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The 22nd Annual Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) is almost here! September 17—20, 2026 at venues in Camden and Rockland, Maine. The festival spans four full days (Thurs–Sun) and kicks off with a free community screening of Nanette Burstein’s film Carl Sagan: We Are Made of Star Stuff on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. This year’s...
Join award-winning master carver Josh Brewer for this 5-day workshop. Josh will lead students through hand-carving a preening duck (no feet showing) from a cedar blank; then finishing it with sanding and paint. All tools, materials and the blank are supplied as part of the class fee, but students are welcome to bring their own...
South Blue Hill’s Ladies Public Improvement Society (LPIS) will be holding its last yard sale of the season on Saturday 9/19 from 8am-1pm and Sunday 9/20 from 8am-12pm (fill a bag for $2 on Sunday, with bags provided!). Bargains abound, with items including kitchenware, sporting equipment, linens, books, LPs, CDs and DVDs, toys, clothing, electronics,...
Free 15-30 minute local light airplane flights at Belfast Airport with experienced local volunteer pilots. Get a chance to see Belfast, Penobscot Bay and surrounding areas from the air, and if you wish, take the controls for a bit (with help of course!) Parental permission required. Plus a chance for younger or more timid kids...
Celebrate Maine Coastal Cleanup month with the Shaw Institute and Blue Hill Heritage Trust. All community members are welcome to participate. Bags and gloves will be provided. Please note that trails and shoreline areas have varied terrain. Participants are advised to dress appropriately for both the outdoor weather and the tasks involved. Rain date: Sunday,...
Calling all crafters, creatives, teachers, and bargain-loving artists! Our epic indoor ART STUFF SALE is back, with a treasure trove of supplies just waiting for their next creative adventure. From pom poms to oil paints, handmade papers to vintage photo gear, you’ll find all kinds of art-making goodies, including sketchbooks, canvases, fabric, yarn, paint, stencils,...
Eric Thomas, clarinet and Yuri Funabashi, piano
Nevan Carling will host a live demonstration of heritage hewing techniques to prepare a new sill for the Jonathan Fisher House in Blue Hill. Nevan will use a hand axe, the same tool that Fisher would have used to hew the original sills. Join to watch and ask questions, 1-4 PM on Sat. 9/19 at...
The Brooklin Food Corps and Friend Memorial Library are hosting a talk at the library (1 Reach Road) on Saturday 9/19 at 2 p.m. by Gleason Allen, longtime hunter and resident of Sedgwick, and Mark D’Elia, Game Warden from Maine Department of Inland and Fisheries, on the essentials every hunter needs to have and to...
This family-friendly gathering will feature plenty of food, live local music, activities for all ages, opportunities to connect with Healthy Acadia staff, board, and partners, and the unveiling of Healthy Acadia's Art for Health and Hope community art installation. Whether you've been involved with Healthy Acadia for years or are just getting to know them,...
Through painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media and other forms, participating artists explore the feminine as sacred, powerful, nurturing, resilient, sensual, natural, complicated and sometimes contradictory. The result is an exhibition that moves between ancient ideas of the goddess and contemporary experiences of womanhood, motherhood, nature, identity and power. Rather than asking artists to conform to...
SEARSPORT, Maine — More than two dozen musicians will gather at the Searsport Town Hall Theatre Saturday, Sept. 19, for an evening of traditional music followed by a community contra dance. The 6:30 p.m. program is part of Strung Together: A Maine String Band Weekend, a three-day gathering of musicians and music lovers at Searsport...
For the 20th Anniversary of Tire Tracks, we will show this short documentary on the big screen at the Opera House. Join us for this free event to view this 30-minute film that explores the practice of “burning rubber” with a vehicle to make clouds of smoke, piercing squeals, and bold black marks on the...
Bangor Celtic Crossroads Presents Will Woodson, Caitlyn Finley and Neil Pearlman in Concert September 19, 2026 at 7 pm at Next Generation Theatre 39 Center St. Brewer, ME. Tickets: Bangorceltic.org/tickets
The renovated Concert Hall inside the Barn at Barncastle Hotel & Restaurant is an intimate venue where attendees can get up close and personal with the musicians. It is mixed seated & standing, and there is a bar with cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic options. Advanced ticket purchases are encouraged, and while there is no...
South Blue Hill’s Ladies Public Improvement Society (LPIS) will be holding its last yard sale of the season on Saturday 9/19 from 8am-1pm and Sunday 9/20 from 8am-12pm (fill a bag for $2 on Sunday, with bags provided!). Bargains abound, with items including kitchenware, sporting equipment, linens, books, LPs, CDs and DVDs, toys, clothing, electronics,...