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We’re harvesting seaweed during low, low tides in 2026! Join us for seaweed, clams, and all the rest: Join Smithereen Farm and other curious people for a week of learning, harvesting, processing, and eating together. We will cover the ecology and biology of the seaweed ecosystem, hand-harvest techniques, regulations, drying, processing and culmination of the...
Join us at Smithereen Farm for your very own seaweed spa retreat, alongside our seasonal Low Low Tides seaweed harvest. Seaweed bathing, spa culture and the incredible and extra-tidal energy present in our Downeast waters are all to be had at Smithereen Farm this week. Join Kelly of Big Towel Spa and Sarah of Saipua,...
If you were out and about on the Blue Hill Peninsula recently, you may have seen artists capturing a local landscape on canvas as part of the Blue Hill Public Library’s annual Paint the Peninsula fundraiser. More than ninety artists will create over one hundred paintings for the week-long auction, which starts Monday, July 13th....
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...
Kids and their families are invited to come build a birdhouse with Charles Cannon, Park Manager of the Holbrook Island Sanctuary, and two summer interns. Participants will learn how to assemble wooden birdhouses designed for black-capped chickadees. There will be two opportunities to participate in this popular program, one on Thursday, July 16, and one...
The magic of Mozart opera by an award-winning cast of opera singers and actors with a zany libretto make for a sparkling experience at the historic 1932 Criterion Theater. With a live orchestra, partially staged, and multi-media effects. Mozart's prodigal abilities are on display in Bastien et Bastiènne, a charming love story written when he...
Teens aged 11-17 are invited to an hour of no pressure writing together with others on Thursday July 16 from 3:00-4:00 pm. Come gather with fellow writers and share your projects, get feedback or just hang out to write. Notebooks and prompts will be supplied. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26.
New Hope Midcoast's Annual Clothing and Accessory Sale Amazing selection at fabulous prices! New Hope Midcoast is thrilled to announce Shop for Hope 2026, a sale of new and gently used boutique clothing and accessories for the whole family happening July 16-18 at the Flanagan Community Center, 61 Limerock Street in Rockland. We have a...
On Thursday, July 16th at 5:30pm, the Jesup Memorial Library will host the 6th Annual Ashley Bryan Honorary Lecture with Lynne Farrington from the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, where the Ashley Bryan Papers are housed. For this lecture, the Ashley Bryan Papers will serve as a case study for exploring the role that curators play...
Join us for our third annual interactive Murder Mystery at the library! Roles will be assigned a week before the event. Costumes encouraged.
Rosanne Somerson presents, "Practice Makes Practice." Part of a year of special programming celebrating 75 years since Haystack’s founding, the Distinguished Speaker Series highlights leading voices from the School’s faculty, alumni, and craft community. Rosanne Somerson is a woodworker and former president of the Rhode Island School of Design, now President Emerita. Somerson taught in...
The Blue Hill Public Library will present a poetry reading with poets Christine Yurick and David Yezzi on Thursday, July 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the library's Howard Room. David Yezzi’s latest books are "Late Romance: Anthony Hecht—A Poet’s Life" (St. Martin’s Press) and More Things in Heaven: New and Selected Poems (Measure Press). He...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jul 2, 2026 From: Hancock County Democratic Committee Contact: Paula Foster, Secretary secretary@hancockdems.org 207.812.6778 HCDC July 16 Meeting: Candidates Dakota Dupuis and Brian Thomas Thursday, July 16, 2026 7:00PM - 8:30PM - In Person & via Zoom Unitarian Universalist Church 121 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth The Hancock County Democratic Committee’s July meeting will...