WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Waterfall Arts
Participants:
Martha Piscuskas, Co-Director, Waterfall Arts
Karin Otto, Board President, Waterfall Arts
Rick Fitzsimmons, Board Member, Waterfall Arts
Norman Pourier, Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Belfast, Maine
Key Discussion Points: Past, Present, Future of Waterfall Arts, Programming, Economic
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
“The Future of the Arts in Maine”
Guests: Julie A. Richard (Executive Director of Maine Arts Commission), Charles V. Stanhope (Board President, Maine Arts Commission), Cathy Melio (Program Officer, Maine Community Foundation) and Diane Mataraza (President, Mataraza Consulting)
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: The Grand and the Downeast Maine Playwrights Festival
Participants:
Gail La Rosa Thompson, Executive Director, The Grand
Teri Sargent Smith, President, Board of Directors, The Grand
Sanford Phippen, Author, Playwright, Downeast Maine Playwrights Festival
Key Discussion Points: History of the Grand, the Grand today and tomorrow, the Downeast Maine Playwright Festival, the work of Sanford Phippen
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Promoting Maine Arts & Artists
Participants: Anthony Anderson, President & Publisher, Maine Gallery Guide & Studio Guide
Maureen Farr, Publisher, Arts Guide
Julie A. Richard, Executive Director, Maine Arts Commision, Art Walk Maine
Key Discussion Points: History and present use of guides throughout Maine, current state of Arts in Maine
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Maine Masters Project: “Imber’s Left Hand”
Guests Include: Richard Kane, Project Director, Maine Masters Melody Lewis-Kane, Co-Producer, Maine Masters
Jill Hoy, artist
Key Discussion Points:
The story of the Maine Masters program
Producing video documentary “Imber’s Left Hand”
The artist: John Imber – His life, talent, and death
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: “Leaders in Transition Series” with Linda Nelson, Producing Artistic Director, Stonington Opera House, Stonington, Maine
Key Discussion Points:
History of the Stonington Opera House – Past into Present
Rebuilding structure and community pride
Leadership transitions
Future for Opera House and for Linda Nelson
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Joel Mann
Program Topic: Reading of Dickens’ THE CHRISTMAS CAROL
Key Discussion Points:
• Arts Celebration of the Holidays
Guests:
• Wendy Schweikert, Actress
• John Chapman, Actor
• Robert Burke, Actor
• Michael Donahue, Actor
Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Moving On: Leadership Transitions
Key Discussion Points:
• History and overview of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
• Leadership styles
• Leadership transitions
• Moving on – personal reflections
Guest:
• Stuart Kastenbaum, Director, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts