Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140Chowder s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 6 3 7 A tasty blend of the fabulous, the eyebrow-raising, and the just plain wrong. Comanche, the 100-foot supermaxi built by HodgdonYachts in Boothbay, has been making waves after smashing the worldrecord for the fastest trans- atlantic monosail crossing–in a staggering 5 days, 4 hours, 21 minutes, and 25 seconds, beating the previous record of over 13 years by a full 27 hours. “[We] followed her progress religiously,” says Audrey Hodgdon, daughter of the dynasty. What makes Comanche so special? “She has a very radical de- sign. Every single element has been optimized to make her as lightweight as possible. She had a very small crew, just 17. It wouldn’t have been very com- fortable for them–there’s basically no interior.” Surely a small price to pay for a world title. Rumor has it owner Jim Clarke and wife Kristy Hinze- Clark of Netscape have their sites set on the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race in December. Beauty American This summer, War Paint the musical is drawingcrowdsasitportraysthelong-stand- ing feud between beauty industry titans Eliz- abeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein, played bystageiconsPattyLuponeandChristineEbersole. The rivalry of the two make-up magnates was hot gossip in the early 20th century. Thankfully, Ms. Ar- den had a tranquil retreat from which to escape the me- dia storm–Maine. Her Maine Chance Spa, founded in 1934 in the Belgrade Lakes region, spearheading the con- cept of the destination spa. Rumored guests included Ava Gardner and Judy Garland. The Spa estate was eventually sold to pay off tax bills after Arden’s death in 1966. Artists and couple Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch will bring their visceral, surreal exhibition “Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying” to Bates College Museum of Art in 2017. Pondick’s human/animal splice sculptures are inspired by an image of the Vacanti “earmouse”–with the tissue- engineered “human ear” of cow cartilage grown on its back. An exhibition at Museum L-A will celebrate the re- gion’stextilehistorywith“CoveringtheNation:the Art of the bates bedspread.” the bates mill began producing the covers in the 1850s and thrived un- til the early 20th century. their best-selling design was based on a wedding gift given by George Washington to his wife mar- tha. An advert from 1939 proclaims the bedspread “romantic enough to wear.” Unfortunately, the shift of thetextileindustryoverseassentthe mill into slow decline toward the end of the century. In 2001 bates mill filed for bankruptcy and over 100 work- ers lost their jobs. Seascape, Netscape CloCkWIse from bottom left: mUseUm lA; hodGdoN yAChts; fIle photo; CoUrtesy roNA poNdICk; GoodmAN theAter Shape Shifter