Rice Pudding Poetry
Thursday, April 3 at 6 p.m.
The Great American Songbook Is Not Just American!
Like the melting pot that is this country, our songbook has come together not just from American artists, but from first generation immigrants and composers and singers from other countries whose music became popular here.
Ray DeMarco is a renowned Seacoast Jazz pianist and song stylist who has spent 5 decades entertaining audiences throughout the Northeast with his warm, relaxed and improvisational style. Having performed in different cultures and languages, Ray brings this international flavor to his audiences.
Karen (Abrami) Fitzgerald was one of the original soloists with Jim MacDougall’s Funky Divas of Gospel, as well as a leading actress in musical theatre for many years on the Seacoast, before moving to NYC. Now she’s back, working with Ray, and singing some of the beloved songs she grew up with.
The Lobster Lady book reading!
Wednesday, March 26 at 6 p.m.
Author Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs and illustrator Jamie Hogan will be at the library to read their book The Lobster Lady. This intriguing picture-book biography tells the true story of Virginia Oliver—the Lobster Lady—who at 102 years old is the oldest person lobstering in Maine.
The Lobster Lady chronicles a day in Virginia's life while illuminating all that she remembers from growing up and starting a family on the mainland in Maine and on her family’s island, called the Neck. Readers get a sense of Virginia’s life and an idea of all that goes into lobster harvesting.
Copies of the book will be for sale courtesy of G. Willikers Books and Toys.
This event is free and open to all. Please register!
Star Island
Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m.
Joe Watts, CEO of Star Island Corporation, will give a dynamic presentation on the history and future of the Isles of Shoals’ crown jewel.
A Kittery resident. Joe will take you through 6,000 years of human history on the ancestral waterways of the Abenaki and Penacook nations, its past as a commercial fishing port and resort destination, through to its present as a retreat center for all ages, and a future focusing on sustainability and meeting the needs of a changing climate and coast.
This event is free and open to all. Please click the button to register.