CHEBEAGUE ISLAND
Summer Jubilee at inn begins with a barbecue
The Chebeague Island Inn will kick off its first Summer Jubilee on Saturday with an all-you-can-eat pig roast and traditional backyard barbecue.
A chartered Casco Bay Lines ferry leaves for Chebeague at 3 p.m. Enjoy a complimentary signature cocktail and live music en route.
Vegetarian food and eats for children will also be available at the island party, where guests are welcome to sip cocktails on the inn’s wrap-around porch or spread a picnic blanket on the lawn. The day’s festivities will include live music and dancing, as well as potato sack races, face painting and other activities for children.
The day will end with a fireworks display put on by the same company that creates Portland’s Fourth of July fireworks display.
Tickets are $55 and include a round-trip ferry ride and dinner, or $30 for the ferry and no dinner. Children under age 12 get in, all inclusive, for $15, and children under age 2 get in for free.
hebeague residents get $5 off the ticket price.
Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com or by calling Todd Bernard at 712-6194.
The rain date will be Sunday.
PORTLAND
Architect/chocolatier wins award for Grace
Local architect and chocolatier Dean Bingham has won a 2011 Restaurant Design Award for his design of Grace restaurant at 15 Chestnut St.
The awards are sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Bingham preserved much of the historical character of the building, which had been a church since the 1860s before it was converted into a restaurant by Anne and Peter Verrill.
The restaurant has vaulted ceilings, a kitchen near the old altar, 27 original stained-glass windows and a pulpit that is now used as a hostess stand.
Bingham is also known as the chocolatier behind Dean’s Sweets at 82 Middle St., where he produces award-winning handmade chocolate truffles and caramels.
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