Revelry for the River is a series of fun events hosted by friends of the Land Trust. 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales goes to support our conservation, stewardship, trails, and educational programs. So join in the fun and support local conservation!
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Saturday, March 23, 2013; 3 PM
Stephen Porter has created sculptures for more than 60 years, and he exhibits nationwide. He designs his
elegant abstract stainless steel, wood, and granite pieces in his studios in a custom designed post-and-beam barn in Searsmont. A member of a family of well-known artists, Stephen explores the pure language of geometrics in his art, which is characterized by carefully balanced design and meticulous craftsmanship. Scale runs the gamut from small tabletop pieces to large outdoor architectural installations.
Visit his studios and see how his sculptures move from computer renderings or small models to finished work. Following the demonstration of his artistic process join the artist and his wife in their nineteenth-century house for drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
Hosts: Stephen and Marcie Porter
Limited to 20 participants.
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Friday, April 26, 2013; Noon-2:30 PM (Group 1), 2:30-5 PM (Group 2)
Experience an afternoon of pampering with an elegant spa experience. Help turn your back on winter and give yourself a head start on spring. Each guest will be treated to a 30-minute facial, a 30-minute massage and a basic pedicure. Before you depart, enjoy a glass of wine or another beverage of your choice and an array of delicious hors d’oeuvres.
Host: Coppola Salon & Day Spa, Rockland
Limited to 6 participants (Two groups of three).
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Wednesday, May 8, 2012; 6 PM
Who knows what hidden treasures you inherited from Grandma’s attic or bargained for at those Saturday yard sales? Now you can learn more about them at a special appraisal party as Kaja Veilleux, the mid-coast’s pre-eminent appraiser and auctioneer of
Thomaston Auction Galleries, examines your discoveries and offers his opinion. Each participant may bring two items to the party.
Gather at The Narrows, the riverside home of Jock and Day Cowperthwaite, for this fun-filled occasion. Guests will savor delicious hors d’oeuvres and wine throughout the event. Hidden gems may be found this evening, perhaps even a true undiscovered treasure!
Hosts: Jock and Day Cowperthwaite
Limited to 26 participants.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013; 10 AM (Rain date: Fri., June 28)
Note: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, June 20.
It is hard to make an unattractive picture of the Maine landscape. Beautiful natural settings, quintessential fishing and farming vistas, picturesque towns – the raw material for great, iconic images. If you love outdoor photography, this four-hour workshop led by Margot Kelley, a former photography instructor at the Art Institute of Boston, is for you. Explore techniques that photographers use to focus on subjects of interest, then move out into the landscape to make pictures.
Finally, on the shore of South Thomaston’s harbor, where the ocean at high tide feeds the marsh, you will be provided a country lunch at picnic tables while you will discuss what you photographed and the stories in each picture. Bring a digital camera (or a cell phone), water and a notepad.
Facilitator: Margot Kelley
Limited to 12 participants.
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Friday, July 19, 2013; 6 PM
Join Nadine and
Greg Mort in celebrating the centennial of their Port Clyde home, Fieldstone Castle, built in 1913 by Russell W. Porter, artist, astronomer and architect. Featured will be a nine-course candlelight dinner commemorating Porter’s nine explorations to the Arctic. The Mort family will provide historical background about Porter and a guided tour of Marshall Point. In 1903 Porter purchased 50 acres at the end of the point and designed and built 16 Arts and Crafts cottages there. This would become his Land’s End, a summer artists’ colony. Porter is widely known for his design of the Mount Palomar telescope in California.
Hosts: Greg and Nadine Mort
Limited to 16 participants.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013; 2 PM
Troop through fields and woods to discover a Giverny in the Tenants Harbor Marsh. Ellen and Jack Bates will lead you across their property to a section of the marsh that abounds in wildlife and, especially, water lilies. Bring your sketching materials, camera and composition pad. Do not disturb the beavers, asleep in their lodges. They have industriously created this ecosystem. Return to the Bates farmyard and gardens to enjoy a repast of appetizers, wine, beer and iced tea.
Hosts: Jack and Ellen Bates
Limited to 16 participants.
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Saturday, July 27, 2012; 5 PM
Enjoy a guided tour of the gardens of Len and Jocelyn Greenhalgh and the adjacent Clark Island Wildlife Refuge. The unique property, once an abandoned granite quarry, has undergone a restoration and beautification project over the last 27 years, with leftover stone being used to construct more than 50 flower gardens on the site. More importantly, the quarry and its surrounding land have been restored to maximize their habitat value. What was once a moonscape is now a 50-acre nature preserve with ponds and woodlands teeming with wildlife. Visitors will see a work-in-progress and learn about painstaking conservation efforts to conserve Maine’s precious coastal and watershed habitat.
Hosts: Jocelyn and Len Greenhalgh
Limited to 30 participants.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013; 6 PM
This house in Port Clyde used to be the village inn. It is rumored that N.C. Wyeth often dropped in for lunch and that daughter Annie played the piano on the front porch. Now home to
Blue Water Fine Arts, the walls are hung with the paintings of Barbara Ernst Prey. Barbara, whose paintings hang in many museums and private collections, will host a gathering on the upper back deck, overlooking Port Clyde harbor. Come to take in the sunset views over the harbor, enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres, meet the artist and listen to a short gallery talk about how the landscapes of our area inspire her.
Hosts: Barbara Ernst Prey
Limited to 26 participants.
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Saturday, August 10, 2013; 5:30 PM
Share a summer’s evening of Celtic fiddle music with Georges River Land Trust founding member Tom Judge and Susan Groce, two of the finest fiddlers in the midcoast area. While listening to music, enjoy refreshments in an historic Tenants Harbor home, the 1848 Sail Loft. Experience a memorable evening overlooking a harbor of fishing and pleasure boats.
Hosts: Betsy and Al Scott
Limited to 20 participants.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013; 6 PM
Only the salmon is from “away” when you come to the Port Clyde home of Jane and John Rasmussen. Sip beverages by the shore as you enjoy views of Hay Ledge, The Brothers, Mosquito and Monhegan Islands. While party-goers are thus occupied, John is preparing a Scottish salmon to be accompanied by Jane’s famous dill sauce. Local produce rounds out the meal which will also feature wines from one of the three vineyards in the watershed. Fruit pies complete the feast. This party sold out quickly last year so sign up early and don’t be left out.
Hosts: Jane and John Rasmussen
Limited to 10 participants.
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Saturday, September 7, 2013; 4 PM
The celebration will combine food, beverages and a reenactment of the historical novel Come Spring. The setting will be Richard and Cherry Lee’s farm in Warren on beautiful White Oak pond on the St. Georges River.
The food portion of the event will include colonial dishes, hearty and robust, all in keeping with the historical theme. Vegetarian and other alternatives can be provided. But the moments to savor will be the Come Spring Chronicle Player’s readings from the novel. Locals Vicki Harriman and Peter Duffey, together with their cast, will present readings and reenactments from Come Spring, the beloved novel of the first founders of Union, Maine. This will be the troupe’s seventh performance, and earlier shows received much acclaim.
The fall weather will be wonderful, the stews savory and entertainment lively. Much of the event, weather permitting, will be outdoors, so dress appropriately.
Hosts: Richard and Cherry Lee
Limited to 20 participants.
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Saturday, September 28, 2013; 3 PM
Elmer Savage, of
Savage Oakes Winery, began farming in Union in 1985 along with his parents. In 2000, he and Holly purchased the 95-acre farm from his parents and began planning for the future. The farm’s blueberry fields offered great potential, but just growing blueberries was not enough, so they began to explore making blueberry wine. This led them to think about other types of wine, and in 2002 they planted the first two acres of their vineyard. The vineyard has since expanded to nearly four acres with ten varieties of grapes. Their winemaking grew from hobby level to small scale commercial production and 2012 marked their eighth vintage.
The Savages invite guests to their vineyard for a unique wine tasting experience. After a tour of the vineyard, grapes from their own vines will be sampled followed by the wine made using that grape or blend of grapes. The wine tasting will be enhanced by delicious hors d’oeuvres from The Badger Café and Pub in Union.
Hosts: Elmer and Holly Savage, Savage Oakes Winery; Christy and Michael Badger, The Badger Café and Pub
Limited to 26 participants.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013; 3 PM
Experience firsthand the modern management of a woodlot. Jim Robbins, of
Robbins Lumber Company, will guide a woodlot tour to show you modern sustainable forestry management for white pine lumber and Christmas trees in Searsmont. For five generations, the Robbins family has harvested timber and has won acclaim and awards for stewardship of their forests, including the 2011 Maine Forest Stewardship Award. Following the tour, Jim and his wife Ann will entertain you at their nearby home with stories of the history of the Robbins family, among the earliest settlers in Union, and who were featured in the Ben Ames Williams’ novel,
Come Spring. You will also enjoy a selection of beverages, including wine and beer, and a hearty repast of appetizers.
Hosts: Jim and Ann Robbins
Limited to 30 participants.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013; 7 PM
In 2010, a new shop,
Fiore Artisan Olive Oils and Vinegars, opened on lower Main Street in Rockland. Soon everyone was talking about it and a bottle of their olive oil or vinegar became the hot, new hostess gift. Since that time the customer base has grown by leaps and bounds. Now, both loyal customers and new can hear the story behind the products. Owners Nancy and Pat O’Brien will welcome you to their shop and relate the story behind the making of these oils and vinegars.
For this presentation, Fiore has selected extra virgin olive oils from the recent Southern Hemisphere harvest. Featured will be EVOOs from small regional estates in Chile, Argentina and Australia. Guests will learn of the regions and the growers while sampling the freshest ultra premium olive oils available during this season. Samples of tidbits made with the products will be served with wine from a local winery. During the event, guests will receive a discount on all products purchased.
Hosts: Nancy and Pat O’Brien
Limited to 20 participants.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013; 4 PM
Clotted cream, jam and scones! Experience high tea English-style at Nancy Baker’s 1892 Thomaston home completely decorated for the holidays. Served in the late afternoon on lovely china with a repast of sandwiches and fruitcake. Hats, gloves and vintage clothes anyone?
Hosts: Nancy Baker
Limited to 16 participants.
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Past Revelry Events
Private Tour of Lie-Nielsen Toolworks (January 14, 2013)
