Events
Showing events from Feb 23, 2012 to Mar 24, 2012
| 7 p.m. | Portland's Past: Stories from the City by the Sea
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized Portland, Maine, as the "beautiful town that is seated by the sea." Maine author Luann Yetter presents the stories from its past that not only showcase this exquisiteness but also illuminate its diverse and exciting history. The founding members of ...
| 2 p.m. | August Gale
FREE Lecture Maine Maritime Museum and the Maine Irish Heritage Center host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh as she discusses her latest book August Gale. Barbara -who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her journalistic career-faces the most ... |
| 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Sailing Skills and SeamanshipClass meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30pm March 6 through March 22 Members $70, Nonmembers $75 Register Here
Want to improve your sailing skills? Then Sailing Skills and Seamanship is a course for you. It is designed ... |
| 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | What Boat Carpenters Argue About, or I Never Saw it Done That Way Before Members $3, Nonmembers $5 Will Ansel of Georgetown, ME returns to the MMM Boatshop to discuss his new book: "What Boat Carpenters Argue About, or I Never Saw it Done That Way Before". Will is a lifelong boatbuilder and sailor who previously worked in ... |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Voices of the Sea
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Maine Maritime Museum will host its first fisherman poetry reading at DiMillo’s On the Water on the Portland waterfront. This unique gathering, called Voices of the Sea: The Poetry and Song of Maine’s Fishermen and Those Who Work on the Water will feature working fishermen and those ...