Carrie Cobb deftly remembered her grandmother with a powerful mix of humor and tenderness. 
Daughter Lucy Cobb was self-assured at the mic, and related how a pet rat helped her through the isolation of Covid.
The Canned Sardine, Stage East’s storytelling event, provided a stage for more than a dozen tale-tellers this past summer. The story slam, which coincided with Eastport ArtWalk’s Passport Weekends, included stories of six shooters in the Wild West, Greyhound rides from Maine to San Francisco, a wife-stealing dog, the delivery of newspapers in a white out, and many more entertaining and moving tributes, memoirs, and tall tales.
Mark Macey, Stage East’s artistic director, felt the event’s first summer was a success: “It was heartening to see the event build over the summer months. I think storytelling is contagious, so I’ll bet we’ll get even more folks if we try again next year.”
Joan Lowden welcomes all to The Canned Sardine. 
Alan Cohen tells of a love triangle with a canine twist. 
Stage East Secretary Kathleen Dunbar
explains how Santa brought her a husband.
Mark Macey, the event’s emcee, shares
a story about his 3rd grade hijinks.
Heidi Reidell remembers the cowboy who came for coffee Down East, in a story that included a loving
imitation of the late David Orrell, a Dastardly Dick’s coffee shop regular, who questioned the traveler.
Aralyn Myrick smiled over a feline friend for ‘Canned Sardine’ savorers.
With fierce humor and range, Stage East VP Beth Goodliff fantasizes about seeking revenge in the non-profit sector. 
EAC Board member Ric Craig recalls a boyhood fight to make his paper deliveries during a winter storm in Eastport.
The work of Eastport Arts Center is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.