Story Sharing Supper - Millinocket
Community Plate, together with Katahdin Collaborative, invites you to join us at Elks Lodge #1521 in Millinocket for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes.
Our theme for this evening is “The Bounty of Katahdin." We're celebrating the cultural, natural, and culinary bounty of the Katahdin region. Whether we're hunting, foraging, growing, cooking, eating, or engaging in the woods and waters surrounding Maine's highest peak -- there are stories to tell and food to share! REGISTER HERE
Story Sharing Supper - Wiscasset
Community Plate, together with Maine Tasting Center, invites you to join us in Wiscasset for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. Our theme for the evening is “Wiscasset Eats.” REGISTER HERE
Story Sharing Supper - Skowhegan
Community Plate, together with Main Street Skowhegan and Maine Grains, invites you to join us the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. Our theme for this evening is “Back to the Land." MORE INFO & REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Story Sharing Supper - Lovell
Community Plate, together with the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, invites you to join us in Lovell for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Story Sharing Supper - Damariscotta
Community Plate, together with the Inn Along the Way invites you to join us in Damariscotta for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Story Sharing Supper - Cape Elizabeth
Community Plate, together with Wild Seed Project invites you to join us at Turkey Hill Farm in Cape Elizabeth for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Story Sharing Supper - Biddeford
Community Plate, together with City Theater invites you to join us in Biddeford for a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. The format for this supper will be slightly different from our regular Story Sharing Potluck Suppers. The evening will feature a series of storytellers, reading (or telling) short stories of the food they brought to share, while we recline and eat in our seats. Following the main course and main entertainment, we’ll then do some casual story sharing while we mingle over dessert. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION COMING SOON.
Storytelling Workshop - ONLINE
Community Plate invites you to learn the basics of storytelling in this introductory small group workshop. Led by award-winning writer, performer, and educator Elizabeth Peavey, this free workshop will take place over TWO virtual (zoom) group sessions: Saturday, April 27, 10:30am-12:30pm AND Saturday, May 4, 10:30am-12:30pm; plus an additional and optional one-on-one (zoom or phone) coaching session. You will learn what makes a good story, develop and craft a personal narrative, practice and receive feedback, and get tips on performance. This workshop is perfect for the beginner who wants to learn the art of storytelling, intermediate storytellers who want to practice their craft and develop a new story, or anyone interested in becoming a better public speaker. REGISTER HERE.
Story Sharing Supper - Brunswick
Join Community Plate, together with Merrymeeting Food Council, Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program, and Maine Coast Fishermen's Association, at Elks Lodge #2043 in Brunswick for a Story Sharing Potluck Supper — a special evening of connection through the sharing of food, stories, and recipes. Our theme for the evening is “By Land & By Sea.” The event is free, but reservations are required. Register here!
Story Sharing Supper - Orono
Join Community Plate and Orono Friends of Community Plate at the Keith Anderson Community House in Orono on March 9, 2024 for a Story Sharing Potluck Supper! Our theme for the evening will be “Sappily Ever After.” The event is free, but reservations are required. Register here!
Story Sharing Supper - Lewiston
Join Community Plate and LA Arts at the LA Arts gallery space in Lewiston on March 2, 2024 for a Story Sharing Potluck Supper! Our theme for the evening is “To Lewiston With Love.” The event is free, but reservations are required. Register here!
Story Sharing Supper - Cumberland / North Yarmouth
Join Community Plate and Prince Memorial Library for a Story Sharing Potluck Supper at Wescustogo Hall & Community Center in North Yarmouth on February 10, 2024. The theme for the evening is “A Winter’s Tale.” Registration for the event is through the Prince Memorial Library website. REGISTER HERE.
Story Sharing Supper - Bowdoinham
Join Community Plate and Bowdoinham Public Library at the Merrymeeting Hall in Bowdoinham on February 3, 2024 for a special Smelt Festival Story Sharing Supper. Our theme for the evening will be “Fish Tales.” This event has tickets available for both the potluck with the post-supper storytelling hour, or just the post-supper storytelling hour. More information on our registration page — REGISTER HERE!
Not From Away: Expanding the Definition of Maine Food
What is Maine food? Is it a cuisine limited to the past, or to a mythologized idea of the state? Does it expand with each wave of immigration to include the traditions of newcomers? Now, with the availability of ingredients from all over the world with the tap of a phone screen, can the cuisine of a geographical space even be defined? By design, a community cookbook is defined by the community it comes from, and once created, it offers a suggestion of which foods belong inside the community, and which are on the outside. In this discussion—with food!—we’ll talk about our efforts, as editors of the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook and the Maine Community Cookbook, Volume 2, to discard the term “from away” in favor of an inclusive vision that honors the food traditions of all people who make the land we call Maine their home. MORE INFO…
Community Cookbooks: An Insightful Glimpse Into the Past (and Present!)
With crowd sourced recipes and hints at local history in every page, community cookbooks are a window into the kitchens of the past. As creators of the award-winning Maine Community Cookbooks, Margaret Hathaway, Karl Schatz, and Don Lindgren have a unique perspective on these humble, historical treasuries. In this conversation, the three will discuss what they love about community cookbooks, why community cookbooks are such valuable historical artifacts, as well as important community building blocks for the present and future. MORE INFO…
Story Sharing Supper - Freeport
Join Community Plate at the Freeport Grange in Freeport on Nov. 16 for a special pre-Thanksgiving Story Sharing Potluck Supper. Our theme for the evening will be “Gratitude.”
Storytelling Workshop - Freeport
Learn the basics of storytelling in this introductory group workshop. This free workshop will take place over TWO virtual (zoom) group sessions: MONDAY NOV. 6, 6-8pm & MONDAY NOV. 13, 6-8pm; plus an additional one-on-one (zoom or phone) coaching session. You’ll learn how to identify what makes a good story, develop and craft a personal narrative, practice and receive feedback, and then have the opportunity to perform your story at an upcoming Community Plate, or other storytelling event.
Maine Storytelling Muster
The free annual gathering of Maine storytellers at the Curtis Public Library in Brunswick. Featuring: A tribute to beloved Maine Storyteller Michael Parent, a story swap, and a special introductory presentation about Community Plate by CP Executive Director, Karl Schatz. at 1pm.
Story Sharing Supper - Waterville
Join Community Plate and GrowSmart Maine at the UU Church in Waterville on Oct. 18 for a special pre-Summit Story Sharing Potluck Supper. Our theme for the evening will be “Spontaneous Connection!”
Stay tuned for upcoming events in Camden, Wiscasset, Falmouth, Westbrook, Belfast and more! If you are interested in hosting a Community Plate event in your community please contact us!