SOUTH THOMASTON — On Thursday, October 12, the Wessaweskeag Historical Society will hold its monthly evening gathering featuring good food and great speakers.

“This month we are delighted to have a delightfully talented and engaging speaker come to the Historical Society to share his story of musical history in the Midcoast,” said WHS, in a news release.

Thomas Wolf will present an entertaining history of how Rockport became a center of great music almost 100 years ago. His narration will be enhanced by more than sixty historical photographs and live music.

Wolf is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport. His musical roots go back four generations with a family that has summered in Rockport since 1930. Wolf made his debut as flute soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen and established Bay Chamber Concerts with his pianist brother, Andrew, in 1960. He led fifteen national tours as flutist and company manager of his Uncle Boris Goldovsky’s opera company, served as the founding director of the New England Foundation for the Arts, taught at Harvard University, and established an international consulting firm serving major musical organizations in 1983. His many books include The Nightingale’s Sonata, a memoir about his musical family and Musical Gifts or How a Maine Fishing Village Became a Center for Great Music.

Following the Potluck supper at 6 p.m., Wolf will begin his program at 7 p.m., in the Society’s meeting room which is located behind the Village Schoolhouse Museum at the corner of Rt. 73 and Dublin Road in South Thomaston. The public is invited to join for both the program and for the potluck.

The Wessaweskeag Historical Society was founded three decades ago and is a nonprofit charitable organization anchored in South Thomaston. It maintains both archives and a museum. It also hosts monthly potluck suppers and programming that is available to the public. The Society also hosts the annual Heritage Day, sponsors local historic preservation and cooperates with kindred community organizations. Higher education for local youth is supported through the Society’s scholarship program.