CRANBERRY HOUSE

last upated 7 July

2011 Events

Calendar   Daily List

• Concerts / Special
• Workshops / Classes
• Youth
• Lectures
• Market Days
• Movies
• Islander's Choice Movies
• Meetings
• Visits


• events of other years

Concerts / Special Events

• Guided Bird Walk by Terry Towne of Maine Coast Heritage Trust [May 21, 8 am]

• Great Cranberry Market Days: Baked Goods, Crafts, Children's Clothes [June 22 & 29, 10 am - 3 pm]

• Cranberry House Opening Reception [July 3, 11:30 am]

• Open House at Heliker-LaHotan Foundation [July 3, 4 pm @ Heliker-LaHotan Foundation]

• Irish & New England Fiddling by Randy Miller [July 17, 7 pm]

• Concert by Dog Mountain [July 22, 7:30 pm]

• Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants Talk & Walk by Terry-Anya Hayes [July 23, 3 pm]

• Concert by Spirited Folk [July 29, 7 pm]

• Artist's Reception [Aug 5, 7 pm]

• Art Exhibit [Aug 6 thru August 11, 10 am - 4 pm]

• HTTY HOOPLA: A Rachel Field Day [August 10]

• Concert by Masanobu Ikemiya at the Church[August 21, 1:30 pm]

• Teen Jazz Band Concert [August 26, 4 pm]

• GCIHS Annual Meeting & movie "Building & Launching the Cap'n B, 1991" [August 26, 7:30 pm postponed to Oct. 9, 7:30 pm]

Youth Events

• Children's Crafts with Charlotte Harlan [August 2, 3, & 4, 10 am - 1 pm]
  Materials supplied. $30 for 3 days.

• Tile Painting with Gail Grandgent [August 17, 10:30 am - 3 pm]
  Students will paint a ceramic tile and it will be fired. All ages. $35.

• Teen Jazz Band Concert [August 26, 4 pm]

Adult Workshops and Classes

• Making Reed Baskets with Christie Benson [July 8, 10:30 am - 1 pm]
  Materials supplied. Students will finish a hanging basket. $35.

• Fun with Watercolor with Helen Bertles [July 12, 13, & 14, 10 am - 2 pm]
  Bring your own supplies, work inside and out. Beginners or intermediate. $35 per day, or 3 days for $90.

• Home Electric Basics with Jay Peruzzi of Atom Electric [July 15, 7:30 pm]
  No materials needed.

• Paint an Oil with Wini Smart [July 20, 10 am - 2 pm]
  Materials supplied. Beginners or intermediate. Student will finish an 8"x10" canvas. $35 plus $10 for supplies.

• Poetry Lab with Sam King: Experiments in Context and Form [July 22, 10 am - 2 pm] $30

• Plein Air Watercolor with Gail Cleveland [July 26 and August 16, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm]
  Bring your own supplies; beginners and intermediate. $50.

• Reading Poetry To Save, Nurture, Edify, and Delight Your Soul, with Sam King
  [July 29, 10 am - 2 pm] $30.

• Tile Painting with Gail Grandgent [August 17, 10:30 am - 3 pm]
  Students will paint a ceramic tile and it will be fired. All ages. $35.

Lectures

• Meet the Artists Talk, with Heliker-LaHotan artists Jean Koeller, Joy Nagy, and Ian Tornay [June 22, 4 pm]

• "Winter on Cranberry Island" Historical Slides Talk by Phil Whitney [June 29, 7:30 pm]

• "Peace Corps Experiences in Burkina Faso" Talk by Aaron Buchsbaum [July 8, 7:30 pm]

• "Local Rum Running During Prohibition" Talk by Ralph Stanley [July 11, 7:30 pm]

• Heliker-LaHotan Artist Talk [July 15, 4 pm]

• "Plans for Baker Island" Talk by staff of Acadia National Park [July 18, 4 pm]

• "Cranberry Isles 1929-1931" Movie by Lloyd Hayes, Talk by Phil Whitney [July 25, 7:30 pm]

• Fiddle Making Talk & Demo with Ralph Stanley (bring your instruments) [August 1, 4 pm]

• "Living in Northern Pakistan" Talk by Terek & Elizabeth Selim [August 3, 7:30 pm]

• Two New Affordable Houses for GCI Presentation by CIRT [August 4, 4 pm]

• Yemen Talk by Charles Dunbar [August 12, 7:30 pm]

• Heliker-LaHotan Artist Talk [August 15, 4 pm]

• "World War II and The Cranberry Isles" Talk by Hugh Dwelley and Ralph Stanley [August 15, 7:30 pm]

• Forestry Talk by Jim Eckert, Maine Forestry Service [Aug 22, 4 pm]
  Private Wood Lot Tours & Advice before the talk; contact Jim Bradley of GCI to participate

• "Downeast Scenic Railway" Talk by Tom Testa & Art Pew [August 24, 7:30 pm]

• Karl Wedge Slides Show by Phil Whitney [Sept. 2, 7:30 pm]

• Lyme Disease 101 Film & Talk by Rachel Dildilian, R.N. [Sept. 4, 2 pm]

Market Days

Market Days are most Wednesdays and Saturdays on the lawn at Cranberry House
July: 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, and 30
August: 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, and 31

Movies

Movies are shown every Tuesday and Saturday, from April 2 to October 29, 2011.  An extra movie is shown every Thursday from June 16 to September 15.  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 the movies on the internet.  You can pick up a printed list of movie titles at the library, or at Cranberry House.

Movie Schedule*
2011 Season	Day	Starting Time
Spring 2 Apr - 14 June	Tues	7:30 pm
	Sat	7:30 pm
Summer 16 June - 17 Sept	Tues	7:30 pm
	Thurs	7:30 pm
	Sat	7:30 pm
Fall 20 Sept - 29 Oct	Tues	7:30 pm
	Sat	7:30 pm

* Movies may be preempted by a special event taking place the same day.

Islander's Choice Movies

• Bruce Komusin's Choice Movie [July 3, 7:30 pm]
• Aaron Buchsbaum's Choice Movie [July 10, 7:30 pm]
• Special Marathon Movie [July 16, 10 pm]
• Karin Whitney's Choice [July 24, 7:30 pm]
• Elizabeth Selim's Choice Movie [July 31, 7:30]
• Joan Shorey's Choice [August 7, 7:30 pm]
• Ruth Westphal's Choice [August 14, 7:30 pm]
• Alice Murphy's Choice [August 21, 7:30 pm]

Meetings

• Children's Sunday School (for joint Islesford/GCI Church Service) [March 27, 11 am]

• GCIHS Board Meeting [July 10, 4 pm]

• CIRT Working Group Meeting with Norm Fecteau [April 15, 8:15 am]

• CIRT Board Meeting [April 16, 8:30 am]

• CIRT Annual Meeting [August 20, 4:15 pm (and Business Meeting 3:30 pm)]

Visits

• Maine Coast Heritage Trust Guided Bird Walk on Cranberry House Trail [May 21, 8 - 11:45 am] (museum specially open this morning for walkers)

• Maine Coast Heritage Trust crew headed by Terry Towne visits to build a loop at the end of the current Cranberry House Trail [July 8, approx. 8 am]

• Group of Unity College students stay on the island for 5 days, camping out and working on environmental projects at Cranberry House [August 21 thru 25]