Tag: Maine

  • Tough lessons in CTC’s play about community destruction MPR News Minnesota Public Radio 2012-03-15 Nikki Tundel, Reporter St. Paul, Minn. — A century-old story of discrimination is the basis for a world premiere production opening Friday in Minneapolis. “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy” is the Children’s Theatre Company’s adaption of the real-life events of…

  • Through Russwurm’s Eyes: ‘The Conditions and Prospects of Haiti’ Campus News Bowdoin College 2010-03-01 John B. Russwurm, the College’s first African-American graduate and thought to be the third African-American to graduate from an American college, delivered a commencement address in 1826 that resonates nearly 184 years later. The speech, “The Condition and Prospects of Haiti,”…

  • Malaga Island: A Brief History Compiled by the Students of ES 203 Service Learning Project Bowdoin College 2003 Adrienne Heflich Anna Troyansky Samantha Farrell Malaga Island is located in Casco Bay, near the mouth of the New Meadows River, and is roughly a half-mile long by a quarter-mile wide in size. It sits approximately one…

  • Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Clarion Books an Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2004-05-24 224 pages Trim Size: 5.50 x 8.25 Hardcover ISBN-13/EAN: 9780618439294 ; $15.00 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0618439293 Gary D. Schmidt, Professor of English Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan Winner of the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor. It only takes a few hours…

  • Malaga Island’s place in Maine history preserved The Times Record Published: 2009-08-18, 18:08Z Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff PHIPPSBURG — The site of perhaps the most striking case of racial injustice in Maine history was the focus of a Saturday ceremony aimed at preserving the land and its lessons for future generations. Malaga Island, off…

  • Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold WMPG-FM (Portland, Maine) and The Salt Institute 2009 Rob Rosenthal, Radio Producer Kate Philbrick, Photographer WMPG-FM, in collaboration with the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, announces the premier of “Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold”, a radio and photo documentary recounting this infamous event and its impact on several…