• Dungeons and Dragons for Absolute Beginners

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

    Teens aged 11-17 are invited to a workshop explaining the basics of the tabletop role playing game Dungeons and Dragons. Dungeon Master Chris Donley will introduce how to play the game and build characters. All supplies will be provided. The workshop will take place Thursday August 6 from 1:30-5:30 pm at the Belfast Free Library,...

    Free
  • 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
  • Haystack Studio Walk-Through + End-of-Session Auctions

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

    Join participants and faculty for a Walk-Through of the studios and campus! The end-of-session Studio Walk-Throughs provide program participants and the public with the opportunity to visit all the Haystack studios and view the work created during the session’s workshops. Walk-Throughs are free and self-guided. A Silent Auction will be open throughout the duration of...

    Free
  • Brooklin Camera Club

    Brooklin Camera Club
    Friend Memorial Public Library 1 Reach Road, Brooklin, ME, United States

    Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for the Brooklin Camera Club, hosted on the first and third Thursday of each month from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Regardless of skill or experience level, anyone and everyone with a love for cameras and photography is welcome to join free of...

    Free
  • Grow Food Safely in Urban Soils

    Food and Medicine 20 Ivers St., Brewer, ME, United States

    Join us for an evening of learning about urban soils and strategies for safely growing food! There will be hands-on activities to demonstrate urban soil health best practices and resources for testing soils in your farm or garden. Featuring University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Food and Medicine, Weezy’s Farm and Flowers, Maine Organic Farmers and...

    Free
  • Flight of Swallows Wine-tasting Fundraiser

    The Neighborhood House 1 Kimball Road, Northeast Harbor, ME, United States

    Raise a glass with the Gilley! Join us Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 from 5:30 to 8pm at the Neighborhood House for Flight of Swallows, an annual wine-tasting event that is one of the most important fundraisers for the Museum each year. This year's theme is wines from Italy. This fun evening features wines specially chosen...

    $150.00
  • Shakespeare Under the Stars: Julius Caesar

    Indian Trail Park 14 Indian Trail Lane, Brewer, ME, United States

    "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." Set in ancient Rome yet resonating strongly with modern audiences, Julius Caesar explores the consequences of political unrest and personal conviction through unforgettable characters and powerful language. From Caesar’s triumphant rise to the conspirators’ fateful decision and the chaos that...

    $10.00 – $15.00
  • Book to Screen Trivia

    Fogtown Brewing Company 25 Pine Street, Ellsworth, ME, United States

    Test your book-to-screen knowledge for the chance to win library swag!

    Free
  • Trivia Night at Fogtown

    Trivia Night at Fogtown
    Fogtown Brewing Company 25 Pine Street, Ellsworth, ME, United States

    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!

    Free
  • Old-Time Appalachian fiddle & banjo music session

    Bon Vent Cider 684 US Highway 1, Hancock, ME, United States

    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...

    Free
  • Author Event w/Nomar Slevik

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

    The Blue Hill Public Library will present a reading, Q&A, and book signing with local author and researcher Nomar Slevik, for his new book In the Pines: True Stories of Mystery, Mayhem, and Monsters in Maine on Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. The book is an exploration of the unexplained encounters that everyday Mainers...

    Free
  • Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars

    Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars
    Stonington Opera House 1 School Street, Stonington, ME, United States

    Hopeful, funny, sad, and true, Darker the Night, Brighter the Stars is an interconnected collection of short plays about identity, love, loss, lack, hope for the future, making wishes, and learning that there’s light even when it’s really, really dark. Written by Maine’s beloved playwright, John Cariani, this play revisits the town created in his...

    $29 – $49