Native Cultures Books

We just added some wonderful new books on Maine Native Cultures. Stop by the library and look through our Maine Collection.

In the meantime, you can read about Wabanaki Ethnography free online here:

http://www.nps.gov/acad/historyculture/ethnography.htm

We are also in the process of planning an event for November--Native American Month.
We would welcome your input. Look for information sometime in October.

Fall Winter Expo 2009 and Passport Information

Join us at the Fall Winter Expo 2009 in the Forum in Presque Isle on Saturday Sept 26th from 10-6 and Sunday, Sept. 27th from 10-4.

The Mark & Emily Turner Library and the NMCC Library will be sponsoring a passport booth. Stop by and pick up an application, get your questions answered, or apply on the spot.

Don't keep putting off getting your passport card. It's easier than you think.

We'll be raffling off a great gift basket with plenty of treats and a $25 gas card.

Bangor Metro Magazine

Check out page ten of the September issue of Bangor Metro. There you'll find a photo of NMCC's Wind Technology Instructor Wayne Kilcollins atop a wind turbine. If you don't like heights, the photo just might make you a bit dizzy.

Learn more about NMCC's new Wind Power Technology program by visiting our webpage or contacting the admissions office.

Don't have your own copy of Bangor Metro? Stop by the library to read our copy.

Book Signing September 15th from 11-1

Come and meet Jim Carter, author of Six Decades of Wildcat Basketball: A History of Boys and Girls Basketball Presque Isle High School 1950-2009.

Jim will be signing copies of his new book ($22 +tax) and will be happy to talk sports with anyone who stops by.

For additional information, click here.

Thoreau Sept 14th at 6pm

Join us in the library at 6 pm on September 14th for a talk on Thoreau.
As part of the reading series sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council, David Raymond will give an entertaining lecture on Thoreau.

The series is entitled: Maine Wilderness: Defining Maine.
Click here for additional information about the series.

To learn more, visit NMCC webpage and click on reading series link or contact Gail Roy at 768-2718 or groy@nmcc.edu

Book Signing September 9th

Join us in the library on September 9th from 11 -1 for a book signing by author, Wendy Koenig. Wendy's recent book of poetry, Lions in the Closet, is a book which deals with the strength within women. The book features cover artwork by Heather Nunez. The book also features art by Koenig, as well as by Shelby Wilcox, Jason Grass, Tammy Bragdon, Carol Ayoob and Carola Ertel.

Wendy is a graduate of the University of Maine Presque Isle and has garnered national awards for several of her science fiction pieces. Titles of her other books are: Under the Twin Suns, One to Lose, and her first poetry book These Burning Stones. She also co-authored Breathe Vol. 1.

Hope to see you there!