Events

To explore the theme in The One-in-a-Million Boy of immigrants in northern New England, Conway Public Library will host a talk by Linda Upham-Bornstein, Ph.D. on Wednesday, October 11 at 6:30 pm.

The New England identity is grounded in iconic white mountain villages rising in the rural morning mist and small town Protestant Yankee values. Yet this notion is a cultural construct. It is not based in the reality of the ever-changing ethnic landscape of the late 19th and early 20th centuries but was a response to deeply rooted fears of immigrants and the need to define what it means to be an American. In this period immigrants from around the globe streamed into New England’s industrial regions and over time spread into its rural environs. Who were they? Where did they live? How do they inform and influence New England’s image and identity today?

Linda Upham-Bornstein is a Professor of History at Plymouth State University.

We’re so glad to be partnering with M&D Playhouse this year. We found out this spring that we both were featuring works by the writer Monica Wood, so working together and cross-promoting each others’ events seemed like a natural thing to do.

So, we will kick off this year’s One Book One Valley with some theater!

An Evening with Monica Wood — Friday, August 25, 6:00 pm at M&D Playhouse, North Conway, 603-733-5275 — Prior to M&D Playhouse’s production of Wood’s play, Papermaker, this unique event will offer bookworms and theater enthusiasts an opportunity to interact with Wood and explore her work. This event (but not the play performance) is free and open to the public. White Birch Books will be there with copies of Wood’s books for sale and signing.
Papermaker, a play by Monica Wood, Thursdays through Saturdays, August 24-26 & 31, September 1-2, 7-9. For tickets, visit mdplayhouse.com or call 603-733-5275.