The artwork of Hilary Bartlett will be on display in November and December. Her show includes original paintings which are used as illustrations in her new book, Mushroom Mania. Please come see her beautiful work!
Scheduled Events
Author Talk
Saturday, November 2nd 2:00 pm - Hilary Bartlett
Local author and artist, Hilary Bartlett, will discuss her latest book, Mushroom Mania. Hilary started working on “Mushroom Mania” during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the perfect project for the lockdown because it tapped into all of her passions — mushrooms, biology, art, and cooking. Her book is full of health benefits, recipes, watercolors of Maine’s wild species, plus tips on how to grow mushrooms at home.
Hilary was born and raised in postwar Liverpool, England, a predominantly Irish city where markets stocked a dozen varieties of potatoes, rarely mushrooms. She studied these fungal fruit bodies as part of her microbiology training and earned her doctorate from University College London.
A summer science fellowship brought Hilary to Boothbay Harbor in 1975. Hilary’s passion for mushrooms flourished when she first moved to rural Maine. She stumbled upon a dapple-lit wonderland, Oven’s Mouth in Boothbay, where mushrooms poked through moss and leaf litter along steep banks of a tidal waterway. Hilary's artwork will also be on display at the library in November and December.
Veterans Day Ceremony
Monday, November 11th 10:45
The Southport Memorial Library will host a Veterans Day Ceremony on Monday, November 11th to remember and honor those who served. All are invited to gather inside the library at 10:45. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 with a quiet moment as the flag is lowered outside. The ceremony will continue with prayers, song and the playing of Taps followed by a speaker.
Brigadier General Paul Smith will be the speaker for this ceremony. Paul “Greg” Smith served for more than 38 years in uniform, retiring as a US Army Brigadier General. Greg spent 35 years in the Massachusetts Army National Guard and served in staff and command assignments including Joint Task Force Commander during the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings Response, as well as border security missions and peacekeeping force development in South America. He also pursued a parallel career as a special education teacher and high school administrator. His writing has appeared in Military History, ARMY, Canada’s History, Country Living, Career World and other periodicals, and he is the author of a book titled, Confessions of a Weekend Warrior: Thirty Five Years in the National Guard. He teaches Counterterrorism Strategy at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. After the ceremony, General Smith will be available to answer any questions.
Attendees are encouraged and welcome to stay at the library after the ceremony to share in fellowship, cider, coffee and sweet treats, as well as to watch Jim Singer’s tribute to the veterans of the area.