Arts and Culture
Reading Group and Book Giveaway
Farmington Public Library 117 Academy Street, FarmingtonVisit the Farmington Public Library to pick up two award-winning autobiographical comic books!: Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis (2000) and Liz Prince's Tomboy (2014). Winner of the Rainbow Project Book List, Tomboy is a witty memoir about grappling with identity labels and stereotypes in the process of growing up. The reading group will meet on Feb. 9 to discuss Persepolis and on Feb. 16 to discuss Tomboy.
Farmington Silent Film Festival
Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at FarmingtonFrom the Harpodeon film library we are proud to present the first of what will hopefully be an annual silent film festival at the Emery Community Arts Center here in Farmington, Maine. The festival is in two themed programs, both opening on a number of short subjects and closing with a feature film. Railroad disaster films are the focus of the first program and LGBTQ+ silents make up the second program, with live musical accompaniment provided by Doug Prostik. Feb. 10th, Railroad Disasters: It is difficult to understand today just what a modern marvel trains were in the early twentieth