July 31, 2011
Party Barge!
Peapod Recordings and HillyTown Presents , in association with Space Gallery, bring you Hot August Night, On A Boat, aka Party Barge.
Remember last year’s boat party? If so, here it is again, with more rock ‘n roll for yr seafaring ways. If not, you are in for a treat. Things start off with the pastoral electric indie post-folk of if and it, a reprise performance by the ever-fluctuating brilliance of Tyler Jackson’s Foam Castles, punched out by Huak’s lovely discordant DC-isms, garage popped by Mango Floss, and closed with a set from Portland noise pop ingénues Metal Feathers. Plus special guest DJ Cutlass. A sunset ride with your closest rock pals and a healthy supply of booze. Perfection. Board at Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf in Portland.
Boarding: 4:30pm
Departure: 5pm exactly
Return: 9pm
Purchase tickets from Bryan, Ron, or directly from the bands. Visit HotAugustNightOnABoat.com for more.
Like having fun in your time off? Enjoy attending fun events like the party barge? Why not stop by Festiva Adventure Club? Located at 190 Riverside St in Portland. View a quick 120 minute presentation and find out how you can have cheaper but more extravagant vacations MORE OFTEN. Festiva has been around for over 10 years and has the experience to provide your family with the best vacation possible for less. Call Festiva today to set up a reservation at 1(888)695-0200!
July 26, 2011
Bark in the Park
Want something fun to take the kids and the dog to? Bring them to the 5th annual Bark in the Park on Thursday July 28th for an evening of baseball and dogs. It will be taking place at Hadlock Field. The game will start at 7pm. There will be a pre game parade starting at 6:15pm. The parade will be led by slugger and the Portland Police K9 Unit. Tickets for the event will be 7$ per person and 7$ per dog. Children under 2 are free. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. Every ticket sold for a dog will include a Planet Dog Orbee Tuff Baseball chew toy and admission to the pre game parade. Tickets will be for 3rd base bleacher section with access to the “Birthday Section” There will be dogs for adoption, a wading pool, a canine watering station, a grassy relief section, dog treats and even games. So if you want to bring the dogs and kids to something fun Bark in the Park is a perfect event.
Love going to family events such as Bark in the Park? While you’re in Portland why not stop by Festiva Adventure Club and view a quick presentation on how much you can save on fun family vacations. Festiva Adventure Club has been around for over 10 years and has the experience you can trust. Festiva has resorts all up and down the east coast and more. Call 1(888)695-0200 today to set up a reservation!
Bucksport Bay Festival
Looking for something fun to bring the kids to? Why not bring them to the Bucksport Bay Festival. The festival will be running from Friday July 29th to Sunday July 31st. Have smaller rug rats? bring them to the expanded kids center for only 5$ they will be able to play from 1030am to 5pm. Activities include the Lion King Maze, Bounce Houses, Hole in one Golf, Skee Ball and other games. There will also be a small animal petting area. On Saturday night there will be Fireworks starting at 9:15pm. Friday night events will include a karaoke that will have a 1st prize of 125$, second place will be awarded for 75$, and third place will be 50$. Starting at 9pm there will be a free outdoor movie they will be showing Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Love going to great events like the Bucksport Bay Festival? Why not head down to Festiva Adventure Club located in Portland. View a quick 120 minute presentation and learn how Festiva can save you money on vacations and make fun events possible more often. Festiva Adventure Club has been in business for over 10 years and has the experience to provide your family with the best vacation possible for less. Call 1(888)695-0200 today to set up a reservation!
July 25, 2011
Casco Days
Looking for something fun and kid friendly to bring the kids to? Why not take them to Casco Days. Casco Days will kick off Thursday July 28th and run through Saturday July 30th. Thursday night events will include the Midway opening, Fireworks starting at 9:30 and the Thursday night grand prize drawing. Friday events will include a Chicken Barbeque, A German Band Concert, and a Children’s Parade that will be followed by the Friday night grand prize drawing. Saturdays events will include a pancake breakfast, a roadrace, a grand parade at 1, and a Casco village church supper followed by Rick Charette and The Bubble Gum Band followed by the final Saturday night grand prize drawing. Casco Days festivities will take place at 948 Meadow Rd in Casco Village. The great thing is that there is no admission for any day.
Love fun, kid friendly events? Why not swing by Festiva Adventure Club located at 190 Riverside St in Portland. View a quick 120 minute presentation and find out how much Festiva can save you and your family on your next vacation. They have over 10 years of experience so you can trust that Festiva Adventure Club will provide you with the best experience possible. Call 1(888)695-0200 to set up a reservation today!
July 19, 2011
Birdsacre
Looking for a way to get the kids out of the house and into nature, maybe even something that is a little educational. Take them down to Birdsacre: Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Ellsworth. You can decide from different nature trails to walk. you can take a shorter one like the red trail with younger kids or make a day of it by walking the white trail. While your at the Sanctuary why not explore the frog or duck pond. If you want to guarantee that you’ll see some birds stop by the non-releasable owls and hawks. These exhibits are made up of birds that have been injured and would no longer survive in the wild on their own. If you find an injured animal the wildlife sanctuary also includes a small animal clinic. Like flowers? Visit the Woodland Gardens located in the sanctuary. The Gardens feature plants that welcome birds into the sanctuary. Take a walk along the boardwalk to explore these areas of the sanctuary. Different environments include a woodland meadow, a bog, fern and moss areas and even evergreen forests and ledges.
Love exploring? Why not come down to Festiva Adventure Club located at 190 Riverside St in Portland. View a 120 minute presentation and learn how Festiva can save you money while exploring as families. Festiva Adventure Club has been around for over 10 years and has the experience you can trust to provide you and your family with the best experiences possible. Call 1(888)695-0200 to set up a reservation today!
July 18, 2011
L.L.Bean’s Kidsfest
Looking for something fun to do with the kids? Why not bring them to Freeport to participate in Kidsfest. Kidsfest will be taking place at the Freeport L.L. Bean. There will be activities for kids of all ages to participate in including arts and crafts even live animals. If your kids have never seen the giant boot or the in store fish tank this may be a good time to bring them. Kidsfest is a part of an ongoing series at L.L.Bean called Summer In The Park. There will be weekly activities at the Freeport store such as concerts including Court Yard Hounds, Amos Lee and even Ricky Lee Jones. Other activities in the Summer in the Park series will include The Dog Days of August and Shakespeare in the Park.
love going to fun family activities such as Kidsfest or Summer in the Park? Why not head down to Festiva Adventure Club located at 190 Riverside St in Portland. View a short 120 minute presentation and learn how much you could save while participating in fun family actives all around with Festiva. Festiva Adventure Club has been around for over 10 years and has the experience that you can trust to provide you and your family with the best vacation possible. Call 1(888)695-0200 today to set up a reservation.
July 17, 2011
Novel release and signing
Van Booy’s debut novel, Everything Beautiful Began After, will be released in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in July 2011.
Andre Dubus III calls the novel, “A powerful meditation on the undying nature of love and the often cruel beauty of one’s own fate.”
According to Andre Dubus III, the best-selling author and National Book Award Finalist, “If F. Scott Fitzgerald and Marguerite Duras had had a son, he would be Simon Van Booy.” A native of London, Van Booy’s 2009 collection Love Begins in Winter won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. He is also the author the story collection The Secret Lives of People in Love, and editor of three philosophy books: Why We Fight, Why We Need Love, and Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, and on NPR. His work has been translated into ten languages.
Van Booy lives in New York City, where he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and is involved in the Rutgers Early College Humanities program for young adults living in under-served communities. http://simonvanbooy.com/
Presented with The Telling Room and Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.
Event is Wednesday 07.20.2011, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, free, All Ages
A percentage of the booksales will be donated to the Telling Room’s youth education programs.
While you and your family are enjoying this book signing, feel free to stop by Festiva Resorts’ office in Portland. At 
Festiva Resorts we make it our responsibility to make sure that families are able to take more vacations and save money. Whether it is staying in one of our cabins at Rangeley Lake or at our beachfront resort in St. Augustine, Fla., (where there is another beautiful lighthouse) we want to make you a happy member with us. Feel free to call us at 888-695-0200 and schedule a visit to learn more AND walk away with free gifts just for coming in!
July 14, 2011
Relay for Life: Success
Survivors were cheered on as they did a lap across the track
The Relay is now over and it was a HUGE success!
Over $54,000 was raised towards the fight against cancer. Can’t get much better than that! A big thank you to everyone who participated this year.
Festiva was excited to be part of sucha wonderful event and is preparing for next year. Check out some of the photos of our Festiva Adventure Club in Portland employees at the Relay. To find out about next year’s Relay happenings, check Cancer.org for your local Relay For Life event to see what events will be happening near you!
Festiva's marketing staff and VO gear up for a long night
If you are in the area of Portland, ME sometime, stop by Festiva Adventure Club, check out our log cabin in the city, and hear about our great deals on our Members Only Vacation Packages. Ask one of our Festiva Hospitality Travel Agents how they can get your family to take vacations while still respecting your budget. More information can be found at www.festiva.travel.
Festiva Portland's VO Liz and daughter Riley take a quick H2O break and smile for us.
July 13, 2011
5 Ideas for Summer Family Fun
Summer is the best season because you can do fun things during the day or at night and it is always a great temperature. Here are some fun things you could do withyour family this summer.
1. Catch fireflies. Catch them in your hands (but don’t squish them!), or with a net and put them in a jar. Remember to poke airholes if you plan to keep them, but releasing them after catching abunch is the best part! Your kids will love watching the lights swirl out of the jar at once and disappear into the night. Remember, fireflies look like scary bugs up close, but they are not, they don’t bite and they are just so cool looking.
2. Stay up late and look at the stars. Grab a blanket and pillows and make it a whole family activity in the back yard! This could be a planned event, or just migrate to the blanket from an evening cookout. If you are an astronomy buff, try and find all the constellation you know. If you aren’t, see what shapes you can find in the stars. It’s like the cloud game, but with some connect the dots mixed in.
3. Play flashlight tag. This requires staying up late so the kids will think it’s extra fun. If you have little ones that you don’t want to run around alone, make teams instead. Flashlight tag has no concerte rules, make them up to suit your family and friends!
4. Make your own bubbles and have a bubble blowing contest. We recently posted an entry on how to make you own bubbles. You can use that or buy your own and have a bubble party in the driveway! Invite the neighbors and have a contest to blow the biggest bubble.
5. Learn how to fly a really good paper airplane. Get ideas for different styles online and try them out! Here is a good website with video tutorials. It’s an oragami lesson and aerodynamics lesson all in one, disguised as summer fun. Make it exciting for the artist in your family and get different colored paper to use. Let the kids decorate the planes, but only with colored pencil! Too much wax or ink from crayons and markers will weigh down your plane, which is the lesson I learned when I did this last week.
Wish you could spend more quality time with your kids? Want to go on more vacations with them, but don’t have enough money for it? At Festiva Resorts in Portland, Maine we have a lot of offer to help you out with your vacationing. We are a members-only Adventure Club where you can learn how to vacation cheaper and more often. Festiva’s Portland office on Riverside Street has 120 minute presentations 5 days a week where you can walk away with plenty of gifts for just attending one of our presentations. You can get gas cards, Jimmy The Greeks Gift certificates, and Cruise tickets for you and your family. Our family-friendly Festiva Resorts employees are very informative and can supply you with some fun new ideas that can bring you and your family closer together and make some lasting memories. You can learn more about us at www.festiva.travel.
July 12, 2011
Yarmouth Clam Festival
Hungry for some seafood? Come down to Yarmouth and take part in the 46th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival. The Yarmouth Clam Festival will be taking place from Friday July 15th to Sunday July 17th. The best part is that admission to the festival is free! The Yarmouth Clam Festivals goal is to raise money for the town’s non profit organizations, schools, and churches. An exciting new addition to this years festival is that a new 2012 Ford Focus will be raffled off thanks to New England Ford Dealers which donated the vehicle. Tickets can be purchased for the raffle for 10$ or 3 tickets for 20$. Friday night activities will include a parade to kick off the festival. Saturday events will include a canoe and kayak race, a kids fun run and 5 mile road race. Sunday events will include a professional bike race, and the 39th annual diaper derby.
Love events like the Yarmouth Clam Festival? Why not swing by Festiva Adventure Club located at 190 Riverside St in Portland. View a short 120 minute presentation and find out how much fun you can have with Festiva for cheap. Festiva Adventure Club has the experience you can trust with over 10 years in the business. Call 1(888)695-0200 to set up a reservation today!
