Marquette Memory Box

Marquette Memory Box

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Marquette Memory Box episodes

  • Music Interludes with Carolyn McManis and Troy Graham

    Today’s episode of the Music Friday Memory Box is an interview with Carolyn McManis Adult Programming Coordinator at Peter White Public Library. Carolyn will tell us about the upcoming Musical Interludes program on Monday, June 8th. And we will have a sampling of music from the program by Troy Graham. This episode is brought to you by the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center and Peter White Public Library. Learn more about the library’s coming events at http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/pwplinfo/index.php/events/ Troy Graham’s first song is "Gettysburg PA" t was recently featured in the movie "Captivity" produced by Randall Yarbrough which is available on Amazon Prime. The second song is the title track from Troy’s new album "Northern Lullaby." You can find Troy Graham Music on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/troygrahammusic/

    13 min
  • My Imodium Adventure by Lori Hazen

    Today’s dramatic episode is from the Marquette Senior Theatre Experience. “My Imodium Adventure” was written and performed by Lori Hazen. This podcast is brought to you by the City of Marquette Arts & Culture and Senior Centers. Listen to more work by the Marquette Senior Theatre Experience at https://anchor.fm/seniortheatrepodcast

    9 min
  • Interview with artist and author Christine Saari

    Today we are joined in the Memory Box by Christine Saari. Christine is an author, a poet, a photographer and mixed media artist. She has written two books: a memoir: Love and War at Stag Farm, The Story of Hirschengut, an Austrian Mountain Farm 1938-1948 (2011) and a book of poetry: Blossoms in the Dark of Winter (2018). She has been an activist for the arts in the Upper Peninsula and a champion for women in the arts, creating a U.P. Women’s Art Exhibit in the seventies. Christine is currently a member of the Marquette Artist Collective, LSAA  and WOW Art Studio. You can see her work at The Gallery, 130 Washington Street in Marquette, online at https://thegallerymqt.square.site/ or contact Christine at 228-4656 to see her work by private appointment at her studio.

    11 min
  • The Nature of the Game of Golf by Mike Plourde

    Today’s episode is a true ‘slice of life’ from the Marquette Senior Theatre Experience. “The Nature of the Game of Golf” was written and performed by Mike Plourde. This podcast brought to you by the City of Marquette Arts & Culture and Senior Centers. Listen to more work by the Marquette Senior Theatre Experience at https://anchor.fm/seniortheatrepodcast

    9 min
  • Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

    Today’s episode is Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

    This poem is part of Hearts to Hearts 2020 Pandemic Literary Project. In Hearts to Hearts, authors from around the country share their poems, prose and words of support to the UPHS staff in Marquette and to all those who keep us safe and healthy during this pandemic. Find Hearts to Hearts at marquettepoetscircle.wordpress.com


    Night Shift Prayers

     

    The last sip, cold in the cup,

    patients’ lives tethered

    to your choices, the second

    hand clicks straight up.

    Hours of charts, call lights,

    and carts between you

    and the moment you strip off

    your gloves, feel air against

    your palms again. Until then,

    know you are held. I clasp

    you,  remember you

    in my nightly prayers.



     

    Janeen Pergrin Rastall

    6/01/2020
    4 min
  • Music Friday May 29th Interview with Carolyn McManis

    Today’s episode of the Music Friday Memory Box is an interview with Carolyn McManis from Peter White Public Library. Carolyn will share her experiences creating virtual programs during the pandemic. We also will hear about Musical Interludes, a series of library events starting on Monday, June 1st. This episode is brought to you by the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center and Peter White Public Library. Learn more about the library’s coming events at http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/pwplinfo/

    12 min
  • Purls for Jo by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

    Today’s episode is the poem “Purls for Jo” by Janeen Pergrin Rastall


    Purls for Jo
                For Jo Doran
     
     
    3 AM. Night nestles the porch railings.
    The wind has stopped knocking. Across the bay,
    street lights stitch Marquette’s alleyways,
    like the woman who casts on her knots of grief,
    weaves in loose ends, draws from friends.
    Her needles pierce each empty space
    and she purls the darkness.
     
    When that woman falls into illness
    you want to make a nest,
    cushion her, unravel the layettes,
    the soft scarves and socks
    she once knit,
    to tug against the dark, gather back
    her years of gleaming threads.
     
    A version of this poem first appeared Escape into Life

    This poem is part of Hearts to Hearts 2020 Pandemic Literary Project. In Hearts to Hearts, authors from around the country share their poems, prose and words of support to the UPHS staff in Marquette and to all those who keep us safe and healthy during this pandemic. Find Hearts to Hearts at https://marquettepoetscircle.wordpress.com/

    4 min

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The Marquette Memory Box Podcasts are episodes by local artists, authors and community members produced during the 2020 pandemic. Marquette County residents will share their experiences and the art or…