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Serving Midcoast,
Downeast & Central Maine
A Voice of Many Voices
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Join us at the Lubec Memorial Library for a film screening of The Right Whale: Tales of Resilience and Hope, followed by a discussion panel. Moderator: Moira Brown, Ph.D, Canadian Whale Institute/Campobello Whale Rescue Team Panelists: Cheryl and Nick Dean, filmmakers, Tora Johnson, PhD, author of Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen, and...
Hike to one of Acadia’s iconic summits AND help Acadia National Park’s efforts to restore native vegetation! Acadia National Park, in collaboration with Friends of Acadia and Schoodic Institute, invites tenacious hikers to bring bags of soil to the summits of Penobscot and Sargent Mountains to be used for plant restoration. You’ll get to choose...
In this 4-week workshop, participants will make their own unique berry bowl in anticipation of blueberry season! Create a bowl for rinsing and storing the season's berries. Learn to throw the form and make it your own with decorative glazes. Great workshop for both beginners and seasoned ceramicists who want to "perfect" the form.
Backyard rewilding means transforming your yard into a native plant habitat - a beautiful, low-maintenance space that works as a living ecosystem. By planting Maine natives, you create habitat for birds, butterflies, and pollinators while deep root systems filter polluted runoff before it reaches our streams and lakes, store carbon underground, and prevent soil erosion....
In this beginner-friendly two-hour class, you’ll learn the basic techniques of decorative woodburning and will create an image of a feather to take home. Using a pen-like burning tool, you'll start by practicing mark-making techniques to explore options and possibilities with the wood burner. Then you will create an image of a feather by copying...
The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Books will host an author event with Nancy Tandon, geared toward kids in 3rd-6th grade, on Wednesday, July 8 at 2:00 p.m. This special creative writing workshop will begin with a short reading from Nancy's newest novel, The Haunting of Walker Pond, before participants are led in...
Join participants and faculty for a Walk-Through of the studios and campus! The end-of-session Studio Walk-Throughs provide program participants and the public with the opportunity to visit all the Haystack studios and view the work created during the session’s workshops. Walk-Throughs are free and self-guided.
Join Emmy Award winning producer and history teacher David Felsen for a discussion of his new book "New York City Monuments of Black Americans: A History and Guide". New York City is blessed with an incredible array of public sculptures. One overlooked aspect of this collection is its monuments of Black Americans, each with its...
Join Andrew Silver for a magical experience filled with wonder and laughter. Perfect for the whole family! How do you do something as big as a circus when you’re only one person? In The Silver Circus, Andrew explores the concept of perseverance as he is faced with the daunting task of presenting a full circus...
The Brunswick Downtown Association presents Music on the Mall, its annual summer concert series gathering community together every Wednesday, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM, running June 24th through August 26th. This flagship event in Brunswick, Maine provides public concerts at the gazebo on the Brunswick Town Mall, and this year that’s not all... stay tuned...
Every Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm, Zach Gorrell and Micheal Bennett host a very laid back and welcoming Jazz & Blues session at Bon Vent Cider. Into its 2nd year of running, this session is chock full of incredible local talent, and you never quite know who is going to sit in. Free and open...
Fogtown Open Mic is every Wednesday at 6pm at Fogtown Brewing Company, 25 Pine Street, Downtown Ellsworth. Featuring a full back-line, and very supportive community! Come play a song, jam with a band, or read poetry!
We’re moving all the seats out of the theater for a “soul-bending” dance party with local legends, the Soulbenders, a multi-generational group from DownEast Maine that aims to translate the grit, grace, and greatness of the American dance and jazz music of the 60’s and 70’s into something that can root itself into the hungry...
2ND WEDNESDAY HOUSE PARTY Bagaduce Music invites the public to shake up their midweek routine with Second Wednesday House Concert Series, a brand-new monthly music series that blends the warmth of a house concert with the buzz of a community party.