Our 2025 Season is Already in the Works
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Dr. Ann McKee, a neurologist whose career focuses on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. McKee has led groundbreaking work on the effects of repetitive head impacts and concussions in sports. April 24, 2025
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Adm. Gregory Johnson, former diplomat Susan Thornton and Ambassador Robert Gelbard will speak about the current status of the war in Ukraine in the context of the new world order. June 26, 2025
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We will offer the community a conversation about what the housing crisis means in the Portland area.
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We will also be bringing to our stages world experts in politics and youth mental health, and we have a few aces up our sleeves in the arts and culture arena.
Thank you to our many season supporters who allowed us to bring you an amazing 2024 season. We welcome you to join us as a Season Supporter for our 2025 season. See you next year.
Our 2024 Season
See Past Events for recordings of these events.
March 21, 2024
Author, professor, physicist Alan Lightman took us on a journey from the microscopic to the vastness of space. While a scientist at his core, Lightman focused us on the enigma that Einstein best encapsulated in saying “The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
May 30, 2024
Dr. Julia Byers has used art as therapy in humanitarian crisis across the globe. She took us on a journey from intimate to unfathomable global trauma as she first invited us to share with each other what art has meant in our lives and then took us on a journey to a Syrian refugee camp where she used the power of art to begin the healing process for children caught in the terrors of a war not of their own making.
June 24, 2024
Maine’s public advocate, Bill Harwood, challenged the status quo structure of rate payer subsidies for alternative energies, inviting us to design a model that promotes a transition to sustainable energy while not driving up energy prices for those least able to afford it.
August 27, 2024
Jackie Northam guided us through a conversation with Martin Fletcher and Aaron David Miller about the “inconvenient reality” that is the Middle East today. They caution that the narrow path from trauma to hope will require each side to no longer be captive to ideology, which in turn will require new leadership with a vision and a sense of ownership to bend the arc of history toward a new ending.
September 19, 2024
Former Pres. Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart and journalist and Politico founder John Harris, with moderator Colby professor and author Dan Shea, look back at the presidential politics of the last 50 years and forward toward January 2025 as they reflect on their experiences inside the world of presidential politics.
October 17, 2024
Former Massachusetts Governor Patrick counselled humility as the character trait he believed most critical to a successful leader, while further revealing he advises political candidates to be willing to lose a race because of their principles and that meeting people at the grass roots level will help them find commonality across diverse groups.
November 13, 2024
From the mermaid kisses of the local oysters to the sexiest word in the English language “implementation,” marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and chef Barton Seaver pointed us toward a more sustainable relationship with our oceans.
2024 Lead Sponsors
The Judith Glickman Lauder Foundation
Kathy Biberstein
Gregory Boulos & Nela Alvarez-Sotomayor
Joe Boulos
Robert & Joan Carpenter Troccoli
Gladys Cofrin & Dan Logan
Dr. Ross Greene and Jenny McBrady
Heather Hobrock
The Dara Jeanne Kaufman Fund
The Saliba Family
Legacy Properties, Sotheby's International Realty
David Douglas Stone
Janis & Paul Walsh
Joe & Carol Wishcamper
Amy Woodhouse & Toby Scott
2024 Community Season Supporters
Anonymous
Peggy Greenhut Golden
Joseph and Maury Bohan
Elizabeth McLellan
Flying Point Consulting
Ineke Schair
Marcia Feller & Bob Murray
Kate & Jonas Werner
Sherman's Maine Coast Bookstore
Vistage
2024 Season Supporters
Anonymous, William (Bro) Adams & Lauren Sterling, Liza Bakewell, Polly Bakewell, Nancy & Michael Beebe, Paul Biberstein, Jane & Ed Bradley, Hooper Brooks, Steve & Judy Brown, Maryellen Carew, Amy & Matt Cartmell, George Casey & Linda Bail, Glenn Cummings & Leslie Applebaum, Jim & Anne Cram, Jack & Katherine Emory, Martin & Hagar Fletcher, Julie & Matt Forsyth, Marion Freeman & Corky Ellis, Dan & Julie Freund, Sara & Ben Gideon, Phil Gleason & Mary Schendel, Shaina Graff, Francisco & Sarah Guzman, Judy & Gordie Hamlin, Bridget & Mike Healy, Becky & David Hotelling, Robert & Paula Hoy, Carol & Dale Hudson, Ret. Admiral Gregory Johnson & Carol Hancock, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, David & Barbara Kaufman, Amanda & Nicholas Kent, Jon & Cindy Knowles, Carol & Noel Leary, Chris & Laura Lynch, Kristi Marsh, Tony McDonald & Denise Caron, Matt McGonagle, Kerry Michaels, Aaron David & Lindsay Miller, Margaret & Mason Morfit, Steve Morrow & Rommy Brown, Elizabeth & Hugo Murphy, Ken & Rosemary Murphy, Merle & Lenny Nelson, Mary & Ken Nelson, Martha Nichols, Mark Nordenson, Jackie Northam, Harold & Claudia Pachios, Stephanie Paine & John Pier, Pat & Fred Palmer, Anne Parker, Chris Parker, John & Dean Paterson, Strandi & Ric Quesada, Eric Richard & Evgenia A. Kholoptseva, Terry Richard, Ford & Karen Reiche, Sam & Caitlin Reiche, Willy Ritch & Sarah Flink, Nadia Saliba, Evelyn Sawyer, Barton Seaver, Lynn & Jim Shafer, Nirav Shah & Kara Palamountain, David Soley & Debbie Coppinger, Clayton Spencer, Ellen & Bob Snyder, Marybeth & Steve Sunenblick, Jeff Thaler & Karen Massey, Susan Thornton & Michael Joseph Daley, Sidle House Gallery, Colin Woodard
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