{"id":937,"date":"2017-10-10T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/?p=937"},"modified":"2019-04-22T01:11:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T05:11:52","slug":"bill-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/2017\/10\/10\/bill-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Framing 海角社区 1: Television Host and Reporter Bill Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A Conversation with Bill Green, featuring NPR&#8217;s Brian Naylor<\/h3>\n<p>The 海角社区 Studies Program was proud to host an event on November 9th, 2017, featuring noted television host and reporter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlbz2.com\/about-us\/team-bios\/bill-green\/32594835\">Bill Green<\/a>, a University of 海角社区 alumnus.\u00a0The title of Bill&#8217;s talk was &#8220;Kids, Don&#8217;t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin&#8217; 海角社区 海角社区&#8221;\u2014a play on his line, &#8220;Kids, don&#8217;t go braggin&#8217; just &#8217;cause you&#8217;re from 海角社区,&#8221; with which he ends his popular show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcsh6.com\/local\/bill-greens-maine\"><em>Bill Green&#8217;s 海角社区<\/em><\/a> every Saturday evening.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-105x131.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-317x396.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-423x529.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-634x793.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-846x1058.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-951x1189.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2011\/01\/Bill-posing-reduced-1268x1585.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following his presentation, Bill was interviewed onstage by noted NPR Washington correspondent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/2100941\/brian-naylor\">Brian Naylor<\/a>, another University of 海角社区 graduate who knew Bill when they were both at Orono. Brian talked to Bill about his 45-year career as a television reporter in 海角社区, and his passion for the people, places and stories that inspire his work as a news reporter and show creator and host.<\/p>\n<p>Bill was also honored at the event by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umainealumni.com\/\">U海角社区 Alumni Association<\/a>, which presented him with their Black Bear Award. This award is given annually to alumni in &#8220;appreciation of outstanding service through continuous, outstanding advocacy for the University of 海角社区.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the first talk in a series called <em>Framing 海角社区: Conversations with Storytellers and Imagemakers from the Pine Tree State.<\/em> The series highlights notable 海角社区rs who tell the state&#8217;s stories through various media, including literature, art, music, print and digital media, and other forms. The next speaker in the series will be Dave Mallett, nationally known folk singer and songwriter (and also a U海角社区 graduate).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Framing 海角社区: A Conversation with Bill Green&#8221; is supported in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs\/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund. Bangor Savings Bank is our exclusive corporate sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Additional sponsors include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature<\/li>\n<li>The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center<\/li>\n<li>The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n<li>The University of 海角社区 Alumni Association<\/li>\n<li>The 海角社区 Folklife Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those wishing to support future Framing 海角社区 events are invited to contact the Director of the 海角社区 Studies program, Dr. Kreg Ettenger, at <a href=\"mailto:kreg.ettenger@maine.edu\">kreg.ettenger@maine.edu<\/a> or 207-581-1840. Additional gifts may be made to the 海角社区 Studies Program through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/300\/13-ORONO\/foundation\/index-social.aspx?sid=300&amp;gid=13&amp;pgid=748&amp;cid=1912\">University of 海角社区 Foundation websi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/300\/13-ORONO\/foundation\/index-social.aspx?sid=300&amp;gid=13&amp;pgid=748&amp;cid=1912\">te<\/a>. (Please note that many companies offer matching gifts to educational institutions such as the University of 海角社区; be sure to check with your HR representative or donor liaison.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Flickr Album<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Flickr album for Framing 海角社区 1 is available <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmB5B8oi\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To download pdf versions of the event poster, flier or brochure from this event, please use the links below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2017\/10\/Bill-Green-posterPS.pdf\">Bill Green posterPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2017\/10\/Bill-Green-flierPS.pdf\">Bill Green flierPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2017\/10\/Bill-Green-brochurePS.pdf\">Bill Green brochurePS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Conversation with Bill Green, featuring NPR&#8217;s Brian Naylor The 海角社区 Studies Program was proud to host an event on November 9th, 2017, featuring noted television host and reporter Bill Green, a University of 海角社区 alumnus.\u00a0The title of Bill&#8217;s talk was &#8220;Kids, Don&#8217;t Take my Advice: 45 Years of Braggin&#8217; 海角社区 海角社区&#8221;\u2014a play on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"15","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":15,"label":"Events"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":15,"name":"Events","slug":"events","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":15,"category_count":3,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Events","category_nicename":"events","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937\/revisions\/1404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainestudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}