. Ret Talbot will present from his book Chasing Shadows, a collaborative project with shark biologist Greg Skomal that covers the return of the white shark to the western North Atlantic. About Chasing Shadows A collaboration between a scientist and a science writer, Chasing Shadows is the remarkable story of the resurgence of the white shark population in the … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Ret Talbot"
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Steve Hindy will present from his book based on the life of his grandfather, The Ali Hindy Story: A Muslim Immigrant in 20th Century America, published in 2025. About The Ali Hindy Story This is the story of a 12-year-old Syrian Muslim boy who left his troubled homeland in 1894 with two other boys … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Steve Hindy" |
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Martin Conte is the director of Flash! in the Pans, a locally renowned community steel drum band, based in Blue Hill, ME. Conte will present a talk and demonstration about the history, construction, anatomy, and performance of steel drums, known as pans. Conte will have a variety of pans available for audience members to try … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Martin Conte" |
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Mary Seelhorst will present: The Platonic Ideal of a Sports Car: James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. True crime, twisted provenance, pop culture, philosophy, folklore, museums, movie-making, mythbusting, and an unsolved mystery figure into this presentation by exhibit developer Mary Seelhorst. This fast-paced, heavily illustrated session explores the making of an automotive icon that’s endured and … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Mary Seelhorst" |
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Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem • Selected by Sue Stoessel Winner: Indie Book Award in Non-Fiction (2020) “Engrossing…evokes the subculture of the ‘mudlarks,’ who scour the banks for fragments of London’s past.” –The New Yorker Find Mudlark in MaineCat “The international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through London’s past, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles … Continue reading "SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books" |
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Jeryl Schriever will present from her book, Driving the Vote For Women: An American Journey for Suffrage, published by Arcadia Publishing in September 2024, and her national tour promoting the Equal Rights Amendment in her 1914 Saxon Roadster. About Driving the Vote For Women: An American Journey for Suffrage In 1916, Alice Burke and … Continue reading "Seaside Series: Jeryl Schriever" |
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