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Portland, Maine
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Multimedia
Title
Generations in Play
Year
2015
As two performers who are at different stages in their musical careers, Gail and Obi are both fiddle players in a community fiddle group based in Portland. Ali Scattergood documents how the two performers weave music into their lives.
Type
Photography
Title
Lou, The Crossing Guide Photographs
Year
2010
For over 14 years, Lou Alexander has been a crossing guard in Portland and developed a rapport among the students. David Foster captures Lou's life in retirement and his interactions with students.
Type
Radio
Title
L.H. Karaoke Lounge
Year
2003
Ben Harvey explores how a Vietnamese couple in Portland opened various businesses that represent their culture, and speaks to patrons at the karaoke lounge about their experiences.
Type
Photography
Title
Eye of the Beholder
Year
2004
With cosmetic surgery becoming more common for varying kinds of body modification or repair, Sabrina Haley captures the practice of Dr. Verne Weisberg in Portland.
Type
Radio
Title
Measure, Measure, Measure
Year
2004
Sara Wood highlights the life of Sturgis Whalen, a bus driver in Maine. Wood discusses Whalen dropping off his son to leave for the Navy, which follows a military tradition in the family.
Type
published content
Title
From Tree to Tip to Christmas Wreath
Year
1994
Erin Miller captures the work that Bob and Loretta MacLeod do creating Christmas wreaths on their farm in Columbia, Maine.
Type
Writing
Title
The Final Bell
Year
2000
Tyler Redmond discusses the lives of student athletes from Maine Central Institute and how basketball plays an important role at the school. Redmond speaks with students about their experiences growing up and the game of basketball.
Type
Radio
Title
Just Be Funny and Funny
Year
2005
Dylan Merriam highlights the work of Christine O'Leary, a comedian from Portland. Merriam discusses O'Leary's performances and how her jokes are created from life experiences.
Type
Writing
Title
A Good Day in Prison
Year
2002
Within the Education Department of the Maine State Prison, inmates are offered an opportunity to join a program geared towards giving inmates a way to prepare in rejoin public society. Hilary Niles discusses the Pre-Release Exit Program and the experiences of inmates within the prison.
Type
Photography
Title
For Baron, It's All a Big Game
Year
2009
Cheryl Rau documents the work that Officer Kevin Webster and his K-9 partner Baron do in South Portland searching places and people for illegal drugs.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Quality of Community: Open Bench Project
Year
2015
Founded by Jake Ryan, the Open Bench Project in Portland is a shared makerspace. Julia Whyel profiles how the makerspace is open to all community members as a tool and resource library to cultivate skill building.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Like Father, Like Son: Dan's More Than a Shoe Repairman
Year
2015
Despite all of the change in Portland, Dan Lentz's shop, Roy's Shoes, has stayed the same. Emma Nobel profiles the work Lentz does as a cobbler.
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