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89.9 FM Serving Midcoast,
Downeast & Central Maine
A Voice of Many Voices
The nationally acclaimed Wild and Scenic Film Festival is coming to Ellsworth for an open-air event on August 17 at Knowlton Park off State Street in Ellsworth. The festival is hosted by several area land trusts and environmental organizations, along with WERU, and is free of charge. Watch the trailer.
IF IT IS RAINING SATURDAY EVENING THE FESTIVAL WILL MOVE TO THE WONDERFUL GRAND AUDITORIUM ON MAIN STREET IN ELLSWORTH.
Our annual live broadcast of the wonderful American Folk Festival will take place on Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, along the Bangor Waterfront. In your car on the way to the festival or unable to attend? We’ve got you covered with six and a half hours of great live performances and interviews beginning at noon. And when you see our outreach booth stop by for a visit, buy a new WERU T-shirt, and pick up a schedule or bumper sticker! Remember, this broadcast is made possible by listener support, so thank you!
For insight into why WERU does this broadcast, read an interview with WERU’s Matt Murphy and Joel Mann, written by Joergen Ostensen, a Fordham University journalism student from Hope, Maine.Read More …
Directed by Jonathan Demme, this legendary film features such Talking Heads hits as “Burning Down The House,” “Take Me To The River,” and many more. Rolling Stone magazine called Stop Making Sense “the greatest concert film ever made.” Celebrate the 35th anniversary of this unique film by watching it on Tuesday, August 27, 7 p.m., on the big screen at The Grand on Main Street in Ellsworth (our partner for this and other music films, “Movies with a Beat,” in September and October)!
Poetry Express is a project of the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine State Library that gathers community members to explore poetry relevant to that town. A featured poet helps participants pick selections and learn how to read poetry. The program culminates in a community performance. Recordings from those performances are then presented on WERU every Sunday morning at 9:30. Many thanks to the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine State Library in Augusta for partnering with us on this exciting new program! Listen to the first episodes!
Our Summer Membership Drive ran from August 3 through August 9 and it was a great one, thanks to listener support and volunteer power! We are a “voice of many voices” because of the support of so many people who really stepped up!
Our goals for the week were $20,000, 75 New Members. What we got was $29,300 and 80 New Members!!! Wow!!! Thank you!!!
On July 30 WERU broadcast Martha White speaking about a new collection of her grandfather, E.B. White’s writings. On Democracy is a collection of essays, letters and poems intended to shed historical context on the state of the nation and offer of hope for the future of our society.
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn are our “Featured Artist of the Week”! Tune in each morning at 7:45 AM to hear a cut from their 2017 album “Echo In The Valley” and then try to win a FREE pair of guest list passes to see them perform live on Thursday, August 29th from 8 – 11 PM inside the Waterville Opera House.