Apr 30 Tuesday
Join us for an evening with Maine-based author, scholar, and curator Elena M. Sarni, the leading expert on The Folly Cove Designers (1941-1969). This predominantly women-based block-printing collective was founded in Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Caldecott Award-winner and beloved children's book author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios of The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel fame.
Sarni will trace the roots of the Folly Cove Designers' formation and talk about the trailblazing community that flourished around it, its Finnish roots, and Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios's teaching methods and process. She will share signature designs by various group members and even some never-before-seen designs. Lite snacks and drinks will be available.
Ms. Sarni has covered the arts in Maine for various publications. Trailblazing Women Printmakers (Princeton Architectural Press/Chronicle Books) is her first published book, the first comprehensive history of the Folly Cove Designers.
This event is sponsored by AIGA Maine in partnership with Mechanics' Hall, Back Cove Books and The Frances Perkins Center. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing by Back Cove Books.
Calling all Pre-K* to 3rd grade families!
You're invited to see what Girl Scouts has to offer—and have some fun with our Pollinator and Friends! Girl Scouts can be themselves, have fun with friends, and change the world—all in an inclusive and safe environment.
During the event, we will:• Provide two FREE hands-on activities to sample our program pillars (STEM, Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills)• Discuss ways to participate, including: o Join as an individually registered Girl Scout. o Join an existing troop in your community. o Starting a new troop—we'll help you succeed!• Answer your questions and provide details on how to get started.
*Girls entering kindergarten in the fall of 2024 can join starting April 1st.
Calling all Pre-K to 3rd grade families!
This year Discover Downtown Westbrook will host its first-ever Paper City Pitch Contest with $8000 worth of cash prizes to be given away. Entrepreneurs, with a Westbrook address, are encouraged to apply. Complete the online entry form, including a short video presentation by April 22 to be eligible. This is a fun way to talk about your dreams for the future of your business. Six finalists will be chosen to present in a lightning round Pitch Contest on April 30th, 2024, 6:00-8:00pm at Mast Landing Brewery in Westbrook. The event is open to the public. Join us in this exciting venture to spotlight the entrepreneurial spirit of Westbrook. Visit the Paper City Pitch page to learn about the event and to access the entry form: https://www.downtownwestbrook.com/paper-city-pitch/.
Join Portland Swing Project for Beginning Swing Dance Classes! We provide clear step-by-step instruction, plenty of practice time to build confidence, and you never need a partner - we rotate in class so you meet and dance with everyone. And it's fun! We promise. Class schedules and details: https://www.portlandswingproject.com/weekly-classes (Class registration required in advance. Classes offered every 7 weeks, and we have two beginning-level classes available at 6pm and 7:15pm - see schedule link for details).
Join us for a four-week online discussion on the book, We Survived the End of the World by Steven Charleston. Each week on Tuesday from 6:30pm-7:30pm (EST) we will meet ONLINE for an hour in length from April 9th-30th. In our time together, we will read each chapter and engage in small group discussion. If you miss a week, you will still be able to join us in our discussion.
Schedule:April 9: Chapters 1 & 2April 16: Chapters 3 & 4April 23: Chapters 5 & 6April 30: Chapters 7 & Epilogue
Suggested Donation of $20.
Join Penobscot Marine Museum Education Director Jeana Ganskop for an introduction to the 19th-century logging industry in Maine and the schooners and other sailing vessels that transported Maine lumber along the coast and around the world. The talk will trace the close relationship between lumber and water, map the destinations of lumber from Maine, and share some stories of individual lumber schooners. This presentation will draw from PMM’s rich artifact, print, and photo collections. This talk will take place on Tuesday, April 30 at 6:30 PM and complete this year’s Maritime Month series.
This is a hybrid program and will take place in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. To attend virtually, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uTpclQDFRfKxdu3GUxifJA
As education director at Penobscot Marine Museum, Jeana Ganskop is responsible for planning and implementing educational programs and activities from exhibit interactives to school field trips to special events. She has an M.A. in history museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. After working at several museums in the Northeast and Midwest, she came to PMM in 2018. Jeana loves historical research and enjoys opportunities to find out more about MidCoast Maine!
The electric grid has failed, society has crumbled, and, to stave off the darkness, a group of survivors gathers around a fire and recreate their fallen world through the brave act of storytelling. Out of the darkness, they find connection and, with that, light as they piece together a new society from the memories of what’s been lost. A testament to human resilience and a love letter to live theater with music, spectacle and an unlikely hero (named Bart.) MR BURNS is a bold, touching, innovative dramatic experience that celebrates the human spirit and the necessity of telling stories in the dark.
A California native, Jennifer has taught at the University of Maine-Orono since 2000 where she has served as Director of Creative Writing, co-advisor to The Open Field, and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies. She is an award-winning poet and author of seven books of poetry, a book of essays, and a memoir. Her work has been included in two Norton Anthologies and in The Best American Poetry 2002. In 2005 she was granted the Lynda Hull Poetry Award from Denver Quarterly, and in 2015 her book The Open Secret was awarded the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams award and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. For this PNA, she will be discussing her book For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds, a blend of literary criticism and memoir that recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing.
This will be an in-person event, but can also be attended online. We will send a Zoom link to those who choose the online option when reserving space. There will be an artist reception at 6pm.
People-Nature-Art is a monthly series that brings artists, writers, carvers, and creative types of all kinds to the Gilley to explore how nature and art interact in their work, and how their art impacts their own approach to nature.