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Susan Finsen’s colorful pottery will continue to be on display for the month of October in the Blue Hill Public Library’s Howard Room Glass Cases. Composed of unique vases, platters, and “Leggy Whatnots,” Susan’s exhibit pushes viewers to consider how deeply color influences what we see, remember, and enjoy. Susan says that, for the last...
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) is celebrating the 50th annual Common Ground Country Fair with Fifty Years of Common Ground, an exhibition of five decades of the posters of the Common Ground Country Fair. The exhibition will be displayed at the Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mt. Desert Street in Bar Harbor, from...
The Blue Hill Public Library will host a Family Place Workshop series on Wednesdays, October 7 - November 4, from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. For toddlers and their caregivers, this play-based program provides a rich environment of toys, books, and art activities. Families can spend time together, make new friends, and talk one-on-one with a different...
Experiment with color at the Gilley’s regular monthly watercolor technique class on Wednesday, Oct. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wendell Gilley Museum. Join us at the Gilley with instructor Erika Elizabeth, who will guide students in exploring granulation, transparency, and opacity (how colors blend and their unique individual properties). The point...
🎉 You're Invited! Keyes Pottery Grand Re-Opening & Ribbon Cutting! 🎉 A new chapter for Keyes Pottery in downtown Belfast! Join ceramic artist Laura Keyes as she celebrates the Grand Re-Opening of her new pottery studio and gallery at 15 Main Street in Belfast, Maine! 📅 Wednesday, October 21, 2026 🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00...
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 134 State Street Ellsworth is hosting a Trivia Quiz Night! Wednesday night October 21st, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Round Two on November 18, same time Teams of up to four persons will answer the varied questions from Quizmaster Tim Huggett. Each team will have an answer sheet where they...
Honor Indigenous Leadership The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will hold its monthly forum Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6 pm in the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library to honor Indigenous leadership with a presentation by the co-directors of Niweskok : From the Stars to the Seeds. They are a local women and...
Every Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm, Zach Gorrell and Micheal Bennett host a very laid back and welcoming Jazz & Blues session at Bon Vent Cider. Into its 2nd year of running, this session is chock full of incredible local talent, and you never quite know who is going to sit in. Free and open...
Fogtown Open Mic is every Wednesday at 6pm at Fogtown Brewing Company, 25 Pine Street, Downtown Ellsworth. Featuring a full back-line, and very supportive community! Come play a song, jam with a band, or read poetry!
The Blue Hill Public Library will present a candidates’ forum with the Hancock County Sheriff candidates Corey Bagley and Dakota Dupuis on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. The candidates will be given questions and topics of discussion by a panel of three local reporters and editors: John Epstein, The Rising Tide; Faith DeAmbrose, Ellsworth...
Word, Blue Hill’s literary arts festival, is October 22-25, featuring short-story writers Ben Shattuck and Kelly Link, “Art Thief” biographer Michelle Young, poetry, art, dance, children’s programming, recording of your local histories. Register for workshops in fiction, poetry, historical writing, screenwriting, blogging, dungeon mastering for teens. Information: www.wordfestival.org or 207-374-5632.
Mother's Circle - A place for mothers/caregiver/aunties/grandmothers with babies six months and under. We gather to share stories, ask questions, have tea and chat. Toddlers welcome if they can be quietly entertained. Free! On the second and fourth Thursdays, 9:00 - 10:30, Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State St., Ellsworth.