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I get my The Seacoast Water Garden Club is taking a week off from its series of garden tours this Sunday, Supplies at but make plans to catch up with them next Sunday, Ann-imals! July 10, at a farmhouse in West Lebanon, Maine. Get some Sea Dogs baseball at Hadlock Field, Or cheer on the Seacoast United Phantoms, This garden features a pond with two waterfalls and 271 Park Ave. in Portland, Maine, 207-879-9500, a member of the United Soccer League’s Pre- colorful water lilies as well as surrounding grass- www.seadogs.com, this weekend when the Dogs mier Development League (PDL) Division, www. es and flowers. The tours are held most Sundays take on the NH Fisher Cats Thursday, June 30 nhphantoms.com, 603-329-9626, which plays at through July 31. Tours go from noon to 4 p.m. Every through Sunday, July 3. Games are at 7 p.m. on Portsmouth High School, 50 Andrew Jarvis Drive Sunday the tours will be held at a different garden. Thursday and Friday, 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sun- in Portsmouth. They’ll face off against the Ver- (207) 351.2777 Visit www.seacoastwatergarden.org. Admission day. Regular season games run through Sept. 5. New Location: Directly across the street mont Voltage on Wednesday, July 6, at 7 p.m. from Wild Willys, Route 1, York is $2 per garden and all proceeds benefit The York
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By Karen Plumley things. But, unlike others who will come in here and there, Alan comes in every day and It’s creamy and dreamy and keeps us has done since 1976 when we first opened. cool when it’s steamy. Ice cream is one of And he always gets two ice creams, too.” America’s favorite sweet treats, and an open Big Daddy’s opened in 1976 as part window at the local ice cream stand is a of a larger dream to build a combination telltale sign that summer is upon us. With campground, miniature golf course and ice countless variations and hundreds of loca- cream stand. Margaret was 19 at the time tions, there is bound to be an ice cream when her father, Jack Harmon (a retired flavor somewhere out there that will please pilot from Eastern Airlines), purchased even the most discerning of palates. the original 35-acre parcel of land. The ice cream stand and golf course were built Why we like ice cream first. “Dad named it Big Daddy’s because The taste of ice cream — its sweetness he was always a big man and he had eight and flavor — is one reason why people love children. Big Daddy was kind of his nick- ice cream so much. However, research has name,” Margaret said. shown that the texture of ice cream is also Unfortunately, before the campground very important. Contributing to ice cream was developed Harmon passed away. New- texture is its butterfat content. The FDA ly married, Margaret and her husband Dan regulates that in order to be considered ice took over the ice cream stand in 1986 and cream, a frozen treat needs to contain at decided to sell off the rest of the land, min- Photo courtesy Margaret O’Connell of Big least 10 percent butterfat. Super-premi- iature golf course included. Daddy’s. More area ice cream parlors “We are proud owners of Big Daddy’s and (All are at 207 area code)
um brands such as Ben & Jerry’s contain Cyan Magenta its 2.5 acres, and our plans are to continue other. People just like these classic flavors,” 16 percent butterfat. Sorbet (0 percent), Margaret said. sherbet (1 to 2 percent), soft serve (4 to the way we have been going for the last 25 Eliot years,” she said. Big Daddy’s also makes homemade ice The Daily Scoop, 811 Harold L Dow Highway, 6 percent) and gelato (3 to 8 percent) are cream pies, and some of their specialties not ice cream. Our mouths know what to 748-1790 include their uniquely popular rum raisin ice North East Ice Cream, 51 Dow Highway, expect with these other delicious treats. New flavors, old favorites cream, brownie sundaes and frozen pudding. 451-2199 Big Daddy’s has 54 flavors to choose from However, if a substance claiming to be If customers feel the need to eat something (34 of them homemade). They try new fla- Yellow Black ice cream has a butterfat content of less before dessert, they can order a Hebrew Kennebunk/Kennebunkport vors whenever customers request one they than 10 percent, it will have an unexpect- National hot dog. In addition to their home- Aunt Marie’s Ice Cream, 10 Ocean St., don’t have. Margaret’s husband Dan mixes ed and altogether unpleasant, icy texture made ice cream, Big Daddy’s purchases 967-0711 the new flavors. Recently there have been in the mouth. On the other hand, ice cream low-fat choices (such as sherbet and frozen Dairy Queen, 1 York St., 985-3050 a lot of request for fruit-flavored ice cream, with too much butterfat will be equally yogurt) and sugar-free ice cream from Rich- Dairy Scoop of Kennebunk, 17 Main St., and Big Daddy’s responded with blueberry. distasteful, having a greasy and sticky tex- ardson’s Dairy of Middleton, Mass. 985-6622 ture, somewhat like a stick of butter. They also received many inquiries for cof- fee Oreo, which is their newest flavor and Kittery Big Daddy’s one of the most popular of the nontradition- Dairy Queen, 174 State Road, 439-4949 Every ice cream parlor has a history. Take al ones. Mrs. & Me, 400 Route 1, 439-1141 Big Daddy’s of Wells, for example. A fix- “Even so, we still sell more vanilla, choc- Head north for famous cones ture in the small beach community of Maine olate, black raspberry and coffee than any Ogunquit 5 Ben & Bill’s lobster ice cream for 35 years, Big Daddy’s scoops up near- Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, 16 Main St., Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium, 66 Main 646-9043 ly 100 gallons of homemade ice cream (with What is gelato? St., Bar Harbor, 288-3281, invented Lob- Caffe Preggo, 44 Shore Road, 646-7734 14 percent butterfat) to faithful customers Gelato is an Italian ice cream with a rich his- ster Ice Cream to demonstrate to shop patrons daily in the summer season. Even though tory that begins with the ancient Romans, that their ice cream is 100 percent home- Sanford they appreciate the business at this time of who would bring ice from the mountains of made. Since its debut, Ben & Bill’s lobster Dairy Queen, 1012 (286) Main St., 324-8167 year, owners Margaret and Dan O’Connell Italy and drench it with honey. In 1550, Ber- ice cream has been featured on the Food Net- Shain’s of Maine, RR 109, 324-1449 also enjoy the slower, quieter pace of spring nardo Buontalenti of Florence was credited work’s Roker on the Road, Road Tested, and Shaw’s Ridge Farm Ice Cream, 59 Shaws and fall. with creating the modern version of gelato, The Today Show. The ice cream has a buttery Ridge Road, 324-2510 “I actually prefer the off-season at which offering his invention to the King of Spain. flavor with chunks of cooked Maine lobster time we see more of the locals. During the Gelato is known for its bright colors and meat. According to their website, hundreds South Berwick times it’s not busy, we can talk with the cus- fresh, interesting flavors. It is lighter than of visitors will taste a sample during the peak Scoop Deck, Elridge Road, 646-5150 tomers and enjoy time with them,” Margaret regular ice cream, with less butterfat and a season, and it can also be ordered online and said. higher milk content. As a result, the greasy shipped directly. Pint $8.95, quart $10.95, Wells One local, Alan Friot, is a regular custom- palate left behind by high butterfat in Amer- half-gallon $21.90. Dairy Queen, 1517 Post Road, 646-8412 er and has been since the beginning. ican ice cream is eliminated, allowing the Mount Desert Island’s Jack Daniels Moody Cow, 259 Post Road, 646-1919 “Some locals come in regularly and get nuance of flavors to be fully realized. It is ice cream and beet ginger sorbet The Scoop Deck, 6 Eldridge Road, 646-5150 the same flavor or the same item, and when very dense, weighing almost twice as much The ice cream parlor visited by none other Sundaes at the Beach, 231 Post Road, 646-5425 we see them we get the order ready even per scoop as ice cream, and is also very grat- than President Obama himself, Mount Des- before they place it,” Margaret said. “When ifying. Its texture is softer and richer and it ert Island Ice Cream of Bar Harbor makes an York isn’t quite as sweet. award-winning gourmet ice cream in surpris- Brown’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, 232 Nubble Alan comes in, though, he orders different Gelato can now be found in many areas in ing flavor combinations that its owners call Road, 363-1277 Maine, including Roly’s English Fudge at “Fearless Flavors.” Their many concoctions Goldenrod, 2 Railroad Ave., 363-2621 Big Daddy’s 24 Ocean Ave. in Kennebunkport, 604-0896, are listed on their website at www.mdiic.com. Maine Ice Cream, 1300 Route 1, 361-3149 2165 Post Road, Wells, Maine, 207-646-5454 www.englishfudge.com. Its gelato is made Coming soon will be their latest experiment, Village Scoop, 226 York St., 363-0100 Hours: daily in the summer from 11:30 fresh daily at Gelato Fiasco of Bath/Bruns- the chocolate bacon waffle cone. Visit them Wicked Good Ice Cream, 5 Main St., 351-1171 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. through Columbus Day wick exclusively with Maine-produced milk online. Mount Desert Island Ice Cream is at York Deli & Ice Cream, 449 US Route 1, weekend. and natural cane sugar. 325 Main St., Bar Harbor, 460-5515. 351-3012
Page 5 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 6 1.0 Text 1.1 Subhead 1.2 Byline A 1.2.1 Byline B 1.3 Title ARTS 1.3.1 Subtitle Traditional Maine farm is a Berwick theater icon 1.4 Listings Text 1.5 Cutline The Hackmatack Playhouse opens for the summer season 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) By Craig Robert Brown expanded and renovated the space, opening it ovations, offers good acoustics. Productions 1.6 MTW Date [email protected] as a theater in 1972. S. Carleton Guptill died are often put on without the use of micro- 1.6.1 MTW Town 15 years ago. A memorial fund was established phones and enable the cast to showcase their 1.7 Film Title The 2011 summer season marks the 40th in his name to preserve local historic loca- vocal abilities. Live band performances, usu- 1.7.1. Film First anniversary of the Hackmatack Playhouse in tions and support the dramatic arts in the area. ally at the end of the season, are set up more Graph Berwick, Maine. This year the playhouse will Keeping the space unique, S. Carleton Guptill traditionally. 2.0 Listings Header open with Ten Nights in a Barroom, the same left elements of the farm’s early life. Beams The playhouse runs as a professional the- 2.1 Venue Line production that opened the theater’s first sea- in the theater still bear the names of cows that ater, paying actors and summer staff. 2.1.1 Venue Text son. Returning to the production are some were kept in the farm’s stalls. The cows, prior For this season the playhouse is bringing 2.1.2 Venue Town of the performers from the play’s first run, to the farm’s becoming a theater, were sold as back some favorite productions of both the including owner Michael Guptill, who was a commodity. The entire farm was repurposed to staff and the patrons. child at the time and has been involved with house a stage and rooms for cast and crew. “We put on a mix of shows,” Michael Gup- the theater since. “We had a pig pen, and that area is now till said. “We’re kind of old-fashioned.” The property on which the playhouse now the actors’ dressing room,” Michael Guptill From June 29 through July 2 the 40th-anni- stands has been in the Guptill family since the said. “The slaughterhouse is now the rehears- versary production of Ten Nights in a Barroom 1600s. It was a functioning New England farm al house.” The scene shop — the space used to will run. July 6 to July 23 A Funny Thing Hap- for generations. Each member of the family, create sets — is housed in Michael Guptill’s pened on the Way to the Forum, with music to some degree, was involved with the farm grandfather’s finish shop. by Stephen Sondheim and written by Larry process. Currently Guptill sells bison meat and A cement floor was added in place of the Gelbart, will be shown. A favorite of the play- produce at a market in Boston as a main source original barn floor during the playhouse’s ini- house, Singin’ in the Rain will run from July of income. His son raises the bison on the fam- tial expansion and reconstruction. Even with 27 to Aug. 13. The romantic comedy was first Past Hackmatack productions. Courtesy photos. ily property. the changes, there is a rustic, antique feel to put on 20 years ago and the last time it ran was 6 The change from traditional farm to local the space. in 1996. audience is part of the performance,” Guptill theater brought with it a new reason for sum- “[We] bought seats from the Franklin movie “[It’s] difficult making it rain inside,” said. “That’s part of the fun: it can change.” mer visitors to stop in the area. About half the theater in Durham [New Hampshire],” Michael Michael Guptill said. summer audience is made up of summer tour- Guptill said. The theater can currently seat Closing out the season is Alfred Hitchcock’s Cyan Magenta ists. The other half comprises local patrons 218 people. During the renovation of the barn, The 39 Steps. The Tony-winning comedic The Hackmatack Playhouse who regularly come to support Hackmatack. the stage was expanded and several beams in thriller will run Aug. 17 to Sept. 3 and feature 538 School St. (Route 9), Berwick, Maine, A fire destroyed the original family barn the audience’s sight line were removed. Live four actors playing a variety of characters. 207-698-1807 in 1934. Another barn was located as a music is used during performances instead of Theater has always interested Michael Shows: Wednesday to Saturday at 8 p.m., replacement across the street. It was S. Car- the pre-recorded instrumental versions from a Guptill. He frequents plays and musical pro- Thursday matinee at 2 p.m., through Sept. 3 Tickets & Info: www.hackmatack.org leton Guptill, Michael Guptill’s father, who production. ductions often instead of films.
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THEATER Listings 335-1192, rochesteroperahouse.com Shows start at 7 p.m. on Thursdays 56 N. Main St., Rochester, N.H., • Amesbury Playhouse • Seacoast Repertory Theatre & Sundays and 8 p.m. on Fridays artstreamstudios.com Dinner Theater 125 Bow St., Portsmouth, N.H., & Saturdays. There are two matinee • BUOY 194 Main St. Amesbury, Mass., 603-433-4472, www.seacoastrep.org performances: Sat., July 30, at noon 2 Government St., Kittery, Maine, The Franks in Exeter • ONLY FOR YOU playing until July and Sun., Aug. 7, at 1 p.m. Call 603- myspace.com/buoygallery 978-388-9444 Mark and Kathleen Frank of • Booth Theater 3 at the Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., 436-2848 or go to www.prescottpark. • Bridge Gallery 13 Beach St., Ogunquit, Portsmouth, NH, 603-436-8123 on Fri- org. There is no fixed admission but a 1R Water St., Newburyport, Mass., Renaissance Glassworks in Nash- Maine, 207-646-8142, days and Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. and on $5-to-$10 suggested donation. 978-462-2740, ua are the July artists of the month boothproductions.com Sundays at 9:30 p.m. • TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM bridgegallerynewburyport.com at Exeter Fine Crafts, 61 Water St., • Firehouse Center for the Arts • THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM The opening performance for the • Centennial Hall Exeter. The Franks create both tra- Market Square, Newburyport, COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be season by the Hackmatack Playhouse 105 Post Road, North Hampton, ditional and contemporary stained glass art pieces and have Mass., 978-46-7336, firehouse.org performed through July 16 at the Sea- from Wed., June 29, hrough Sat., July N.H., centennialhall.org • Hackmatack Playhouse coast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., 2, at 8 p.m. with matinees on Thurs., • Chameleon been doing so for three decades. They also restore vintage 538 School St., Route 9, in Portsmouth. Show times are Thursdays June 30, and Sat., July 2, at 2 p.m. To 18 Liberty St., Newburyport, stained glass pieces. For the past two decades Renaissance Berwick, Maine, 207-698-1807, at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Satur- purchase tickets call 207-698-1807 or Mass., 978-463-7623, Glassworks has operated a full-service stained glass studio hackmatack.org days, at 2 & 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 go to, www.hackmatack.org. www.chameleonarts.com in southern New Hampshire. Gallery hours are Monday-Sat- • Leddy Center for the p.m. Tickets cost $20-$35. Visit www. • A FUNNY THING HAPPENED • Children’s Museum urday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sunday noon-4 p.m. There will seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472. ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM a of New Hampshire Performing Arts be an artist reception on Saturday, July 9, from 12:30 to 3:30 38C Ladd’s Lane, Epping, N.H., • SUMMER OF LOVE at Ogunquit musical comedy with music by Stephen 6 Washington St., Dover, N.H., 742- 603-679-2781 Playhouse, through Sat., July 16. Tick- Sondheim presented by the Hackmatack 2002, www.childrens-museum.org p.m. Call 778-8282. Work of Mark and Kathleen Frank. Cour- tesy photo. • The Music Hall ets can be purchased at www.ogunqu- Playhouse Wednesdays through Satur- • Connor Summers Gallery 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, N.H., itplayhouse.org or by calling 800-982- days, July 6-23, at 8 p.m. Matinees are 48 Market St., Newburyport, • Exeter Fine Crafts 9 Walker St., Kittery, Maine, 603-436-2400, themusichall.org 2787. Evening show times are Tuesday Thursdays July 7, 14, & 21 at 2 p.m. To Mass., 978-462-9196, 61 Water St., Exeter, N.H., 207-439-4209, justuschickens.net • NH Theatre Project through Thursday at 8 p.m.; Friday at 8 purchase tickets call 207-698-1807 or www.connorsummers.com 603-778-8282 • Indigo Artist Studio 959 Islington St, Portsmouth, N.H., p.m.; Saturday at 8:30 p.m.; Sunday at 7 go to, www.hackmatack.org. • Coolidge Center for the Arts • Firehouse Center for the Arts 53 Middle St., Newburyport, 603-431-6644 p.m. Matinees are Wednesday & Thurs- 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, Market Square, Newburyport, Mass., 978-500-0564, ART LISTINGS • Ogunquit Playhouse day at 2:30 p.m.; Saturday at 3:30 p.m. N.H., 603-436-6607 Mass., 978-46-7336, www.indigoartstudio.com 10 Main St., Ogunquit, Maine, and Sunday at 2 p.m. GALLERIES • Discover Portsmouth Center www.firehouse.org • Kennedy Art Gallery 207-646-5511, ogunuitplayhouse.org • IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY The Call for hours Corner of Middle & Islington • Galleries at 41 Market St, Portsmouth, N.H., • The Players’ Ring Amesbury Playhouse Dinner Theater • Abacus Gallery, streets, Portsmouth, N.H., One Washington Center 603-436-7007 105 Marcy St. Portsmouth, N.H., will put on this comedy of mistaken 213 Main St., Ogunquit, Maine, 207- 603-436-8420, Dover, N.H., 603-749-3355, • Kittery Art Association Gallery playersring.org, 603-436-8123 identity and farce Fri., June 24, through 646-0399, www.abacusgallery.com; www.portsmouthhistory.org onewashingtoncenter.com 8 Coleman Ave., Kittery Point, • Pontine Theatre Sun., July 10, with a matinee on Wed., 2 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport, Maine, • Drake Farm Books • Gallery at 100 Market Maine, 207-451-9384, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, N.H. June 29. For ticket information and 207-967-0111. Antiques & Gallery 100 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., www.kitteryartassociation.org 603-436-6660, www.pontine.org menu options, call 978-388-9444 or go • Alana Watercolor Gallery 148 Lafayette Road, North Hampton, 603-436-2818 • Lamont Gallery • Portland Stage to www.amesburyplayhouse.com. Din- 58 Cranfield St., Route 1B, 603-964-4868, drakefarm.com • George Marshall Store Gallery Phillips Exeter Academy, 25A Forest Ave., Portland, Maine, ner/showtimes are at noon/1:30 p.m. New Castle, N.H., 603-431-3726, • Drift Contemporary Art Gallery 140 Lindsay Road, York, Maine, 11 Tan Lane, Exeter, N.H., 603- 207-774-0465, portlandstage.org and 6/7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays; 7/8:30 alanawatercolors.com 7 Shapleigh Road, Kittery, Maine, 207-351-1083, 777-3461, www.exeter.edu • Prescott Park Arts Festival p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and • Art Esprit 207-438-0417, drift-gallery.com web.mac.com/mpharding • Lepore Fine Arts 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, N.H., noon/1:30 p.m. on Sunday. artesprit.org • Emporium Framing • Haley Art Gallery 58 Merrimac St., Newburyport, 603-436-2848, prescottpark.org • THE WIZARD OF OZ Prescott • Art to Art Shop & Gallery and Gallery 178 Haley Road, Kittery, Maine, Mass., 978-462-1663, • Rochester Opera House Park’s outdoor summer production 106 Main St., Newmarket, N.H., 261 Main St., South Berwick, 207-439-7612, www.haleygallery.com www.leporefinearts.com 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, N.H., will run Thursdays through Sun- 603-292-3668 Maine, 207-384-5963, • Just Us Chickens Gallery • Lucy’s Art Emporium days, from June 24 through Aug. 21. • Artstream emporiumframing.com York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 6 7 303 Central Ave., Dover, N.H., www.lucysartemporium.com • Maine Art Gallery 14 Western Ave., Kennebunk, On with the show Maine, 207-967-2803, Have a theatrical produc- www.maine-art.com ARTS • Maine Art Shows tion in the works? Or an art Yardsale 10 Chase Hill Road, Kennebunk, show? Let us know about it. Maine, 207-967-0049, Send all the information to www.maine-art.com [email protected]. • Mast Cove Galleries Mast Cove Lane & Maine Street, Kennebunkport, Maine, 603-319-1578, www.soorye.com Multi-artist exhibit through Oct. 15 207-967-3453, • Somerby’s Landing at The Red Door Pottery Studio and www.mastcove.com Sculpture Park Gallery Shop, 44 Government St., • Nahcotta West end of the boardwalk next Kittery, Maine. Call 207-439-5671 or 110 Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H., to the Black Cow Tap & Grill, visit www.reddoorpottery.com. 603-433-1705, www.nahcotta.com. Newburyport, Mass., • BOATS, BUOYS, AND GULLS • Nantucket Stock Exchange Too 978-768-3600, featuring oil paintings by Catherin 117 Water St., Newburyport, somerbyslandingsculpturepark.org Raynes at Kennedy Gallery through 978-499-0600 • Spirit of Newburyport Studio Thurs., June 30. • CECILIA MURRAY PASTEL • • New Hampshire Art 36 Liberty St., Newburyport, Associations Robert Lincoln Mass., 978-465-8855, PAINTER at the Heartwood College July 2 & 3 9-2pm Levy Gallery www.spiritofnewburyport.com of Art, 123 York St., Kennebunk, ME. 136 State St., Portsmouth, • Stone Soup Artisans Runs until July 16. nhartassociation.org/exhibitions 228 Main St., Saco, Maine, • DOUGLAS GRAZIER works Multiple antique dealers, store merchandise & more. • NH Art Association Gallery 207-283-4715, on display at the York Public Library Incredible deals not to be missed! at the Sheafe Warehouse www.stonesoupartisans.com until July 5. Prescott Park, March St. Portsmouth • Strawbery Banke Museum • FROM THE GARDEN TO THE • Newburyport Art Association 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., KITCHEN, an exhibition celebrating 65 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., 603-433-1100, Stonewall Kitchen’s 20th anniversary 978-465-8769, www.strawberybanke.org with images of landscape and harvest www.newburyportart.org • Sweethaven Studio & Gallery and featuring works of more than 30 • New Hampshire Art 25 Inn St., Newburyport, Mass., New England artists, at George Mar- Association’s Robert Lincoln 978-465-7656, shall Store Gallery in York through Levy Gallery www.sweethavenstudio.com Sun., July 10. 136 State St., Portsmouth, N.H., • Taylor’z Gallery • FROM THE GARDEN TO THE 603-431-4230 1325 1st St., York, Maine, KITCHEN, an exhibition celebrating • Northlight Gallery 207-363-0709 Stonewall Kitchen’s 20th anniversary 33 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport, • The Three Graces Gallery at the flagship store (a companion to Maine, 207-967-3320, 105 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., the exhibit at George Marshall Store www.northlightgallerymaine.com 603-436-1988, Gallery) features works using plant Birds ~ Garden ~ Home • Paradise Gallery of Kittery www.threegracesgallery.com materials and reproductions of works Cyan Magenta 64 Wallingford Square, Kittery, • Valley Artisans Artists Gallery by regional artists. 244 Us Route One, York, Maine 03909 207.363.8181 Maine, 207-703-0672 10 Goboro Road, Epsom, N.H., • GARDEN SHOW at Emporium • Portland Museum of Art 603-736-8200 Framing in South Berwick, Maine, www.BackyardBirdsandGardenFrills.com 7 Congress Square, Portland, • Walsingham Gallery throughout the summer. 070444 Maine, 207-775-6148, 47 Merrimac St., Newburyport, • GOING GREEN a show featuring www.portlandmuseum.org Mass., 978-499-4411, the members of Kittery Art Associa- • Portsmouth Art Exchange www.thewalsinghamgallery.com tion at the association’s gallery, will Yellow Black 220 State St., Portsmouth, N.H., • Worldly Goods run through Sun., July 17. 603-431-7900, 37 Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H., • GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY www.portsmouthartexchange.com 603-436-9311, EXHIBIT WATER at StoneCrop • Portsmouth Athenaeum www.worldlygoodsnh.com Gallery, 805 Shore Road, Ogunquit, 9 Market Sq., Portsmouth, N.H., • Valerie’s Gallery Maine, 207-361-4215. Runs through 603-431-2538, 26 State St., Newburyport, Mass., July 2 www.portsmouthathenaeum.org 978-499-8444, • HENRY STRATER: The Draw- • Portsmouth Museum www.valeriesgalleries.com ing Tradition, works on display at the of Fine Art • York Art Association Ogunquit Museum of American Art One Harbour Place, Portsmouth, U.S. 1 Alternate, York Harbor, through Mon., Oct. 31. N.H., 603-436-0332, Maine, 207-363-4049, • JOANNE CAMPBELL watercol- www.portsmouthmfa.org www.yorkartassociation.com ors on display at Powderhouse Gal- • Ogunquit Museum • York Public Library lery, 276 York St. in York, Maine, Bring it. of American Art 15 Long Sands Road, York, Maine, 207-351-2979. 7 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-363-2818, york.lib.me.us • THE PLASTIC OCEAN works We’ll challenge anybody’s 207-646-4909, Art events by Susan Schultz on display at the www.ogunquitmuseum.org • PORTLAND FIRST FRIDAY Ogunquit Museum of American Art insurance prices. • The Red Door Pottery Studio ART WALK free, self-guided tours through Sun., July 31. 44 Government St., Kittery, Maine, of local art galleries, art studios, • TRADITION AND EXCEL- 207-439-5671, museums and alternative art venues LENCE Highlights from the OMAA www.reddoorpottery.com on the first Friday of every month Permanent Collection, are display • River Current Studio from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 1, Aug. 5. through Mon., Oct. 31, at the Ogunquit 2 Mill Dam Road, York, Maine, Sept. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2. Museum of American Art. 207-351-3262, rosalindfedeli.com/ • THE QUESTION OF DRAWING, studioandgallery.html an exhibition featuring artists who push • Rochester Public Library the parameters of what is acceptable as Classical music 65 Main St., Rochester, N.H., drawing, on display at the Ogunquit • THE CHERRY ORCHARD Adapt- 603-332-1428, www.rpl.lib.nh.us Museum of American Art from Fri., ed from Anton Chekov and directed • Sanctuary Arts July 1, through Sun., Aug. 21. by Howard Davies at the Music Hall 117 Bolt Hill Road, Eliot, Maine, • ART SHOW The Dyer Library will through National Theater London HD. 207-438-9826, be hosting the York County Senior Thurs., June 30, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost www.sanctuaryarts.org College’s art reception on Thurs., July $27.50 ($15 for ages 18 and younger). • Saco Museum 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invit- See www.themusichall.org or call 603- & the Dyer Library ed to meet the artists and admire thir 436-3400. 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, paintings. Call 207-283-3861 or go to • FELIX HILL ORGAN on Tues., 207-283-3861, www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. July 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Merrill dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Port- • Seacoast Artists Association Openings & artists receptions land, Maine, 207-553-4363. 225 Water St., Exeter, N.H., • NANCY MARSHALL PHOTO- • AMHERST TOWN BAND will 778-8856, www.seacoastartist.org GRAPHS at the Stonecrop Gallery, perform on Sun., July 17, at 7 p.m. at • Sisters We Three 805 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, the York Beach, Maine, bandstand. New Hampshire: 800.447.3024 57 Pleasant St., Newburyport, 207-361-4215. Exhibit titled “Santee Visit www.amhersttownband.org. Maine: 800.660.3315 Mass., 978-462-4500, Light” runs July 4 through Aug. 2. • SIMON BOCCANEGRA Part of www.ChalmersInsuranceGroup.com www.sisterswethree.com the MET at The Music Hall Loft • Soo Rye Art Gallery Gallery exhibits presented in HD Sat., July 23, at 4 070335 11 Sagamore Rd, Rye, N.H., • A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN p.m. Tickets cost $17. Page 7 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 8 1.0 Text 1.1 Subhead 1.2 Byline A 1.2.1 Byline B 1.3 Title iActivitiesn for chilsidren and familiesd, woerkshops/, volounteer oppourtunitiestsi, events to keep youd healthy aend more 1.3.1 Subtitle Celebrating community 1.4 Listings Text 1.5 Cutline It’s Old Home Week in Kennebunk 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) By Karen Plumley unique night market atmosphere. Event is free. 1.6 MTW Date [email protected] • Outdoor movie on the big screen, 1.6.1 MTW Town Lafayette Park, 8:30 p.m. Bring the whole 1.7 Film Title For the first time in more than a century, family, along with blankets or chairs, to watch 1.7.1. Film First Kennebunk will look back on its humble roots a classic American favorite on the outdoor Graph and host Old Home Week, kicking off with the movie screen, courtesy of Video Creations of 2.0 Listings Header Fourth of July fireworks display at Gooch’s Kennebunk. 2.1 Venue Line Beach. Each day of the week thereafter, com- Photos courtesy of Kennebunk Free Library. 2.1.1 Venue Text munity members and guests will discover a Wednesday, July 6 2.1.2 Venue Town • Antique auto show, Garden Street, noon-3 plethora of activities around town: a chicken • Chicken barbecue at Kennebunk High p.m. A camera is recommended. barbecue, a 5K road race, a scavenger hunt, School, 5-7 p.m., rain or shine, sponsored by • Teen extreme carnival games and food, Par- a series of free music concerts, a lobster bake Kennebunk Rotary Club, will include a half- sons Field, noon-3 p.m. There will be a kids’ and a Shakespeare play are just a few of the chicken, corn on the cob, salad, cornbread ¾-mile fun run, a challenging obstacle course, festivities in the line-up. and dessert. Drive-thru/take-out service is tug-o-war, sack racing, and a hoop race. “The town of Kennebunk is reviving a available. Cost is $11. Tickets are available • Old-fashioned lobster bake, Lafayette century-old family festival, bringing people at Downing Realty, Marier’s Men’s Shop, Park, noon-2 p.m. Includes a 1¼-lb. lob- together in celebration of local artists, crafters, Kennebunk Savings (Portland Road office), ster, drawn butter, coleslaw, corn on the cob, musicians and performers,” said Amy Safford, Kennebunk Center for Dentistry, Quest Fit- etables, organic produce, meats, baked goods, chips, dinner roll and fresh watermelon slic- Chair of the Kennebunk Festivals Committee. ness, Kennebunk Water District Office, or flowers, eggs, roving and yarn, herbal soaps, es. Also available will be ham, turkey and In the 19th century, Old Home Week began as from any Kennebunk Rotarian. maple syrup, fresh/dried herbs, cheeses, pot- tuna roll-ups. Beverages and desserts are also a New England tradition for towns and villag- • Concerts in the Park, Lafayette Park, ted plants and natural artworks. Learn how to included. Enjoy the sounds of reggae band es to invite people who grew up there to come 6:30 p.m. Delta Knights will perform blues, raise chickens. No dogs. Pressure Points while dining. Tickets cost $20 back and visit their old homestead, members R&B, swing and classic rock selections. Del- 8 • Arts and crafts exhibits, vacant lot near in advance or $25 the day of the event. Roll- of their family, classmates and friends. ta Knights were winners of the 1996 Portland Kennebunk Inn, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Local artists up lunch tickets cost $10 in advance or $15 the According to Kennebunk Town Histori- Road to Memphis Blues Competition. Free. an Cathy Ostrander Roberts, Kennebunk held and crafters will have unique handmade gifts day of the event. Advance tickets available at
Cyan Magenta for sale. Kennebunk Ace Hardware or Town Hall Rec- its first Old Home Week in 1907 and although Thursday, July 7 the town only sent out 4,500 invitations, 6,000 • Live music in Plaza. Performances will reation Office (3rd floor) until July 8. • Shakespeare in the Park, Lafayette Park, guests came to partake in parades, athlet- include the MAMM Student Rock Ensembles, • Pie contest, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 3-4:30 p.m. A performance of Shakespeare’s ics and picnics. Old Home Week 1907 cost 9:30-10:30 a.m.; The Mousam River Ram- 2-3 p.m. Pies made by local residents and hilarious first play, The Comedy of Errors, $1,000 and eventually culminated in the ded- blers, noon-1 p.m.; T-Minus One, 1-2 p.m.; professional cooks. See whose pie wins the the story of Antipholus of Syracuse and his ication of the new library building, which is Lauren Hastings & Tim Garrett, 2-3 p.m.; and hearts and stomachs of the official judges. servant Dromio caught up in a comedy of mis- Chas Lester Trio, 3-4 p.m. Contact Pastor Richard Horner at pastor@ken- Yellow Black maintained today as the expanded Kennebunk taken identity. Grab a blanket, bring a picnic, Free Library. How appropriate then that one of • Scavenger hunt, Brick Store Museum Pro- nebunklutheran.org. throw away any preconceptions and bring the the most popular events of Old Home Week, gram Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. To begin the hunt, • Shakespeare in the Park matinee, 3 p.m. whole family. Free. the Library 5K Road Race, will raise funds for participants pick up an entry sheet with vin- Encore performance of Comedy of Errors. Kennebunk’s public library programs. tage images of various downtown Kennebunk • Variety show, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Local Friday, July 8 buildings. They will write the name of the cur- talent includes dancers, twirlers, gymnasts, Schedule of events • Library 5K Road Race, Kennebunk Free rent-day business/building under each vintage family skits and much more. Cost is $4, free Library, 6 p.m. The 5K run/walk will begin on image. Entries with all correct answers will be The motto of this year’s celebration, for kids 6 and younger. Hot dogs, popcorn and Dane Street. Awards will follow at 7 p.m. on entered into a drawing for prizes. “Nobody is a stranger at Old Home Week,” drinks will be for sale during the event. Call the library lawn. Registration fee is $25. On- • Downtown ribbon-cutting ceremony, Pla- adds the perfect touch. All those who wish to Paula Cluff at 985-7354 to enter. site race-day registration is from 4 to 5:45 p.m. za, 10:30 a.m. Brief history of Kennebunk visit are always welcome in the town of Ken- • Street dance, vacant lot beside Kennebunk • Cookout and Beer Garden, library lawn, downtown revitalization project and acknowl- nebunk, even during the week of Monday, July Inn, 7-11 p.m. Features the sounds of Fend- 7 p.m. Free cookout for 5K road race partici- edgement of those who made it possible, with 4, through Sunday, July 10 — Old Home Week erBender, playing classic rock with roots in pants. A nominal fee will be charged for those recognition of students whose artwork was 2011. Here is just a taste of what’s to come. different styles of blues, jazz, fusion, country, not running/walking. Participate in a 50/50 selected for downtown banners. soul and rock & roll. raffle with a variety of prizes. Bring an ID if • Family traditions parade, Main Street, 11 Monday, July 4 purchasing a beer. The Mousam River Rats a.m. The oldest person in Kennebunk, George Sunday, July 10 • Fireworks at dusk at Gooch’s Beach. will perform. Call the library at 985-2173 or Barner (106) will be leading the parade as • KBIA 20th Annual Road Race at Lord’s visit www.kennebunklibrary.org. Grand Marshall. Just like the old days, antique Point, 260 Beach Ave., 9 a.m. (Check-in 7:30 Tuesday, July 5 • Shakespeare in the Park, Lafayette Park, automobiles, handmade floats, horse-drawn a.m., children’s run 8:30 a.m.) Offering a sce- • “Windows on the Past” at Brick Store 3-4:30 p.m. An encore performance (see carriages, fire wagons, and more can be nic route, the Kennebunk Beach Improvement Museum. Art displays exhibiting Kennebunk’s Thursday, July 7) of Shakespeare’s The Com- viewed. Contact Brian Costello at 985-6890 Association will host its 20th annual 5K road history through architecture. edy of Errors. ext. 1335 to join in. race and 1K children’s fun run. Race fee is $20 • Night Market, in vacant lot beside Ken- • Petting zoo and pony rides, Parsons Field, for adults before July 7, with free T-shirts for nebunk Inn, 5-8 p.m. Check out the open-air Saturday, July 9 noon-3 p.m. Come and pat the friendly baby the first 150 registered participants. The chil- market with fresh locally grown produce and • Farmers Market, Grove Street parking goats, check out the alligators, and see a three- dren’s run is $15. Register online at www. handmade unique Maine crafts and artwork lot (next to Village Pharmacy), 8 a.m.-1 p.m. banded armadillo, tortoises, alpacas and more. active.com. for sale. Food carts and live music will create a Market will feature fresh local fruits and veg- Take a ride on the Pony X-press.
Children & Teens 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, N.H., 2300 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, ries. Call 207-283-3861 or go to www. three hours of fun and learning. Most “Lady’s Life” on Thurs., Aug. 4; “First • American Independence 603-427-1540, 603-427-1112, watercountry.com dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. cost about $23 and run from 9 a.m. Settlers” on Tues., Aug. 9; “Trapped Museum www.cityofportsmouth.com/library/ • York’s Wild Animal Kingdom • SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN to noon; call or visit the website for in Gaol” on Thurs., Aug. 11; “Cow One Governors Lane, Exeter, N.H., • Sandy Point Discovery Center Rt. 1, York Beach, Maine, DWARVES Ogunquit Playhouse chil- details. Programs include “I Spy Craze” on Tues., Aug. 16; “Wonders 603-772-2622, 89 Depot Rd., Stratham, N.H., 207-363-4911, www.yorkzoo.com dren’s production runs Sat., July 2, at With My Little Eye” on Tues., July of Weaving” on Thurs., Aug. 18; “On www.independencemuseum.org 603-778-0015, www.greatbay.org • SUMMER READING ADVEN- 10 a.m. and noon, and Sun., July 3, at 5; “Games Galore” on Thurs., July 7; the Home Front” on Tues., Aug. 23; • The Children’s Museum of NH • Seacoast Science Center TURE Dyer Library in Saco, Maine, 10 a.m. “Paper Plain and Pretty,’ on Tues., July “School Days” on Thurs., Aug. 25. 6 Washington St., Dover, N.H., 570 Ocean Blvd., Rye, N.H., will be have Murray Dellow, a native • MORNING ADVENTURE events 12; “Painting History” on Thurs., July • NOCTURNAL MAMMALS The 603-742-2002, 603-436-8043, New Zealander, telling stories from at Museums of Old York (207-363- 14; “Alphabet Arts” on Tues., July 19; Great Bay Discovery Center will dis- childrens-museum.org seacoastsciencecenter.org his homeland on Fri., July 1, at 11 4974, www.oldyork.org) in York, “Colonial Cooking” on Thurs., July cuss live nocturnal mammals on Wed., • Portsmouth Public Library • Water Country a.m. A craft will accompany his sto- Maine, offer children of various ages 21; “Sailors of Sea” on Tues., Aug. 2; July 6, at 6:30 p.m. Call 603-778-0015
York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 8 9 or go to www.greatbay.org. bour School, 50 Clough Drive in Ports- Maine, 207-967-2751, www.portsmouthathenaeum.org • COCHECHO ARTS FESTIVAL mouth, N.H. See www.pccrrs.org. www.kporthistory.org • Portsmouth Harbour Trail TUESDAY CHILDREN’S SERIES • Isles of Shoals Steamship www.pbhtrail.org, 603-431-2768 presents child-friendly events on six MUSEUMS & TOURS Company Cruises • Portsmouth Historical Society Celebrate Tuesdays, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., • American Independence 315 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., www.portsmouthhistory.org the 4th in Dover’s Henry Law Park (60 Museum 800-441-4620 • Portsmouth Public Library Washington St.). Bring blankets and One Governors Lane, Exeter, N.H., • Jackson House 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, N.H., Looking for folding chairs. On July 5, Little Red 603-772-2622, 76 Northwest St., Portsmouth, N.H. 603-427-1540, some Inde- Wagon (www.unh.edu/theatre-dance) www.independencemuseum.org 603-436-3205, cityofportsmouth.com/library/ pendence presents the classic fairytale “Jack and • The Brick Store Museum www.portsmouthhistory.org • Rundlet-May House Day weekend the Beanstalk”; this 45-minutes play 117 Main St., Kennebunk, Maine, • John Paul Jones House 364 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., excitement? is for the pre-K to grade three audi- 207-985-4802, 43 Middle St, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-7531 ences, but all ages can enjoy it. Other www.brickstoremuseum.org 603-436-8420, • Saco Museum & Nonantum shows: vocalist Jody Gourlay on July • Counting House Museum www.portsmouthhistory.org the Dyer Library Resort, 95 Ocean 12; musician Wayne from Maine on Main and Liberty streets, South • Kittery Historical and 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, Ave. in Ken- July 19; Todd Wellington, the King Berwick, Maine, Naval Museum 207-283-3861, nebunkport, will feature a lobster bake and buffet dinner at 6 of Silly, on July 26; magician BJ 207-384-0000, www.obhs.net 200 Rogers Road, Kittery, Maine, www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org p.m., with a concert at 7:30 and fireworks at 9 p.m. For reserva- Hickman on Aug. 2, and musician • Cushing House Museum 207-439-3080, • Sayward-Wheeler House tions, call 207-967-4050. The event costs $60 per person, $25 for Marcus Gayle on Aug. 29. See www. and Garden www.kitterymuseum.com 79 Barrell Lane, York, Maine, cochechoartsfestival.org/schedule. 98 High St., Newburyport, Mass., • Moffatt-Ladd House & Gardens 603-436-3205 children under 12 and no cost for children under 4. Visit www. aspx. In case of rain, Children’s Series 978-462-2681, newburyhist.com 154 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., • Seacoast African American nonantumresort.com. performances may be moved inside to • Custom House 603-436-8821, moffattladd.org Cultural Center If for you July 4 means fireworks, there are lots of chances to the Dover City Hall Auditorium at 288 Maritime Museum • Museum of Lighthouse History 135 Daniel St., Portsmouth, N.H., catch them. York Beach will have fireworks on Saturday, July 2, at Central Ave. 25 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., 2190 Post Road, Wells, Maine, 603-430-6027, saacc-nh.org 9 p.m. (York Harbor) and Sunday, July 3, at 9:30 p.m. (Ellis Park). • MUSTER DAY! The American 978-462-8681, www.thechmm.org 207-646-0245 • Seacoast Trolley Museum Independence Museum will be hold- • Discover Portsmouth Center • Museums of Old York 195 Log Cabin Road, Also on Sunday, head south to Portsmouth for fireworks at South ing Muster Day for ages 7 to 11 on Corner of Middle & Islington York, Maine, 207-363-4974, Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967- Mill Pond across from City Hall at 9:15 p.m. And on Monday, Sat., July 9, from 10 to 3 p.m., where streets, Portsmouth, 603-436-8420, www.oldyork.org 2800, www.trolleymuseum.org July 4, see fireworks on Hampton Beach at 9:30 p.m., Kennebunk the children will learn the life of a www.portsmouthhistory.org • Nott House • Star Island Corp. Beach at dusk and Ogunquit’s main beach at 9:15 p.m. Revolutionary War soldier, including • Fuller Gardens 8 Main St., Kennebunkport, Maine. 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., Or take a cruise to catch the fireworks. The MV Thomas march and drill, and creating decora- 10 Willow Ave., North Hampton, • Ogunquit Heritage Museum 603-430-6372, www.starisland.org tions for your uniform. They will then 603-964-5414, fullergardens.org 86 Obeds Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, • Strawbery Banke Museum Laighton will take passengers though Portsmouth Harbor and escort General George Washington in • Gundalow Project 207-646-0296, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., the Piscataqua River to York Harbor on Saturday, July 2, launch- the American Independence Festival. 60 Marcy St., Portsmouth, N.H., www.ogunquitheritagemuseum.org 603-433-1100, strawberybanke.org ing from the York Harbor Reading Room. Boarding starts at 6:30 Reservations are necessary; $50 per 603-433-9505, gundalow.org • Ogunquit Museum of • USS Albacore p.m. and the cruise will last from 7:30 to 11 p.m. with DJ RYZ child. Call 603-772-2622 or go to • Hamilton House Modern Art 600 Market St. Portsmouth, N.H., spinning on the main deck. Tickets cost $26 for top deck and $16 www.independencemuseum.org. 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick, 183 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, 603-436-3680, ussalbacore.org for general admission. Call Isles of Shoals Steamship Company, • MASON’S DAY The Strawbery Maine, 207-384-2454, 207-646-4909 • Warner House Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H., www.historicnewengland.com • Perkins Cove Lobster Tours 43 Middle Road, Portsmouth, N.H., 315 Market St. in Portsmouth, at 800-441-4620. will be celebrating Masons on Sat., • Historic New England and Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 603-436-5909, warnerhouse.org • Wentworth-Gardner/Tobias 603-742-1038, July 9. The event will include scaven- Governor John Langdon House 207-646-7413 • Wells Auto Museum Lear Houses woodmaninstitutemuseum.org ger hunts, face painting, magic shows, 143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, N.H., • Prescott Park Route 1, Wells, Maine, 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth, Events Cyan Magenta balloon artists, and a cookout with free 603-436-3205, Marcy St., Porstmouth, N.H., 207-646-9064 603-436-4406, • FOUNDERS DAY The Seacoast food. Call 603-668-8744. www.portsmouthhistory.org www.prescottpark.org • Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion www.wentworthgardnerandlear.org Trolley Museum will be celebrat- • HARBOUR TRAIL 5K ROAD • The History Center • Portsmouth Athenaeum State Historic Site • Woodman Institute Museum ing Independence Day as well as the RACE & KIDS’ FUN RUN on Sat., of Kennebunkport 9 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, 182 Central St., Dover, Museum’s birthday on Sat., July 2. July 9, at 9 a.m. starting at Little Har- 125-135 North St., Kennebunkport, 603-431-2538, 603-436-6607, nhstateparks.org Yellow Black
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Page 9 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 10 1.0 Text 1.1 Subhead 1.2 Byline A INSIDE/OUTSIDE 1.2.1 Byline B Wheels on your feet 1.3 Title Skating the Seacoast, summer-style 1.3.1 Subtitle 1.4 Listings Text By Bridgette Springer Sept. 2: Monday through Saturday noon to located next to the Newington mall. Roll- [email protected] 1.5 Cutline 8:45 p.m., and Sunday noon to 5:45 p.m. The er Skate New England (29 Fox Run Road, 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) park runs sessions in approximately three- Newington, 431-2267, wwwrollerskate- 1.6 MTW Date Rye Airfield (170 Layfayette Road, 964- hour time slots during these times. Prices are newington.net) is where visitors can enjoy 1.6.1 MTW Town 2800), home to all things skateboarding and $12 per session for non-members during the roller skating under colorful strobe lights 1.7 Film Title just minutes from the coast, is housed in an week, and $14 per session on weekends. The with music. A game room and a restaurant unassuming yellow hangar-like building 1.7.1. Film First cost for a full-day pass is $33. Be prepared to are on the premises. The summer public skate tucked at the side of Route 1 in Rye, N.H. A Graph fill out a waiver and equipment policy upon sessions are on Wednesdays, all ages, from 2.0 Listings Header large red and black sign alongside the road arrival at the skate park. Equipment rental is 2 to 4 p.m., cost is $5, and roller skate rent- 2.1 Venue Line is the only indication there is a skate park in available for out-of-town visitors or those al is free. Inline skates are available for $1.50 2.1.1 Venue Text the vicinity. just looking to try out some new equipment. on this day. 2.1.2 Venue Town The airfield is a dedicated warehouse for Helmets are $3, elbow or knee pads are $3, On Friday and Saturday nights the rink skateboarders and BMX riders to test their skateboards, inline skates or BMX bike is just is open from 8 to 10:30 p.m., for all ages, skills without interruption on plenty of ramps, $10, and a pad and equipment package is $15. admission is $6, roller skates are $1.50, and rails,, and other devices sure to thrill. The Deb Shore, mom to an eight-year-old on inline skate rental is $3. Private parties are skate park has become a popular spot for the Seacoast, has taken her son to the airfield also available; call ahead for reservations. tweens and teens in the area, and even parents countless times. are familiar with the park as they are perpet- “There is a high level of activity and the Summer ice skating ually dropping their kids off for skate time, instructors are very helpful when it comes to If you are looking to cool off or want to or trying tricks themselves on the floor of the lessons,” Shore said. “My son just thinks it is practice some hockey maneuvers while on 50,000-square-foot warehouse-like building. terrific and is thrilled with the ramps and rails vacation, try The Rinks at Exeter (40 Indus- that resemble a small net without the mesh If you are looking for something to do for skateboards. The fact you can have birth- trial Drive, Exeter, 775-7423). Peter Tufts, to push around the rink while you get your this summer, numerous weeklong camps day parties there is a plus too. Overall, I like facilities manager, said the rink has regular bearings. are being offered and overnight excursions the fact it’s a kid-friendly environment, where hours this summer and plenty of activities If the ice is giving you a chill, the outdoor are available for those who really want an 10 they can experiment with skateboarding and taking place. batting cages are open at the same time as the in-depth skateboarding experience. From mountain biking in a contained environment “We have so many options,” Tuft said. rink during daylight hours. Cost is $15 per Wednesday July 6, through Friday, July 8, where they can have fun with their peers.” “They include summer camps and clinics, half hour, $10 for each additional lane, and there is a three-day skate/BMX combo day public skating, stick practice, hockey leagues, $1.25 for 15 balls. Dining is available at the Cyan Magenta camp for kids ages 6 through 10. Addition- Roller skating figure skating, and parties.” In fact the rink is Power Play Café, which is a full-service res- al camps are offered through Aug. 26. Camps If skateboarding isn’t for you, there are so busy it is best to visit the website at www. taurant, and there is a hockey pro shop on include one-on-one instruction, competition other options on the Seacoast for those who therinksatexeter.com for an accurate calendar site as well. For further entertainment, try the and daily free skate. On Monday, July 4, the want to skate, but not necessarily while on of events and open skate time. The price for Elite Sports workout facility. park will be closed for the holiday. the down slope of a concrete ramp. Not very ice skating is $6 and $3 for rentals. If you Summer hours are effective through Friday, far from Rye is an indoor roller skating rink are new to ice skating, there are push carts Yellow Black
Many trolleys will be taken out for per person, $2 per child. exhibit. Call 207-967-2712 or go to • FIRE ON THE WATER: Ports- www.trolleymuseum.org. mouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly • AN AMERICAN CELEBRA- Confederate Raider Alabama, is on History at the From family fun to TION Strawbery Banke Museum will display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum movies outdoor adventure be hosting an old-fashioned Fourth of in Portsmouth through Sat., Sept. 17. July celebration, complete with wagon Call 603-431-2538 or go to www. Get a history les- Do you have a summer parade, kite flying, garden crafts, live portsmouthathenaeum.org. son at the movies this event on the horizon? Let music, basket weaving and more. • “FITZ JOHN PORTER: Civil War weekend. The Music us know about it. Send all Tickets $15. Event will go from 10 Hero or Coward?,” an exhibit about Hall, 28 Chestnut St. the information, as well as a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mon., July 4. Call the Civil War soldier born in Ports- in Portsmouth, 603- a way to contact you, to 603-433-1100 or go to www.straw- mouth, is on display through Mon., 436-2400, www. [email protected]. berybanke.org. Oct. 31, at the Strawbery Banke Museum in the Rolland Gallery. The themusichall.org, is Exhibits exhibit includes a music and lecture screening The Conspir- • CITY OF THE OPEN DOOR: series, a daily walking tour and more. ator (PG-13, 2011) on HARRY S. HARLOW The Discov- • GOVERNOR JOHN LANGDON Friday, July 1, and Saturday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. The movie 646-4909. um in the U.S. The museum is open er Portsmouth Center will be hosting HOUSE in Portsmouth, N.H., is a tells the story of the trial of Mary Surratt and others accused • MARITIME PORTSMOUTH 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through an exhibit of 52 panels featuring the national historic landmark featuring a The Discover Portsmouth Center will Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur- doorways to significant Portsmouth Georgian mansion where John Lang- of participating in the assassination of President Lincoln. It’s a be hosting an exhibition through Aug. day through Sunday. Admission is properties. The exhibit is ongoing. don resided. Open Friday through solid courtroom drama that feels like Law & Order: Civil War. 31. The exhibit will feature a collec- $5. Call 207-594-3301 or go to www. Call 603-436-8420. Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission Then on Sunday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 5, at 7:30 p.m., tion of 200 paintings and artifacts. lighthousefoundation.org. • CLARISSA The Custom House is $6. Call 603-436-3205. even earlier history is on the schedule with Cave of Forgotten Call 603-436-8420. • THE NOTT HOUSE Located Maritime Museum in Newburyport • HAMILTON HOUSE in South Dreams (NR, 2011). This Werner Herzog documentary looks • MODEL SHIP EXHIBITION The in Kennebunkport, Maine, the Nott is hosting an exhibition from through Berwick, Maine, is a national historic Custom House Maritime Museum is House is open for tours Thursday June 30 of Clarissa, a woman who landmark overlooking the Salmon at cave paintings in France that are tens of thousands of years hosting an exhibition through Aug. through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat- served during WWII in the SPARs. Falls River. Open Wednesday through old and thought to be some of the earliest human artwork. 28. The exhibition will feature a clip- urday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday 1 Call 978-462-8681 or go to www.cus- Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is in N.H. and Maine. Open June through of the events that shaped the town. per and merchant ship models. Call to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Call 207- tomhousemaritimemuseum.org. $8. Call 207-384-2454. October on the first Saturday of the Open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. 978-462-8681 or go to www.custom- 967-2751 • COUNTING HOUSE MUSEUM • IMPRESSIONS OF A WORLD month. Tours 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. to 4 p.m. Call 207-967-2751. housemaritimemuseum.org • THE QUESTION OF DRAW- in South Berwick, Maine, offers a per- TRAVELER The Brick Store Muse- Admission $5. Call 603-436-3205. • KITTERY HISTORICAL AND • MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE & ING exhibit will be at the Ogunquit spective on life along the seacoast. It is um in Kennebunk opened an exhibit • JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE NAVAL MUSEUM Located in Kit- GARDENS Located in Portsmouth, Museum of American Art from July 1 open July through September, Satur- of Edith C. Barry. The exhibition will Located in Portsmouth, N.H., the John tery, Maine, the museum features ship N.H., the Moffatt-Ladd House is a to August 21. The exhibit features art- days and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Admis- include photographs, souvenirs, cos- Paul Jones House features artifacts models, guns, shipyard and submarine national historic landmark. The house ists who push the parameters of what sion is free. Call 207-384-0000. tumes, and written word. Call 207- from the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of memorabilia, and lighthouse artifacts. is furnished as it was in 1763. Tours go is acceptable as a drawing. Call 207- • DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Historic 985-4802 or go to www.brickstore- 1905 and from John Paul Jones, an Open June to October 10 a.m. to 4 for an hour and are held Mon through 646-4909. and Contemporary Images of the museum.org. American Naval Hero. Open 7 days a p.m. Call 207-439-3080. Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 • RUNDLET-MAY HOUSE Located Wentworth-Gardner House, is on dis- • JACK LEVINE The Ogunquit week 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $6. • THE LINEAGE OF EXPRES- to 5 p.m. House and garden Tours are in Portsmouth, N.H., the Rundlet-May play through July 31 at 50 Mechanic Museum of American Art will be hav- Call 603-436-8420. SIONISM The Ogunquit Museum $6. Call 603-436-8221 or go to www. House is open for tours on the first and St., Portsmouth, N.H., featuring ing the Jack Levine exhibit from Aug. • KENNEBUNKPORT HISTORY of American Art will be having the moffattladd.org. third Saturdays through Oct. 15. The the photography by Wallace Nut- 4 to Oct. 31. Call 207-646-4909. CENTER Located in Kennebunk- “Aronson to Aronson: The Lineage of • MUSEUM OF LIGHTHOUSE tours run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and ting, work from the MMA, and local • JACKSON HOUSE Located in port, Maine, the history center is com- Expressionism” exhibit from Aug. 27 HISTORY Located in Rockland, admission is $6. Call 603-436-3205. photographers Geneve Hoffman and Portsmouth, N.H., the Jackson House is prised of five buildings featuring arti- to Oct. 31. The exhibit features art from Maine, the Museum of Lighthouse • SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE Philip Case Cohen. Admission is $5 the oldest surviving wood frame house facts, memorabilia and presentations David Aronson and his son. Call 207- History is the largest lighthouse muse- Located in York Harbor, Maine, The York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 10 11
Honest Food at an Honest Price! INSIDE/OUTSIDE Let us Family events for this weekend Independence Day fun and Magic Mirror plus some and artists, as well as live Design Visitors and locals alike new faces. All tickets are music and wholesome, nat- will have plenty of oppor- $10. Call the box office or ural foods in the food tent. Ticketmaster at 800-982- The fair, which is a fund- and Print tunities to see the bombs bursting in air this week- 2787 or visit the website. raiser for the holistic K-8 end. The following are • Join friends at the York school, is being held on the LUNCH! some locations that will be Public Library (15 Long Village Green on Ocean at Common Man Portsmouth Sands Road, York, 207-363- Ave., Kennebunkport. Rain Your holding Independence Day fireworks celebrations: 2818, www.york.lib.me.us) date is Sunday, July 3. Call • Kennebunk, Monday, for a movie during the the school to learn more. Rack July 4, at dusk at Ken- Summer Film Series. On nebunk/Gooch’s Beach. Sunday, July 3, at 7 p.m., Indoor fun the Oscar-nominated ani- • York Beach, Sunday, • Keep reading with lit- Cards mated film The Illusionist July 3, 9-10 p.m. at Short tle ones during the summer will be showing. This mov- Sands Beach. Rain date is months. Attend the pre- ie tells the story of an aging Free color on both sides July 4. school story hour at York magician who takes his out- • Ogunquit, Monday, Public Library (15 Long 50% thicker cardstock dated stage act from Paris July 4, at 9:15 p.m. at Main Sands Road, York, 207-363- Free UV coating to Scotland, where his kind- Beach. Also, DJ Jaz will 2818, www.york.lib.me.us) ness inspires a naive young All for $121 for 1,000 cards spin tunes from 7 to 9:10 on Friday, July 1, at 10:30 maiden to tag along with (add $25 for design work) p.m. a.m. Join library staff for him in a coming-of-age sto- • Sanford, Sunday, July stories, songs, finger plays Monday–Saturday at 11:30 a.m. ry for both characters. The 3, at 9 p.m. at the pond by and crafts appropriate for Sunday w/brunch specials at 11 a.m. Call 603-625-1855, Ext. 25 movie is in French with Riverside and Emery Roads. children ages 3 to 5. Free. subtitles, so audience mem- Join us for... for more information or to Rain date is July 5. • Families can check bers must be old enough to out the Seashore Trolley Bacon Wrapped Shrimp, Rock Crab Cakes, place an order read. Rated PG for themat- Museum, 195 Log Cab- Lobster Salad Sliders, Fresh Mussels, Family shopping ic elements and smoking. 80 in Road, Kennebunkport, Lobster Macaroni & Cheese, Wild Salmon, • The Gateway Farmers’ minutes. Cost is free. Homemade Desserts and more! Cyan Magenta Market (at York Chamber and see a collection of more than 250 transit vehicles. of Commerce, 1 Stonewall PORTSMOUTH: 96 State Street, (603) 334-6225 Art in motion Founded in 1939, the muse- Printing Lane, York) is a place where Directions, menus, gift cards & Co. Store: theCman.com 49 Hollis St., Manchester families will find a huge • Families might enjoy um is the oldest and largest 070614 SPEC-1.8V selection of local fresh pro- checking out the Skate- electric railway museum in duce and artisans’ wares. board Art Show on the world. Cost is $8 per Sponsored by Stonewall Saturday, July 2, from 7 to 9 adult, $6 for seniors, $5.50 Yellow Black Kitchen, the market boasts p.m. at River Tree Arts (35 for children 6-16, free for homemade cupcakes, wood- Western Ave., Kennebunk, kids 5 and younger. Call works and even doggie 207-967-9120, www.river- 207-967-2712. treats. It’s open on Saturday, treearts.org). See how 50 • Enjoy some educational July 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. local accomplished art- family fun at the Museums Cost is free. ists have transformed blank of Old York (Visitor Center, skateboard decks into thrill- 3 Lindsay Road), York. The ing works of art. There Early Settlement exhibit at See a show is something for art and the Visitor Center at Remick • It’s Snow White’s wed- skateboard enthusiasts of Barn has a wealth of items ding day at the Ogunquit all ages. The skateboards on display dating as far back 11 Playhouse (Route 1, Ogun- will be auctioned off at as the early 1600s. Kids can quit, 207-646-5511, www. the event, and all proceeds enjoy an interactive archae- ogunquitplayhouse.org). A will go toward building a ological dig, “What is this?” unique spin on the classic new concrete skate park in object puzzlers, and a dress- tale Snow White and the Kennebunk. up costume area, while Seven Dwarfs will be pre- • Peruse the 36th Annu- grown-ups learn about trade, sented on Saturday, July al Craft Fair hosted by religion and warfare in York 2, 10-11 a.m. or noon, and The School Around Us (281 & southern Maine during Sunday, July 3, 10-11 a.m., Log Cabin Road, Arun- the settlement years of 1631 in the children’s theater. del, 207-967-3143, info@ to 1745. Open on Friday & Snow White’s seven eccen- schoolaroundus.org, www. Saturday, July 1 & 2, from tric friends recount the story schoolaroundus.org) on Sat- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The muse- of meeting the princess-to- urday, July 2, from 9 a.m. um is closed on Sundays. be. This family-friendly tale to 4 p.m. On display will Visit www.oldyork.org for features familiar characters be the talents of many local rates and information. including the Evil Queen and talented craftspeople Sayward-Wheeler House is a historic presented throughout the summer on Portsmouth, the Warner House is the house full of eighteenth-century rel- subjects ranging from yoga to natural earliest extant brick urban mansion in ics. Visiting hours are the second and history. Call 603-430-6272 or go to New England. The museum hours are fourth Saturdays from June 1 to Octo- starisland.org. Wednesday through Monday from ber 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and • USS ALBACORE Located in Ports- noon to 4 p.m. and the admissions admission is $5. Call 207-384-2454. mouth, N.H., the USS Albacore is a his- price is $5. Call 603-436-5909 or go • STAR ISLAND CORP. Located torical vessel worth visiting. The park is to www.warnerhouse.org. in Portsmouth, the Star Island is the open from 9:30 to 5 every day from • WELLS AUTO MUSEUM Locat- second-largest of the nine islands Memorial Day to Coloumbus Day and ed in Wells, Maine, the auto museum that make up the Isles of Shoals. Star the Admission is $5. Call 603-436-3680 is a collection of 80+ antique and Island Corp. provides retreats from or go to ussalbacore.org. classic cars. The museum is open 7 June to September. Conferences are • WARNER HOUSE Located in days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Page 11 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 12 1.0 Text and admission is $7 a person. Call 1.1 Subhead Now thru July 16 207-646-9064 or go to www.wellsau- ake a w tomuseum.com. 1.2 Byline A me t ild • WENTWORTH-COOLIDGE Lace up your 1.2.1 Byline B o tri C on peace p! MANSION Located in Portsmouth, sneakers ove , lov N.H., the Wentworth-Coolidge Man- ro e a Celebrate July Fourth with G nd sion includes an art gallery, historical musical co the . interpretations, picnics, guided tours, a road race. The Goose Rocks 1.3 Title the medy music of the ‘60s See abou and scenic views. The mansion is Beach Association is holding 1.3.1 Subtitle t se open June 20 through September 1st its 5K on Monday, July 4, at 9 1.4 Listings Text lf-dis love covery and and the Arts Gallery is open through a.m. in Kennebunkport, Maine. 1.5 Cutline Sept. 28. Call 603-436-6607 for more 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) information. Entry fee is $25. See www. 1.6 MTW Date • WENTWORTH-GARDNER grba.info. Or head to the the Four on the Fourth road race in 1.6.1 MTW Town AND TOBIA LEAR HOUSES York at 8 a.m.; see www.yorkmaine.org. Or head up to Free- 1.7 Film Title Located in Portsmouth’s historic port for the L.L. Bean Fourth of July 10K at 7:30 a.m. See South End, the houses are histori- www.llbeanroadrace.com. 1.7.1. Film First cal monuments full of architecture Graph and art and are open through Oct.16, pendencemuseum.org. www.nonesuchgolf.com 2.0 Listings Header Wednesday through Sunday from • PEASE GOLF COURSE 200 2.1 Venue Line noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. Call Fishing/sailing Grafton Drive, Portsmouth, N.H., 2.1.1 Venue Text By 603-436-4406 or go to www.went- • AL GAURON DEEP SEA 603-433-1331. 2.1.2 Venue Town ROGER BEAN worthgardnerandlear.org. FISHING State Pier at the Bride, • SABLE OAKS GOLF CLUB “...this musical reminiscence • WOODMAN INSTITUTE Hampton Beach, 603-926-2469, 505 Country Club Drive, S. Port- is well worth the trip, man.” MUSEUM Located in Dover, N.H., www.algauron.com, offering fish- land, Maine, 207-775-6257, www. – The Maine Sunday Telegram the museum features natural, local, ing trips, whale watching, fireworks sableoaks.com. and art history, including a 10-ft. cruise, pirate cruises, night fishing polar bear and dinosaur bones. The and more. Kayaking/canoeing museum is open Wednesday to • THE BUNNY CLARK, leav- • HARBOR ADVENUTRES Sunday 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., April to ing the town dock at Perkins Cove, York Harbor, Maine, 207-363- November. Admission is $6. Call Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-2214, 8466, www.harboradvventures. Starring TV’s 603-742-1038 or go to www.wood- offers deep sea fishing. com, offers sea kayak and bike tours MICHELE LEE maninstiutuemuseum.org. • CAPTAIN EDWARD CASA- along the southern coast of Maine From Knots Landing Get the hippest tix in town! ZZA, 63 Merrimac St., Amesbury, and the coast of N.H. East Coast Premiere Nature & Recreation Mass., 508-451-0431, www.coast- • PORTSMOUTH HARBOR Amusement parks aldiscoveries.com, offers sailing CRUSIES Ceres Street Dock, 64 Check it out! Go to • WATER COUNTRY 2300 Lafay- cruises. Ceres St., Portsmouth, 603-436- OgunquitPlayhouse.org ette Road, Portsmouth, NH, 603-427- • CAPTAIN’S FISHING PAR- 8084, www.portsmouthharbor.com, 12 1111, www.watercountry.com. Open TIES, 10 82nd St., Plum Island offers cruises of the harbor, Isles of -RKQ/DQH¶V 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through June Port, Newburyport, Mass., 800- Shoals and the inland river with dis- 30; then 10 a.m. through 6:30 p.m., 427-1333, www.captainsfishing. cussion of local nature and history. July 1 through Aug. 14; 10 a.m. to 6 • PORTSMOUTH KAYAK “America’s Foremost Summer Theatre” com, offering public dinner cruises, ADVENTURES 185 Wentworth Cyan Magenta p.m. Aug. 15 through Aug. 28, and full- and partial-day fishing trips 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29 through and whale-watching. Road, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-559- Rte 1, Ogunquit • Box Office: 207-646-5511 • Tix By Phone: 800-982-2787 Sept. 5. • CLIPPER FLEET at Bridge 1000. Offers tours, classes, and Tix Online: OgunquitPlayhouse.org • YORK’S WILD KINGDOM is Marina, 177 Bridge Road in Salis- rentals. 070591 a family-oriented zoo and amuse- bury, Mass., 978-465-7495, www. • SEACOAST KAYAK 210 Ocean ment park in York, Maine, that has 75 clipperfleet.com, offers deep sea Blvd., Seabrook, N.H., 603-474- animal exhibits, 18 rides for all ages, fishing and charter boats. 1025. Offers kayak rentals. and five food and ice cream stands. • EASTMAN’S FISHING &
Yellow Black The animals vary from the African WHALE WATCHING just south Mini-golf Lion to the Patas Monkey, and the of Hampton Bridge, offers full- and • BUC’S LAGOON 59 Ocean Volume site includes mini golf and a haunted half-day fishing trips and whale- Blvd., Hampton, N.H., 603-926- Discounts house. Call 207-363-4911 or go to watching. Call 603047403461 or 0888. www.yorkzoo.com. www.eastmansdocks.com. • CAPTAIN’S COVE US Route • NINTH WAVE SAILING 1, Hampton, N.H., 603-926-5011, Campgrounds CHARTERS sailing from the west smallgolf.com. Route 1 Bypass, Portsmouth • DIXON’S COASTAL MAINE end of Newburyport, Mass., board- • CASINO MINI-GOLF 169 CAMPGROUND on U.S. Route walk. Call 866-984-9283 or see Ocean Blvd., Hampton, N.H., 603- 1, Cape Neddick, Maine, 207-363- www.9thwave.net. 929-4653. 3626, www.dixonscamprground. • SEACOAST SAILING leaving • MOUNTAIN VIEW GOLF com., is open through Sept. 17. from Wentworth by the Sea marina RANGE 1569 Main St., Sanford, • SHEL-AL CAMPGROUND in Newcastle, N.H., to locations Maine 207-324-0436, www.moun- 115 Lafayette Road, Route 1, North along the New England coastline tainviewgolfrange.com. Hampton, N.H., 603-964-5730, including Isles of Shoals, York • PLAY ON FUN CENTER 506 www.shel-al.com, is open through Nubble Lighthouse, Portsmouth Route 1, Kittery, Maine, 207-439- Sept. 15. Harbor and the Piscataqua River. 7529. We Deliver #2 Fuel Oil, See seacoastsailing.com. • PUTT-A-ROUND MINIATURE Fairs & festivals • SMITH & GILMORE DEEP GOLF & RAILROAD Route 1, Kerosene, Gasoline • GREEK HERITAGE FESTI- SEA FISHING State Pier in Hamp- North Hampton, N.H., 603-964- and Diesel Fuel. VAL on Fri., July 8, through Sun., ton Beach, 603-926-3503, offers 8939. 24 Hour Burner Service July 10, at St. Demetrios Orthodox deep sea fishing charters. • RANGEWAY GOLF 167 Elm Church, Saco, Maine, 207-282- St., Salisbury, Mass., 978-462- 1567. Come to the weekend long Golf courses 8534, www.rangewaygolf.com. 100 Gallon Minimum BIO-HEAT ONLY festival celebrating homemade • CAPE NEDDICK COUNTRY • SAGAMORE GOLF CENTER Greek food, pastries, music and CLUB 650 Shore Road, Ogun- 22 North Road, North Hampton, dancing, church tours, bookstore, quit, Maine, 207-361-2011, www. N.H., 603-964-8393, sagamoregolf. MS C crafts and many activities for chil- capeneddickgolf.com. com CO OU dren. Live Greek band on Friday • DUNEGRASS COUNTRY • SCHOONER MINIATURE S P and Saturday evening. CLUB 200 Wild Dunes Way, Old GOLF 58 Ocean Road, Saco, N O • PAWLOOZA on Sat., July 16, Orchard Beach, Maine, 207-934- Maine, 207-284-6174, www.schoo- A N from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Long Hill 4513. nerminigolf.net. H 5 cent Memorial Park in Dover, N.H. • THE LEDGES GOLD CLUB • WONDER MOUNTAIN FUN Event will include 10-minute read- One Ledges Drive, York, Maine, PARK 270 Post Road, Moody, ings for $15, pet-related vendors, 207-351-3000, www.ledgesgolf. Maine, 207-646-9655, www.maine- per gallon face painting, treats and more. com family-amusements.com. Reserve your spot by e-mailing • THE LINKS AT OUTLOOK discount [email protected] or stop by on GOLF COURSE 310 Portland St., Skate park the day of the event. South Berwick, Maine, 207-384- • RYE AIRFIELD off Route 1, • AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 4653, outlookgolf.com. Rye, NH, 603-964-2800, www. FESTIVAL Sat., July 16, in Exeter. • MERRILAND FARM 545 Coes ryeairfield.com, indoor skatepark Celebrate by escorting President Hill Road, Wells, Maine, 207-646- and BMX track. 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And it has remained 1.7 Film Title The Maine Diner in Wells started with one that way for 28 years. garden and a store front that was open only in 1.7.1. Film First The diner now is a booming business. the off-season. Hard to believe, given that the Graph Unlike the diner of the past, the Maine Din- 2.0 Listings Header current diner can turn over 120 meals an hour er of today is open during the summer and 2.1 Venue Line with just 90 seats in the summer. has regular summer visitors from New York 2.1.1 Venue Text The first incarnation of the diner was and Canada. It serves home-cooked meals 2.1.2 Venue Town established by Louie Socrates, an Albanian using recipes that belonged to Henry’s moth- immigrant who ran a diner in Boston before er and grandmother. Produce used for meals moving to Maine. Socrates bought a large is brought in from the Henrys’ garden, located property on Route 1. It was here he began cul- on the property just as Socrates’ had been — tivating a garden, selling the produce from a though Dick Henry said with a high demand stand located on the property. Socrates took for the diner’s food, produce is often brought a garden-to-table approach, a practice that in from an outside vendor. The Socrates house, is now finding a resurgence in popularity. where all three brothers lived during the gen- As business grew, the stand became a diner. esis of the diner, is now the gift shop selling Socrates’ diner never served breakfast; lunch various items with the company logo. ran between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., with dinner When the diner opened in 1983, its menu from 4 to 7 p.m. The diner operated with one offered just four dinners. Currently the menu waitress by the name of Milly. offers a wide variety including baked or fried As boys, Bruce, Dick and Myles Henry 14 haddock (fresh haddock with homemade sea- would visit their grandmother in Wells. Orig- soned breadcrumbs, $17.95), baked stuffed inally from Nashua, N.H., the brothers grew haddock (stuffed with the diner’s own “Maine Maine Diner. Craig Robert Brown photo. familiar with the Maine seacoast and the food crabmeat” stuffing, $18.95), and fried selec- $8.95), Wednesday has beef stew with salad sometimes for 30 days straight with someone Cyan Magenta that influenced their grandmother’s cooking. tions such as fried clam strips ($11.95) and ($8.95) and baked lasagna with salad ($10.95), at the door and register, the other working in In the 1980s, the brothers returned to the fried Gulf shrimp ($13.95). The favorite din- Thursday serves a New England boiled dinner the kitchen. area to seek out an investment opportunity in ner option, enjoyed by returning locals, ($11.95), and on Fridays three seafood options “I’ll miss my brother,” Henry said. the shabby remains of Socrates’ property. Left summer visitors and former president George are available: escalloped seafood casserole Owning his own restaurant was Myles Hen- to his sisters after he passed away, Socrates’ H.W. Bush, is the lobster pie (from a fami- ($13.95), lobster stew (cup or bowl, market ry’s goal. Before going into business with his diner was in need of extensive repair and ly recipe, chunks of lobster meat mixed with price) and salmon pie ($9.95). For the week- brothers he worked at the Red Lobster. Myl- updating. Without any money, the broth- Yellow Black stuffing and then baked in a casserole dish, end: Saturday is white flannel hash ($2.95) es Henry is the creator of the Maine Diner’s ers brought in nine investors to get their own market price). and a Yankee pot roast ($10.95) and Sunday is award-winning seafood chowder. diner running. The brothers Henry moved Seafood is what customers come for, but a traditional roast-pork dinner ($10.95). Despite setbacks, and losses, the diner isn’t into Socrates’ former home, maintaining and the diner also offers traditional comfort foods. Unlike Socrates’ original diner, the Maine slowing down. Long lines form at noon for repairing the structure, the garden and the Choices include a vegetable lasagna (zucchini, Diner now serves breakfast all day and is open lunch time rushes and can last well into dinner. diner. They lived cheaply. As the diner was eggplant, tomato, onion, spinach with ricotta, year-round. The diner has garnered national media atten- readied to open, vendors came by offering the parmesan and cheddar cheese, $12.95), home- With business at a high — the parking lot tion on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins, brothers samples of food in hopes that if the made macaroni and cheese (choice of grilled was expanded three times — there are dai- and Dives hosted by Guy Fieri and the Today diner were a success, the vendors’ food would kielbasa or hamburger patty, $9.95), hot tur- ly difficulties. On one occasion this year, “In show. In 2011 it was named Yankee Maga- be used. This was often how the brothers ate in key or roast beef sandwich (served open-face three hours, the pie case went, the A/C com- zine’s Best of New England: Readers’ Choice. the early years. with potato or vegetable, $9.95) and home- pressor went, and there was a dish sink leak,” “You don’t become millionaires; you make made chili (in a French Boule and topped with Henry said. In 2010 the Maine Diner and the The Maine Diner a living,” Dick Henry said. cheddar cheese, $7.50). All meals are served Henry family suffered a greater loss when Where: 2265 Post Road, Route One Wells, It took an estimated 12 years for the diner to with a homemade corn muffin. Myles Henry passed away. Maine, 207-646-4441 break the million-dollar mark. As time passed, The Maine Diner is home to, as Henry says, Dick Henry said this year will be different Directions: Interstate 95 North, Exit 19 (for- that window grew smaller. The diner reached the original daily special. Mondays are meat- for him without his brother. “Bruce left after merly Exit 2); I-95 South, Exit 25 (formerly its second million in four years and its third loaf madness ($9.95), Tuesday choices include two or three years,” he said. After Bruce left, Exit 3) million in three. chicken ala king and shepherd’s pie (both both Myles and Dick worked side by side, Menu & Info: www.mainediner.com Pouring soda in NH Squamscot plant is state’s last indie bottler By Angel Roy by William Conner, great-great-grandfather anniversary beverage; the bottling company “So what could have been, we don’t know,” [email protected] of current operations manager Dan Conner. will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year. he said. The plant is owned by Conner’s father, Tom, During Prohibition, Conner said, the plant Conner said there were 45 independent You might imagine that a soda bottling who purchased the family business from his focused on bottling soda only. bottlers in New Hampshire during the heyday plant would stand out like a sore thumb father, Alfred Conner Jr., in 1979. Conner Conner’s great-grandfather Alfred Con- when Coca-Cola and Pepsi were smaller enti- among the old white-sided houses lining officially joined the family business in 1997. ner Sr., who took over the family business, ties. Conner Bottling Works remains the last Exeter Road in the small town of Newfields, “As fate would have it, I was supposed to first produced Connermade orange soda in independent bottler in the state. but it is easy to miss the turn into Conner Bot- be here,” he said. the early 1900s. In 1926 the company also “We managed to hang on,” Conner said. tling Works. William Conner first opened a plant to bottled from Pepsico. The name of the small- In addition to the ever-expanding line of Squamscot Old Fashioned Beverages are bottle beer made by a brewery in Plymouth. town-made soda was changed to Squamscot soda flavors, the bottling plant has kept up made and bottled at an old two-story gray The first soda made by William Conner was in the 1930s, as many places in the area with the times by switching to a thinner glass and white barn tucked behind one of those called “Spruce Beer,” Conner said, noting were also starting to bear the same name. bottle in 1996, when recycling began to take large farmhouses. A small white sign sprouts that he has no idea what the unique-named “I don’t know the significance of Squamscot off. The plant used to put soda in returnable from the ground at the start of the driveway beverage tasted like. He is working with a to the area,” Conner said, adding that glass bottles that were refilled for customers. to greet visitors. This is where the plant has company to develop a flavor so that he can the agreement with Pepsi was eventually The soda is based on a sugar water that is been in operation since it was opened in 1863 market Spruce Beer as the company’s special dissolved. York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 14 15 Shore Road FOOD FOOD Restaurant
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Soda bottles being filled at Conner Bottling Works in Newfields. Angel Roy photo. pumped up to the second floor of the plant, sell out of Mistletoe Mist by Christmas, if where flavors are added. The plant does not not soon after.” make its own flavoring syrups but instead Root Beer has emerged as the most pop- $ALE$$ALE$ WILLWILL BEBE DONATED DONATED orders them from five flavor houses — some ular Squamscot soda, along with Raspberry EQUALLYEQUALLY TOTO YORK’SYORK’S that have been with the company since it was Lemon, Cream Soda and Birch Beer, which 207-774-9460 D.A.R.ED.A.R.E. PROGRAM PROGRAM & owned by Conner’s grandfather — to ensure has a wintergreen flavor, Conner said. 100 Commercial St., & YORK’S PROJECT a consistent product. It also allows Conner Bottling is done five hours a day at the Portland, ME YORK’SGRADUATION PROJECT to note ingredients for food allergy aware- plant but visitors wishing to see the pro- GRADUATION ness and to use a tracking system to recall his cess are asked to call ahead to ensure that the 603-669-9460 ALSO, COME TRY OUR products if need be. Citric acid is added to machine will be running. 62 Lowell St., DELICIOUSHRS: Mon. thru fAMOUS Thur. 6am - f4pmRIED Cyan Magenta Fri. & Sat. SEA6am - f6pmOODS • Sun.! 7am - 3pm each soda as a preservative. Manchester, NH One thing that has not changed about the Call for hours207.363.6533 open • 207.363.6533 www.gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com plant is its equipment. Soda is still bottled 070505 RT.RT. 1A, 1A, ShoreShore Rd., YorkYork Beach Beach 062746070352 using a pressure filler machine purchased Conner Bottling Works by Conner’s great-grandfather in 1938 that 120 Exeter Road, Newfields, 772-3376, www. nhsoda.com bottles and caps the soda after it has been Yellow Black Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 carbonated. p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Closed Sunday. Over the past three to four years, Conner Call for bottling schedule. said, the company has expanded beyond its niche in the Seacoast and is now offering its ROOSTROOST CAFE & BISTRO Find Squamscot sodas at Jerry’s Variety, 11 BREAKFASTBREAKFAST ~ LUNCH ~ SUNDAY BRUNCH sodas across the state. The plant makes and Water St., and Zampa restaurant in Exeter; THUTHU - SUN 8AM - 2PM • DINNER THU - SAT 5 - CLOSE bottles 27 varieties, plus Misletoe Mist, a fla- Maine-ly New Hampshire and the Portsmouth vor that is only offered in limited quantities Brewery in Portsmouth; Village Market in during the holiday season. Hampton Falls; Durham Marketplace in THROWBACK THURSDAYS for $13 “It’s a pet peeve of my dad’s to see the Durham, and Hannaford Supermarkets in Coca-Cola Santa cans around Valentine’s Bedford, Concord, Dover, Hampstead, Keene, Day,” Conner said. “We try to make sure we Manchester, Meredith and Raymond. 15
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As with with angostura bitters in the base of a flute, Rathbun’s book features beautiful photogra- 1.5 Cutline [email protected] the selection of a wine for cooking, the wine followed by a small amount of cognac and phy and delightful anecdotes and histories of 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) should be of a quality that you would drink by topped off with champagne. One recipe that the wine cocktail recipes. When raspberries are 1.6 MTW Date In Europe, wine has a long tradition of being itself. A gift wine that is perfectly good but too caught my attention was a Vanilla-Pear Mimo- in season, try Papa loves Mama. Prefer straw- 1.6.1 MTW Town used as a component in cocktails. Most Amer- dry or sweet for your palate might shine in a sa that incorporates vanilla vodka and pear berries? Maibowle might tickle your fancy. 1.7 Film Title icans think of Mimosas (champagne and fresh wine cocktail. In fact a sweeter wine like Ries- nectar with Prosecco. Kim Haasarud has com- Malbec can be transformed into Lord Charles. 1.7.1. Film First squeezed orange juice) as a brunch alternative ling is versatile in cocktail recipes. piled 101 Champagne Cocktails in her book A white wine spritzer embellished with lemon Graph to a Bloody Mary. Spritzers, whether made Fruit added to wine evokes memories of with that title, giving ample suggestions for and mint becomes a beguiling Refroidisseur. 2.0 Listings Header with seltzer, club soda, ginger ale or another Sangria. According to Kim Haasarud, author weddings, bridal showers, anniversary parties That leftover Cabernet Sauvignon paired with 2.1 Venue Line soft drink, can be purchased pre-made in most of 101 Sangrias and Pitcher Drinks, there are and romantic interludes. rum and lemon (don’t groan until you try it!) 2.1.1 Venue Text grocery stores. Bottled Sangria bears faint two golden rules: use fresh fruits and juices Another slim volume that caught my eye in is elevated to the status of a Bishop. Even port 2.1.2 Venue Town resemblance to the rich variety of authentic, as much as possible, and allow time for the the Used Books section of Toadstool Bookshop (white or ruby), sake, and ice wine can inspire fruity Sangria recipes. flavors to merge, preferably overnight. Plan in Peterborough is Wine Cocktails: 50 Stylish exotic concoctions. More cosmopolitan wine drinks can be ahead so that your potion has enough time to Sippers That Show Off Your Reds, Whites, and Stumped for a wedding gift? Consider a found on some cocktail menus. A Kir (made percolate. Sangrias can be made with either Rosés by A. J. Rathbun. His introduction goes lovely pitcher with matching goblets or an with white wine and crème de cassis) or Kir white or red wine — or even consider using a through the basics from ice (make sure it’s antique punch bowl and cups. Add a book of Royale (substitute sparkling wine) often starts fruit wine such as apple, cranberry or blueber- fresh) to the difference between a twist, wheel compelling recipes such as those mentioned a meal at French and Swiss restaurants. For ry as your base. Citrus fruits, apples, peaches, and wedge as a garnish. One way of chilling a above, and you just may inspire a new genera- trivia buffs, a Kir made with red wine is a Car- star fruit or fresh pineapple work well; whole cocktail (or wine) without the dreaded dilution tion of wine cocktail aficionados. dinal. Travelers to Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy berries are more fragile and should be added is to add frozen grapes, creating a lovely gar- I like wine cocktails because, although they or the Bellagio in Las Vegas may encounter a closer to the time of consumption, or employed nished effect at the same time. may utilize liqueurs, gin, cognac or other alco- Bellini (Prosecco — similar to champagne — as a garnish. Many recipes call for Simple Syrup (sug- holic mixers, they are usually lighter in style mixed with white peach puree.) Alpine skiers A cocktail made with champagne or a spar- ar dissolved in water) and the ratios vary. I than a comparable mixed drink. I admit to often end the day with mulled wine or gluwein, kling wine is in a class by itself. It evokes make Simple Syrup where 1 teaspoon of syrup being partial to Gin & Tonic on a steamy sum- 16 usually a red wine that has been warmed and elegance and sophistication. When preparing equals 1 teaspoon of sugar; adding a drop of mer’s eve. The problem is that after the second infused with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, a cocktail with bubbly, always add the spar- vodka extends the shelf life and keeps it from one I’m ready for a nap. and cloves. Some gluwein recipes involve rum kling wine last, pouring it gently over the other molding in the refrigerator. Like vodka, simple Paulette Eschrich works at LaBelle Winery and flaming sugar cubes. ingredients to avoid overflow. A classic Cham- syrup can be infused with herbs or other fla- in New Hampshire and leads a monthly wine Cyan Magenta For the modern mixologist, wine provides pagne Cocktail starts with a sugar cube doused vors to further enhance the finished cocktail. book club at WineNot Boutique in Nashua.
on Sanford Road. See www.wells- Maine. Admission and parking are farmersmarket.org. free, but chili tasting costs $5 per per- INGREDIENTS • WENTWORTH GREENHOUS- son. See www.wellschilifest.com. ES MARKET Saturdays, 10 a.m. to • JACKSON HILL CIDER DAY is 2 p.m., through Oct. 30, at 141 Rollins Sat., Sept. 10, noon-4 p.m. at Jackson Road in Rollinsford. See www.went- House, 76 Northwest St., Portsmouth, Asparagus Yellow Black worthgreenhouses.com. 436-3205. This all-ages event includes • SEACOAST MARKETS (659- crafts, music, spinning and cider- By Racheal Akers 5322, [email protected], pressing demonstrations, and crafts www.seacoastgrowers.org) See www. and refreshments for sale. The house “Eat your vegetables!” SeacoastEatLocal.org. is open for tours. Cost of admission We’ve all been told this, back in the ranges up to $6. See historicneweng- days of our youth, yet some of us still Festivals/cook-offs/expos/ land.org. parties/book events • HAMPTON BEACH SEAFOOD aren’t keen on the greens. • GREEK HERITAGE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL & SIDEWALK SALE Asparagus is one of the healthiest on Fri., July 8, through Sun., July 10, on Friday, Sept. 9. Sample the flavors vegetables available. It has no fat and no at St. Demetrios Orthodox Church, of the Seacoast at New England’s cholesterol and is extremely low in sodi- Saco, Maine, 207-282-1567. Come largest seaside festival. More than 50 um. It is also a great source of potassium to the weekend long festival celebrat- restaurants join together, offering an and fiber. The National Cancer Insti- ing homemade Greek food, pastries, extensive menu of seafood delicacies. music and dancing, church tours, Admission is $5 and all proceeds go tute conducted a test to see which foods bookstore, crafts and many activities to the Hampton Rotary. Call 926-8717 had the most glutathione (a potent can- for children. Live Greek band on Fri- or go to www.hamptonbeachseafood- cer fighter) and asparagus scored higher day and Saturday evening. festival.com. than any other food tested. • AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE • NH FISH & LOBSTER FESTI- Asparagus is a very versatile veg- BBQ on Fri., July 15, at 5 p.m. at VAL celebrates 400 years of local Exeter Town Hall, 7 Front St., Exeter. seafood with games, music, seafood- etable: it can be grilled, roasted, fried, Starts with a chicken barbecue; then tastings and more on Sat., Sept. 24, at pureed, or baked. You can try drizzling there will be music and a magic show. Prescott Park in Portsmouth. Admis- balsamic butter sauce on it, or bake it on Call 772-2622 or go to www.indepen- sion is free. See prescottpark.org. a crumbly Parmesan crust. Asparagus asparagus is almost out of season. splash dry white wine 1 or 2 garlic cloves (pressed) dencemuseum.org. • APPLE HARVEST DAY on Sat., is a great addition to pastas and com- • LOCAL ROOTS FOOD FAIR on Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in down- Asparagus Soup dill weed plements chicken deliciously. When Wed., July 20, at 1 p.m. at the Chil- town Dover. The day will feature an Shared by Hilary Niles from the Seacoast Grow- 1 cup plain yogurt dren’s Museum of New Hampshire. apple pie baking contest as well as choosing your asparagus, look for firm ers Organization In a heavy saucepan over a low-to-medium Offers a variety of area farmers and other food vendors, live entertainment stems with deep green or purplish tips. flame, saute onion and carrot in butter. Once local food purveyors’ samplings. Fea- on three stages, crafts, games, rides, For the best flavor, use your asparagus 1 onion (chopped) soft and the onions barely translucent, add tures hands-on activities for kids and a 5K road race and more. See www. 1 to 2 Tablespoons butter mushrooms and asparagus. Season generously only a day or two after you buy it. Visit with paprika and thoroughly mix it all together. coupons and information for parents. dovernh.org. the Portsmouth Farmers Market, every 1 small carrot (finely grated) $8 per person. Call 742-2002 or go to • CHILI FESTIVAL held at Prescott 1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms (shiitake are Add broth, wine, garlic and dill. Bring to a www.childrens-museum.org. Park in Portsmouth on Sat., Oct. 8, at Saturday at 8 a.m., or the Exeter Farm- great) boil then reduce to a simmer. Cook uncovered • STRATHAM FAIR July 21-24, the same time as the New Hampshire ers Market, every Thursday at 2:15 p.m., 4 asparagus stalks (trimmed and minced) 30 minutes and remove from heat. Fold in the from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Route 33. Fall Festival at the nearby Strawbery and pick up some locally grown aspara- pinch paprika yogurt, season with salt and pepper, and serve Enjoy horse pulls, tractor pulls, lob- Banke Museum (www.strawbery- gus — but don’t wait too long, because 6 cups broth immediately. ster lunch, lasagna supper, chicken banke.org). Admission to the coincid- barbecue, dunking booth, pie-eating ing events costs $15 for adults, $6 for koff as well as live music, farm animal chili festival, there will be a variety of featuring food, crafts, games, petting will be hosting a dinner on Fri., July contest, and more. Admission is $7, or children. See www.prescottpark.org/ and livestock demonstrations, crafts- local food vendors. Admission to the zoo, moonwalks. See rochestermain- 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. The dinner will $20 for a four-day pass. Go to www. chilli.cfm. people and more on Sat., Oct. 8, from coinciding events cost $15 for adults, street.org. consist of local seafood, beef, fresh strathamfair.com. • NH FALL FESTIVAL Day 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Strawbery Banke $6 for children. vegetables, and desserts of local fresh • CHILI FEST on Sat., Aug. 27, from includes presentations on heirloom Museum, 14 Hancock St. in Ports- • ROCHESTER OKTOBERFEST Chef events/special meals fruits. Reservations are required and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wells Junior High seeds, children’s garden, canning and mouth, N.H., 603-433-1100, www. will be Sept 24 & 25, from 11 a.m. • DINNER AT JEFFERDS TAV- tickets are $25 per person. Call 207- School, 1470 Post Road in Wells, food presentation talks and a chili coo- strawberybanke.org. In addition to the to 3 p.m. in downtown Rochester, ERN The Museums of Old York 363-4974.
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DRINK Red, white and green A lot of wine, a little cash In keeping with the sum- in your mouth. A refreshing mer lightening of food and drink by itself, this viogni- drink, we swapped out a red er is probably full enough to for another rosé this week. stand up to beef and barbe- The 2010 Vin de Pays cue flavors. C’Est La Vie Syrah Rosé Viognier is a French ($8.99, currently on sale for varietal and is pronouced $7.99) from France is a love- “v-on-yay.” It’s most com- ly-looking, lovely-smelling, lovely-tasting monly found in the Rhone Valley of France, wine. The wine almost looks like Kool-Aid an area also known for big bold reds. Wine — it’s a hot pink. It smells like strawberries from the Rhone Valley is regularly blend- 063522 and cotton candy, light and bright. This carries ed with Charnonnay and other floral white over to the taste, where we found bright, light grapes. Viognier is also added to the red vari- and airy flavors of berry and fruitiness that had etal Syrah to give those rugged Rhone Reds a hint of sweetness but weren’t sugary. Great some refinement. Viognier is now grown on its own, this wine would be good with rela- all over the world and can taste very differ- tively low-spice foods — cheese and crackers, ent based on how warm its growing climate popcorn — that wouldn’t overwhelm the fla- is. Australians Viogniers, for example, can be vor. After saying that, the serious wine-lover much more full and buttery than the French or tried them with some spicy barbecue almonds South American examples of the grape. and declared them a good match for that as well. Each week in “Red, White & Green,” two The 2010 Pie de Palo Viognier ($10.99) wine-lovers look at red and white wines, none from Mendoza, Argentina, is an equally pret- over $20 (and most under $15), in an attempt ty wine. This wine smelled of crisp yet round to find some great bottles for good prices. green apple. The taste had the crispness but All prices are according to the state liquor not tartness — this is a round viognier, with store (nh.liquor.state.nh.us) unless otherwise good structure that leaves a nice, clean taste
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Cooking classes/workshops 207-871-7000. York Beach, Maine, 207-361-6400, • CHEZ BOUCHER COOKING • SHIPYARD BREWING CO. 86 www.mywineysister.com. SCHOOL Chez Boucher Cooking Newbury St., Portland, ME, 207-761- School, 32 Depot Square in Hamp- 0807. Enjoy a full brewery tour on Wineries ton, N.H., 603-926-2202, www. Tuesday nights from 5:30 to 7 p.m. • CELLARS OF MAINE South chezboucher.com, offers one-day • SMUTTYNOSE BREWING Casco, Maine, 207-655-3292. 5 acres
workshops, mini-sessions, interna- COMPANY 225 Heritage Ave. in of vineyards, produces red, white, Yellow Black tional cooking, cooking with friends, Portsmouth, N.H. www.smuttynose. sweet, and sparkling wines. team-building, classes for kids, inter- com, 603-436-4026. Free tours to the • FLAG HILL WINERY AND national tours and more. public Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday DISTILLERY 287 North River • STONEWALL KITCHEN at 11 a.m. Road, Lee, NH, 603-659-2949, COOKING SCHOOL 2 Stonewall • THE PORTSMOUTH BREW- www.flaghill.com. Distillery produc- Lane, York, Maine, 877-899-8363, ERY 56 Market St., Portsmouth, es General John Stark Vodka, sugar www.stonewallkitchen.com, offers N.H., www.portsmouthbrewery.com, maple and cranberry liquor. Open evening cooking classes and demon- 603-431-1115. Free tours Thurs., Fri., year-round, Wednesday through Sun- strations, “Backyard BBQ” and “An at Sat., at 3 p.m. day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Italian Picnic” classes, classes for • WHALE TAIL BREWING CO. • JEWELL TOWNE VINEYARDS teens and kids and more. See the full 213 Saco Avenue, Old Orchard 183 Whitehall Road, South Hamp- schedule of daily classes online. Beach, Maine, 207-934-7370 ton, NH, 603-394-0600, www.jewell- • WINTERGREEN BOTANI- townevineyards.com, offers tours and CALS in Bear Brook State Park in Weekly/monthly tastings tastings, Wednesday through Friday 17 Allenstown, N.H. (603-268-0548, • ATTREZZI 78 Market St., Ports- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sun- www.wintergreenbotanicals.com) mouth, NH, 603-427-1667, www. day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. offers classes in the use of herbs for attrezzinh.com, Fridays at 3 p.m.; • PARSONS FAMILY WINERY 60 better health. See schedule online. Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Brixham Road, York, Maine, 207-363- • DOVER WINE STORE 364 Cen- 3332 Drink tral Ave., Dover, NH, 603-742-WINE • ZORVINO VINEYARDS 226 Brewerys/Distillerys/Cider (9463), on Fridays, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Main St., Sandown, NH, 603-887- • ALLAGASH BREWING CO. and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Offering 8463, www.zorvino.com, open 7 days, 100 Industrial Way, Portland, Maine, classes on various wines, go to www. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Road, Lee, NH, 603- 207-878-5385. Enjoy tastings and doverwine.com. 659-2949, tours, Monday through Friday 11 • FIDDLEHEAD FARMS MAR- • HAUNTING WHISPER VINE- a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. KETPLACE 920 Central Ave. YARDS 77 Oak Ridge Road, Dan- • REDHOOK BREWERY 1 Red- Dover, NH, 603-749-9800, every bury, NH, 603-769-7590, www. hook Way Pease International Trade- Friday until July 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. hauntingwhisper.net, Wed., to Sun., port, Portsmouth, NH, www.redhook. • NH LIQUOR STORES statewide noon - 5 p.m. May 1 - Dec. 31. com, produces Redhook ales and host wine-tastings and promotional • JEWELL TOWNE VINEYARDS features the Cataqua Public House events. See www.nh.gov/liquor/mkte- 183 Whitehall Road, South Hamp- offering brews and a pub menu. Tours vent.shtml., or call 603-230-7015 ton, NH, 603-394-0600, www.jewell- offered Monday and Tuesday at 1, 2 townevineyards.com, offers tours and & 3 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday Wine shops tastings, Wednesday through Friday at noon, 3 & 5 p.m.; Saturday every • CERES STREET WINE MAR- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sun- hour on the hour from noon to 4 p.m.; KET 65 Ceres St., Portsmouth, NH, day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday every hour on the hour from 603-431-2640, www.cereswine.com. • ZORVINO VINEYARDS 226 1 to 4 p.m. Tours are $1. For private Tues. through Sat. noon–7 p.m. Main St., Sandown, NH, 603-887- tours, call 603-501-3940 • THE CLOWN 659 Route 1, York, 8463, www.zorvino.com, open 7 • SEBAGO BREWING COMPA- Maine, 207-351-3063, www.the- days, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. NY 67 Portland Road, Kennebunk, clown.com. Maine, 207-985-9855. Maine’s pre- • CORKS & CURDS, 13 Commer- mier restaurant and brewery cial Alley, Portsmouth, NH, 603-431- • SEADOG BREWING 125 West- 5564, (find them on Facebook). ern Avenue, South Portland, Maine, • MY WINE-Y SISTER 2 Beach St., 070279
Page 17 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 18 1.0 Text 1.1 Subhead 1.2 Byline A nite 1.2.1 Byline B 1.3 Title Bars, clubs, bands and otheNr afteIr-dTark amEusements 1.3.1 Subtitle 1.4 Listings Text 1.5 Cutline Let the music play 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) Hamilton House summer concert series begins 1.6 MTW Date 1.6.1 MTW Town By Craig Robert Brown “You have the beautiful river, state park on one side and pro- [email protected] tected lands on the other,” Wishart said. “In that way the music 1.7 Film Title complements the area.” 1.7.1. Film First This Fourth of July weekend will mark the start of the Most musicians come from Maine, New Hampshire and Graph Sundays in the Garden Concert Series. The series, put on by Massachusetts. Musicians from locations far outside New Eng- 2.0 Listings Header Historic New England, will take place in the gardens of the land are often turned down, simply because there aren’t funds 2.1 Venue Line Hamilton House, located in South Berwick, Maine. 2.1.1 Venue Text to pay travel and accommodation fees. 2.1.2 Venue Town “Sunday afternoon, in that garden, people come and want to The 2011 series will showcase Susie Burker, of South relax,” said Peggy Wishart. Berwick, with Kent Allyn on July 10. On July 17, folk rock Wishart is the site manager for the three Historic New Eng- singer-songwriter Martin England will perform. He will be land properties in southern Maine: the Hamilton House and accompanied by Andy Happel on the fiddle. Later in the month, Sarah Orne Jewett House in South Berwick and the Sayward- on July 24, New England singer-songwriter Cormac McCarthy Wheeler House in York Harbor. will perform. The series will close its season with a perfor- Historic New England is a museum-run organization whose mance from Joyce Anderson, a sing-songwriter on the fiddle objective is to preserve historic buildings throughout New and guitar. Anderson is also the wife of Reid. England in an effort to educate people about local histories, Good weather can bring 100 people or more, Wishart said. traditions and culture. Sunday concerts. Courtesy photo. In inclement weather the series is moved indoors and usually Wishart came to the area as an undergraduate from the Uni- where he runs a record label, Woodpecker Records. has a smaller turnout. versity of Connecticut, where she studied anthropology and Each year, aside from Reid’s opening performance, Wishart This year the series will be sponsored by the Kennebunk Sav- archaeology. Before her senior year, she interned at Strawberry keeps the schedule of performers different. Acts performing ings Bank. Admission for members of Historic New England Banke in Portsmouth, N.H. While working toward her master’s this season will not perform in the 2012 series but could cycle is free throughout the series. Non-members will be charged $8 18 degree at the University of Southern Maine, Wishart saw an in the following year. This process is one of the challenges Wis- to attend ($7 for seniors, $4 for children over 12). The money opening for a site manager at the Maine historic homes. hart faces. will go toward preserving and protecting the historic buildings. “It’s a tough job with a lot of hours,” Wishart said. But she “It can really vary. We are on a few list services,” Wishart The Hamilton House will be open to the public the morning
Cyan Magenta took the challenge. This will be her fifth summer season. said. of the concert series for those wishing to visit. The concert series, which is held on Sundays throughout Historic New England is a non-profit organization. Because Wishart hopes her work to bring the area’s best musicians July, opens Sunday, July 3, with Harvey Reid, and runs until the museum cannot pay for larger, national acts, most musi- will turn up new faces as well as familiar ones. the end of the month. Reid has been the only constant act open- cians hear about the series through word of mouth. Often “The music is great. People are relaxed and happy to be ing each concert series season. He creates his own sound of attendees will refer their musician friends to Wishart, or peo- here,” Wishart said. “I get to relax and enjoy the concert as American bluegrass music. Reid plays a variety of instruments ple will tell their friends about the series and the musicians will well.” including the guitar, banjo and mandolin. Along with his acous- contact Wishart themselves. But Wishart is happy to have a Yellow Black tic instrumental music, he is also a respected singer. Born in great local pool of musicians to choose from on the Seacoast. Hear it live California, Reid started playing guitar as a teenager in Mary- Because of the event’s limited budget, Wishart often gravitates When: Sundays, July 3-31, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. land before moving to New England. He is respected nationally toward a folk sound. There’s room for small amplifiers, but Directions: Vaughn’s Lane (off Route 236), South Berwick for his use of the partial capo and contributions toward the acoustic performances are preferred. The sound of the music Contact: 207-384-2454 design of acoustic amplification equipment. He resides in York, works with the surrounding grounds. Memberships: www.historicnewengland.org Leaving Eden working double time on July 4 weekend Haverhill rockers a popular attraction at beachfront club By Michael Witthaus [email protected]
At Salisbury Beach’s Carousel Lounge, only one band will do for the long Fourth of July weekend: Leaving Eden. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (July 1-3) will mark the third con- secutive year the Haverhill rockers have held forth on the beachfront club’s big stage. “Kids love them; they really liven up the place,” says club manager Amin Nabhan, who will bring the band back in Septem- ber for three more nights over the Labor Day weekend. Typically a quartet, Leaving Eden appears frequently as a trio during the slow- er winter months at the club, located a stone’s Leaving Eden. Courtesy photo. throw from the water’s edge on Ocean Front It’s shaping into a busy summer for the production company, 604 Records. After an around the phone for a recent interview from Boulevard. band, with a big Seacoast following at plac- Aug. 7 appearance at the Manchester Armory their Haverhill practice space. “We’ve done “We always bring the party,” said guitarist es like Seabrook’s Prime Time Sports Bar and opening for Candlebox (a show with sev- a lot of recording but never formally released Eric Gynan, who’s counting on an extra adren- Wally’s Pub in Hampton Beach. At the latter, eral local bands on the bill), they travel to anything. Technically, we’ve probably made aline rush in the coming days, as Leaving Eden they played for a capacity crowd in early June, England for the Bulldog Bash, a biker con- eight CDs.” is double-booked over the weekend. Each of a CD release party for their new album, Tied vention held in Shakespeare’s hometown of The new disc features forceful melodic the three days, they will play afternoon sets at & Bound. Stratford-upon-Avon. hard rock, which relies heavily on the vocal the New England Summer Nationals, a festi- On Aug. 1, Leaving Eden will appear at Tied & Bound represents a major step for interplay between Eric and his wife, lead sing- val in western Massachusetts. After rocking Blue Ocean Music Hall for a hotly anticipat- the eight-year-old band, according to Gyn- er Carole Gynan. The two met when Carole out for crowds approaching 50,000, they’ll ed show headlined by My Darkest Days, a an, who is also the principal songwriter in auditioned for their previous band, Redhouse, pack up their gear and drive to Salisbury for Toronto-based band discovered by Nickel- the band. “We’re excited; it’s the best thing around 10 years ago. “No, we didn’t start dat- the evening show. back singer Chad Kroger and signed to his we’ve ever done,” he said as the band gathered ing right away,” Carole said with a laugh. York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 18 19
nite Heating Oil Diesel Kerosene Propane The band honed their sound by booking as was something instantaneous, and the music NITE many shows as possible. “The biggest thing is has been completely different for me since I playing concerts,” says Eric. “That’s why we joined.” play anywhere, anyhow; it doesn’t matter — On the album, Ryan’s drum fills are often we’ll play. If you’re sitting in the basement, used as a lead instrument. “I complement the that’s where you’re going to stay. People song as much as I can, but just the way the think they can do a bunch of stuff online and band works, things that I do off the top of my Full Service Heating make a buzz, to me it’s not real, it’s virtual. head seem to work.” Pre-Buys • Budget Plans • Sales You can only do so much there.” That’s no accident, Eric said, “All these Repairs • Heat Conversions Former RA drummer Andy Ryan, who songs had that element already to showcase Residential & Commercial joined the band late last year, provides more the drums. I’m a drummer as well — that’s than rhythm to the album. He came on board my favorite instrument as far as listening to Installation of AC, Gas & Oil Heat quickly and assimilated immediately, playing a song.” live and heading into sessions in short order. “It was a day to learn the songs, a day for a 207-363-4172 show, and then a day for the studio,” Ryan Leaving Eden said. Where: Carousel Lounge, 20 Ocean Front South in Salisbury “I feel like Andy and I played in a past life,” When: Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 1-3 Eric said. at 9 p.m. “There’s something going on,” Ryan said. More: www.leavingeden.com and Summer means the “In my transition from band to band, drum- www.carousel-lounge.com mers can be like the Spinal Tap thing, but this Music & Nightlife is going weekly • Blue Ocean Music Hall 4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury Beach, Mass., 978-462-5888, Deer Tick www.blueoceanhall.com Deer Tick, a Providence, • Cochecho Arts Festival Please find us at more than 200 R.I.-based indie group, will Rotary Arts Pavillion, Henry Law locations, more than any other Park, Dover, NH, 603-742-2218, perform at the “Sneakers and www.dovernh.org Speakers” charity concert at southern Maine seasonal weekly. • Firehouse Center for the Arts The Page, 172 Hanover St., Market Square, Newburyport,
Portsmouth, on Saturday, Cyan Magenta Mass., 978-46-7336, July 2, at 7 p.m.. The show, www.firehouse.org • Hampton Beach organized by New Hampshire native and San Antonio Spurs Casino Ballroom player Matt Bonner, will serve as a fundraiser for the Boys 169 Ocean Blvd., Hampton, NH, & Girls Club. Deer Tick, who describes their music as “rock- 070367 603-929-4100, rock-rock” with hints of blues, folk and alt-country, made their www.casinoballroom.com television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman last
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Great owner occupied in whole or part. 7 bedrooms, three baths, lot in a peaceful wooded setting fully designed 3, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s • Shirim Klezmer Orchestra Sat., • 2nd Annual Buffett Beach Blast July 9, at 7 p.m., Maudslay Fri., July 15, at 8 p.m. (tailgate at 4 three kitchens, etc. PUT THIS ON YOUR MUST SEE for a 3 BR home. Hear and smell the ocean and • ICON starring David McBride LIST! $429,000 enjoy Cape Neddick Beach just a short walk away. Tues., July 5, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s • A Celtic Sojourn of Music and p.m.), Blue Ocean $159,000 069126 Dance Sun., July 10, at 2 p.m., • The Don Campbell Band Sat., Page 19 | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | York Independent 20 1.0 Text Portsmouth Country Club The Old Salt 207-439-1030, hanajapannewburyport.com 1.1 Subhead 80 Country Club Lane, 409 Lafayette Rd, 603-926- www.chaunceycreek.com Harpoon Willy’s 1.2 Byline A MUSIC THIS WEEK & Greenland, 603-436-0701, 8322 Loco Cocos Tacos 67 Bow St., www.portsmouthcc.net Millie’s Tavern 36 Walker St., 207-438-9322, The Jewel in the Crown 1.2.1 Byline B L Street, 603-967-4777 www.locococos.com 23 Pleasant St., 978-463-0956, Restaurant Listings Hampton, NH Petey’s Navy Yard Bar & Billiards www.newburyportjewel.com Amesbury, MA Dos Amigos Durham, NH 401 Tavern 1323 Ocean Blvd., 182 State Road, 207-439-7135. Joseph’s Winter Street Café Acapulcos’s 286 Dove Point Road, 1.3 Title Acorns Restaurant 401 Lafayette Road, 603-926- 603-433-1937, www.peteys. 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 1.3.1 Subtitle Flatbread Company Dover Elks Lodge 2815 Abercrombie & Finch The Purple Urchin www.lobsterhouse.com Loretta 1.4 Listings Text 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, 1.5 Cutline 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- 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) com Beach Shack Ron’s Jillian’s 10 Center Street Michael’s Harborside 1.6 MTW Date 9632 Powow River Grille East Hampstead, NH Ashworth & C streets, 622 Lafayette Road, 10 Center St., 978-462-6652, 1 Tournament Wharf, 1.6.1 MTW Town 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 1.7 Film Title 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 1.7.1. Film First 887 B Central Ave., 4844, www.ristorantemolise. Eliot, ME 7400, www.boardwalkinns. 2122, www.agavemexicanbistro.com 114 Merrimac St., com 603-742-9632 Graph Katrina’s Restaurant com Stacy Jane’s Angie’s Food Newburyport, 978-465-8600, 2.0 Listings Header 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- 2.1 Venue Line 6366 295 Ocean Blvd., www. Beach, 603-929-9005 Black Cow Tap & Grill com Chip ‘N Run Pub Nippo 3138 2.1.1 Venue Text The Regatta Room ashworthhotel.com Wally’s Pub 54R Merrimac St., Oregano Pizzeria & Lake Golf Course, 550 Fury’s Publick House 2.1.2 Venue Town 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 20 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, Cyan Magenta Thursday, June 30 Portsmouth Epping Newmarket Seabrook Dover Gaslight: Jim Devlin Duo American Legion: karaoke KJ’s: karaoke Chop Shop Pub: 4th Right Barley Pub: Blue grass (deck) Band Fury’s: Dirty Rogers Red Door: Miss Tess and Exeter Ogunquit Hot nights, cool tunes Epping the Bon Ton Parade Shooters: DJ Bigg Z & D The Front Porch: The York Calling all bands and bars and Holy Grail: TJ Wheeler Rudi’s: Eric Klaxton Hampstead Judy Show Inn on the Blues: Chris restaurants: do you have upcoming Pasta Loft: Morning Wood Maxwell’s Pub: karaoke Fitz Band Yellow Black Hampstead Salisbury shows you want the world to know The Pasta Loft: Beloved Surfside 5: DJ Ronnie D Hampton Portsmouth Saturday July, 2 about? Send us the information to Few La Bec Rouge: Wooden Blue Mermaid: Shagimaw Dover get your shows in our weekly list- Seabrook Nickel Daniel Street Tavern: Brickhouse: A Minor ings of live music in the area. Send Hampton Chop Shop Pub: Half a Ron’s Landing: Michael karaoke Revolution, Catastrophic band names, locations, dates and Sea Shell: Tom Dixon Six Pack Troy Dolphin Striker: Los OK, OC45, The Mores Wally’s: Hot Like Fire Sea Shell: Mill City Sugar Kings Central Wave: Drama times to [email protected]. (reggae) Friday, July 1 Revival Band Gaslight: Tim Theriault Squad DJs Send in information by Friday to Dover Band (deck), Tony Santesse Fury’s: Josh Watkinson get in the next Thursday’s paper. Newburyport Barley Pub: Jake Merh- Kennebunkport Press Room: Dan Blakeslee Band The Grog: Soul Robot mann (of Tan Vampires) Alisson’s: karaoke RiRa: Now is Now with Metaphysical Brickhouse: Swine Lord Rudi’s: Stephen Page on Epping Hampton Joseph’s: Michael O’Brien Jonathan’s: Farren-Butch- Joseph’s: Michael O’Brien Central Wave: Drama Newburyport piano American Legion: karaoke La Bec Rouge: Wooden Newmarket er, Inc. Squad DJs The Grog: Sunchunck Nickel KJ’s: karaoke Maxwell’s Pub: karaoke Ogunquit Fury’s: The Guilty Ones Joseph’s: Lou Silvestri & Salisbury Hampstead Sea Shell: Reminisants The Front Porch: The Top of the Chop: Live Friends Surfside 5: John Cate & The Pasta Loft: Kevin Ogunquit Portsmouth Judy Show funk, jazz and blues Port Tavern: Andy O’Brien The Van Gogh Bros. Hartman Newburyport The Front Porch: The Blue Mermaid: The The Grog: Sargent & Co. Judy Show Mango Wranglers
July 16, at 7 p.m., Maudslay Sun., July 24, at 2 p.m., Maudslay Free outdoor concerts in York Beach, July 3 at 7 p.m. Other music & nightlife events 436-2848 or go to www.prescottpark. • ’60s Invasion Sun., July 17, at 2 • Hollywood Undead Sun., July 24, • DRUMMING ON THE DECK • FRED MANZI TRIO at Ellis • SUMMER PICNIC SERIES com- org. p.m., Maudslay at 8 p.m., Casino Ballroom with Ben Baldwin at the Kittery Park in York Beach, July 4 at 7 p.m. ing to the Opera House in City Hall, • 16TH ANNUAL TOMMY GAL- • John Sebastian Sun., July 17, at 8 • Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave. in • THE CONTINENTALS at 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH, LANT JAZZ FESTIVAL at Prescott p.m., Jonathan’s Sun., July 24, at 7 p.m., Meadow- Kittery Point, Maine, www.kittery- Hampton Beach Sea Shell Stage on 603-335-1992. Shows are on Wednes- Park on Sun., July 10, starting at noon. • Taking Back Sunday Tues., July brook artassociation.org, Tuesdays in July Mon., July 4, at 7 p.m. days at 10 a.m. and all tickets are $4. Artists include the George Garzone 19, at 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Ben supplies the • STRAIGHT LACE at Ellis Park Various entertainers will be perform- Trio, the Press Room Trio, the Paul • Miranda Cosgrove Sun., July 19, Comedy drums, shakers and bells — all ages in York Beach, Wed., July 6, at 7 ing such as the junior summer theater Broadnax Quintet, and the Seacoast at 6 p.m., Meadowbrook • Jon Pinette Sun., July 3, at p.m., welcome. p.m. troupe, Mike Morris, Wayne from Big Band. Call 603-436-2848 or go to • Greg Brown Wed., July 20, at 7 Casino Ballroom • TOM DIXON at Hampton Beach • ANGELA WEST & SHOW- Maine, and more. www.prescottpark.org. p.m., Meadowbrook • Paula Poundstone Fri., July 15, at Sea Shell Stage on Thurs., June 30, DOWN at Hampton Beach Sea • ISLANDSIDE The Seacoast Sci- • ENTRAIN The Seacoast Science • Edwin McCain Acoustic Trio 8 p.m. and Sat., July 16, at 7 p.m., at 7 p.m. Shell Stage on Thurs., July 7, at 7 ence Center will be having a Music- Center will be having a Music-by- Thurs., July 21, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s Jonathan’s • THE REMINISANTS at Hamp- p.m. by-the-Sea concert on Thurs., July the-Sea concert on Thurs., July 14, • Eddie Money Fri., July 22, at 8 • Jeff Dunham Wed., July 20, and ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., • MERRIMACK VALLEY CON- 7, featuring the band Islandside. The featuring the band Entrain. The event p.m., Casino Ballroom Thurs., July 21, at p.m., Casino Ball- July 2, at 7 p.m. CERT BAND at Ellis Park in York event will include grilled food and will include grilled food and treats. All • Johnny A Fri., July 22, at 8 p.m., room • CORMAC MCCARTHY on Sat., Beach, Fri., July 8, at 7 p.m. treats. All proceeds will support envi- proceeds will support environmen- Blue Ocean • Brian Regan Thurs., July 28, at July 2, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Pleasant • THE JERRY THEBODO BIG ronmental education efforts. Gates tal education efforts. Gates open at 5 • Rory Block Fri., July 22, at 8 p.m., p.m., Casino Ballroom St. in Portsmouth during the Sum- BAND at Ellis Park in York Beach, open at 5 p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. p.m., music starts at 6 p.m. Admission Jonathan’s • Lisa Lampanelli Fri., July 29, at mer in the Street. Features Maine Sat., July 9, at 7 p.m. Admission is $8 ($2 for children). Call is $8 ($2 for children). Call 603-436- • Lance Bryant Quintet Sat., July p.m. Casino Ballroom Squeeze and dancing. • THE SPECTRAS at Hampton 603-436-8043 or go to www.seacoast- 8043 or go to www.seacoastscience- 23, at 7 p.m., Maudslay • Louis C.K. Thurs., Aug. 4, at 7 • DICK DONOVAN BAND at Ellis Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sat., July sciencecenter.org. center.org. • Mountain Heart Sat., July 23, at 7 p.m., Casino Ballroom Park in York Beach, July 2 at 7 p.m. 9, at 7 p.m. • SHOWCASE FESTIVAL Prescott • AMERICANA FESTIVAL at p.m., Johnathan’s • Ron White Fri., Aug. 12, at p.m., • ’60S INVASION on Sat., July 2, • B STREET BOMBERS at Hamp- Park will be holding its Showcase Prescott Park on Sat., July 16, from • Buckcherry Sat., July 23, at 8 Casino Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. at Wells Harbor Park, ton Beach Sea Shell Stage on Sun., Festival on Sat., July 9, from 1 to 5 1 to 5 p.m. Some artists include Lori p.m., Casino Ballroom • Suzanne Westenhoefer Fri., Sept. Maine. July 10, at 7 p.m. p.m. Artists include Patty Larkin, Jon McKenna, Red Molly, and Mark Erel- • Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra 16, at 8 p.m., Jonathan’s • THE MIRAJ BAND at Ellis Park Nolan and Jason Spooner. Call 603- li. Call 603-436-2848 or go to www. York Independent | June 30 - July 6, 2011 | Page 20 21
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. Cyan Magenta Daniel Street Tavern: Sunday July 3 Newburyport elation, DJ Koko P Hampton Open Mike Salisbury Newburyport karaoke Dover 10 Center Street: jazz Press Room: Reggae & La Bec Rouge: karaoke Fury’s: Tim Theriault & Surfside 5: The Tom 10 Center Street: The Phil Dolphin Striker: Organ Brickhouse: Coastlines The Grog: Parker Wheel- Funk Sea Shell: The Continentals Friends Dixon Band McGowan Jazz Quartet in Orbit Deliver Us, Hell on Earth, er’s Jazz Party Rudi’s: Sharon Jones The Grog: Open Mike Gaslight: Tim Cannon, Legend Has It, Sufferer, Joseph’s: Bob Wolfman & Newburyport Hampton York Joseph’s: Bob Allison Social Groove, Max Sullivan Too Late the Hero the BW Trio Salisbury Joseph’s: Timothy Grant La Bec Rouge: karaoke Inn on the Blues: Green Port Tavern: Irish Seisuin RiRa: Mugsy Surfside 5: Hot Like Fire Sea Shell: Help Port Tavern: karaoke lion Reggae with Eamon Coyne Yellow Black Rudi’s: Nick Mainella Hampstead Ogunquit The Pasta Loft: Kevin The Front Porch: The Seabrook Portsmouth Newburyport Wednesday July, 6 Portsmouth Salisbury Hartman Judy Show Chop Shop Pub: Avalanche Gaslight: Jimmy D. The Grog: Steven Spungin Dover Daniel Street Tavern: Surfside 5: The Plum Jonathan’s: J. Geils, Jeff RiRa: Oran Mor Joseph’s: Cathy Nerdone Central Wave: karaoke Open mike Island Pans Steel Drum Hampton Pitchell, Gerry Beaudoin York Dolphin Striker: David Band, DJ Stenny La Bec Rouge: Doug and Texas Flood Inn on the Blues: Rob Salisbury Ogunquit Exeter Lockwood Mitchell (upperdeck), Slipt Benton Surfside 5: DJ Davey K Jonathan’s: David McBride Shooters: Red Sky Mary Gaslight: Kevin Burt Seabrook Mickey Portsmouth RiRa: Granite Men Chop Shop Pub: Rosie Ron’s Landing: The Read/ Daniel Street Tavern: Monday July, 4 York Hampton Rudi’s: Dimitri on piano Allen Duo karaoke Dover Inn on the Blues: karaoke Portsmouth La Bec Rouge: DJ York Sea Shell: 60’s Invasion Dolphin Striker: B Cap’s Central Wave: karaoke Dolphin Striker: Harvey Anthony Salisbury Inn on the Blues: Love Wally’s: Before the Crash Project Top of the Chop: Acoustic Tuesday July, 5 Reid Sea Shell: The Reminisants Surfside 5: Sing-off com- Dogs Gaslight: Ben Kilcollins (2 Open mike w/ Dave Ogden Dover Gaslight: Dave Clark petition p.m.), Cody James & Rev- Brickhouse: Acoustic 21
prescottpark.org. event will include grilled food and treats. go to www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. Jumbo Circus Peanuts. The event will for children). Call 603-436-8043 or at 5 p.m. Artists include Natalie Mac- • GNARLEMAGNE The Seacoast All proceeds will support environmental • JUMBO CIRCUS PEANUTS The include grilled food and treats. All go to www.seacoastsciencecenter.org. master, Eilen Jewell, and Gypsy Science Center will be having a Music- education efforts. Gates open at 5 p.m., Seacoast Science Center will be hav- proceeds will support environmen- • FOLK FESTIVAL Prescott Park Tailwind. Suggested donation is $8 by-the-Sea concert on Thurs., July 21, music starts and 6 p.m. Admission is $8 ing a Music-by-the-Sea concert on tal education efforts. Gates open at 5 will be holding its annual Prescott to $10. Call 603-436-2848 or go to featuring the band Gnarlemagne. The ($2 for children). Call 603-436-8043 or Thurs., July 28, featuring the band p.m., music starts and 6 p.m. $8 ($2 Park Folk Festival on Sat., July 30, www.prescottpark.org.
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Hey, it’s thing to provide you with two and a 1.3.1 Subtitle that look more like large belts, and her Spock! Ka-boom! Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, half hours (probably nearly three with 1.4 Listings Text blonde hair is always doing something machine guns! American flag! trailers) of air conditioning, this movie 1.5 Cutline 1.5.1 Cutline (no underline) (billowing in a heretofore nonexis- In there, you’ll get some dialogue, will do that. Incidentally, so will The 1.6 MTW Date tent breeze, bouncing as she turns her about half of which you can actual- Tree of Life and even with its art-mov- 1.6.1 MTW Town head) that looks unnatural anyplace ly make out. There’s some romantic ie too-muchness it probably makes 1.7 Film Title in the world outside of a shampoo nonsense that even the movie doesn’t more sense. But that movie’s not play- 1.7.1. Film First commercial. She is a blonde, British- try all that hard to make believable. ing everywhere so this might be the accent-having empty suit (or, in this Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro best thing you’ve got, ticket-price-to- Graph 2.0 Listings Header case, empty skinny jeans) much like return. Frances McDormand plays the time-spent-in-air-conditioning-wise. 2.1 Venue Line the previous occupant of the franchise’s role, required in each movie, of Gov- (2) There are maybe 10 fun minutes 2.1.1 Venue Text main “girl role” only with about one- ernment Agent Who Just Doesn’t Get toward the end of the climactic battle. 2.1.2 Venue Town fourth the personality of Megan Fox. It,. And then, just when you think the (3) The scenes with Sam’s parents And maybe half the acting ability. Con- movie should be wrapping up and an is kinda cute. sider that for a moment. hour before it actually does, there’s (4) There is a really good drinking So Sam is miserable about all this that late-second-act dip in action and game to be made out of the action and — about his girlfriend being ogled by then the battle that takes up the last 50 frequency-on-screen of Hunginton- Transformers: Dark of the Moon her rich boss, about being shut out of minutes or so. It is a grab bag of action Whiteley’s hair. Transformers: Dark ter known, not-Megan Fox. That’s the government’s operations with the movie tropes and highly tanned skin This movie’s biggest sin is not right, present-day action opens on a of the Moon (PG-13) Autobots and mostly about not having and jokes that all seem kinda mean that its story is dull and nonsensical butt shot. Michael Bay, you scamp. a job in life that matters. But then he and occasionally vaguely homopho- or that its characters are uninterest- Once again Sam Witwicky After several seconds, perhaps a finds out that Decepticons are active bic and robots. Rather than having a ing. The biggest problem with Dark works with the Autobots to whole minute, of bum, we finally again and he turns to William Lennox cohesive story line, it feels like some- of the Moon is that it is not awesome prevent the destruction of see Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). (Josh Duhamel), the military officer in body just dumped out the bag and in the way that, as that Fios commer- the world at the hands of the He’s a recent college grad, living with charge of Autobot operations, to try to strung it all together in random order. cial used to say, Michael Bay usually Decepticons in Transfomers: his new girlfriend Carly (Hungin- help prevent a coming crisis. You can’t always tell who is talking to needs things to be awesome. Bay is all 22 Dark of the Moon, a deeply ton-Whiteley), to whom the bottom To explain coherently would be whom (or, as I said, what they’re say- about the explosions that themselves horrible movie. belongs, and desperate to find a job, to spoil, so, broadly speaking, Opti- ing, though sometimes I think screams explode and the hysterical, bombastic The movie opens with an alternate particularly since his parents Ron mus Prime (voice of Peter Cullen) and grunts really are all the actors have score and the slow-mo highlighting of
Cyan Magenta history of the U.S./Russian space race. (Kevin Dunn) and Judy (Julie White) and company check out the ship on to work with), who is fighting whom, action bad-assery. But this movie has It’s not national pride that is spurring are expected soon for a visit. Despite the moon, where they find Sentinel where half the action is taking place none of that giddiness, none of that the countries to get to the moon first his having saved the world twice and Prime (voice of Leonard Nimoy), an or what the heck is going on. At one joy, none of the excitement that can but the knowledge that something has received a “hero medal” from Pres- old leader of the Autobots who may be point, a small group of army soldiers have you delighting at a Bay movie crash-landed there. Through a col- ident Obama, nobody’s lining up a target of Decepticons in their current are engaged in the last-stand battle in even when you know it’s kind of ter- lage of archival footage and laughable to offer Sam his first gig. Eventual- schemes. Yes, Megatron again (this Chicago. In the background, an ele- rible. “Awesome” is all some of those impersonations of Kennedy and Nix- ly, he settles for a mail room job that time wearing a cap!) and yes, again vated train goes by. The buildings are Michael Bay movies have. Without it, Yellow Black SIGNS OF LIFE on, we learn that the Apollo astronauts he is discouraged to learn was set up the world is in peril. on fire, the streets are filled with dead Transformers: Dark of the Moon has spent their time on the “dark side” for him by Dylan (Patrick Dempsey), Let me try to replicate the experi- people, destroyed cars and, yes, even almost nothing to offer. D of the moon investigating the crash Carly’s boss. ence of watching this movie for you: derailed trains but somewhere one of Rated PG-13 for intense prolonged of what we know to be an Autobot A word about Dylan: He is, I think, Transformers! Moon! Butt! Scream- them is still running smoothly? sequences of sci-fi action violence, ship (a preamble to the human histo- an accountant but his office looks like ing Sam Witwicky! Funny parents! There is so much more wrong with mayhem and destruction, and for lan- ry explains some Autobot/Decepticon some World of Tomorrow/2001: A Sexy cars! Sexy cars that are real- this movie — seriously, why is Sam guage, some sexuality and innuendo. history and the last battle of the war on Space Odyssey ride and it’s filled with ly transformers! Boom! Blonde hair! screaming all the time? — but rather Directed by Michael Bay and written their home planet Cybertron). vintage collectable cars and hot assis- Sexual innuendo! More explosions! than going further into why I’m giv- by Ehren Kruger, Transformers: Dark of Jump to the present day when we tants, of which Carly is apparently his Bad transformers! Or maybe good ing this movie its low grade, let’s talk the Moon is two hours and 34 minutes see the scantily clad derriere of Rosie favorite. transformers, who can tell! More about why I’m not giving it an F: long and is distributed by Paramount Hunginton-Whiteley, or as she’s bet- A word about Carly: She has lips screaming Witwicky! More hair! (1) If you are looking for some- Pictures. Reviewlets: Snack-sized movie reviews * Indicates a movie worth seek- duced, Paul Fieg-directed totally us this documentary about the After being laid off, Tom Hanks An American teenager slumming town Ohio and then J.J. Abrams- ing out. Previously reviewed awesome lady comedy. Or, if the Chauvet Cave in France, which decides to expand his skills by it through Europe with her friends ish things happen. A movies have grades. For full words “bridesmaids” and “lady” contains cave paintings some heading to college and a class gets tangled up in some mistaken reviews of most movies here or are scaring you away: hilarious 30,000 years old. The loveliness taught by one Julia Roberts. It’s identity fun and ends up living the *X-Men: First Class (PG-13) movies previously released, go people are in hilarious situations of the images — particularly in your grown-up alternative for the high life. Opens Friday, July 1. James McAvoy, Michael Fass- to www.hippopress.com. with swearing and poop. B+ 3-D — is what makes this movie July 4th weekend. Opens Friday, bender. special. B+ July 1. *Super 8 (PG-13) How did Charles Xavier and *Bridesmaids (R) *Cave of Forgotten Dreams (G) Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney. Erik Lehnsheer, pre- Professor X Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Werner Herzog. Larry Crowne (PG-13) Monte Carlo (PG) Boys making a zombie movie and Magneto, meet? Awesomely. Wiig-written, Judd Apatow-pro- The idiosyncratic director gives Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts. Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester. witness a train crash in small- A-
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Across 18 Streamlined 31 Interior designer’s concern Down “the public” 1 Jumbo-sized 19 Without a gosh-dang thing on 33 Standing upright 1 Like interplanetary travel 47 Like batters in the on-deck circle 6 Cinnamon-covered snacks 25 Added boost 38 Prolific science fiction author 2 “Sounds fun” response 48 Puts forth effort 13 He was found in a spider hole 26 ___ noire Isaac 3 Deck out 52 “One of ___ days...” 14 It’s shown with a rolled-up sleeve 27 Actor who played himself in 44 Palindromic fashion mag 4 Palindromic woman’s name 54 Trebek’s “High Rollers” co-star 15 Deodorant options “Zombieland” 45 Substance that may be donated 5 Symbols after brand names Lee 16 Plant used in food coloring 29 Give off 49 Get ready (for) 6 Hoops group until 2009 57 Six, in Italy 17 Former domestic carrier 30 Comparable to 50 Highest point 7 Solo on the big screen 58 Carson Daly’s former MTV show 51 Chewy fried seafood dish 8 Coffee dispensers 59 Piece 53 Job that determines chicken gen- 9 Less phony 60 Start for sex or corn ders 10 Like movies for “mature audi- ©2011 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@ 55 “Hungry” board game animal ences” jonesincrosswords.com) 56 Put complete faith in 11 Sandinista leader Daniel 59 “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” 12 Robinson of R&B fame asker 13 “What’re you gonna do about it?” 61 Speak haltingly 15 Got the genie out of the lamp 62 How some words are best left 20 “This is only a test” gp. 63 It’s on the mast 21 Spectra maker 64 Nobel Prize-winning physicist 22 Airline in Holland Bohr 23 Tahiti, par exemple 24 Ethnomusicologist’s deg., maybe 6/23 28 Exploit 32 Aries, e.g. 34 Revenge tactic 35 Punctuation that lets you trail off 36 Gave a round of applause 37 Kind of muscle 39 ___ fly (baseball play) 40 Dublin’s country, in the Olympics 41 Blood vessel imaging machine 42 ___-pah bands 43 Beetles and Rabbits, e.g. Cyan Magenta 45 Most vile 46 Words before “interpretation” or
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SIGNS OF LIFE Yellow Black All quotes are from Dave Barry’s ion awareness than a baked potato.” behaving as though nothing were wrong.” Aries (March 21 – April 19) “It’s of course, he’d simply take two bar- Greatest Hits, by Dave Barry, born —“The Hair Apparent” Your fashion —“Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” football season again, and I know I rel staves and tie them to his feet.” July 3, 1947. sense could use a little outside help. You will need to focus your attention, but speak for everybody in North America —“Slope Flake” Tune up your equip- Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21) “ I’m a it will be difficult. when I make the following statement: ment for an impending task. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) “Lately writer and my editor is always very direct Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) “Actu- rah.” —“Sacking the Season” If you’re Gemini (May 21 – June 20) “But my I’ve been feeling very patriotic, espe- with me. ‘Dave, this column bites the big ally, when I got older I continued to play invited to a party, say yes and say ‘rah.’ point is that if you’ve ever done anything cially during commercials.” —“Red, one,’ is the kind of thing he’ll say by way organized baseball in the form of ‘league Taurus (April 20 – May 20) “What- humiliating, you’ve probably noticed that White, and Beer” If commercials of criticism. And I can handle it. But in the softball,’ a game in which after work you ever kind of skiing you decide to do, your brain never lets you forget it. This are the most emotional thing you’re TV world, they never talk to you like that. put on a comical outfit and go to a public your next important task—in fact, your is the same brain that never remembers viewing, you need to rethink your rela- … First of all, they always tell you it was park to argue with strangers.” —“Catch- most important task—is to make sure things you should remember.” —“The 23 tionship to the arts. great.” —“TV or Not TV” Don’t put too ing Hell” Argue with people you know you have proper ski equipment. When Embarrassing Truth” Try to let go of a Leo (July 23 – Aug 22) “I have said much stock in fawning compliments. instead. your great grandfather was a boy, hurtful memory. this before, but it needs to be said again: Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21) “And Sneeze shields actually spread disease, football breeds character. They are con- By Dave Green because they make it hard for a squat or stantly scrubbing the locker rooms short-armed person to reach back to the because of all the character that breeds in SU D chick peas and simulated bacon, and there.” —“Sacking the Season” You can 2 3 5 1 some of these people inevitably are going refine the rough edges. 9 2 to become frustrated and spit in the House Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan 19) “Man O KU Dressing….” —“Making the World Safe gets his food by eating cows, which in for Salad” Before you eat something, ask turn eat corn, which in turn comes from Fill in the grid so that every row, every 9 4 column, and every 3x3 box contains the yourself where it’s been. Iowa, which in turn was part of the digits 1 through 9. Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) “A recent Louisiana Purchase, which in turn was 7 2 Last week's puzzle answers are below poll showed that 82 percent of the obtained from France, which in turn Americans surveyed speak no foreign eats garlic, which in turn repels vam- 6/23 language at all. Unfortunately, the same pires, which in turn suck the blood out of 9 2 6 2 6 9 4 7 5 8 3 1 poll showed that 41 percent also cannot Man.” —“Electromaggots” Remember 5 4 1 3 6 8 2 9 7 speak English, 53 percent cannot name you are part of a great chain of activity 1 8 3 7 8 9 1 2 6 5 4 the state they live in, and 62 percent that neither begins nor ends with you. believe that the Declaration of Indepen- Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) “…but 7 8 4 2 7 6 9 1 3 8 5 dence is ‘a kind of fish.’” —“Europe on we males could not focus our attention 8 3 5 2 4 7 1 6 9 Five Vowels a Day” Would it kill you on the various suggested topics because 7 4 1 9 6 5 8 3 4 7 2 to become a little more knowledgeable? we could actually feel the World Series 7 1 2 8 3 9 5 4 6 Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) “You television and radio broadcast rays zing-
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