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Calendar

May 15, 2012

Let's Talk About It

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

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

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May 15, 2012

Let's Talk About It

Selections from America's War: Talking About Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries edited by Edward Ayers

Series: Making Sense of the Civil War
Location and Time: Springvale Public Library, Springvale, 6:30 (the program is free, pre-registration required)

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May 15, 2012

New Books, New Readers

Site: Oxford Hills
Series: Why Read?
This Session: When It's Hard
Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest
Just Juice by Karen Hesse
My Name is Brain Brian by Jeanne Betancourt

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May 16, 2012

Grant Funded Program

Making African American History: The Maine NAACP Collection, 1987-2012

Location and Time: Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine, 6th floor, 5:00 p.m.

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May 18, 2012

New Books, New Readers

Site: Bangor - Penobscot County Jail WOMEN
Series: Memories
This Session: Do Memories Matter?
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

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May 18, 2012

New Books, New Readers

Site: Bangor - Penobscot County Jail MEN
Series: Memories
This Session: Do Memories Matter?
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

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May 19, 2012

Grant Funded Program

Shakespeare Festival

Location and Time: Ogunquit Performing Arts, Ogunquit, 3 - 9 p.m.

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May 21, 2012

Grant Funded Program

2012 Yarmouth Historical Society Lecture Series

Edward Hopper and Maine

Location and Time: Log Cabin, Main Street, Yarmouth, 7:00 p.m.

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May 23, 2012

New Books, New Readers

Site: Ellsworth
Series: Carrying the Past
This Session: Rising to the Occasion
Sacajawea: Her True Story by Joyce Milton
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
Margaret Chase Smith: A Woman for President by Lynn Plourde

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May 23, 2012

Grant Funded Program

The Hero Project

Location and Time: Noble High School, North Berwick, 9:30 a.m.

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May 23, 2012

Literature & Medicine

The Hurt Locker (film) by Kathryn Bigelow
Location: Togus VA Hospital, Togus (This program for health care professionals is offered through partnerships with interested health care facilities. Pre-registration is required).

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May 24, 2012

Grant Funded Program

Conversations About History, Art and Literature: Celebrating Richard D'Abate's Contributions to Maine's Cultural Life

The Mysterious Penobscot Belle: Early Photography & A Forgotten Wabanaki Encampment in Portland in the mid-1800s

Location and Time: Maine Historical Society, Portland, 7:00 p.m.

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May 25, 2012

New Books, New Readers

Site: Bangor - Women's Reentry Center
Series: Memories
This Session: Do Memories Matter?
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

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May 29, 2012

Let’s Talk About It

American’s War: Talking About Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries edited by Edward Ayers

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May 30, 2012

Literature & Medicine

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Location: Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway (This program for health care professionals is offered through partnerships with interested health care facilities. Pre-registration is required).

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