Lectures and Conferences

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Rockland, Maine

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, located at 11 White Street in downtown Rockland, will host the following holiday events in December and January. For more…

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SOUTH THOMASTON — There will be a Christmas Eve Candlelight service, Tuesday, December 24, at 6 p.m., at People’s United Methodist Church,…

a Historic Battle for Democratic Transparency
 "The Search for the Palace Letters" (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library continues its Camden Conference Community Events Series with a screening of the timely 2024 documentary The Search…

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UNION — Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at 3 p.m., at Vose Library, Efficiency Maine's Becca Ferguson will present an overview of the quasi-state agency's…

Contestants "ride de pry" while jostling for position at the Bahamas Family Island Regatta. (Photo courtesy Art Paine and Come Boating)

BELFAST — Come Boating! Belfast’s Community Boating Organization and the Belfast Free Library are teaming up once again to offer the Winter Adventure Series. This year the series of four programs…

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CAMDEN — CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now), in partnership with the Camden Public Library, hosts a Camden Talks Climate event Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. The…

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CAMDEN — Quarry Hill presents “Even I Could Do That!”: Understanding Modern Art Concepts & Studio Workshop, to be led by Judy Landry, Quarry Hill program coordinator, and Tara Morin, CMCA…

Seth Singleton. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)

BELFAST — Monday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m., the Belfast Free Library will host a free Camden Conference Community Event, "If you can keep it…democracy in…

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WARREN — Warren Historical Society will meet Monday evening, December 2, at 7 p.m., at the Old Brick School Community Center, 44 School Street.

The…

Oceanside High School's Student Government and Academy program
Oceanside Student Government meeting. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)

ROCKLAND — The Camden Conference and Rockland Public Library present Voices of the Future: Youth Perspectives on the State of Global Democracy, featuring…

Christian MacFee. (Photo courtesy Quarry Hill)

CAMDEN — Quarry Hill’s Awareness Series presents “Seasonal Affective Disorder…It’s a Real Thing” an educational event to be led by Christian MacFee, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner,…

Camden Conference Community Events Series
Post Colonial Burma. (Photo courtesy Charlie Costello and Camden Conference)

ROCKPORT — The Camden Conference Community Events Series continues at the Rockport Public Library with an illuminating presentation on Burma/Myanmar's complex political…

Camden Conference and Belfast Free Library Explore Global Democratic Challenges
Thomas F. Remington. (Photo courtesy Camden Conference)

BELFAST — The Camden Conference presents distinguished political scientist Thomas F. Remington for a discussion on Democracy and its Enemies 

the impacts of nighttime light pollution
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CAMDEN — The Conservation Commissions of Camden, Rockport, Thomaston, South Thomaston, Owls Head, and St. George will be presenting a film and a presentation…

Veteran's Day 2023. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)

ROCKLAND — The officers and members of Rockland's Winslow-Holbrook-Merritt American Legion Post Number 1 will hold their 2024 Veterans Day Ceremony to help honor the…

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ROCKLAND — Penobscot Bay Language School is holding an event inspired by the world’s most popular drink – tea, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at 4 p…

Coleen O’Connell. (Photo courtesy Belfast Free Library)

BELFAST — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, the next program in the “Finding Hope in Our Climate Crisis” lecture series will be a presentation about the Center for…

Fernanda Coatl. (Photo courtesy Aimee Moffitt-Mercer)

BELFAST — Activism, peace-building and resistance of the Mayan Jungle and Mountains, in relationship with the Global North,  Fernanda Coatl is…

a museum tasked to tell the story of all Maine Veterans
Hope Historical Society. (Photo courtesy Hope Historical Society)

HOPE — The public is invited to next meeting of the Hope Historical Society, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at 479 Camden Road, Hope. 

There will be a brief meeting at…

Photo taken by Tim Warden in Greece. (Photo courtesy Vose Library)

UNION — Vose Library’s patrons and friends are invited to an Armchair Adventure to Greece with Tim and Laurie Warden, Wednesday…

Leaf Seligman. (Photo courtesy Restorative Justice Project Maine)

Restorative Justice Practitioner and author Leaf Seligman comes to Belfast and Rockland for two evenings to help Restorative Justice Project Maine build community after…

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WALDOBORO — Don Reimer, bird expert and photographer, will discuss the Birds of Monhegan Island on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 1:30 p.m., at the Waldoboro Library (935 Main Street, Waldoboro).

Inspired and Inspiring
Aaron Englander presents at the April 2024 Pecha Kucha Night at the Strand Theatre. (Photo by Michael O’Neil)

ROCKLAND — PechaKucha Night, an evening of visual storytelling, will take place Friday, Nov. 15, at the Camden Opera House. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m. A reception…

Maine’s Climate Change Institute
Ivan Fernandez. (Photo courtesy Belfast Free Library)

BELFAST — On Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, the next program in the “Finding Hope in Our Climate Crisis” lecture series will be a presentation by Ivan Fernandez, from…

Amy, Kate, and Nancy Banks. (Photo courtesy Camden Public Library)

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes Amy Banks, MD and Nancy Banks, PhD, for an exploration of the life, death and wisdom of their sister Kate Banks, a prolific children’s book author,…

BELFAST — On Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m., the next program in the “Finding Hope in Our Climate Crisis” lecture series will be a talk, “Food Waste & Climate Change - What Is the Connection…

service work in Mumias

ROCKLAND — There will be a traditional Kenyan dinner followed by a talk from native Kenyans on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 6 - 8 p.m., at the First Universalist Church in Rockland, 345 Broadway. There…

exceptions to the rule of autocrats

ROCKPORT — The first talk in the Camden Conference Community Events Series will take place Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m., at Rockport Public Library. Richard S. Sloan will give a presentation…

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What will the future of “work” look like? What part does work play in our psychological well being? What constitutes meaningful work? These are some of the questions the Camden Philosophical…

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Bill Packard will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Hope Historical Society, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at the Hope Fire Station, Camden Road, Hope.

The evening will begin with a…

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On Wednesday, October 16, the Rockport Public Library welcomes Northern Stars Planetarium for three showings of “The Wonderful Night Sky” inside of the Rockport Opera House. The presentation is…

The Rockland Public Library presents a program, Thursday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all.

Join Courier-Gazette editorial staff in a trip through nearly two centuries…

The Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting its 80th Annual Meeting with speakers Peter Abello, NRCS District Conservationist and Chuck Hulsey, Wildlife Resource Supervisor.…

CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now)
Kerry Emanuel. (Photo courtesy Camden Public Library)

The Camden Public Library will host another event in the Camden Talks Climate series cosponsored by the town of Camden and CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m., in the…

Bringing Survivor-Speaks Presentations to Bangor, Falmouth, Portland, South Portland, Biddeford
Finding Our Voices survivor-panelists at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in September. (Photo courtesy Finding Our Voices)

Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices ”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…

Old Town House.

Union Historical Society presents the story of a prehistoric archeological site on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., in the Old Townhouse. The program is being repeated for Union’s Sestercentennial,…

Karin Woodworth. (Photo courtesy Quarry Hill)

CAMDEN — Quarry Hill’s Awareness Series presents “Understanding Palliative Care,” an educational event to be led by Still Harbor Health PLLC’s Karin Woodworth, ANPBC, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m…

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ROCKPORT — "It’s never too early to get ready for the spookiest holiday of all, Halloween," said Rockport Opera House, in a news release. 

Real Ghost Stories will take place Saturday, Sept.…

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ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “It’s all about the grid: the past, present and future of…

CAMDEN — Laura Evans will lead an outdoor presentation on Green Burials at Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.

“Natural burial is more than just a disposition option…

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Jessie Dowling, Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m., in the Community Room and via Zoom. This event is free and open to all.

Jessie Dowling,…

who left home, who returned home, and how gold shaped Belfast’s future

BELFAST — “Your Father Fears New England Will Be Depopulated: Belfast and the Rush to California” is the topic for the Belfast Historical Society meeting Monday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m., in the Abbott…

HOPE — The public is invited to attend the next meeting of the Hope Historical Society, Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the HHS House (479 Camden Road, Hope).

There will be a brief meeting at 6:30 p.…

Editor Kate Cough and reporters Emmett Gartner and Annie Ropeik

BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library will host “Finding Hope in Our Climate Crisis: a lecture series on Climate Change Solutions” beginning in September.

The first program in the series on…

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ROCKLAND and BOOTHBAY — Midcoast Maine’s Regional Domestic Violence Resource Center will host Xavier L. Guadalupe-Díaz, Ph.D, professor and Criminology Program coordinator in the Department of…

how the Company operates, how water quality is tested, and sustained

ROCKPORT — The concluding program in the series, Turn on the Taps, will feature officials of the Maine Water Company on Wednesday, Sept. 25, beginning at 11 a.m., ending at 12:30 p.m., at Nativity…

also participating in three community circles in Belfast

BELFAST — Restorative justice innovator Dominic Barter shares his decades of experience in community-based systems for justice, education and economics on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 6 to 9 p.m., at…

CAMDEN — Join the Camden Herald’s editorial staff in a trip through nearly two centuries of newspaper history. They will discuss the evolution of the Camden Herald (est. 1869) over the decades and…