Creative Maine | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

About Creative Maine | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)

Publisher

Creative Maine – WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jun 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Creative Maine 10/15/26: All About Cultural Policy

   Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and crafts that enrich our lives and bring us joy. The episode teaches about local, state and national/international cultural policy. Guest/s: Mollie Cashwell, Executive Director of The Cultural Alliance of Maine. www.culturalmaine.org/ Peter Van Reesema, Director, Field Note Music School. www.fieldnotemusic.org/ Sidney Hopson, Cultural Policy Consultant. @sidney.hopson on Instagram About the Host: Adina Salmansohn started learning to play the trombone at the age of 8. Her undergraduate years were at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Robert F. Boyd of the Cleveland Orchestra. After returning to her native New York, she played freelance in the NY Metro area, including multiple orchestras, big bands, and a 17 year stint with The Soundview Brass Quintet, which she founded in 1980. In addition, she had a busy career as an arts administrator, directing and teaching in Community Arts schools, light opera companies, and season programming for other non-profit organizations. Adina founded the Hudson School of Creative Arts in inner-city Yonkers, NY. After her second child was born, she returned to school, and earned a degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America. Her family then moved to the Chicagoland area, where she became Principal Trombone of the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, and also served as a board member and Personnel Manager for many years. In that time, she also taught Culinary Arts in high school. She earned a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University in 2018. Upon retirement, she and her husband moved to Orland, Maine; she came out of retirement to teach in the JMG program. She performs with the Bangor Band, where she has been a Board Member at Large for four years, and is a member of a trombone quartet based at The University of Maine, The Bear Bones. The post Creative Maine 10/15/26: All About Cultural Policy (https://archives.weru.org/creative-maine/2026/10/creative-maine-10-15-26-all-about-cultural-policy/) first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives (https://archives.weru.org).

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Creative Maine 9/15/26: The Instrument We All Have Within Us

   Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. Choral excerpts: “For a Breath of Ecstasy-Wealth Enough for Me,” by Michael John Trotta and performed by the Acadia Choral Society; “Si Vox est, Canta” by Damian Mocnik, performed by the Black Bear Men’s Chorus; “Excerpt from The Armed Man” by Karl Jenkins and performed by the Bagaduce Chorale A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and crafts that enrich our lives and bring us joy. We learn how to derive tremendous satisfaction and enjoyment from making music by participating in a choral group. Guest/s: Becca DeWan, Musical Director of the Acadia Choral Society. Acadiachoralsociety.org, info@acadiachoralsociety.org Danny Williams, founder and Musical Director of the Black Bear Men’s Chorus. danielw@maine.edu, www.facebook.com/blackbearmenschorus/ Bronwyn Kortge, Musical Director of the Bagaduce Chorale. Richard Shute, Board President of the Bagaduce Chorale. www.bagaducechorale.org, bagaducechorale@gmail.com About the Host: Adina Salmansohn started learning to play the trombone at the age of 8. Her undergraduate years were at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Robert F. Boyd of the Cleveland Orchestra. After returning to her native New York, she played freelance in the NY Metro area, including multiple orchestras, big bands, and a 17 year stint with The Soundview Brass Quintet, which she founded in 1980. In addition, she had a busy career as an arts administrator, directing and teaching in Community Arts schools, light opera companies, and season programming for other non-profit organizations. Adina founded the Hudson School of Creative Arts in inner-city Yonkers, NY. After her second child was born, she returned to school, and earned a degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America. Her family then moved to the Chicagoland area, where she became Principal Trombone of the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, and also served as a board member and Personnel Manager for many years. In that time, she also taught Culinary Arts in high school. She earned a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University in 2018. Upon retirement, she and her husband moved to Orland, Maine; she came out of retirement to teach in the JMG program. She performs with the Bangor Band, where she has been a Board Member at Large for four years, and is a member of a trombone quartet based at The University of Maine, The Bear Bones. The post Creative Maine 9/15/26: The Instrument We All Have Within Us (https://archives.weru.org/creative-maine/2026/09/creative-maine-9-15-26-the-instrument-we-all-have-within-us/) first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives (https://archives.weru.org).

3. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Creative Maine 8/20/26: Organizations That Help Artists

   Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman. Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman “Down on my Luck” and “Root Hog or Die” performed by Dusty Buckets (Zack Woodard) “Lean on Me” and “When The Saints go Marchin’ In” performed by Blue Hill Brass A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and crafts that enrich our lives and bring us joy. In this episode we speak to representatives of three different Maine organizations who assist artists and facilitate their ability to make art. Guest/s: David Estey and Alan Crichton, Union of Maine Visual Artists theumva.org/ Cara Romano, Heart of Ellsworth Executive Director (207) 812 – 4164 info@heartofellsworth.org www.makerspaceat16state.org Katherine Devereaux, Institutional Advancement Director, Waterfall Arts katherine@waterfallarts.org Kim Fleming, Executive Director, Waterfall Arts kim@waterfallarts.org waterfallarts.org/ About the Host: Adina Salmansohn started learning to play the trombone at the age of 8. Her undergraduate years were at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Robert F. Boyd of the Cleveland Orchestra. After returning to her native New York, she played freelance in the NY Metro area, including multiple orchestras, big bands, and a 17 year stint with The Soundview Brass Quintet, which she founded in 1980. In addition, she had a busy career as an arts administrator, directing and teaching in Community Arts schools, light opera companies, and season programming for other non-profit organizations. Adina founded the Hudson School of Creative Arts in inner-city Yonkers, NY. After her second child was born, she returned to school, and earned a degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America. Her family then moved to the Chicagoland area, where she became Principal Trombone of the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, and also served as a board member and Personnel Manager for many years. In that time, she also taught Culinary Arts in high school. She earned a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University in 2018. Upon retirement, she and her husband moved to Orland, Maine; she came out of retirement to teach in the JMG program. She performs with the Bangor Band, where she has been a Board Member at Large for four years, and is a member of a trombone quartet based at The University of Maine, The Bear Bones. The post Creative Maine 8/20/26: Organizations That Help Artists (https://archives.weru.org/creative-maine/2026/08/creative-maine-8-20-26-organizations-that-help-artists/) first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives (https://archives.weru.org).

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