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Serving Midcoast,
Downeast & Central Maine
A Voice of Many Voices
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Join Emmy Award winning producer and history teacher David Felsen for a discussion of his new book "New York City Monuments of Black Americans: A History and Guide". New York City is blessed with an incredible array of public sculptures. One overlooked aspect of this collection is its monuments of Black Americans, each with its...
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...
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...
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...
2026 Summer of Dance Residency artists Kristen Stake and Hannah Kumaski, founders of Portland-based IMAGINARY ISLAND Dance Company (imaginaryisland.art), perform new choreography. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, at 7 p.m. -- the Lamoine Grange Hall Theater -- 7 Lamoine Beach Road, Lamoine, ME During their residency, Stake and Kumaski have developed original choreography inspired by the theme...
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...
In collaboration with the Brooklin Food Corps, David Tarr will be giving a talk at the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) on Thursday 8/13 from 4 to 6 p.m. Tarr will share his experiences and practices as a Brooklin-based scallop diver and fisherman. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join, free...
Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) will be holding an author talk with Caroline Bicks on Tuesday 8/18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Bicks will be discussing her new book, "Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King." If that's not enough, she's also the Stephen E. King Chair...
Alyssa & Michael O’Brien, co-founders of Protect Ancient Forests, make the case for working together to protect our remaining old-growth and mature public forests — why they’re irreplaceable, how policy shapes their fate, and what it looks like to build a movement on their behalf. Drawing on law, education, and deep roots in the Maine...
Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00pm for Skywatching: Human-Bird Relationships Through Time, our 2026 Summer Lecture Series closing event featuring Dr. Bonnie Newsom (Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Faculty in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine), Angi King Johnson (interpretive...
Friday, September 11 at 5:30 in the Riverview Room of the Ellsworth Public Library. Join the Conversation and Celebration with Moe Claire, author of the Pyke Island Mysteries. a contemporary Downeast Maine crime-suspense series, on the release of the fourth book A Blind Spider.