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Cover of the book From the Holocaust to Maine with a newspaper headline that reads Germans Surrender behind a photo of a smiling woman in black and white.

From the Holocaust to Maine: Testimonies of the Survivors

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

During the 1990s, Freeport-based attorney and photographer Jack Montgomery created portraits of 20 Holocaust survivors who settled in Maine.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:

During the 1990s, Freeport-based attorney and photographer Jack Montgomery created portraits of 20 Holocaust survivors who settled in Maine.

Five volunteers in warm clothing work on picking up trash and debris along a beach under thinly cloudy blue skies.

Blue Ocean Society: Marine Debris Art Program - Turning Trash into Treasure

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Speaker
Age Group:
Teens

Join us for a hands-on, creative program that blends art, science, and environmental stewardship!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a hands-on, creative program that blends art, science, and environmental stewardship!

Five volunteers in warm clothing work on picking up trash and debris along a beach under thinly cloudy blue skies.

Blue Ocean Society: Travels of Ocean Trash

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Children, Everyone

Join one of our marine educators will to learn about how marine debris travels through an ecosystem and why we must keep our beaches clean.

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Program Type: Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join one of our marine educators will to learn about how marine debris travels through an ecosystem and why we must keep our beaches clean.

A National Park Service map of the middle passage Atlantic slave trade routes.

Maine and the West Indies Trade, with Seth Goldstein

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations.

An 1837 map of Portland Maine in black ink on a white background.

Portland, Abolition and the Underground Railroad

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Historian Seth Goldstein offers tours of the Portland Freedom Trail and has translated some of his tour content into this presentation. Seth begins the lecture with an examination of enslaved Africans in Southern Maine.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Historian Seth Goldstein offers tours of the Portland Freedom Trail and has translated some of his tour content into this presentation. Seth begins the lecture with an examination of enslaved Africans in Southern Maine.