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COYER STORY by Kelly Nelson sniffles, not because they got in PHOTOGRAPHS by Tonee Harber! trouble. For most kids, summer vacation They're staying home because is over. . they're studying at home. Each weekday morning, while Against the tide of women enter the day is still cool and the ground ing the workforce and giving their still damp, Maine's school children kids over to daycare, more and stand by the road and wait for a more parents are staying home ~o yellow bus to sweep them off to teach their children themselves. school. Seven years ago there were only But some 700 of Maine's school three approved homeschoolers in aged children aren't standing by Maine. Now there are more than the road this year. They're staying 700. home: not because they have "the CONTINUED on page 6 .
UPDATES page 2 LISTINGS page 14
WEIRD NEWS page 3 EATS page 16
TALK page 4 SPORT page 18
VIEWS page 6 CLASSIFIEDS page 21
COVER page8 PUZZLE page 23 Dog catchers snatch Dogman's pack. Sporting with the deadly sins. CALENDAR page 12 POOK page 23 See page 2. See page 18. 2 CIlSCO &y ~kly September 7, 1989 3 THE WRITING LirE The MAIN STREET spirit
ANN I E lives! DILLARD
Harper & Row, Publishers THE WEEK IN B.RIEF: r'''~~'~~~'~;~'''''~ MERC asks for more bucks : ----..: Officials from Biddeford's Maine Energy Recovery Co. (MERe), :---=-:. : a plant that accepts trash 'from 27 Maine towns and bums it to ••••••••••••• !..!.~ ••••••--"~ produce energy, met with officials from area towns Aug. 31. 38 Exchange St. Old Port MERC pitched ideas to get it out of financial trouble, speCifically (207) 774-0626 raising the "tipping fee" - the money a town pays to dump each ton of trash - and changing from a private to quaSi-public opera \ tion. "I think MERC is looking for a bailout," said George Christie, executive director of the Maine People's Alliance. "They talked Introducing MAIN STREET ACCOUNT r' On ~ about having a commitment to the solid waste problem, but their commitment is to the bottom line." Christie said that heis '1eery" Small Business Services Camera of conununities taking over a plant that has been poorly managed, 1989 but added that community involvement with the plant could Even if your business isn't located on Main Street, you can still get the Fall Class Schedule make it more accountable for the ash, noise, and odor which come spirit. And the benefits. Just open a new MAIN STREET Account at VO I, Weds, 5-6:30 from it. Casco Northern Bank. Sept. 20 - Oct. 18 VO II, Weds, 5-6:30 Oct. 25 - Nov. 29 Waterfront report makes waves MAIN STREET is your kind of bank account. For your kind of TV I, Tues, 7-9 A draft of a marketing study of Portland's port has angered the business. Ifs a unique package of low-fee, no-minimum-balance Sept 19 - Oct 24 Waterfront Task Force, who commissioned the $26,000 study. business checking ... premium interest on business savings ... and TV II, Man, 6:30-8:30 "We wanted some concrete strategies and gota piece of fluff," said other services specially designed to help you and your small Oct. 2 - Nov. 6 Karen Sanford, a member of the Waterfront Task Force. Sanford business get more from your bank. And pay less. Improvisation, Thurs, 7-9 said that Massachusetts consultant James O'Connell was asked to Sept. 28 - Nov.16 come up with "nuts and bolts action plans" to attract industry to On MAIN STREET, your business means more. More convenience. Course and faculty descriptions the port but instead made academic and "wimpy" suggestions. are available by calling handltuffed and marched from the Cotton Street garage. CB W photos/Monte Paulsen Sanford thinks O'Connell "slashed" the 1987 referendum that More savings. More advantages. To open your account, visit any EBERHAROT/1li/iPACT • said the waterfront should be used exclusively for marine busi Casco Northern office or call ON CAMEIfA • IN "E/UON ness by suggesting that non-marine businesses should be consid Press kept at bay while cops cuff Koplow in the dark ered when other businesses cannot be found. O'Connell's final 1-800-635-BANK 775-6558 draft of the study is due this fall, but Sanford suggests "throwing (outside Maine: 207-774·8221). 142 High St. the thing out and throwing him out." "" Portland. Me 04101 Suite «a4.... Dogman busted, dogs locked up·
The Dogrnan was busted and the Portland Police are being chewed Portland attorney Tom Connolly said police often Charge a person ~ Council retreats for quality time Casco Northern Banl< out for it. with assault or obstruction of government administration if they The Portland City Council held a six-hour retreat last Thursday , Police Chief Michael Chitwood has tried to explain that the bust ~ A Bank of Boston Company have no grounds to make an arrest. "Welcome to the real world," he ... at Portland's Regency Inn. In the hope that getting out of the Mt'mik.,FOK Commun was ordered by the court, but on T-shirts, television and radioshows, said. "That happens all the time. [t protects the officer later." public spotlight would encourage a free flow of ideas from council police are being blasted by Portland citizens who think there are With about 850 citations and about 50 convictions for leash-law members, Mayor Esther B. Oenottasked that the press and public Cable Netwo bigger threats to society than David Kaplow - known as the Dogrnan week of and registration violations on file at the Cumberland County Court not attend. Some media representatives and council watchers - and his six bouncing dogs. house, Kaplow is one of the city's most prolific scoff-laws. showed anyway. Also attending was a facilitator, who pocketed Call-In Portland Kaplow bailed himself out of jail the day of the bust, but the dogs With Mayor Esther Clenott (1 hr.) The court order was issued August ]6 at the end of a two-year $1,200 for prodding' the councilors. The council held the retreat at are still in the pen. And Portlanders are howling mad. court fight over the city's right to seize the dogs. The order gave the Regency Inn even though that establishment owes the city of living Tapestries "It's been incredible. Dave gives off an aura that people really Kaplow 10 days to register his dogs, display dog tags on them and Portland $235,000 in back taxes. "We're concerned aboutanybody Elder Images & Style (112 hr.) like," said $aral'l Johns, manager of the Soho boutique on Exchange leash them. that owes us that kind of money," said City Manager Robert B. Street. In three days Soho sold ]50 "Leave the Dogrnan Alone" T A few days after the order was issued Kaplow registered all but Ganley, "but they're in Chapter 11 (bankruptcy), so we hope to Power &. Steele on Theater shirts that feature six stick-figure dogs and a stick-figure man. Johns, New fall season underway (1/2 hr.) one of the dogs with the city. But Kaplow, as he has for years, refused help them continue to be in business, not drive them out df like Ann Sachs who has sold 100 to leash Clarabelle, Granola, business." NAILS! Our Changing Region "Hands Off the Dogman" T-shirts, Miss Punch, Mr. Hocus Focus, Growth in Greater Portland (1/2 hr.) hopes to convince Kaplow to Sammy and You Too. In a ]987 There are no more excuses. Now you can accept the proceeds. court deba te, Kaplow said leash Faster Portland roads en route City Arts Since August 26 there has been have the gorgeous nails you've always wanted! Update on area arts events (1/2 hr.) ing the dogs "would kill them A study begun in June aims to improve traffic flow over the a court order for the seizure of and would kill me." next 20 years on 12 Portland roads. The Portland Area Compre Matthew John is proud to announce the best Programs primiere Fri. 7·10pm, in Kaplow's dogs, but police had to order listed &repeat Sat., Sun., & Chitwood said he will return hensive Transportation Study (PACTS), funded by the Maine get Kaplow out of the way first. of Quebec! Carole Fortin, our new nail Mon. 1·4 & 7-10pm and Tues., Wed., Kaplow's dogs if he will prom Department of Transportation, has hit the road in Portland and by technician, is a graduate of Polyvalent Benoit & Thurs. gam·noon. And they didn't havea warrant to ise to leash them while he ap I April will identify Portland's worst bottlenecks and develop arrest him. Cable Channel 16 in Portland, So. peals the Cumberland County plans to speed them up. John Duncan, executive director of Vachon School of Esthetics in Quebec. Carole Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough So on Aug. 31, after chasing Superior Court ruling. So far PACTS, says that looking at peak traffic volume, recent accident &Falmouth. Channel varies in Gorham. brings with her a long list of impressive skills to Kaplow to a taxi garage on Cot Kaplow has refused the offer. histories and forecasting how many cars will be cruising Portland ton Street, police arrested him for Police will not be pennitted to in the year 2010 help him to fonnulate recommendations. Duncan make you look better than ever! shoving a cop. Because police move or destroy the dogs with expects his recommendations to include redesigning ramps on 1- To celebrate Carole's arrival Matthew John is pulled shut the overhead door out furtherordersfrom the cou rt. 295 as well as eliminating parking on parts of Forest Avenue offering n9il tips, silk or linen, at HALF PRICE. between themselves and the re Meanwhile, they have been where that road can't be widened - a suggestion businesses porters and onlookers au tside, no examined by a vet, and are in which benefit from store-front parking will probably put the Regularly $65 NOW ONLY $32.50. one but the four hefty police offi "excellent condition," according brakes on, Duncan said. cers and one thin David Kaplow to Chitwood. • Subject to availability know what actually led up to the Koplow was surrounded by cops and dogs In th~ garage. The bust began at 7:30 a .. m. • Offer Expires Oct. 1, 1989 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK arrest. on Aug. 31 when four Portland • No double discounts Matthew John, 426 Fore St., Portland But when the door was raised, an alleged shove had allegedly Police cars, an animal control van and seven police and dog officers • Please bring in this ad to taken place and the four cops were handcuffing the allegedly violent recieve discount. 772·5243 closed in on Kaplow as he walked with his dogs on Fore Street. Two WEIRD NEWS: CBW Koplow. Koplow was shouting at one of the officers, "Bullsh- I hit cops on foot chased Kaplow for a block, one grabbed at Kaplow's 'you!" neck, pulled his coat off, dropped it on the tar. Bouncing around ....The bright side of the rising homicide rate in Washington, + STUNTERS + DELTAS "It certainly made coverage more difficult," said WMTW-TV Kaplow, the dogs yapped in their usual style. D.C., is thedramatic increase in the number of organs available for reporter Bob Dyke, who sat outside the closed door as Kaplow + DIAMONDS + PARAFOILS As the four officers swanned around the bellowing Kaplow in the transplants. Of the 27 bodies made available to the area's chief screamed inside. +AND MORE! garage, his dogs began fighting on the floor. Two dogs set their teeth transplant agency in February, six were murder victims. Dr. John It made public relations for the police more difficult, too. Deputy in the neck of a third, growling and thrashing. A dog stood snarling Macoviak, who handles heart transplants at Washington Hospi 1E . Chief John Brennan, who was not at the scene, called Casco Bay over another that lay with its feet in the air. Oarabclle,a sleek old dog tal Center, calls the situation unpleasant but "absolutely essen Weekly immediately after the arrest to explain that the closing of the with gold fur, wandered alone outside. • tial." OllJ) !POjfJ %/IPB door had not been intended to bar the press. Dog officers began noosing the dogs as Kaplow was handcuffed. or A Japanese manufacturer of plastics and synthetic rubber Speaking for Cmdr. Douglas Cole, who was at the scene, Brennan The dogs were packed in cages in the van, and Kaplow, shirt tom has created the world's first shape-memory bra. When the bra 1"'-----S1imPE said, "His biggest concern was that those dogs might be out in the across his back, was forced into a police car. loses its lift, dropping it in hot water restores the original form. I'or All Ye Mighty open during the arrest." Police didn't know what the dogs might do, Kaplow bailed himself out of jail the same morning he was Toyota, Nissan and Honda may research cars with shape-mem Wind Related /Yeeds he said. arrested. But the dogs weren't so lucky. At the city pound th~'re ory panels and bumpers - dents could be styled back into shape 3 Wharf St•• Old Port if 871-0038 However, Kaplow hadn't sought refuge in the garage, the racking up a billof $11 each for impoundment, plus $6 each per day with a blow-dryer. seizure of the dogs would have taken place out in the open. for their keep. HanTUlh Holmes Roland Swut/AltnNet i~e Manicure • Hair Waxing Proudest Pedicure • llntlnq by Andy Newman lent,re fool) leyebrows & eyeiaSliesl r------, Printers In PHOTO POSTERS OPEN MONDAY' FOR MEN ONLY \ $2~OuFF ! Portland 20"x30" COLOR I 1 How'd you end up Improvising? I our everyday low I I'd gone from being an actor to being a stand-up ENLARGEMENTS I Photo Poster price I comedian. The thing about stand-up is that you're Fun idea for parties, I NOW ONLY '12.95 (reg. '14.951 I by yourself. You do find friends but there isn't a anniversaries & .: from your 35mm calm negative I whole lot of camaraderie among stand-ups. 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lessons, worked 20 hours a week, coached girls basketball at a local elementary school, com peted on the school debate team and volun teered with the Maine Peace Campaign. When Tara returned to school her senior year she was bored by the third week and felt ready to leave - but stuck around because she liked her English teacher and because of non-aca demics such as soccer and the debate team. Tara, wearing a religious medallion, a new age crystal and a pin of the earth, is off to Hampshire College this fall, an alternative college with no tests and where the professors go by their first names. WED/SEPTEMBER 6 Jeffory, two years younger than Tara, home TONIGHT!! $5 schooled during his sixth and eighth grade Free Adntission years but wasn't crazy about it. He tarted ninth Every Wednesday is grade at Chevrus High School because he THE WALKERS wanted more of a social life and intends to LAST SHOW BEFORE STUDIO Ladies Night finish out his schooling there and go on to THURS/SEPTEMBER 7 $3. (free admission for ladies only) college to study engineering. He prefers the Dance to the music of structure of school: "I'm bright and 1 like being THE ONLY MOTIONS told what to do. It's easier for me." Tara and Joshua Luce: different of homeschoollng within one family. FRIISEP,TEMBER 8 $5. The Red Light Revue Joshua, 11, has been homeschooled since half way through first grade. Theresa had watched Maine's #1 Party Band Geographically, the south and west tend to be BOSTON'S BEST Joshua go from being bubbly and sweet to entering college. He got straight "N's. BeN RUMBLISTS more lenient, the north and ~ast more restric angry and troubled. The school suggested He had a little harder time outside of the tive. ULTRA BLUE testing and medication. Theresa chose to take classroom. He caUs it culture shock because he After the handful of studies done about WITH him home. had never seen kids drinking or smoking pot. FROM 'TIL TUES.! NEW MAN homeschoolers there is still no indication that Joshua nods that he feels like he's different He wasn't comfortable ar~tind women and he ROBERT HOLMES AND children suffer academically or socially in any FROM NYC - LIFE IN BETWEEN from school kids but that seems to be okay with had lost touch with rock and roll and didn't way from homeschooling. Still there are oppo him. He's into bikes - taking them apart and know who Led Zeppelin yvas. nents. "There are those special instances where putting them back together. He still gets "I still have some problems with social life," youngsters bloom in that kind of setting," hassled about homeschooling. An old man at says Tim, who lives in Camden and recently concedes Superintendent Frank Harrison of the Shop 'n Save always harps on him about not started a software engineer job in Rockport. He Yarmouth, "but I think that's the exception not 865 Forest Avenue being in school. His grandparents ask him if feels that what he missed out on the most was the rule." THE ARC HE SHOE CONC;;; IllinXhom he's in real school yet. the social and group learning. He felt unpre Most of the opposition comes from people Although they all homeschooled, the three pared for all the game playing in the real world Color, comfort, quality and simplicity. working in the public school system. "It's Luce children have different views of home and says that school would have been a training A certain way of feeling good. always a threat to school officials as it calls the schooling. place for that. A way of life. "At school you get so much handed to you. professionalism of education into question But Tim admits that homeschooling isn't the Available in the softest skins because there are people without educational When you're homeschooled you have to go get only factor that's determined his sociality. Both in a variety of sumptuous styles degrees or teaching experience saying they can it," says Tara, who's not so sure she'd attend Tim and his mother describe him as shy. He do better than the schools can," homeschool and luscious shades. school as much if she did it over again. was shy even when he was in public school. parent Earl Stevens offers as an explanation. Only at Amaryllis. Jeffory says he won't go back to homes And while Tim accounts for his bachelorhood While the decision to homeschool may be chooling nor will he consider it for his own by saying he's too thoughtful and too consider based on a better environment or a better way kids. ate - are those signs of someone improperly ;~/~cu.tC Joshua shakes his head that he doesn't want of learning, getting and keeping homeschool socialized? AMARYLLIS rights isn't based on home schooling being to go back to public school. In general it's hard to pinpoint the effects of better that other schooling. "Parents ought to Theresa, their mother, is encouraged that her homeschools. One brother, who built lutes and Amaryllis Clothing Co. have choices," says Moitozo, "just choices on three kids don't all think alike about home guitars as a boy, is now, as Tim describes him, a 41 Exchange Street. Portland. ME 04101 how their kids are taught." schooling: "That's a sign I'm doiJ1g it right." yuppie. The youngest brother, who is described 772-4439 "Just doing stuff" learning as the stablest in the family, spent the least Homeschool boom number of years in public school. Now at pilot Program Schedule Maine is not unique in its homeschool boom; "I thinlt-that if you don't fit the system, don't at TW A, he started h6meschooling at age ?ix. fit the mold, it (homeschooling) can be a good other states are bursting with homeschoolers The other brother is a house painter. Tim feels way around it. The system can crush a child," Critic's Choices too. Colorado, for example, went from 54 that the four boys grew up differently than Late Nights approved homeschoolers in 1980-81 to 835 in says Tim Holt,. 30, who was 11 when he and his ~ther brothers, with less fighting and competi three brothers started homeschooling at their 7 THU Frelda 1987-88. tion, because of homeschooling: "We were 8 FRI Gervaise home in Bath back in 1970. Estimates of the number of homeschooled really forced to be friends." $2 9 SAT The Hairy Ape Maria Holt, his mother and now a state LOOKING TUESDAYS ARE 10 SUN He Walked by Night children nationwide range between half a Maria says homeschooling won't always do REGGAE NIGHTS 11 MON I Cover the Waterfront million and a million. There's no way to get an representative for the Bath area, says that they better than the public school system but that it 12 TUES Sabotage were having increasing difficulty with the . definitely won't do worse. "If they could build Night at the Movies exact head count since some states lump their FOR 13 WED Shoot the Piano Player public schools. "It is very, very hard to see SMALL ACTS Evenings homeschoolers in with aU other non-public on the reasons people homeschool they could school attendees and because of those home children coming home from school discour change the schools "to make them far more 7THU Julius Caesar aged," she says of their years at public schools 8 FRI Lady of Burlesque schoolers who go unrecorded. attractive and happy places for the children and 9 SAT The Little Princess Moitow estimates that in Maine there are in New Hampshire and Princeton, New Jersey. teachers would benefit too," Maria says. 10 SUN Little Shop of Horrors around 350 unapproved homeschoolers. He The last straw came when the family moved Reviewing his homeschool years, Tim says, 11 MON M to Maine and the four Holt boys were told by "I would think most of all it showed you that 12 TUES TheMan Who says children under the compulsory school age of seven account for the bulk of these un the school that they had to cut the ear-length you learn a lot from just doing stuff. Much THURS.lSEPTEMBER 14 $5 Knew Too Much hair that the boys wore to emulate the Beatles. 13 WED Meetjohn Doe knowns. The others, he explains, "would rather more than people really realize. Much more not have anybody know about them because "They looked fine to me:' Maria says. The than the state and the schools want to realize." SCRUFFY THE school didn't think so. they fear interference." All four were expelled. "And I said, 'Well, CAT The homeschool movement though is not an J good: " relates Maria. She started homes WITH HAVEN MOSES underground movement. There are books on it Kelly Nelwn, a regular contributor to Casco Bay Weekly, SEPTEMBER 10 and more than 25 curricula available specifi chooling them. starts driving her yellow car to graduate school this week. LONGFELLOW CRUISE -Portland 7:30-10:00PM cally designed for homeschool use. There are It wasn't easy to be home school pioneers in the 1970s. The school hassled them, calling the SEPTEMBER 15, 16 home school support groups and newsletters SPRING PT. CAFE- So. Portland springing up across the country. Maine has ten boys truant even though they had been ex support groups and a statewide association for pelled. The state insisted that Maria get certified I: [IB! «3: (.1.' I il U'li) it3 U DON'T GET MAD••• GET UPSET! homeschoolers (see sidebar). as a teacher. They were alone. Tim says they knew of only one other family in Maine that The Greater Portland Homeschoolers Arnold Johnson, the approval consultant at meet the third Friday of every month for the Department of Educational and Cultural was home schooling at the time. Tim remem SAT/SEPTEMBER 16 bers feeling isolated in a way, as if they had support and to plan family activities. For Services (DECS), who in late August was more information call 774-7053 or 799-0913. swamped with a backlog of 400 homeschool ap been banished from the community. I 81M SKALA Tim's years from age 11 until age 19 when he The Maine Homeschool Association in plications, says the main factor behind the Auburn provides information on homes growth is simply that more people are becom went to UMO were totally unstructured. He 81M says there was a lot of bike riding and television chooling, helps with curriculum selection, There's ing aware that it's possible. connects homeschoolers with local support Every state allows homeschooling, but the watching. He says his parents supplied stuff only but didn't tell them to use it. But Tim ultimately groups and sends out a newsletter. For restrictions vary. Maine is among the 32 states more information call 777-1700. that have adopted specific homeschool regula picked up a cursive writing book and gave one way The Home School Legal Defense Asso tions ranging from restrictive to lenient. Twelve some slant to his handwriting. For about half a American ciation is based near Washington, D.C. For to come states treat homeschoolers like private or - year he looked at things under a microscope. Heart a $100 annual family membership fee, a church schools. The remaining eight require He did a lot of bird watching. out family will receive legal representation Association local school approval for all homeschool When he was 19 he picked up SAT prep ahead books and studied for four months, scoring a should they run into problems with their WE'RE FIGHTING applications (as Maine did up until July). Only of the combined 1350 and then going to UMO. "I sch091 district. For more information call FOR two states - Michigan and Iowa - require that 703-882-3838. pack. YOUR LIFE the tutor/parent have a teaching certificate. thought I was going to flunk out," Tim says of • The band 'Til Tuesday • The Chinese American went from Kenmore Square to Friendship Association is MTV with their art-pop hit celebrating the Chinese Lunar "Yoices Carry." Members of Festival with poetry and 'Til Tuesday and another Chinese mooncakes. Professor Boston group New Man have Lin Yu of Bowdoin College • Maine's historic religious • The last of the "After • Portland's first photo regrouped to form Ultra Blue will read moon poems by architecture is the topiC of a • The Riverwatch Associa Dark Against AIDS" series to gallery opens today with an in town for a gig at the Tree • Oboist Neil Boyer per Chinese poets and speak exhibit of prints by Eliot lecture being given this tion, which monitors the raise money for the "AIDS Cafe, 45 Danforth St., Port forms Poulenc's "Trio for about Chinese poetry. A Porter. Two portfolios of dye afternoon by Earle G. Shettle Presumscot River for pollut Prn;prt and educate .the public land. Oboe, Bassoon and Hom," mooncake reception follows worth, director of the Maim! ants, meets tonight at 7 p:m. AIDS takes place transfer photographs "Trees" Herzogenberg's "Trio for the reading. The festival takes Historic Preservation Com in 310 Luther Bonney Hall on tonight at Moose Alley, 46 and "Certain Passages" Oboe, Hom and Piano" and place at 7 p.m. in 311 Luther mission. The lecture is part of the USM Portland campus. Market St., Portland. Many contain some of Porter's most Mozart's "Concerto for Oboe Bonney Hall, USM Portland. famous images of landscapes a series of events organized Anyone interested the th,e fate in C Major" at the first in the For more information, call local night clubs have hosted of the river is welcome to entertainment for the sucess and flora. The Evans Gallery by the New Gloucester His Faculty Concert Series at 773-3192. is located at 7 Pleasant St., torical Society to raise money attend. For more information, USM. Boyer, who is the ~l series. Tonight's show , call 774-9891. features the local rock & roll Portland. The exhibit contin • Anni Clark, a Portland for the restoration of the principal oboist for the PSO, ues through Oct. 7. Hours are based folk/rock songwriter, is Universalist Meeting House. • Working globally, the will be joined by three mem band Split 50. For more local chapter of Amnesty information, call 774-5246. Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 having a record release party Today's event is at 3 p.m. at .bers of the successful Block p.m., Thursday until 9 p.m. for her new album "Shoulda the Meeting House, Rt. 231, International meets the sec Ensemble for tonight's concert For more information, call Coulda." The album, recorded New Gloucester. Admission is ond Thursday of each month is at 8 p.m. in Corthell Concert 879-0042. locally at Studio 3 and in free, but donations are ac 7 p.m. at Woodfords Congre Hall on the Gorham campus. • Mamma T.ongue fuses Nashville, Tenn., is hitting the cepted. For more information, gational Church, 202 Tickets are $7/$4. For reServa African drumming and Woodfords St., Portland. The stores this week. The party is call 926-4469 or 926-4021. tions, call 780-5555. rhythms with American jazz at Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave., • Steven Sondhein's musi chap\er works on letter writ • The Performing Arts En melodies in a show that ing [10 free political prisoners Portland. Tickets are $4 in cal "A Funny Thing Hap semble concludes their week guarentees the audience will around the world. Anyone adva~ce, $5 at the door. pened on the Way to the at USM (see Monday) with a be on thier feet moving to the For more infonria Foiurn" is being presented at interested in working with performance of dance works rhythms. The six-member Amnesty International is tion, {:all 773-6886. the Ogunquit Square Theatre, by Pooh Kaye, Danny CQsta, band includes John McDowell welcome to attend. Moon poetry••• where Bette Davis made her and David Dorfman, whose on piano and drums, Stan stage debut, filling in for an • Karla BonoH returns to work "Elemental Hunch" was Strickland on sax, Karam The Chinese Lunar Festival Portland for a show at ailing actress. The musical performed this year at the Sabally and Clifton Robinson is celebrated September 15. opens tonig,ht at the Ogunquit Raoul's. The singer/song Maine Festival. Dancers Art plying traditonal drums, Square Theater and continues writer packed the City Hall Bridgeman and Myrna Packer Michael Rivard on bass and through October 23. Auditorium twice at the New jOin the ensemble for the 8 the dancer Amaneyea Payne. around for a jam session (John offerings on college campUses Showtime is 8 pm. For more Years Portland festivities last p.m. show at Russell Square Mamma Tongue plays tonight this fall. Yiolinist Sandra information, call 646-5151. Hammond showed up last year. Tonight's show Theatre at the USM Gorham at Raoul's, 865 Forest month). The meeting is at 7 Goldberg and pianist and is selling out fast. campus. Tickets are $8/$5. Ave., Portland. 773- p.m.; the jam follows. Raoul's composer Elliott Schwarz For ticket infor For more information, call 6886. perform works by Tom is located at 86~Forest Ave., mation, call 874-6590. Portland. For more informa Johnson, Morton Feldman, 773-6886. tion, call 871-0425. Joan Tower and Cornelius Cardew at 3:15 p.m. in • USM's Dance Week, a Daggett Lounge, Wentworth week-long residency by the Hall, Bowdoin College, Boston-based Portland Arts Brunswick. For more informa Ensemble, begins today and tion, call 725-3321. concludes with a performance • The season ends at Friday. During the week there • Economics for lunch ... SeaPAC when Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir of the Grateful will be public workshops in "The Political and Economic Dead take the stage for a modem and jazz dance Future of Hong Kong" is the concert of their acoustic music technique as well as self first lecture of the World at 7 p.m. There are still tickets defense as a form of dance. Affairs Council fall series. available at the box office at Today's activities include a Kerry McGlynn, senior repre self-defense workshop at 9 SeaP AC in Old Orchard Beach sentative of the Hong Kong and at the Record Exchange in a.m. at the Campus Center in government in New York, Portland: $20 on advance, $21 Portland, movement improvi will speak about the restora- . the day of the show. satiO!! for actors at 2 p.m. at tion of Hong Kong to the Russell Square Theater and People's Republic of China intermediate modem dance and its impact on the world technique at 4 p.m. in the economy, at noon in the First Mamma Tongue small gym on the Gorham Parish Church, 425 Congress play African campus. The cost for each St., Portland. The lecture is $3. American class is $3 for the public. For a sounds. Economics For more information, call See and complete schedule of work· 780-4551. September China shops see the Listings. 16... See September • Who knows who will 12. stop by to jam when the mem bers of the Southern Maine Blues Society meet tonight at Raoul's? The society formed to promote the blues in south ern Maine and it welcomes • A concert of new music new members to stop by, stick starts off the season of musical
.. ..' ... THEMOVIES . Michael Robinson SEPT. 6·10 WED-SAT 6:45,9:15 CANS THIS Ae had some well chosen words for g .I.SAT-SUN MAT 1 LA FETE FRANCAISE Uncle Billy's Bar·B-Que* Here's a sample: SIZE WITH , Classes "funky... incredibly good (food) ...The meatiest, the smokiest, the best PHILIPPE BRUNEAU ribs I've ever tasted ... physical crav· HAVE FED THURSDAY 917 For ing ... addictive ... perfect ribs, l"7fect SEPT, 9·12 SAT-SUN MAT 3:30 sUN - TUBS 7:15. 9 Saturday, Sept. 9th, 8:00 PI Ordinary; slaw, perfect beans, perfect chIcken BULLET LAVOLTA ~\\\,,\..\l \ ... meat so tender that a slIong word MILLIONS. A METALCORE, THRASH, Portland Performing Arts Center People will separate it from the bone POST·PUNK BAND 25A Forest Ave. Center for ... ready to explode with fife and adliana & BRllTLE BODY 9PM KING SUNNY ADE flavor ... triumph." " HIS 21 PIECE AFRO·POP ORCHESTRA Performance ~1"'-::::'~7.'~':..": D.J. DEB 11·2 Tickets $11 Call: 774.()465 Outstanding I S Studies WEDNESDAY 9/13 SEPT. 13·19 WED-TUBS 7, 9:15 Available also at Amadeus Music Box 8515, ONEWEEK SAT-SUN MAT 1,3:15 Thanks to you we had IN KUBZ &Gallery Music Portland UNCLE BIllY'S millions of cans of food, LARS VEGAS • FROM LAGOS NIGERIA SouthsiJe Bnr-B-Que Take CXJt resulting in millions being 774-2776 fed. But we still need your SHARING DEBUT OF PORTLAND'S • RATEO 111 LIVE CONCERT IN 1988 800.... St., South Portland. 767·7118 lets get lost 772-0360 NEWEST BAND (W.J .• PRESS HERALD) Hours: 4 '10:30 ,.In. T.. &day througb Sunday. Open 6 Days 10 a.m.·1 0 p.m. help. There are millions IS CARING 198a MUSIC SERIES PRESENTED BY PORTlAND PERFORMING ARTS Closed MoNlays. Beer aNI wi ... 10 Eachan SI. Portland 772·9600 147 Cumbertand Ave. Portland storving for it. 31 FOREST AVENUE, PORTLAND. 773·8187 • MaiM SUIIdoy Tdcgram.}uly 3D, 1989 -' . ' September 7, 1989 1 5
Dead Poets Society Peter Weir·s movieisaboutagroupof schoolboys in MONDAY+ a strict New England prep school who are inspired by an English teacher King Sunny Acte (African) Zootz, 31 (Robin Williams) to look beyond the Forest Ave., Portland. 77~8187 . ordinary and to live their own dreams Southem Maine Blues Society Restaurant and Tavern rather than conform to the expecta (blues) monthly meeting at 7 pm, tions of their parents and schoolmas Raoul·s, 885 ForestAve, Portland. The ters. Williams· acting does little to in society welcomes new members. 871- spire, but his character gives the rest of 0425. "Labor Day may be the story the impetus it needs to carry Urban Artist Perfonnance Stage THE MANIACS on without him. Using the haunting and (open mike for acoustic musicians, 3j! !.t.,"fd over but it's still mystical images that have berome his poets and performance artists) Tree sunny and warm on trademark, Weir makes the boys· initia- ' Cafe. 45 Danforth, Portland. 774·1441. From Boston ULTERIOR MOTIVES tion into life, love and poetry extraordi nary. with BAD CREDIT our fabulous deck. Compiled by Ann Sitomer __}iiihl.OlU ,) Uncle Buck is John Candy·s annual TUESDAY+ Have lunch and Listings must be received by 5 pm the Thursday prior to publication summer comedy - this year directed Ann Sitomer, Casco Bay Weekly, 187 Clark Street, Portland 04102 by John Hughes. Uncle Buck comes to Nonna Troy (rock) Geno's, 13 Brown NO REAL NEIGHBORS get a tan ...free!" stay and take care of his nephew and Sf., Portland. 761 -2506. Small Acts (reggae) Tree Cafe. 45 I nieces with SURPRISE GUESTS Danforth .. Portland. 774-1441. When Harry Met Sally Meg Ryan Miiifi'BtUn and Billy Crystal play on-and-off ac quaintances. who challenge the sup The cool sounds of NORMA TROY position that men and women cannot WEDNESDAY+ be friends. This isn't a movie that gets IlIlK FOR', THE TWO SAINTS· Sept. 15 one thinking about the meaning of Holy Bones (rock) Tree Cafe, 45 Dan L"'''' FEARLESS LEADER. Oct. 10 on taur from California modern relationships, but it is thor forth, Portland. 774-1441. Lars Vegas (rock) Zootz, 31 Forest • THE BEST FOOD ON THE WATERFRONT' oughly enjoyable. The short segments I of interviews with married couples add Ave, Portland. 773-8187. I fl:) ;{Il'n ~ (i iI ii i!~ ~ 1-11:$1}1 II Red Light Revue (r&b) Raoul·s. 865 ai' spice to the love story between Crystal and Ryan. Forest Ave .• Portland. 773-6886. Fri. result of who they are, rather & than characters who are inter Indiana Jones and the Last Cr... sade The third part in the Indiana preted as being a certain way What's Where Sat. Jones trilogy maintains the sense of DANCING+ as a result of the plot. This Sept. General Cinemas humor and adventure in the previous Zootz, 31 Forest, Portland. Thu: house gives the movie a momentum Maine Mall installments. River Phoenix does a music and new music; Fri : Post Mod 8-9 SILVER Maine Mall Road, S Portland good job as the adolescent )ndie and em -all ages; Sat: latest dance music; which pushes the story for n4·1022 Sean Connery lays aside hb own repu Sun : request night; Tue : Hip House - all ward. ..lI, U•• and vkl.ot.~ (II) 1.3:10, 5:20. 7:30.9:45 tation as a man of adventure to play ages. 773-8187. Tum... & Hootch CPGI Indie·s stolid academic father. Bu t as the story moves for':. 12:45.3.5:10.7:15.9:25 The Exchange Club, 33 Exchange, P ...n.hood (PG.UI MUSIC Portland. Open Wed-Sun, until 3:30 ward, the theme turns inward. 12:45.3:45. 7.9:50 am on Fri-Sat. 773~00 . Each of the four finally must L.thal •••pon II IA) SCREEN 1:45, 4,7:05,9:30 confront not only their own alltng" CPG.13. THE RED LIGHT REVUE 1:30,4:30, 7'20, 10 inhibitions, but also the lies (no 1:30 show Sat-Sun) Honey. I Shrunk the Kid. IPO) UPCOMING+ they have told each other - and 1.3:10.5:20.7:25.9:35 (lhrough Sop 7) Sept. 9 Aft. Cape Elizabeth Sept. 20 Rauol's Dance Party Peter Pan (a) CLUBS Scruffy the Cat Sep 14 (rock) Tree themselves - about those fears. Sat-Son at 1:30 Eve. Marrion Hotel Sept. 22 The Island Theater, Peaks Island The "by.. IPG.. 13) Cafe, 45 Danforth, Portland. 774·1441 . As they fight wi th their lies, the 1,4,7, 10 Sept. 10 Eve. New Gloucester Sept. 23 The Cumberland Club, Private Party Klckbo .... CRt Tiger's Baku Sep 15 (jazz rock fusion) film takes a tum toward the (opens Sop 8) THURSDAY+ Raoul·s, 865 Forest Ave.. Portland. Sept. 13 Raoul's Dance Party Sept. 26 Anniversary for Horsefeathers, 1. 3:JO. 5:20. 7:25. 9:35 773-6886. truth. The movie ends as a psy Sept. 16 Aft. Marriott Hotel Private Party Bullet La Voila and Brittle Body Mamma Tongue Sep 16 (African jazz chological study. It is not so Nickelodeon (rock) Zootz, 31 Forest Ave. Portland. fusion) Raoul·s. 865 Forest Ave., Port Eve. Abenaki CC, Rye, NH Sept. 27 Raoul's Dance Party TefT1)le and Middle, Ponland much a conclusion as some n2-9751 773-8187. land. 773-6886. Sept. 18 The Bounty Party for wpxr Sept. 30 Portland Country Club R.lent.... (R) The Maniacs (rock) Gena·s. 13 Brown Loketo Sap 19 (soukous) Tree Cafe. thing new. 1:15,4:15,7:15.9;10 Uncle Bu.... CPC) SI., Portland. 761-2506. 45 Danforth. Portland. 774-1441. There is nothing predictable 1:10. 4:20.7. 9:20 The Only Motions (rock) Tree Cafe, Now booking weddings and corporate parties for c..uattl•• of War (R) about "sex, lies and videotape" 1:25.4:10.7:10. 9:30 Lethal Weapon II Danny 45 Danforth. Portland. 774-1441 . fall & winter. Dud P_•• _Ie', CPGI Mel Gibson play two caps fighting South Split 50 (rock) Beneftt for the AIDS because there is no formula to 1.4:15.6:45.9:15 Project at Moose Alley, 46 Market SI. . When Hany M•• Sau, CPC,'31 African drug smugglers. Lots of prod Specializing in Weddings, Corpora te & Private functions and Nightclubs. follow. But neither is there 1:30. 4. 7:30. 9:45 uct placement and politically correct Portland. Indiana JorI •• ..,d asides make up the bulk of this one . The Look (rock) John Martin·s Manor, CALL 88 2802 anything inconsistent. Every the La .. eru.ad.IPQ.i3) 1:20. 4:05.6:50. 0:15 The movie starts in the beginning of a 700 Main St. S Portland. 775-5642. sex and lies word uttered and every gesture car chase ; plot is something which Rockaaaurus (rock) Spring Point Cafe, The greatness behind "sex, made is a part of the whole, The Movies never seems to cross the producer"s 175 Pickett St. S. Portland. 767-4627. 10 ExchanQe, Portland mind. lies and videotape" rests not which comes back to mind m-1l6oo Pe.1e the Con ...... Let It Ride Richard Dreyfuss plays a only in the film itself, but more minutes, hours and days after 8op6-9 habitual gambler who tries for one last seeing the movie. Wed-Sa! at 6:45, 9:15 big win and hIts. Terri Garr and David FRIDAY+ so in what happens to those SlIdhan. Sop 9-12 Johnson also star. who view it after they leave the "sex, lies and videotape" is Sal-Sun mat at 3:30 Shirley Lewis and the Movers Sun-Tue at 7:15. 9 Let~s Get Lost Bruce Weber docu (r&b/soul) Raoul 's, 865 Forest Ave .. playing at the General Cinema theater. It encourages honest L.t'. a.t Lo.t mentary on the rise. fall and comeback Portland 773-6886. Sop 13-19 MUSIC dialogue gently - without big Maine Mall. Wed-Tue at 7, 9:15 of the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. who Life In Between· and Ultra Blue Sal-Sun mat all. 3:15 began his career playing with &uch issues, gaudy special effects or Ann Sitomer (new music) Tree Cafe, 45 Danforth, Cinema City greats as Chartie Parker and Gerry Portland. 774-1441 . a cast of thousands. Westbrook Plaza Mulligan. His drug "ddiction lead to his Big Chief & the Continentals (r&b) 854-9116 "sex, lies and videotape," the All times through Thursday; cal ahead decline. the movie was made in the Dry Dock. 84 Commercial, Portland. lor FrKiay's changes year before Baker"s death and con 774-3550. first feature film of writer Unci. Buck CPCI tains clips, and interviews with baker Ulterior Motives and Bad Credit SHOWS. director Steven Soderbergh, 7.9, weekend mall, 3 When Hany II •• Sally CAl and friends. (rock) Geno·s, 13 Brown SI., Portland. 7:15,9:15, weekend mati at f:15, 3:15 has a simplicity that results A.I.ntl... (A) 761 -2506. THURSDAY+ 7,9, weekend mats at " 4 The Look (rock) John Martin·s Manor, from its small cast and narrow C..".ttl•• 0' W., (R) 7, 9, weekend mats all. 3 700 Main St., S. Portland. 775-5642. Steamboat Trio (jazz) Harbor cruise focus. The four characters - St.,,....k Benders (rock) Bruno's. 33 India. Port 7:30-10 pm aboard the Longfellow II 7:15, waekend mat at 1:15 Ann, her husband John, her 'ndlaM Jon•• and land. 77~353O . departing 1 Long Wharf. Portland. 'he L... cn..a ... CPQ.131 Rockasaurus(rock) Spring Point Cafe, TIckets are $12.50. For more informa .sister Cynthia, and John's old g:15, weekend mar at 3:15 175 PickettSI.. S. Portland. 767-4627. tion, c;all 774-3578. college friend Graham - have Evening Star Scott Oakley (jazz) Blue Moon, 425 one thing on their mind: sex. Schedule subject to change Fore SI., Portland. 871-0663. Tontine Mall, Brunswick It isn't easy for any of them. 729-5486 Marcy Downey (acoustic) The L•• It Ald. CPQ.t31 Shawmut Inn, Kennebunkport. 967- FRIDAY+ Ann (Andie MacDowell) can't 7,8:55 (through $up n 3931 . Brazilian Arts Trio (classical) Violin, think about sex; her frigidity The Abyss is the latest from down clarinet and piano trio from Maine·s HANDS OFF manifests itself in an imper Prides Corner Drive·ln sister state in Brazil, Rio Grande do under. and this time it's not Australia. Bridglon Road. Wesll>rook sonal obsession with the The undersea epic offers great deep 797·3154 SATURDAY+ Norte, perform works by Brazilian composers at 1 pm in the USM"s THE DOGMAN world's problems. John (Peter sea special effects, but the plot is be wildering. A submarine, a nuclear Saco Drive-In Annl Clark (folk) Record release party. Campus Center. Portland. For more Gallagher) just wants to have it warhead, a deranged naval officer and At. 1, Saco Parenthood Ron Howard·s tale of child Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave . Portland. information, call 780-5246. and when Ann turns off, he an alien creature all figure in the story. 282·4386 rearing in middle-class America. Steve 773-6886. Contradance with Shenanigans 8:30 Kenny Rankin (folkljazz vocalist) Tree pm at Stimson Hall, RI. 26, Gray. All turns to her sister Cynthia Ed Hams and Mary Elizabeth Mastran Martin plays the man with a high pres tonio star. sure job, who wants to be superdad. Cafe. 45 Danforth St. . Portland. 774 - dances taught. Beginners, singles (Laura San Giacomo). Cynthia 1441. Casualties of War Michael J. Fox While Jason Robards and a cast of welcome. Admission is $4. For more Big Chief the Continentals (r&b) appears to be the most relaxed: and Sean Penn star in this movie thousands meander through some & information, call 428-3986. Dry Dock, 84 Commercial, Portland. based on the true story of five tasteless humor about family life. pep she knows when and where soldier~ 774-3550. in Vietnam who kidnap, rape and mur pered with a few serious and poignant she wants it, but she's lonely. No Real Neighbors (rock) Geno's. last Thu~sday, four Portland Police officers chased David "The Dogman" der a Vietnamese women during an moments. 13 Brown St. , Portland. 761-2506. SATURDAY+ Koplow IOtO a dark garage then arrested him and impounded his six d09s. When the impotent Graham extended patrol. The story was origi Pelle the Conqueror Max von Sydow You The Look (rock) John Martin·s Manor. The four armed cops claimed that the Dogman hit one of them (behind a nally reported in The New Yorker plays a drunken Swedish widower who Philippe Bnmeau and Dickie Mor (James Spader) comes to town 700 MaIn SI. . S. Portland. 775-5642 magazine in the late ·60s, and is unique leaves his counl/y with his young son neau (French-CanadIan folk music closed door where no one else could seel and charged Kaplow with with a collection of video tapes aenders (rock) Bruno·s. 33 India. Port that four Of. men were actually Pelle to seek a better life. The movie and step dancing) 8 pm. Portland Per "obstructing justice: i~ the land. 773-3530. of interviews with women med and conVicted. The movie depicts focuses on the pair"s struggles With the forming Arts Center. 25A Forest Ave .. Rockasaurus (rock) Spring Point Cafe. neither the horror of the crime nor the tyrannical farm manager where they Portland. TIckets are $11 althe PPAC • f Show the Portland Police Department how you feel about whal they did. discussing their sex lives, he t 75 Pickett St., S. Portland 767-4627 difficulty with which the soldiers were · have found employment and young box office (774-0465) or Amadeus For your "HANDS OFF THE DOGMAN" T·shirt, send $12 (cash, check or stirs up the lives of this menage Scott Oakley (jazz) Blue Moon. 425 brought to justice. Sean Penn plays the Pelle·s struggle to raise above it all. Music and Gallery Music. Read Fore St. Portland. 871-0663. money order! and the address label below to: D09man Shirt, P.O.B. Ii trois without wanting to. leader of the pack. who turns from a Relentless Judd Nelson plays a cap·s Counlry Music Show (counl/y) Fid 16047, Portland, ME 04101. Specify size: M, l or Xl. Profits will be son whose relationship with his father Marcy Downey (acoustic) The dlerscontestand a performance by the The film begins with sex and bad boy into a violent man after the Shawmut Inn. Kennebunkport. 967- available to Koplow for his defense. pushes him over the edge. Old Country Radio Gang at 8 pm at the lies: a sex comedy. As the death of a close friend during an am 3931. bush by the Vietcong. Fox plays the Sadhana "The New Age Film of the Kennebunk Town Hall. Rts. 1 and 35. r------__ A ------_ quartet's sexual quirks are Batman Michael Keaton is Bruce one man in the squad, who won't go ·80s' is the producer"s description. A TIckets are $6 for adults, $3 children CoscoBov : name: revealed through bits of dia Wayne, fighting against a{l oppressive afong with crime and can do nothing to successful Canadian restaurant owner and seniors. For more information. call evil world of Gotham City lorded by the save the lile of the captive. The story's seeks truth in India. The film climaxes 967-3755 or 985-4343. logue and the subtle gestures of in a spectacular gathering of millions SUNDAY+ The Upsetters (r&b) Harbor cruise ""EEKLY mailing Joker (Jack Nicholson). The sets are drama -the violence of the crime, the body language, the movie for the Kumbh Mela on the banks of the T.J. Wheeler (jazz) 1-4pm, Horsefeath 7:30-10 pm aboard the Longfellow II address: designed by Anton Furst, who designed good soldier's impotence and his even touches what is funny about the sets for Stanley Kubricl\·s -Full Metal ,,!aI c:oura~ - are virtually ignored by Ganges. ers, 193 Middle, Portland. 773-3501. departing 1 Long Wharf, Portl'lnd. Let our advertisers know_ Turner and Hooch Tom Hanks plays Jacket, - among other films. The movie d1reCCor Brian de Palma. -The movie Savoy Truffle (rock) Tree Cafe, 45 TIckets are $12.50. For more informa sexual inhibitions - or the lack a cop with a dog. Both boys work to , city, state has a wonderful look. Unfortunately seems to glorify the crime and under Danlorth, Portland. 774-1441 . tion, call 774-3578. Thank them for supporting bust a drug-smuggling ring and still : & zip: of them. The script and the cast the plot and characters fall far short oi state the justice. De Palma should stick Dani Tribesmen (reggae) Raoul's. , have time for a romance. present characters who act as a the movie's menacing and profound to fiction; his true-life stories rome 865 Forest Ave., Portland. 773-6886. 1 ______------______sets. across as a sick macho fantasy. MORE+ 16 U=D Bay Weekly &ptember 7, 1989 17 Talking With by Jane Martin Humor ous and poig nant celebration of worn en I performed by the East Coast Theater Company Sep 8-9, 8 pm at the Dun Casco Bay Weekly and away Center, Ogunquit. Tickets are $10. For more information, call 985- Just Black & White present 2346. Sterling silver A Funny Thing H.ppened on tha onyx earrings $42 W.y to the Forum Steven Sand ON THE heim's musical opens Sep 10 at the MORE Ogunquit Square Theater in Ogunquit. by Brenda Chandler Performances are Sep 10 through Oct 23. Showtime is 8 pm. For more infor MUSIC SHOWS mation, call 646-5151. Walt Disney's World on Ice starring Peter Pan Sep 12-17 at the Cumber WALL land County Civic Center, Portland. SUNDAY+ Performances are Sep 12-14 at 7:00 Big Chief & the Continentals (r&b) pm, Sep 15 at 4:00 and 7:3.0 pm. Sep OPENING+ 5-8 pm, Casco Bay Unes. departing 16at 12, 3j30 and 7:30 pm , and Sep 17 "Starting sliver from the Ferry Terminal, Franklin and at 1 :30 and 5 pm. TICkets are $8.50- BarridoH Gallery, 26 Free St., Port graduated beads 16" $59 Commercial streets, Portland. Tickets $1.0.50, available at the box office, land. William Manning: Aurora and . are $10. For more information, call Ticketron and by phone (800-678- Temple Series Sep 8-30. Opening 774-7871. TIXS). reception Sep 8, 5-7 pm. Also at the Portl.nd Stage Company an gallery, a selection of 19th and early nounces auditions for girls in their 20th century art. Hours: Mon-Fri 10 .. d. cole jewelers early teens to portray a 10-year-old in am-5 pm, Sat 12-4 pm. 772-5011 . TUESDAY+ , "Joe Egg," which will run from Oct 31- O'F..... II Gallery, 46 Maine St.. Brun Nov 19. Auditions take place Sep lO swick. New paintings by Ruthanne 1 0 Exchange St. Portland 772-511 9 Pianist Frank Glazer (classical) 12 ll. Call Vicki at 774-10143 for an Harrison Sep 28. Opening re Hours: Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5, Thur. open until 8. noon, Ofin Arts Center Concert Hall, 9-Oct appointment. BLACK ception Sep 9. 729-8228. Bates Coflege, Lewiston. Free and open Fondle the Haddock Open call for EI..... nla Gallery, 56 Maine St., Brun to the public. For more information. call two male leads and one female for the swick. Ceramic sculptures by Sharon 786-6330. Barbara Duval production of "Fondle Townshend and tapestry rugs by Mor Music for violin .nd pl.no (new the Haddock" by Dr. Jones Sep 16, 1.0 ris David Dorenfeld are on exhibit Sep music) VIOlinist Sandra Goldberg per am at 25A Forest Ave., Por~and . For 9-Nov 3. Opening reception Sep 9,5-7 forms music for solo violin by Cage and more information, call 772-6469. pm. Hours: Tue·Sat 10 am~ pm, Sun Martino, a piece for violin and elec 2·5 pm . 729-1108. WHITE tronic tape by Davidovsky and selec Ev.... G.llery, 7 Pleasant St., Port tions for violin and piano accompanied land. Grand opening of Portland's first by Elliott Schwartz, 7:30 pm, Olin Arts photo gallery Sap 8. Eliot Porte~s port A competition seeking contemporary Center Hall, Bates College, Lewiston. folios "Trees" and "Certain Passages" Free and open to the public. For more are on exhibit through Oct 7. Hours: black and white information, call 786-6330. Tu&-Sat 1.0 am~ pm (Thu until 9). 879- 0042. photography about modern life in De.n Velentgas G.llery, 60 Hamp Southern Maine. WEDNESDAY+ shire St., Portland. "Duty, Pleasure and The ins and outs of lobster Nature," new work by Greg Parker Sep ..erry G.rcl•• nd Bob Weir (acous l6-Oct 15. Opening reception Sep 16, CRITERIA tic/rock) 7 pm, SeaPAC, Old Orchard 5-8 pm. Hours: Thu 5-9 pm, Sat-Sun Beach. TICkets are $20 in advance, 12-5 pm. 772-2042. The judges will be looking for pictures that have some Hot tamale $21 the day of the show. For more thing to say. Technical quality is impoftant, but among information, call 934-1731 . equally excellent photographs the one with the strongest Plunk a lobster down on someone'splate. This thestuffofdaily life; we no longer kill chickens on Music for violin .nd pl. no (new message will be chosen. Pictures that depict modem life in is one of Maine's secret pleasures: watching the our back stoop. In our household, my husband is music) Sandra Goldberg, violin and AROUND TOWN+ Elliott Schwartz, pianist perform works Portl.nd Museum of Art Seven Southern Maine will do better than cliche shots of sailboats, range of behavior a lobster provokes. Like sud the one in charge of dropping the creatures head by Tom Johnson, Morton Feldman, DANCE Congress Square, Portland. Hours: lighthouses, barns and such_ Joan Tower and Cornelius Cardew at den disaster or nakedness, a lobster leaves no first in the boiling water. I leave the room. (Once Tu&-Sat, 10-5; Sun, 12-5; Free on 3: 15 pm in Daggett Lounge, Wentworth Dance week room from niceties. There's no hiding from it, no - I know it was only air escaping the shell - I Thursday evenings, 5-9. Sentinels of Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. For Form and fullclion come the Coast: Images of Lighthouses JUDGES covering it up with a knife and fork, no subter heard a long shriek. .. And the claws reaching for more information, call 725-3321. (through Sep 10); Andrew Wyeth in A panel of three judges will choose the winners. The Bath Municipal Band (concert band) together in a workshop on self fuge or sleight of hand. It is there. You deal with the edge of the pot give me a tum.) Some vegetar Maine: Selections from the Holly and Summer Family Concert Series, 8 pm , judges are: Bill CurtSinger, a Portland-based freelance pho it as you can. ian friends of ours like to hang over the pot, defense as a form of dance Arthur Magill Collection, an exhibit of Brunswick Mall. Free and open to the taught by Deborah Weaver. The over 60 drawings and watercolors tographer and regular contributor to National Geographic Lobster is the great leveler. Itmakes noconces gawkers at the execution. Another friend likes to public. For more information, call the (through Sep 24) ; Perspectives: Magazine; Betsy Evans, founder of Portland's only photo sions to title, blood or money. And the fun forme show off the lobsters before cooking it. Standing BrunswickArea Chamber of Commerce workshop is being offered as Celeste Roberge (through Oct 8) ; Wa gallery, the Evans Gallery on Pleasant Street; and Rose is to watch the role-playing fall away. it on its shoulder, she strekes its back to "hypno 725-8797 part of USM's first Dance Week tercolors by American Masters (through Marasco, photographer and photo instructor at University of I've known a number of macho men who tize" it for the kids. The thing calms down. She Sept. 1]-15_Two dancers from Oct 15). 775-6T48. Southern Maine. The decisions of the judges are final. fidget and get all prissy when they see they are knows the tricks. the Performing Arts Ensemble Artisans Gallery, 334 Forest Ave., UPCOMING+ Portland. Drawings and reliefs by expected to grab a leg or two and rip. My father Opinions run high and hard as to the "how will teach the workshops, which Yvonne Janks Kellogg through Sap 13. Browse through our fine selection of gourmet groceries. Oboist Nell BoyerSep 15 (dassical) ELIGIBILITY We'll gladly help with your selections. is a case in point. He's a firm man who's bellied to"s of cooking the beast. Some would toss a are open to the publicon both 772-5522 Works performed include Poulenc·s Bayvlew,G.llery, 75 MarketSr., Port Anyone may enter except employees of Casco Bay Ample free parking. up to the Soviets and made them blink, who'll handful of seaweed into the pot. Some salt, some the Portland and Gorham "Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Hom," land. New paintings by Scott Moore Weekly and Just Black & White. Professional photographers take on justaboutanything for the challenge of i t, don't. Some look for the softer shell, some the Herzogenberg's "Trio for Oboe, Horn campus. Monday - Friday 10AM - 6PM, Saturday 9 - 5. through Sep 30. Tue-Sat 10 am~ pm. may-enter "personal work" - work which has not been made an amateur boxer who sparred with some of the hard. (Most will agree, though, that the colder the and Piano" and Mozart·s "Concerto for The schedule of workshops 773-3007. Oboe in C Major" at 8 pm at Corthell on assignment. 773-2919 • 142 St. John Street, Portland biggies, and he'll manage neatly a nice hunk of water the sweeter the lobster.) Some give the for Dance Week is as follows. Feller & Company, One Pleasant Concert Hall, USM Gorham. Tickets St. Portland. Sculptures by Alan D. Photos entered may not have been published elsewhere tail meat drawn and buttered. But offer him the lobster a quick stab between the eyes, others are $7/$4. For reservations, call 780- Monday, Sept.11: Self Defense, Marcuse and photographs by Pamela prior to this competition and photographers must be able to lobster's complicated carapace, legs waving in claim the shock of the water to the head is as fast. 5555. 9-lO:30 a.m. in the Campus Toulouse through Sep 15. Works may Organist Michael Dudm.n Sep 15 grant one-time publication rights to Casco Bay Weekly in air, and the man grows skittish and pale. However it is done, it is never ordinary. There is Center in Portland; Movement be viewed by appointment, 773~952. (classical) Works by Agincourt, Bach, G ...t AtI.ntlc Tour .nd Travel, order for their entry(s) to be eligible. There are, on the other hand, women with something about a lobster that claims attention. Willis and others at 8 pm, Bates Col Improv for Actors, 4-6 p.lI'}. in 981 Forest Ave., Portland. Porcefain manners, with porcelain fea tures and fingers like Even cheap and plentiful, when the roller lege Chapel, Lewiston. Admission is the small gym in Gorham. works by potter Carol Griffith from $3/$1.50. For more information, call DEADLINE fronds, who know how to tear into a lobster with coaster of prices brings them within easy range, Tuesday, Sept. 12: Beginning Thomaston during Sap. Opening re 786~330. ception Sep 1.0, 1-4:30 pm. Hours: Entries must be at Just Black and White, 54 York St., by 5 all they've got. You'd think they were Marines the lobster arouses my awe. It's primitive, its will Bill St.l_ Sep 16 (folk) 8 pm, Luther Modem Dance, 8-9:15 a.m. and Mon-Fri 9 am-5:30 pm. p.m. Wednesday, November 1. stormingamuddyhill,orfishwivesupforagood to life is strong, it's mortal. There is something Bonney Auditorium, USM Portfand. 9:30-10:45 a.m. in the small gym Portl.nd Public Library, Monument Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at the brawl, the way they slog in there and let their hair that brings a hush on impact. in Gorham; Advanced Modem Square, Portfand. Recent abstract door, available at Amadeus Music, paintings by Janice May Scott through ENTRIES come unpinned and do what dirty work's to be The epitome of lobster eating for me took Buckdance~s Choice and Gallery Dance, 7-8:30 p.m. in the Sep 29. Hours: Mon, Wed and Fri 9 Prints may be any size up to 11x14" but must be mounted done. place once when we just moved to the Boston Music. For more information, call the Campus Center in Portland. am~ pm, Tue and Th.u 12-9 pm and Ponland Folk Club at 773-9549. V11i1dow ·· Some folk eat as they go. Others, like me, work area. When friends came down from the moun Wednesday, Sept. 13: Self Sat 9 arn-5 pm. 871-1700. on 11x14 mat board. No oversized, undersized, Of framed Roiling Sto_ Concert Bus Le Portl.nd School of Art, Baxter Gal will be accepted. the meat out and hoard it for final binges. tains in upstate New York, we wanted to show wiston-Portland-Foxboro on Oct 1. Cost Defense, 9-10:30 a.m., Campus lery. 619 Congress St., Portland. Stu RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL What puts alot of people off is the green muck off our New England habitat. A fancy lobster is $25_For more information, call 784- Center in Portland; Intermediate dent Show, Sep 8-Oct 14. Opening r& There is no entry fee, but entrants must limit themselves 8264. ·879-9068 inside. They're fine with the major meat. They dinner was a must. We dragged our card table to Modem Dance, 4-6 p.m. in the ception Sap 7, 5-7 pm. Hours: Mon-Fri to two entries. The entrants name, address and phone 10 am-5 pm (Thu until 7 pm). Sun 11- number as well as the title of the work (if any) must appear can catch a claw. They even manage to suck out the center of the room and dressed it with a sheet. small gym in Gorham. Thurs 4 pm. 775-5152. the legs. But watch their noses curl at the green. Two folding chairs, a stool and an unpacked box day, Sept. 14; Beginning Jazz University of Southem M.lne The on the BACK of the mounting board. (Any identification on There's even a rumor going around that it is of books gave us seating. Candles stood Iiton the Technique, 8-9:15 a.m. and 9:30- Art of Revolution: Political Poster Art the front of the board will disqualify the entry.) gym from Latin America through Sep 22 at Photographs not selected may be picked up at Just Black poisonous. It's vicious, the rumor, that is. The table. Wine glasses, a dimming of light, we had a 10:45 a.m. in the small in the AREA GaUery, USM Portland green's good stuff. This liver, a.k.a. tomalley, has makeshift version of elegance. Our black furball Gorham; Advanced Jazz Campus Center. Hours: Mon-Sat 1.0 & White until the end of December, 1989. Although care will a flavor very like the lobster meat itself, only of a kitten circled the area. Technique, 7-8:30 p.m. in the am-l 0 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. 780-4.090. be taken with all entries, neither Casco Bay Weekly or Just richer and smooth on the tongue. The red coral The friends, although new to hand-picking of Campus Center of Portland. Black & White will be responsible for loss or damage of any WANTED entry. (roe) in the hen lobster is a treat, too, if only for its lobst~r, went to it. Lacking a set of utensils for the Workshops are $3 for the OUT OF TOWN+ The Plains color and its texture like waxy grain. deed, we made do with what we had. We dug in public. For more information, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, AWARDS Although ~t may look like an unimagined tooth and nail. Joe fetched up a hammer, which call 874-6590. Gallery is Brunswick. Carol Ply ant: Paintings Three winners will be chosen. The winning photos will looking form of alien or a nightmare scorpion, the lob increased our enthusiasm hugely. Carcasses Ann Sitomer through Oct t . Hours: Tu&-Sat 10 am- ster's almost all edible. The lungs are tough and began sliding off the table. Flying bits of shell hit 8pm, Sun 2-5 pm. 725-3275. be published in the November 22 issue of Casco Bay Weekly The Nutcracker American Ballet East for a few good unappetizing and the "lady" or sandbag, a large the far wall. White lobster oozings and green Hobs Sound G.lleries North, 58 and will be on display at Just Black & White through the end is holding auditions for "The Nu !cracker" Maine St. Brunswick. New works by of the year. Each winning photographer will receive $50 in deputies to sac found in the tail near the head, should be made a map of our floor_ Sep 9. Auditions for dancers 12 and John Muench through Sep 24. Hours: processing from Just Black & White and $50 in cash. proudly wear avoided. Otherwise, it's all yours, if you can get We topped the evening offby introducing our ON under are at 1.0 am; for dancers 13 and Mon-Sat 10:30 am-5 pm. 725-4191 . older at 11 :30 am. Auditions are at 17 M.ine Audubon Society, 118 U.S. the sterling to it. kitten to the lobster. Weput the now legless, open Bishop St., Portland. 878-3031 . Rt. 1, Falmouth. Etchings. collages, silver badge My scientist sisterisa good one to watch for an body to the floor and nudged her to it. Like any School of American D.nce Open prints and wearable art by Unda Ely J DS J education in lobster. Bent like a surgeon to her wise spelunker, sheapproached cautiously_Nose, House Meet the faculty. see a perform through Sep 30. Hours: Mon-Sat 9 am- created by Kit ance by students and register for fall task,shepicks with precision atall the nooks and the head, then shoulders went in. A gaping red 5 pm. Sun 12-5 pm. 781-2330. Carson" For classes Sep 9, 2:30-4 pm at 17 Bishop Thomas Memorial Library, Scott CoscoBov grottos it has to ·offer. She probes the fringed shell, black fur spiked with juices, bowed kitten STAGE St, Portland. For more information, Dyer Rd., Cape Elizabeth. Photchemic more Not. Chance of. Ghost Play about call 878-3031. "purses" at the end of the tail for their sliver of legs, a black exclamation mark ofa tail: the last of paintings by L Murray Jamison Sep 8- ""EEKL'Y IWI t liB two yuppies who buy a haunted house information this lobster. It seems tome thatin giving its all the The Perfonnlng A ... Ensemble of Oct 14. Opening reception Sep 14, flesh. Up under the sponge of the lungs she goes in Maine through Sep 10attheSchool Boston performs dance works by Pooh 6:30-8:30 pm. Hours: Man, Wed, Fri contact Sheriff into all of the byways_ The lobster is a final lobster demands no less of us. house Arts Center at Sebago Lake. Kaye, David Dorfman, and Danny Costa Sat 9 am-5 pm, Tue, Thu 9 am-9 pm . • QUESTIONS? Call Just Black & White at frontier and she'sout to chart its territory. There's Performances are Thu-Sat at 8 pm, Sep 15, 8 pm at Russell Square The 799-1720. Goudreault" Sun at 2 pm . Tickets are $10 for adults, atre at the USM Gortlam campus. Tick 761-5861 no distraction. $6 for kids. For more information, call ets are $81$5. For more information, The cooking of the lobster, too, brings out the Brenda Chandler still prefers hammers to nutcrackers for 642-3743. call 874~590. DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 1. quirks in folk. In our society death is exotic, not cracking the lobster's shell_ MORE+ 1 • CASCo &y Wukly September 7, 1989 1 9 David Brower, the first Rlverwatch A_latlon meets Sep executive director of the Sierra 14, 7 pm in 310 Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland. Anyone interested in Club and founder of Friends of monitoring local rivers is welcome to the Earth, will speak after the attend. For more information, call 223- workshops, and in the after 3840. Maine Association of Paralegal. OFF THE noon participants will take a offers Professional Development Semi boat tour of the bay. nars Sep 15-16 at the Sonesta Hotel, We spend enough time counting them, The cost of the conference, Portland. Seminar topics indude Real Estate, Litigation, Legal Research, Legal talking about them and trying to avoid by Mike Quinn including lunch at SMVTI in Writing. For more infonnation, contact them, but what are they? No matter what South Portland, is $15 for Tonya Arnold, Vice President, Maine you've heard about weight management, WALL Association of Paralegals, P.O. Box adults and $10 for students and Sculptor Mlcha.1 Singer talks about 7554 DTS. Portland 04112. 774-4000. ONLY CALORIES COUNf. his work, which uses bent wood, raw elder.s. Call 774-4627 for regis Macro Applications of Human stones, granite and reeds to create tration information. R.lations: Skills In P.ac. he HMR Fasting Program delicate structures Sep 12, 4 pm in Building Marvelene Styles Hughes, Hastings Lounge, USM Gomam. Free Hanrrah Holmes University of Toledo, speaks Sep 15. 8 teaches you a unIque and open to the public. For more infor Painting and Po ••••• lon: pm in Beam Classroom, Visual Arts 1'calorie balancing system to mation, call 780-5460. Pou.sln's Painting for Chant. Center, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. help manage your weIght. Bowdoln's Outdoor Gall.ry: A lou and the Essaisof Montalgne For more information. call 725-3151. Offered by hundreds of hospitals Walking Tour of the Quad Patri Lecture given by Elizabeth Cropper, Chinese Lunar Festival Professor and medical centers nationwide, the cia McGraw Anderson, author of 'The professor of the history of art at Johns Un Yu of Bowdoin College will read HMR Fasting Program provides: Architecture of Bowdoin College,' Hopkins, Sep 7, 7:30 pm in Kresge Au moon poems by Chinese poets and • Medically supervIsed, speaksSep 13,1 pmandSep 17,3pm.· ditorium. Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin speak about Chinese poetry Sep 15, 7 Meet in Iront of the Walker Art Buiking. College. Brunswick. For more infoona pm in 311 Luther Bonney Hall. USM Very Low Calorte DIet Bowdoin College, Brunswick. For more tion, call 725-3151 . - Portland. A reception with mooncakes , Safe, RapId weIght 1055 infoonation, call 725-3275. The Chall.nge of B.lng a Women will follow. The celebration is sponsored • Educational/behavioral groups Main. Art. Convnlsslon Institu Buslne•• Owner Roundtable dis by the Chinese American Friendship[ • Intensive maintenance program tional Support Program gives cussion led by Pat FrillS, Ph.D. at the Association of Maine. For more infor Join us for our next FREE orientation. grants to fund arts programs and proj monthly meeting of the Women Busi mation, call 773-3192. ects in non-profit organizations state ness Owners of Greater Portland Sep G.ttlng Publl.hed Workshop on Presented by Joan Herzog Pike. L.D .. To reach higher altitudes, cl imb on a Specialized" Rockhopper" wide. Deadline is Oct 2. Guidelines 7,6 pm at the offices of the Maine Man market research. mar1<.eting, manuscript R.D., Reglstered DIetitian. or Rockhopper Compo Designed for the enthusiast, both mountain and application foons are available by agement Group. Royal River Center, foonats, literary agents and more for 36 cups of atr-popped popcorn (830 cal) bikes use sophisticated triple-butted frame construction, precise conta~ting the Maine Arts Commis Rt 1 in Yarmouth. Fee is $0.50. For writers of fiction and non-fiction Sep 16, eqUAls 1 alp of peanuts (840 cal) sion, State House Station #25, Au more infoonation or reservations, call 10 am-3 pm at the Maine Writers Cen 18-speed Shimano index shifting, and our gusta, 04333. 289-2724. Becky Erickson al 761-{1041. ter, 19 Mason St. . Portland. Cost is $25 shock-absorbing DirectDrive-fork. Wlldlif. Art Contest sponsored by Oxford County: A Tour of Its for MWPA members, $30 for non-mem f14!M! #ulH1 So jet on over. Because at these prices, ~" 'lIa the Maine Arts Commission and the Villages Greater Portland Landmarks bers. Pre-registration is necessary. For Rockhoppers are flying out the door. ,q,~.{ " ::'~ Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is offers a tour of ~me of the oounty's more information, call 729-6333. open to Maine resident artists, ama Writing Work.hops for anyone inter . 'JqWtl1Kt~ most significant buildings and archi J teur and professional. Each entrant tecturally intact villages: Freiberg, ested in exploring new material, ideas may submit up to two slides of paint Sweden. Waterford Flat and Bethel and fresh approaches to short fiction HMR~Stf11.J3 SSOF~~~~NUE ings portraying live wildife, fish and Sep 9. 9 am-4:30 pm. Cost is $35 per and essays. Classes are Sundays 1' 3 •••••••p.p.O.G.P.A.M. POR1l.AND, MAINE 04101 CYCLE MANIA ,::; other fauna native to Maine. Winning person. which indudes transportation pm, beginning Sep 17; or Wednesdays I'" 761-9410 188 State Street, Portland • 77 4-2933 p~ntings will be displayed in the Gov and lunch. For reservations, call 774- 6:3O.a:3O pm. beginning Sep 20. Six· The tteatment c:l choice for ser10us weight problems emo~s Gallery in the State House in 5561 . session workshops are taught by Alfred Augusta from mid-December through Public Sp.aklng and DePew. Cost is $100. For more infor the end of February 1990. For more P.rfonnanc. Workshop for people mation. call 775-3708. •...... ~ ..... infoonation, call 289-2871 . who give oral presentations. focusing Wom.n·s Spiritual Community Danforth St.... t Gall.ry in Port Offer good with coupon only! on preparation. breathing. voice pro· meets weekly in the Brunswick area in : 50 CI: - Expires Sept. 21, 1989 $1 • 00 land, a non-profit alternative gallery, jectionandtimingSep9. 10am-3pmat September, beginning with an eight • invites artists 60 and over to submit the Maine Writers Center. 19 Mason week experimental dass about ritual. work for a juried thematic exhibition St. . Brunswiok. Cost is $25 for mem W.S.C. is a non-profit center of suppon : OFF Combine OFF tiUed "The Essence of Maine.' Juror bers of the Maine Writers and Publish and direction for personal and spiritual Martin Dibner will select winners for ers alliance, $30 for non-members. For growth. For more information, contact • any of these a new both professional and amateur catego more information, call 729-6333. Women's Spiritual Community, RFD 2 • New Items! it~m large ries. Work must be delivered by Nov 3. K.nnebunk Writing Group resu Box 2740, Lisbon Falls, 04252. 353- pizza For details send self-addressed mes meetings at the Kennebunk li 6323. stamped envelope to "Essence of brary on the second Sat and fourth Women's Voices, Women'. Sporting with the deadly sins Maine' c/o Danforth Street Gallery, 34 Wed each month, beginning Sep 9 at Cholees Workshop empowering :... • Spin~~h Pi~za .. •• Danforth SI. , Portland, 04101, Atten 9:30 am . All writers interested in fic women to create the work life they need ,1 tion Helen Rivas. tion, non-fiction or poetry are weloome and want Sep 22. 6:30-9:30 pm and Glory in gluttony The Common Ground Fair is look to attend and read from their works. Sep 23. 9:30-4:30 pm . Registration :~,.~ Ha~allan. PI~za "\:!'f ing for a design to become the 1990 For more information, call 985-4343. deadline is Sep 15; oost is $85. For poster. Artists may submit one or two Yannouth Historical Society Tour more information. call 761 -0071. f :~.lt; Garlic & 011 Pizza ' • Life is more than football, basketball and turned into caloric warfare. He had all his Navy designs by Nov. 1 on any theme relat of the Maine Maritime Museum Sep 9. sometimes hockey. There are many lesser known friends show up, I had mine, and both of us took ing to agriculture. The selected design 10 am. Reduced admission to the 10- on a manager to officially sanction this epicurean will be used for the 1990 fair poster and acre working shipyard. For reserva- :JTomato Pizza, Feta Pizza sports, which if given a chance, could become t-shirt. It·s important that the style be a tions, call 846-6259 . ~ . classic forums for the average person. Heretofore epiC. In addition, there were maybe another 30 appropriate for silk-screening. which Main.'s Historic R.llglous • nobodies can become superstars overnight. unfortunate customers at theMcDonald' sin U ttle requires a mi nimum of blending andlor Architecture Earle G. Shettfeworth. • shading. Pastels and are • PORTLAND Takegluttony.1f itisn't a sport yet, it should be Creek, Va., who had to watch this craziness. water~lors director of the Maine Historic Preser • not appropriate. Submissions will be vation Commission, speaks Sep 10, 3 soon. Don't confuse these words with CBW's Fifteen years ago I had about two dollars juried and the selected artist wilt re pm at the Universalist Meeting House. OF regular EATS column. Anyone can cook up a spending money per weeksomymotivationwas ceive a $500 honorarium. For more in Rt. 231 , New Gloucester. Admission is : HOUSE PIZZA that I could not afford to lose. Being broke is not formation, con tact the Common Ground free, but donations for the Meeting • • stonn or order in a fancy restaurant. The real Fair, POBox 2176,Augusta, ME 04338 • 1373 Washington Ave. at the comer of Allen Ave., talent lies in eating tremendous quantities of a pre-requisite of winning at gluttony, but in or phone 623-5115. ~~~::~~~~~~:~,"!~~2~~~~~; : near Northgate • 797-9030 • EAT IN OR TAKE OUT food in a short time, metabolism pennitting. contest situations it certainly doesn't hurt. 926-4021. 0U T •...... ~ Consider last weekend. At my sister's wed Returning to the action, Henry (Illinois glut The Blrthplac., Mercy Hospital's ma ternity unit, presents a free tourfor pro- ding reception, I ate 12 pieces of chicken, nine ton) and I (Holy Cross challenger) were tied a tsix large Italian sausages, eight helpings of lasagne, Big Macs each. A hush fell over Ronald a ton of scalloped potatoes, a separate plate of McDonald's dining room. This could go on for For more infoonation. call 879-3550 . ever, or it could be called a tie with many disap Ei~;Fs~3e~ ~;~:i~~:~:~i E salad, two bowls of fruit Jello, 11 dinner rolls and S From Elde.. to Ideas: The Bow· II the entire second tier of the wedding cake. Some pointed fans. A principle of gluttony I espouse is doln Sci.ntlfic Station in K.nt say there is no glory in gluttony. Hogwash! that in a contest environment one should win by Lecture given by the director of the Bowdoin Scientific Station Sep 12. 8 a lot, nota little. I ordered two more BigMacsright September is back Pigging out requires mental determination pm in Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Maine OutdoOl' Adv.nture Club and singleness of purpose. A bottomless pit in front of fat Henry who dropped his jaw in Center, Bowdoin College. Brunswick. MOAC weloomes people of all skill to school month... doesn't hurt either. The great ones in the sport of disbelief and then quit after I finished the second SENSE For more infoonation, call 725-3151. levels for year-round outings. Upcom Symbols of the Unconscious: ing trips: Whale Watch Sep 9, departs gluttony eat all the food because it's there, kind of one, a dramatic 8-6 final. Analy.ls ancllnt• .,.retatlon Jung from Long Wharf at 7:30 am . 773- ~I/ like climbing a mountain of calories. Is there a future in this sort of thing? My Clean the bay Seminar Sep 12, 4 pm in the Faculty 7099; Mountain Bike Ride on Mount What is the social redeeming value of eating manager Vince thought there was because he The Friends of Casco Bay, an Room , Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin Desert Sep 16, moderate level ride. ,::@::. . College, Brunswick. For more informa 871-0264; -Bald Face Mountain Hike ", 1\' half the menu, half the house, or half the city? continued to train me until I could eat 10 Big Macs environmental group, is tion, call 725-3151. Sep 24, moderate level hike, 772-9831. ... and time for WEEKS First there is thefeelingof accomplishment. Then in 12 minutes. We reached this dubious plateau inviting other friends of Casco The Political and Economic Fu Wild Mushroom Hunting Appala FOR follows the sensation of being truly full- like a late in the summer of '74. Our requests to appear Bay to participate in a confer ture of Hong Kong Kerry McGlynn chian Mountain Club offers a weekend you to get speaks abou t the Sino-British Joint Dec workshop with two experts in the field on the "Tonight Show" wereincredulouslynever back to $25 bear who has just eaten a thousand berries before ence called "How polluted is laration restoring Hong Kong to the of mushrooms. covering the basics of hibernating in peace. Finally there is the road answered by Mr. Carson, and Vince and I ended Casco Bay?" People's Republic of China and its mushroom hunting Sep 9-10 at the "':"W9Nlm~ our partnership when his hamburger fund ran On Sept. 30, three workshops impact on world economy Sep 12. 12 AMC's Pinkham Notch Camp in N.H. JACKNIFE -fITl'U:SS-- back to nonnalcy, requiring regular eating and noon at the First Parish Church. 425 For more information, call 603-466- --SruDIO serious exercise. out. will address different areas of Congress St., Portland. Admission is 2727. Three buddies in Vietnam. 170 u.s. ROUTE 1 Gluttony is not a sport that should be played As in any sport, the possibility for injury ex pollution in the bay. One will $3. For more infonnation, call 780- Pizza Rides Casco Bay Bicycle Club is Two survived. FALMOUTH ists. In football, the knee is usually first to go. focus on sewage pollution. The 455 1. sponsoring Thursday night bicycle Only one is really alive. every day. Becoming 400 pounds and exploding Estate Planning Seminar Series of rides. Meet at 6 pm at Pal's Pizza. Rt. 781-4502 tends to permanently take a player off the active Basketball players pull hamstrings. Baseball Cascp Bay watershed is rife five non-technical discussions, de 1. Oak Hill. Scarborough. Rides are roster. One has to pick and choose key spots to pitchers often contract tendonitis after a few with emergency overflow signed for the general public, will focus 10-20 miles; pizza after. For more 10 - years. In gluttony, watch out for ulcers, colitis, or points for raw sewage and on minimizing tax bills, maximizing formation call Keith at 799-1085. • glutton. As in any sport or activity, a measuring effect of income. and protecting es Main. Audubon Society Upooming stick for success is required. For instance, how the ever popular veritable bowel syndrome. It is untreated stonnwater runoff. tates. Sessions will be held Tuesday field trips: Isle of Shoals and Appledore many pancakes, how many pies, how many imperative to have an internal specialist on your Another will look at oil mornings. Sep 12-Oct 10, 9:30-11 am Island Sep 8-10; Boat trip from Booth team if you're going to go gluttony, big time. pollution. Casco Bay boasts a in the auditorium at the Heffernan bay Harbor to view migrating waterfowl whatever must be looked at. In the movie "Cool Center. SI. Joseph's College in Stan· Sep 16. 9:30 am-4:3O pm; Pilgrimage Hand Luke" Paul Newman, on a bet, ate 50 hard Strip away all the trophies, glory, adulation.and high number of hydrocarbons, dish. There are no fees involved. but to Concord. Massachusetts Sep 23, The Great Urban Carry-all boiled eggs. (Do not try this one at home.) attention that accompany this sport and believe a chemical indicator of petro pre· registration is required. For more 7:30 am-6 pm ; Monhegan Island trip it's important to remain a "regular person." leum in bay. infoonation. call 892-6766 X. 791 . Sep 29-Oct 1. For more information on Sleek Scblepping A personal favorite of mine foreatingcontests Wom.n and Self Est ••m Six-week any of these trips, call 781 -2330. C3 The bag with all the options. is the Big Mac. While a midshipman in the Navy Gluttony definitely isn't for everyone. It's a The third workshop will experimental workshop presented by Wildlif. of Northern N.w Hamp V1DEr '" An outside folio pocket big enough during an ROTC summer, I ran into another sport that requires delicate hand-eye-stomach address toxic and heavy Crescent Moon Workshops beginning shire - Naturalist Adv.nture Sep 12,6:30-8:30 pm. Fee is $80. For Three-day course Sep 15-17 offered to hold me folders with shon middie from the University of llIinois who was coordination. "Try it, you'll like it." That's the old metals. Lead, cadmium, PCBs leather clad handles and a full more information. call Karen Repasky by the Appalachian Mountain Club at bragging about how much he could eat. I chose slogan for Alka Seltzer. I haven't forgotten it, and other toxics are found in at 773-7117. their Pinkham Notch Camp in New ~ l~!~~_ • Save time and money... selection of video. to length adjustable strap. A even after all these years. Maine DOS U ....• Group meets Hampshire. For more infoonation. call commodil,lS interior big enough the Big Mac(which by the way was bigger in 1974 abundance in the bay sedi Have your m~vles ALL of PORTLAND and ments. Participants will be able Sep 13, 7 pm at the S.MYT.I., Ma 603-466-2727. delivered & pIck up! PEAKS ISLAND. to hold your shoes, lunch and a than it is today) to settle the issue. The deal was, chine Tool Tech Building, Fort Rd., S. purse with a zippered top for loser pays for all the Big Macs. Mike Quinn, sttiff writer, is required to pay all his food to attend two of the three Portland. Basic DOS oommands are 773·1999 weather and security. I thought this would be a private thing but it expenses - for olroious reasons. workshops. the subject of this month·s meeting. Colors: black, navy, taupe. $42.50 MORE+ 20 .Olsco &y Wukly Sqttember 7, 1989 21 Dance Magic Creative Maine Audubon Society needs vol Movement Beginning ballet and jazz unteers interested in environmental Inax dance classes for kids ages 4-14 be education to help with the Society's animals home services ginning during Sep . For information or ·Secrets of the Foresr walks program. antigues learning registration : Cumberland, 829-3835; Volunteer guides, trained by profes auctions legal services Portland School of Ballet, 772-9671 ; sional naturalists, introduce groups of auditions lost & found Yarmouth 846-9680; Casco Bay Mov all ages to forest and wildlife ecology billboard musical instruments SPORT ers, 871 -1031 ; Michelle Stuckey, 773- using a variety of games and hands-on biz services notices Bow Hunting: The Gear Firstof two 3345. techniques during the walks. Training boats person to person part series on new and traditional gear Creative Movement Theater for sessions for volunteers will be held body & soul recreation opportunities board Sep 7, 7:30 pm at the Casco Street Kids II-week session, ending in a per Sep 19-21 , 9:30 am-12 noon at the buSI~SS ride catenng roommates Conference Center, Freeport Maine. formance, begins Tue, Sep 19, 3:30- Mast Landing Sanctuary in Freeport. child care stuff for sale Free and open to the public. For more 4:30 pm. Taught by Jackie Reifer and No previous natural history or teaChing dating services wanted information, call 865-4761. John Saccone at 614 Congress St., experience is necessary. For more in employment wheels Dan Michaud Century 1OO -mile bike Portland. For more information, call fonnation, call Suzanne McLeod at781- entertainment for hire yard sale run Sep 9 in memory of Michaud who 761 -2508. 2330. flea mari tn• . A competition seeking 'contemporary black and white . , photography about modern life in Southern Maine. CRITERIA DEADLINE The judges will be looking for pictures that have Entries must be at Just Black and White, 54 York St., something to say. Technical quality is important, but by 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 1. among equally excellent photographs the one with the . strongest message will be chosen. Pictures that depict ENTRIES ' modem life in Southern Maine will do better than cliche shots of sailboats, lighthouses, barns and such. Prints may be any size up to l1x14" but must be mounted on 11x14 mat board. No oversized, undersized, JUDGES or framed will be accepted. There is no entry fee, but entrants must limit them A panel of three judges will choose the winners. The selves to two entries. The en,trants name, address and judges are: Bill Curtsinger, a Portland·based freelance phone number as well as the title of the work (if any) photographer and regular contributor to National must appear on the BACK of the mounting board. (Any Geographic Magazine; Betsy Evans, founder of Port identification on the front of the board will disqualify land's only photo gallery:the Evans Gallery on Pleasant the entry.) Street; and Rose Marasco, photographer and photo Photographs not selected may be picked up at Just instructor at University of Southern Maine. The deci sions of the judges are final. Black & White until the end of De(ember, 1989. Al though care will be taken with all entries, neither Casco ELIGIBILITY Bay Weekly or Just Black & White will be responsible for lossor damage of any entry. . Anyone may enter except employees of Casco Bay Weekly and Just Black & White. Professional photogra AWARDS phers may enter "personal work" - work which has not been made on aSSignment. Three winners will be chosen. The winning photos will be published in the November 22 issue of Casco Bay Photos entered may not have been published Weekly and will be on display at Just Black & White elsewhere prior to this competition and photographers through the end of the year. Each winning photographer must be able to grant one-time publication rights to will receive $50 in processing from Just Black & White Casco Bay Weekly in order for their entry(s) to be and $50 in cash. eligible. JUS J CascoBav ""EEKLY QUESTIONS? Call Just Black & White at 761-5861 DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 1.