May 15, 2012
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Calendar
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)
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
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.
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
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
May 19, 2012
Grant Funded Program
Shakespeare Festival
Location and Time: Ogunquit Performing Arts, Ogunquit, 3 - 9 p.m.
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.
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
May 23, 2012
Grant Funded Program
The Hero Project
Location and Time: Noble High School, North Berwick, 9:30 a.m.
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).
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.
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
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
May 30, 2012
