Since 1958 FREE www.touristnewsmaine.com August 2 - 8, 2018 Volume 60, Issue 14 . for the people who live here, visit here and love it here. TouriSt NewS Cannonball by Rebecca Kinkead ART MUSIC FOOD SHOPS LIVING kittery | york | ogunquit | wells | kennebunk | kennebunkport | arundel | biddeford | saco | old orchard beach PAGE 2 TOURIST NEWS, AUGUST 2 - 8, 2018 IN THIS ISSUE Were I not a lover of words, I Meet Cover Artist Fisherman's Catch . PAGE 3 most certainly would not be in this business. One of my favorite Rebecca Kinkead From the Copper Candle. PAGES 4 & 5 Publisher's words is "gusto." It means Desk... Rebecca Kinkead’s paintings are an exploration Local Heroes. PAGES 6 & 7 "vigorous enjoyment" and "zest." of energy, transience and time. The residue of On the following pages is a wealth of informa- a fleeting moment, the seen, and unseen It's Like This . PAGE 9 tion on how infuse your Maine experience with gusto, whether you live here, summer here or visit vibrations of a living being. Her paintings evolve Local Tourist . PAGE 11 here. After all, couldn't each of us stand to infuse from direct and remembered observations of Great Outdoors . .PAGES 12 & 13 our lives with a bit more gusto? the natural world. The figure (human and I hope you enjoy this latest issue of Tourist animal) has provided a generous vehicle for Downtown Page. PAGES 14 & 15 News, and until next time, fellow lovers of Maine, color, form and surface to evolve. Paint and Calendar . PAGES 16 & 17 may you live, laugh and love - with gusto! wax are layered, dripped and scraped to create On Stage . PAGE 22 a sense that the subject is still emerging… garden decoration folk art & primitives still 'becoming'. See an entire collection of The Beat. PAGES 24 & 25 wrought iron & tinware Kinkead’s work at Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk. Activities .. PAGES 26, 27 & 28 Fishing Report. .PAGE 29 Nightlife . PAGE 30 "Life can only be understood backwards; but on the mer Harb it must be lived forwards." Out & About . PAGE 31 m Open Thurs. - Mon. 10 to 5 or Su Soren Kierkegaard Sunday 11 to 4, closed Tues. and Wed. handcrafted country gifts The Country Peddlar Shop Harbor Rd., Wells (just off Rte.1 at the Fire Station) 646-6576 Tourist News is delivered to hundreds of KINGSLEY GALLUP locations from Kittery to South Portland with a OWNER AND PUBLISHER A Real weekly circulation of 12-15,000 GRAPHICS EDITOR Irish Pub ourisGERALDINET ews AIKMAN Taff Our mission is to be an indispensable resource Dinner Specials for quality of life in Southern Maine, setting CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Nightly the gold standard for local business promotion, T FAITH GILLMAN N. DANA P EARSs ON, exceptional journalism and overall goodwill for VALERIE MARIER, KRISTIN KUEHNLE, JO O'CONNOR, locals and tourists alike. 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Tourist News Contributors This Issue Steve Valerie Jo Dana Rob Hrehovcik Marier O’Connor Pearson, Coburn Guest Writers: began as is a free- is a local is a a writer Tourist News an ad- lance writer and mu- market- vertising journal- with deep ing strat- sician wants to hear copywrit- ist who roots egist and who lives from you! er, then has trav- in Ken- copy- shifted to feature ar- eled the world writ- nebunkport. She is a in Ken- writer. He’s written fea- ticles, film, theater and ing for magazines mother of twins and the nebunk with his wife ture articles, speeches, We are always television scripts, ghost and newspapers. She founder/lead singer of Diane, has changed TV and radio commer- looking for guest his headshot for Tour- writing and editing. He moved to Maine from the popular local band, cials, print ads, bro- voices - creative has been with Tourist the New York metro- The Dock Squares. She ist News because his chures, blogs and web- News since 2006. He is politan area thirty years teaches Zumba and mother hated the other sites but never under his voices, expert also an artist creating ago. She considers the aqua classes, is an on- one, claiming it made own name. He’s from voices, young illustrations of homes, Kennebunks home but line marketing com- him look too hairy away but is here to stay. voices, business portraits, animals, cari- loves every inch of the munication professor He’s a Registered Maine and disheveled. Let’s voices. Whatever catures and children’s Pine Tree State. Val is at Northeastern Univer- see if this one passes Guide in training and books. He and his a happy wife, moth- sity and Lasell College, leads summer bike tours muster. His novels Two your age, what- wife Carol have lived er and grandmother and has worked for the that include mostly ac- Birds and The Mural- ever your inspira- in Kennebunk for al- who also enjoys knit- Boston Celtics, the Bos- curate Maine facts and ist, No, But most 50 years. His book ting and reading, golf ton Garden/FleetCen- as well as trivia. Rob, Wendy and tion, please reach Rebel Without A Clue and travel, and writes ter, CBS Radio, Sonesta Seriously: 1994-2007, their son Steve live in out. We want to a collection of humor – A Way-Off Broadway about them in her week- Hotels, and the Wang Kennebunk. Rob looks hear from you! Memoir is available on ly blog, Wandering Center for the Perform- columns, can be found forward to contributing his website: www.ken- With Val (www.wan- ing Arts. Say hello at at www.amazon.com/ articles on the outdoors, nebunkartstudio.com. deringwithval.com). [email protected] author/danapearson. beer, wine and spirits. TOURIST NEWS, AUGUST 2 - 8, 2018 PAGE 3 The secret's out: specialty chowder on Tuesdays at Fisherman's Catch by Jo O’Connor the place to be. Is this the yearn for seconds. Shhhhhh! It’s a secret. Holy Grail of Chowdah? Both Cardinali and his Well . not anymore. You betcha! co-owner and wife Amy If it’s Tuesday, you “Because it is such a hail from the Berwicks, and had better get yourself to process to make, we make are local restaurateurs, pre- Fisherman’s Catch or The one large batch and when viously working at Mabel’s Catch (as the locals call it’s gone, it’s gone,” said in Kennebunkport and the it) in Wells Harbor. After owner and head chef Ned Lobster Pound in Ogunquit 12 years, the secret is out! Cardinali. respectively. Tourists and locals have Loaded with Cajun It’s no wonder locals caught wind of a hot Tues- spices, sriracha and a few and in-the-know tourists day special – Spicy Crab special ingredients, the would rather keep this sea- & Shrimp Corn Chowder. chowder is a fan favorite. food joint all to themselves. On Tuesdays from 11:30 For only $4.99 a cup, this But even if it isn’t the third AM “until it’s gone,” the soup comes out piping day of your vacation week, rustic seaside restaurant is hot and makes customers this little haunt is in an idyllic setting serving a full seafood menu with spec- tacular customer service Lobster Fun Facts to boot. “I love to see people from The Catch Placemats from corporate America visit us in their flip flops Lobsters can live to be 100 years old or and bathing suits and leave The Catch in Wells Harbor is a popular spot for souvenier photos. older. relaxed,” said Amy. For more than 35 years, inside was packed, too. this seasonal, salt-marsh While there can be a wait, During colonial days, lobsters were plen- spot has been a popular don’t worry; you can grab a tiful and were the food for the poor. destination. It is a no-frills frosty brew or cocktail and shanty complete with pic- wait on the patio as they nic tables, rolls of paper turn over the tables. Rest A lobster’s brain is in its throat, and they towels hanging from above assured, this local institu- taste with their feet. as never-ending napkins, tion keeps its lobster tanks and paper placemats (see full, the fryolator bubbling Lobster Fun Facts). You can and the beer flowing, be- Lobsters are a great source of heart- even cruise down Harbor cause at the Fisherman’s healthy omega 3 fatty acids. Road to take a quick pic- Catch, it is well worth the ture in front of the iconic wait. lobster boat, The Catch, Located at 134 Harbor 3 1/2 ounces of lobster is only 96 calories which the Cardinalis pur- Road, Wells, Fisherman’s and about two grams of fat. chased in Harpswell years Catch is open daily, 11:30 ago. AM to 9 PM. FMI visit Not resting on its great www.fishermanscatch- The Fisherman’s catch packs ‘em in, Lobsters can grow up to 4 feet long and seafood reputation, The wells.com or call 646-8780.