Everything You Wanted to Know About the Rockweed Forest

Blue Hill Public Library 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill

Join David Porter and Allison Snow, co-founders of the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum, for a presentation and discussion on rockweed on Tuesday, July 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. David and Allison will discuss the ecological importance of rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), commercial harvesting, and the extent to which current laws,...

Free

Live! for $5: Blanc sur Blanc

Burnt Cove Church 17 Airport Road, Stonington

A whimsical and poetic journey into the world of a clown, Blanc sur Blanc follows performer Iman Lizarazu with the comical unraveling of a simple thread from her pants. What begins as a minor inconvenience soon reveals a web of interconnected challenges. As she faces a series of mishaps, the clown discovers that solving problems...

$5

People-Nature-Art with sculptor and photographer Alex Turanski

Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Road, Southwest Harbor

Alex Turanski began balancing stones (never in the national park!) in 2018 as a therapeutic practice. It was a way to exercise pure, raw focus and to dissolve his distractions. “The act of balance fully engages me in the raw present-moment,” he says. “In a way, I feel that I become as present and still...

Free

Haystack Artist Presentations

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 89 Haystack School Drive, Deer Isle

Presenters: Ibrahim Said, Ceramics; Spookah, Graphics; Wu Hanyen, Wood. Coinciding with each of our summer sessions, Haystack faculty, Visiting Artists, studio assistant fellows, and Fab Lab Residents share their inspirations, ideas, and work. These presentations take place in the Gateway Auditorium (89 Haystack School Drive, Deer Isle, Maine) and are free and open to the...

Free

Curtis Brand Concert

Brooksville United Methodist Church 713 coastal Rd., Brooksville

Curtis Brand, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist tells stories based on life as he sees it and has experienced it as he performs to the delight of his audience. Over the years many of his songs have become favorites of those who follow his local concerts.

Donations

Mt. Desert Festival: Todd & Friends

The Neighborhood House 1 Kimball Road, Northeast Harbor

The Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music presents Todd Crow & Friends, featuring our Music Director and special guest musicians. Todd Crow, piano Stephanie Chase, violin Dov Scheindlin, viola Mark Shuman, cello Nina Bernat, double bass Clara Schumann: Three Romances for viola and piano, Op. 22 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor Franz...

$20

Justice Aid and Soft Power Health with Rhiannon Giddens

1932 Criterion Theatre 35 Cottage St, Bar Harbor

The 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine presents (with The College of the Atlantic Summer Institute) a benefit show for Justice Aid and Soft Power Health with Rhiannon Giddens on Tuesday, July 28th at 8 PM.  Tickets on sale at criteriontheatre.org or (207) 288-0829.