Museum to host bestselling author, fishing boat Captain Linda Greenlaw
Although the 43rd annual Snow Row takes place next weekend (Saturday, March 2), the world- famous rowing race is not the only large-scale event on the Hull Lifesaving Museum’s winter calendar.
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS. Linda Greenlaw, the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast and a bestselling author, will be featured at two events in Hull on March 9. The Hull Lifesaving Museum is sponsoring a lecture in the afternoon and a private reception in the evening. [Courtesy photo]
In addition to the ongoing exhibits of photographs by Mary Evelyn Sparrow, wife of Captain William Sparrow, keeper of the Point Allerton Lifesaving Station from 1902-1922, and the 27th annual Sea & Sky Art Exhibit (featuring the best work of current local artists), the museum will host bestselling author Linda Greenlaw next month.
Greenlaw, the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast who was featured in “The Perfect Storm” by Sebastian Junger (and in the film based on the book), will discuss her remarkable career on Saturday, March 9 at in the auditorium of the Memorial Middle School.
Greenlaw wrote three best-selling books about life as a commercial fisher: “The Hungry Ocean,” “The Lobster Chronicles,” and “All Fishermen Are Liars.” She now lives on Isle au Haut, Maine, where she captains a lobster boat.
Lifesaving Museum Director of Development Maureen Gillis is excited about the visit to Hull by Greenlaw, who will cap the museum’s recent focus on maritime issues from a woman’s perspective. Tickets for her afternoon talk are $30 per person, and 78 already have been sold, although there is room for more.
Gillis said that as a bonus, the museum will host a private reception with Greenlaw following her presentation. The reception, which is limited to 50 attendees, will be held at the museum and will be catered by Jake’s Seafood Restaurant. Tickets are $100 per person, with all proceeds benefiting the lifesaving museum’s ongoing programs throughout the year.
Tickets for the reception are still available, but Gillis asked that those interested in attending purchase them by March 6 in order to facilitate planning and setup.
For information on, or tickets for, either event, visit www.hulllifesavingmuseum.org or email maureen@hulllifesavingmuseum.org.
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