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Speaker Series: Tom Hinkle and Nim MacFadyen

“History and Ruminations of Small Point” This talk will begin with a reading by Tom from his 2020 book “Small Wonder: A History of Small Point, Maine”. Tom will be followed by Nim reading from his ruminating essays and semi-fictional stories influenced by his life experiences of the “Point”.

Annual Dinner – Celebrate 125 Years

The Founders and Board of the Small Point Club Request the Honor of Your PresenceAt a Celebration of the Club’s One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Attire:  Gilded Age Splendor Cocktails 5:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Show up as you would have in 1897, the year the Small Point Club opened its doors and two years after the E.F. Willard washed up on Big Beach. Savor a delicious lobster and filet picnic dinner. (Please call Bob to request a vegetarian option or to indicate other special dietary needs.) Check [...]

$125

Art Show: Katie Blair St John

Reception Sunday at 4PM Katie Blair St John has spent every summer of her life in Small Point, breathing in the colors, composition and atmosphere. A great admirer of art from Italian Renaissance to Contemporary, she foolishly was intimidated from taking painting classes because other students appeared to already know what they were doing. Local painters, Frank and Phyllis Mason and Mary Ester MacFadyen became her inspiration. In the 50’s and 60’s she’d watch them pick up an old, wooden shingle and dash off a quick [...]

Kevin Sudeith: Guided Walk for Club Members

Center Pond Preserve Trailhead 125 Parker Head Road, Phippsburg, maine

Small Point Club members are invited to join petroglyphist Kevin Sudeith for a Phippsburg walk to view his shallow relief carvings of life-sized birds native to the region. Some of you will remember Kevin as one of our Club speakers a couple of years ago. The walk will include a short walk to the main rock at Center Pond, then a bit longer walk to the big piece at Ridgewell Preserve, and will take about 90 minutes. In order to have an idea of numbers, [...]

Speaker Series: Neil Olmstead

“Comprehending Jazz: A Quick and Dirty Dive into Intelligent Listening” In this listening/analysis session, Neil Olmstead, Professor of Piano, Berklee College of Music, will guide the jazz appreciator through some organizational aspects of the music. He will offer tangible listening techniques that can bring one closer to the music, enhance the emotional experience and garner a framework for critical review.  Using recordings and demonstrating at the piano, Neil will share practical tools the listener can use to appreciate the subtleties of jazz.

Art Show: Ned Motley

Reception Sunday at 4PM NED MOTLEY Artist Statement:  I’ve been a lifelong Small Pointer and currently live year round in nearby North Yarmouth. In 2012  I transformed a garden shed on my rural property into a cramped but very cozy and practical studio. I’ve been making functional pottery since high school but started pursuing it as a career in 2003. In ‘05 I graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a BFA, specializing in Craft. I’m inspired and influenced so much by [...]

Art Show: Hattie Motley

Reception on Sunday at 4PM HATTIE MOTLEY Artist Statement: As a teenager I started sewing with my sisters making clothes for ourselves on our mother’s sewing machine. Over the years I’ve decorated the places I’ve lived in with many curtains, bedspreads and pillow covers. It wasn’t until I retired in 2000 that I bought a new computerized sewing machine with an embroidery arm and started taking classes at the local sewing store. From there I made everything from small quilts, wallets and aprons to zipper [...]

Speaker Series: Ron Joseph

“A Maine Son: Memoirs of a Wildlife Biologist” Ron will read select passages from his newly published book about the role Ron's idyllic Maine childhood on his grandparents’ dairy farm in the 1950s and '60s inspired him to become a Maine wildlife biologist. It's a nostalgic look of a bygone era of a simple, self-sufficient life without electricity or indoor plumbing. The book also provides a window into an era of the vast, largely unbroken fabled Maine woods—and the hermits, abundant wildlife, and colorful characters that inhabited [...]

Art Show: Juliet Kirkham

Reception Sunday at 4PM I am a self-taught artist, working out of my studio in Berkeley, California. I have always been drawn to watercolor, but learning to use this mercurial and mischievous medium is a recent exploration. I am constantly thrilled with the interplay between water and pigment and the individualistic and often erratic behaviors of watercolor paints. For me, painting is a practice not a perfect - a constant way to witness and delight in the everyday world around us. The content of this [...]

Speaker Series: Pamela White

“Haiti: A Poor Country with a Rich History” Former ambassador to both Gambia and Haiti, as well as an on-going career with USAID, Ambassador White’s talk will cover Haitian political and social issues from the 1700’s to 2022. The audience will be given a look into Haitian leaders’ capacities and weaknesses for over three hundred years. Haiti’s fall from being the richest French colony in the world to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere will also be discussed. Ambassador White had one-on-one meetings with several [...]

Art Show: Candy Barr

Reception Sunday at 4PM Candy Barr Candy Barr is a plein air painter whose visual work includes oil paintings on canvas and wood. Her work has been described as “moving" and as being "a true master of color".   With over 50 years of painting experience she brings a breadth of knowledge of art history, exquisite skill for color and a deep understanding of what makes paint come to life. She earned her BFA with honors in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design [...]

Ladies Night Out #1

6:00 Cocktails 7:00 Dinner  Please call to make reservations (207) 389-2200. Our Covid mini-shutdown interrupted our Ladies' Night, but the postponement was a home run for health. Two ladies' gatherings are planned for the weeks ahead. The August 30th event replaces a previously scheduled dinner to commemorate the signing of the Club Articles of Association. Dinner buffet: Jen and Caesar salad, Sole Florentine w/ lobster, Chicken Piccata, and filet of beef Bercy Assorted Desserts Price 49.50 Wednesday, September 7 5:30 - 7:00pm Hors-d’oeuvre potluck ‘Porch [...]

$49.50

Whiskey Sour Party

Labor Day on the beach! Contest for the BEST whiskey sour Judges: last year's winners Bring your favorite recipe (enough to share tastings) or a simple nibble, like chips. This year's contestants will be judged on the tastiness of the beverage and the presentation. It’s fun!  It’s casual!  Y’all come! For more info call Anne Lee, 389-2694, or Rob Tenney, 389-9044.

Potluck Dinner: 2023 Pre-Season Opener

Chef Rob will provide soup and salad. Members will bring their own specialty dishes. Bar will be open There is no charge except for beverages.

SPC 2023 Staff

We are happy to say that most of last year's staff is returning, plus we've got three new international staff joining us this year. Returning staff: ROBERT JOHNSON DONNA WALLACE CORA WALSH AURIE DURHAM GINNY CHAPUT BILLIE JO WELLIVER KIM COX    

July 4th Parade and Small Point Community Picnic

Following the parade the Small Point Community is invited to a picnic as guests of the Small Point Club Board. The Club will be closed for dinner on this date due to the July 3 Salmon dinner taking place on a Monday, which is the day the Club is normally closed for dinner.

Yoga: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Starting July 6th, join classically trained teachers Johnna Stanton and Veronica Wolff-Casey as they lead you through accessible yoga sequences designed to restore and strengthen body and mind. All levels welcome. Please bring yoga props (mat, strap, blocks, blanket or towel) if you have them . Equipment is limited. Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 with  JOHANNA STANTON Thursdays 9:30-10:30 with VERONICA WOLFF-CASEY  $15 cash, check, or Venmo

Summer Speaker Series: Andrew Milliken

"Conserving and Restoring Habitats for Fish and Wildlife in the Face of Change in Small Point and Beyond" ~   Small Point plays a critical role in the conservation of migratory fish and wildlife species that utilize the network of salt marshes, beaches, rivers, and nearshore waters found here. Understanding the habitats and needs of these species is the starting point for strategically conserving and restoring them throughout the year and sustaining them into the future. Andrew will talk about the importance of collaborative partnerships [...]

Summer Speaker Series: Jill Pearlman “The Spies Who Came into the Modernist Fold: The Covert Life in London’s Lawn Road Flats”

Bowdoin Professor of Environmental Studies Jill Pearlman casts new light on a 1934 modernist landmark in London designed by architect Wells Coates for clients Jack and Molly Pritchard. With the gradual opening of intelligence archives in Britain and Russia since the fall of the Iron Curtain, it has come to light that between 1935 and 1942, four prominent Soviet spies made their home in the building. Her talk explores the reasons why the spies chose the Flats as their place of residence. Based on extensive [...]

Sumner Crawford Art Show Opening

Sumner's art will be exhibited at the Club July 30-August 6. Note: The Opening Reception will be held from 4-5pm, as the beloved BARLEY BRIGHT event will be hosted by the Hyde/Crawford family that evening

Summer Speaker Series: Sandra Horowitz and Bobby Dealy – Saving Monarch Butterflies

Bobby Dealy and Sandra Horowitz were in California and on a whim, visited the butterfly reserve at Pismo beach, since they were driving up the coast. It was a disappointment, but they decided to go up to Monterey Bay where they brag they are Monarch City. When finally finding the sanctuary they were told they were looking at an extinction event. The town commercializes monarchs but does not support the sanctuary, where they winter. This inspired Sandra's two trips to Mexico and research to further [...]

Pig Roast

Join us on Thursday August 3rd for our first ever pig roast, cooked up by visiting chef the "Pig Kahuna" of the Food Network's show 'Chopped'! $65 per person Includes a complementary specialty drink Call 207-389-2200 or email Roe to sign up!

Annual Club Party: “Summer Elegant” Dinner with Fun Dancing

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT FOR THE DINNER PORTION. Cocktails, auction participation, and dancing are still a fun part of the evening.   Join your friends and fellow Club members for a celebration of another year of the Club's founding - 126 years! In the weeks prior to the dinner, an online auction is planned. “Closets, Collections, and Creative Experiences” is inspired by Louise Hoffman’s retrieval from her closet, a couple of years ago, of two original Bodwell Spinney blueprints. She generously donated these to [...]

Kaiulani Lee “Fight Like Hell” Film Screening

The Summer School

The robber barons called her "the most dangerous woman in America," but workers called her "Mother Jones." She was a poor Irish immigrant who survived famine and war, fire and plague. Unable to save her husband and their four small children, she dedicated her life to protecting working families everywhere. The Small Point Community is invited to view the screening of Kaiulani Lee's new film. Recommended for ages 13 and above Monday August 14th 5pm | Brad's Barn Donations accepted at the door to benefit [...]

Summer Speaker Series: Ron Joseph “A Maine Son: Memoirs of a Wildlife Biologist”

Ron will read excerpts from his book "Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Maine Wildlife Biologist" published this spring. Copies will be on hand for purchase. Ron's idyllic Maine childhood on his grandparents’ dairy farm in the 1950s and '60s inspired him to become a Maine wildlife biologist. This is a nostalgic look of a bygone era of a simple, self-sufficient life without electricity or indoor plumbing. The book also provides a window into an era of the vast, largely unbroken fabled [...]

Lea Vaughan Feinstein Art Show Opening

“How to Tame a Fox: small works by Lea Feinstein” A life-long artist and seasonal Mainer with deep roots in Small Point, Lea Feinstein (Vaughan) has taught art and design at RISD, MICA, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and other schools. She has written about art in reviews, long form articles, and catalog essays for national print and digital publications (ArtNews, Art Ltd, SFWeekly, Artpractical.com, DailyServing.com, and others). Her recent (2022-23) studio practice draws on texts from favorite writers, using the overlapping abstract forms of [...]

Summer Speaker Series: James C. Thompson “The Women Who Romanced Thomas Jefferson”

Thomas Jefferson’s Enlightenment – Paris 1785 follows Jefferson’s life during his five years in France (August 1784 to September 1789), and where Jefferson became an object of interest for two circles of women. The first were aristocrats and intellectuals who circulated in the salons of Paris. The second included mothers and their friends who Jefferson met while tending his parental duties. The women in these two circles all romanced the self-styled “savage from the mountains of America.” Mr. Thompson will focus his talk on four [...]

Whiskey Sour Party

Competitors present their whiskey sour recipes and participants vote for their favorite. The Club welcomes the Small Point Community to this event.

Porch Party Bar

Memorial Day Weekend! The bar will be open on Sunday 5:00pm-7:00pm to welcome friends and family back to Small Point. BYO nibbles!

Summer Solstice Soiree

There will be drinks and a buffet to celebrate the solstice and the joy of the summer before us. Please let Roe know if you would like to attend by June 17, or earlier Drinks at 6, Dinner at 7.

Tim Mitchell Art Show Opening

Tim Mitchell will kick off the Club's season of weekly community art shows with a series of limited-edition photographs. Tim is generously donating all profits back to the Small Point Club. Art Show June 30 - July 7  Contrary to what his parents have told people for years, Tim is not a professional photographer. He is passionate about taking pictures and has been shooting since an early age. Tim studied photography at The Maine Photographic Workshops in the late ’70s and moved on to NYC [...]

July 4th Parade

Participants will line up at the Club Tennis Courts at 11:45am. This year's theme is "The Summer Olympics at Small Point". The SPC Board cordially invites the whole SP community, as our guests, for hot dogs, cold drinks and ice cream following the parade.

Rachel Houlihan Art Show Opening

"I am an artist based in Camden, Maine. Oil painting has been a wonderful way to explore and capture so many of the beautiful places I have had a chance to explore. In my paintings I am trying to capturing the feeling of being in nature and experimenting with the creative use of color. My love for the outdoors started when I was growing up on a small farm – and continues now with travel, lots of gardening, long walks with my dog and horseback [...]

Italian Night Buffet

Ciao bella! Join the club for an evening of Italian cuisine & cocktails. As always, everyone interested is encouraged to make reservations by calling the club. Cocktails 6pm, Dinner 7pm

Low Tide Grill Opens for Dinner

The Low Tide Grill will be open Friday and Saturday evenings, 5:30pm-7:30pm. Reservations and dress code, as observed for upstairs dining.

Wine Dinner

Join the Club for this Tuesday Night's Wine Dinner! Pairings include: Wycliff Sparkling Wine with Specially Selected Passed Hors d'oeuvres VillaViva Cotes De Thau Rose with Arugula Strawberry Salad and Lemon Honey Dressing Laroque Chardonnay with Mahi Mahi Ceviche on top of toasted tortilla Laroque Pinot Noir with New York Strip Steak and Chimichurri over Scalloped Potatoes Laribotte Sauternes with Fresh Fruit Tart $75 per person SEATING WILL BE LIMITED Call the Club (297-389-2200) or email the Club staff (gmsmallpointclub@gmail.com) for reservations.

Speaker Series – John Herrick

Long Time Passing The War in Viet Nam may seem to have been a long time ago, but in many ways it is still with us. This slideshow is the story of long time Small Pointer, John Herrick, one draftee who spent a year in the infantry during the height of the war and how he has been living with that experience in the years since then. John Herrick was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His local draft board was in Hackensack. He [...]

Family Cookout, Low Tide Grill

July 20th 4:30pm to 6:30pm $40/ Adults $20/ Kids Under 12 Join us for a day of fun, food and community! Games for the kids and great cook-out food! Call the Club (207-389-2200) or email the Club staff (gmsmallpointclub@gmail.com) for reservations.

Nick Adams Art Show Opening

Nick Adams is a North Salem based artist and graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago. Using stream of consciousness as a method of representation, Adams creates work that incorporates both abstract and representational tones. With a nod to the equestrian world beloved in New England, select pieces carefully embody the grace and spirit of horseback riding while seamlessly blending the region's cultural tapestry with the artist's distinctive touch. Artist work is exhibited throughout the week and is available for purchase during that time.  

Ladies Night

Drinks at 6:00pm; dinner at 7:00pm. Reservation required (207-389-2200/gmsmallpointclub@gmail.com)

Speaker Series – Matthew Davis

Matt Davis is a marine scientist at the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), and leads the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) program, which focuses on sharks and tunas within the Gulf of Maine. While the HMS program is relatively new at the DMR, it encompasses a number of exciting projects, such as an annual white shark monitoring survey. Matt looks forward to engaging with members of the Small Point Club and discussing the science and status of our highly migratory friends in the Gulf of [...]

Kids Day at the Club

Games, Activities, Lunch & Music! ~Come and join us for a fun afternoon~