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February Coffee Clash

Climate Change: Serious Progress or Apocalypse Soon?

Johanna Blackman

and

Scott Miller



Friday, February 9th at 8:30 a.m.

Join us for coffee, pastries and good conversation at Brasserie Le Brun

74 Cottage St, Bar Harbor.

As the science deepens, humanity accepts the reality of climate change as a human-driven challenge. But there is debate about the pace of our progress to meet this challenge. Johanna Blackman and Scott Miller will discuss and debate differing views on this issue.

The cost to attend in person at Brasserie Le Brun is $10 and includes coffee and pastries. The discussion will also be available on Zoom..

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February Food for Thought

The Story of a Whiskey Bottle and its Ties to

Bangor Maine, Hamilton College,

The Pure Food and Drug Act, and Hollywood

David Gapp

Friday, February 23^rd at 11:30 a.m.

Birch Bay Village, Bar Harbor

and on Zoom

While walking his dog and poking around in a wooded area near his home in Central New York, Dave found a brown bottle in an old trash heap. The raised glass label read “The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A., Patented 1886.” Dave set out to investigate and found that Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey was emblematic of the age of patent medicines that flourished from the second half of the 19th century until the first several decades of the 20th century.

Anyone could create a concoction of any number of uncontrolled ingredients and make claims for its efficacy without verification. You might also remember another patent medicine, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which was made from a recipe developed by Mrs. Charlotte Winslow, a nurse from Bangor, Maine.

Ah, but the story continues... Join us and find out!

David Gapp was a Biology Professor at Hamilton College where he taught Biology of Reproduction, Food for Thought, Vertebrate Physiology, General Endocrinology, and Integrative Animal Biology. David has taught several courses for Acadia Senior College.

The lunch and talk will be held at Birch Bay Village in Hull’s Cove on Friday, February 23, 2024. The lunch begins at 11:30 and costs $15. The presentation begins at noon. The program will also be offered on Zoom.

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Please let us know by noon on Wednesday, February 21^st if you cannot attend.

Frances Perkins Traveling Exhibit

February 2 - 14, 2024

Southwest Harbor Public Library

One of our winter classes tells the story of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945. She is widely recognized as a driving force behind the New Deal, most notably for the policies that created Social Security, the forty-hour work week, overtime pay, unemployment insurance, workplace safety standards and a ban on child labor. 

In conjunction with the Southwest Harbor Public Library, the Frances Perkins Traveling Exhibit will be on display at the library for the first two weeks of February. “Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal” is a condensed version of the exhibit currently on view at the Frances Perkins Center in downtown Damariscotta, Maine.

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Whether you are taking the class or not, don't miss this opportunity to learn about this extraordinary woman.

Weather Cancellation Policy

“Acadia Senior College cancels events and classes when the MDI schools close for snow or weather events. When a delay occurs, ASC also cancels events or classes that start within the delay time period.”

This means that if there is a two-hour school delay, ASC morning classes will be cancelled, but afternoon classes will still be held unless otherwise instructed. (Some in-person classes may elect to hold a cancelled class by Zoom.)

Check News Center Maine or WABI for school closing information. Look for AOS 91.

January Coffee Clash Photos

Here are a few images from our January Coffee Clash at Brasserie Le Brun

with Jill Goldthwait and Lynne Williams. We hope we'll see you there at our February Coffee Clash.

Photo credits clockwise from top left: Earl Brechlin, Janice Kenyon, Peg Olson, Ann Caswell

Acadia Senior College

PO Box 475

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

acadiaseniorcollege.org

learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org

207-288-9500