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Hike to one of Acadia’s iconic summits AND help Acadia National Park’s efforts to restore native vegetation! Acadia National Park, in collaboration with Friends of Acadia and Schoodic Institute, invites tenacious hikers to bring bags of soil to the summits of Penobscot and Sargent Mountains to be used for plant restoration. You’ll get to choose...
Join us for a guided walking tour of the Haystack campus! Tour admission is a suggested donation of $5 per adult, and pre-registration is required: https://www.haystack-mtn.org/visit Tour participants will need to navigate uneven terrain and many stairs. Out of respect for workshop participants, the tours do not enter studios or other buildings. For safety, the...
Looking for something to do in Midcoast Maine? Look no further! Join us in the gallery to preview our largest auction of the year - Summer Grandeur. Stop in to see this auction's offerings of fine art, sporting goods, jewelry, watches, sculpture, and more! View Catalog: https://live.thomastonauction.com/auctions/upcoming-auctions/ Save 5% and Register to Bid by Phone...
Turn obstacles into inspiration and experiment with watercolors to learn how to turn an “oops” into an “awesome” in this painting technique workshop. Drips, mistakes and those “blossoms” that can happen with watercolor, you’ll work with them all. Join us at the Gilley with instructor Erika Elizabeth, who will guide students step by step to...
Join the Brooklin Reads Book Group at Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road), next meeting Wednesday 8/26 from 1 to 2 p.m. This month we will be reading "The Last Supper" by Sam Kass. Anyone is welcome to join!
Join us for a guided walking tour of the Haystack campus! Tour admission is a suggested donation of $5 per adult, and pre-registration is required: https://www.haystack-mtn.org/visit Tour participants will need to navigate uneven terrain and many stairs. Out of respect for workshop participants, the tours do not enter studios or other buildings. For safety, the...
Preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen at the Blue Hill Public Library for Little Artists’ Storytime on Wednesday, August 26 at 2:00 p.m. We will sing songs, dance, and read stories with a creative theme before working on our own masterpieces. Crafts will be process focused, designed to emphasize the...
Bring your art related travel stories to share with artist Joanne Tarlin at the Jackson Memorial Library on Wednesday, August 26, at 2 pm. Tarlin’s show of semi-abstract landscape paintings, Different Shores, will surround guests and she will share how her travels inspires her work.
Kids are invited to join Tess from the University of Maine 4-H on Wednesday, August 26 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. to learn all about lobsters. Come aboard the lobster boat! In this interactive workshop, youth will learn how lobster fishers measure lobsters and band their claws. They will also have the opportunity to paint their own...
Mike Coffin, PhD. will present the evidence and likely causes of Earth’s five mass extinction events over its ~4.5 billion year history, and share the measurements that suggest a sixth may now be underway. Registration is required: https://nehlibrary.libcal.com/event/16634348 After growing up in Bangor, Mike Coffin was educated at Dartmouth College (AB) and Columbia University (MA,...
The Brunswick Downtown Association presents Music on the Mall, its annual summer concert series gathering community together every Wednesday, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM, running June 24th through August 26th. This flagship event in Brunswick, Maine provides public concerts at the gazebo on the Brunswick Town Mall, and this year that’s not all... stay tuned...
Every Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm, Zach Gorrell and Micheal Bennett host a very laid back and welcoming Jazz & Blues session at Bon Vent Cider. Into its 2nd year of running, this session is chock full of incredible local talent, and you never quite know who is going to sit in. Free and open...
Fogtown Open Mic is every Wednesday at 6pm at Fogtown Brewing Company, 25 Pine Street, Downtown Ellsworth. Featuring a full back-line, and very supportive community! Come play a song, jam with a band, or read poetry!
Presenters: Megan Stelljes, Glass; Stephanie Metz, Fiber. 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 public.