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Kids are invited to an Ocean Storytime with Charlie the Shark from the Shaw Institute on Thursday, August 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the Blue Hill Town Park. Charlie loves to read books about the ocean to kids and teach them why caring about our oceans is important. Join him for fun ocean themed stories,...
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for Mah Jongg Open Play, hosted each Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Whether you're just looking for a new game to try out or an experienced player, anyone and everyone is welcome to join free of charge. Visit friendml.org for more...
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for Mah Jongg Open Play, hosted each Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Please join our Vigil for Disarmament at Bath Iron Works on Thursday, August 6, Hiroshima Remembrance Day. We will meet in front of the BIW administration building on Washington Street in Bath from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Please bring signs and banners to say No! to the production of weapons of mass destruction in Maine. FMI:...
Join us at Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness in Downtown Bangor for a free concert of music celebrating nature and culture, featuring both Wabanaki and Salt Bay Chamberfest musicians. This performance will feature Nipmuck flutist Hawk Henries and Passamaquoddy singer Lauren Stevens. This event is open to the public and free of charge.
Teens aged 11-17 are invited to a workshop explaining the basics of the tabletop role playing game Dungeons and Dragons. Dungeon Master Chris Donley will introduce how to play the game and build characters. All supplies will be provided. The workshop will take place Thursday August 6 from 1:30-5:30 pm at the Belfast Free Library,...
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...
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. A Silent Auction will be open throughout the duration of...
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for the Brooklin Camera Club, hosted on the first and third Thursday of each month from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Regardless of skill or experience level, anyone and everyone with a love for cameras and photography is welcome to join free of...
Join us for an evening of learning about urban soils and strategies for safely growing food! There will be hands-on activities to demonstrate urban soil health best practices and resources for testing soils in your farm or garden. Featuring University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Food and Medicine, Weezy’s Farm and Flowers, Maine Organic Farmers and...
Raise a glass with the Gilley! Join us Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 from 5:30 to 8pm at the Neighborhood House for Flight of Swallows, an annual wine-tasting event that is one of the most important fundraisers for the Museum each year. This year's theme is wines from Italy. This fun evening features wines specially chosen...
Test your book-to-screen knowledge for the chance to win library swag!
Fogtown's Trivia Night is every Thursday evening at 6:30! Come for the beer, cider & wood-fired pizza and test your knowledge at the Fogtown taproom, 25 Pine Street in Downtown Ellsworth. Gather a team or come solo; plus, there are prizes to be won!
Every Thursday evening through the Summer and Fall there is a open Old-Time jam session at Bon Vent Cider. Primarily focusing on trading tunes in the southern Appalachian traditional with the driving rhythm of the "Ithaca style". We welcome players of all abilties and backgrounds who'd like to share tunes, and as always music lovers...
The Blue Hill Public Library will present a reading, Q&A, and book signing with local author and researcher Nomar Slevik, for his new book In the Pines: True Stories of Mystery, Mayhem, and Monsters in Maine on Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. The book is an exploration of the unexplained encounters that everyday Mainers...
Hopeful, funny, sad, and true, Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars is an interconnected collection of short plays about identity, love, loss, lack, hope for the future, making wishes, and learning that there’s light even when it’s really, really dark. Written by Maine’s beloved playwright, John Cariani, this play revisits the town created in his...
Band concerts on the Green: A Bar Harbor tradition since 1898. Free and fun for all ages! All concerts begin at 7:30PM and are one hour in length, taking place on the Bar Harbor Village Green. Concerts will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, concerts will be held at the...
St. John's Organ Society presents an organ concert on Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 pm, featuring Bridgette Wargovich (Portland, ME) performing music of Felix Mendelssohn, Heinrich Scheidemann, and Théodore Dubois. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. https://hookopus288.org/