Calendar of Events

Council-Sponsored Events in Maine

Experience the humanities in Maine! Attend a lecture series, see an exhibit or join a discussion group. The events listed here are either presented by the Council or by organizations that have been awarded Council grants. Please note that times and venues are subject to change. Please contact the sponsoring organization to confirm event details.

Jan 4 2010

Let’s Talk About It

March 10, 2010

Fly Rod Crosby: The Woman Who Marketed Maine by Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

Series: Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
Location and Time:Pittsfield Public Library, Pittsfield, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)
Contact:Holly Williams 207-487-5880

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series


Dec 1 2009

Let’s Talk About It

June 14, 2010

Fly Rod Crosby: The Woman Who Marketed Maine by Julia A. Hunter and Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

Series: Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine
Location and Time: Long Lake Public Library, St. Agatha, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)
Contact: Jackie Ayotte (207) 543-9395

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

For more information about the series


Jul 13 2009

Grant Funded Program

August 18, 2010

Lecture Series: New and True:
The Modern Woman in Maine, 1800-1940

“The Land and Sea of Three Maine Women Photographers: The Real Photo Post Cards of Thurza Foss, Minnie Libby and Josephine Townsend” by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Maine State Historian and Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Location and Time: Victoria Mansion, Portland, noon
Contact: Tracy Quimby, Education Director, 207-772-4841 ext. 15 or tquimby@vistoriamansion.org

Building on the Let’s Talk About It reading and discussion series, “Modern Times in Maine and America, 1890 – 1930,” this concurrent lecture series will explore how modern women’s roles, interests, pursuits, and expectations were often shaped by their locality – be it an urban or rural Maine setting – and how these women in turn helped to shape or “market” the state of Maine and its image.

For more information visit the Victoria Mansion website.