Community Dinners at Ferry Beach
Thursday, May 23, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)
Thursday, May 23, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)
About Community Dinners
We are opening our doors to the community to join us for dinner and conversation. Doors open at 5:30pm, and dinner is served at 6:00pm. Meet and mingle with your neighbors and make new friends over a delicious meal. Stick around while you hear from our guest speakers on timely topics of interest, or join in on a discussion or activity. Our community dinners are just $20 per person (children 8 and under eat for free with adult ticket). Meals are served cafeteria style. May Community Dinner (LAST ONE OF THE SEASON!)
Topic: Poetry featuring award winning poet, Lauren Saxon! Lauren will kick off the evening sharing some of her amazing poems from her debut chapbook "You're My Favorite". Followed with all things poetry-poetic influences, free write techniques and finding your own voice. During an interactive Q&A, she will answer any and all questions about what makes a poem stick, and also give tips on how to get your work out in the world! This is your chance to learn first hand from another poet and leave with countless of tips and trick to use in your own writing. An inspirational evening you don't want to miss! Lauren Saxon is a queer, Black poet and engineer living in Portland, ME. She loves her cats, her Subaru, and being chronically online. Lauren's work is featured in Barrelhouse, Empty Mirror, Across the Margin, Homology Lit, and more. Her debut chapbook, "You're My Favorite" won the 2023 Maine Literary Award for Book of Poetry, and is out now with Thirty West Publishing. Menu: Starters -Curated cheese & fruit selections (GF) -Truffled white beans on toast (V- GF options) -Green curry deviled eggs (Vegetarian/GF/DF) Entrees -Chef Ben’s BBq baby back ribs (GF/DF) -IPA marinated & grilled chicken cutlets (GF/DF) -Grilled portobello & summer vegetable stackers (V/GF) Accompaniments -Garlic & corn sauteed greens (V/GF) -Caprese salad (GF) -Ferry Beach potato salad (V/GF) Desserts -Vanilla coconut yogurt ambrosia (V/GF) -Star-spangled rainbow trifle |
Pricing and Registration
Meal tickets are $20 each. Children under 8 eat for free with the purchase of an adult meal. To sign up, click here, use the register here button above or call our registration office at 207-282-4489.
Location
Community Dinners are held at the DeWolfe Dining Center at Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center: 7 Boardwalk Drive (Formerly Named Morris Ave), Saco, ME.
Parking Is available in many areas across the Ferry Beach Campus:
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