Maine Humanities Council

Calendar of Events

Council-Sponsored Events in Maine

Experience the humanities in Maine! Attend a lecture series, see an exhibit or join a discussion group. This is the Council’s new online calendar. It’s still being developed, and is far from complete, but we encourage you to explore it and let us know what you think. The events listed here are either presented by the Council or by organizations that have been awarded Council grants. Please note that times and venues are subject to change. Please contact the sponsoring organization to confirm event details.

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Upcoming Events

Let's Talk About It! - Crossing Over: Contemporary American Indian Literature
Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday October 14, 2008
Belfast Free Library
Belfast, ME   details

Born To Read Children's Literature Seminar

Tuesday October 14, 2008
Bangor Public Library - Bangor
Bangor, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
10:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Rangeley Public library
Rangeley, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Wildfire Loose by Joyce Butler
Video available "The Fire of 1947" from the Brickstore Museum (for facilitator)
6:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Stetson Public Library
Stetson, ME   details

Born To Read Many Eyes, Many Voices Training

Wednesday October 15, 2008
Child Care Opportunities RDC - Machias
Machias, ME   details

Born To Read Children's Literature Seminar

Thursday October 16, 2008
Lewiston Public Library - Lewiston
Lewiston, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinor Pruitt Stewart
1:00 Mondays
Monday October 20, 2008
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Lovell, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Not For Children Only
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday October 21, 2008
Millinocket Memorial Library
Millinocket, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
6:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday October 22, 2008
Blue Hill Public Library
Blue Hill, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Opening Windows: Women's Stories from Different Cultures
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
3:00 Thursdays
Thursday October 23, 2008
Orono Public Library
Orono, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories

Thursday October 23, 2008
Carelink - Biddeford
Biddeford, ME   details

Born To Read Children's Literature Seminar

Monday October 27, 2008
Curtis Memorial Library - Brunswick
Brunswick, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Crossing Over: Contemporary American Indian Literature
Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi'Kmaq Poet by Rita Joe and Lynn Henry
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Belfast Free Library
Belfast, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Great Young Adult Reads for Everyone
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Niles Memorial Library
North Jay, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Passage of Time, The Meaning of Change: Perspectives by Five Writers From Maine
One Man's Meat by E. B. White
6:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday October 29, 2008
McArthur Public Library
Biddeford, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Civil War Literature
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
6:00 Thursdays
Thursday October 30, 2008
Victoria Mansion
Portland, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories

Thursday October 30, 2008
Carelink - Biddeford
Biddeford, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
3:00 Fridays
Friday October 31, 2008
Waterford, Harrison Village & N.Bridgton Libraries
Waterford, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Making a Difference: How Love and Duty Change Lives
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
6:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday November 5, 2008
Blue Hill Public Library
Blue Hill, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison
10:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday November 5, 2008
Rangeley Public library
Rangeley, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
6:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday November 5, 2008
Stetson Public Library
Stetson, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories

Thursday November 6, 2008
Penquis RDC - Dover-Foxcroft
Dover Foxcroft, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
1:00 Mondays
Monday November 10, 2008
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Lovell, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Passage of Time, The Meaning of Change: Perspectives by Five Writers From Maine
As We Are Now by May Sarton
6:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday November 12, 2008
McArthur Public Library
Biddeford, ME   details

Born To Read Peaceable Stories

Thursday November 13, 2008
Penquis RDC - Dover-Foxcroft
Dover Foxcroft, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Detective Fiction in the 20th Century: A Notion of Evil
"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
3:00 Fridays
Friday November 14, 2008
Waterford, Harrison Village & N.Bridgton Libraries
Waterford, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Continuing Not for Children Only
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday November 18, 2008
Millinocket Memorial Library
Millinocket, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Crossing Over: Contemporary American Indian Literature
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth by Drew Hayden Taylor (trial drama)
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday November 18, 2008
Belfast Free Library
Belfast, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Great Young Adult Reads for Everyone
Holes by Louis Sachar
Snow Date Dec. 3
Wednesday November 19, 2008
Niles Memorial Library
North Jay, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Opening Windows: Women's Stories from Different Cultures
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
3:00 Thursdays
Thursday November 20, 2008
Orono Public Library
Orono, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Civil War Literature
Beloved by Toni Morrison
6:00 Thursdays
Thursday November 20, 2008
Victoria Mansion
Portland, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
10:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday November 26, 2008
Rangeley Public library
Rangeley, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Crossing Over: Contemporary American Indian Literature
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
and the film, Smoke Signals
6:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday December 2, 2008
Belfast Free Library
Belfast, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
The Weir by Ruth Moore
6:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday December 3, 2008
Stetson Public Library
Stetson, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Passage of Time, The Meaning of Change: Perspectives by Five Writers From Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
6:30 Wednesdays
Wednesday December 3, 2008
McArthur Public Library
Biddeford, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
6:00 Wednesdays
Monday December 8, 2008
Stetson Public Library
Stetson, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - The Journey Inward: Women's Autobiography
My Life by Isadora Duncan
1:00 Mondays
Monday December 8, 2008
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library
Lovell, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Great Young Adult Reads for Everyone
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
snow date DEC 17
Wednesday December 10, 2008
Niles Memorial Library
North Jay, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Civil War Literature
Absalom, Absalom! by Willian Faulkner
6:00 Thursdays
Thursday December 11, 2008
Victoria Mansion
Portland, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Continuing Not for Children Only
I Am the Cheese
10:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday December 16, 2008
Millinocket Memorial Library
Millinocket, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Refreshing the Whodunit
Murder at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine Forrest
10:00 Wednesdays
Wednesday December 17, 2008
Rangeley Public library
Rangeley, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Continuing Not for Children Only
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Mail to Jay Niles?
10:30 Tuesdays
Tuesday January 20, 2009
Millinocket Memorial Library
Millinocket, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Opening Windows: Women's Stories from Different Cultures
Kehinde by Buchi Emeccheta
3:00 Thursdays
Thursday January 22, 2009
Orono Public Library
Orono, ME   details

Maine Humanities Council Board Meeting

Friday January 30, 2009
Maple Hill Farm Conference Center
Portland, ME   details

Let's Talk About It! - Opening Windows: Women's Stories from Different Cultures
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
3:00 Thursdays
Thursday February 26, 2009
Orono Public Library
Orono, ME   details