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VALLEY-WIDE EVENT, all are welcome!

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7 pm: Author Chris Bohjalian speaks about The Double Bind, his writing, and answers questions. At the Lutheran Church of the Nativity in North Conway Village.

Plan to arrive at 6:15 pm to listen to great old jazz tunes straight from Gatsby’s Roaring 20s  performed by Mountain Top Music Center musicians Mike Sakash on saxophone and Al Hospers on bass.

In addition, at this event Starting Point will display T-shirts from the Clothesline Project that commemorate victims of sexual or domestic violence.

Book discussions of The Double Bind

• North Conway Public Library: Friday, October 2nd at 10 am
• White Birch Books, North Conway: Thursday, October 8th at 7 pm
• Effingham Public Library: Tuesday, October 13th at 5:30 pm
• Bartlett Public Library: Tuesday, October 13th at 7 pm (hosted by Friends of Bartlett Public Library)
• Fryeburg Public Library: Wednesday, October 14th at 10 am
• Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth: Wednesday, October 14th at 7 pm
• Conway Public Library: Monday, October 19th at 10:15 am
• White Birch Books, North Conway: Thursday, October 22nd at 7 pm (discussion will also include The Great Gatsby and other jazz age novels)
• Freedom Public Library: Monday, October 26th at 10:30 am
• Madison Library: Monday, October 26th at 7 pm
• Jackson Public Library, Tuesday, October 27th at 4:30 pm (at the library)
• Ossipee Public Library: Tuesday, November 3rd at 2 pm

Programs

Movie showings of “The Great Gatsby” starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow:

• Wednesday, September 30 at 6 pm: Effingham Public Library
• Thursday, October 15 at 7 pm: Fryeburg Academy Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Box office opens 30 minutes before show time. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for students. For more information, (207) 935-9232
• Wednesday, October 21 at 7 pm: Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth
• Thursday, October 22 at 6:30 pm: Conway Public Library

“What’s So Great About the Great Gatsby?”

• Thursday, October 8th at 7 pm at Granite State College, Conway

Fryeburg Academy and Granite State College faculty member Jim St. Pierre explains it all.

The Alternative Life Center: Supporting People with Mental Illness in the Community

• Monday, October 5th at 6:30 pm at the Conway Public Library (paired with the “In Our Own Voice” program–see below.)
• Tuesday, October 20th at 7 pm at the Bartlett Public Library

A presentation by Janine Lapete, Peer Support Advisor at The Alternative Life Center in Conway. Lapete will discuss the role of peer support agencies like The Alternative Life Center and how they work with people suffering with mental illness to enable them–through wellness recovery and action planning–to live meaningful and productive lives and be contributing members of society. Sharing examples from her own experience as well as noting famous people who have suffered with mental illness, Lapete hopes to increase community awareness and understanding of mental illness.

In Our Own Voice

• Monday, October 5th at 6:30 pm at the Conway Public Library (paired with the Alternative Life Center program–see above.)
• Wednesday, October 7th at 5:30 pm at the Effingham Public Library

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NH-trained presenter Lisa Mercado will lead this interactive presentation that includes a short video, personal testimony, and questions and feedback from the audience. NAMI developed the “In Our Own Voice” programs in an effort to expand people’s knowledge of mental illness and to break down the walls of stigma that surround mental illness. By having people in recovery from mental illness share their personal stories and answer audience questions, the program helps to increase understanding of how people with mental illness cope with their symptoms, recover and lead productive lives with hope, meaning, and dignity.

Clothesline Project

• Thursday, October 22nd at 7 pm at the Madison Library

Starting Point’s exhibit of T-shirts by and commemorating victims of sexual and domestic violence is on display all month in the Chick room at the Madison Library. This program will be presented by Starting Point staff, and will include a description of the Clothesline Project and Starting Point’s services. Attendees can choose to decorate a T-shirt to commemorate a victim of domestic or sexual assault to take home or leave as part of the display.