Our Pascal Hall gallery will be filled with the tapestries of the late Morrie Dorenfeld (1937-2023) in a show entitled, The Light At the End of the Tunnel, what he called the last several tapestries he wove before he passed in February of this year.

A visual artist turned master weaver, Dorenfeld was known for his “paintings in fiber.” A Chicago native, he graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, then lived in New York and New Hampshire before settling on Spruce Head in Maine in 1978 with his life-long partner, Robert Francis Davis.

A retrospective of Dorenfeld’s art was published earlier this year. The volume will be available for purchase and signing by author Christopher Brewer Williamson at the opening reception. The Light At the End of the Tunnel is curated by Ron Crusan, president of the Morris David Dorenfeld Foundation.

Opening Reception & Book Signing, Friday, September 29th from 5 pm to 7 pm

Monday, October 2 Gallery Talk

1 pm Author Christopher Brewer Williamson in conversation with Morris David Dorenfeld Foundation President Ron Crusan

Gallery Hours 10 am 2 pm on Saturday Sept 30 through Wednesday Oct 4 or By Appointment.

Contact Ron Crusan at: roncrusan@gmail.com or (207) 542-0837

View Dorenfeld’s work here.

Elissa Altman returns to Barnswallow to give a talk and signing for Motherland and her upcoming book, On Permission. Join us at 5pm for the talk and audience Q+A. The signing and reception will follow at 6pm.

This event is free and open to the public! Light bites and refreshments will be provided.

Painter Christopher Mir presents Miracles & Wonder at Pascal Hall to celebrate his recent return to Maine, where he grew up in Camden.

Mir has had five solo shows in New York (four at RARE Gallery and one at Benrimon Contemporary). In addition he has had four solo exhibitions in Europe: at Galeria Senda in Barcelona, Schuster Gallery in Berlin, and two at TM Projects in Geneva. Christopher's paintings have also been exhibited at MASS MoCA, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the deCordova Museum.

Major collections include the Yale University Art Gallery, Susan and Michael Hort, Simon Watson, Pamela Auchincloss, Matthew and Iris Strauss, Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Jeff Bezos.

Opening Reception Saturday, September 2 from 4 pm to 6 pm

Artist Talk Sunday, September 3 from 4 pm to 5 pm

Gallery Hours:

Monday, Sept 4th through Wednesday, Sept 6th - Noon to 3 pm

Thursday, September 7th, 10 am to Noon

View Mir’s art here.

The second in our 2023 Pascal Hall Authors Series events! Cocktails from 5-5:30, conversation from 5:30-6:30. A book signing and reception will follow.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff will discuss her newest book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. She will speak with journalist Robin Lloyd, who is also the author of two novels, Rough Passage to London and Harbor of Spies.

Our Pascal Hall Authors Series kickoff for 2023! Cocktails from 5-5:30, conversation from 5:30-6:30. A book signing and reception will follow. Event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Click here for tickets!

Shapiro, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, will be discussing Shakespeare in a Divided America, a New York Times “Ten Best Books of 2020” selection. He will speak with Caroline Bucks, the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine.

Pascal Hall will host an open house to unveil a recently completed historic mural by local artist Peter Walls. Free and open to the public with refreshments.

BSB will be selling books at Lily King's talk/signing on behalf of the Rockport Library at the Rockport Opera House, starting at 6:30pm. For more info/tickets please visit the library's website.

BSB Barn - Laura Kipnis talk/book signing/reception. 5-7pm.

A reading/signing/conversation with Elissa Altman and Katherine May will take place on August 9th from 5-7pm at the BSB Barn. This event is free and open to the public. Register here.

Katherine May is the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction, May has had journalism and essays appear in a range of publications including The New York Times, The Times (London), Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. She lives by the sea in Whitstable, England and is an avid lover of the outdoors.

Elissa Altman is the critically-acclaimed author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast. A member of memoir faculty at Maine Writers and Publishers Association and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Altman was a recent finalist for the Maine Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, and Lambda Book Award. Her work can be found in many publications, including On Being, Orion, O: The Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Narrative, and beyond. She lives in Connecticut with her family.

Bestselling authors Katherine May and Elissa Altman will be leading a day-long Midcoast workshop on finding comfort and sustenance in impossible times on Monday, August 8th from 10am – 6pm at the BSB Barn. Tickets and registration here.

The full-day workshop, Finding Comfort and Sustenance in Impossible Times, will take attendees through conversation and exercises meant to help one navigate and transcend fallow times. The workshop will include a light lunch and a communal supper at the end of the day; the cost will be $350 US (ticket link coming soon).

Katherine May is the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. A writer of both fiction and nonfiction, May has had journalism and essays appear in a range of publications including The New York Times, The Times (London), Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan. She lives by the sea in Whitstable, England and is an avid lover of the outdoors.

Elissa Altman is the critically-acclaimed author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man’s Feast. A member of memoir faculty at Maine Writers and Publishers Association and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Altman was a recent finalist for the Maine Literary Award, Connecticut Book Award, and Lambda Book Award. Her work can be found in many publications, including On Being, Orion, O: The Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Narrative, and beyond. She lives in Connecticut with her family.

Pascal Hall - Ted Widmer in conversation with Patricia O'Toole. Book signing and reception to follow. 5-7pm The event is free but space is limited, so please register here.

Pascal Hall - Lauren Groff in conversation with Slate's Laura Miller. Book signing and reception to follow. 5-7pm The event is free but space is limited, so please register here.

Miners Creek bluegrass band playing at BSB Barn. 4-6pm

BSB will be selling books at Chris Bohjalian's talk/signing on behalf of the Rockport Library at the Rockport Opera House, starting at 6:30pm. For more info/tickets please visit the library's website.