The Portland Daily Sun, Thursday, March 31, 2011

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011 VOL. 3 NO. 41 PORTLAND, ME PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER 699-5801 FREE

Carl Chretien, owner of Chretien Construction Inc. of Saco, is prepping the Maine Irish Heritage Center building, formerly an 1880s church, for a lift that will accommodate a wheelchair and one person. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

When Cesar Chavez visited Maine

See Herb Adams on page 4

A visit to Mount Snow

See Bob Higgins on page 4

Growing the freeskiing family

See the story in Sports, page 8

A controversial bill aimed at limiting all-ages events at many state venues that serve alcohol, including about two dozen in Portland, didn’t sur-vive an afternoon in the Maine legislature yester-day, falling to unanimous defeat after an outspoken contingent of Portland musicians blasted the mea-sure.

Shortly after public hearing on LD 90, the Veter-

ans and Legal Affairs Committee went into a rare work session where the bill’s sponsor, Diane Russell, recommended a motion “ought not to pass” the bill, a sentiment refl ected unanimously by the committee.

“By all accounts, the bill is dead,” said Russell.A convoy of local musicians, club management and

music personalities from around the city testifi ed on

Portland man arrested after brief chase, multiple collisionsA Portland man faces multiple charges after

crashing into several cars while allegedly trying to elude police yesterday morning in North Deering.

Rahim Faleh, 49, is charged with reckless con-duct with a dangerous weapon, driving to endanger, criminal speed, violation of bail conditions, and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident. Faleh was arrested at around 7:40 a.m., when the vehicle he was driving became disabled after striking at least three vehicles.

Police were called to PATHS, the Portland Arts

and Technology High School, on Allen Avenue yester-day morning on reports of suspicious activity. Staff at the school reportedly saw Faleh on school grounds. He has bail conditions prohibiting contact with his chil-dren following an arrest on Jan. 27, police said. In that incident, police say Faleh had threatened to kill all fi ve of his children. Offi cers responding to PATHS encoun-tered Faleh driving on Allen Avenue, Police Cmdr. Vern Malloch said in a news release. Faleh allegedly fl ed when offi cers turned around to approach him.

“Faleh struck two cars in separate collisions near the intersection of Forest Avenue and Allen Avenue. He left the scene and continued outbound on Forest

Avenue with offi cers pursuing,” Malloch said.Shortly afterward, Faleh struck the rear of a large

box truck that was also traveling outbound, causing the truck to roll onto its side. His vehicle was dis-abled in the accident, and he was taken into custody without further incident, police said.

The driver of the truck received only minor inju-ries. Faleh was transported to Maine Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries resulting from the accident. He remains in police custody.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact the Portland police traffi c unit at 874.8532.

BY CASEY CONLEYTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

“In a state where it is nearly impossible for a young person to make any money, going out of our way to further limit their opportunities to generate income appears to be a shortsighted maneuver.” —

League of Young Voters steering committee member Alex Steed

This week, the Maine Irish Heri-tage Center is getting a lift while staying grounded in its late 1800s architecture.

Carl Chretien, owner of Chre-tien Construction Inc. of Saco, spent last week prepping the 1888 church building, now home to the community center, for a lift that will accommodate a wheelchair and one person, providing handi-capped access to three fl oors of the historic building.

A two-year effort, the lift is being installed with a federal grant. The center was allocated $73,000 in 2010 under the city's Community Development Block Grant pro-gram, according to city spokesper-son Nicole Clegg.

The lift project is costing a little over $60,000, which includes spe-cial doors, alarms, sprinklers and

Grant gives Irish center a $60K lift

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

see LIFT page 9

Bill killed, to delight of all-ages show fansBY MATT DODGETHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

see ALL-AGES page 3

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Judy Taylor, the Tremont artist whose labor-themed mural was removed from the Department of Labor lobby over the weekend, suggested yesterday that her father’s Korean War medal might hang in its place.

In a statement posted to her website, Taylor explained how she spent a year researching Maine’s labor history before creating the mural.

However, she admits includ-ing a few personal touches into

the piece. She adding her par-ents images to two of the 11 slides. “My father is the young Army offi cer and my mother the little girl in the Frances Perkins panel,” she writes.

Taylor’s father served as a for-ward observer in Korea, receiv-ing a Bronze Star. “He was a man who stood by every word he spoke, every letter he wrote. It was so heartbreaking to learn that this controversy may have started with an anonymous letter comparing this mural to a North Korean propaganda poster,” Taylor writes.

She added, “Perhaps we should hang my father’s Bronze Star for his service in Korea in the now empty recep-tion area of the Maine Depart-ment of Labor until the mural is returned, as a symbol of the importance of remembering our history, and not shuttering it away.”

Gov. Paul LePage ordered the 36-foot mural removed last week, and in spite of pro-tests, international headlines, and widespread criticism, the mural was taken down over the weekend. LePage believes

the mural, which depicted Maine’s labor history, was biased toward workers.

Offi cials with the LePage administration wouldn’t divulge where the mural was put after state employees took it down.

A compromise proposal to loan the mural to Portland appears dead this week amid increased opposition from city councilors. State offi cials are reportedly looking for a new home for the peice, and are asking for a replacement that they deem more balanced.

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Maine artist wants father’s Bronze Star hung in mural’s stead

Obama lays out plan to cut reliance on fuel importsWASHINGTON (New York

Times) — President Obama called on Wednesday for a one-third reduction in oil imports over the next decade, and said the effort had to begin immediately. In a speech at Georgetown University , the president said that the United States cannot go on consum-ing one- quarter of the world’s oil production while posess-ing only two percent of global reserves. He said that the country had to begin a long-term plan to reduce its reli-ance on imported oil, and that the decades-long political bick-ering that has stalled progress toward that goal had to end.

With oil supplies from the Middle East now pinched by political upheaval with calls growing in Congress for expanded domestic oil and gas production, the president referred in his speech a similar runup in energy prices in 2008.

“Now here’s the thing — we’ve been down this road before,” Mr. Obama said. “Remember, it was just three years ago that gas prices topped $4 a gallon. I remember because I was in the middle of a presidential campaign.”

He continued: “Because it was also the height of politi-cal season, so you had a lot of slogans and gimmicks and outraged politicians, they were waving their three-point-plans for two-dollar-a-gallon gas. You remember that: ‘Drill, baby, drill’ and all of that. And none of it would really do anything to solve the problem.”

Saying there were no quick fi xes to the nation’s oil addic-tion, Mr. Obama went on to propose a mix of measures, none of them new, to wean the nation off the barrel.

He called for a fuel-saving strategy of producing more

electric cars, converting trucks to run on natural gas, building new refi neries to brew billions of gallons of biofuels and set-ting new fuel-effi ciency stan-dards for vehicles. Congress has been debating similar measures for years.

“The only way for Ameri-ca’s energy supply to be truly secure is by permanently reducing our dependence on oil,” Mr. Obama said. “We’re going to have to fi nd ways to boost our effi ciency so that we use less oil. We’ve got to discover and produce cleaner, renewable sources of energy that also produce less carbon pollution that is threatening our climate. And we have to do it quickly.”

He pointed out that the nationn has had a tendency, ever since the fi rst Arab oil embargo in 1973, to panic when gasoline prices rise and then fall back into old fuel-

guzzling habits when prices recede.

“We cannot keep going from shock when gas prices go up to trance when gas prices go back down,” he said. “We can’t rush to propose action when prices are high then push the snooze button when they go down again. We can’t keep doing that. The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity and security on a resource that will eventually run out.”

More than half of the oil burned in the United States today comes from overseas or from Mexico or Canada.

The president repeated his assertion that, despite the frightening situation at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex in Japan, nuclear power will remain an impor-tant source of electricity in the United States for decades to come.

BREGA, Libya (New York Times) — Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi advanced rapidly on Wednesday, seizing towns they ceded just days ago after intense allied airstrikes and hounding rebel fi ghters into a chaotic retreat.

In a stunning setback for the Qaddafi government, how-ever, one of its most senior offi -cials, foreign minister Moussa Koussa, fl ew to London on Wednesday and declared that he could no longer serve as a representative of the Libyan government, the British gov-ernment said in a statement.

“He has told us that he is resigning his post,” the state-

ment said. “We are discuss-ing this with him and we will release further detail in due course.”

But the defection of Mr. Koussa was not going to help the rebels’ cause. Having aban-doned Bin Jawwad on Tuesday and the oil town of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday, the rebels con-tinued their eastward retreat, fl eeing before the loyalists’ shelling and missile attacks from another oil town, Brega, and falling back toward the strategically located city of Ajdabiya. On Wednesday after-noon, residents of Ajdabiya were seen fl eeing along the road north to Benghazi, the

rebel capital and stronghold that Colonel Qaddafi ’s forces reached before the allied air campaign got underway nearly two weeks ago.

There were few signs of the punishing airstrikes that reversed the loyalists’ fi rst push eastward into rebel-held territory. But military experts said they expected the coun-terattack to expose Colonel Qaddafi ’s forces to renewed attacks, and an American military spokesman said that coalition warplanes resumed bombing the pro-Qaddafi units on Wednesday, without specify-ing either the timing or loca-tions.

“The operation is continuing and will continue throughout the transition” to NATO com-mand, said Capt. Clint Gebke. There were 102 airstrikes over a 24-hour period ending at 12 a.m. Eastern tim.

But the airstrikes, such as they were, did little to reverse the momentum of the battle. On the approaches to Brega, hundreds of cars and small trucks heading east clogged the highway as rebel forces pulled back toward Ajdabiya, recaptured from loyalist troops only days ago. Some rebels said Colonel Qaddafi ’s forces, push-ing eastward from Ras Lanuf, were within 10 miles of Brega.

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art scene

SAYWHAT...A work of art is the unique result of a

unique temperament.—Oscar Wilde

TEHRAN — The para-doxes of Iran are visible at the Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by the Iranian artist and architect Kamran Diba as an inverted version of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

In the central atrium hangs an Alexander Calder mobile bought for the museum’s inau-guration, in 1977, two years before the Islamic Revolution. To the right is an untitled 1966 sculpture by Donald Judd consisting of a vertical array of panels of what the wall label describes as “galvanized iron” stacked from fl oor to ceiling.

The Judd, probably worth $5 million today, is just one of hundreds of Impression-ist, modern, and contempo-rary artworks acquired at the institution’s founding. But it and the Calder are among the few Western pieces still on view; the rest, including works by Monet, Van Gogh, Pissarro, Renoir, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Magritte, Miró, Braque and Pollock, are buried in storage. Until the revolution, Iran was among the most cultured, cosmopoli-tan countries in the region. It had a progressive movement in art and literature and a sophisticated fi lm and televi-sion industry.

“We used to drink in public and pray in private, but today we pray in public and drink in private,” said my guide, who has an engineering degree and whose job was to accom-pany me everywhere, report-ing on my movements.

Having him around was a condition of my entry into a country where foreigners are largely unwanted and unwel-come. Offi cially, Iran reports that it receives around 10,000 tourists annually, a stagger-ingly low number considering its cultural attractions; Perse-polis, capital of the Achaeme-nid Persian Empire, is one of the great archaeological sites in the region. Dubai, with little to offer beyond shopping and an annual art fair, gets about a million visitors a year.

These are anxious times for artists in Iran. Some have simply decided to remain out-side the country.

In spring 2009, the brothers Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh were en route to Tehran after a brief trip to Paris for their fi rst show at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac when, according to an interview published recently in Wmagazine, “they got a call from a friend warning them not to return home.” Their work had been confi scated during a raid on the home of a Tehran collector, and it was feared that they would be arrested. The brothers applied for resi-dency in the United Arab Emir-ates and now live in Dubai.

Culture is valued here. There are numerous public theaters, museums, galleries and both public and private art schools in Iran.

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the possible impact of such legislation, especially among the state’s younger crop of musical talent who stood to be barred from performance venues licensed as Class A lounges.

“In a state where it is nearly impossible for a young person to make any money, going out of our way to further limit their opportunities to generate income appears to be a shortsighted maneuver,” said youth activist and League of Young Voters steering committee member Alex Steed in a statement to the committee.

“While alcohol abuse is a substantial problem for young people, this problem will not be remedied by disal-lowing occasional youth atten-dance at venues,” wrote Steed, who also said the bill could effect the young GLBTQ com-munity, who “without all-ages friendly venues, will fi nd them-selves with even less shared community spaces, which will lead to a further cultural ghet-toization.” (For the full text of Steed’s statement to the state legislature on Wednesday, see the sidebar at right.)

District 119 Representa-tive Ben Chipman from Port-land, also a member of the Veterans and Legal Affairs committee, spoke out against the Russell-sponsored legislation on Wednesday, citing it as a piece of “unnecessary” legislation given all the laws currently on the books regarding alcohol sales to minors.

“There are laws that address that already on the books, those law just need to be enforced more. This wouldn't have really been able to solve a problem we couldn’t solve with the existing laws we already have,” said Chipman.

Young musicians, especially those outside of Greater Portland, are often forced to host their own shows at Grange Halls and other such venues-for-rent across the state and spend their own money upfront for their chance to get in front of a crowd.

“The difference between playing in a Grange Hall and a professional club where there are monitors and a good sound system is extremely important. Fortunately people in the Maine legislature saw that,” said Ken Bell, owner of The Big Easy, one of the Portland venues licensed as a Class A lounge.

The Big Easy is also one of Portland’s larger music venues with a “long history” of all-ages events, according to Bell, who estimates that 100 such shows have been held over the last fi ve years, most

often on Sunday night.“The most important thing at this point is that

the [bill] is effectively dead,” said Bell, who praised the quick response of those with a vested interest in Portland’s music scene with defusing the measure before it went too far.

“I thought that the PMF [Portland Music Foun-dation] coming together as a whole showed great leadership, it was very nice to have that support,” he said.

A fi xture on the local music scene as a part of the bands As Fast As, The Rustic Overtones and now Space Versus Speed, musician and producer Spen-cer Albee said Bell’s testimony in particular lent a sense of the local music scene’s commitment to keep-ing venues and stages open to every musician.

“A lion’s share of his money is made on 21-plus events, but he cares enough about the community and understands that younger bands need a place to grow and cultivate customers. He really stepped up and fought, everyone did, and I was really impressed with it,” said Albee.

Russell said the hearing not only confi rmed her suspicion that the bill lacked popular support within

the city, but gave the legislature the chance to meet with an interesting an often unheard-from sector of Maine’s economy.

“One of the positive outcomes was that we had the opportunity to have members of the musical com-munity come up and speak about the importance of their industry and its economic impact on the state,” said Russell.

The District 120 Representative said that while she never fully supported the legislation herself, she “[has] a responsibility to put in bills that refl ect the broad interests of my constituents.”

“The city council wanted me to put this bill in on behalf of their concerns around public safety, and I wanted to make sure they have an opportunity to be heard,” said Russell.

“That said, I didn't necessarily agree with the bill — I very much shared the concerns of the musical community,” she said.

Albee said the hearing was a good chance to dispel some rumors about the rock n’ roll lifestyle.

“I think it was good for the legislature to see we’re not just a bunch of apathetic dolts, we really do care and are trying to make this work,” said Albee.

Following is a statement from Alex Steed to the Vet-erans and Legal Affairs Committee of the Maine State Legislature. Steed, a resident of Cornish, is a youth activist, communications professional and a member of the Steering Committee, League of Young Voters:

March 30, 2011The Honorable Nichi S. FarnhamCommittee on Veterans and Legal Affairs100 State House StationAugusta, ME 04333

Re: Opposition to LD 901: “An Act To Prohibit Indi-viduals under 21 Years of Age from Being in Certain Establishments Licensed To Sell Alcohol”

Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Commit-tee: Serving as both a volunteer staff member at Maine Youth Leadership and a Maine League of Young Voters Steering Committee member, I come to you as a citizen particularly passionate about the quality of young peo-ple’s lives. It is for this reason that I wish to express my opposition to LD 901. Ending all-ages nights at clubs and venues through-out the state is a bad idea. Proceeding with doing so will have a negative effect on: 1. Performers, who very largely rely on income gen-erated by all-ages shows. It should be pointed out that

many performers who appeal to all-ages audiences are often relatively young people themselves, and in a state where it is nearly impossible for a young person to make any money, going out of our way to further limit their opportunities to generate income appears to be a short-sighted maneuver. 2. GLBTQ youth, who without all-ages friendly venues, will fi nd themselves with even less shared com-munity spaces, which will lead to a further cultural ghet-toization for a community that fi nds itself vulnerable enough as it currently exists. 3. Establishments, which rely on the revenue gener-ated on all-ages nights, which serve as good profi t gen-erators, especially on nights that are not as popular for adult patronage. While alcohol abuse is a substantial problem for young people, this problem will not be remedied by disal-lowing occasional youth attendance at venues. We can, however, curb these problems by focusing more effort and organization towards increasing the quality of health education and creating more positive music and social opportunities for this age group. At a time when local and state governments are coming up short in efforts to provide those latter opportunities for young people, it seems absurd that we fi nd ourselves going out of our way to ensure that private establishments can’t provide these experiences either. So many thanks for your consideration, Alex Steed Cornish, Maine

League of Young Voters rep: Bill would cause ‘further cultural ghettoization’

Albee

ALL-AGES from page one

Bill killed, no changes to Maine’s all-ages show law

Contract freezes wages for FY 2012 and extends students’ school year

A new contract agreement between the Portland Public Schools and the teachers’ union will extend students’ school year by fi ve days while freezing teacher salaries and benefi ts in Fiscal Year 2012, the Portland Public School district reported in a press release.

The three-year contract, approved by members of the Port-land Education Association, will come before the Portland School Board for fi nal approval at the April 5 business meeting, the school district reported Tuesday.

The union and the district worked cooperatively

to forge a contract that adds fi ve student days to the calendar, giving Portland one of the longest school years in Maine. Teachers gave up one professional development day and two days of personal profes-sional time. They also agreed to work two addi-tional days at no cost to the district in order to have more time in the classroom with students.

“I appreciate PEA members’ professionalism and commitment to Portland’s students,” said Kate Snyder, chair of the Portland School Board. “They wanted more time in the classroom because they know that more student-teacher interaction results in improved student learning.”

“This contract demonstrates our loyalty to the community we serve, our commitment to the dis-trict we improve and our dedication to the students we educate,” said Kathleen Casasa, PEA president.

The new contract makes changes to the salary increases, known as lane changes, which teachers earn for advancements in professional learning. Beginning next fall, the minimum time between lane changes will increase from three to four years.

That will cut costs from about $160,000 this year to less than a third of that amount (about $50,000).

The contract allows the district to connect lane changes and student learning in a more direct way than in the past. Because of the unique needs of the district’s student population, Portland Public Schools will begin to direct some of teachers’ pro-fessional learning by requiring teachers to take courses in English as a Second Language, adoles-cent literacy and early childhood education.

The contract also will freeze teachers’ base salary in fi scal years 2012 and 2013. In the third year of the contract, 2014, teachers will receive a 3 per-cent increase on the base salary, the fi rst such raise in four years. In addition, there will be no pay increase based on years of service in the fi rst year of the contract.

“This contract is groundbreaking in that it adds fi ve additional student days to the school year at no cost to the city of Portland and emphasizes student achievement as the focus of teacher work,” said Portland Superintendent James C. Morse Sr.

DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Morse

Portland school district reaches three-year agreement with teachers


Getting out of work early on a Wednesday afternoon doesn’t happen that often, but when it does, I have to fi nd some way to fritter away the time before I manage to stagger into the offi ces of this paper to continue fritter-ing away the time.

This week, I ended up taking a short jaunt down to the Marginal Way area, for a full investigatory exploration of Portland’s own “Mount Snow.”

All winter long, when clear-ing the sidewalks and gutters of this city from all the white stuff that dropped from the sky, public works crews scooped up as much of it as was possible, and trucked it down to a temporary mountain near Marginal Way.

There, a bulldozer kept piling it up, inch after grimy inch, like some frozen tower of Babel. I’ve

A visit to Mount Snow

been watching the runoff from this for a few weeks, and as the temperature climbs, the moun-tain slowly melts into the city’s sewer system.

Except, it isn’t supposed to. The whole idea of the project was to capture all the potential pollut-ants, surrounded by bales of hay to keep in the really big stuff. Every day, you can follow the path of the water all the way to the city’s sewer system, and watch some of the stuff that escapes the hay-bale barrier.

There was some interesting stuff to be found on the mountain. I counted at least one Christmas wreath, complete with bows, sev-eral plastic do-dads that were bits of Christmas decoration, a plastic Halloween skull, cans and bottles, what looked like the innards of a VCR, but the big shocker was the pants.

I counted at least a half-dozen pairs of pants.

Think about this for a minute. At least a half-dozen pants-less miscreants wandered the streets of our fair city in the midst of a snowstorm.

Or it just might be one guy, with some serious issues about losing stuff and a propensity for wander-ing around au naturale.

I have reasons for checking out the pile. In walking around the city, I fi nd a lot of stuff. As I have observed in this column before, I seem to have this really weird gift for spotting money. One slight spotting of that familiar green, and my eyeballs lock onto it faster

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(Editor’s note: The Maine League of United Latin American Citizens will honor farmworker advocate Cesar Chavez in an event at First Parish Church this morning starting at 9 a.m. Herb Adams, former state representative and LULAC member, offered this ret-rospective on Chavez’ only visit to Maine.)

Portlanders opened their arms to Cesar Chavez

Chavez brought his message to Maine

Herb Adams–––––Guest

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and the United Farm Workers cause on his only visit Down East in August 1974.

He was not surprised: Main-ers, said the United Farm Work-ers President, have “a deep tradition and feelings about injustice, the underdog, and the rights of human beings.”

Chavez spent a single, but memorable, hot August day in Portland almost 40 years ago, part of a swing throught New England promoting the boy-cott of non-UFW harvested grapes, lettuce, and Gallo wines, the fi rst and longest-running nationwide boycott ever attempted by the harvester’s union.

In Portland the boycott focused on Shaw’s Super-markets, the largest Maine chain selling the items.

see ADAMS page 5

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LEFT: A piece of footwear litters Mount Snow, Portland’s pile of ice and snow. ABOVE: A Halloween skeleton mask is evidence of the strange and sundry detritus that can be found on the pile. Pairs of pants proliferated. So did cans and bottles and Christmas cast-offs. (BOB HIGGINS PHOTOS)


Mural represents progress toward worker safety in wake of deaths

Editor,I posted a link (on Facebook) about an artist who

is removing his art from the state house in protest of Governor LePage’s removal of the labor mural, and one of my Facebook friends asked if anyone could tell him why the mural is so important, so here is why.

On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist fac-tory burned, killing 146 workers who were almost all women and immigrant workers. This is the single most important reason for the beginning of the Labor movement. Many of those who lost thier lives in this fi re jumped to their deaths to escape the fl ames. Not only did this start the Labor movement, it also helped to set the course for fi re safety and prevention standards that we still use today from sprinklers to fi re escapes and even fi re drills.

This week marked the 100th anniversary of the fi re and it also happens to be when Governor Paul Lepage decided it was a good time to announce the removal of the Labor mural from the Maine Dept of Labor!

So why is this mural so important? Before this fi re there were no laws or regulations and no unions to enforce them. Workers didn’t have a chance back then without either. They didn’t have a voice and no one cared what they thought about their working condi-tions and if they tried to express their feelings they would just be fi red. It isn’t just about a mural to most of us, it is about what part of history this mural rep-resents and stands for. Whether the far Rightwing Republicans want to admit or not the workers are the backbone this country is built upon and without them our economy would become non-existent.

Removal of this mural is Paul LePage’s way of showing us that he feels the last 100 years of the Labor movement are insignifi cant and should not be displayed to the people trying to do business with Maine. I hope he realizes how shortsighted and ignorant this makes him look to the rest of the

world. I suppose he thinks the 146 workers who lost their lives in this fi re should also be a part of history we hide from the public as we roll back the worker rights to those of 1911. It has become painfully more obvious everyday to me that we have been moving back in that direction as a nation and this recent attack on unions and workers in general is only the part we are seeing.

So I end this note with this do we really want to see our country go back to a time when the aver-age worker could barely feed their families without working 60-80 hours a week? When workers had no rights whatsoever and were treated as poorly as they could be while receiving wages that were so low they couldn’t really live on them, never mind live comfortably. Where working conditions were so unsafe workplace deaths were commonplace and people were dying very young from all the hazards they endured just to feed their family.

Charles E. BragdonPortland

Remember Picasso? What does the mural move mean to Maine?

Editor, Art can be an inconvenience to certain parties’

agendas. As the United States was making its case at the U.N. for the invasion of Iraq, Picasso’s “Guer-nica” was hidden behind a curtain. One wonders what the removal of the labor history mural from our state’s capitol bodes for the working people of Maine.

Nicholas HellerPortland

Let’s keep the mural, dump LePageEditor,Does Paul LePage own the mural or do the citi-

zens of the State of Maine? I say we vote on it — I vote to put the mural back and toss out LePage. I actually thought I might like him but I can see now he never really was for the people of Maine.

Paul DiBiasePortland

Honoring Frances PerkinsTo the Editor:Re “Mural to Maine’s Workers Becomes Politi-

cal Target” (news article, March 24, The New York Times):

Perhaps Gov. Paul LePage forgot that it was Wom-en’s History Month when he ordered a mural depict-ing numerous scenes from Maine’s labor history to be removed from that state’s Department of Labor building. He also ordered a conference room named in honor of Frances Perkins, the fi rst woman to hold a presidential cabinet post, to be renamed.

At Perkins’s alma mater, Mount Holyoke College, there is grave concern regarding any effort to erase the memory of a woman who is one of the most important fi gures — male or female — in United States history, infl uential in leading the United States out of the Great Depression and in bringing about landmark reforms like the Wagner Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and Social Security.

Perkins, who is buried in Maine, also had deep roots there. She is an extraordinary role model for girls and women seeking inspiration in a world that needs more female leaders. Moreover, she sets an example for the political fi gures of today as to how service to our nation’s working people must always be at the core of our national enterprise.

Frances Perkins’s legacy is a credit to the great state of Maine and should be celebrated.

Lynn PasquerellaPresident, Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Mass.

(From The New York Times, published March 29)

Chavez in Maine: ‘I think I would like to live here!’

HIGGINS from page 4

What’s with all those missing pairs of pants littering the site?

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Chavez’ day began at a breakfast for 200 clergymen and labor supporters at Woodford’s Congregational Church, where Bishop of Maine Edward O’Leary praised Chavez as “truly a witness for the social gospel.” Maine Gov. Kenneth Curtis and U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie sent word endorsing his struggle for “human rights and social justice.”

At a noon rally at Lincoln Park, fl anked by Port-land Mayor Bill Troubh and State Rep. Jerry Talbot, Chavez told 500 cheering supporters that 65 percent of New England markets respected the UFW boycott, the best in the nation. Mayor Troubh presented Chavez with a key to the city, and Chavez grinned he was soon returning to his hometown of Delano, Calif., “where if I live for 200 years I’ll never get a key to that city! “ Under a blazing sun, Talbot and Chavez then led a

march down Congress Street to Shaw’s Supermarket for leafl etting and a picket line.

Chavez’ visit to Maine’s largest city was the next-to-last stop in a New England tour that wound up that evening in Springfi eld, Mass.

Chavez was never able to return to Maine again. Always an optimist, his national campaigns for worker’s rights continued until his death in 1993. As a symbolic tool for social justice, boycotts, marches and rallies continue to play powerful roles for new causes and a new generation today.

The goal, and the march, goes on. “You know,” Chavez smiled to the cheering crowd in Lincoln Park 37 years ago, “if I had my choice I think I would like to live here.” In a sense, his spirit still does.

(Herb Adams is an adjunct professor at University of Southern Maine and former state legislator from Portland.)

ADAMS from page 4

Farmworker advocate Cesar Chavez will be honored this morning at 9 a.m. at the First Parish Church in Portland. (COURTESY IMAGE)

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than a seagull spotting a french-fry.Over the course of the winter, a conservative esti-

mate of the amount of money I plucked out of the snowbank runs to around $30. There was that mem-orable winter a few years back when I found a hun-dred dollar bill blowing around Monument Square at midnight.

That same winter, I also found about a quarter-ounce of something particularly leafy, but passed that on to a friend in exchange for beer. He reported

to me that it went quite well with dinner.So it all comes down to this. What other treats

could be lurking there in “Mount Snow” only await-ing the warming temperatures to reveal them?

After a good half-hour spent meandering all over the snowy behemoth, I can report that I found very little of interest. The garbage melange that seemed to be evenly distributed throughout the mess dis-courages digging.

Now is the waiting time, waiting for the nuggets of wool hats and lost single gloves to fi nally coalesce into a single lump at the bottom of a pile of oily dirt.

Somewhere in that pile, there is money, in the form of lost gold chains and rings, as well as the almost indestructible dollar bills.

If I was truly curious, I’d go borrow a metal detec-tor and a shovel from Mike up at Guitar Grave, promising to cut him in on whatever I fi nd. But do I really want to KNOW what is in that pile?

Patience, as the mountain recedes. Then, it’s every digger for himself.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Port-land Daily Sun.)


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Eastern Block Party at Mayo Street Arts8 p.m. Cinder Conk plays music drawn from the Black Sea the wellspring of Europe’s deepest and most diverse musi-cal traditions. It is the sound of celebration and lament of those who have lived on its coasts for thousands of years Roma, Jews, peasants, and nationalists. Cinder Conk mixes frenzied accordion riffs and thundering double bass counterpoint with a classic bardic lyricism that invites and transcends. Zemya is eleven women singing vibrant world music. They have performed around Maine for the past few years, attracting audiences with unusual harmonies and strong meaningful lyrics. From as far north as Belgrade south to the Portland area, the eleven women of Zemya blend beautiful and edgy harmonies without accompani-ment. They share folk and traditional songs from the Bal-kans, United Kingdom, Africa, the Americas and more and they have fun doing it! Zemya means “earth” in Bulgarian, and these songs grow from the deep soul of the world’s folk music heritage. $12

Peter Mulvey and Po’ Girl at One Longfellow8 p.m. Over the past 20 years, Mulvey has pursued a rest-less, eclectic path as a writer and musician – immersing himself in Tin PanAlley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, nar-rative, and Americana stylings. Po’Girl showcases a wide array of instruments-from gutbucket bass, accordion, clarinet, banjo, dobro, guitar, to electric bass, glockenspiel, piano, harmonica, bicycle bells, drums — and they all fre-quently trade off instruments with each song. $15, all ages. http://www.onelongfellowsquare.com/

Saturday, April 2

Jesse Pilgrim and the Bonfi re CD Release with Panda Bandits, Grant Street Orchestra, Butcher Boy8:30 p.m. Jesse Pilgrim was born and raised in West Bath, Maine and wouldn’t have it any other way. He plays loud and proud folk music with his band The Bonfi re and tonight marks the debut release of his fi rst full length album “Trial & Error.” The Portland Phoenix writes, “Jesse Pilgrim’s set sounded broadcast from Folsom Prison. Songs like these are fi t for bold storytelling, and Pilgrim’s clear, brassy pipes were a shiny and inclusive welcome.” Opening the night are Panda Bandits who steal songs, burn down stages, and care nothing for money - they have come only for your soul. Also on the bill is Grant Street Orchestra. Born and raised in Parkside Portland, they are the most happenin’ seven piece live hip hop act in town, fusing funk and rock into an ener-getic set that’ll make you want to move. Rounding out the night is Butcher Boy, a maniacal four-piece that smashes the current ‘folkpunk’ trend to smithereens with a live show that is equal parts hardcore sweat-lodge dancefest and paranoid storytelling circle. $8, 18 plus. Space Gallery.

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters at One Longfellow8 p.m. A two-time W.C. Handy Blues Award winner as “Guitar Player of the Year,” Ronnie Earl has been hailed by musicians and critics alike as one of the premier blues guitarists of his generation and played alongside side such greats as Carlos Santana, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Otis Rush, Earl King and Duke Robillard (who he replaced as guitarist in the legendary Roomful of Blues after Robillard left that band). Hope Radio, the new CD from Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters, showcases Ronnie Earl at his amaz-ing best, backed by long-time members of The Broadcast-ers: Dave Limina – keyboards, Jim Mouradian – bass and Lorne Entress – drums. Guests include Michael “Mudcat” Ward on bass and piano and Nick Adams on second guitar. $25, all ages. One Longfellow Square. http://www.onelong-fellowsquare.com/

Tuesday, April 5

Junior Watson with Matthew Stubbs8 p.m. With nearly thirty years of experience, Junior Watson has reached cult status. Junior has done what all great art-ists have done: melting diverse styles to create a style all his own. With infl uences as diverse as Tiny Grimes, Oscar Moore, Bill Jennings, Rene Hall, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Guitar Slim, Earl Hooker and

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Wednesday, April 6

STRFKR / Foam Castles at Space 8:30 p.m. In the past, Portland, OR-based Starfucker (STRFKR) has received almost as much attention for its not-exactly-accessible moniker as for its immensely accessible dance hooks. But, having fl irted briefl y with a couple of name changes, the group is now fi rmly settled on Starfucker and so the focus can rightly return to what got people talking in the fi rst place: the quartet’s endlessly catchy, hook-laden pop in the tradition of Phoenix and Of Montreal. “Reptilians” juxtaposes lectures by Alan Watts with vibrant crescendos, explosive drum beats, and lay-ered synth melodies that drive a theatrical live show where dance party meets Roxy Music. Champagne, Champagne is redefi ning hip-hop from the left coast, inciting Matt (of Matt & Kim) to say they’re his “favorite Seattle band, even more than Nirvana!” Portland’s ever-shifting pop collabora-tion Foam Castles open, supporting their new electronics-based EP, “Come Over To My House”. Midcoast electronic duo Vistas makes their SPACE debut to keep things moving between sets. $10, 18 plus.

Thursday, April 7

Kenny Chesney show sells out7:30 p.m. With Special Guest Uncle Kracker. All tickets for the Kenny Chesney show at the Cumberland County Civic Center have sold-out, the Civic Center board reported. It will be the third sell-out appearance at the Civic Center by one of country music’s biggest stars and the fi rst appear-ance since 2004.

Grupo Mofongo at One Longfellow8 p.m. A Latin Dance Party featuring traditional Afro-Cuban music from Andres Espinoza (percussion), Rafael Freyre (tres, vocals), Gary Wittner (guitar, vocals), and Nate Ther-rien (bass). $8, all ages.

Saturday, April 9

Gustafer Yellowgold at Space Gallery2 p.m. Groovy Gustafer Yellowgold is a small, yellow, cone-headed fellow, who came to Earth from the Sun and has a knack for fi nding himself neck-deep in absurd situations as he explores his new life in the Minnesota woods. Illustrator/songwriter/musician Morgan Taylor developed the “musi-cal moving book” Gustafer Yellowgold experience as equal parts pop rock concert and animated storybook. The latest chapter, Gustafer Yellowgold’s Infi nity Sock, follows our hero as he embarks upon a hilarious, mind-bending musical journey in search of the toe-end of the longest sock in the universe. The New York Times calls the Gustafer show and accompanying live music “a cross between ‘Yellow Subma-rine’ and Dr. Seuss, fi ltered through the lens of the Lower East Side.” $8, all ages. SPACE Gallery.

Middle Eastern Night at Space Gallery8 p.m. The Shavarsh Kef Ensemble carries on a Maine tra-dition of Middle Eastern music started by the late master musician Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian. The ensemble con-sists of fi ve musicians who have played with, studied with and been inspired by Al: Eric LaPerna, percussion, Amos Libby, oud, Beth Borgerhoff, accordion, Michael Gallant, violin and Steve Gruverman, clarinet. They continue to play a rich mixture of Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Arabic folk and classical music. Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensem-ble’s repertoire is drawn from compositions of some of the preeminent composers of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Turkey. They also perform Muwashshahat, a classical song form developed in 10th century Andalusia and performed throughout the modern Arab world. The group features Eric LaPerna; riqq and darbuka, Tom Kovacevic; oud, nay and vocals, Madeleine Hanna; lead vocals and frame drum and Michael Gallant; violin. All of the members have studied with some of the leading performers of Middle Eastern Music in the world today, including Simon Shaheen, Bassam Saba, Michel Merhej and the late Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian. $10, 18 plus. SPACE Gallery.

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Funding secured for Kittery bridge replacement

U.S. Senators from Maine and New Hampshire yesterday announced that federal funding had been secured to replace the ailing bridge between Ports-mouth and Kittery. The $20 million allocation was originally announced as part of the federal TIGER II grant pro-gram in 2010, but had come under fi re from the newly-elected GOP majority in the U.S. House.

In a joint statement, the senators said they worked closely with the administration to ensure that the fed-eral share of the bridge replacement funds came through as promised.

Snow storm headed toward New England

The National Weather Service says northern New England could get hit with six inches of snow or more from a storm expected to arrive later this week. The weather agency says the storm could arrive late Thursday and last through Friday, according to the Associated Press.

Parts of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts are expected to be hit the hardest. While inland parts of Maine could see upwards of a foot of snow, the immediate coast could see a mix of rain and snow, with less accu-mulation, AP reports.

MECA president assails LePage on mural issue

The president of Maine College of Art in Portland says Gov. Paul LePage “demonstrated lack of respect for the process of commissioning art-work is an act of censorship” when he removed a labor-themed mural from the Department of Labor building in Augusta.

Donald L. Tuski, the college presi-dent suggests LePage misunderstood the purpose of the mural.

“Art is not decoration, nor is it neutral. It is provocative and should elicit a response from individuals. It is not created to please all who view it. Art, like democracy, allows for dif-fering opinions, for discourse, for expression of personal beliefs,” Tuski said in a statement.

He continues, “Art serves as a mirror that refl ects a moment in time. This mural captures a piece of history. Governor LePage did not like what he saw. By removing the mural, he smashed that mirror – an attempt to rewrite history.

“This public mural is meant for the people of Maine. Maine College of Art requests that Governor LePage respect the process by which the art-work was selected and installed.”

Tuski’s message to the governor: “Put the mural back.”

LePage taking break after three months in offi ce

After less than three months on the job, newly elected Maine gov-ernor Paul LePage has decided to

take his first vacation.The Portland Press Herald

reports that LePage is planning a week-long trip to Jamaica starting Saturday. The paper says Devon Raymond Jr., a Jamaican teen the LePage family helped raise in Maine, will also take part in the trip. LePage’s 22-year-old daughter, who earns $41,000 per year as an aide, will stay in Maine.

A spokeswoman for the governor tells the paper that LePage will be traveling with a security detail and will remain in contact with his staff in Augusta.

Bail denied for Portland man accused of threatening LePage

A Portland man was in court yester-day to answer charges that he mailed threatening communications to Gov. Paul LePage. A judge said he should be held without bail, according to the Portland Press Herald.

According to the Associated Press, Michael Thomas, 50, sent anonymous letters threatening to kill the Repub-lican governor — the second Mainer to face similar charges since LePage took offi ce in January.

The Associated Press reports that Thomas allegedly wrote that LePage was the “devil.” Thomas also allegedly said he would “put a bullet or two” in LePage. Thomas was arrested Friday by federal agents, AP said.

A Bangor man pleaded guilty to terrorizing this week in connection with a letter he wrote that threatened LePage.

Blodgett out as UMaine women’s hoops coach

Cindy Blodgett, coach of the Uni-versity of Maine women’s basketball team for the past four seasons, was fi red on Tuesday, according to pub-lished reports. Blodgett, a former WNBA player and a four-year stand-out for the Black Bears in the late 1990s, led a team that won just four games this past season.

“All of us who care about UMaine and Black Bear sports owe Cindy Blodgett a debt of gratitude for her contributions as both a player and a coach,” Maine Athletic Director Steve Abbott said press release. “I wish Cindy the best in all her future endeavors.”

Abbott, a former GOP candidate for governor who lost to Paul LePage in the primary, was appointed ath-letic director for the Orono campus on Monday. Blodgett will receive a buyout package of $110,000 — equal to one year’s salary — that college offi cials say was funded through pri-vate sources not tuition.

Radiation from Japan reactor reaches Maine,

Air samples taken recently in Maine show heightened radiation levels that is likely from the dam-aged nuclear reactor in Japan,

according to the Associated Press. However, the radiation is not at high enough levels to pose a health risk, the wire service says.

Air samples taken from Kittery, Augusta and Orono registered radioactive iodine, though state health officials said those levels were lower than the amount found in sunlight and radon, AP reported.

A similar test in Concord showed that the amount of radiation detected in the local snow pack was 25 times below a threshold for con-cern, AP says. At current levels, the radiation does not pose a risk even for pregnant women or children.

Gas prices continue climb toward $4 per gallon

After a brief reprieve, Maine gas prices have started rising again and are now averaging $3.59 per gallon of regular unleaded. Gas prices rose a full 2 cents in the past week, and nearly 19 cents over the past month, according to Main-egasprices.com, a price tracking website

Maine fuel prices are about the same as the national average, which as of yesterday was $3.58 per gallon. The site says price trends point to continued pain at the pumps. Indeed, there are no signs that unrest in the Middle East is set to wind down anytime soon, and with spring already here, the summer driving season is set to begin in less than two months.

As with earlier reports from the price website, the cheapest gas in Portland can be found at 7-11, at the intersection of St. John St. and Brighton Ave., at $3.48 per gallon. The highest price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Portland is at the full-service Citgo station at Forest Ave. and Dartmouth St., at $3.79 per gallon.

According to the website, the cheapest gas can still be found in Southern Maine, while the highest prices remain in cities and towns in Aroostook County.

Turnpike authority cancels lobbying contracts

The Maine Turnpike Author-ity Board of Directors this week announced the cancellation of its contracts with third-party lobby-ists, according to a news release from an MTA spokesman.

The MTA’s use of outside lob-byists was called into question recently by the legislature’s Gov-ernment Oversight Committee during its review of the Office of Program Evaluation & Govern-ment Accountability’s audit of the MTA covering the five-year span from 2005 through 2009.

MTA says it spent $133,689, or about $27,000 per year, on lobby-ing costs over the five-year period, and another $443,548 was spent on consulting and legal fees regarding public policy issues affecting the MTA, the agency says.

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Growing the freeskiing family in New EnglandSince its beginnings in 2009,

a Gorham has launched him-self high into the air above the massive snow kickers on the Dumont Cup’s huge slopestyle course at Sunday River.

Jan Gorham of Stowe, Ver-mont watches alongside hus-band David as sons Maks, Alex and Goss — all but 20, 17 and 14 — spin and soar above the sculpted mountains of snow on Barker Mountain’s Rocking Chair Park.

“They help each other,” she said. “They give each other advice, tell each other who is here and what the course is like.”

The freestyle skiing world descended upon Sunday River last weekend for the third annual Dumont Cup, a pro-amateur freesking event spearheaded by X Game freeskiing multi-medalist and Bethel-raised Simon Dumont where up-and-coming twin-tipped skiers in bright colors and baggy pants compete doing trail-grabs and rodeos alongside pros like Dumont, Jossi Wells and Gus Ken-worthy.

With a fi eld capped at 200, skiers from across the country and beyond had podium dreams of becoming a

somebody on snow. It happened last year when amateur Alex Schopy won the competition and this winter made even more of an impression winning the FIS Freestyle World Champion-ships, a Dew Tour event and Winter X Big Air gold and again Saturday when Midwest amateur freeskier

Nick Goepper shined brighter than the pros.

That wasn’t lost on high-level ama-teur skier John Strenio, 22, a Univer-sity of Utah student from Burlington, Vt. who’s appeared in Meathead- and Poor Boyz-produced ski movies and videos.

“It’s cool,” he said about skiing around the pros. “You can see where you need to be and gauge yourself to get there. You also see kids coming up, progressing and getting better. It’s inspirational to see that in your friends.”

It’s also a boost to an amateur skier like Aidan Sheahan, 18, from Aspen, Colo.

“Basically it shows someone like me that it’s not impossible to compete at that level,” he said.

Judges graded the skiers on style (smoothness), diffi culty, originality and amplitude (big air) with a $20,000 cash purse on the line.

Winning’s the goal, but Dumont also uses the event to allow the develop the sport and encourage youngsters to get jumping. In his white, purple and black ski clothes, Dumont, 24, is easily recognized on his home turf. In the Barker lodge during a lunch break, he takes time from making his picks

from a morning jam session—one that he skied in too—to take a photo with a couple of ankle-biters. Back out on the snow, he stops to sign auto-graphs, pose for more photos and get back on the course. He appears easy-going, some-thing different to his intense approach while competing.

“It’s the Dumont Cup, it has my name in it,” he said. “My name is behind it. Whatever goes on here, negative or posi-tive, it’s tied to me so I try to make the best impression. Try to sign as many autographs as I can. I think people perceive me in the wrong light when I’m competing so it’s nice to just have people come up, shake my hand and say hello and make up their opinion that way.”

Freeskiing is also a sport dominated by males from the grassroots level to the X Games. There wasn’t a female competitior.

“I think the level of females are progressing,” said Dumont

who now spends most of his time living in Dillon, Colo. “This is a mostly male event. No prejudice against the females. Once I start developing this course we can start making different jumps, making different venues and progressing it to have females come here also.”

And just as their are snowboard-ing families and traditional ski racing families, Dumont sees freeskiing fam-ilies.

“Skiing is kind of an expensive sport,” said Dumont. “Your parents bring you to the mountain, pay for the hotel room, pay for the lift passes so you see a lot of families. I think you see a lot of younger kids actually pick-ing up skis nowadays rather than snowboards.”

In addition to the three Gorhams from Vermont, there were at least three other families with two sons registered to fl y high.

“This really is a small ski world,” says Jan Gorham. “I’m used to seeing my sons go over the jumps and the kickers. I’m more worried about how they do and them wanting to do well.”

(Marty Basch can be reached through www.onetankaway.com.)

Simon Dumont takes to the air during the Dumont Cup at Sunday River. (Sunday River photo)

BY MARTY BASCHSPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN


Contrac-tor Carl Chretien stands in a shaft for a new lift in the Maine Irish Heritage Center building. The shaft is 22 feet high and 4 and a half feet square, with a platform of 3 feet by 4 feet, all incorpo-rated into a snug space.“Probably the big-gest chal-lenge in a job like this is the amount of space we have to work in,” Chretien said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Irish center taps federal grant for lift, handicapped access

LIFT from page one

Braving a chill, a man hauls his laundry via bicycle up Pearl Street Monday. Today the National Weather Service is forecasting a 90 percent chance of precipitation, with new snow accumula-tion of less than one inch possible. On Friday, expect snow before 8 a.m., then rain and snow, the weather ser-vice predicted. Saturday may be better, with a 30 percent chance of snow showers before 8 a.m. It will be partly sunny, with a high near 45. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Two loads on two wheels

other structural elements, said Chre-tien in an interview last week.

"Next week, we'll be looking to put the lift in," he said. "We're fi nishing up the drywall in here this week. We have to fi nish the ceiling up after we get the lift in so they can put their hoisting equipment in. After that it's tape and paint. That will be pretty much the downhill side of the proj-ect. We're looking at mid-April at the latest, hopefully sooner" for the lift to be operational.

By defi nition, a lift is similar to an elevator, with one important distinc-tion. An elevator has an enclosed cab, while a vertical lift has only a plat-form, Chretien explained. This lift is a combination.

"Since we have to go through a fl oor, we have to put an enclosure around it to protect the two levels from fi re. That's the big difference. It's like a hybrid elevator," he said.

The heritage center is an historic landmark that was formerly St. Domi-nic’s Roman Catholic Church, a hub of early Irish community in Maine.

"It's an old building so we don't know what we would fi nd inside, that's the big challenge," Chretien said.

Lights and wainscoting are being salvaged, as part of historic preserva-tion, he said.

"The way that it's been designed, we will keep all the architectural ele-

ments in place," Chretien said.The church is a treasure to archi-

tectural buffs, and Chretien said he admired many of the architectural elements, while taking care to pre-serve them. The front doors to the center are a case in point.

"The door panels, you can't fi nd doors like this today, in front of the church, one door section or entrance would be over $100,000 to replace," Chretien said. "The doors that are going on this shaft are actually panel doors and they're especially made to complement the architectural trims and doors around here. It's not just a plain old industrial fl at-panel door with a window in it. It's actually going to be a three-panel door, molded to look like the rest of them."

The center stays busy, with a Satur-day winter farmer's market that runs through April. The building houses a nonprofi t museum, library and gene-alogy space, and the massive sanctu-ary is a draw to tourists.

For Chretien, working in the midst of so much historic infrastructure poses challenges. The shaft is 22 feet high and 4 and a half feet square, with a platform of 3 feet by 4 feet, all incor-porated into a snug space.

"Probably the biggest challenge in a job like this is the amount of space we have to work in," Chretien said. "We have the shaft size, and the small entranceway and hallway, so we have a lot of little things going on at once."


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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The omens suggest that it may be just as easy to make a big change as it is to make a small one. So, as long as you are envisioning a change, it may as well be dramatic. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Once you accept the way things are, you have power over the situation. So con-sider dropping your resistance. Why struggle? Come to terms with the way things are, and you’ll be instantly infl u-ential. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your creativity and intelligence will stretch into new realms. You’ll apply what you learned in one area of life to a com-pletely different subject and have suc-cess. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Some-times the prize goes to the one who deserves it most. Other times the prize goes to the one who thinks to ask for it. Take a chance, and ask for what you want. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A relation-ship is improving. It may feel like you are coasting along together. Enjoy this mellow, harmonious state. You have an especially easy time getting to know Gemini and Libra people. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have an excellent eye for what is going right in the world. Share your upbeat observations with anyone who will listen. Your optimism will have far-reaching repercussions. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you don’t have a mentor yet, this will be a fi ne day to fi nd one. Others are recep-tive to your charm and will fi nd it easy to spot your talent and take note of the rich potential in you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Con-sider changing the rules of a game or agreeing to different terms in a rela-tionship. It’s also an auspicious time to make new arrangements with a boss, colleague, client or customer. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You will benefi t from self-parenting. For instance, you may make a deal with yourself that you can “play” after you’ve cleaned your room or fi nished your “homework.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Let your inner confi dence show in your style of speaking. If you are too self-effacing, your credibility may be called into question. Talk with certainty, and others will be certain of you, as well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You will effectively integrate two parts of your life that don’t always fi t nicely together -- for instance, your work with your family life, or your leisure with your work. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Research an infl uential person you would like to know. The future holds an encounter. If you say the right thing, this person will not only show you the ropes, but will also pull a few strings. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 31). You’ll be highly motivated, and once you get in motion, you will be determined to succeed one way or another. Through the next three months, your social life will bustle along at a busy, happy clip. April is romantic, and May brings a fi nancial bonus. In July, you’ll alternate between tranquility and adventure. Capricorn and Aquarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 42, 14, 3, 10 and 17.

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THURSDAY PRIME TIME MARCH 31, 2011 Dial 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 5 CTN 5 Community Bulletin Board

6 WCSHCommunity (In Stereo) Å

Perfect Couples (N) Å

The Of-fice “The Search”

Parks and Recreation Å

30 Rock Avery goes into labor.

The Office (In Stereo) Å

News Tonight Show With Jay Leno

7 WPFOAmerican Idol “Two of 11 Voted Off” Two con-testants are eliminated.

Mobbed People put on surprise performances. (N) (In Stereo) Å

News 13 on FOX (N) Frasier “Death and the Dog”

According to Jim Å

8 WMTWWipeout “Scarecases,” diving-board fling. (N) (In Stereo) Å

Grey’s Anatomy An event leaves the doctors shaken. (N) Å

Private Practice A music prodigy has a brain tu-mor. (N) Å

News 8 WMTW at 11PM (N)

Nightline (N) Å

10 MPBNMaine Watch

Conversa-tions with Maine

Doc Martin “Aroma-therapy” Alcohol problem. (In Stereo) Å

Life by Lobster Charlie Rose (N) (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHRoadside Stories Å

Windows to the Wild Å

Nature “Outback Peli-cans” Pelicans flock to lake in Australia. (N)

Frontline Commercializa-tion of college basketball. (N) Å

Frontline “The Suicide Tourist” Nonprofit group Dignitas.

12 WPXTThe Vampire Diaries Alaric makes a confes-sion to Jenna. Å

Nikita “Echoes” Amanda sedates Alex and ques-tions her.

Entourage “I Love You Too”

TMZ (N) (In Stereo) Å

Extra (N) (In Stereo) Å

Punk’d (In Stereo) Å

13 WGMEThe Big Bang Theory (N)

Rules of Engage-ment (N)

CSI: Crime Scene In-vestigation Investigating a series of deaths.

The Mentalist Van Pelt looks for a wedding dress. (N) Å

WGME News 13 at 11:00

Late Show With David Letterman

17 WPME Without a Trace Å Without a Trace Å Curb Saver Late Night Star Trek

24 DISC Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch Taxidermy USA (N) Deadliest Catch

25 FAM Movie: “Enchanted” Movie: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” The 700 Club Å

26 USA NCIS “Escaped” Å NCIS “Faking It” Å NCIS (In Stereo) Å NCIS “Doppelganger”

27 NESN NHL Hockey: Maple Leafs at Bruins Bruins Daily Instigators Daily Daily

28 CSNE Play Ball Pregame World Poker Tour: Sea Sports Celtics SportsNet Sports

30 ESPN MLB Baseball San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers. (Live) SportsCenter Å

31 ESPN2 College Basketball College Basketball ATP Tennis

33 ION Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å Criminal Minds Å

34 DISN Phineas Phineas Good Luck Suite/Deck Suite/Deck Suite/Deck Good Luck Good Luck

35 TOON Regular MAD King of Hill King of Hill Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Fam. Guy Fam. Guy

36 NICK My Wife My Wife Chris Chris Lopez Lopez The Nanny The Nanny

37 MSNBC The Last Word Rachel Maddow Show The Ed Show (N) The Last Word

38 CNN In the Arena (N) Piers Morgan Tonight Anderson Cooper 360 (N) Å

40 CNBC Divorce Wars Millions Millions The Facebook Mad Money

41 FNC The O’Reilly Factor (N) Hannity (N) Greta Van Susteren The O’Reilly Factor

43 TNT NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at San Antonio Spurs. Å NBA Basketball

44 LIFE Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å Reba Å How I Met How I Met

46 TLC Police Women Police Women: Arrests Cellblock 6 Police Women: Arrests

47 AMC Movie: ››‡ “Secret Window” (2004) Movie: ››‡ “Secret Window” (2004)

48 HGTV First Place First Place Selling NY Selling NY House Hunters House Hunters

49 TRAV Carnivore Carnivore Man, Food Man, Food Bizarre Foods Bizarre Foods

50 A&E The First 48 Å The First 48 Å Manhunter Manhunter Manhunter Manhunter

52 BRAVO Million Dollar Listing Million Dollar Listing Housewives/OC Housewives/NYC

55 HALL Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Gold Girls Gold Girls

56 SYFY ››› “The Rocketeer” Movie: ››› “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007) Matt Damon. Chrono

57 ANIM Blonde vs. Bear Å Blonde vs. Bear Blonde vs. Bear (N) Blonde vs. Bear Å

58 HIST Pawn Pawn Swamp People (N) MonsterQuest Å Swamp People Å

60 BET “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central” The Game The Game The Mo’Nique Show

61 COM Futurama Futurama Futurama South Park South Park South Park Daily Show Colbert

62 FX Two Men Two Men Two Men Two Men Archer (N) Archer Archer Beowulf

67 TVLND Sanford Sanford Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Roseanne Roseanne

68 TBS “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Conan (N)

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Today is Thursday, March 31, the 90th day of 2011. There are 275 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B.

Johnson shocked the country by announcing at the conclusion of a broadcast address on Vietnam that he would not seek re-election.

On this date:In 1889, French engineer Gustave Eiffel

unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower, offi cially marking its comple-tion.

In 1917, the United States took posses-sion of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.

In 1933, Congress approved, and Presi-dent Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, the Emergency Conservation Work Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps.

In 1943, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” opened on Broadway.

In 1949, Newfoundland (now called New-foundland and Labrador) entered confed-eration as Canada’s tenth province.

In 1976, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan, who was in a persistent vegetative state, could be discon-nected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)

In 1991, the Warsaw Pact spent the last day of its existence as a military alliance.

In 1995, Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was con-victed of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

In 2005, Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hos-pice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.

One year ago: President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska to oil drilling. A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the Moscow subway two days earlier that claimed 40 lives; the claim came hours after two more suicide bombers struck in the southern Russian province of Dagestan, killing a dozen people.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Peggy Rea is 90. Actor William Daniels is 84. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Gordie Howe is 83. Actor Richard Chamberlain is 77. Actress Shirley Jones is 77. Country singer-songwriter John D. Loudermilk is 77. Musician Herb Alpert is 76. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is 71. U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is 71. Actor Christopher Walken is 68. Comedian Gabe Kaplan is 66. Former Vice President Al Gore is 63. Author David Eisenhower is 63. Actress Rhea Perlman is 63. Actor Ed Marinaro is 61. Rock musi-cian Angus Young (AC/DC) is 56. Actor Marc McClure is 54. Actor William McNamara is 46. Actor Ewan (YOO’-en) McGregor is 40.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: I desperately need someone to tell me whether or not I am crazy. My husband and I live in an upscale neighborhood. He has met most of the neighbors by walking our dog. Last year, a neighbor moved out and rented his home to a couple with two little children and two dogs. As my husband walked our dog, the woman came out with hers, and the dogs played while my husband and “Jennifer” got acquainted. He is 71, and she is 46. I am recovering from breast cancer and at that time was so weak from chemo and radiation that I could barely walk to the bathroom. But I did notice that my husband was now walking our dog 20 times a day. I suspected it was to see Jen-nifer, but I’m not the jealous type and said nothing. When I was ready to build up my stamina, I told my hus-band I wanted to walk with him. I led him in a direction that did not go past Jennifer’s house, but he steered me the other way. She came running out and said, “Thank you for the e-mail. It made my day.” They talked as if I weren’t there, and it was apparent that my husband had a huge crush on her. He started showering, putting on fresh clothes and combing his hair before taking the dog for a walk. As soon as Jennifer saw him, she’d come running out of her house, dressed in tight miniskirts and revealing tops. I told my husband this was too much and that the e-mailing had to stop. His initial reaction was to open a new, private e-mail account. I fi nally gave him a piece of my mind, and he promised not to walk by Jennifer’s house again. Appar-ently, he kept his word, because she asked where he’s been. I told her she was to have no further contact and threatened to speak to her husband about it. We have heard no more from her. I think I nipped some-

thing in the bud, but my husband tells me I’m crazy. My son thinks Jennifer was playing games with his father. Should I have handled it differently? -- Kentucky Dear Kentucky: Jennifer was fl irting with your husband, who was fl attered and infatuated. It may not have gone any further, but your aggravation levels would have shot through the roof. We think you handled it just fi ne. Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our 70s, retired and on an extremely low fi xed income. We have no savings. We barely have enough money for food and medicine. Our daughter is a professional who earns more than double what we make. However, every month, we have to help with her utilities. In the past, we’ve given her large sums of money that we had to borrow. With medical costs going up, how can we get her to stop relying on us fi nancially? -- Drained Dry Dear Drained: You must close the Bank of Mom and Dad. Tell your daughter you are so sorry, but you cannot afford to give her any more money. She will learn to take care of her own fi nances only when she is forced to. There is no reward for putting yourselves in the poor house so she can remain irresponsible. Dear Annie: I have a simple solution for “Forgotten in Cali-fornia,” whose co-workers forgot her birthday when she re-turned from vacation. In our offi ce, we all take turns with this responsibility. It works like this: You must get the card and cake for the person whose birthday falls before yours, and then the person whose birthday comes after yours brings the cake on your birthday. We have a chart with everyone’s birthdays and their “cake baker’s name” so no one has the chance to forget. It has worked out perfectly. -- Never Forgotten

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By meeting with rebel groups, the Americans hope to fi ll in gaps in under-standing who the leaders are of the groups opposed Colonel Qaddafi , and what their allegiances are, according to United States government offi cials speaking only on condition of anonym-ity because the actions of C.I.A. opera-tives are classifi ed. The C.I.A. has declined to comment.

The United States and its allies in the NATO-led military intervention have scrambled over the last several weeks to gather detailed information on the location and abilities of Libyan

infantry and armored forces, intelli-gence that normally takes months of painstaking analysis.

“We didn’t have great data,” Gen. Carter F. Ham, who handed over con-trol of the Libya mission to NATO on Wednesday, said in an e-mail earlier this week. “Libya hasn’t been a coun-try we focused on a lot over past few years,” he said.

American offi cials cautioned that the Western operatives are not work-ing in close coordination with the rebel force, and there was little evidence on Wednesday that allied airstrikes were being used to cover the rebel retreat.

Because the publicly stated goal of the Libyan campaign is not to over-throw Colonel Qaddafi ’s government, the clandestine effort now going on is signifi cantly different from the Afghan campaign to drive the Taliban from power in 2001. Back then, Ameri-

can C.I.A. and Special Forces troops armed a collection of Afghan militias and called in airstrikes that paved the rebel advances on strategically impor-tant cities like Kabul and Kandahar.

Still, the American offi cials hope that information gathered by intelligence offi cers in Libya — from the location of Colonel Qaddafi ’s munitions depots to the clusters of government troops inside Libyan towns — might help weaken Libya’s military enough to encourage defections within its ranks.

The American military is also moni-toring Libyan troops with U-2 spy planes and a high-altitude Global Hawk drone, as well as a special air-craft, JSTARS, that tracks the move-ments of large groups of troops. Military offi cials said that the Air Force also has Predator drones, similar to those now operating in Afghanistan, in reserve.

C.I.A. in Libya aiding rebel forces, U.S. offi cials say


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Thursday, March 31

Cesar Chavez remembered9 a.m. Maine League of United Latin American Citi-zens will honor Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1931-April 23, 1993) in an event at historic First Parish in Port-land, 425 Congress St. For more information, contact Dr. Ralph Carmona at [email protected].

KinderKonzerts (Brass)9 a.m. The last week of March will be fi lled with the sounds of brass buzzing thanks to Portland Symphony Orchestra’s “KinderKonzerts (Brass): Brought to You By the Letter “B”.” Concerts will take place in Brunswick, Saco, Lewiston, Portland, Oxford and Poland. “In the KinderKonzert Brass program, the PSO Brass Ensemble plays their instruments by buzzing and blowing, and blends these sounds to make beautiful, brilliant music.” Concert-goers will bop to the beat of Bach and Beethoven, and will leave shouting “Bravo!” This year’s PSO Brass Ensemble is made up of Betty Rines and Dana Oakes (trumpet), John Boden and Nina Miller (french horn), Tom Otto (trombone) and Don Rankin (tuba). Designed for children ages 3-7, KinderKonzerts are an entertaining, interactive musical experience. Attendees are encouraged to sing, dance, wiggle, clap and have fun listen-ing and learning about music and instruments. KinderKonzert tickets are $4 per person. Thurs-day, March 31, at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston; Wednesday, April 13, at 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. at Poland Regional High School, Poland. For reservations or additional information, email [email protected] or call 773-6128. KinderKonzerts have been a regu-lar event at the Portland Symphony Orchestra since 1976. KinderKonzerts are sponsored by Time Warner Cable with additional support from Acadia Insurance, Target and Macy’s. The PSO’s 2010-2011 season is sponsored by IDEXX Laboratories and Wright Express. www.portlandsymphony.org.

Falmouth Historical Society’s Card Partynoon to 4 p.m. “Do you play cards? Join us at the Falmouth Historical Society’s Biannual Fundraising Card Party and enjoy a light luncheon as you try to beat your table. With door prizes and a 50-50 opportunity, you increase your chances of going home happy. All pro-ceeds help us continue the mission of the Falmouth Historical Society including providing genealogical services and main-taining the Falmouth Heritage Museum.” Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Foreside Road (Route 88), Falmouth. Reservations: Mary Honan 781-2705 or Beverley Knudsen 781-4988.

VentiCordi at First Parish12:15 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. For information call the Portland Conservatory of Music at 775-3356. VentiCordi (Winds and Strings) is a musical collaboration between oboist Kathleen McNerney and violinist Dean Stein, combining their love of chamber music with innovative programming that blends wind and string instruments. “Both Ms. McNerney and Mr. Stein per-formed nationally and internationally as members of profes-sional chamber ensembles. Ms. McNerney played oboe with two woodwind quintets in Los Angeles; Imbroglio and Calico Winds, and Mr. Stein was a violinist with the DaPonte String Quartet. Their respective musical journeys prepared them to explore creative frontiers beyond the usual constraints of either format. This summer will mark their third season of summer concerts in Kennebunk and they are planning to add concerts in Harpswell. ... Kathleen and Dean are delighted to have the wonderful bassoonist Wren Saunders joining them for this program.” www.venticordi.com

Portland Public Schools Student Art Show3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Portland Public Schools Student Art Show will be held from March 31 through April 14 at Port-land City Hall. An opening reception with cookies and punch will take place on March 31 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The show features work by students from kindergarten through 12th grade. All of the Portland Public Schools are represented. The exhibit includes more than 400 drawings, paintings, sculptures and other pieces. The exhibit will be open during City Hall’s regular business hours. Admission is free.

Casco Bay High School naturalization ceremony3:15 p.m. Students at Casco Bay High School in Portland will host a naturalization ceremony for about 40 new citizens in Room 250 of the high school, located at 196 Allen Ave. Students in three classes and an after-school program have helped plan the event. Two juniors, Alice Lala and Hellen Otto, will read original poems about what it means to be an American. Hido Abdulleh, a Casco Bay sophomore, will be one of the featured speakers; her mother will be natural-ized in the ceremony. Students in the Spanish 3 and French

3 classes are completing an expedition about citizenship. Each student interviewed someone who had gone through naturalization. A gallery of their interviews and photos will line the hall leading into the ceremony. Casco Bay High School Principal Derek Pierce will greet guests. Kurt Pel-letier, an immigration offi cer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will offi ciate. Sydney Kucine, a Casco Bay sophomore, will sing the National Anthem. Several stu-dents will participate in a choral reading of the Walt Whit-man poem, “I Sing America.” They will translate the poem into Somali, Acholi, Spanish, French, Arabic and Swahili. Casco Bay held a week-long, intensive class earlier this year titled “Ceremony Across Cultures.” As part of that class, students planned the naturalization ceremony. They will host a dessert reception after the ceremony. Each new citizen will receive a mug specially designed for the occasion.

Arf! Opening with Paintings by G. Freeborn4 p.m. Fetch has been transformed by these emotive paint-ings by G. Freeborn. In her own words: “I began breeding Labrador Retrievers on my farm in Maine and watching them, noticing their curves, their motion and their devo-tion, fi nally I have found an urgency to my brushstrokes that were not evident before. Using oils on canvas as my medium, I portray the dog with love for the animal as my driving force.” Special opening reception.

‘Filmmaking for Social Change’4:10 p.m. Cecily Pingree of Pull-Start Pictures on “Filmmak-ing for Social Change” for College of the Atlantic’s Marine Policy Speaker Series. McCormick Lecture Hall, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME. [email protected], 207-801-5715, or 288-5015. Free.

Perkins Olson, P.A., Attorneys at Law open house5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Perkins Olson, P.A., Attorneys at Law and Maine Coast Title, Inc. have moved their offi ces to 30-32 Pleasant Street in Portland. They have just completed a reno-vation at the “Joseph How House,” which was built in 1818 and is on the National Historic Register. They are celebrating with an Open House; public welcome.

‘Logging in the Maine Woods Today’ photo exhibit5 p.m. to 7 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Glick-man Family Library in Portland will host a Maine Museum of Photographic Arts exhibition, “Logging in the Maine Woods Today,” from Thursday, March 31 through Sunday, August 21 on the fi fth fl oor of the library. The exhibition features the photographs of award-winning photogra-pher Tonee Harbert. A free reception will be held Thurs-day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the University Events Room

of the library. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours: 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday; 7:45 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7:45 a.m.- 8 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. See http://library.usm.maine.edu/about/hours.php to confi rm hours.

‘I Shall Not Hate’ public lecture6 p.m. Public Lecture, preceded by a reception, with Middle Eastern food and music, and book-signing, and an exhibit of drawings by Gazan children following the Gaza War. “I Shall Not Hate” by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, author of “I Shall Not Hate” and Gazan doctor who lost three daughters and a niece when an Israeli tank fi red two shells into his home during the Gaza War of winter 2008-09. Reception 6 p.m. Lecture, 7 p.m.. Hannaford Hall/Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine/Portland. Convenient free parking available. Sponsored by Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. For more info, contact Bob Schaible, 239-8060.

Gym Dandies Children’s Circus6:30 p.m. The Gym Dandies Children’s Circus will hold its annual Community Performances at the Scarbor-ough High School Gymnasium on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. “This is a special occasion, as The Gym Dandies are celebrating their 30th anniversary! They plan to WOW audiences once again with more than 80 six-foot high ‘giraffe’ uni-cycle riders, over one hundred smaller unicycle riders, seventeen globe walkers, hundreds of jugglers, yo-yo artists and Chinese stilt walkers plus specialized stunt unicycle demonstrations. The Gym Dandies is the only performing group in the world that features 80 or more Giraffe unicycles in one routine.” 653-3740

Author Amy Wood at Longfellow Books7 p.m. Maine psychologist, Amy Wood will celebrate the release of her self-help book, “Life Your Way: Refresh Your Approach to Success and Breathe Easier in a Fast-Paced World,” at Longfellow Books. As someone who has personally picked up and left one home for another, changed a career path and created a new life by fol-lowing her own intuition, Amy Wood uses her personal experience with transformation to help countless adults develop, and achieve, their own vision of success in today’s modern world. ‘My book is really about slowing down and being more discerning about all that informa-

tion and knowing yourself well enough so that you know what resonates with you,’ says Amy. ‘You don’t have to do it all. You get to make those decisions and live at a rhythm that you feel is right.’ With a fi rm conviction that every indi-vidual holds the ability to wade through the overwhelm of the information age and discover the path to happiness and success, Amy strives to assist others in removing life’s clut-ter that stands in the way of moving forward.”

Friday, April 1

World Affairs Council of Maine health summit8 a.m. The World Affairs Council of Maine, in partnership with the University of New England, is pleased to present a Maine Summit on Citizen Diplomacy: Mainers Engaged in Health Care Development Abroad. The event will take place on April 1 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay. The Summit will feature two workshop sessions, a luncheon, and a talk by keynote speaker Mary Jean Eisenhower, president, People to People International. For more information, please visit the Facebook page or contact Amy Holland at [email protected] and 221.4386. The Summit on Citizen Diplo-macy was initiated through a seed grant from the National Council for International Visitors as part of its 50th Anni-versary celebration. Registration Fee: $45 WAC members and students; $60 Non-members. Goals of the Summit: 1. To increase public awareness in Maine of the citizen diplo-macy movement within the health care sector. 2. To build the capacity of Maine’s international health care organiza-tions to become more globally engaged. 3. To strengthen cooperation among these organizations. A limited number of full scholarships are available for students. Please e-mail [email protected] or call 221.4386 for more infor-mation. Also, Monday, March 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Moot Court Room, University of Maine Law School, 246 Deering St., Portland, the World Affairs Council of Maine will present, “Egypt in Transition: What does it mean for the Arab World and for U.S. Policy?”

Mindfulness strategies into counseling8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For counselors wanting to bring more Mindfulness Strategies for self as counselor and for client into the Counseling relationship. Center for Studying Mind-fulness, Living Well, 836 Main St., Westbrook. Also Cou-ples Connecting: A Friday Night Date at 7 p.m. Saturday and Opening the Heart: from Empathy to Compassion on Sunday at 9 a.m. www.NancyHathaway.com

At 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, the Calamity Janes compete in Maine Roller Derby action. (COURTESY PHOTO)


Event to defend Labor Department muralnoon. Event to defend Labor Department mural. Hall of Flags, State House, Augusta. “Artists, labor leaders, civil rights advocates, historians, and concerned citizens will convene in the Hall of Flags to demand the return of the ‘Maine Labor History’ mural to its rightful place in the Maine Department of Labor. Governor Paul LePage’s seizure and hiding of a mural painted for the people of Maine is not merely presumptuous and disrespectful but also illegal and a breach of the state’s contract with artist Judy Taylor. All Mainers who are concerned about this governor’s disregard of the rule of law and of the dignity of Maine’s workers and their history are invited to attend. All Mainers who believe in supporting art that tells our history and who believe in organizing to defend our rights, please join us.” Sponsored by Union of Maine Visual Artists, Veterans For Peace, Maine Chapter 001, Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home.

First Friday Art Walk: The Sketchbook Project5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “The Sketchbook Project unites more than 10,000 artists from over 60 countries with a simple call to action: fi ll a sketchbook and share it with the world. Now in its third year, the Project refl ects the DIY ethos of Art House Co-op, a Brooklyn-based gallery dedicated to creating massive international art projects for everyone. ... The Proj-ect will tour the country as an innovative mobile library, vis-iting museums and galleries in Portland, Atlanta, Chicago, Austin, Seattle and San Francisco before returning home to the Brooklyn Art Library. The Library’s unique cataloging system, developed specifi cally for the Project, allows artists to trace their sketchbook’s journey through many hands, connecting a physical and virtual community that spans the globe. SPACE Gallery. Free, all ages. www.space538.org

Steven Langerman photo exhibit5 p.m. “Steven Langerman experiences photography as a relief for the eyes, a release from dissonance and dis-organization. With it, he distills the world into just the bits and pieces that thrill, excite or fascinate him. Having pho-tographed for most of his life in both a commercial capasity as well as avocation; a collection of Steven’s work comes together bridging the years of inspiration. Langermans pho-tographs will be on display throughout the month of April here at the St. Lawrence.” The St. Lawrence Arts Center will host an artist reception celebrating this new exhibition. www.stlawrencearts.org

‘Mysterious Waters’ at The Green Hand5 p.m. First Friday Art Walk opening of “Mysterious Waters,” a series of ink and watercolor drawings by Brandon Kawashima, inspired by themes from Japanese Maritime Folklore and images of environmental pollution. The exhibit will be featured at The Green Hand bookstore, 661 Con-gress St., Portland (on display through the month of April). Contact Michelle Souliere at450-6695 or [email protected]. “This suite of drawings, crawling with labyrin-thine lines but colored with delicate simplicity, attempts to grapple with the mystery of our relationship with the natural world, which we adore and abuse simultaneously.”

The Edible Book Festival5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Portland Public Library announces an Edible Book Festival where community members and library patrons are invited to create a piece of edible art referenc-ing a book. “Edible art submissions can look like a book, pun on a title of a book, resemble a character or scene or just have something to do with a book. The only major cri-teria are that all submissions must be edible and based on a book!”: The Edible Book Festival will be held during the First Friday Art Walk in the Rines Auditorium at the Port-land Public Library. People can register for the Edible Book Festival by emailing [email protected] or by call-ing Sandy at 871-1700 ext. 758. Registration is free and participants are asked to drop off their work of art between 3 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Puppet show at Mayo Street5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Exhibit of puppets built by East Bayside Youths, and professional puppeteers from Portland and beyond. “Join us for the First Friday opening.” Mayo Street Arts. http://mayostreetarts.org

Refugee Women’s Craft Collective5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Refugee Women’s Craft Collective will show their textiles goods at the Meg Perry Center located at 644 Congress St. in Portland. All of their products will be available for purchase at the event. “Imagine arriving in Port-land, Maine from a refugee camp in Somalia or Burma and not knowing the language or the customs of America. To a refugee our country is another world. The refugee women are often illiterate and uneducated and fi nd it very diffi cult to adjust to life in a new land. It is diffi cult to fi nd employment because they are unable to afford child care for their small children. A refugee is, ‘a person who is unable to return his or her country of origin because of a well-founded fear

of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, politi-cal opinion, or membership in a particular social group.’ A refugee legally resides in the country of resettlement and is eligible for federally funded assistance up to eight months. Refugees are resettled in the United States by the U.S. fed-eral government and afforded specifi c refugee assistance to help them rebuild their lives in America. Although this funding is specifi c to serving refugees, it is limited in both duration and amount. It is important to note that most refu-gees arrive with very little in terms of possessions, beside a few bags of luggage, and if they are lucky, all of their family members. A group of refugee women have come together to form the Refugee Women’s Craft Collective as a way to support their families, eliminating the language barrier that they all face. The women in the group originate from Sudan, Somalia, China, Burma and Iraq. Please help us support the women as they work to rebuild their lives.” Contact Aimee Vlachos-Bullard, Voluntee

Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk. Reception: Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine. Join the Maine Historical Society to see the show “Arts, Artists and Per-sonalities in 1930s Maine” and the ongoing exhibit, “Zoom In: New Approaches to Maine History.” Mingle with friends, enjoy refreshments and music, and discover Maine history. “During the Depression Era, photographer G. Herbert Whit-ney and his wife, a newspaper writer, documented a unique view of life in Maine. Between 1933 and 1940, the Whitneys visited artists, writers and others connected to the arts in Maine. The stories and photos celebrated both the artists and the inspiration of Maine in their works and left a record of the 1930s version of Maine’s ‘creative economy.’” www.mainehistory.org

‘Portland In Focus’5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Portland High School’s Photo Club, will hold “Portland In Focus,” its annual show and sale, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 2, noon to 6 p.m., at 3fi shgallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Refreshments served. For more information contact Club President Quinn Lavigne [email protected]

‘Classic Monsters’ art show6 p.m. Running through May 6 at 6 p.m., Sanctuary Tattoo and Gallery at 31 Forest Ave. presents “Classic Mon-sters.” “What’s that there in the mist, that strange lurking fi gure?? SHHHH..... did you hear that?? A low moan from an unearthly throat.....no, it must simply be the wind........ Careful my dears, the Portland Art Horde has called forth the most experienced of all the spine tinglers, Classic Monsters.”http://www.sanctuarytattoo.com

All-Star Hockey Team vs. Bruins Alumni7 p.m. Maine State High School All-Star Hockey Team vs. Bruins Alumni at the Cumberland County Civic Center. Ben-efi t for the Portland Firefi ghter’s Association. Donations at the door. www.theciviccenter.com

Imago Theatre: ZooZoo7 p.m. Portland Ovations presents Imago Theatre: ZooZoo at Merrill Auditorium at a special family-friendly time of 7 p.m. “This truly unique spectacle combines Mummenschanz-style puppetry with Cirque-like acrobatics that fi ll the stage with wit, wonder and mesmerizing Felliniesque mayhem. Imago Theatre is internationally acclaimed for its special brand of vaudeville, comedy, acrobatics, and illusions. ZooZoo is fun for all ages with a cast including introverted frogs, tricky penguins, hungry anteaters, bug eyes, cantankerous polar bears, and more. ZooZoo combines mime, dance, music, and special effects into a wordless production hailed by critics and audiences world-wide. Founded in 1979 by Carol Triffl e and Jerry Mouawad, Imago Theatre’s original productions have toured internationally for over two decades. Imago Theatre draws inspiration from the teach-ings of Jazques Lecoq, who was renowned for his physical theatre, movement and mime methodology.” On April 1 at 6 p.m., immediately preceding the Imago Theatre perfor-mance, performance artist/educator Davis Robinson from Bowdoin College presents a lecture discussing the Maine connection to mime, mask, and physical theatre. Portland Ovations is also presenting Imago Theatre: ZooZoo as a School-Time Performance on Friday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. School groups or Home-Schoolers interested in purchasing tickets to the School-Time Performance should call Port-land Ovations at 773-3150.

Couples Connecting: A Friday Night Date7 p.m. to 9 p.m. An evening working bringing lessons learned from Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, and non-violent communication into playful exercises to bring home to life as couple. Center for Studying Mindfulness, Living Well, 836 Main St., Westbrook. www.NancyHathaway.com

‘The Music Man’7:30 p.m. April 1-3 and April 8-10 at Gorham High School. Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. “An all-time favorite, ‘The Music Man’ is a musical

tale of a con artist who strolls into a small Iowa town expect-ing easy pickin’s, and, of course, falls in love with the standoff-ish librarian he woos as a lark. This entertaining tale will also have you humming any one of the famous tunes: ‘Seventy-Six Trombones,’ ‘Wells Fargo Wagon,’ ‘Marian The Librarian,’ ‘Ya Got Trouble,’ ‘Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little’ ... the list goes on. Director: Bruce Avery; Musical Director: Matt Murray; Chore-ographer: Deb Lombard. www.gorham.k12.me.us/

UMF musical benefi t for Japan7:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington is proud to present a concert featuring The Muellers family band to benefi t Japanese earthquake relief efforts. Sponsored by the UMF Department of Sound, Performance and Visual Inquiry, the concert will take place in Nordica Auditorium, UMF Merrill Hall. Admission is by donation (suggested donation: $3 students, $10 adults) and is open to the public. “A Maine-based family band, The Muellers bring their high-energy blend of traditional, contemporary and original blue-grass music to audiences across the country. The group consists of fi ve of the seven Mueller siblings: Tom, 25, on guitar; Laurah, 18, on mandolin; Sarah, 15, on fi ddle; John, 12, on fi ddle; and George, 9, on fi ddle—and parents Curt, on banjo and Karen, on bass. The other Muellers are Annah, 23, and Bob, 20, both former members of the traveling music group. Annah currently studies art at the University of Maine Farmington and produces all of the group’s pro-motional art as well as maintaining their website at www.MuellerFamilyMusic.com. The band has four albums to their credit and is the subject of a 2008 documentary fi lm, ‘Talent to Burn,’ which explored the early development of the band and the effect that their musical career has had on their family life.”

The Maine Festival of the Book7:30 p.m. The Maine Festival of the Book runs April 1-3 at venues in Portland, with a full day of free literary discourse on April 2 at USM’s Abromson Center. With the exception of Opening Night: An Evening with Stewart O’Nan and Julia Glass on Friday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Abromson Center, events are free and unticketed. Tickets for Opening Night are available at www.mainereads.org or at the door. From the historical to the philosophical, psychological and sociological, to gardening and fl y fi shing, nonfi ction will be well represented the Maine Festival of the Book Free pro-grams will be held on Saturday, April 2 at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine, where all genres of literature will be celebrated. On Saturday evening at 7 pm the Annual Poetry Party will be held at Local Sprouts, 649 Congress Street, presented by Port Veritas. A Book Arts Bazaar will be held from 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday, April 3 at the Wishcamper Center at USM, Portland featuring book artists, bookbinders and all things related to the book. On Sunday evening, April 3 at 7 pm, Portland Stage Company at 25A Forest Avenue will present a dramatic reading of selections from Everything Matters!, a new novel by Ron Currie Jr.

‘A Celebration of the Music of Liszt’8 p.m. The University of Southern Maine School of Music continues its bicentennial celebration of great compos-ers when USM faculty member Anastasia Antonacos per-forms “A Celebration of the Music of Liszt 200 Years After His Birth,” part of the Spotlight Concert Series at Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham. Antonacos will perform a wide variety of Liszt originals as well as a selection of his tran-scriptions. Tickets cost $15 general public, $10 seniors/USM employees, and $5 students/children, and can be purchased by calling the USM Box Offi ce at 780-5555. Sponsored by H. M. Payson & Co.

Saturday, April 2

History Barn Open House in New Gloucester9 a.m. to noon. The New Gloucester Historical Society will hold its next monthly History Barn Open House. The His-tory Barn is located on Route 231 right behind the Town Hall. The public is invited to see the society’s collection of antique wheeled vehicles and historic photos. Admission is free. The History Barn will be open again in May for a quilt show.

Biddeford Winter Farmer’s Market9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Biddeford Winter Farmer’s Market is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the former West Pepperril Mill on Main Street in Biddeford. Roy Guzman, 210-0123

A Day of Meditation9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Opening the Heart: From Empathy to Compassion. The day begins with tea and a talk by Nancy followed by meditation alternating between sitting and walking. Please bring a cushion and a simple lunch for Mindful Eating. Center for Studying Mindfulness, Living Well, 836 Main St., Westbrook. www.NancyHathaway.com

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Money Management 101 Seminar10 a.m. to noon. “The Institute for Financial Literacy has launched a new interactive personal fi nance seminar series. Taught by certifi ed educators and open to the gen-eral public, the seminars are designed to improve fi nancial literacy in Maine. In this session, you will learn everything you always wanted to know about successful money man-agement and more including budgeting, net worth, fi nancial planning and goal setting. All seminars are being held at the Institute’s new campus conveniently located near the Maine Mall at 260 Western Ave. in South Portland. Cost is $50 per adult/$75 couple.” Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To register, please call 221-3601 or email help@fi nanciallit.org. www.fi nanciallit.org

Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser10 a.m. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine will hold its annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser at Yankee Lanes in Portland The event, which offers Red Sox and Sea Dogs tickets as incentive prizes to participants, begins at 10 a.m. at both sites. Teams and individuals are scheduled to bowl for one hour of their choosing. The agency’s second event will be on April 9 at the Bowl-A-Rama in Sanford. “Sup-porters can be bowlers, sponsors, or both. Donors can be assured that their support is helping put Big Brothers and Big Sisters in children’s lives, in their own communities. Bowlers will enjoy a fun outing with friends, family mem-bers and co-workers— as well as having the satisfaction of knowing they are making a big difference in the lives of kids and their mentors. ... Individuals, companies, families and organizations are welcome to participate and help raise funds. Teams of 4 or 5 people are encouraged; however, individuals are welcome as well.” To register for the event online, visit somebigsbowl.kintera.org or call 773.KIDS (5437). Those interested may also contact the agency by email at [email protected]. Hannaford, TD Bank, Unum, PowerPay and Kennebunk Savings Bank are once again the lead sponsors for the event. The media sponsors are WPOR 101.9 and Mainebiz.

An Illustrated Talk with Margaret Roach11 a.m. “At Home in My 365-Day Garden: An Illustrated Talk with Margaret Roach” at the Abromson Center, Univer-sity of Southern Maine, Portland. Roach, former executive vice president/editorial director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, blogger of awaytogarden.com, and author of the memoir “And I Shall Have Some Peace There,” will present an illustrated gardening talk at the Maine Festival of the Book. Admission is free and seats are available fi rst-come, fi rst served.Admission is free and seats are available fi rst-come, fi rst served. More information is at www.maine-reads.org.

Cycle4Care fundraiser1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Cancer Community Center is excited to announce its inaugural Cycle4Care fundraiser. This fund-raiser will bring together people of all cycling abilities for a fun afternoon of exercise, inspiration and caring. 22 teams with eight cyclists per team will fi ll Lifestyle Fitness Center at 29 Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in support of the Cancer Community Center. noon registration. Registration fees: $25 per half hour of riding. http://cycle4care.kintera.org

Lewiston Auburn Film Festival3 p.m. The fi rst-ever Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, pre-sented by Bangor Savings Bank, will debut on Saturday, April 2, showcasing work from around the world, including 26 Maine-made fi lms. From Lodz, Poland to Poland, Maine, 80 fi lms were selected among submissions from more than a dozen states and 15 countries. “The diversity of fi lms is exactly what we wanted for the festival’s fi rst year,” said Sandra Marquis of L/A Arts, one of LAFF’s partnering orga-nizations. “There’s something for every cinematic taste.” Festival highlights include a “festival within a festival” fea-turing work from the Los Angeles-based Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, question-and-answer sessions with fi lmmak-ers, and a gala dinner and awards ceremony. The fi lms will be shown in a variety of venues in downtown Lewiston and Auburn, including Gallery 5, Hilton Garden Inn Riverwatch and Fish Bones American Grill. A full schedule of events is available at www.lafi lmfestival.org. Headlining the festival is a special advanced preview of the work-in-progress PAL HOP DAYS by Lewiston fi lmmaker Bill Maroldo. The docu-mentary examines the popular weekly PAL Hop concerts that took place in the mid-to-late 1960s, within the context of a reunion concert that drew thousands of fans in August 2010. PAL HOP DAYS will be presented at the Franco-American Heritage Center at 4 p.m. on April 2. A reception will be held in the building’s Heritage Hall at 3 p.m. A ques-tion-and-answer session with the fi lmmaker and several of the original PAL Hop band members will be held right after the fi lm. Tickets for the PAL Hop event are available through the Franco-American Heritage Center box offi ce and online

at www.francoamericanheritage.org. Passes for the entire festival, including PAL HOP DAYS, are available through L/A Arts and the LAFF website atwww.lafi lmfestival.org. The festival is sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank and is a joint production of L/A Arts, Lewiston Auburn Magazine and Maine Public Broadcasting Network. For more information, visit www.lafi lmfestival.org or call 577-9746.

MAMM SLAM at Empire Dine & Dance5:30 p.m. Maine Academy of Modern Music’s statewide High School Rock Off competition, now known as the MAMM SLAM, begins on April 2 and 3 at Empire Dine & Dance. In partnership with the Portland Music Foundation, Maine Academy of Modern Music’s MAMM SLAM pits 11 high school bands in two preliminary rounds on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 - all of whom hope to move on to the MAMM SLAM Finals to be held Saturday, April 30 at Port City Music Hall. In the fi rst round, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. on April 2 and 3:30pm on April 3, judges will eval-uate all of the participants and choose fi ve bands to move on to the fi nals. In addition, fans can go to www.MaineTo-day.com/mammslam/ and vote for their favorite band – the band with the most votes will serve as the sixth band to join the judges’ selections in the fi nals. Tickets for each prelimi-nary show are $10 for students, $12 for adults; participating bands have unlimited $2 off vouchers to distribute. Special guest Dean Ford, hot off the release of his new EP “Deaf. Dumb. In Love.,” will play a set as judges make their selec-tions on Sunday. The schedule of participating bands is as follows: Saturday, April 2 (doors at 5:30 p.m.) Parenthesys (Windham HS); Finding Perfection (Scarborough HS); The Twisted Truth (Portland HS, South Portland HS, Casco Bay HS); Pity Fools (Cheverus HS, Bonny Eagle HS, Casco Bay HS); Dharma Thieves (Freeport HS, Waldorf School, Yar-mouth HS); Sunday, April 3 (doors at 3:30 p.m.) Longstory (Portland HS, Casco Bay HS, Falmouth HS); Dusty Grooves (Cheverus HS); Park Place Fiasco (Greely HS); The Modest Proposal (Freeport HS); Midnite Haze (Telstar HS, Telstar Middle School); Crossed Out (Gorham HS); GUEST BAND: Dean Ford; Finalists Announced at 7 p.m.

Haiti relief revisited7 p.m. Benefi t concert, Haiti relief revisited, one year later. Proceeds for Konbit Sante Cap-Haitien Health Partnership. The Maine Squeeze, Zemya, Improvox at First Congrega-tional Church UCC, 301 Cottage Road, South Portland. Suggested donation at the door of $15. 865-6060.

‘The Vagina Monologues’ in Auburn7 p.m. V-Day aUbUrn will present a “one night only” per-formance of “The Vagina Monologues” on Saturday, April 2 at Admission is $5 (min. suggested donation): feel free to donate more. This show is presented in partnership with Sexual Assault Crisis Center (SACC). A portion of the pro-ceeds will benefi t both Women of Haiti and SACC. Directed by Karen Lane, the cast includes: Melissa Farrington, Cheryl Hamilton, Chris Heckman, Stephanie Hughes, Casey Iris Knight, Bridget LaRoche, Krista Lord, Bridget McAlonan, Eileen Messina, Janet Miles, Mary Morin, Betsy Mallette, Nicole Rush, Madeline Strange, Judy Webber and Sabrina Yocono. “The Vagina Monologues” was created by Eve Ensler. Abused as a child, Ensler wanted to teach vic-tims to break their silence. For over 10 years, her organiza-tion, V-Day, has been a global movement to end violence against women and girls by raising awareness and money. This year’s spotlight charity is Women of Haiti. The home of V-Day aUbUrn is the First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. (across from Dairy Joy on Spring Street). Parking available. 783-0461 or www.auburnuu.org

10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofi t located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces the complete line-up for the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival, the company’s annual celebration of the work of local theater artists. The event unfolds over four weeks in April at two different venues, and features the talents of over 50 actors, directors and playwrights from a number of Portland-area companies. The month-long festival begins in early April with staged readings of two full-length plays at the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook. “Iceland,” by Michael Tooher, will be read on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m., and “Commixtus,” by Katherine Roscher, will be brought to life on Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. Both readings are free with a $5 suggested donation. Later in the month, the MPF moves to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, where 10 short plays will be presented in 2 evenings of rotating repertory between April 14 to 29. Each evening of plays will be presented 4 times, along with a special marathon evening on Friday, April 29 on which all 10 plays will be performed beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors. The MPF culminates with the second annual 24-Hour Portland Theater Project, which features directors from 5 different area companies. The 24-Hour Portland Theater Project will have two performances at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on the St. Lawrence Stage on Saturday, April 30th. Entrance to

the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project festival is $8. www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065

An Evening with David Sedaris 8 p.m. “Best-selling author, humorist and contributor to NPR’s This American Life, David Sedaris returns to Port-land for an evening of engaging recollections and all-new readings. With his wickedly witty observations of the ordi-nary-bizarre, David mines poignant comedy from his pecu-liar childhood, his odd career path, his move to France and multiple other facets of his life’s journey. His sardonic humor and incisive social critique have made him one of NPR’s most popular commentators. His books — such as ‘Naked,’ ‘Holidays On Ice, ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day,’ ‘Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,’ and most recently ‘Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary’ — like his live appearances, are sure to deliver unique insights and a lot of laughs.” Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $55, $50, $45.

Sunday, April 3

Maine Jewish History Conference10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The second Maine Jewish History Con-ference: Discovering Maine’s Jewish History, presented by Colby College with Maine Historical Society and Documenting Maine Jewry at Roberts Union, Colby College. Explore the richness of Jewish life in Maine at a day-long conference fea-turing talks, panels, and workshops presented by community, professional, and student historians. Learn about early Jews in Lewiston, Jewish back-to-the-landers, anti-semitism in Port-land, openness in Eastport, communal life in Old Town, social life in Old Orchard Beach, and much more. Leading scholars will place the experiences of Maine’s Jews within the broader context of American Jewish history. Registration required (includes lunch and materials). For more information, visit: http://web.colby.edu/jewsinmaine

An afternoon in honor of Maine workers, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and labor and civil rights4 p.m. The Maine AFL-CIO, NAACP/Portland and Bangor chapters, Southern Maine Workers’ Center, Maine State Employees Association/SEIU Local 1989, Interfaith Worker Justice of Southern Maine and Maine Education Associa-tion plan an afternoon in honor of Maine workers, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacies of the labor and civil rights movements for worker justice, at First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Interfaith convocation at 4 p.m.; fi lm and discussion on “At the River I Stand” at 5 p.m.

St. Augustine of Canterbury Church healing service4 p.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church will hold a heal-ing service in accordance with the Rites of the Church. The service will be followed by the Mass which includes the Holy Eucharist. The healing service includes anointing with oil and the laying on of hands as contained in Holy Scripture and according to the rites of the Church. Per-sons are welcome to attending both the healing service and the Mass that follows. “St. Augustine’s is a Traditional Anglican and Sarum Rite Catholic Community, part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. The Church seeks to uphold the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangeli-cal Witness of the Anglican tradition within the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. The Com-munion holds Holy Scripture and the ancient Creeds of the Undivided Church as authentic and authoritative, and wor-ships according to the traditional Liturgies of the Church.” St. Augustine of Canterbury Church worships at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Father Jeffrey W. Monroe is Vicar. For additional information contact 799-5141.

Maine Roller Derby action 5:30 p.m. Maine Roller Derby, Calamity Janes vs. Boston B Party, Happy Wheels Skate Center in Portland. Doors at 5 p.m., action at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $5, limited seating available. After-Party at 9 p.m., Empire Dine and Dance. “The third home bout of the season features the Calam-ity Janes, MRD’s b-team taking on the Boston B Party, the b-team of the Boston Derby Dames. The Janes are fi red up for their fi rst bout after a victorious win (267 to 24) against Granite State Roller Derby in a closed scrimmage last month. The Boston B Party features any skater who is not a member of the all-star team, the Boston Massacre. The B Party did not skate in 2010, but are making a come-back in 2011. The roster for April 3 bout includes A-Block, T-Storm, Wrexzilla, Lez Lemon, Mae Snap, Porsche D’Rail Yah, Double Tap, Alice Saltya, Pepper Jacked, Iron Matron, Mother Bones, Crazy Buchanan, Kissy Kicks and Cherry Clobber. Tickets are $5. Purchase tickets early as they sold out last bout! Following the bout is an after-party held at Empire Dine and Dance at 9 p.m. The cover is $3. If you have a ticket stub from the bout there is no charge. DJing the after-party is vik44.”

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‘With My Own Two Wheels’ screening7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. presents “With My Own Two Wheels,” a fi lm screening. “For many Americans, the bicycle is a choice. An expensive toy. An eco-conscious mode of transportation. For countless others across the globe, it is much more. For Fred, a health worker in Zambia, the bicycle is a means of reach-ing twice as many patients. For Bharati, a teenager in India, it provides access to education. For Mirriam, a disabled Gha-naian woman, working on bicycles is an escape from the stigma attached to dis-abled people in her community. For Carlos, a farmer in Guatemala, pedal power is a way to help neighbors reduce their impact on the environment. For Sharkey, a young man in California, the bicycle is an escape from the gangs that consume so many of his peers. With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the experiences of these fi ve individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world—one pedal stroke at a time.” Q&A with fi lm-maker Jacob Seigel-Boettner. Proceeds to benefi t World Bicycle Relief. Sponsored by Horny Toad/Nau. www.withmyowntwo-wheels.org

Monday, April 4

Bring Our War $$ Home rally, news conference in Augusta11 a.m. The Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home will hold a news conference and rally inside the Hall of Flags at the capi-tal in Augusta. “The event will be held on the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. A Draw-in will follow the rally. Members of the Union of Maine Visual Artists will be on hand working with the public to envision spending on social needs rather than war and destruction, and this event will continue through the after-noon.”

Forum at UMF by DailyBulldog.com about proposed marijuana legislation6:30 p.m. “Maine’s recent citizen’s referen-dum made medical marijuana legal. Now some lawmakers in Augusta are proposing decriminalizing other marijuana growing and possession laws. All of these efforts are occurring in the face of federal statutes that completely prohibit the growing and use of marijuana for any reason. Come join Maine lawmakers, police offi cers and attorneys as they discuss and debate whether Maine’s current marijuana laws are too harsh, too lenient or just right.” DailyBulldog.com is hosting this forum on proposed marijuana legislation and its consequences at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Olsen Student Center in the North Dining Hall. The event will be moderated by attorney

Woody Hanstein and is free and open to the public. Written questions from the audi-ence will be considered, along with ques-tions submitted via email prior to the event. Email a question for the forum participants to: [email protected]

‘Being in the World’7:30 p.m. University of Southern Maine Philosophy Symposium Film: “Being in the World,” SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. “The USM Philosophy Sympo-sium Film Series is an annual collabora-tion between the Symposium and SPACE Gallery in an effort to bring the discussion of philosophy out from behind the walls of academia and into the access of the gen-eral public. The screening of ‘Being in the World’ will be followed by a discussion moderated by USM Associate Professor of Philosophy Jerry Conway. 828.5600. Doors open at 7 p.m., fi lm begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7/$5 for SPACE Members/free for USM staff and students with ID. www.beingintheworldmovie.com

‘Blazing Paddles’ MCMA lecture7:30 p.m. Gray Warriner, “Blazing Pad-dles” Maine Charitable Mechanics Asso-ciation travel lecture at Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium. “Excitement and adventure abound in ‘Blazing Paddles’ as Warriner presents some of the wildest rides in nature on the biggest navigable rapids in the world.” 519 Congress St. www.mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com

On March 31 and April 1, Scarborough’s Gym Dandies will hold their 30th annual Community Perfor-mance. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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