Mother’s Circle

Mother’s Circle
Ellsworth Public Library 20 State St, Ellsworth

Mother's Circle - A place for mothers/caregiver/aunties/grandmothers with babies six months and under. We gather to share stories, ask questions, have tea and chat. Toddlers welcome if they can be quietly entertained. Free! On the second and fourth Thursdays, 9:00 - 10:30, Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State St., Ellsworth.

Mah Jongg Open Play

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. 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...

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

Woodburning Workshop

Woodburning Workshop
Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Road, Southwest Harbor

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...

$30.00 – $37.00

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

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

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

Trivia Night at Fogtown

Trivia Night at Fogtown
Fogtown Brewing Company 25 Pine Street, Ellsworth

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!

Free

Old-Time Appalachian fiddle & banjo music session

Bon Vent Cider 684 US Highway 1, Hancock

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...

Free

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

Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars

Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars
Stonington Opera House 1 School Street, Stonington

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...

$29 – $49

Bar Harbor Town Band – Village Green

Bar Harbor Town Band
Bar Harbor Village Green Firefly Lane, Bar Harbor

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...

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