Film: Unspoken Tears

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The Waldo County Peace and Social Justice Forum in collaboration with the Belfast Free will library present this special documentary from the National Film Board of Canada. The film is in French with English subtitles, 1 hour and 15 minutes. Synopsis: How can refugee children integrate into Quebec’s school system, given the unspeakable violence they’ve […]

Wheelbarrow Poets Group Reading

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Members of the Wheelbarrow Poets, midcoast writers who gather weekly at the Belfast Free Library, will be sharing some of their work in round-robin style during an evening reading to prelude the kickoff to this year’s Belfast Poetry Festival. The event is co-sponsored by the Belfast Free Library and is free and open to the public. Presenting poets include Cynthia Anderson, […]

Book Discussion: The Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleban

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The annual world-wide ecumenical observance of the Season of Creation began on September 1 and ends on October 4. In the Belfast area St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church and St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, in collaboration with the Greater Bay Area Ministerium, have presented a range of activities around the theme: “Listening to Trees: […]

Camden Conference Community Event

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Maine in the India Trade with Cipperly Good, Richard Saltonstall Jr. Curator of Maritime History at the Penobscot Marine Museum. This talk will explore Maine sailing cargo ships engaged in trading in Indian ports in the 19th Century.  Through logbooks and shipping papers, nautical charts, and souvenirs, learn about the imports and exports of the […]