Conferences for: Adults and Families | Youth | Adults
The schedule for June-August Conferences for 2010 has been determined. The September 2010 calendar will be posted soon. Please check back periodically for updates.
The Star Island Corporation also offers its conference facilities and services to a variety of local and regional groups. If your group is interested in holding a conference or retreat on Star Island, please e-mail us at office@starisland.org.
The conferences below generally offer structured children's activities while adult conference programming is occurring. Adults, couples & families will all find something to interest them.
Theme: “Hospitality at the Crossroads” will focus on interactive conversational practices to help family members welcome one another.
Theme: Telling Our Stories. Tom McCabe, a Parent’s Choice Award winner, will help everyone, through journaling and inter-active activities, to tell their own stories.
Theme: Building Community: How can we strengthen and support the communities in which we live, be they close-knit or global, intentional or otherwise?
Theme: Creating a Sustainable Culture. Liz Walker, author of EcoVillage at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable Culture, will share lessons in community building.
Theme: The Parables: Never Ending Stories. Read the parables as scripture and as insight into understanding contemporary lives.
The conferences below offer structured youth programming. During some of these conferences, the island may also be hosting a family or adult conference.
The conferences below offer adult conference programming. During some of these conferences, the island may also be hosting a youth or family conference.
A weeklong workshop with long-time Isles of Shoals photographer Peter Randall.
(877) 426-8056
Please note: Registration for this conference is handled through Elderhostel and so deadlines & registration information will differ. Please contact Elderhostel for details.
Three workshops opportunities: Birding on the Isles of Shoals; Watercolor Painting; or Digital photography.
Five days of workshops for writers of all skill levels.
Please call granite State College: (603) 332-8335
One in the Arts: Art of Landscape/Watercolor and one in Science: Environmental Pollution.
Step back in time for five days at a slower pace fro rest, relaxation, and renewal.
A five-day retreat for song writers and poets. The spirit is supportive, collaborative, and creative.
Explore Star Island’s cultural history and natural history; includes visit to Smuttynose.
Come nurture yourself on beautiful Star Island though yoga (no experience necessary), relaxation techniques and meditation.
Step back in time for five days at a slower pace fro rest, relaxation, and renewal.
A casual retreat for women with a mind/body/spirit focus.
Contact Dover Yoga / Dover Pilates at (800) 466-0959 or browse the websites: www.doveryoga.com/www.doverpilates.com
Escape from the mainland for a weekend to relax or develop yoga and Pilates practices.
Join members of the NH Society of Photographic Artists for its 12th annual four-day immersion in the fine art of photography.
A weekend for choir directors and singers in small churches that will revitalize their music.
Friendly music and dance weekend focusing on American contra dances.