Native American Playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
A free dramatic reading of the play “Wood Bones” by Assiniboine Playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr. will take place at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 16 at 7:30 PM in Bowdoin College’s Kresge Auditorium, Brunswick. The reading features students from the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. (more…)
What: The “Humble Farmer” live at The St. Lawrence Arts Center
When: 7:30 p.m.,Thursday, July 15
Where: 76 Congress Street, Portland
Why: Benefit show – all proceeds benefit WMPG’s “Power UP!” campaign
Cost: Tickets are $15 – available in advance at http://www.stlawrencearts.org or any Bull Moose Music store.
FMI: Dee Bunker (207) 780-4598 or programdirector@wmpg.org
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 15, WMPG, USM’s Community Radio Station, hosts the “Humble Farmer” for a benefit show at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. Proceeds will go towards WMPG’s Power Up! signal improvement project. For more than 30 years Robert Skoglund, better known as the “Humble Farmer,” has been entertaining audiences with his trademark dry, sophisticated social commentary. WMPG is proud to air his hour-long radio show from 2 – 3 p.m. each Tuesday.
Recent USM graduate Troy Williams of York was the subject of a feature, “Hardly skating by,” in the June 14 edition of Mainebiz. Williams, who earned a degree in business administration and entrepreneurship, recently sold the skateboard business he founded when he was 13 (no link available).
Read the June 14 Bangor Daily News story about Allen J. Sockabasin, who was recently named the 2010 winner of the USM Sampson Center Catalyst for Change Award. The article was also posted on BNET.
On June 22, DownEast.com ran a column about the Maine Observer, an online news publication founded by two UMaine alumni and our own Free Press Executive Editor Daniel MacLeod.
The June 23 “Close to Home” section of the Portland Press Herald informed readers that Associate Professor of Sports Marketing Jo Williams, author of the children’s book, “Lilly the Lemon” did a book signing at General Store for Pets on June 26 as a benefit to Coastal Maine Great Dane Rescue (no link available).
Read the June 24 “Shoptalk” interview with business owner and art and entrepreneurial studies graduate Becky McKinnell (‘06) in The Portland Press Herald.
On June 24, the Sanford News published a story about USM baseball standout Tim Curley who will be inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame next month.
It is with sadness that we learned USM friend and advocate Shep Lee passed away last week. Read more in The Portland Press Herald article and obituary.
Gorham Savings Bank recently announced a donation of $20,000 to fund a USM Presidential Scholarship, as part of the University of Southern Maine’s Creating Maine’s Future Scholarship Campaign. USM Presidential Scholarships, the university’s most distinguished scholarship awards, provide Maine high school graduates $5,000 per year for four years. More than $800,000 has been raised to date.
