Abbe Museum to host two Big Read events examining issues of race, stereotypes

As part of the ongoing Big Read event on and around Mount Desert Island, the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor will host two events examining racial issues and the treatment of indigenous cultures in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
On Feb. 3, the museum — in conjunction with College of the Atlantic, Acadia Senior College and the MDI Historical Society — will moderate a panel discussion about issues related …