September 9, 2011
Fundraising Dinner for Africa – you can help!
For a $20 donation, you can have dinner with the Lewiston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, and do great things for this important cause.
Article taken from the Porland Press Herald Aug 31, 2011.
Maine groups seek $20,000 to deliver aid to Africa
Two Maine nonprofits will host a fundraising dinner on Sept. 17 in Lewiston.
By Jason Singer jsinger@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
Local nonprofits are trying to raise $20,000 to deliver aid to East Africa, which is suffering its worst drought in 60 years.
“It’s a very bad situation,” Dr. Abdifatah Ahmed, the executive director of Portland-based Atlantic Global Aid, said Tuesday at a news conference. “We can’t wait for the United Nations or the other big fishes to act. People are dying. We have to act now.”
In a recent 90-day period, about 29,000 Somali and Kenyan children 5 years old or younger died of starvation. Nine million Somalis and Kenyans will likely die in coming weeks for lack of food.
Atlantic Global Health is partnering with Scarborough-based Partners for World Health. Dr. Abdi, as everyone calls him, said the two groups already have about $100,000 worth of supplies ready to go, if they can raise enough money.
Atlantic Global Health, which has an office in Kenya, is the first Maine nonprofit to have an office in East Africa. In May, four representatives from the organization traveled to Kenya to distribute medical supplies.
Partners For World Health, which collects medical items that local hospitals would otherwise throw away, has also traveled the globe to provide relief. A group of nurses affiliated with the group recently delivered medical supplies and training to hospitals in war-stricken Libya, and is planning a return trip there later this year.
The campaign was announced Wednesday in Lewiston, which has more than 4,000 Somali or Bantu immigrants, nearly one-tenth of the city’s population. Portland also has a sizeable contingent of residents with East African roots.
“A lot of Somali-Americans in Maine have families ‘back home’ so what is happening is very crucial to us,” Ahmed said. “This is the only way we can save lives.”
On Sept. 17, the groups will host a fundraising dinner at the Lewiston Multi-Purpose Center. Lewiston Mayor Laurent Gilbert, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and Ahmed will all speak, and tickets will come with donations of at least $20.
Staff Writer Jason Singer can be reached at 207-791-6437 or at: jsinger@pressherald.com
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September 8, 2011
BLOCK PARTY!!!!
Block Party returns to the Portland Arts District, for another year of outdoor, interactive art installations, performances and fun! It’s going to rock.
SPACE Gallery, in collaboration with a host of Portland arts organizations, alongside numerous neighbors on Congress Street, will transform a portion of the Arts District along Congress Street into a temporary zone for artistic exploration and enjoyment. Block Party 2011 will feature site-specific installations and performances by Maine artists Greta Bank, Kimberly Convery, Sean O’Brian, and Lorem Ipsum Theater Productions, ranging from a mobile theater to a scale-model Godzilla film set!
Providence, RI’s What Cheer? Brigade, a 19-piece street marching band, will ratchet up the party vibe with their irresistible New Orleans meets Samba meets Balkan Brass sound! Attendees will be able to witness the debut of Pickwick Independent Press’ project “Analog Tweets”, observe Shoot Media Project’s “Newscast” in production, get in on the fun with The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine’s “Make Your Own Musical Instruments and Costume” station for kids, and pop-in to Mayo Street Arts’ “Dress-Up Photo Booth” for an impromptu portrait session. With additional performances and projects from the ICA at MECA, Portland Ovations, The Telling Room, Mensk, Sylvia Kania Gallery/Dooryard Collective and more, Block Party 2011 is bound to delight and surprise!
Saturday 09.10.2011, Starts at 5:00 PM, Ends at 8:00 PM, Free!, All Ages. For more information, click here.
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September 7, 2011
Eastport Pirate Festival
Fan of pirates? Come down and enjoy the 6th annual Eastport Pirate Festiva. The Festival will begin Friday September 9th and run through Sunday September 11th. The festival is fun, free and open to all ages. The festival will kick off with the invasion of Lubec that happens the weekend before the actual festival. There will be all kinds of events running all weekend from a thieves market to live music and event a pirates parade. There will be fun all weekend long! Costumes are encouraged everyday! There will even be a Pirates Ball where there will be a king and Queen crowned! Does the idea of a sword fight excite you? Well you’re in luck. There will be a sword demo also cutlass fighting. Have little ones? They’re welcome too! Some kid friendly events will be a kid’s pirate schooner ride, and a kid’s breakfast with pirates. There will also be a pirates pet pageant, so if you have any furry loved ones bring them too! There will be an international lobster boat race and a pirate boat race on Sunday to bring the festival to an end.
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September 6, 2011
Old Orchard Beach Pier Bikefest
Love hitting the beach? Love riding your bike to the beach and feeling the wind in your hair? Come Down to the 12 annual Old Orchard Beach Pier Bikefest and celebrate both! The bikefest will kick off on Friday September 9th and run through Saturday September 10th. It will take place, you guessed it, on the pier. Do you have a sweet ride? Get there early and park it on the pier for everyone to gaze at. The town square will be reserved both Friday and Saturday for bikes. There will be loads of fun and including games, prizes and even a pig roast! Don’t have your own bike but are interested anyway? Come down and look at the hundreds of bikes that will be on display! Maybe you’ll even find on that would be perfect for your life style. Like live music? You’re in luck there will be tons at the bikefest. One of the best details of bikefest is that there is no admission fee!!
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September 5, 2011
Clinton Lions Club Fair
Love getting out and experiencing life? Why not come down for The Clinton Lions Club Fair. The fair will kick off Thursday September 8th and run through Sunday September 11th. The fair will be held at the Clinton Fairgrounds on rt 100. The Clinton Lions Club Fair has been an established event since 1953. The Fair continues to grow every year will attendance reaching almost to 20,000 visitors. This fair has everything you’d expect food, rides, games, and fun. On Saturday morning there will even be a parade kicking off at 10am. There will be a baby contest, so if you’ve got a little bugger why not enter them they could win a cool prize. Friday is senior citizens day so it’s the perfect day to bring the grandparents along. Senior admission will be only 3$. There will also be a fireworks display to bring Friday to an end. There will be fun contest run throughout the course of the fair including heaviest squash, heaviest tomato, largest sunflowers, even a scarecrow contest. Thursday and Sunday will be bracelet days. Anyone with a 15$ bracelet will be able to ride unlimited rides all day. Admission is 5$ a day with free parking.
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September 4, 2011
10th Annual Fall Festival of Arts & Crafts
100 of Maine’s talented Artisans will be selling their unquie handcrafted products on the beautiful grounds of Smiling Hill Farm. Plenty of space to browse, have a lunch and enjoy the countryside.
For more info, go to unitedmainecraftsmen.com
Show is September 10th, 10am – 4pm
Smiling Hill Farm, 781 County Rd (Rt 22), Westbrook, ME
Tickets are $2, children under 12 are free
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September 3, 2011
Film Screening- “Page One: Inside the NY Times”
In the tradition of great fly-on-the-wall documentaries, PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW 
YORK TIMES deftly gains unprecedented access to The New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. Do you read the newspaper? Are you interested in the media industry? This film is for you.
With the Internet surpassing print as our main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, PAGE ONE chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil. Writers like Brian Stelter, Tim Arango and the salty but brilliant David Carr track print journalism’s metamorphosis even as their own paper struggles to stay vital and solvent. Meanwhile, their editors and publishers grapple with existential challenges from players like WikiLeaks, new platforms ranging from Twitter to tablet computers, and readers’ expectations that news online should be free.
But rigorous journalism is thriving. PAGE ONE gives us an up-close look at the vibrant cross-cubicle debates and collaborations, tenacious jockeying for on-the-record quotes, and skillful page-one pitching that produce the “daily miracle” of a great news organization. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of journalists continuing to produce extraordinary work—under increasingly difficult circumstances.
At the heart of the film is the burning question on the minds of everyone who cares about a rigorous American press, Times lover or not: what will happen if the fast-moving future of media leaves behind the fact-based, original reporting that helps to define our society?
Followed by Q&A with Justin Ellis, assistant editor at Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. Ellis was previously a staff writer and columnist for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, where he covered areas like business, politics, culture and technology and is a former Knight Digital Media Center fellow and researcher at Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Thursday 09.08.2011, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, Ends at 9:30 PM, $7 / $5 for SPACE Members, All Ages. Purchase tickets here.
September 2, 2011
Secret Chiefs 3 concert
Secret Chiefs 3 return to SPACE for a another visionary evening of music.
Quoted as “[a]n alchemical fusion of Morricone-esque cinematic grandeur, midnight surf guitar, traditional Middle Eastern rhythms and time signatures, demonic death metal and electronic deviance,” (Pitchfork) this band is guaranteed to impress.
Buy tickets here and at all Bull Moose locations.
Led by composer and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More, the group is touring in support of their long-awaited new album, Book of Souls, out this fall. French drum & synth duo FAT32 bring their breakcore-freejazz-polka madness to open the night.
Wednesday 09.07.2011, Doors at 8:30 PM, Starts at 9:00 PM, $13 adv / $15 at the door, 18+
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September 1, 2011
First Friday Artwalk: “Zone” by Maya Hayuk and “Pulled” by Mike Perry
Come celebrate the re-opening of SPACE Gallery’s main space and the opening of Maya Hayuk’s installation, Zone.
Take in the large scale mulit-colored bullseye, the floor to ceiling drippy woven wall textile, the paper piece that trails onto the wall and the glow-in-the-blacklight neon mural on our newly constructed wall.
In the annex, soak up the beautiful variance of techniques and styles in the screen-printing exhibition, Pulled, by Mike Perry.
Friday 09.02.2011, Starts at 5:00 PM, Ends at 8:00 PM, free, All Ages
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