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Risky maritime trade focus of exhibit
CASTINE The Castine Historical Society has an exciting array of exhibits and programs scheduled for 2021.
After being physically closed for a year because of COVID-19, the society will open June 11. The featured exhibit will be “Risky Business: Square-Rigged Ships and Salted Fish.”
Back for a second and final year, the exhibit invites visitors to step back in time to the 1800s when Castine’s working waterfront thrived on a global market. The fascinating exhibit brings Castine’s maritime economy to life through paintings, objects, and documents.
“Risky Business” and all other exhibits are free and will be on display from June 11 to Oct. 11 in the society’s Abbott School exhibit gallery. Open hours are Friday-Saturday, and Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Face coverings are encouraged inside the building.
Conference to focus on Maine’s many cultures
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The University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Southern Maine are partnering to host “One sun rose on us today: Stories from Maine’s Long 20th Century,” a virtual half-day conference set from noon to 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 4, online via Zoom.
This conference will include three panels Wabanakiscapes, 20th Maine Jewish Culture, and 20th Century Queer Maine concluding with a keynote by Monica Wood, award-winning author of “When We Were the Kennedys.”
The conference will explore some of the many peoples who have claimed Maine as their home, bringing together scholars from across the state to discuss aspects of Maine’s 20th century, which has received relatively little sustained critical attention to date. The panel discussions will seek to illuminate and articulate not only how we want to understand Maine’s past and present, but also how we want to configure our future.