EVENTS CALENDAR
AUGUST
Saturday, August 29 – In Person Book Club
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth
Big Little Lies Picnic and Discussion
Join us for an outdoor coffee-and-pastries book discussion on the hit book and HBO series Big Little Lies,hosted in collaboration the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth. While conversations about the reality of domestic violence are never easy, we hope that peering into the topic from the lens of popular culture may make it feel more accessible and safer. This discussion also comes on the heels of the August 25 release of Big Little Truths, Liane Moriarty’s long-awaited follow-up to her 2014 hit, and we will have a drawing for a free copy of the new book at this event. Register HERE to attend!
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday, September 15 – Online Author Talk!
2 p.m. Eastern Time
Hope by Rosie Batty
Rosie Batty is joining us from Australia!
When Rosie's son Luke was beaten to death by his father in 2014 at a public sports match, this national hero turned unimaginable personal pain into a stunning movement for change all across Australia. We will contrast and compare the domestic violence landscape in Australia to what I see in Maine, and the chief hurdles and pathways to change as well as personal healing, I recommend you read her 2024 memoir Hope and also her first, Rosie: A Mother's Story
Info and sign up here.
Monday, September 21
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Healing Retreat through Nature at Wells Preserve at Laudholm, Wells, Maine
Register here.
OCTOBER
Tour of the documentary Out at Six with post-screening panel discussions with survivors.
"In Out at Six, filmmaker Livi Kessel gathers her friends from the age of 17 for their memories of her relationship with an older man that started when she was that age, and step by step made her world smaller and scarier."
Thursday, October 1
5:30 p.m., The Strand in Rockland
Friday, October 2
6 p.m., Portland Museum of Art
Saturday, October 3
2 p.m., Maine Film Center, Waterville