Listen: Beautiful Blackbird on Maine Public's State of the Art

Maine Public: State of the Art

PORTLAND, Maine — “Beautiful Blackbird” is a children’s book by Ashley Bryan that has inspired a whole suite of live events and programs across the autumn here in Maine. Among them - a children’s book festival, a stage play for young audiences and a concert adaptation for family audiences, called “Beautiful Blackbird Live,” coming up on November 23 in Westbrook.

This week, two guests walk us through all these “Beautiful Blackbird” activities – Jordia Benjamin, Executive Director of the Indigo Arts Alliance and René Goddess, a Portland-based theater artist who is Artistic Director of The Theater Ensemble of Color as well as the director of the stage play edition of “Beautiful Blackbird.”

See more here: https://www.mainepublic.org/show/state-of-the-art/2024-11-18/sunday-november-17-beautiful-blackbird