Mah Jongg Open Play

Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin

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.

Free

Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence on Display

Belfast Free Library 106 High Street, Belfast

This summer, get up close and personal with one of our nation’s most sacred documents. A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is coming to the Belfast Free Library on August 13-15, 2026! Join Maine Historical Society and Belfast Free Library for an incredible opportunity to view the Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of...

Kids & Family Concert

Central Lincoln County YMCA 525 Main Street, Damariscotta

This concert is a favorite for all ages, and it introduces children and adults to great chamber music in engaging and entertaining ways. Come sing, clap, and enjoy a musical afternoon with our wonderful musicians. Hosted by Mark Mandarano. Photo by Jim Dugan This event is open to the public and free of charge.

Free

Monthly Sea Chantey Singalongs- Guest Chanteyman

Penobscot Marine Museum 2 Church St, Searsport

PMM is excited to welcome guest chanteyman Stephen Sanfilippo for our August and September Chantey Singalongs. He’ll lead sea songs and chanteys on the concertina, many with catchy choruses for everyone to join in. Drop in for a few songs or stay for the whole evening—sing along or just listen. Stephen will also share stories and background on how chanteys were...

David Tarr Talk with Brooklin Food Corps

Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin

In collaboration with the Brooklin Food Corps, David Tarr will be giving a talk at the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) on Thursday 8/13 from 4 to 6 p.m. Tarr will share his experiences and practices as a Brooklin-based scallop diver and fisherman. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join, free...

Free

Misty Mountain Singers

Ellsworth Public Library 20 State St, Ellsworth

Enjoy a special concert by the Misty Mountain Singers, a community choir with singers from Blue Hill Peninsula and beyond.

Free

Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio

Winter Harbor Music 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor Music Festival Community Opera presents Mozart’s comic opera, Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (The Abduction from the Sultan’s palace with English supertitles) a spirited adventure filled with romance, comedy, and dazzling music, directed by Deiran Manning with Michael Haigler conducting the Downeast Chamber Orchestra.

$20

Haystack Distinguished Speaker Series

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

Stuart Kestenbaum presents, "What's All This Temporary Construction? Reflections on Haystack and the Creative Process." 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. Stuart Kestenbaum is a poet and the former poet laureate of Maine...

Free

Blood Sugar Basics w/Lakeisha Allen

Blue Hill Public Library 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill

The Blue Hill Library will present a talk on blood sugar with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Maine native Lakeisha Allen on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. Lakeisha will share a down-to-earth look at how blood sugar works and why it matters for energy, sleep, mood, hormone balance, weight...

Free

17th Annual Deborah Pulliam Lecture with Carl Little

Delano Auditorium Pleasant Street, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine

The 17th Annual Pulliam Lecture with curator of Francis Hamabe’s Maine: A Life in Art, Carl Little will explore Hamabe’s life and career in Downeast Maine and his connections to Castine. This event will take place at the Delano Auditorium at Maine Maritime Academy. Please RSVP at castinehistoricalsociety.org. This event will be livestreamed on our...

Free

St. John’s Organ Concert features Katherine Johnson on August 13 at 7:30 pm

St. John's Catholic Church 207 York St., Bangor

St. John's Organ Society presents an organ concert on Thursday, August 13, at 7:30 pm, featuring Katherine Johnson (New Haven, CT) performing music of J.S. Bach, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Felix Mendelssohn. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. https://hookopus288.org/

Free

Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio

Winter Harbor Music 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor Music Festival Community Opera presents Mozart’s comic opera, Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (The Abduction from the Sultan’s palace with English supertitles) a spirited adventure filled with romance, comedy, and dazzling music, directed by Deiran Manning with Michael Haigler conducting the Downeast Chamber Orchestra.

$20

Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio

Winter Harbor Music 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor Music Festival Community Opera presents Mozart’s comic opera, Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (The Abduction from the Sultan’s palace with English supertitles) a spirited adventure filled with romance, comedy, and dazzling music, directed by Deiran Manning with Michael Haigler conducting the Downeast Chamber Orchestra.

$20

Mozart’s comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio

Winter Harbor Music 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor

Winter Harbor Music Festival Community Opera presents Mozart’s comic opera, Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (The Abduction from the Sultan’s palace with English supertitles) a spirited adventure filled with romance, comedy, and dazzling music, directed by Deiran Manning with Michael Haigler conducting the Downeast Chamber Orchestra.

$20