Penobscot Marine Museum Events

Hair-raising Rescues at Sea Told by US Naval War College Professor Tim Garrold    Thursday, August 15, 7:00 pm Tim Garrold, a Searsport native and US Naval War College professor, will recount hair-raising stories of rescues at sea, including the rescue of the crew from the burning SS KRISTA MARINOVIK in the Mediterranean Sea in 1982, the rescue of a private sailing vessel that had pitch-poled and demasted in a storm off Cape Hatteras in 1985, the search for a fighter jet lost at sea from USS AMERICA during Carrier Battle Group work-ups for Operation DESERT STORM in 1990, and the rescue of the crew of an SH-60B helicopter that crashed in the Persian Gulf during Operation DESERT STORM in 1991. This talk is at Penobscot Marine Museum's Stephen Phillips Memorial Library, 11 Church Street, Searsport. Tickets in advance $8 members, $10 non-members, or at the door $12 members, $15 non-members.   Buy tickets online athttp://garrold.eventbrite.com or call 207-548-2529.       www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org               Children's Workshop:      Watercolor Journaling Wednesday, August 14, 11:00 am    Lucinda Hathaway, author of Takashi's Voyage: The Wreck of the Sindia, leads this workshop. The children will learn a quick sketch technique with waterproof pens and application of watercolor paints. Materials for use that day will be provided. Free with PMM admission. At PMM in the Peapod. www.penobscotmarinemuseum.com Heritage Craft Demonstration Saturday, July 27, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Come watch Asha Fenn make pottery!  She will be demonstrating and talking about this ancient craft here on the PMM grounds.  Free with PMM admission.                               Find Us Here!  Belfast Harbor Fest, Saturday, August 17th The Belfast Harbor Festival runs August 16th - 18th.       To receive PMM news, or to cancel, please contact the editor at kgoldner@pmm-maine.org. Your name and email address are never loaned or sold.