603-430-6027, saacc-nh.org Seacoast Trolley Museum 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967- 2800, www.trolleymuseum.org Star Island Corp. 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-6372, www.starisland.org Strawbery Banke Museum 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-433-1100, strawberybanke.org USS Albacore 600 Market St. Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-3680, ussalbacore.org Warner House 43 Middle Road, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-5909, warnerhouse.org Wells Auto Museum Route 1, Wells, Maine, 207-646-9064 Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion State Historic Site 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, 603-436-6607, nhstateparks.org Wentworth-Gardner/Tobia Lear Houses 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth, 603-436-4406, www.wentworthgardnerand Woodman Institute Museum 182 Central St., Dover, 603-742-1038, woodmaninstitutemuseum. Events STAGECOACH AND TAVERN DAY Sat., July 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the NH Farm Museum, Route 125 on White Mountain Hwy, Milton, 603-652-7840, www.farmmuseum.org. Experience the 1830s with living history tours featuring role players in period costume. Try your hand at tavern games, enjoy period music, visit the blacksmith and take a horse-drawn wagon ride. $7 adult, $4 children. 75 SUMMERS The Brick Store Museum will be hosting its 75th anniversary celebra- tion on Sat., Aug. 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. There will be four locations on Summer Street fea- turing historic homes, stories, and vintage events. Enjoy games, activities, refreshments, and barn dancing. Call 207-985-4802 or go to www.brickstoremuseum.or CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT ON PUDDLE DOCK The Strawbery Banke Museum will be celebrating Fitz John Por- ters birthday by sharing the experience of the life of a Civil War soldier. The event will include the New Hampshire 5th Regi- ment and the 2nd Vermont Artillery as they pitch tents, demonstrate training exercises, cook over campfires, and share songs, Sat., Aug. 20, and Sun., Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 603-433-1100 or go to www. strawberybanke.org. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVERSA- TION The American Independence Muse- um will be holding a discussion about the United States Constitution with Richard Hesse of Franklin Pierce College on Wed., Sept. 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Folsom Tavern in Exeter. Admission is free. Call 603-772-2622 or go to www.independencemuseum. PRINCE HALL LECTURE The Sea- coast African American Cultural Center will be having a lecture on the abolitionist and most famous black in the Boston area during the American Revolution on Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. Call 603-430-6027 or go to saacc-nh.org. Exhibits CITY OF THE OPEN DOOR: HARRY S. HARLOW The Discover Portsmouth Center will be hosting an exhibit of 52 panels featuring the doorways to signifi- cant Portsmouth properties. The exhibit is ongoing. Call 603-436-8420. COUNTING HOUSE MUSEUM in South Berwick, Maine, offers a perspec- tive on life along the seacoast. It is open July through September, Saturdays and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Call 207-384-0000. DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Historic and Contemporary Images of the Wentworth- Gardner House, is on display through July Fun-raising The York Lions Club presents its Annual Fun (D) Raising Auction on Fri- day, Aug. 5, rain or shine. As usual the auction will be held during York Days under the Big Tent at the Ball Field in York Beach. The Lions Club is an all- volunteer organization that serves the York, Ogunquit, and Wells communities; all proceeds fund local Lions charities. New this year is a silent auction that will include gift certificates from local res- taurants and shops. The silent auction and a preview of live-auction items begin at 5 p.m. and the live auction starts at 6:30 p.m. For donations or information call Howard Koeppel at 207-475-6824 or Nelson Giordano at 207-351-6701. 31 at 50 Mechanic St., Portsmouth, NH, featuring the photography by Wallace Nut- ting, work from the MMA, and local pho- tographers Geneve Hoffman and Philip Case Cohen. Admission is $5 per person, $2 per child. FIRE ON THE WATER: Portsmouths Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama, is on display at the Ports- mouth Athenaeum in Portsmouth through Sat., Sept. 17. Call 603-431-2538 or go to www.portsmouthathenaeum FITZ JOHN PORTER: Civil War Hero or Coward?, an exhibit about the Civil War soldier born in Portsmouth, is on display through Mon., Oct. 31, at the Strawbery Banke Museum in the Rolland Gallery. The exhibit includes a music and lecture series, a daily walking tour and more. GOVERNOR JOHN LANGDON HOUSE in Portsmouth, NH, is a national historic landmark featuring a Georgian mansion where John Langdon resided. Open Friday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $6. Call 603-436-3205. HAMILTON HOUSE in South Ber- wick, Maine, is a national historic landmark overlooking the Salmon Falls River. Open Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $8. Call 207-384-2454. IMPRESSIONS OF A WORLD TRAVELER The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk is hosting an exhibit of work by Edith C. Barry. The exhibition will include photographs, souvenirs, costumes, and written word. Call 207-985-4802 or go to www.brickstoremuseum.or JACK LEVINE exhibit at Ogunquit Museum of American Art will be held from Aug. 4 to Oct. 31. Call 207-646-4909. JACKSON HOUSE in Portsmouth, NH, is the oldest surviving wood frame house in NH and Maine. Open June through October on the first Saturday of the month. Tours 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. Admission $5. Call 603-436-3205. JOHN PAUL JONES HOUSE in Portsmouth, NH, features artifacts from the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905 and from John Paul Jones, an American naval hero. Open 7 days a week 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $6. Call 603-436-8420. KENNEBUNKPORT HISTORY CENTER in Kennebunkport, Maine, comprises five buildings featuring arti- facts, memorabilia and presentations of the events that shaped the town. Open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 207- 967-2751. KITTERY HISTORICAL AND NAVAL MUSEUM in Kittery, Maine, features ship models, guns, shipyard and submarine memorabilia, and lighthouse artifacts. Open June to October 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 207-439-3080. LEARNING IS AN ORNAMENT EXHIBIT through Sept. 6 at the Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St. in Ken- nebunk, explores the development of Ken- nebunks schools from the earliest one- room facilities to the robust district they comprise today. THE LINEAGE OF EXPRESSION- ISM The Ogunquit Museum of American Art will be having the Aronson to Aron- son: The Lineage of Expressionism exhib- it from Aug. 27 to Oct. 31. The exhibit fea- tures art from David Aronson and his son. Call 207-646-4909. MARITIME PORTSMOUTH The Discover Portsmouth Center will be host- ing an exhibition through Aug. 31. The exhibit will feature a collection of 200 paintings and artifacts. Call 603-436-8420. MODEL SHIP EXHIBITION through Aug. 28 at the Custom House Maritime Museum will feature clipper and merchant ship models. Call 978-462-8681 or go to www.customhousemaritime MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE & GAR- DENS in Portsmouth, NH, is a national historic landmark. The house is furnished as it was in 1763. Tours go for an hour and are held Mon through Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. House and garden tours cost $6. Call 603-436-8221 or go to www.moffattladd.org. MUSEUM OF LIGHTHOUSE HIS- TORY in Rockland, Maine, is the larg- est lighthouse museum in the U.S. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur- day through Sunday. Admission is $5. Call 207-594-3301 or go to www.lighthouse- foundation.org. THE NOTT HOUSE in Kennebunkport, Maine, is open for tours Thursday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Admis- sion is free. Call 207-967-2751 THE QUESTION OF DRAWING exhibit will be at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art through Aug. 21. The exhibit features artists who push the parameters of what is acceptable as a drawing. Call 207- 646-4909. RUNDLET-MAY HOUSE in Ports- mouth, NH, is open for tours on the first and third Saturdays through Oct. 15. The tours run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admis- sion is $6. Call 603-436-3205. SAYWARD-WHEELER HOUSE in York Harbor, Maine, is a historic house full of 18th-century relics. Visiting hours are the second and fourth Saturdays through Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. Call 207-384-2454. STAR ISLAND CORP. Star Island is the second-largest of the nine islands that make up the Isles of Shoals. Star Island Corp. provides individual and family retreats through September. Conferences are pre- sented throughout the summer on subjects ranging from yoga to natural history. Call 603-430-6272 or go to starisland.org. USS ALBACORE in Portsmouth, NH, is a historical vessel worth visiting. The park is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. Admission is $5. Call 603-436-3680 or go to ussalbacore.org. WARNER HOUSE Located in Ports- mouth, the Warner House is the earliest extant brick urban mansion in New Eng- land. The museum hours are Wednesday through Monday from noon to 4 p.m. and the admissions price is $5. Call 603-436- 5909 or go to www.warnerhouse.org. WELLS AUTO MUSEUM in Wells, Maine, is a collection of more than 80 Senior Home Care Transportation & More New Location 764 US Rt. 1 I get my Supplies at Ann-imals! (207) 351.2777 New Location: Directly across the street from Wild Willys, Route 1, York Monday-Saturday 9:30-7pm Sunday 11-5pm 070322 Custom House Maritime Museum 25 Water St., Newburyport, Mass., 978-462-8681, www.thechmm.org Discover Portsmouth Center Corner of Middle & Islington streets, Portsmouth, 603-436-8420, www.portsmouthhistory.o Fuller Gardens 10 Willow Ave., North Hampton, 603-964-5414, fullergardens.org Gundalow Project 60 Marcy St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-433-9505, gundalow.org Hamilton House 40 Vaughans Lane, South Berwick, Maine, 207-384-2454, www.historicnewengland. Historic New England and Governor John Langdon House 143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-3205, www.portsmouthhistory.o The History Center of Kennebunkport 125-135 North St., Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967-2751, www.kporthistory.org Isles of Shoals Steamship Company Cruises 315 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 800-441-4620 Jackson House 76 Northwest St., Portsmouth, N.H. 603-436-3205, www.portsmouthhistory.o John Paul Jones House 43 Middle St, Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-8420, www.portsmouthhistory.o Kittery Historical and Naval Museum 200 Rogers Road, Kittery, Maine, 207-439-3080, www.kitterymuseum.com Moffatt-Ladd House & Gardens 154 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-8821, moffattladd.org Museum of Lighthouse History 2190 Post Road, Wells, Maine, 207-646-0245 Museums of Old York York, Maine, 207-363-4974, www.oldyork.org Nott House 8 Main St., Kennebunkport, Maine. Ogunquit Heritage Museum 86 Obeds Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-0296, www.ogunquitheritagemus Ogunquit Museum of Modern Art 183 Shore Road, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-4909 Perkins Cove Lobster Tours Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 207-646-7413 Prescott Park Marcy St., Porstmouth, N.H., www.prescottpark.org Portsmouth Athenaeum 9 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-431-2538, www.portsmouthathenaeum Portsmouth Harbour Trail www.pbhtrail.org, 603-431-2768 Portsmouth Historical Society www.portsmouthhistory.o Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Ave., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-427-1540, cityofportsmouth.com/li Rundlet-May House 364 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-7531 Saco Museum & the Dyer Library 371 Main St., Saco, Maine, 207-283-3861, www.dyerlibrarysacomuse Sayward-Wheeler House 79 Barrell Lane, York, Maine, 603-436-3205 Seacoast African American Cultural Center 135 Daniel St., Portsmouth, N.H., 070900 Page 9 July 28 - August 3, 2011 York Independent
York Independent family Fun: where to take the kids A publication of SEACOAST HIPPO JULY 28 - AUGUST 3, 2011 www.yorkindependent.net FREE And other fun at York Days inside: music Outdoors in kittery
5 York Days York celebrates the summer with a road race, a lighting of the Nubble lighthouse (just like at Christ- mas), an arts and crafts fair and other fun. Karen Plumley offers a rundown of events. Also on the cover: Looking for family events? Check out our weekly Kiddie Pool feature, which runs
Annual Daylily Maines Original Family Owned Lobster Pound Restaurant Sale Thursday thru Sundays While in bloom thru August Phantom Gourmets: Greatest Boiled Lobster Join us for dinner and experience what generations of locals and visitors have come to consider a must do! Inside/Outside Dining Open a
THIS WEEK ONGOING Events TO CHECK OUT JuLY 28 - August 3, 2011, AND BEYOND The concerts continue in Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH with the Canadian folk trio The Wailin Jennys on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. This Juno Award-winning trio returns to the park for the second year in a row. Admission is
York Days lights up the night ... and the Nubble Weeklong community fest includes golf, softball, and running By Karen Plumley seacoasthippopress.com For more than 30 years the town of York has been cele- brating community with a festival known as York Days. The festival is now operating primarily u
Kittery spot highlights local artists ARTS Haley Gallery offers a summer of experiences By Craig Robert Brown cbrownhippopress.com In a renovated dairy barn dating back to 1890, some of the regions top art is on display locally created and internationally recognized. Located on 178 Haley Road, the
Gallery exhibits A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN Multi-artist exhibit through Oct. 15 at The Red Door Pottery Studio and Gallery Shop, 44 Government St., Kittery, Maine. Call 207-439-5671 or visit www.reddoorpottery.com. ACROSS LANDSCAPES exhibit on view at Haley Art Gallery in Kit- tery until Aug. 31, from 3
inside/outside Activities for children and families, workshops, volunteer opportunities, events to keep you healthy and more Beacons shine offshore View Maine lighthouses from land, sea and air By Karen Plumley seacoasthippopress.com Maine is sometimes referred to as the Light- house State and it ha
603-430-6027, saacc-nh.org Seacoast Trolley Museum 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, Maine, 207-967- 2800, www.trolleymuseum.org Star Island Corp. 30 Middle St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-430-6372, www.starisland.org Strawbery Banke Museum 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-433-1100, strawberyban
INSIDE/OUTSIDE A week of free fun in Newburyport Yankee Homecoming celebrates 54th year By Bridgette Springer listingshippopress.com July in Newburyport, Mass., is synony- mous with Yankee Homecoming, and this year marks the 54th year the weeklong event will transform the streets of this Main Street
88 in Hampton Falls, NH, 603-772- 5274, www.wakedacampground.co WILD ACRES FAMILY CAMP- ING 179 Saco Avenue, Old Orchard, Beach, Maine, 207-934-2535. Family events for this weekend Festivals & Fairs Its the time of year for blueberries, and what better place to enjoy this delecta- ble super food t
BOOKS POP CULTURE: BOOK LISTINGS Bookstores Barnes & Noble Fox Run Crossing, 45 Gosling Road, Newington, 603-422-7733 The Book Rack 52 State St., Newburyport, Mass., 978-462-8615, hugobookstores.com Colophon Bookshop 101B Water St., Exeter, NH, www.colophonbooks.com, 603-772-8443 Crackskulls Cof
S I a l i ve w i re ! S CO L AR Tickets Going Fast! ensati NOW thru Aug 20! onal C ast! A Ma l to Watch l ! d r ve s H e ra Volume Discounts Po r t l a n d P r e s Route 1 Bypass, Portsmouth Starring TVs PETER SCOLARI from Newhart and Bosom Buddies We Deliver #2 Fuel Oil, Kerosene, Gasoline and Di
Kennebunkport eats at the Hurricane FOOD Dock Square restaurant shares local food By Craig Robert Brown cbrownhippopress.com The new Hurricane Restaurant opened in 2001 in Ken- nebunkports Dock Square, a hub of activity for summer visitors. But the Hurricane was kicking up a storm long before that.
Honest Food at an Honest Price! FOOD American pale ale) and Oatmeal Stout to the event. Keeping with the regional theme of the festival, Portland, Maine-based Pete Kilpat- rick Band has been tapped to perform the event. Kilpatrick recently returned from a tour with the Dave Matthews Band. I think he
DRINK Wine books How to build your reference library By Paulette Eschrich foodhippopress.com As regular readers of my column have sur- mised, in addition to my love for wine I have always been an avid reader. My tastes tend toward biographies, historical novels and the broad spectrum of mysteries an
DRINK Red, white and green This hot weather prompt- ed us to look back at another of our favorite white vari- etals chenin blanc. There are more than two dozen chenin blancs listed on www. liquorandwineoutlets.co the states liquor and wine website, but only about eight are available at state liquor
NITE Bars, clubs, bands and other after-dark amusements Good tunes and food fuel Kittery shows 2011 Concert Series ends with The Jen Thayer Band By Craig Robert Brown cbrownhippopress.com The Kittery recreation departments Summer Concert Series winds down with Kittery Fest on Aug. 5. The annual conc
nite The song That Girl is it about a specific person more to the point, a well- known person? That is a great question! To which I am going to politely avoid the answer. Yes, most of the songs on the record reference actual experiences and real-life encounters. But to Music & Nightlife Blue Ocea
MUSIC THIS WEEK & Restaurant Listings Ashworth & C streets, 603-926-6497 Boardwalk Inn & Café 139 Ocean Blvd., 603-929-7400, www.boardwalkinns.com Breakers at the Ashworth 603-834-6494 220 E. Main St., 603-378-0092 295 Ocean Blvd., www. Amesbury, MA Dover Elks Lodge Acapulcoss ashworthhotel.com 282
www.barnbilly.com Beach Fire Bar and Grill 658 Main St., 207-646-8998 Bintliffs 335 Main St., 207-646-3111, Newington, NH www.bintliffsogunquit.c New Asia Front Porch Cafe Lounge & 347 Shattuck Way, Piano Bar 603-431-3121 9 Shore Road, 207-646-4005 Paddys American Grille Jonathans Ogunquit 27 Intern
FILM REVIEWS BY AMY DI Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13) A weakling becomes a big strong solider (with a heart of gold, of course) in Captain America: The First Avenger, another Marvel entry in the comic book movie genre. And another entry in the movies-le
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439 US Route One York, ME 03909 Realty One Office: & 84 School St (intersection of RT 1) Ogunquit, ME 03907 207.646.4546 207.363.2497 Toll Free: 800.272.4366 kennebunkport Delightful hideaway cape in Cape Porpoise area of Kennebunkport. Only minutes to Goose Rocks Beach & Cape area restaurants. Enj
