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.
Contributed / Nina Subin
“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.
Community News – Southern Maine Community College kicks off 75th anniversary
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Southern Maine Community College kicked off its 75th anniversary celebration April 30 with on-campus planting ceremonies to honor its legacy of transforming people and communities through education and training.
Small groups of students, faculty members, administrators, alumni and community partners planted flowering shrubs and trees in simultaneous ceremonies at SMCC’s South Portland campus and Midcoast campus in Brunswick.
Attending the South Portland campus planting ceremony are, from left, Southern Maine Community College professor Brian Tarbox, SMCC Foundation donor Eleanor Redmond, SMCC Foundation board member and donor John Boyne, former longtime SMCC professor David Pratt, Maine Community College System President David Daigler, SMCC student Sarah Metcalf, SMCC student Natalie Potter and SMCC professor Norma Willis.