Maine’s Mid-Century Moment | Calendar of Events
Photographer Kosti Ruohamaa
Photographer Kosti RuohamaaMay 20, 2021 | 6-7:30pm
at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport
Exhibit Opening & talk by biographer Deanna Bonner-Gantner
Signature Event – Monica Wood
Signature Event – Monica WoodJune 4, 2021 | 7 pm
at the Susan and Barry Farber Forum (formerly Jewett Auditorium), Jewett Hall, UMA Augusta Campus
Monica Wood will provide a key note for the UMA/USM Bicentennial Conference, “Maine’s Long 20th Century, An Exploration,” and also read from When We Were the Kennedys
Author Highlight: Elinor Graham
Author Highlight: Elinor GrahamJune 24, 2021 | 6:30-8:00pm
hosted by the Freeport Historical Society
at the Freeport Library
Panel discussion by scholars and family members of the author.
Featuring her daughter Lani Graham
Northeast Historic Film Screening in Bucksport
Northeast Historic Film Screening in BucksportJuly 14, 2021
A curated program of Maine mid-century films.
Author Highlight: Katharine Butler Hathaway
Author Highlight: Katharine Butler HathawayAugust 24, 2021 | 7-8:30pm
at the Castine Historical Society
Panel discussion by scholars and family members of the author.
Interested parties may pre-register for a tour of Hathaway’s Castine house (space is limited).
Postponed Events
The following events have been temporarily postponed due to the response to COVID-19 and the limits on public gatherings. Updates will be provided as events are rescheduled.
Elizabeth Arden’s Maine Chance Lodge, hosted by the Belgrade Historical Society
at the 7Lakes Alliance, Belgrade.
Scholar-led discussion on this mid-century Maine destination for socialites and movie stars.
Mid-Century Visual Culture: Issues and Institutions
at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville
Panel will address a broad spectrum of Maine visual culture in the mid-century era
Maine’s Rural Power Couple: The Coatsworth Bestons
at the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta
Scholar-led discussion of the authors.
Mid-Century Maine Artists
at Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick
Panel discussion on Maine artists of the era, including Marsden Hartley and Andrew Wyeth.
Author Highlight: Louise Dickinson Rich
Scholar-led panel discussion at the Bethel Historical Society
Indigenous Mid-Century Maine
at the UMA-Bangor Campus
Panel will explore significant Wabanaki people, cultures, and policies in the mid-century era.
Mid-Century Maine Children’s Literature
at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick
Roundtable discussion to focus on Robert McCloskey (One Morning in Maine), Margaret Wise Brown (Goodnight Moon), and E. B. White (Charlotte’s Web). Concurrent exhibit of McCloskey’s illustrations.