Apr
14
2010
Joseph Conforti, credit: Diane Hudson
The room was packed at USM’s Glickman Library on April 2, 2010, which was hardly a surprise: the MHC was honoring USM’s Distinguished University Professor Joseph Conforti with the Constance H. Carlson Public Humanities Prize. Joe is one of the top regional history scholars in New England, founder of USM’s American and New England Studies Program, and a friend to all organizations and students working in this field. There are a lot of them, and many joined us on April 2.
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Apr
14
2010
This weekend I attended the Maine Festival of the Book, which was organized by Maine Reads, a non-profit dedicated to promoting increased literacy in Maine. The MHC has given the book festival small grants for several years. This is the first year I had an opportunity to attend, as a new board member for Maine Reads, and I am glad that I did. This is a too-little known Maine gem. All but one event was free to the public, and the fee for the opening presentations by authors Tess Gerritsen and Anita Shreve was nominal. I recorded each of the talks that I attended for the MHC’s collection of podcasts.
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no comments | tags: Anita Shreve, Anne Heller, Ayn Rand, Debra Spark, Joseph Campbell, Maine Festival of the Book, Nicole Chaison, Rhea Cote Robbins, Tess Gerritsen, Trudy Chambers Price | posted in Events
