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We love creating new Exploritas programs for you! Here are two new ones that we hope will intrigue, tempt and beguile you to join us.
Sept 12–16 and Oct 17–22, 2010
Food, Glorious Food: Portland, Maine | Program #17666
Every time one of us here in the office has to go to Portland (about a two hour drive south), we make sure to allow time for lunch or dinner while we’re there. For quite a few years, those of us lucky enough to live in Maine have known that the Portland restaurant scene is rich beyond belief. And, for several years, we’ve been thinking about crafting an Exploritas program around that scene. Talk about great minds thinking alike! We were in the final stages of developing the educational goals and itinerary for Food, Glorious Food: Portland, Maine, when Bon Appetit announced that it had proclaimed Portland to be “The Foodiest Small Town in America” in 2009!
We invite you to join us in downtown Portland (pop. 60,000) for five days of discovering why this waterfront city is so prominent on the country’s “food radar” screen. You’ll learn about (and, of course, eat!) locally grown and produced Maine foods, with an emphasis on how those foods are used by Portland chefs. You’ll also explore the growing “slow food movement” and discuss why so many Portland chefs are passionate about sustainable agriculture. Finally, you'll learn about the many food–related businesses and careers that have evolved in the greater Portland area in the past 10 years as a result of what The New York Times has called “a controlled fermentation for culinary ideas — combining young chefs in a hard climate with few rules.”
Sept 12–17 and Oct 10–15, 2010
Exploring Historic New England Seacoast Towns: Gloucester, Essex & Rockport | Program #19088
Here at Coastal Discoveries, our bookshelves are packed with books on New England history, architecture and art. Several shelves are devoted to New England poets and authors (we have a special weakness for Celia Thaxter, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Sarah Orne Jewett). Others hold books on maritime–related subjects — the Great Age of Sail, lobstering and fishing industries, and wooden boats and boatbuilding. Our walls are adorned with regional maps, photos of favorite New England harbors, dozens of art postcards, and quotes from favorite New England authors.
So, if you could visit us here in our office you'd likely readily understand why we love creating Exploritas programs that celebrate regional cultures. And that’s what we’ve done with our new program, Exploring Historic New England Seacoast Towns: Gloucester, Essex and Cape Ann. The geography of Cape Ann has profoundly influenced the social, cultural, demographic and economic lives of its residents. When studied together, the Cape’s architecture, artistic heritage, museums, social and literary history and maritime roots resemble a beautifully woven tapestry of early American cultural history. Please join us as we immerse ourselves in the region discovered by Samuel de Champlain, painted by Fitz Henry (Hugh) Lane, written about by Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) and dozens of other writers, and inspiring to all who live and visit here. See you on Cape Ann!
*** Registration for both these programs begins in March.
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