Facing the potential of closing down due to less funding and low attendance, teenage performers at the Theater Project decided to put on a show to raise money and awareness in the community. Marc LeBourdias documents the work that the performers did to complete their improv show and the importance of the theater for them.

Years before bulldozers and water companies, individuals would perform the act of dowsing in order to find water underground. Linda Rivard and others speak to dowsers to learn about their craft and the other things dowsers can read.

Salt Magazine speaks to Bill Cursinger, a professional photographer, about his new book, Extreme Nature.

A long established part of Portland, the John J. Nissen Baking Company has had many employees come through the business. Lisa Ferrugia speaks to current and former employees of the baking company to learn about their experiences working for the company and their opinions about a facility move to Biddeford.

In the past year, the rural town of Monson has been in transition. A non profit organization has invested millions of dollars into the economically struggling town in the hopes of attracting artists to work and live. The townspeople of Monson share their opinions on what all this change means for the town, and what could possibly come next.

Following traditional Micmac Indian practices, Libby and Joe Muse make potato baskets in Presque Isle. Laurie Smith and Jason Wheeler visit the Muse's to learn how to create baskets, step by step.

Bios of the contributors to the Salt Omnibus 2000.

R. Todd Hoffman speaks on the history of Salt's photography and the tradition of documentary photography.

Gretchen Batz speaks to Ilsa Pasechnik, from the Russian colony in Richmond, Maine. Pasechnik shares stories about the music she loves and her losses in Russia.