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Artist’s Books from Single Sheets of Paper with Rebecca GoodaleSunday, January 29, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.In this one- day workshop, participants will have the opportunity to develop books with imagery and con-tent. This workshop is open to all levels of experience. In the morning, participants will focus on a sculptural pop-up eight-page book, created from a single sheet of paper. In the afternoon, each student will create two more single sheet books that will be designed as a set with a common theme. This workshop is open to all levels of experience.Cost: $100 members, $130 nonmembers

Creating from the Inside Out with Erika ManningSaturdays, February 18 through March 24, 1 to 3:30 p.m.Join Erika Manning for a six- week class designed to help access creative energy and unleash artistic potential. Students of all abilities and backgrounds are encour-aged to immerse themselves in techniques designed to cultivate a “beginner mind,” surrender to the moment, and let go of the ego. Class discussions, exercises and fi eld trips will draw from diverse areas including Surreal-ism, meditation, movement, theater, traditional studio arts, and yogic philosophy. Students will be encouraged to continue to build on in-class energy with outside work, and to bring classroom ideas and techniques into everyday life.Cost: $135 members, $165 nonmembers

Drawing and Painting with Sam CadySaturdays, February 04, through April 21, 20129 a.m. - 12 p.m.In this ongoing twelve-week class, all ages are invited to explore drawing and painting. The class does not teach one technique or the “right way” to draw or paint, but is geared to the individual skill level and natural inclina-tion of each student. The aim is to encourage open discipline, freshness, and working outside clichéd ways of making art. Techniques and media can be explored as a wide-ranging survey or in a limited, concentrated way.For 25 years, Sam Cady taught in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He shows at the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, as well as in Boston and New York. Cost: $324 members, $396 nonmembers

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Lacy Simons is the new owner of hello hello, known

currently to all as Rock City Books in Rockland. She is a

reader, a maker, and a collector of fine-point pens and

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issueInthis Contributors

Kay Stephens, a Maine freelance writer, has covered both

mainstream and underground events, people and scenes. She

helps small Maine businesses in the creative fields get media

exposure through www.kaystephenscontent.com To get daily

A & E updates, follow through Facebook: facebook.com/

killerconvo and Twitter: http://twitter.com/thekillerconvo

Kay Stephens

Shannon Kinney of Dream Local has

more than 15 years of experience in

the development of successful Internet

products, sales and marketing strategy.

Shannon Kinney

Tiffany Howard and Jim Dandy co-own Opera House

Video, an independent video rental store in downtown

Belfast featuring an extensive collection of new releases,

foreign films, documentaries, classics and television series.

Each takes turns writing the movie review. Find them on

Facebook.

Tiffany Howard and Jim Dandy

Daniel DunkleDaniel Dunkle writes the weekly humor column,

“Stranger Than Fiction,” and “Down in Front” blogs and

movie reviews. He is Associate Editor for The VillageSoup

Gazette. His column appears in the editorial pages.

Follow him on twitter at twitter.com/#!/DanDunkle.

Holly Vanorse

Got an idea for monthly photos? Each month, I’ll be out

capturing a different theme for the monthly photo spread. Everything from the

great outdoors, stock car racing to the small town night life. Call or e-mail Holly Vanorse at [email protected] or 594-4401 with your idea.

Marc Ratner

After 30+ years in the record business in Los Angeles including

long stints at Warner Bros. & DreamWorks Records, Marc

consults and manages artists & has started an independent

music label that concentrates on singer - songwriters. It’s

called Mishara Music and is based here in Midcoast Maine.

Marc writes about the national and local music business.

Visit marc online at misharamusic.com & marcrescue.

wordpress.com Write him at [email protected] or here

at [email protected].

Jim Bailey

Chef Jim Bailey is a Maine native who has more than 25 years

experience in the New England kitchen. Although proficient in

international cuisine, he’s an authority of Yankee Food History,

New England genealogy and the New England lifestyle since

the 17th Century. With two cookbooks just written,

Chef Jim looks forward to hearing from you via email

[email protected] or theyankeechef.com.

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Nathaniel Bernier, owner

of Wild Rufus Records,

previously retail and now

online, has

immersed

himself in

music for

35 years,

hosting

several

radio

shows, deejaying at clubs

and parties, writing music

reviews and interviewing

artists. He lives on the coast

of Maine and continues to

live through music. wildrufus.

com; wildrufus.blogspot.com

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7 NEW YEAR

A New Year, a Notorious Year

8 THE STORY BEHIND

the Baking Sheets

9 CAMDEN WINTERFEST

Calling all Ice Carvers

11 MUSIC SCENE

Artists in Your House

12 TOP DISH: Red Jacket Restaurant

13 PIE SCENE

Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive After Pie

14 YANKEE CHEF

Having Some Fun

16 ART SCENE: Q&A

With Artist Louise Bourne

18 ETSY? YOU BETSY!

19 ARTISTS BREATHE LIFE INTO

‘EARTH MAIDEN’ PERFORMANCES

20 KILLER PIKS

21 GOING FOR BAROQUE

An elegant reincarnation of a

vintage instrument

22 MAKING THE BEST OF THE WINTER BLUES

25 SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN

About Those Numbers

26 TOP DRINK: Foglifters

27 WRITE SCENE

Word, Man

28 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Things to do in January

A graduate of Siebel Institute

for Brewing Studies in Chicago,

Ruggiero worked as a consultant

across the east

coast setting

up a micro-

brewery on

Long Island, N.Y.

called James

Bay Brewing

Company. In

1995 he relocated to Rockland,

Maine to build Rocky Bay

Brewery which closed in 2007.

He is now the brewmaster at

the new Shag Rock Brewing

Company in Rockland, located at

Amalfi’s Restaurant on the water.

Richard Ruggiero

Open by Louise Bourne,

oil on linen, 36 x 24”.

Louise Bourne’s paintings hang in

public and private collections in this

country and abroad. She teaches

college level courses at Maine

Maritime Academy and from her

studio. You may learn more about

Bourne’s work at

www.louisebourne.com. She wel-

comes studio visits. Gallery 61 in

New York City, and the following

Maine galleries also represent her

work: Ten High Street, Camden;

George Marshall Store Gallery,

York; and Elizabeth

Moss Gallery, Falmouth.

[email protected] • 207.326.4277

January

On the Cover


Q: Here are two of your photographs: “Chicken Barn and Wires” and “Roof Elephant.” What kind of mood are you going for with shots like these?

A: These wild skies fill me with

a delightful excitement of the

Kundalini kind, although some

may see them as slightly spooky

or foreboding.

Q: What drives you as an artist? A: It took half a century, through hard, even desperate, times, but I never stopped

picturing myself living in an old house, filled with love, on the beautiful coast of

Maine and expressing myself through art. Of course, it didn’t hurt that I met the

love of my life, Larason Guthrie, a world-class organic architect, and that he has

loved and encouraged me for almost two decades. We share so many interests as

well as a deep, glowing love.

Q: Do you live by a quote or motto? A: My favorite quote is: “Courage is going from failure to failure without

losing enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill

Q: Expound upon that for others going through a similar journey as yours... but who are on the brink of losing enthusiasm.

A: No matter how many disasters I have seen my way through since leaving

an abusive home at 14, after two lost husbands and associated houses, plus

a dramatic business crash, as well as career swings (going from a Who’s Who

executive to a cleaning lady in a year), I never lost faith in myself nor my

tenacious love of life, usually not longer than 24 hours, that is. My exuberant

character does seem to require much humbling and I have embraced it at

every turn.

Susan’s work can be found at:

VoxPhotographs.com

mainephotoalliance.org

Want a chance to win a shot at The White Hot Spotlight? Like The Killer Convo on

Facebook (www.facebook.com/killerconvo) and look for the monthly photo contest:

“How Well Do You Know Midcoast Maine?”

Susan Guthrie wins The White Hot Spotlight, which focuses on

one’s creative passions. Susan is a photographer who lives in

Belfast. Her work has been featured in a dozen juried shows

in Maine, including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and

elsewhere in New England. A bit of her work is in private collections,

including Kepware Technologies of Portland. She is represented by

VoxPhotographs.com, also of Portland.

Q: Where is your favorite place to shoot and why? A: I shoot mostly in Waldo County and never seem to run out of light,

inside or outside. What drives me in my work is the love of capturing light

and bringing it into a form that continues to spread that light. Especially

interesting to me is how humankind’s ordinary, practical creations can

become sudden scenes of great beauty when combined with a vigorous,

living sky.

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Welcome To Maine’s Best Auction Experience.Comfortable seating and delicious catering await you at our auction hall. Please call ahead (1-207-354-8141) to ensure a reserved seat. If you are unable to attend, it would be our pleasure to take your bid by phone, absentee or internet.Please review our website atwww.thomastonauction.com for a complete virtual catalog. I invite you to call our courteous and knowledgeable staff if you have any questions or email Melissa at [email protected]

spotlightWWhhiittee HotHot

By Kay Stephens

PHOTOS COURTESY OF VOXPHOTOGRAPHS.COM

The winner of “How Well Do You Know Midcoast Maine”

gets The White Hot Spotlight on The Killer Convo

as a way to profile artists in the area.

Featuring photographer Susan Guthrie

PHOTO BY: SUSAN GUTHRIE


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A new year, a notorious year Welcome, 2012. But, what do you portend?

The masses are curious, some anxious. We hear something about Mesoamerican

calendars and apocalyptic change.

According to information gleaned at Wikipedia, 2012 will be a leap year, and

the United Nations General Assembly declared 2012 as the International Year of

Cooperatives, highlighting the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic

development, in particular recognizing their impact on poverty reduction,

employment generation and social integration. Not to mention It has also been

designated as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.

Calamity thinkers point to Dec. 21, 2012 as a big end-of-the-world day, or a day

we enter a black hole, or collide, even, with an asteroid; spiritualists say the date

indicates beginning of deep human transformation.

However and whatever the new year brings, we stand ready.

We have our own thoughts about Year 2012. Here are a few predictions,

hopes and anticipatory statements.

In Year 2012, some say:

The recession will continue.

Kim Kardashian with get back with Chris Hughes.

Iraq will be a bloody mess.

North Korea’s new leader will produce a dance video that will go viral.

Pot will be legalized.

A stem cell shake that delays aging process will be formulated.

Al Gore’s Internet will crash.

The entire World Wide Webaverse will crash.

We say: Love will prevail!

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Foodies, Designers, Entrepreneurs,& Backwoods Geniuses...

is accepting submissions!

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The Story Behind... the Baking Sheets

By Kay Stephens

Everyone has heard the expression, “It was right under my nose the whole time.”

For Anastasia Glassman, a Midcoast creative who describes her artwork as “the

collision of many interests,” the very tools and items she worked with every day in her

catering company, Swan’s Way, were in fact, the raw materials right under her nose destined

to be the art pieces in her ongoing December show at Pascal Hall.

Several years ago, Glassman pulled out one of her battered baking pans and discovered

there was a beauty in the patina of the scorched underside. So, she used them as the

background for a series of plant photographs.

With a pile of well-used baking pans sitting in her studio, Glassman eyed them in a new

way. She saw them as blank canvases for a series of collages she wanted to make, using a

collection of old tools and scraps of metal she had amassed over the years. Attached with

heavy-duty magnets on the underside of each sheet, the result is both raw and energetic.

And it’s not just the magnets that will be drawing a crowd for this show.

Here is the Story Behind The Baking Sheets and three of her pieces currently on display.

PHOTOS BY: ANASTASIA GLASSMAN

After I sold Swan’s Way (my restaurant) in

Camden, I bought land in Lincolnville and

built my house. On the property was an old

granite quarry. The bonus was there were

lots of remnants from its days as a working

quarry. Lots of cable and gears. The metal for

the piece on the wall is from the old forge.

It was the patina of the full-size sheet pans that compelled me, but then I went to a real grungy, used

restaurant equipment store and found several of these ‘contiguous’ bread pans in the back of the place. I

found the pans very graphic. I have used them both ways: by attaching the shapes on the outside bottom of

the pans, the shapes seem to be floating; attaching them on the inside frames the shapes and confines them.

I was experimenting with ways to not have

a traditional wooden frame. On some pieces

the wooden frame gives the piece a sense of

completion and stature. But here, the

T-squares keep the rustic, rough quality that

is more appropriate to the work. You don’t

want to confine it. Keep it volatile.

Glassman’s artwork kicked off with an opening on Dec. 18.

(See by appointment.Call Pascal Hall 236-4272).

For more information about the individual

pieces, email Anastasia at [email protected]


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Calling all ice carvers W

interfest returns to the Camden Amphitheater for the 10th annual

community celebration of winter on Saturday, Jan. 28, starting at noon.

The event is presented by the Camden Public Library and the Winterfest

Committee, along with local sponsors. The parks will be filled with food, music, and

art for children of all ages.

The Winterfest Committee invites community members to try their hand at ice

carving. This year, the committee hopes to attract both professional and aspiring

artists. Any group, individual, organization, or business that would like to create a

glowing, but ephemeral, ice carving, should contact Anita Brosius-Scott at 236-9878

or [email protected].

The committee urges early sign-ups as ice is limited. The Winterfest Committee

provides ice-carving tools or take one’s own. There will be an ice-carving

demonstration and workshop with master carver Tim Pierce on Jan. 15. The cost for

a block of ice is $50. In addition to the one-day winter celebration, the Winterfest

committee has again collaborated with the Friends of the Amphitheatre Ice Rink to

present outdoor skating to Camden all winter long. The free public ice rink will be

constructed in the Camden Amphitheatre. If the weather cooperates, the rink will

be constructed before Christmas, and filled and frozen by New Year’s Day. Ice skate

rental will be available at Maine Sport in the Camden downtown.

With or without snow, families are encouraged to go and play, skate, and enjoy

Camden’s downtown public parks. Winter indoor crafts and face painting are offered

free of charge to the younger set in the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library.

The warm rotunda of the library hosts live music by All That Jazz, and there will be

live music outdoors organized by John Orlando of Grand Banks Entertainment. On

Atlantic Avenue, a merry band of culinary volunteers serve a variety of delicious hot

soups and light snacks donated by local restaurants.

For more information: winterfest.mycamdenmaine.com.

Working on a peace sign ice carving in 2011 for Ashwood Waldorf School are, from left, Ian McBride, Savannah Berryman-Mave, Emma Cloyd and Abigail Matlack. PHOTO BY: KIM LINCOLN

Hockey Molly Bhudda was carved in memory of Molly Fitch at the eighth annual Wintefest in 2010 at the Camden Ampitheatre PHOTO BY: LYNDA CLANCY

sceneIceCamden Winterfest set for Jan. 28


sceneMusic

Artists in Your House!

Last month, I wrote about how, if

you don’t like what you hear on

the radio, you can change it by

hosting your own radio show on WRFR

in Rockland (wrfr.org).

So now let’s talk about what you can do if

you love live music but none of the local

venues book the acts you’d like to see.

It’s simple: If you love live music and

want to be involved with artists you can

host a House Concert.

As the economy has tightened up and

club gigs for so many acoustic musicians

have gone away the House Concert has

become a staple for traveling artists.

There are nationwide networks that

have developed to pair up artists and

hosts and it has become even a more

important booking than clubs for many

singer-songwriters.

I spoke to Jeff Robertson from

concertsinyourhome.com, one of the

networks that helps pair up artists

and hosts to learn more about this

wonderful idea.

At the simplest level, the now

established normal practice is to invite

an artist to play acoustically (no sound

system needed) for a group of friends

in your home. The host provides a

guest bedroom for an overnight stay,

usually dinner and breakfast the next

morning, a place to perform and an

invited audience, somewhere usually

in the range of 20 to 35 guests. The

artist will play two sets of music,

perhaps 45 minutes each with a

break between. Depending on the

schedule, the dinner can be before the

performance or after. It can even be

a potluck and a time where the artist

and the guests get to mingle.

The house concerts are invitation only,

not advertised; instead of ticket sales

the guests make a donation to the

artist. Depending on the artist and

the booking the donations can be as

little as $12 to sometimes $50 for more

established artists. The average for a

talented but up-and-coming artist is

perhaps $15.

All the donation money is given to the

artists. The hosts do not receive any

income. That way, there are no taxes,

fees or royalties (ASCAP or BMI, etc.) due

and that keeps the process simple and

easy for the hosts.

The Concerts In Your Home website

was started by a traveling musician,

Fran Snyder, more than four years ago

as a way to make the touring process

so much easier for artists and people

wanting to book their own house

concerts. Checking the website — they

have three hosts listed for the state of

Maine at the moment — I’m sure they

would love to have more.

Barnaby Bright (a husband and wife

duo on my Mishara Music label,

barnabybright.com, whose latest CD

has been chosen by Amazon.com as

one of their “Amazon Picks: the 100 Best

Albums of 2011”) have been working

with the network for a while (in 2010

they were voted second most popular

artist on the site) and Nathan says: “We

love doing house concerts. For one, at

this level it’s all acoustic. We use two

guitars, a banjo, a harmonium, baritone

ukulele, tenor ukulele, clarinet, and an

assortment of rhythm instruments.

“In an intimate acoustic setting we

don’t have to worry about hooking

everything up to a sound system that

often doesn’t work correctly. The direct

contact with the audience makes for a

great listening situation.

“The house concert also makes touring

viable for artists. You can actually make

more money and avoid tacky hotel

rooms and noisy clubs and make deep

personal connections with people, the

best way to build a fan base. It’s also

By Marc Ratner

Sara Willis’ Album Picks from ‘In Tune By Ten’ on MBPN

Sara really loves Kathleen Edwards new

album “Voyageur”. She says the

album has spectacular songwriting and

working with producer Justin Vernon

(aka Bon Iver) has given this album a deeper

richer sound to match Kathleen’s songs and

singing. She also said it was impossible to

choose an album of the year but suggested,

under protest, that these five albums spent

more time in her personal player this year

than many others:

1. Dolorean, The Unfazed

2. Blitzen Trapper, American Goldwing

3. Beirut, The Rip Tide

4. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Revelator

5. Raphael Saadiq, Stone Rollin’

Denis Howard’s Album Picks from WERU

Denis mentioned that there’s been a resurgence

around the WERU shows for airplay on “Boogie

4 Stu - A Tribute To Ian Stewart” by Ben Waters.

When it first was released earlier this year it

was overshadowed by so many other releases

but now has been rediscovered by the staff. If

you don’t know, Ian Stewart was the longtime

keyboard player for the Rolling Stones who was

asked by their first management and record company to step down from being an

actual member of the band because they felt a piano player didn’t fit the look and

marketing for the band in those British Invasion days. But he worked with the band

for the rest of his life and if you ever saw them in concert and there was a piano

player on stage... that was Ian.

Denis said the first record that came to mind

as album of the year at WERU was the Gillian

Welch release “The Harrow And The Harvest”. It’s

a record that’s made the best of lists all over the

country for 2011, and deservedly so.

Music picks this month:

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our audience. We reach people who

don’t ever go to clubs, would never

go to clubs, but love our music. Artists

sacrifice a lot to play music – often no

kids, no fancy houses, no safe careers

– it’s a way to enjoy how the other half

lives and share some special moments

together. We’ve made lifelong friends

this way.”

I also spoke to an artist agent (as their

popularity grows artists are represented

by booking agents to arrange their

touring dates), Amanda Case at AIC

Entertainment, who has been booking

artists for 25 years. She loves house

concerts and often books them for the

acts she represents.

She says most agents work with the

more established house concert hosts,

some who have been doing it for 15

years or more and have moved beyond

the starter website networks and deal

with agents and more established

artists directly.

The artists, “concerts-in-your-home”

people and agents are all looking

for the committed music people

who want to book house concerts

on a regular basis. The key is that

they love music, love meeting the

artists, are willing to share their home

for performances in an intimate

environment and have a network of

friends that will support the shows by

attending.

Some even grow from presenting in

their the living rooms to presenting

at various public venues. The

“Concertsinyourhome” website can

connect you to other websites that can

help you make that move.

And don’t just think houses.

Bob Tassi, skipper of the schooner

Timberwind (schoonertimberwind.com),

which sails out of Rockport Harbor, had

two boat concerts last summer. One

was for three days and the other a four-

day cruise, during which there were a

number of performances over the sailing

trip and the guests had time to bond

with the artist. Bob worked for years

in the music business in Nashville and

says that this is a way for him to help

support artists and also distinguish the

Timberwind from the other wonderful

vessels that sail the Midcoast. He plans

on doing three more music performance

sailing trips this coming summer.

There are no rigid rules for doing a

house concert. If you love live music

and want to get involved there’s a way

to do it.

Check out the websites I’ve listed

or email me. I’d be glad to help you

further the availability of live music on

the Midcoast.

I wish you all a musical new year!

Marc

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In today’s poem Elizabeth Tibbetts of Hope proves that warmth and love are possible even in a cold Maine winter.

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inns and restaurants will serve up everything

from Shepherds Pie and a number of gourmet

pizza pies to sweet and savory Italian Galettes,

seafood pies, Whoopie Pies and the signature

Key LimeRock Pie at the LimeRock Inn.

For those who still love the age-old favorites;

look for apple, raspberry and blueberry pie

along with savory egg pies at the Berry Manor

Inn and a newly developed cranberry apple pie

and a delicious crab quiche at the Granite Inn.

Captain Lindsey House will serve its signature

Cornish meat pasties, too. Rockland businesses

have added healthy pies to the list. Last year,

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Now that the holidays are over and

the New Year is beginning, let’s see

what we can do with that leftover

rum, vodka, tequila and beer, shall we?

But before we do, many of us made New

Year’s resolutions. While some may abstain

from smoking and others diet, many more

of us will want to renew hope, vigor and

compromise with our other half.

Before we can do that, however, we need

to better understand our significant other.

The Yankee Chef can help. Here are a few

things we need to know about each other.

Men, we need to know that when women

say “yes,” it really means “no.”

“No” means “yes.”

“Maybe” means “no” and “I’m sorry” means

“you’ll be sorry.”

When they say “We need,” that means “I

want” and when they ask “Was that the

baby?” it means, “Why don’t you get out

of bed and walk him until he goes back to

sleep?”

Women, when us men say, “Can we help

with dinner?” it really means “Why isn’t it

already on the table?”

If we say “it would take too long to explain”

it means “I have no idea how it works.”

When a man says “take a break, honey, you

are working too hard” We mean, “I can’t

hear the game over the vacuum cleaner.”

And lastly, when we say “What did I do this

time?” it really means “what did you catch

me doing this time?”

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medium-high heat. Reduce heat and

simmer for 30 minutes. Remove brats

from pot and saute for 10 to 15 minutes,

turning every five minutes, in a large

nonstick skillet over medium heat,

covered. Place one brat in each bun. Top

with desired amount of sauerkraut and

mustard and serve immediately.

Penne with Vodka Sauce 1 quart tomato sauce

1 c. vodka

1/2 c. heavy cream, at room temperature

1/2 c. grated Parmesan

1 lb. penne

Simmer the tomato sauce and vodka

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until the mixture reduces by one

quarter. Stir often, about 20 minutes.

Stir the cream into the tomato and

vodka sauce. Simmer over low heat

until the sauce is heated through. Stir

in the Parmesan cheese until melted

and well-blended.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large

pot of boiling salted water until al

dente, tender but still firm to the

bite, stirring occasionally, about eight

minutes. Drain the pasta and transfer it

to the pan with the sauce, and toss to coat.

Skillet Steaks with Whiskey Pan Sauce 2 steaks, about 1 ½ to 2 inches thick

Vegetable oil

Salt and pepper

2 T. butter or margarine

1 T. Worcestershire sauce

1/2 c. bourbon whiskey

Heat a large skillet over high heat until

very hot, about 10 minutes. Generously

rub steaks with oil and sprinkle with salt

and pepper. Cook steaks one at a time.

Sear steak on one side, about five minutes.

Flip and cook an additional five minutes

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Remove the steak from the skillet and

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Repeat with the second steak and keep

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in the Worcestershire sauce and whiskey.

Bring to a boil and cook about two

minutes. Slice steaks, if desired. Pour sauce

over steaks and serve immediately.

Tequila-Lime Wings 2 lbs. precut chicken wings

1/2 c. tequila

1/4 c. frozen orange juice concentrate

Grated zest of 1 lime

Juice of 2 limes

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 t. ground cumin

1 t. black pepper

1 t. salt

1 T. dried cilantro or 2 T. freshly chopped

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Wash the wings, pat dry and place in a

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Artist Louise Bourne Captures the Light Did you grow up in Maine and study art here? What brought you to Blue Hill / the Maine Coast?

My mother’s mother’s family was from Castine for

many generations. My mom became a summer person,

and we spent as much time each summer in Castine

as we could. The light bouncing off the water and

reverberating everywhere, the sound of lobsterboats

in the early morning, all forms of rock and water, the

brogue of the voices, and the color of damp moss

are probably my deepest memories. These things are

all woven into family love and being compelled to

create. But I am not a native Mainer. The rest of the

year, my family lived near New York City and later in

Washington, D.C., where I regularly went to museums.

The whole world of making images and sculptures

felt familiar, exciting and reassuring to me from a

young age. I loved the beautifully illustrated children’s

books my author mother was able to borrow from

the bookstores where she worked. I spent my senior

year of high school at the Chewonki Foundation in

Wiscasset, and tried liberal arts college, but transferred

to the Portland School of Art, now Maine College of

Art. I came to the Blue Hill Peninsula to work at Horse

Power Farm, and was lucky enough to become the

kindergarten teacher at the Bay School. This area has

been my home base, throughout travels and getting an

MFA from University of Michigan, ever since.

Who are your mentors?

My teachers at PSA were incredible. Margot Trout, Ed

Douglas, Johnnie Ross, Joe Guertin, Veronica Benning.

They were so dedicated to this language they were

teaching us: the language of drawing, color, design,

and working the three-way process of the observed

motif, the easel and one’s eyes and heart. It was much

more demanding than college. I learned how to work

in art school. Other mentors are the artists I’ve seen in

museums and books. I remember the absolute magic,

as a little girl, of seeing a Monet garden path painting.

From across the hall, it was a clearly represented image;

close up it was paint. I loved the paint. I love and look

most at: Italian early Renaissance painting, Rembrandt

— who can only be appreciated in real life — Vermeer,

Chardin, Morandi, Bonnard, the California painters:

Elmer Bischoff and Richard Diebenkorn (my teacher Ed

Douglas’ teacher) and Joan Mitchell. I’m sure Robert

McCloskey’s iconic “Time of Wonder” influenced me,

and I’m sure I’m leaving a lot out.

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Ten years ago you were creating ceramic tile installations, how did that work develop and inform your current painting process?

I did the tile murals and some hand-

built ceramic pieces because I loved the

architectural qualities — the way the

imagery bonds to the structure, sort of

like fresco does. I saw the murals as a

way to do large, narrative work with a

kind of imagery that didn’t interest me

to do in regular painting. During that

time, there were a lot of “One Percent

for Art” projects, so I could make money

doing them. I liked working with the

school communities that commissioned

the murals. It was really good at the

time, but I grew tired of the technical

challenges and wanted to get back to

painting from observation with oils.

At the same time, I stopped getting

the commissions, so it all worked out.

I’m very grateful to the Maine Arts

Commission for that program, as it

gave me great opportunities and

supported me. To tell you the truth, I

don’t know how those projects affect

my current work.

You are showing pastel drawings now, are these studies for paintings?

The fall of 2010, I was invited to a one-

week artists retreat on Islesboro, and was

accepted to do a two-week residency

at the Heliker Lahotan Foundation on

Great Cranberry Island. I wanted to take

a different media with me so I’d get

away from the norm. So, I brought the

oil pastels. I’m used to mixing the color

I want on my palette. With pastels, I had

to find the stick closest to what I want,

and then do the mixing on the paper.

That was a huge difference to me, and

took awhile to get used to, and was

frustrating and fun all at the same time.

I like how it’s easier to make and retain

drawing-like marks with the pastels than

with paint, while still dealing entirely

with color relationships.

I had a large one-person show at the

Newton Free Library Gallery in Newton,

Mass., last June. I worked with a curator

who suggested showing the works on

paper along with canvases, so I framed

the pastels. And now I show them.

Though the pastels certainly feed

canvas paintings, I don’t see them,

nor the watercolors I do, as studies for

other works. I feel like once something

has been resolved, no matter what the

medium or size, then why replicate

it? I see all the work as a continuum.

One thing leads to something else. For

me, painting is about getting the right

color in the right place. It’s a response

to situations of color light and all the

intricacies of color interaction. I get

my stimulus from direct observation,

though I may work in the studio

from memory and from drawings,

watercolors, and other paintings. It

sounds like such a dry definition of

painting, but through this language,

so much emotion, sensuality, narrative

— so much of the human experience

— resonates. If I think about trying

to convey those things — emotions

— it doesn’t work; if I think of what

color where; the experience and the

end product are better. It’s endlessly

fascinating. I mean, you can have no

idea what to paint one day, but put

a yellow pear in a yellow bowl, or a

red apple on a blue striped cloth, and

whammo! There’s a whole series of

intriguing relationships to deal with

and a series of paintings emerges that

leads to something else.

Can you tell us about the painting on the cover, “Open?”

“Open” is part of what I call, for lack of

a better word, the Gray Series. While

at the Heliker Lahotan Foundation

on Great Cranberry, the drama of the

October ocean/sky got me interested

in less color and more grays and

blacks. Later in the month, I saw a

show of early 1900s photographs

at the Philips Collection, in D.C.,

particularly those of Alvin Coburn.

I fell in love with the creamy paper

and the cooler gray of the ink printed

on top. Back in my studio, I started

making paintings using my memory of

this palette. I made the first painting

directly from a large charcoal drawing

done on Great Cranberry. The others

are from small sketches I did while

sitting outside in the snow. I’d always

mixed my own blacks, but had fun

experimenting with different pre-

mixed blacks. Straight blacks are so

yummy and greasy, and they vary

so much when you add white: some

are warm; some cool. Then I can

further tweak with other colors. I love

using the drama of the black and the

subtleties of warm and cool grays.

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Volly, oil on panel, 12x12

Thrumbcap, oil pastel on paper, 9x12”

I have to be sure to take time each summer to lie on rocks that are so hot from the sun my skin can barely stand it,

then go swimming in the bay, then lie on the rocks again. It’s like taking Nature in through the skin to the bone.


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handmade items that are modified, as

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Booher, of the Etsy Shop Quercus

Design. A self-described hoarder of

quirky objects, Jennifer said: “I’m part

magpie, part squirrel, part scientist,

and part historian. I find things, hoard

them, take them apart, and research

them. Sometimes I reassemble them,

and sometimes I make new things from

the bits.”

Jennifer’s original fine art photograph

might strike a chord. If you were a

child in the 1970s, you will instantly

remember these vintage Fisher Price

Little People.

Said Jennifer: “These are my very own

Fisher Price people, with the marks

of my milk teeth where I gnawed the

mom’s ponytail. I’ve been an artist as

long as I can remember, although I’ve

danced between media over the years.

For a long time I made assemblages,

and hoarded all sorts of odd bits and

pieces to use in them. I’ve also been

beach-combing since I moved to

Mount Desert Island in 1997, and, being

a curious sort, have gradually been

learning more about the marine life and

the flotsam that I find.

“Back in early 2010, I had to photograph

my overflowing collection of sea glass

in order to sell off some of it. I quickly

became fascinated with arranging the

pieces, then obsessed with improving

my photography skills to capture all the

detail and texture that I find so intriguing.

I was trying to achieve a scientific level of

clarity and documentation. By the end of

the year I had begun to develop a very

modern style of still life around my beach-

combing finds.

“I’ve begun to apply the techniques

to my other collections to document

things that intrigue me: It is a very

personal obsession, and there may not

be any overarching meaning to it. On

the other hand, these photographs

appeal to a lot of other people, and

I suspect that my formal, organized

and clinically-lit objects are triggering

memories for all of us. There’s often

a physical start of recognition when

people see them. Almost everyone

who has been to a beach has gathered

a handful of odds and ends that gave

them pleasure. Most people have a

small stash of their childhood toys for

the same reason. Oddly enough, in

spite of my attempts to develop a quasi-

scientific documentation, I think these

photos end up being as much about

nostalgia for the viewer as they are

about my own curiosity.”

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By Daniel Dunkle

“It’s about awakening reverence

for the Earth,” said Camden

artist and playwright Kathryn

Oliver, founder and codirector

of Terra Diddle Collective.

Oliver, an artist who has worked

in several mediums ranging from

painting to theater, said she draws

inspiration from the universal images,

stories and elements of myth. She

noted that her stories, like those of

myth, are about the eternal struggle

between light and darkness.

She and the other collaborators in

the Terra Diddle Collective have

recently brought these ideas to

performances of “The Earth Maiden,”

a story told through a combination

of music, dance and stunning visual

elements including large puppets.

Recent performances have

included 30 children and 14 adults

at the Rockport Opera House.

Oliver said the story of “The Earth

Maiden” mirrors the dark times we

are in and the state of the planet. She

said the story reminds us that life is

sustained through the health of the

Earth by evoking a being, “The Earth

Maiden,” which is filled with love.

Oliver said people have strong

responses to this kind of material

and some even told her they

wept during the performance.

The puppets employed in the

performances are made with silk

and fabric and are manipulated by

the players with bamboo sticks.

Oliver noted that silk naturally

Artists Breathe Life into ‘Earth Maiden’ Performances

moves in a way that brings the puppet to life.

Set pieces and puppets have also been designed

using material the collective received from Moss, Inc.

Oliver likes bringing puppets into the

performances because watching them is,

for many, an uncommon experience.

“It’s so delightful to have giant, imaginative

images come forward,” she said.

Kristi Williamson, a theater teacher, singer/

songwriter and choreographer, has worked with

Oliver in these creations. Williamson studied

musical theater at Syracuse University, according

to the Terra Diddle Collective website.

Oliver explains that the name of the collective

is taken from an English phrase meaning

that what you see is not all there is.

“In art we lift the veil,” she said.

The artist momentarily takes the viewer out

of the hard-edged limitations of the fact-

based world and shows them the vastness of

the imaginative landscape, she explains.

The very format of the performances helps in this

effort. Instead of merely engaging sight with a piece

of visual art or hearing with a musical performance,

these shows of dance, music and bright color offer a

full-sensory experience, she explained. In addition, in

using both children and adults in the performances,

they become multi-generational pieces.

The collective will be performing at the Camden

Opera House on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

weekend, first at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, and then

for a matinee at 2 p.m. Jan. 16. Tickets are available

at HAV II in Camden or by contacting Oliver at

[email protected] or 593-2677.

Terra Diddle Collective partners with fiscal sponsor

Waldo Arts Mission, a 501(C)3, to help make

workshops/performances affordable and cover

production costs; and is underwritten by business

sponsor Camden Real Estate. For more information,

call 593-2677; send email to kathryn@kathrynoliver.

com; or visit terradiddlecollective.com.

For information on how to help support this effort,

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WINTER: FIVE WINDOWS ON THE SEASON

January is all about Adam Gopnik’s “Winter: Five

Windows on the Season.” I started reading this as we

shifted out of that final, unexpected burst of warm

weather in December, and so far it’s been a good way

to prepare my mind for the oncoming season.

Gopnik, a “New Yorker” regular, tells the story of

winter in five parts: Romantic Winter, Radical Winter,

Recuperative Winter, Recreational Winter, and

Remembering Winter. Just a little way into Romantic

Winter, I was already looking at the season with a little

more of a long view: how recently in human history,

for example, it is that we’ve been able to look out at winter, create reliable

barriers of warmth to escape the harsh season? And did you know there

was a mini-ice age from about 1500-1800? The cold we think of as cold now

is nothing compared to what it was just a few hundred years ago, and that

makes me extra grateful for monitor heaters and wood stoves and heating

pads. Oh, and whiskey.

Beginners reviewed by Tiffany Howard

From Mike Mills, the director of the enjoyably offbeat

film Thumbsucker (2005) comes Beginners , a heartfelt

dramedy about life and death, love and sex, family

and humanity. Ewan McGregor plays 38-year-old artist

Oliver Fields who, in the wake of his father’s death,

embarks on a relationship with French actress Anna

(Melanie Laurent). This love story unfolds as Oliver

remembers his father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), who,

following the death of his wife of 44 years, reveals to

his son that he is gay and, in his last years, has lived a vibrant and happy

life. Hal’s transformation inspires Oliver to examine his own hopes and fears

when it comes to love. Based on the director’s actual experience with his

father, the film is crafted with an earnest tenderness often missing from

mainstream movies and is further elevated by the strong performances of

its lead players, particularly Plummer. If nothing else melts your heart in this

moving film, surely Arthur will, the lovable Jack Russell terrier Hal leaves

Oliver; he is both adorable and wise beyond his species!

Wilco — The Whole Love The first track opens with eerie delight, flowing robes

of graceful musical prowess; the CD enters the room

to swim in my audio canal. I am hooked from its very

beginning, like a young brook trout getting his first

glimpse at a Mickey Finn. I have to have it! And more!

The building bass line, the doping drum track, the

glistening guitars, the controlled mayhem that ends

this seven-minute track has totally staked its claim on my brain. And like

a gambler with a hot hand, I’m all in. Fuzzy guitar fun follows with a track

called “I Might.” Frankly, I might suggest you’ll love this record! Keyboards

mince the air in a glorious array of brightly beaming sound, bringing

further overlay to an already amazing landscape, putting more stones on

the wall. The album is seemingly less scattered than some of Wilco’s efforts.

This one is more along the lines of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which left the

listener gleefully bullied by sonic sullenness. I won’t say any more, urging

you, the reader, the listener, to decide for yourself. Wilco fan or not, this is

fun rock ‘n roll that will leave you with a yearning for so much more! It’ll

urge you to find the whole love. Rock on!

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Going for Baroque: An elegant reincarnation of a vintage instrument

The Northeast Harbor Library’s

French double-manual

harpsichord is one of the finest

examples of its kind, according to

Northeast Harbor resident Edith

Dunham, who is one of the area’s most

knowledgeable people on the subject.

“If you wanted to go out and buy one

of the best harpsichords around, this is

definitely one of the best. The library is

very lucky,” said Dunham.

Dunham has a master’s degree in early

music from the Longy School of Music

in Cambridge, Mass.

Dunham grew up with a harpsichord

in her childhood home and, she said,

she has always loved Baroque music.

With two small children, she said,

she has not had a chance to practice

or perform much, except that she

recently began to air out the Northeast

Harbor Library’s harpsichord during

the library’s monthly, off-season First

Friday Coffeehouse.

“The thing I like about the harpsichord

is the Baroque music,” she said. “I don’t

like classical or Romantic music. You

can’t play Beethoven on harpsichord.”

Donated to the library about 10

years ago by a resident, David

Hibbs Donnan, the instrument was

built in 1990 by the Boston, Mass.,

manufacturer Hubbard and Broekman.

The partnership broke up, said

Dunham, and Hubbard remains as one

of the main harpsichord builders in

America.

“Harpsichords are still built all the

time,” she said. “This one is modeled

after an 18th century French

harpsichord. ‘Double-manual’ means

it has two keyboards. That was very

common.”

The instrument’s sound is made when

the player depresses a key. The key lifts

a “jack,” which used to be a long strip

of wood but is now generally made of

plastic. The jack plucks a long string,

whose vibrations are enriched by a

soundboard.

Dunham demonstrated the workings

of the jacks, which are associated

with how individual strings are

struck by the keys on the twin

keyboards. Each jack, about 2 inches

long and slender as a reed, was

outfitted with tiny quills, which pluck

the string; and felt, which dampen

the vibration when the key reaches

its resting position. The strings can

be struck individually or in “choirs,”

and their tonal qualities and volume

can be affected depending on

whether one or both keyboards are

used.

“The keyboards have different sounds,”

she said. “You have options.”

Three strings are associated with each

note — two 8-foot-long strings and

one 4-foot-long string. The 4-foot

string is an octave higher than the 8-

foot string.

“So you could play them all at once

to have a loud sound, or you could

pull out the top keyboard so the top

keyboard is only playing the front

eight and the bottom keyboard is

playing the back eight, and that’s a

slightly different sound,” she said. “You

move a little lever to bring the four

into action. Usually you play the four

with both of the eights. The two eights

would be coupled, and then you add

the four. Adding the four adds volume

and richness to the sound. It’s for

lively, usually fast, triumphant pieces.”

Each keyboard might have a different

feel or mood, she said.

“I choose the front eight on that

harpsichord because the action is

better and it’s easier to do trills,” she

said.

Donnan had the instrument built

for his wife, Libby. Its decoration is

distinguished by a large painting of

their home on the underside of the

lid. Also eye-catching is the gold

nameplate of the manufacturer,

embedded in the soundboard and

surrounded by a wreath of flowers.

“Lots of new harpsichords are being

made all the time,” Dunham said.

“There’s an early music festival in

Boston every other year and they

have a whole floor of a hotel with

new harpsichords. There’s definitely

a strong early-music niche. Boston

is really good for early music. San

Francisco is really good for early

music.”

The library’s harpsichord is maintained

by Bill Dowling of Great Cranberry

Island, who once built harpsichords.

Dunham said that, so far, she is

probably the only musician to use it

regularly.

“To me, with Romantic music, it seems

like the emotion is being forced on

you,” she said. “It‘s not like you’re in

the woods and you’re looking at a

beautiful tree and thinking, ‘Wow,

look at the wood and the moss and all

those details.’ Instead, Romantic music

is like being in kind of a schmaltzy

garden. It’s too forced. With Baroque

music, it seems like it allows you to

have your own feelings about music.

And also, in Baroque music, there’s

more freedom in how you want to

play it. There are no indications on

the music about how to play it. If you

look at a classical piece by Beethoven,

it will tell you the tempo exactly. It

will say ‘soft’ here then swell and get

loud there — really specific ways of

playing.”

Edith Dunham says the French double-manual harpsichord at the Northeast Harbor Library is one of the finest of its kind. It features a painting of the house of the original owner, David Hibbs Donnan, who donated the instrument to the library. PHOTO BY: LAURIE SCHREIBER

Embedded in the soundboard, the gleaming nameplate of the harpsichord manufacturer Hubbard and Broekman is surrounded by paintings of flowers, seagulls, dragonflies and other details. PHOTO BY: LAURIE SCHREIBER

Tuning pins are embedded in a frieze of flowers. PHOTO BY: LAURIE SCHREIBER

By Laurie Schreiber


Making the best of the winter blues

Workin’ up a sweat at the

Midcoast’s many summer

music festivals is a dim

memory come mid-winter, but the

annual Dam Jam helps revive the vibe

just when it’s needed most. This year’s

blues jam, a spin-off of the Dam Blues

Fest, is set for Saturday, Jan. 7 from 3

to 8 p.m. at the Wells Hussey American

Legion Post 42, Main Street/Business

Route 1.

“Every year it grows bigger and better,”

said organizer Paul Sidelinger about

both the winter jam and the summer

fest.

The Dam Blues Fest and Pub Crawl is

held on the first Saturday of August

and brings national and regional blues

musicians to Damariscotta for a full

day of music followed by an evening

of club shows. The need to keep the

blues alive year-round is addressed

not only by the Dam Jam, but also

by third-Sunday-of-the-month blues

shows at the downtown Damariscotta

River Grille, beginning its third year

this month.

While the Midcoast has quite a

contingent of adult blues fans, the

Dam Jam is aimed at encouraging the

genre’s next generation of followers.

Net proceeds from the Dam Jam are

earmarked for a local student who

plans to continue his or her musical

education. Sidelinger admits he tends

to lean towards blues players, but that

he knows he needs to stretch that a

bit.

This year’s recipient is Lincoln

Academy senior Nick Phinney, who

started playing the tuba in fifth grade

and the bass guitar in seventh. A first-

and second-chair veteran of the All

State and District III competitions,

Phinney toured Western Europe last

summer with the John Philip Sousa

International Honors Band. He also

performed the blues with last year’s

Dam Jam break-out act, the Ben Chute

Blues Band.

The Dam Jam funds can be used

for college application fees and/

or music lessons. Last year’s

winner was teen Ben Chute, an

aspiring guitarist from Nobleboro;

his eponymous band made its

first ever public performance at

the 2011 Dam Jam. Kevin Kimball,

co-founder of the Maine Blues

Festival, was in the audience

and invited the young combo

to perform at that June’s Maine

Blues Festival in Naples. It was

their first paying gig but not their

last. The band also played the

Dam Blues Fest, as well as some

weddings and private parties.

The Ben Chute Blues Band

will open this year’s Dam Jam,

followed by Jacks and Aces,

whose rhythm section is held

down by Zack Pomerleau.

Pomerleau “won” the 2010 Dam

Jam; shortly thereafter, he and

his band won the Maine Blues

Society’s annual Road to Memphis

contest and went on to represent

Maine at the International Blues

Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.

Headlining this year’s Dam

Jam as he did last year is

Boston’s Racky Thomas, who is

becoming a perennial favorite in

Damariscotta. He will be backed

by some of Maine’s well-known

bluesmen including Stevo Bailey

(from Black Cat Road) on guitar,

Don Whitcomb on stand-up bass,

Bub Lynch on drums and Dave

Wells on sax. Vince Gabriel of

Blind Albert Sound and Recording

will provide the sound and mixing

engineering.

Thomas, a former Boston Blues

Society winner, will rock the

icicles with his Chicago/swing

jump style of blues. The Berklee

grad has performed in Asia,

Europe and all over the United

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Boston bluesman Racky Thomas heads back to Damariscotta this month for the fourth annual Dam Jam.

States and has opened and

played with some of the best.

The Racky Thomas Band has

been a torchbearer for the

blues since its formation in

1995. The crowd-pleasing

band is known for its

authentic and energetic

interpretations of traditional

blues and the down-home feel

of its original compositions.

Thomas also has been

pursuing a solo acoustic career

highlighting his Delta country

blues influences … one of the

things that keeps drawing

him back to Damariscotta,

however, is a pursuit of a

different sort.

“He’s a great guy, and

Damariscotta is one of his

favorite stops. The secret to

getting these performers

to come here? I take ‘em

all lobstering, and we hit a

swimming hole where they

can swing from a rope,” said

Sidelinger.

One regular Dam Blues

performer, JP Soars, whose

band, along with Thomas’,

played the 2011 fest, even

tried his hand at emptying a

lobster trap last summer, but

a close call with a master claw

put an end to that.

“He decided, as a guitar player,

maybe he should keep his

fingers away from lobsters,”

said Sidelinger.

Admission to the fourth

annual Dam Jam is $10 for

adults, $5 for students, at

the door. Damariscotta River

Grille, King Eider’s Pub,

Newcastle Publick House, the

Narrows Tavern and Annie

O’Rourke’s will supply their

delicious wares; and Geary’s

Brewing of Portland will bring

some great tasting brews to

town. There will be CDs, T-

shirts and other merchandise

for sale, as well as door prizes,

a 50/50 raffle, meet-and-

greets and more. Sidelinger

said the American Legion

Hall is a great facility for this

event.

“It’ll be a blast. All you need

is a blues attitude and some

dancing shoes,” he said.

For more information

about the Dam Jam and the

upcoming fifth annual Dam

Blues Fest, visit dambluesfest.

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You teach painting privately and at Maine Maritime Academy, where you received a faculty grant to travel to Rome this year. How has this trip influenced you?

Yes, I teach a drawing class at Maine

Maritime Academy, and college-like

classes from my studio. I feel so lucky to

have students. It’s great to go through the

learning process, the eye opening, with

people.

Yes, and MMA paid for me to go to Rome

for a week in October. Incredible. So

much beauty and so many astonishing

structures and surfaces, spanning all

the ages of human history. What is

there not to love of Michelangelo? The

trip also raised interest in Raphael and

his predecessors. I’ve never been a big

Caravaggio fan, but a St. Matthew cycle

of three paintings blew me away for

the color light, empty spaces and facial

expressions. The older stuff that I knew

I’d love — the transition from Medieval to

Renaissance in some of the churches —

most got my heart. But I was not prepared

for The Belvedere torso — the most

phenomenal sculpture I’ve ever seen. It’s

got the impact of the David though it’s

only a torso. I feel trite writing about this,

because it’s such a sensual experience. I

certainly have some painting ideas from

the trip, but since I’m not doing them yet,

I hesitate to talk about them. I’m not sure

what influence Rome will have except that

I want to return!

How do you stay energized and inspired as a full-time artist/teacher and mother?

EEks, be careful about this question —

would you ask it of a man? Well, OK, I’m

not a man! But they should be asked it

also! Being a mother and being a painter

are similar in that there’s always this other

thing you care about, obsess about and

want to be doing things for. It’s not really

a job you can leave. Always fascinating,

always changing.

I get a lot of energy and influence from

the work itself, and by seeing what

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astonishing beauty of Nature.

I have to be sure to take time each

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from the sun my skin can barely stand it,

then go swimming in the bay, then lie on

the rocks again. It’s like taking Nature in

through the skin to the bone. For a few

days each summer, I get away from the

phone, computer, demands of a house

and to an island. All the better if the food

is good, and I don’t have to make it.

And, to put it crudely, this is my profession.

I haven’t found another way to make a

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adjust your posting strategy to grow these numbers over time.

While these insights don’t delve deeply into what activity is happening on

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Sometimes a story will literally cross my path when

least expected. That’s exactly what happened one

recent evening sitting at Rock City Café when a

young guy in his mid-20s with a flop of curly hair and

a nerved-up expression motioned to one of the Rock

City employees: “Is it okay? Now?”

I could tell he was about to make an announcement

to the patrons of the café, which I thought had been

preplanned — as if he were the hired entertainment.

But it soon became clear that something was about

to happen. With soft-spoken reticence, he announced

over the bustle of quiet conversation and spoons

clanking on cups that he was about to do a spoken-

word poem in the alley if anyone cared to see it.

Maybe three people got up to follow him. I shrugged.

“I’m in.”

Right time, right place.

Spoken word is a form of poetry, kind of like a stage

performance, usually around some kind of social

commentary. It’s the kind of impromptu street

performance you see regularly in the cities or at slam

poetry events, but it’s rarely done on the sidewalks of

small towns.

In a sweatshirt and jeans,

the poet, Matthew Wellman,

stood under a spotlight in the

dark alley while a friend stood

apart, holding a flip cam to

film him. “This is my first public

performance of this poem,”

Wellman explained rapidly, still

nervous.

“Okay,” he cleared his throat.

“Here goes.”

Suddenly, the shrinking violet

dropped into fourth gear. The

words that exploded out of

his mouth were not vile, nor

obscene. They were compelling and topical; yet, the

frustration in his delivery, the way his eyes screwed

tight as he dropped a boatload of verse might have

appeared to unwitting passersby as though they’d

stumbled across a ranting raving lunatic in the alley. It

was the way his whole demeanor changed that blew

people’s doors in. Gesticulating as he rhymed, his fist

pumping, then carving downward like a hip-hop artist,

he was here to tell us something. And you can bet your

boo-tocks we were listening.

Information concentrate! It gives the means to replicate!

All the emotions we used to need past the points of what

the mind can see. Because a tactical advantage is often

in need when the human mind can’t keep pace it would

seem. So! We created systems to streamline the flow; it’s

to ease the burdensome evolution of binary codes. Digital

IDs are the foundation for civil integrity a combination of

information and facial recognition technology.

The origins of this poem developed out of a class

assignment. A student at The University of Maine in

Rockland, Wellman had been taking a future studies

class that required him to write an paper about any

issue involving the future. Wellman, who’d grown

up in Maine singing with Boy Singers of Maine and

performing in several high school and college bands,

decided he’d let the words jump off the paper if his

professor would allow it. He wanted to write more

than an essay; he wanted to discuss an issue that was

very personal to him and he wanted the outcome of

his efforts to be felt by an audience, not just read by a

single professor. Information Concentration was born.

“Between my future studies class and my American

government course, all the information just smashed

together in my head and the poem just came right out,”

he said. “I found in writing it, I was able to

express myself in the same way as I’d always

done writing music.”

The poem took about a month to write.

“I’ve never felt more alive than when I put everything

into it,” he said.

When not in performance mode, Wellman is back to his

soft-spoken self, polite and humble.

“It was very intense for me,” he said. “I began to get

excited about performing it in front of my class at

‘Expressions Night,’ sort of a Talent Night for the

university. I had to get out of my head to do it but after,

the reaction from the audience was a lot of smiles.

Wide eyes. A couple people said to me: ‘You need to

perform this in a bigger venue.’ ”

Evident from the first stanza, the poem tackles

a relevant theme: how absorbed are we by our

technological gadgets? And likewise, have they

absorbed our humanity?

“I wanted to express a frustration with what seems to

be an endless technological progression,” Wellman

said. “It’s supposed to make us more inter-connected,

more social, more human. But it’s almost as if we’re

disappearing into something that connects us as

much as it isolates and diminishes us. From the point

you’re born, you don’t have a choice to abstain from

technology. Everybody wants to feel together and

connected and yet, one of the hardest things to do

is to completely cut yourself off from it. It’s not a

legitimate option for the average person. I only know

of a few people who refuse to engage in any sort

of technological connection and for them it’s like a

religious calling. I feel like by artificially creating the

world the world we live in socially, that we’re leaving

behind something that is a fundamental part of being

human.”

While he notes the irony of ultimately promoting this

piece relies on the very technology that spurred it,

Wellman’s plea, particularly to his own generation, is

to be more aware, and less apathetic about how much

one allows technology to be all-consuming.

“After this, I plan to do a series of four spoken pieces

starting with Information Concentra te and really

memorize it and do this out on the street,” he said.

And, with a knowing shrug, “it will probably end up on

YouTube.”

To see Wellman do the spoken word poem, Information

Concentration live, check out his video on The Killer

Convo facebook.com/killerconvo.

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By Kay Stephens

Word, Man

“Between my future studies class and my American government course, all the

information just smashed togetherin my head and the poem just came

right out. I found in writing it, I was able to express myself in the same

way as I’d always done writing music.”— Matthew Wellman

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• Trekkapalooza 2012, 7 to 10 p.m. Seventh annual battle of the Maine-based bands at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $12 advance; $15 at door. Sponsored by Trekkers, a nonprofit youth-serving organization. Advance tickets at Trekkers office, Buttermilk Lane in Thomaston (594-5095), and Oceanside High School, East and West.

8 Sunday• Bath Antiques Show, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 50 dealers display a wide variety of antiques. Admission: $4. Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Road, Bath.

• Illustrated Lecture, 1 to 3 p.m. Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell delivers an illustrated lecture on the beginnings of American mass culture and its pervasive transatlantic influence in conjunction with the upcoming Camden Conference at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Cost: $8; $5 co-sponsor Farnsworth Art Museum members. FMI: camdenconference.org.

• International Folk Dancing, 4 to 6 p.m. Dancers of all levels invited to

Lions Lane, Camden. Potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m., followed by meeting at 7 p.m.

6 Friday• Cena Comune Potluck Supper, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Penobscot School, 28 Gay St., Rockland, hosts Italian students and speakers and friends of Italian culture for a fun evening of language practice and good company. Bring favorite Italian food or drink to share. FMI: 594-1084.

7 Saturday• Monthly Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thompson Community Center, 51 South Union Road in Union, holds monthly flea market with more than 80 tables to shop. TCC Thrift Shop too, and snack bar is open for breakfast and lunch. FMI: 975-0352.

• Dam Jam, 3 to 8 p.m. Fourth annual blues music jam hosted by the Dam Blues Fest at the Wells Hussey American Legion Post 42, Main Street/Business Route 1, Damariscotta. Cost: $10; $5 students. Net proceeds go to local music student Nicholas Phinney. Lineup includes Jacks and Aces, the Ben Chute Blues Band and returning Boston bluesman Racky Thomas and

• Maine Women’s Network, 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. Mimi Bornstein, artistic director of Midcoast Community Chorus, will speak at monthly MWN meeting at The Haven Event Center, Route 90, Rockport. Cost: $30; $22 members, includes full buffet and dessert, time for networking and the presentation. Guests and non-members always welcome; online pre-registration required by Dec. 28 at mainewomensnetwork.com.

5 Thursday• Songbirds Demo Class, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Trish Jonason, board-certified music therapist and owner of Coastal Music Therapy, leads parent-child music group for infants and children to age 5 at The Playroom, Route 90, Warren. Free. FMI: 691-7900.

• Author Talk, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Teacher and writer Robert Klose, author of “The Three-Legged Woman & Other Excursions in Teaching,” will talk about teaching at what he describes as the poorest college in America in the Friends Community Room of Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Free. Handicap accommodation with 48-hours notice; call 594-0310.

• Goose River Snowmobile Club, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Meeting held the first Thursday of the month at Lion’s Den,

first Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Emergency Management Agency offices which are located in the basement of the Sheriff’s office at 45 Congress St. in Belfast. The ARES/RACES group meets prior to the regular meeting at 6 p.m. the same night. Any amateur radio operators as well as interested members of the public are invited to attend. Contact the club secretary, Carol Inman at [email protected] or by phone at 525-3017 with any questions.

3 Tuesday• Children’s Art Time, 4 p.m. Art instruction with Catinka Knoth. Children’s Room, Rockland Public Library.

4 Wednesday• Songbirds Demo Class, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Trish Jonason, board-certified music therapist and owner of Coastal Music Therapy, leads parent-child music group for infants and children to age 5 in Room 22 of Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education, 24 Lincoln St., Rockland. Free. FMI: 691-7900.

1 Sunday• Here Comes the Sun Party, 12 to 2 p.m. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens on Barters Island Road in Boothbay will celebrate the lengthening days at a free event that’s a popular longstanding tradition. Warm up by the fireplace in Kerr Hall; roast marshmallows on the terrace; and enjoy free s’mores, hot dogs, and hot and cold beverages. Support the Boothbay Region Food Pantry by bringing donations of food or a monetary gift. To kick off a year devoted to birds, bring suet or an orange for The Birds’ Tree. Donald Duncan may be on hand to play the bagpipes. This event will be canceled if it’s raining or snowing or temperatures are below zero. FMI: Bob Boyd, 592-7347.

2 Monday• Transition Cafe, 5 p.m. Casual discussion about how folks in and around Belfast will transition from oil dependence to local resilience. Belfast Co-op, 123 High St., Belfast.• Amateur Radio Association meeting, 7:30 p.m. Waldo County Amateur Radio Association meets the

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Concerts Thurs 5 7:30 to 9 p.m. Alexis P. Suter Band — Unity. Blues powerhouse and her white-hot band perform at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. Cost: $15. FMI: 948-7469.

Sat 72 to 6 p.m., Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival – 2 shows. Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St., presents seventh annual re-enactment of ancient celebrations to mark the end of the 12 days of Christmas including singing, dancing, pageantry and live animals at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Cost: $15 reserved; general admission $10, $5 children younger than 12. Tickets can be purchased weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. by calling the church office at 594-8656 or stopping in. Two shows also on Jan. 8.

Mon 95 p.m. Transition Cafe. Casual discussion about how folks in and around Belfast will transition from oil dependence to local resilience. Belfast Co-op, 123 High St., Belfast.

Fri 137:30 to 9:30 p.m. Ana Egge. Alt-folk troubadour performs at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. Cost: $15. FMI: 948-7469.

Sun 154 to 6 p.m., Simple Gifts Concert. Midcoast Community Chorus and MC3! (Midcoast Community Children’s Chorus) perform a variety of songs at the Strom Auditorium of Camden Hills Regional High School, Route 90, Rockport. Cost: $20, $25 reserved; $15 general admission. FMI: mccsings.org. General admission tickets at HAV II, Camden; Grasshopper Shop, Rockland; and the Green Store. For credit card sales and reserved seating, call 975-0582.

Fri 207 to 9 p.m. ‘Musike for the Nywe Yeare’ — Belfast, Whitefield and Camden. Vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty presents Palestrina and Friends, its seventh annual concert to celebrate the turning of the year, at Belfast United Methodist Church, 23 Mill Lane. Cost: $10 at door. FMI: 236-9413. Snow date Jan. 27. Also 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at Whitefield’s St. Denis Catholic Church (snow date Jan. 28); and 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at Camden’s High Mountain Hall (snow date Jan. 29).

Musike for the Nywe Yeare Midcoast vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty will present its seventh annual Musike for the Nywe

Yeare concerts in January to celebrate the turning of the year. Titled Palestrina and Friends, the group’s 2012 program will feature a core of works by the great Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, complemented by a set of moving anthems in remembrance; a variety of pieces by some of England’s master composers (including Byrd, Purcell and Tavener); and a carefully chosen selection of lesser-performed holiday carols.

As is usual for VoXX, the repertoire will be widely varied, sung by various combinations of voices and will range from early to contemporary.

Three performances will be given: Friday, Jan 20 at 7 p.m. at Belfast United Methodist Church, 23 Mill Lane (snow date Jan. 27); Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at St. Denis Catholic Church, 298 Grand Army Road, Whitefield, with reception to follow (snow date Jan. 28); and Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. at Camden’s High Mountain Hall, 5 Mountain St./Route 52, with reception to follow at Peter Ott’s (snow date Jan. 29).

Admission will be $10 at the door. For more information, call 236-9413; send email to [email protected]; or visit voiceoftwenty.org.

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learn and share line and circle dances from around the world on the second floor of Watts Hall, 170 Main St./Route 1. Free/donations. FMI: 542-2283. Second and fourth Sundays through May.

• Full Moon Hike, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Full Moon Hike at Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road, Jefferson. Please meet promptly at the gate, wearing appropriate footwear (Bean boots, hiking boots, or snowshoes) and dress warmly. Be sure to include a headlamp or flashlight in case the moon is not fully visible. Bring your favorite drink for an after-hike gathering at the Welcoming Center. Reservations are highly recommended. Snowshoes are available for rent. Cost: $5 donation. FMI: 586-6752.

9 Monday• Free Mama & Baby Group — Belfast, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Open to babies who are not yet walking and their caregivers. Toys provided. Every second and fourth Monday of the month, 9:30-11 a.m., Morningstar Midwifery, 111 High St., Belfast. FMI, call 338-0708.

• Traditional shape note singing, 7 to 9 p.m. Four-part unaccompanied singing using “Sacred Harp” and “Northern Harmony” tune books in First Church Fellowship Hall, between Church and Court streets with the entrance on Spring Street, Belfast. FMI: 338-1265 or 594-5743. Second Monday each month.

10 Tuesday• Collapse of the Soviet Union Talk, 7 p.m. Penobscot School, 28 Gay St., Rockland, presents Louis Sell in Collaboration with the Camden Conference. Sell will present ‘The Collapse of the Soviet Union and its Implications for the US’, a community outreach event in conjunction with the Camden Conference. Free of charge, donations graciously accepted.

• Cribbage Night, 7 p.m. Cribbage Night held at the Appleton library second Tuesday of the month. All skill

levels and ages welcome to join the fun. No charge. FMI: 785-2210.

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“Freud’s Last Session”, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Reading of Mark St. Germain’s play about C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud at Skidompha Library, Elm Street entrance, downtown Damariscotta. Cost: $5-$8 suggested donation. Part of Thursday Nights series of informal theater readings, lectures and discussion.

• Nat Hussey Concert/Talk, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Recently-moved-from-Matinicus singer/songwriter performs and talks about harvesting lobsters by hand at Waterman’s Community Center, Main Street, North Haven. Cost: $10.

13 Friday• Round Top Coffee House, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Doors open 6:30 p.m. for musicians, poets and other performers to sign up for 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. open mic; featured performers play 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Damariscotta River Association’s Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta. Cost: $6; $3 senior citizens; free for children. FMI: 563-1393. Second Friday of each month.

18 Wednesday• Tour the Grades Classroom Tour, 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. Ashwood Waldorf School, 180 Park St. See Ashwood classes in action during this tour of four grades. This event for adults includes an overview of the Waldorf curriculum and a question and answer session with the school director. Space is limited, please call the office at 236-8021 or email [email protected] to register or for more information.

21 Saturday• Penobscot School Open House, 5 to 7 p.m. Join the language school as it kicks off its spring semester. Raffle, trivia games, meet the faculty, and more. Penobscot School, 28 Gay St., Rockland.

• Musike for the Nywe Yeare, 7 to 9 p.m. Vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty presents Palestrina and Friends, its seventh annual concert to celebrate the turning of the year, at St. Denis Catholic Church, 298 Grand Army Road/Route 126, North Whitefield. Cost: $10 at door. FMI: 236-9413. Snow date Jan. 28. Also 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at Camden’s High Mountain Hall.

22 Sunday• International Folk Dancing, 4 to 6 p.m. Dancers of all levels invited to learn and share line and circle dances from around the world on the second floor of Watts Hall, 170 Main St./Route 1. Free/donations. FMI: 542-2283. Second and fourth Sundays through May.

27 Friday• Tea and Puppets Playgroup, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Ashwood Waldorf School, 180 Park St. Free playgroup with tea party and puppet show for children 18 months through 3 years old and their parent. Offered as an opportunity to experience the Parent/Child program at Ashwood. Space is limited; register at 236-8021 or [email protected].

Monday anytime between 3-5 p.m. we host a two-hour facilitated playtime for infants, birth to 22 months and their parent or caregiver. Peopleplace also offers an After Care Program for Preschool & Kindergarten age older siblings to enjoy at the same time. The group is going on now and space is available! Cost: $10 each Monday. FMI: 236-4225, [email protected], peopleplacecoop.org.

Corner Hall, corner of Park and Main streets, Rockport. Cost: $8; free for children. FMI: 832-5584. All dances taught, beginners welcome. Usually fourth Saturday of the month.

30 Monday• Peopleplace Infant/Toddler & Parent Playgroup, 3 to 5 p.m. Join Peopleplace’s playgroup! Every

28 Saturday• Take a Peek at My Sicily, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join Penobscot School, 28 Gay St., Rockland, for a three-hour tour of Sicily, including a video presentation and a mini language lesson in Italian. Lunch is included. $20.

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Monday 4:30 to 9 p.m. American Legion Bingo, 335 Limerock St., Rockland, hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open 4:30 p.m., games start at 6:30 p.m. Full kitchen and free coffee. FMI: 594-2901.

Live Music, 6 to 8 p.m. Fresh Restaurant, 1 Bayview Landing, Camden, hosts local singer/songwriter Paddy Mills every Monday and Thursday. FMI: 236-7005, [email protected].

7 to 10 p.m. Monday Night Blues, upstairs music room of Time Out Pub, 275 Main St., Rockland. FMI: 593-9336.

Tuesday10 a.m. Children’s Story Hour, Children’s Story Hour. Reading, arts and crafts. Free. Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Rd., Washington.

4 p.m. Children’s Art Time, Art instruction with Catinka Knoth. Children’s Room, Rockland Public Library.

7:30 to 9 p.m. Dancing 4 Fun, Weekly night of freestyle, any style, no partner needed, all kinds of music dancing takes place in second-floor Studio Red dance studio in Odd Fellows building, 16 School St., downtown Rockland. Free/donations. FMI: 354-0931; dancing4fun.org.

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Open Mic, Good music, good company and fun every Tuesday night at Cuzzy’s, 21 Bay View St., Camden.

Wednesday10:30 a.m. Children’s Story Time, Children’s Room, Rockland Public Library. Also on Saturdays.

5:30 to 6 p.m. Making Change, A support group for young people from ages 13-29 who are considering or committed to recovery from substance abuse and other addictions. This group meets every Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Waldo County General Hospital Education Center, 118 Northport Avenue, Belfast. Free food. FMI call Tim at 567-3813, Marian at 338-4594 or Jeffrey at 322-9490.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Open clay studio, Every Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Work on your own projects using our wheels, slab roller and kiln. Non-instructional but a studio monitor is present for technical questions and advice. $15 per person, per session. More clay can be purchased as needed. Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., Belfast. FMI, call 338-2222 or visit waterfallarts.org.

6 to 7 p.m. Meeting: Mount Desert Island Toastmasters, MDI YMCA, 21 Park St., Bar Harbor. Public is invited. Toastmasters is more than a club to improve business and public speaking skills - it’s a source of fellowship with like-minded individuals who not only want to improve themselves, but learn about interesting topics through others, while supporting each another’s growth. Visitors are welcome to check out this supportive group. FMI: contact Kim Harty at 288-3511 or email [email protected].

7 to 9 p.m. Quiz Night. Quiz Master Rick Nardone, who ran the quiz night for seven years at The Rhumb Line in Gloucester, Mass., hosts weekly evening of fun competition at Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston (behind the business block). Play as a single or bring a team; fun and prizes

7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Open Mic Night, Weekly performance night at Gator Lounge of The Navigator Motor Inn, 520 Main St., Rockland.

Thursday9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Toy Library, Toy Library at St. Peters Episcopal Church, White Street, Rockland, provides a non-sectarian community program for preschool children, toddlers and infants, fostering creative play in a safe, nurturing environment and promoting cooperation and goodwill among participating children, their parents or other caregivers. The Toy Library follows the RSU 13 vacation calendar as well as storm cancellations. Also 9 a.m. to noon Fridays, FMI: [email protected]. 5 to 9 p.m. Midcoast Chess Club, Meets every Thursday at Tim Horton’s, Camden Street, Rockland. FMI: call Frank, 975-2433 or [email protected]. 7 to 10 p.m. Live Music, Simon and McFarland play jazz and blues Thursday evenings at Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St. behind the business block, Thomaston. No cover charge. FMI: 354-1177.

Friday1 p.m. Bridge Group, Refresh your bridge game. Play every Friday in Room 4 at the Thompson Community Center, Route 131, Union. FMI: 785-4602. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday Night Film Series, Friends of the Thomaston Public Library. Room 28 of Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. Free/donations. FMI: 354-2453. Doors open 6 p.m. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free ballroom dancing, Weekly evening of practicing all the favorite dances on a newly refinished large hardwood floor with an excellent sound system at East Belfast Elementary School, Swan Lake Avenue. Free. FMI: 505-5521. Bring clean dancing shoes.

Saturday8:30 to 11 a.m. Free Bird Walk. The Natural History Center, 6 Firefly Lane, Bar Harbor. Join local ornithologist Rich MacDonald on a weekly bird walk. Open to people of all ages, physical abilities and skill levels. A limited number of loaner binoculars are available. Call to sign-up at 801-2617 or 266-9461.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Washington Grange Farmers’ Market, Every Saturday. FMI: 845-2140.

Sunday8 a.m. Winter Bird Walk, Penobscot Watershed Eco Center, 160 Main St., Bar Harbor. Acadia Birding Festival director Michael Good will lead free birding walks every Sunday. Walks will focus on specific areas around Bar Harbor, looking for winter birds and migrants. If the snow is good, a trip to Cadillac Mountain is planned and will be announced during the month of December depending on snow quality. Dress appropriately for cold weather and bring binoculars. FMI: call 288-8128 or 479-4256 or visit downeastnaturetours.com.

2 to 4 p.m. Music Jam at the Museum, Musicians, bring instruments and voices and make music together informally at Sail, Power and Steam Museum at Sharp’s Point South, 75 Mechanic St., Rockland. Coffee and cookies provided. Every Sunday.

3 to 6 p.m. Traditional Bluegrass Jam, Billy’s Tavern, 1 Starr St., Thomaston, hosts traditional bluegrass jam every Sunday. Musicians encouraged to bring their instruments and join in; listeners welcome too. FMI: 354-1177.

Eat Well Cooking Series For Parents and Kids

Five classes will be held on Tuesday evenings, once per month, at the Picker Family Resource Center at Pen Bay from 5:30-7 p.m. Classes are free and you may register for one or more session. The dates are: January 17, February 21, March 20, April 17, and May 22

Topics covered include: how to stretch food dollars; new ideas and recipes for healthy meals; how to prepare healthy snacks; how to make favorite recipes healthier; tips for a fit lifestyle; and more. A healthy meal will be shared at each session. Come join us to have fun and to learn more about eating well for life.

For more information, or to register, call Donna Ames RN, Zing! program coordinator at: 593-5639.


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