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Book Discussion Group, Summer Term
with Cathy Wimett
Online
The Book Discussion Group continues a long Gold LEAF tradition and will meet four times during the Summer Term to discuss works of fiction and non-fiction. Our sessions are open and casual, but also stimulating and informative - we learn from each other.
The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
July 8: Time of the Child by Niall Williams
August 12: Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale by Linda Rutledge
September 9: Master, Slave, Husband, Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
October 14: The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore
Each of the facilitators has participated in this book group previously. Both newcomers and past participants are encouraged to join us for this Fall/Winter Term.
Lecture at the South Solon Meeting House
with Véronique Plesch
In-Person
The South Solon Meeting House (1 Meeting House Rd, Solon) deserves to be called the “Sistine Chapel of Maine”: between 1952 and 1956, courtesy of the nearby Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, its interior was completely covered in frescoes depicting Biblical subjects, along with a few secular depictions in the lobby. A dozen artists, many at the time in their twenties, participated. Most of them went on to become famous, often in other media, such as beloved writer and illustrator of children's books, Ashley Bryan. Come learn how this extraordinary place came about in the middle of rural Maine and discover the messages its frescoes convey. Please dress warmly for this lecture!
For more on the Meeting House: https://web.colby.edu/southsolonmeetinghouse/
Driving directions from Famington, ME https://tinyurl.com/3ezefstc
October 9, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: South Solon Meeting House
1 Meeting House Rd, Solon, ME 04979
Carpooling: TBD
Véronique Plesch is the James M. Gillespie Professor of Art at Colby College. Born in Argentina and raised in Switzerland, she holds advanced degrees from the University of Geneva and from Princeton University, where she received her Ph.D. in 1994, the year she joined the Colby faculty. Plesch is the author and editor of nine books and over 100 articles in English, French, Italian, and Spanish, among others, on the topic of religious fresco cycles. She is one of the editors of the Maine Arts Journal: Union of Maine Visual Arts Quarterly, to which she regularly contributes. In 2022, she taught a semester-long course on the South Solon Meeting House.
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