Tag: Malaga Island

  • This Other Eden, A Novel W. W. Norton & Company 2023-01-24 224 pages 6.3 x 9.4 in Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-324-03629-6 Paul Harding, Director of the MFA in Creative Writing & Literature State University of New York at Stony Brook From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga…

  • For his first solo museum exhibition in France at Palais de Tokyo, Theaster Gates explores America’s dark forgotten past through the interracial exile of Malaga Island.

  • An isolated pocket of African American families flourished for a time in Maine, and now their descendants are discovering their past.

  • The Chicago-based artist’s exhibition in Paris examines the forced removal in 1911 of the inhabitants of Malaga Island

  • Only history maligns Malaga Island The Portland Press Herald Portland, Maine 2014-10-26 Dierdre Fleming, Outdoor Reporter The Casco Bay island’s future needn’t be lost in a painful past marked by intolerance. MALAGA ISLAND — The tragic story of Malaga Island has been told many times since the tiny isle off Phippsburg was sold in 2001…

  • Malaga Island: A century of shame Maine Sunday Telegram 2012-05-20 Colin Woodard, Staff Writer A new exhibit at the Maine State Museum tells the story of the eviction of Malaga Island’s residents, one of the state’s most disgraceful official acts ever. AUGUSTA — A century ago this spring, Maine Gov. Frederick Plaisted oversaw the destruction…

  • 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…

  • 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…