Artist Robert Shetterly created the portrait of the inaugural poet and poet laureate.
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Poland graduates told to make the tough decisions
POLAND — Keynote speaker Richard Blanco told the Poland Regional High School Class of 2018 that life’s greatest challenge is in making decisions. Blanco is the poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer who was the inaugural poet for Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration in 2013. “No doubt you’ve faced many challenges in the last […]
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Poet Richard Blanco in residence at Colby's Lunder Institute
WATERVILLE — Acclaimed poet and artistic visionary Richard Blanco, whose stirring words celebrated the 2013 Inauguration of President Barack Obama and whose creative spirit has been recognized around the world, will be in residence at the Colby College Lunder Institute for American Art starting this month. Blanco, the spring semester artist-in-residence for the institute’s inaugural […]
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Blanco poetry to be set to music
BETHEL — On Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the West Parish Congregational Church, an array of vocalists and instrumental musicians will present a concert of the poetry of Richard Blanco set to original music. Tom Davis, a Bethel native who is a retired minister of music, wrote the musical score and will direct […]
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Richard Blanco, inaugural poet, to present at First Universalist Church
WEST PARIS — The First Universalist Church of West Paris will hold a special worship service at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, with poet Richard Blanco. His topic will be “Imaginary Homelands and Boundaries,” which will include several readings of his poems and a visual presentation about home, growing up in an immigrant family and […]
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UMaine, USM, two other campuses hold commencements
The University of Maine and University of Southern Maine are kicking off the commencement season. Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, is delivering Saturday’s commencement address in Orono. He is getting an honorary degree along with Dana Connors, executive director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, and Dennis Rezendes […]
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The nostalgia of spray cheese: An evening with Richard Blanco
NORWAY — The words coming from the poet at the lectern — some hushed, others in a dash to the finish line — were picked up by the audience as though imagination could impart meaning just by sitting, silently, ever so still. Telling stories rich in a nostalgia that often blurred the lines between identities past and present, […]
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Poet McKibbens to read works
BETHEL — Acclaimed writer Rachel McKibbens will read from her works at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at Gould Academy as part of the Richard Blanco Visiting Writers Series and Retreat. Known for her poetry, plays and essays, McKibbens is a nine-time National Poetry Slam team member, the 2009 Women of the World Poetry Slam […]
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Gould Academy writers retreat kicks off Dec. 11
BETHEL — Gould Academy will kick off the second year of the Richard Blanco Visiting Writers Program and Retreat with a special reading from Blanco’s memoir at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11. Darcy Lambert, director of marketing and communications for Gould Academy, said Blanco will read from “The Prince of Los Cocuyos,” which was released […]
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First participating writer in Visiting Writers Program to read to public March 6
BETHEL — Inaugural poet Richard Blanco’s recently announced Visiting Writers Program and Retreat at Gould Academy will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in Bingham Auditorium at Gould Academy. Poet Spencer Reece, the first participating writer, will be introduced by Blanco and give a public reading. A book signing by Reece in […]