Posts Categorized: Conference Updates

Star Island Corp. announces its 2012 conference season

The Star Island Corp. is excited to announce the launch of its 2012 conference season with themes ranging from the Arab Spring to the secret lives of birds and turtles — among 40 events with speakers as diverse as best-selling authors to lighthouse historians. Star Island welcomes such notable speakers as Al-Arabiya Washington Bureau Chief… Read more >

Are you ready for your 2012 conference?

Star Island is happy to release the following schedule of conferences for the 2012 season. A few conferences, like ISHRA-June, Writelines II, and the Quaker Retreat are simply waiting to finalize their schedule and are not yet included in the following list.

LGBTQ Family and Friends Conference Shortened

The LGBTQ Family and Friends Conference: Transitions and Transformations, has been shortened and will take place from Saturday, August 27 through Tuesday, August 30. Those who had registered for the full six-day conference may wish to remain on Star for rest, relaxation, and to join other scheduled island activities. This three-day gathering will have a… Read more >

Announcing new Historic Star Conference for 2011!

Historic Star Conference – Fashioning Travel Memories August 27 to Friday, September 2, 2011. This conference is for those interested in exploring travel memories from visitors to the Isles of Shoals in bygone centuries and in creatively legal order cialis online preserving their own memories of their time on enchanting Star Island through scrapbook images… Read more >

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,… Read more >

Hurricane Earl’s impact on Labor Day Weekend

Star Island reopened on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend after brief closure due to threats from Hurricane Earl. High seas were a certainty and high winds a definite hazard as Earl approached the New England coast late in the week. Staff prepared the hotel and buildings for a big blow and guests and all… Read more >

Cooking Conferences Featured in the Portsmouth Herald

The two Cooking on a Star Conferences were featured in an article in the Portsmouth Herald. Session I, Cooking up History, a Seat at the Islander’s Table, is September 13-15. Session II: Cooking up Comfort, Goodness and Well-Being from the Kitchen is September 15-17. Both still have room, register today!

New Conference for New Ministers

New Conference for New Ministers (1 to 10 years of experience) A new conference for new ministers on Star Island is the result of a three-way partnership between Star Island, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. The conference, titled Challenges, Questions, Pitfalls, and Joys: The Reality of… Read more >