Instrument talk, demonstrations by Nathan Kolosko available online
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Nathan Kolosko will demonstrate three instruments used in traditional Persian classical music: the Kamancheh, Tar and Oud or Barbat. He will talk about each instrument’s history, construction and technique, and will perform a short piece on each instrument. The free recording can be viewed from noon Thursday, Feb. 4, to 5 p.m. Feb. 17.
The multi-instrumentalist/composer received his M.A. in classical guitar performance at the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music. He has been a private music instructor for over 25 years and has been on the faculty of the University of Southern Maine, St. Joseph’s College, Maine College of Art and the Portland Conservatory of Music.
New guide highlights behavioral support networks in Maine Wed, 02/03/2021 - 3:45pm
A new publication aims to bridge school-based and community-based support systems that promote behavioral health and wellness for Maine students and families.
The 15-page
Resource Guide for Maine Families, Schools, and Communities: Integrated Multi-Tiered Systems of Support provides family-friendly descriptions of services, information on how to access them, and outlines how to navigate the various supports in Maine.
Courtney Angelosante, lecturer in special education with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, is lead author of the guide. Angelosante is also coordinator of Maine PBIS, a University of Maine System-Maine Department of Education collaboration that provides ongoing professional development to schools in the state that have implemented a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports approach to advancing student behavior and well-being.
CONWAY â In this day and age of cellphones, a long-running joke in the newsroom between award-winning Conway Daily Sun photographer Jamie Gemmiti and the reporting staff has been, âHey, Jamie â talentâs one thing, but anyone can take a picture, right?â
Not really. There are photos â and then there are works of art.
And day in and week out, that is what has separated Gemmitiâs work from the photographic pack.
He has worked at the Sun for nearly 20 years, first from 1996-2000, then returning after Bruce Bedfordâs tenure ended in 2007 and all the years since, covering everything from house fires to accidents; major crime stories, such as the Dittmeyer murder and Hernandez kidnapping, to sports, town meetings and voting; and of local life, whether it be the school dance recital or concert, always getting not just the shot but capturing something of the soul as well.
Art review: Experimental photography on display in joint exhibits at MECA Tory Fair: Portable Window and Parallax/Geography are running through Feb. 28.
By Jorge S. Arango
Photo by Joel Tsui
The most universal experience of the COVID pandemic has been one of waiting: waiting for the chance to touch each other again, for test results to relieve or affirm our dread, for restaurants to reopen and life to resume, for a vaccine, for it all to be over. We wait inside our homes peering out our windows at the landscape, or through the “window” of a computer screen on endless Zoom calls that look into the landscapes of other people’s lives.
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Planning is underway for a new statewide college of engineering, computing and information science at the University of Maine following a historic investment last year from the Harold Alfond Foundation to grow science and technology education and workforce skills.
The Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science will be led by the University of Maine in Orono and include expanded undergraduate engineering programs there as well as at the University of Southern Maine, graduate engineering programs in Portland and streamlined pathways into the statewide college for all universities in the UMaine System.
The initiative is being funded with $75 million from the Harold Alfond Foundation that is part of a $240 million gift the foundation announced in October for the system.