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As part of the Persis Smith Community Read's discussion of "Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from WWII to Peace" by Ashley Bryan, Dr. Leroy Rowe from the University of Southern Maine, will be discussing African Americans during WWII and the segregated army.
Not all of Maine's earliest Europeans came voluntarily. Carol Gardner will deliver a talk (via Zoom) entitled "Involuntary Americans: Scottish Prisoners in Early Colonial Maine" discussing the more than 400 prisoners of war who were brought here to New England against their wills in 1650-51. Dr. Gardner is the author a recently published narrative history, […]
Our January book discussion will be "Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows" by Balli Kaur Jaswal. This is a "thought-proving East-meets-West story about community, friendship and women's lives at all ages." To order your copy for our Zoom discussion, call the library at 487-5880 or email at bat@pittsfield.lib.me.us.
An online mystery book discussion through Zoom. This month we're exploring "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton.
Our year-long book group continues with "You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why it Matters" by Kate Murphy. Join us for a lively discussion on how to make our community a better place. To register, click here.
Not only do we have local author and illustrator, Lucky Platt, chatting with us, but we'll also be joined by visitors from a wolf refuge in Fryeburg! Nine-year-old Calden will take us through the refuge and explain the lives of these animals that don't seem to belong anywhere. Please join us for this very exciting […]