Chats With Champions: Kevin Johnson – Marine Penobscot Museum

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Kevin will give a guided tour of the photography archives of the Penobscot Marine Museum, including many startlingly crisp photos from old glass plate negatives.  Penobscot Marine Museum has the largest photography archives in the…

Free

Chats With Champions: Zip Kellogg

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

First National White Water Canoe and Kayak Champions    A film long thought lost will be shown at Porter Meeting Hall in Skidompha Library on Tuesday, October 16th at 10 a.m. Please allow time for…

Free

CHAT with Douglas Brooks, Boat Builder

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Join us for a presentation by Douglas Brooks, expert Boat Builder.

Free

CHAT with Kyle Tong: Chinese Education

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Join us for a presentation by Kyle Tong on Chinese Education: Twenty Years from Catch-up to Leadership. This will take place in Porter Hall and is free and open to the public.

Free

CHAT with Roger Guay: “A Good Man with a Dog”

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This event is part of our CHATS with Champions speaker series. They are free and open to the public in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Please allow time for parking.

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CHAT with Bob Emmons: Irish Potato Famine

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This event is part of our CHATS with Champions speaker series. They are free and open to the public in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Please allow time for parking.

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CHAT with Kay Hardy Campbell – Caravan of Brides: A Novel of Saudi Arabia

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This event is part of our CHATS with Champions speaker series. They are free and open to the public in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Please allow time for parking. Jefferson author Kay Hardy Campbell will present…

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CHAT with Lisa Steele-Maley: Without a Map

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This event is part of our CHATS with Champions speaker series and it is free and open to the public in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Local author Lisa Steele-Maley will discuss her book, Without a Map:…

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CHAT with Mac Smith: Mainers on the Titanic

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This event is part of our CHATS with Champions speaker series. They are free and open to the public in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Please allow time for parking. Mac Smith: Mainers on the Titanic  Tuesday,…

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CHAT with Dean Rock: 3-D Prosthetic Devices

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

On Tuesday, April 30 at 10 AM, Dean Rock of Cumberland, Maine, will speak at Skidompha Library’s Porter Meeting Hall. The topic of his lecture is 3-D printed prosthetic limbs, which he designs and prints…

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CHAT with Tim Hudson: Katahdin Woods and Water

Tim Hudson at Chats with Champions May 7 “All About Katahdin Woods and Waters” Skidompha Library’s “Chats with Champions” will feature Tim Hudson, Superintendent of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument on Tuesday, May 7…

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CHAT with Anne Gass – We Demand

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Anne Gass at “Chats with Champions” May 14: Get ready for a wild ride! Skidompha”s Chats with Champions Committee and Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Cafe are pleased to announce that Anne Gass will…

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CHAT with Alex Meyers – America’s First Female Soldier

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Alex Meyers presents – Revolutionary: America’s First Female Soldier, Deborah Sampson Gannett Author of book about America’s revolutionary first female soldier is June 13 Chats guest On Thursday, June 13 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library…

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CHAT with James R. Nelon – Pursuing a Dream

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Join us for a chat with James R. Nelon, regarding his book “Pursuing a Dream: A Wandering Executive’s Journey into the Philippines”. Can you imagine how humanity could live without smartphones? Without technology? Beyond electricity?…

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Richard Blanco at the Lincoln Theater

Lincoln Theater 2 Theater Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Please join us for a special presentation by Richard Blanco at the Lincoln Theater. Blanco will be selling and signing copies of his new book of poetry, How to Love a Country, following the presentation….

$20

CHAT with Arlie Russell Hochschild: Strangers in Their Own Land

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature Arlie Russell Hochschild on Thursday, July 11 at 10 a.m. in the library’s Porter Meeting Hall. Please allow time for parking. Hochschild is a renowned professor emerita of…

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CHAT with Mark Peterson: The Hard Politics of Health Care Reform

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

On Thursday, July 18 at 10 a.m., Dr. Mark A. Peterson, a Professor of Policy, Political Science, and Law at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs will speak at Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions. Dr. Peterson will discuss “Medicare for…

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CHAT with Lynne Olson – Madame Fourcade’s Secret War

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

New York Times bestselling author Lynne Olson will discuss her latest book, Madame Fourcade’s Secret War on Tuesday, July 23rd at 10 a.m. in Skidompha’s Porter Hall. Please allow adequate time for parking. Olson’s book…

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CHAT with Heather Cox Richardson: The History of the Republican Party

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Heather Cox Richardson will discuss the history of the Republican Party at Skidompha Library on July 30 Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions speaker program will feature Heather Cox Richardson on Tuesday, July 30 at 10…

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CHAT with Craig & Fred

Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How they Rescued Each Other – August 8th at Skidompha Library Chats with Champions welcomes Craig Grossi, former US Marine, and Fred, former Afghani stray. Grossi…

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Mark Alan Leslie: Maine’s Underground Railroad

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Mark Alan Leslie: Maine’s Underground Railroad Lecture on August 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Porter Hall Facing the danger of jail and heavy fines, a number of Mainers in the Midcoast area formed…

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CHAT with Richard Clarke and Robert Knake – The Fifth Domain, Cyber Security

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Join authors Richard Clarke and Robert Knake to learn about their title – The Fifth Domain: Cyber Security From Penguin Random House: “There is much to fear in the dark corners of cyberspace. From well-covered…

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CHAT with Susanne Dunlap: Listen to the Wind – Orphans of Tolosa, Book 1

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Susanne Dunlap, Historical Fiction Writer, to speak at Skidompha Library on August 20 Chats with Champions welcomes Susanne Dunlap, author of historical fiction, to Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall on Tuesday, August 20. Dunlap will discuss…

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CHAT with Bob Hills: Iceland

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Skidompha Library welcomes returning speaker and noted photographer Bob Hills to the Chats with Champions stage. His illustrated talk will feature his stunning original photographs of Iceland and will take place on September 5th at…

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Chat with Beth Preston

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Local Music Director Beth Preston to Speak on Tuesday, September 17th at Skidompha Library Beth Preston, a local conductor, music coach, teacher, and multi-talented musical tour de force will be the featured speaker at Skidompha Library’s…

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Howard Solomon: Making Sense of Anti-Semitism

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Making Sense of Anti-Semitism with Howard Solomon: Upcoming Lecture at Skidompha Library Howard Solomon will present for Chats with Champions on the topic of Anti-Semitism. His lecture In the Shadow of Pittsburgh: Making Sense of…

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CHAT with Dr. Judy Stone: Resilience

Dr. Judy Stone presents Resilience, a story of Holocaust Survival at Skidompha Library Skidompha Library is pleased to welcome Dr. Judy Stone to Chats with Champions on Thursday, October 10 at 10 a.m. Dr. Stone…

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CHAT with Kristen Britain

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

New York Times Best Selling Author Kristen Britain to read at Skidompha Library October 17 – 7 p.m. Skidompha Library is thrilled to welcome New York Times Best-Selling Author Kristen Britain to the Chats with Champions stage. Kristen will read and sign books…

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CHAT with Mystery Writers: Graff and Coffin

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Mystery Writers Marni Graff and Bruce Robert Coffin to speak at Skidompha Library October 24 at 10 a.m.  Skidompha Library welcomes mystery writers Marni Graff and Bruce Robert Coffin to Porter Hall on Thursday, October…

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