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The Weight of the Cannons, the Strength of a Bond: Knox & Washington Forged in iron, the bond between George Washington & Henry Knox continued throughout their lifetimes. Knox, the commander's confidant & anchor, shared the weight of the Revolutionary War from the Siege of Boston to the Siege of Yorktown. Their mutual respect grew...
2026 Summer of Dance Residency artists Kristen Stake and Hannah Kumaski, founders of Portland-based IMAGINARY ISLAND Dance Company (imaginaryisland.art), perform new choreography. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, at 7 p.m. -- the Lamoine Grange Hall Theater -- 7 Lamoine Beach Road, Lamoine, ME During their residency, Stake and Kumaski have developed original choreography inspired by the theme...
Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm for Trees of Acadia: The Past, Present, and Future of Park Forests feat. Catherine Schmitt and Panel, featuring author and Science Communication Specialist Catherine Schmitt with Matthew Duveneck (forest ecologist and Schoodic Institute Second Century Stewardship Fellow), Kate...
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...
Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) will be holding an author talk with Caroline Bicks on Tuesday 8/18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Bicks will be discussing her new book, "Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King." If that's not enough, she's also the Stephen E. King Chair...
Alyssa & Michael O’Brien, co-founders of Protect Ancient Forests, make the case for working together to protect our remaining old-growth and mature public forests — why they’re irreplaceable, how policy shapes their fate, and what it looks like to build a movement on their behalf. Drawing on law, education, and deep roots in the Maine...
Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00pm for Skywatching: Human-Bird Relationships Through Time, our 2026 Summer Lecture Series closing event featuring Dr. Bonnie Newsom (Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Faculty in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine), Angi King Johnson (interpretive...
Friday, September 11 at 5:30 in the Riverview Room of the Ellsworth Public Library. Join the Conversation and Celebration with Moe Claire, author of the Pyke Island Mysteries. a contemporary Downeast Maine crime-suspense series, on the release of the fourth book A Blind Spider.
Loving and Leaving the Good Life. Helen Nearing's last full book, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (1992), insists that how we live and how we die are not separate questions. Kate Braestrup has spent her life walking alongside people in their hardest moments and arriving at something like the same conclusion. In this talk,...
Tuesday, September 15th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Southwest Harbor Library invites you to hear from local Maine mystery writer Moe Claire talk about "A Blind Spider", the fourth installment of her Pyke Island Mysteries, a contemporary crime-suspense series set Downeast. Audience participation is encouraged and there will be a drawing for a free book. Books will...
The 1836 burning of the steamship Royal Tar in Penobscot Bay became one of Maine’s most remarkable maritime disasters. In this illustrated presentation, Capt. Dennis Dorsey will discuss the findings of an eighteen-year investigation into the vessel, its operation, the people and animals aboard, its final voyage, the development of the fire, rescue efforts, conflicting...
Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) is hosting Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Executive Director Perry Price on Friday 9/18 from 4 to 5 p.m. to discuss the 75-year history of Haystack using archival materials and one-of-a-kind objects to share the story of the School’s impact on the field and its role...