On the Island

Winter on the Island

Enjoy a couple of photographs taken last winter by Island Caretaker Alexandra de Steiguer.

Star Island Corporation

Season’s Greetings from the Star Office!

The front door of the Morton-Benedict house decorated beautifully for the holiday season by Vicky Hardy, CEO and Angela Matthews, DoD:

On the Island

Star’s Greening

As part of global work day on 10/10/10 to bring attention to climate change, Star’s close up crew as part of the P.O.S.S. E. (pelicans on star supporting the environment) planted garden. 350.org’s Global Work Party was a worldwide event supporting environmental initiatives. Pictured here are Dave Goldman, Drew Clark, Peter Duran, Jason Knight, and Jeff Cullinane.

Conference Updates

New LGBT Family and Friends Conference

Star Island Corp is very pleased to announce the new LGBT Family and Friends Conference which will take place from Saturday, August 27 to Friday, September 2, 2011. This conference is for all families—especially gays, lesbians, bisexual, and/or transgender, their families, and their friends. All are welcome — singles, couples without children, couples with children, groups of friends, grandparents, and almost any other family configuration that you create. Read more…

On the Island

Pontine Theatre Isles of Shoals play

The Pontine Theatre will be performing scenes from their Isles of Shoals show on Sunday 24 October at 2pm at the Discover Portsmouth Center. Doug Nelson (a collector & dealer in art of the Isles of Shoals) will be doing a presentation before the show.

You can read more about the play on the Pontine Theatre website.

This is a wonderful production that evokes the era when Celia Thaxter hosted some of the great writers and artists in her home on Appledore and features Nathanial Hawthorne (Greg Gathers) and Celia Thaxter (Marguerite Matthews).

Shoalers in the News

Shoaler Art Show at Nahcotta Gallery

Star Island Winter Caretaker, Alexandra de Steiguer, is showing a new series from the Isles of Shoals called “Stories.” Please visit Nahcotta in Portsmouth, from September 30 through October 31, 2010. The opening reception will be Friday, October 1st. from 5 to 8pm.

Alex will also be showing her photographs at this year’s Starry Night fundraiser to benefit Star Island on November 20.

Newsletter

Star Island Melodies

Andy Bowen, long-time Shoaler, has brought back Star Island Melodies, a beloved songbook known to many who were on Star Island when Fred McGill was about. Andy has many fond memories of Star Island in the mid-1950s and the song book, given to him by Fred McGill, has been an important resource for Andy ever since.
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Newsletter

Passages, Fall 2010

  • Scott Bain passed away on July 17, 2010. He and his wife Christa attended LOAS I & II conferences on Star. (Obituary)
  • Claudine Blanchard passed away on May 9th, 2010. She had attended the IRAS conference for several years.
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