Things to Do and Story Round Up
What adventures will you have this week in Bar Harbor?
It’s our weekly roundup of future events and past stories.
Every Monday, we’ll have a quick preview of events happening that week in Bar Harbor and you can look for in-depth features later on in the week.
And if you’d like something listed, just let us know by commenting or contacting us!
GET YOUR NEWS ON!
I’m just one person, so some weeks there will be more news than others as I try to fit things around my editing novels, podcasting, and writing my own books and actually making a living, but here you go!
Here are the links to our stories from the past week in case you missed any.
Library’s Festival of Fun Full of Hee-Haws, Learning, and Fun
To Boldly Go Where No Cat Has Gone Before
Get Your Healthcare On!
Get Your Comedy On!
Get Your Run On!
5th Annual Running for Rides Mary Parker Memorial 5k Race
This annual race was created to honor and celebrate Mary Parker's passion for Island Connections' mission, neighbors, and volunteers. The race will begin at 9am on Saturday, October 15. Same-day registration will begin at 8am.
Costs
Cost for registrations received prior to race day are $25 for Adults and $15 for Youth 15 & under. T-shirts will be given out to the first 50 participants. To pre-register, click below.
All proceeds benefit Island Connections.
Location and Time
October 15, 2022 at 9 a.m.
To Find Out More and Register
https://runsignup.com/Race/ME/BarHarbor/5thAnnualRunningforRidesMaryParkerMemorial5kRace
Downeast Horizons 2022 Color Fun 5K
This year’s theme is Spooky Neon! Come dressed in your favorite costume attire! Gather your family and friends and start planning your group costumes!
All pre-registered race participants will receive a race packet containing a t-shirt, protective sunglasses, color powder packet, temporary tattoos & stickers while supplies last.
Location and Time
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 AT 9 AM; Ellsworth
Costs
Vary between $12 and $25
For information and to register.
Four 5ks
The MDI YMCA is co-hosting 4 5k's this fall. All start and finish at the Y, all have different race courses and different vibes and all are for a great cause. Join MDI Hospital, Island Connections, and the Y this fall.
MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Get Your Costume On!
Get Your Book 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.
"Invisible Libraries: Six Elusive Collections in Building the Dorr Archive" with Ronald Epp
Ronald H. Epp Ph.D. is the author of Creating Acadia National Park : the Biography of George Bucknam Dorr. It was published in 2016 by Friends of Acadia during the celebratory centennials of Acadia National Park and the National Park Service. Epp has given scores of lectures on the Father of Acadia at bookstores, libraries, historical societies, and museums.
Epp's talk at the Jesup will focus on the excitement of discovering six concealed manuscript collections now part of the Dorr Research Archive.
Date and Time
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022
7 P.M. to 8 P.M.
Location
Jesup Memorial Library
For more information or to register
https://www.jesuplibrary.org/events/epp
Author and Poet Gary Rainford
We lose keys. We lose wallets. We lose cellphones. We lose remote controls. We lose our glasses. We lose notes we specifically write to remind us of important tasks. We lose names of people and places on the tips of our tongues. We lose fleeting thoughts, ideas so brilliant and original, if we could have only held on to them. And some of us lose our minds.
“These poems,” says Rainford, “tell the stories of my mother’s dementia and Alzhehimer’s disease. I never thought I’d have to take care of my mother like this, but we don’t get to cherry pick when people need us most.”
Rainford, author of three poetry collections, Adrift, Salty Liquor, and Liner Notes, lives on Swan’s Island year-round. Rainford's poems, shaped by tides, saltwater, music, and experience, are published in a wide range of literary magazines, university journals, and newspapers.
Date and Time
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Location
Jesup Memorial Library
For more information or to register
https://www.jesuplibrary.org/events/rainford
GET YOUR MUSIC ON!
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross 40th Anniversary Tour.
Time and Date
Wednesday, September 7
8:00 P.M.
Location
Criterion Theatre, Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Tickets/Information.
https://www.criteriontheatre.org/live-events
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
Monday, July 25, 2022
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 Information
207-266-0010
Send Email
MONDAY EVENING FIGURE DRAWING – EMOTION THROUGH BODY LANGUAGE
Join Gabrielle for instructed sessions on portraiture and clothed figure drawing or use the time to practice with our model! Mondays – instruction from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. then drawing from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Masking, vaccinated, and social distancing for staff and participant safety.
Date and Time
Mondays, 2022
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT
Location
ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$50.00
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event-4849702
Contact Information
207-266-0010
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. EDT
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: https://artwavesmdi.org/event
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 Information
office@artwavesmdi.org
Send Email
Calming Crafts for Adults - Creating Collages with Paper and Sparkles
Each Friday the Jesup Memorial Library will provide a space for people to gather in a no pressure, minimal skills required, fun, social way to engage in stress free crafts. You can bring your own craft project or take part in one we provide. This is a drop-in gathering. You are welcome to stay the whole hour or grab the project and go create in your own space.
We will even have craft projects available after Friday to grab and go. Check in at the circulation desk to see what we have available.
Date and Time
FRIDAYS
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location
Jesup Library
Fees
Free
LIVIAH’S CRAFTERNOONS
Kids aged 7-11 years of all skill levels Masks, vax’d (over 5), and distancing for staff and participant safety.
Date and Time
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
3 p.m – 5 p.m.
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$30 materials included or bring some of your own! ($20 for members)
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-4878637
Contact Information
207-266-0010
Send Email
You Can Draw! - Drawing for Beginners
Anyone can learn to draw. This class will teach you how to draw what you see. It will give you a jump start with confidence to draw for pleasure or for a base for your painting.
Get ready for a whole world of seeing details that you have never noticed before!
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Location
ArtWaves
Fees/Admission
$192 for 3 sessions ($182 for members)
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-4574333
Contact Information
office@artwavesmdi.org
Send Email
BATIK PAINTING: ANCIENT ART/ NEW TWIST with Gloria Avner - Ink, Wax and Watercolor on delicate rice paper - Morning Session or Afternoon Session
Come learn the ancient art of Batik Painting with Master Batik Teacher Gloria Avner! Using wax as a resist, we will create layers of brilliantly graduated color and experience effects not possible with other painting techniques. Learn to use ink, wax and watercolor on delicate Japanese rice paper. You will be guided step-by-step through the creation of beautiful artwork.
Date and Time
Tuesday Aug 30
9:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
OR
1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Location
ARTWAVES, 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill
Fees/Admission
$82.50 ($72.50 for members)
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-4892936
Contact Information
207-266-0010
Send Email
Island Arts Association's Annual Labor Day Weekend Craft Fair
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 3, 2022 Sunday Sep 4, 2022
Saturday: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Sunday: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Location
Village Green, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
free
Website
http://islandartsassociation.com
Contact Information
Island Arts Association
Send Email
Felted Geodes and Bates Cairns
Felted rocks can be stacked and re-stacked into fun cairns, but what happens when we slice up those rocks? The process is so much fun and then there is the oooohs and ahhs. See the beautiful and surprising results of the geode inside!
Date and Time
Friday, Sep 2
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$50 ($40 for members)Ages 10 to Adult of all levels
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-4844185
Contact Information
207-266-0010
Send Email
GET YOUR MOVEMENT ON!
YOGA BY THE BAY
Date and Time
Daily
9 a.m – 10 a.m. EDT
Location
Bar Harbor Inn & Spa, 1 Newport Drive, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$15 per person.
Contact Information
Contact Beth for questions (340) 643-6467
Send Beth an Email
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
Get Your Movie On!
REEL PIZZA
https://www.reelpizza.net/now-playing
Location: 33 Kennebec Place, Bar Harbor
This week’s showings include Bullet Train and Elvis.
CRITERION THEATRE
https://www.criteriontheatre.org/
Location: 25 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Get Your Food On!
HOMEMADE PIES AT THE YWCA MDI
Join the Y for its Tuesday pie sales at the YWCA Mount Desert Island. All the pies are homemade by YWCA volunteers, and the proceeds go to the Y’s lodging program for women and girls.
Date and Time
Tuesdays
10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. or until sold out.
Location
36 Mount Desert St., Bar Harbor, ME
207-288-5008
Cost
$20 – $30
Website
Contact Information
Suzanne White-Kelly
Send Email
BAR HARBOR’S EDEN FARMER’S MARKET
Maine grown, raised and value added delights in Bar Harbor. Sundays, 9 a.m. – Noon, rain or shine, Mother’s Day weekend until the end of October.
Date and Time
Sundays
9 a.m. – Noon
Location
Park and Main Street at the YMCA parking lot, Bar Harbor
Website
http://mdifarmersmarkets.com
GET YOUR CIVIC DUTY ON!
TOWN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
SOUTHWEST HARBOR:
Regular Meeting Schedule (meetings held at the Town Office unless otherwise noted)
Board & Committee Meeting Schedule
Select Board: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of every month @ 6 p.m.
Conservation Commission: 1st Tuesday of every month @ 4 p.m. via zoom
Planning Board: 1st & 3rd Thursdays of every month @ 6 p.m. at the Town Office and via zoom
Historical Cemetery Committee: 3rd Wednesday of every month @ the Town office or otherwise specified @ 2 p.m.
Harbor Committee: 2nd Monday of every month @ 6 p.m.
Shellfish Committee: 2nd Monday of every month @ 5 p.m.
Board of Appeals: 2nd Wednesday of every month (as needed) @ 6 p.m.
Warrant Committee: as needed
TREMONT:
No meetings scheduled, but you can check out upcoming ones here.
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.”
Warrant Committee General Government Subcommittee
Location and Time
August 30, 2022,
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Location
Council Chambers
REGULAR SCHEDULE OF BAR HARBOR’S MAIN COMMITTEE/BOARD MEETINGS
· Town Council meetings– the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m.
· Planning Board meetings- the first Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m.
· Design Review Board– the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
· Appeals Board – As needed, call the Planning Office for meeting times
MOUNT DESERT:
No meetings scheduled for this week, for a town calendar, check here.
Absolutely no shortage of such neat things to do. There is something for everybody. Thank you