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SUMMARY:Speaker - Gail Carlson
DESCRIPTION:Gail is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College. Gail’s interests focus on the ways in which the environment impacts human health\, including via climate change\, extractive and polluting industrial activities\, and human exposures to hazardous chemicals in the environment. Her talk will center on this subject.      
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/2025-speaker-series-gail-carlson/
CATEGORIES:2025,Speaker Series,Speaker Series 2025
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Lynda Doughty\, Founding Executive Director of Marine Mammals of Maine
DESCRIPTION:Lynda has led marine mammal response organizations for many years. She is the founding Executive Director for MMoME since 2011. Born and raised in Maine\, Lynda always knew she wanted to work with helping marine mammals. She has provided care for thousands of animals\, has opened Maine’s first seal triage center\, and looks forward to providing more for marine mammals in Maine. \nHer work has involved conducting whale necropsies\, disentanglement\, population studies\, marine debris projects and sterning on lobster boats. Lynda was recognized by Portland Press Herald in 2014 as one of 10 Mainers to be thankful for. In 2021\, she was named a CNN Hero. \nLynda received her degree in marine science from Maine Maritime Academy. She also serves on the board of directors for Phippsburg Land Trust.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-lynda-doughty-founding-executive-director-of-marine-mammals-of-maine/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T180000
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CREATED:20240501T155216Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Susie Arnold\, Island Institute's Senior Ocean Scientist and Director of the Center for Climate and Community
DESCRIPTION:As Director of the Center for Climate and Community at Island Institute\, Susie works on the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on marine resources and fisheries-dependent communities. \nHer current areas of focus include working with fishermen to diversify their businesses to include shellfish and seaweed aquaculture\, researching the environmental benefits of farming edible seaweed\, and helping coastal communities better understand the implications of sea level rise so they can make informed adaptation decisions. \nSusie earned a masters degree in Marine Policy and a doctoral degree in Marine Biology from the University of Maine.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-susie-arnold-island-institutes-senior-ocean-scientist-and-director-of-the-center-for-climate-and-community/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T170000
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Dale Arnold
DESCRIPTION:A report in the Boston Globe described Dale Arnold: “A versatile broadcaster\, Arnold is the only person to have called play-by-play for five Boston professional teams (Red Sox\, Patriots\, Celtics\, Bruins\, and Revolution)”. Dale retired from broadcasting in April of last year. Dale is a native of Brunswick\, ME and a graduate of Bowdoin College. He has retired to his hometown and has written several books\, including “If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Bruins” and “Tough Guys: Hockeys Enforcers – on wild brawls\, high stakes\, and the code that binds them”.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-dale-arnold/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20240501T161737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203255Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Tess Chakkalakal: Introducing Charles Chesnutt
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Tess Chakkalakal offers a fresh look at the life and work of Charles Waddell Chesnutt\, the first professional Black American writer. His first novel was adapted for the screen by Oscar Micheaux. His stories of post-Civil War America are as relevant today as when they first appeared in the 1880s. Uncovering new sources\, Chakkalakal evokes Chesnutt’s rise as a schoolteacher in the segregated South to joining the ranks of American realist authors. Working as a shorthand reporter\, lawyer\, and author\, Chesnutt published six books and became known for fiction that has become essential to the development of the American short story form. \nTess teaches African American and American literature at Bowdoin College. Her writing has appeared in The New England Quarterly\, J19\, American Literary History\, and many others. She is the author of Novel Bondage: Slavery\, Marriage\, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century America (Illinois University Press\, 2011) and coeditor of Jim Crow\, Literature\, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs (University of Georgia Press\, 2013) and Imperium in Imperio: A Critical Edition (West Virginia University Press\, 2022). She lives in Brunswick\, Maine.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-tess-chakkalakel-bowdoin-college-associate-professor-of-africana-studies-and-english/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T180000
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CREATED:20240516T215545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203244Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Ben Martens
DESCRIPTION:Ben Martens is the executive director of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA) where he works directly with local fishermen and working waterfront communities to support sustainable fisheries and vibrant fishing communities. Ben will be giving an overview of fisheries in Maine\, what MCFA is doing to a build a more resilient fishing future\, and answering your questions about local fisheries and seafood. \n 
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/club-speaker-series-ben-martens/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240725T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20240501T153135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203342Z
UID:6631-1721926800-1721930400@www.smallpointclub.com
SUMMARY:Speaker - Matthew Davis
DESCRIPTION:Matt Davis is a marine scientist at the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR)\, and leads the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) program\, which focuses on sharks and tunas within the Gulf of Maine. While the HMS program is relatively new at the DMR\, it encompasses a number of exciting projects\, such as an annual white shark monitoring survey. Matt looks forward to engaging with members of the Small Point Club and discussing the science and status of our highly migratory friends in the Gulf of Maine.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-matthew-davis/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T180000
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CREATED:20240501T151701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203349Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - John Herrick
DESCRIPTION:Long Time Passing\n\nThe War in Viet Nam may seem to have been a long time ago\, but in many ways it is still with us. This slideshow is the story of long time Small Pointer\, John Herrick\, one draftee who spent a year in the infantry during the height of the war and how he has been living with that experience in the years since then. \n\n\nJohn Herrick was born and raised in Englewood\, New Jersey. His local draft board was in Hackensack. He started college at Union College in Schenectady\, New York\, but in his second year\, feeling uninspired\, he dropped out to work in New York City for a while. Big mistake. Dropping out changed his draft status and he was drafted in the spring of 1966. He served as an infantry soldier in Viet Nam in the First Cavalry Division from March 1967 to March 1968. The year 1968 was a big year for John: he survived the Tet Offensive; he got out of Viet Nam and off active duty in March; he met his future wife soon after getting home; he returned to Union College and was inspired this time; he was married in December 1968; and he transferred to Boston University. John is still married to Libby 55 years later and they have 2 sons who are both married and they provide several grandchildren for them to dote upon. While in Viet Nam John developed deep misgivings about the war. He has been troubled by the experience ever since he came home. He is a long-time member of Veterans for Peace and has shown his Viet Nam pictures to numerous school and college groups around the country. John had a career as an English teacher and school administrator. He took some time off to start writing his memoir\, and then had a career as a counselor. In addition to his Bachelor’s degree in English\, he also has an MEd. and an MS in clinical counseling. Not a day goes by that he doesn’t think about the experience of combat he endured in Viet Nam.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-john-herrick/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Speakers 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T180000
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CREATED:20230427T133532Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - James C. Thompson "The Women Who Romanced Thomas Jefferson"
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightenment – Paris 1785 follows Jefferson’s life during his five years in France (August 1784 to September 1789)\, and where Jefferson became an object of interest for two circles of women. The first were aristocrats and intellectuals who circulated in the salons of Paris. The second included mothers and their friends who Jefferson met while tending his parental duties. \nThe women in these two circles all romanced the self-styled “savage from the mountains of America.” \nMr. Thompson will focus his talk on four specific women\, Maria Cosway\, née Hatfield (1760–1838)\, Marie-Louise Nicole Elisabeth de la Rochefoucauld\, Duchess d’Anville (1716–1797)\, Adrienne Catherine de Noailles\, Comtesse de Tessé (1741–1813)\, and Marguerite-Victoire\, Madame de Corny (1747–1832). \nOnce we understand Jefferson’s Parisian romances\, we can understand the relationships Jefferson had with women when he returned to Virginia late in 1789. \nAbout the Speaker/Author \nJames Thompson grew up in Wilmington\, Delaware where he studied art at the Delaware Art Museum. He studied Philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville\, Virginia. As a graduate student\, he lived across the Rivanna River from Monticello on the Shadwell farm of Jefferson’s eldest daughter\, Martha Jefferson Randolph. During his four years there\, he commenced what has been a continuing investigation into “the philosophy” of Thomas Jefferson. \nHe cultivated his interest in the ‘History of Ideas’ teaching courses in Philosophy\, Religion\, and Ethics and in Western Civilization at Strayer University. He has written seven books: The Birth of Virginia’s Aristocracy (2010)\, The Dubious Achievement of the First Continental Congress (2011)\, Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightenment – Paris 1785 (2014)\, Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightenment – Background Notes (2014)\, George Washington’s Mulabo Man – Who was Billy Lee? (2016)\, and The First Revolutions in the Minds of the People (2023). \nThompson has delivered talks at the Naval Academy\, the Virginia Historical Society\, Stratford Hall\, and Wilton House in Richmond. He has presented lecture series for the continuing education programs at the University of Virginia\, the College of William & Mary\, George Mason University\, and the University of Delaware.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/summer-speaker-series-james-c-thompson-the-women-who-loved-thomas-jefferson/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T180000
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CREATED:20230427T132803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203533Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Ron Joseph “A Maine Son: Memoirs of a Wildlife Biologist”
DESCRIPTION:Ron will read excerpts from his book “Bald Eagles\, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Maine Wildlife Biologist” published this spring. Copies will be on hand for purchase. \nRon’s idyllic Maine childhood on his grandparents’ dairy farm in the 1950s and ’60s inspired him to become a Maine wildlife biologist. This is a nostalgic look of a bygone era of a simple\, self-sufficient life without electricity or indoor plumbing. The book also provides a window into an era of the vast\, largely unbroken fabled Maine woods—and the hermits\, abundant wildlife\, and colorful characters that inhabited it— before unsustainable timber harvests and thousands of miles of logging roads reduced our forests to large clearcuts so vast\, he often sarcastically joked that they could be seen from the moon.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/summer-speaker-series-ron-joseph-a-maine-son-memoirs-of-a-wildlife-biologist/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T180000
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CREATED:20230427T132027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203546Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Nim MacFadyen "Stories"
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand! Nim will entertain us with a selection of fictions and reflections that may conjure up people and places that seem somehow familiar.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/summer-speaker-series-nim-macfadyen-stories/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20230615T124115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203849Z
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SUMMARY:Speakers - Sandra Horowitz and Bobby Dealy - Saving Monarch Butterflies
DESCRIPTION:Bobby Dealy and Sandra Horowitz were in California and on a whim\, visited the butterfly reserve at Pismo beach\, since they were driving up the coast. It was a disappointment\, but they decided to go up to Monterey Bay where they brag they are Monarch City. When finally finding the sanctuary they were told they were looking at an extinction event. The town commercializes monarchs but does not support the sanctuary\, where they winter. This inspired Sandra’s two trips to Mexico and research to further understand the plight of these amazing creatures. It involves murder and poachers related to the cartels. Everything she explored led her down another path. Sandra thinks it is important to spread the word to save these creatures.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/summer-speaker-series-sandra-horowitz/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20230426T230738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203602Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Jill Pearlman “The Spies Who Came into the Modernist Fold:  The Covert Life in London’s Lawn Road Flats”
DESCRIPTION:Bowdoin Professor of Environmental Studies Jill Pearlman casts new light on a 1934 modernist landmark in London designed by architect Wells Coates for clients Jack and Molly Pritchard. With the gradual opening of intelligence archives in Britain and Russia since the fall of the Iron Curtain\, it has come to light that between 1935 and 1942\, four prominent Soviet spies made their home in the building. Her talk explores the reasons why the spies chose the Flats as their place of residence. Based on extensive research in both intelligence and architectural archives\, she will show that the design\, the scheme for modern living\, and the setting of the Lawn Road Flats offered the Soviet agents a residence that allowed them to carry out their espionage work.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-jill-pearlman-the-spies-who-came-into-the-modernist-fold-the-covert-life-in-londons-lawn-road-flats/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20230426T230129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203623Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Andrew Milliken
DESCRIPTION:“Conserving and Restoring Habitats for Fish and Wildlife\nin the Face of Change in Small Point and Beyond” ~\n  \n \nSmall Point plays a critical role in the conservation of migratory fish and wildlife species that utilize the network of salt marshes\, beaches\, rivers\, and nearshore waters found here. Understanding the habitats and needs of these species is the starting point for strategically conserving and restoring them throughout the year and sustaining them into the future. Andrew will talk about the importance of collaborative partnerships in the Gulf of Maine\, Atlantic Coast and beyond to conserve and restore several Small Point species in the face of change.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-andrew-milliken/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20220611T004635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220619T161042Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Pamela White
DESCRIPTION:“Haiti: A Poor Country with a Rich History” \nFormer ambassador to both Gambia and Haiti\, as well as an on-going career with USAID\, Ambassador White’s talk will cover Haitian political and social issues from the 1700’s to 2022. The audience will be given a look into Haitian leaders’ capacities and weaknesses for over three hundred years. Haiti’s fall from being the richest French colony in the world to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere will also be discussed. Ambassador White had one-on-one meetings with several past Haitian presidents and will be able to share rare insights into their leadership styles.  The 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President\, recent earthquakes\, gang violence\, American influence and possible future elections will be included.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-pamela-white/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220818T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220818T170000
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CREATED:20220611T003743Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Ron Joseph
DESCRIPTION:“A Maine Son: Memoirs of a Wildlife Biologist” \nRon will read select passages from his newly published book about the role Ron’s idyllic Maine childhood on his grandparents’ dairy farm in the 1950s and ’60s inspired him to become a Maine wildlife biologist. It’s a nostalgic look of a bygone era of a simple\, self-sufficient life without electricity or indoor plumbing. The book also provides a window into an era of the vast\, largely unbroken fabled Maine woods—and the hermits\, abundant wildlife\, and colorful characters that inhabited it— before unsustainable timber harvests and thousands of miles of logging roads reduced our forests to large clearcuts so vast\, he often sarcastically joked that they could be seen from the moon.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-ron-joseph/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T170000
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CREATED:20220611T003621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220619T161042Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Neil Olmstead
DESCRIPTION:“Comprehending Jazz: A Quick and Dirty Dive into Intelligent Listening” \nIn this listening/analysis session\, Neil Olmstead\, Professor of Piano\, Berklee College of Music\, will guide the jazz appreciator through some organizational aspects of the music. He will offer tangible listening techniques that can bring one closer to the music\, enhance the emotional experience and garner a framework for critical review.  Using recordings and demonstrating at the piano\, Neil will share practical tools the listener can use to appreciate the subtleties of jazz.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-neil-olmstead/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220811T113000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20220721T212541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220723T224239Z
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SUMMARY:Kevin Sudeith: Guided Walk for Club Members
DESCRIPTION:Small Point Club members are invited to join petroglyphist Kevin Sudeith for a Phippsburg walk to view his shallow relief carvings of life-sized birds native to the region. Some of you will remember Kevin as one of our Club speakers a couple of years ago. \nThe walk will include a short walk to the main rock at Center Pond\, then a bit longer walk to the big piece at Ridgewell Preserve\, and will take about 90 minutes. \nIn order to have an idea of numbers\, please email Martie Janeway if you will join us. \n\nKevin’s work is funded through donations. Would you consider a tax deductible donation? Thank you! \nDONATE \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/kevin-sudeith-guided-walk-for-club-members/
LOCATION:Center Pond Preserve Trailhead\, 125 Parker Head Road\, Phippsburg\, maine\, 04562
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220804T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20220617T194822Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker - Tom Hinkle and Nim MacFadyen
DESCRIPTION:“History and Ruminations of Small Point” \nThis talk will begin with a reading by Tom from his 2020 book “Small Wonder: A History of Small Point\, Maine”. Tom will be followed by Nim reading from his ruminating essays and semi-fictional stories influenced by his life experiences of the “Point”.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-tom-hinkle-and-nim-macfadyen/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20220611T003104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220619T161042Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Joseph Hall
DESCRIPTION:“What If the Morse Mountain Was Not at the End of a Road but at the Intersection of Two?” \nBates College Associate Professor of History and Environmental Department Chair Joe Hall\, will speak to the contrast between the Native view and use of the land and marshes surrounding Morse Mountain with that of the European settlers. The Bates Morse Mountain Conservation Area is near the end of a long access road which is itself at the end of the state highway that winds from Bath through Phippsburg. But what if we thought of this place as at the intersection of this overland roads and a much older portage that connects Atkins Bay to Small Point Harbor by way of the Morse and Sprague Rivers? Considering this question raises new questions about the continuing presence of Wabanakis in Phippsburg and other parts of Midcoast Maine.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-joseph-hall/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220721T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20220611T002752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T203701Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker : Jill Pearlman
DESCRIPTION:This event cancelled due to covid concerns. The Club wishes everyone good health \n\n“The Spies Who Came into the Modernist Fold: The Covert Life in London’s Lawn Road Flats” \nBowdoin Professor of Environmental Studies Jill Pearlman casts new light on a 1934 modernist landmark in London designed by architect Wells Coates for clients Jack and Molly Pritchard. With the gradual opening of intelligence archives in Britain and Russia since the fall of the Iron Curtain\, it has come to light that between 1935 and 1942\, four prominent Soviet spies made their home in the building. Her talk explores the reasons why the spies chose the Flats as their place of residence. Based on extensive research in both intelligence and architectural archives\, she will show that the design\, the scheme for modern living\, and the setting of the Lawn Road Flats offered the Soviet agents a residence that allowed them to carry out their espionage work.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-jill-pearlman/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210610T202513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204126Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker #6: Ken Womack
DESCRIPTION:“Everything Fab Four”\nKen Womack is the author of several books on the Beatles and a recognized expert on all things “The Beatles”. Join Ken for interesting and inside tales regarding the “Fab Four” and a discussion and book-signing of his most recent book “John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life”. \n 
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-6-ken-womac/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210610T201854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204143Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #5: Brooke Mohnkern
DESCRIPTION:Brooke Mohnkern\, Little Wood Island resident and producer/director of “Networks”\, a short film which is a “tightly focused story of a group of lobstermen from the Phippsburg village of West Point who hope to catch the shiny\, surface-breaking fish known as pogies\, or menhaden.”
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-5-brooke-mohnkern/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210610T200553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204143Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #4: Elena Vandervoort
DESCRIPTION:“Tales from the Club Crypt”\nLISTEN TO ELENA’S TALK\nAccess Passcode: L2#oHjb+ \nElena will share stories\, anecdotes\, and photos about the history of the Small Point Club. This will be a fun time to bring questions you may have regarding the origin\, family anecdotes\, and memories to include alongside Elena’s presentation.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-4-elena-vandervoort/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210729T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210602T193353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204143Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #3: Chase Ijams
DESCRIPTION:“A Peace Corps Experience”\nTake a trip into the lifestyle and culture of Vanuatu through the experience of living in a small subsistence agricultural community on the island of Santo. The presentation will go into the details of the Peace Corps experience and provide insight into the growing pains of a developing nation in the midst of rapid cultural and economic change. \n 
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-3-chase-ijams/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210602T193216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204200Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #2: Jane Dahman
DESCRIPTION:“A Conversation with the Artist”\nJane Dahmen\, who moved to Maine in 2004\, is a contemporary realist whose recent landscapes explore the trees\, fields\, rivers\, streams\, and coastal regions of midcoast Maine. Dahmen’s work has been shown in solo and group shows both in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2013\, Dahmen has hosted “Talking Art in Maine: Intimate Conversations\,” one-on-one conversations with other Maine artists\, including painters and sculptors such as Alex Katz\, Yvonne Jaquette\, Lois Dodd\, Eric Hopkins\, Katherine Bradford\, Anna Hepler\, John Bisbee\, William Wegman\, Alan Bray\, Tom Hall\, Jesse Salisbury and Kazumi Hoshino\, and curators Sharon Corwin of Colby College Museum of Art\, Suzette McAvoy of CMCA\, and Anne and Frank Goodyear\, Co-Directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-2-jane-dahman/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210715T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20210602T192807Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #1: Bonnie Docherty
DESCRIPTION:“Bombs Away: Humanitarian Disarmament and the Making of International Law”\nHumanitarian disarmament is a people-centered approach to governing weapons that focuses on human\, rather than national\, security. It seeks to prevent future arms-inflicted harm and remediate that which has occurred. In her talk\, Bonnie Docherty will explain this groundbreaking approach to disarmament and discuss the process of creating new international law. Drawing on her 20 years in the field\, she will share first-hand experiences\, which range from documenting civilian casualities in Afghanistan and Iraq to negotiating international treaties banning cluster munitions and nuclear weapons. She will also address current challenges in humanitarian disarmament\, such as autonomous weapons systems (“killer robots”) and incendiary weapons. Finally\, Docherty will describe how her Harvard Law students and the Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative she directs have helped advance the humanitarian disarmament movement. \nOur first speaker is Bonnie Docherty\, Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch\, Harvard Law School; Associate Director of Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection and a Lecturer on Law at the International Human Rights Clinic.
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-1-bonnie-docherty/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190813T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190813T180000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20190501T222944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204143Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #6 - Dan Dowd\, Artist & Phippsburg Land Trust
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URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-6-dan-dowd/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190808T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190808T140000
DTSTAMP:20260606T055154
CREATED:20190501T222818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T204143Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series #5 - Heather Perry & Hopper McDonough
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.smallpointclub.com/event/speaker-series-5-heather-popper-hopper-mcdonough/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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