• 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.

  • Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum

    Bird Carving with Wendell Gilley Museum
    Schoodic Institute 9 Atterbury Cir, Winter Harbor, ME, United States

    See how it’s done! Join us at Schoodic Institute with special guest carver Jim Vekasi from the Wendell Gilley Museum for hands-on bird carving demonstrations outside the Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall (July 21st and August 4th and 18th, 9am – 12noon, and 1pm – 4pm). Visit with Jim and pick up a carving knife...

    Free
  • Plein Air Art Meetup with BHHT

    Carter Nature Preserve Cross Rd, Surry, ME, United States

    Meet up with BHHT and be artistically inspired by the scenery. “Coastline & Intertidal Zone” on the shore at Carter Nature Preserve (in Surry) - Tuesday, July 21st 9:30-11:30am (Meeting at the Shore & Woods Trail kiosk and walking to the beach.) Art supplies will be provided or bring your own.

  • 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
  • Mystery Book Group Discussion

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

    Join the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin's Mystery Book Group, next meeting Tuesday 7/21 from 1 to 2 p.m. This month we will be reading Agatha Christie’s "Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case." Anyone is welcome to join!

    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
  • Live! for $5: Hoops & Dreams

    Stonington Opera House 1 School Street, Stonington, ME, United States

    Step into a world full of hoops and dreams! This dynamic duet features virtuoso variety artists Nettie Gentempo and Leland Faulkner in a vibrant performance bursting with color, comedy, and skill. Through hula hooping, magic, shadow puppets, mime, dance and more, they create an unforgettable experience for all ages.

    $5
  • Free Film at the Colonial Theater “1776”

    Colonial Theatre 163 High Street, Belfast, ME, United States

    Join the Belfast Free Library at the Colonial Theatre for a screening of the musical "1776", in anticipation of the Dunlap Broadside's visit to Waldo County! The Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence, one of 26 surviving copies printed on July 4, 1776, will be on display at the Library on August 14th and...

  • Geoff Warner Concert

    Brooksville United Methodist Church 713 coastal Rd., Brooksville, ME, United States

    Singer, songwriter and guitarist Geoff Warner performs a mix of original songs and root covers depicting nature, love, dogs, sailing, birds, local and global problems and solutions and the island life of Deer Isle, often introducing or ending a song with a good story to add origin and dimension. Warner considers his performances to be...

    Donations
  • Designing Plastic Out of the Ocean Economy feat. Abby Barrows (Schoodic Institute’s Summer Lecture Series)

    Schoodic Institute 9 Atterbury Cir, Winter Harbor, ME, United States

    Join us in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00pm for Designing Plastic Out of the Ocean Economy, featuring Abby Barrows, Principal Investigator for the Global Microplastics Initiative with Adventure Scientists and marine scientist, researcher, and oyster farmer. After years documenting microplastic pollution worldwide, marine researcher Abigail Barrows...

    Free
  • Village Harmony Teen World-Music Ensemble in Concert, Blue Hill

    Central Hall 306 Falls Bridge Rd., South Blue Hill

    Village Harmony, the remarkable teen world-music ensemble, will present traditional Georgian and Balkan songs, American shape-note songs, arrangements of Yiddish music, and modern compositions in a family-friendly concert. The group is led by Lysander Jaffe, Liam Kantor, and Lexi Ugelow. Admission is by donation.

  • Save Our Summits Hike

    Save Our Summits Hike
    Parkman Mountain Carriage Road Trailhead Mount Desert, Maine, United States

    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...

    Free