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Arts and Entertainment Calendar: June 3 - June 14
Greater Portland
Auditions, Calls for Art
Call for Artists: Paint for Preservation, second annual wet paint auction held Aug. 30 to benefit the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, must submit two samples (slides or digital images on CD) of original paintings in any medium for juried consideration, send to CELT Paint for Preservation, c/o Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, P.O. Box 265 ccb, Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107; deadline for submission is June 22.
Call for Visual and Performing Artists, to display work at Art Fest 2009 on June 20, sponsored by the Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation, call Myra, 865-4469, for applications, www.wolfesneckfarm.org.
"Go Fish" Call for Art Work, of any media on themes of fish, fishing, gear, folk, fable and fancy, for summer exhibit at The Long Island Dodwell Gallery, June 30 hanging date, call Maggie Carle, 766-2940 or www.maggiecarle.com.
Wednesday 6/3
a drawing room, Call for Art, open to 'smallworks' must hand-deliver artwork to 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, from 3-7 p.m. June 3, Alex Rheault, 632-2391, www.drawingroomportlandmaine.com.
Saturday 6/6
Maine Red Claws Dance Team Tryouts, 8 a.m. registration, auditions begin at 8:30 a.m., Portland Expo Building, Park St., Portland; must be 18 by Nov. 1, 2009, have transportation, flexible schedule, for application, Abby Pierce, 210-6655 or email@example.com, www.maineredclaws.com.
Monday 6/8
Auditions for The Wescustogo Youth Chorale, 2009-2010 season, open to children grades 3-12, auditions, 4-6 p.m., must reserve audition, 829-3111.
Wednesday 6/10
Auditions for the Good Theater 2009-2010 Season, by appointment on June 10 and June 11, call Good Theater office, 885-5883, will read scenes from the plays for audition, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, www.goodtheater.com.
Saturday 6/13
Open Auditions for Dancers, hosted by Portland Ballet, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Portland Ballet Studios, 517 Forest Ave., Portland, seeking dancers ages 15 and older for "Portland Dances! - New Works Showcase," held Aug. 14-14, Vanessa Beyland, 772-9671, firstname.lastname@example.com or www.portlandballet.org.
Books, Authors
Thursday 6/4
The Healing Power of Organic Storytelling, talk by Nancy Mellon, author of "Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth and Story to Awaken the Body's Energies," 7 p.m., $10, Maine Audubon Society, Gilsland Farm, Falmouth.
Friday 6/5
David Brody, author of "Cabal of The Westford Knight: Templars at the Newport Tower," 7 p.m., Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, www.longfellowbooks.com or 772-4045.
Tuesday 6/9
Steve Luttrell, Portland Poet Laureate, inaugural poetry reading, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, Congress St., Portland, Dennis Camire, email@example.com.
Thursday 6/11
Children's Book Reading and Signing, with Sandy Seeley Walling, author/illustrator of "A Day at the Beach," 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Mercy Fore River Lobby, 175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, 879-3605.
Patricia McConnell, animal behaviorist and author of "Play Together, Stay Together," 6:30-8 p.m., free, with wine, cheese and dog treats, The Planet Dog Company Store, Marginal Way, Portland, Catherine Frost, 761-1515 or email@example.com.
Patrick Tracey, author of "Stalking Irish Madness: Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia," 6:30 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-4723, www.library.scarborough.me.us.
Friday 6/12
Carolyn Baker, author of "Sacred Demise, Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse," talk and book signing, 7 p.m., by donation, First Parish UU Church, Congress St., Portland, sponsored by Portland Maine Permaculture, Winter Robinson, 929-6960.
Reader's Circle, third Thursday, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.
Open Mic Comedy, hosted by Brian Brinegar, 8 p.m. Thursdays, Slainte, 24 Preble St., Portland.
The Comedy Connection, shows Thursday-Sunday evening, Custom House Wharf, Portland, 774-5554 for reservations.
Thursday 6/4
Second Annual Paddlers Film Fest, five documentary films presented by The Northern Forest Canoe Trail and the Maine Island Trail Association, 6 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. screenings begin, tickets, $10 advance / $12 door / $8 student, 761-8225 ext. 107, Jewett Auditorium, Southern Maine Community College, Fort Road, South Portland.
Sunday 6/7
"Babette's Feast" presented by Food Films, with food from Evangeline, cash bar, 6 p.m., $45, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, to reserve seating, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
Wednesday 6/10
"The French Connection," Classic Cinema at St. Mary's, 7 p.m., free/donation, with refreshments, St. Mary's Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, 781-3366.
Thursday 6/4
"Inspirational Italy," paintings by Missy Asen, Lindsay Hancock, Anne Ireland, Jac Ouellette and Holly Ready, 6-8 p.m. reception, exhibit through June 27, Cygnet Gallery, 568 Congress St., 251-9925.
Opening Reception, "My Darwin," drawings and prints by Dorothy Schwartz, and "SoundWork," composed by Elliot Schwartz, 5-7 p.m. reception, exhibits through June 26, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland, 699-5083, www.JuneFitzpatrickGallery.com.
Friday 6/5
5th Annual Spring Show, jewelry, clothing and more, 6-8 p.m. opening, Ember Grove, 247 Congress St., Portland
"Fire Fashions," photography series, 5-8 p.m. opening reception, Arthur Fink Photography, 145 Newbury St., Portland, 615-5722, www.arthurfinkphoto.com.
"The Fractal Nature of Minerals and Wax," work by encaustic artist Rick Green, 5-8 p.m. reception, exhibit through June 30, Stones & Stuff, 556 Congress St., Portland, www.rickgreenart.com.
"Glass Masters," works by glass artists Ben Coombs and others, 5-8 p.m. opening reception and glassblowing demonstration, exhibit through June 28, Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland Glassblowing Studio, 24 Romasco Lane, Portland, 774-2100.
Grand Opening Celebration, 5-8 p.m., Susan Maasch Fine Art, 567 Congress St., Portland.
"The Immortality of Beauty" collaborative works by Geoff Herguth and Deb Train, 5 p.m. artist reception, Geoff Herguth Design and Fathom's Gallery, 82 Parris St., Portland.
"Local rootZ" recent paintings by Lukaduke, 7-12 p.m. opening, with live music, The Arm Factory, 200 Anderson St., Portland, www.lukaduke.blogspot.com.
"Looking Inside" new works, 5-10 p.m. opening reception, with live music by Over a Cardboard Sea, exhibit through July 31, Running With Scissors, artist studios and gallery, Cove Street Art Center, 54 Cove St., Portland, 699-4242, firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Taken out of Context," new work by Aaron T. Stephan, mixed media, 5-8 p.m. artist reception, exhibit through June 27, Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress St., Portland, 774-7011; www.whitneyartworks.com.
"Talking Walls," paintings by Anne Shibley O'Brien, 5-8 p.m. reception, The Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland, Cliff Gallant, 221-5446.
"Walking in Their Shoes," art exhibit honoring Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 5-8 p.m. reception, Hope.Gate.Way., 185 High Street, Portland, spiralarts.org.
Saturday 6/6
Gallery Opening, the wonderful gallery/FINE ART, 11 a.m., 152 Main St., Freeport.
A Fine Thing Gallery: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave., Portland, 699-2919, www.edpollackfinearts.com.
Addo Novo, 490 Congress St., Portland, www.addonovo.com/arts.
Artascope, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland.
Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook
College campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4499 or
Art House Picture Frames, 61 Pleasant St., Portland, 221-3443, www.arthousepictureframes.com.
Art Studios at Cottage Road, newest work by Betina Clark, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154.
Artist & Craftsman Supply, 540 Deering Ave., Portland, 772-7272.
Aucocisco Gallery, 89 Exchange St., Portland, 775-2222 or www.aucocisco.com.
Biddeford Savings Bank, "Spring Returns," photography by Kirk M. Rogers, through June 28, 360 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, 883-3004.
Bridge Gallery, "The Chicken Show," through June 30, 566 Congress St., Portland, 712-9499, www.bridgegalleryportland.com.
Cape Cottage Gallery, 179 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-5700 or www.capecottagegallery.com.
Carolyn Walton Gallery, "Landscapes of Maine and New England," 39 Pleasant Hill Road, Freeport, 865-1585 or www.carolynwalton.com.
Casco Bay Frames and Gallery, 295 Forest Ave., Hannaford Plaza, Portland, 774-1260 or www.cascobayframes.com.
Christoph Gallery, Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing, 118 Washington Ave., Portland, 772-4334 or www.portlandpottery.com.
Constellation Gallery, work by David A. Marshall, Nathan Broaddus, Matthew Isgro and Randy Regier, 511 Plaza on Congress St., Portland, 409-6617.
Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 India St., Portland.
Cygnet Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, 251-9925.
Daniel Kany Gallery, 24 Romasco Lane, Portland, 774-2100 or www.kany.net.
Daunis Fine Handmade Jewelry Showroom, third floor, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011.
Domaine Gallery, "New: Elemental/Essential Photography," by John G Kelley, 223 Commercial St., Portland, 772-2270 or www.domainegallery.com.
Earth and Soul, indigenous artists from around the world and local artists, 34 Washington Ave., Portland, 775-1089.
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, 27 Gorham Road, Scarborough; new work by Laura Tryon Jennings, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2620, www.elizabethmossgalleries.com.
Ember Grove Gallery, 247 B Congress St., Portland, 761-0408 or www.embergrove.com.
emilie inc., photography, 227 Congress St, Portland, 272-2285.
Falmouth Memorial Library, VoxPhotographs exhibit of Maine fine art photography from 1870 - present, through June 27, 5
Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.
Filament Gallery, 181 Congress St., Portland, 774-0932 or www.filamentgallery.com.
Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore St., Portland, 874-8084, www.forestreetgallery.com.
Four Walls Gallery for Fine Art, 564 Congress St., Portland, 221-3426 or www.fourwallsgallery.com.
Freeport Square Gallery, 140 Main St., Freeport, 865-1616.
Front Room Gallery, works by Jon White, Sunday Richards, Monica Walsh and others, 378 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-9070.
Frost Gully Gallery, 1159 U.S. Route 1, Freeport, 865-4505 or www.frostgullygallery.com.
Gallery 132, 132 Spring St., Portland, 842-9200 ext. 226.
Gem Gallery, 62 Island Ave., Peaks Island, 766-5600.
Gleason Fine Art, oil paintings by Clarence Kerr Chatterton, through June 30, 545 Congress St., Portland, 699-5599.
Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693.
Harmon's & Barton's Gallery, 584 Congress St., Portland, 774-5948.
Hawk Ridge Farm, by appointment only, Pownal, 688-4468.
Holly Ready Studio, oil and gouache paintings by Holly Ready, 146 High St., Portland, 632-1027 or www.hollyready.com
Jameson Modern Art, 305 Commercial St., Portland, 772-5522 or www.jamesongallery.com.
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St., Portland, 772-1961 or www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com.
June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, sculpture by Roger Prince and drawings and paintings by Sharon Yates, 522 Congress St., Portland, 699-5083.
The Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts, "Studying Books: Book Arts at Maine Colleges and Universities," through June 30, seventh floor reading room,
Glickman Family Library, USM Portland, 780-4270.
The Language Exchange, 80 Exchange St., Portland, 772-0405.
Lifeworks Chiropractic, "Barns Lost & Found," paintings by Richard Gombar, through June 29, Foreside Place, 202 U.S. Route 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, 781-7911.
Long Island Dodwell Gallery, "How Green Thou Art," mixed media, by Maggie Carle, through May, Long Island Community Library, 7 Gorham St.
Maine Arts Workshop, 39 School St., Freeport, 831-2759 or www.maineartsworkshop.com.
Maine Potters Market, 376 Fore St., Portland, 774-1633 or www.mainepottersmarket.com.
Merrill Memorial Library, "HeartFelt Designs," wool felt collages by Lynn Holaday, through July 11, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.
Moxie Studio and Gallery, landscape, still life paintings, by appointment, Cousins Island, Yarmouth, 846-0978.
Radiant Light Gallery, Thom Adams fine art and documentary photography, 615 Congress St., Suite 409, Portland, 252-7258.
Rise Photography, Matthew Robbins photography, Alicia Allen jewelry, 864 Broadway, South Portland, 799-4204, www.risephotography.com.
Running with Scissors Gallery, 54 Cove St., Portland, 699-4242.
Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, www.space538.org.
St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland,
775-5568, www.stlawrencearts.org.
Susan Maasch Fine Art, 567 Congress St., Portland, 699-2955 or www.susanmaaschfineart.com.
Sylvia Kania Gallery, 148 High St., Portland, 615-6019.
Toby Rosenberg Pottery Gallery, 293 Read St., Portland, 878-4590.
Thomas Memorial Library Gallery, "Maine, Mexico and More," new oil paintings by Mary Hall and Jack Riddle, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth.
Utopia Gallery, 468 Fore St., Portland, www.utopiadesigns.com.
VoxPhotographs, for invitation and location, 232-1214 or email@example.com.
Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress St., Portland, 774-7011; www.whitneyartworks.com.
3Fish Gallery, "Connections in Wood & Print," new work by Suzanne Hunt and Larinda Meade, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.
317 Main Street Gallery, recent monoprints by Alexandra S. Maurer, through June 26, Yarmouth, co-sponsored by Yarmouth Arts, 846-6264, www.yarmoutharts.org.
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, ongoing cultural,
educational, fun and active workshops for kids and parents, 142 Free
St., Portland, 828-1234 or www.kitetails.com.
Falmouth Heritage Museum, by appointment only, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth, 781-4727.
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, by appointment only, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island, 766-3330.
Freeport Historical Society Museum, "From Rebel to de Rigueur: The 40-year history of the t-shirt," exhibit through Sept. 7, Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport, 865-3170.
The Longfellow House at the Maine Historical Society, tours through Oct. 31, $8 adult, $7 senior / student, $3 child, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or www.mainehistory.org.
Maine Historical Society Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m. Sun.; 11 a.m.-12 p.m. children's hour Monday
and Wednesday, $8 adult, $3 child, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or
Maine Irish Heritage Center, tour the former St. Dominic's
Church, 19th-century cathedral built by Irish immigrants, 1-3 p.m.
Wednesdays, 34 Gray St., Portland; call first, 780-0118.
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum, daily trains from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,on the hour, from the Museum, 58 Fore St., Portland, 828-0814, tickets, $10 adult/$9 senior/$6 child ages 3-12, price includes admission to museum.
Museum at Portland Head Light, 1000 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-2661 or www.portlandheadlight.com.
Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown St., Portland, 871-7188 or www.museumafricanculture.org.
Neal Dow Memorial, Federal-style mansion built in 1829 for Maine
politician, abolitionist and prohibitionist; original silver, china,
portraits and furniture, 714 Congress St., Portland, free; 773-7773.
Portland Fire Museum, every Friday 12-8 p.m., $5 adults, $2 children age 7+, 157 Spring St., Portland, www.portlandfiremuseum.com.
Portland Harbor Museum, Southern Maine Community College, Fort Road, South Portland, 799-6337, www.portlandharbormuseum.org.
Portland Museum of Art, "2009 Biennial," through June 27, "Art of the Cranberry Islands," through June 28, Fridays 5-9 p.m. free, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148
ext. 3244 or www.portlandmuseum.org.
Portland Observatory, 138 Congress St., Portland, 774-5561.
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum and the Shaker Store, 10 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Mondays- Saturdays, closed Sundays, through Columbus Day, U.S. Route 26, New Gloucester, 926-4597, www.shaker.lib.me.us.
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum, "The Age of Innocence" exhibit of horse drawn vehicles, in collaboration with the Victoria Mansion, carriages and sleighs on display, Sundays from 12-3 p.m. or by appointment, through August 23, free, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, 829-9203 or www.skylinefarm.org.
Tate House Museum, by appointment only, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland, 774-6177 or www.tatehouse.org.
Yarmouth Historical Society Museum, "Life Along the Royal
River," 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Merrill
Memorial Library, Main Street, Yarmouth, 846-6259.
Wednesday 6/3
Pink Mountaintops with Quest for Fire and Dilly Dilly, 9:30 p.m., $10, 18+, Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, space538.org.
Friday 6/5
Darol Anger's "Welcome to Portland," 8 p.m., $15 advance / $18 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
The Jim Ciampi Band, Friday Night Live Summer Dance Party Series, 7:30 p.m., $15, The Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough, 774-4527, www.thelandingatpinepoint.com.
Saturday 6/6
"Hidden Messages," performance by DaPonte String Quartet, tickets, 2 p.m., $25 adult / $22 senior, free for ages 21 and under, State Street Church, Portland, daponte.org, Honora Jordan, 586-5384.
Mike and Ruthy, "Waltz of the Chickadee" CD release performance, 8 p.m., $5, North Star Music Cafe, 225 Congress St., Portland, 699-2994.
Richie Havens, 8 p.m., $50, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
Shape Note Singers, 1-4 p.m., all singers welcome, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, U.S. Route 26, New Gloucester, Barb Ames, 353-4423.
Tuesday 6/9
"Rites and Rhythms," PSO Season Finale Concert, 7:30 p.m., $17-$65, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets, PortTix, 842-0800 or www.porttix.com; www.portlandsymphony.com.
Wednesday 6/10
Concert by Hope Hoffman and Jim Tolles: Fiddling and songs from bluegrass, Carter family and Appalachian folk heritage, 7:30-9 p.m., $5 suggested donation, Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland, 774-4111, www.hopehoffman.org.
Sarah Blacker, jazzy/folk, singer/songwriter, 8:30 p.m., free, Dogfish Bar and Grille, 128 Free St, Portland.
Friday 6/12
Miss Fairchild and Lovewhip, $5, 9 p.m., Empire Dine and Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland, 879-8988, www.portlandempire.com.
They Might Be Giants, 8 p.m., $25 advance / $28 door, 21+, Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland, www.portcitymusichall.com.
Tryst Haunt II: Space is the Place with Cursillistas, Tempera, White Light, A.M. Frank and Modnight, 8:30 p.m., $6, 18+, Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, www.space538.org.
Saturday 6/13
An Evening with Poco, 8 p.m., $35, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.
Winterpills with Bird in the Rafters, Computer At Sea, and Seymour, 9 p.m., $7, 18+, Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, www.space538.org
Community Chorus, rehearsals 10 a.m.-12 p.m., first
and third Saturday, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St.,
Portland, 775-5568 ext. 102 or email@example.com.
David Bullard Songwriter Night, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Andy's Pub, Commercial Street; Solo Night 6 p.m. Thursdays, Slainte Wine Bar, 24 Preble St., Portland.
House Bluegrass, 9 p.m. Mondays, no cover, Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland.
Kirtan!, call & response group chanting meditation, 7-8:30 p.m., first and third Fridays, $5 donation, Portland Yoga Studio, 616 Congress St., Portland, 799-0054, portlandyoga.com.
Lazy Lightning, Grateful Dead covers and original music, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, The Big Easy, 55 Market St., bigeasyportland.com or 776-2822.
Theater & Dance
Friday 6/5
"Car Stories," presented by Portland Playback Theatre Company, 7:30 p.m., $5, First Parish Church, corner of Congress and Temple Streets, Portland.
"Dance of War: Legends of King Arthur," presented by Vivid Motion dance company, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday, $12 adult / $10 student or senior / $5 ages 12 and under, St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568, vividmotion.org.
"Folk Tales For Life Concert," hosted by Debb Freedman, sponsored by Maine Organization Of Storytelling Enthusiasts and National Storytelling Network, 8 p.m., $10, Williston West Church, Thomas St., Portland, Debb Freedman, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Swing Dance, with Maine Swingin' DJ's, 8 p.m. lesson, 9 p.m. dance, $8, North Deering Grange Hall, 1408 Washington Ave., Portland, email@example.com, 653-5012.
Traditional Folk and Fairy Tales, performance by MOOSE Storytellers, 12-1 p.m., free, Monument Square and Post Office Park.
Saturday 6/6
The Big Time Vaudeville Show with The Cane Gang, hosted by Michael Trautman, 7 p.m., $10 adult / $5 student or senior / $20 family, Breakwater School, 856 Brighton Ave., Portland, 450-5342.
"Dance of War: Legends of King Arthur," presented by Vivid Motion dance company, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday, $12 adult / $10 student or senior / $5 ages 12 and under, St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568, vividmotion.org.
Sunday 6/7
"Dance of War: Legends of King Arthur," presented by Vivid Motion dance company, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday, $12 adult / $10 student or senior / $5 ages 12 and under, St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568, vividmotion.org.
Argentine Tango Practice,
Wednesday 7-9 p.m., beginner lesson 7 p.m., $10; Ballroom Dance Party,
Saturday 8 p.m.-midnight, beginner lesson 7 p.m., $7; Maine Ballroom
Dance, 614 Congress St., Portland.
Club 188, line dancing instruction, Wednesday, 7-8 p.m.
beginners; 8-9 p.m. intermediate; 9-9:30 p.m. advanced; 188 Warren Ave,
Greater Portland Community Contradance, first Saturday, 7:15
p.m. lesson, 8 p.m. main dance, $9 adult / $5 child, Falmouth
Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road, new dancers welcome, no
partner needed, 756-2201.
Mid Coast
Auditions/Calls for Art
Call for Artists, paint or draw Bath's iconic bridge during Bath's summer Third Friday Art Walks, to reserve space, Terry Driscoll, Allen & Selig Realty, 443-2200 ext. 104 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Call for Original Artwork, for 10 X 10 Benefit Art Exhibit and Sale on Oct. 9-10, June 15 deadline for submission, details, application, Cathy Worthington, Arts Are Elementary, 729-6836, email@example.com, artsareelementary.org.
Wednesday 6/10
Auditions for Oratorio Chorale, 6-9 p.m., by appointment only, Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Maine St., Topsham, John Todd, 389-9175 or email@example.com.
Thursday 6/11
Auditions for Midcoast Youth Theater summer productions, "Disney's AristoCats Kids," open to children grades 2-6; auditions 4-6 p.m.; and "Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.," open to youth grades 6-9; auditions 6-8 p.m., auditions held at Mt. Ararat High School music room, 73 Eagles Way, Topsham, Henry, 751-2619.
Friday 6/12
Auditions for Midcoast Youth Theater summer productions, "Disney's AristoCats Kids," open to children grades 2-6; auditions 4-6 p.m.; and "Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.," open to youth grades 6-9; auditions 6-8 p.m., auditions held at Mt. Ararat High School music room, 73 Eagles Way, Topsham, Henry, 751-2619.
Books, Authors
Friday 6/5
Edgar Allen Beem, author of "Backyard Maine," 12 p.m., Maine Coast Book Shop, Main Street, Damariscotta, 563-3207 or www.mainecoastbookshop.com.
Friday 6/12
"Chaos and Order," new work by Tim Banks, Alan Mast and Ed McCartan, 5-8 p.m. reception, exhibit through June 27, Points of View Art Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-8920.
First Friday Artist Talk, Robert M. Chute, author of "Cat Tails," and Gail Kass of Ash Cove Pottery, 5-8 p.m., Nancy's Maine Choice, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Suite 105, Brunswick, 798-2525 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Places and Spaces," new work by Points of View artists, 5-8 p.m. artist reception, exhibit through June, Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., Brunswick,729-9108.
11 Pleasant St. Arts Center, 11 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 319-6057 or www.11pleasant.com.
Allen & Selig Realty, landscapes and seascapes by Claudette
Gamache, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 15 Vine St., Bath,
443-2200 or www.AllenSelig.com.
The Barn Door Cafe and Bakery, 4 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 102, 721-3099, www.thebarndoorcafe.com.
Bayview Gallery, 8 Maine St., Brunswick, 729-5500.
Cabot Mill Gallery, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 837-9108.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455 or www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross Mill, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, www.explorefrontier.com.
Gallery at Park Row, 185 Park Row, Brunswick, 907-4016.
Gallery at Widgeon Cove, winter hours by appointment, Route 123, Harpswell, 833-6081 or www.widgeoncove.com.
Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 729-9108.
Gallery at Schoolhouse Crossing, "Black, White & Red All Over," photography by Keith Spiro, 48 West Schoolhouse Crossing Road, Topsham, 603-674-6098 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Icon Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, 725-8157.
Just Framing, 149 Front St., Bath.
LaMarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 725-3902.
Mae's Cafe, 160 Centre St., Bath, 442-8577 or www.maescafeandbakery.com/events.
Maine Art Gallery, Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 15 Warren St., Wiscasset, 882-7511, www.maineartgallery.org.
Maine Fiberarts Gallery, "Portraits in Tapestry," by Barbara Burns, through June 30, 13 Main St., Topsham, 721-0678, www.mainefiberarts.org.
Merrymeeting Arts Center, Cathance Landing, 9 Main St., Bowdoinham, www.merrymeetingarts.org.
Old Post Office Gallery, original oils, pastels, watercolors of five local artists, Route 127, Georgetown, 371-2015.
Points of View Art Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-8920.
Sarah Greenier Gallery, Maine, marine and coastal paintings, 428 Middle St., Bath, 443-3936.
Sebascodegan Artists Cooperative Gallery, 4 Old Orr's Island Road, Harpswell, 833-5717.
Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 725-1727 or www.topshamlibrary.org.
Whatnot Gallery, Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St., Brunswick.
Wiscasset Bay Gallery, "Spring Renewal: Contemporary New England Art," through July 7, 67 Main St., Wiscasset, 882-7682 or www.wiscassetbaygallery.com.
Maine Maritime Museum, "Net Worth: the Rise and Fall of Maine's Fin Fisheries," exhibit through Nov. 29, open daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316 or www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.
Pejepscot Historical Society Museum, "CSI Brunswick: The
Forensic Work of Dr. Frank Whittier," and "Pejepscot's Early
Scots-Irish History," Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free, 159 Park
Row, Brunswick, 729-6606.
Friday 6/5
DJ Aqueous, dance music, 9 p.m., women free / men $2 after 10:30 p.m., 21+, MJ's Grille & Tavern, 94 Maine St., Brunswick, 729-6574.
Sam Sherry and Tim O'Dell, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Solo Bistro, 128 Front St., Bath, 443-3373.
Saturday 6/6
"ImproVox: Artists in Resonance, a cappella ensemble, 6-7:30 p.m. "Vortex" free style singing workshop, $12; 8 p.m. concert, $8 advance / $10 door, Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-5222 or Kathy, 838-2915, www.improvox.com.
Sunday 6/7
"Hidden Messages," performance by DaPonte String Quartet, tickets, 3 p.m., $25 adult / $22 senior, free for ages 21 and under, United Methodist Church, Brunswick, daponte.org, Honora Jordan, 586-5384.
Theater & Dance
Friday 6/5
"An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber & Friends," presented by the Studio Theatre of Bath, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 5-6 and June 12-14; and 2 p.m. Sundays June 7 and June 14; $10-$15, Chocolate Church Art Center, Washington St., Bath, tickets, 442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Saturday 6/6
"An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber & Friends," presented by the Studio Theatre of Bath, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 5-6 and June 12-14; and 2 p.m. Sundays June 7 and June 14; $10-$15, Chocolate Church Art Center, Washington St., Bath, tickets, 442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Sunday 6/7
"An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber & Friends," presented by the Studio Theatre of Bath, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, June 5-6 and June 12-14; and 2 p.m. Sundays June 7 and June 14; $10-$15, Chocolate Church Art Center, Washington St., Bath, tickets, 442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Sage Swingers, Square and Round Dance Club, 6:30
p.m. Monday round dance workshops, Coffin School Cafeteria, Barrows
St., Brunswick, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday square dance workshops, Jordan Acres
School Cafeteria, Brunswick, 389-2568 or www.sage.squaredanceme.us.


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Anthony Stokes believes Celtic are better equipped for the "business end" of the season than last year as they close in on the first part of a possible treble.
Celtic face Kilmarnock in the Scottish Communities League Cup final on Sunday after extending an unbeaten domestic run to 27 games with a 4-0 William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final win over Dundee United.
Celtic lost the final 2-1 to Rangers last season and went on to be pipped to the title by their Old Firm rivals after losing the advantage at Inverness four games from the finishing line.
But Stokes feels his team have improved from 12 months ago - and developed a clinical edge that recently saw them win 20 domestic games on the trot.
"We are a different team this year, I think we're a better team," the Irishman said.
"We have tried to learn from last season and we're trying to push ourselves even further. We didn't get over the line last year and lost in the final of this tournament.
"We want to rectify some of the mistakes of last year."
Celtic can clinch the Clydesdale Bank Premier League at Ibrox on March 25 if both Rangers and Motherwell drop points beforehand.
But all talk of the treble has been banned at Celtic's Lennoxtown training ground and Stokes is taking Sunday's final on its own merits.
"Every trophy is important to us," the former Arsenal, Sunderland and Hibernian striker said.
"We take it as seriously as the league or the other cups. It's massive for us.
"It's the business end of the season. We've done really well so far but it could all count for nothing if we don't keep our high standards that we've set over the last few months."
Stokes has scored in Celtic's most recent two games, against Aberdeen and United, to equal his 20-goal tally from last season but he admits he has no idea if that will be enough to secure him a Hampden start.
Stokes has regularly been left out of the starting line-up in European games and big domestic occasions. The 23-year-old has not started against Rangers since his Old firm debut in October 2010, was an unused substitute in last year's final and only played the last quarter of the Scottish Cup final win over Motherwell.
"I'm not expecting to start at all - the gaffer changes it up quite a bit," he said.
"He'll be putting out a team to win. Obviously I'd like to think I'd come into the equation.
"I just don't know to be honest. I just do as well as I possibly can in games and training and I just hope I get the nod.
"It would be frustrating (not to start) but it's all about winning games.
"It's a massive game and I'm sure the gaffer will pick the strongest team possible."
Stokes showed an eye for the big occasion when he scored two in the 3-1 semi-final win over former club Falkirk.
But he said: "I just try and do the same thing in every game.
"I don't class any game differently, big games or not. As long as I'm scoring I'm happy.
"I just want to keep myself in the team. Every game is important when you're playing."
Stokes also got a double in what was arguably the pivotal game of Celtic's season, which came against Sunday's opponents.
Celtic were three goals down at half-time at Rugby Park in October, days after losing at Hearts, but Stokes scored two goals before Charlie Mulgrew's late equaliser seemingly kept them just in the hunt for the SPL title.
That proved to be the first game of their unbeaten run against Scottish opponents and the memorable nature of the game should ensure no Celtic player takes Kilmarnock lightly.
"We know every team can be dangerous in this league," Stokes said.
"I think a cup final is different, there is a lot at stake.
"Kilmarnock have played some very good football this year and obviously we know from our own encounter early on in the season that they are a very tough team. We'll have to be at our best."
Meanwhile, Stokes revealed he was following a club superstition after refusing to touch the trophy while posing for photographs.
"It's a club thing here," the Dubliner said. "I just follow what they say and get on with it.
"It probably does make it a little bit more special if you get over the line and you get to lift it at Hampden."

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Throughout this crisis, President Obama has urged the American people to call, email and tweet Republican congressmen to demand a bipartisan compromise.
Within minutes of the Business Insider reporting the Apple Corporation currently has more cash on hand than the U.S. Treasury, the president reiterated his request via Twitter for Americans to contact their legislators via Twitter to express their views.
After the president's first request for Americans to contact their representatives, the phone lines both on Capitol Hill and at the White House were inoperable for days due to the high call volume. Despite the failure of this first request to force either side to reach a compromise, President Obama has again asked Americans to deluge congressional offices with calls.
As members of Congress and staff work long hours trying to pass plans and reach a compromise, resources are again being diverted to answering constituents' calls, voicemails and tweets. If the president was as anxious as he claims to be to reach a deal, it would be advantageous for Congress to actually be able to do their jobs.
Earlier, Jonathan asked if it really is a disaster the president is seeking. With his latest request for a siege on Congress, it appears Obama is rooting for Armageddon.


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Baroque Music of Bologna
1 CD / Apex / 2007-09-03Works: Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto for Trumpet in D major; Concerto a 4 in forma di Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, for 2 violins, cello & continuo in G mi; Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in...
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1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22Works: Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 8/2; Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 8/8; Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8; Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 8/5; Concerto a 4 in forma ...
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Cooking and Baking
Ack! 4th of July is Saturday!
Okay, having a small get together for the 4th...need some help with timing/ideas.
For baked beans, how early can I prep/make? Is Thursday too early or should I save it for Friday?
And, if i'm grilling chicken, is it worth it to pre-cook it in the morning and finish it off on the grill later? I'd rather not have fireworks on the grill with guests waiting for food.
What are other folks doing for the 4th?
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Java Jive
START: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 12:30 PM
END: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:30 PM
Location: King Hall Campus Center
Live music will be playing in the lower campus center and free coffee brewed by the food for though cafe will be offered as well. Open to all students please join us for some relaxinf tunes and a nice cup of coffee.
If you are interested in being the music performance at this event please contact Kevin Richards (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Sid Kelly takes radio job in TulsaWritten by Staff Reports | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Radio host Sid Kelly has accepted a job as a morning show host in Tulsa, Oklahoma, starting Aug. 11.
The former host of Toledo's 92.5 KISS-FM's "The Morning Rush" was let go in May over a salary dispute with the radio station's corporate owners, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.
The 17-year radio veteran's one-year contract came up for review and Clear Channel decided not to renew, leaving the radio host "heartbroken" and "shocked," he told Toledo Free Press at the time. He had been with the station for three years.
RELATED: Sid Kelly no longer at KISS-FM
Kelly announced the new job on his Facebook page July 30.
"I know a lot of you have been waiting to hear what my next move is going to be, and after all the legal red tape and last-minute phone calls I'm PROUD to announce that I've accepted the morning host job at KHITS in Tulsa, Oklahoma starting August 11," he wrote. "While this opportunity is a dream come true, it is with an extremely heavy heart that I leave behind several friends I've made throughout the years here in Northwest Ohio."
Kelly will join the morning show at WHTT 106.9 K-HITS in Tulsa.
"Sid's talent really stuck out early in this process and his previous successes demonstrate the type of track record that will continue to grow K-HITS' audience," said K-HITS Program Director Jet Black in a July 30 news release. "We're very excited to get him started. August 11th can't get here fast enough."
"We are very pleased to welcome Sid to the K-HITS team," added KHTT Operations Manager Jules Riley in the release. "His ability to connect with the audience through humor and community involvement will be a huge asset as we continue with the evolution of this heritage brand."
"From the moment I walked the halls and saw the operation, I could tell it was the place I wanted to be," Kelly said in the release. "One of the goals I've always had was to be able to build a morning show from the ground up and work with managers who have the knowledge and faith to trust in my abilities."
Kelly and his wife Emily were married in Toledo. They have three children, ages 5, 3 and 9 months. He was an occasional columnist for Toledo Free Press.
"N. W. Ohio will ALWAYS hold a huge spot in my heart," he posted on Facebook. "The truth is, I love this city. From the Polish Fest and German Fest, Walleye games, moving Halloween, replacing a thief that stole more than just cash, to repairing relationships in a building that seemed to go less and less noticed as time went on; I enjoyed myself."
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
I love you, Mom
Dear BEV,
With your typical need to be objective and give yourself feedback about everything, I'm sure you can think of lots of things you're not doing for your kids - you don't always remember their medicines, you love it when they've gone to sleep and the house is quiet, you yell at them and lose your temper and sometimes you make them cry. You forget to make Chubbocks do his school assignments and sometimes you're not organised enough to produce on-demand whatever the school has asked for. You missed the admission deadlines to start with for Chubbocks' schooling. You not only go out to work but enjoy it and forget about C and P for hours every day when you're busy.
On the plus side, though, you do have a few things going for you. The first is that despite not being gaga about kids and frankly nervous and unwilling to start with when you heard you were pregnant, you not only went through with but enjoyed the process of transformation - the rush of hormones that made you feel like a mom, the operation, the turning-into-a-human-pincushion with all the bloodtests (well, ok, maybe you didn't enjoy the last two, but you did it. Not once but twice!). Not only that but you let that little drooling 7 pound bit of mush turn you from a gung-ho career woman into one who couldn't bear to let the baby out of her sight for the first six months and who actually down-shifted and worked parttime and took up an easier job so it would free up your mindspace for the baby.
You're not always up there with teaching the kids their alphabets and numbers and stuff ( thank God for your mum, else they'd be little illiterates). But you do like to teach them the art of whimsy - knowing the names of each flower in the garden and kissing them in the spring, dancing like loons to any and every song, giving answers like four hundred and eighty six when your son asks how old you are, not squashing ants but carefully observing how the mother ant is carrying food home for her babies and helping her by brushing obstacles away...You teach them to laugh and have fun, and everyone who's ever met your kids comments on what happy children they are.
You don't teach them about ambition and excelling and any of that, but you do teach them kindness and respect and how to laugh and enjoy the world around them every day. You let them fall down and bump themselves a few times and not get up to cry but turn to look at how badly they bruised the floor. You teach them to let go of dignity and 'face' and just be themselves. You encourage their creative and artistic sides, even as you don't focus too much on what they are 'supposed to be learning'.
You're determined to do the best you can for them. I remember...how you drove yourself mad with guilt when C didn't breastfeed. And how much effort you put in to ensure P did, from eating herbs to researching on the net to staying up late pumping to taking medicines and lugging the pump to the office which didn't even have a space to do it in. How many nights you cried about C's terrible Two Tantrums and how much research you did and all the books you read to figure out how to cope. How from someone who used to be so finicky, you're now even ok hanging out with babypuke on your clothes while they nod off to sleep. And how you fight even with their father or your parents or inlaws for the right to choose how they should be brought up.
Most of all, you've made the key transition that every parent needs to make to become the best parent possible - you've learned to put their needs ahead of yours, in big matters or small. You learn to wrestle with your own temper, with your emotional needs to hold your babies close, with your fears and demons, in their better interests. When you hurt them, you cry right along with them. And you know no one in the world could love your two more than you can. Most of all, I think the kids know it, judging by the way their faces light up when you walk into the house, and by the way they'll even miss going to Ajji's house if you happen to be home from work. I think that makes you a good mom.
PS. Do you think you could work on the temper a little?
Cross-posted on Rainbow Days
6 comments:
- mummyjaan said...
I love it, BEV :). And lol at "turn to look at how badly they bruised the floor".
Great work, especially on laughing with the children and teaching them to appreciate the world around them in all its beauty. Including the ants.
(P.S. What is it with the reference to the temper in so many letters? Are we really hot-tempered or are we guilty for the few times we 'lose it' with the kids? Need to go into this more at some stage, I think.)
- February 28, 2008 at 7:45 AM
- Asha said...
Haha!! Good one bev! Yes kids, your mom could check her temper and leave it out of the door if she tried! Make sure you do mom!!:)
- February 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM
- bird's eye view said...
Thanks mummyjaan. We do laugh a lot, which is nice.
Ref. the temper - I am a hot tempered sort and easily blow my gasket, and the guilt in my case is justified, in the sense that yes, there are times when it's ok to lose it but there are times when there is no need to - that's the balance I'm trying to work towards.
Thanks Asha. I do try...but sometimes the kids try me harder:)
- March 1, 2008 at 12:29 AM
- Trishna said...
Lovely BEV!
I really loved the bit about knowing the names of all the flowers and kissing them in spring! I know that's what we are going to do in about a year's time!:)
- March 4, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- bird's eye view said...
Thanks Trishna.
- March 5, 2008 at 5:11 AM
- Chiniiz n Sugarz Mom.. Swati said...
i have to work on my temper too.. ur post is quite helpful..
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Do you want to push/pull your film, but your camera doesn't let you override the ISO value?
Did you buy cheap film with no DX encoding in the canisters?
I have the solution for you!
Some might scrape the paint to uncover the metal contacts. However, I find it very time consuming.
I prefer to make DX labels and stick them to the canisters.
More information on DX encoding:
DX encoding simulator
If you find something wrong in this instructable, please tell me.
Step 1: Tools and materials needed
- Aluminium foil
- Clear plastic adhesive sheet
- Adhesive tape
- Scisors
- X-acto knife
- Printer, to print the label layout.
Step 2: Print layout
In this step you have to transfer the pattern onto the paper backing of the adhesive sheet.
You can use the attached pdf files to print the patterns.
I used a cardboard sheet and taped the adhesive sheet, so I could feed it through the printer.
But you can also print a regular sheet of paper and then manually trace over onto the adhesive sheet.
Then you have to:
1- Cut the label.
2- Remove the black areas with an X-acto knife.
3- Bend in half. It will make it easier for the next step.
Step 3: Assemble labels
Use the bend on the label to peel apart only half of the paper backing.
Then stick the foil to the exposed adhesive of the label. Make sure you match the edge of the foil with the bend you previously made.
Peel apart the remaining paper, and fold the label over the foil.
Then cut away the excess foil, following the edges of the adhesive paper.
Finally, don't forget to note the direction of the label and the ISO value with a permanent marker. I usually use the barcode side as a reference.


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My mum, Diana, passed away this afternoon after a very brave and determined battle with cancer.
Her family were at her bedside at the St.John's Hospice in Doncaster where she spent her last couple of days.
She has shown amazing strength over this past year but now she has no more pain and is reunited with my dad Roy, her soul mate.
I'd like to thank everyone who has supported my family through this very difficult time, particularly staff at St. John's and the Sheffield Hallamshire Hospital.
I would also really like to thanks my friends and family who have been amazing, and all the staff and athletes at GB Taekwondo.
I am sure you will now respect our privacy over the coming weeks.
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The Monitor Movie Guide
Red stars denote the reviews of Monitor movie critic David Sterritt unless otherwise noted. Ratings and comments by the Monitor panel ( blue stars) reflect the sometimes diverse views of at least three other moviegoers. Information on violence, drugs, sex/nudity, and profanity is compiled by the Monitor panel.
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*** *** Good
** ** Fair
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DUD DUD The Worst
Beyond the Mat (R)
Director: Barry Blaustein. With Mick Foley, Terry Funk, Jack Roberts. (102 min.) **** Riveting, rambunctious documentary about the professional-wrestling scene, focusing on the personal experiences of the "athletes" who bash one another around in the ring. The movie reveals much about public and private aspects of this so-called sport. But stay far, far away unless you can handle the copious amounts of blood (some of it phony) and agonizing psychological problems (all of them real) that its participants face on what seems like a daily basis.
The Carriers Are Waiting (Not rated)
Director: Benot Mariage. With Benot Poelvoorde, Margane Simon, Bouli Lanners, Dominique Baeyens. (94 min.) **** Sensitive, imaginative comedy-drama about a man who grows tired of his ordinary life, starts yearning for a touch of fame, and coerces his teenage son into trying to set a world record - not by engaging in some useful task, but by opening and closing a door more times than anyone's managed before. At once dreamily surreal and socially acute, the Belgian production features a splendid cast headed by Poelvoorde, previously celebrated for his searing 1992 performance in "Man Bites Dog." In Flemish with English subtitles
Cotton Mary (R)
Director: Ismail Merchant. With Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby, Sakina Jaffrey, Neena Gupta. (125 min.) *** The arrival of a new baby sparks a conflicted relationship between a privileged British woman and her Anglo-Indian maid in South India during the 1950s. Although his directorial expertise doesn't yet match his brilliance as a movie producer, Merchant brings keen insight and rich humanity to this culturally revealing tale of psychological unease in a tense postcolonial world.
Erin Brockovich (R)
Director: Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart. (131 min.) *** Roberts plays a tough-talking but warm- hearted woman who wangles a job in a lawyer's office and becomes fascinated by a real-estate transaction involving a utility company and a family that's been dogged by a surprising amount of illness. Soon she's canvassing the community to organize its environmentally impacted residents into fighting for their rights. The acting is amiable and the story is crisply told. Still, the movie is less personal and inventive than Soderbergh's best pictures, and its love- interest subplot seems tacked on as an afterthought. **** Gripping, outstanding, explosive.
Sex/Nudity: 1 implied sex scene; plunging necklines throughout movie. Violence: 1 telephone threat. Profanity: 88 expressions, mostly harsh. Drugs: 2 scenes with alcohol, 1 with smoking.
Spectres of the Spectrum (Not rated)
Director: Craig Baldwin. With Sean Kilkoyne, Caroline Koebel, Beth Lisick. (94 min.) **** An exhilarating "activist science- fantasy collage" blending new material, clips from vintage movies, and high-energy narration into the often-hilarious tale of a telepathic woman who thinks a global catastrophe can be avoided through clues embedded in old TV signals wafting through the cosmos. At once politically charged and wildly imaginative, this unique extravaganza confirms director Baldwin as an avant-garde superstar. …


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(Blogsouthwest Photo) Herb Kelleher wants Southwest CEO Gary Kelly to breathe deeply, baby. I don't know how anyone may be dressed in your office this Halloween, but they did things up in a big way over at Southwest Airlines. Even Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly got into the act. It's good to see the culture […] [Read More]
Fitch can't . . . gripe
Fitch Ratings has weighed in on the offer made by Kirk Kerkorian for a 20 percent stake in Tesoro. Fitch is maintaining its ratings on Tesoro's debt. (You might have to login for this release but it's short and easy.) Everything is stable as far as Fitch is concerned. And for disclosure purposes, Hearst Corp., […] [Read More]
Davis goes to SWBC
Mike Davis has joined Southwest Business Corp. as vice president of community banks. Davis is responsible for working with banks that have between $250 million and $2.5 billion in assets. Davis spent the last 17 years with Clarke American. For the last six years he was Clarke's executive vice president of operations and chief operating […] [Read More]
Texas workers less confident
The newest Hudson Employment Index exhibited a little stronger confidence among workers nationally but mixed signals from Texas workers. Texas workers continued to report the highest confidence levels among eight states with a 123.1 reading in October, and the score was slightly better than the score a year earlier. But the number this month was […] [Read More]
The Boss is verboten?
The word on the Interwebs is that Clear Channel Communications has ordered its radio stations NOT to play any tracks from Bruce Springsteen's new album, "Magic." Now, we don't know if this is the case or not. But it would be wonderful if someone from Clear Channel Communications would COMMUNICATE with us and let us […] [Read More]
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Former Willamette runner wins national indoor championship
Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds '06 won the men's 800-meter race Sunday at the U.S. indoor track and field championships.
Running for Oregon Track Club, Symmonds finished with a time of 1:48.10. He will compete for Team USA at the world indoor championships in Doha, Qatar, March 12-14.
Symmonds competed for the U.S. in the 800 meters at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At Willamette, he majored in biochemistry and won four national titles in the 800 meters and three in the 1,500 meters.
Read more about Symmonds' recent win in The Oregonian. Learn more about Willamette's track and field program on the Athletics website.


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24 to be Inducted into Frank G. Ham Society of Character
University of Kentucky Student-Athletes Recognized for All-Around Excellence
Nunley's Record, Smith's RBI Cap Historic Day for No. 18 Softball
Kentucky softball team posts 4-2 win over No. 3 Florida to recap historic day for UK Softball
Nunley's Pitching, Carroll's Homer Helps Softball Clinch Series
UK softball team defeats South Carolina 9-4 to claim series, goes for sweep Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
No. 20 Softball Falls at No. 11 Louisville 5-1
Kentucky softball team returns to action this weekend at South Carolina
No. 20/21 Softball to Play Wednesday at Lipscomb
Softball Canceled Tuesday at WKU; Wildcats will play Wednesday at Lipscomb
SB highlights vs. Georgia
Cumbess' First-Career No-Hitter Clinches Series Over Georgia; Wildcats clinch series vs. UGA for just the second time in school history and first since 2000
SB vs. Valparaiso, 052012
Five-Run Second Enough to Power UK Past Valpo; Rachel Riley gets ninth win on season, Chanda Bell picks up fourth save
SB vs. Michigan, NCAA Tournament, 051812
Kentucky Suffers Heartbreaking Walk-Off Loss in NCAA Opener; Wildcats rallied for the lead in the top of the seventh
SB vs. LSU, 050612
Bell's No Hitter Clinches Sweep of No. 22 LSU; Bell tosses fifth-career no hitter, O'Brien drives in game-winning run
SB vs. Morehead State, 042412
Softball Grabs Victory Behind Riley, O'Brien; O'Brien hits first homer of season in win
SB vs. Georgia, 041512
Softball's Late Charge Falls Short to No. 10/11 Georgia; Cervantes' seventh-inning homer not enough
Junior (2013): Played in 54 games with 32 starts ... Had 59 at-bats with one double, one homer, two RBI and four stolen bases ... Recorded two hits against top-20 ranked Stanford in the Kajikawa Classic ... Scored two runs against Howard... Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored against WKU ... Went 1-for-3 with a homer for two RBI in the final game of the SEC series vs. Mississippi State ... Had a stolen base and a run scored after going 1-for-3 in the second game of the South Carolina series ... Recorded a stolen base in the Florida series ... Smacked her first double of the season in game three of the Alabama series, going 1-for-2 at the plate ...... Commonly entered games late as a defensive replacement.
Freshman (2011):Appeared in 54 games and made 51 starts in her first season ... Matched a UK single-game record with three doubles in a win over DePaul ... Made her first career start at second base in the upset victory over No. 22 Ohio State ... Drilled a two-run single along the right field line to help guide UK to the win ... Posted a hit in a win over Georgia Southern ... Scored in a win over North Dakota State ... Tapped home in a win over Southern Illinois ... Had a multiple hit outing while driving in a run and scoring once in a win over Purdue ... Totaled three hits, including her first career home run in helping UK upset No. 7 Tennessee in the series-clinching win ... Scored in the 11-inning win over Arkansas ... Singled in the win over LSU ... Doubled and plated a score in the series-clinching win over Mississippi State ... Had a hit in every game of the Florida sweep including a two-hit, two-RBI day in the final victory ... Totaled a pair of hits in the Georgia series ... Singled and scored in a win at Marshall ... Plated a run with a sacrifice fly in a win over Tennessee Tech ... Singled in a win over South Carolina ... Singled and scored in a loss to South Carolina ... Batted .500 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh in a late-game rally situation in the series with Auburn ... Singled in the SEC Tournament game against Tennessee ... Notched a two-out two-run single in the first victory over No. 2 Michigan in the NCAA Tournament.
High School: Two-time KHSAA Class A Player of the Year ... Named to the NFCA first-team South Central All-Regional team ... A five-time letterwinner and a five-year starter ... A two-time State Champion ... A three-time All-State player ... In her career, she charted 260 career hits, 66 doubles, 151 RBI and 24 home runs ... Batted .447 as a senior with 20 doubles, seven home runs and 35 RBI ... In her junior campaign, she hit .418 with 14 home runs and 42 RBI ... Twice has been named to the KHSAA State Tournament team and served as her team's captain as a senior ... Also a 2008-09 NFCA All-American Scholar athlete and an Academic All-State team member ... National Honor Society member and a National Society of High School Scholars ... Sister Megan, was a two-year letterwinner for the UK softball team from 2007-08 ... Father, Kerry, lettered at UK in baseball.


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This Jewish Sporting Life
Jewish Jocks:
An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
Edited by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy
Twelve, 285 pages
For the 50th-year reunion of the Senn High School class of 1955, each of us was asked to submit a few words about his life since graduation. Here are some of mine: "For 30 years I taught in the English Department at Northwestern University, and remain attached to the football coaching staff there, working exclusively with Jewish wide receivers, which leaves me lots of free time for my writing."
I'm not sure everyone got the joke, but joke of course it is, since, in the history of football there has probably never been a Jewish wide receiver. Wide receivers, especially in professional football, tend to be tall, slender, wiry black men. When catching passes either at the sidelines or especially in the middle of the field, they take a terrific beating. Jewish wide receivers are as rare as Jewish coal miners or, to return to football to complete my simile, as Jews in the front four.
Was I playing into the stereotype about Jews being more thoughtful than physical? I suppose I was. Do I in fact believe in the stereotype? Here I am less sure. About Jewish bravery in the clutch, or crunch, there can be no doubt. Exhibit A: the Israeli army. The question is, are Jews willing to risk crippling themselves for mere sport? The answer, unsatisfactory as a generalization, is some are, some aren't.
As a boy athlete, I discovered I was one of those who wasn't. I grew up in a neighborhood where for boys there were two possibilities, and two only: Be a decent athlete or be witty. Having an aptitude for science, playing piano or violin, performing well in the classroom—none of this cut it, not in the least. Talent, valor, excellence, these were displayed on the playground, and nowhere else.
As an athlete, I lacked the essential quality of physical aggression. I knew I lacked it because Marty Sommerfield, a Jewish kid no larger than I with whom I went to grammar school, had it in excelsis. Marty would race into nearby street traffic after a foul ball; incur concussions while playing halfback without a helmet; never run away from a fight, even with boys 50 pounds heavier than he. Marty didn't go on to athletic glory but became interested in science, and in high school won a Westinghouse scholarship to Swarthmore for work on enzymes.
Every Jewish neighborhood had its great athlete. Philip Roth caught this nicely in creating his character Swede Levov in American Pastoral. A contemporary, Howie Carl (Hershey, to those of us who played with him), was a 5'8″ point guard with an astonishingly fluid jump shot. He held the record for total points scored at DePaul University until Mark Aguirre, who later played for the Detroit Pistons, came along. A terrific athlete two years younger than I named Ronnie Rubenstein played basketball for Louisville, then as now a college basketball power. He was also, at one point, the second-ranked racquetball player in the country. Running into the Rube at a Bulls game at the old Chicago Stadium after a 25-or-so-year hiatus in our friendship, his first words to me were: "Ep, can you believe it, the Bucks are six-point dogs?"
When I was eight years old, a man for whom my father worked asked me one Sunday if I preferred to join him in watching either Bob Feller pitch against the White Sox at Comiskey Park or the Bears play the Cleveland Rams with their star quarterback Bob Waterfield (husband of the movie actress Jane Russell) at Wrigley Field. I chose the Bears game, largely because of Sid Luckman, who was the first quarterback to master the T-formation and was tough, smart, and (best of all) Jewish.
Today, if one wishes to speak of the three great Jewish athletes, that triumvirate often includes Luckman, the Detroit Tigers' Hank Greenberg, and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Sandy Koufax, with the swimmer Mark Spitz sometimes tossed in as a fourth. There have been other great Jewish athletes, but their numbers have not been myriad, and probably never figure to be. Applying strict standards, the Jewish Athletes Hall of Fame could probably be accommodated in a second-floor single at your local Holiday Inn.
Tennis, the game upon which my own athletic passions were almost exclusively lavished in my last years in high school, had a few great Jewish players. Several years ago, I published an article on tennis in the Wall Street Journal, and received a call in response to it from Dick Savitt, who in 1951 won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon and was ranked second in the world that year. I mentioned in my article that Savitt and Vic Seixas were two Jewish tennis players who had come to prominence in an era when tennis in America was a country-club sport dominated by gentiles. Savitt ended our conversation by saying, "By the way, don't ever tell Vic he's Jewish. He doesn't know."
No great, or even prominent, Jewish golfers have emerged. In an interesting and intermittently amusing essay anthology entitled Jewish Jocks, there is a single piece about a Jewish golfer, a man named Corey Pavin, who in mid-career converted to Evangelical Christianity. Nothing shocking about this, really. There is something intrinsically un-Jewish, something essentially goyesque, about golf—about the clothes, the bucolic setting, the vast expenditure of time required to play a full 18 holes.
Both the editors and writers of the 50 brief essays in Jewish Jocks tend to treat the appearance on Earth of great Jewish athletes as slightly anomalous. Many of the essays aren't about actual athletes but about support staff and executives: the basketball coaches Red Holzman and Red Auerbach, the boxing cut-and-corner man Whitey Bimstein, the union organizer Marvin Miller, the inventors of fantasy baseball and ultimate Frisbee, the sportscaster Howard Cosell, a few sports writers, the gambler Arnold Rothstein, and the competitive eating champion Don Lerman. As for the last named, Jews, one would think, ought to be a cinch to win competitive-eating contests after having trained in homes where throughout childhood not competitive but compulsory eating was in force: "Eat, tsutsik, eat!"
The usual suspects have brief essays devoted to them in Jewish Jocks: Luckman, Greenberg, Koufax, Mark Spitz, the American bullfighter Sidney Franklin (né Frumpkin), the gymnast Kerri Strug, the pro basketball player Dolph Schayes. Essays on Jewish practitioners of lesser-known sports—handball, fencing, women's basketball, weightlifting, soccer, wrestling, martial arts, and ping pong—also find a place. Jewish athletic flops are covered. There is an entry on Adam Greenberg, the man who was beaned on his single time at bat in the majors and never returned; another on the yarmulke and tzitzit-wearing basketball prospect Tamir Goodman, who wasn't good enough to play at Maryland; and yet another on a would-be slugger in the 1920s named Mose Solomon, who was supposed to be the Jewish Babe Ruth but turned out to hit more like the biblical Ruth. With a few exceptions—Ron Rosenbaum on Arnold Rothstein, Deborah Lipstadt on the Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Olympics in Munich—the essays are written in a jaunty and jokey style. The title of the book could as easily have been Jewish Jocks as Told by Jokey Jakeys, for almost all the contributors are themselves Jewish.
If Jewish Jocks has a theme, it is that Jewish athletes tend to be unusual, if not positively odd, both among Jews and athletes. What, after all, were they, nice Jewish boys and girls, doing spending their lives on fields and courts, in rings and gyms, and other sweaty surroundings? Often in these essays, braininess—at least what qualifies as braininess among athletes—is what differentiates the Jewish athlete. An interior lineman, who in the mid-1950s played for the University of Southern California and then for the Oakland Raiders, turns out in later life to be a personal-injury lawyer, specializing in athletic injuries. A Jewish martial-arts guru, said to break stones with his face, has the first name Harvey and the body and countenance of a CPA.
The editors of Jewish Jocks, Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy—the former the editor of the New Republic, the latter one of the magazine's staff writers—grew up in the same professional-class neighborhood in Washington, D.C., went to the same synagogue, attended, as they write in their introduction, the same "progressive, heavily Jewish day school with a grasshopper as a mascot and no football team." From the photograph of them on the book's dust jacket, it would not be shocking to learn that such athletic glory as they might have won came not from smashing walk-off home runs, diving into end zones, or slam-dunking winning baskets at the game-ending buzzer, but instead from completing a flawless collection of baseball cards. What their book provides is for the most part a nerd's-eye view of the Jew as athlete.
The one essay on tennis in the collection, written by Lawrence Summers, the economist and former president of Harvard, turns out to be about Harold Solomon, a man who played defensive tennis through his long career, specializing in returning his opponents' drives with semi-lobs that wore them down, drove them nutty, and often ended in winning ugly victories. During the Connors-Borg-McEnroe era, in 1980, Solomon rode this dinker's game to a number-five world ranking. Summers concludes that he was right "as a young man to latch on to Harold Solomon. His success teaches a lesson that transcends tennis and sport. Attitude and grit are more important determinants than natural ability." Maybe so, but they are nowhere near as much fun as the exercise of pure talent and cool mastery.
Throughout Jewish Jocks, Jewish athletes rely on craft, cunning, old-fashioned smarts through which they overcome deficiencies in size, talent, and brutish aggression. Benny Leonard, "the archetype of the brainy boxer," in Franklin Foer's words, was a striking case in point. In and around New York in the 1920s, boxing was a sport in which a great number of Jews competed; in Foer's essay on Leonard, he cites the boxing historian Allen Bodner's estimate that in the 1920s Jews made up roughly a third of all professional fighters. Foer writes: "Jews are often credited with putting the science in the sweet science. Even the brutes of the tribe couldn't help but inject a little intellectualism into their craft." Tell it, one wants to say, to such Jewish pugs as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom and Kingfish Levinsky. Corey Pavin, we learn, "played 'Jewish,' if there is such a thing: He thrived on brains and craftiness rather than strength and bravado." Did Pavin, one wonders, retain these qualities after his conversion to Christianity?
If no generalizations about Jewish athletes are safe, a few strong trends may be noted. Franklin Foer remarks that with the social mobility that set in for Jews after World War II, the numbers of Jewish boxers lessened considerably. In his essay on the Met outfielder Art Shamsky, David Brooks, who owns a set of cards put out by the American Jewish Historical Society, notes that between 1871 and 2003 the number of Jews who played in the major leagues is 142, which averages out to only a little more than one for every year baseball has been in existence. In Robert Weintraub's article on the hapless Mose Solomon, John McGraw, then manager of the New York Giants who was looking for a Jewish sensation for the Jewish fans in New York, is quoted claiming that "Jews stay out of baseball because there isn't enough money in it."
Doubtful whether this was ever true, but it certainly isn't true today, when the major-league minimum salary is $480,000, with some players making as much as $25 million per year. Money doesn't come up in the pages of Jewish Jocks, but money is of course increasingly what all sports are about. A journalist once approached the television producer Don Ohlmeyer saying that he had a question. "If your question is about sports," Ohlmeyer replied, "the answer is money."
And so the answer to most questions about contemporary sports remains. Why do players take steroids? How is it that more players nowadays protect themselves by going on disabled lists with even minor injuries? Why do professional athletes seem to perform most proficiently at the end of their contracts? What makes sports unions the last of the strong unions in the United States? Why are the hockey and pro-basketball seasons so long? The answer is, in every case, money.
The money is there in good part through television contracts. But it is also found in the spiraling cost of tickets to sports events. Fans are at heart economic masochists, or perhaps damn fools is more precise. I speak as one of them. I buy two box seats to a Chicago Cubs game at mid-season, park my car in a lot near Wrigley Field, have a sandwich, a beer, some peanuts, and I have a $300 afternoon at the old ball park. Not that I long to do so, but I could attend the opera for less.
Along with the increased price of going to sports events, the ethnic demography of the sports is radically changing. In baseball, where blacks once constituted roughly a third of all major-league players, that number, when last reported, was down to 8 percent. The percentage of Hispanic players—from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua—is up, and Asian players are becoming more common. Professional football and basketball rosters, meanwhile, remain predominantly black, with the majority of the minority of white players in pro basketball coming from Eastern Europe, Spain, and Italy.
Your simple Jewish chauvinist—that would be me—searches for Jewish athletes playing major sports and finds fewer and fewer of them. A Chicago Bears offensive tackle with the Italian name Gabe Carimi turns out to be Jewish. A top-20 female tennis player named Shahar Peer is an Israeli. Aly Raisman was a key figure on the past year's U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. Perhaps the most successful Jewish professional athlete now going is Ryan Braun, the left-fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers known as the Hebrew Hammer and the National League's Most Valuable Player in 2011. No Jews I know about currently play in the National Basketball Association.
A few years ago, the Chicago Bears had a quarterback, now with the Washington Redskins, named Rex Grossman. His father is an ophthalmologist in Bloomington, Indiana. Grossman went to the University of Florida, where he was a consensus All-American and runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. The name Grossman, the physician father, the mention of Florida—my Jewdar went whirring away, strongly suggesting that he could be a member of the tribe. Grossman had an off-and-on career with the Bears, but in 2006, he led the team to a 13–3 record. In the Super Bowl, alas, he was responsible for five turnovers and seemed unable to do anything right. The Bears went down to the Indianapolis Colts in a dreary 29–17 defeat. Grossman, it turns out, is not Jewish. A good thing, too, else after the Super Bowl there might have been pogroms in the streets of Chicago.
American Jews who were themselves never first-class athletes—me, again—are perhaps unduly delighted to have great Jewish athletes on the scene. These athletes suggest a complete assimilation in the culture of the country. They help smash the stereotype of Jews as chiefly cerebral in their gifts. They are a source of pride in demonstrating that there is no realm in which Jews cannot excel. They are a salutary reminder that, as the man said, the Jews are like everyone else, only more so.


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ICBA: Overdraft Protection Act Will Harm Consumers and Hinder Community Banks' Ability to Offer Valuable Services
Washington, D.C. (October 30, 2009)—The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today told Congress that while the Overdraft Protection Act, H.R. 3904, will curb abusive overdraft practices, it will also drastically limit the ability of common-sense community banks to run fair overdraft programs that meet the needs of their customers, including offering discretionary overdraft services.
"If this bill is enacted, a significant portion of community banks will stop offering discretionary and automated overdraft programs, and consumers will face a significant increase in the amount of returned checks and debit card transactions, which is not only an embarrassment to them, but could affect their credit rating and cost them more money than an overdraft charge," said R. Michael Menzies, ICBA chairman and president and CEO of Easton Bank and Trust Co., Easton, Md., in testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
Menzies said that the legislation must exempt discretionary overdraft services, which involve a banker actively evaluating, on a case-by-case basis, a customer's overdraft and financial circumstances. "It is these situations that demonstrate the strength of the relationship-driven model of community banking and how overdraft coverage can be the most personal service a banker can provide," Menzies said. "Unfortunately, H.R. 3904 would jeopardize a community banker's ability to fulfill this role, leaving customers in the lurch."
More than 75 percent of community banks offer overdraft services. Menzies said that ICBA strongly supports ensuring that consumers are fully aware of the terms and conditions associated with overdraft protection programs. For that reason, ICBA is pleased that H.R. 3904 restricts deceptive advertising and marketing of overdraft products. "Overdraft protection programs are a last resort and should not be portrayed as an extra line of credit or in any way that encourages consumers to overdraw their accounts," Menzies said.
Menzies expressed further ICBA concerns about the bill by saying that:
- Mandatory opt-in for all consumers is anti-consumer;
- Price controls and quantity limits on overdrafts will reduce the availability of overdraft coverage and, potentially, other deposit services;
- Prohibiting banks from issuing non-sufficient-fund fees will not eliminate debit card overdrafts and will result in losses for community banks.
ICBA looks forward to working with Congress to ensure that community banks can continue to provide valuable overdraft programs to their customers in cities and towns across the nation.


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