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The series of programs, "Revolutionary Belfast" continues at the Belfast Free Library continues with this talk with author and AP U.S. History teacher Charles H. "Chip" Lagerbom. In this illustrated presentation Lagerbom will describe the discovery and history of Jonathan Lowder's Truckhouse which was built along the banks of Penobscot River near present-day Veazie. he...
On Thursday, July 16th at 5:30pm, the Jesup Memorial Library will host the 6th Annual Ashley Bryan Honorary Lecture with Lynne Farrington from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, where the Ashley Bryan Papers are housed. For this lecture, the Ashley Bryan Papers will serve as a case study for exploring the role that curators play...
Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00pm for Designing Plastic Out of the Ocean Economy, featuring Abby Barrows, Principal Investigator for the Global Microplastics Initiative with Adventure Scientists and marine scientist, researcher, and oyster farmer. After years documenting microplastic pollution worldwide, marine researcher Abigail Barrows...
Lecture: "Lost Architectural Gems of Old Castine", Thursday, July 23, 6-7:30 pm at Emerson Hall, 67 Court Street, Castine This talk with historian, Jerry Magnifico, will be a photographic journey back to 19th and early 20th century Castine, featuring a series of once cherished homes and landmark buildings that have since disappeared from the landscape....
Award-winning author and illustrator Will Hillenbrand will shares insights and inspiration from his decades of creating stories for children in this special presentation that is a joint program with the Southwest Harbor Public Library as part of the occasional series Reading with Wings. Copies of his new book Light as a Feather: Fifteen Phenomenal North...
In connection with the current exhibition and new book By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth, a collaboration between the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Colby College Museum of Art, and the Brandywine Museum of Art, the director of the Farnsworth’s Wyeth Study Center, Dr. William L. Coleman shares new discoveries about the often overlooked...
A free and informal talk with musical demonstration featuring composer and steel pannist Andy Akiho. Event photo by Da Ping Luo
Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm for Trees of Acadia: The Past, Present, and Future of Park Forests feat. Catherine Schmitt and Panel, featuring author and Science Communication Specialist Catherine Schmitt with Matthew Duveneck (forest ecologist and Schoodic Institute Second Century Stewardship Fellow), Kate...
A free and informal talk with musical demonstration featuring composer and cellist Karen Ouzounian. Event photo by Ebru Yildiz
The 17th Annual Pulliam Lecture with curator of Francis Hamabe’s Maine: A Life in Art, Carl Little will explore Hamabe’s life and career in Downeast Maine and his connections to Castine. This event will take place at the Delano Auditorium at Maine Maritime Academy. Please RSVP at castinehistoricalsociety.org. This event will be livestreamed on our...
The Frenchman Bay region has a long history of archaeological research that offers deep-time insights into Wabanaki lifeways. In this talk, Dr. Bonnie Newsom explores the archaeological heritage of Wabanaki peoples in and around Frenchman Bay, considering early researchers, their methods and interpretations, alongside more recent work that gives greater attention to Wabanaki perspectives. Together,...
Get an insider’s sneak peek into how professional musicians approach training the next generation of gifted artists. Watch and listen to talented young Maine violinists perform for and be coached by master violinist Sean Lee in a one-on-one masterclass. This event is open to the public and free of charge. Photo by Dario Acosta