Curlew, carving by Gerald Cumbo, part of the August Art Show, Animal Magnetism (through August 31)

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     Unless otherwise noted these events are free and open to everyone. Many of these free events are made possible by generous funding from the  Friends of the Blue Hill Library. If you like what you see, thank a Friend. Or better yet, become one! There are many ways you can help support the Library.

• International wildlife and travel photographer Gary Harmatz will present an illustrated talk about his recent trip to Antarctica at the Library TOMORROW! Wednesday August 28 at 7:00 PM.   Harmatz will take the audience to this land of dazzling landscapes, crystalline glaciers, and dramatic carved ice mountains soaring above an untamed frozen wilderness.

 

•  Reminder:  No book sale this Saturday August 31. 

    During the month of September, the Library will showcase artwork from more than 50 local artists, in a show titled The Peninsula Painters. All of the artists represented in this show participated in the Library's Paint the Peninsula fundraiser in July.  For this exhibit they will be showing pieces more characteristic of their usual work, created on their own studio time.  The exhibit will include a range of paint media and subject matter in a rare group show of so many artists connected to the Blue Hill Peninsula.

Gardener's Shed, Woodlawn by Jill Finsen

       The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Friday September 6, 4:00 to 6:00 PM. For more information contact the Library at 374-5515.

   Maine author and professor of Women's Studies Dr. Margaret Cruikshank will read from the new edition of her book, Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture and Aging, at the Library on Thursday, September 5 at 7:00 PM.

      In the book, Cruikshank examines what it means to grow old in America today, questioning social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the elderly; the over-medicalization of many older people; and ageism. She then proposes alternatives to the ways aging is usually understood in both popular culture and mainstream gerontology.  Featuring new research and analysis, the third edition of Learning to be Old demonstrates, more thoroughly than the previous editions, that aging is socially constructed.

     In addition to a PhD. In English, Dr. Cruikshank holds a M.A. in Gerontology from San Francisco State University. She moved to Maine in 1997 and has taught in the Women's Studies Department at the University of Maine, Orono. In 2007 she received a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct seminars and lectures on women and aging at the University of Victoria Centre on Aging, in British Columbia.

      Books will be available for sale and signing. The event is free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, call the Library at 374-5515.

Don't hesitate to call us for more information at 207-374-5515.