When possible, we record adult events and upload the videos to our Youtube channel. This is an archive of those recordings, listed by year.
2025 Recordings
“Greenhouse & Icehouse Worlds” with Mike Coffin
“North Woods at Night” Readings with Featured Authors
“19th Century Foodways & Trade with the Slavery-based West Indies”with Anna Durand, hosted in partnership with MDI Historical Society
“Seasons of Life” Poetry Reading with Paul Weiss
“Fighting the Florida Shuffle” an author talk with David Campbell, MD
“Loving the North Woods” an author talk with Karin Tilberg
Poetry in Conversation: A Reading with Hans Krichels & Bill Carpenter
“Wabanaki Foodways & Environmental Stewardship” with Dr. Bonnie Newsom & Catherine Schmitt, hosted in partnership with MDI Historical Society
“An Exaltation of Parks” Book launch with author Steve Kemp
“Infants & Ipads” a neuroethics lecture with Dr. Edward F. Moreau
“Blanket of the Night” Poetry Reading with Carl Little
Net Zero Energy Homes with Caroline Pryor
2024 Recordings
“Representations of Working People in the Visual Arts” an artist talk by Judy Taylor
“Hospice Care on MDI” a panel discussion with Northern Light Health
“The Mount Desert Island Committee for Peace (1962-1966)” a lecture by Patrick Callaway, hosted in partnership with MDI Historical Society
“Maine, a love story” author and artist talk with Blue Butterfield
“Human Exploration of the Deep Sea” with Mike Coffin, PhD
“Discipline” an author visit with Debra Spark
“How To Read A Book: A Novel,” an author visit with Monica Wood
“Ruth Moore’s Microcosm: Narratives that Deconstruct the Notions of Inside and Outside,” a talk with Ella Kotsen of the Tremont Historical Society, hosted in partnership with MDI Historical Society
“Geriatric Mental Health” a conversation with Northern Light Health
“The Art of the Architect” an author visit with Michael Imber
Featured Poet: Paul Weiss
Mary Cabot Wheelwright’s “Journey Towards Understanding,” a lecture by Carl Little hosted in partnership with MDI Historical Society
12 Play Relay
2023 Recordings
Author visit with Gregg Humphrey, “Far and Sure: the Northeast Harbor Golf Club”
Author visit with Anne M. Kozak, “A History of Acadia National Park”
Charles Ives’s Second Pianoforte Sonata (Concord, Mass., 1840–60), a lecture by Dr. Donna Coleman
Lecture by Richard Parker, Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” and Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
Unfortunately, we had a technical error with our recording of Shannon Mullen’s author visit for her book “In Other Words Leadership. Our recording is not available, but we recommend this recording if you are interested in a full length discussion about the book.
Author visit with Sarah Daly, “Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Post-War Elections”
Author visit with Alex Prud’homme, “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House”
Author talk: Alice Elliott Dark in conversation with Caitlin Shetterly
The Evolution of Cancer Care: a conversation with William Castrucci, MD and Northern Light Cancer Care
Author visit with Philip Taubman, “In the Nation’s Service”
Author visit with Shannon Bowring, “The Road to Dalton”
Poetry Reading: Karin Spitfire and Weslea Sidon
Housing on MDI: A Community Conversation (Hosted in partnership with the Jesup Memorial Library and Southwest Harbor Public Library)
Lecture by artist Robert Shetterly, “Americans Who Tell The Truth”
Author visit with Andrea Lani, “Uphill Both Ways”
2022 Recordings
Waste & Climate Change: What’s the Connection? (Hosted in partnership with A Climate to Thrive, Jesup Memorial Library and the Southwest Harbor Public Library)
A Homeowner’s Guide to Solar (Hosted in partnership with A Climate to Thrive, Jesup Memorial Library and the Southwest Harbor Public Library – this is a link to a recording of the event made by the Jesup Memorial Library)
Author visit with Philp Heckscher, “TOGO: Being Human, A Travel Memoir”
Author visit with Elizabeth W. Garber and Christina Baker Kline, “Sailing at the Edge of Disaster”
The Lost Lady Sings Again – A Piano Concert with Dr. Donna Coleman
“Breaking Bread” with authors Roxana Robinson, Annaliese Jakimides, and Kimberly Ridley
Poetry reading with Lucy Bell Sellers, “Don’t Drop Me, God”
Author visit with Andrea Yaryura Clark, “On A Night of A Thousand Stars”
Author visit with Jennifer Nadel, “How Compassion Can Transform our Politics, Economy and Society”
Author visit with Margie Patlak, “More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine”
Lecture by Suzette McAvoy, “Farnsworth Forward: Ashley Bryan and More”
Northern Lights Panel Discussion, “Hope and Progress: The Evolution of Cancer Care”