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Support2010 Events
Concerts / Special Events
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Dedication of Louise Marr Memorial Rock [June 27, 2 pm]
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Concert with Audrey Noether and friends [July 15, 7 pm (not 5 pm)]
Wilfred Bunker 90th Birthday Party and Retrospective Presentation. [July 16: party 7 pm @ Communty Center, tribute approx. 8 pm @ Cranberry House]
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Poetry Reading by Sam King [July 21, 7 pm]
Islander Portraits Exhibition. Funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, and in cooperation with the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, Artists Janet Badger & Becky Buyers-Basso show Island Portraits of GCI residents. This is a reprise of the show held last October. [July 24, 10am-4pm; July 25, 12 noon-4pm; July 26, 10am-4pm]
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Acadian Players Classical Concert [July 28]
Art Exhibit and Sale [August 4 thru 11]
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Fundraising Reception to Expand the Deck [Aug 6, 4 pm]
Home, Art & Garden Tour. details [August 11 all day]
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Poetry Reading by Sam King, with book signing following [August 11, 1 pm]
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Poetry Reading by Michael Glaser [August 16, 7:30 pm]
Youth Events
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Presentation "A Roadside Story" by Islesford School children about their proposed island environmental improvements [June 9, 10:30 am] Also this day, they arrive and clean the roads and beaches at 8:30 am, and hold a cookout around 12 noon.
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Family Arts & Crafts Workshop with Helen Bertles [July 19, 10 am]
Children's Crafts with Charlotte Harlan [July 29 thru 31, 10 am]
Adult Workshops and Classes
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Watercolor Class with Helen Bertles [July 12 thru 14, 10:30 am]
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Family Arts & Crafts Workshop with Helen Bertles [July 19, 10 am]
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Poetry Camp with Sam King [July 23, 9 am - 3 pm]
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Ceramic Tile Painting with Gail Grandgent [August 24, 1 - 4 pm]
- Basket Weaving with Christie Benson [August 27, 10 am - noon]
Lectures
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Observations on Afghanistan and Pakistan, by Charles Dunbar, former State Department foreign service officer, who was chargé d'affaires in Kabul, Afghanistan (1981-1983) and U.S. Ambassador to Qatar (1983-1985) and Yemen (1988-1991.) [July 5, 7:30 pm]
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Robert Kearns' Flash of Genius; a talk by Tim Kearns, and a movie, about his father's invention of the intermittent windshield wiper, and his struggle with Detroit for patent recognition [July 9, 7 pm]
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Volcano Studies During a Winter in Antarctica, by Nelia Dunbar, Geochemist at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources. [
July 23postponed to July 26, 7:30 pm] -
Heliker-LaHotan Foundation Art Talks. In cooperation with the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation, several talks by their resident artists:
- Meet the Artists Reception [June 19, 5 pm @ Cranberry House]
- Open Studio [July 3, 4 pm @ Heliker-LaHotan Foundation]
- Meet the Artists Reception [July 20, 5 pm @ Cranberry House]
- Islander Portraits Exhibition [July 24-26, see special events]
- Open Studio during Home, Art, & Garden Tour [August 11, 2 - 5 pm (not all day) @ Heliker-LaHotan Foundation]
- Meet the Artists Reception [September 10, 5 pm @ Cranberry House]
- Open Studio [September 30, 4:30 pm @ Heliker-LaHotan Foundation]
- Open Studio [October 16, 3:30 pm @ Heliker-LaHotan Foundation]
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History of Baker Island, by Hugh Dwelley and Ralph Stanley [July 30]
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Vietnam: Past & Present, by Fred Benson [August 18, 7:30 pm]
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Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting, by Eliza Greenman [August 27, 7:30 pm]
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Towns Family Slides from the 1940s (Part 2, continued from 2009), by Phil Whitney [Sept. 1, 7:30 pm]
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Alsaska Cruise Trip, by Chris Johnston [note change of date
Sept. 8Sept. 5, 7:30 pm ]
Movies
Movies are shown every Tuesday and Saturday, from April 3 to October 30, 2010. An extra movie is shown every Thursday from June 17 to September 9. All movies start at 7:30 pm. They are presented by the Great Cranberry Library, in cooperation with GCIHS.
Our movie license prohibits us from naming them on the internet. You can pick up a printed list of movie titles at the library, or at Cranberry House.
| Movie Schedule* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | Day | Starting Time |
| Spring 3 Apr - 15 June |
Tues | 7:30 pm |
| Sat | 7:30 pm | |
| Summer 17 June - 9 Sept |
Tues | 7:30 pm |
| Thurs | 7:30 pm | |
| Sat | 7:30 pm | |
| Fall 11 Sept - 30 Oct |
Tues | 7:30 pm |
| Sat | 7:30 pm | |
Meetings
CIRT Meeting [2 Apr at 1 pm]
Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Investment Advisors meet GCIHS Board [May 25, 1 pm]
CIRT Annual Meeting [12 Aug, 3:30 pm]
GCIHS Annual Meeting [25 Aug, 7:30 pm]
Visits
Terry Towne of Maine Coast Heritage Trust refurbishes the trail [June 6]
College of the Atlantic visits Cranberry House [July 1, 10 am]
Cathy Ingham visits GCI bringing family-owned Hamor House memorabilia [July 27]
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Group of ten Unity College students stay on the island for 5 days, camping out and working on environmental projects at Cranberry House [August 9 thru 13]
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Bass Harbor Yacht Club visits Cranberry House [August 21, 11 am]