On The Agenda - Bar Harbor Town Meetings
And Things To Do This Week in Bar Harbor
ON THE AGENDA
Every week we document Bar Harbor town government, school, and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to double check before you head over!
All the meetings take place at the Bar Harbor Municipal Building at 93 Cottage Street unless otherwise noted. And they usually have a time for public comments. This is not true about executive sessions, which are closed to the public.
So, go! Be informed! Be part of the process. You deserve to be.
To see the town meeting calendar by month, click here.
To see the school board calendar by month, click here
MONDAY
Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting
July 17, 2023, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
@ Council Chambers
Bar Harbor Municipal Building, Cottage Street
TUESDAY
BAR HARBOR TOWN COUNCIL
July 18, 2023, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
@ Council Chambers
Bar Harbor Municipal Building, Cottage Street
WEDNESDAY
Age Friendly Committee
July 19, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
@ 3rd Floor Meeting Room - Suite 301
Bar Harbor Municipal Building, Cottage Street
Marine Resources Committee
July 19, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
@ Port Security Building or Hadley Point Beach
Bar Harbor Municipal Building, Cottage Street
THURSDAY, JULY 20
Design Review Board Meeting
The agenda is not posted online.
However, the cancelled meeting last week had the Jesup library project, Jackson Laboratory, Cleftstone, 59 Cottage Street, and 736 State Highway 3 (Town of Bar Harbor) on it. It also had an item about Appendix A (historic properties) on the land use ordinance.
July 20, 2023, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
@ Council Chambers
Bar Harbor Municipal Building, Cottage Street
Things to Do In Bar Harbor
Week of July 19
It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things so apologies!
To check out our news stories from the past week. Click on the archive section and you’ll see them in chronological order.
GET YOUR HERO ON!
BAR HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
To check if Bar Harbor Fire Department is currently hiring, please go to the town’s jobs page.
But even if it isn’t, you can become a call member
Becoming a call force firefighter requires extensive training, hard work, and dedication to the community. We rely on call force firefighters to respond quickly to emergencies, to perform firefighting duties, and to provide assistance and support to career firefighters. To be a fall force firefighter is to have a chance to aid and serve the community, which is an extremely rewarding experience.
Get Your SPCA Fundraiser On!
SPCA of Hancock County Wine & Whiskers Fundraiser
July 18 at 5:30 PM - 9:00PM
Bar Harbor Club, 111 West Street
$150.00
The summer fun begins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, at the Bar Harbor Club on West Street in Bar Harbor. The cost is $150 per person ($75 of which is tax deductible) and will include hors d’oeuvres and a three-course dinner. There will be a cash bar. All the proceeds from the evening support the operation of the nonprofit organization’s animal shelter.
There will be live music by the Ann Delaney Trio and silent and live auctions with radio personality Chris Popper serving as the auctioneer. Auction items include dinner at Aragosta restaurant in Deer Isle, a granite sailboat sculpture by Stone Designs & Granite Garden Gallery, jewelry by Lisa Hall, a stay at the Samoset Resort in Rockland with golf package, a tour of the classic East of Eden property and car collection in Bar Harbor and ride aboard the owners’ Hinckley yacht, and Andy Warhol-inspired manatee prints by artist Lavinia Haas. Haas created the limited-edition manatee prints to support Jennifer Skiff, award-winning author, SPCA trustee and the director of international programs at Animal Wellness Action, in her work to protect Florida manatees.
This year’s Wine & Whiskers event is in honor of Michele Abbott-Croan, a beloved SPCA volunteer and former board member, who lost her battle with cancer last August.
“Wine & Whiskers is our most important fundraiser of the year,” said Mary Anne Griffin, SPCA board president. “This event helps us to raise the funds essential to continue this life-saving work while applauding and honoring the wonderful contributions Michele made to our organization. She co-chaired Wine & Whiskers for many years and is responsible for making it such a success.”
Event guests will have the opportunity to contribute to a scholarship in Abbott-Croan’s honor to benefit a Mount Desert Island High School graduate pursuing a career in animal care. Those unable to attend Wine & Whiskers and still want to support the SPCA’s mission, may make a donation or become an event sponsor. To make a reservation, pre-bid on auction items or find out how to make a donation or become a sponsor, contact Jamie O’Keefe at 299-8732. You can also make your reservations or become a sponsor by visiting www.spcahancockcounty.org.
Get Your Luminaria On!
Get Your Designer Home On!
2023 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse
Join Swan Hospitality Group, Mount Desert Island Hospital, and Décor Maine for the
2023 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse
at Hamilton Hill
Exclusive Preview Party
Saturday, July 29 • 5 PM
For Preview Party tickets, please click here
Public tours will run from
July 30 through August 19
10 AM – 4 PM daily
For public tour tickets, please click here
Tickets are now available and must be reserved in advance
Proceeds from the show benefit MDI Hospital
For more information, please visit: mdihospital.org/designer-showhouse
or contact events@mdihospital.org
Get Your Knowledge On!
Get Your Book (And Author) On!
VIRTUAL WRITE ON! WRITING GROUP
Want support for your craft? The Write On! writer’s group has been meeting at the Jesup since 2014, and remotely during the pandemic. Each meeting, members may bring in up to 1200 words to read for feedback, and in turn offer feedback to others. Although each member doesn’t get to read work every time, the group shares the time fairly. The group meets on Zoom, and hold in confidence what is shared. This group welcomes adults 18 and up writing in many genres. There’s no homework–the only commitment is two hours on Saturday mornings.
Date and Time
SATURDAYS
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location
Zoom
How to Attend
Call the library, 207-288-4245, for more about us and how to join, or email info@jesuplibrary.org.
STORY TIMES AT THE JESUP!
Baby and Toddler Time
Join Abby for fingerplays, songs, and stories! Older siblings are welcome to join in.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2023
10:30 AM 11:15 AM
JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY34 MT. DESERT STREET
Preschool Story Time
Preschoolers and their adults are invited to join us on Friday mornings for songs, stories, and a craft! Recommended for ages 3-5.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023
10:30 AM 11:15 AM
JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 34 MOUNT DESERT STREET
A conversation with Caitlin Shetterly and Alice Elliott Dark
BAR HARBOR_ Please join us at the Jesup Memorial Library for Writing Women and Maine: A conversation with Caitlin Shetterly author of Pete and Alice in Maine and Alice Elliott Dark author of Fellowship Point on Thursday, July 20th at 7 p.m. They will also be in conversation at the Northeast Harbor Library on Wednesday, July 19th at 5:30 pm. Alice Elliot Dark and local best-selling author Christina Baker Kline will be speaking at the Southwest Harbor Library on Tuesday, July 18th at 5:30 pm.
Caitlin Shetterly is a Maine-based writer and theatre director whose works center on themes of the environment, food, America, family life, and motherhood. Her books include Pete and Alice in Maine (2023, Harper Collins); Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future (2016); Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home [1] (2011); and the bestselling Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce (2001). In 2003, Chatterley founded the Winter Harbor Theatre Company. She was Artistic Director until the company's closure in 2011. Shetterley is the Editor-in-Chief of Frenchly.us, a French culture and lifestyle publication. Her powerful and beautifully written debut novel Pete and Alice in Maine intimately explores a fractured marriage and the struggles of modern parenthood, set against the backdrop of the chaotic spring of 2020
A #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, Christina Baker Kline is published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times and the NYT Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today, and Slate. Kline lives in New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine with her husband, David Kline. They are the parents of three sons, Hayden, Will, and Eli.
Alice Elliott Dark is the author of the novels Fellowship Point and Think of England, and two collections of short stories, In the Gloaming and Naked to the Waist. Her work has appeared in, among others, The New Yorker, Harper's, DoubleTake, Ploughshares, A Public Space, Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O.Henry Awards, and has been translated into many languages. "In the Gloaming," a story, was chosen by John Updike for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of The Century and was made into films by HBO and Trinity Playhouse. Her non-fiction reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many anthologies. She is a recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and an Associate Professor at Rutgers-Newark in the English department and the MFA program.
The Jesup event is a hybrid program and registration is required to attend either in person or on Zoom. Register at jesuplibrary.org/events/writing or email eventsignup@jesuplibrary.org.
AUTHOR TALK WITH THOMAS A. KLIGERMAN
Please join us at the Jesup Memorial Library for an author talk with Thomas A. Kligerman, Shingle and Stone: Thomas Kligerman Houses (Monacelli) on Thursday, July 27th at 7:00 pm.
Thomas A. Kligerman was raised in Connecticut and New Mexico, and spent years in France and England as a student. These experiences sparked his interest in the rich history of domestic architecture, gardens and landscapes. Before founding Kligerman Architecture & Design, Tom co-founded Ike Kligerman Barkley with John Ike and Joel Barkley. He began his architecture career at Robert A. M. Stern Architects and received his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and his Master of Architecture from Yale School of Architecture. He is passionate about the design process, and loves studying and creating architectural models. He serves on the boards of a number of charitable and educational institutions. Tom and his family enjoy summer weekends racing sailboats on the coast of Rhode Island.
Tom has been immersed in residential architecture for the past 40 years. He is best known for his shingle-style homes that weave inspiration from English and European traditions with the American vernacular. Shingle and Stone presents thirteen highlights from Tom’s portfolio and is illustrated with more than 200 photographs, renderings, and sketches to reveal the design process.
The Jesup event is a hybrid program and registration is required to attend either in person or on Zoom. Register at jesuplibrary.org/events/kligerman or email eventsignup@jesuplibrary.org.
At First Light: Maine artists are focus of talk
BAR HARBOR — The College of the Atlantic Coffee & Conversation series continues on Tuesday, July 18 with Bowdoin College Museum of Art co-directors Dr. Anne Collins Goodyear and Dr. Frank Goodyear and photographer Walter Smalling discussing their book At First Light and the communities of artists and craftspeople who practice in Maine with art critic Carl Little.
At First Light chronicles 26 extraordinary artists of the last 200 years who have lived and worked in Maine. The volume considers the significant contributions artists have made to a deeper and more profound understanding of Maine's history, its land and its peoples. Maine's unique and breathtaking landscape — from its rugged coastline, quaint harbors, majestic mountains, and verdant forests — continues to have a powerful effect on the artists who are drawn to its shores.
Written by the Goodyears with Farnsworth Art Museum chief curator Michael K. Komanecky and with a foreword by former Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum, each chapter focuses on a different artist, featuring the artists' artworks and anchored by breathtaking contemporary photography of their homes, studios, and surroundings. From picturesque bungalows to grander structures with beautiful vistas, the houses and studios featured are as diverse as the artists who have inhabited them.
JESUP EVENTS
For a full list of Jesup Memorial Library events, click through to its calendar here.
GET YOUR ART ON!
OPEN STUDIO – MEMBER MONDAYS
Members can reserve a table in our studio for an hour or the whole session and have access to our non-consumable tools or use some materials from our stock!$10 for reserved space – participant brings supplies. OR $25 for reserved space plus access to consumable materials; felting, glass, paint, printmaking.Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Masking, vaccinated, and social distancing for staff and participant safety.
Date and Time
Mondays
2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. EDT
Location
ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$42.00
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event
Contact Information207-266-0010
Send Email
MONDAY & THURSDAY NIGHT FIGURE DRAWING
Please register, space is limited.
Artists will have a few quick warm-up poses then be able to spend time refining a long pose. Registration necessary- ArtWaves maintains distances for safety.The model is the star, no instruction, but plenty of easels, boards, horses, paper, charcoal and fellow friendly artists. Feel free to bring your paints and brushes as well!18 and over, under 18 allowed with parental attendance or prior signature.
Date and Time
Mondays and Thursdays
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Mondays 6-9 single pose and Thursdays multi poses
Location
ArtWaves Fine Arts Studio
Fees/Admission
$15 for 3-hour session
Members: $25 month fee
Contact Information
office @artwavesmdi.otrg
Send Email
KIDS CRAFTERNOONS
ArtWaves is devoting afternoons of studio (under the big tent) sessions for children to create. Most workshops use unique materials like fiber, ink, stained glass and wax. Weekly themes. Open to kids between 7-11. No skills required.Masks, vax’d (over 5), and distancing for staff and participant safety.
To Register:
Date and Time
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Location
ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$30 materials included or bring some of your own! ($20 for members)
Student membership is $36 a year!
Contact Informationoffice@artwavesmdi.org
Send Email
ARTWAVES CLASSES
ArtWaves often has classes, a variety every week. For the updated selection, check out its website here.
Get your College of the Atlantic On!
TUESDAY, JULY 18 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: At First Light
Carl Little leads a discussion with Anne Collins Goodyear, Frank Goodyear, and Walter Smalling about their book At First Light and the communities of artists and craftspeople who practice in Maine.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, JULY 25 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: Electrifying Transportation
Duncan McIntyre joins COA Trustee Roland Reynolds to discuss the future of vehicle electrification and how electric school buses are key to addressing climate change and ensuring healthy kids and communities.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
MONDAY, JULY 31 at 5 PM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Expanding Exploration: Indigenous Futures and Perspectives
Kiliii Yuyan, photographer and National Geographic Explorer, Keolu Fox, genome scientist and National Geographic Explorer, and Betsy Richards, executive director of the Abbe Museum and senior partner with Wabanaki Nations
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 at 9 AM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Viruses: The Boundaries between Humans and Non-humans
Nirav Shah, former director of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and current principal deputy director of the US CDC, and Nadia Rosenthal, scientific director of The Jackson Laboratory and COA Trustee
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 at 5 PM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Space: Our Last Great Commons Moriba Jah, astrodynamicist, National Geographic Explorer, and chief scientist at Privateer, and Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 at 9 AM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
North Sentinel Island: Isolation and the Human Desire for Connection
Adam Goodheart, historian and author of The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth, Dr. Vishvajit Pandya, anthropologist, and Ted Widmer, author and historian
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 at 5 PM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
Lee Berger, paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer in Residence, and Jill Tiefenthaler, National Geographic Society CEO
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 at 9 AM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Psychedelics: Exploring the Mind and Human Health
Michael Bogenshutz, director of the NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine, and Manoush Zomorodi, journalist and host of National Public Radio’s TED Radio Hour
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 at 5 PM
The 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute, Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with the National Geographic Society, presents:
Our Ocean: Lessons from the Deep
Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer in Residence, and Andy Revkin, environmental journalist and educator
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: Dinner with the President
Alex Prud’homme joins COA Trustee Beth Gardiner to discuss his new book, food, politics, and the history of breaking bread at the White House.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: Mission Alignment in Investment Portfolios
Sandra Urie speaks with COA Trustee Joyce Cacho about opportunities for institutions of higher education to invest for an equitable, low-carbon, regenerative economy.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: Can Indigenous Culture Save Our Planet?
Darren Ranco joins COA President Darron Collins ‘92 to discuss the impacts of climate change
on Indigenous communities in Maine and the importance of engaging our youngest generations in responding to the climate crisis.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summerevents
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 at 9:30 AM
Coffee & Conversation: Building Acadia
COA professor emeritus Anne Kozak speaks with COA Trustee Cookie Horner about her new book, the development of Acadia’s infrastructure and roads, and the often-untold stories of the women involved in the founding of the park.
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Free, registration required: coa.edu/summereventsART INSTALLATION AT COA ALL SUMMER LONG
Acclaimed artist Andy Goldsworthy will be at College of the Atlantic this summer to install Road Line, his first permanent artwork in the State of Maine. Goldsworthy is renowned for his site-specific installations that span the globe, and the College is thrilled to provide the setting for a piece that speaks to both the history and geology of the region.
Comprised of a single continuous line of granite curbstones, Road Line will begin its journey through campus at Route 3 and draw its path to the coast of Frenchman Bay. Taking from the tradition of granite curbstones that edge many of the roads in East Coast towns and cities, Goldsworthy has actively worked in granite throughout the Northeast where there is still a lively granite industry.
“One would be hard pressed to name an artist who more emphatically lives the COA human-ecological ethos than Andy Goldsworthy,” says COA President Darron Collins ‘92. “Andy’s presence here and the permanence of the installation will have a tremendous impact on the campus and the region.”
Funded largely by two anonymous donors who are passionate about the piece’s potential to intersect the study of human ecology and to create a world-class work of public art in Downeast Maine, Road Line will be an expression of human and geological movement.
“Road Line would only become apparent as an artwork after it has left the ‘straight and narrow’ and goes its own way,” Goldsworthy said of the piece upon proposal. “I hope this will resonate with the students who will also pass through the college on their own journeys and that, wherever life takes them afterwards, they will always be reminded of their time in Maine whenever they see a curbstone. It would be the antithesis of the definition of curb, which is to control or limit.”
In addition to Goldsworthy’s time on campus for installation, he will take part in the COA Summer Institute: Reimagining Exploration, July 31-August 4, held in collaboration with The National Geographic Society. Goldsworthy will be in conversation with Courtney J. Martin, PhD, Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art. For more information, visit coa.edu/summerinstitute.
More about Andy Goldsworthy
In a diverse career spanning four decades, Andy Goldsworthy has become one of the most prominent and iconic contemporary sculptors. In photographs, sculptures, installations, and films, Goldsworthy documents his explorations of the effects of time, the relationship between humans and their natural surroundings, and the beauty in loss and regeneration.
Recent permanent site-specific installations by Goldsworthy include Walking Wall, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Watershed, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Stone Sea, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri; Chaumont Cairn, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France; Path and Rising Stone, Albright Knox Art Gallery, New York; and Wood Line, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Goldsworthy is currently working on Hanging Stones in North York Moors, UK. In this ongoing project, ten existing buildings, all in varying states of disrepair, have been or will be rebuilt as artworks and connected by a six-mile walk encompassing Northdale, near Rosedale Abbey.
Other permanent works can be seen at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; de Young Museum, California; Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York; Storm King Art Center, New York; Stanford University, California; and Haute Provence Geological Reserve in Digne-les-Bains, France, among numerous other sites. Major solo exhibitions of Goldsworthy's work have been presented by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Neuberger Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California; and Des Moines Art Center, Illinois.
The artist was born in Cheshire, England, in 1956, and is now based in Scotland.
SUMMER INSTITUTE
2023 COA Summer Institute reimagines exploration
BAR HARBOR — The promise of exploration and the hard-to-resolve ethical questions about the impacts of exploration on both human and non-human communities are the focus of the 2023 College of the Atlantic Summer Institute: Reimagining Exploration, held in collaboration with The National Geographic Society, July 31-August 4. Attendance is free but registration is required at coa.edu/si.
Some of the greatest living explorers, writers, artists, and thinkers will join the institute, which takes place on campus and livestreamed around the world. Their conversations will critically examine the concept of exploration in the broadest sense, aiming to inspire an approach that is rooted in inclusivity and reciprocity, while also preserving the magnificence and health of our planet and its people. All events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.
“The Summer Institute is a highlight of the summer season at COA, when community members are invited to take part in important conversations about critical issues,” said COA Dean of Advancement Shawn Keeley. “Exploration has brought so many discoveries and insights to humanity, but for far too long we’ve ignored some of the very real human and planetary costs of such pursuits. Hearing from some of the world’s leading explorers and celebrating all we have gained while having hard conversations about how we conduct exploration going forward is an important step in building a better future together.”
The institute features a breadth of keynote speakers who bring decades of knowledge, experience, and action to the conversation. Among these guests is the renowned paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, known for his explorations into human origins in Africa, Asia, and Micronesia; environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose art pieces blur the line between human and nature; Sylvia Earle whose lifetime of exploring the ocean has provided us with countless discoveries and insights; Moriba Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin who is pioneering what it means to be a “space environmentalist;” Nirav Shah, principal deputy director of the US CDC and recent leader of Maine’s COVID-19 response as former director of the Maine CDC; and Dr. Michael Bogenschutz, an addiction psychiatrist whose research focuses on psilocybin and its potential to treat alcohol abuse disorder and other addiction diseases.
The institute kicks off Monday evening, July 31 with “Expanding Exploration: Indigenous Futures and Perspectives,” featuring National Geographic Explorers Keolu Fox and Kiliii Yüyan in conversation with Abbe Museum executive director Betsy Richards. Morning and evening sessions continue through Friday, Aug. 4. Guests include National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler, historian and author Adam Goodheart, National Public Radio TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorod, sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, and more.
Cocktail receptions follow each evening session, with a special appearance on Tuesday, Aug. 1 of the Samba Meets Jazz musicians who will offer Brazilian and Afro-Cuban jazz. On Friday, Aug. 4, the institute closes with “Our Ocean: Lessons from the Deep,” a conversation with environmental journalist Andrew Revkin and National Geographic Explorer Sylvia Earle.
The institute is free but registration is required. Please visit coa.edu/si to learn more.
More about The Summer Institute
The Summer Institute is College of the Atlantic’s week-long ideas festival that welcomes experts from around the world to share their perspectives on the most pressing issues of our time. The Summer Institute is supported by the generosity of COA Champlain Society members. Learn more at coa.edu/si.
More about The National Geographic Society
For more than 130 years, the National Geographic Society has funded the best and brightest individuals dedicated to scientific discovery and understanding of our world. Their historic commitment to dauntless exploration dates back to their founding in 1888 when 33 prominent scholars and scientists established an organization dedicated to the “increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Today, National Geographic Explorers are continuing to push the boundaries of knowledge, uncovering new insights about the natural and cultural worlds, and strengthening our connection to them and one another. Learn more at nationalgeographic.org/society
GET YOUR MOVIE ON!
REEL PIZZA
Reel Pizza is here! Check below for movies running this week or for exact times and dates click here.
CRITERION THEATRE
The theater’s website is here, and click for the latest updates.
SEASIDE CINEMA
Seaside Cinema sponsored by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce begins Wednesday night and runs from mid-July through mid-August
Bring the whole family and a blanket to sit on to the chamber’s weekly outdoor movies under the stars. Movies are shown on a giant inflatable screen in Agamont Park, overlooking Frenchman Bay.
Free popcorn will be available! And watching the movies? Also free.
Movies will start at dusk each Wednesday once the sun has gone down enough to show on the screen. Dusk ranges from approximately 7:30 p.m. later in the season to 8:15 p.m. this week.
Agamont Park is located on the corner of West and Main Streets in Bar Harbor.
Wednesday July 19 - The Iron Giant
Wednesday July 26 - Paddington
Wednesday August 2 - Missing Link
Wednesday August 9 - How to Train Your Dragon
Wednesday August 16 - Howl's Moving Castle
Wednesday August 23 - Silent Films with Musical Accompaniment
GET YOUR FITNESS ON!
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE!
The Neighborhood House has a slew of classes to help you get your fitness on. Descriptions are at its website.
Yoga Flow- Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays at 9 a.m.
Tai Chi - Monday at 10:45 a.m.
Can Do Yoga - Mondays at 4:30 p.m.
Active Older Adults - Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:45 a.m.
Yoga Flow and Tai Chi are also on Zoom!
MDI YMCA!
The MDI YMCA’s program guide is here.
DESTINATION HEALTH!
All Levels Slow Flow Yoga
Date and Time
Tuesdays
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Location
Destination Health
124 Cottage Street
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
(207) 288-3121
Website
http://www.destinationhealthmdi.com
Pelvic Floor Workshop
Date and Time
Tuesdays
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Yin Yoga
Date and Time
Tuesdays
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Adult Ballet Barre Fitness with David Lamon
Date and Time
Thursdays
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
4 sessions Thursday April 6th to Thursday April 27 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Location
ArtWaves Dance Center 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$50.00 $40.00 ArtWaves Members SPRING SPECIAL: BUY ONE CLASS GET ONE CLASS AT 50% OFF
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-5201808
Contact Information
2072660010
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GET YOUR VOLUNTEERISM ON!
GET YOUR DANCE AND WELLNESS ON!
ZUMBA!
It’s a dance party, no experience needed!
Come take care of yourself, shake, smile & sweat! Every class is different; the music, people and weather, and we always have a blast! Erin leads a workout that caters to all levels of fitness and ability. All you need is a love for music and movement (or come to class to fall in love with dancing), but no experience necessary. You can follow along and give it your own flair! Come join our classes throughout the week, in the gorgeous dance studio at ArtWaves! If you haven’t tried Zumba and want to talk with Erin, feel free to email anytime.
Date and Time
Thursdays
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EDT
Location
Dance Studio at ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$40-$50 per month ($10 per week paid monthly)
Website
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY DANCE
Downeast Community Dance meets every Sunday from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth (first and third) and ArtWaves in Town Hill (second, fourth and fifth).
These free form dance gatherings are not facilitated, with music provided by volunteer DJs. Move to rhythms in your own way and have fun.
Admission is by donation.
For more information, contact Susan at 288-8103 or cloudnine@gwi.net.
Location
Dance Studio at ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
STUDENT MASSAGE CLINIC
At Acadia School of Massage Student Massage Clinic, our students gain hands-on experience while our clients receive relaxation or therapeutic massage and bodywork treatments at discounted rates. Enjoy a soothing massage from one of our gifted student massage therapists. The Student Clinic is open to the public and we highly encourage anyone to try a massage!
Date and Time
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
Tuesdays and Wednesdays through the end of April 2023 from 1:30 to 6:15pm.
Location
Hosted by Tree of Life Day Spa,
108 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$35 for 1 hour massage
Appointments highly recommended
Book online at
http://www.AcadiaSoM.com
Website
http://www.AcadiaSoM.com
Contact Information
Acadia School of Massage
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DANCE NIGHTS AT FOGTOWN BAR HARBOR WITH DJ POPTART
Come on out and dance away your cabin fever at Fogtown Bar Harbor! Every Friday from 8-10 p.m., DJ Poptart/Gary Allen will be spinning groovy tunes!
Date and Time
Fridays
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST
Location
33 Cottage St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Fees/Admission
No cover
Website
http://www.fogtownbrewing.com
GET YOUR MUSIC ON!
BAR HARBOR MUSIC FESTIVAL!
“Maine’s Premier Music Festival”
— WGBH Classical New England/Boston
Acclaimed by Phi Beta Baton as “…one of the nation’s proving grounds for gifted young artists,” the Bar Harbor Music Festival, founded by violinist Francis Fortier in 1967, has gained national recognition for its unique and pioneering work.
The Festival has made a major contribution to the music world by advancing the careers of over 2,300 aspiring instrumentalists, singers, and composers. Coupled with our “Arts and Tourism” initiatives, it has provided a vital cultural and economic service for the community and visitors from all over the world.
The Festival’s outreach programs, such as the admission-free outdoor concerts in Acadia National Park, artist-in-residence programs in American schools, colleges, and universities, as well as its Young Audience Concerts have won new audiences for classical music and fostered music education.
Its annual Summer Festival and Touring Program have reached out to audiences totaling over one million, as music lovers gravitate to this musical gem in the spectacular setting of Bar Harbor, Maine.
June 25 – July 30, 2023 Bar Harbor, Maine
THE WALLFLOWERS
LIVE at the Criterion Theatre
August 2nd - 8:00 p.m.
THE BAR HARBOR BAND
The Bar Harbor Band performs Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. on the Village Green. All of the band's concerts are one hour in length. Concerts will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, concerts will be held at the neighboring Bar Harbor Congregational Church. For more information, visit www.barharborband.org.
Derf McKeeton
Starting July 6, there will be live music every Thursday night at the Otter Creek Hall from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Derf McKeeton, a resident of Otter Creek, will play the guitar and sing a variety of 20th century American music. His songs include rock, country, show tunes, jazz, and many of his own compositions. A portion of the donations will benefit the Otter Creek Aid Society. Performances will be held through the end of August. The hall is located at 82 Otter Creek Drive, 4.9 miles from the Village Green in Bar Harbor, 3 miles from Seal Harbor. For more information, call Derf at (617) 851-0387.
GET YOUR FOOD ON!
OPEN TABLE MDI!
For more information, click here.
EDEN’S FARMERS’ MARKET
Sundays
9-12
Bar Harbor YMCA parking lot off Park Street
AMBROSIA COOKING SCHOOL
The real Maine experience to relive at home. Learn all about lobster and take home the knowledge to be able to cook lobster at home. If you ever had concerns about the long process of making a pie crust, then you will rejoice at the ease of making this blueberry crumble pie. Enjoy the restaurants in Maine but after the class you will leave with the knowledge to create your own Maine experience at home.
Date and Time
Sundays
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Location
Ambrosia Cooking School
19 Rodick Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
19 Rodick Street Bar Harbor ME 04609
Fees/Admission
$85.00
Website
http://www.ambrosiacookingschool.com/
Contact Information
Sharon Joyce (207)288-4523
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TOWN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
SOUTHWEST HARBOR
Regular Meeting Schedule (meetings held at the Town Office unless otherwise noted). Calendar is here.
TREMONT:
BAR HARBOR:
According to the town’s website, “Meetings that are broadcast live can be viewed at home by watching Cable Access Channel 7 or 1303 (Spectrum Cable only) and online at Town Hall Streams.”
“Things We Do in Bar Harbor” and “On the Agenda” is mostly curated by me looking for things happening in the upcoming week, which takes a lot of time. If there’s something in Bar Harbor (or MDI) that you’d like me to mention, please let me know, because I’m definitely always missing some events every week.