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SUMMARY:Seaside Series: Ret Talbot
DESCRIPTION:.   \nRet 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. \nAbout Chasing Shadows \nA collaboration between a scientist and a science writer\, Chasing Shadows is the remarkable story of the resurgence of the white shark population in the western North Atlantic told largely through the eyes of the shark biologist who found himself in the middle of it. At its heart\, it is a too rare conservation success story about restoring an apex predator to an ecosystem. Illustrations and maps by scientific illustrator Karen Talbot. \nAuthor Bio \nRet Talbot is an award-winning journalist with over two decades of experience covering stories from some of the more remote corners of the globe. From the icy summits of the Andes to the reefs of Papua New Guinea\, his assignments have taken him off the beaten track and put his readers face-to-face with stories of adventure\, new ideas and innovative approaches to commonplace and not-so-commonplace ideas and issues. \nSince 2007\, Talbot has worked as a fulltime freelance writer and photographer\, penning stories for magazines and working on book-length projects. His current work focuses largely on marine ecosystems and the myriad interactions between humans and those ecosystems. \nYou can learn more about Talbot and his work on his website.
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/seaside-series-ret-talbot/
LOCATION:Small Cove Park\, 6 Atlantic Avenue\, Stonington\, ME\, 04681
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SUMMARY:Seaside Series: Steve Hindy
DESCRIPTION:  \nSteve 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. \n  \nAbout The Ali Hindy Story \nThis is the story of a 12-year-old Syrian Muslim boy who left his troubled homeland in 1894 with two other boys and traveled to Europe and then America in search of two goals: to marry and start a business. The vast majority of immigrants from Syria at that time were Christian. Less than 5 percent were Muslim. Ali Hindy ended up in southern West Virginia\, marrying a young Christian woman who had been shunned by her family\, starting a general store\, movie theater and bathhouse for coal miners. They raised her two illegitimate daughters and had six children\, including my father. Ali Hindy befriended Devilance Hatfield\, patriarch of the Hatfield clan of the famous Hatfield and McCoy’s feud. He also survived an attack by Ku Klux Klanmen who demanded he leave town and forbid the town’s only doctor from delivering his sixth child. \n  \nAuthor Bio \nSteve Hindy was a journalist for the first 15 years of his working life. He started with small newspapers in Upstate New York\, joined The Associated Press in Newark\, New Jersey\, and then spent nearly 6 years with The AP in Beirut and Cairo. He covered the hostage crisis in Iran\, the Iran-Iraq War\, the civil war in Lebanon and the 1982 Israeli invasion and massacres of Palestinians in Beirut’s refugee camps. He was sitting behind President Anwar Sadat of Egypt when he was assassinated in 1981. While in Cairo\, Hindy met American diplomats who had been posted to Saudi Arabia\, where alcoholic beverages are forbidden. The diplomats were avid homebrewers. Returning to New York in 1984\, Hindy went to work for Newsday and started making beer at home. With his downstairs neighbor in Brooklyn\, Tom Potter\, he started Brooklyn Brewery. Hindy is co-author of “BEER SCHOOL” and author of “The Craft Beer Revolution.” He resides in Brooklin\, Maine\, with his wife\, educator Ellen Foote. \n  \n\nThe rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL\, 64 Main Street. \n\n 
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/seaside-series-steve-hindy-2/
LOCATION:Small Cove Park\, 6 Atlantic Avenue\, Stonington\, ME\, 04681
ORGANIZER;CN="Stonington Public Library":MAILTO:stonington.public.library@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Seaside Series: Martin Conte
DESCRIPTION: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. \nConte will have a variety of pans available for audience members to try out following the talk. You can learn more about Flash! in the Pans on their website. \nSince graduating from GSA\, Conte’s topsy-turvy path always seemed to lead him back to Blue Hill\, where he is part of the English faculty and  Director of Steel Pan Programs at George Stevens Academy. His path has led him around the globe\, from visiting silverback gorillas in Uganda to playing music with the great steel bands of Trinidad. But not all of his paths have been physical. He has also been pursuing the uncharted territory of language\, and has great of enthusiasm for how much discovery still awaits us in writing and reading. \nThe rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL\, 64 Main Street.
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/seaside-series-martin-conte/
LOCATION:Small Cove Park\, 6 Atlantic Avenue\, Stonington\, ME\, 04681
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SUMMARY:Seaside Series: Mary Seelhorst
DESCRIPTION:Mary Seelhorst will present: The Platonic Ideal of a Sports Car: James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. \nTrue 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 grown since the car was introduced in the 1964 James Bond film\, Goldfinger. \nSeelhorst addresses the perceived authenticity and value of the original movie cars\, their slippery provenance\, and the DB5’s resurrection in movies\, real life\, and the collective imagination. In addition\, she reveals previously unknown facts and fresh insights about the 1997 theft of the tricked-out movie car—still missing—uncovered by a documentary filmmaker working on a forthcoming series about the car’s disappearance. \nMary Seelhorst is an award-winning independent exhibit developer and writer who played a personal role in the story of the stolen Goldfinger car\, which will be revealed in the presentation. Her work focuses on the history of technology and popular culture. In the last 20 years\, her museum work has increasingly centered on automotive exhibits\, including projects\nfor the NASCAR Hall of Fame\, The Henry Ford\, the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum in Detroit\, and the Brumos Collection in Jacksonville\, Florida. \nThis event will be held at SPL\, 64 Main Street Stonington\, ME.
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/seaside-series-mary-seelhorst/
LOCATION:Stonington Public Library\, 64 Main Street\, Stonington\, ME\, 04681
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SUMMARY:SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books
DESCRIPTION:Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames by Lara Maiklem • Selected by Sue Stoessel \nWinner: Indie Book Award in Non-Fiction (2020) \n“Engrossing…evokes the subculture of the ‘mudlarks\,’ who scour the banks for fragments of London’s past.” –The New Yorker \nFind Mudlark in MaineCat \n“The international bestseller that mesmerizingly charts quixotic journeys through London’s past\, Mudlark thrills Anglophiles and history lovers alike. Long heralded as a city treasure herself\, beloved ‘Mudlark’ Lara Maiklem tirelessly treks along the Thames’ muddy shores\, unearthing a myriad of artifacts and their stories—from Roman hairpins and perfectly preserved Tudor shoes to the clay pipes that were smoked in riverside taverns. Seamlessly interweaving reflections from her own life with meditations on the art of wandering\, Maiklem ultimately delivers a treatise ‘as deep and as rich as the Thames and its treasures’ (Stanley Tucci).” –From the publisher’s website \nEleven readers chose 11 books\, and they will lead 11 discussions in 2026. The SPL book club meets the fourth Monday of every month at 6:30pm on Zoom. There are two exceptions: there is no discussion in August when the book club takes a summer break\, and the last meeting is bumped up to the second Monday\, December 14\, to minimize scheduling conflicts around the holidays. New readers—near and far—are always welcome. To sign up for the book club email list\, please send a request to the email below.
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/spl-book-club-jul2026/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="Stonington Public Library":MAILTO:stonington.public.library@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Seaside Series: Jeryl Schriever
DESCRIPTION:  \nJeryl 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. \n  \nAbout Driving the Vote For Women: An American Journey for Suffrage \n\n\n\n\nIn 1916\, Alice Burke and Nell Richardson embarked on a daring and unprecedented cross-country journey advocating for women’s suffrage. Before the nineteenth amendment enshrined American women’s right to vote in 1920\, it was legal only in a few states. So trailblazing suffragists Alice and Nell loaded a Saxon automobile and embarked on a state-by-state campaign for women’s voting rights. Long before the modern highway system streamlined car travel\, Alice and Nell drove a grueling 10\,700 miles over twenty-six weeks\, traversing some of the roughest roads in America. Backed by the Saxon Motor Car Company—one of the original Detroit automakers—and fueled by their own unwavering spirits\, Alice and Nell advocated for women’s suffrage in every town along the way. Author Jeryl R. Schriever shares the remarkable story of the first women to ever drive across the country and back\, paving the way for generations of women to follow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthor Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeryl R. Schriever began her interest in Saxon Motor Cars in 2011 when touring in a 1914 Saxon roadster through the hills of eastern Pennsylvania. Combining her knowledge of automotive history and the suffrage movement\, the fascination of the Alice and Nell story became compelling. \nAs a member of the Society of Automotive Historians Jeryl has edited and written for several national automobile magazines. At present she serves as the president of the board of the Seal Cove Automobile Museum\, a prominent collection of brass era motor cars on the coast of Maine. She received her degree in landscape architecture from SUNY at Syracuse University in 1969. Her career has included work in museum education\, exhibit design\, and historic restorations. \nThe mother of two\, she and her husband\, Alex Huppé\, live in Castine Maine and Sarasota Florida. They tour vintage cars year round. \n\n\n\nYou can learn more about Schriever’s journey and the efforts of the Equal Rights Amendment\, visit www.drivingthevote.org. \n\n\nThe rain venue for all Seaside Series programs is SPL\, 64 Main Street.
URL:http://www.stonington.lib.me.us/event/seaside-series-jeryl-schriever/
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