The Blue Hill Public Library and the Good Life Center are sponsoring a screening of the documentary film 'Gabi Giffords Won't Back Down' on Thursday, June 8 at 7pm in the library's Howard Room. 'Gabi Giffords Won't Back Down' tells the extraordinary story of former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, her relentless fight to recover...
Rich Boulet, senior librarian at the Blue Hill Public library will lead a discussion on the suppression of free thought in public libraries.
Kate Tomkins grew up in Brooksville, attended local schools, and after college spent ten years working around the world in humanitarian aid and post-conflict development. Kate then worked in the Seattle area for a nonprofit dedicated to bringing seafood to food banks across the country. Kate returned home to the Blue Hill peninsula with her...
Fund Raising Workshop Learn the Nearing's techniques in this Two Day Workshop with master stone wall builder and Nearing historian, Greg Joly. The Nearing’s are internationally famous for constructing their own stone houses in Vermont and Maine using Ernst Flagg’s slip form method. This hands-on intensive program will be at the Nearing’s historic homestead on...
The Nearings are internationally famous for constructing their own stone houses in Vermont and Maine using Ernst Flagg’s slip form method. Led by Greg Joly of Jamaica, VT., this talk will explore in depth the evolution of their methods ranging from fireplaces built in the early 1900’s to their final Maine Forest Farm in the...
Avery Kamilla, author of the Vegan Kitchen column in the Maine Sunday Telegram. She has written about how Vegetarianism is not a fad nor a diet, but a social change movement active for more than 2,500 years. It arrived in Maine with European immigrants during the colonial era. Avery Kamilla will regale us with her...
Librarians are also alarmed by new legislation that aims to regulate the books on the shelves and the way librarians do their jobs. Brook Minner, the Library Director of the Brooksville Free Public Library, will discuss recent efforts to ban books in Maine and nationwide and what librarians are doing to respond.
The Blessings and Challenges of Jewish Life in Maine -- Rabbi Isaacs will discuss the unique blessings and challenges of serving Maine's Jewish communities, and the strategies that have allowed our small community to thrive over the past decade
A discussion of the history of the Klu Klux Klan in Maine and of a not well known incident of English soldiers sacking of a Wabanaki settlement in Brooksville.
Fund Raising Workshop 10am- 12pm 1pm-3pm (followed by free lecture open to the public at 4pm) In this class we will explore ways we can work with nervine and adaptogenic herbs as our allies in supporting healing and standing on more solid ground in the chaos of our times. All of us alive on the...
A focus on how herbal remedies can benefit our well being in these testing environmental and political times. Deb's faith in the healing qualities of plants includes a desire to make organic herbs easily accessible to women and families living in rural areas. Deb is an herbalist, gardener, teacher and author of Healing Herbs for...
PETER NEILL is founder and director of the World Ocean Observatory will discuss New Parameters for Innovative Response to Climate Change. This Presentation will suggest such changes that, if implemented with urgency and courage, would accelerate Maine’s successful adaptation of climate change and serve as a model beyond. By virtue of its scale and flexibility,...
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