Join the Blue Hill Library for a talk with UMaine Professor of History Liam Riordan about the American Revolution and the impact felt in Maine on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the library's Howard Room. This illustrated lecture explores how the American Revolution began in Maine, as well as the significance of Revolutionary...

The Blue Hill Public Library will present a poetry reading with poets Christine Yurick and David Yezzi on Thursday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the library's Howard Room. David Yezzi’s latest books are "Late Romance: Anthony Hecht—A Poet’s Life" (St. Martin’s Press) and More Things in Heaven: New and Selected Poems (Measure Press). He...

The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Historical Society will present a talk with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Mainer Alan Taylor on Saturday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Pearson Room. Taylor's talk will examine the experiences of a young Continental Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Joseph Plumb Martin, who...

Join David Porter and Allison Snow, co-founders of the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum, for a presentation and discussion on rockweed on Tuesday, July 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. David and Allison will discuss the ecological importance of rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), commercial harvesting, and the extent to which current laws,...

The Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Books will present an author talk with W.H. 'Bill' Bunting on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the library for his new book Captain Drew's World: Dispatches from the Age of Global Sail. A maritime historian and editor, Bunting has compiled Captain John Drew’s (of Hallowell, Maine)...

The Blue Hill Public Library and ISLE Theater Company will present a playwriting workshop with playwright Eliya Smith on Thursday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. Drawing inspiration from Anton Chekhov and his artistic successors, this workshop will explore how to use character, dialogue, dramatic action, and structure through discussion and guided writing...

In observance of the 250th anniversary of America's declaration of independence, the Blue Hill Public Library and Jonathan Fisher House will present a symposium with University of Maine Associate Professor of New England History Dr. Mary Freeman on Wednesday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. After an introduction from Fisher House board members...

The Blue Hill Public Library will present a reading, Q&A, and book signing with local author and researcher Nomar Slevik, for his new book In the Pines: True Stories of Mystery, Mayhem, and Monsters in Maine on Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. The book is an exploration of the unexplained encounters that everyday Mainers...

The Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival will present a talk about Baltimore Clippers with Captain Daniel S. Parrott on Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. The Baltimore Clipper is a fast maneuverable ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the US and rising to...

The Blue Hill Library will present a talk on blood sugar with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Maine native Lakeisha Allen on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. Lakeisha will share a down-to-earth look at how blood sugar works and why it matters for energy, sleep, mood, hormone balance, weight...

The Blue Hill Public Library will present a reading with authors from the anthology "Echoes in the Fog: Literary Reflections on the Liminal Spaces of Maine’s Coast," on Thursday, August 20 at 7:00 p.m. This collection gathers 58 poets, essayists, storytellers, and photographers, and 11 of those contributors will be sharing their work. The contributed...