Dinners for a Cause

Hosted by Jim Bradley and Jaimie O’Keefe

Join Jim Bradley and Jaimie O’Keefe for a professionally catered dinner at Breakwater, the magnificent home of Jefferson Harkins and Joe Shepard, perched on the Bar Harbor Shore Path. 

This is sure to be a memorable evening.  Breakwater is a historic summer estate in Bar Harbor, Maine. Build in 1903 – 04 and designed by Fred L. Savage, the house is a Tudor Revival structure with a Colonial Revival interior. It was built for John Innes Kane, a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor.

Remarkable, it survived the devastating Bar Harbor fire in 1947.  The cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 

Hosted by Beverly and Paul Lamoureux

Join the Lamoureux’s at their private bar in Franklin for small plates and specially selected whisky pairings. Beverly and Paul will have a special guest, Matthew, from the High West Distillery in Park City, Utah.

This will be a casual gathering of whiskey enthusiasts and foodies and those who would like to learn more about how these two groups can come together.  Sit at the bar, hang out in the screened Treehouse by the babbling brook, or relax on the screen porch overlooking Hog Bay.

Hosted by The Bookies at the home of Barbara Clark

Guests will gather in a cozy, colorful, book-filled home by the Union River. Your hosts will be “The Bookies”, a long-standing local club of avid readers who are marvelous cooks. Your evening will begin with an assortment of local delicacies as hors d’oeuvres followed by a four course dinner. Although the exact plot of your dinner will remain a mystery, trust that creative Bookies will lace it with literary eloquence and serve it with a surprise assortment of fine wines and beverages. Your evening will end with the gift of books to take home and enjoy!