Brew-ha-ha

Raise your pint glasses for the Maine Brewers’ Festival, this Saturday at the Portland Expo. Admission costs $19 in advance, $20 at the door, and includes a souvenir tasting glass and 12 sampling tickets, so you can taste some of Maine’s best brews. In addition to live music, Maine State Lottery games and other exhibitors at the festival, the Portland Fire Department will have a booth there to raise funds for thermal-imaging cameras. For information, call 771-7571, visit www.mainebrew.com or e-mail eastcoastevents@mindspring.com.

A New New Moon

The New Moon – formerly the New Moon Caf? – has reopened at 49 Park St. (on the hill behind City Hall) with a new, art deco-inspired logo, a soothing interior, an open kitchen and a very cool bar area. New Moon is open for dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The bar stays open between 11:30 and midnight on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. For information or reservations, which are recommended on weekends, call 990-2233.

A sweet deal

The holidays are just around the corner, which means it’s time to dust off those baking pans. If you need a little inspiration, you can get more than 80 recipes free, including Lemon Sugar Tea Cookies, Church Windows, Amish Cookies, Eskimo Cookies, Log Cabin Cookies and Million Dollar Cookies. For your copy of the free “Cookie Cookbook,” send a No. 10, business-size SASE with two 34-cent stamps on it to: Cookie Cookbook, Box 629, Burgin, KY 40310.

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