• Film Screening: The Right Whale: Tales of Resilience and Hope

    Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water St, Lubec, ME, United States

    Join us at the Lubec Memorial Library for a film screening of The Right Whale: Tales of Resilience and Hope, followed by a discussion panel. Moderator: Moira Brown, Ph.D, Canadian Whale Institute/Campobello Whale Rescue Team Panelists: Cheryl and Nick Dean, filmmakers, Tora Johnson, PhD, author of Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen, and...

  • Low Low Tides Seaweed Harvest Workshop

    Smithereen Farm 767 Leighton Point Rd, Pembroke, United States

    We’re harvesting seaweed during low, low tides in 2026! Join us for seaweed, clams, and all the rest: Join Smithereen Farm and other curious people for a week of learning, harvesting, processing, and eating together. We will cover the ecology and biology of the seaweed ecosystem, hand-harvest techniques, regulations, drying, processing and culmination of the...

  • SPA WORLD: A Week of Spa with Saipua and Big Towel

    Smithereen Farm 767 Leighton Point Rd, Pembroke, United States

    Join us at Smithereen Farm for your very own seaweed spa retreat, alongside our seasonal Low Low Tides seaweed harvest. Seaweed bathing, spa culture and the incredible and extra-tidal energy present in our Downeast waters are all to be had at Smithereen Farm this week. Join Kelly of Big Towel Spa and Sarah of Saipua,...

  • “Paint the Peninsula Week” Fresh Paint Auction

    Blue Hill Public Library 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, Maine

    If you were out and about on the Blue Hill Peninsula recently, you may have seen artists capturing a local landscape on canvas as part of the Blue Hill Public Library’s annual Paint the Peninsula fundraiser. More than ninety artists will create over one hundred paintings for the week-long auction, which starts Monday, July 13th....

    Free
  • ART TALK by Midcoast Painter Sam Cady on Midcoast Painter Cicely Aikman

    Bartlett Woods Retirement Community 20 Bartlett Drive, Rockland, ME, United States

    Bartlett Woods Retirement Community welcomes renowned Maine painter Sam Cady to speak about legendary Maine painter Cicely Aikman on Monday, July 13th, from 10-11am. The free ART TALK coincides with the current exhibition “CHICKADEES, ALLIGATORS AND STONEHENGE,” featuring the work of Cicely Aikman, along with Janice Kasper and Dirk McDonnell. Located at 20 Bartlett Drive...

    Free
  • Music & Movement Storytime

    Music & Movement Storytime
    Blue Hill Public Library 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, Maine

    Music and Movement Storytime is back for the summer! Starting Monday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen each week at the Blue Hill Public Library for Music and Movement Storytime. We will sing songs, play instruments, dance, and read stories. The rhythms, rhymes, and patterns...

  • “Reading is Magic” show with Magician Wes Booth

    Belfast Free Library 106 High Street, Belfast, ME, United States

    Belfast Free Library Summer Reading program Plant a Seed, Read! presents a free family magic show starring magician Wes Booth on Monday, July 13 at 3 pm. Join us for whimsy and wonder as we discover the magic of reading at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884,...

    Free
  • Haystack Artist Presentations

    Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 89 Haystack School Drive, Deer Isle, ME, United States

    Presenters: Hannah Vaughan, Metal Fabrication; Vivian Beer, Metal Fabrication. 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...

    Free
  • Bar Harbor Town Band – Village Green

    Bar Harbor Town Band
    Bar Harbor Village Green Firefly Lane, Bar Harbor, ME, United States

    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
  • Hand Building Pottery II

    Hand Building Pottery II
    Waterfall Arts 256 High St, Belfast, ME, United States

    Join us for this 8-week hand-building pottery 2 class where we will build on pinching, coiling and slab building. This class is scheduled for 5/12 to 6/30 from 9am to 12pm. This event takes place at Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street in Belfast, Maine – phone (207) 338-2222.

  • Woodburning Workshop

    Woodburning Workshop
    Wendell Gilley Museum 4 Herrick Road, Southwest Harbor, ME, United States

    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
  • Discussion Series: “American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804”

    Blue Hill Public Library 5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, Maine

    The Blue Hill Library will present a discussion series with local retired teacher, Bill Case, on the book American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 by Alan Taylor. The discussion starts Tuesday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m., and continues July 14, and July 21, leading to a lecture with the author Alan Taylor on Saturday, July...

    Free