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Take Action for Palestine! Gather in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the complicity of the US. Call for immediate permanent ceasefire, no further US funding or military aid for the Israeli government's war crimes, demand that humanitarian and life-saving aid needed by the civilian population in both Gaza and the West Bank be...

The one and only Chris Ross is playing a Sunday Matinee show on the Fogtown Brewing Company Beer Garden stage. June 21st at 4pm, join us at 25 pine street, Downtown Ellsworth.

The auditioned Midcoast a cappella vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty presents its summer concert series, Musical Miracles, led by Music Director John Mehrmann. The concerts will be held in four Midcoast venues over the last two weekends in June. Many may feel in need of some miracles these days, so VoXX has chosen to...

Gather your team of four for an 18-hole scramble format with lunch in Waterville, followed by a cocktail hour, program, and exciting prizes.

Music and Movement Storytime is back for the summer! Starting Monday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen each week at the Blue Hill Public Library for Music and Movement Storytime. We will sing songs, play instruments, dance, and read stories. The rhythms, rhymes, and patterns...

The Blue Hill Public Library and Peninsula Pride will present a talk on Monday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. with art professor Christopher Scott Brumfield for his annual tour through LGBTQAI+ art and art history. Brumfield will touch briefly on many kinds of art and different manifestations of queer identity in art and will discuss...

Presenters: Shelby Elizabeth Doyle, Fab Lab Resident; Leah Buechley, Fab Lab Resident. 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...

Looking for a fun summer evening out? We'd love you to join us for a Flash! In the Pans Steel Drum Band benefit performance supporting your Community Arts Center !🥁🎶🎵🥁 📍 ArtWaves 📅 Monday, June 22th ⏰ 7:30–9:30 PM Suggested donation: 💙 $5 per person 💙 $20 per family Bring a chair or blanket, gather...

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.

This is the makeup date for the screening that was canceled last month. For this event on June 23 at 6 PM, the Ellsworth Public Library teamed up with Jesse Steiger from Conscious Cafe (50 Church Street) to present their third Indie Lens Pop-Up event featuring *The Grocery List Show*. While Jesse prepares a special...

Presenters: Celeste Flores, Blacksmithing; Amara Hark-Weber, Fiber; Zahra Almajidi, Metals. 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...

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...

Paint at Charlotte Rhoades Butterfly Garden with local artist Erika Elizabeth. Erika has a unique style of teaching that encourages watercolor students to play and experiment with their art. Supplies and materials available with advance request.

Join our Brooklin Reads Book Group Discussion hosted by the Friend Memorial Public Library (1 Reach Road) on Wednesday, June 24th at 1 p.m. This month, we will be reading and discussing Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America by Sean Sherman, which covers the important role food has played...

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 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...

Preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen at the Blue Hill Public Library on Wednesday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m. for Little Artists’ Storytime. We will sing songs, dance, read stories with an art and creative focus, and then work on our own masterpieces. Crafts will be process focused, designed to...

Did you know that ants are keystone species in our forests and work closely with spring ephemerals? If you want to know more about this fascinating partnership, join Outdoor Educator Landere Naisbitt and Youth Services Librarian Claire Malina for a program on Ants and Plants! We will meet on the Blue Hill Public Library lawn...

Join us for an excerpt screening of the new PBS Documentary by Ken Burns exploring the founding of the United States of America, with a focus on the spirit of service as a core American value. A conversation reflecting on the film and the role of service in civic engagement will follow, facilitated by Library...

Playing for contra dances and specializing in down east style fiddling as well as old timey and gypsy music. Carter Newell (Grampa) has been fiddling in Maine for over 5 decades. Maisie Newell, Eric Dayan, and their children perform with four fiddles and guitar, sharing old-time tunes from North Carolina alongside music Maisie learned during...

The Brunswick Downtown Association presents Music on the Mall, its annual summer concert series gathering community together every Wednesday, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM, running June 24th through August 26th. This flagship event in Brunswick, Maine provides public concerts at the gazebo on the Brunswick Town Mall, and this year that’s not all... stay tuned...

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!

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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) and join the Fiber Arts Craft Circle, hosted each Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Whether you're a novice interested in trying your hand at fiber arts, or a seasoned veteran looking to work on a project in the comfort of others,...

We begin our Summer Reading program by inviting families to come to the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, on Friday, June 26 from 10-11 am to experience Mr. Drew’s presentation of animals and animal science. Meet more than a dozen exotic reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in this hands on presentation. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org...

Stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) and join the Fiber Arts Craft Circle, hosted each Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Whether you're a novice interested in trying your hand at fiber arts, or a seasoned veteran looking to work on a project in the comfort of others,...

All children and caregivers are welcome to stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for a preschool storytime, hosted each Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There are always bubbles, books, and songs, free of charge. Visit friendml.org for more details.

All children and caregivers are welcome to stop by the Friend Memorial Public Library in Brooklin (1 Reach Road) for a preschool storytime, hosted each Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There are always bubbles, books, and songs, free of charge. Visit friendml.org for more details.

Teens ages 12+ are invited to join Teen Services Librarian Kendall at the Blue Hill Public Library on Friday, June 26 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm for the monthly Teen Anime Club! (The last meeting before summer break!) Each meeting the group will select an anime show or movie to watch, participate in an anime...

Something for everyone! Toys, tools, books, puzzles and antiques. Old school desk and chairs. Lots of glass ware and collectable. Kids clothing.

Join local photographer Glendon Rand for a photo walk through Belfast. Participants will bring their own camera (smartphone, digital, or film) OR they can borrow one of Glendon's refurbished film cameras for the day, along with a FREE roll of film. The group will then adventure downtown to take photographs with instruction on the basics...

The East Blue Hill Library will host its annual Book & Bake Sale on Saturday, June 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the library, located at 9 Curtis Cove Road in East Blue Hill. Come browse a selection of used books, a variety of delicious baked goods, and more. All proceeds to benefit...

Program includes: Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op posth.72, Polonaise in A flat Major, Op.53, Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brilliant Op. 22 and Schumann Nocturne in F Major, Op. 6, no. 2, Tchaikovsky June from "Seasons" Op. 37b, and Hensel June from "Das Jahr" Hailed as “a startlingly subtle and visionary pianist” with “a...

Join us for Bangor Pride 2026, Central Maine’s largest and most vibrant 2SLGBTQIA+ festival! With a legacy spanning over 30 years, our celebration has grown from a small gathering into a massive community tradition. This year, we are thrilled to be moving to our new home on the Bangor Waterfront, where we will come together...

Summer is here, and we’re launching eight weeks of reading adventures, creative challenges, and community fun! This year’s theme is Plant a Seed, Read! Our kick-off event celebrates the power of stories that help us grow. Spend a magical morning with lawn games, an outdoor scavenger hunt, face painting, and creating your own plant buddy...

Program includes: Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op posth.72, Polonaise in A flat Major, Op.53, Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brilliant Op. 22 and Schumann Nocturne in F Major, Op. 6, no. 2, Tchaikovsky June from "Seasons" Op. 37b, and Hensel June from "Das Jahr" Hailed as “a startlingly subtle and visionary pianist” with “a...

Kids of all ages are invited to come to the Blue Hill Library to meet Dash the certified therapy dog on Saturday, June 27 at 10:30 a.m.! Dash will be in the Larchwood Children's Room available for kids to meet, snuggle with, and read stories to if they so choose. Dash is a certified therapy...

In this 4 part workshop, we will dive into the magic of seasonal natural dye, learning different techniques each class to coax color from local plants onto cloth, including immersion dyeing, bundle dyeing, flower pounding and cyanotype printing. The fourth class will make space for participants to create a tiny quilt using the fabrics we...

Expert needle-felter, fiber artist, and storyteller Hillary Dow of Binding Tales will lead this fun workshop at the Gilley, guiding participants through the process of creating a felted coral reef wall hanging. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels including beginners. Learn needle felting techniques as you transform puffy piles of wool into a...

VoXX (Voice of Twenty) will perform a free concert at Searsmont United Methodist Church as part of Searsmont Town Library's 'Live Outside the Library' concert series on Saturday June 27 at 4pm. Acapella chamber choral music from the 17th to the 21st century.

buxbaumlaura121@gmail.com or 207-518-0609 The auditioned Midcoast a cappella vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty presents its summer concert series, Musical Miracles, led by Music Director John Mehrmann. The concerts will be held in four Midcoast venues over the last two weekends in June. Many may feel in need of some miracles these days, so VoXX...

Everyone is invited to a free performance of "The Legend of the Banana Kid" by Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers on Saturday, June 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. "Little Chucky heads to the Wild West to outwit outlaws in this cowboy adventure! With a fistful of bananas, Chucky rides into town on...

The semiannual tradition of bringing quality opera performers directly to the people is happening once again! Come listen to the cast of the Winter Harbor Music Festival work through parts of their upcoming show The Italian Girl in Algiers, all while sipping cider! Free event, all are welcome

The renovated Concert Hall inside the Barn at Barncastle Hotel & Restaurant is an intimate venue where attendees can get up close and personal with the musicians. It is mixed seated & standing, and there is a bar with cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic options. Advanced ticket purchases are encouraged, and while there is no...