2024-2025 Monthly Meetings
We meet the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM at the Community House in Kennebunkport, except June, July and August. Our monthly meeting includes a brief club update, social time and a featured guests speaker.
The monthly meeting features a special guest. Our speakers represent a wide variety of interests.
And now for the current schedule of events!
September 5, 2024: CURTAIN UP!
Two young, actors from Kennebunk will kick off our first meeting of the
2024/2025 season. If you like local theater, chances are you’ve seen brothers Owen
and Schuyler White on stage at the City Theater in Biddeford. From roles in Agatha
Christie “who done it’s” through musical reviews like Forever Plaid, these versatile
actors will sing songs for us and tell us what motivates them to tread the boards!
October 10, 2024: FIELD TRIP: ALL ABOARD THE MODEL RAILROAD!
On Thursday, October 10 (please note exception to the second Thursday of the
month), we will gather at the Seashore Trolley Museum to view their brand new and
fabulous exhibit of model trains. This is an outstanding collection recently donated to
the Museum. Rediscover your inner child as you enjoy watching model trains buzz
around and pass Stephen King’s house.
November 7, 2024: EATIN’ GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
Community Gourmet is a grass-roots effort to address food insecurity in
Southern Maine. Join us in the season of Thanksgiving to learn how the
Community Gourmet prepares meal kits of food and recipes for people who
utilize food pantries and teaches them how to use the vegetables and proteins
available to create healthy and delicious foods. Their mission is “nourishing,
teaching and caring.” They have distributed over 4,000 kits and care packages
since 2022!
December 2024: Details TBD*
January 2, 2025: (ZOOM) Co-authors of Poppy! A Tale of Leading with Love
Our first Zoom speakers will be Nancy Sosa and Judi Marchand, co-authors of the illustrated children’s book, Poppy! A
Tale of Leading with Love. While it is a children’s book, it is inspired by real life stories of President
George H.W. Bush. Nancy and Judi live currently in Virginia and California but also summered in
this area for several decades, so don’t be surprised if you recognize them!
February 6, 2025: (ZOOM) CALL ME AMERICAN
Author Abdi Nor Iftin was born in Mogadishu, Somalia to nomadic parents,
survived famine, war and child soldiering, learned American English by
watching movies, repeating the language he heard and imitating the actors. He
became a “guerrilla” journalist whose stories were short-listed for Peabody
Awards in 2016. Abdi earned a degree from Boston College in 2022. Join us by
Zoom on February 6 as we listen to his inspiring story and marvel at his
insistence to realize his dream of becoming “Abdi American.”
March 2025: Details TBD*
April 3, 2025: PORTLAND MAGAZINE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR
Author and Kennebunk resident, Colin Sargent, will tell us about starting Portland, a monthly magazine in the
1980’s through keeping the publication vibrant in the current digital age. As an
accomplished author of 3 books of poetry and 4 novels, Colin will discuss his
recently published third novel, Red Hands, telling the story of Iordana Borila
who married the son of the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu.
May 1, 2025: I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR
ICE CREAM!
One of America’s favorite food groups! Lauren Guptill, creator and owner of
Rococo Ice Cream, will tell us how she started and grew her delicious local
business, including the fabulous new Dessert Bar. Maybe she will share how
she comes up with Rococo’s unique flavors! Save the sweet date of Thursday,
May 1, 2025.
We meet the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM at the Community House in Kennebunkport, except June, July and August. Our monthly meeting includes a brief club update, social time and a featured guests speaker.
The monthly meeting features a special guest. Our speakers represent a wide variety of interests.
And now for the current schedule of events!
September 5, 2024: CURTAIN UP!
Two young, actors from Kennebunk will kick off our first meeting of the
2024/2025 season. If you like local theater, chances are you’ve seen brothers Owen
and Schuyler White on stage at the City Theater in Biddeford. From roles in Agatha
Christie “who done it’s” through musical reviews like Forever Plaid, these versatile
actors will sing songs for us and tell us what motivates them to tread the boards!
October 10, 2024: FIELD TRIP: ALL ABOARD THE MODEL RAILROAD!
On Thursday, October 10 (please note exception to the second Thursday of the
month), we will gather at the Seashore Trolley Museum to view their brand new and
fabulous exhibit of model trains. This is an outstanding collection recently donated to
the Museum. Rediscover your inner child as you enjoy watching model trains buzz
around and pass Stephen King’s house.
November 7, 2024: EATIN’ GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
Community Gourmet is a grass-roots effort to address food insecurity in
Southern Maine. Join us in the season of Thanksgiving to learn how the
Community Gourmet prepares meal kits of food and recipes for people who
utilize food pantries and teaches them how to use the vegetables and proteins
available to create healthy and delicious foods. Their mission is “nourishing,
teaching and caring.” They have distributed over 4,000 kits and care packages
since 2022!
December 2024: Details TBD*
January 2, 2025: (ZOOM) Co-authors of Poppy! A Tale of Leading with Love
Our first Zoom speakers will be Nancy Sosa and Judi Marchand, co-authors of the illustrated children’s book, Poppy! A
Tale of Leading with Love. While it is a children’s book, it is inspired by real life stories of President
George H.W. Bush. Nancy and Judi live currently in Virginia and California but also summered in
this area for several decades, so don’t be surprised if you recognize them!
February 6, 2025: (ZOOM) CALL ME AMERICAN
Author Abdi Nor Iftin was born in Mogadishu, Somalia to nomadic parents,
survived famine, war and child soldiering, learned American English by
watching movies, repeating the language he heard and imitating the actors. He
became a “guerrilla” journalist whose stories were short-listed for Peabody
Awards in 2016. Abdi earned a degree from Boston College in 2022. Join us by
Zoom on February 6 as we listen to his inspiring story and marvel at his
insistence to realize his dream of becoming “Abdi American.”
March 2025: Details TBD*
April 3, 2025: PORTLAND MAGAZINE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR
Author and Kennebunk resident, Colin Sargent, will tell us about starting Portland, a monthly magazine in the
1980’s through keeping the publication vibrant in the current digital age. As an
accomplished author of 3 books of poetry and 4 novels, Colin will discuss his
recently published third novel, Red Hands, telling the story of Iordana Borila
who married the son of the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu.
May 1, 2025: I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR
ICE CREAM!
One of America’s favorite food groups! Lauren Guptill, creator and owner of
Rococo Ice Cream, will tell us how she started and grew her delicious local
business, including the fabulous new Dessert Bar. Maybe she will share how
she comes up with Rococo’s unique flavors! Save the sweet date of Thursday,
May 1, 2025.
