Lectures, Music, Films, and Benefit Dinners
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November 26, Saturday, 7pm |
Music : Hawk Henries – Native American Flute Player and Story Teller Description - click to open
Hawk Henries, flute player and member
of the northeastern Algonquian
tribe will share his gift of music and
story telling at Eagle Hill in Steuben.
Hawk will also show some of his magical
sounding flutes, which he had carefully
carved from wood. Hawk has been composing original music and making Eastern Woodland flutes for himself and other musicians using only hand tools and fire for over twenty years. Come hear Hawk play a wide variety of flutes. You may even hear the Didgeridoo and Mbira! He also enjoys sharing his experiences and perspectives about life in hopes of acknowledging and honoring the sacredness in each person and all cultures. $10 per ticket |
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| November 19, Saturday, 6pm | Gala Benefit Dinner featuring roast venison or tiane (tower) of roast fall vegetables
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You are cordially invited to the Eagle Hill Gala Benefit Dinner.
Proceeds will go to support the new kitchen, which will benefit
the local community lecture/dinner programs at Eagle Hill.
Menu European style roast venison with port wine gravy, cheddar scalloped potatoes, garlic sautéed red cabbage Or ... Tiane (tower) of roasted fall vegetables, celery root and pear relish, cheddar scalloped potatoes Plus ... Pear and endive salad with candied pecans, artesan rolls German apple cake, hot tea and coffee Wine donated by the Friends of Eagle Hill $30 per person, by reservation only, by Monday, November 14 at 5:00 PM For more information and reservations, please call 546-2821 ext. 2. Additional donations to the kitchen fundraiser are welcome. http://www.eaglehill.us/kitchenprojectdonations.shtml |
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| November 6, Sunday, 7pm | Film: Fly Away Home (1996, PG, 107 min)
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When 13-year-old Amy Alden adopts a flock of
orphaned Canada geese, she sets out to teach them survival skills. Before long, Amy and her inventor dad take to the skies in a homemade ultralight aircraft to help the gaggle migrate 500 miles. |
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| November 5, Saturday, 7pm | Lecture: Ecology and Conservation of Shorebirds—Our Globe-trotting Migrants
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Lindsay Tudor will discuss shorebird life
history, their phenominal migration from
arctic breeding grounds to South American
wintering areas, current population
status, and conservation. Descriptions of
Maine shorebird habitats and the vital
role they play during shorebird migration
will be discussed a long with Maine’s
shorebird management program including recent habitat protection initiatives
under the Natural Resources Protection act.
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| November 4, Friday, 7pm | Film: Last Train Home (2009, Nr, 87 min)
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Documentarian Lixin Fan follows a couple who, like 130
million other Chinese peasants, left their rural village for
work in the city, leaving their children to be raised by grandparents.
The husband and wife return only once each year,
on an arduous 1,000-mile journey. But their homecoming is
not a warm one, as their now teenage daughter, Qin, makes
her bitter resentment known and debates pursuing a factory
job herself.
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October 30, Sunday, 7pm |
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October 29, Saturday, 7pm |
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October 28, Friday, 7pm |
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October 23, Sunday, 7pm |
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October 22, Saturday, 7pm |
Richard Ossilinski |
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October 21, Friday, 7pm |
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October 16, Sunday, 7pm |
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October 15, Saturday, 7pm |
Lecture: Sustainably Harvesting Local Seaweeds -- Plus |
Shep Erhardt |
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October 14, Friday, 7pm |
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October 9, Sunday, 7pm |
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October 8, Saturday, 7pm |
Jacob van de Sande |
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October 7, Friday, 7pm |
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October 2, Sunday, 7pm |
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October 1, Saturday, 7pm |
Rick Hauck |
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September 30, Friday, 7pm |
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