WERU Community Radio

Our Summer Pledge Drive ended with a strong Saturday Morning Coffeehouse, as pledges came pouring in during the last couple of hours of the drive.  Thanks to your support we raised $20,656, well over our goal for the week of $16,000!  Thank you to everyone who contributed in many ways: listening and donating and volunteering (on the air and behind the scenes alike).  Working together we achieved something special!

Welcome to all the New Members who joined the community that makes WERU possible.  We still have 23 New Members to go to reach our goal of 100, so if you haven’t yet become a A WERU Member please feel free to do so here and now!  We truly appreciate it!

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Join Cecile Richards and Robert Shetterly on Tuesday, August 21, for an evening of conversation about her new book, Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead, at the Bay School’s Emlen Hall, South Street in Blue Hill. At 6:00 there will be a book-signing reception and at 7:00 the portrait of Richards by Shetterly will be unveiled before their conversation.

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Our annual live broadcast of the wonderful American Folk Festival will take place on Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26, from the Railroad Stage on the Bangor Waterfront.  On the way to the festival or unable to attend?  We’ve got you covered with six hours of great live performances and interviews on the airwaves.  Tune in and stop by our outreach table if you are there!  Remember, this broadcast is made possible by listener support!  Thank you!

On the eve of the release of his newest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Pulitzer Prize winning author and activist Chris Hedges spoke on Saturday, August 11^th at 7 p.m. at the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, Blue Hill.  It was a full and enthusiastic house!

VIEW THE VIDEO RECORDING OF CHRIS HEDGES’S TALK.  Audio from the event will be aired on WERU at a later date, yet to be determined.

The event was presented by Americans Who Tell the Truth and co-sponsored by WERU, Blue Hill Books, Reversing Falls Sanctuary, Peninsula Peace & Justice, Island Peace & Justice, Veterans for Peace and Peninsula Indivisible.

Comedian, actor and best-selling author, John Hodgman, joined WERU’s Joel Mann for a special hour of On The Wing Thursday, August 9, 11:00am-12pm.  Joel lured John into a nostalgic journey through the classic cult album from 1968, The United States of America by Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies.  The program was an important milestone in WERU history, one that you can listen to here.  Many thanks to John Hodgman for participating in Joel’s bold radio experimentation and to all the listeners who called in to donate during this Pledge Drive special.)

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