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Portland - By Land and Sea - Pre-Conference Tour |
Sunday 10:00am-1:30pm
$50.00
Portland - By Land and Sea (3 1/2 hours)- Maximize your sightseeing with this great combo tour! This tour includes a trolly tour of Portland and a cruise of Casco Bay. Enjoy a 90 minute fully narrated trolley tour of Portland as we travel from city streets to rocky coast. Get an overview of the Portland peninsula´s outstanding architectural and social history .
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UNE/USM New Facilities - Pre-Conference Tour |
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Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm
$25.00
UNE/USM Facility Plant Tours (5 hours) -
University of Southern Maine/ University of New England Tour
This Tour will feature numerous LEED certified buildings such as the Abromson Center, The Wishcamper Center, Osher Map Library, and Glickman Family Library at USM. We will also tour University of New England’s new College of Pharmacy building, Maine’s first building totally devoted to pharmacy academic studies and research, which is also LEED certified.
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Freeport Outlets and L.L. Bean Shopping Trip - Pre-Conference Tour |
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Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm
$20.00
Freeport Outlets and L.L. Bean Shopping Trip (6 hours) - Freeport has become "The Shopping Mecca of the Northeast." Over 110 factory outlets quaintly line the streets of the village.
Freeport's centerpiece is world-famous LL Bean, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Cole-Haan, Brooks Brothers, and the Gap are a few of the big, name quality stores in the village.
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Hall of Resources Grand Opening Reception - Conference Event |
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Sunday 5:00pm-8:00pm
Included in registration
Hall of Resources Grand Opening Reception
Join us as we kick off the conference and open the Hall of Resources. We will have a tour though Northern New England as we sample culinary delights from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Homes of Portland's Golden Age - Local Walking Tour |
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Anytime
Included in Spouse/Guest Registration
Homes of Portland's Golden Age Walking Tour (2 hours)- Portland is a great walking city full of historic neighborhoods and interesting architecture. Get up close and personal – the only way to really see things.
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Whale Watch Adventure - Spouse/Guest Tour |
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Monday 9:45am-2:30pm
$60.00
Whale Watch Adventure (5 hours) – Just beyond Portland’s quaint Old Port with its great shops and fabulous restaurants lies Casco Bay, one of the most beautiful waterways in the United States. Join Captain Dan as he sets course on a journey to view those majestic mammals in their own environment.
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Portland Museum of Art - Spouse/Guest Local Tour |
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Monday 9:45am-12:00am
$15.00
Winslow Homer and the Magic of Maine - Portland Museum of Art
Spend the morning at the Museum beginning with an introduction to Winslow Homer, American Master, and his pivotal role in American art. Winslow Homer spent the final two decades of his life capturing the rugged coastline of Maine. The introduction includes an hour's slide presentation/lecture in the museum's auditorium geared just for our group. Then, visit the Museum's collections of 19th and 20th-century art (on your own or with a docent) to compare Homer to other great painters including Frederic Church, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt.
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House Island Lobster Bake - Conference Event |
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Monday 4:30pm-10:00pm
$75.00
House Island Lobster Bake and Entertainment
Cruise through Casco Bay to House Island, viewing magnificent Portland and the surrounding islands.
Tour House Island, originally built to defend Portland against the British. Explore the 70 gun casements, subterranean vaults, archways, tunnels, and circular stairways of this unique fort.
Be treated to a feast comprised of a 1 to 1 ½ pound lobster*, clam chowder, corn on the cob, cole slaw, potato chips, and blueberry cake.
After dinner sit back and enjoy some of Maines own entertainment.
Note: *For the non-lobster lover, chicken, steak or vegetarian options can be substituted. Gangway on/off boat is situated on an angle which varies with the tide.
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Taste of Maine Cooking School Brunch - Spouse/Guest Tour |
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Tuesday 9:30-3:30
$60.00
Taste of Maine Cooking School Brunch / Kennebunkport Shopping Trip (6 hours)– This tour is sure to be a sellout! Stonewall Kitchen is a New England success story. The business started with a passion for food, in a small home kitchen in Hampton NH. Family and friends helped bottle, label and box products to take each weekend to farmer's markets and craft fairs throughout New England. As their products became popular favorites and the company grew, they moved out of the small kitchen and into larger quarters on a farm in Kittery, Maine.
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Longfellow Serenade - Spouse/Guest Local Tour |
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Tuesday 9:30-11:30
$10.00
Longfellow Serenade: (2 – 3 hours) Enjoy a guided docent tour of the Longfellow House. Within its walls lived three generations of one remarkable family that made significant contributions to the political, literary, and cultural life of New England and the United States. The Wadsworth–Longfellow House is also an important architectural artifact of New England's past. Originally a two–story structure with a pitched roof, it was the first wholly brick dwelling in Portland. Zilpah and Stephen Longfellow (Henry's parents) added a third story in 1815. The only single–family residence to survive downtown Congress Street's change from a mixed commercial and residential neighborhood on the edge of town to an urban business district, it is the oldest standing structure on the Portland peninsula. Furnishings from the three generations illustrate changes in style, technology, and attitude over the 19th century. Peleg and Elizabeth Wadsworth raised ten children in the house before retiring to the family farm in Hiram, Maine, in 1807.
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Awards Dinner - Conference Event |
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Tuesday Night
Included with Institutional and Spouse/Guest Registrations
$105.00 for additional tickets
Awards Dinner with The Bob Charest Band
Join us as we recognize the hard work of folks in ERAPPA. Then the Bob Charest Band which has been voted “Best Maine Band” numerous times will entertain one and all.
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Back Cove Fun Run - Conference Event |
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Wednesday 7:00am
$10.00
Fun Run
This traditional event will take place around scenic Back Cove, the 3.5 mile loop is relatively flat, which should prove to be inviting to runners/walkers of all abilities. Transportation to Back Cove and back to the hotel will be available with flexibility to allow runners to wind through Portland on their own if they choose on Portland’s trail system.
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