann Pardoe  Owner   Tuesday through Saturday 9-4   436 US Route 1, Kittery, Maine 03904      207-439-2299    www.girwincompany.com 070433  York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 12 POP CULTURE: BOOKS stonewall kitchen stonewallEst 1991 kitchen TECHIE National Geographic Backyard Guide to the of North America Eastern Region, edited by This includes far more birds than Est 1991 Birds of North America, by Jonathan Alderfer Francois Vuilleumier, DK Publishing, 2011, you will encounter in New Eng- and Paul Hess, National Geographic Society, 480 pages. land; so does the Nat Geo guide, 2011, 254 pages. Organization-wise, this book is but Stokes is a far thicker and It’s no surprise that this guide similar to the Nat Geo, but visu- heavier book. The authors live on SIDEWALK SALE has impressive photographs. ally it’s a step down. 48 acres in New Hampshire and

But it also has good drawings, Information-wise, still pretty keep a blog at www.stokesbird- York Store Only

highly detailed and labeled. good. I go straight to the index ingblog.blogspot.com. This At the top of each page you’ll for Robin; choose “American” guide is not so much clever graphics but more • see a category name so you’ll rather than “Clay-colored.” straight-up serial text. It has lots of abbreviations know what bird group you’ve American Robin has one full and some advanced terminology, which are easily wandered into. I don’t see page. Four drawings show male, female, juve- look-up-able in the “How to Use This Guide” but “Robin” and I’m not sure what category a rob- nile and in flight (just like the Nat Geo guide), which could slow you down if you aren’t already in would be in, so I head to the index. There and there’s one small basically adequate photo- fluent in words like “supraloral” and “coverts.” The are lots of entries but it turns out I want Amer- graph. A very small map shows what regions the book’s up-front “Photo Key to the Parts of Birds” is ican Robin (in the “Thrushes” category, who Robin frequents. A small chart gives its length, kind of cool and helps with the terms, though. The knew). It says, “In northern areas, the male’s wingspan and other vitals. A tiny box labeled one page for American Robin shows six photos, not loud, caroling song is a welcome harbinger of “Similar Species” tells us not to confuse the spectacular but good, plus rather straightforward, spring.” There are two photographs and four Robin with the Varied Thrush. The itty-bitty, get- technical descriptions of its shape, coloring, habi- drawings — male, female, juvenile and in out-your-glasses text describes its migration tats and voice. flight. There are headings for Identification, patterns, voice, nesting, breeding and feeding. I give the National Geographic guide the nod 50% Range, Food, and Nesting. (Under Nesting: Perhaps the best, most distinguishing feature of as the overall best, most useful guide for begin- “Robins are not shy about nesting around the book is that it also shows a flight diagram, a ners because it’s easiest to read and navigate, homes….”) A small map shows what regions line that depicts the path a Robin typically takes best at describing sounds and giving you quick it frequents. when flying through the air. These can be very access to the sort of information that match- SELECT ITEMS The front of the book advises how to make helpful in identifying birds, if you do get a es what you’ll encounter in your yard. But the your yard welcoming to birds — how to choose chance to see your bird flying. Some fly in long flight-path drawing in the DK guide was what OFF• a bird house, bird bath, bird food, landscaping. swoops, some in jittery ups and downs — and really nailed one bird ID for me — those draw- Then there’s “Keys to Identifying Birds” and the when you see the diagram you’ll recognize it if it ings make the DK very valuable. The Stokes I’d bulk of the book, “Guide to 150 species.” For matches your bird’s flight. save for when you’re past the beginner stage; it’s Thursday, June 23 a taste, visit http://animals.nationalgeographic. The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North comprehensive but not as hand-holding. com/animals/birding. America, by Donald & Lillian Stokes, Little, — Lisa Parsons thru Sunday, June 26 American Museum of Natural History Birds Brown & Co., 2010, 792 pages plus CD. or while supplies last

BOOK LISTINGS • Newburyport Public Library 2 Stonewall Lane Bookstores 94 State St., Newburyport, Mass., York, Maine 03909 • Barnes & Noble 978-465-4428, 207.351.2712 Fox Run Crossing, 45 Gosling www.newburyportpl.org Maine Mystery Night stonewallkitchen.com 070399 Road, Newington, 603-422-7733 • New Castle Library Authors Julia Spencer-Fleming and Paul Doiron • Books Ink 301 Wentworth Road, New Castle, will talk about their respective mystery novels, One 15 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, 603-431-6773 207-641-8580, booksink.com • Portsmouth Public Library Was a Soldier and Trespasser, on Tuesday, June 28, • The Book Rack 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, at 7 p.m. at Water Street Bookstore, 125 Water St. 52 State St., Newburyport, Mass., 603-427-1540, in Exeter, 778-9731, www.waterstreetbookstore. 978-462-8615, cityofportsmouth.com/library/ com. Julia Spencer-Fleming is the winner of sev- hugobookstores.com • Rice Public Library eral awards, including an Agatha; she was born at Plattsburgh Air 8 Wentworth St., Kittery, Maine, • Colophon Bookshop Force Base, studied acting and history at Ithaca College and received 101B Water St., Exeter, 207-439-1553, www.rice.lib.me.us www.colophonbooks.com, • Rye Public Library her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. Paul Doiron is 603-772-8443 581 Washington Road, Rye, editor in chief of Down East: The Magazine of Maine; he is a native • Crackskull’s Coffee and Books 603-964-8401, of Maine, earned a degree in English from Yale, and is a Registered 86 Main St. Newmarket, www.ryepubliclibrary.org Maine Guide living on a trout stream in coastal Maine. 603-659-8181, crackskulls.com • Saco Museum & the Dyer • Drake Farm Books Library from her novel The Arrivals, about an in Newburyport. Serving continuous 148 Lafayette Road, 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, extended family in Vermont, on Thurs., North Hampton, 207-283-3861, June 30, at 7 p.m. at RiverRun Bookstore Lectures and discussions skewers of beef, lamb, 603-964-4868, drakefarm.com www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org in Portsmouth. • AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBMARI- • Jabberwocky Bookshop • Seabrook Library • JENIFER LECLAIR signs her books NERS lecture focusing on the U.S. Navy, poultry, pork, and more 50 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., 25 Liberty Lane, Seabrook, from the Windjammer series, The Danger 1940 to 1975, on July 12 at 6:30 p.m. at 978-465-9359, 603-474-2044, www.sealib.org Sector and Rigged for Murder, on Sun., the Seacoast African American Cultural Gift Certificates Available jabberwockybookshop.com Author events July 10, at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Center at the Discover Portsmouth Center, • J & J Hanrahan • DAVID MCCULLOUGH will be at The Newington. 10 Middle St., Portsmouth, 603-430-6027, 120 Salt Marsh Circle, Wells, Music Hall in Portsmouth on Thurs., June • TESS GERRITSEN signs her novel The http://saacc-nh.org. 207-646-1811, jandjhanrahan.com 23, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Writers on a Silent Girl: A Rizzoli and Isles Novel on • River Run Books New England Stage series held in collabo- Fri., July 15, at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Poetry 20 Congress St., Portsmouth, ration with New Hampshire Public Radio. in Newington. • MARK DECARTERET and EWA 603-431-2100, Tickets cost $13 per event. Buy in person • JANET MENDELSOHN, local author, CHRUSCIEL will read their poetry on riverrunbookstore.com at 28 Chestnut St., by phone at 433-3100 will sign copies of her book Maine’s Muse- Tues., June 28, at 7 p.m. at RiverRun Book- • A Thousand Words or at www.themusichall.org. McCullough ums: Art, Oddities and Artifacts on Sun., store in Portsmouth. Decarteret served as 65 Water St., Exeter, 603-778-1991 is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tru- July 17, at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Portsmouth’s poet laureate from 2009 to • Used Book Superstore man and John Adams and most recently Newington. 2011; he will read from his new collection, 1201 Broadway, Saugus, Mass., The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. • BEN MEZRICH will be at The Music Flap. Chrusciel is a professor of humanities 781-231-5100, • MICHAEL SIMS author of The Story of Hall in Portsmouth on Thurs., July 21, at at Colby-Sawyer College. www.usedbooksuperstore.com Charlotte’s Web, will talk about the life of 7:30 p.m., as part of the Writers on a New • Waldenbooks E.B.White and the real-life spiders and pigs England Stage series held in collaboration Other 1 Lilac Mall Road, Rochester, that inspired him on Thurs., June 23, at 7 with New Hampshire Public Radio. Tick- • SAACC BOOK CLUB meets on certain 603-332-8622 p.m. at RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth. ets cost $13 per event. Buy in person at Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Seacoast African • Weiser Antiquarian Books • JOSEPH FINDER will read, discuss 28 Chestnut St., by phone at 433-3100 or American Cultural Center at the Discover 207-774-9460 Cape Neddick, Maine, exit #7 and sign copies of his newest thriller, Bur- at www.themusichall.org. Mezrich is the Portsmouth Center, 10 Middle St., Ports- 100 Commercial St., off I-95, 207-363-7253, call for ied Secrets, on Fri., June 24, at 7 p.m. at author of The Accidental Billionaires (the mouth. July 5: discussing The Street by Portland, ME appointment Jabberwocky Bookshop in Newburyport. book that inspired the film The Social Net- Ann Petry. See http://saacc-nh.org. • JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING & work) and most recently Sex on the Moon: • GIANT BOOK SALE at the Dyer Libraries PAUL DOIRON will talk about their The Amazing Story Behind the Most Auda- Library in Saco, Maine, from July 30 603-669-9460 • Lane Memorial Library respective mystery novels, One Was a Sol- cious Heist in History. through Aug. 8 during regular library 62 Lowell St., 2 Academy Ave., Hampton, dier and Trespasser, on Tues., June 28, at • SEN. SCOTT BROWN will sign cop- hours. Call 207-283-3861 or go to www. Manchester, NH 603-926-3368, 7 p.m. at Water Street Bookstore in Exeter. ies of his book Against All Odds on Aug. dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Jabberwocky Bookshop www.gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com www.hampton.lib.nh.us • MEG MITCHELL MOORE will read 070505

Page 13 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent FOOD FOOD A new tradition in the way Maine does food Robert’s Maine Grill offers traditional seafood with modern twists By Craig Robert Brown tables and chairs. [email protected] Aesthetics aside, it’s the food that brings the customers in and has them coming back. In Kittery, Maine, vacationers parade in Serving both lunch and dinner, Robert’s droves from the coastline to the outlet shop- offers classic dishes and new takes on favor- ping, and there is the scent of seafood and ites. For lunch, begin with a selection from ocean air. Robert’s Maine Grill, located on the raw bar or starters of fried calamari with Route 1 across form the Tanger Outlets, is cherry pepper relish ($10.95) and fried Maine part of the mix. cheese (a cheddar curd, $7.95). Full plate fare In 2004 Michael Landgarten saw an includes plates of baked haddock (Robert’s opportunity: “It felt like a calling,” he said. crumb topping: panko, peppers, cream, sher- Landgarten at the time owned Bob’s Clam ry, lobster broth, $14.95) and salmon (Maine Hut, near the Kittery Trading Post. Landgar- maple glaze, $15.95). Patrons can also order ten purchased Bob’s Clam Hut in 1986 from a traditional lobster roll (mayo with lobster Bob Kraft and his wife; it had been opened on a grilled hot-dog roll, $18.95) and fish and in 1956. By the end of the decade, Land- chips (beer batter and fresh haddock, $14.95). garten had added an ice cream stand and For those without a taste for seafood, Robert’s expanded the kitchen. also offers various burgers (Angus beef, prices After 18 years Landgarten felt as if he vary) salads and a grilled portobello sandwich had mastered the fried seafood business. (marinated portobello, roasted red pepper, He began scouting locations for a possi- spinach, goat cheese, with olive and oregano ble new venture. Sixty people alongside spread, $12.95). Landgarten began brainstorming ideas and For dinners, Robert’s boasts starters of scouting locations in Maine and Portsmouth, steamers (in Allagash white beer with gar- N.H. It was then the opportunity came for lic, small $14.95 and large $20.95). Pair (left) Michael Landgarten. (top right) Steamers in Allagash White Beer. (above right) Roberts a spot inhabited for 30 years by the Quar- that with an entree of haddock piccatta Maine Grill on Route 1. Courtesy photos terdeck Restaurant, just down the road from (pan-seared capers, shallots, lemon, wine, approaches food with tradition in both the way ing as part a community. Every Tuesday the clam hut. The space was at the gateway $20.95), or scallops (grilled with a citrus it is served and where he sources his product. night Robert’s holds a community supper, of traffic leading into the popular shopping glaze, $21.95). For those who prefer turf The restaurant uses produce from Maine the profits from which go to local non-prof- and eating district of Kittery on Route 1, a over surf Robert’s serves NY sirloin ( in a farms. The beef comes from Archer Angus its. Robert’s Maine Grill and Bob’s Clam well-traveled road in the summer. Landgar- roasted garlic mop sauce, 7 oz. $18.95 or in Chesterville, Maine, and the restaurant Hut both participated in the Kittery Block ten knew the architecture had to appeal to 14 oz. $26.95), meatloaf (all-natural Angus works with Pineland Farms in New Glouces- Party on June 18 and donated their profits the area’s aesthetic, something “re-Main- beef, celery, onions, beef gravy, $15.95) and ter, Maine, for cheeses. Seafood is taken from from the event to Fair Tide and the Kittery eifying” or “re-Kitteryfying,” he said. He buttermilk fried chicken (boneless chicken both Maine and New Hampshire. Steamed Recreation Department. wanted something traditional. breasts with gravy, $15.95). Selections from mussels (white wine, garlic, shallots, small When it comes to running a restaurant like Maine had always had a long tradition of the raw bar are also available during dinner. $8.95 and large $12.95) are from Blue Hill, Robert’s, Landgarten is optimistic. full-service seafood restaurants, and Land- Children’s menu options include grilled Maine. Keeping things local is important to “There is a great conversation happening garten knew his new venture could offer a cheese (with fries, $5.95), hot dog (with the way Landgarten does business and the at the table,” he said. “It’s time for restaura- traditional sense of the area in both architec- fries, $5.95), fish and chips (child size, vision he has for Robert’s. Whether it’s build- teurs to respond.” ture and food while remaining modern. $7.95) and burgers and chicken fingers ing a structure that ties into the local scene, The resulting structure is that of a tradi- (with fries, $5.95 each). or producing award-winning food, it always Robert’s Maine Grill tional New England home with wood siding, To round off dinner, the dessert menu comes down to one thing: “It’s about ingredi- 326 Route 1, Kittery, Maine. Exit 3 off I-95 complete with a faux lighthouse, a nod to entices with a blueberry crumble a la mode, ents,” said Landgarten. north, Exit 7 from I-95 south the many notable lighthouses along the milk and whoopies (three mini whoopie Ingredients include antibiotic- and hor- Reservations: 207-439-0300 Maine coastline. A cleaner, modern edge is pies in different flavors), lime and coconut mone-free meats and poultry, zero trans fat Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-9:30 apparent inside the restaurant The kitchen cheesecake and much more to choose from. in fried foods, and a hard-working and hap- p.m.; Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; operates on stainless steel appliances while All desserts are $6.95. py staff operating a green facility (Robert’s Sunday 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Information: www.robertsmainegrill.com the dining room blends traditional wood With Robert’s Maine Grill, Landgarten is a member of the Green Alliance) and liv- Five ways to shop New Hampshire Seacoast farmers markets offer regular access to fresh fruits and vegetables By Angel Roy at most of the markets, with the exception of small-town market place draws a variety of ager, Gingras is a vendor at the Dover market [email protected] Portsmouth. vendors including a maple producer who sets with 45 Market Street Bakery & Café. At the “The Durham, Dover and Hampton mar- up a booth bi-weekly to sell maple syrup, can- market, the bakery offers take-home foods You do not have to travel from farm to farm kets are considerably smaller because they are dy, cotton candy, popcorn and, on occasion, such as beans, quiche, pasta salad and pizza, seeking fresh local produce this summer, as sort of more tailored to those specific commu- maple soft-serve ice cream; and a North Ber- depending on what is growing in the area. farms are offering seasonal goods at five farm- nities,” she said. Dover draws between seven wick, Maine, farmer who sells fresh eggs. “We try not to make things that aren’t in ers’ markets on the Seacoast this summer and and 10 vendors weekly. Fresh cut flowers and plants are available from season,” she said. “Like, we will never sell into the fall. Matty said that choosing where to spend local greenhouses. Gingras said she is working lemon squares.” Dover, Durham, Exeter, Hampton and your food dollars is the “most political state- to get meat vendors at the market on at least a Gingras said the bakery supports the market Portsmouth all host markets, with Portsmouth ment you can make.” bi-weekly basis. by purchasing fresh fruit for its scones, muf- having the largest farmers market in the Gran- “That’s the reason why I want to be work- “I think the Dover market is more of a mar- fins and strawberry rhubarb pies from fellow ite State, said Portsmouth and Exeter Farmers’ ing for the markets,” she said. “I just think ket — there is not much of a social atmosphere vendors. Market Manager Blayne Matty. it’s really important … it’s an easy opportu- that other markets have,” she said. “People “I like the fact that Dover is becoming a “[The Portsmouth market] sees thousands of nity for people to make a difference in their buy there because they really want things like much more involved community than it used visitors every Saturday; therefore, we have a communities.” tomatoes and cucumbers when they are in to be, and I think the Dover farmers market lot of vendors,” Matty said, noting that Exeter The Dover Farmers’ Market kicked off season, not just to come by and see what the has been a really big plus,” she said. has the state’s second-largest market. Matty June 3 at the Dover Chamber of Commerce. vendors have.” This year Portsmouth has drawn more farms said, on average, 40 to 50 vendors participate Market Manager Celeste Gingras said the In addition to working as the market man- to its market and has seen new vendors sell-

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(left) Danielle McKenzie sells tomatoes at the Durham Farmers Market. (right) Vegetables at the Durham Farmers Market. Angel Roy photos. ing prepared foods, homemade crackers, and people she cares about and running into her jewelry made with stones from local beaches. neighbors. Exeter has also seen new farms, including one “It’s a beautiful place with good music,” selling fresh cut flowers. Matty said, noting that there is music weekly “Every week there is more food, which is at the Portsmouth Farmers Market. “It’s just a nice to see…. Two weeks ago there was no fun atmosphere.” food left at 10:30 a.m. — everybody sold Visit www.seacoastgrowers.org. New Hampshire: 800.447.3024 Maine: 800.660.3315 out,” Matty said. When both farms began the www.ChalmersInsuranceGroup.com first weekend in May, Matty said, early sea- Shop Fresh son crops such as parsnips, potatoes, onions 070335 and garlic were top sellers. Recently, she not- Dover Farmers Market is held at the corner ed, the market saw its first sales of cucumbers, of Central and Sixth streets on Wednesdays tomatoes and strawberries. from 2:15 to 6 p.m., through Oct. 12. “There are a lot of people around here who Durham Farmers Market is held at Mill Road Plaza on Mondays from 2:15 to 5:30 want to try to eat locally as much as possible p.m., through Oct. 3. all year round, not just the summer,” Matty Exeter Farmers Market is held at Swasey said of the markets’ early starts. “I think it’s Parkway on Thursdays from 2:15 to 5:30 important that there can be winter markets and p.m., through Oct. 27. markets that bridge between winter and sum- Hampton Farmers Market is held at 289 mer markets and we can be here as much as Lafayette Road on Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m., we can … farmers need income at the begin- through Oct. 13. ning of the season.” Portsmouth Farmers Market is held at City Matty likened the farmers market expe- Hall, 1 Junkins Ave., on Saturdays from 8 rience to church in that she enjoys seeing a.m. to 1 p.m., through Nov. 5.

FOOD through Oct. 13, in the Sacred Heart NERS on Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m., and Farmers markets Church parking lot on Route 1. See Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon, through • BARRINGTON on Thursdays, 2 www.seacoastgrowers.org. September at the Four Corners to 7 p.m., through October, located • KENNEBUNK, Maine, Saturdays, antique store nearly the intersection of on Park Avenue. Call 749-0377. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., through late Nov., Route 202A, Estes Road and Meader- • DEERFIELD on Fridays, 3 to 7 in the Grove Street parking lot next boro Road. Call 603-859-6979. p.m., through Sept. 23, Arts & Crafts to Village Pharmacy. See www.ken- • RYE on Wednesdays, 2 to 5:30 Building at the Deerfield fairgrounds nebunkfarmersmarket.org. p.m., through Oct. 6 at 580 Washing- on Cotton Road. See www.farmers- • LEE on Thursdays, 3 to 6 p.m., at ton Road. Call 379-2007. Patio Seating market.deerfieldnh.us. the Old Fire Station on Route 155. • SACO, Maine, on Wednesdays and • DOVER on Wednesdays, 2:15 to Call 659-9329. Saturdays, 7 a.m. to noon, at the Saco 6 p.m., through Oct. 12, at the Dover • NEWMARKET on Saturdays, 9 Valley Shopping Center on Spring Chamber of Commerce at the cor- a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 9, at The Street. See www.sacofarmersmarket. Steakhouse Menu ner of Central and Sixth streets. See Stone Church, 5 Granite St. in New- com. www.seacoastgrowers.org. market. Call 659-3391. • SANFORD at Gowen Park in Saco, • DURHAM on Mondays, 2:15 to 5:30 • NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Sun- Maine, Saturdays, 8 a.m. through p.m., through Oct. 3, at the Mill Road days, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through noon, through Columbus Day. Daily Fixed-Price Plaza. See www.seacoastgrowers.org. December, at Tannery Marketplace, • WELLS, Maine, on Wednesdays, • EXETER Thursdays, 2:15 to 5:30 50 Water St. See thenewburyport- 1:30 to 5 p.m., through mid-October, p.m., through Oct. 27, at Swasey farmersmarket.org. in the parking lot of Wells Town Hall Menu Parkway off Water Street. See www. • PORTSMOUTH Saturdays, 8 a.m. on Sanford Road. See www.wells- seacoastgrowers.org. to 1 p.m. through Nov. 5, at City Hall farmersmarket.org. • GATEWAY FARMERS MAR- parking lot, 1 Junkins Ave. See www. • WENTWORTH GREENHOUS- 189 State St KET on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., seacoastgrowers.org. ES MARKET Saturdays, 10 a.m. to Portsmouth, NH 03801 and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., • ROCHESTER — DOWNTOWN 2 p.m., through Oct. 30, at 141 Rol- 603.319.1547 through Oct. 8, at the lot behind on Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to noon, lins Road in Rollinsford. See www. Greater York Region Chamber of through Oct. 29, at the Fosters Daily wentworthgreenhouses.com. fouronstate.com Commerce on Route 1, 1 Stonewall Democrat parking lot, 90 N. Main St. • SEACOAST MARKETS (659- Open 7 Nights a Week For Dinner Lane. See www.gatewaytomaine.org. Call 507-273-8232. 5322, [email protected],

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Page 15 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent DRINK Wine as a food group Cultural approaches to wine By Paulette Eschrich allowance as part of their wages. Johnny to be made for personal consumption, spawn- informing me that I would be breaking the [email protected] Appleseed planted those orchards for cider, a ing a side business of home winemaking law by denying them an hour for lunch. We popular colonial drink. suppliers across the United States. Immigrant finished our agenda and adjourned to the Working in the wine industry, I dread the In European countries folks who lived in families resorted to fermenting their own lunchroom. They have the same attitude inevitable question during my annual physi- rural areas grew their own produce, raised wine in their basements to accompany their toward the sanctity of vacations, something cal about how often I drink. When I fill out the livestock and made beer, wine or hard cider repasts. foreign to many Americans. questionnaire on Internet dating sites about to have with their meals. Children are still I often quip that wine is just another food In a country where many of us eat our frequency of imbibing, I’m sure by picking given watered-down wine from a young age, group. I’m not commenting on the medi- meals at our desk, behind the steering wheel, “daily” it sounds like I am an out-of-control with the ratio of wine increasing as they get cal benefits or detriments of wine; I lack or in front of the television, the concept of alcoholic. Since all alcoholic beverages get older. Wine is not viewed as a cocktail or the requisite credentials to back up those eating around a table over many hours sur- lumped into a generic category, the fact that consumed with the intent of getting drunk, claims. I will, however, make the argument rounded by family and friends may seem like I drink hard liquor much less frequently isn’t but rather is treated as part of the meal like that wines provide a perfect counterpoint to a waste of time or an anachronism. Wheth- obvious. Coffee, tea, water and wine are my bread and butter or salad. When I worked in a wide variety of foods and meals. In cultures er in a restaurant or at home, the refreshing primary beverages. Eliminating wine from Switzerland, wine and beer were sold in the where dining is a social experience, not just pause of a meal gets crowded out by activi- my diet would severely limit my options and company cafeteria. a necessity to nourish the body, the conviv- ties and multitasking. For me, I look forward potentially require a career change! When I read about Prohibition in When the ial atmosphere around the table is enhanced to the opportunity to connect with my friends What is interesting is how different coun- Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Cour- by wine. over a relaxed dinner and sharing a bottle or tries and cultures think about wine, beer, hard age and Triumph in America’s Wine Country This difference in attitude was brought into two of wine. Even when dining alone, I enjoy cider, mead, rum and other alcoholic bev- by Vivienne Sosnowski, I learned that the stark focus shortly after I started working in sipping on a glass while I prepare my meal erages. The lack of access to potable water immigrants who were the backbone of the Geneva, Switzerland. Our staff meeting was and another glass (or two) with my food. I can mean that other liquids are safer to drink. nascent California wine industry — Gal- running into the lunch hour, and I suggest- admit that wine with lunch does make me Without refrigeration, fermentation of juices lo, Seghesio, Foppiano, Mondavi — were ed that we break to go to the cafeteria and drowsy by mid-afternoon, so that is reserved is a natural occurrence. For example, in the stunned to find out that wine was included in bring our food back to the conference room. for lazy weekends or vacation days. past, sailors had a rum ration on sea voyag- the scope of the laws. To them, wine (and to To a person my staff informed me that lunch es because fresh water, other than rainwater, some extent beer) was totally different than was meant to be a break in the workday, and Paulette Eschrich works at LaBelle Winery was in short supply and it didn’t spoil. His- gin, rum and whiskey. There was a loophole that the digestive process would be severe- in New Hampshire and leads a monthly wine torically, farm hands received a hard cider that permitted a maximum quantity of wine ly inhibited. I think they stopped short of book club at WineNot Boutique in Nashua.

SeacoastEatLocal.org. 9436, www.somedayfarm.com • FOOD MAPS The New Hampshire • SUROWIEC FARM 53 Perley Hill INGREDIENTS Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farm- Road, Sanbornton, N.H., 603-286- ing Association offers maps (available 4069, www.surowiecfarm.com. in print from NOFA-NH at 224-5022 or [email protected] or in an interactive Festivals/cook-offs/expos/ Rhubarb version at www.nofanh.org) showing parties/book events locations of organically produced foods • SOUTH BERWICK STRAW- By Racheal Akers across the state. Online, click “Organic BERRY FESTIVAL on Sat., June Farms and Land Care.” The site lists 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., held on I fondly remember sitting on my farms by region and can narrow down the Central School Grounds on Main grandmother’s front steps as a child, the search by type of food. Street, in South Berwick, Maine, is dipping stalks of rhubarb into a small • NH ONLINE FARMERS MAR- filled with entertainment, food, arti- glass dish filled with sugar, then pro- KET www.nhfarms.com offers links sans, and strawberry shortcakes. Free to New Hampshire farms selling admission. www.southberwickstraw- ceeding to bite into the stem, letting that fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy, maple berryfestival.com. sour-sweet flavor ooze into my mouth. and honey products, flowers, baked • AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE I had all but forgotten that wonderful goods and more. BBQ on Fri., July 15, at 5 p.m. at flavor until recently, when I was intro- Exeter Town Hall, 7 Front St., Exeter., duced to rhubarb pie. Farms/farm stands N.H.Starts with a chicken barbecue; • APPLE ANNIE 66 Rowell Road then there will be music and a magic There are many different ways to incor- East, Brentwood, N.H., 603-778- show. Call 772-2622 or go to www. porate rhubarb into a dish. It can be boiled 8881, www.localharvest.com independencemuseum.org. down into a sauce to spill onto ice cream • APPLECREST FARM • LOCAL ROOTS FOOD FAIR on or tarts. You can also boil it into a jam to ORCHARDS 133 Exeter Road, Wed., July 20, at 1 p.m. at the Chil- store and spread onto your early morning Hampton Falls, N.H., 603-926-3712, dren’s Museum of New Hampshire. www.applecrest.com. Offers a variety of area farmers and toast. There are rhubarb breads, cookies, • BEANS & GREENS FARM- local food purveyorss’ samplings. and puddings, and even a rhubarb punch. STAND 245 Intervale Road, Gilford, Features hands-on activities for kids Rhubarb was originally a Europe- Rhubarb can work in sweet and 3. In separate bowl, mix cake mix, water, N.H., 603-293-2853, www.beansand- and coupons and information for par- an veggie; however, now rhubarb is a savory dishes. Here are some examples. and butter. greensfarm.com. ents. $8 per person. Call 742-2002 or New England favorite because it grows 4. Pour over the rhubarb mix in the 8x11 • BLUEBERRY BAY FARM 38 go to www.childrens-museum.org. well in our temperamental climate. Rhu- Betty Hardy’s Rhubarb & baking pan. Depot Rd, Stratham, N.H., 603-580- Strawberry Cobbler 5. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. Insert a 1612, www.blueberrybayfarm.com Chef events/special meals barb is generally harvested in May and This recipe is a family recipe, passed toothpick to ensure that it is done. • BROOKFORD FARM 70 Sligo, • DINNER AT JEFFERDS TAVERN June. Its deep magenta stems provide Best served warm, with a scoop of vanilla Rollinsford, N.H., 603-742-4084, The Museums of Old York will be host- intense flavor, but its leaves are toxic to down by Betty Hardy, who at one time ran ice cream or a topping of whipped cream. brookfordfarm.com. ing a dinner on Fri., July 22, from 6 to humans, so make sure you remove them Brookdale Farm in Hollis, N.H. Her fam- ily continues to enjoy this recipe and to • COPPAL HOUSE FARM & 8 p.m. The dinner will consist of local before using rhubarb in any recipes. CORN MAZE 118 N. River Road, seafood, beef, fresh vegetables, and des- take care of her farm. Rhubarb salsa Lee, N.H., 603-659-3572, www. serts of local fresh fruits. Reservations “Most people think that a thin stalk This recipe comes from Noami Brautigam nhcornmaze.com. are required and tickets are $25 per per- is better when buying rhubarb. This is 1 cup strawberries sliced of Winnicut River Farm in N.H. • DEMERITT HILL FARM 66 Lee son. Call 207-363-4974. not true,” said one farmer. “You want 5 cups rhubarb sliced (1/2-inch pieces) Road, Route 155, Lee, N.H., 603-868- to choose a large stalk that has a crisp, 1/2 cup sugar Take 6 cups of rhubarb, chopped, 1/2 cup 2111, www.demeritthillfarm.com Drink fresh smell. The tips should be closed honey, and 1/4 cup water and cook in a • KELLY CORNER FARM 3 Pleas- Brewerys/Distillerys/Cider 1 3-oz. box of strawberry jello ant St., Chichester, N.H., 603-435- • ALLAGASH BREWING CO. 100 tight and there should be a nice, clean 2 cups white or yellow cake mix saucepan until soft. Let that cool. Once 6419, www.kellycornerfarm.com. Industrial Way, Portland, ME, 207- cut at the bottom.” The Riverside Farm, 5 Tablespoons melted butter cooled, add 1/4 cup white onion (minced), • MCKENZIE’S FARM 71 NE 878-5385. Enjoy tastings and tours, in North Berwick, Maine, has multitudes 1/4 cup red onion (also minced), 1/2 cup Pond Road, Milton, N.H., 603-652- Monday through Friday 11 a.m., 1 of fresh rhubarb, which its farmers will Preheat oven to 350 degrees. green pepper (chopped), 1 jalapeno pep- 9400, www.mckenziesfarm.com p.m. and 3 p.m. be bringing to the Portsmouth Farmers 1. Mix rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, and per (minced), 2 cloves of minced garlic, • SOMEDAY FARM ALPACAS • ANHEUSER-BUSCH 221 DW Market this season, every Saturday at 8 jello mix in a bowl. 1 tablespoon of minced ginger, and add a FARM & MARKET 65 Pickard Hwy in Merrimack, NH. Compli- 2. Pour into a greased 8x11 baking pan. dash of salt and pepper to taste. Road, Canterbury, N.H., 603-783- mentary tours include a visit to the a.m.

York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 16 DRINK Healthy Buffalo Bison • Ostrich Red, white and green Wild Boar • Elk Venison • Duck A lot of wine, a little cash Quail • Pheasant With all this talk about The Chateau Ste. Frog Legs • Beef barbecue in this week’s Michelle Harvest Select Lamb • Free Range Turkey & Chicken paper, we thought we’d look Riesling from 2009 ($9.99) back at some of our favorite from Columbia Valley has Hours rieslings. late-harvest riesling grapes Monday - Friday 12 noon to 6pm The 2009 Oh … Schist! with a higher sugar con- Saturday & Sunday 10am to 4:30pm Retail Riesling from Germany has tent. While rieslings can be Wholesale ROUTE 4 aromas of honey and may- dry and even tart, this one Internet Orders CHICHESTER, NH be honey crisp apple with a is definitely sweet, but not bit of grapefruit. The flavors cloyingly so. You get nice echoed the aroma and came full flavors — honey, apple www.healthybuffalo.com069765 070324 together in a wine with a — and the wine is very sip- good full mouthfeel. pable on its own. The 2008 Paraiso Ries- While not a riesling, the ling from the Santa Lucia 2009 Woodbridge Mosca- Highlands in Monterey to from California would be County also has a slightly a good addition to your bar- honey-like aroma. The fla- becue (particularly if you’re vor echoed these honey and expecting a crowd, as it and apple notes. The flavor was the Woodbridge Riesling can clean and light with a bit of be found in double bottles). tartness. It’s sweet but not cloying, The 2009 Stone Fruit Riesling from Ger- with hibiscus and pear nose and flavors of many is tart but not overly so and has a full honeydew melon, grapefruit and buttery-hon- mouthfeel with a flaky pastry butteriness but ey pastry. also flavors of apple and even light grape- Each week in “Red, White & Green,” two fruit. It is sweet but lightly so and it has a light wine-lovers look at red and white wines, none green apple nose. over $20 (and most under $15), in an attempt The 2009 Urban Riesling from Mosel, to find some great bottles for good prices. Germany, is a delightful bottle of wine, a All prices are according to the state liquor great balance between sweet and tart — like store (nh.liquor.state.nh.us) unless otherwise an awesome Riesling Jolly Rancher, the seri- stated. ous wine lover said. It is clean and crispy but with big flavors.

Clydesdale Hamlet, home of the Beach, ME, 207-934-7370 events. See www.nh.gov/liquor/mkte- world-famous Budweiser Clydes- vent.shtml., or call 603-230-7015 dales. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Special wine tastings Call 603-595-1202. Free guided • PORTSMOUTH WINE TAST- Wine shops brewery tours 7 seven days a week. ING CRUISE hosted by A Grape • CERES STREET WINE MAR- No set times. Call or go to www.bud- Affair, from Portsmouth Harbor Cruis- KET 65 Ceres St., Portsmouth, NH, weisertours.com to schedule a Beer- es, 64 Ceres St. in Portsmouth, NH. 603-431-2640, www.cereswine.com. master Tour. Enjoy a sunset harbor cruise where Tues. through Sat. noon–7 p.m. • REDHOOK BREWERY 1 Red- you taste several wines and snack on • THE CLOWN 659 Route 1, York, hook Way Pease International Trade- hors d’oeuvres. Cost is $35 per person. Maine, 207-351-3063, www.the- port, Portsmouth, NH, www.redhook. Upcoming cruises include Thurs., June clown.com. com, produces Redhook ales and 23 & July 28, at 7 p.m. See www.agra- • CORKS & CURDS, 13 Commer- features the Cataqua Public House peaffair.com to register. cial Alley, Portsmouth, NH, 603-431- offering brews and a pub menu. Tours • SUMMER SOLSTICE A “Summer 5564, (find them on Facebook). offered Monday and Tuesday at 1, 2 Solstice” burgundy wine and cheese • MY WINE-Y SISTER 2 Beach St., & 3 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday blind tasting will be held at The Gen- York Beach, Maine, 207-361-6400, at noon, 3 & 5 p.m.; Saturday every eral Butler Farm, 3 Ledge Farm Road, www.mywineysister.com. hour on the hour from noon to 4 p.m.; Nottingham, NH, 724-4500, on Satur- Sunday every hour on the hour from day, June 25, at 6 p.m. Guests will be Wineries 1 to 4 p.m. Tours are $1. For private asked to bring an inexpensive bottle of • CELLARS OF MAINE South tours, call 603-501-3940 red or white burgundy wine (including Casco, Maine, 207-655-3292. 5 acres • SEBAGO BREWING COMPA- pinot noir and chardonnay) and cover of vineyards, produces red, white, NY 67 Portland Road, Kennebunk, the bottle, to ensure a true blind tast- sweet, and sparkling wines. ME, 207-985-9855. Maine’s premier ing. Kathy Campbell of Cornucopia • FLAG HILL WINERY AND restaurant and brewery Wine and Cheese Market in Exeter will DISTILLERY 287 North River • SEADOG BREWING 125 West- explain wine and cheese pairings. Res- Road, Lee, NH, 603-659-2949, www. ern Avenue, South Portland, ME, ervations are required. flaghill.com. Distillery produces 207-871-7000. General John Stark Vodka, sugar • SHIPYARD BREWING CO. 86 Weekly/monthly tastings maple and cranberry liquor. Open Newbury St., Portland, ME, 207-761- • ATTREZZI 78 Market St., Ports- year-round, Wednesday through Sun- 0807. Enjoy a Full Brewery Tour on mouth, NH, 603-427-1667, www. day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 7 p.m. attrezzinh.com, Fridays at 3 p.m.; • JEWELL TOWNE VINEYARDS • SMUTTYNOSE BREWING Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. 183 Whitehall Road, South Hampton, COMPANY 225 Heritage Ave. in • DOVER WINE STORE 364 Cen- NH, 603-394-0600, www.jewell- Portsmouth, N.H. www.smuttynose. tral Ave., Dover, NH, 603-742-WINE townevineyards.com, offers tours and com, 603-436-4026. Free tours to the (9463), on Fridays, 4 to 6:30 p.m. tastings, Wednesday through Friday public Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Offering 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sun- at 11 a.m. classes on various wines, go to www. day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. • THE PORTSMOUTH BREW- doverwine.com. • PARSON’S FAMILY WINERY ERY 56 Market St., Portsmouth, • FIDDLEHEAD FARMS MAR- 60 Brixham Road, York, Maine, 207- N.H., www.portsmouthbrewery.com, KETPLACE 920 Central Ave. 363-3332 603-431-1115. Free tours Thurs., Fri., Dover, NH, 603-749-9800, every • ZORVINO VINEYARDS 226 at Sat., at 3 p.m. Friday until July 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Main St., Sandown, NH, 603-887- • WHALE TAIL BREWING CO. • NH LIQUOR STORES statewide 8463, www.zorvino.com, open 7 213 Saco Avenue, Old Orchard host wine-tastings and promotional days, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 070279

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HIPBarPs, clubsO, bands a nd otheNr afteIr-dTark amEusements Up close and personal Catch local and national acts at Jonathan’s By Craig Robert Brown West sees the influence this type of setting has on performers. [email protected] Patronage at Jonathan’s has grown as people choose small stag- es over larger venues. And it’s the intimacy that West believes Route 1 runs along the eastern coastline from Maine to Flor- motivates artists such as Arlo Guthrie, Paula Cole and comedi- ida. Before the arrival of Interstate 95, Route 1 was the prime an Bob Marley to return each year. (Marley is on the schedule location to advertise a business, motel or restaurant. With the this week — he’ll perform Thursday, June 23, at 8 p.m. On Friday, summer season now under way it’s still a major artery for sum- June 24, at 8 p.m., it’s Greg Brown.) mer travelers. “The artists get to re-know their audience,” West says. Jonathan West knows the importance of the road; he grew West chooses the performers based on their routing sched- up on it. ules. He uses the House of Blues in Boston as a point of interest West is the owner of Jonathan’s Ogunquit, at 92 Bourne Lane to draw from. in Ogunquit, Maine. The restaurant offers a variety of exquisite “It’s a hunt for acts, but it’s fun,” he said. and sustainable foods, and it is a performance venue that pres- This summer season Jonathan’s will welcome new acts ents an altogether unique experience for the audience. Mountain Heart, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) and Jonathan’s was once West’s family home. His father tried Crooked Still. And it will welcome back Judy Collins, Tom to sell the property, citing the overcrowding of Route 1’s traf- Rush and Paula Cole. On Fridays there is blues in the lounge fic and business growth as a reason. It no longer seemed like a Paula Cole. Courtesy photo. and on Saturdays there is jazz. place to live. West knows that there are other venues in popular areas “What if I opened a restaurant?” West recalls thinking. But such as Portsmouth, Kittery and York, but sees them as healthy he didn’t want to stop there. He wanted to incorporate a space competition. that offered the best music acts possible. West wanted the space “Really, there is no other venue in Ogunquit,” West said. to entertain the local and seasonal people who drove on Route Ogunquit is a walking town. The Ogunquit Playhouse, locat- 1. Work in the service industry had long been a part of West’s ed at 10 Main St. and within view of Jonathan’s, draws a large family. West presented his idea to his father, who accepted theater going crowd of locals, weekend warriors and tourists and leased the property to his son for three years. Jonathan’s from across the country. Offering the quality of acts that West opened in 1976. wants to offer the public is important to the community, in both As West set out to make his venue a reality, he looked to the summer and winter. people closest to him. Community is important to West, who notes that there “I always had music friends,” West says. was a period of time when the community stuggled. Nearby He credits Noel Harrison, who performed at the Ogunquit Portsmouth, N.H., suffered major closures and layoffs at the Playhouse, with expanding his knowledge of music and per- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Pease International Tradeport. formers. After a year of being open, Jonathan’s was a popular “About 35 percent of the people worked at Pease and the place to see both local and national acts. When West was 17, he shipyard,” said West of local Ogunquit residents. “When those Jonathan’s. Craig Robert Brown photo. partnered with his brother to put on a show at a venue seating went, we lost a sense of community.” 3,000. The insurance cost more than the band. The experience an intimate listening room,” West says, “and it clearly is a lis- But West believes that his venue can reestablish that lost left West disappointed. He turned his focus to producing only tening room.” sense of community. The intimate setting allows the audience small shows at Jonathan’s. During a renovation and expansion, The venue focuses on a back-to-basics setting. Bar and food members to talk to one another or interact with the performers. West increased the venue’s seating from 60 to 200 but wouldn’t service are shut off during performances. Jonathan’s remains a family affair. Two of West’s children go further. “During George Winston[’s] [performance] we pulled the work at Jonathan’s now and he hopes they will continue Jona- “If you really like an artist, you’re going to choose to be in refrigeration plugs” to keep the room quiet, West says. than’s in some way after him. Jessica Prouty Band takes it to the next level Berklee stint to follow summer shows By Michael Witthaus land states. written, and they wanted to change them. I [email protected] Last January, the group traveled to Dis- was very upset.” neyland in Anaheim, Calif., an experience That’s the primary reason the current In four years, the Marblehead-based Jes- breathlessly blogged by Prouty on the www. group bears her name. Far from a diva ego sica Prouty Band managed to cover a lot jessicaprouty.com website. They placed sec- trip, the Jessica Prouty Band is a musical of ground. The four high school friends ond at the NAMM industry convention’s democracy. released their first album shortly after form- national teen band contest, making many “The band members still think that it’s ing. In spring 2010, the title track from their important contacts in the process. There a good name,” Prouty explains. “Someone second album took top honors at the Bos- were individual honors as well: Prouty might say, “Oh well, that girl must be real- ton Children’s Hospital “Notes for the Cure” won for top vocalist and Cam Pelkey, the ly stuck up because it’s her band, but it’s battle of the bands. Later, the group won a group’s drummer, earned a prize for best really not the case — any other name and regional competition against bands from teen percussionist. it would still be the same. Everybody has a New York, Pennsylvania and the New Eng- This summer, the band will release its say, everybody works together equally and third studio album, My Way. Oh, and anoth- we get along fantastic.” Jessica Prouty Band er thing: three of its members will celebrate Musically, the band is the sum of many Upcoming shows high school graduation. This group of musi- influences, beginning with the pop Prouty Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26, at 1 cians is young, talented and on the move. listened to early on and the Beatles songs p.m. at Salisbury Beach Sand & Sea Festival Jessica Prouty formed her first band in her dad played to her. As she got older, her Sunday, Aug. 7, at 4 p.m. at Scarborough middle school. tastes moved toward heavier rock bands like Downs in Scarborough, Maine “I watched the movie Josie and the Pussy- Evanescence and Sick Puppies. Longtime Monday, Aug. 15, at 9 p.m. at the Seashell cats. thinking, ‘Wow — that would be so friend and guitarist Cody Nilsen has a fond- Stage in Hampton Beach Jessica Prouty Band. Courtesy photo. Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21, at cool to have a rock group like that,’” Prouty ness for Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman. elements. That track and four others were the Cornish Fair in Cornish said by telephone recently. The band’s even- Pelkey’s love of metal is apparent in “Fall- remixed and remastered from the previous For more, go to www.jessicaprouty.com. tual breakup was a painful experience for ing,” a song that often closes their live sets Prouty. “They started using songs that I had that features staccato drum fills and screamo album for My Way. There are four new cuts, York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 18 nite including a soaring cover of “My Heart Will Go On,” from “Berklee has always been my first-choice school and I “This year in particular, we have a much more polished HIPPO NITE the soundtrack of Titanic. was accepted at the end of January,” Prouty says. “I was so set than before,” Prouty says. But they’ve also been forced “We’ve really grown as a band, and we’re really proud of excited when I got the letter.” to be more selective. “One of the things that is sort of hurt- what we’ve been making for music these past four years,” In the past, she and Nilsen attended summer sessions at ing us right now is the current economic situation … we’re says Prouty, citing new songs like “Calm Before the Storm” the school — prizes they won for different competitions trying to plan out our gigs in a completely different way and and the new album’s title song as examples. “We’re really — but the opportunity to go full-time will let them build we’ve had to turn down some shows because it’s so expen- defining our sound.” connections and acquire music business savvy. sive to travel.” After a run of summer shows, including two in June at “I’m very passionate about video games and they have But the young rocker remains buoyant: “We’re going to Salisbury Beach, and August dates at the Hampton Beach a music and video game department at Berklee that has a have a lot of fun this year, and we’re adding dates all the band shell and Maine’s Scarborough Downs, Prouty and 98-percent job placement rate,” she says. “I want to see what time.” Nilsen will start classes at Boston’s Berklee College of they have to offer.” Music. They’re looking forward to their live calendar.

Music & Nightlife June 24, at 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom Tues., July 12, at 7:30 p.m., Music Hall Meadowbrook • Blue Ocean Music Hall • Le Vent Du Nord Wed., June 29, at 7 • Shawn Colvin Wed., July 13, at 7 • Little Feat Thurs., July 28, at 8 p.m., 4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury p.m., Prescott Park p.m., Prescott Park Blue Ocean Beach, Mass., 978-462-5888, • Steel Pulse Thurs., June 30, at 8 p.m., • Classic Albums Live Thurs., July 14, • Bright Eyes Thurs., July 28, at 6:30 Comedy by the shore www.blueoceanhall.com Casino Ballroom at 8 p.m., Blue Ocean p.m., Meadowbrook • Cochecho Arts Festival • Peter Frampton Sat., July 2, at 6 • Alex Dezen of The Damnwells Fri., • Alan Jackson Fri., July 29, at 6 p.m., Looking for laughs? See Bob Rotary Arts Pavillion, Henry Law p.m., Meadowbrook July 15, at 8 p.m., Firehouse Meadowbrook Marley on Thursday, June 23, at Park, Dover, NH, 603-742-2218, • Farren-Butcher Inc. Sat., July 2, at • 2nd Annual Buffett Beach Blast • Emmylou Harris Fri., July 29, at 8 8 p.m. at Jonathan’s Restaurant, www.dovernh.org 8 p.m., Jonathan’s Fri., July 15, at 8 p.m. (tailgate at 4 p.m., Music Hall 92 Bournes Lane in Ogunquit, • Firehouse Center for the Arts • Badfish!: A Sublime tribute Sat., p.m.), Blue Ocean • Faithfully Fri., July 29, at 8 p.m., Maine, 207-646-4777, www.jon- July 2, 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • The Don Campbell Band Sat., July Blue Ocean Market Square, Newburyport, athansrestaurant.com. Marley is a Mass., 978-46-7336, • The New Black Eagles Jazz Band 16, at 7 p.m., Maudslay • Jock Mock Fri., July 29, at 8 p.m., www.firehouse.org Sat., July 2, at 7 p.m., Maudslay • ’60s Invasion Sun., July 17, at 2 p.m., Firehouse well-known comedian with Maine • Hampton Beach • Trace Adkins Sun., July 3, at 6 p.m., Maudslay • Jonathan Edwards Fri., July 29, at 8 roots. See more about him at www. Casino Ballroom Meadowbrook • John Sebastian Sun., July 17, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s bmarley.com. On Sunday, June 26, at 8 p.m., Aziz Ansari 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, NH, • J. Geils, Jeff Pitchell, Gerry Beau- p.m., Jonathan’s • Jimmy Keys Sat., July 30, at 7 p.m., will perform at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 doin & Texas Flood Sun., July 3, at 8 • Taking Back Sunday Tues., July 19, Jonathan’s 603-929-4100, Ocean Blvd. in Hampton Beach, N.H., 603-929-4100, www. www.casinoballroom.com p.m., Jonathan’s at 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Grace Kelly Jazz Sat., July 30, at 7 • Jonathan’s Ogunquit • ICON starring David McBride • Miranda Cosgrove Sun., July 19, at p.m., Maudslay casinoballroom.com. Ansari might be better known as Tom 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, Tues., July 5, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s 6 p.m., Meadowbrook • Josh Turner Sun., July 31, at 8 p.m., Haverford, constantly scheming former owner of the Snake 207-646-4777, • Cheryl Wheeler Wed., July 6, at 7 • Greg Brown Wed., July 20, at 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom Hole on Parks and Recreation. Ansari has also appeared in www.jonathansrestaurant.com p.m., Prescott Park Meadowbrook • The Smithereens Sun., July 31, at 8 movies including Funny People, Observe and Report and I • Kelley’s Row • Los Lobos Thurs., July 7, at 8 p.m., • Edwin McCain Acoustic Trio p.m., Blue Ocean Love You, Man. 421 Central Ave., NH, 603-750-7081, Blue Ocean Thurs., July 21, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s • All Time Low Mon., Aug. 1, at 8 www.kelleysrow.com • Suzy Bogguss Thurs., July 7, at 8 • Eddie Money Fri., July 22, at 8 p.m., p.m., Casino Ballroom • Maudslay Arts Center p.m., Jonathan’s Casino Ballroom • Stone Temple Pilots Tues., Aug. 2, at 95 Curzon Mill Road, • Toby Keith and Eric Church Fri., • Johnny A Fri., July 22, at 8 p.m., 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom Newburyport, Mass., 978-499-0050, July 8, at 5:30 p.m., Meadowbrook Blue Ocean • The Wailin’ Jennys Wed., Aug. 3, at www.maudslayartscenter.org • Pat Benatar Fri., July 8, at 8 p.m., • Rory Block Fri., July 22, at 8 p.m., 7 p.m., Prescott Park Wine cruise • Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Casino Ballroom Jonathan’s • Led Kaapana Wed., Aug. 3, at 8 A Grape Affair will host a Ports- Pavillion • Toby Keith and Eric Church Fri., • Lance Bryant Quintet Sat., July 23, p.m., Jonathan’s mouth wine tasting cruise on 72 Meadowbrook Lane, Gilford, July 8, at 5:30 p.m., Meadowbrook at 7 p.m., Maudslay • Stone Temple Pilots Wed., Aug. 3, at Thursday, June 23, at 7 p.m. Leave NH, 603-293-4700, • Styx and Yes Sat., July 9, at 5 p.m., • Mountain Heart Sat., July 23, at 7 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom from Portsmouth Harbor Cruises, Meadowbrook p.m., Johnathan’s • Alison Krauss & Union Station Fri., www.meadowbrook.net 64 Ceres St. in Portsmouth, N.H., • The Music Hall • Howie Day Sat., July 9, at 8 p.m., • Buckcherry Sat., July 23, at 8 p.m., Aug. 5, at 6:30 p.m., Meadowbrook 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, NH, Blue Ocean Casino Ballroom • Peter Yarrow Fri., Aug. 5, at 8 p.m., and enjoy a sunset harbor cruise 603-436-2400, themusichall.org • Paula Cole Sat., July 9, at 8 p.m., • Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra Jonathan’s with wine and hors d’oeuvres. The • Prescott Park Arts Festival Jonathan’s Sun., July 24, at 2 p.m., Maudslay • Queensryche Fri., Aug. 5, at 8 p.m., cost is $35 per person. Register at 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, NH, • Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Sat., • Hollywood Undead Sun., July 24, at Casino Ballroom www.agrapeaffair.com. 603-436-2848, prescottpark.org July 9, at 7 p.m., Maudslay 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Al Stewart Sat., Aug. 6, at 7 p.m., • Sheraton Harborside • A Celtic Sojourn of Music and • Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee Jonathan’s 250 Market St., Portsmouth, NH, 603- Dance Sun., July 10, at 2 p.m., Maud- Sun., July 24, at 7 p.m., Meadowbrook • America Sat., Aug. 6, at 8 p.m., Casi- 431-2300, sheratonportsmouth.com slay • Aaron Lewis of Staind Mon., July no Ballroom • The Stone Church • Donavon Frankenreiter Sun., July 25, at 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Judy Collins Sun., Aug. 7, at 7 p.m., • David Wax Museum Thurs., Aug. • Miranda Lambert Sat., Aug. 13, at 5 Granite St., Newmarket, NH, 10, at 8 p.m., Blue Ocean • Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Jonathan’s 11, at 7 p.m., Prescott Park 5:30 p.m., Meadowbrook 603-292-3546 • Jake Shimabukuro Sun., July 10, at Leahy: Two Fiddles, Two Pianos • Reggae Revival w/ UB40, The • Tarbone Sun., Aug. 14, at 2 p.m., Concerts 5 p.m., Firehouse Tues., July 26, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s Wailers and Maxi Priest Sun., Aug. • Crooked Still Fri., Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s Maudslay • Tom Rush Thurs., June 23, at 7 p.m., • The Turtles, The Association, The • Puddle of Mudd Tues., July 26, at 8 7, at 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom • The Pousette-Dart Band Fri., Aug. • Hippiefest Sun., Aug. 14, at 6 p.m., Prescott Park Grass Roots, Mark Lindsay and The p.m., Casino Ballroom • Melissa Etheridge Mon., Aug. 8, at 8 12, at 8 p.m., Blue Ocean Meadowbrook • Greg Brown Fri., June 24, at 8 p.m., Buckinghams Sun., July 10, at 8 p.m., • Taj Mahal Trio Wed., July 27, at 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom • Rebecca Parris Sat., Aug. 13, at 7 • Joan Osborne Duo Sun., Aug. 14, at Jonathan’s Casino Ballroom p.m., Prescott Park • Cinderella Wed., Aug. 10, at 8 p.m., p.m., Maudslay 8 p.m., Jonathan’s • Huey Lewis and The News Fri., • k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang • Wiz Khalifa Wed., July 27, at 6 p.m., Casino Ballroom

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Warren Lobster House 24 Winter St., 978-462-1188, 100 Macy St., 978-854-0000 603-834-6494 15 Strafford Ave., 603-862- 8800, www.the401tavern.com com 11 Water St., 207-439-1630, www.josephswinterstcafe.com Flatbread Company Dover Elks Lodge 2815 Abercrombie & Finch The Purple Urchin www.lobsterhouse.com Loretta 5 Market Square, 978-834- 282 Durham Road Three Chimneys Inn 219 Lafayette Road, 167 Ocean Blvd., 603-929- 27 State St., 978-463-0000, 9800, www.flatbreadcompany. Dover Bowl 17 Newmarket, 603-868-7800 603-964-9774 0800, purpleurchin.net Newburyport, MA www.lorettarestauran.com 887 Central Ave., 603-742- com Beach Shack Ron’s Jillian’s 10 Center Street Michael’s Harborside 9632 Powow River Grille East Hampstead, NH Ashworth & C streets, 622 Lafayette Road, 10 Center St., 978-462-6652, 1 Tournament Wharf, 33 Main St., 978-388-2300 Dover Brick House The Pasta Loft 603-926-6497 603-929-9966 www.tencenterstreet.com 978-462-7785, Ristorante Molise 2 Orchard St., 603-749-3838 220 E. Main St., 603-378-0092 Boardwalk Inn & Café Ron’s Landing Agave Mexican Bistro www.michaelsharborside.com 11th Frame Bar 1 Market Square, 978-388- 139 Ocean Blvd., 603-929- 379 Ocean Blvd, 603-929- 50 State St., 978-499-0428, Mr. India 887 B Central Ave., 4844, www.ristorantemolise. Eliot, ME 7400, www.boardwalkinns. 2122, www.agavemexicanbistro.com 114 Merrimac St., com 603-742-9632 Katrina’s Restaurant com Stacy Jane’s Angie’s Food Newburyport, 978-465-8600, Eart Craft Music 288 Pleasant St., 207-439- Breakers at the Ashworth 9 Ocean Blvd., Hampton 7 Pleasant St., 978-462-7959 www.misterindiarestaurant. Barrington, NH 432 Central Ave., 603-749- 6366 295 Ocean Blvd., www. Beach, 603-929-9005 Black Cow Tap & Grill com Chip ‘N Run Pub Nippo 3138 The Regatta Room ashworthhotel.com Wally’s Pub 54R Merrimac St., Oregano Pizzeria & Lake Golf Course, 550 Fury’s Publick House 28 Levesque Road, Cascade Seaside Restaurant 144 Ashworth Ave., 978-499-881, www. Ristorante Province Rd., 603-664-2030 312 DW Highway, 207-351-4623 & Deck 603-926-6954 blackcowrestaurants.com 16 Pleasant St., 978-462-5013, 603-617-3633 D Street, 603-926-5988 Blue www.oreganopizzeria.com Cape Neddick, ME Jimmy’s Sports Bar Epping, NH Fast Eddies Diner Kennebunkport, ME The Inn on the Beach, Plum The Port Tavern Cape Neddick Lobster 15 Mechanic St., 603-740- American Legion 320 Lafayette Road, Mabel’s Lobster Claw Island, 978-465-7171, www. 84 State St., 978-465-1006, Pound and Harborside 4477 232 Calef Hwy. (Rt. 125) 603-926-2314, 124 Ocean Ave., 207-967-2562 blueinn.com www.theporttavern.com Restaurant Kelley’s Row Holy Grail Food & Spirits www.fasteddiesdiner.com Capri The Purple Onion 60 Shore Road, 207-363-5473, 421 Central Ave., 603-750- 64 Main St., 603-679-9559 Galley Hatch Restaurant Kingston, NH 3 Central Ave., 978-462-7543, 42-44 Inn St., 978-465-9600, 7081, www.kelleysrow.com www.capeneddick.com 325 Lafayette Road, The Kingston www.capriseaside.com www.thepurpleonion.com The Loft at Strafford Farms Exeter, NH 603-926-6152, 1686 House Tavern David’s Tavern The Riverside Café Dover, NH 58 New Rochester Road, Epoch Restaurant & Bar www.galleyhatch.com 127 Main St., 603-642-3637 Brown Square, 978-462-8077, 260 Merrimac St., American Legion Post 8 603-742-7012 The Exeter Inn, 2 Pine St., La Bec Rouge Rick’s Cafe & Grille www.davidstavern.com 978-225-6999, 640 Central Ave., 603-750- RJ’s 603-778-EPOCH; www. 73 Ocean Blvd, 603-926-5050, 143 Main St., 603-642-3833 Giuseppe’s www.towleriversidecafe.com 4002 83 Washington St. epochrestaurant.com labecrouge.com 257 Low St., 978-465-2225, Seaglass Barley Pub Station House Shooter’s Pub Las Olas Taqueria Kittery, ME www.giuseppesfinefood.com 4 Oceanfront North, 328 Central Ave.,603-742- 11 Fourth St., 603-743-4489 10 Columbus Ave., 356 Lafayette Road, Captain & Patty’s The Grog 978-462-5800, 4226 Top of the Chop @ Orchard 603-772-3856 603-967-4880 90 Pepperell Road, 13 Middle St., 978-465-8008, www.seaglassoceanside.com Street Chop Shop Central Wave Ocean Wok 207-439-3655 www.thegrog.com Starboard Gallery One Orchard St., 603-740- 368 Central Ave., 603-742- Greenland, NH 7 Ocean Blvd., 603-926-6633, Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier Hana Japan Restaurant 9283 0006 Clipper Lounge at www.oceanwok.com 16 Chauncey Creek Road, 45 Storey Ave., 978-499-0044, 55 Water St., 978-462-1326,

Thursday, June 23 Ogunquit Top of the Chop: live Newburyport Portsmouth Dover Front Porch: The Judy jazz David’s Tavern: Elijah Blue Mermaid: Black Barley Pub: Steve Roy’s Show Clark Taxi Bluegrass Jam Epping Grog: Merrimack Delta Daniel Street Tavern: Hot nights, cool tunes Brickhouse: Gazpacho Portsmouth American Legion: kara- Dub Set karaoke Calling all bands and bars and oke Fury’s: Truffle Duo Blue Mermaid: Wild Joseph’s: Lou Silvestri & Dolphin Striker: Crazy restaurants: do you have upcoming Card Music Night Holy Grail: Tim Cannon Friends Maggy Epping Dolphin Striker: Michael Port Tavern: Ruben Gas Light: Jim Devlin shows you want the world to know Holy Grail: Half Moon Troy & Craig Tramack Exeter Kincade Band, Tony Santesse about? Send us the information to Gas Light: Pat Foley Shooters: DJ Bigg Z & D Rockfish: AJ Edwards Pressroom: Rock Spring get your shows in our weekly list- Hampton Duo, Silk Ri Ra: Fighting Friday ings of live music in the area. Send Hampstead La Bec Rouge: Warhorse Pressroom: Juliet & the Newmarket Rudi’s: Duke & Guest band names, locations, dates and Sea Shell: Angela West Lonesome Romeos The Pasta Loft: TMFI KJ’s: karaoke Showdown Ria Ra: Unplugged Inc. Village Square: Spiral Salisbury times to [email protected]. Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Rudi’s: Jarrod Steer Trio Circus Ogunquit Carousel Lounge: Mystic Send in information by Friday to Wally’s Pub: Hot Like Hampton Front Porch: The Judy Surfside 5: The Brew get in the next Thursday’s paper. Fire Friday, June 24 La Bec Rouge: Max Sul- Show Dover livan Jonathan’s: Greg Brown Seabrook Newburyport Brick House: Field Hand, Ron’s Landing: Jonathan Maxwell’s: karaoke Chop Shop: Bottoms Up Saturday, June 25 Incident Hampstead Grog: Soul Robot Gnarlamagne, Red Sky Tynes Master McGrath’s: Mol- Dover The Pasta Loft: Rock- Joseph’s: Michael Mary Sea Shell: John Penny Plaistow lies Misfits Central Wave: Drama Epping spring O’Brien Central Wave: Drama Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Sad Cafe: The Awesome Squad DJs American Legion: kara- Village Square: Revolver Port Tavern: The Foggy Squad Djs Wally’s Pub: Before the Express, Christie Lane, York Fury’s: Brooks Young oke Duo Fury’s: Shagimaw Crash Jordan Lambert, Inn on the Blues: Groove Band Holy Grail: Old Abode Hampton Kelly’s: The Tri City Red Means Go, Sanctify Train Kelly’s: Monkey Fist La Bec Rouge: Max Sul- Almighty York Harbor Inn: Jimmy D

Comedy with Ben Baldwin at the Kittery Art 29, at 7 p.m. Sat., July 9, at 7 p.m. EXPLORERS at Ellis Park in York 21, at 7 p.m. • Bob Marley Thurs., June 23, at 8 Association, 8 Coleman Ave. in Kit- • TOM DIXON at Hampton Beach • THE SPECTRAS at Hampton Beach, Fri., July 15, at 7 p.m. • BRANDY at Hampton Beach Sea p.m., Jonathan’s tery Point, Maine, www.kitteryartas- Sea Shell Stage on Thurs., June 30, Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., July 9, • THE MORLOCKS at Ellis Park Shell Stage on Fri., July 22, at 7 p.m. • Aziz Ansari Sun., June 26, at p.m., sociation.org, Tuesdays in July from 7 at 7 p.m. at 7 p.m. in York Beach, Sat., July 16, at 7 p.m. • WINDHAM SWING BAND at Casino Ballroom to 8:30 p.m. Ben supplies the drums, • THE REMINISANTS at Hampton • B STREET BOMBERS at Hamp- • KINGS ROW at Hampton Beach Ellis Park in York Beach, Fri., July 22, • Jon Pinette Sun., July 3, at p.m., shakers and bells — all ages welcome. Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., July 2, ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sun., Sea Shell Stage on Sat., July 16, at 7 at 7 p.m. Casino Ballroom • ANGELA WEST SHOWDOWN at 7 p.m. July 10, at 7 p.m. p.m. • THE SUBSTANCE at Ellis Park in • Paula Poundstone Fri., July 15, at at Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage on • DICK DONOVAN BAND at Ellis • GOOD MEMORIES BIG BAND • AMHERST TOWN BAND at Ellis York Beach, Sat., July 23, at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. and Sat., July 16, at 7 p.m., Thurs., June 23, at 7 p.m. Park in York Beach, July 2 at 7 p.m. at Ellis Park in York Beach, Sun., July Park in York Beach, Sun., July 17, at • MASS BRASS ACTION at Hamp- Jonathan’s • JOHN PENNY at Hampton Beach • THE MIRAJ BAND at Ellis Park in 10, at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., • Jeff Dunham Wed., July 20, and Sea Shell Stage on Fri., June 24, at 7 York Beach, July 3 at 7 p.m. • EASTERN SOUND at Hampton • REVOLVER at Hampton Beach July 23, at 7 p.m. Thurs., July 21, at p.m., Casino Ball- p.m. • FRED MANZI TRIO at Ellis Park Beach Sea Shell Stage on Mon., July Sea Shell Stage on Sun., July 17, at • SEACOAST WIND ENSEMBLE room • THE CONTINENTALS at Hamp- in York Beach, July 4 at 7 p.m. 11, at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. at Ellis Park in York Beach, Sun., July • Brian Regan Thurs., July 28, at ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., • THE CONTINENTALS at Hamp- • VIC PAUL at Hampton Beach Sea • JESSICA PROUTY at Hampton 24, at 7 p.m. p.m., Casino Ballroom June 25, at 7 p.m. ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Mon., Shell Stage on Tues., July 12, at 7 p.m. Beach Sea Shell Stage on Mon., July • COMPAQ BIG BAND at Hampton • Lisa Lampanelli Fri., July 29, at • ALL TOGETHER NOW at Hamp- July 4, at 7 p.m. • NEW LEGACY BIG BAND at 18, at 7 p.m. Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sun., July p.m. Casino Ballroom ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sun., • STRAIGHT LACE at Ellis Park in Ellis Park in York Beach, Wed., July • WOODEN NICKELS BAND at 24, at 7 p.m. • Louis C.K. Thurs., Aug. 4, at 7 p.m., June 26, at 7 p.m. York Beach, Wed., July 6, at 7 p.m. 13, at 7 p.m. Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage on • ’60S INVASION at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom • EASTERN SOUND at Hampton • ANGELA WEST & SHOW- • JONATHON SCOTTS & THE Tues., July 19, at 7 p.m. Sea Shell Stage on Mon., July 25, at • Ron White Fri., Aug. 12, at p.m., Beach Sea Shell Stage on Mon., June DOWN at Hampton Beach Sea Shell BLAZING HEARTS at Hampton • VISITORS BAND at Ellis Park in 7 p.m. Casino Ballroom 27, at 7 p.m. Stage on Thurs., July 7, at 7 p.m. Beach Sea Shell Stage on Thurs., July York Beach, Wed., July 20, at 7 p.m. • PAUL WAYNE at Hampton Beach • Suzanne Westenhoefer Fri., Sept. • MIKE LIVINGSTON at Hampton • MERRIMACK VALLEY CON- 14, at 7 p.m. • THE CONTINENTALS at Hamp- Sea Shell Stage on Wed., July 27, at 16, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s Beach Sea Shell Stage on Tues., June CERT BAND at Ellis Park in York • JOHN PENNY at Hampton Beach ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Wed., 7 p.m. 28, at 7 p.m. Beach, Fri., July 8, at 7 p.m. Sea Shell Stage on Fri., July 15, at 7 July 20, at 7 p.m. • EASTERN SOUND ORCHES- Free outdoor concerts • THE REMINISANTS at Hampton • THE JERRY THEBODO BIG p.m. • GALE COUNTY at Hampton TRA at Ellis Park in York Beach, • DRUMMING ON THE DECK Beach Sea Shell Stage on Wed., June BAND at Ellis Park in York Beach, • RICHARD DESOTA & THE Beach Sea Shell Stage on Thurs., July Wed., July 27, at 7 p.m. York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 20 www.starboardgallery.net Arrows Restaurant Blue Mermaid Island Grill 603-319-8213 Rusty Hammer Ray’s Seafood Sharon’s Sea Grill Sushi Yen 41 Berwick Road, 207-361- hill at Hanover and High Merril’s Place 49 Pleasant St., 603-436-9289, 1677 Ocean Blvd., 186 Ocean Blvd., 603-474- 19 Pleasant St., 978-463-0686, 1100, www.arrowsrestaurant. streets, 603-427-2583 3528 Lafayette Rod, www.therustyhammer.com 604-436-2280, www. 2618, www.sharonsseagrill. www.szechuantaste.com com Bratskellar 603-219-8235 Sake Japanese Restaurant raysseafoodrestaurant.com com Thirsty Whale Barnacle Billy’s 980 Lafayette Road, Mombo 141 Congress St., 603-431- 24-26 Market Square, Perkins Cove, 207-646-5575, 603-436-0717, dinnerhorn.com 66 Marcy St., 603-433-2340, 1822, www.portsmouthsake. Salisbury, MA South Berwick, ME 978-462-1140 www.barnbilly.com Café Mirabelle www.momborestaurant.com com Carousel Lounge The Red Barn The Upper Crust Pizzeria Beach Fire Bar and Grill 64 Bridge St., 603-430-9301 Momma D’s Casa Di Pasta Sakurabana Japanese 20 Oceanfront South, 310 Portland St., 207-384- 44 State St., 978-463-3313, 658 Main St., 207-646-8998 Cava Restaurant Restaurant 978-465-9045 1010 www.theuppercrustpizzeria.com Bintliff’s 10 Commercial Ave., Route 1 Bypass North, 40 Pleasant St., 603-431-2721, Connie’s Stage Coach 335 Main St., 207-646-3111, 603-319-1575 603-431-6511, www.sakurabananh.cocm 95 Elm St., 978-465-3543 Stratham, NH New Castle, NH www.bintliffsogunquit.com Daniel Street Tavern www.mommads.com Shalimar India Restaurant La Chiquita Mexican Acoustic Outfitters Wentworth by the Sea Front Porch Cafe Lounge & 111 Daniel St. The Music Hall 80 Hanover St., 603-427-2959, Restaurant 72 Portsmouth Ave., 778-9711 603-422-7322 Piano Bar Dolphin Striker 104 Congress St., 603-433- www.shalimarindia.com 188 Lafayette Road, 9 Shore Road, 207-646-4005 15 Bow St., 603-431-5222 3100 Sheraton Harborside 978-463-4688, Wells, ME Newington, NH Jonathan’s Ogunquit Fat Belly’s The Oar House 250 Market St.,603-431-2300, www.lachiquitas.com Bull & Claw New Asia 92 Bourne Lane, 207- 2 Bow St., 603-610-4227 55 Ceres St., 603-436-4025 www.sheratonportsmouth.com Seaglass Restaurant Route 1 North, 207-646-8467, 347 Shattuck Way, 646-4777, www. Flatbread Company Old Ferry Landing State Street Saloon 4 Oceanfront North, www.bullnclaw.com 603-431-3121 jonathansrestaurant.com 138 Congress St., 603-332- Ceres St., 603-431-5510 268 State St., 603-431-4357 978-462-5800, Maxwell’s Pub 9700 Paddy’s American Grill Taipei & Tokyo Chinese & www.salisburypavilion.com York, ME Newmarket, NH 243 Main St., 207-646-2345 Gas Light Co. 27 International Dr., 603-430- Japanese Restaurant SurfSide 5 Beach Bar and 1637 Room at York Harbor KJ’s Sports Bar MC Perkins Cove 64 Market St., 603-431-9122 9450 1456 Woodbury Ave., Grill Inn 22 N. Main St., 603-659-2329 111 Perkins Cove Road, Harbor’s Edge The Page 603-431-1628 25 Broadway, 978-463-9222, Route 1A, 207-363-5119 Lamprey River Tavern 207-646-2631, 250 Market St., 603-559-2626, 172 Hanover St., 603-436- The Wet Bar www.surfside5.com American Legion Post 56 110 Main St., 603-659-3696 www.mcperkinscove.com sheratonportsmouth.com 0004 172 Hanover St. 9 Hannaford Dr., 207-363- The Riverworks Restaurant Tapas and Tinis Herbert’s Lounge Players Ring Theater Seabrook, NH 0376 and Tavern 125 Main St., Ogunquit, 1500 Lafayette Road, 105 Marcy St., 603-436-8123 Rochester, NH American Legion Post 70 The Atlantic House 164 Main St, 603-659-6119 207-646-9700 603-431-5882 Poco’s Cantina Fat Tony’s 169 Walton Road 2 Beach St., 207-363-0051 Rockingham Ballroom Hibachi Japanese Steak 37 Bow St., 603-431-5967 61 N. Main St., 603-335-7020 Castaways Seafood & Grille Blue Sky on York Beach 22 Ash Swamp Rd. Plaistow, NH House Popover’s Governor’s Inn Café 209 Ocean Blvd., 2 Beach St., 207-363-0050, 603-659-4410 Corner Pocket 2466 Lafayette Road, 8 Congress St., 603-431-1119 78 Wakefield St., 603-332- 603-760-7500, www. www.blueskyonyorkbeach.com 181 Plaistow Road., 603-436-2898, hibachinh.com Press Room 0107 castawaysseafoodgrille.com Fox’s Lobster House Newton, NH 603-382-3130 The Hilton Garden Inn 77 Daniel St.,603-431-5186 Old Oak Tavern Chop Shop Pub Nubble Lighthouse Point, Hen House Sports Bar The Sad Café 100 High St., 603-431-1499 The Red Door 38 N. Main St., 603-335-2148 920 Lafayette Road, 207-363-2643, foxslobster.com & Grill 148 Plaistow Road, Isle of Shoals Steamship 107 State St., 603-373-6827 Rochester Opera House 603-474-6001 Inn on the Blues 85 S. Main St., 382-1705 603-382-8893 Company Red Hook Brewery 31 Wakefield St., 335-1992 Markey’s Lobster Pool 7 Ocean Ave., 207-351-3221, 325 Market St., 603-431-5500 35 Corporate Dr., 603-430-8600 Route 286, 603-474-2851 www.innontheblues.com Ogunquit, ME Portsmouth, NH Jitto’s Supersteak Ri Ra Irish Pub Rye, NH Master McGrath’s Lobster Cove Angelina’s Ristorante & American Legion Post 6 3131 Lafayette Rd, 603-436- 22 Market Square, 603-319- The Carriage House Route 107, 602-4474-3540 Long Sands Beach, 207-351- Wine Bar 96 Islington St. 9755 1680 2263 Ocean Blvd., 603-964- Prime Time Sports Grill 1100 655 Main St., 207-646-0445, Agave Mexican Bistro La Bella Italian Restaurant Rudi’s 8251, www.carriagehouserye. 620 Lafayette Road, Lobster in the Rough angelinasogunquit.com 111 State St., 603-427-5300, 2454 Lafayette Road, 20 High St., 603-430-7834 com 603-760-7230 1000 Route 1, 207-363-1285. livan Kryptic Deception York Ogunquit Hampton Fury’s: Tim Theriault & Brickhouse: Seacoast Daniel Street Tavern: Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Inn on the Blues: Racky Front Porch: The Judy La Bec Rouge: karaoke Friends Acoustic All-Stars open mike Sea Shell: The Conti- Portsmouth Thomas Band Show Sea Shell: Eastern Sound Central Wave: karaoke Gas Light: Doug Mitchell nentals Daniel Street Tavern: York Harbor Inn: Mor- Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Hampton Fury’s: Jon Nolan & the Isles of Shoals Cruise: karaoke gan Davis Portsmouth La Bec Rouge: karaoke Working Girls Reggae on the River - Hot Newburyport Dolphin Striker: The Daniel Street Tavern: Newburyport Sea Shell: Mike Liv- Like Fire David’s Tavern: Liz Bobby Keyes Trio Sunday, June 26 karaoke Joseph’s: Timothy Grant ingston Exeter Pressroom: Ross Rob- Frame & the Kickers Gas Light: The Connip- Dover Gas Light: Tim Cannon Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Shooters: Red Sky Mary inson Grog: Don’t Call Me tion Fits, Michael Troy, Barley Pub: Chris Bur- (2 p.m.), Island Fever Portsmouth Wally’s Pub: karaoke RiRa: Granite Men Shirley Tony Santesse (2 p.m.) bank Pressroom: jazz Gas Light: SEV Hampton Rudi’s: Dimitri on Piano Joseph’s: Michael Pressroom: Ellen Page, Brickhouse: karaoke RiRa: Irish Sessions Pressroom: Jim Dozet Newburyport La Bec Rouge: DJ O’Brien The Miggs, Novella, Rudi’s: jazz brunch Combo Grog: Steven Spungin Anthony Salisbury Rockin’s Music Hampton The Red Door: Jon Joseph’s: Cathy Nerdone Sea Shell: The Remini- Surfside 5: Surfside 5 Newmarket RiRa: Amorphous Band La Bec Rouge: Psyco Salisbury LaDeau, Haley and the sants Sing-Off KJ’s: karaoke Rudi’s: Chris Burbank Circus The Carousel Lounge: Primates, Tumbling Bones Portsmouth Stacey Jane’s: karaoke Ron’s Landing: The karaoke RiRa: Oran Mor Gas Light: Paul Warnick Newburyport Ogunquit Salisbury Read/Allen Duo Surfside 5: Hot Like Fire Pressroom: Larry Gar- 10 Center Street: Phil Front Porch: The Judy The Carousel Lounge: Stacey Jane’s: karaoke York York land Jazz Jam McGowan Jazz Quartet Show karaoke, Spiral Circus (9 Sea Shell: All together Inn on the Blues: The Inn on the Blues: Green Grog: Open Mike Maxwell’s: karaoke p.m.) Now Gentleman Outfit Lion Salisbury Joseph’s: Bob Allison Surfside 5: DJ Funk Flex Surfside 5: The Tom Port Tavern: Irish Seisu- Plaistow Newburyport Monday, June 27 Tuesday, June 28 Dixon Band in & Eamon Coyne Sad Cafe: the Life I Seabrook Grog: Park Wheeler’s Dover Dover Lead, Listen to the Sky, Chop Shop: Anarchy Blues Party Top of the Chop: acous- Brickhouse: acoustic Wednesday, June 29 Portsmouth Pete Wells (band), Angels Joseph’s: Bob Wolfman tic open mike open mike Dover Blue Mermaid: open T.J. Courtney (band), & the BW Trio Central Wave: karaoke Barley Pub: MMOSS mike

Other music & nightlife Big Band. Call 603-436-2848 or go to music starts at 6 p.m. Admission is $8 band is composed of 56 musicians hill Road, Amesbury, Mass., 978-388- 9 p.m. events www.prescottpark.org. ($2 for children). Call 603-436-8043 or from England who will be celebrating 2010, www.leossuperbowl.com • ISLANDSIDE The Seacoast Sci- • ENTRAIN The Seacoast Science go to www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. their 90th anniversary. Call 603-436- • STRIKERS EAST BOWLING Trivia nights ence Center will be having a Music- Center will be having a Music-by- • JUMBO CIRCUS PEANUTS The 2848 or go to www.prescottpark.org. LANES 4 Essex Drive, Raymond, • BLUE MERMAID 409 the Hill, by-the-Sea concert on Thurs., July the-Sea concert on Thurs., July 14, Seacoast Science Center will be hav- • REDHOOKFEST will be held at the NH, 603-895-9501, strikers-east.com Portsmouth, NH, 427-2583, Mondays 7, featuring the band Islandside. The featuring the band Entrain. The event ing a Music-by-the-Sea concert on Redhook Brewery at Pease Tradeport in 7-9 p.m. event will include grilled food and will include grilled food and treats. All Thurs., July 28, featuring the band Portsmouth on Sat., Aug. 6, from 2 to Karaoke • CENTRAL WAVE 368 Central Ave., treats. All proceeds will support envi- proceeds will support environmen- Jumbo Circus Peanuts. The event will 10 p.m.. Tickets cost $30 in advance at • CENTRAL WAVE 368 Central Dover, NH, 742-9283, Tuesdays 9 p.m. ronmental education efforts. Gates tal education efforts. Gates open at 5 include grilled food and treats. All www.hookfest.com, $40 at the door. Ave., Dover, NH, 742-9283, Mon- • HEBERT’S 1500 Lafayette Road, open at 5 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. Admission proceeds will support environmen- days. and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. Portsmouth, NH, 431-5882, Tuesdays Admission is $8 ($2 for children). Call is $8 ($2 for children). Call 603-436- tal education efforts. Gates open at 5 Bowling • CHOP SHOP PUB 920 Lafay- 7 p.m. 603-436-8043 or go to www.seacoast- 8043 or go to www.seacoastscience- p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. $8 ($2 for • BOWL-A-MANIA Route 108, ette Road, Seabrook, NH, 760-7706, • KELLEY’S ROW 421 Cen- sciencecenter.org. center.org. children). Call 603-436-8043 or go to Newmarket, NH, 603-659-2329 Wednesdays at 8 p.m. w/ Matty R tral Ave., Dover, NH, 750- • SHOWCASE FESTIVAL Prescott • AMERICANA FESTIVAL at www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. • BOWL O RAMA 599 Lafayette • DANIEL STREET TAVERN 111 7081, Wednesdays 8-10 p.m. Park will be holding its Showcase Prescott Park on Sat., July 16, from • FOLK FESTIVAL Prescott Park Road, Portsmouth, NH, 603-436- Daniel St., Portsmouth, NH, 430- • THE KNOT IRISH PUB 58 Main St., Festival on Sat., July 9, from 1 to 5 1 to 5 p.m. Some artists include Lori will be holding its annual Prescott 0504, www.bowlorama.com 1011, Fridays and Sundays at 9 p.m. Durham, 868-2959, Mondays 10 p.m. p.m. Artists include Patty Larkin, Jon McKenna, Red Molly, and Mark Erel- Park Folk Festival on Sat., July 30, • DOVER BOWL 887 Central Ave., • DOVER BRICKHOUSE 2 • MARGARITA’S 93 Portsmouth Nolan and Jason Spooner. Call 603- li. Call 603-436-2848 or go to www. at 5 p.m. Artists include Natalie Mac- Dover, NH, 603-742-8292, www. Orchard St., Dover, NH, 749-3838, Ave., Exeter, 772-2274, Mondays 7 p.m. 436-2848 or go to www.prescottpark. prescottpark.org. master, Eilen Jewell, and Gypsy Tail- doverbowl.com Sundays at 9 p.m. • PRIME TIME SPORTS BAR & org. • GNARLEMAGNE The Seacoast wind. Suggested donation is $8 to $10. • EXETER BOWLING LANES 10 • THE HONEY POT 920 Lafayette GRILL 620 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, • 16TH ANNUAL TOMMY GAL- Science Center will be having a Music- Call 603-436-2848 or go to www. Columbus Ave., Exeter, NH, 603-772- Road, Seabrook, 760-2013, Mondays 760-7231, Wednesdays 9 p.m. LANT JAZZ FESTIVAL at Prescott by-the-Sea concert on Thurs., July 21, prescottpark.org. 3856, www.shooterssportspub.com and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. with The Wiz • RI RA 22 Market Sq., Portsmouth, Park on Sun., July 10, starting at noon. featuring the band Gnarlemagne. The • THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION • LAFAYETTE BOWLING • THE PAGE 172 Hanover St., Ports- NH, 319-1680, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Artists include the George Garzone event will include grilled food and treats. BRASS BAND Prescott Park is host- LANES 11 High St., Amesbury, mouth, 436-0004, Thursdays at 9 p.m. including large grand prize, last Tues- Trio, the Press Room Trio, the Paul All proceeds will support environmental ing the Royal British Legion Brass Mass., 978-388-4338 • PRIME TIME 620 Lafayette Road, day of every month is best grand prize. Broadnax Quintet, and the Seacoast education efforts. Gates open at 5 p.m., Band on Thurs., Aug. 4, at 3 p.m. The • LEO’S SUPER BOWL 84 Haver- Seabrook, NH, 760-7230, Thursdays at Page 21 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DIAZ him here on earth, but to a ring with remember, were kind of B-movie Ryan Reynolds is neither great nor a honking green stone in it, he seems skeleton-face-with-too-big-brain char- awful. He is a generic hunky actor like hero material. acters) only instead of a defined body shoved into a movie very big on See, while Hal is dealing with all Parallax’s head comes out of a kind of effects (the 3-D ones being the most his Earthly problems, out in space, a smoke-octopus body, or like a mop, but unnecessary). He fills out the suit group of intergalactic protectors called made out of smoke. Parallax (whose (metaphorically speaking, because the the Green Lantern Corp aisre facing a head is also sort of smoky looking) can suit itself appears to be mostly com- terrible new menace that has already destroy worlds and suck the life out of puter-generated) but not the character. taken the life of a few of their mem- a body (or some nifty effect that looks I can give you Hal Jordan’s storyline, bers. One of the bravest, Abin Sur like that). Whereas the Green Lanterns but of his character’s inner life or tur- (Temura Morrison), is able to make get their power from Will (as in, the moil (about the death of his father or it to Earth and pass on the ring and force of will of all the beings of the uni- becoming a space cop) we are told its power-charging green lantern to verse, that kind of will), Parallax gets much but see very little. Even this Hal before he dies. To learn about his his from Fear. So part of the question kind of neutral space-filling is still new powers, Hal is transported to the of how to fight him is — do the Green way more than Blake Lively is able to Green Lanterns’ home planet, where Lanterns do it with will? Or with the do with her character. A Blake Live- he meets other Green Lanterns — more corrosive fear? ly mannequin could have filled the Super 8 some of them friendly, some of them Did I mention Parallax looks a bit role just as well, possibly even emoted Green Lantern movies, even franchises, can be fan- disapproving but none of them human like a mop? These big questions of more convincingly. tastic things — sparkling, heartfelt, (PG-13) (Hal would be the first human to join will versus fear are much harder to A good superhero movie needs action-packed. their ranks). Hal leaves the planet not take seriously when they concern the some combination of humanity and A devil-may-care pilot Just, you know, not this one. particularly certain this universe-pro- world-ending powers of a smoke-mop spectacle. The X-Men and Spider- suddenly becomes tasked Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is a test tecting gig is one for him. with a B-movie alien head. A certain Man movies tend to be heavy on the with protecting the entire pilot of snazzy fighter planes. When in Meanwhile, back on Earth, the gov- amount of ridiculousness is a part of humanity. Iron Man was all about world in Green Lantern, the sky, he’ll go to any lengths — pro- ernment found the body of Abin Sur, any superhero movie but it’s hard to big fun spectacle. Green Lantern, a superhero movie that is tocol be damned — to accomplish his and Hector Hammond (Peter Sars- really let go and be in the moment with its empty-feeling computer- pretty much what people mission. Hal’s bravado and apparent gaard), a schlubby scientist, is asked when your green-body-suit-wearing, generated worlds and its big but not mean when they derisively lack of fear may have something to do to do the autopsy. A slip of the hand mostly CGI heroes are fighting an evil quite bad-enough villains, has nei- sneer “superhero movie” with a plane crash that killed his pilot gets him infected with alien goo and giant mop. And then there’s the “oath” ther. C while pooh-pooh-ing the father years earlier. Ex-girlfriend-or- soon he finds himself possessing pow- — the “truth, justice and the American Rated PG-13 for intense sequences quality of summer movies. something Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) ers, facial growths and a connection to way”-type pledge that all the Green of sci-fi violence and action. Directed by And that kind of “all these sequels seems to still like him but is all tsk-tsk- Parallax, the smoke-head-villain who Lanterns repeat when they join on. It Martin Campbell and written by Greg and prequels, p-shaw” snobbery is y about his crazy ways, particularly eats worlds and caused Abin Sur’s is not horrible, but when it’s fit into Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Gug- unfair, no more fair than saying “blah, after he crashes one of the jets during death. a fight scene with the mop and a bul- genheim and Michael Goldberg, Green more like The Tree of Still Life” about a test of drones her father’s company The best way I can describe Paral- bous-headed Peter Sarsgaard, you just Lantern is an hour and 45 minutes long art movies. This summer’s X-Men: is trying to sell to the military. All this lax is, well, remember the movie Mars don’t get that swelling-score, hero- and is distributed in wide release by SIGNS OF LIFE First Class is a strong contender life-on-the-edge stuff makes Hal seem Attacks!? Parallax is a bit like one of about-to-kick-ass feeling. Warner Bros. for top 10 films of 2011. Superhero like a loose cannon to those who know those alien-heads (which, if you’ll As heroes meant to kick ass go, Reviewlets: Snack-sized movie reviews * Indicates a movie worth seek- Cameron Diaz is an uninterested awesome lady comedy. Or, if the from Radiator Springs: Lightning ish things happen. A is Megan-Fox-free. Opens wide ing out. Previously reviewed teacher looking to trade up in life words “bridesmaids” and “lady” McQueen and Mater head over- on Wednesday, June 29. movies have grades. For full by hooking the wealthy substi- are scaring you away: hilarious seas for an international car race. Transformers: Dark of the reviews of most movies here or tute (Justin Timberlake). Opens people are in hilarious situations Opens wide on Friday, June 24. Moon (PG-13) *X-Men: First Class (PG-13) movies previously released, go wide Friday, June 24. with swearing and poop. B+ Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. James McAvoy, Michael Fass- to www.hippopress.com. *Super 8 (PG-13) The moon landing wasn’t just bender. *Bridesmaids (R) Cars 2 (G) Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney. about beating the Soviets; it was How did Charles Xavier and Bad Teacher (R) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Voices of Owen Wilson, Larry Boys making a zombie movie also a secret mission to help Erik Lehnsheer, pre-Professor X Cameron Diaz, Justin Timber- Wiig-written, Judd Apatow-pro- the Cable Guy. witness a train crash in small- Michael Bay reengerize the and Magneto, meet? Awesomely. lake. duced, Paul Fieg-directed totally The further adventures of cars town Ohio and then J.J. Abrams- Transformers franchise. This one A-

FILM LISTINGS 75 Wells Plaza, Wells, Maine, THE MUSIC HALL NEWBURYPORT PUBLIC through Thurs., June 30, at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. In the Levenson • Cinemagic in Saco 207-646-0500 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, NH, 436- LIBRARY • The Princess of Montpensier (NR, Community Room. Free. 779 Portland Road, Saco, Maine, HAMPTON BEACH 2400, www.themusichall.org 94 State St., Newburyport, Mass., 978- 2011) Fri., July 1, at 6 & 8:45 p.m.; 207-282-6234 Ocean Blvd., Hampton Beach, NH, • Win Win (R, 2011) Fri., June 24, and 465-4428, www.newburyportpl.org Sat., July 2, at 3:15, 6 & 8:45 p.m.; YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY • Cinemagic in Salisbury www.hamptonbeach.org Sat., June 25, at 7:30 p.m. • Charlotte’s Web (G, 2006) Mon., Sun., July 3, at 4:45 & 7:30 p.m.; 15 Long Sands Road, York, Maine, 6 Merrill St., Salisbury, Mass., • Monday Night Movies on the Beach • Princess of Montpensier (NR, 2010) June 27, at 4 p.m. for entering grades Mon., July 4, through Thurs., July 7, 207-363-2818, www.york.lib.me.us 978-499-9494 July 11through Aug. 29 at dusk. Free. Sun., June 26, and Tues., June 28, at 1 to 6. at 7:30 p.m. • The Illusionist (PG) on Sun., June • Leavitt Theatre 7:30 p.m. • The Princess and The Frog (G, • Beginners (PG-13, 2011) Fri., July 26, at 7 p.m. 259 Main St., Ogunquit, Maine, LEAVITT THEATRE • Time Bandits (PG, 1981) Wed., June 2009) Mon., July 11, at 4 p.m. for 8, through Thurs., July 21: Fridays at • Secretariat (PG) on Sun., July 3, at 207-643-3123 259 Main St., Route 1, Ogunquit, 29, at 7:30 p.m. entering grades 1 to 6. 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.; Saturdays at 3:45, 7 p.m. • Regal Cinemas Newington 15 Maine, 207-646-31221, www.leavit- • The Conspirator (PG-13, 2011) Fri., • Alice in Wonderland (PG, 2010) 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.; Sundays at 5 & 7:30 • Black Swan (R) on Sun., July 10, at 45 Gosling Road, Newington, NH, theatre.com July 1, and Sat., July 2, at 7:30 p.m. Mon., July 25, at 4 p.m. for entering p.m.; Mondays through Thursdays at 7 p.m. 603-431-4200 • Tol’able David (1921) and Hell’s • Cave of Forgotten Dreams (NR, grades 1 to 6. 7:30 p.m. • True Grit (PG-13) on Sun., July 31, • Smitty’s Biddeford Hinges (1918), silent films with live 2011) Sun., July 3, and Tues., July 5, at 7 p.m. 420 Alfred Road, Biddeford, musical accompaniment, on Sun., July at 7:30 p.m. NEWBURYPORT PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC • Surviving My Mother (PG-13) on Maine, 207-283-4500 24, at 2 p.m. Admission costs $5. • Run Lola Run (R, 1998) Wed., July SCREENING ROOM LIBRARY Sun., Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. • Smitty’s Sanford • Path to Paradise (1925) and Hands 6, at 7:30 p.m. 82 State St.., Newburyport, Mass., 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, NH, • Another Year (PG-13) on Sun., Aug. 1364 Main St., Sanford, Maine, Up (1926) silent films with live musi- • Cedar Rapids (R, 2011) Thurs., July 978-462-3456, www.newburyport- 427-1540, www.cityofportsmouth. 14, at 7 p.m. 207-490-0000 cal accompaniment, on Sun., Aug. 21, 7, through Sat., July 9, at 7:30 p.m. movies.com com/library/ • Made in Dagenham (R) on Sun., • Spinelli Cinemas at 2 p.m. Admission costs $5. • Queen to Play (NR, 2011) Sun., July • Queen to Play (NR, 2011) Thurs., • Nowhere Boy (R) Wed., June 23, at 7 Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. 20 Third St., Dover, NH, 603-749-4123 • Way Down East (1921) silent films 10, at 7:30 p.m. June 23, at 7:30 p.m. p.m. in the Levenson Room. • Barney’s Version (R) on Sun., Aug. • Stage Two Cinema Pub with live musical accompaniment, on • Groundhog Day (PG, 1993) on Wed., • Super (NR, 2011) Fri., June 24, • A Night at the Museum Sat., July 9, 28, at 7 p.m. 109 Main St., Amesbury, Mass., Sun., Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. Admission July 13, at 7:30 p.m. at 6:30 & 8:45 p.m.; Sat., June 25, t at 2 p.m. In the Levenson Community • Get Low (PG-13) on Sun., Sept. 4, at 978-388-65555 costs $5. • Incendies (R, 2011) Thurs., July 14, 4:15, 6:30 & 8:45 p.m.; Sun., June 26, Room. Free. 7 p.m. • Wells Five Star Cinema through Sat., July 16, at 7:30 p.m. at 5:15 & 7:30 p.m.; Mon., June 27, • The Wild Thornberrys Movie Sat., York Independent | June 23 - 29, 2011 | Page 22 Jonesin’ Crosswords “Back and Forth and Back” — initially, there’s a pattern. By Matt Jones

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Velma SIGNS OF LIFE All quotes are from Magic by the he couldn’t help that, could he? And see, we might just as well not have did before?” Pay attention to your to sneeze. The pirates jumped. So did Lake, by Edward Eager, born June besides, it was interesting. Do the gone at all!” You may have trouble units of measurement. the four children. Your best laid plans 20, 1911. best you can with the information you seeing the point of things, but it’ll Aries (March 21 – April 19) “Will may need to be revised on the fly. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) You didn’t ask for. become apparent eventually. we see you again?” Jane called. “Not Gemini (May 21 – June 20) But all know what going swimming is Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) The Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) if I see you first,” were the parting two hours in a model-T Ford with like, and it is even better when it’s next morning after breakfast (and “Ha!” said the turtle. “That’s what words of the turtle. “Try not to call those you love best and their lug- your first swim from your own pri- after bedmaking, dishwashing, and you think. And a lot you know about unless it’s absolutely necessary.” vate beach in the first lake you’ve ever other dull details, but I prefer not to it. But of course you couldn’t be sen- And it swam away. Keep a relaxed gage is enough to try the patience of stayed at. You’ll enjoy a first time at a mention them, as who wouldn’t?), the sible, could you, and order magic by approach to your relationships. a saint, and the four children, while new activity. four children went down to the shore. the pound, for instance, or by the day? Taurus (April 20 – May 20) bright and often quite agreeable, were Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) “What Do your chores before you head out Or by threes, the good old-fashioned Katharine, like many a more classic not saints. Don’t expect too much did you say?” said Martha. “You to have fun. way? Or even by halves, the way you heroine before her, chose this moment from people. heard me,” said the turtle. “I didn’t Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) know you could talk,” said Katharine. The turtle’s gaze softened. “The only By Dave Green “Well, now you know,” said the tur- way I know to straighten out a mess tle. And it started to withdraw into its like this,” it said, “is to go back to SU D shell again. Be open to communica- the beginning and start over.” Take 9 4 5 8 tion from new sources. advantage of a new beginning. There 4 9 Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) Mark are no do-overs, but you can learn O KU felt more desperate than ever. He from your mistakes. didn’t know what to wish, and he Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) … Fill in the grid so that every row, every 8 6 column, and every 3x3 box contains the couldn’t unwish, and at any moment and Mark looked it up and it turned digits 1 through 9. the time might stop being ripe. Slow out to be a blue-gray gnatcatcher, 4 6 1 5 Last week's puzzle answers are below down and take things one step at a which is very rare, at least at an Indi- time, and it’ll work out alright. ana lake. This wasn’t very interesting 6/16 Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) Of to anyone but Mark, but then there is 6 8 2 4 1 5 7 9 3 course, he knew perfectly well that nothing so boring as bird-watching, 5 4 9 3 7 2 1 8 6 eavesdropping is wrong, and he except to those people to whom it isn’t 1 5 3 2 1 7 3 8 6 9 5 4 2 probably should have called out boring at all. Enjoy your hobby, but and warned them, but by the time he don’t drag others into it. 2 5 3 9 7 2 4 8 6 5 1 thought of this he’d already heard so Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) “You 8 5 1 7 9 6 3 2 4 much he decided it would be embar- mean it’s really over?” said Katha- 8 2 2 6 4 1 5 3 8 7 9 rassing. And besides, he wasn’t rine. “I don’t’ believe it. It wouldn’t 9 2 6 5 8 1 4 3 7 dropping from the eaves; he was all end like this. What would be the

2011 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Syndicate, Features King by Dist. Puzzles, Conceptis 2011 4 1 5 9 3 7 2 6 8 lying obediently in his own bed, and point? Why, we didn’t learn a moral 3 7 4 9 if people would come talking right lesson, or anything! Even that would 6/23 7 3 8 6 2 4 9 1 5 Inc. Syndicate, Features King by Dist. Puzzles, Conceptis 2011 Difficulty Level Difficulty Level 6/16 be an open window right next to him, be better than nothing. So far as I can Page 23 | June 23 - 29, 2011 | York Independent 3 Floors of... Music Great Food...too! Great Fun... Great Friends! 603-926-5050 • www.LaBecRouge.com • 73 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach, NH This Weekend’s Entertainment

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