Monday, October 22
Award-winning Maine author Phillip Hoose revisited his Hoosier roots to tell the inspiring true tale of a black high school basketball team, including a future NBA legend, that broke racial barriers to win a championship, in Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City. Hoose celebrates the book’s release at Longfellow Books (1 Monument Way, Portland) at 7 p.m. Free. 772-4045. longfellowbooks.com.