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Maine Horror Authors – Readings and Q&A

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

This event will feature authors Emma Gibbon, Peter Dudar, and Morgan Syliva. Copies of books will be available for purchase and signing at the event through University Bookstore. Space is limited to register, click here. 

Halloweekend Author Panel/Fogler Library Conversation Series

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Three horror authors of Maine are visiting Fogler Library this Halloween Eve! Join us to listen to their panel and readings. For more information and to register, click here.

Banned Books/Fogler Library Conversation Series

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Questions about book bans? Join the conversation! Your Fogler librarians will lead you on a discussion to improve understanding of book bans. Snacks will be provided. To register, click here.    

Breaking the Bubble: Boosting News Literacy

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

In recent years, claims of “fake news,” bias and misinformation have become rampant, with many of us wanting to stay informed but feeling overwhelmed, and even saturated, by the 24-hour news cycle. How do we move beyond charges of “fake news” to determine the reliability of news content? How do we ethically consume and share […]

Latin American Film Festival: ‘Vicenta’

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

A film as necessary as it is beautiful, Vicenta explores the struggle for the right to a legal, safe, and free abortion. Through small clay figurines and live-action news clips, the documentary narrates the real human rights story of Vicenta, an illiterate working-class woman who cleans houses for a living. During a visit to the […]

Latin American Film Festival: ‘Alice Junior’

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Alice Júnior is a carefree, spoiled trans YouTuber with everything she could ask for: an apartment in a cool beach town, a loving dad, her own advice vlog, an almost-win on Teen Top Model, and a cat named Rhinoceros. So, when her father announces their move from the vibrant Brazilian city of Recife to a […]

Latin American Film Festival: ‘Machuca’

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

The story takes place in Santiago in 1973 in the days leading up to the military coup, and is based on a real experiment carried out during the socialist government of Salvador Allende at Saint George’s College (Saint Patrick’s College in the film). The college scenes were shot at the East Campus of the Pontificia […]

Latin American Film Festival: ‘Perfect Strangers’

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

From Mexican director Manolo Caro (Netflix’s The House of Flowers) comes the electrifying comedy about a seemingly simple dinner party. When a group of best friends gets together during a lunar eclipse to share an intimate meal in the tasteful house of Eva and Antonio, they suspect it’s just another typical night, until the hostess […]

Conversations at Fogler: Book Banning

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Heard about all the book banning around the US and in Maine this year? Join Fogler's librarians for a guided group discussion on why books get banned. Snacks will be provided. RSVP here. Snow date will be February 7.

Mystery in the Stacks

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Investigate a mystery in the stacks at Fogler Library.  Defeat the creatures that go bump in the night using the library and Call of Cthulhu gameplay.  Snacks will be provided. RSVP here. Snow date will be January 30.

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