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Deval Patrick  In Conversation with Clayton Spencer
Deval Patrick  In Conversation with Clayton Spencer
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in a conversation with retired Bates College President, Clayton Spencer, will share with us what his extraordinary journey has taught him about the leadership we need to thrive in the coming decades. Lead Sponsors: The Biberstein Family and Heather Hobrock
Oct 17, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Freeport Performing Arts Center,
30 Holbrook St, Freeport, ME 04032, USA

2024 Season

Thank you to our many season supporters who are allowing us to bring you an amazing 2024 season. We welcome you to join us as a Season Supporter.

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7-8:30PM

Best-selling author of Einstein's Dreams, physicist, MIT professor, and social entrepreneur, Dr. Lightman was recently the host of the PBS miniseries Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. At Freeport Speech, Dr. Lightman will explore the questions raised in his books Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine and The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science: How do complex human experiences, such as feeling connected to nature, feeling part of things larger than ourselves, falling in love, the appreciation of beauty, arise from the material atoms and molecules of our brains? It will be an evening melding the spiritual and the scientific in search of truth.

Lead Sponsor: The Dara Jeanne Kaufman Fund and The Judith Glickman Lauder Foundation

Postponed—to be rescheduled

Ann McKee, MD is a neurologist and neuropathologist and in 2018 was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people. 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. Dr. McKee will guide us to a better understanding of the shifting paradigm in our understanding of sports-related head trauma.

Monday, June 24, 2024, 7:00-8:30PM

Bill Harwood was appointed Maine Public Advocate by Governor Mills after a four decade legal career and is one of Maine’s most experienced energy/utility attorneys. From water to solar to electricity, Bill has seen it all. As Public Advocate he represents the interests of Maine utility consumers in regulatory proceedings. After a year including referendum and downed power lines, Bill will invite us to consider Maine’s electric utilities – their costs, climate change, renewable energy and the future of electricity delivery in Maine. Introduction by Dr. Richard Silkman, PhD economist, former director of the Maine State Planning Office and founder and chairman of Competitive Energy Services.

Lead Sponsors: Gregory Boulos & Nela Alvarez-Sotomayor and Joe & Carol Wishcamper

Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 7:00-8:30PM

At the forefront of world events for most of our lifetimes, the Israel-Palestine conflict will be thoughtfully discussed by Martin Fletcher, former NBC News Tel Aviv Bureau Chief and now award-winning author, and Aaron David Miller, an American Middle East analyst, author, and negotiator at the State Department. Moderated by NPR's International Affairs Correspondent, Jackie Northam, we will seek to answer the critical question “can there be peace in the Middle East in our lifetimes?”

Lead Sponsors: The Saliba family and Gladys Cofrin & Dan Logan

Net proceeds from this event to benefit Seeds of Peace.

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Thursday, September 19, 2024, 7-8:30PM

Joe Lockhart was the 21st White House press secretary during the Clinton administration and acted as press secretary and advisor to multiple presidential candidates.  He's had a first-hand view of many of the major political events of the last 25 years. Joining Joe will be John F. Harris, political journalist and the co-founder of Politico. John was a journalist with the Washington Post for 21 years during which time he covered the White House. The conversation will be moderated by Prof. Dan Shea, Chair of the Government Department at Colby College and co-author of The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America and Why Vote? Essential Questions about the Future of Elections in AmericaThis trio will provide us a peek inside the Oval Office as well as their impressions of the American mindset as we head into the presidential election.

Lead Sponsors: Janis & Paul Walsh and Robert & Joan Carpenter Troccoli

Net proceeds to benefit Meetinghouse Arts

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 7:00 to 8:30 PM

Today, leaders in both business and government are facing crises of increasing complexity. Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who served in office during the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, grew up on the South Side of Chicago, attended Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard Law School on scholarship, and has served in leadership positions in both the private and the public sectors. Currently, he is at the forefront of impact investing – where private capital is the engine for innovation and prosperity, not just for investors but communities, employees and consumers as well. Clayton Spencer helped educate a generation of leaders as the President of Bates College. Spencer will hold a fireside chat with Governor Patrick as he shares what his journey has taught him about the leadership we need to thrive in the coming decades.

 

​Lead Sponsors: The Biberstein Family and Heather Hobrock

Net proceeds to benefit the Freeport Historical Society

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 7-8:30pm

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer and the Roux Distinguished Scholar of environmental science at Bowdoin College. Barton Seaver is an author, speaker and chef on a mission to restore our relationship with the ocean, the land, and with each other—through sustainable eating. Together, they will lead us down a path to a healthier planet and healthier selves.  Combined, Johnson and Seaver's TED talks have had over 5 million listeners.

Lead Sponsor: Amy Woodhouse & Toby Scott and Legacy Properties, Sotheby’s International Realty

Net proceeds to benefit Friends of Casco Bay

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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

Janis & Paul Walsh

Joe & Carol Wishcamper

Amy Woodhouse & Toby Scott

2024 Community Season Supporters

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, 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, 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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