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August 2022
Period Reenactors at the Court House
Special tours at Pownalborough Court House: First person reenactors portraying real people at the court house in 1777 will be part of tours on these days. Registration not required.
Find out more »Period Reenactors at the Court House
Special tours at Pownalborough Court House: First person reenactors portraying real people at the court house in 1777 will be part of tours on these days. Registration not required.
Find out more »Women Writers of Lincoln County Story and Craft for All Ages
Barbara Cooney stories and Lupine Lady inspired Craft with Beyond Crafts (https://www.beyondcraftsmaine.com/). Registration required. This is a free event.
Find out more »Elizabeth Coatsworth at Chimney Farm – Gary Lawless Talk
Gary Lawless: Elizabeth Coatsworth at Chimney Farm Writer Elizabeth Coatsworth penned an estimated 127 total titles while living for decades in an early 19th-century house at lakefront Chimney Farm in Nobleboro. (See the article on her by Laura McCandlish in our Winter 2022 Newletter for additional background.). Join us for an evening with poet, bookstore owner, editor and publisher Gary Lawless to learn more about her life and work at the Skidompha Library on August 10th at 6 pm.
Find out more »“My fingers on the canvas move”: A History of Textile Samplers – A special talk by textile historian Susan Jerome
Quickly now, what do you think of when someone begins to speak of a sampler? Words of wisdom, often from the Bible, stitched on to a piece of fabric? The alphabet, in capital and small letters, embroidered in a cross-stitch in both cursive and block letters? And one form of needlework often signed by the maker, unlike so many other kinds of needlecraft made by women before the twentieth century. This program explores the ways in which samplers are a…
Find out more »July 2022
Tour: Madam Wood’s Wiscasset
Alice Smith Duncan will help you picture the Wiscasset of the early 1800s through writer Madam Sally Wood's eyes. Register Below 4:00 pm. Meet at the Old Jail at 133 Federal Street in Wiscasset, where you will have an opportunity to view the Women Writers of Lincoln County exhibition briefly before carpooling to several different sites in Wiscasset. It is possible to walk between some of the sites, if desired. The tour will last about 90 minutes, please plan accordingly.…
Find out more »Rediscovering Madam Sally Wood, Maine’s First Woman Novelist
Alice Smith Duncan will speak about Madam Sally Wood via Zoom on Wednesday, July 6th at 6pm. Registration is free/by donation. REGISTRATION BELOW Alice Smith Duncan Sarah “Sally” Sayward Barrell Keating Wood published her first novel in 1800 under the pseudonym "A Lady of Massachusetts.” After Maine became a state in 1820, she changed her pen name to "A Lady of Maine.” The prolific writer became a leading and popular social figure in Wiscasset, actively engaged in local society and…
Find out more »June 2022
The Ride of Her Life: Bestselling Author Elizabeth Letts shares the story of Annie Wilkins
Zoom presentation. #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Elizabeth Letts shares the story of Annie Wilkins, who embarked on an incredible adventure, wrote about it, and retired in Lincoln County - becoming one of Lincoln County's most intriguing Woman Writers. Registration is free, donations gratefully accepted to support LCHA programs and events! About the book: It was 1954, and 63-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins’s odds were looking bleak. She had no money, no family, and had just lost her farm.…
Find out more »Reenactor Encampment
Colonial reenactors will be demonstrating what life was like in the 1750s New England.
Find out more »Community Appreciation Day
Each museum will offer a community appreciation day that offers free tours to Lincoln County Residents
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