FORECASTER • October 9, 2023
Singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers is performing a solo, acoustic set of songs in Portland on Sunday, playing a guitar made from wood that came from a forest in Montana to raise awareness about land protection. The performance is part of an event at Merrill Auditorium called Climate Aid: The Voice of the Forest, a benefit for Maine-based Protect Ancient Forests and Montana’s Yaak Valley Forest Council. The evening will also feature musical acts Alisa Amador from the Boston area and Maine’s Halycon String Quartet, Mississippi poet Beth Ann Fennelly, and environmentalists Bill McKibben, Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass. Michael and Alyssa O’Brien, who live in Linconville, launched Protect Ancient Forests last year because they care deeply about the environment and the impact of climate change in Maine and around the country.