Welcome to Our 2025 Season
This season includes:
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February 27, 2025 at Meetinghouse Arts: Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the PBS NewsHour, in conversation with Cal McKenzie. Walter specializes in forecasting and analyzing U.S. national elections. McKenzie is the former head of the Colby College Government Department. They will discuss the 2024 election and beyond.
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April 24, 2025 at Meetinghouse Arts: 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.
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June 26, 2025 at Bowdoin's Kresge Auditorium: Ret. Adm. Gregory Johnson, former diplomat Susan Thornton and Former Ambassador Robert Gelbard will speak about the current status of the war in Ukraine in the context of the new world order.
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We will offer the community a conversation about the homelessness crisis nationally and in Greater Portland and proposed alternatives to how we currently manage this issue.
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To date, there are only 269 master sommeliers in the world. One of them will be talking to us about what it took to achieve this accomplishment and some of his experiences along the way.
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We will also be bringing to our stages world experts in youth mental health, and we have a few aces up our sleeves in the arts and culture arena.
Thank you to our many past season supporters. We welcome you to join us as a Season Supporter for our 2025 season.
Our 2025 Season
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Amy Walter, political analyst and award winning forecaster of national U.S. elections joins Calvin Mackenzie, former Chair of the Colby College Government Department, to discuss what the elections of 2024 foretell about the world we live in and the future of national U.S. elections.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Ann McKee, MD is a neurologist & neuropathologist and listed as one of Time Magazine's most influential people in 2018. Her career focuses on Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), with groundbreaking work on the effects of repetitive head impacts and concussions in sports.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Retired US Navy Admiral Gregory Johnson and retired diplomat Susan Thornton discuss the potential turmoil of Ukraine in 2025 in a conversation moderated by Robert Gelbard, American diplomat and former US Ambassador to Bolivia and Indonesia.
2025 Lead Sponsors
Kathy Biberstein
Gregory Boulos
Joseph Boulos
Dr. Ross W. Greene and Jenny McBrady
The Dara Jeanne Kaufman Fund
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
David Douglas Stone
Robert and Joan Carpenter Troccoli
Joseph and Carol Wishcamper
Amy Woodhouse and Tobey Scott
2025 Community Season Supporters
Liza Bakewell
Joe and Maury Bohan
Paul Biberstein
Jack and Kay Emory
Marcia Feller and Bob Murray
Marion Freeman and Corson Ellis
Peggy Golden
Kristi Marsh
Elizabeth McLellan
Col. Joseph and Janet Moan
Tom and Rita Saliba
Ineke Schair
Clayton Spencer
2025 Season Supporters
Michael and Nancy Beebe, Jane and Ed Bradley, Hooper Brooks, Steve and Judy Brown, Maryellen Carew, Amy and Matt Cartmell, Anne and Jim Cram, Julie and Matt Forsyth, Daniel and Julie Freund, Gordie and Judy Hamlin, Michael and Bridget Healy, Carol and Dale Hudson, Jonathan and Cindi Knowles, Carol and Noel Leary, Steve Massicotte, Tony MacDonald and Denise Caron, Mari Miya and Bob Mehler, Stevan Morrow and Rommy Brown, Elizabeth and Hugo Murphy, Ken and Rosemary Murphy, Mary and Ken Nelson, Martha Nichols, Mark Nordenson, Chris Parker, John and Dean Paterson, Fred and Pat Palmer, Ann Parker, Stephanie Payne and John Pier, Ford and Karen Reiche, Terry Richard, Lynn and Jim Shaffer, David Soley and Deb Coppinger, Steve and Beth Sunenblick, Susan Tananbaum
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