Dr. Charles Plummer gave a presentation at Auburn Public Library on the lack of civility in society, how self-awareness helps us achieve civil interaction and how we can be more self-aware for our own personal growth and for the benefit of those around us.
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To Your Health offers healthy eating program
BETHEL — Cathi DiCocco, popular professional chef, will present a program, “Healthy Eating: Tune Up for Winter,” on two separate dates, Tuesday, October 18 and Tuesday, October 25, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in her home at 125 Main Street, Bethel. The same program will be presented on each date. Since space is limited […]
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Food for Thought luncheon to present Bill Hiss
LEWISTON — Bill Hiss, who retired from Bates as dean of admissions and financial aid, he traveled to Vietnam last March to help create the first liberal arts college in the country at the new Fulbright University. Hiss will share his experience during a Food For Thought luncheon Friday, Sept. 14, at the USM-LAC Senior […]
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USM-LAC Senior College lists fall courses
LEWISTON — The Senior College program at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College will offer 26 courses in the fall semester starting Sept. 24. Open to everyone age 50 and older, the courses are presented by peers, with no entrance requirements, grades or tests. An annual Senior College membership fee of $35, valid from […]
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Western Mountain Senior College to offer program on coping with stress
BETHEL — To Your Health of Western Mountains Senior College (WMSC) will present a program, “Distressed about Stress,” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Bethel Congregational Church Chapel, 32 Church St. Presenters will include Ellen Crocker, retired psychotherapist; Wendy Youmans, LCSW and 500-hour level Kripalu Yoga teacher; and Jewel Clark, professional […]
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Senior College Poetry Workshop class members read works
LEWISTON — Ten members of a USM LAC Senior College class, Poetry Workshop, invited friends and family to listen to their work on Nov. 13. Before they read, each poet summed up their feelings about poetry. “People evolved,” said Nancy Orr, who had taken the course before. Eloise O’Neil observed, “We had to dig deeply […]
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Maine’s early female physicians topic at Food for Thought
LEWISTON — Who knew that Maine women had entered the medical profession as physicians over 150 years ago? Were there more than half a dozen? The Food for Thought presentation on Thursday, Nov. 9, will tell the real story. Annette Vance Dorey will speak about her research and the book that emerged about the many […]
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Seniors share their stories through online creative writing class
BETHEL — Seniors Bonnie Pooley and Rosabelle Tifft have participated in a memoir-writing group for several years that began as an offshoot of a Western Mountains Senior College creative writing class. This spring, both are enrolled in an online memoir class through the Maine Senior College Network. Using Zoom video conferencing software to connect with […]
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Charlie Plummer to give talk on Abraham Lincoln, ‘the humorist’
AUBURN — The Senior College at University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College and the Auburn Public Library will continue the Curious Minds Series with a seminar by Charlie Plummer on Abraham Lincoln titled, “The Man, Humorist, Story-Teller and Poet.” This free program will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 […]
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Memoir-writing class attracts 40 students
LEWISTON — Elizabeth Peavey, a Portland-based writer, performer and educator, and Anne Cardale, program director for the Maine Senior College Network, led the Lewiston-Auburn Senior College’s Food for Thought class recently. Held at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College, the class titled “We ZOOM — How About You?” discussed the logistics of taking an […]