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Project Empathy | Green Acre
If you glance around the room during a gathering of the cast for the forthcoming Project Empathy performance you may be inclined to focus on their diversity—their age range, their ethnic differences, their political/social views. What you might not realize is that...
Food & Fellowship: Issue XXXV
Welcome to FOOD & FELLOWSHIP: Old & New Recipes from the Green Acre Kitchen. Each week we will share three recipes, both old and new. When the day comes—and it will—that we can sit at a table and break bread together again, perhaps we will all have a few new...
Food & Fellowship: Issue XXXIV
Welcome to FOOD & FELLOWSHIP: Old & New Recipes from the Green Acre Kitchen. Each week we will share three recipes, both old and new. When the day comes—and it will—that we can sit at a table and break bread together again, perhaps we will all have a few new...
‘Abdu’l-Bahá at Green Acre
By Anne Gordon Perry, PhD. In 1912 Green Acre received its most illustrious visitor—‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, during His eight-month travels in America. He came for one week, August 16–23. The room He occupied on the third floor of the Inn...
Early History of Green Acre on exhibit at Maine Historical Society
By Frances Pollitt From July 7 – October 2, 2021 an exhibit showcasing the advent of Green Acre may be seen at the Maine Historical Society in Portland, Maine. Nested within a larger exhibit focusing on Maine’s historic and present-day place in addressing social...
Sarah Jane Farmer: Celebrating a Life of Service
Sarah Jane Farmer, the daughter of electrical genius Moses Farmer and the humanitarian Hannah Shapleigh Farmer, became a pioneer in the movement for peace. She founded a conference center in Eliot, Maine where progressive subjects were discussed, and the arts thrived....
Morning Refresh | An Open Heart
Meditations with Bonnie & Stephanie | Welcome to Morning Refresh. This week we will be talking about “An Open Heart”. We will begin with some quotes from the sacred texts, followed by a reflection and ending with a beautiful meditation of song by Jessica. “. . ....
Food & Fellowship: Issue XXXIII
Welcome to FOOD & FELLOWSHIP: Old & New Recipes from the Green Acre Kitchen. Each week we will share three recipes, both old and new. When the day comes—and it will—that we can sit at a table and break bread together again, perhaps we will all have a few new...
Black Lady Poetry
An Evening of Elevated Conversation through the Words of Black Women Vignettes from “Black Lady Poetry” an evening of poetry and community dialogue elevating the conversation in the greater Seacoast community through the words and experience of black women. Samantha...
VIDEO | Exploring Art: The Great Community Builder
Artists Helen Butler, Sharon Davis, and Jacqueline Claire explore the role the arts can play in the creation of a society described in the title of Green Acre’s current art show: Just, Diverse, United: The Destiny of America. See how these active artists utilize...