The Maytime Muses
Celebrate Glorious Spring
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Welcome to all of the new friends who have joined us at the building for recent events, and signed-up for this monthly newsletter. We love staying in touch, and hope you will visit our website often to see what's on the boards. For instance, there is one more week in the art gallery of the phenomenal exhibit "Spirits of the Earth & Earth Stewards" featuring the art of David Vala, and then next week the original works of Henk Pander will be installed as part of the annual two week Vanport Mosaic Festival.
May is our birthday month, and we are ten years old. We've just arrived from the waters of a beautiful waking dream - our anniversary gala The Ten Spoke Wheel - where we dedicated an arbor of trees to devoted supporters, and announced our remarkable new green ideas and ecology programming. We'll tell you all about that in our upcoming newsletter, in just two weeks' time on June 1st. Stay tuned for the scintillating details of the reveal.
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The Ten Spoke Wheel
Our 10th Anniversary Gala
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Cerimon House turned ten years old,
and the room was full to the brim with love and light.
The Ten Spoke Wheel gala, which took place on May 11th, was a thing of beauty thanks to all of the designers & planners, staff & volunteers, chefs & producers, and even The Muses themselves. Yes! The famed "Nine Sisters" were awakened at each table, channeled through a bevy of remarkable actors: Dawn Lisell, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Molly Noble, Jennifer Le Blanc, Robin Chilstrom, MaryAnn Rogers, Kathryn Blume, Emily Sahler, and Jo Pierce.
Emcees Emily Sahler & Paul Susi thrilled the crowd with their wit and whimsy, the silent auction was a bidding bonanza, the live auction was an animated delight, and Randall Stuart's two big reveals were worth the price of admission. All-in-all this fundraiser was a "watershed" moment for Cerimon House, and we hope you will plan to be at the next one. An entire arbor of trees were dedicated in thanks, to: Charlotte Colavin, Kevin Miserocchi, Sharon Nielson, Keith Pitt, Kevin Yell, Gemma Whelan, Stephanie & Laura Mulligan, Jennifer & Gregg Le Blanc, Linda Orrick, Eliza Ladd, Andy McCone, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Paul J. Susi, The Patton Family, Bob Guilbault & Molly Noble, Joey Copsey, Jo Pierce, and Robin Chilstrom.
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May we have the pleasure of your company:
this Thursday & Sunday?
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The weather in Portland has turned to a light Spring rain, and so what could be more perfect than coming in to warm your heart at our hearth?
Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Page to Stage
Thursday, May 16: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Do you love Jane Austen’s stories? Have you ever wondered about the process of adapting novels into scripts? Jennifer Le Blanc adapted Jane Austen’s beloved novel Persuasion for the stage, and you are cordially invited to enjoy a conversation with her about her process. Come hear about the play’s production history, hear a scene or two, and discuss methods of adaptation. A lovely evening for fans of Jane Austen, aspiring writers, lovers of literature, or classical theatre enthusiasts.
Suggested Donation: $10
(All are welcome, no one turned away for lack of funds)
[More info here.]
Courtesy: Classical Theatre Movement Class
Sunday, May 19: 1:00pm-3:30pm
You are invited to take a brief introductory class on period movement for actors and classical literature enthusiasts. You will learn courtesy, status, and movement for the Elizabethan and Regency/Victorian eras. Learn the art of bowing, saluting, curtsying, sipping from a tea cup, and removing your bonnet or top hat with panache. This class is designed to make you feel at ease with physical behavior in the works of Shakespeare, Shaw, Wilde, Austen, and their contemporaries. Please dress comfortably for movement.
Suggested Donation: $20
(All are welcome, no one turned away for lack of funds)
[More info here.]
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It's our Birthday Buoy!
Cerimon House turns ten. We happily recall our first five years as an organization "on-the-float", and we celebrate the last fascinating five years with the acquisition of a building, completing a full renovation of our first floor, and the active use of the mighty vessel for so many community and artful celebrations. There is more to do, and as the guests at our recent Gala event heard, we are rolling-out a full spectrum of programming that focuses on Ecology and our dear & gracious Earth.
Every level of donation/gift helps to get us closer to our many invigorating goals, especially since the programming going forward is so vital. We're honored to "lean in" and provide the place & space for these conversations and opportunities to exist. We know that all of humanity is in the balance. It's time.
Please consider donating to us at this birthday time - using the button below.
And if you simply love multiples of ten? = join our enthusiastic friends in The Threshold Society, who, by pledging $85 a month, deliver their total gift of $1,000 in increments that span the whole calendar year, which helps us each month in such a profound way. [To sign up for this program, click here.]
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