{"id":677,"date":"2015-01-09T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=677"},"modified":"2015-01-09T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T17:54:54","slug":"mhs-book-group-home-is-where-the-heart-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liclblog.townoflongisland.us\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"MHS Book Group: Home Is Where the Heart Is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another great book group is being offered at the Maine Historical Society, in\u00a0conjunction with the current MHS exhibit on <\/span><\/h4>\n

Home: The Longfellow House and the Emergence of Portland<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Tuesday, January 27 \u2013 Tuesday, May 26, 2015<\/h4>\n

MHS Book Group: Home Is Where the Heart Is<\/p>\n

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, ca. 1880 (MMN #5417)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Facilitator: Larissa Vigue Picard, Director of Education<\/b>
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\nJoin us this January through May for our sixth annual MHS reading group–a great opportunity to engage in literary discussions about history and connect with members of the MHS community.<\/p>\n

\u201cHome Is Where the Heart Is\u201d takes as its stepping off point the 2014-2015 MHS museum exhibition, Home: The Longfellow House and the Emergence of Portland<\/i>. Session readings explore themes of home, family, place, immigration, and community in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry with a historical resonance. There are even a couple haunted houses in the mix!<\/p>\n

Books must be acquired on your own and include Tracy Kidder’s House<\/i>, Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger<\/i>, Terry Farish’s The Good Braider<\/i>, and George Howe Colt’s The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home<\/i>. A number of additional short readings (essays, poetry, and a short story) will be provided as handouts or are available online.<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/b> Tuesdays 1\/27, 2\/24, 3\/24, 4\/28, 5\/26 @ 6:30PM
\nWHERE:<\/b> MHS Lecture Hall
\nCOST:<\/b> $20 MHS members \/ $30 non-members (includes handouts\/resources, facilitation, and refreshments)
\nREGISTRATION DEADLINE:<\/b> Friday, January 23. Registration is required; space is limited. To sign up, email lvpicard@mainehistory.org for a registration form and copy of the full reading list, drop by the MHS museum store to register on-site, or download the registration form and full reading list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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