THE BEST IN ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE & LEISURE SINCE 1958 Volume 61, Issue 11 June 20, 2019 Tourist & Town IN THIS ISSUE: SUMMER PLANNING MELISSA BOYD THE GARAGE CLOSES JOY BENNETT ROBERTS VINTAGE POSTCARDS HUMOR, THEATRE , FISHING, & MORE! Serving the South Coast of Maine from Kittery to Portland PAGE 2 ~ BE THE REASON SOMEONE SMILES TODAY ~ TOURIST & TOWN, JUNE 20, 2019 "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart From the is just going to cave in." ~ Ricky Fitts Publisher Rob Coburn is a marketing strategist and copywriter. Do you share this movie quote sentiment? I DO. He’s written feature articles, speeches, TV and radio Art Collaborative . page 3 commercials, print ads, brochures, blogs and websites When I see something achingly beautiful, some- he ourisbut neverT under hisown own name.di He’sTorial from awayeam but is Melissa Boyd. page 4 thing truly exceptional, however simple its splen- here to stay. He’s a Registered Maine Guide in train- ourisT own ing and leads summer bike tours that include mostly The Garage . .pages 6 & 7 dor, my instinct is to capture it and hold onto it. T T accurate Maine& T facts and trivia.e Rob, Wendy Tand their Joy Bennett Roberts . pages 8 & 9 The boats in the Kennebunk River at sunset. Sea ROB COBURN son Steve live in Kennebunk. TIn This Issue & .T . smoke hanging over the ocean. The (heartbreakingly The Arts. pages 10-14 Faith Gillman is a freelance writer/editor by night short-lived) peony bursting with color in my gar- Cultural Events . pages 15-16 and loan processor by day. Mother of two and den. The strawberries on this very cover... “Nonnie” of two, she is happiest when given an Greetings from Vacationland . page 17 Like a firefly in a jar, I want to preserve the expe- opportunity to share the stories of the people and places that make Maine the best place to be in every It's Like This. .page 20 rience – though I know I really can’t. I want to savor season. When she’s not working, Faith spends her Always...Patsy Cline . page 21 it, drink it in, freeze it in time, and always, always time with George and their Japanese Chins, Georgy remember. and Rexy—that is when she’s not busy maintaining FAITH GILLMAN Young Heroes. .page 22 But maybe, just maybe, her reputation as the “Kennebunk Dance Lady.” Fishing Report. page 24 the true beauty in some- Steve Hrehovcik began as an advertising copywriter, Kennebunkport Festival . page 25 thing is in how fleeting that then shifted to feature articles, film, theater and televi- beauty, and the experience sion scripts, ghost writing and editing. He has been Kittery, Maine . page 26 of it, actually is. Maybe the with this newspaper since 2006. He is also an artist Calendar . pages 28 & 29 creating illustrations of homes, portraits, animals, key is just to enjoy the mo- caricatures and children’s books. He and his wife Carol Live Music . page 30 ment, appreciate it and re- have lived in Kennebunk for almost 50 years. His book lease it, knowing there will STEVE HREHOVCIK Rebel Without A Clue – A Way-Off Broadway Memoir is available on his website: kennebunkartstudio.com. be more to come . Our mission is to bring you the very best And there it is, like a . and there is always Kristen Kuehnle is an avid reader, “turned” col- of South Coastal Maine in arts, entertain- celebrity sighting, the ur ission flower I await all winter. more to come. umnist, who moved to Maine from Salem, MA. She ment, lifestyle and leisure, setting the (Avert your eyes from the retired from Salem State University in 2016 and now gold standardo for local m business promo- unpainted fence please.) Kingsley Gallup, Publisher serves on the SSU faculty as professor emerita. Since Tourist & Town retiring, Kristen opened Fine Print Booksellers in Life is not measured by the tion, journalism and overall goodwill for Dock Square, Kennebunkport. She is the mother of number of breaths we take two sons and a happy grandmother. Reading is a pas- locals and tourists alike. but by the moments that take our breath away. sion. One of her favorite expressions is “Open a Book and open a mind.” [email protected]. KRISTEN KUEHNLE Upcoming Issues of T & T + = COMING SOON Dean Johnson has written about Maine's southern T & T The July 4 Issue Independence Day events | beach listings | summer planning | and more coast for many years and many publications, includ- ing both Boston dailies. He grew up in his family's The July 18 Issue Summer activities | feature stories | humor, fishing and so much more Ogunquit restaurant, spent time on Drake's Island, The July 25 ART & ARTISTS Special Issue! Profiles | galleries | shows | children's art | and more! and now is part of the Cape Porpoise community. When he is not walking on Goose Rocks Beach he is often kayaking or paddleboarding near it. He is a talk COVER ARTIST ROBIN SWENNES Creativity is the ‘juice’ that keeps this artist's battery running. DEAN JOHNSON In addition to my mainstay of Painting & Graphic Design, I host on WBZ-AM. dabble in interiors, furniture, and have ideas for textiles and wallpaper at some point too. Although I am currently prob- Valerie Marier is a freelance journalist who has ably most known for my blueberry paintings, you will see me traveled the world writing for magazines and news- do varying style and subject matter in my artwork. (I have a papers. She moved to Maine from the New York Pop-Up Show in Kennebunk, on Maine Art Hill, Aug 6-12, metropolitan area thirty years ago. She considers the where you will see that variation in work.) My paintings ride Kennebunks home but loves every inch of the Pine the fence between realistic and impressionistic, occasionally Tree State. Val is a happy wife, mother and grand- pushing color boundaries beyond what we think we would mother who also enjoys knitting and reading, golf normally see. My goal is not necessarily to recreate a tight, and travel, and writes about them in her weekly blog, VALERIE MARIER photographic scene. Instead, I find that a slightly looser ap- Wandering With Val (www.wanderingwithval.com). proach is more relaxing and interesting to the eye. For me, creating visually rich work fulfills and energizes me to do more. Contact info: 207 251-7900, rswennes@roadrunner. Captain Greg Metcalf has been published in Sport- com, www.designchoc.com, Facebook. fishing, The Salt Water Sportsman, Marlin Magazine, The Fisherman and New England Game and Fish. He is Northeast field editor for theFisherman Magazine and has produced and hosted two successful fish- In T&T News: ing videos; Fishing for Giant Tuna, and Rigging Tourist & Town was recently nominated for the Baits for Bluefin Tuna. He runs Atlantic Captain’s Academy and a charter fishing business aboard his Innovation & Marketing Award GREG METCALF by the Old Orchard Chamber of Commerce. boat, the Striper Swiper, Kennebunkport. The award is for "a business that demonstrates creativity and Jo O'Connor is a local writer with deep roots in continual improvement in the quality of their brand." Kennebunkport. She is a mother of twins and the Exciting times! founder/lead singer of the local band, The Dock Squares. She teaches Zumba and aqua classes, is an online marketing communication professor at Northeastern University and Lasell College, and has worked for the Boston Celtics, the Boston Garden/ Fleet Center, CBS Radio, Sonesta Hotels, and the ~ coming together in a shared love of South Coastal Maine ~ Wang Center for the Performing Arts. Say hello at JO O'CONNOR [email protected]. DISTRIBUTION: KINGSLEY GALLUP SOCIAL MEDIA: DAVID SPOFFORD PUBLISHER MEGHAN CANDEE Dana Pearson is a writer and musician who lives in Kennebunk with his wife Diane. His novels Two GRAPHICS EDITORhe: GERALDINEouris AIKMAN T| SALES: SANDYown JANES | MUSICeam: SUSAN COLINET Birds and The Muralist, as well as “No, But Seriously: WRITERS: ROB COBURN, FAITH GILLMAN, KRISTIN KUEHNLE, STEVE HREHOVCIK, 1994-2007,” a collection of humor columns, can be DEAN JOHNSONT , V ALERIET MARIER, GRE G& MET CTALF, JO O'CONNOR T , DANA PEARSON found at www.amazon.com/author/danapearson. He is currently working on a sequel to Two Birds, WWW.TOURISTANDTOWN.COM | [email protected] which will be released this year. We now return to our regularly scheduled program. 7 CHASE HILL ROAD KENNEBUNK, MAINE 04043 207-204-0055 DANA PEARSON TOURIST & TOWN, JUNE 20, 2019 ~ BE THE REASON SOMEONE SMILES TODAY ~ PAGE 3 A bonafide arts collaborative opens its doors in West Kennebunk by Faith Gillman followed by a festive re- artists. Nancy Bariluk-Smith The Art CO-OP offerings Heather Pike The Art CO-OP @ Sacred ception. The Art Co-op @ and William Smith are the include acrylic paintings, Bruhl, an author New Beginnings opened its Sacred New Beginnings, proprietors of the space, beach rock jewelry, crys- and artist from doors on June 7, with an of- located at 149 Alfred Road which is a converted barn tal and gemstone jewelry, Kennebunk, is ex- ficial ribbon cutting by the in West Kennebunk, is a attached to their home. The along with wooden sculp- cited by the chal- Kennebunk, Kennebunk- collaborative art studio and gallery will become part of tures, folk art and much lenge. Her “sum- port and Arundel Chamber gallery space featuring the the Chamber’s monthly Art more. The grand opening mer fun” series of of Commerce, which was work of more than 13 local Trail tour.