tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:33 +0000Joseph Wheelwrightprovenance of beautyToni MorisonmoviesOprahgubernatorial candidatescommunityAmerican ProspectGlenn BeckTimothy Greenfield-SandersPaul LePageBear MountainEmbarcaderoOklahoma CityMaine governor 2010hikingSan Francisco Farmers MarketperformanceThe Black Listcountry musicCiudad JuarezsufferingJune 8lobster fishermenPreciousQuestion 1economic developmentglobal warmingBloody Bloody Andrew JacksonAngela DavisEliot CutlerSapphireschool boardsSmithsonian MuseumfaithFerry Terminal Building"Waiting for Superman"APAP 2010Dying Cityeducation reformDavis GuggenheimWhitney HoustonChristopher Shinnlocal educationconsolidationBaghdadRocco LandesmannLibby MitchellDeer Islegay marriageeducationdemocracyFolsom StreetNYCarts advocacyurban redevelopmentgentrificationSoMacowboysBurt DowJungmovement researchBay Bridgecommunity developmentJane JacobsMaine primary election1989 earthquakeU.S. Army suicidefoundry theaterFolsom PrisonHarlem Children's ZonePalm SpringsSteve RoweObamaPushDJ Spookychristianityreferendum electiongayRobert MosesAlicia AnsteadOdysseusdesert modernismRush Limbaughsense of placeJudith JeromeSan FranciscoStrebgodGeoffrey CanadaKing ArthurTea PartyMainearts educationAndrew JacksonStonington Opera HouseLee DanielsMaine election 2010http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Linda)Blogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-71551115254444342Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:37:00 +00002012-02-12T19:00:33.508-05:00Toni MorisonWhitney HoustonTimothy Greenfield-SandersSmithsonian MuseumThe Black ListAngela DavisOK. Yeah. Art matters.For most of you reading this, this is a pretty obvious statement of fact.For me, living on Deer Isle, ME for most of the year, I've access to art (thanks to our excellent population of artists and the galleries that show them) but not museums.Today I was reminded of how great museums are, when Judith and I spent two hours at the National Portrait Gallery here in Washington, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/A7SifBzBWrU/power-of-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/A7SifBzBWrU" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2012/02/power-of-black.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-7414281656925276762Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:08:00 +00002011-12-15T21:20:55.990-05:00San FranciscoFolsom PrisonAmerican ProspectSan Francisco Farmers MarketFolsom StreetSoMa Judith’s and my choice to spend our sabbatical in San Francisco, where we have family and a free place to stay in the SoMa district, has stirred up quite the economic tornado in my psyche.For those of you familiar with San Fran, you already know that Market, which cuts a northeast to southwest diagonal through the city, was known as “The Slot” for being the location of the first underground http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/HcoKF01c1H0/american-prospect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/HcoKF01c1H0" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2011/12/american-prospect.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-8451735850152724296Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:13:00 +00002011-02-24T16:37:03.594-05:00local educationGeoffrey CanadaHarlem Children's Zoneeducation reformDavis Guggenheim"Waiting for Superman"Geoffrey Canada, a fellow Bowdoin graduate, founded the Harlem Children's Zone in 1990. The Zone's goal is "to do whatever it takes to educate children and strengthen the community." In Harlem, this has meant establishing new methods to end cycles of generational poverty.The phrase "waiting for Superman" is Canada's term for his own childhood belief that the ghetto in which he was growing up was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/an67XVkZEEk/why-are-we-waiting-for-superman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/an67XVkZEEk" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2011/02/why-are-we-waiting-for-superman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-7117032683647295331Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:25:00 +00002011-01-03T16:18:06.474-05:00Ciudad JuarezU.S. Army suicideBaghdadDying CityChristopher ShinnStonington Opera House Some of the underlying topics in our upcoming winter production of Christopher Shinn's drama, "Dying City," made the front page of the New York Times yesterday in this story of the Army missing (or ignoring?) signs of potential suicide among its overburdened corps.Shinn's taught, three-character play takes audience members into the rippling sea of violence which runs through and impacts all of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/c5WXiHk4g3g/front-page-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/c5WXiHk4g3g" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2011/01/front-page-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-8900937503588478708Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:51:00 +00002010-12-14T12:07:50.447-05:00Deer IsleJudith JeromeKing ArthurOdysseusSan Francisco Farmers MarketJoseph WheelwrightJungBurt Dow As we prepare to return home to our island after a six-week writing sabbatical, I’m fondly remembering our big summer production, “Burt Dow, Deep Water Man,” and reflecting on the power of “being away.” Going away and coming home is a huge privilege for most of us, a by-product of the wealth and mobility of our North American culture. How then might we use this privilege to deepen our own http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/Btsdqk-1N4E/our-journeys-under-sea-and-beyond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/Btsdqk-1N4E" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-journeys-under-sea-and-beyond.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-3496528437128756169Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:03:00 +00002010-12-04T16:45:50.390-05:00Robert MosesFerry Terminal BuildingEmbarcaderoSan Francisco Farmers MarketBay BridgeJane Jacobs1989 earthquakeSometimes having the earth move under your feet is what it takes to make healthy change.Grassroots and urban and community development activist Jane Jacobs knew this well, and here in San Francisco there is a particularly wonderful Jacobs-style parable of such change.We just spent the morning at the huge and bustling Saturday Farmers' Market here in San Francisco, at the beautiful Ferry Terminal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/XE6cf7ij9mI/why-we-all-need-shake-up-now-and-then.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/XE6cf7ij9mI" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-we-all-need-shake-up-now-and-then.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-4148790982114287781Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:57:00 +00002010-12-03T22:01:23.089-05:00Fierce. Loyal. Passionate. Engaged.These are the qualities that come to mind when I think of Eve Nardone, who passed away last week, the night before Thanksgiving, at the age of 81 in San Rafael, CA.It is factually accurate to say Eve was my high school English teacher at Stonington (CT) High School in the late 1970s, but that doesn’t tell the story. Eve was the first person to believe in me as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/2XwY_54RlXs/in-praise-of-fierce-and-newly-dead-eve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/2XwY_54RlXs" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/12/in-praise-of-fierce-and-newly-dead-eve.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-7332176794774585341Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:29:00 +00002010-11-11T15:25:47.452-05:00Deer IslePalm Springsdesert modernism There's something about dry.My people are Yankees: i.e., east coast people and before that western Europeans.We don't really know what to do with dry. We know humid.The Southern California desert I'm currently writing from--Palm Springs, to be exact--is dry 354 (!) days a year. Dry and bright. Clear. The edges of the glorious date palms crisply glistening light against blue sky and brown http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/Y7rTS0bkcHo/desert-winds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/Y7rTS0bkcHo" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/11/desert-winds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-662066557638243258Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:04:00 +00002010-11-08T07:39:28.074-05:00Paul LePageBloody Bloody Andrew JacksonRush LimbaughObamaAndrew JacksonGlenn Beck He's an orphan at 13 and an Indian-killing rock star soon after. And the people LOVE Andrew Jackson.Why not? In the Public Theater's musical "Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson" now on Broadway, like any rock star Andrew is a sexy, angry, bloody mess who seeks our adoration. He urges us not to think about what he says and does, but just to love it. And we do, in all our contradictory glory: don't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/ddaDRRblNic/bloody-bloody-populism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/ddaDRRblNic" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/11/bloody-bloody-populism.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-6143639180356920842Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:41:00 +00002010-11-07T07:03:47.760-05:00Bear MountainNYChikingI walked to the edge of gray ledge just off the Appalachian Trail and there, 36 miles away on a brilliantly clear November day, was the toothy profile of New York City glittering at the end of the Hudson River.Bear Mountain is and always has been a kind of miracle to me and many others. Opened in 1913 just a shout up the Palisades from the clanging, smoking engine of New York City it is both http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/8-mzPxUQEZA/revisiting-bear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/8-mzPxUQEZA" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/11/revisiting-bear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-5123027764224531952Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:30:00 +00002010-10-21T16:34:07.978-04:00Paul LePageMaine election 2010Eliot CutlerLibby MitchellTea PartyMaine governor 2010democracyOne person, one vote: this is the rock of our democracy. It’s therefore very important this fall not to allow your individual vote as a Citizen to be cast by your Fear.Our two party system—and our desire to approach politics as a football game rather than “one person, one vote”--is broken. This is glaringly evident not only in the inability of our federal and state governments to get real work http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/946Ac9nk5Ew/dont-allow-your-fear-to-vote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/946Ac9nk5Ew" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/10/dont-allow-your-fear-to-vote.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-339788890313708403Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:46:00 +00002010-06-07T09:10:30.105-04:00June 8Maine primary electionQuestion 1Steve RoweLibby Mitchellgubernatorial candidatesreferendum electionCheck it out: Maine has more candidates running for Governor than ever before. This is a good sign if you consider it a reflection of engagement, although it is probably more another sign of the current discontent with governmental status quo . . . and the bad news is that, in a recent poll, 42% of Maine's likely voters could not name ONE of the 11 candidates running! Let's get caught up on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/dxlzbU35G6M/on-voting-in-tomorrows-primary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/dxlzbU35G6M" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-voting-in-tomorrows-primary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-4101210817107123487Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:47:00 +00002010-04-20T17:50:26.765-04:00May is a big month for our juniors!In Deer Isle-Stonington, May is about the junior prom. Distinct from the same archetypal event in many other locations, our island prom is a joyous community-wide event supported and attended by young and old alike; one that celebrates our juniors and their connections to family and community as well as their “coming of age.” Even as I write this, student http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/Fg7nE0rh4Xs/celebrating-prom-and-sats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/Fg7nE0rh4Xs" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/04/celebrating-prom-and-sats.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-6676827676994565545Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:51:00 +00002010-01-14T08:51:31.511-05:00SapphirePushPreciousOprahLee Daniels Many questions can be raised about our showing of the film "Precious: based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" at the Opera House as part of our Alt-Movie Series this week. Why show a film about inner-city tragedy and dysfunction in our rural hamlet? Why show a film which could possibly further negative stereotypes of African-Americans in the nation's whitest state, where few have access to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/ba6aQUM0zYM/precious-at-opera-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/ba6aQUM0zYM" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/01/precious-at-opera-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-4959376867019518272Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:32:00 +00002010-01-11T07:33:08.353-05:00movement researchAlicia AnsteadStrebAPAP 2010DJ SpookyRocco LandesmannI've been cross-posting this week from NYC on our Opera House Arts' blog, Curtain Tales. If you don't already follow that, keep an eye on it for the latest words related to our work at OHA and mission, Incite Art, Create Community!Choreographer--or I think I'd better say movement artist--Elizabeth Streb was one of three panelists on the opening plenary, facilitated by OHA's "our own" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/VWf10MECodY/why-streb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/VWf10MECodY" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-streb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-7140900366073296388Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:29:00 +00002010-01-11T07:31:36.843-05:00I've been cross-posting this week from NYC on our Opera House Arts' blog, Curtain Tales. If you don't already follow that, keep an eye on it for the latest words related to our work at OHA and mission, Incite Art, Create Community!Following on my concept of "the whole new mind for a whole new decade" posted earlier this week, Thursday afternoon I helped to lead an Education Leaders Institute (ELIhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/--ZBnwWI1Bs/getting-serious-about-creativity-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/--ZBnwWI1Bs" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/01/getting-serious-about-creativity-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-4665551350015338544Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-01-04T14:32:56.126-05:00I see from my Facebook page early this morning that everyone is off to the usual new year’s resolutions: exercise and weight loss. But what about our brains? Some of the most interesting research and policy recommendations to emerge from the decade just past have to do not with the benefits of physical exercise, but rather with the social, political, economic and yes, personal benefits ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/1bYxdSx7GQ4/for-new-decade-whole-new-mind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/1bYxdSx7GQ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/01/for-new-decade-whole-new-mind.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-3596746394070073892Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:11:00 +00002010-01-03T17:30:00.595-05:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/rUyO8jkJeVo/birds-beatles-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/rUyO8jkJeVo" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2010/01/birds-beatles-video.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-498630179052004395Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:11:00 +00002009-10-20T14:32:35.857-04:00foundry theatercommunity developmentprovenance of beautygentrificationHow do we see and understand the beauty hidden all around us--especially when both our definitions of beauty and the world itself are constantly shifting? The Foundry Theater's new performance piece, "Provenance of Beauty," takes audience members on a bus tour of the South Bronx to explore this question. During the 90-minute "tour," narrated by three voices (two recorded, one live), participants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/ljuD1ptqFPo/provenances-of-beauty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/ljuD1ptqFPo" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/10/provenances-of-beauty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-8087029871689826336Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:18:00 +00002009-10-14T09:27:51.667-04:00This Columbus Day Weekend, I drove from my current home in Stonington (ME) to Stonington (CT) for my 30th high school reunion. I hadn’t attended previous reunions, and catching up with my peers caused me to reflect on my 40-year old education in a consolidated public school district—an experience that may be relevant to many Maine residents as we debate how to cast our ballots on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/NEXNbuqC8jE/consolidated-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/NEXNbuqC8jE" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/10/consolidated-education.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-3923929759026903878Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:42:00 +00002009-09-07T10:44:39.616-04:00I was baptized, raised, and confirmed a Catholic, and to this day, despite a wide range of experience with other world faiths, including a deep engagement with Buddhism, the Catholic liturgy and mass is the spiritual practice I consider my own.I’ve had to make peace with contradictions between the actions of the Church hierarchy and my faith, my spiritual, and my political beliefs for most of my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/pFkaVoHMxXg/navigating-cross-currents-of-freedome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/pFkaVoHMxXg" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/09/navigating-cross-currents-of-freedome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-3033602711845056054Sat, 09 May 2009 12:36:00 +00002009-05-09T08:52:18.204-04:00arts advocacylocal educationeducationarts educationHere we go again: our state legislature is hard at work trying to "dumb down" our state high school graduation requirements.There are 8 learning standards defined in the Maine Learning Results, yet a new piece of legislation, LD 1325, An Act Regarding Curriculum Requirements, calls for students to "fully meet" standards in some of these areas and only to "partially meet" them in other areas--http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/06KTOsU_LBo/arts-education-law-in-maine-needs-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/06KTOsU_LBo" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/05/arts-education-law-in-maine-needs-your.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-7010868565754521156Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:13:00 +00002009-02-24T12:13:42.831-05:00moviesgaygay marriageHow could the events detailed in this film have occured 30 years ago?That's what I was thinking by the end of the biopic "Milk," which we screened this weekend, one of the most moving and inspiring movies I have seen in a long time. But then, of course, this was my life: Harvey Milk was first elected as the nation's first "out" gay official (after several failed attempts)in 1977, the year I came http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/4pJ8bT60yYM/milk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/4pJ8bT60yYM" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/02/milk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-8951631091052544192Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:36:00 +00002009-02-10T07:36:57.757-05:00local educationeducationIt’s ironic at best--and tragic for our students at worst--that those fighting school consolidation under the banner of “local control” are looking to the state “for a better deal”(or a legislative repeal) to provide our students with access to better education.School consolidation is not going away. Coordinating and sharing teaching resources, and spreading administrative costs across larger http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/ChABURi-rBc/ironies-and-tragedies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/ChABURi-rBc" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/02/ironies-and-tragedies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110096575059586398.post-8255549876712539477Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:14:00 +00002009-01-26T21:18:11.647-05:00local educationChange.While our country is standing at the threshold of great change this week, those of us born and raised along the New England coast have never been very comfortable with it. We’re stubborn Yankees, descendents, as the journalist Colin Woodward noted in his fine history, The Lobster Coast, of fierce Anglo and French stock. Not only do we not like change: the desire to actively FIGHT it seems http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsleStorm/~3/2JDq6NX_cyA/vote-yes-for-our-students-and-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Linda)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IsleStorm/~4/2JDq6NX_cyA" height="1" width="1"/>http://islestormaine.blogspot.com/2009/01/vote-yes-for-our-students-and-our.html