Jock Herron, Design Critic in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, discusses MDI Modernists: Robert W. Patterson, Edward Larrabee Barnes & George Howe with former COA board chair Will Thorndike. Both are contributors to the book.

Eliza Newlin Carney, Washington-based writer, editor, and columnist, and co-founder of The Civic Circle discusses her work to build youth civic power through the arts, inspiring compassionate, informed, engaged citizens.

Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine, discusses her new book Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King, a personal exploration of King’s legacy based on her first-of-its-kind access to King's manuscripts and writing process. She will be joined by Laura Miller, a books and culture columnist for Slate and founder of salon.com.

Barton Seaver, chef, author, and ocean stewardship advocate, discusses his new book, The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Seafood Recipes for a Sustainable Future.

New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline discusses her new novel, The Foursome, with COA Board of Trustees Chair Cynthia Baker.

Patrick MacRae, CEO of the Mount Desert Island Land & Garden Preserve. A tour of COA’s Beatrix Farrand Garden with head gardener, Barbara Meyers, will follow the session.

Peter Ralston, photographer, discusses his new book, Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine with Lynn Boulger, COA Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Interim President. Sponsored by the Gillis Blue Humanities Fund.

A conversation between Frances Soctomah of the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship and Ellie Oldach '15 & Brett Ciccotelli '09 of First Light, moderated by Darren Ranco, ED of the Wabanaki Commission and Chair of Native American Studies at UMaine.