April 2023
Celebrate Earth Day with Maine Public
CREATE Marathon
Learn more about sustainable living during a marathon of Growing a Greener World on Maine Public CREATE Saturday, April 22 starting at 10 a.m. This award-winning program features people and places that are making a positive impact on the planet. Find out how you can watch here.
Special Earth Day
News & Brews Event!
Join Maine Public on April 22 at the Maine Beer Company in Freeport for a trivia night themed to Maine Public’s Deep Dive: Climate Driven series.
The trivia fun starts at 6 p.m., but our news team will be there well in advance to talk about our climate reporting and field any comments and questions you may have. In fact, members of our news team will be assigned to trivia teams as “knowledgeable consultants” over the course of the trivia contest itself!
Space is limited, so create a team of 4 or 5, come up with a cool team name and email
[email protected] to register your group.
High School Quiz Show: Maine
SEASON SIX
A reminder that Season Six of High School Quiz Show: Maine is underway. We’ve already seen great match-ups with Cony vs. Falmouth and Brewer vs. Gould Academy – just to name a few!
To catch up on all of this season’s first-round academic competition, visit mainepublic.org/quizshow.
And remember to tune in to Maine Public Television to cheer on your favorite school and test your Maine knowledge with the "Viewer Question of the Week” Thursday evenings at 8, Friday afternoons at 2, Sundays at 5, and any time at MainePublic.org!
Poems From Here
We are excited to announce the return of Poems From Here to Maine Public Radio and Maine Public Classical. Poems From Here is designed to create a momentary community of speakers and listeners, where vibrant language slows time and helps us better pay attention to our world. This year’s series will feature a variety of voices from Maine including Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma; Poet and Educator Arisa White; Samaa Abdurraqib, Poet and Executive Director of Maine Humanities Council; Mihku Paul-Anderson, Poet and Artist; and Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Executive Director of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.
Poems from Here is presented in collaboration with the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Special thanks to Robert M. Chute and family along with Phil Steele and Francesca Galluccio-Steele for making this possible.
Psst – have you signed up for the Maine News Quiz yet?
Every week, we send out a fun news quiz that tests your knowledge of what you’ve heard on Maine Public Radio and read on our news feed on our website. See how you stack up against other newsies across the state! Sign up today!
StoryCorps Military Voices Recording Sessions… still time to participate!
Maine Public, in partnership with StoryCorps, invites you to honor a Maine veteran, service member, or military family member in your life by listening to and recording their experiences. Our goal is to help preserve people’s stories for future generations.
If you know someone who would like to record their story, please let them know about this opportunity. Recorded sessions will be archived in the Library of Congress.
Recording sessions are being held this April and May. A virtual recording session is happening Monday, April 24 to Friday, April 28, and an in-person session is taking place at the Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society Museum at Fort Williams from May 29 to June 2.
Book a recording session by visiting mainepublic.org or by calling 1-800-850-4406. This initiative is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Maine Public at the
Maine Science Festival 2023
Maine Public staff and reporters (like Murray Carpenter, pictured above!) enjoyed meeting fellow science enthusiasts at the Maine Science Festival in Bangor this past March. We were an "Atmospheric Sponsor" of this yearly event and brought along a display of some of our Deep Dive Climate Driven reporting.
Learn more about Climate Driven >>
Mad Honey Up Next for Book Club
Our Book Club team has been busy finalizing the 2023 lineup to bring you some outstanding writers. Look for book club events with Mary Louise Kelly, Adam White, Ryan Britt, Paul Harding, and Bill Roorbach.
Next up is Jennifer Finney Boylan, coauthor of Mad Honey. The Washington Post has described Mad Honey as “Alternatingly heart-pounding and heartbreaking. This collaboration between two best-selling authors seamlessly weaves together Olivia and Lily’s journeys, creating a provocative exploration of the strength that love and acceptance require.”
The Mad Honey Book Club Event with Jennifer and Bill Nemitz will occur Thurs, May 4 at 7 p.m. A link to the event will be posted on our website a few days prior and emailed to Book Club Members. Maine Public's All Books Considered Book Club is made possible through the generous support of Bull Moose and Coffee By Design.
Not a Book Club member yet? Sign up here!
THANK YOU to Frank from Durham 🚗
for donating your 2008 Hyundai Sonata to Maine Public!
Do you have a car or truck that can’t hold a tune anymore? Please consider donating it to Maine Public. It’s easy and there is no cost to you – call 877-672-6644 or visit mainepublic.org for all the details. Donated cars and trucks make it possible for us to do more here at your public radio station!
Great Performances
"I am calling to thank you for great performances both last week with the Remember this Program and this week with The Hours. Extraordinary TV! This is some of the best TV I’ve ever seen and you guys are just amazing for putting it on the television, and I am so grateful to you. I don’t even know how to say thanks. This is some of the best TV, like I said The Great Performances shows, the Remember This, and The Hours. This stuff is mind-blowing, it’s life-changing television, it’s really a wonder. I am so grateful to you! I had to call and tell you. Thank you so very much."
-Audrey from Bangor
Want to share your Member Moment?
Let us know what inspires you to give to Maine Public here!
Useful Links:
