Events

Ongoing Events

10/27/17

The Press Hotel X Island Creek Oysters

Welcoming Portland’s Newest Raw Bar, The Shop!
WHEN: Friday, October 27th | 5PM to 7PM
WHERE: INKWELL Bar & Lounge | The Press Hotel
WHAT: Skilled shuckers from Island Creek Oysters will be serving the
company’s classic, briny Island Creek oyster from Duxbury, MA along
with Mookie Blues from Damariscotta, ME.
Mookie Blues Oyster farmer Bill Mook will join the Island Creek Oyster
team to amaze with oyster trivia, tasting notes and talk shop with fellow
oyster aficionados!
Oysters served with beverage pairings of Allagash Two Lights Ale brewed with Sauvignon Blanc grape and glasses of Prosecco.

TICKETS

$35.00pp for oysters & beverages.

All proceeds donated to the Maine Aquaculture Association

11/4/17

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Friends of Casco Bay is delighted to host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center for the 10th year! Wild & Scenic is a festival with a purpose. It is a gathering of storytellers and story-makers with a love and appreciation for our glorious natural environment.

11/4/17

TEDxDirigo: Rise

TEDxDirigo was co-founded in 2010 as a world-class platform to celebrate innovation and creativity in Maine. In the same spirit of the state motto, TEDxDirigo leads the way with ideas from Maine’s brightest innovators and changemakers. Our goal is for TEDxDirigo to be a catalyst for positive change in the state and world, where new ideas are supported for the greater good of all. To register click here.

11/4/17

Jonathan Edwards

Warm as summer sunshine, real as the truth, intimate as a long overdue visit between old friends … such is a Jonathan Edwards concert. Four decades into a stellar career of uncompromising musical integrity, the man simply delivers, night after night – songs of passion, songs of insight, songs of humor, all rendered in that pure and powerful tenor which, like fine wine, has only grown sweeter with age.

11/4/17

Jonathan Edwards in Concert

Warm as summer sunshine, real as the truth, intimate as a long overdue visit between old friends … such is a Jonathan Edwards concert. Four decades into a stellar career of uncompromising music integrity, the man simply delivers, night after night.

11/8/17

A LIGHT ON THE POINT

Please join us for the 2017 A Light on the Point featuringrenowned Portland-area chefs from Central Provisions, David’s Restaurants, Evo, Lolita, Piccolo, Sur Lie, and UNION working with SMCC culinary arts students to create and prepare an array of light fare. The evening also includes a VIP cocktail reception – only 75 tickets available – featuring the area’s top mixologists from Portland Hunt & Alpine Club and Fore Street and oysters from Eventide.

A Light on the Point celebrates the many partners who help Southern Maine Community College students
earn college degrees, join the workforce, and become community leaders. Proceeds support SMCC students and the SMCC Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management programs.

The 2017 Light on the Point highlights SMCC’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Programs. Our special honoree for evening is the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Casco Bay Culinary Association for its long time support of SMCC students and the region’s culinary industry and entrepreneurs.

We hope to see you on November 8 to celebrate SMCC’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Programs and to honor the ACF Casco Bay Culinary Association and all of the community partners who support SMCC students.

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