Community Dinners at Ferry Beach
Thursday, April 25, 2024 & Thursday, May 23, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)
Thursday, April 25, 2024 & 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. April Community Dinner
Come have dinner with the mayors of Biddeford & Saco! The mayor of Saco Jodi MacPhail and mayor of Biddeford Martin Grohman will share the challenges our twin cities face, information about downtown organizations, give updates and so much more! Come learn all about Biddeford & Saco over a delicious meal with all ingredients locally sourced! Menu Theme: “Eat Local, Shop Local”- All of the ingredients featured in this menu are locally sourced and supplied.
Menu: Starters -Fruit & Pineland Farms Cheese Charcuterie (GF) -Ferry Beach Focaccia Tomato Bruschetta -Bay of Fundy Smoked Salmon, Cucumber, Chive Crème Fraiche Entrees -Gulf of Maine Baked Haddock with Tarragon Butter (GF) -Maine Maple-Glazed Turkey Breast with Jalapeno-Mandarin Marmalade (GF) -Sprouted Lentil & Quinoa Terrine with Apple Gravy (GF) Accompaniments -Baked Acorn Squash (GF) -Aroostook County Green Thumb Potatoes (GF) Desserts -Blueberry Trifle -Chocolate Olive Oil Cake (GF) 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: TBA soon. |
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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