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)
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Jim Fisher, Rob Rosenthal
Jim Fisher reports on New Years Eve events planned for Blue Hill, and Rob Rosenthal brings us more short stories from “Story Bank Maine: Stories About Maine People and Their Places”, including “Growing Up Franco in Lewiston”, “The Way Food Should Be”, “This Isn’t Something You Just Go Buy”, and “Please Don’t Say ‘I Got Stung By A Bee'”.
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Magnus Johnstone, Jim Fisher
Segment 1: Graffiti/Tattoo Art Show. An interview with Isaac Wright –artist showing at the Dejoy Gallery 666 rte. 172 Blue Hill. Opening June 21st 2008
Segment 2: The New Surry Theater in Blue Hill, Maine. Interviews with Bill Raiten, Director of the New Surry Theater and Sheldon Bisberg, Music Director of the New Surry Theater www.newsurrytheatre.org How did you get involved in community theater? What are your plans for a future arts and acting school in Blue Hill?
Why did you choose A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for this summers musical production?
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producers: Carolyn Coe and Eric Olson
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Segment 1:
Mother’s Day– What are the origins of Mothers’ Day?– with residents from the Blue Hill peninsula and beyond
mothers, fathers, daughters
Segment 2: The Maine Migrant Health Program, in cooperation with PICA–Peace thru Interamerican Community Action— is presently a traveling, multi-media exhibit called “Farmworkers Feed Us All”. The exhibit features the work of nationally-known photojournalist Earl Dotter and audio-documentary reporter Tennessee Watson, and documents the lives and experiences of Maine’s migrant farmworkers. An opening was held at the PICA office last Thursday night. WERU’s Eric Olson recorded the speakers at the event—which also served to honor Olivia Perez Zamora from Milbridge. Olivia is a farmworker, student & Health Program intern, and recipient of National Center for Migrant Health scholarship award. Here are some excerpts. Following the presentations interviews Olivia Perez Zamora