Marquette Memory Box

Marquette Memory Box

37 episodes

The Marquette Memory Box Podcasts are episodes by local artists, authors and community members produced during the 2020 pandemic. Marquette County residents will share their experiences and the art or literary works they have created during this stay at home period. They will open up their memory boxes and share stories of what they have loved, longed for, lost or discovered during the time.

Podcasts

Light and Darkness in the Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: July 28, 2020, noon
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds

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Interview with Jalina McClain, Executive Director of the Superior Arts Youth Theater

Published: July 23, 2020, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds

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Independence Day in a Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: July 21, 2020, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds

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The Exchange is More Important than your Dinner- Marie S. (1925) Elder Speaks Series

Published: July 16, 2020, noon
Duration: 6 minutes 56 seconds

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Interview with Origami Artist Judy Sarosik

Published: July 15, 2020, 5:11 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Father's Day in the Pandemic by Martin Achatz - Some Explicit Language

Published: July 14, 2020, 3:36 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds

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"Big Bang" by Martin Achatz

Published: July 13, 2020, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds

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Interview with Susan Divine (Hiawatha Music Co-op)

Published: July 12, 2020, 9:17 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 50 seconds

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Poetry by ME Kilpatrick, a member of the Marquette Poets Circle

Published: July 9, 2020, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds \\n
An American Don Quixote\\n  \\nI stand at the Big Door and knock,\\nbut no alarm was set on the clock.\\nHis pride caused many to die,\\nand now the People cry, \\u201cWhy?\\u201d\\n\\nWhile the Shepherd sleeps,\\nthe Iambs cry, die, and bleat.\\nSleeping on the job will only rob \\u2013\\nthe People of their lives and jobs.\\n\\nI stand at the Big Door and knock,\\nbut the Don laid asleep like a rock.\\nHis plugged ears didn\\u2019t hear fears,\\nand His closed eyes didn\\u2019t see tears.\\n\\nWhile the Shepherd sleeps,\\nthe Iambs cry, die, and bleat.\\nSleeping on the job will only rob \\u2013\\nthe People of their lives and jobs.\\n\\nI stand at the Big Door and knock,\\nbut the Don\\u2019s snores kept the door locked.\\nIn Lalaland the Don snorts with Bo Peep,\\nan American Don Quixote not in touch with His sheep.\\n\\nWhile the Shepherd sleeps,\\nthe Iambs cry, die, and bleat.\\nSleeping on the job will only rob \\u2013\\nthe People of their lives and jobs.\\n\\nME Kilpatrick\\nMarquette, Michigan\\nMarch 20, 2020\\n  \\n  \\n\\n While We Wipe \\n  \\n\\nAs America\\u2019s desert despair stirs in the air,\\nplease do not breathe in the fear there.\\nFor when you do you find American voodoo,\\nevil spirits who possess your spirit and mood.\\n\\nFor the evil eye is cast by the powerful lie,\\nby a divisive President whose eyes are sly. \\nFor its trinity will spread and reveal its dead,\\nwhom the holy books said the Devil wed.\\n\\nRacism rears its ugly heads in healthcare,\\nwhere wealthy might and white do not share.\\nThey mask their lighted faces without disgrace,\\ntaking face masks to last in their blasted race. \\n\\nMilitarism builds its schisms by quarantines,\\nwhile its germs worm in computers and war machines.\\nKeeping majorities and minorities in their place,\\nthe fear of death is military ammo and their ace. \\n\\nMaterialism\\u2019s theater of envy is show business,\\nwhere the sleek and the strong outperform the weakest.\\nWhere the sun doesn\\u2019t shine in the marketplace,\\nsanitizers and toilet paper run out at a scarlet pace. \\n\\nBut we can\\u2019t wipe our hands and butts clean,\\nwith our envy, our masks, and our quarantines. \\nIt\\u2019s time to breathe in faith, hope, and love, \\nwhile we wipe down, wipe off, and wipe up. \\n\\nME Kilpatrick\\nMarquette, Michigan\\nMarch 15, 2020\\n\\n  \\n  \\n\\nEggs Benedict Arnold\\n  \\n\\nWhile Humpty Dumpty sat on his Great Wall,\\nhis world globe spun to a great stall.\\nThe big egghead cracked when the water boiled,\\nand then he fell when his pants soiled.\\n\\nWe got tested when Humpty\\u2019s brains scrambled,\\nwhile on every channel we heard him ramble.\\nSome were positive as they tried to put Humpty together again;\\nOthers were negative and fought together as women and men.\\n\\nThen they all cooked Eggs Benedict Arnold,\\nthe big egghead called The Donald.\\nThis ends this Humpty Dumpty rhyme,\\nas he begins \\u201cthe man without a country\\u201d time.\\n\\nME Kilpatrick\\nMarquette, Michigan\\nMarch 22, 2020\\n  \\n  \\n\\nA Quaker Public Alert: The Fox in the White Hen House\\n  \\n\\nWhile on TV this Palm Sunday the President parades,\\nmany States do counterclockwise promenades.\\nAround and around in circles they peck and walk,\\nin a different direction while on FOX News the fox talks.\\n\\nThey hear in the White Hen House the fox plays chicken,\\nrunning full speed ahead toward deadly collision,\\nas state governors have a federal governor on the gas -\\nthe fox goes full guns with no need for a mask.\\n\\nDown every Main Street they see cars have gone home,\\nwhile the fox hunts run down chickens who roam.\\nHe\\u2019s a federal predator who kills \\u2013 \\nthe state chickens he wants for meals.\\n\\nSo, beware of the evil fox in the White Hen House,\\na Chick-Fil-A manager selected by sacred cows.\\nNow you have been warned of this predator,\\nby a Friend who is a meditator.\\n\\nME Kilpatrick\\nMarquette, Michigan\\nMember of Birmin\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mqtmemorybox/message'

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Nearer to God in a Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: July 7, 2020, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 32 seconds

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Poetry by ME Kilpatrick, member of the Marquette Poets Circle

Published: July 6, 2020, 7:06 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 11 seconds

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How Do You Say It by Mike Plourde

Published: July 2, 2020, 2:02 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Interview with Joy Bender Hadley - Creativity Coaching during a Pandemic and more

Published: July 1, 2020, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 55 seconds

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Easter Snow in the Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: July 1, 2020, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds

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Memorial Day Memory & Poetry by Martin Achatz and ME Kilpatrick, Marquette Poets Circle Member

Published: June 29, 2020, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 30 seconds

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Interview with John Davey

Published: June 26, 2020, 4:38 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 50 seconds

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Interview with artist and poet Gail Mahan

Published: June 24, 2020, 1:26 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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Disco in the Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: June 23, 2020, noon
Duration: 6 minutes 32 seconds

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New poetry by Martin Achatz and ME Kilpatrick, Marquette Poets Circle Members

Published: June 22, 2020, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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Bonus - Carolyn McManis Interview & Dylan McKensie-Trost's track "Where's All the Dust"

Published: June 21, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds

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Interview with Dylan McKenzie-Trost

Published: June 18, 2020, 6:50 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds

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My Father the Drunk by Lori Hazen

Published: June 18, 2020, noon
Duration: 6 minutes 30 seconds

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Interview with Mr. Jim - Jim Edwards from the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum

Published: June 17, 2020, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds

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Stargazing in the Pandemic by Martin Achatz

Published: June 16, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds

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Incubator by A. Lynn Blumer - For Mature Audiences Only Contents could be Triggering

Published: June 15, 2020, 5:57 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds

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Poetry by Martin Achatz and ME Kilpatrick, Marquette Poets Circle members

Published: June 15, 2020, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds

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Traditional Music Jam with Carolyn McManis and Musical Interludes with Patrick Booth

Published: June 12, 2020, 6:26 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 39 seconds

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"Bed Bugs" by Keith S. from the Elder Speak Series of the Senior Theatre Experience

Published: June 11, 2020, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds

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Cold Drink of Water by Martin Achatz

Published: June 9, 2020, 12:28 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Music Interludes with Carolyn McManis and Troy Graham

Published: June 5, 2020, 8:18 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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My Imodium Adventure by Lori Hazen

Published: June 4, 2020, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 50 seconds

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Interview with artist and author Christine Saari

Published: June 3, 2020, 8:07 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds

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The Nature of the Game of Golf by Mike Plourde

Published: June 2, 2020, 11:44 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 6 seconds

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Night Shift Prayers by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

Published: June 1, 2020, 1:23 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds

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Music Friday May 29th Interview with Carolyn McManis

Published: May 29, 2020, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 38 seconds

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The Alternate Story of a Well Known Character written and performed by Robin DuBlanc

Published: May 28, 2020, 6:51 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds

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Purls for Jo by Janeen Pergrin Rastall

Published: May 26, 2020, 5:38 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 25 seconds

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