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Happy New Year!

January Coffee Clash

Our 2024 winter/spring Coffee Clash series opens on January 19th. This year Michael Boland has generously offered space for the series at

Brasserie Le Brun in Bar Harbor.

Will “No Labels” and 3rd party or independent candidates be good or bad for America in 2024?

Jill Goldthwait

and

Rep. Lynne Williams



Friday, January 19th at 8:30 a.m.

Join us for coffee, tea, pastries and muffins at Brasserie Le Brun

74 Cottage St, Bar Harbor.

Many believe the 2024 election will be the most consequential in many decades. How will independent and third-party candidacies influence the result?

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

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January Food for Thought

Banned Books I Love

Meghan Clark McDaniel

Matt Delaney

Bob Delsandro

Erich Reed

Amy Wisehart

Friday, January 26^th at 11:30 a.m.

Birch Bay Village, Bar Harbor

and on Zoom

Five of our island librarians will share their favorite banned books and discuss recent book ban attempts and trends in Maine. Come and find out which titles they will pick and join the conversation.

Matt Delaney

Library Director

Jesup Memorial Library

Erich Reed

Library Director

Southwest Harbor Public Library

Bob Delsandro

Library Director

Bass Harbor Memorial Library

Meghan Clark McDaniel

Library Director

Somesville Library Association

Amy Wisehart

Library Director

Northeast Harbor Library

The lunch and talk will be held at Birch Bay Village in Hull’s Cove on Friday, January 26, 2024. The lunch begins at 11:30 and costs $15. The presentation begins at noon. The program will also be offered on Zoom and is free.

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Please let us know by noon on Wednesday, January 24^th if you cannot attend.

Frances Perkins Traveling Exhibit

February 1 - 15, 2024

Southwest Harbor Public Library

One of our winter classes will tell 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 class, we have arranged to show the traveling exhibit from the Frances Perkins Center. These 6 large panels will be on display at the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the first two weeks of February. 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.)

Please visit midrss.net for school announcements.

Acadia Senior College

PO Box 475

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

acadiaseniorcollege.org

learn@acadiaseniorcollege.org

207-288-9500