MAD HORSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS MAMET'S "NOVEMBER"

Mad Horse Theatre Company current production of David Mamet's "November" runs through October 28th.

This hilarious comedy is pure Mamet. With election day looming, incumbent President Charles Smith sees his chances for reelection looking grimmer by the day. His staff is jumping ship, but Chuck isn't ready to give up yet, risking everything in a last-ditch effort to win back public support. With Mamet's characteristic no-holds-barred style, November is a side-splitting take on the state of American politics today - and a delicious antidote to the political season!

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DR. SHEILA PINETTE ON MAINE'S BREAST CANCER RATE

General information about breast cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
- Increasing age is the greatest risk factor for women. (The lifetime risk is 1 in 8.)
- Modifiable risk factors include sedentary lifestyle and obesity.
- Prevention: moderate or vigorous physical activity and maintaining a healthy body weight.
- Regular mammograms can result in the diagnosis of breast cancer at an early stage when it is most treatable, reducing mortality and avoidable costs.
- By statewide survey in 2010, 80.2% of Maine women, age 40 and older, reported having had a mammogram in the past two years. Women reporting no health insurance were much less likely to have had a mammogram (50.4%). (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

Other cancers for which screening is appropriate for specific age groups:
- Screening is recommended for colorectal cancer (beginning at age 50) and for cervical cancer (beginning at age 21). ***For these two cancers, screening can prevent cancer as well as detect it early. When these cancers are diagnosed early, cure is possible.

Cancer Rates in Maine:
- In 2009, 1,077 Maine women were diagnosed with breast cancer, down from 1091 in 2008 and 1100 in 2007.
- In fact, the number of new cases diagnosed is decreasing for all of the "screenable" cancers: for colorectal, cervical and breast, a small but persistent drop over the last decade is seen. For all cancer diagnoses combined, the numbers/rates are decreasing. Maine is now # 7 in comparison with other states, which represents an improvement from being in the "top 5" consistently.
- The death rate for breast cancer in Maine has also decreased, along with rates for colorectal, prostate and lung cancers (the 4 most common cancers). For all cancers combined, the latest state comparisons show that Maine is # 12, which represents improvement.

Maine CDC Cancer Screening Information:

- Eligibility is based on age, income and health insurance status (uninsured or underinsured);
- For more information, questions about eligibility or to enroll for breast, cervical, or colorectal screening, call 1-800-350-5180, press 1.

For more information on Dr. Sheila Pinette and the Maine CDC click here:  MAINE CDC

 

ANGUS KING

Angus King is an Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate.

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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT AT THE MUSIC HALL

The most whimsical and original young singer-songwriter to come around in years" - (New York Times) returns in support of his seventh album, Out of the Game (produced by Mark Ronson), which both Rolling Stone and Paste Magazine have recently chosen as one of the best albums of the year so far, and NPR Music selected the album's latest single, "Jericho" as one of their favorite tracks of the year to date. On his return engagement to The Music Hall, he'll be preceded by both British folk rocker Teddy Thompson and his sister, Music Hall fave, Lucy Wainwright Roche.

Rufus Wainwright will be in concert at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH on Wednesday, October 24th at 7:30 PM.

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TRICKY BRITCHES TO PERFORM AT EMPIRE DINE AND DANCE

The band Tricky Britches will be in concert at Empire Dine and Dance on Friday, October 26th at 9 PM.

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