Loving and Leaving the Good Life with Kate Braestrup
The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside
Free
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Week of Events
Sunday, September 13, 2026
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September 13, 2026 -Loving and Leaving the Good Life with Kate Braestrup
Loving and Leaving the Good Life with Kate Braestrup
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,...
Free
Monday, September 14, 2026
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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September 15, 2026 -Conversation and Reading by local author Moe Claire
Conversation and Reading by local author Moe Claire
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...
Free
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Thursday, September 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026 -Lecture with Capt. Dennis Dorsey: “The Burning of the Royal Tar, 1836”
Lecture with Capt. Dennis Dorsey: “The Burning of the Royal Tar, 1836”
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...
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Friday, September 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 -Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Seven Decades in the Making
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Seven Decades in the Making
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...
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Saturday, September 19, 2026
No events on this day.