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Greater Portland's news and arts weekly APRIL 5, 1990 FREE .'~.W •• '··'.HE:AI.TH::,.," '.' ',"1; ,/ . "MADN.ESS ';,,i/':

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Can anyone be healthy in an unhealthy \Norld?

By Michael Ventura

The statistics are overwhelming: we're sick. It's not just that we have the most overweight population in the West, nor that we have the highest infant mortality rate of any industri­ alized country in the world. It's not that heart disease is the wor.st .epidemic since the Plague, nor that one in three Americans Will get cancer, nor that it's been documented beyond quibbling that most of this pain could be prevented by more naturally grown food, fewer chemicals in the environment, less rat-racing and more exercise. It's not even that our young people, in addition to being the most ignorant, are also the fattest, the wheeziest, the least physically active and the most VIEWS page 2 neglected (13 million latchkey children under the age of 14) of any UPDATES page 4 developed country on Earth. WELLNESS page 6 No, the sickest thing about us is: CALENDAR page 12 That we hear these facts over and over again (the data is undeniable and has been broadcast for years), yet, as a people, we do nothing. SILVER SCREEN page 14 And we tolerate elected representatives who do worse than nothing, STAGE page 16 who collaborate in causing these conditions. Their re-election coffers ART SEEN page 19 bulge with dollars contributed by the same corporations that, in effect, SPORT page 20 sell ill health in pretty packages. So we're not just sick - we're crazy. CLASSIFIEDS page 21 ERNIE POOK page 23 Continued on page 6 REAL PUZZLE page 23 2 Olsco Bay Weekly

~~coBovEKLY VIEWS S~ing Memories Into of warm winter. nights Spring!

Gathered 'round the fire at a ski lodge or lounging by the pool in a tropical paradise. Reader "missed" Djaylan's "message" Casco B"'f Weekly is an instrument of community understanding. I just finished reading l.W. Reisman's angry response (CBW Views 3.29.90) to Djaylan's letter of the previous week. Apparently AprilS, 1990 J. W. completely missed her message which was simply "Lighten Volume 3, Number 14 Pictures bring it home. up! We only go around once on this merry-go-round of life - enjoy Publisher the ride, as it usually ends before you are ready." It is easy to hide Gary SanJ.aniel/o behind a lot of anger and cynicism, but it takes courage to open 30 City Cellle,.. Portland. 772·7296 yourself up to others and take chances. Knowing Djaylan, as I do, 71 US RI. I. Scarbvro!lRh .883·7363 Editor she has this courage and I'm sure thather life is much richer than old abacus Monte Paulsen J.W.'s as a result. No one can force you to have a super day, but a American Crafts Assoc:late Editor/News gentle reminder thatweall survive our daily crises makes me smile. Andy Newman 44 Exchange Street. Portland, ME 04101 772-4880 ~%?cLi~~ Assoc:iate Editor/Arts AnnSiwmer Kathy Perkins Portland Production Manager Elissa Conger Production Portland more "vicious" than ever Martha Clary ten artists What a cheery, loving community we have here. I opened my open monday-friday 9-5 Circulation Manager CBW to find more female/male quarreling, a scathing attack on a saturday 10-4 local businessman (Bennie Green) living his own life and then the Robert Lord climax: "Great Moments in Raoul's History (1990 - Tree closes)." Circulation This is a vicious Portland I've never seen. £/ke Rosenberg, Dan Tonini bar bette & richard behm nancy deyoung OffIce Manager heidi gerqulst Robyn Barnes nick humez marguerite lavvfer JodyPorter Display Advertising nancy nevergole Portland Rose Greely, Holly Lynn, charli.. oakes Art is useful Maureen Magee marc ouaOatt.. It's not difficult to understand Leslie Morison's intent when she constance rush Classified Advertising wrote "Useful objects are not often considered art. Paintings and evelyn 'Winter sculpture have little usefulness." (CBW 3.22.90). Nevertheless if a Melissa Johnson

member of the art communi ty like Morison hasdifficulty percei ving opening receptIon Contributing Editors the usefulness of art, how can we expect people beyond the art saturday 7 april 1990 community to value our work, which includes the art and the art TOnR£ Harbert/plwtography criticism. Told Oshima/illustration One definition fortheusefulnessof art is that art heals. A person Morgan Shepard/stage looking at at painting can easily and often be moved from the place Leslie Morison/art he or she is to a wider deeper, or sometimes just other place. This Mike Quinn/sport movement, often off of dead center on one's self to a larger reality, can allow space for personal healing. Translated into English this Contributors VIDEOP.ORT means you can come home from work a nervous wreck and sit and Lynda Barry, Bmuia Chandler, THAI lookat a painting and beat least distracted and at most transformed. Mary lLJ> Crawley, W. D. Cutlip, • • When your thoughts or feelings return to your original problems, Dave Marsh, Hilary McComb those problems will look different. Nangle, Kelly Nelson, Mike Quinn, GARDEN When painting, and art in general, is percei ved as a healer just as Roland Sweet, Dan Tonini, Authentic Thai Cooking a psychiatrist, clergyman, therapy session, medication, herb, ritual, Don Rubin, Matt Wuerker etc., aTe perceivcdas healers, the the usefulness of art will be self- The finest Thai food in Maine, . Casc:o Bay Weekly featuring fresh ingredients, fair prices "';d,", ){i~/Jf!L. distributes 20.000 p>pers free and quality service. A unique dining of charge every Thursday. experience to savor again and again. No person may lIlke mere than one Sherry Miller of =h issue witlwut the permission Portland of Casco B"'f Weekly. Additional English Garden Baskets Bring Spring Indoors with our grape-vine Lunch Mon. - Fri. 11:30.3:30 copies of the current issue and/or baskets overflowing with tulip, crocus, Dinner Sun •• Thurs. 4:30-9:00 some bacJc issues may be purchased S.S.1. check in the mail? daffodil and hyacinth blooms. Fri. & Sat. 4:30-10:00 for $1 each at the Casco Bay Weekly Perfect for Easter! Take out & Catering Available For the twelfth time I did not receive my Social SecuTity check for office. Domestic subscriptions are VISA/MC/AMEX March on time. mailed 3rd class and are $36/year, Delivery in Greater Portland Worldwide Floral Service 772-1118 I returned from Great Falls, Mont. Feb. 7 and went to the Social payable in adwnce. COMMUNION' Me,na:'y-;,atlJraay 8-8, Sunday 11-3 Security Office immediately to change my mailing address from Maine· 828-2000 ONE CITY: CENTER Great Falls, where I had received my February check on time! In the past, the Social Security Office here in Portland told me it Mogul Media, Inc. publishes took two and one-half weeks to change the address. Fcb. 7 gave the Casco 8"'f Weekly. Entire contents Social Security Office 21 days to make the change. @ 1990 by Mogul Mediil, Inc. • After I did not receive my March check when it was due, March We Bring You 2, I went to the Social Security Office and was given excuses. Then Casco Bay Weekly • I went to Sen. George Mitchell's office which is on the same floor to 187 Clark Street • The World tell him. Portland, ME 04102 I went back to the Social Security office the next day. It was 2077756601 Cafe Of Classics. COMMUNION is one man's riveting story of his encounter with the unknown. Millions are crowded - I was #39. When my number was called I was told my already fascinated lrf the mystery of what happened to Whitley Strieber: who are the check had beensenttoGreatFalls.lhad to waitonemonthand a half Society! visitors, why did they come and are they still here? fOT mv Tanuarv check to be processed so this was an improvement. • Have a Viva Sen. Mitchell's staff. It is entirely because Sen. Mitchell is Majority Leader in the Senate that 1 will not have to wait one month FREE CROISSANT "G1RISIOPHER WALKEN and UNDSAY CROUSE are terrific:' -...... n.om.., I05ANGlliS IlMF5 and a half for my March check. • with your afternoon coffee Metropolitan Opera after Ipm Saturday afternoons &:tfY~ 1:30 p.m. Betty Duimovich • c::/J Portland \...7 Lower Lobby Casco 8"'f Weekly is a member WPKM VIE WS are opinions. Your views are here, and sometimes ours. Please be brief of the Association of AllernlltWe &-8 /l/~ 151 Middle St. • Portland, Maine when you write, and please include a phone number (which will not be Newsweeklies ~ CA/~ FM 106.3 published) so that we can verify your letter. Mail to: VIEWS, Casco B"'f PORTLAND'S CLASSICAL RADIO Weekly, 187 Clark St., Portland, ME. 04102. 'S CHURCH BAKERY 366 Fore Street, Portland • 773-BAKE 4 Casco Bay Weekly April 5, 1990 5 SoU ((Jood~ ~ ~;f(tUire UPDATES ... and we can build your custom UC:;)lWLl. Introducing the C CHERRY Crossing guard fires at youth CONTINUOUS ARM CHAIR On Mar. 30, a Portland crossing guard drew a small caliber Council backs off ballot proposal $195 semi-automatic handgun from his pocket and fired at a 14-year Near Maine Mall - Across from UPS old Portland student, missing him. '- OPEN EVERY DAY The student, Clinton Drake III, told police that an incident on 9 Poden Road, South Portland. 775-4312 Mar. 29 foreshadowed the shooting incident. Drake, who is black, Referendum rules rile activists said that h~, h!s white girlfriend and a third friend were shoving each other Jokmgly as they passed the intersection of Washington After getting an earful from angry local ac­ were on the track of doing something we didn't SWITCHING TO COMPACT DISC? Street and Cumberland Avenueat the bottom of Munjoy Hill near tivists, the Portland City Council delayed mean to do." the 7-Eleven. voting on new rules that would make it much Sound Alternatives, Portland's newest music store "Leave her alone, nigger," said temporary crossing guard tougher for local groups to get initiative ques­ "The city deserves a new city attorney" wants to make the switch easier. We'll pay you $ for James F. Murphy, according to the police report. Murphy had tions - also known as referendums - on the "If we're to believe that the Legislative Com­ those old albums and tapes. And we offer you a Portland ballot. been hired by the city through Adams Security Enterprises in mittee was hoodwinked," commented Sanford, great selection of low priced CDs. About 70 neighborhood activists, state law­ Portl~nd, a security firm filling in to make up for the shortage of "then I think we've got to review how policy is WE'VE GOT makers, and council watchers filled the council .,~~I?~!1.~,~H~~~W crossmg guards in Portland. Drake's friends were able to restrain being made ... (Lourie) is there to advise the :~SD:Und ::::::i:: ::Jd::::::~:::::: : :::~,:i;.Q,~ Forest Ave., Portland chambers at Portland City Hall on April 2. committee." In the Old Port f" him from crossing the street and confronting Murphy. ~wI .~. (Across from Trl-State Auto) REAL 332 Fore Street - Portland - 772-8416 Some pointed the finger at Corporation Council "I don't believe the problem resides in the " "'~n: -ternatlveS'"·'"···,,·-·· .. · w .•. ,~ ...... -.,.«.--,.,..... 774-4446 JAiz .. But the next day, Drake would not be restrained. He and -~ ...... ~ ..... ~. ~• .••• ~ ...... "", ...... '" , ', •• , ', ••••• , ', ...... '...... ".. ', •. ",...'...... '...... , .,.. ••n • .... _ .,.,...... ' ...... Murphy started yelling at one another. According to the police, David Lourie, who drafted the amendments. council- it resides in the staff," Caron said Drake crossed the street and when there was roughly six feet They complained that Lourie, not an elected when he stood at a podium before the council. bet:-veen them, Murphy drew the gun out of his pocket, held it at official but an appointed staff member, has too "I believe the time has come for - and the ci ty waIst level, and laughed before firing the gun. strong a hand in shaping and implementing deserves - a new city attorney." policy. Murphy hit the side of the 7-Eleven. He·tried to fire again, but Caron headed out of the chamber a few min­ We Make the bullet jammed. Police Capt. Edward Googins, who was off "I would like to see a new city attorney put utes after he spoke. Lourie left his seat beside duty but had his radio on and heard the call, picked up Murphy in place who is not trying to implement policy," the mayor and buttonholed Caron out in the Gift Giving without incident. Murphy did not have a permit to carry a said Alan Caron, a Portland marketing consult­ brightly lit, tiled hallway. Keri Lord, president ant and former president of the Munjoy Hill a Pleasure! You dont bank Why bank concealed gun. He is being charged with attempted murder, a of the Parkside Neighborhood Association, Neighborhood Association. Class A crime that could land him in jail for up to 20 years. could be heard in the chamber addressing the A Touch of Joy will The council was to vote on measures that design and deliver . Drake is back in class at the Portland Rehabilitation Education chamber. where there~s where there~s would have required interest groups to gather Near a water fountain, Lourie spoke to Gift Baskets for All Program (PREP) on MoodyStreet,analternativesecondaryschool . Special Occassions. • • • "Clinton is a good boy," said William Shuttleworth, the principal more than six times the number of Signatures Caron about "constitutional conditions," of the at PREP. Asked if Drake was confrontational, Shuttleworth re­ presently required to go to ballot, that would complicated process of amending the charter. amaxnnUDl annnnnUDl have allowed the council to amend citizen­ Easter Baskets for the Whole Family plied, "Kids coming here tend to ad vocate for their posi tions. But He asked Caron who put him up to the call for initiated laws in just three years instead of five resignation. . $21.99 - $69.99 that doesn't mean they're confrontational." balance. balance? Murphy was fired by Adams Security Enterprises; Adams years after their passage, and that would have Caron said no one did. Caron's hands were FREE LOCAL DELIVERY given the council the power to decide whether Security Enterprises was fired by the city. in his pockets, his eyes meeting Lourie's un­ Delivered anywhere in lhe USA. initiatives should be retroactive to before their comfortably. passage. "Thanks for the explanations," said Caron, 10% OFF non-delivered, RWS bags $500,000 to recycle Ironically, the proposed laws stemmed from "but they just don't wash." non-custom orders! a new state law that intended to make the refer­ The fledgling Maine Waste Management Agency is forking "I think it's real unfortunate that this issue Show Room: 165 Pickett St. endum law simpler. has been so personalized," said Lourie. South Portland, Maine ffi over $5 million for recycling programs, and Portland's Regional CaU for our FREE Brochure Waste Systems is snagging $500,000 of it. According to Recycling Only in Lewiston and in Portland were After Lourie returned to the chambers, Caron citizens required to go to city hall to sign citizen Coordinator Carol Eisenberg, RWS will use $312,750 of the money said, "He clearly does not like citizens med­ 207·799-0838 C!C initiatives to bring an issue to the voters. The toward setting up household recycling programs. "We want to dling with policy ... he tries to subvert it. make household recycling available to all residents of the region new law allowed signatures to be gathered "I believe Linda Abromson and Tom Allen outside of city hall. Sen. Georgette Berube of Le­ by September-through a combination of drop-off and curbside," when they said they were being given bad ad­ wiston, who sponsored the bill in the Maine said Eisenberg, who led the drive to sct up the recycling program vice," continued Caron. "I think (Lourie) was Senate, thought that collecting signatures on Peaks Island. Upon approval by the its board, RWS will stock trying to push something through, and he defi­ exclusively in city hall discriminated against nitely got caught with two big hands in the PI the area of its Greater Portland communities with "between 30 handicapped and elderly people who couldn't and 40 roll-off containers," which are metal sheds that have cookie jar. I don't wish him ill, but we can't get to city hall and to people whose schedules internal walls to separate newspaper, glass, metal and plastic. have him burrowing through city hall." didn't permit it. RWS also will purchase a truck with separate compartments to Caron and Sanford both said Lourie tried to start a curbside program that will be "phased in," said Eisenberg. push through anti-referenda amendments be­ Public comment starts early The truck will spend a day each in Portland, South Portland, cause he was soured that the working water­ The council had heard plenty of public com­ Scarborough and Falmouth and will whiz away from the curb front referendum, which he openly opposed, with separated stuff from as many as 800 homes a day. ment on the proposed initiative and referen­ passed in 1987. The remaining $187,250 of the RWS grant will go toward a dum ordinance even before the first Portlander "I did not consider whether the change from BONU$ stepped up to the podium on April 2. Karen materials recycling facility in Gorham that chomps wood, trim, five years to three years would affect the.Water­ Sanford, who was instrumental in passing the leaves, grass clippings, stumps, and demolition materials to make front Ordinance," wrote Lourie, in a letter to the 1987 working waterfront ordinance, said that fuel and building materials. council. "After considering the issue, I believe BANKING she first noticed the initiative and referendum that these amendments, if adopted, would ordinance on a city agenda when she was in shorten the time during which the council is Take out also available Trailways steered away by (BITD city hall at a Waterfront Task Force meeting on prohibited from amending the Waterfront Sunday - Thursday 4 pm - 12 pm A Trailways bus company tried to roll into the Casco Bay Island the morning of Mar. 19. When she started to Ordinance to three years." leaf through drafts of the amendments, the Friday & Saturday 4 pm - 1 am means no minimum balance. Transit District (CBITD) ferry terminal to usc it as a bus station, 46 Veranda St. Portland but transit district officials told Trailways to hit the road. provisions jarred her. Starting over "It would have been a good revenue builder," said Pat Chris­ On Mar. 26, Sanford sent a letter to a dozen Three hours later, at the end of a long night, Switch to Casco Northern's Bonus Banking for the freedom tian, General Manager at CBITD, but the transit district board people involved in neighborhood groups and Mayor Esther Clenott addressed the full city of no-minimum-balance NOW checking. And that's just "thought that the congestion was too much and that for four state government. "We cannot let OUT rights to council chamber. Flanked by City Manager 774-2222 part of your Bonus Banking package. Other convenient months a year it would have created chaos." On Mar. 30 the board take issues to the people be trampled on," she Robert Ganley and attorney David Lourie, she features include: voted against accepting C&J Trail ways of Dover, N.H. began, and detailed the proposed changes. On said, "Sometimes we ask our staff to suggest According to Christian, the general manager of C&J, Jim Jal­ March 28, Sanford sent a letter to Mayor Esther policies. But it is our responSibility to vote on • Free Checks • No ATM Fees bert, is looking at other spots for a station in Portland, including Clenott and the rest of the ci ty council concern­ policies. If we lapse in judgement it is our fault. • Lower Interest on Loans a lot it could share with the METRO on MarginaJ Way. "I fccl ing the "initiative-gutting package" that would I would take any blame that you want to put on • Access to ATMs State "squeeze the life and the logic from the citizen any of our staff members." and Nationwide • Travel Discounts badly that Jim can't work it out with us," said Christian, "but I think he'll make a go of it somewhere else." initiative process." The council voted unanimously to table the • Higher Interest on - Shopping Discounts If it finds a station, the Trailways line would provide daily The three councillors in the Legislative Com­ item back to the Legislative Committee. The Savings and CDs service from Portland to Boston, which presently is done exclu­ mittee - Chairperson Linda Abromson, Thomas only thing expected to change now - besides "We buy anything worth buying" Allen and Cheryl Leeman - had agreed to for­ the state-mandated signature-gathering provi­ sively by Greyhound. And thanks to the month-old Gre.9'hound Stereos • TVs • Musical Instnunents A simple $6 monthly fee covers everything. So switch to strike, there are only three GreyhoundS a day you can catch to ward the amendment package to the full sion - is a rule that would require about 2)l00 the bank account that gives you no minimum balance and Boston (as long as you don't mind being accosted by picketers). council. But from there reaction to their instead of 750 Signatures to get an initiative on Antiques • Guns • VCRs more. Open an account at any branch office, or call constituent's calls, it seemed they didn't under­ the local ballot. Criticism of that provision • • • WE PAY CASH ••• stand the implications of the amendments. wasn't too harsh at the hearing, as there is a 1-800-88-BONUS "We blew it," confessed Abramson in her chance that scoring 2,800 Signatures roaming Our jewelry is already half the cost of retail... Ouuide ~Iaine: 207-776-7782 opening remarks, "we made a mistake ... we around may be easier than dragging 750 people But now all Gold and Diamonds are WEIRD NEWS: thought we were dealing with something very to ci ty hall. 25% Offl "'Doctors at University Hospital in Amsterdam, Holland, are minor." The final decision on changing the ballot will piping disco music into incubators to improve the breathing Allen added, "It turns out issues were not be made by the referenda process itself. Portlan­ rhythm of premature babies. The doctors say they started the thoroughly thought through ... It turns out we ders may decide at the polls in November. 14K Gold $12 per gram Casco Northern Banl< technique with Perry Como records, but found infant breathing Andy Newman 4 STORES TO SERVE YOU <@ A Bank of Boston Company was too slow and unable to keep a beat, so they switched to disco. 498 Congress Street, Portland • 772-3932 Roland Sweet/AllerNe! Member FOIC 330 Lisbon SL, Lewiston ·ISS Front S1:., Bath -ISS water St., Augusta BUY • SELL • TRADE 6 Casco Bay Weekly April 5, 1990 7 people contribute? Is it so sur­ HEALTH prising that these are the un­ FREE CLASS healthiest people in the devel­ Sunday April 8 1-2:30 p.m. TAKE A 60 MINUTE VACATION! oped world? And the dumb­ immerse yourself in our MADNESS Spring Session est? (Last October, 55 percent April9-June 15 Continued from front page of college seniors miserably FLOATATION TANK flunked a test on "basics" de­ Introduction 10 Tal-Chi Chuan REDUCE S2~~S ~ R!~~E PAIN ~HA~~E CR~~r ~:y It's crazy to have had the signed for 17-year-olds.) Will Tuesdays 7-8 p.m. The "-' -~0'\ /.= ~~. --'-? '\ .~ ~) information for years, and to history one day describe us as Yoga ~ ))L;))~'~' .. ~ y ;1 ~' I , ha..e done next to nothing. a culture that lulled itself, ~k>d~(<

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Mon .·Sat. 4·7 Westgate Shopping Center Congress St. & Stevens Ave. 166 Cumberland Ave· Portland Free Pool & gOt Domestic Beer 36 MARKET ST. • PORTLAND • 773·4500 797·3338 Call 774·7414 761-2 5 April S, 1990 15 ~ ; 1 4 Casco nay Weekly FRIDAY 4.0 FRIDAY 4.0 "Everything we ate was so delicious ... ecstasy!" - Pianist Gary Hammond and so­ Loudon Wainwright III (acoustic) Taste and Tell Maine Sunday Telegram. 2/75/ 90 prano .Joanne Low (classical and Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave., Portland. CBW LISTINGS show tunes) Benefit for the Tedford Tickets are $10. 773-6886. ***1/2 Shelter for homeless adults and fami­ Silent Prophet (rock) Geno's. 13 Listings must be received In writing by 12 noon the Frid.y prior to publication. lies at 8 pm in Kresge Auditorium, Brown 51., Portland. 772-7891. Ann Sltomer, Casco Bay W_kly, 187 Clark St.-t, Portland 04102 Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Ham­ Dan Tonini and Desperate Avika· Black Tie. mond perfonns Schumann's Sym­ doz (folk/rock fusion) Dry Dock, 84 phonic Etudes and Chopin's A flat Commercial 51. , Portland. 774-3550. Dai~ En trees & So up Specials Polonaise. The duo performs three Floaling Boats (rock) Old Port Tav­ OO.i .tlt¥ilPi1t:1eOO songs by Schumann and selections em, 11 Moulton SI., Portland. 774- M-F 10-6 • SAT 8-2 from Broadway. Tickets are $8 at 0444. 870 Broad"Yay • S Portland 799-7119 Macbeans Music in the Tontine Mall or The Breakdown (rock) Moose Alley, at the door. For more information, call 46 Market 51. . Portland . 774-5246. BOUILLABAI~~E , Driving Miss Daisy Bruce Beresford's 725-4871. Roy Frazee (jazz) Little Willies. 36 ('Breaker Morant") version of Alfred Phuong! A Requiem for Maine Market 51., Portland. 773-4500. Uhry's prize-winning play stars Mor­ K.I.AJM.I.A., Vietnam (new mu­ Moo Goo & Guypans (rock) Spring GOOD gan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. The What's Where sic) Requiem composed by Don Strat­ Point Cafe, 175 Pickett 51., S. Port­ story is about the evolving relationship ton of the University of Maine is a three­ land. 767-4627. between a Jewish widow and her black hour composition with more than 20 Rick Albert (acoustic) Happy hour at • FOOD chauffeur. The movie is a metaphorfor General Cinemas soloists, including a jazz band, vocal Spirits at The Manor, 700 Main St ., old age: slow and beautiful, sharp but Maine Mall octet, rock band, symphonic band, South Portland. 774-6151. Maine ~all Road, S Portland not all there. 774-1022 children's chorus, musical saw and a The Look (rock) Spirits at The Manor, FAST I Lov. You To D.ath (AI percussion ensemble. Performance is 12:45,3,5:15,7:30.9:45 (opens Apr 6) 700 Main SI., South Portland. 774- Ethnic Clothing and Crafts Opportunity Knocks PG·13 at7 pm at the Maine Center forthe Arts, 6151 . at the 12:45,3,5:15, 7:35,9:35 Nun. on the Run (PG.131 University of Maine, Orono. For more The Boyz (rock) Shelley's, 12 Lincoln at 1.3:05.5:10.7:20. 9:30 information, call 581 -3747. SI., Biddeford. 284-9283. Now Open 7 Days a Week OLD PORT ~~ T.. na,. Mutant NinJa 'nIrtl •• (PC) SCREEN 12:45,2:55.5:05, 7:15,9:25 Pretty Woman (R) Monday-Saturday 11 :00-5:30 GENERAL The Handmaid's Tale 1:30,4:10,7:25, 9:50 Hunt For Red October (PG) Sunday Noon-5:00 "The Handmaid's Tale" is a tale 1:30,4:20, 7:10,10 SATURDAY 4.7 SATURDAY 4.7 STORE Driving MI•• Oal.y (PG) 10 Exchan e Street Mall • Portland ME· 772-4080 of repression in a future society that 1:30 , 4, 7:25, 9:35 SurryOperaCompany(Russianand Women of the Stage (cabaret) Koko in the Old Port isn't easy to dismiss as fantasy or Joe Venus The Volcano IPG) Georgian music) 8 pm in the First Keller, Rebecca Kendall and Marilyn 1,3:05, 5:05. 720. 9:25 (through Apr 6) 30 Market St. science fiction. The story, based on Parish Church , 425 Congress St. . Minsky perform atThe Reindeer Room. Margaret Atwood's novel, is set in Nickelodeon Portland. Tickets are $12 ($10 for stu­ upstairs at Hushang 2. 1 t Brown 51. . the not-sa -distant future, where TSrT'4l le and Middle. Portland dents and seniors). available at Whole Portland 874-9002. 772-7171 772-9751 family values reign and abortion has Grocer. Amadeus Music and the Maine Roy Frazee (jazz) Little Willies, 36 Matinees Sat- Sun only Peace Campaign In Portland, The Book Market 51. . Portland. 773-4500. Called "t he world's become a crime. Unfortunately, Cryboby IPG-131 CHET 1. 3:30. 7,9 (opens Apr 6) Review in Falmouth or by calling 773- The Moxie Men (new folk/rock) Dry greatest guitar family values have little opportu­ Em ••t Goe. To Jail (PG) Glory Morgan Freeman and Denzel 1: 45, 3:45. 6:30. 8:30 (opens AfJf 6) 1782 Dock. 84 Commercial 51., Portland . player," Chet Atkins nity to shine because no one can ATKINS WaShington star in this movie about The First Power (R) Chet Atkins (country and more) Gui­ 774-3550 . is also one of the most make a family. As a result of dec­ " 1:35,3:50, 6:45. 9:1 0 (opens Apr 6) tarist Chet Atkins joins the Portland The RPMs and The Trout Brothers the troop of black soldiers who fought Joe Ver.ua The Volcano (PGa13) versatile and creative, guitar ades of dumping toxics into the en­ for the Union during the Civil War. The 1:30, 4:10.7:25. 9:30 (opens Apr 6) Symphony Orchestra for a concert at8 (rock) Geno 's, 13 Brown 51., Portland. and has won Grammy vironment, there is widespread in­ The Handmaid'. Tale (AI pm at Portland City Hall Auditorium. He 772-7891. graphic battle scenes never allow you 1-10,3:55, 7:1 5, 9:30 Awards for country, Sal., April 7,8:30 pm fertility. 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Citihank and Wed-Sal al 7, 9; ets are $6 . For more information or The Look (rock) Spirits at The Manor, performances reveal the inner tur­ looking at both the members' differ­ Sat· Sun mat at '; Public Cable Sf) advance reservations at 985-4343. moil that remains after the struggle ences and how they work together Sun a17. 700 Main 51. , South Portland. 774- ';;~;" @ DI.tant Volc •• Stili Live. (PG.13) Beallemania Concert (rock) 7 pm, 6151 . for a decorous and moral society. Hunt For Red October IS a reminder Apr 7·10 . - Campus Center, University of New The Boyz (rock) Shelley's, 12 Lincoln PORTLAND Both bring a loneliness and hope­ that the puerile conception of U.S. for­ Sal al 3; Sun al 3. 9; •. eign policy promulgated by Reagan Mon-Tue at 7. 9. Engtand. Biddeford $12. For more 51. , Biddeford. 284-9283. CALL " ..~ ..:J!:;:. lessness to their relationship with SYMPHONY ~llIlIt· Ticket Info. 773-6886· Entertainment Hotline 775·2494 1111 and his cronies lives on. 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McQuffs, 396 Fore 51., Portland. 772- skirts and by undercover rebels (Kevin Kline). William Hurt, Keanu 7.9. mats at 1. 3 Showcase of Talent (country) Ap­ 2739 . Reeves and River Phoenix also star. Blu. St ••1 (A) among the handmaids and worldng 1. 9. weekend mats at 1, 3 preciation Day for Af Hawkes featuring Killing Time (rock) Old Port Tavern, .Joe Versus the Volcano Meg Ryan Lord of the FII•• (R) AI Hawkes and the Nitehawks, Betty classes. Although the repression is 11 Moulton 51.. Portland. 774-0444. and Tom Hanks star in this comedy 7. 9 , weekend mats at 1. 3 Cody and Denny Breau, Betty Gribbin, Open Mike Night Geno's, 13 Brown described with imagination and Hard To KIIIIR) about a terminally ill man who travels 1'15. 9:15. weekend mat&at 1:1 5, 3:15 AI Wing and the Silver Wings Band . 51., Portland. 772-7891 . Think irony (forexample,educated women hall way around the world to sacrifice White Mountain Bluegrass Band and Comedy Night (stand-up) 8:30 pm at from "a time before" are sentto work himself for tropical natives. Evening Star Ginger Mae & the Maine Country Tran­ T-Bird's, 126 N. Boyd 51., Portland. in brothels, which for many are bet­ My Left Foot transcends the mush Tontme Man , ~u nsw lCk sits. Showlime is 1-5 pm at The Roost 773-8040. of it as thatusually characterizes movies about 729-5486 ter than the toxic waste dumps that Pretty Womlln (AI in Buxton. Tickets are $5 in advance Hot Rize and Red Knuckles and are used for prisons), the fight seems someone overcoming a handicap and 7. 9:15 (available at The Roost, Buckdancer's the Trailblazers (bluegrass) lame and cartponish. One rebel paints a striking portrait of a man strug­ Choice, Starbird Shoppe), $6 at the Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave., Portland. Morning gling with his relationships, with crea­ handmaid seems more like a dis­ Bowdoin College door. Proceeds send Alto Los Angeles Tickets are $12. 773-6886. tivity and his own sense of worth. The Brunswick to compete for "Instrumentalist of the SHOCKED ciple of Charles Manson than some­ Radio movie is based on the autobiography 725-3151 Year: AlII 111 one representing freedom of choice. Annl. Mae, of the Irish painter and writer Christy Brave H.art.d Woman The guerrilla warfare looks like pic­ Brown, who had cerebral palsy and Apr 5. 7:30 pm MONDAY 4.9 CAPlIIN SWING for tures on the evening news from the only had use of his left foot to create. Kresge Au dito rium. VISUal Arts Ce nter Ziggy Stardust Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpet) Middle East. Both Hugh O'Connor (as the young lind the Spld.r From Mil,.. BAND Apr 11 , 3:30 and 8 pm 6:30 and 8:30 pm , Zootz. 31 Forest. Co~ BUNGA! The private and political sto­ Chnsty) and Daniel Day Lewis are grownups. Kresg e Audl1onum. VISual Arts Center Portland. 773-8187 With Special Guests superlative In their rofes. We identify rylines converge on Kate, but The Hooters (rock) T-Birds, 126 N. with Christy, rather than look down on Richardson's performance is too Boyd, Portland. 773-6040. POIB PaIRING him or pity him. Wide-eyed and vacant to contain 5MBS Meeting and .Jam (blues) JoinWBLM ..... 102.9& DJ Mark Persky _ WfJlfT IWIIIING them. Everything around her is big­ Meeting at 7 pm , all blues jam at 8 pm along with The BQunty Crew the sets, the action, the espionage at Raoul's, 865 Forest Ave., Portland. All Seats ReServed Crocker and the other performances - and 773-6886. for ~ and Bruce Campbell are Port­ her role gets lost in the bustle. But it' s Killing Time (rock) Old Port Tavern. FBI * MAY 4 * 8 PM the bustle and the horror of the story 11 Moulton 51. . Portland. 774-0444 . HAPPy HOUR R~~' CITY IW.L AUDITORIUM land's favorite morning radio team. that's compelling. "TheHandmaid's CLUBS TICkets aWiJllable .t " TICk.ITOfI lOcIlJOnS. SITJWbtrrie5 R8CQfds. Why? Because they put a grown-up Tale" is worth the trip to the movies. Friday, April 6 ~: The Record Excmng41 or Chlrge b't caIIng Teletron 1-800-382·8080 Ann Sitomer perspective on the events and issues THURSDAY 4.5 TUESDAY 4.10 ..fi"- of the day. And because their sup­ 4-8 p.m. rx Omar and the Howlers (r&blblues) Siaid Cleaves (folk) Gritty McDuffs, porting cast includes Maine's best Raoul·s. 865 Forest Ave .. Portland. 396 Fore 51., Portland. 772-2739. <§? /~)' radio news staff, award-winning Tickets are $8 . 773-6886 . Fabulous Heavyweights (rock) Old Floating Boats (rock) Old Port Tav­ Port Tavern, 11 Moulton 51., Portland. HAWAIIAN GONZO BUFFET ~ sportscasts, the most accurate ern, 11 Moulton 51. , Portland 774- 774 -0444. weather forecasts, the country's only Annie Mae, Brave Hearted 0444. Ferrell, Shone and Rafkin (improv Australian astrological prognosti­ Women Movie about a Micmac Indian Minus 500 (rock) Geno's, 13 Brown comedy) Little Willies, 36 Market SI., <§? IWtJ Portland. 773-4500. cator and a guest list that reads like a activist. which follows her from her Nuns On The Run Enc Idle and Robbie 51., Portland. 772-7891. BLIMP ~OOLERS/D_ homeland in Nova Scotia to Boston to Coltrane play small-time crooks who CON The Breakdown (rock) Moose Alley, "Who's Who in Maine." Try us for a South Dakota. hide out in a convent from some rival 46 Market 51. , Portland. 774-5246. month-we'resureitwUl change the Blue Steel Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron thugs. Richard Marsters (big band music) Holy Ghost, 29 Exchange, Portland. WEDNESDAY 4.11 way you start your day! Silver star in Kathryn Bigelow's movie Opportunity Knocks Dana Carvey A PLETHORA OF PRIZES about cops , guns and serial murder­ of Church Lady fame stars in his first 773-0300. Midnight Sun and Tory's Madness ers. Bigelow doesn't belittle guns in movie abouta man who gets rich quick. Michael Martineau (comedy) Little (rock) Gena's. 13 Brown 51., Portland. from the WBLM Closet thiS cop thriller. In fact, guns are the PrellI' Woman Julia Roberts and Rich ­ CERTS Willies, 36 Market 51. , Portland. 773- 772-7891. focal point; powerful , seductive and the ard Gere star in the Pygmalian-type 4500. Fabulous Heavyweights (rock) Old object of Silver's psychotic characters story about a wealthy businessman Moo Goo & Guypans (rock) Spring Port Tavern, 11 Moulton SI. , Portland. fetish . The movie plays upon fears of who picks up a prostitute and dresses THURSDAY 4.5 Point Cafe, 175 Pickett 51., S. Port­ 774-0444. bedding with strangers, but Silver her up pretty. Before Disney bought land. 767-4627. Cornerstone (rock/pop) T-Birds, 126 doesn't come off as sick enough . The the film it was a dark movie about All .Jazz Nite Two Westbrook High .Jeff Cole (acoustic) Happy hour at N. Boyd, Portland. 773-8040. movie is beautifully shot and it certainly prostitution. The result is a romantic Jazz Bands perform at 7:30 pm .at Spirits at The Manor. 700 Main 51. , Suzanne and Guys With Ties Portland's Newsrralk Station leaves you tense . comedy directed by Garry Marshall Westbrook Junior High on Bridge South Portland. 774-6151. (cabaret) Little Willies, 36 Market SI., Crybaby John Waters' latest movie is ("The Flamingo Kid"). Street, Westbrook. The Look (rock) Spirits at The Manor, Portland. 773-4500. 200 Riverside St. Cellist .Joel Krosnick of the Julliard set, once again, in Baltimore and stars Story of Women Set In France dUring 700 Main 51., South Portland. 774- Mike Martineau (comedy) Spirits at Portland String Quartet and pianist Gilbert Ka­ the new cast of Waters' regulars as World War II , Isabelle Huppert plays a 6151 . The Manor, 700 Main 51., South Port­ lish (classical) Performance of 19th Turnpike Exit 8 teenagers. Their suburban existence provincial wife and mother who gets by .Jenny and the Wood·Men (acous­ land. 774-6151. is disrupted by the arrival of a juvenile performing abortions. When the Vichy and 20th century works at 8:15 pm, tic) Shelley's, 12 Lincoln 51., Bidde­ 207-772-8033 Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates ford. 284-9283. delinquent who wins the girls' hearts. government learns of her aclions they proper ID & dress required Distant Voices Stili Lives Terrance make an example of her and execute College, Lewiston. Admission is $81$5. For more information, call 786-6135. Davies' movie about growing up in liv­ her, thereby diverting attention from continued on 1"'8t16 erpool in the '4Os and '50s their own atrocities. 1 6 Casco Bay Weekly April 5, 1990 17 continued from p"ge 15 Alberta's Cafe, 21 Pleasant St., Port­ d'Tear ! land. "SixShowingiMixed Media," group Evans Gallery, 7 Pleasant St., Port­ Decorative Arts Laura Sprague 1",ong to W' AROUND TOWN show through Apr 30. For more infor­ land. Mario Giacomelli, photographs speaks on "New Perspectives on Fur­ mation about this show or possibly from Italy through Apr 28. Also photo­ niture in the Permanent Collection" Apr Not '"1- Portland Museum of Art Seven Con­ graphs by Larry Fink, selections from Get your showing in the future, call Andres Ver­ 8 at 3 pm in the Walker Art Building, ct-\ftTfRI ft l gress Square, Portland. Hours : Tue ­ "Social Graces." Hours: Tue-Fri 10 am- Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Free and Sat, 10-5;Sun, 12-5; Free on Thursday zosa at 775-1514. Spring The Art Gallery at Six Deering, 6 pm, Sat 11 am-5 pm . 879-0042. open to the public. For more informa­ evenings, 5-9. "Flora Portrayed: Clas­ Frost Gully Gallery, 25 Forest Ave., tion, call 725-3151. sics of Botanical Art from the Hunt Portland. "Nostalgia," an exhibit of wa­ O~JfCTS Wardrobe STAGE tercolors by Robert Heath. Show con­ Portland. New work by Marcia Wislin PaInters Alan Mag_ and Alison When You Comln Back, Red Ry, Collection" (through May 13); "Serial Carner, DeWitt Hardy and Chris Hunt­ 484 Congress Street tinues through Apr 28. Hours : Tue-Sat Hildreth present a program in con­ at der? Mad Horse Theatre Company Imagery in Prints" and "Color Photo­ ington through Apr 23. Hours: Mon-Fri junction with their exhibit of recent work Portland, Maine 04101 production through Apr 22 at Mad Horse graphs: Recent Acquisitions" (through 11 am-5 pm during the first two weeks Material of the month; by appointment thereaf­ 12-7 pm . 773-2555. at Ihe Payson Gallery of Art Apr 11, 774-1241 • SPRING HOURS: Theatre, 955 Forest Ave., Portland. Apr 15); "Tradilions in American Land­ Gallery 127, 127 Middle St., Portland. 7:30 pm at the Payson Gallery, Monday-Saturday 10:30-5:00 Objects! Pertormances are Thu-Sat at 8 pm , scape" (Ihrough Apr 22); "French Im­ ter. 772-9605. The Baxter Gallery, Portland School New watercolors by Graydon Mayer, Westbrook College, 716 Stevens Ave., Sun at 7 pm . Tickets are $10-$14, pressionism and Beyond : The Scott M. Taos-inspired oils by Pat Hardy, land­ Portland. The art talk, sponsored by An eclectic collection of wearables from this century for men & women. available althe theater and Stein Glass Black CQllection' (through July 29); of Art, 629 Congress St., Portland. "FLUXUS: Selections from the Gilbert scapes in-oil by Gina Werfel and Heame the Union of Maine Visual Artists, is Gallery, 20 Milk St., Portland. For more "Urban Visions : Images by Ashcan Pardee through May 15. Hours: Wed­ free and open to the public. information, call 797-7338. School Painters" (through Aug 26); and Ula Silverman Collection" through May 4. Hours : Mon-Fri 10 am-5 pm Fri 11 am-5 pm, Sat 12-4 pm . 773- Artist Dotty Attie lectures on her Little Egypt Lynn Siefert's play about "Americans at Home and Abroad: 3317. paintings and drawings which inter­ the characlers in a fictional town in Watercolors and Prints by Chi Ide (Thu until 7), Sun 11 am-4 pm. 775- Going to Ft. Williams or Crescent Beach? 3052. Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St.; twine historically derived images and Illinois Apr 12-29. Pertormances are Hassam , Maurice Prendergast, James Portland. Oil paintings by George Lloyd text Apr ", 4 pm in Hastings Lounge, Stop at Sand Castles for an incredible selection of Tue- Thu at 7:30 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at McNeill Whistler and John Singer Bayview Gallery, 75 Market SI., Port­ land. New watercolors by Carol Hayes and Connie Hayes; acrylic paintings by USM Gorham. Free and open to the 5 and 9 pm and Sun at 2 pm at the Sargent" (Apr 6-July 8). 775-6148. Alison Goodwin and Chris Nielsen; public. For more information, call 780- Portland Pertorming Arts Center, 25A Abacus Gallery, 44 Exchange SI., through Apr 28. Hours : Mon-Sal 10 am-6 pm . 773-3007. watercolors by Harvey Peterson and 5460. Forest Ave., Portland. For more infor­ Portland. Fine jewelry and American Jo Spiller through Apr 30. Hours: Mon­ Drawing and .Jewelry DesIgn Two­ mation, call 774-0465. crafts. Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sat 10:30 am-5:30 pm. 772-2693. part workshop to explore techniques of stunt kites • serpent kites • diamond kites • ~kites The Diary of Anne Frank City Thea­ Sun 12-5 pm. 772-4880. Payaon Gallery of Art, Westbrook manipulating clay into pieces of jewelry ter"S production is being pertormed College, 716 Stevens Avo., Portland. and wearable art Apr 14, 10 am-3 pm through Apr 8 at City Theater, 205 Main "Alison Hildreth: Paintings" and "Alan and Apr 18, 6-8 pm. Introductory work­ 92 Exchange Street St., Biddeford. Performances are Fri­ Magee: Inlets" Apr 7-May 19. Hours: shop in drawing offered Apr 21, 10 am- Portland. Maine 04101 Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Tickets are Tus-Fri 10 am-4 pm (Thu until 9); Sat­ 3 pm. Both workshops held at Art Affect Phone 77-LOCOS Seu1ci- Castles ~ $101$7.50. For more information, call Sun 1-5 pm. 797-9546. Corn~r of Shore Road & Rte. 77 in Ca e Elizabeth. a en Mon.-Sat. 10-5 Studio, Oak Hill Road, Standish. For Open 7 Days a week 282-0849. Th. Photo Gallery, Portland School more information, call Kathleen All My Sons Arthur Miller's drama is of Art, 619 Congress St., Portland. Simpson at 642-2637. presented by the Portland Players "Re-exploring the American West: Pho­ Percent For Art Washburn District through Apr 7 at 420 Cottage Rd ., S. tographs by Mark Klett" through May 2. Elementary School announces a com­ Portland. Pertormances are Fri-Sal at Hours : Mon-Thu 8 am-9:30 pm, Fri 8 petition for artists to design, execute or 8 pm, Mar 25 a12:30 pm, Apr 1 at 7 pm am-5 pm, Sun 11 am-4 pm. 775-3052. install artwork in the library and the For more information. call 797-7337. Portland Public Llbr"ry, Monument ='1:. lobby: paintings and other two-dimen­ Foster Father Biblical musical through Square, Portland. "Maine Light. Paint­ sional works, sculpture, indoor low Apr 15 at the Schoolhouse Arts Cenler ings by Nancy Glassman- through Apr relief, and hanging sculpture. Artists in Sebago. Pertormances are Thu-Sat 28. Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 9 am-6 pm: are encouraged to visil the school on at 8 pm and Sun at 2 pm. Tickels are Tue, Thu 12-9pm;Sat9 am-5pm. 871- Clark Street in Washburn . To be con­ $10 for adults, $6 for seniors and chil­ 1700. sidered send current resume, 10 slides CLAUDE (HA!lROL dren. For more Information, call 642- Stein Gallery Contemporary of current work, and a one-page letter STORY 0217. Glass, 20 Milk St., Por~and. Blown MAINE of intent to Superintendent of Sdlools, PREMIERE The Importance of Being Earnest and sandcasted vessels and organic P.O. Box 507, Washburn, ME 04766. OF WOMEN ISAlru.r HU,,[lT Oscar Wilde's play is being pertormed forms by Neil Drobnis through Apr 15. Shaker Museum SummerWorkshops THURSDAY APRIL 5 EVERY SUNDAY ...... N(OI (lUI by Waynflete School students Apr 5-6 Hours: Mon-8at 11 am-5:30 pm; closed 1990 catalog of workshops will soon be APR 7-10 SAT-SUN**** MAT 3 at 7:30 pm in Sills Auditorium, 360 Tue and Sun. 772-0072. available. Courses include oval box HEADLINER COMEDY SUN EVE9 Spring St., Portland. Admission is tree, Wellin Gardiner Fine Arts, 4 1/2 making, spinning and dying, flax and LADIES NIGHT 7,9 but seats must be reserved in advance. Milk St., Portland. Fine 17th, 18th and linen and basket making. (Workshops Drink SpeCials, Headliner-KEVIN KNOX For reservations, call 772-6832. 19th century decorative prints with an are held at Sabbathday Lake in Po­ Also Appearlng­ REEN MOUNTAfN The Nonnal Heart Larry Kramer's emphasis on architectural, botanical, land.) To receive a copy of the cata­ Games & Prizes! drama documents the onset of the AIDS marine & sporting subjects. Hours: Tua­ logue, call the museum at 926-4597. Vinnie Favorito n- '·-=-~F--F-E-E- epidemic among the gay community in Fri 10 am-5:30 pm, Sal 10 am-5 pm . Arts Every Day Conference State­ • i :,.,,,' :I§ mill iiJ j j! "/0\'. Doors open at 7 C New York City Apr 5, 8 pm in Chase 774-1944. wide conference addresses the many Showlime B:3D Hall Lounge , Bates College. Lewislon. ways that study in the arts and humani-" Specials on Admission is $41$2. For advance res­ ties foster "thinking- skills in children. MONDAY APRIL 9 (lASTERS ervations, call 786-6161. OUT OF TOWN The two day conference for teachers, MILLER It Had To Be You Broadway comedy artists and representatives from cul­ GENUINE DRAFT The HOOTERS ~O~ about a faifed actress in New York City. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, tural institutions Will be held Apr 27-28 Special Appearance by Performed by the Phoenix Theater Brunswick. 'Marsden Hartley in Bav­ at the Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 4-7pm ~~ Company Apr 13-15 at The Portland aria- and "Amencan Modernism, 1900- Lewiston. For additional information, THE SENSE Club, 156 State St. , Portland. Dinner 1940- through Apr 14 and "Paper and a brochure, call Joanna Moore, SATURDAY APRIL 7 nckets $10 advance, $12 door ~-.. -- theater production begins With a tradi ­ Horses: Popular Chinese Woodcuts" Maine Alliance for Arts Education. at Doors Open at 8 tional family-style turkey dinner at 7 through Apr 29. Hours: Tus-Sat 10 am- 772-5273. pm; performance begins at 8 pm. Tick­ 4 pm, Sun 2-5 pm. 725-3275. 50's & 60's WEDNESDAY APRIL 11 ets are $27.50 each or $200 for a table Elements Gallery, 56 Maine St., Brun­ of eight. For more informal ion, call 773- Randy Aromando and Donald Jellerson In "When You Comln' swick. "Metal Message," a group show ROCK ON CORNERSTONE Community 0218. Back Red Ryder? of sculpture, jewelry and objects in K JI I l )(it\,\;HP PI. \l L Eilll ,\ TIO:-'; Fl S il &. P H \ "'ICIA:\ '" 101{ S Ull AL iron, steel and other metals through Cable Network Apr 26. Hours: Tus-Sat 10 am-6 pm . RI ' I'O:< SlIIlIl'n / S Ol THI.H' ~tl. PHI.'I'T A fi l ~lIlr Cll:

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