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  • 26 Sep 2024 1:12 PM | Anonymous member

    Portland—Beer, beer, beer! You can never know too much when it comes to beer and ale in the 18 th century. Come join our Tate House Museum docents on October 12 as they take you on an afternoon of education and entertainment surrounding the making of beer in colonial times. This all-new tour will enlighten our guests as to the role of servants in brewing and other kitchen duties. Learn what “pounded cheese” was, how to make it, and enjoy a sample.What did the colonials learn from Indigenous people that impacted their foods and its preparation? Cocktails from beer? You’ll be introduced to beverages you may want to try.

    ColoniAle consists of a one-hour beer-centric house tour followed with a social time in the backyard of the Tate House where you will be given a Tate House pint glass and 2 pints of Mast Landing ale. Mast Landing Brewing is the generous sponsor of our event and is providing guests with their signature ale. Imbibing is encouraged!!!

    Tours are on the hour at 3:00 and 4:00 PM with a social hour following from 4:00- 6:00 PM. General admission is $30 and $20 for Tate House Museum members. Timed tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coloniale-2024-at-the-tate-house-tickets-1028197304817

    or at our website: www.tatehouse.org .

    FMI:Holly K Hurd

    Tate House Museum

    1267 Westbrook Street

    Portland ME 04102

    hkhurd@tatehouse.org

    207-774-6177


  • 14 Sep 2024 12:55 PM | Anonymous member

    The Colonial Mast Trade: A British Perspective Fundraiser to Benefit Tate House Museum Tate House Museum is hosting a fundraiser on the afternoon of September 29, 2024 from 2:30-5:30 pm to benefit education and preservation projects. The event features high tea and an illustrated lecture by UK Arboriculturist Clive Mayhew titled “Building British Ships with American Timber,” which will provide context to George Tate's role as mast agent in 18th century Portland.

    Mr. Mayhew’s millennium-spanning, global telling of British tree harvesting reaches from ancient Mesopotamia to Maine and from Portsmouth, NH to Portsmouth, England, as well as a myriad of places in between. His talk will include a chapter of this global story that is largely forgotten in Britain, the contribution made by American forests to the British navy in the golden age of sail. As Britain's navy grew larger and individual ships within it grew bigger, the demand for home grown timber began to outstrip supply. In response, the navy began to look across the oceans in search of new forests to address the shortfall. Supplies of American timber and masts kept the British navy afloat, quite literally, for the best part of two hundred years. This commercial venture formed the foundation of transatlantic trading links between America and Europe still in existence today.

    Mr. Mayhew lives in East Sussex, south of London, and his professional experience as an arboriculturist will bring a unique perspective to Maine audiences interested in the colonial period. He has worked in UK arboriculture since the early 1990s, as a practitioner, local government officer, and independent consultant. He is a long-standing advocate of custodial arboriculture, seeing tree professionals as fleeting caretakers of the landscapes in their care. His research combines archaeology, geology, art, photography, and written records to reach a more holistic understanding of the factors that shape individual trees, the landscapes they inhabit, and the people who work them.

    In describing the event, Tate House Museum’s Executive Director Holly K. Hurd says “This is a rare opportunity to hear a British timber expert describe the colonial mast trade from a new perspective, one we are not as familiar with in Maine. Clive’s visit here will allow us to share and connect the stories we tell about the economies of the mast trade from both sides of the pond.”

    Tate House Museum supporters are also invited to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a facsimile of a rare antiquarian map from Tate House Museum’s collections; a beautifully-framed 1720s view of the harbor of Casco Bay by cartographer Cyprian Southack. Raffle winners need not be present at the event to win.

    The fundraiser will take place at The Woodland Club, 39 Woods Road in Falmouth, with registration starting at 2:30 pm, High Tea 3:00- 4:00 pm, Clive Mayhew lecture from 4:00-5:00 pm, and questions, closing remarks, and raffle drawing from 5:00-5:30 pm. Fundraiser tickets are limited and offered at $75 per person and can be accessed at tatehouse.org while availability lasts. Raffle tickets are for sale online until 2:30 pm on Sept 29 and at the event until the winning ticket is drawn ~5 pm. Parking is readily available and free.

    FMI: contact Holly K Hurd

    hkhurd@tatehouse.org

    207-774-6177

    Tate House Museum

    1267 Westbrook Street

    Portland, ME 04102


  • 14 Aug 2024 12:55 PM | Anonymous member

    Tate House Museum presents an 18th Century Botanical Dyeing Workshopat Tate House Museum on August 28 from 5:00-7:00 pm with a rain date of August 29 (same time). This unique late summer workshop will be held in the Tate House backyard and garden at 1270 Westbrook Street, Portland. Participants will be dyeing cotton fabric using the same botanical dye bath method that was employed in the 18 th century. We will also be exploring “bundle dyeing” (aka eco-printing), an ancient alchemical process that extracts botanical dyes from fresh and dried flowers and leaves. All botanical materials will be locally sourced from home gardens in the area and will be representative of the plants growing in the Tate House garden. Participants will take home their botanical creations. An informative talk about daily life in the 18 th century will reveal how the Tate House garden was utilized for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and practical household purposes. The workshop will be headed up by Tate House Museum volunteers, Colleen Griffin, Sadhana Philbrick and Barbara Luke. Colleen is a registered horticultural therapist (HTR) and has been practicing horticultural therapy in Southern Maine since 2018.  She is the co-owner of Cultivating Well-Being, LLC and serves on the faculty of the Horticultural Therapy Institute in Denver, Colorado. Sadhana is a Tate House Museum board member interested in plants and uses of the colonial garden. Barbara is the longtime head gardener at Tate House Museum and offers colonial garden tours for visitors.

    This is an interactive, hands-on workshop for ages 14 and up and will be held outside. Please dress for the weather and note the rain date before signing up. Tickets are $30 non-member, $20 Tate House Museum members and can be purchased in advance at tatehouse.org

    **Workshop is limited to 24 participants*

    FMI: contact Director Holly K. Hurd

    hkhurd@tatehouse.org

    Tate House Museum

    1267 Westbrook Street

    Portland ME 04102


  • 07 Aug 2024 2:12 PM | Anonymous member

    Tate House Museum and SPACE will host a closing reception on Friday August 16 from 5:00-7:00 pm for the art installation “Imagining Freedom” by Ashley Page currently on view at Tate House. This is your last chance to view this temporary exhibit which was part of Re-Site 2024 (FMI see space538.org).

    Artist Ashley Page partnered with the Tate House Museum for her project, which she describes as follows. “Reconciling Portland, Maine’s history of industrialization and colonization while contending with the global reverberations of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Imagining Freedom, asks the viewer to step into the shoes of an enslaved Black individual, Bet. Her age, appearance, homelands, and quality of life are all unknown, lost to the unraveling nature of time. Only appearing in court records, we know nothing about Bet other than she was a servant living and working in the Tate House in the 1770s for an indeterminate amount of time. Researching the social, political and economic landscape of Maine during this period and reviewing archival documents, Page makes an intentional departure from the archive as she asks the guiding question: What did freedom look like for Bet? What did her daydreams look like, sound like, taste like? This historical recovery project grapples with the ways enslaved peoples were excluded from historical records and navigates new ways in which we tell our stories.

    This free reception on August 16 will include Ashley’s original sound recording “Whispers in the Wind” which complements her visual artwork. Ashley will be at the closing reception to speak briefly about her artwork. Her exhibit can also be viewed as part of Tate House Museum’s regular guided house tours through Aug 16, Wednesdays - Saturdays, 10 am - 4 pm (tours available through mid-October.

    Don’t miss this unique and provocative show and more inclusive telling of Tate House and colonial Portland history.

    FMI: contact Director Holly K. Hurd

    hkhurd@tatehouse.org

    207-774-6177

    Tate House Museum

    1267 Westbrook Street

    Portland ME 04102


  • 03 Aug 2024 8:22 PM | Anonymous member

    Calm Command: US Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times

    Book Talk with Author Douglas Rooks

    Wednesday, August 14th at 7:30pm

    Sorrento Library, Waukeag Ave., Sorrento, ME 04677

    Join the Sorrento VIA and the Sullivan-Sorrento Historical Society for a talk by Maine journalist and author Douglas Rooks on his compelling new biography of US Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville Fuller who was born and raised in Maine, and later became a summer resident of Sorrento in the 1890s.

    Open to all - donations welcome!


  • 17 Jul 2024 10:54 PM | Anonymous member

    The Sullivan-Sorrento Historical Society & Frenchman's Bay Library present

    Songs from Way Downeast: Historic Songs from Hancock & Washington Counties

    Performed by Stephen Sanfilippo

    A free and fun family-friendly event featuring songs of the sea that tell stories of our own local past. Learn about the importance of songs in preserving the 19th century history of the working waterfront.

    All ages welcome! Light refreshments to be served after.

    July 28 at 2pm

    Sorrento Community Center

    81 Pomola Ave.

    Sorrento, ME 04677

    Read more about Dr. Stephen Sanfilippo here!


  • 26 Jun 2024 3:41 PM | Anonymous member

    Tate House Museum is offering an English Country Dance in the Tate House Yard & Garden on Wed, July 3 from 5:00 -7:00 pm. Come celebrate our country’s independence with a contemporary historical activity! English country dancing has deep roots in British history. The first published collection dates to 1651. ECD came to America with the colonists and became an important social event for the well-to-do. It continued after the War of Independence, and spawned the American contradance. ECD is a living tradition, with new dances being introduced by multiple choreographers each year. For this program, our caller Robb Spivey will concentrate on some of the simpler dances from the colonial and early American periods. All dances will be taught and backed by live music from accomplished 317 Main musicians. Come experience lively tunes, friendly people, and the beautiful surroundings of the Tate House yard and garden, which will make our English Country Dance a pleasant and energizing experience. All dancers welcome from beginners to experts. No special clothing is required, but comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended as the dance takes place in the grassy yard.

    Tickets will be available at the door. $15 General Admission and $12 for Tate House Museum members.

    The 1755 Tate House will be open for a sneak peak from 4:15 - 5:00 pm and all attendees will receive a coupon for 50% off a Tate House guided tour that can be used during our regular open season.

    Please bring your own chair or blanket for resting between dances. Picnics are welcome!

    *Check our website and social media for an alternate location if it rains.*

    FMI: Holly Hurd

    hkhurd@tatehouse.org

    Tate House Museum

    1267 Westbrook Street

    Portland ME 04102

    207-774-6177


  • 16 Jun 2024 5:33 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    In honor of Juneteenth, the Tate House Museum is offering an

    Imagining Freedom Cyanotype Workshop 

    with Re-Site 2024 artist Ashley Page

    from 12 noon - 3:00 pm

    Participants will start by gaining an in-depth learning session about the history of the Tate House, Stroudwater Village, and the state of Maine from Ashley and Tate House Museum’s executive director Holly K. Hurd and consulting curator Laura F. Sprague which will be grounded in the theme of Imagining Freedom. Following this, we will explore these themes through cyanotypes. Participants are encouraged but not required to bring found objects, ephemera, or materials with personal significance. For example: grass, hair, beads, rocks, shells, feathers, fabric, inks, special papers, etc.

    Advance tickets cost $30 each and include all materials. Space is limited to 25. Visit space538.org for tickets.

    Please note, due to the cyanotype process, sunlight is essential. *Rain date for this event is Sunday, June 23, *2-5 pm*. Please be mindful of both dates when signing up.

    The Tate House Museum will also be open to the public for a Community Day of free admission on June 19th from 10 am - 4 pm with tours every hour on the hour at 10:00 am, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 pm.

    **Registration for free tours is required by June 17 at tatehouse.org. FMI contact Director Holly K. Hurd hkhurd@tatehouse.org**

    https://www.simpletix.com/e/juneteenth-community-day-tickets-174073


  • 14 Jun 2024 2:49 PM | Anonymous member

       From 1919 to 1921, Augusta was home to a movie production company founded by Edgar Jones and local businessmen. His goal was to make “North Woods” films. He chose the Augusta area because of the Kennebec River, surrounding lakes and forestland, and its four seasons. Jones brought in a company of actors and a film crew, who all lived together at 129 Sewall Street. Jones used locals as extras in the films. The films premiered at the Colonial Theater in Augusta.

        Jones worked with local writer Holman Day to adapt many of Day’s stories for the films. In 1921 Day and local businessmen took over the company, ousting Jones. Day soon bankrupted the company.

        Six of the dozens of two-reel films from this era are known to survive. Four are archived at the Library of Congress in various collections, and British Film Institute donated a pair to Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport. Digital scans of the original 35-millimeter films, with new music scores added, were screened in June 2023 at the Colonial.

        KHS presenter Ed Lorusso will show two of the films, Caught in the Rapids and Cupid, Registered Guide, roughly 20 minutes each. He also will provide commentary, then answer questions after the viewing.

        Lorusso has been restoring silent films since he retired. Six of his projects have been licensed by Turner Classic Movies, including The Enchanted Cottage (1924), which will air later this year. His projects have been screened at various theaters and silent film festivals across the country. He’s also the author of The Silent Films of Marion Davies and is working on a book about filmmaking in Maine during the silent era.

        The Kennebec Historical Society presentation is free to the public (donations are gladly accepted) and will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 21, at Augusta City Center, located at 16 Cony Street in Augusta. If you have questions about the program, call Scott Wood, executive director, at 622-7718.

  • 14 Jun 2024 2:48 PM | Anonymous member

    After spending five years traveling thousands of miles around Maine, here are a few things writer Tim O’Brien has learned, according to a summary of his recent book, The Maine Roadshow: A Roadside Tour of the State’s History, Culture, Food, Funk & Oddities: “There’s a one-ton replica of the Liberty Bell on the grounds of the Maine State Capitol. The seeds for the Space Shuttle Pines, now growing in Augusta, travelled 2.4 million miles before being planted. Our state has more moose per mile than any of the other lower 48 states. Maine’s oldest town was incorporated 125 years before the birth of the United States. There’s a building in Columbia Falls that looks like a blueberry and one in Wells that looks like a hunk of cheese.”

    O’Brien, the Kennebec Historical Society’s speaker for July, has captured these and other Maine highlights in his illustrated book. His lecture, supported by a PowerPoint presentation, will be about the book. A resident of Belgrade and Nashville, Tennessee, he is a photojournalist with 18 books to his credit. He has worked for decades as a communications specialist in the entertainment industry chronicling theme parks, amusement parks, roadside attractions, circuses, carnivals, and sideshows.

    The lecture, co-sponsored by the Maine State Library, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 17, 2024, at the library’s temporary location, 242 State Street in Augusta. Donations are gladly accepted. If you have any questions about the event, please call the society at (207) 622-7718.

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