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Presenters: Keith Simpson, Ceramics; Christina Boy, Wood; Taro Takizawa, Graphics 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...
Island Workforce Housing is welcoming you to visit our new neighborhood. Located at 59 Cemetery Rd, Stonington, these three energy efficient, prefab buildings are already home to 14 people, occupying ten of the 12 new apartments at Thurlow’s way. We are eager to tell you all about how we created this new community resource. Tour...
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.
Guided History Walk of Skowhegan Falls with historian Melvin Burnham. Meet at Benedict Arnold Park, located behind the Federated Church on Island Avenue in Skowhegan. This ninety‑minute guided walk gives participants an in‑depth look at the pivotal role Skowhegan Island and Skowhegan Falls played in shaping 19th‑century industry and culture on the Kennebec River. Using...
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for Mah Jongg Open Play, hosted each Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Whether you're just looking for a new game to try out or an experienced player, anyone and everyone is welcome to join free of charge. Visit friendml.org for more...
Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for Mah Jongg Open Play, hosted each Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Whether you're just looking for a new game to try out or an experienced player, anyone and everyone is welcome to join free of charge. Visit friendml.org for more...
Island Workforce Housing is welcoming you to visit our new neighborhood. Located at 59 Cemetery Rd, Stonington, these three energy efficient, prefab buildings are already home to 14 people, occupying ten of the 12 new apartments at Thurlow’s way. We are eager to tell you all about how we created this new community resource. Tour...
Fogtown's Trivia Night is every Thursday evening at 6:30! Come for the beer, cider & wood-fired pizza and test your knowledge at the Fogtown taproom, 25 Pine Street in Downtown Ellsworth. Gather a team or come solo; plus, there are prizes to be won!
Every Thursday evening through the Summer and Fall there is a open Old-Time jam session at Bon Vent Cider. Primarily focusing on trading tunes in the southern Appalachian traditional with the driving rhythm of the "Ithaca style". We welcome players of all abilties and backgrounds who'd like to share tunes, and as always music lovers...
Syd Carpenter presents, "Ernestine: A Mother Pin Constellation." Part of a year of special programming celebrating 75 years since Haystack’s founding, the Distinguished Speaker Series highlights leading voices from the School’s faculty, alumni, and craft community. Syd Carpenter is a Philadelphia-based sculptor widely known for her ceramic and sculpture work, which explores African-American farming and...
The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Books will present an author event with Shakespeare scholar and Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at UMaine, Caroline Bicks, for her new book Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King on Thursday, June 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. Monsters in...
In March, Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), launched Points North Presents, a monthly screening series in collaboration with the Strand Theatre. Fourth Thursday documentary screenings continue throughout the Summer leading up until the festival September 17-20. Points North Presents brings some of the year’s best documentaries to Midcoast...