Oct. 24: BANGOR, Maine author Cathie Pelletier will speak about her book, “Running the Bulls,” at 7 p.m. at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

Oct. 25: HALLOWELL, Amy Stacey Curtis, author and Maine Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellow for 2005, will speak about her book, “Women, Trauma and Visual Expression,” at 7 p.m. at Harlow Art Gallery, 160 Water St. 622-3813

Oct. 26: BANGOR, Ralph Parks, well-known stained glass studio artist, will speak at noon at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

Oct. 26: PORTLAND, Cynthia Voight, author of “Bad Girls in Love,” will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Oct. 27: FALMOUTH, Alix Hopkins of Pownal will speak about her book “Groundswell: Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community,” at 7 p.m. at Gilsland Farm Audubon Center. 781-2330

Oct. 27: GORHAM, Ted Wolff, author and art critic, will speak about the work of Joyce Treiman at 11 a.m. at USM Art Gallery. 780-5409

Oct. 27: LEWISTON, Barbara Imperiali, chemical biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will speak on “Chemical Tools for the Study of Complex Biological Systems,” at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Pettengill Hall. Free 786-6330

Oct. 28: ORONO, Alan Hutchinson from the Forest Society of Maine, will speak on “Conserving Maine’s North Woods: Bringing Stability Via Forestland Conservation, to a Rapidly Changing Landscape,” at noon at UMO Norman Smith Hall. 581-3196

Nov. 1: ORONO, CBS News correspondent Dan Rather will speak at 11 a.m. at UMO Maine Center for the Arts. 581-3571