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Maja Trivia: Tournament of Champions
Maja Trivia, a game celebrating the rich history of the region once known as Majabigwaduce, is drawing to an exciting conclusion. For the last eight months, 5th – 8th grade students from Penobscot Community School, Brooksville Elementary School, and Castine’s Adams School have been playing Maja Trivia practice rounds, developing ...
Poetry in Motion in Castine
Enjoy Poetry in Motion, a blend of Antonio Rocha’s award winning mime and storytelling. The evening will be filled with stories from different cultures and mime from his wild imagination. Antonio’s eloquent movements, tenor voice, realistic sound effects and compelling stories will sooth your soul, tickle your funny bone and ...
Getting the Story off the Page workshop
Have you ever been moved by a story in print and retold it exactly as it was written, only to have it fall flat? Storyteller Judith Black will help solve this problem during Getting the Story off the Page, an adult workshop at the Witherle Memorial Library, 41 School Street ...
Memoir readings of winters past set for Castine
CASTINE, Maine – A program of winter tales sponsored by the Witherle Memorial Library, the Wilson Museum and the Castine Historical Society will take place 12:15-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the exhibit space of the Castine Historical Society. Local residents George Bland, Don Small and Johanna Sweet will present ...
Historical society, library sponsor storytelling events for children, adults
CASTINE, Maine — New England storyteller and local resident Johanna Sweet will present three programs on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Sweet will explore themes of humor, wisdom, and humanity drawn from diverse cultures around the world. Two of the performances will take place in the Castine Historical Society’s Mitchell Room for Adams ...
Prologue to Readers Theatre: Performance & Discussion
Internationally renowned Reader’s Theatre expert Iz Crain, former co-director of the Readers Theatre Institute based in San Diego, presents PROLOGUE TO READERS THEATRE, a story performed by six local homeschoolers (with a bit of help from a couple of younger siblings) on October 4, 2012 at 3 p.m. in the ...
Kickoff for Castine’s Year-Long Storytelling Event
Stories can transport you to different times and places; they can make you laugh uproariously or shed a tear; and they can draw entire communities together. Starting this September, some of the best storytellers in the country will bring these experiences to Castine during a year-long storytelling extravaganza. These performances ...
Wilson Museum to host booksigning
CASTINE, Maine — Anthropologist William Haviland will relate the history of hardship and survival endured by the natives of the Down East coast in a talk and booksigning at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins St. His latest book is “Canoe Indians of Down East Maine.” ...
Canoe Indians of Down East Maine
In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores. For thousands of years, Etchemins – whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Confederacy – had lived, loved and labored in Down East Maine. Bound together with neighboring people, ...
Speaker at museum will discuss last ice age and how it shaped Maine
CASTINE, Maine — Woodrow “Woody” Thompson of the Maine Geological Survey will describe the circumstances accompanying the retreat of the last great ice sheet and how it affected Maine at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, in the main hall of the Wilson Museum. Thompson also will present the results of his recent ...
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The Ice Age Geology of Coastal Maine
Ice Age glaciers played a major role in shaping Maine’s landscape. On Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 3 p.m. in the main hall of the Wilson Museum Woodrow “Woody” Thompson of the Maine Geological Survey will describe the remarkable circumstances accompanying the retreat of the last great ice sheet. This ...
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Native Americans & America’s Whaling Fleets
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, massive whaling and fishing fleets originated out of New England waters. Who better to serve on these ships than New England Native Americans, whose ancestors plied these waters for centuries before the arrival of Europeans? On Tuesday, August 7, 3 p.m. at the Wilson ...
Castine Town Band to Play at Wilson Museum
CASTINE, Maine — The picturesque grounds of the Wilson Museum on Perkins Street, on the shore of Castine Harbor, will be the location of an outdoor concert by the Castine Town Band at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3. In the late nineteenth century Castine’s Town Band was a proud contributor ...
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Castine Town Band to Play at Wilson Museum
CASTINE, Maine – The picturesque grounds of the Wilson Museum on Perkins Street, on the shore of Castine Harbor, will be the location of an outdoor concert by the Castine Town Band, Friday, the 3rd of August, at 6 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy this free concert. ...
Museum to present Discovery Days program on art in the home
CASTINE, Maine — Learn about 18th and 19th century portraits and the people who created and commissioned them 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins St. Using what you’ve learned, create different types of silhouette portraits. The program is designed for families with children ages 12 ...
Speaker to discuss New England architecture
CASTINE, Maine — Shelter may be a basic human need, but throughout history houses have taken many different shapes. On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3 p.m. at the Wilson Museum on 120 Perkins Street in Castine, discover some of these architectural styles during a presentation by Historic New England’s Caitlin ...
Discovery Days: Lighthouses
The book Keep the Lights Burning Abbie, by Peter and Connie Roop, is based on the true story of a Maine girl who maintained a lighthouse while her father was away. On Thursday, July 19, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Wilson Museum on 120 Perkins Street, Castine, listen ...
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Domestic Architecture of New England
Shelter may be a basic human need, but throughout history houses have taken many different shapes. On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 3 p.m. at the Wilson Museum on 120 Perkins Street in Castine, discover some of these architectural styles during a presentation by Historic New England’s Caitlin Corkins. Throughout the ...
Fireside cooking returns to John Perkins House in Castine
CASTINE, Maine — Fireside cooking, a favorite event at the John Perkins House, will return July 11 and 15, and Aug. 8, 12 and 15. A variety of traditional recipes will be demonstrated — which often includes bread and donuts. The John Perkins House is the oldest house in Castine ...
New England Masts and the King’s Broad Arrow
During the age of sail, New England pine trees were felled, limbed, and transported across land and sea to become masts for the English Royal Navy. On Tuesday, July 10, 3 p.m. at the Wilson Museum on 120 Perkins Street in Castine, Sam Manning will explore the history and process ...
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