Chamber Music in Maine - MPBN at 12:15

Maine hosts some of the most distinguished chamber music festivals in America.

Today at 12:15 on Maine Calling Keith Shortall will be joined by Wilhelmina "Mina" Smith - Artistic Director of Salt Bay Chamberfest, Manuel Bagorro - Artistic Director of Bay Chamber Concerts and Jennifer (Jenny) Elowitch - Artistic Director of Portland Chamber Music Festival. They will discuss music festivals and other events this summer. Please listen and call in. 

Poetry Out Loud Re-Broadcast

In case you missed it the first time, MPBN will be rebroadcasting the Maine Poetry Out Loud State Finals Monday, July 23, 10:00 pm and Sunday, July 29, 03:00 pm.

Presented by Maine Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. The Maine Poetry Out Loud competition finals were held at Bates College in Lewiston on March 23, 2012. The champion went on to Washington DC to compete in the National Finals.

POL Live Broadcast Tomorrow!

Poetry Out Loud will be broadcast live from Bates College at 2:00pm this Friday. If you are interested in watching you can visit the MPBN site to link to the Poetry Out Loud video feed.
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Poetry Out Loud on MPBN

Here is a promotional spot for the state finals of Poetry out Loud. If you are interested in attending this live event you can register at mainearts.com

MPBN Makes Arts in Crisis Talk Available Online

On July 1 at the Portland Museum of Art, Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, gave attendees encouragement and support for the future during a rousing talk aimed at guiding arts organizations through the current economic climate.

MPBN's Speaking in Maine series has now made this discussion available to all online through their website. Please use the following link to listen to this talk at your convenience: http://www.mpbn.net/OnDemand/AudioOnDemand/SpeakingInMaine/tabid/294/Default.aspx

Kaiser addressed the key challenges facing arts organizations through such areas as fundraising, building more effective boards of trustees, budgeting and marketing.

This talk was sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission, and we'd like to again thank the Portland Museum of Art for their hospitality on the day, and of course Frank Ferrel and MPBN for providing this coverage for the people of Maine.
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