Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayres
6:15 Tuesdays
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Wells Public Library
Wells, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Lisbon Falls Community Library
Lisbon Falls, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday May 14, 2008
York Public Library
York, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Epiphany by Ferrol Sams
"Monet Refuses the Operation" by Lisel Mueller
Thursday May 15, 2008
York Hospital
York, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Socioeconomic Class
Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (non-fiction)
"Helping and Hating the Homeless," Peter Marin (essay)
Thursday May 15, 2008
Mercy Hospital
Portland, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
"A Nurse's Story" from Gettysburg Review by Peter Baida
"The Eleventh" by Henri Barbusse
"Hospital Sketchbook: Life on the Ward Through an Intern's Eyes" from On Doctoring by Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
"University Hospital, Boston" from New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
(possibly the "Emergency Room Poems" by Rafael Campo)
5:30
Thursday May 15, 2008
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo to Now by Martin Kemp and Marina Wallace
Thursday May 15, 2008
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
Sullivan, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
6:30 Thursdays
Thursday May 15, 2008
Skowhegan Free Public Library
Skowhegan, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Telling the Truth: The Subject of Autobiography
In My Mother's House by Kim Cherin
1:00 Saturdays
Saturday May 17, 2008
Bristol Area Library
New Harbor, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
History of the Middle East & The Israeli/Palestinian quest for a peaceful settlement
6:00 M or W
Monday May 19, 2008
Springvale Public Library
Springvale, ME   details

Born To Read Many Eyes, Many Voices Training
A literature-based anti-bias program for early childhood educators
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Penquis CAP - Bangor
Bangor, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
A Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall
5:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Franklin Memorial Hospital
Farmington, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Ceremony by Leslie Maemon Silko
Here, Bullet by Brian Turner
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Stephens Memorial Hospital
Norway, ME   details

Literature & Medicine - First Year Syllabus
"Desperate MEasures" by Atul Gawande from the New Yorker, May 5, 2003
5-7pm
Thursday May 22, 2008
Central Maine Medical Center
Lewiston, ME   details

Born To Read Many Eyes, Many Voices Training
A literature-based anti-bias program for early childhood educators
Thursday May 22, 2008
Penquis CAP - Bangor
Bangor, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories
A literature-based program on peace and conflict resolution for early childhood educators
Friday May 23, 2008
Catherine Morrill Day Nursery - Southern Maine Community College
Portland, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday May 28, 2008
York Public Library
York, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Stability and Islamist Challenge
6:00 M or W
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Springvale Public Library
Springvale, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Sebasticook Valley Hospital
Pittsfield, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
The Best Day the Worst Day by Donald Hall
Thursday May 29, 2008
Mayo Regional Hospital
Dover Foxcroft, ME   details

New Books, New Readers - Real Life
Life's What You Make It Harry the Dirty Dog ¥ The Relatives Came ¥ Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
7:30 Thursdays
Thursday May 29, 2008
Marshwood Adult Education
South Berwick, ME   details

Born To Read Many Eyes, Many Voices Training
A literature-based anti-bias program for early childhood educators
Monday June 2, 2008
Child Care Connections - Scarborough
Scarborough, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
6:30 Mondays
Monday June 2, 2008
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
Iraq and Iran: War, Revolution, and Coherence
American Foreign Policy in the Middle East
6:00 M or W
Monday June 2, 2008
Springvale Public Library
Springvale, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
The Inspector Barlach Mysteries
6:15 Tuesdays
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Wells Public Library
Wells, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
Monday June 9, 2008
Mid-Coast Hospital
Augusta, ME   details

Born To Read Many Eyes, Many Voices Training
A literature-based anti-bias program for early childhood educators
Monday June 9, 2008
Child Care Connections - Scarborough
Scarborough, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
Murder at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine Forrest
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Lisbon Falls Community Library
Lisbon Falls, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
The Tree by John Fowles
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Norway Memorial Library
Norway, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Beyond Our Borders
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
"The Eleventh," Henri Barbusse (short story)
"Whither Equity in Health: The State of the Poor in Latin America,"Paul Farmer (article)
Thursday June 12, 2008
Mercy Hospital
Portland, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American Family
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
6:30 Tu or Th
Thursday June 12, 2008
Winslow Public Library
Waterville, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
6:30 Thursdays
Thursday June 12, 2008
Skowhegan Free Public Library
Skowhegan, ME   details

Maine Humanities Council Board Meeting

Friday June 13, 2008
Bangor Public Library
Portland, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories
A literature-based program on peace and conflict resolution for early childhood educators
Wednesday June 18, 2008
Child Care Connections - Freeport Middle School
Freeport, ME   details

Literature & Medicine
Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison
Thursday June 19, 2008
Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
Sullivan, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
6:30 Mondays
Monday June 23, 2008
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories
A literature-based program on peace and conflict resolution for early childhood educators
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Child Care Connections - Freeport Middle School
Freeport, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
1:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Naples Public Library
Naples, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Norway Memorial Library
Norway, ME   details

Literature & Medicine - First Year Syllabus
"Kirk" from Measure of my Days by Jerome Groopman
"The Swan by the Mall" from INtensive Care by Cortney Davis
5-7pm
Thursday June 26, 2008
Central Maine Medical Center
Lewiston, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
An account of an 1849 trip to Katahdin by Elizabeth Oakes Smith
7:00 Mondays
Monday June 30, 2008
Princeton Library
Princeton, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
6:15 Tuesdays
Tuesday July 1, 2008
Wells Public Library
Wells, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American Family
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
6:30 Tu or Th
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Winslow Public Library
Waterville, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday July 9, 2008
Norway Memorial Library
Norway, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
1:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday July 9, 2008
Naples Public Library
Naples, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
6:30 Mondays
Monday July 14, 2008
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
The Wilderness from Chamberlain Farm; A Story of Hope for the American Wild by Dean Bennett
7:00 Mondays
Monday July 14, 2008
Princeton Library
Princeton, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Norway Memorial Library
Norway, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
1:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Naples Public Library
Naples, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
Fly Rod Crosby: the Woman Who Marketed Maine by Julia A Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
"Down the Allagash" by Henry L. Withee
Log of a Hunting/Fishing Trip by John Dunn
7:00 Mondays
Monday July 28, 2008
Princeton Library
Princeton, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
6:30 Mondays
Monday August 4, 2008
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American Family
"The Stone Boy" by Gina Berriault, "A&P" by John Updike, and "The Five-Forty-Eight" by John Cheever in Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories ed. Moffett & McElheny
6:30 Tu or Th
Monday August 4, 2008
Winslow Public Library
Waterville, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
6:15 Tuesdays
Tuesday August 5, 2008
Wells Public Library
Wells, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
Murder at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine Forrest
1:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday August 6, 2008
Naples Public Library
Naples, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Entering Nature: Contemporary Views of the Human Self in the Natural World
Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
7:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday August 6, 2008
Norway Memorial Library
Norway, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
Campfires Rekindled by George S. Kephart
7:00 Mondays
Monday August 11, 2008
Princeton Library
Princeton, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
7:00 Mondays
Monday August 25, 2008
Princeton Library
Princeton, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
Poland Spring: A Tale of the Gilded Age by David Richards
6:30 Mondays
Monday August 25, 2008
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Way We Were, The Way We Are: Seasons in the Contemporary American Family
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
6:30 Tu or Th
Tuesday September 2, 2008
Winslow Public Library
Waterville, ME   details

Maine Humanities Council Board Meeting

Friday September 26, 2008
Site TBA
Portland, ME   details

Maine Humanities Council Board Meeting

Friday January 30, 2009
Maple Hill Farm Conference Center
Portland, ME   details