ME: Arts & Culture
Maine’s Colby College counters higher ed mistrust with community outreach
Americans' confidence in higher education has plummeted but students and staff at Maine's Colby College hope continued community outreach will help br…
Beyond book checkouts, ME librarians teach “digital citizenship”
School librarians in Maine are teaching students the importance of "digital citizenship." The concept is similar to civics education but helps stude…
Study Shows Benefits of Creativity for Youth Mental Health
Young people who engage in creative activities report a reduction in feelings of stress or anxiety, according to a new study. The Adobe Foundation …
Plans for National Medal of Honor Monument Progress in Washington, D.C.
Congress is moving forward with plans to build a National Medal of Honor Monument in Washington, D.C. - honoring the 3,600 Americans who have earned …
Maine Librarians Fight Bill to Ban Books Considered 'Obscene'
School librarians in Maine are fighting a bill that would ban schools from providing students with books considered "obscene," saying it could potenti…
Maine Audubon 'Brush with Nature' Event Captures Wilderness Sanctuaries
The beauty and inspiration of Maine's coastal wetlands soon could be hanging on a wall near you. Twenty-seven plein-air painters will be creating …
Poetry Seeks to Connect People to Protected Land
WALES, Maine -- Land trusts across the Northeast have partnered with poets this year for the first edition of "Writing the Land," an anthology to …
Juneteenth Declared National Holiday, Amidst Progress, Upheaval
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Juneteenth National Independence Day is now an official holiday, after President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday, approved by both …
UMaine Lecture: Why Native Theater Is Embracing Shakespeare
ORONO, Maine — Modern Native American theater companies are increasingly staging productions by an unlikely playwright: William Shakespeare…
Teachers Hope to Save Penobscot Language with New Book
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine – A member of the Penobscot Nation in Maine is trying to save the tribe's native language before it's too late. Carol …
Maine Expert: No Need for Videos to Help Babies Learn
AUGUSTA, Maine - New England children's advocates say a video learning series is back at it again, making "unfounded claims" about infants' ability …
Nonprofits Profit Maine; Just Ask Biddeford
BIDDEFORD, Maine - Maine's nonprofits profit Maine. That's the takeaway from a biennial report on the status of the nonprofit sector in the Pine …