Events - 2008
this page was updated 1/30/08
Note the location and type of each event.
This is the current list of events planned throughout the Midcoast Read area (Brunswick, Topsham, Bath, Wiscasset, Yarmouth and Freeport, and surrounding towns.) Events are also listed on the library websites. Paper flyers and bookmarks are also available.
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January, 2008
Opening Events at all Participating Libraries; reading period begins.
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February, 2008
Reading period through March
March, 2008
March 3 Curtis Memorial Library
5:30-7:00 pm. Read Across America Bedtime Stories: drop in for an evening of stories read by the fire, all with an ocean theme, feel free to bring your teddy and blanket for snuggling. A Cornerstones of Science program.
March 4Topsham, The Highlands
11:00 am. Book Look Discussion of Shadow Divers Main Lodge library.
March 4 Curtis Memorial Library
4:00-5:00pm. KinderScience Sunken Treasure Cornerstones of Science program for 5 and 6 yr olds. Reservation required, call 725-5242 ext. 225 beginning Feb. 19
March 4 Thornton Oaks, Brunswick
7:00-8:00 pm. "From the Diver's View" slides and talk presented by Julie Kitchenko, U.S. Navy Diver.
March 5 Bath Area Family YMCA
12:15 pm. Light lunch and book discussion of Shadow Divers. Reservations required, call 443-4112.
March 5 Bath Area Family YMCA
6:00 pm. Scuba diving presentation and demonstration in the pool. Reservations required, call 443-4112.
March 5CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Curtis Memorial Library
7:00-8:00 pm. "From Beginning to End" with John James, NASB historian, Lecture on the history of NASB, and the mission of submarine hunters.
March 6 Curtis Memorial Library
1:00-2:00 pm. Science for Homeschoolers: Deep Sea Discoveries Cornerstones of Science program for homeschoolers and therir caregivers, space limited registration required beginning Feb. 21, call 725-5242 ext. 225.
March 6Curtis Memorial Library
6:30-8:00 pm. Shadow Divers Book Discussion with Frank Connors, area historian.
March 6Curtis Memorial Library
6:30-7:30 pm. Women & Science: Oceanography a Cornerstones of Science program for teen girls only, ages 10 and up learn about oceanography and other ocean-related careers, pre-registration optional beginning Feb. 21, call 725-5242 ext. 225.
March 7Curtis Memorial Library
9:30-10:30 am. KinderScience: Sunken Treasure, aCornerstones of Science program for 5 and 6 yr olds. Repeat of March 4 program.
March 7Bath, Maine Maritime Museum
7:00 pm. Book discussion of Shadow Divers facilitated by Paul Lawton, an expert on German sub activity in WWII along the New England coast. Paul will share his research, expertise, and observations as he sets the historical context for U-869.
March 8Brunswick, Eveningstar Cinema,
Tontine Mall, 149 Maine St.
11:00am – 12:00 pm. Hitler’s Lost Sub, a NOVA film documentary of the Shadow Divers. Admission is free.
March 12Wiscasset Public Library
3:00 pm. Book Discussion Shadow Divers.
March 12 Brunswick, Thornton Oaks
3:30 pm. Book Discussion Shadow Divers led by Frank Connors.
March 12Curtis Memorial Library
7:00-8:00 pm. Patti Irish, marine diver and videographer presenting video from her dives around the world and her describing how she became involved in marine studies and videography in the coral reefs.
March 13Curtis Memorial Library
6:30-7:30 pm. Science Sleuths: Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, a Cornerstones of Science book discussion for 7 - 12 yr olds. Discussing the book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker. Pre-registration begins Feb. 28, companion program to March 15 Saturday Science program, sign up for one or both.
March 13 Bath, Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St.
6:00-8:00 pm. German wine tasting with submarine food rations prepared and shared.
March 14Topsham Public Library
12:00 pm. Brown Bag Book discussion of Shadow Divers.
March 14Topsham Public Library
4:00 pm. Presentation by wreck diver John Chatterton, featured in Shadow Divers.
March 14Patten Free Library
7:30 pm. Presentation by wreck diver John Chatterton, featured in Shadow Divers.
March 15Wiscasset Public Library
10:00 am. Round table discussion on Shipwrecks off the Coast of Maine led by Janet Morgan.
March 15Patten Free Library
1:00 pm. Children’s Room. Discover the thrills of scuba diving and the ocean floor through Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons.
March 15Curtis Memorial Library
1:00 pm. Stephen Puleo, author of Due to Enemy Action: The True Story of the USS Eagle 56 the nonfiction story of one man's search for the trugh about the last sinking of an Amierican warship by a German sub. Event occured in Portland, Maine.
March 15Curtis Memorial Library
2:00- 3:30 pm. Saturday Science: Deep Sea Diving, a Cornerstones of Science hands-on program for 7 – 12 yr olds. Pre-registration begins Feb. 28, companion program to March 13 Science Sleuths program, sign up for one or both.
March 17Curtis Memorial Library
6:30 – 8:00 pm. Rich Hooper, U.S. Navy Dive and Salvage Team commander, presentation about the sinking of the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru by a U.S. nuclear sub off Hawaii in 2001.
March 18Patten Free Library
7:00 pm. Presentation and book discussion by expert scuba diver and author Bret Gilliam of Arrowsic on his recently published book, Diving Pioneers and Innovators, and the development of diving techniques and technology.
March 18People Plus Center, Brunswick
12 Noon. Brown Bag Lunch Book Discussion with Frank Connors.
March 19Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth
11:00 am. Book discussion of Shadow Divers.
March 20Topsham Public Library
5:00 pm. Young Critics discussion of Dive. Registration required, call 725-1727.
March 22Wiscasset Public Library
10:00 am. Life on a US Navy Submarine by Alex Robertson.
March 26Freeport Community Library
6:30 pm. Historian-author-photographer Mason Philip Smith will speak at Freeport Community Library on German landings on the East coast during World War II with an emphasis U-Boat activity.
March 26Phippsburg Elementary School
7:00 pm. organized by Albert F. Totman Library. Book discussion of Shadow Divers facilitated by Phippsburg residents Jack Thompson, retired history professor, and diver Clifford “Tip” Newell.
March 27Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth
7:00 pm. Book discussion of Shadow Divers.
March 28Patten Free Library
Deep Sea Family Festival
5:00 pm. Explore the depths of the ocean through crafts and books in the Children’s Room
5:00 pm. Book discussion of Dive: The Discovery led by Francie Tolan & Julie Rice (Rec. grades 4 – 7)
6:00 pm. Sub Sandwich Supper and fixings for the whole family. Anyone wearing a full service uniform will get his/her ticket price refunded. (Dinner tickets available at PFL in March.)
7:30 pm. WWII USO Concert led by Paul Rice and other local musicians. Family fun!
March 29Wiscasset Public Library
10:00 am. National Geographic’s Lost Subs (60 minutes).
