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Calendar

Teacher Programs

September 9, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories training

Location and Time: Penquis RDC, Bangor, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

September 15, 2010

Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Location and Time: Calais Free Library, Calais, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

September 16, 2010

The Contemporary Middle East edited by Karl Yambert

Series: Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
Location and Time: Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Teacher Programs

September 16, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories training

Location and Time: Penquis RDC, Bangor, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

September 16, 2010

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Series: Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Location and Time: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

September 21, 2010

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction
Location and Time: Belfast Free Library, Belfast (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Grant Funded Program

September 22, 2010

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

"Life with the Libby Women" by Arlene Palmer Schwind, Curator, Victoria Mansion
Location and Time: Victoria Mansion, Portland, noon

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Let's Talk About It

September 23, 2010

The Contemporary Middle East edited by Karl Yambert

Series: Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
Location and Time: Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

September 26, 2010

Growing Up by Russell Baker

Series: Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
Location and Time: Bristol Area Library, New Harbor, 2:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Teacher Programs

September 27, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories Training

Location and Time: Bucksport, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

September 28, 2010

As the Earth Turns by Gladys Hasty

Series: Modern Time in Maine & America 1800 - 1930
Location and Time: Victoria Mansion Carriage House, Portland 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

September 28, 2010

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

September 30, 2010

The Contemporary Middle East edited by Karl Yambert

Series: Behind the Headlines: An Introduction to the Middle East
Location and Time: Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 3, 2010

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Series: Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
Location and Time: Bristol Area Library, New Harbor, 2:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 5, 2010

Murder at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine Forrest

Series: Refreshing the Whodunit
Location and Time: Winslow Public Library, Winslow, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 5, 2010

The Collected Stories by John McGahern

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction
Location and Time: Belfast Free Library, Belfast (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Teacher Programs

October 6, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories Trainings

Location and Time: PenBay Medical Center Creative Learning & Childcare Center, Rockport, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

October 6, 2010

Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Location and Time: Calais Free Library, Calais, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Teacher Programs

October 13, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories Trainings

Location and Time: PenBay Medical Center Creative Learning & Childcare Center, Rockport, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

October 17, 2010

The Professor's House by Willa Cather

Series: Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
Location and Time: Bristol Area Library, New Harbor, 2:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 19, 2010

Antarctica by Claire Keegan

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction
Location and Time: Belfast Free Library, Belfast (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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October 21, 2010

Teacher Programs

Born To Read

Many Eyes, Many Voices Training

Location and Time: Calais, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

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Board Meeting

October 21 & 22, 2010

Location: Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan

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Teacher Programs

October 25, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories Training

Location and Time: Bucksport, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

October 26, 2010

A Maine Hamlet by Lura Beam

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 27, 2010

The Late George Apley by J.P. Marquand

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Location and Time: Calais Free Library, Calais, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Teacher Programs

October 28, 2010

Born To Read

Many Eyes, Many Voices Training

Location and Time: Calais, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

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Let's Talk About It

October 28, 2010

Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

Series: Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Location and Time: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

October 31, 2010

Working by Studs Terkel

Series: Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
Location and Time: Bristol Area Library, New Harbor, 2:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

November 9, 2010

A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle

Series: Liberating Imaginations: Readings in Modern Irish Fiction
Location and Time: Belfast Free Library, Belfast (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

November 14, 2010

Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy

Series: Making a Living, Making a Life: Work and Its Rewards in a Changing America
Location and Time: Bristol Area Library, New Harbor, 2:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

November 17, 2010

Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Location and Time: Calais Free Library, Calais, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

November 18, 2010

Bricklane by Monica Ali

Series: Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Location and Time: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

November 30, 2010

The Weir by Ruth Moore

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

December 9, 2010

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqie

Series: Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Location and Time: Calais Free Library, Calais, 7:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

December 16, 2010

Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee

Series: Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Location and Time: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

January 20, 2010

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Series: Across Cultures and Continents: Literature of the South Asian Experience
Location and Time: Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, 6:00 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Let's Talk About It

January 25, 2010

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Series: The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Location and Time: Windham Public Library, Windham, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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Board Meeting

January 27 & 28, 2011

Location: Portland Public Library, Portland

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