Conference Updates
August 27, 2015
One question we receive a lot throughout the year is, when is my conference next year? Well, wait no more. Here’s the schedule of our full-week conferences and Labor Day weekend conferences for 2016: Star Arts and Natural History Week – Saturday, June 18 to Saturday, June 25, 2016 Institute on Religion in an Age… Read more >
Green Gosport Initiative
August 18, 2015
We’ve been busy on Star Island measuring our resources. Here are some digits from the week of August 8 – 14: Compost to Chickens: 611 lbs Certain leftover foods can be sent to our flock of chickens on island. So instead of throwing out 611 lbs of food, we were able to feed our growing… Read more >
On the Island
August 18, 2015
Meals on Star Island are community gatherings. Long tables seating 10 are each their own microcosm of conversation. At breakfast people converse over their night’s sleep; at lunch the morning theme talk is parsed out; at dinner the day’s accomplishments are discussed. And when the meal is nearing its conclusion, talk turns to dessert, whether… Read more >
On the Island
August 10, 2015
Tucked away on the back of the Oceanic Hotel, to the side of the kitchen, and with amazing sunset views, our island bakery bustles with activity throughout the day. Our team of bakers work to fill our stomachs, and also our hearts. The most pleasant smells waft from the bakery throughout the kitchen and outside… Read more >
History
August 05, 2015
by Lois Williams, All Star 1 Conferee There’s more to Star Island’s Dining Room upgrade than effective sound-proofing measures! It’s now an elegant, summery room with crisp white curtains, pale yellow walls and bright white woodwork. New are black-framed-and-white-matted photocopies of items of Shoals memorabilia related to food and drink at the Oceanic a century… Read more >
Green Gosport Initiative
August 05, 2015
On a recent sunny afternoon on Star Island, a group of youth from the International Affairs Conference gathered on the lawn in front of Brookfield to look on as a group of Pelicans – our summer staff – sorted through two large garbage bags. Out of the bags, staff pulled such things as plastic cups,… Read more >