EVENTS CALENDAR
AUGUST
Picnic Book Lunch Talk
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
Online Author Talk
Tuesday, September 22
2 p.m. - 3:30 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.
Healing Together Retreat with Nature Journaling
Monday, September 21
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Healing Retreat through Nature at Wells Preserve at Laudholm, Wells, Maine
More info and register here.
OCTOBER
Documentary Film Tour with Post-Screening Panel Discussion
Directed by Livi Kessel. 55 minutes. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Screenings will be followed by a Finding Our Voices survivor-led community conversation.
When teenage Livi is the first in her friend group to move in with a man, her girl friends are excited for her. But her world slowly gets smaller and more dangerous as he increasingly isolates and psychologically terrorizes her.
The powerful documentary chronicles Livi’s journey against Prof. Jane Monkton Smith's chilling and seminal timeline of the eight stages that precede intimate partner murder. Through Livi's conversations with those who knew her while she was trapped in the domestic abuse, the film illuminates the dangerous gray zone of psychological abuse AKA coercive control that often hides in plain sight.
Topics of the post-screening discussion will include psychological abuse, how to best help someone you worry is trapped in an unhealthy intimate partner relationship, and the role the community can play in safeguarding our neighbors from dangerous family members.
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
