Adult Program
Author Talk Kate Christensen
Abbott RoomThe 2016 Maine Writers Talk About...series of author presentations begins with Kate Christensen, author of "How to Cook a Moose: a culinary memoir", giving a talk titled, "Writing Characters". Christensen just won the 2016 Maine Literary Awards for memoir. Kate Christensen is the author of seven novels, including The Great Man, which won the 2008 […]
Author Talk with Judith Burger- Gossart
Abbott RoomAs part of the Maine Writers Talk About... series of author talks, nationally recognized magazine writer, Judith Burger-Gossart will be speak about her recently released book, Sadie’s Winter Dream, Fishermen’s Wives and Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs, 1923-1938. She will display several Mission rugs and illustrate her talk with archival photographs of Maine communities, […]
Imagine the Maine Woods National Park Opening Reception and Multi-Media Presentation
Abbott RoomExperience an extraordinary journey to one of the last, great, unprotected wilderness areas within the United States, the proposed 3.2 million acre Maine Woods National Park. The award-winning professional photography team of Lee Ann Szelog and Thomas Mark Szelog will personally guide you into the proposed park to experience and learn more about this fragile […]
Introduction to Walking Meditation
Abbott RoomBringing mindfulness into our natural activities can be thoroughly relaxing. Join health & wellness coach Barbara Crowley to practice taming the wandering mind while walking. Space is limited so pre-registration is required: journeytohealth.coursestorm.com or call 921-3950. Co-sponsored by Waldo County General Hospital Community Health and Wellness and the Belfast Free Library.
Maine Writers Talk About…
Abbott RoomThe Good, the Bad, and the Imaginary: Writing a Lot of Crime in a Low Crime State, a panel discussion with Maine mystery writers, Kate Flora, Lea Wait and Jen Blood . Statistically, Maine is a low crime state, yet it is a magnet for crime writers. Why do writers choose Maine as the setting […]
Maine Writers Talk About…series continues
Abbott RoomThis is NO Laughing Matter! Humor essayists Tom Sadowski and Eddie Adelman will talk about writing for newspapers and radio. Tom is the weekly humor columnist for The Free Press, having written over 200 columns. Eddie is a former weekly columnist for the Portland Press Herald and past contributor to Maine Things Considered on Maine […]
Allagash Tails with Tim Caverly
Abbott Room“The Allagash-a Wild and Scenic River" Narrated by Maine author and former ranger supervisor Tim Caverly the show includes music as well as scenic and historic photographs from Maine’s north woods. During the presentation, Tim will discusses how the Allagash became the first state administrated ‘wild and scenic’ so designated by the National Park Service, […]
Celebrating Coyote in Story and Song
Abbott RoomCome join us as our guest authors share their own personal stories that inspired them to write:Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari, a children’s picture book and I Am Coyote by Geri Vistein, a real coyote journey for ages 10 to 110. The authors will then take turns reading excerpts from their books, and you may […]
Maine Writers Talk About…
Abbott RoomAward winning author Monica Wood will be here discussing her new critically acclaimed novel, The One-in-a- Million Boy.