We love what we do on Love Maine Radio. Now in our fifth year, it has been our great privilege to spend time with hundreds of intriguing Mainers who also love the lives that they have created. This week we revisit insightful conversations with artist Scott Nash, musical legend Dan Crewe, brothers Paul and Lou Urenek & chocolate-maker Kate McAleer, founder of Bixby & Co.
Guests
Scott Nash
Scott Nash is an illustrator, graphic designer, and Chair of the Illustration Department at Maine College of Art. He is also the owner of NASHBOX studios.
Dan Crewe
Graduate of the US Naval Academy, Retired Captain USAF, President/Chair of the Bob Crewe Foundation and Co-Founder, Gateway Mastering Studio in Portland. He serves on the board of the ACLU of Maine, a Trustee of the USM Foundation and Trustee, Maine College of Art. He has previously served on the boards of the Susan Curtis Foundation, Portland Concert Association, Maine Audubon Society, Breakwater School and Equality Maine. He is the father of two daughters, Reid of Portland and Jessie, deceased at age 11 and grandfather of 2 young ladies Tobey age 8 and Charlotte age 6. In the 1960’s he and his brother, Bob Crewe where successful music business leaders.
Paul Ureneck
Paul Ureneck moved to Maine in the 1970s when his brother asked him to help build a post and beam home on land he bought in New Gloucester. The home took three years worth of Sunday work to build. After that Paul got involved in construction and eventually moved into a construction management position at the Boulos Company where he has been part of many notable projects such as Pineland redevelopment, the Winslow Homer home restoration for the Portland Museum of Art, Allagash Brewery’s evolving development and expansion, Backyard Farms research and development center in Madison, and the current Thompson’s Point redevelopment.
Lou Ureneck
A former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University, Lou Urenek is a professor of journalism at Boston University. He was deputy managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and editor of the Portland Press Herald. Urenek’s writing has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe and Field & Stream. A former Fulbright Fellow, Ureneck is the author of Backcast, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for literary merit, and Cabin – Two Brothers, a Dream and Five Acres in Maine. His latest book is The Great Fire: One American’s Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide.
Kate McAleer
Kate McAleer is the founder of Bixby and Co., a chocolate bar making company that uses organic, wholesome ingredients like real fruits, nuts, and cocoa. Kate’s chocolate factory is on the water in Rockland and she sells to national and local stores including Whole Foods, Belfast Co-op, Rosemont Markets, Aurora Provisions, and Lois’ Natural Market.