Michael Maglaras In Performance: Snow-Bound
In this video, Michael Maglaras reads an excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Snow-Bound.” The Library of America calls Michael Maglaras’s reading of this poem “The best recording of Snow-Bound…”. This video excerpt is taken from a full performance of this poem he made at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland, Maine on Sunday, […]
Homer’s Prouts Neck Home
Today, the 217 Films crew took a trip to Winslow Homer’s Prouts Neck home in Scarborough, Maine to scout for a possible shooting location this fall. The Portland Museum of Art acquired the Winslow Homer Studio in 2006. The Studio and the surrounding grounds are closed to the public while construction and restoration projects take […]
Library of America: “Snow-Bound” The Poem for a Winter Storm
Follow this link to read The Library of America’s blog post about John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Snow-Bound.” The poem for a winter storm! The Library of America calls Michael Maglaras’s reading of this poem “The best recording of Snow-Bound…”. Michael Maglaras recorded this poem in 2007 as part of 217 Records’ Whittier Bicentennial Recording Project. […]
“Barbara Frietchie” read by Michael Maglaras
In this video, Michael Maglaras reads John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Frietchie.” This performance was recorded before a live audience at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland, Maine on Sunday, December 12, 2010. More about Michael Maglaras, executive producer Terri Templeton and their audio recordings and films can be found at www.two17records.com and www.two17films.com.
217 Records celebrates 150 years of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”
Many people can still recite from memory these words from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s great poem Paul Revere’s Ride: “Listen my children and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Listen to Michael Maglaras recite this masterpiece of American poetry; this still-resonating call to citizen action. On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere […]
Snow-Bound at the St. Lawrence
On Sunday, December 12 Michael Maglaras of 217 Records performed John Greenleaf Whittier’s “Snow-Bound” to a sold out audience at the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland, Maine. View photos from the performance at this link.
‘Snow-Bound’ comes to Portland arts center
‘Snow-Bound’ comes to Portland arts centerDecember 5, 2010 From staff reports PORTLAND – Actor, director and filmmaker Michael Maglaras will perform John Greenleaf Whittier’s masterful poem “Snow-Bound” at 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. It will be an hour-long reading, with Charles Ives’s “Concord Sonata” as a musical […]
“Snow-Bound” — An Appreciation
“Snow-Bound” — An Appreciationby Michael Maglaras, 217 Records John Greenleaf Whittier’s “Snow-Bound” is his signal work of genius. Whittier wrote many poems of unassailable quality…but “Snow-Bound” is without equal among his poems. It is a work of towering imagination and incandescent beauty. “Snow-Bound” also captures, at once, Whittier’s best qualities as a poet and as […]
John McDonald interview Michael Maglaras
Follow this link to listen to John McDonald’s interview with Michael Maglaras about the December 12 benefit performance of John Greenleaf Whittier’s “Snow-Bound.” 100% of proceeds from this performance benefit the St. Lawrence Arts Center.
Cleophas at the Crocker
Cleophas and His Own will screen at the Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, December 2 at 5:30pm as part of the Museum’s new Thursdays ’til 9 series. Art lovers will recall that this film made its west coast premiere in 2006 at the Crest Theatre in conjunction with a gallery talk at the Crocker during […]