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Portland, Maine
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Radio
Title
Mind Over Stomach Matter
Year
2007
Anna Hamilton highlights the accomplishments of various eaters at a burrito eating contest in Portland. Hamilton discusses how competitive eating becomes a lifestyle for these eaters.
Type
published content
Title
A Home for Wandering Volvos
Year
1997
Eric White captures the work and environment at Alan Auto in Portland, where wounded Volvo's are revived.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Photography
Title
Robert Wilson - The Tinfoil Wizard of Portland
Year
1994
Lisa Plihcik captures images of sculptors who attempt to make livings off of their artwork.
Type
published content
Title
Your New Country
Year
1980
Coming to Maine in 1902 from Canada to live a better life, Bertha Guerin recounts the differences between her home in Canada and in Maine.
Type
Photography
Title
Where She Belongs Photographs
Year
2004
For individuals in Maine that live with Down syndrome, the STRIVE University offers a program geared toward giving individuals secondary education and employment opportunities. Anne Phillips captures how the students at STRIVE University cope with being on their own and their experiences.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Relevant Freestyles: The Dorit
Year
2012
On the streets of Portland, Myles Bullen makes music with a percussive instrument called a Dorit. Lauren Lamont profiles Bullen's love for freestyling and music.
Type
published content
Title
From Tree to Tip to Christmas Wreath
Year
1994
Erin Miller captures the work that Bob and Loretta MacLeod do creating Christmas wreaths on their farm in Columbia, Maine.
Type
published content
Title
Mall People
Year
1988
Jim Daniels captures the activities of mall goers in South Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Mall People Photographs
Year
1988
Jim Daniels captures the activities of mall goers in South Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Street Scenes: Tyng & Tate
Year
1989
Tonee Harbert captures the street scenes on Tyng and Tate Streets in Portland.
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