Stories from the Metroplex

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Anyone in Mt. Vernon, Vienna, Fayette area (and beyond) is invited to share brief stories, musings, or even odd, sweet, or funny bits of writing they've come across.  Ideas for what you might share:  stories from childhood, how you came to be here, something you wrote for school and have kept over the years, passages from personal correspondence, hopes for future adventures.  We ask that stories are family-friendly and are no longer than five minutes long. Please join us at the Mt. Vernon Community Center on Sunday, August 7 at 3pm.  Sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.

Free

Conversations with Master Maine Guides Roger Lambert & Milt Baston

Twice Sold Tales 155 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

Join Maine Master Guides Roger Lambert and Milt Baston for an evening of storytelling, discussion, and readings from their essays in The Great Maine Moose Hunt: Celebrating 40 Years of Modern Moose Hunting in Maine. Light refreshments will be provided.

Free

Slide Show – Low Tech, Low Stress Wilderness Canoeing

Chesterville Center Union Meeting House 3 Borough Road, Chesterville

Adventurers Paul and Cynthia Stancioff present an engaging display of photos and dialogue recounting their recent voyage in the Quetico Provincial Park of Western Ontario.  The presentation will reveal tips and techniques for provisioning a 10-12 day wilderness canoe trip including a display of their gear which they have refined during a number of trips to the region over a period of four decades.  Now in their sixties, the Stancioffs maintain that travelling to Quetico is well worth the effort due to the quality and scale of the contiguous wilderness found there.

Free

Chesterville Poetry Night

Chesterville Center Union Meeting House 3 Borough Road, Chesterville

Chesterville Area poets are invited to read their poetry at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House.  All ages, all abilities, all welcome.  Read your poems, or a poem you love, or just listen.  Free and open to the public.  Light refreshments available.  The Meeting House is ADA accessible and handicap parking is available by the ramp.

The Underground Railroad, a book talk by Dale Potter-Clark

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon, ME, United States

The Dr. Shaw Memorial Library and Vienna Historical Society are co-sponsoring an author talk with local historian Dale Potter-Clark on Wednesday, November 16 at 6PM at the library, 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon.  Potter-Clark will discuss her new historical novel about the Underground Railroad, Escape from Bunker Hill, the story of a Maine couple who move to Florida to help slaves escape north.  The book also follows 4 escapees as they head North and make their way through Maine.

Free

Polar Express Holiday Night

Jay-Niles Memorial Library 983 Main St, Jay, ME, United States

Wear your pajamas, curl up with some hot chocolate and enjoy a holiday Storytime with Mrs. Clause! Afterward, enjoy cookie decorating and ornament making. All children will receive a gift. This is a free public family event. All are welcome!

Free

Polar Express Holiday Night

Jay-Niles Memorial Library 983 Main St, Jay, ME, United States

Join Mrs. Claus for a holiday Storytime, followed by cookie decorating and ornament making. Wear your pajamas and enjoy hot chocolate. This is a free public family event, all are welcome!