IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ZOOM

Senior College in the Communiry is our partnership with the Auburn Public Library to offer a series of Tuesday afternoon speakers and presentations.

All of these presentations are free and open to the public at the Auburn Public Library -- no registration required. However, if you want the option of attending any of these programs via Zoom, you must be registered here. (The Zoom link will be sent out each week to all who are registered.)

Our scheduled programs for Spring 2026 include the following:

• April 7 - Christine Guerette, Lake Stewards of Maine, "Keeping Maine Lakes Clean and Free of Invasives”  
• April 14 - Micah Miller, Biodiversity Research Institute, "What are the biggest threats to Arctic Birds and Loons?"
• April 21 - Norlands Living History Center, "The Busy Cradle - Tales of the Washburn Family in Maine"
• April 28 - Arlo Hennessey, Lewiston Auburn Community Market, "Lewiston Auburn Community Market: Local Food, Community and Belonging on Park Ave"
• May 5 - John Alsobrooks, Little Dragon Integrative Medicine, "What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? A Beginner’s Guide to an Ancient Medical System”
• May 12 - Keith Carson, Maine Conservation Voters, “What motivates a well-known local ‘weatherman' to become a climate acitivist?"

IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY

French for Travel: Emphasis on travel and emergency vocabulary and spoken French for the serious learner. Students will have chances to practice making itineraries, giving/asking directions, and learning concrete skills for traveling in France.

All levels are welcome. Students should bring laptops or tablets that can connect with the internet. 

Tiffany studied French at Wellesley College and has traveled and lived abroad in France, Switzerland, Canada and Haiti for over 3 years. She has over 5 years of experience as a PK-12 teacher in states across the country. Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her dog and learn new culinary, arts and crafts skills.

IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY

In this course, an experienced lighting designer will explain the elements of lighting design for a lay audience. He will use photos of actual plays he has lit to illustrate how lighting can create many different effects. You will never watch a play again without noticing the lighting!  

Brackley Frayer is an emeritus professor of theatre at Univeristy of Nevada at Las Vegas. He has an MFA in Lighting Design from Yale Drama School, extensive experience in theatrical lighting design, and has worked at regional professional theatres throughout the US and abroad. In May, he is lighting the Public Theatre play "Granny Gatewood Takes a Walk". His brother Bill is glad to host him for the two weeks he will be working at the Public Theatre