Summer 2009 Celebrate our Towns 
June 20| Taste of Brunswick. 12-6pm on the town Green. 20 restaurants, 3 bands; beer & wine pavilion. www.tasteofbrunswick.com
July 2-5| Heritage Days in Bath. Events held throughout city’s downtownarea and include the following fun and exciting activities for the entirefamily: Rotary Barbecue, Art in the Park: 30+ artists and Craft Show of more than 50 juried vendors. Parade of more than 100, Boat Parade, Fireman’s Muster and outdoor concerts all weekend long. www.visitbath.com Image: Art in the Park during Bath's Heritage Days
July 20-26| Richmond Days: Where the Past meets the Present | Circus, Midway, Fireman's Muster, Pig Scramble and Swan Island Tours plus parade on Saturday and Fireworks that evening.
July 25 & 26 | Harpswell Festival | Sat Night Kickoff 4-9pm with Food, Live Music,Bungee Jumper, Fireworks. Sun, 11-7. Live Music and Entertainment, Food, Rides and Games, Artists, Craftspersons. Parade at 1pm. Come with your decorated dog! See the Giant Puppets! 833-0562, info@harpswellfestival.org
August 9-15| 155th Topsham Fair| Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham. 4-H, exhibits and classes, livestock, pulling ring, Bingo, midway, pig scramble for kids
.Aug 15| Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival|9-5pm Maine Street Brunswick, 60 plus artists, street performers, bands & foods. www.brunswickdowntown.com
Longfellow Days 2009
LONGFELLOW: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD 
Here and abroad, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best known as a poet. However, he was also a linguist, an early teacher of modern languages and a distinguished translator from Spanish, French, Italian and the languages of German, Nordic and Icelandic cultures. Longfellow’s distinctly American verse was fed by foreign travel and cross-cultural immersion. As he introduced the world to our country’s legends and traditions, he exposed Americans to the literary heritage of Europe.
Sunday, February 1, 1:00 PM - POETS IN THE COMMUNITY - I
Maine poets Ted Bookey, Sheryl Hansen and Ed Gottfried read from their work. Free.
Fireplace Room, Curtis Memorial Library
Thursday, February 5, 6:30 PM ALL ABOARD!
We set off on “Travels with Henry” and “Travels with Gil”: noted Longfellow scholar Charles Calhoun discusses Longfellow’s explorations abroad, Michael Gilroy of Frontier follows a path from Mongolia to Maine, and Frontier staff launch a month-long, participatory exhibit of travel photos and writings from the community. Bring snapshots! Free.
Frontier Café, Fort Andros
Saturday, February 7, 11:00 AM SILENT FILM: A MAN THERE WAS
Based on an epic poem by Ibsen, this movie launched Sweden’s film tradition. Ibsen and Longfellow were contemporaries, both well-traveled, both concerned with injustices, but with sharply contrasting styles and outlooks. Live accompaniment, and original musical score, by Doug Protsik. $8 per ticket.
Eveningstar Cinema
Sunday, February 8, 1:00 PM POETS IN THE COMMUNITY - II
Poets affiliated with Moonpie Press: Jim Mello, Alice Persons and Jim Glenn Thatcher read from their work. Free.
Fireplace Room, Curtis Memorial Library
Thursday, February 12, 4:00 PM U.S. TRADE IN LONGFELLOW’S TIME & NOW
Historian of economics Stephen Meardon recalls that Longfellow debated international trade and foreign affairs as a Bowdoin student. He reflects on trade policy in the 1820s … and today. The more things change the more they are the same? Free.
Daggett Lounge, Thorne Hall
Sunday, February 15, 1:00 PM POETS IN THE COMMUNITY - III
Maine poets Herb Coursen, Anne Oleson and Joyce Pye read from their work. Free.
Fireplace Room, Curtis Memorial Library
Wednesday, February 18, 12:15 PM THE TRANSLATOR’S ART
More than straightforward practice, translation requires sophistication, cultural sensitivity, facility, and eloquence. Foreign language faculty from Bates and Bowdoin – translators and transla-tees – include Helen Cafferty, Alexandre Dauge-Roth, and Otto Emersleben. Free.
Morrell Room, Curtis Memorial Library (Winter Wisdom Lecture)
Saturday, February 21, 2:00 PM matinee & 7:30 PM SOPHISTICATES ABROAD
Writer and Bowdoin alumna Amy E. Waterman has assembled this reader’s theater performance drawn from memoirs and letters of literary travelers of Longfellow’s time including Flaubert, Lord Byron, Mark Twain, Coleridge, Stendahl, Shelley, and more. Suggested Donation $10 will benefit The Theater Project and Longfellow Days.
The Theater Project, School Street
Sunday, February 22, 12 noon to 3 TOUR LONGFELLOW’S HOME
As guests of the Pejepscot Historical Society. Free.
Joshua Chamberlain Museum, Maine and Potter Streets
Sunday, February 22, 3:00 PM, CHAPEL CONCERT
Music, movement, song and readings revolve around themes of world peace. Featuring Bowdoin’s Brass Ensemble, Moving Spirit Dance, organist Ann Hertzler and others. Offering will benefit Longfellow Days.
Bowdoin College Chapel
Thursday, February 26, 6:30 BON VOYAGE
Hear David McLain, award-winning National Geographic photojournalist and other nationally recognized adventurers to far-off lands. Wear international attire – lederhosen, kilts, saris, etc. – if you wish, and help us celebrate our ever-fascinating world and the globe-spanning community exhibit you have helped create. Refreshments provided. Suggested donation of $5 will benefit Longfellow Days.
Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross
Longfellow Days is a program of the Brunswick Downtown Association & Bowdoin College with support from the Nathaniel Davis Fund and the Association of Bowdoin Friends
Image: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, courtesy of Bowdoin College
Heritage Highlights-winter-spring 2009
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay lecture series about the history and environment of the Bay: friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org
Maine Jung Center. Few people know that Carl Gustav Jung visited Bailey Island in 1936. Inspired by Jung, Mildred Harris founded the CG Jung Center in Brunswick in 1988 to further Jung’s work and thought. Schedule and prices of lectures and classes vary. 183 Park Row, Brunswick. 720-0300, cgjungcenter@gwi.net. mainejungcenter.org.
