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John Greenleaf Whittier’s “Snow-Bound” Read by Michael Maglaras Print E-mail
Editor: Brenda Bonneville   
Tuesday, 09 November 2010

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On Sunday, December 12th at 3:00 pm.

(Portland, ME) Special benefit for the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Remembered for his legendary 2007 complete performance of Longfellow’s “The Song of Hiawatha,” actor, director, and film maker Michael Maglaras returns to the St. Lawrence Arts Center in Portland to perform John Greenleaf Whittier’s masterful poem “Snow-Bound.” Charles Ives’ piano masterpiece “A Concord Sonata” is the musical back-drop for this hour-long reading and Donna McNeil, director of the Maine Arts Commission, will introduce Maglaras.

“Snow-Bound” captures a sense of a special time and place. It recounts a New England blizzard from Whittier’s childhood that isolated the young poet and his family in their Haverhill home for nearly a week before a team of oxen could free them. As the fury of the blizzard rages outside, the family and their guests huddle before the great fireplace knowing they will soon be cut off from the outside world. Inspired in this intimate setting, they begin, one by one, to open their hearts. Each person tells a story from his or her life—revealing a depth of experience and spirit—all seen through the eyes of Whittier as a ten-year-old boy, and remembered by him as a mature man, in this masterpiece of American literature.

217 Records is sponsoring this performance as a special benefit with 100% of all proceeds going to the St. Lawrence Arts Center. A special reception will immediately follow the performance. The St. Lawrence Arts Center is located at 76 Congress Street in Portland (for directions, please click here). Tickets are $12 if purchased by November 22 and $15 after November 22. Tickets may be purchased either online or by calling 207-347-3075.

>link to the St. Lawrence Arts Center
>link to 217 Records


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