Sept. 14: PORTLAND, Dr. Bowman Miller will speak on “The U.S. and Europe: In the Aftermath of Iraq,” at 6:30 p.m. at USM Law School Building. Free 780-4150

Sept. 15: PORTLAND, author Pamela Redmond Satran will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710

Sept. 16: LEWISTON, Joshua Holdeman, member of the Bates College Class of 1993 and head of the photographs department at Christie’s New York, will speak at 7 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. 786-6158

Sept. 17: AUGUSTA, Prof. Jon Butler of Yale University, will speak on “The American Religious Tradition on the New England Frontier,” at 7 p.m. at UMA Jewett Hall. Donations 626-2385

Sept. 20: YARMOUTH, Joel W. Eastman, professor of history emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, will speak on “Cumberland and Oxford Canal,” at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Log Cabin, Main Street. 846-6259

Sept. 22: PORTLAND, author Peter Kellman will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710

Sept. 24: BRUNSWICK, Jonathan Young, Ph.D., will speak on “Wisdom Stories – The Inner Life of Fairy Tales,” at 7:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road. Free 729-0300