Ongoing

Film Screening: The Right Whale: Tales of Resilience and Hope

Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water St, Lubec

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...

School Garden Summer Tours

School Garden Summer Tours
Maine School Garden Network State House Station 28, Augusta

The Maine School Garden Network hosts School Garden Summer Tours which are free and open to the public and run from late June through early August, with stops all across the state. These tours are a fantastic opportunity to connect with school garden coordinators and community members, explore different sites, gather fresh ideas and share...

Free

Playdate with a Sketchbook

Waterfall Arts 256 High St, Belfast

Have you ever bought a brand-new sketchbook and then you were afraid to "ruin" it? Or said to yourself, "I don't know what to do with the beautiful art supplies that I have collected"? This beginner course will explore stress-free techniques to build your skills and confidence while creating art in a sketchbook with paints,...

$85

School Garden Summer Tours

School Garden Summer Tours
Maine School Garden Network State House Station 28, Augusta

The Maine School Garden Network hosts School Garden Summer Tours which are free and open to the public and run from late June through early August, with stops all across the state. These tours are a fantastic opportunity to connect with school garden coordinators and community members, explore different sites, gather fresh ideas and share...

Free

Read to a Dog at Belfast Free Library this Summer!

Belfast Free Library 106 High Street, Belfast

Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety. Thursdays July 9, 16, and 23 from 10:30-11:30 am at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26

Free

Bring Your Device to Lunch

Ellsworth Public Library 20 State St, Ellsworth

This is one in a series of Bring Your Device to Lunch sessions across Ellsworth Register for the event at the library at 207.667.6363 This is for you if you have urgent questions you wish you could ask someone about your device. you struggle to find the right person to help you get stuff done...

Free

9th Annual Cakes & Authors at the Friend Memorial Public Library

Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin

The Board of Trustees of the Friend Memorial Public Library will host its annual Cakes & Authors Party, now in its ninth year on Thursday July 9th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on the library grounds. It's the library's way of thanking its patrons and the community for its continued support. This year six authors...

Free

Ninth Annual Cakes and Authors Event

Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin

Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for our 9th annual Cakes and Authors event, hosted on Thursday 7/9 from 1 to 3 p.m. A celebration of our patrons, six local Maine authors will be selling books and there will be many kinds of cake! Music from jazz pianist Scott...

Free

Monthly Sea Chantey Singalongs

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church St, Searsport

Sing along or listen as PMM staff and volunteers lead an afternoon of sea chanteys and sailors’ songs. If you have a chantey to share, you are welcome to lead one. There will also information about how these songs were used as work songs. Attend once or come regularly. All ages are welcome, and no experience is needed.

DRJ Community Circle

DRJ Community Circle
Northeast Harbor Library 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor

A discussion space to share, listen and support each other while acknowledging differing experiences, facilitated by Downeast Restorative Justice. Upcoming topics: JULY 9: Grief; how does our culture make space or not for grief? How do we process grief in community? AUG 13: Affordability; in what ways is our community affordable, or not? Are there...

Free

Empty Bowls Fundraiser at H.O.M.E. Inc.

H.O.M.E. Inc. 90 School House Rd, Orland

H.O.M.E. Empty Bowls Fundraiser Thursday, July 9 • 4:30–6:30 PM H.O.M.E., Inc. — 90 School House Rd, Orland Held in the parking lot of the H.O.M.E. Goodness Sake Food Pantry H.O.M.E. is pleased to host our annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser, featuring beautiful handmade bowls created in H.O.M.E.’s Pottery Studio alongside pieces donated by local potters....

Family Lantern Making Workshop

Waterfall Arts 256 High St, Belfast

Come play with visiting artist Valeska Populoh! Learn how to work with simple materials to make an illuminated object. Use upcycled water jugs or build a simple triangle structure with bamboo garden stakes and paper to build a lantern. Use tissue paper to decorate the exterior. Ages 6 and up—register children under age 10 with...

$30

Author Talk with Abdi Iftin

Ellsworth Public Library 20 State St, Ellsworth

Abdi Iftin—naturalized American, former refugee, and author of Call Me American—shares his journey from civil-war Somalia to the state of Maine. He’ll read from his memoir, reflect on what comes next, and take questions from the audience.

Free

Read to a Dog at Belfast Free Library this Summer!

Belfast Free Library 106 High Street, Belfast

Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety. Thursdays July 9, 16, and 23 from 10:30-11:30 am at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26

Free

Read to a Dog at Belfast Free Library this Summer!

Belfast Free Library 106 High Street, Belfast

Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety. Thursdays July 9, 16, and 23 from 10:30-11:30 am at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26

Free

School Garden Summer Tours

School Garden Summer Tours
Maine School Garden Network State House Station 28, Augusta

The Maine School Garden Network hosts School Garden Summer Tours which are free and open to the public and run from late June through early August, with stops all across the state. These tours are a fantastic opportunity to connect with school garden coordinators and community members, explore different sites, gather fresh ideas and share...

Free

School Garden Summer Tours

School Garden Summer Tours
Maine School Garden Network State House Station 28, Augusta

The Maine School Garden Network hosts School Garden Summer Tours which are free and open to the public and run from late June through early August, with stops all across the state. These tours are a fantastic opportunity to connect with school garden coordinators and community members, explore different sites, gather fresh ideas and share...

Free

DRJ Community Circle

DRJ Community Circle
Northeast Harbor Library 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor

A discussion space to share, listen and support each other while acknowledging differing experiences, facilitated by Downeast Restorative Justice. Upcoming topics: JULY 9: Grief; how does our culture make space or not for grief? How do we process grief in community? AUG 13: Affordability; in what ways is our community affordable, or not? Are there...

Free

DRJ Community Circle

DRJ Community Circle
Northeast Harbor Library 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor

A discussion space to share, listen and support each other while acknowledging differing experiences, facilitated by Downeast Restorative Justice. Upcoming topics: JULY 9: Grief; how does our culture make space or not for grief? How do we process grief in community? AUG 13: Affordability; in what ways is our community affordable, or not? Are there...

Free