Have you wondered what Coastal Senior College is all about? Or are you a CSC member who looks forward to the annual luncheon? Then mark your calendar for June 12, the date of this year’s event, which welcomes both members and nonmembers. CSC instructors, board members, students, and others interested in classes and events for those age 50 and over in Knox and Lincoln counties come together once a year at the luncheon to share conversation, enjoy excellent food, and listen to a local speaker.

This year’s presentation by talented documentary filmmaker and musician Sumner McKane promises to be especially entertaining. The luncheon, at Water’s Edge in Edgecomb, opens at 11:30 a.m. with a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres. The buffet luncheon begins at noon and includes a sirloin carving station, full salad bar, and buffet with vegetables, pasta, pork, and chicken. The performance follows at 1 p.m.

McKane, who received the Maine Arts Commission’s Media and Performing Arts Fellowship in 2013, records instrumental music, film scores, and music for media and produces historical documentary films. He has built a reputation for innovative historical storytelling by combining live music, slides and film to weave histories of Maine life in years gone by. To learn more about McKane, his creative endeavors, and his NPR and Maine Sunday Telegram publicity, visit his website:www.sumnermckane.com

McKane’s performance at the luncheon is titled “The Maine Frontier: Through the Lens of Issac Walton Simpson.” Simpson was a photographer, blacksmith, barber, musician, woodsman, mechanic, husband and father of 13, whose rarely seen glass plate photographs reveal a social history of Maine around the turn of the century. As he traveled to farms and logging camps and the far reaches of Aroostook County, Simpson captured the culture of the region by illuminating the characters and lifestyles of the people in his photographs. The Maine Frontier is an authentic illustration that transports the audience back to the region’s pioneering frontier culture. Issac Simpson, his photographic subjects, his wife Effie, their friends, family, and work mates exemplify the character and conditions prevalent in Northern Maine in that era.

Only eighty tickets are available for this year’s luncheon; cost is $25. To purchase tickets, call Althea Simeone at URock: 1-207-596-6906. Your receipt of payment to URock will serve as your event ticket. Please bring it with you to the luncheon. A limited number of tickets may also be available for purchase at the door. Water’s Edge is on Route 1 just north of the Davey Bridge between Edgecomb and Wiscasset.