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Peaks Island Star : August 2023, Vol. 43, Issue 8
Get PDFThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2023/1007/thumbnail.jp
Pigeon\u27s Mainer Project Adorns Lewiston Museum
No full textHungarian French American artist Orson Horchler, also known as Pigeon, has created another mural in his Mainer Project series, this time on the side of the Maine Museum of Learning and Labor (Maine MILL), formerly the L/A Museum. Maine MILL\u27s Executive Director Rachel Ferrante commissioned the mural to signal the beginning of a new and more inclusive approach at the museum
Peer Workforce Navigators Aid Job Seekers
No full textIn this interview, Catherine Buxton, Communication Director of the Peer Workforce Navigator project, describes what the program does and discusses the impact of the massive Abbott layoffs on the 1,000 people, many of them immigrants and New Mainers, who suddenly lost their jobs. Bright Musuamba, the Peer Workforce Navigator with ProsperityME, talks about helping people write resumes, a practice that is not as common in the home countries of many of the people she works with
The Lost Island
No full textA discussion about This Other Eden, a novel by Paul Harding inspired by the mixed-race community on Maine\u27s Malaga Island. Describes the ways Malaga and its residents were maligned and misrepresented in the past; reflects on how Harding and other modern artists and writers have re-imagined the island in their work
Upcycling, Island Style
No full textA piece about Vinalhaven\u27s Swap Shop, a place where residents can leave things they no longer want for others to take. It is run by 20 or so volunteers and has become a sort of community center, especially after the social isolation of the past few years
Roads Less Traveled
No full textDown East staff writers select eight of their favorite scenic back roads in Maine, from Quill Hill near Rangeley to Route 235 from Warren to Union
Maine Homes: Dahlia Mania!
No full textA visit to the West Bath garden of Judy Stallworth, who describes her long-term love affair with dahlias
Maine Homes: Block Party
No full textA collection of Then/Now snippets describe four historic properties in Bangor which have recently been repurposed as apartments
The Islands Issue: The Maine Coast\u27s Best Bar isn\u27t a Bar At All
No full textThe story of Daint\u27s Place, a pub shed belonging to Swan\u27s Island residents Garrett Lemoine and Jennifer Sytsma. Describes how Lemoine and Sytsma turned an old shed on their property into an unofficial bar and hangout for friends new and old
Music, Similar Experiences Connect Hip-Hop Artist with Audiences
No full textProfile of the Syrian-born musician called Assasi. Assasi performed Arabic hip-hop to a sold-out crowd at Mayo Street Arts in February, accompanied by a member of his ensemble Bilam el-Sham, Duncan Hardy, who played Qanun, a Syrian stringed instrument. Assasi talks about culture shock and feeling like a ghost and about how his experiences and emotions are reflected in the music that he makes