Pentagoet Inn

The Grand Theatre - Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer"

2/19 - 2/21: The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine presents
The Sorcerer
This two-act comic opera is the third created by the team of Gilbert and Sullivan, and opened in November or 1877.  Filled with classic comic drama of a wizard with a love potion that goes awry, the songs are memorable and the comedy polished.  The Sorcerer plays for one weekend only at The Grand - and only at The Grand ... grab tickets while you can. Tickets: $15 Adults, $12 Seniors 62 & over, $12 Students 17 & under. 207-667-9500

 

 

MERI - Maine Environmental Research Institute, Ocean Video Series: "Devils of the Deep:Jumbo Squid"

Friday, February 19 at 7:00pm - MERI Ocean Video Night Series continues with Devils of the Deep: Jumbo Squid.  Explore the mystery and power of the large Humboldt squid where, In California and Mexico, these predators are more feared than sharks....374-2135

 

 

Valentine's Day Breakfast Recipe

 

Valentine’s day is on a Sunday this year, the perfect morning for breakfast in bed for your favorite person. One of the most popular breakfast dishes at the inn is our Featherbed Eggs. Here is the recipe for this special dish. Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

 

 

Pentagoet Inn Featherbed Eggs

 

This dish is assembled the night before serving and baked in the morning

Serves 6    6 x 10 baking pan

Ingredients:

1 loaf of sturdy white bread, crusts removed, cut into 1” cubes

¾ lb Vermont cheddar cheese, grated

½ lb breakfast sausage

2 cups half & half

6 eggs

2 t dry mustard

Procedure:

Remove meat from sausage casing and sauté until browned. Set aside.

Whisk together half & half, eggs and dry mustard. Set aside.

Butter baking dish.

Layer bread to cover bottom, add layer of sausage, half the cheese, layer of bread.

Pour seasoned cream/egg mix over contents. Top with remaining cheese.

Cover with tin foil. Butter interior foil surface so cheese doesn’t stick while baking.

Refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 375°

Bake on sheet pan for approximately 60 minutes or until center is set.

Maine Environmental Research Institute - Ocean Video Night Series

On Friday February 12 at 7:00pm - MERI Ocean Video Night Series continues with Addicted to Plastic.  Filmmaker Ian Connacher embarks on an international odyssey to reveal the disturbing accumulation and long-term effects of plastic in our ecosystems....374-2135

Blue Hill Peninsula - Opera, Theatre, Book Readings, Lots of Culture

On Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7:00pm - Blue Hill Public Library hosts local author Susan Hand Shetterly reading from her new book, Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town.  This new collection of essays focuses on the nature around her home, her observations and experiences.  According to Shetterly, "I live on land that has not surrendered the last of its wildness.  It keeps secrets, and those secrets prompt us to pay attention, to look for more."....374-5515

 

On Thursday Feb. 4, 3:00pm - Blue HIll Public Library hosts an opera preview of Giuseppe Verdi's Simone Boccanegra which comes to The Grand on Saturday, February 6th by live simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  To help music lovers prepare to this event, the Bagaduce Music Lending Library and Friends of the Blue Hill Pubic Library join together to introduce and study this political thriller.  The legendary tenor Placido Domingo, who is in his fourth decade of his Met career, will make history by singing the title role which is written for a baritone....374-5515

 

On Thursday Feb. 4, 7:00pm - Opera House Arts presents Brilliant Traces, live theater with stars from NYC.  This dramatic, dark comedy is set during a blizzard in Alaska and will give your Maine "cabin fever" a whole new look!  Starring your favorite Shakespeare in Stonington comedian Tommy Piper, last see as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream....367-2788

 

 

 

 

 

London's National Theatre comes to Downeast Maine

On Saturday, January 30th, 2:00pm - The Grand Theatre, a recently renovated historic theater in Ellsworth Maine will present Live From London: A simulcast from London's National Theatre - Nation, based on the book by Terry Pratchett.  Two young people find themselves stranded after a tsunami and earthquake on a deserted island in 1860.  Neither speaks the other's language and somehow they must learn to survive....667-9500. This kind of culture warms our hearts, it's anti-freeze for the Down East masses!

Congratulations Castine Maine artist Goody-B Wiseman

Congratulations to Castine Maine artist Goody-B Wiseman for her current exhibit at the Third Space Gallery  in Saint John, NB.  Goody-B's excellent artwork can also be found at the Tarratine Gallery, Main Street, Castine, Maine

PENTEGOET PARK: THE TERRIBLE ONES

Third Space Gallery in tandem with the New Brunswick Museum is presenting

PENTEGOET PARK: THE TERRIBLE ONES from January 13 to February 24, 2010.

PENTEGOET PARK: THE TERRIBLE ONES by Goody-B Wiseman is the first exhibit in a four show series, Passages + Prototypes, a partnership between the New Brunswick Museum and Third Space Gallery. In her mini-museum, PENTEGOET PARK, Wiseman documents the life of a fictional colony of Feral Children in artifacts, dioramas, illustrations, audio/video documentation, and stories. The children in this colony were all raised in the wild by adoptive animal parents, they were all subsequently rescued or wrested from the wild and brought to civilization for study and rehabilitation. Pentegoet Park is the place where the feral children who have been able to escape the rigors of socialization have found shelter and solace together.

For further information click here

PENTEGOET PARK: THE TERRIBLE ONES

Opening reception on Thursday, January 14 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. All are welcome.

New Brunswick Museum Exhibition Centre, Saint John, NB.

 

Opera House Arts - Stonington Maine, Now Showing "Invictus"

Friday January 15 at 7:00pm - Opera House Arts movie Invictus.  Directed by Clint Eastwood, this rousing true story of athletic triumph, reconciliation and forgiveness brings us Morgan Freeman as South Africa's larger than life leader, Nelson Mandela, as he struggles to lead his country after apartheid with gravity and grace.  As the country prepares to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Mandela develops an alliance with team captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) and uses this underachieving team to help restore national unity.  More than a victorious-underdog team-sports movie, this film is an intelligent study of character, race and politics....367-2788 

Blue Hill Winter Concert Series

Sunday January 17th, 3:00pm - Blue Hill Concert Association begins its 2010 Winter Concert Series at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill with Jennifer Grim on flute and Bridget Kibbey on harp.  The program includes the following pieces: Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031; Bela Bartok Suite Paysanne Hongroise; Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango; Toru Takemitsu Toward the Sea III; Manuel de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole; Georges Enesco Cantabile et Presto.  Elementary and high school students are admitted at no charge....359-2353

The Grand Theater - Ellsworth Maine, Live Simulcast from the Met, George Bizet's "Carmen"

Saturday, January 16, The Grand Theater, www.grandonline.org,  presents Georges Bizet's Carmen, a live simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism - and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's drama....374-5515.

Blue Hill Maine - Bagaduce Music Lending Library Opera Preview

3:00pm - Blue Hill Public Library teams up with Bagaduce Music Lending Library to offer an opera preview in the Howard Room of the public library.  Georges Bizet's Carmen comes to The Grand in Ellsworth Maine on Saturday, January 16th by live simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  To help music lovers prepare for this event Tony Downer will introduce and study this comic masterpiece of love and intrigue.  One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism - and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's drama....374-551.

The Grand Theatre, Ellsworth Maine, presents Live at the Met

1:00pm - The Grand presents Live at the Met, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, starring Renee Fleming and Susan Graham....667-9500

Opera House Stonington, "Everybody's Fine"

7:00pm - Opera House Arts movie Everybody's Fine.  Robert DeNiro gives a quietly compelling performance as a retired blue-collar worker and widower looing to reconnect with his grown children (Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell) who are scattered across the country living lives he knows little about.  This film is a road movie, a slightly off-center celebration of Americanism and an exploration of the ways in which the expectations of a parent can shape the lives of his children....367-2788

MERI Ocean Environment Lecture Series presents Captain Charles Moore, "A Sea of Plastic"

 

Friday January 8 at 7:00pm - MERI Ocean Environment Lecture Series presents Captain Charles Moore, renowned explorer and ocean advocate, with A Sea of Plastic.  Widely recognized for his 1997 discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas, Moore has pioneered the research and remediation of the oceans' plastic burden.  Plastic debris has infiltrated all levels of the ocean food web, killing 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds annually, and treatening human health.  Moore will explore the challenges of our"throw away culture" and our role in a solution.  A reception in honor of the speaker will precede the presentation at 6pm.  This lecture is sponsored by Blue Hill Co-op and The Blue Hill Inn....374-2135

 

 

Handel's Messiah in Blue Hill, Maine

The 15th annual performance of Handel's Messiah will take place on Saturday, the 19th at 7:30 pm. at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill. FMI, 359-8578.  For more information and directions please visit the church website.

New Surry Theatre Presents 'A Christmas Carol'

Verteran New Surry Theatre actor Tim Pugliese will present a one man show of Dickens Classic 'A Christmas Carol' at the Blue Hill Town Hall on December 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20.

The show will begin at 7pm on December 11, 12, 18 and19th

On Sunday, December 13 and 20th the show has a 3pm start.

Please visit the New Surry Theatre for more details and other shows.

Castine Local Businesses open for Holiday Shopping

Local businesses in Castine, Maine will be open for holiday shopping during December.  We all have those last minute gifts to pick up for friends and family, and December weather can make traveling in Maine difficult so why not save time and gas shop here in Castine for unique presents at your local businesses. 

Stop in and visit these local locations for your holiday shopping needs:

Castine Historical Handworks

Four Flags Gifts

Compass Rose Bookstore

Tarratine Gallery (featuring Small Works by local artists)

Bird Song gifts at the Pentagoet Inn

A Castine Christmas Concert

On Monday Decemeber 14th the Castine, Maine Arts Association will be presenting their highly anticipated holiday concert.  Hosted by the Music Committee and organized by Joan Torno this event will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Castine, Maine on the town common.  The concert starts at 7pm, get there early for a seat!

Bring Castine Home for the Holidays

Pentagöet Gifts Shipped to your Family and Friends 

Our big news is Julie has decided to re-enter the mail order business. She did this for 18 years in her previous business in Philadelphia, the Pink Rose, with mail order cookies and sundry baked goods. We are very excited to present our online store launching Pentagöet Mail Order.

We decided to start with your favorites from Bird Song; from the Pentagöet kitchen, our breakfast granola, oatmeal currant scones, and three favorite cookies. Locally made jams and honey. We've also included the bee glasses and our new mugs. There are several packages to choose from, the "Castine Morning Breakfast Box" and the "Afternoon Tea Box".

We are very excited to present our newest web page launching Pentagöet Mail Order. We hope you'll take a look, www.pentagoet.com/gifts.  You can order online, download an order form to fax, or call us.  We are ready to send our locally produced products from the coast of Maine to you, your family and friends.  What a nice way to surprise someone with a reminder of your time here.

 

Christmas in Castine

Join us for the third annual "Christmas in Castine".  Come celebrate the season with Castine businesses Saturday, December 5th, 10-5pm with shopping refreshments and specials.  The venues include Bah's Bakehouse, Birdsong gifts at the Pentagoet Inn, Castine Historical Handworks, Compass Rose Bookstore, Four Flags Gifts, Sara Sara's Clothing, and the Tarratine Gallery. 

Abraham Lincoln Traveling Exhibit in Castine, Maine

November 6-25 at the Castine Historical Society, the Abraham Lincoln: Self-made in America travleing exhibit will be on display 1-4 pm daily or by appointment.  Castine in one of only 40 location across the United States to host this exhibit and 1 of 2 in New England.  This 200th birthday celebration of our 16th president is free of charge and open to the public.

 

The exhibit covers Lincoln's childhood, education, careers, family life, election, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation and assassination.  The reproduction artifacts on display are all modeled from originals in the Presidential Museum.  Some of the artifacts on display include: books, toys, nameplate from his home, his hat, a presidential campaign banner, an axe, his gloves and other items.

 

For other details please visit the castine site http://site.castinehome.com/Abraham_Lincoln_Exhibit.html

the Historical Society site

http://www.castinehistoricalsociety.org/

or The Wilson Museum

http://wilsonmuseum.org/

Warm Apple Cider on a Cool Autumn Day from the Pentagoet Inn

 
On Sunday, October 18th, the Pentagoet Inn kept Blue Hill Wine and Food festival patrons warm with hot apple cider from Sewell's Organic Orchard in Lincolnville, Maine.  Rounding out the apple theme from the Pentagoet were apple-cranberry turnovers and applesauce all made with Jonagold and Priscilla apples from Sewell's Orchard.  The festival goers were treated with food from El El Frijoles, Black Dinah Chocolates, Brooklin Inn, Table, Blue Hill Hearth, and many others.  Another great event this year celebrating our local food producers.

Castine, Maine, works well as a homebase for a long weekend trip

Photo Charleen Wiseman
 
The Pentagoet Inn and Castine, Maine are recommended in the New York Times "The Moment" as an off the beaten path destination that is well situated to take in all that the area has to offer.

Any season is a great time to visit Castine Maine and the Pentagoet Inn.  Check out the article at The Moment.

Fall Foliage Festival October 15-18

Join the Pentagoet and the Blue Hill Chamber of Commerce for a weekend of fall foliage and great food.

Join the Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce October 15-18, 2009 for an exciting weekend of superb food and drink and enjoy the delicious creations of the award-winning chefs and food producers for which we are famous. Experience the quality of our dynamic food culture with a four-day celebration including farmers’ markets, workshops, wine dinners, wine and cheese tastings, a sparkling wine luncheon, and much more. Wrap up your experience on Sunday, October 18th with a visit to our flagship event “A Taste of the Peninsula”, a showcase tasting event featuring over 40 food vendors, wine purveyors, live music, and local artists. This festival is staged on the scenically spectacular Blue Hill Peninsula located in the heart of Downeast Maine. Spend a restful weekend traveling the lovely country roads. Feed your soul with the sights of crisp fall foliage in its prime and your body with the culinary creations. Cheers!

Fall Colors are Bursting in Coastal Maine

 

The leaves are changing color quickly here on the coast of Maine as the temperatures continually dip near freezing each night.  The carpet of orange, red and yellow leaves create a tapestry of pigments as you look out across the landscape.  This is the most wonderful time of year on the coast.  The Maine Foliage report currently lists Downeast Maine at near 50% color.  Visit their website for full details. 

Make the Pentagoet your central stop for viewing the downeast folige.  Hurry, these colors don't last long!

 

First Edible Island Conference and Fundraising Dinner Columbus Day Weekend

ICEC  (Island Culinary and Ecological Center) is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching people the joys and benefits of healthy eating and cooking utilizing regional products while supporting a sustainable environment.  Visit the website for more details.

Conference
October 10th at the Reach
Columbus Day weekend, come be a part of the first EDIBLE ISLAND conference. Listen to leaders in the local food movement, join us in excursions to local producers for demonstrations of cheese, jam, and cider, Eddie's Underwater Theater and photo exhibits by Barbara Southworth and Linda Stratton.

A soup and salad farm lunch made with all local produce will be available by reservation

Conference speakers at the Reach will include Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman on year round gardening in Maine, Ingrid Bengis on Tales of a Fishmonger, Aaron Dority and Ginny Olsen on Sustainability Strategies for Island Seafood and Terry-Anya Hayes on the Edible Landscape.

Fundraising Dinner
October 9th at a private Deer Isle home
Join us for a sumptuous five course dinner with wine pairings on Oct 9th cooked by world renowned chefs Jean Georges Vongerichten, Melissa Kelly and Michael Leviton. Suggested donation will be $250 much of which will be tax deductible, and will include predinner champagne and hors d'oeuvres. Meet and talk with the chefs after dinner and participate in an unique auction; items will include a reservation and special treatment at the French Laundry in Yountville, California and Jean Georges Restaurant in New York as well as other surprises. Dinner will be limited to 75 guests.

All proceeds to benefit the fall programs of the Island Culinary and Ecological Center which include an Heirloom Apples class at DISES, an after school cooking club, community dinners and adult education cooking classes for beginners and advanced enthusiasts using the best of local produce and seafood.

"Abraham Lincoln: Self-made in America" Comes to Castine

A rare traveling exhibit featuring reproduction artifacts from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois will be in Castine November 2 – 24, 2009. The exhibit will be presented in only 40 locations during a nationwide celebration of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth and is free of charge. Castine is one of only two locations chosen for display in New England. Castine will also host a number of Lincoln and Civil War related events starting August 10th. Please join us in a celebration of the life and times of our 16th president.

“Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America” was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of America’s greatest president by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The “We, the People” program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency, provided major financial support for the exhibition and accompanying programs. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation and the History Channel provided additional financial and in-kind support.   

The exhibit covers Lincoln’s childhood, his self-education, his careers as a surveyor and lawyer, his family life, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, the 1860 Presidential election, the Civil War, the 13th Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation, his assassination, and other important periods and events in his life. The reproduction artifacts on display, all modeled from originals in the Presidential Library and Museum, include: Lincoln’s favorite books; his son Tad’s toy cannon; the nameplate from his Springfield home; his stovepipe hat, which he used like a briefcase to hold important papers; a Presidential campaign banner; an axe that Lincoln used to chop wood; the bloody gloves found in Lincoln’s pocket the night of his assassination; and many other unique and interesting items.

Castine is the birthplace of journalist Noah Brooks, Lincoln’s friend and one of the last people to see the Civil War’s president alive. A town that has long studied and preserved its history, the Castine Historical Society, Wilson Museum, Witherle Memorial Library, Castine Arts Association, Adams School, Castine Men’s Club, Stanley Subaru of Ellsworth, and private benefactors have joined to present a series of programs related to the Lincoln exhibit.  

A Full list of events and details can be viewed at the Castine Home website.

Common Ground Country Fair September 25-27, 2009

Celebrate Rural Living at the Maine Organic Farmer and Gardner's annual Common Ground Country Fair. 

Located in Unity, Maine the Common Ground Fair is celebrating its 33rd annual Country Fair.  The fair is huge in scale and includes vendors from all over the state selling fruits, vegetables, art, clothing, metalwork, leather goods, baked goods, woodwork and much more. 

There is live music, agricultural demonstrations, Folk art, draft horse shows, compost and recycling, fiddlers' showcase, health and healing demonstrations, Harry S. Truman games, exhibition hall, Maine fiber farms, blacksmith shop and many more events. 

There is so much happening at the Common Ground Fair that we cannot list it all here.  Please visit the MOFGA   website for a full list of events, scheduled times and prices.  

Open Lighthouse Day

Saturday, September 12, 2009

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The U.S. Coast Guard, the State of Maine and the American Lighthouse Foundation are pleased to announce the first ever open house of Maine lighthouses.

The largest effort of its kind in the nation, the event is designed to provide access to the public to all participating lighthouses on that one day.

The partnership with the Coast Guard, State of Maine and American Lighthouse Foundation is intended to increase awareness of Maine’s maritime heritage and the rich history of its lighthouses and lighthouse keepers.

Please visit the Maine Office of Tourism for full details. 

Also visit the Deer Isle-Stonington chamber of commerce site for specific details about lighthouses near the Deer Isle-Stonington area. 

Celebrate the Bounty of Maine at the Maine Fare

September 11-13, 2009

Located in Camden-Rockport, Maine, the Maine Fare showcases many events including chef demonstrations, panel discussions, workshops, food and beverage tastings, author signings, and dinners, Maine Fare investigates the history, present and future of Maine’s wonderful food, from farm to table. The goal of the event is to communicate the importance of preserving, protecting, and sharing Maine’s storied culinary history and its rich and developing resources. Maine Fare honors every aspect of our state’s gastronomic profile.

2009 is the fourth annual Maine Fare celebration. In just four years, many thousands of people have experienced and benefited from Maine Fare. Attendees meet farmers, artisans, chefs, food writers, and culinary experts and enthusiasts. They leave with an enlightened perspective of the breadth of our state's culinary resources and a clearer understanding of how they can contribute to our state’s long term economic development.

Visit the Maine Fare website for indepth details about the times and events.

2009 Foliage, Food and Wine Festival

October 15-18 2009 marks the 4th annual Foliage, Food and Wine Festival held in Blue Hill, Maine.  

Thursday, October 15th at the Halcyon Grange in North Blue Hill the Blue Hill Historical Society and the Blue Hill Heritage Trust will be presenting "Passing It On: The Future of Farming on the Blue Hill Peninsula".

Friday, October 16th features  The Blue Hill Inn and El El Frijoles as they present a wine dinner with Latin Flair at the inn.

Saturday, October 17th is full of activities including the Bue Hill Farmers' Market at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, "Beer and Prok, a Knife and Fork" at TABLE A Farmhouse Bistro, Flower Arranging with Fruits and Vegetables workshop at Fairwinds Florist, Artisan Chocolate Making at the Blue Hill Inn led by Black Dinah Chocolates, Wine tasting at The Blue Hill Wine Shop, lobster bake at Barncastle, and a Wine Dinner at Arborvine.

Sunday, October 18th culminates the weekend with a Community Cider Pressing at 5 Star Nursery & Orchard and the flagship event "A Taste of the Peninsula" showcasing over 40 food vendors, wine purveyors, live music and local artists and authors.

Please visit Blue Hill Peninsula Website for complete details and times.

Castine Maine - Pentagoet Inn now "Clothing Optional" - This week only, we sure are friendly!

Castine Maine - Castine Historical Society Lecture Wednesday August 26, 7:30 PM

Castine Maine - Castine Historical Society Art Sale, Sunday August 16, 1:00 to 4:00

Castine Maine - Dali Lama Impersonator Returns to Pentagoet Inn for Local Farm to Table Experience!

You bet ya, the same fellow as last year but with a better disposition til his dinner arrived. When the little fellow cut the Stonington day boat cod filet with his own razor sharp gurkha knife he screamed at the Fiddleheads in a high pitched “Enter the Dragon” squeal the likes never heard before on this cuddly peninsula of ours. The couple behind had a Benihana flashback and luckily the person seated next to the “Imelda” portrait in the pub was a violin virtuoso from Tsiang Tao here for a concert at the Kneissel Music Hall in neighboring Blue Hill and she identified the language as Cantonese in her statement to our local deputy Don Knotts saying he screamed “holy eggroll, those green grubs just moved!”  In disbelief at the time we sounded the “grump alarm” in the kitchen for a possible citizens arrest which discharged a swat team of overly polite waiters groomed in public relations terminology who descended on the supposed Lama and deftly dealt with the disturbance by employing a common strategy known in diplomatic circles as ignoring.

 

We should have known better but here at the Pentagoet we try hard to let the inner eccentric bloom, not kaboom! He signed in as the Dali Lama and though he came alone it was implied the entourage would be along shortly. Later he would make scurrilous comments concerning the Baron’s courtship of Chief Madockawando’s daughter, then went on to ridicule the drummer boy’s petticoats and finally launch into a verbal ground assault of the Castine Historical Society. This offended a large group of angry patrons, some in their early seventies who later beat the fraudster within seven eight’s of an inch of his miserable life. As Confucius say, “Free Tibet!”

 

 

 

 

Castine Maine - Daily Dayboat Halibut Delivery for the Pentagoet Inn, (Objects May Appear Larger on the Blog)

 

Castine Maine - Pentagoet Inn, Castine Dayboat Halibut, Don't be a fool, get in here!

Castine Maine - Castine Historical Society, Art Sale Opening Reception August 14

Castine Maine - The Pentagoet Inn, Summer Supper Special "Herb Crusted Halibut with Black Olives Tapenade and Local Farm Vegetables"

Castine Maine - Pentagoet Garden Tour & Tea every Wednesday through August 26

Castine Maine - James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Civil War Historian to Lecture on Abraham Lincoln as War Leader "We Cannot Escape History"

Castine Maine - Chamber Music Series - August 10

Castine Maine - Pulitzer Prize Winner James McPherson will lecture on "We Cannot Escape History" Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader

Castine Maine - Holbrook Island Sanctuary - Map & Compass Class Today

Led by park interns, you will learn to walk safely in the woods using a map and compass. Copies of maps and compasses will be provided. Class will last 1.5 to 2 hours. Meet at the backshore trail parking lot at 2:00 PM.

Castine Maine Historical Society - Guest Lecturer - James McPherson, "We Cannot Escape History" Abraham Lincoln as War Leader

Please join us August 10 at 7:30 PM at the Delano Auditorium, Maine Maritime Academy. McPherson’s book, “Battle Cry of Freedom,” won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1988 and remains the best-selling single volume account of the Civil War era. His most recent biography of Abraham Lincoln, “Trial by War” was published by Oxford University Press in 2008, and has been described as “the best very brief biography of our sixteenth president ever written.”  Free and open to the public.

Castine Maine - Today, Town Dock Castine, Come see these incredible boats and meet our Local Maine Boatbuilders!

Yachts from these Maine builders will be on public exhibition at the Castine Town Dock on Wednesday, July 29th, starting at 1:00PM.  These will include Bequia, a recently launched 90’ yawl from Brooklin Boat Yard; Abigail & Carter, a 43’ gentleman’s lobsterboat from John’s Bay Boat Company; Fairweather, a 52’ sloop from Lyman Morse; Moon Watcher, a 40’ Talaria from Hinckley; and Hokulani, a Stanley 36 lobsteryacht from John M. Williams.  Morris Yachts will have on exhibit the full M-Series of its yachts: M29, M36, M42 and its recently launched first M52, Hope.

 

 

 

 

Castine Maine - Pentagoet Inn, Summer Supper Special "Pan Roasted Scottish Salmon with Parsnips and Local Farm Cabbage"

Castine Maine - Classic Yacht Celebration - Today - Maine Boatbuilder's Symposium Hosted By Gary Jobson, World Class Sailor, Author & TV Announcer

Castine, Me. To launch its annual classic yacht celebration, the Castine Yacht Club will host on Tuesday, July 28th a symposium featuring many of Maine’s leading boatbuilders.  The symposium, chaired by Gary Jobson, the renowned sailor, author and TV commentator, will include representatives from Hodgdon Yachts, The Hinckley Company, John M. Williams Company, Brooklin Boat Yard, John’s Bay Boat Company, Lyman Morse Boatbuilders, Morris Yachts, Rockport Marine and Sabre Yachts. The symposium will start at 4:30PM at Maine Maritime Academy’s Delano auditorium.  The public is invited.

Yachts from these Maine builders will be on public exhibition at the Castine Town Dock on Wednesday, July 29th, starting at 1:00PM.  These will include Bequia, a recently launched 90’ yawl from Brooklin Boat Yard; Abigail & Carter, a 43’ gentleman’s lobsterboat from John’s Bay Boat Company; Fairweather, a 52’ sloop from Lyman Morse; Moon Watcher, a 40’ Talaria from Hinckley; and Hokulani, a Stanley 36 lobsteryacht from John M. Williams.  Morris Yachts will have on exhibit the full M-Series of its yachts: M29, M36, M42 and its recently launched first M52, Hope.

 

The tenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden will set sail from the Castine Harbor bell at 11:30AM on Thursday, July 30th.  This 18 mile race, which feeds into the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, is expected to attract a magnificent fleet of Classic and Spirit of Tradition yachts, according to David Bicks and Bob Scott, chairmen of these Castine events.  Race notice/entry form and sailing instructions are available on www.castineyachtclub.org.

Castine Maine - Classic Yacht Celebration - Tomorrow July 28, Maine Boatbuilder's Symposium Hosted by Gary Jobson, World Class Sailor, Author & Announcer

 

Castine, Me. To launch its annual classic yacht celebration, the Castine Yacht Club will host on Tuesday, July 28th a symposium featuring many of Maine’s leading boatbuilders.  The symposium, chaired by Gary Jobson, the renowned sailor, author and TV commentator, will include representatives from Hodgdon Yachts, The Hinckley Company, John M. Williams Company, Brooklin Boat Yard, John’s Bay Boat Company, Lyman Morse Boatbuilders, Morris Yachts, Rockport Marine and Sabre Yachts. The symposium will start at 4:30PM at Maine Maritime Academy’s Delano auditorium.  The public is invited.

Yachts from these Maine builders will be on public exhibition at the Castine Town Dock on Wednesday, July 29th, starting at 1:00PM.  These will include Bequia, a recently launched 90’ yawl from Brooklin Boat Yard; Abigail & Carter, a 43’ gentleman’s lobsterboat from John’s Bay Boat Company; Fairweather, a 52’ sloop from Lyman Morse; Moon Watcher, a 40’ Talaria from Hinckley; and Hokulani, a Stanley 36 lobsteryacht from John M. Williams.  Morris Yachts will have on exhibit the full M-Series of its yachts: M29, M36, M42 and its recently launched first M52, Hope.

The tenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden will set sail from the Castine Harbor bell at 11:30AM on Thursday, July 30th.  This 18 mile race, which feeds into the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, is expected to attract a magnificent fleet of Classic and Spirit of Tradition yachts, according to David Bicks and Bob Scott, chairmen of these Castine events.  Race notice/entry form and sailing instructions are available on www.castineyachtclub.org.

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