Second Act
Second Act

Second Act

On this edition: Gerri Prentice, Manager of the Chebeague Island Inn; Writer/Poet David Treadwell; Former nun and poet Elaine McGillicuddy.

The Second Act

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

Second Act

This month: Pat Galant Charette who decided to swim the English Channel; Artist Betsy Wales; Casco Baykeeper Joe Payne

The Second Act

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 led them to Maine.

Second Act

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 Lesley MacVane

The Second Act – April 2011

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

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 visits with John and Sally Barrows about how the charted course of their lives led them to work with maps.

Second Act – February 2011

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 nurse to LearningWorks.

Second Act – January 2011

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 with mother, entrepreneur, massage therapist and political activist Dory Waxman.

Second Act – December 2010

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. Finally, we'll talk with John Durgin who spent a lifetime in the auto industry and as a teacher but was then drawn to the ministry, working with prisoners as a pastor.

Second Act Oct 2010

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

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

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

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

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 what they hope will be new career paths. JOE OWEN Joe Own was a veteran reporter for Stars and Stripes newspaper telling the stories of men and women in the armed forces around the world. His career began at the Kennebec Journal and...

Second Act April 2010

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 anything but retiring.

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 – January 2010

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 will inspire you to take a journey of your own. NEW ORLEANS Last spring Bill Gregory returned to New Orleans with a group of volunteers making their second trip to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Bill also...

Second Act

Second Act

The musical talents and interviews of Joyce Gammon, Daniel Oppenheim, and Karmo Sanders.

Seconf Act – November 2009

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

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 secondact@ctn5.org.

Second Act: September 2009

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 of the challenges and successes these people have enjoyed on life's journey.

Second Act – August 2009

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 of the challenges and successes these people have enjoyed on life's journey.