October 2021
Belfast Poetry Festival
2021 Schedule & Details Saturday, October 16th Afternoon Workshops 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Body of Language: A Generative Poetry Workshop with Julia Bouwsma via Zoom Listening for Revision: A Poetry Editing Workshop with Maya Stein via Zoom Mining Words: A Generative Poetry Workshop with Judy Kaber, IN PERSON at Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast Evening Showcase on Zoom: Register here for the link 6:30 pm – 8 pm Poetry, Performance, and Visual Arts Multimedia Show Reading of the winning poems…
Find out more »Belfast Garden Club Program
Winterizing Gardens with Jean Vose After a bountiful season, it’s time to prepare your garden for winter - and ensure a beautiful and vibrant spring! This program walks one through what should be done to get your property including gardens ready - from cleaning out the vegetable garden to protecting trees and shrubs. Instructor Jean Vose, Nobleboro, has two passions in life - gardening and beekeeping. She is an experienced Master Gardener of more than 25 years and provides horticultural…
Find out more »In Conversation with Bob Keyes and Paul Doiron
Join us for this conversation about Bob Keyes' new book, The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana Please pre-register for the zoom link here
Find out more »Maine Won’t Wait: How Maine is Taking Action on Climate Change with Dr. Cassaundra Rose
Dr. Cassaundra Rose is a senior science analyst and the Maine Climate Council coordinator in the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (link). Dr. Rose will talk about how climate change is expected to affect Maine, the state climate action plan, Maine Won't Wait (link), and how Governor Mills and the Legislature have advanced significant, bipartisan legislation and funding for climate action this year. Register for the zoom link here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email…
Find out more »WHY ARE WE SO DIVIDED AND WHAT CAN WE DO? with Dick Snyder
On January 6 the world witnessed the unimaginable: the storming of the United States’ Capitol by enraged and disaffected people demanding that the results of the presidential election be investigated or even overturned. Long after the current President has left office, the rage and distrust continue. We are a nation divided. These terrifying events have caused many to wonder who we are and what we can do to end the unraveling. A Future Without Walls: Confronting Our Divisions by T. Richard Snyder, PhD, is…
Find out more »Zoom-In- Nature’s Nightshift: Nocturnal Animals
Join Friends of Sears Island and the Belfast Free Library for a live Zoom presentation titled “Nature’s Nightshift: Nocturnal Animals” with staff and live animals from the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick, Maine. Register for the zoom here This event will be a wonderful introduction to Maine’s creatures of the night. How does a bat find thousands of tiny mosquitoes in the dark? Why would an opossum choose to lumber around at night? How does a porcupine defend himself…
Find out more »November 2021
Belfast Garden Club Program
Moving Forward, Travel Tales and Wildlife Photography with Shelley Lance Fulk and Jacklyn Amtower Join two sisters as they share their passion for travel and photographing wildlife around the world and share enlightening and often humorous stories of their adventures. Register for the zoom link here. Shelley Lance-Fulk and Jacklyn Amtower are sisters living in Beaver Cove, a few miles north of Greenville, Maine. They have been traveling and photographing wildlife around the world since their teens. They have visited…
Find out more »An Update on the Penobscot River Paddling Trail With Cloe Chunn
Cloe Chun will brief us about recent developments on the paddling trail, as well as what she has learned about Wabanaki place names from studying and seeing them, firsthand, along the river. Register for the zoom link here BIO-Cloe Chunn, former high school and college teacher, is a naturalist, nature journal keeper, and Registered Maine Guide. She is a cofounder of the Maine Master Naturalist Program. Her book, Fifty Hikes in the Maine Mountains (W.W. Norton), has been a standard…
Find out more »December 2021
Camden Conference Community Event
United States-Europe-Russia. Is the West Over? a presentation with Seth Singleton
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