A Carnegie Library serving the Pittsfield, Burnham, and Detroit communities
For the 2020 Persis C. Smith Community Read, we’re asking folks to read Ashley Bryan’s “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from WWII to Peace.” The library will hold an online discussion via Zoom. You can join us here: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/85885136110
Ready to talk about your latest favorite book and learn more about the foods and services in our local area? Come to Boast, Roast & Toast! (via Zoom)
Our first event will feature Heather from The Little Cheese Shop and Balfour Farm. She’ll talk a bit about the shop and their products. She has also been generous enough to donate a $25 gift card to The Little Cheese Shop for one of our participants!
Email the library for the Zoom link and we’ll see you soon!
Join Pittsfield Public Library, along with writer and retired professor Elizabeth Cooke, for three rich discussions grounded in readings that foreground the opportunities and challenges of life in Maine. What better time than now – the summer of Maine’s bicentennial year – to grapple with big questions, like who are we? where are we? how did we get here? and where might we be going?
Themes we’ll explore include Many Maines, Wabanaki Voices, and Race & Ethnicity. Readings will invite participants to discuss and reflect on key issues and important but lesser known chapters in the history of Maine, addressing issues of power, inequality, childhood and aging, health and resilience, home, work, and loss.
All of the readings and videos are downloadable and the discussions will be via Zoom. Please contact the library for more information on how to access the readings and join the discussions.
This program is part of the Maine Humanities Council‘s Discussion Project, a flexible opportunity for Maine communities to host text-based discussions that meet their own needs, whether working independently or as part of an organization.