Community News (July 31, 2009)
Magat joins United Way of York County
Marin Magat of Portland has joined United Way of York County as the manager of community and volunteer engagement. With a master’s degree from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy in North Carolina, Magat brings strong community outreach skills and knowledge of nonprofit management to the job.
“With Marin’s enthusiasm and experience, she will be a valuable resource to the community,” said Barb Wentworth, director of community impact at United Way of York County. “Her ability to build and enhance relationships will serve us all well. We look forward to strengthening community as Marin develops community networks and facilitates volunteer engagement.”
United Way of York County strengthens community by bringing people together to effect long lasting changes in community conditions that improve lives. For more information call 985-3359 or visit www.buildcommunity.org.
Portside Rotary
inducts new member
Kennebunk Portside Rotary recently announced Owen Conway of Kennebunk has been inducted as a new member. Jon Shill, current member, sponsored and assisted Conway in his new venture into Rotary. Conway has a background in education administration and will work through the club’s vocation avenues, mentoring program and other projects.
Kennebunk Portside Rotary thanks the sponsors of the July free summer concert, the Nonantum Resort, Maine Stay Inn, Kennebunkport Inn and Captain Jefferd’s Inn. Its next concert, “Jazz In The Air” takes place at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22 at the village green in Kennebunkport. Sponsorship opportunities are available by calling Karen Schlegel at 229-8927 or Bob Wester at 967-0644.
Kennebunk Portside Rotary meets every Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. for its breakfast meeting at the Community House, Temple Street in Kennebunkport. Visit www.kennebunkportsiderotary.org.
New exhibit at Frame Works
The Frame Works is currently featuring Paul Pedulla’s paintings at the gallery’s new location at 41 Main St. in downtown Kennebunk. Pedulla is known for his adventurous and unconventional compositions that depict New England-inspired landscapes and architecture.
“My paintings begin with simple ideas about space and place, often influenced by my New England roots,” Paul said. “The idea may be a real place I can see at that moment or something that exists in my mind, such as a memory.”
He resides in Kennebunk as well as in Cambridge, Mass. and his work has been displayed at venues such as Boston Public Library, Heartwood College of Art, Boston’s South End Open Studios and more.
The exhibit runs through Sept. 5.
Piano recital
at Colony Hotel
Dr. Frances Covalesky, pianist, will give a recital from 5 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Colony Hotel, 140 Ocean Ave. in Kennebunkport. She will perform piano works by Chopin, Liszt, and Beethoven. Covalesky has performed around the world, in Salzburg, Austria; Ragusa, Italy; and Kaunas, Lithuania.
A featured piano soloist with the New Jersey Pops Orchestra, the Rutgers University Orchestra, and the Hanover Wind Symphony, she received the second place prize in the Miami International Music Competition, and won the Rutgers University Concerto Competition when just a freshman student.
She has served on the music faculties of Caldwell College and County College of Morris in Randolph, New Jersey. The program includes Beethoven’s “Rage over the Lost Penny’ and Liszt’z “St Francis Walking on the Waves,” among other classics.
Smorgasbord, Aug. 4
The Senior Center at Lower Village, in conjunction with Atria Kennebunk is sponsoring a summer evening of live entertainment, a smorgasbord of shrimp, chicken and beef shish kabobs, burgers and a “make your own sundae” dessert. The event takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4. Tickets are $12 each and are available at the Senior Center at Lower Village, 175 Port Road, Kennebunk.
Nonantum review talent show, Aug. 4
The Nonantum Resort at 95 Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport hosts the second annual Nonantum Review from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday Aug. 4. Fuzzy Farnsworth and A Taste of Lace Band will accompany performers. There will be a $5 suggested donation and all proceeds will go to River Tree Arts.
Last year more than a dozen Nonantum employees participated.
Desserts, drinks and coffee will be available for purchase. The event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend this one night only event. Be sure to arrive early as last year’s event was a sell out.
Colby Nathan, a student at SUNY Purchase and a Nonantum bellhop is the lead musician for the event and a featured performer.
SAT course, Aug. 3
Maine Prep, a standardized test preparation company, is offering SAT prep classes for high school students.
Classes take place at the Graves Library, 18 Maine St. in Kennebunkport. The eight-session course begins at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 3 and will meet every Monday and Thursday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. until Aug. 27. The course prepares students for the October SAT and PSAT tests.
For further information call 798-5690.
Land trust sale, Aug. 22
Kennebunk Land Trust will sponsor a benefit yard sale beginning at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 22, (with a rain date of Aug. 23) on Moulton Field at 87 Summer St. (Route 35) in Kennebunk. All proceeds will support the trust’s land conservation work in Kennebunk and Arundel.
Donations of items including curios, house wares, furniture, lamps, toys and other gently used accessories are appreciated. Computers, electronics, mattresses or heavily worn upholstered furniture will not be accepted.
The trust was founded in 1972 and has served the local community continuously for 37 years. To date more than 3,400 acres have been conserved, much of which is open for public enjoyment. To make donations for the yard sale and for more information, call 985-8734.
Sacred music festival
begins next Friday
The Church on the Cape in Cape Porpoise offers an extraordinary three-day Sacred Music Festival on August 7, 8 and 9.
Organ concert by Frederick Swann, organist emeritus at the Crystal Cathedral at 7 p.m., Aug. 7. Swann is the immediate past president of the American Guild of Organists, an organization of more than 20,000 members in chapters throughout the United States and several foreign countries.
An unprecedented Sacred Music Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 8 in Cape Porpoise under the auspices of the Fred Bock Institute of Music, which resides at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. A gathering of church music luminaries will be led by the Director of the institute, Edwin Willmington who will be joined by Academic Director Clayton Schmit of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts at Fuller, church music publisher Lois Bock, organists Frederick Swann, Robert Hebble and Mark Thallander, and internationally acclaimed conductor Eric Dale Knapp.
Pastors, organists, choir directors, choir members, music students and interested members of the public are invited to attend this workshop, which will grant participants a Certificate of Continuing Education from Fuller. Registration is required. For more information visit www.sacredmusicsymposium.org
The three-day Sacred Music Festival will conclude with an organ and choral concert organized by the Mark Thallander Foundation at 7 p.m., Aug. 9.
A 50-voice chorus, composed of choir members throughout the region, will be conducted by Eric Dale Knapp. His credentials are impeccable as he is the artistic director of the 2009 International Haydn Festival in Vienna, Austria. Thallander will perform on the organ. He suffered the loss of his left arm following a traffic accident in 2004. His faith and unparalleled enthusiasm for life and music turned this tragedy into a triumph.
Croc Dock camp
at Christ Church
Kids from pre-school to fifth grade jump into bayou fun at Crocodile Dock camp from 9 a.m. to noon, Aug. 24 to 28 at Christ Church on Dane Street in Kennebunk.
At the camp, children participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, dig into treats, experience Bible adventures, collect Bible Memory Buddies and create Bible Point crafts they’ll take home. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through God Sightings. Each day concludes at Firefly Finale – a celebration that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned. Family members and friends are encouraged to join in daily for this special time at 11:30 a.m.
Kids at Crocodile Dock will join nearly a million children sharing in a hands-on mission project, helping disaster victims in North America.
For more information, call 985-4494 or visit www.christchurchkennebunk.org.
Second Kennebunk
VentiCordi concert, Aug. 11
New chamber music is coming to the Kennebunks this summer, as VentiCordi performs Aug. 11 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk.
VentiCordi (winds and strings) is a musical collaboration between oboist Kathleen McNerney and violinist Dean Stein, combining their love of chamber music with innovative programming that blends wind and string instruments. Both McNerney and Stein performed as members of professional chamber ensembles. McNerney played oboe with two woodwind quintets in Los Angeles; Imbroglio and Calico Winds, and Stein was a violinist with the DaPonte String Quartet. Their respective musical journeys prepared them to explore creative frontiers beyond the usual constraints of either format.
The concert features music from the Baroque to the Contemporary. The concert opens with the Sonata for violin and oboe by Baroque composer Zelenka, with guest artists bassoonist Wren Saunders, cellist Paul Ross and harpsichordist Peter Sykes. Two duos add contrast to the program. First, the colorful sounds of Brazil come to life in the Duo for oboe and bassoon of Heitor Villa-Lobos, followed by the Russian composer Gliere’s charming set of Duos for violin and cello. Los Angeles based composer John Steinmetz will be in attendance to introduce his work, ‘Mixed Blessings’ for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello, and harpsichord. This performance will be the Maine premiere of ‘Mixed Blessings’.
Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church located at 114 Main St. in Kennebunk. General admission is $20 at the door. Seniors are $15, and those 18 years and younger are $5. For more information call 725-0219.
Author of local history visits Kennebunk Free Library
Massachusetts author Marcy Titcomb Kudirka will sign copies of her first collection of historical vignettes, “Not So Long Ago in Maine,” at 3 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 13 at the Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main St.
Less than 250 years ago Kennebunk was surrounded by Indians and embedded in wilderness. The early settlers arrived with a spirit of determination; they left repressive homes and found opportunities on the Maine coast. Settlers struggled against harsh weather, a turbulent economy and personal loss. Their stories provide valuable insight to us, their descendents, as extraordinary events shaped their lives.
Based on unpublished notes, diaries and letters belonging Stephen Titcomb and Elizabeth Wildes Roberts Kilham and her family, “Not So Long Ago in Maine” offers a rare glimpse back in time; a “snapshot” of the life and times in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and closely related towns, from the late 1600s to the Civil War .
“Not So Long Ago in Maine” will be for sale at the event. For more information, call 985-2173 or visit www.kennebunklibrary.org.
Bagpiper performs, Aug. 13
Chris Ormston combines strong empathy for the tradition of the Northumbrian smallpipes (the English variety of the bagpipe) with an individual flair, verve and inventiveness. Ormston has worked with several prominent artists, including Peter Gabriel. He also has a solo recording that will be for sale. Chris will also play the border pipes and the Scottish smallpipes at 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 13 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 114 Main St. in Kennebunk. Admission is $10 per person. For reservation information, call 985-2942 or email bcpipes@roadrunner.com.
Funny mom in Biddeford
Comedienne Karen Morgan brings her stand-up comedy performance “Legally Funny” to the City Theater in Biddeford at 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 14.
Once a practicing trial attorney, Morgan began a new career as a comedy headliner after making her national television debut on Nick at Nite’s First “Search for the funniest mom in America.”
Tickets may be purchased online at www.citytheater.org or by calling the box office at 282-0849.
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