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October 12, 1989

An Evening of perfonnance to benefit The AIDS Project. Call The AIDS· Project at 774-6877 for more ANNE WILSON SCHAEF, PH.D. information . 1bur'8day Evming Lecture: • Tickets available at "Living In Process" Amadeus Sailors and nukes to hit town Music, 7:30 - 9:30 P.M. • November 2,1989 Plains Gallery, First Parish (]lUrch • 425 Congress Street. Pol11and Magic Garden, $10.00 General Admission . Portland Wine USS Kennedy to visit THE WEEK IN BRIEF: & Cheese Join us as Dr. Schaef explore. how the addictive process work. in our personal ~ve ••nd in our society •• a whole and the p08&ihility of and recovery that is available to us aU. The USS Kennedy is scheduled to set anchor in ters before, In 1975, during peacetime maneuvers ta~nJ:~ce company II ,.III ~-- Blackstones TIckets: For tickets send check or money oroermade payable to A in Portland. Casco Bay on Friday, Oct. 13, carrying 4,100 sail- in the Mediterranean Sea near Italy, the Kennedy Nantucket gone, Casco Bay Movers; (,~ Women to Women, 1 Yarmouth, ME ot096. ors and an estimated 100 to 150 nuclear weapons collided with the smaller USS Belknap. Fires on singer/songwriter Mac Beans mail: Oct. 25. Sat Oct 14 8 pm Music into Portland Harbor_ both ships lasted for the better part of the day and Brenda Moore; • , '.' recording artist and Sam the The public is invited to tour the convention- prompted the admiral in charge to radio a "bro­ its future grim R& B Portland City Hall Florist ally-powered aircraft carrier on Oct 14 and 15 .. ken arrow" alert, the Navy code for a nuclear Mary Hanson; ., k t $15 in Brunswick; The Nantucket Lightship is back in Nantucket, Massa~h.usets. dance group The toUT is free, but ferry tickets cost $1.50 each. accident. The Happy Hoofers; AuditorlU m - TIC e s and all But its new owner has no place to put it, no crew to sad It and The tickets are available at Greater Portland Shop 'These ships are as dangerous during peace­ special guests from Booklands. apparently no money to maintain it. South America When in 'n Save stores and are limited to two per person. time as they are during wartime," said Handler_ The 53-year-old boat had been adopted in 1987 by Portland Grupo Fortaleza If there is room, stand-by visitors can board the Greenpeace estimates that more than 1200 major preservationists, who sunk over $1,000,000 ~nd 1,000 volunteer and many others Portland I ferry from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Casco Bay Lines naval accidents have occurred since WWII, leav­ for this hours into restoring it. But they lost the ship when Nantucket special event. can always ferry terminal on Commercial Street. The· Ken- ing nine nuclearreactors and 50 nuclear weapons selectmen exercised a right to sell it - for $1 - to a Nantucket nedy's 4,100 sailors and officers will be feted at a on the ocean floor - some of them leaking radio­ resident on Aug. 30. be found at dinner at the Holiday Inn, a lobster bake on the activity. The new owner, Kevin Murphy, arrived in Portland on Oct. 10 waterfront and free seating at a Maine Mariners "Sometimes the Navy claims that it off-loads BOOKS with a temporary, short-handed crew. Burt ~avis, chief engineer ETC. game. the nuclear weapons before a ship comes to port," for the ship in Portland, was one of four Mamers who agr~ to No such welcome is planned for the warship's Handler said, "but that isn't true. The reason the sail with Murphy for a fee and airfare back to Portland. DaVIs and active nuclear arsenal, estimated at between 100 Navy says ships like the Kennedy are good is -Zora Neale Hurston the crew arrived at Nantucket to find that Murphy had no place and 150 weapons by Josh Handler, researchdirec- because they can deploy them instantaneously." to dock the ship and no money to pay the crew or buy plane tickets. torforGreenpeace's Nuclear Free Seas campaign. Mcloughlin would neither confinn nor deny "Mr. Murphy doesn't know how to operate a ship and kn~ws " ...... ;; .;...... -...... ~-.... . Forty of the planes on board are capable of carry- any off-loading. nothingabout the marine environment," ~~vissaid, "I wa~CT)'1ng ing nuclear weapons and three types of nuclear Handler encouraged Portlanders to tour the like a baby when I left that ship. That ship has no future. 1 BOOKS ETC weapons can be launched directly from the ship, ship, and suggested visitors ask questions of the I· Libby Ranney, administrative assistant to the Nantucket select­ according to Handler. Kennedy crew: "Ask them if any accidents hap- .--.:--:--;. ., men, said that "Kevin Murphy has not revealed his plans to u~ . rr==The Portland Balle~ Compa~y=:;'\ : •••••••••• ~!.!..!. !.! ..! ..! ..! .'_•• ! •••• ! ••..!... •• Lt. Cmdr, Mcloughlin, a public affairs officer pen... Ask the pilots how they think delivering a for the Navy, said that he could "neither confinn nuclear weapon will work _ technically how The selectmen requested people to submit proposals for their plans with the ship but he didn't sub~t a propo~J. To be honest nor deny" that estimate, according to Navy pol- they're going to pull off dropping it off and get­ L ~ri~Ib\CKERr The :~o~~~s;a;t~;::r 38 Exchange St. Old Port with you, I don't why they sold it to him. He was JUst there and he &- icy. ting the hell out of there. Ask what buttons they The Most Classically Danced (207) 774-0626 The Kennedy's nukes have seen troubled wa- push." had a dollar." Andy Nnmuln Production in the State of Maine Nuke officials meet privately, BIDDEFORD CITY THEATER Censorship here and abroad discuss being open with public Friday, Dec. 1 8:00 PM Friday, Dec. 15 8:00 PM CARGO HllY The Environmental Protection Agency met in Portland with Saturday, Dec. 2 2:00 PM Saturday, Dec. 16 2:00 PM SURPLUS & MIUTARY CLOTHING Su'nday, Dec. 3 2:00 PM Sunday, Dec. 17 Fall Shipments Arriving Daily waste industry members and officials from Maine and through­ 2:00 PM Portlanders write for out the U.S. on Oct. 4 and 5. Leaders of the workshop instructed Friday, Dec. 8 8:00 PM $10.00 Adults Dutch Cargo · the group to be straight with the public about nucl~ar waste - ~ut Saturday, Dec. 9 2:00 PM $ 1.00 off Children/Sr. Citizens Pockef Pants didn't invite the public to the workshop. Tom Coffin of the Mame Sunday, Dec. 10 2:00 PM No Refunds. No Exchanges. right to speak out Nuclear Referendum Committee said that Maine's freedom of FOR EASY MAtL ORDER: $13.95 Name: ______Rugged, Military Quality access law - which entitles the public to attend meetings of public Portland educators, journalists, and people in that the legislation reflected a climate of censor­ officials - was broken. 'They talked about having everything they Address:: ______~~--- ___ .• ···'Biiffiijef~~d(elS'~·. ~~ ·coaiS .. the arts are finding their livelihoods threatened City: ______State ____ _ AvailableJor ship. "Sooner or later," Somers said, "and it's do be above board and yet they shut the public out," Coffin said. .' "a~!'rliddjl!$ . t Ikl! ~ackett ; by censorship and are sticking up for Huckle­ "That's a little more irony than I can stand ... The trademark of Zip:. ____ Phone:: ______:::- _____ ...... Bu:sh Ja~lft"vta1t!(~allts ." weddings, special events, probably sooner - someone is going to come to company and private parties, berry Finn, Holden Caulfield, and Frantisek Starek. PSC and challenge us for a production having nuclear industry for 40 years has been secrecy and it has given us Location: Orchestra [] Balcony [] Finn and Caulfield are fictional characters in Performance Day:______--::-::----:=-::---- ~;~:,aGr€~~:'e~~':Ji Call: 774-4349 or 767-0873 obscene content." leaky nuclear dump after leaky nuclear dump." Jackets~ 'AJrt1'ian He lfuers-Gei'lfuilt. widely censored novels by Mark Twain and J.D. Enclosed $ _____---Check [] MO [] Sat. Oct. 14 Somers said the company put on a production i: Molt!$I(!iI.Shirf$tWI)DI OveitO~If ) WEDDING-FALMOlJfH Salinger, novels many educators value highly; last season that dealt with teen-age pregnancy Charge To: Mastercard [] Visa [] ;[i!d:t!;: C~i~~~s :- pa~,Jq .~ ~_m:u~h: .~p~l~;.;.;.j: SIm. Oct. 15 Starek is a journalist presently jailed in Czecho­ One Bancorp loses big (again) C.C.#' ______Exp .. ____ ME INNKEEPERS & REST. and syphilis. 'We try to provoke people and Many new and unusual ASSN. PARTY-ROCKLAND slovakia because his government disapproved of make them think," Somers said. New England's soft real estate market has dealt another blow Signature: ______:__:_-:::------styles. Excellent sizes. Visit Tues. Oct. 17 his writings. Portlanders affiliated with Amnesty $2 added 10 charge orders for handling, Provoking people and making them think to the One Bancorp, parent company of Maine Savings Bank. The our expanded Cargo Bay Room ROSA'S-PORTSMOlJfH, NH International have "adopted" him as a "prisoner Make checks payable to: The Portland Ballet Co. Sat. Oct. 21 landed Frantisek Starek in a Czechoslovakian jail. company is facing a $50 million loss against its operatio~s, the Now at RAOUL'S · PORTLAND of conscience." 341 Cumberland Ave. Portland,Me 04101 207-772-9671 The 36-year-old Czechoslovakian magazine edi­ fourth consecutive quarter it has suffered a loss. PrOperbes the Fri. & Sat Oct. 27 & 28 Deborah Locke, a librarian at Westbrook High MOOSE ALLEY - PORTLAND tor was convicted of "incitement" for distributing bank foreclosed on when borrowers could no longer pay their SHIPWRECK &CARGO School and chair of Maine's Intellectual Freedom 8 Moulton St., Porlland -175-3057 FLU. SIZE material considered politically unacceptable by loans had to be reevaluated and are worth significantly less now Committee, said complaints that books should be M - Sat. 9-6:00 - Sun 11-5 .. nun t:"n:WI'.\I"'IE"T his government. On Sept. 30, the local chapter of than when the Portland real estate market was booming. The loss removed from Maine public schools jumped from Amnesty International, a group that works for does not threaten ordinary bank accounts since the bank is in­ three in 1987 to twelve in 1988. The complaints the release of political prisoners, focused on sured by the Federal Deposit Insurance C~rp. But shareh?lders, focussed on "obscene language, books on the Starek's case. who saw their dividends cut in half in Apnl and stopped m July, occult, inappropriate behavior, and bathroom still won't see any money in their mailboxes. behavior," Locke said. A dozen people sat at tables in Raffle's Cafe Bookstore on Congress Street. Most were in their Nationally censorship complaints have tripled twenties or thirties. Some drank coffee or wine. since Ronald Reagan took office in 1980. Locke Everyone wrote letters to peopletheydidn'tknow. "Con Man" cries poverty said "a conservative trend through the system" Reza Jalali, the coordinator for the local group, Thomas R. Acker, dubbed a "Con Man" by Portland investors prompted more and more parents to object to who bought into his real estate schemes, has filed for ~nkrup~cy what their children read in school. said that when a group adopts a prisoner of conscience, its members write letters to leaders in with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland. Along With Blame Locke spoke at a panel discussion at the Port­ the prisoner's country asking that the prisoner be Davis, Acker was the subject of CBW' s "The Con Men" cover story land Public Library Sept. 29. The discussion was freed. Jalali admitted that individually the letters (CBW 3/30/89). William Black, a Portland Atto:ney who ~epre­ prompted by National Banned Book Week, but may not have much pull - especially when the sents some of Acker's investors, said that Acker IS attempting to encompassed aspects of censorship throughout letter's recipient doesn't even understand Eng­ wipe his financial slate clean. Under the U.S. ~ankru~t~ code the community. Much of the focus was on Sen. lish - but he added that letter-writing campaigns Acker is liquidating his assets - what he owns will be dlV~ded up DOWNSTAIRS Jesse Helms' bill that aimed to eliminate federal show the powers that be that the welfare of the and paid proportionately to the people he owes. So Within a few grants for art that was "obscene" or "indecent." A prisoner is being watched internationally. Even if months, debtors who had not expected to see a dime from Ack~r watered-down. version of that bill passed on prisoners aren't freed, letter writers hope that could atleastget a fraction of what they wereo~ed. . But Black said ATRAOULIS October 7. calling lIttention to the prisoner will ensure that that "some people might be angry enough With Acker that they Mark Somers, who recently left the position of he or she is not tortured or killed, Jalali said. won't settle for a fraction ..." and will sue him for fraud and the 5 - 50e pool tables managing director of the Portland Stage Com­ Jalali was adopted as a prisoner of conscience entire amount. pany, said that PSC currently receives $55,000 a Mondays at 7 pm: after he was jailed in India for reasons similar to year in federal grants. Somers expressed concern Starek's. "I believe that Amnesty International 9-ball pool tournament, $5 entry fee not only that PSC would lose funding, but also saved my life," he said. WEIRD NEWS: Wednesdays at 7 pm: AndyN"""""n orLawrence Terry Jordan, an inmate on a work-release pro­ 8-ball pool tournament, $5 entry fee gram in Columbia, S.c., was charged with robbing two banks on his lunch hour. Rou",d SweetlAlterNet October 12, 1989 5 4 CllSco &y Wetkly

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On the' dance floor at the Bounty: more couples and more expenslye clothes. CBW photosfTonee Harbert On the dance floor at Zootz: teens dance alone and with friends of both sexes.

the cover charge is covered by allowance and by Some kids don't drink. At the Bounty. Eric Newton today will breed responsible drinkers for the future. "If Friday-night drinkers has also rid him of the Friday­ A quarter-of-a-million dollars worth of lights throw parents. Michelle Campbell, a USM freshman, goes to says, 'The serious dancers don't drink; just the people you're providing a chern-free environment, I think LEARNING THE night fighting, belligerence and drunkenness, all a part colors around, spotlighting a face here, a body there. A four chern-free nights a week in Portland and Sanford. who stand around and a few out-of-towners." you're sending a message. You're telling kids they can of what Clark calls "amateur drinking night." row of boys line the sides of the dance floor, just Her parents help support this four-night-a-week habit. Some kids go to avoid drinkers. "It's a good place to still have a good time without alcohol." CHEM-FREE DANCE Chern-free Fridays have the feel of a high school watching. On a small stage in front of the DJ's booth, "They don't mind giving me money. They know I'm dance without bar brawls," says Zootz-goer Jessica Some kids agreed that they get that message. "I dance: girls hug and whisper; everyone seems to know three-somes get up to show off their moves. safe and I'm keeping busy. And it doesn't interfere Swartz. Samantha Keniston still goes to Zootz every think they learn to have fun without alcohol or to CONTINUED from page one each other; a girl takes a snapshot of friends; they One DJ takes a break and offers five dollars to the with school," she says. week even though she's now 21. "When you go where drink in moderation," says Michelle Campbell. Other drink soda out of plastic cups. But it doesn't look like a person who can identify the cologne he's wearing. "Chern-free is one of the best nights for me finan­ alcohol is served there are some really gross people." kids don't see it that way. "I don't think a chern-free high school gym and there are no chaperones at the Kids sniff his wrists. Eventually someone guesses it. cially," states Clark. Although the ratio of bar sales on she says. night by itself is going to convince them they don't The music seeping out of Zootz and into the night is punch bowl. The guy at the door and the gal serving The OJ's are playing the latest dance tunes, straight­ a bar night versus a chern-free night is 10:1, Clark says But there is a sense of a farm system in the works at have to drink," says Meredith Harrell. She thinks the hyped-up, frantic. It's called post-modem. It's the soda are both under 21 . When kids step outside, they forward songs with weak rhyme schemes. When they he makes up for it at the door. Everyone pays $5 on chern-free nights as kids learn to socialize in a bar so term chern-free just "gives the parents some feeling of music these teens' parents don't like. flop down on the curb next to other kids and just talk slip on the old frat party classic Mony Mony the kids Friday nights at Zootz compared to paying $4 Satur­ that they can unblinkingly make the transition to a bar security ." Every song is backed by a dance beat with quirky to them. There is a friendliness, almost an innocence don't quite know how to dance to it. They chant, "Get day night, only after 10 p.m. Chern-free Sundays make with alcohol when they tum 21. And if chern-free sound effects and altered voices, but the dancing is here. laid! Get fu--ed.!" at certain points during the song. more money at the Bounty than the with-alcohol nights are kids on bikes waiting to drive, then "18- Alternate alternatives laid back. The music beats fast and tribal but the kids A block away on Congress Street, a drunk adult The Bounty didn't jump right into chern-free nights. Oldies night did when it was in that slot. plus" nights are kids riding around with a friend who The lines are clearly drawn between the kids who are moving in straight four-four time. They bob and man eats Chee-tos and argues with another drunk General manager Pat Reeves explains that they didn' t But chern-free nights don't work for every bar. T­ can drive. go to chern-free nights at Zootz and the kids who go to bounce. No one touches. Groups dance together and man. A red car with New Hampshire plates inches want to be perceived as a "kiddie club" when they first Birds, a year-old dance club whose 19505 motif seems Friday nights at the Bounty are called "l8-plus" chern-free nights at the Bounty and the kids who don't kids dance alone. There's not much leg showing, not along, the driver whispering invitations to late night opened. But after six months they didn't just decide to the perfect setting for bopping and sipping soda pop, go to either. Bounty kids say Zootz is the place for much flesh. A woman's voice in a song implores, "put single women. have a chem-free night either. The head honchos got ran chern-free nights last January but ended up punks and art fags. Zootz kids say the Bounty is the your hands on me," and it sounds funny, out of place. together a focus group of teens to find out what they canning them. Promotional manager Maureen place for cheerleaders and football players. It goes ignored. There's no frenzy, no meat market, no wanted. Based on their comments, a chern-free night O'Donovan explains: "Kids who go to chern-free are Each club forms a big clique. The club clique cuts showing off. was added. more interested in light shows and contemporary across high school lines, but it's a clique nonetheless. The kids wear black. They wear leggings and t­ Now there are two chern-free nights at the Bounty: music than nostalgia." "Preppies," "bum outs" and "squares" don't make the shirts. They wear clothes too big for them. There are a Sunday when 600 to 700 kids come through and And financial success doesn't guarantee that a scene. few severe haircuts dyed unnatural colors. Most of the Monday night which draws 200 to 250 kids. "We'll chern-free night won't get pre-empted. Geno's had A girl dancing barefoot at the Bounty in a tie-dyed kids are dancing. There are guys dancing together - probably do chern-free here Sunday and Monday been running chern-free Sunday afternoons through­ shirt and cotton skirt looks out of place. She says she unusual at dances especially without alcohoL The bar nights for the next 10 years," says Reeves. out the past summer featuring local bands. Nancy usually goes to Zootz. It's her first time at the Bounty. stools are empty. The water fountain is busy. Some Back out on the dance floor, a DJ offers a $10 bill to Chalmers, who does the booking at Geno's, says these She came with a friend. She says she'll stick with kids linger on the perimeter of the dance floor. A half­ the first kid who knows when Maine became a state. afternoons were very successful with people ages 15 to Zootz. dozen more stay a distance away, sitting at a back A slow dance comes on and a boy awkwardly asks 50 showing up and paying the $4 cover charge. But These lines are rarely crossed. At each place kids go table in a cloud of cigarette smoke, dressed a little a girl to dance. She agrees, raising her hand to her chern-free afternoons have been put on hold because to be with their type, to hear their music and to do tougher than the rest. mouth to hide her braces. Her friends titter and watch the people who go there to watch Sunday afternoon their thing. It's not just that they need a place to go; Cyr The songs melt into one another, quickly becoming from the sidelines. football games want to drink. Eric Newton and Joe show off their moyes. they need a place that is theirs. indistinguishable. Owner Kris Clark is perched in the The next song is faster. A guy closes in on another "All our friends are here," says Angela Hernandez, disc-jockey loft above the dance floor sending out the At Zootz: like a high school dance. girl already dancing. She presses her crotch against his (hem-free drinking nights, which means 18- to 20-year-olds can come in a Bounty regular. Her friend Miranda McCallum adds, tunes. moving thigh as they dance together. The kids who go, and the bigger kids who run the and dance but they can't go upstairs to the bar area. 'This is where we can all come to hear this music and Clark worked as a roving DJ before opening Zootz Across town Around midnight the crowd thins out. The OJ tries show agree that not all the bodies coming through the Reeves says another focus group indicated that there dress up nicely. It's kinda sophisticated." two years ago. Spinning records at various dance Across town another crowd of teenagers goes to the to get a "best legs" contest together but not enough doors are chem-free. were enough couples straddling the legal drinking age Bu~ at both clubs, the kids agree there's little else to spaces around town, he realized that there was a Bounty for chern-free Sunday nights. girls are willing at this hour. When both clubs started having chern-free nights, to warrant such a night. do. market for both drinking and chern-free dance crowds. Most of these kids dance as couples. Some clumps the chern-free part didn't mean much to the kids. "I There are a lot of big guys standing around watch­ "Sundays are boring. It's the only place to go," says Since the first week Zootz opened there's been a chem­ of girls dance together. It's not cool for guys to dance (hem-free economics crawled through the front door (drunk) when it first ing out that the underage kids don't drink. but still it's a girl primping in front of the mirror in the Bounty free night. "I wish when I was growing up there was a together here. Chern-free nights came on the scene during the opened," says Jessica Swartz. an initiation into the bar scene. Even with the under­ bathroom. place (like this)," says Clark. "I got in trouble because Shirts are tucked in. Boys wear pants and most girls 1980s - the same decade that nearly every state "It definitely is a factor," says Clark, admitting that age population there, the 18-plus night loses the "It's the only thing you can really do. It's this or get there was nowhere to go." don't. Panty hose, hair spray and high heels are bumped its legal drinking age up to 21. people drink beforehand. Reeves says that in the spunk, the freshness of nights when no alcohol is someone to buy alcohol for you," says Erin Moore. "It Now there are two chern-free nights at Zootz, everywhere. Appearance is a big thing here. The Maine's drinking age hit 21 in 1985. "It had a real Bounty's earlier days, one out of 10 people who served. It's crowded and faceless. gives meaning to the weekend," her friend Gary Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday nights attract 150 kids in women's bathroom is stocked with a hair dryer, bottles significant effect on all bars," says Zootz owner Clark. showed up at the door had been drinking. The OJ promotes ladies night and 75-cent drink Walker chimes in. If Zootz closed? "We'd have no­ the summer, 75 to 100 during the school year. of nail polish and perfume, static guard, baby powder, He estimates that raising the legal drinking age to 21 Both places cracked down. Clark hired an extra night. The sign out by the road announcing it's 18-plus where to go," says Ed, who has just sat down on the Friday nights went chern-free in the summer of '88, lipsticks, combs, towels. Girls cluster in front of the cut out 15 to 20 percent of the late-night, money­ bouncer to check the parking lot for kids drinking. "I night puts in a plug for Michelob Dry. It seems like its curbside outside the club. "I'd be hanging out down­ after three new clubs opened in the Portland area mirror and put on another layer. spending population that supports bars and night­ don't want them drinking. I worry about kids drinking making the same old alcohol-equals-fun connections town," says Erin. "There isn't much of an alternative," within a few months of each other. The Friday night · There are 19 video monitors around the club, not clubs. Chern-free nights bring those teens - and their and driving," says Clark. Reeves has two bouncers that the advertisers are so good at. adds Gary. drinking crowd was spreading thin, so Clark declared counting .the ones in the bathrooms. They heighten the money - back into the bars. prowling the parking lot to keep the kids straight. He Reeves says the farm system is part of having chem­ his Friday nights chern-free. Now two to three sense of being watched, of needing to look good for At both chern-free clubs there are a core of weekly says that now only one in 50 kids who show up for free nights. "You're training them for four or five years hundred people go to Zootz every Friday night to someone else. regulars and a host of less frequent folk who shell out chern-free nights have liquor on their breath. down the road." He thinks that the chern-free dances Kelly Nelson danas IJy herself, except when she does t~ rumba. dance and not drink. Clark says getting rid of the The bi-level dance floor is crowded most the night. $5 or $6 at the door. Some of the kids have jobs. Mostly • Grsco &y Wtdly

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GORIEST ~ N" SELECTION OF "' ~ fantastic perfumes Barter's "Porcupine Islands I" ..J"' Quality gifts in pewter, silver, necklaces / earrings / pins / bolos J... ther &i brass. great stuff and lots more Personalized while yoo wail also open sunday 12-4 pm Philip Barter Classic the Impressions Boldness and energy. INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES AND THE AMERICAN HERO 164 Middle St. • Old Port PEYTON HIGGISON. A TOUR OF INDUSTRIAL IDEAS THROUGH Next to The Oyster Club A SERIES OF DRAWINGS. COLLAGES AND PRINTS. 874-6980 Philip Barter, who approaches SO, continues Barter gets more into Portland with his rendi­ Mon.-Thurs. 9'.30-6 Fri. 9:30-5:30 Sa t. 10-5 his prolific outpouring of oil paintings and tion of the State Theater, dominated by the EXHIBITION: OCTOBER 13 - NOVEMBER 3 painted constructions. If this year should mark "STATE" on the marquis. If pending plans go JOIN US FORAN OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST­ the middle of his life, he already has a tremen­ through to either remove the marquis or reno­ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 13.5 -7 PM dous oeuvre and it could be monumental by the vate the theater, this painting should easily in­ end of the next 50 years. crease in value. This often-painted subject has a OWN YOUR His new works are on view at the Congress life all its own in Barter's rendition. Square Gallery until October 30. Even now gal­ Barter used to paint mostly landscapes and OWN HOME lery director Jon Chamoff keeps a whole pile in some "story" paintings which showed a view of FOR ONLY his back office. Among theseisoneof my favorite a store, a garage or a lobster boat around the 146 MIDDLE STREET. PORTLAND. ME 04101 _12071 772· 2693 paintings Barter has done - a Mandarin portrait, Sullivan area. Although he paints fewer stilllifes one of several he painted after seeing a produc­ and Mikado-like figures, sometimes he really tion of "The Mikado" in Ellsworth last year. hits the jackpot in this direct and simple compo­ $15 Barter only occasionally makes a figure the main sition. One of these in this show, "Pear Cactus," subject of a painting. This Mikado figure fills the offers just the cactus plant, filling the medium­ PER DAY** canvas facing directly out, just like the old Chi­ sized canvas and the brilliant reddish orange The Indians did not set out to nese Mandarin portraits. The color is briUiant background. This painting is alive, uniquely create artfor its own sake. In and the impact transports the viewer to an orien­ colored and reflects Barter's skill and vision. traditional Indian thinking, tal setting although the background is just color Another successful still life is "Bell Peppers" there is no separation between with no scenic details. whose brilliant red and yellow peppers come are art and life or between what is Two striking pieces in the show shineoutfrom almost squinning around on their rool blue and beautiful and what is the farwall ofthe gallery. They are painted wood white platter. functional. Art, beauty, and reliefs of the Porcupine Islands, which sit in Among the paintings area few failures like the spirituality are so firmly Frenchman's Bay off Bar Harbor. The best view monochromatic colorless "Mooselookmegunti­ intertwined in the routine of • Five model<; to chao&: from of the islands is from Bar Harbor when they are cook." There are some "story" paintings like the living that no words are • Homes as low as $39,950 shrouded in mist. But Barter lives further up the "Welder" and "Joe's Barber Shop," which have needed, or allowed, to separate • FIJJallCing availalt coast in North Sullivan and from Sullivan, one is some beautifully painted sections and some less them. • FuU Contracting Service likely to see the dramatic silhouettes against a well-resolved areas. • Over 1,00) lois availalt clear sky that he has pictured. In "Porcupine I am tired of seeing Phil Barter excluded from U~ AOADIJ.. or build on your Jarxj. Islands I" he has captured the luminous light of lists of Maine's really good contemporary paint­ the sky in Frenchman's Bay. The fact that he ersand seeing him upstaged in the press by more '. 'f'~ painted it green with lavender clouds attests to ordinary painters like Chris Huntington. Barter FREE HOME PLANNING KIT' CONTINUOUS OPEN HOUSE moved back to Maine from California about 20 TODD GOUDREAULT •~ -(c;~t' 8DDU The full story of Showcase. Over 20 pages M-F II am-7 pm • 9 am-5 pm • Sun. 12-5 pm his skill as a colorist. The narrow yellow rim THE around the dark island reliefs brings them out in years ago when he realized he was painting like PLAINS 146 Ocean St., South Portland of homes, options, prices & buying tips. Naples: Rte. 302, E. of Rte. 35. Across Tel. 799-SAVE the paintings just as they stand out in one's mind Marsden Hartley, admiring him, and missing GALLERY Used & Out-oC-Print Books • 6 models • financing from Mardon Marina. (207) 693-6996 in real .life. In "Porcupine Islands m," Barter Maine. Barterstudieslotsofpaintersand with his We buy books, too. 28 Exchange 51. Portland Maine· (207) 774·7500 • full contracting • building lots Turner: Turner Plaza, Rte. 4 (207) 225-3234 treats us to a purple sky and makes another unlimited energy incorporates the accomplish­ M·W l0-6/Th-8a 10·91 5u 12·5 Tue. to Fri. ll-5, Sat. 12-4 successful relief painting. ments of Hartley, Van Gogh, Gaughin .and Ma­ Other times by chance .. . Showcase .is you: Custom Home Specialist. Unlimited capabilities _ Barter, like Wendy Kindred, Eric Hopkins tisseinto hiswork without simply imitating them. from the Incredible value of Premier to 3000 sq. ft. luxury homes. and other painters, has trouble distinguishing his The range of his subject matter and the range of + STUNTERS + DELTAS best works from his prolific output. At the Con­ his palette far exceed most painters working + DIAMONDS + PARAFOILS gress Square opening he said he sold 110 paint­ today. His vision of Maine and Maine life is clear +ANDMORE! Visit us tC!day. 1-800-344-6552 ings within a year's time. and exuberant. What I admire most of all is his 1£------l This exhibit has some uninteresting paintings willingness to take risks with color (green sky), HOME-PLANNING SEMINAR and some that are new to Portland viewers. subject matter ("Foolish #5," a cat portrait), and Saturday, October 28 at Barter has included several cityscapes, specifi­ composition ('l'ear Cactus"). His boldness, his ~,. ~ Maine Aquarium, Route I, Saco. OfllJ !PDf! !KJqt£ cally of Portland. One street Scene of two figures enthusiasm and his dedication to creativity have , , For more information call t-----\1fmPE 1-800-344-6552. walking by what appears to be the Nickelodeon produced several hundred paintings recently. I For All Ye Mighty is nottoointeresting. On the other hand, longfel­ can easily tolerate his failures and celebrate his Wind Related lYeeds SHOWCASE HOAfES,INC-m low never looked as good as he does in Barter's successes. Stop in for a few minutes, or Wharf SETTING THE PACE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING Ri AUOIt browse for hours. Enjoy! 3 St.• Old Port painting of the Longfellow Square statue. He 871-0035 *Not Available in all cases. Certain conditions apply. **$49,950 at 10% - 30 years displays his skill as a painter in the multicolored base of this marble statue. His painting of the Sherry Mil1u, Ilrlist lind writer, first she saw Phil subject brings to life a rather ordinary landmark. 8IIrter'5 paintings Ilt tM Surry Inn. The show continues for the Kidney Foundation is subject of a lunchtime lecture Portland Performing Arts tion for Women's annual through November 15. For at 8 p.m. at Keeley the Cater­ at the Portland Public Library. Center, 25A Forest Ave., conference being held today 9 more information, call 879- ers, 178 Warren Ave., Port­ Singer, harpsichordist and Portland. Tickets are $13, a.m.-5 p.m. at the Atrium, on 0042. land - not at PPAC as was scholar Miriam Barndt-Webb available at the PPAC box Rt. 24, Brunswick. The confer­ • Photographs from the printed in last week's Calen­ speaks at 12 noon in the Rines office, 774-0465. ence includes workshops on first century of photography dar. The Meeting Room. For more • The Los Angeles Piano strategies for the pro-choice are on exhibit at the Bowdoin • Bad luck for people with infonnation, call 871-1700. movement, racism and af­ renowned documentary performers Quartet has been instrumental College Museum of Art in blood in their veins: A mari­ firmative action, economic photographers goes on dis- of "All • The Bc5ston-based avant­ in the commission and per­ Brunswick. "Oh Say Can You onette performance for the garde music trio Aequalis issues and budget cutbacks . play today, adding to the Singing, All fonnance of new works for See: American Photography, whole family opens the Dancing, All performs contemporary with special attention to child comprehensive photography piano quartet. Tonight, the 1839-1939" opens along with season at the Chocolate Concerned," works for cello, percussion care and older women's show already on the walls of chctmber ensemble performs a "A Romance of Realism: The Church in Bath. Bennington to benefit and piano at 7:30 p.m., Kresge. issues, lesbian rights, women the Portland Museum of Art. newly commissioned work Art ofJ.B. Carpeaux" in a Puppets preSent the tale of . The AIDS Auditorium, Visual Arts and labor organizing, femi­ Photographs by Robert Frank ''The King of the Sun," tab­ preview tonight from 8-10 "Dracula" at 7 p.m. at The Project, gear Center, Bowdoin College, nism and foreign policy, and W. Eugene Smith are on up for a leaux for violin, viola, cello p.m. For more information, Center for The Arts, 804 . ilrunswick. Tonight's per­ feminist theory in action, and the walls at the Evans Gallery, performance and piano in five movements call 725-3275. Washington St., Bath. Tickets fonnance includes "No.9 women's response to violence. 7 Pleasant St., Portland. Frank Oct. 14,8 by Stephen Hartke, at 8 p.m. are $7 for adults, $3.50 for Zyklis for Solo Percussion" by The cost of the conference is came to the U.S. from Switzer­ p.m. at the in Corthell Concert Hall, USM children. For more informa­ Karlheinz StockhauSen, $10, with a sliding scale based land in 1947 and in 1955 he Portland Gorham. Other pieces that tion, call 442-8455. "Synchronisms No.6 for on ability to pay. For more received a Guggenheim grant Performing will be perfonned include Piano and Electronic Tape" by information or to pre-register, to photograph America. The • Bad luck for men of the Arts Center• Mozart's Piano Quartet in G For more Mario Davidosky, "Bending minor, K. 478 and Brahm's call 865-4489. result of this project, "The cloth who have gone awry: information, • A day of workshops on Americans" was published in Tennessee Williams' play the Light" commissioned by Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. ''The Night of The Iguana" call the trio from Marjorie Merry­ 26. Tickets are $10 for the women's health will address 1959 and some of these pieces • The many installments of 774-6877. are included in the exhibit. "Friday the 13th" are avail­ opens tonight and continues man, "Sonata for Cello and public, $7 for USM staff, both traditional and non­ Much of Smith's early work able in video stores every­ through Oct. 22 at Russell Piano" by Miriam Gideon, faculty and senior citizens, traditional approaches to was published in the original where. You might want to call Square Theater on the USM and "Spiral" by Chinary Ung and $5 for students: For more healing and well-being, new Life magazine. Pictures from ahead to reserve your copy. Gorham campus. Perfonn­ Tickets are $4 and $2 for infonnation, call the Portland infonnation and resources for his "Spanish Village," "Nurse • Ooops ... Unlucky for us. ances are Thursdar-Saturday seniors. Concert Association at 772- common health concerns for at 8 p.m., Sunday at 5 p.m. 8630 or USM Music Depart­ women, tips for staying fit, Midwife," and "Country The comedy cabaret benefit area and ac~owledges all boxes of crayons. The finished ment at 780-5256. mutual support, and more in Doctor" essays will also be on Tickets are $6 for the public, others who have settled here. artwork will be on display voucher, but participants a collaborative effort between display. $5 for seniors, and $3 for There will be music, drum­ through Oct 29. Two chil­ must attend both sessions to Community Programs at students. For more informa­ ming, dance, poetry, ethnk dren's films, "Nonnan the receive the voucher. For more USM, Mercy Hospital and tion, call 780-5483. food and more. For more Doorman" and "Crac" will be infonnation, call 799-7303 ext. USM's Lifeline. The work­ shown at 2 and 3:30 p.m. infonnation, call 761-4638. 244. • The Presumpscot River shops are 8:30 a.m-.3:30 p.m. Gallery games will take place Watch program is gearing up at the USM Portland Campus all afternoon. AIl activities are to start monitoring the water • "Turning Tides: Feminist Center. The fee for the day is free with museum admission. quality of the Presumpscot Alliance for Social Change" is $50. For more infonnation, For more information, call River next spring. They have the Maine National Organiza- call 874-6500. 775-6148 . • ''Working Class Women's formed a non-profit organiza­ Story of Life in the Neighbor­ • Portland Harbor is one of tion and are signing up hood" will be presented in • "Cuba: The Permanent only a handful of ports along volunteers to help monitor the two public forums. The first is Revolution" is the title of a the Gulf of Maine that re­ river. The group meets to­ today and the second Nov. 18. lecture given by M@nuel ceives crude oil. Oil spills night 7 p.m. in the Bernstein The project interviewed 30 Davis, first secretary of the have happened here and Room of the Barron Center, women over the age of 60 • There's still time to Cuban Interests Section in could happen again. Con­ Brighton Ave., Portland. For from Portland's West End, enjoy the outdoors before the Washington, D.C. The lecture cerned? Attend the first more infonnation on how to who described how and why winter freeze. The Maine is part of the World Affairs general meeting of the Friends get involved, contact the the neighborhood has Outdoor Adventure Club has Council series ''The Changing of Casco Bay's Oil Action chairperson of the organiza­ changed. Feminist and hu­ 9rganized a walk on Sewall Face of Communism." Davis Group at 7: 15 p.m. at the tion Linda Reed at 892-4447 or manist scholars will be pres­ Beach, which leaves from speaks at 7:30 p.m. in the Casco Bay Lines ferry termi­ the vice-chair Randy ent to place the experience of Back Cove Shop 'n Save at 9 USM Portland Campus nal on Commercial Street. The Grumpelt at 892-2047. these West Enders in a larger a.m. For more information, Center rooms A-C Admission free meeting is open to any­ perspective, discuss the call 761-8489. is $5 for the public, $3 for one interested. Call 774-4627 history of the era these • There will be a fall WAC members and $1 for for more information. women lived, and the ethics foliage walk in the autumn students. For more informa­ • P[anist Richard Roberts of public policy and social woods at Wolfe Neck Woods tion, call 780-4551. Tomorrow performs Soler's Sonata in F service. The forum, spon­ State Park in Freeport. The night, Davis speaks at Bow­ sharp minor, Ravel's Sonatine, sored by Portland West walk begins at 2 p.m. from the doin College at 7:30 p.rn. in Beethoven's Sonata in D • Leland Faulkner's Light Neighborhood Planning benches beside the second Daggett Lounge, Wentworth minor and Mussorgsky's Theatre presents a Halloween Council, is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. parking lot and the walk is Hall. ''Pictures at an Exhibition" at show, which includes mime, at Harbor Terrace, 284 free. For more information, • SMVTI and the Maine 7:45 p.m. in Ludcke Audito­ magic, dance, shadow play, Danforth St., Portland. call 865-4465 or 289-3821. Office of Energy Resources rium, Westbrook College, scary stories and dark humor. For more infonnation, • An alternative celebra­ offer a free home weatheriza­ Stevens Ave., Portland. The Featured pieces include "The call 775-0105. tion of Columbus Day, "Shar­ tion workshop, which will concert is free and open to the King of the Cats," an Irish folk • Art in process. The ing a Land of Many Colors," demonstrate how to make public. tale about power, murder and Portland Museum of is being presented by the homes more energy efficient. magic; ''The Corpse Rider," a Art is' having a family Center for Vision and Policy The workshop is offered in Japanese ghost story; "Death," A day day from 1-5 p.m. Still today from 2-8 p.m. at the two sessions, tonight and about seven characters and for women, lifes will be set up all over the Father Hayes Center, p73 Wednesday 6:30-9:30 p.m., at their final exit; and a comic working and museum for children to draw Stevens Ave., Portland. The SMVTI in South Portland. piece ''The Mortician." Per­ otherwise... -- and the museum will multi-cultural event honors Each participating household • "Does Maine Really fonnances are tonight and See Oct. 21. provide reams of paper and the indigenous people of the will receive a $75 materials Have a Music History?" is the tomorrow at 8 p.rn. at the

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