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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/malaga-island/">Malaga Island</a></h2><p class="desc" >Zoom presentation by Maine State Archivist, Kate McBrien</p><p class="start" >From 6.00 pm until 7.00 pm</p><p>This 40 minute presentation and discussion explores the true history of the community who lived on Malaga Island, off the coast of Phippsburg, Maine, in the late 1800s. The program examines the individuals who were part of this community and the state’s actions to evict them from their homes through the complex history of racism and eugenics in Maine.</p>
<p>Thank you to the Maine Humanities Council for sponsoring the presentation as part of their World in Your Library speaker program.</p>
<p>Kate McBrien currently serves as Maine State Archivist, overseeing Maine State Government’s archives and records management programs. As curator of the award winning exhibition “Malaga Island, Fragmented Lives”, Kate is also an historian for the Malaga Island community. She previously held positions as Chief Curator and Director of Public Engagement at the Maine Historical Society and as the Curator of Historic Collections for the Maine State Museum.</p><p class="readmore"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/malaga-island/">Register for this event</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/goths-franks-vandals-huns/">Goths, Franks, Vandals, Huns</a></h2><p class="desc" >An historical adventure with Mimi Gerstell</p><p class="start" >From 4.30 pm until 5.30 pm</p><p>One Monday in 7th grade, the Goths sacked Rome (410 CE).</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Attila the Hun died (453 CE).</p>
<p>On Wednesday, Mohammed made his pilgrimage to Medina (622 CE).</p>
<p>On Thursday, Charles Martel defeated the Moors at Tours (732 CE).</p>
<p>On Friday, Charlemagne died (814 CE).</p>
<p>And we never visited those four centuries again...but Mimi can tell you more about them!</p>
<p>Rain date: Tuesday, July 27 at 4:30pm.</p><p class="readmore"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/goths-franks-vandals-huns/">Register for this event</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/alfresco-woollen/">Alfresco Authors: Sister City by Ian Woollen</a></h2><p class="desc" >Reading and book signing with Isle au Haut summer resident and author Ian Woollen</p><p class="start" >From 12.30 pm until 1.30 pm</p><p class="p1">Ian Woollen’s fifth novel, <i>Sister City</i>, hails straight from the American heartland of the mythical Cave City, Indiana, and its sister city in the Yucatán, Ciudad de la Gruta. When the Sister City accord comes up for renewal on its 20th anniversary, a rubber stamp issue becomes a political hot potato to be decided on Election Day 2019. Sheriff Hooker stakes his mayoral run on an anti-immigrant platform, and El Plástico, the Mexican mayor, struggles against forces hell-bent on scuttling the referendum both at home and north of the border. PEN/Faulkner finalist, Ivelisse Rodriguez, calls <i>Sister </i>City, “a delightful book for our times…no matter how many walls humans put up between each other, we are inter-connected by history, by land, and by the best in us.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Ian Woollen’s last novel, <em>Muir Woods or Bust</em>, won a 2017 INDIES Prize for Humor/Satire. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of journals, including <em>The Massachusetts Review,</em> <em>SmokeLong Quarterly</em>, <em>Litro</em>, <em>Fiction Southeast</em> and <em>The Mid-American Review</em>, from which he received a Sherwood Anderson Prize.</p>
<p class="p1">The Stonington Public Library is thrilled to host Ian Woollen in our Alfresco Authors series. Bring a bite to eat and a chair down to Small Cove Park, and join us for an open-air reading and book signing against the backdrop of Penobscot Bay. <i>Sister City </i>will be available for purchase.</p><p class="readmore"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/alfresco-woollen/">Register for this event</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/book-club-bryan/">Maine 201 Book Club: Ashley Bryan</a></h2><p class="desc" >Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song & Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan</p><p class="start" >From 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm</p><p>Ashley Bryan left behind a brilliant collection of works showcasing his art and narrating his life in his own words. We are fortunate to join him on his many different journeys from a young GI fighting in a segregated army to a veteran artist with an undying curiosity inspired by life on a Maine island. Written for a younger audience, there are enough in the pages of the two selected autobiographies for readers of all ages.</p>
<p>The book club discussion is on Monday, July 26 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom. All readers welcome!</p>
<p><em>Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life’s Song </em>by Ashley Bryan</p>
<p>Ashley’s autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. His story is powerful, bursting with his creative energy, and a testament to believing in oneself. It’s a book every child in America should have access to and it does what the very best autobiographies do; it inspires!</p>
<p><em>Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace </em>by Ashley Bryan</p>
<p>In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. Filled with never-before-seen artwork and handwritten letters and diary entries, this illuminating and moving memoir by Newbery Honor–winning illustrator Ashley Bryan is both a lesson in history and a testament to hope.</p><p class="readmore"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/book-club-bryan/">Register for this event</a></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div>'); ){kind=link}