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Community Calendar: May 19-29
Wednesday 5/19
Literary Lunch: Brock Clarke discusses “I, Grape; Or the Case For Fiction” with Sarah Domet, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free, portlandlibrary.com.
Wednesday 5/26
Edward Ball will speak about the book “The Life of a Klansman” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 26, as part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” by Maine Historical Society in Portland.
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“The Life of a Klansman,” Begin Again Series Zoom book talk with Edward Ball, 6 p.m., part of “Begin Again, reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” by Maine Historical Society in Portland, May 27 through Dec. 31. To schedule an in-person visit to the exhibit and learn more, visit mainehistory.org/programs.
Bears have been spotted in several Seacoast neighborhoods this spring as they are fully awake after denning for the winter and are looking for food that your bird feeder and garbage can provides.
New Hampshire Fish & Game had warned that backyard bird feeders be taken down and garbage cans be by the beginning of April. They provide a source of food for bears who don t usually mean harm to humans. But because people are frightened by a visit from a bear it can lead to conflicts that usually end with a bear having to be forcibly removed from an area.
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Community Calendar: May 5-15
Wednesday 5/5
“Birds of Maine,” by late ornithologist Peter Vickery, noon-1 p.m., Zoom book discussion hosted by Natural Resource Council of Maine, bit.ly/2P8b55G.
“The Founder’s Mentality: The Growing Power of Entrepreneurship & Lessons from the Great Founders,” noon-1 p.m., virtual Author @ the Library talk with Chris Zook. Free, scarboroughlibrary.org.
Thursday 5/13
Spotlight Lecture Series: Jenny Offill talks about “Weather” with the BTS Center, 4-5:15 p.m. online, hosted by Portland Public Library and Print: A Bookstore. Registration required at portlandlibrary.com/events/.
Ongoing
Beanstack, online reading programs for all ages, a reading-habit tracker platform through Patten Free Library that includes reading programs and challenges. Visit patten.lib.me.us for details.