COA Coffee and Conversation: Making Something from Everything. Artist Ashley Bryan and College of the Atlantic professors of visual arts Dru Colbert and Nancy Andrews discuss puppetry. Tuesday August 3, 9:30 – 10:30, College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor. FMI: Wes Norton, [email protected], 207-801-5627.

Chat with Miss Amy on Zoom. Parents and children are invited to catch up with Camden Public Library Children’s Librarian Miss Amy in a social chat on Zoom every Tuesday, 10:00 – 11:00. For a link email [email protected] .

Homemade Pies baked by our wonderful volunteers! Every Tuesday, 10:00 til they’re gone, at the YWCA MDI, 36 Mount Desert St. in Bar Harbor.  Pies for Sale every Tuesday through September 7th. For more information call 207-288-5008.

Simpson Memorial Library – Children’s Summer Reading Program through August 3. Each week pick up a themed bag containing a book and a craft project tailored to child’s age. Each completed bag receives a ticket good for a prize at the end of the program.  Register at the Library, Plymouth Rd, Carmel, on Tuesday or Thursday 11:00 – 7:00, Saturday 9:00 – 1:0o; call 848-7145, email [email protected], or via Facebook.

Tuesday Book Club. The group meets online to discuss what books everyone is currently reading. Tuesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 via Zoom. Hosted by the Camden Public Library, email [email protected] to be connected to the group’s coordinator.

Tuba Skinny, New Orleans’ favorite street musician touring band brings their verve to Belfast Summer Nights for a special TUESDAY concert. August 3, 5:30 – 7:30, outdoors at Steamboat Landing Park, 34 Commercial Street, Belfast. Bring a blanket or a chair, please no dogs. Complete schedule, weather updates and more information on https://www.facebook.com/BelfastSummerNights or call Ando 207-322-7123.

The Belfast Soup Kitchen is now open! Here’s the updated Schedule: Coffee Hour, 10:00 – 11:00 am; Curbside/Take Out Service, 10:30 – 12:30; Dining Room with Table Service, 11:00 – 1:00; Food Pantry, 10:00 – 1:00. The soup kitchen is located at 31 Belmont Ave in Belfast. Interested in volunteering? Contact the crew at 338-4845 or apply at www.belfastsoupkitchen.org/volunteer.

Doorways @ BHPL is an interactive art exhibit on the grounds of the Blue Hill Public Library, 5 Parker Point Rd.  Open Doors works are open to the public 24/7 through September. Each piece, created by artists in the community, offers a unique vantage point of the Library and fun photo opportunities. FMI: bhpl.net/opendoors

Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, a statewide competition, is open to Maine residents and everyone with access to a Maine post office or mailbox. Entry deadline is August 15, 2021. For all the details and rules: http://belfastpoetry.com/.

Camden Brain Injury Support Group. The group welcomes survivors, family and friends of stroke survivors, and anyone faced with a neurological challenge. The group meets on the first Wednesday of the month,10:00 – 12:00 noon, in the Children’s Garden near the underground entrance to the Camden Public Library. FMI: 273-2090.