PORTLAND—In 2005, Michelle Souliere started a blog called Strange Maine to be a nexus for everything that is weird, strange, spooky, and unexplained in Maine.
Between Maine’s history,…
Literature
The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) has announced that Dead By Dawn, by Paul Doiron, is the winner of one of the 2022 New England Society Book Awards, which recognize…
Gay Bogard and Lainie O’Neil, a creative mother-daughter team with deep Maine roots, have launched a picture book that tells the tale of a young girl from a boisterous family longing to see the…
how these creatures adapt to a changing environment
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library and Friends of Sears Island are collaborating on a fall StoryWalk® for families to enjoy along the Homestead Trail on Sears Island. As families walk along the…
ROCKLAND — September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. It’s a time when the Rockland Public Library joins the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to encourage everyone to sign…
Poem
For Phyllis
Here I am old, 80, unstable, faltering
my wife encircles me with her strength
pulls me up
when she does I bury my nose in her pale, white neck…
CAMDEN and BELFAST — Poet Jeffrey Bean comes to Maine to read at the Page Gallery in Camden, July 26, and Waterfall Arts in Belfast, July 27.
Selected by the poet Naomi Shihab Nye as the…
Owls Head General Store
OWLS HEAD — “The Owls Head Library has a renovated, beautiful new children’s room and wants to show it off,” said the Library, in a news release.
Due to the generosity of a local donor, the…
The Owls Head Village Library celebrated the reopening of its children's room with an open house and rededication ceremony on Saturday, June 18. The event was made possible due to the…
Three years ago, S.E.A. Board member Elphie Owen, who teaches at Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS), suggested to start Poetry On Windows. Who could have predicted that Poetry on Windows…
THOMASTON — Georges River Educational Foundation funded a visiting author for the students of Thomaston Grammar School this spring. Students first researched Maine animals…
Poem
For Sandi Hodge
Can you reprimand a messy desk?
it’s difficult with so many new cases
blossoming across the state
you do not want to hurt feelings
but…
ROCKLAND — “Summer reading program is NOT just for kids!” said Rockland Public Library, in a news release.
Ages 0 – 150 are invited to participate in Rockland Public Library’s Summer…
June 15 - July 15
SEARS ISLAND — To celebrate the summer solstice, Carver Memorial Library and Friends of Sears Island are collaborating on a sun-themed StoryWalk® for families to enjoy along the Homestead Trail on…
Book review
While reading Rapture and Melancholy, the newly published diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay, lightly yet thoughtfully edited by Daniel Mark Epstein and with a foreword by Millay literary…
Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport, is holding story times again. This summer, story times will be outside in the fresh air. Take sunscreen and a blanket, lawn chair, or sit-upon for the grass…
May 25 - 27; daily readings, crafts
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library has partnered with the Rockport Harbor and Marine Park to offer a Storywalk® this May. A Storywalk® is an outdoor movement and reading experience that places…
read and write together reflecting on justice, safety, re-entry into society, recovery
ROCKLAND — Join a new 5-part Maine Humanities Council Discussion series starting in May, titled "Restorative Works." The group is being co-hosted by Restorative Justice Project Maine, and will be…
celebrating women writers of Lincoln County
“Maine has produced some terrific female mystery writers,” said Lincoln County Historical Association, in a news release. LCHA celebrates them with a talk by Kate Flora. A Maine native and…
On Tuesday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m., the Camden Public Library will host award-winning science writer and memoirist Margie Patlak for an online presentation about her book More than Meets the Eye:…
ROCKLAND — Visit Rockland Public Library this month to go on a scavenger hunt in the Children's Area. All ages are invited to hunt for 12 paper bunnies hidden on walls and shelves.
As an…
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport, lists the following events and activities for April 2022.
Poetry Month
Drop in for poetry activities…
helping veterans gain the skills and confidence they need to tell their stories
DAMARISCOTTA — The Veterans Writing Project (VWP), an arts education nonprofit organization, will hold a free, all-day writing workshop on April 9, 2022, at The Peace Gallery, a new veteran-…
Chris Packard’s ‘Mythical Creatures of Maine: Fantastic Beasts from Legend and Folklore’
BANGOR—Growing up spending summers in Willimantic, Maine in Piscataquis County with his grandparents, Chris Packard heard a lot of stories from his grandfather—things you don’t normally hear. “He…
WALDO COUNTY — In May 2001, the nation learned that 14 of a group of 26 Mexican men migrating to the U.S. for work had suffered hideous deaths in a part of the Arizona desert known as the Devil’s…
ROCKLAND — Whether you are at the Grand Canyon or in your own backyard, there is always something thought-provoking going on in nature. From spring’s swelling buds to winter’s last rattling leaves…
Winter StoryWalk for children in downtown Searsport
SEARSPORT—What do you get when you combine an illustrated children’s book with a simple walk around a neighborhood?
StoryWalk, a literacy project created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier,…
a boy loses a white mitten in the snow...
SEARSPORT — To bring a smile to people’s faces and get them excited about stories, Carver Memorial Library and local businesses are partnering to present a winter-themed StoryWalk® for families to…
For anyone who has a passion for social justice
In May 2001, the nation learned that 14 of a group of 26 Mexican men migrating to the U.S. for work had suffered hideous deaths in a part of the Arizona desert known as the Devil’s Highway. …
presented in a multimedia hall with performance stage, sound system, and large-scale projection screen
The 17th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival seeks teams of poets, performers, and artists, as well as individual artists and poets willing to be paired with someone of the festival’s choosing, for its…
HOPE— The Hope Library will host two well-known local poets for a reading on Zoom on the evening of Thursday, February 24 at 7 p.m.
Kristen Lindquist of Camden and Elizabeth Tibbetts of…
The Camden Public Library has released its event calendar for the first three weeks of February.
Month-Long Events:
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‘we recently identifed the rare visit of a cargo schooner to Camden Harbor by entering 'three-masted schooner' and the year”
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announces that its archives of the Camden Herald newspaper are being digitized and posted online. Phase one of the project, or the first 125 years of the…
Poem
For Jason and Amy
In the 19th Century World
many of the engineers
…
poems that take a fresh look at love
The Poets Corner will celebrate the season of love with three poets reading and talking about contemporary love poems. “Love is Still Possible” features Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Margaret Haberman, and…
Specializing in books that explore, heal and edify
ROCKLAND—It’s never a bad thing to have another independent bookstore open in the Midcoast and Arctic Tern Books is the newest bookstore to cement Rockland’s reputation as a thriving cultural…
UNION — On Wednesday, February 2, the Vose Library will host another installment of the Vose or Virtual Wednesday series. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held via Zoom.The guest speaker…
HOPE — In an event presented by the Hope Library, author Eva Murray will read from some of her recent work on Zoom at 7 p.m. on…
ROCKLAND — From now until Monday, January 31, the Rockland Library will be offering a new grab-n-go craft for visitors. It is a great time of year to send thank you…
organizing a prize for poetry
Maine Media Workshops + College is partnering with The Poets Corner in organizing a prize for poetry. The winning submission will receive a $1,000 prize and 20 copies of a…
stimulating a knowledge and love of nature
BELFAST — The Belfast Garden Club has donated 22 new books to the community this year, expanding its library book donation program to include area schools for the first time.
“It is the…
Ellen Goldsmith and Lynne Ellis
The Poets Corner will engage in conversation with Ellen Goldsmith, of Cushing, and Lynne Ellis, of Seattle, Washington, about the role of reading and writing poetry as part of the healing process…
Poem
For Danny Merriam
Four lobsters, earthly green
just out of the waters
around Pond Island
in the Mussel Ridges
Dan taking up the last traps
of the…
Poem
Recycle the Moon
(Full moon, December 19, 2021)
Wrap your arms around her belly
and (on the Solstice, December 21)…
whimsical journey from the top of the toboggan chute to the heart of the crowd
As the “Voice of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships,” Tom Dowd has announced every race from the Ken Bailey Timing Hut since 2009. He has turned years of watching the event into his first…
SEARSPORT — The Carver Memorial Library, at 12 Union Street, will host a silent auction fundraiser through December 15 at 4:45 p.m.. All proceeds from the auction…
Poem
For Nich and Carol
A lovely, warm late November day
generations gather
talking of old days, lobsters and carpentry
now we hear of a new joining
flowers…
bringing to life the lives and times of 41 patriots
ROCKLAND — The local Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) chapter is looking for feedback about patriots buried in the Tolman Cemetery in Rockland from historians or family members of these…
Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) will host a special Holiday Art in the Stacks exhibition featuring altered books by Stockton Springs artist and…
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library has announced its programs for November 2021.
Writer’s Circle: Poetry, comics, novel writing and more!
Every other Tuesday: Nov 2…
