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Dinner served from 5:30-8:30pm.

Golf Scramble

Golf/cart/beer/wine, reception and prizes. Members sign up by June 25 ($60/member). All abilities are welcome, as in a “Scramble” the best shot in a foursome is counted. John Hunt and Adrian King are co-chairs. Numbers are limited so sign up early by contacting Bob Kennedy. Call Bob to sponsor a hole for $100!

July 4th Parade & Picnic

We will celebrate with the theme "America's Great Outdoors." Participants line up at the Club courts at 11:30am. Parade to the Club starts at noon. The SPC Board cordially invites the SP community as our guests for hot dogs, cold drinks and birthday cake at the conclusion of the parade.

Salmon Dinner

Drinks 6:00pm; Dinner 7:00pm. Evening event for the whole community at dusk. The Porch bar will be open.

Bocce Ball

4:00pm on the lower lawn Wine, beer, seltzer water, and lots of goldfish Thank you to Katie Tenney and Patrick Faucet for donating the bocce ball set and to Sumner Miller for permission to use the beach! 

Hike to Petroglyphs

The hike will be led by Club member and Phippsburg Land Trust Board member Barbara Knuckles, who will describe the Land Trust's extraordinary partnership with Kevin Sudeith, which includes work with Bowdoin College and Phippsburg Elementary School. Meet at the club at 10:30 am … coffee will be available! Let Bob know you plan to hike

Trunk Show at Brad’s Barn

Shopping Small Point! Join us for this annual event where you can shop locally and support local artisans while making a contribution to two beloved community organizations - the Small Point Summer School and the Small Point Club. Art, pottery, textiles, Club logo merchandise, and more will be on sale. Ned Motley returns with his Nedware, pieces formed from stoneware mostly on an electric potters wheel and “bisqued” in an electric kiln at very high heat which hardens the piece. Dana Burton and Avery Smith [...]

Speaker Series #1: Bonnie Docherty

“Bombs Away: Humanitarian Disarmament and the Making of International Law” Humanitarian disarmament is a people-centered approach to governing weapons that focuses on human, rather than national, security. It seeks to prevent future arms-inflicted harm and remediate that which has occurred. In her talk, Bonnie Docherty will explain this groundbreaking approach to disarmament and discuss the process of creating new international law. Drawing on her 20 years in the field, she will share first-hand experiences, which range from documenting civilian casualities in Afghanistan and Iraq to [...]

Art Show: Jane Dahmen

Jane Dahmen, who moved to Maine in 2004, is a contemporary realist whose recent landscapes explore the trees, fields, rivers, streams, and coastal regions of midcoast Maine. Dahmen’s work has been shown in solo and group shows both in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2013, Dahmen has hosted “Talking Art in Maine: Intimate Conversations,” one-on-one conversations with other Maine artists, including painters and sculptors such as Alex Katz, Yvonne Jaquette, Lois Dodd, Eric Hopkins, Katherine Bradford, Anna Hepler, John Bisbee, William Wegman, Alan Bray, Tom Hall, [...]

Children’s Hour

S'mores for children and grandchildren of Members. Gather on lower lawn.

Speaker Series #2: Jane Dahman

“A Conversation with the Artist” Jane Dahmen, who moved to Maine in 2004, is a contemporary realist whose recent landscapes explore the trees, fields, rivers, streams, and coastal regions of midcoast Maine. Dahmen's work has been shown in solo and group shows both in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2013, Dahmen has hosted "Talking Art in Maine: Intimate Conversations," one-on-one conversations with other Maine artists, including painters and sculptors such as Alex Katz, Yvonne Jaquette, Lois Dodd, Eric Hopkins, Katherine Bradford, Anna Hepler, John Bisbee, William [...]

Speaker Series #3: Chase Ijams

“A Peace Corps Experience” Take a trip into the lifestyle and culture of Vanuatu through the experience of living in a small subsistence agricultural community on the island of Santo. The presentation will go into the details of the Peace Corps experience and provide insight into the growing pains of a developing nation in the midst of rapid cultural and economic change.  

Fundraiser: Picture the Point

Small Point Club

Join us at the Small Point Club for our Annual Fundraiser! Saturday, July 31 6:00PM  Drinks and Silent Auction Preview 7:30-8:30PM  Alfresco Dining (Surf & Turf) 7:45PM  Announcement of Silent Auction 8:00PM  Live Auction 8:15-10:15PM  Dancing in the Street! $60 per person RSVP ASAP Bob Kennedy 207-389-2200 or gmsmallpointclub@gmail.com Please let Bob know if if you are gluten-free, vegan, or vegetarian Your alfresco meal will be labeled with your name. Buy your drink tickets ahead of time to avoid long lines on auction night!   Nick [...]

$60

Hike “Twin Peaks” with the Phippsburg Land Trust

Pack a picnic or pick up a boxed lunch at the Club. Lunch will be on Merritt Mountain, then to The Bumper (Robinson Rock). Both have views of Casco Bay to Portland. Depart Sebasco at 11:30am; return approximately 1:30pm. Register with Bob. Details (parking, etc.) shared with registrants.

Art in Bloom

A Fun-Raiser to Celebrate Our Quirky Premises A gaggle of SPC floral design enthusiasts will be creating playful arrangements that reflect and celebrate the club’s history and culture. Bring a friend, stay for drinks or dinner! Reservations required: Please call Bob Kennedy at 389-2200 Want to learn more or join in the arranging? Please email or text Terry Windhorst at terrywind@msn.com or 781-249-9977

Speaker Series #4: Elena Vandervoort

“Tales from the Club Crypt” LISTEN TO ELENA'S TALK Access Passcode: L2#oHjb+ Elena will share stories, anecdotes, and photos about the history of the Small Point Club. This will be a fun time to bring questions you may have regarding the origin, family anecdotes, and memories to include alongside Elena’s presentation.

Wine & Dine

Cocktails and a light dinner for Members and guests

Tall Heights Concert

Percy House Lawn 497 Small Point Road

ORDER TICKETS HERE >>  (Brad's Barn in case of rain) The Small Point Club is proud to present a Backyard Concert by Tall Heights with guest appearance by Elizabeth Vaughan Paul Wright, singer/cellist Tim Harrington, singer/guitarist   Elizabeth Vaughan, guest singer             Tanglewood-style Bring chairs and blankets. Tall Heights is a Boston-based indie-folk band. The duo of Paul Wright and Tim Harrington has built a career from the ground up, as relentless touring and recording artists. It’s been a journey of consistent evolution [...]

Art Show: Tom Hinkle

Tom Hinkle had his first one-person exhibit at the Small Point Club in 1994 and has had them here almost every year since. Works will include coastal scenes, city scenes, and architectural subjects. Tom is a Member artist at Centre Street Arts Gallery in Bath. He likes to restore historic houses when not painting pictures. Contact info: hinklepaint@aol.com Opening Reception Sunday, August 15, 4:00  

New! Pilates on the Porch – Mondays 9:30am

LAST ONE: AUG 16 First three August Mondays at 9:30  8/2, 8/9 and 8/16 Jessica Gray will lead weekly classes following the classical Pilates order, offering modifications as needed. All levels are welcome! Pilates is a total body workout, with a strong emphasis on core strength and flexibility. $10 per person Please bring your own mat, or two! Jess teaches Pilates full-time at Equinox and L Classical Pilates studio in Fairfield, CT.

Tuesdays: Cocktails with SPA & SPOC!

Small Point Club

Are there questions you've always wanted to ask? Opinions you wanted to air about our summer community? SPA/SPOC Board members will be on the Club porch Tuesday evenings to answer questions...or just chat...regarding Small Point issues. August 10, 17, and 24 5:00 - 6:30pm

Speaker Series #5: Brooke Mohnkern

Brooke Mohnkern, Little Wood Island resident and producer/director of "Networks", a short film which is a "tightly focused story of a group of lobstermen from the Phippsburg village of West Point who hope to catch the shiny, surface-breaking fish known as pogies, or menhaden."

Annual Shareholder Member Meeting and Brunch

Dear Shareholder Members of the Small Point Club, This is your official notice of and invitation to the annual Small Point Club Shareholder Member Annual meeting on Sunday, August 22 from 10AM – noon at the Club. A brunch for Shareholders will be held immediately afterward. (Low Tide Grill will be closed)We welcome all our members to attend. It is always so valuable to hear your feedback and get your ideas for how we can best move the SP Club into the future. Vaccinations are required. Masking would be appreciated [...]

Art Show: Olivia Hoffman

Opening Reception: Sunday, August 22, 4:00pm Born in Philadelphia and currently based in Bath, Maine, Olivia G. Hoffman has been painting and drawing since 1994. Olivia has spent her life critically observing her environment and thus honing her skills with oil and acrylic paint in portraiture. More recently, Olivia has been experimenting with mixed media landscapes of the places she loves most of all — from Hermit Island to Bath, Maine. Olivia is inspired by the complexity and simplicity of natural beauty, and dedicated to [...]

Speaker #6: Ken Womack

“Everything Fab Four” Ken Womack is the author of several books on the Beatles and a recognized expert on all things “The Beatles”. Join Ken for interesting and inside tales regarding the “Fab Four” and a discussion and book-signing of his most recent book “John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life”.  

“Cocktails for The Club”

You will be invited to cocktails at a member’s house, randomly assigned. The Club will be available for dinner afterward (with a reservation) at regular prices. $25.00 each. Register with Bob.

Page Terners Book Club: Susan Conley

  ~ The Club welcomes ~ Susan Conley  local bestselling author of five critically acclaimed books, including her latest novel Landslide**   Join us for a Zoom meeting to discuss Landslide, by Susan Conley. If you would like to be a member, please email Martie Janeway at martiejaneway@gmail.com. She will email the Zoom link to Page Terners on Sunday evening. Community members welcome!

Labor Day Sunday: Whiskey Sour Party

Miller House

~ on Little Beach in front of the Miller House ~ Hosts: Sarah Weese & Sarah Pope If you love a whiskey sour (who doesn’t?) and you have a good recipe, this event is for you!  Simply make a pitcher of your finest concoction and bring it to Little Beach.  We will provide the tasting cups. If you don’t like whiskey sours (can’t imagine!), then bring your own beverage. If you feel so inclined, bring an appetizer to share. If you’re a contestant, no need to bring an appetizer.  Each pitcher of whiskey sours will [...]

Labor Day Monday: Lunch Buffet

Labor Day Buffet from 11am to 1pm  $21 Bar open from 5:30 to 7pm only \ No dinner \ Low Tide Grill closes for the season

Small Point Golf Scramble

Sebasco Harbor Resort 29 Kenyon Rd, Phippsburg, ME

Sebasco Harbor Resort Captains Adrian King and John Hunt will establish teams. Golf fees, golf cart, prizes, and gift bags included; reception immediately following. A scramble means the best ball on each play, so the game is fun and fast, and all levels of skill can be accommodated. Members $75 Non-members $80 Sign up here with Bob Kennedy by June 25

$75 – $80

Salmon Dinner 2022

Saturday & Sunday dinners, July 2 & 3 Drinks 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm RSVP here to Bob Kennedy   July 4th - regular a la carte dinner July 5th - restaurant closed  

RSVP

Art Show: Jean Eberle Retrospective

Reception Sunday at 4PM The Eberle children are donating many of Jean’s artworks in memory of their mother.  All proceeds will be donated to the Club.      

Salmon Dinner

Drinks 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm RSVP here to Bob Kennedy   July 4th – regular a la carte dinner July 5th – restaurant closed

July 4th Parade

Line up at tennis courts: 11:45am Parade: high noon Theme: Celebrating 125 years Small Point Club 1897-2022  The SPC Board cordially invites the Small Point community, as our guests, for hot dogs and cold drinks at the conclusion of the parade

Wine Tasting: Fess Parker Winery

Fess Parker – beloved actor, known for his portrayal of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone – later became a successful vintner. Today his son, daughter, and grandchildren carry on his dream. Details for this exciting and very special wine event to follow. Explore Fess Parker Winery's website here

Page Terners: “The Alienist”  by Caleb Carr

ZOOM

Immerse yourself in the Gilded Age in anticipation of the Club's 125th Anniversary celebration! Join the Page Terners in reading: "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr  If you are not a regular participant but wish to join us for any of the upcoming reads, email Martie Janeway (martiejaneway@gmail.com) The next three books are: "Lucky Turtle" by Bill Roorbach (September) "Deacon King Kong" by James McBride (November) "A Calling for Charlie Barnes" by Joshua Ferris (January)

ON HOLD: Art Show: Lea Vaughan Feinstein

PAUSED FOR COVID SAFETY Reception Sunday at 4PM Executed in vibrant colors, this series of paintings, done in Flashe vinyl emulsion on Tyvek and panel, draws on the rich artistic tradition of text as image. This tradition stretches from medieval illuminated manuscripts and concrete poetry, to Paul Klee and Bauhaus typography; from Jasper Johns, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, and Ed Ruscha to graffiti writers like Retna. In Pages, Feinstein uses words as pictures. The words are largely drawn from the artist’s own writings—poems from the [...]

Art In Bloom: CANCELLED

Week of July 18 - paused for Covid safety FLOWER POWER AT THE SPC! Grab some friends, book a slot,  and have some fun with flowers! Weekly Flower Arranging: Each Friday at 10 am, a team meets on the Club Porch to arrange and maintain flowers in our public rooms. Teams will have a Queen Bee who will lead the team and coordinate with Bob the week before to see if he needs anything special. With their Worker Bees, they will make design decisions and [...]

Speaker Series: Jill Pearlman POSTPONED TO 2023

This event cancelled due to covid concerns. The Club wishes everyone good health “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 [...]

Art Show: Nick Adams

Reception Wednesday at 4PM Nick Adams is a filmmaker and graduate of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. With a main focus in Film. Seeing himself as an explorer as well as an artist, Adams does not contain himself to one medium or practice. Experimenting with Abstract Expressionist Painting, and Printmaking. He finds this influences his filmmaking, giving him a unique, and diverse perspective on the medium.

Speaker Series: Joseph Hall

“What If the Morse Mountain Was Not at the End of a Road but at the Intersection of Two?” Bates College Associate Professor of History and Environmental Department Chair Joe Hall, will speak to the contrast between the Native view and use of the land and marshes surrounding Morse Mountain with that of the European settlers. The Bates Morse Mountain Conservation Area is near the end of a long access road which is itself at the end of the state highway that winds from Bath through [...]

Art Show: Jillian Herrigel

Reception Sunday at 4PM Born in Surrey England, Jillian Herrigel grew up in Northern Virginia spending many home leave holidays touring coastal villages of Britain. Earning a degree in Art History and later a Master in Fine Art Education; she taught art for 14 years in a blue ribbon school district in New Jersey. After having summered for years in a fishing village in Maine, Jillian changed direction in 2006 from teaching elementary art to work full time as an artist when she purchased a 19th century farm house in [...]

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