Darron A. Collins
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDarron A. Collins, President of The College of the Atlantic since 2011 is an American Ecologist and academic administrator and academic administrator specialized in ethnobotany. Among his duties he and U. S. Senator from Maine, Angus King, join in a monthly podcast on climate and change and student action. See Darron's slideshow: From Maine to […]
George Stevens, Jr.
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesGeorge Stevens, Jr., a summer resident of Islesboro, Founder of The American Film Institute, and 37-year producer of the Kennedy Center honors, published a new memoir in May this year: My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington. He will recount some of his times with a most remarkable […]
Ken Hinman
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesKen Hinman, President, The National Coalition for Maine Conservation, has been at the center of the fisheries conservation movement over 40 years. He is head of Wild Oceans, an independent non-profit organization. “I am Wild Oceans” he said at the founding in 1973. He notes “it’s indeed a fish-eat-fish world” and has proceeded for decades […]
Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDr. Sian “Leo” Proctor, is an American geology professor, commercial astronaut, space artist, and science educator. She was captain of the historical SpaceX spacecraft, the 2021 first all-civilian mission into space. She will speak of her experiences as astronaut and pilot of Crew Dragon, the craft that orbited the Earth for three days in the […]
David R. Godine
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDavid R. Godine, fifty-year prominent book publisher and printer of Godine Press, began his unique collecting, printing and promotion of high quality publishing by working first with artist-printer Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press. He then converted an abandoned Brookline, Massachusetts cow barn for printing with hot metal. His letterpress of books and pamphlets were […]
Peter Tirschwell: “The World of Ocean Shipping and Maritime Supply Chain Snafus During the Pandemic”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesTirschwell is Vice President for Maritime & Trade at S&P Global Market Intelligence, a leading global provider of maritime data, analysis, consulting and media. With background as a career business journalist, he serves as a shipping and international trade reporter, bureau chief, assistant managing editor and editor in chief of the Journal of Commerce. Peter is a summer resident of […]
Dr. David Reidmiller: “Climate Risks & Response Options in the Gulf of Maine”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesThrough a range of physical, chemical, biological, and socioeconomic impacts, climate change poses an existential threat to Maine's coastal communities as we know them. But it doesn't have to. Dr. Dave Reidmiller, Director of the Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute will provide an overview of observed and projected climate impacts in […]
Local Growers: “The Challenges & Rewards of Growing Kelp, Vegetables, Oysters, Fruits, Goats and . . More!”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesThe Forum is particularly proud to present a panel representing many local Islesboro farming gardeners dedicated to keeping their eyes, hands, and hours active for the nurture of fruits, flowers, vegetables, seeds and root-vegetable gluten-free products. Their long daylight work on the land produces verdant growth and, often leads to the related production of syrups, honey, baked goods, […]
Dr. Amanda Stent: “Being Human in the Age of Generative AI”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesWhat you need to know about generative AI
David Michaelis: “The Wyeths, Including Thoughts about Eleanor Roosevelt: A Biographer’s Notebook”
Islesboro Community Center 103 Pendleton Point Road, Islesboro, ME, United StatesDavid Michaelis, close friend and New York neighbor of Islesboro summer resident Francie Train, is a successful biographer of notable American figures whose interests varied widely. He wrote of the Wyeth family whose members lived and painted on our nearby coast of Maine, of Charles Schulz, creator of PEANUTS cartoons, and of Eleanor Roosevelt. The […]