On this edition: Gerri Prentice, Manager of the Chebeague Island Inn; Writer/Poet David Treadwell; Former nun and poet Elaine McGillicuddy.
Second Act
Series Produced by and for people over 50 celebrating those in the second half of their life.
The Second Act
This month we'll meet memoire writer Pat Taub. We'll also talk with Jim Haddow about his experience with Boys To Men. Finally we'll discover how Mike Stone's Second Act is much like his first.
Second Act
This month: Pat Galant Charette who decided to swim the English Channel; Artist Betsy Wales; Casco Baykeeper Joe Payne
The Second Act
This month we'll meet Sally Regan, a typical librarian who has been anything but typical. We'll also talk with Alex Taylor who returned to a childhood passion in her Second Act. Finally we'll see how Doris and Walter Van Buskirk's desire for a total lifestyle change...
Second Act
This month Eric Sorensen tells Lesley MacVane that finding a cardboard box in a dumpster led to the art that saved his life. Bill Gregory traces Rod Shain's carrer from teaching to farming to ice cream. Julia Nichols explores the link between science and art with...
The Second Act – April 2011
This month we'll meet John Daaman who went from engineering to running a B&B; James Wilberg who's second act is writing about WW I aviation; Bonnie Clement who transitioned from health care to running a general store.
Second Act – March 2011
Lesley MacVane talks with Cosmologist turned Architect turned Yurt Builder turned college student Bill Altenberg. Bill Gregory sits down with author Susan Lebel Young to explore how her life experience expresses itself through her writing. Finally, Lesley MacVane...
Second Act – February 2011
This month we'll meet Tom and Willo Wright - separately and together - who will talk to Bill Gregory about their inspiration to start an organization to help youths at risk. Lesley MacVane will also meet Elaine Godsoe who brought a lifetime of caring for others as a...
Second Act – January 2011
This month Lesley MacVane introduces us to artist David Itchkawich who went from driving a taxi in NY City to drawing the streets of Portland. Then Bill Gregory sits down with Bobbie Keppel and Dick Skillin of the Harbour Hospice Singers. Finally Lesley MacVane talks...
Second Act – December 2010
This month we visit Merle & Barbara Hallett as they prepare for their annual trip from Maine to Florida on their boat, the Endurance. We'll also meet Marybeth Munroe who traded her career as a big box store manager for one where she makes a unique type of fudge....
Second Act Oct 2010
This month we'll meet an Jan ter Weele, an educator turned painter: Layne Gregory, founder of Boyz to Men; and Jennifer Fox and Rick Frantz who decided to buy a local waterfront pub in Portland.
Second Act – September 2010
This month we'll meet Mary Otto, a refugee from Sudan who built a new life here in Portland; Former governor Angus King whose latest 'Act' is wind energy; and Kathy Heye and Deede Montgomery - former teachers who opened a farm goods stand in Freeport
Second Act – July 2010
This month we meet Nancy Bowker, a Quaker raised in 'The Silence,' but who has found her voice through song; Phyllis Austin, a journalist and author with a special interest in environmental issues; and Steve Sunenblick a lawyer turned abstract/expressionist artist.
Second Act June 2010
This month we visit with Tai Chi Master Ken Ryan; Author Annie Robinson - who wrote a book on Peabody & Stearns, builders of seaside cottages, and Carl Bredenberg a former surgeon who talks about the challenges of retirement
Second Act May 2010
DOCENTS Meet Kerry Corthell and Suzie Sargent Both have lost their jobs in fields in the poor economy. They are now using their “free” time to train as Docents for the Portland museum system – to do something they are both interested in and to make connections for...
Second Act April 2010
This month we meet Mahala Bishop, who has struggled with Bi-Polar disease for 10 years; Linc and Marti Fuller, who adopted two daughters from China at a time when most couples their age are dealing with grandchildren; and Tom Franklin, a 'retired' Boston lawyer who is...
Second Act March 2010
This month we visit with Pan Fried Steel, a steel drum band, Dale Robin Goodwin, a singer of American Root Music and Norman Abelson, a writer and poet
Second Act February 2010
A TV Magazine for Mainers in the second act of their lives.
Second Act – January 2010
DOWNEAST DIARY II Lesley MacVane serves up a second helping of her Downeast Diary. This past summer Lesley took a two week boat trip from Portland and brought along her video camera to shoot a diary of her trip. Perhaps seeing the places she visited and people she met...
Second Act
The musical talents and interviews of Joyce Gammon, Daniel Oppenheim, and Karmo Sanders.
Seconf Act – November 2009
This month's program includes: A trip to Simply Divine Brownies, an interview wit Joel Eastman at Fort Gorges, and an interview with Betsy Sholl, Maine's Poet Laureate.
Second Act – October 2009
Our October show brings you a Grandfather’s Group, the Senior Games and a boat trip along Maine’s Downeast coastline. We hope you enjoy the segments and remind you to contact us with any questions, comments or story suggestions. You can reach us at...
Second Act: September 2009
Each month hosts Bill Gregory and Lesley MacVane bring us people who are making the most of the Second Act of their lives. They may be artists, writers or someone managing a hospice. Through in-depth interviews the show's magazine format gives the viewer a real sense...
Second Act – August 2009
Each month hosts Bill Gregory and Lesley MacVane bring us people who are making the most of the Second Act of their lives. They may be artists, writers or someone managing a hospice. Through in-depth interviews the show's magazine format gives the viewer a real sense...