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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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
Join us online or in person at the Peavey Memorial Library for a conversation with Peter Neill, founding director of the World Ocean Observatory. Fundy, Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays are places of extraordinary marine abundance. The St. Croix river alone is estimated to have returned upwards of 30 million alewives per year, according to the...
On Wednesday, July 15 at 1:00 p.m., teens and tweens are invited to join Kendall, Arlee, and Ali for the first of three Skein Stitchers fiber arts workshops offered throughout the summer In this first workshop, participants will learn how to hand sew their own scrunchie to keep, see a demonstration for making one on...
Join us online or in person at Smithereen Farm's Grey Lodge for a conversation with Peter Neill, founding director of the World Ocean Observatory. Fundy, Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays are places of extraordinary marine abundance. The St. Croix river alone is estimated to have returned upwards of 30 million alewives per year, according to the...
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...
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...
Benefit Dinner FOR ALL THE FISH with Chef Hannah Black Location: Smithereen Farm, 767 Leighton Point Road, Pembroke ME 04666 Date: Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 5pm Farm Tour, 6pm Dinner Cost: $150 per person, 25 person limit Join us at the timber frame kitchen at Smithereen Farm for a dinner to benefit the FOR ALL...