Sunday
MCMA-TRAVEL LECTURE-GHOST TOWN OF THE WILD WEST
Thombstone!deadwood!Virgina City! Gold fever ignited one of the greatest mass migrations in the world.For the 49ers, it was California or Bust!!Westward Ho! was the call of the wagon trains and fortune hunters looking for gold in California,Nevada,Colorado,Montana and all points west.
MCMA-TRAVEL LECTURE=INSIDE THE TUSCAN HILLS
NOVEMBER 9,2009-JOHN WILSON
“INSIDE THE TUSCAN HILLS”
John was snowed out last year,but will give us another try this season.John is one of Canada’s top wildlife documentary filmmakers and will show us a vivid portrait of a place where ancient traditions have never disappeared and will give us an insider’s look at the rich rural culture of Tuscany. We will visit the workshops, kitchens, and homes of the Tuscan people and take a journey into some of the world’s most beautiful places. We will come to know a place where every meal honors the local beauty and pays tribute to culinary traditions; where artisans
Lecture # 3-at CATHERINE McAULEY HIGH SCHOOL Auditorium
631 Stevens Ave. Portland Me.Parking lot off Walton St., 7:30-doors open at 6:45
practice in the style of the masters who came before them; where residents are surrounded by the beauty and history of a mythic landscape;this is life in Tuscany.
Saturday
MODAY OCT.,12-SEA TO SEA IN A MODEL "T"
Don and Fran Polen will be taking us on a ride across America, from Pugent Sound Washington State to Lubec Maine, along the way they willdescribe the landscapes with delightful music interludes as well the fascinating story of henry's old car.describe the landscapes with delightful .Hoping to take a ride across America with you,Monday night at 7:30 in the McAULEY high school auditorium ,doors open at 6:45, for more info check the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association web site MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Thursday
FIRST LECTURE-MON. OCT.5,2009-"YELLOWSTONE'S TAILS AND TRAILS"
SandyMortimer presents travel lecture on Yellowstone Park @Catherine Mc Auley high school 631 Stevens Ave @ 7:30, doors open at 6:45
Sandy returns again to bring us some intimate scenes of the wild life in Yellowstone National Park. We will see how and why the many families of wild creatures are motivated entirely by the acts of other animals. You may be surprised how many creatures are actually dependent on otters in order to survive during the coldest months. Come and share many true and humorous experiences in the lives of our friends the Otters.Hope to see you at the Lecture.
Wednesday
ARTIST JOSHUA L. DALLAIRE WORK ON DISPLAY IN MCMA LIBRARY
Young artist J.L.Dallaire was well received on Sept.'s First Friday in the MCMA library and has lots of his work on display and many prints for sale.If you missed him on Friday stop into the library to view his talented during the month , well worth the trip up the stairs to see this talented young man's wide selection of his work.
Friday
74 YEARS OF MAKING AXES AND EDGE TOOLS IN PORTLAND
The summer social in the MCMA library, Thursday was a fun event with a small interested group of members who stayed after the Quarterly meeting and came to socialize and discuss the story of the Bolton tool makers of Portland and their service to- Country,city,MCMA , family and making tools for building ships,barrels,and houses and possibly the Cumberland-Oxford Canal.Historian and author-Charles P.M.Outwin was in attendance and kindly shared some of his history views of early Portland and maybe a rumor of a book on early Portland history???Portland historian Herb C Adams. stopped in later and shared his knowledge of MCMA past members.Pat Shearman was there as a relative of the Boltons and the keeper of ,pictures documents and other artifacts of the Bolton family. a special thanks to Pat Larrabee our MCMA Librarian who did all of the work, it was great fun...............ART
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