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About
What is Artober? Arts are still alive in Bangor, In this time of COVID-19 it is hard to share, appreciate and support Artistic endeavors. This year the Bangor Cultural Commission is presenting ARTOBER as a virtual celebration of the many, varied, high quality and much-loved artists and art organizations in Bangor. There will be streaming events, links to YouTube channels, exhibits, information about events and ways you can appreciate and support our creative community. . |
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Gibran Graham from the Briar Patch reads A story based on a true happening by local author Robert Klose.
HALLOWEEN TREAT
KEN STACK READS EDGAR ALLAN POE LISTEN AT LUNCH
NOON – THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 |
THE LEGEND OF THE RIVER PUMPKINS: A MAINE TALE
by Robert Klose |
LISTEN AT LUNCH
OCTOBER 30, 2020 
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LISTEN AT LUNCH
NOON – WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 28
NOON – WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 28
Ben Treat is the director of the Bangor Public Library. Born in Bangor and raised in Brewer, he has worked in public and academic libraries in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Ben has selected poetry relating to the theme of Action Amid Uncertainty, since that's not only the challenge facing all humans forever, but also a unifying principle for our efforts amid all the extremities of the Two Thousand Twentieth year of the Common Era. Ben lives in Bangor with his wife, three children, dog, and cat.
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LISTEN AT LUNCH
NOON -- TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 
LISTEN AT LUNCH
NOON – MONDAY OCTOBER 26 
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ANNALIESE JAKIMIDES Annaliese Jakimides’s poetry and prose have been broadcast on local and national public radio, and published in many journals, magazines and anthologies. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize, she has been a finalist for the Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize and the Maine Literary Awards, in both poetry and nonfiction, among others. She has written about many of Maine’s creatives, including Lois Dodd, Noel Paul Stookey, Melissa Sweet, Ashley Bryan, Clara Neptune Keezer, Alex Katz, Cathie Pelletier, Philip Frey, Daniel Minter, and Harold Garde. After living for decades on forty acres along a dirt road near Mt. Katahdin, she now lives in downtown Bangor, Maine. annaliesejakimides.com KATHLEEN ELLIS Kathleen is the author of five poetry collections, the most recent, Narrow River to the North. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Maine Arts Commission. Her poetry and translations have been published in Beloit Poetry Journal, New England Review, and the Southern Poetry Review, among others. She teaches at the University of Maine at Orono and, in 2014, had poems set to music in a CD titled Dear Darwin. |
HALLOWEEN TREAT
KEN STACK READS EDGAR ALLAN POE 
Ken Stack trained at the Theatre Arts Conservatory at Webster College (now Webster University). Ken received his B.A. cum laude in 1974. He first came to Maine that same year as an actor at the Acadia Repertory Theatre in Somesville on Mt. Desert Island. This is when he fell in love with Maine. Although his career took him down to New York and to many regional theatres, he was sure that someday he would return to Maine. This finally happened in 1982, when he returned to the Acadia Repertory Theatre as artistic director.
Since that time, he has worked for most of the theatre organizations in central and eastern Maine, including the Acadia Rep, the Penobscot Theatre, the Grand Auditorium, the Belfast Maskers and the Bangor Community Theatre. Ken has appeared in over 400 professional productions and directed over 200 plays and musicals. He is currently teaching at the New England School of Communications of Husson University, where he serves as a senior faculty instructor for the Entertainment Production degree program. Ken lives in Bangor, with his wife, Kim and daughter Adrienne. |
BANGOR ARTOBER October 25 - 31, 2020
CELEBRATE
THE WRITTEN WORD
CELEBRATE
THE WRITTEN WORD
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BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
www.bangorpubliclibrary.org/ 145 Harlow St BANGOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY www.bangorhistoricalsociety.org/ 159 Union St THE BRIAR PATCH bookshop.org/shop/briarpatchbooks 27 Central St BULL MOOSE www.bullmoose.com/content/bangor 683 Hogan Rd GERALD WINTERS AND SONS www.geraldwinters.com/ 48 Main St HOSE 5 FIRE MUSEUM hosefive.mainememory.net/page/2151/display.html 247 State St BANGOR POLICE MUSEUM www.bangormaine.gov/content/318/354/1134/1171.aspx 240 Main St COLE LAND TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM www.colemuseum.org/our-mission/ 405 Perry Road MAINE AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY www.maineairmuseum.com 98 Maine Ave MAINE DISCOVERY MUSEUM www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/ 74 Main St PECHAKUCHA BANGOR wearelaunchpad.org/project/pechakucha-night-bangor/ 189 Exchange St |
EVENTS LISTEN AT LUNCH at NOON Monday Oct 26 Kathleen Ellis reads poetry for our time *** Tuesday Oct 27 Annaliese Jakimides readings for our time and place *** Wednesday Oct 28 Ben Treat reads poems of "Action Amid Uncertainty." *** LISTEN AT LUNCH PROGRAM KEN STACK READS EDGAR ALLAN POE A TINGLING SPECIAL FOR HALLOWEEN *** BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY publish.exhibbit.com/gallery/790876340/solo-gallery-37353/ The Woman’s Right to Vote 2020 exhibit Virtual Exhibit Opening - Thursday, October 22 at 6:30 pm Bangor Public Library continues to celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Centennial with a new juried art exhibition. Women's Right to Vote 2020: a Community Exhibition highlights the artwork of 14 artists in the Bangor community who interpreted the ratification of the 19th amendment through their own artistic lens.The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: Revisiting Our History, Rededicating Our Future -- A History by Ann Luther. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, when women won the right to vote. Commemorating the 19th amendment and reflecting on lessons learned and what remains undone, this presentation will celebrate that historic victory and the women who led the movement, while also providing a sober reflection on the compromises that split the movement and left many voters behind – choices that continue to echo 100 years later. The evening will conclude with a brief overview of the work that remains to be done with time for a question and answer period. |
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Join us for the celebration!
Look for us every day in October!
Look for us every day in October!