East Blue Hill’s seventh annual evening of storytelling will feature true Moth-style stories on the theme “Good idea at the time.” A cross-country move. A grand gesture. A business venture with a friend. These are stories of bold beginnings — choices that felt right in the moment, and maybe, just maybe, still are.

If you are interested in telling a story, please contact Lizzie Peabody, ebhstories@gmail.com, by August 11 to discuss your idea.

East Blue Hill Stories will be held at Founders Hall in East Blue Hill.

The Blue Hill Fire Department will address what homeowners and property owners can do to prevent forest fires and to protect homes if fires threaten their neighborhood. Fires that have started accidentally on properties in Blue Hall in recent years have burned several acres and some out-buildings; some may have been avoided with different management of landscapes and closely wooded lots. The Blue Hill Fire Department will make a presentation and also tell about efforts to become more pro-active on the entire Peninsula.

Come join us in the East Blue Hill Park on Curtis Cove Road for a night of steel drum music, food, and fun!

On Monday, August 11, the East Blue Hill Library will host a “Party in the Park” event featuring the popular steel drum band Flash! In the Pans at the East Blue Hill village park. Back for the third consecutive year, this family-friendly, alcohol-free event is a chance to gather and dance for a good cause. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., hot food, desserts, and drinks will be available for purchase. The pan dance will start at 7:00 p.m. and last until 8:30p.m.

Based in Blue Hill, Maine, FLASH! is one of the largest community steelbands in the United States. Formed in 1990, members of FLASH! find as much joy in playing the steel drum (known as pan) as they do in sharing their music with enthusiastic audiences of all ages, from infants to centenarians.

Half of gate proceeds will support the East Blue Hill Library, with the other half supporting Flash. Suggested minimum donation is $5 per person.

Rebekah Raye, much beloved East Blue Hill artist and author, will lead an informal workshop for children on illustration techniques using different mixed media to express a character and place for story telling. Materials will be included. For ages 7+

Please meet at the library at 10:00 am, and the event will last about 90 minutes.

Space is limited, so please email us at eastbluehilllibrary@gmail.com to register.

East Blue Hill resident Hugh Sadlier will speak about his thirty-four years' experience as a board certified hypnotherapist. He will explain the process of hypnosis, answer audience questions, and then lead a group guided session.

Hugh's book, The Healing Power of Hypnosis, is available to check out at the East Blue Hill Library.

Join naturalist and author Cathy Rees for a walk through the woods on July 30 from 4:00-5:30 pm. Learn about the plants that live in the Maine woods, where to find them, and some interesting facts about how they are connected to the rest of the wildlife that lives there too. Bring your curiosity and your questions on this moderate walk. Dress appropriately for the weather and uneven ground. Meet at the library at 4:00.

 Children are welcome.

Cathy's book, Winterland, is available to check out at the East Blue Hill Library.

Novelist Fiona Davis is on the New York Times bestseller list for the second time with The Stolen Queen. She is the wildly popular author of eight historical fiction novels set in iconic New York City buildings, including The Chelsea Girls, The Magnolia Palace, and The Lions of Fifth Avenue, which was a Good Morning America book club pick.

She first came to New York as an actress but fell in love with writing after getting a master's degree at Columbia Journalism School. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, in O, The Oprah Magazine, and elsewhere, and her books have been translated into over twenty languages.

She also fell in love with fellow writer Greg Wands. It helps that they write in slightly different genres: Davis in historical fiction and Wands in thrillers. They bounce ideas off one another as they work on their respective manuscripts, and co-wrote an audio novella, The Gimlet Slip, that came out last summer.

Greg Wands is the internationally bestselling co-author, along with Elizabeth Keenan, of three thriller novels under the pen name E.G. Scott, the first of which (The Woman Inside) was optioned for television. Their books have been translated into a dozen languages and their latest title, Trust Issues, is now available in the East Blue HiIl Library. He is currently at work on a solo novel.

Jonathan Lethem is an essayist and the author of thirteen novels, including Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, and Brooklyn Crime Novel. His stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines and anthologies, and his writings have gained him a National Book Critic's Circle Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a World Fantasy Award, and a 2005 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. His forthcoming book, out this September, is A Different Kind of Tension: New and Selected Stories.

Jonathan divides his time between Los Angeles where he teaches writing at Pomona College and his home in East Blue Hill. He will be talking with crime novelist Greg Wands who has been coming here most of his adult life visiting his father, the late Richard Wands.

Greg Wands is the internationally bestselling co-author, along with Elizabeth Keenan, of three thriller novels under the pen name E.G. Scott, the first of which (The Woman Inside) was optioned for television. Their books have been translated into a dozen languages and their latest title, Trust Issues, is now available in the East Blue HiIl Library. He is currently at work on a solo novel.

Visit the library lawn to peruse a selection of used books and a selection of delicious baked goods. All proceeds to benefit the library. Please drop off any used books you would like to donate for the sale on the library porch. If you would like to volunteer to bake, please let us know.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with the East Blue HIll Library!

A time to gather and share our favorite poems. Bring a poem to share and read out loud: any genre, happy or sad, funny or poignant, written by a favorite poet or an original composition. This is a very casual community conversation led by Holly Bartlett Weinberg.

Everyone is welcome!

Joint Sunday, Dec. 22, 4 PM, Founders Hall
Food! Music! Santa! Caroling!

Food! Please bring nibbles to share
Music provided by Holly Weinberg's piano Students
Santa will distribute stockings to Village children
Caroling with Martha Long leading us All

We Need Information!

Please RSVP with number of children 12 and under attending; Santa needs to know

Send names and ages to Lynda Moulton (library representative)
lmoulton@lwmtechnology.com or call 374-3877
Questions – ask Lynda and send your contact information for reply between the EBH Library and the EBH Village Improvement Association. All welcome!

East Blue Hill’s 6th annual evening of storytelling will feature Moth-style stories on the theme of WAR & PEACE about the battles we rage, big and small.

From sibling squabbles to household varmints, business rivalries, or your own demons . . . these are the stories of victory, defeat, or calling it a draw.

Show is Wednesday, August 28 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at Founders Hall in East Blue Hill.

Dessert potluck - if you can, please bring something to share!

Admission is FREE!

The meeting will be held at Founders Hall in the village.