A Winter Speaker Series first! Come hear passages read by people who love the authors, books, and poems they’ve selected to share with you. Free to attend, no need to RSVP—it’ll be a good night out to spin some yarns!

Readers and pieces, in order:

Bryan Riley—”On the New American Frigate” Alliance by Philip Freneau
Patricia Hoyt—Excerpt from Chapter 45 "The Affidavit" in Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Melville refers to the sinking of the ship Essex in 1820, when it was attacked by a sperm whale.
Mark Michael Adams—”Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (performed as Iron Maiden’s lyrics from their song “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”)
Bob Barton—The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat. The chapter wherein a motor boat skipper with rude habits gets some comeuppance.
Graham McKay—”The Dead Ship of Harpswell” by John Greenleaf Whittier
John Herman—The latter 2/3 of the first chapter of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (“FOUNDERED!?”)
Teddy Speck—Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1 (with audience participation)