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From the Holocaust to Maine: Testimonies of the Survivors

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Open
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Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker
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During the 1990s, Freeport-based attorney and photographer Jack Montgomery created portraits of 20 Holocaust survivors who settled in Maine.

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

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Speaker
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Join us for a hands-on, creative program that blends art, science, and environmental stewardship!

Blue Ocean Society: Travels of Ocean Trash

6:00pm–8:00pm
Children, Everyone
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Program Type: Speaker
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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.

Maine and the West Indies Trade, with Seth Goldstein

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker
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Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations.

Portland, Abolition and the Underground Railroad

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teens, Adults
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.