listings Send us your listings! List your event in the York Independent for free! Listings are run on a space available basis. Send complete information about your event, including exactly when and where it takes place, any admission charges, and anything else necessary for readers to take action. Also, include contact information so we can reach you in case of questions. Listings should be sent at least two weeks prior to publication Send your listings to us via e-mail at editoryorkindependent. or via mail at The York Independent, 4 Marketplace Drive, Suite 215, York Village Business Center, York, ME 03909. Questions? Call us at (207) 363-8484. Saturday Sept. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seacoast Wellness Center ,135 McDonough Street, Portsmouth, N.H. For more information: www.seacoast- wellnesscenter.com, or call 603-531-3130. Karen Pierce-Stewart, Executive Director of the Cancer Care Center of York County, Sanford, will share ideas on how to be supportive and helpful when talking with someone who has cancer, at the Kennebunk Free Library on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. Learn how to make the person with cancer know that he/she has someone they can truly count on. The Center is a col- laboration of Southern Maine Medical Center, Maine Medical Center and Goodall Hospital. Free and open to the public. For more information call Cancer Care Center, 459-1606 or the Library at 985-2173. Fight Breast Cancer with Yoga on Friday, Oct. 1, 6 to 7:15 p.m. at Yoga on York. A beginner-friendly, all-levels yoga class to honor all those who have been touched by breast cancer. Minimum donation is $12. 100 of proceeds go to the American Breast Cancer Foundation. Instructor Barbara Dailey, RYT is a breast cancer survivor and knows first hand the ways yoga can promote health and healing for women. Call Yoga on York at 363-9642 to rsvp. Yoga On York - Specializes in athletic yoga for strength, stretch and mind-body health. This fall the studio offers 29 drop-in style classes per week ranging from Gentle Yoga up to the most vigorous class, Power Flow Yoga. Also speciality class- es including: Zumba, Prenatal Yoga, Mom & Baby Yoga, Mom & Toddler Yoga, and YogaKids Classes (for 3-5 year-olds, 6-10 year-olds, and 11-15 year-olds). For full details and to register for Fall speciality classes please visit www.yogaonyork.com or call 363-9642. Hospice of York is offering a Bereavement Support Group this Fall. The Living With Loss Group will be held on Wednes- day evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and will last for 10 weeks. Space is limited and pre-reg- istration is required. For more information, please call Nikki at 475-7308. Kripalu DansKinetics at Spinnaker Point Recre- ation Center, Spinnaker Way, Portsmouth, N.H. DansKinetics is a unique blend of yoga and dance. Call (603) 436-2313 to learn more. York Hospitals Yoga Cen- ter, located at the Heart Health Institute, offers yoga classes for persons of all abilities. Seated yoga for those with limited mobility is offered as well. Intro- ductory Yoga is Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Thurs- days, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Yoga Level 1 is Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m. and intermediate is Tuesdays 9 to 10:30 a.m. Seated Yoga is on Tuesday from 3 to 3:30 p.m. The Yoga Center at the Heart Health Institute is located at 127 Long Sands Road, York. Please call 351-3700 for registration information. For new participants, your first yoga class is free. Living Well Series - Chron- ic Disease Self Management: If you are living with cancer, this 6-week workshop will help you take charge of your life. Find practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue, understand new treatment options, and discover better nutrition and exercise choices and more. Wednesdays Sept. 29 to Nov. 10, 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 29 is an introductory class. Cancer Community Cen- ter, 778 Main St., S. Portland. Visit www.CancerCommunity- Center.org or call 774-2200 for more info. Free, call to register. Aerobics, Yogalates and Weight Training classes are available at York Fitness Center, Route 1, in York. Call 363-4090 for more information. Know Your Numbers is a cholesterol screening offered by SMMC Visiting Nurses on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. An appointment is necessary and there is a $15 fee for this service. Call 985- 1000 for more information. SMMC Visiting Nurses Monthly Diabetes Support Groups are offered at the Rich- ard Martin Community Center in Biddeford on the second Mon- day of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and at SMMC Visiting Nurses in Kennebunk on the fourth Monday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 985-1000, 283-7680 or (800) 794-3546. The Choose to Be Healthy Partnership, a program of York Hospital, offers the Free- dom Clinic which combines education and support through one-on-one consultation, weekly lecture series by a trained team of professionals such as a registered nurse, registered dietitian, physical therapist, and a certified hypnotherapist for healthy lifestyle resolutions and to help you stop smoking. The program also offers drop-in any- time support for one year. Call 351-3700 for more information. Another way to stop smoking, if you are a Maine resident, is to call the free Maine Tobacco Helpline at 1-800-207-1230. The program offers confidential phone support; you wont need to leave the house! In addition to coaching, the Helpline of- fers free nicotine replacement therapy (the patch or gum) to make quitting less difficult. Call now to find out if you qualify. Ad- ditional resources can be found at www.tobaccofreemaine.or Why Weight? Includes two visits with a registered dietitian to establish realistic nutritional and caloric goals. Participants also meet weekly with their per- sonal fitness coach for support, education and evaluation. A 12- week gym membership to the Heart Health Institutes fitness center is included in the $399 fee. Call 351-3700 for more information or to register. Weigh to Go! at the Heart Health Institute includes a nutritional evaluation and dietary goals established by a registered dietitian, with frequent follow-ups, and weekly visits with a personal fitness coach for youths between the ages of 10 and 18 and a parent or guardian. An eight-week gym membership for one parent and one youth is also included. For more information or to register, call 351-3700. Wells-Ogunquit Adult Community Education Yoga Classes begin soon. Call 646- 4565 or visit www.wells-ogun- quit.maineadulted.org for more information and to register. Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day, Saturday, Sept. 25. Kennebunks Brick Store Museum and Kennebunkports Seashore Trolley Museum will join participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide to open their doors free of charge to all visitors who down- load the Museum Day Ticket from www.smithsonian.com/ museumday. Visitors present- ing the official pass will gain free admission for 2 people to participating venues. 1 ticket is permitted per household, per email address. This one-day event emulates the free admis- sion policy of the Smithsonian Institutions Washington, D.C.- based facilities. Saturday & Sunday, Sept 25-26 - 16 alpaca farms across Maine will be open to the public for the Annual Maine Alpaca Open Farm Weekend. Go to www.mainealpacafarms.co for hours and directions. Not Your Usual Silent Auc- tion, Saturday, Sept. 25, and Sunday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the Shaker Hill Apple Festival in the historic 1833 Shaker Barn located off of Shaker Hill Road in Alfred. Visit www.yorkcountyshelter- programs.org to view some of the items that have already been donated. Individuals and businesses wishing to donate an item or service are encour- aged to contact Mary Doyle at 324-1137 or email: mqdoyle gmail.com. Pre-Harvest Woodlot Tour, Saturday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m. to noon at Rivermeadow Tree Farm, Arundel. Join Bert and Joan Cowgill at their Arundel tree farm for a tour of their woodlot. This woodlot is being prepared for a commercial harvest next year. Greg Foster will lead the tour and will discuss the process of select- ing trees for harvest, marking skid trails, and working within a rivers shoreland zone. A follow-up post-harvest tour will be scheduled next year. Open to the public. Rivermeadow Tree Farm, 169 Limerick Road, Arundel. Contact: Dotti Mozden at 637-3272 or dot.mozden yahoo.com. Looking for Golfers - Frank E. Hancock Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit York Hospital. Sign up now for this popular golf tournament now in its 22nd year! On Sunday, Sept. 26th a limited number of golf- ers will enjoy a wonderful day of golf at the York Golf and Tennis Club. Player fees are $150 per player and include a box lunch, golf, golf cart, fleece vest and a goody bag filled with items any golfer would love; from golf balls and tees to ball markers and divot repair tools! All this followed by a catered dinner buffet of prime rib and chicken afterward. As always, there will be lots of great raffle and auc- tion prizes, including tickets to the Patriots vs. Vikings game, For more information, please contact the Friendraising Office at 351-2385. Producer of Naval Prison Documentaries Now Brings Family Histories to Life: A Life The Music Hall announces Telluride by the Sea, Friday Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept 26. Patron and Weekend Passes on sale now. Six films fresh from their premiers at the 37th Tel- luride Film Festival in Colorado will be on screen. Box Office at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, by phone at 603-436-2400 or online at www.themusichall.org. The Ogunquit Playhouse presents Chicago on stage through Sunday, Oct. 24. For a complete list of show times, pricing and more information about the season, visit www. ogunquitplayhouse.org. Tickets online or through the box office at 646-5511. The Music Hall presents Kids RULE!: Circo Comedia, a one-hour, one-ring circus in the tradition of Cirque du Soleil on Saturday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. Tickets are $12, and can be purchased at The Music Hall Box Office at 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, N.H., by phone at (603) 436-2400, or online at www.themusichall.org. Green Alliance Funky Fall Foliage Cruise, Sunday, Oct. 3, 3:30 to 7 p.m., (boarding starts at 3 p.m.), Isles of Shoals Steamship Co., Portsmouth, N.H. Sponsored by the Green Alliance. Enjoy wine and cheese tastings and a mixing and matching of Portsmouth Green Drinks, sustainable entrepreneurs and community members. Learn more at www. greenalliance.biz. Tickets for non-members are $25 and include a free membership to Green Alliance which provides big discounts at 85 local green businesses. Tickets at www. islesofshoals.com. Harbor Light Stage presents Come Night Fall - a psychological thriller in the Gothic tradition, Friday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 24. Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m., Sunday Oct. 17 and 24 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets $25-$30 through Strawbery Banke Museum; in person at the Tyco Visitor Center dur- ing normal museum hours, by phone at (603) 433-1107, or online at www.strawberybanke. org/shop/online-tickets where complete schedule information is also available. Please note: due to the historical nature of this venue, handicap access is not available. Also, the content treated in this play is not advis- able for children under 13 years of age. The Ogunquit Art Asso- ciation will host an Art Video at the Gallery series at the Barn Gallery, located at the corner of Shore Road and Bourne Lane in Ogunquit. Videos will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Theatre, Shows Events will include a discussion about the film and the artist led by members of the Ogunquit Art Association. Admission is free. For more information, call 646- 8400 or visit www.barngallery. org. The Sanford Salvation Army will host Kids Flix Club ev- ery Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. A movie will be shown and accom- panied by games. If kids need a ride, the organization will pick them up and drop them off for a minimal charge of $1 per family. The Salvation Army is located at 871 Main St., Sanford. Call 324- 3134 for more information. One-of-a-kind Books RiverRun Bookstore, 20 Congress Street, Portsmouth, N.H., event schedule. For more information on events, visit www.riverrunbookstore.c or call 603-431-2100. All events are free and open to the public: Howard Mansfield reads from his new nonfiction book, Turn & Jump: How Time & Place Fell Apart, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m.; James Howard Kunstler reads from his latest novel, The Witch of Hebron, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m.; Monday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. world famous wrestler & bestselling author Mick Foley at the Levenson Room at the Portsmouth Library; Wednesday Oct. 6, 7 p.m., AGNI Magazine senior editor, William Pierce, will moderate; Jeffrey Harrison, Wil- liam Giraldi, and Anne Germa- nacos will read from their work; Thursday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Steven Blush will have a screening and book signing of American Hardcore. The Buddhist Book Club meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Seacoast Wellness Center, 135 McDonough Street in Portsmouth, N.H. Please look for more information about The Seacoast Wellness Center at www.seacoastwellnesscen com, or call the Center at (603) 531-3130. Bestselling author Bill Bryson will sign his new book; At Home: A Short History of Private Life on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. at South Church, 292 State St., Portsmouth, N.H., free and open to the public. Sacred Circle Dance, Friday, Sept. 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Portsmouth Center for Yoga/ Arts, 9 Albany St, Portsmouth, N.H. No experience or partner needed. $5, 603-664-2796, amyla44juno.com, www.ports- mouthyoga.com/vlt6082.h for more information. Community Clinics Fall Open House, A morning of mindfulness and acupuncture treatments in the afternoon, Health and wellness Fill The Wagon Food Drive, Saturday, Sept. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coastal Clovers 4-H club and Hannaford in York have partnered to help the York Food Pantry. The food drive will add to 3000 pounds of produce the club has already delivered over the summer. The kids will be collecting donations in throughout the day they will weigh the food and deliver it to the food pantry along with hundreds of pounds of squash they harvested this week. For more information contact Rus- sell Osgood 451-3052. Punkinfiddle, A National Estuaries Day Celebration, will be held rain or shine at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Punkinfiddle features traditional crafts, hands-on learning, lively music, old-fashioned games, tasty food, farm animals, and lots of smiles in a historic seaside set- ting. Admission is $15 a carload ($10 per carload for Laudholm Trust members). Octoberfest 2010, Sat- urday, Sept. 25 from noon to 5 p.m. throughout Dover, N,H. For more information: info dovernh.org or call 603-742- 2218. Saturday, Sept. 25 - The Kennebunk Dog Park hosts the 4th Annual Best Dog-Gone Dog Show, 10 a.m. to noon at the Kennebunk Dog Park on Sea Road, next to the recycle center. Judging starts at 10:30 a.m. The entry fee is $5 per dog. Saturday, Sept. 25 - Cel- ebrate the 1st anniversary of Quest Fitness and the Goodall Outpatient Center and the 2nd anniversary of The Medical Group at 2 Livewell Drive in Kennebunk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be face painting, blood pressure screenings, a live DJ, snacks and more. The Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team will be in atten- dance with adoptable canines. Final Salon Night of 2010, Saturday, Sept. 25, 7 to 9 p.m., featuring Nancy Jean Hill, poet and musician extraordinaire Paul Harkins at The Red Door Pottery Studio, 44 Government Street, Kittery. Dessert and coffee served. Free and open to the public. Donations accepted for Footprints Food Pantry. For more information call Elaine at 439-5671 or on the web www. reddoorpottery.com. Salon Night series continues in Janu- ary 2011 and throughout the year on the last Saturday of each month. 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Publishers Note A theater at a crossroads By JEFF RAPSIS The York Independent This edition of the York Independent looks at the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit. Its an institution that I didnt know about until this spring, though I had driven or walked past it many time since last year. Why was a movie
USM + YCCC = Partnership The University of Southern Maine and York County Community College are launching a new partnership that will focus on helping students further their education beyond an associates degree. Establishment of the office is the result of the new USM-YCCC partnership known as the
Q&A ANDREW ROBAR THE CHILI CZAR By TARYN PLUMB The York Independent Chili is the ultimate comfort food and the filling, mouth-tingling amalgam of meat, vegetables and spices is also a mainstay at the various fairs and fests that dominate fall in New England. But although its ingredients are quite
So ultimately, what makes for a good chili? I cook mine for a really long time; several hours. It makes the flavors melt together. I try to make it so no flavor dominates over another. You dont want one thing to stick out too much. And we build on the flavor as much as pos- siblewe start with brown
Cover Story And this years bumper crop of lousy films didnt help, either. Its all built up to the point where its now making a difference, Clayton muses. People are now watch- ing movies on tiny screen on their cell phones. Basically, the product has been cheapened by overexposure. Its no magic lan
Leavitt was able to get many first-run films for only a day or two, and then would trade with other theaters up and down the coast. The Boston connection also made it easy to get prints older films. Prints were shipped to Ogunquit by bus, and Clay- ton practically lived at the bus station picking u
place down. In time, the Claytons had two sons, Max and Ian. It was a good life, Clayton says, allowing them to earn enough to put the kids through college, allowing the family to work together in the summers, and also allowing them time together in the off-season as well. Eventually, the Claytons
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10 Remembered is a Life Honored, Traip Academy, 12 Williams Ave, Kittery. Thursday, Sept. 30, 7 to 9 p.m. Admission: $8, to reserve space, call 439.5896, Heather Thibodeau, Director, hthibodeaukitteryschoo www.kitteryschools.org. The Seacoast Democrats of southern York County will hold Vote your Va
11 Visual Arts Listings Send us your listings! Got a gallery exhibit coming up? Send the info to yorkindependent gmail.com. Listings run on a space available basis Just Us Chickens Gallery, 9 Walker St., Kittery, 439-4209 presents Stix and Stones - Whimsi- cal sculpture, pottery and fish prints by
12 Heating Oil Kerosene Diesel Propane Full Service Heating Pre-Buys Budget Plans Sales Repairs Heat Conversions Residential & Commercial Installation of AC, Gas & Oil Heat 207-363-4172 ART SHES IN STITCHES 12 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Kittery artist creates fabrics, weaves them into art
13 SUZIE GOODWIN PHOTO ant colors and bold designs, such as those seen in this work titled Dahlia Dimension. SUZIE GOODWIN PHOTO brics that she herself designs. 13 September 24 - October 7, 2010 The York Independent 064661 For four years I was criticized and critiqued, but my teachers always remai
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17 Music listings WHOS PLAYING, WHEN & WHERE FRIDAY, SEPT. 24 The Pousette-Dart Band, 8 p.m., Jonathans Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit, Maine, 646-4777 Jim Weiders Project Percolator, Inn on the Blues, 7 Ocean Ave., York Beach, Maine, 351-3221 Bret Michaels, 8 p.m., Hamp- ton Beach Casino B
18 FILM REVIEWS 32 minutes long and distributed in wide release by Sony Pictures. ing actors and extras and a general tone that make you feel like youre watching something about Boston, not just some fake generic East Coast city with a showy accent. Blake Lively shows up to play Coughlins sister and
19 CAR TALK BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI click and Clack guide incredibly tenacious reader ago, and unfortunately, the problem hasnt worked itself out yet. I did some research, cleaned the speed sensors on both sides and checked to see if the reluctor wheels were the same as the ones on the old rotors I
20 THE PET CONNECTION Looking for a home Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Quest Fitness and the Goodall Outpatient Center, and the Second Anniversary of The Medical Group, at 2 Livewell Drive in Kennebunk on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. There will be Face Painting, Blood Pressure
21 NEWS OF RECORD OBITUARIES Lauris Levi Grant Lauris Levi Grant, 92, recently of Norwich, Vt., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 sur- rounded by family and friends. Lauris, whom everyone called Laurie, was born on Aug.13, 1918, the son of the late Irene Gardener Copp Grant and Levi Evremond Pa
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