Community Dinner (May)
Schedule
Thu May 23 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center | Saco, ME
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May Community Dinner- May 23, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)Doors open at 5:30pm, and dinner is served at 6:00pm.
What's a community dinner? It's an evening of fun and learning with appetizers, entrees, desserts & drinks followed with information from our guest speaker on the month's theme/topic. Each dinner is unique with a different menu, topic and guest speaker. Come meet and mingle with your neighbors and make new friends over a delicious meal.
This month's 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.
Tickets are just $20, kids under 8 are free! Buy your tickets now while the remain! https://www.ferrybeach.org/community-dinner.html
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Where is it happening?
Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center, 5 Boardwalk Drive,Saco,ME,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
