The Blue Hill Public Library and Peninsula Pride will present a talk on Monday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. with art professor Christopher Scott Brumfield for his annual tour through LGBTQAI+ art and art history. Brumfield will touch briefly on many kinds of art and different manifestations of queer identity in art and will discuss...

Maine-based mystery author Claire Ackroyd will speak about her writing, including her newest novel Body in the Blueberry Barrens. Claire Ackroyd is a landscape designer, independent organic inspector, educator and writer. She grew up in rural England in a big garden with pets and ponies and now resides in Orono.

The Blue Hill Public Library will present a talk on cacao with local Healing Arts Therapist and Cacao Ceremonialist, Christina Montano, on Thursday, July 2 at 7:00 p.m. Join Christina for an engaging introduction to cacao as a medicinal plant. In this talk, Christina will share the origins of cacao, how it differs from everyday...

Abdi Iftin—naturalized American, former refugee, and author of Call Me American—shares his journey from civil-war Somalia to the state of Maine. He’ll read from his memoir, reflect on what comes next, and take questions from the audience.

Join us online or in person at Smithereen Farm's Grey Lodge for a conversation with Peter Neill, founding director of the World Ocean Observatory. Fundy, Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays are places of extraordinary marine abundance. The St. Croix river alone is estimated to have returned upwards of 30 million alewives per year, according to the...

The Weight of the Cannons, the Strength of a Bond: Knox & Washington Forged in iron, the bond between George Washington & Henry Knox continued throughout their lifetimes. Knox, the commander's confidant & anchor, shared the weight of the Revolutionary War from the Siege of Boston to the Siege of Yorktown. Their mutual respect grew...