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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/book-club-valente/">Maine 201 Book Club: Catherynne M. Valente</a></h2><p class="desc" >The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente</p><p class="start" >From 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm</p><p>Valente lives and writes on an unnamed Maine island, but in this month’s selection, she takes us into the world of the Brontë siblings’s childhood during the Napoleonic wars. Valente grew up in Northern California, studied ancient Greek linguistics at UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, and lived in Japan longterm before finding her way to Maine. Perhaps it’s her own diverse past that helps her summon the inner lives of 19th century British children.</p>
<p>The book club discussion is on Monday, October 25 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom. All readers welcome!</p>
<p><em>The Glass Town Game </em>by Catherynne M. Valente</p>
<p>Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school, a school they might not return from. But on this Beastliest Day, the day Anne and Branwell walk their sisters to the train station, something incredible happens: the train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own.</p>
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<h2 class="qem_title"><a href="https://www.stoningtonlibrary.org/event/fruit-exploring-the-art-of-tracking-down-old-apple-varieties/">Fruit Exploring: The Art of Tracking Down Old Apple Varieties</a></h2><p class="desc" >Learn the art of finding old heirloom apple trees</p><p class="start" >From 9.30 am until 12.30 pm</p><p>We all know that old apple tree off by the corner of the barn or in someone’s field. It’s old, and the big question is whether or not it’s one of the historically significant old trees apple detectives have been hunting down for decades. But how do you know? We will learn the art of observing trees, their context, and other clues to help participants understand what they are seeing. Since Maine has millions of seedling apple trees planted by deer, cows, squirrels and bears, it is critical to develop a discerning eye to separate those from the old historic varieties.</p>
<p>In a <span class="gmail_default">half-</span>day workshop, Todd Little-Siebold will help you<span class="gmail_default"> know what you are seeing when you look at an old tree. Is it a grafted tree? Has it been cultivated? What is the context it is growing in? And who on earth planted it? These are the kinds of questions we will explore in the workshop. </span>Todd is a professor of history at College of the Atlantic, and he serves on the MOFGA board of directors. He is involved in the Maine Heritage Orchard in Unity, and he has worked closely with John Bunker to track down, identify, and preserve local heirloom varieties.</p>
<p>Space is limited to 12 attendees. We will keep a short waitlist for the workshop. Register below with a valid email address, and we will respond within a day to confirm whether you are registered for the workshop or on the waitlist. Registered attendees will receive full details prior to the workshop. </p>
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