Things to Do In Bar Harbor
Week of April 16 2023
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.
Business Narcan Education Interest Survey
Deputy Chief John Lennon is offering free Narcan training to island businesses.
By equipping individuals with naloxone and training to identify and respond to an overdose, the potential delay between the onset of an opioid overdose and the delivery of life-saving care can be reduced to seconds.
Training takes less than 45 minutes with time for questions & answers. There was a business training in the council chambers of the Bar Harbor Town Office in the fall, with hopes to do the same again for businesses soon.
If interested in participating please fill out this survey
EARTH DAY!
Explore a more sustainable future with music, food, info tables, energy tours, and more during a free, community Earth Day celebration at College of the Atlantic on Saturday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The day begins with opening remarks at 11 a.m., followed by fiber activities with wool from COA Peggy Rockefeller Farm. There will be a selection of international foods for purchase, and a mural-making activity in the afternoon.
Throughout the day, guests can participate in tours of clean energy improvement on campus, explore a life-size, inflatable humpback whale, and view the results of COA’s annual discarded resources audit. Afternoon workshops will focus on zero waste and community science. Info tables throughout the day will feature regional organizations such as Friends of Acadia, the Bar Harbor Climate Emergency Task Force, Mount Desert Island High School Eco Team, and Share the Harvest.
The day ends with a coffee house and story hour at Open Table MDI, on 116 Cottage St.
For more information, visit coa.edu/calendar.
Help Keep Acadia Trash-Free!
Join Friends of Acadia on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 8:30-11:00am, for the 22nd Annual Earth Day Roadside Cleanup.
Gather your family, friends, coworkers, or any other roadside- cleaning enthusiasts you know – or feel free to join us on your own.
Prior to the Roadside Cleanup date, Friends of Acadia be in touch with your section assignment and meet-up location for the day. (You’re welcome to request a preferred section assignment, too)
On the day of, bring your positive attitude, a reusable water bottle, closed toed shoes, and appropriate clothing for the weather. Section leaders will bring trash bags, safety vests, gloves, water, and a light snack.
Registration is now open and closes on Friday, April 21.
Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Training
Date and Time
Tues. May 9, 5:00 - 8:30PM
Sat. May 13, 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Location
Lisa Stewart Women's Health Center
Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$50
Website
http://mdihospital.enrollware.com/schedule
Contact Information
Karen Vanzura
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For additional information, please contact:
Karen Vanzura RN BSN TCC | 207.288.5082, ext. 1444 | karen.vanzura@mdihospital.org
Get Your Adventure Golf On!
Get Your Climb On!
Family Climbing Night At Camp Beech Cliff
For novices or experienced climbers, our indoor 30-foot wall provides an instructional and exciting experience. Our programs are designed for a variety of ages and include equipment (harnesses and helmets) and belay instruction from trained staff. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Pizza and healthy snacks will be available for sale. In addition to climbing, the gym is open, and recreation equipment will be available to be used by all participants.
Date and Time
Beginning January 13th and running every Friday through April 28
*There will be no Family Climbing Nights on February 24 or April 21*
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST
Location
Camp Beech Cliff Eagle's Nest Gymnasium 264 Beech Hill Rd. Mount Desert, ME 04660
Fees/Admission
$5 per participant
Website
https://www.campbeechcliff.org/climbing-wall
Contact Information
2072440365
Get Your Resources and Learning On!
Join ACTT for the next in-person session of the Climate Ambassadors Program, a highly participatory program designed to support community members in becoming effective communicators about and participants in climate solutions by providing an overview of climate science and impacts, solutions, and, importantly, how to effectively communicate about climate change. The ambassadors program supports residents as they tap into their unique skills and networks to take meaningful climate action and inspire others to join them. This program free and open to anyone, no prior knowledge or training is required.
Most importantly, the program provides a sense of community and collaboration in effectively addressing climate change.
The session will run from April 25 - May 23 and will include five in-person meetings, scheduled for Tuesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. through 7:00 p.m. Interested in participating? Please fill out this brief form and we will be in touch!
Get Your Knowledge On!
Cars & Coffee: Season Opener!
Seal Cove Auto Museum welcomes the community to gather and celebrate the start of the driving season! For their 60th year they look forward to welcoming familiar faces and new friends.
Admission to the outdoor event is free. Museum admission is offered at a reduced rate of just $5 during the hours of the event, with free admission for youth under 18.
Free refreshments including fresh coffee and donuts will be offered.
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023 AT 10 AM – 1 PM
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.
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 LIBRARY34 MOUNT DESERT STREET
ADOPTING ANTON: A SINGLE MAN SEEKS A SON IN UKRAINE
Please join us at the Jesup Memorial Library for an author talk with Robert Klose who will be discussing his book Adopting Anton: A Single Man Seeks a Son in Ukraine on Thursday, April 20th at 7 p.m.
Robert Klose’s book Adopting Anton: A Single Man Seeks a Son in Ukraine tells of his experiences as a single adoptive father attempting a second international adoption in the shadow of 9/11. Single women have a long and successful track record as adoptive parents, but single men seeking to adopt have had a tougher time of it. And yet the need for role models in this regard exists, if for no other reason than to offer hope to those men who want to adopt but are
daunted by the seeming immensity of the challenge. Available children tend to live in countries that are both traditional and conservative and think in terms of “mother and child” but rarely “father and child”
Presuming that his already being an adoptive parent (he had previously adopted a boy from a Russian orphanage) would make a second attempt easier, Robert Klose was nevertheless confronted by a Ukrainian bureaucracy hobbled by its Soviet origins, as well as the vagaries of personalities in whose hands his fate would rest. The result is a harrowing narrative full of characters both picaresque and sympathetic, with all the actors, including the author, playing their roles in the chaotic aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Adopting Anton is the story of a single man determined to bring a five-year-old boy to a new home in America, but not knowing, until the last moment, whether his efforts would result in failure or success.
Robert Klose teaches at the University of Maine. He is a regular contributor of essays to the Christian Science Monitor. His work has also appeared in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, and various literary magazines. His books include Adopting Alyosha — A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia, Small Worlds — Adopted Sons, Pet Piranhas, and Other Mortal Concerns, The Three- Legged Woman & Other Excursions in Teaching, The Legend of the River Pumpkins, and the novel, Long Live Grover Cleveland, which won a 2016 Ben Franklin Literary Award and a USA BookNews Award, and Life on Mars, which was a finalist in the International Book Awards, American Fiction Awards, and American Book Fest. He is also a four-time winner of the Maine Press Association award for Opinion writing.
This event is a hybrid program and registration is required to attend either in person or on Zoom. Register at jesuplibrary.org/events/anton or email eventsignup@jesuplibrary.org.
CROW SUNCLOUD READING
Please join us at the Jesup Memorial Library for a poetry reading with Crow Suncloud on Thursday, April 27th at 7 p.m.
Crow’s poetry reading, Surrender to the Sacred, represents a non-secular representation of his experiential journey through personal encounters that have, over time, become transformed from estrangement and suffering into alignment with multi-dimensional, redemptive gifts of sobriety, self-forgiveness, and wellness. My contemplative poetry is characterized by references to the natural world, spiritual principles of non-violation, and respect for the arts as primary vehicles for clarity and healing of both the individual and the collective during these pivotal times.
Crow Suncloud (aka Tom Newman) was born in 1955 and grew up in Southwest Harbor, Maine where his deeply rooted love of Mount Desert Island and his mixed heritage of Passamaquoddy and Scotch continues to inform his spirit and his writing. Crow is currently residing with his wife in Albion, Maine, and is working on Inner Woods, a collection of poems spanning over four decades. In 2003, he published a chapbook titled Going Through Winter, and in 2010 he released a CD titled Poems on the Edge of Time. Crow contributes vocals, spoken word, and indigenous percussion for the Maine-based indie-folk duo Timbered Lake.
Crow has read his poetry at assorted literary venues throughout New England including The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, The Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival in New Jersey, and The Common Basis Theatre in Manhattan. In addition to hosting community poetry readings, Crow has produced public programs regarding the work of former poet laureate Stanley Kunitz and has collaborated to produce concerts celebrating the poetry and songs of Leonard Cohen.
This event is a hybrid program and registration is required to attend either in person or on Zoom. Register at jesuplibrary.org/events/suncloud or email eventsignup@jesuplibrary.org.
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
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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
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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
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ART AT THE JESUP
Stop by the Jesup Memorial Library during the month of April to see the artwork of Roberta Sprague on display.
Roberta Sprague was born and raised in a quiet suburb of New York City and moved to Maine shortly after receiving her BFA from Syracuse University School of Art in 1970. She became interested in special needs children while sharing art with them, and, as a result, worked with children with communication disorders for many years. Retired from teaching, Roberta continues to explore, make and sell her art. She and her husband live on Mount Desert Island.
Light and color are elusive qualities, offering ever-changing patterns that vary with the moment of branches and shadows through the landscape, with the seasons, the time of day, and the weather. Roberta’s work is about looking for shapes and designs in nature and expressing those layers of color, light, and pattern.
LOVE NOT LOVE
Liz Cutler of ArtWaves will lead a workshop titled "Love/Not Love" on April 21 at 11 a.m. at the Jesup Memorial Library. What does "love" "not love" or "love/not love" mean to you? Join us for a creative morning. This workshop is open to artists ages 4-21. Artists are invited to submit their work to the an art exhibit hosted by ArtWaves. For more information, call 288-4245 or email amorrow@jesuplibrary.org.
Date:
April 21
Time:
11 a.m.
Creating Fabric Landscapes with Emily Owens
Students will start the class at Eagle Lake Carriage Road (Eagle Lake Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609) with an easy observation walk, discussing composition and horizon lines. Tools to sketch the landscape will be provided. After a 30 minute lunch break/picnic, we will reconvene at ArtWaves where fabric will be waiting for us to cut up and sew our sketches. Students can make use of sewing machines, embroidery materials, and fabric glue to compose their landscapes. By the end of the class, students will have a wall hanging or the beginnings of a quilt.
Date and Time
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill Bar Harbor and Eagle Lake Trail
Fees/Admission
Member – $60.00 Non-Member – $70.00 Spring Promo-Member – $90.00 Buy One, Get One 50% Off. Spring Promo-Non-Member – $105.00 Buy One, Get One 50% Off.
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event-5206877
Contact Information
2072660010
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Life Drawing with Erika Rosso
You will learn how to measure the body from a distance, use different drawing techniques to improve your skill and tricks to help check the accuracy of your drawing. This class is suitable for all levels. Erika Rosso fell in love with drawing and making art as a child and has been creating art ever since. She attended College of the Atlantic where she studied with master watercolor and oil painter Joanne Carpenter. She later went to the Sedona School of Art and Instituto Allende for workshops in Watercolor, Silversmithing, and Egg Tempera. Over time, Watercolor became her primary form of expression on paper. Erika is also a yoga teacher on MDI and believes that creating art can be a joyous way to meditate and practice mindfulness. You can learn more about her at erikarosso.com
Date and Time
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
2 sessions. Sunday April 23 & Monday April 24: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$100.00 $90.00 ArtWaves Members
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-5164754
Contact Information
2072660010
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GET YOUR MOVIE ON!
Bar Harbor Stop of the 2023 Global World Tour of the Trail Running Film Festival
The MDI YMCA is co-sponsoring a viewing of the 2023 Global World tour of the Trail Running Film Festival on Saturday, April 22nd at the Criterion at 7:00 pm.
The Trail Running Film Festival is an event that is getting back to in-person viewings and what better place to bring the running and active communities together for a film festival than in the shadow of the greatest running national park in the country!
The mission from the Trail Running Film Festival Website lists:
...is to celebrate running as a universal practice to explore our collective and individual potential and pursue our wildest dreams.
We accomplish this by documenting the culture of trail running, supporting filmmakers and creatives, and hosting events that bring our community together.
We are committed to promoting inclusivity, adventure, wilderness, art, and diversity across the trail and ultra community.
They can be found at:
https://www.trailfilmfest.com/
The showing is Saturday, April 22nd starting at 7:00 pm at the Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor. Doors will open at 6:30 pm. We will have some great community partnerships going and there will be food and drink for sale. During intermission there will be raffle prizes, everyone at the show is eligible for these great prizes.
Tickets for the floor seats are $12 and balcony seats are $15. Proceeds go to benefit the MDI YMCA.
Date and Time
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Location
Criterion Theatre 35 Cottage Street Bar Harbor, Maine
Fees/Admission
Floor seats $12 each
Balcony seats $15 each
Website
http://mdiymca.org
Contact Information
Maegan Haney MDI YMCA
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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.
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 LIVE EVENT ON!
GET YOUR DANCE AND MOVEMENT 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
Website
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
GET YOUR MUSIC ON!
CELEBRATING BILLY JOEL
America’s Piano Man
Celebrating Billy Joel, a Billy Joel Tribute act
is coming to the Criterion
Saturday June 3rd - 8:00 p.m.
MORGAN MYLES
As Seen on “The Voice”
“The Voice” star Morgan Myles
w/ special guest Brayden Lape
June 18th - 7:00 p.m. at the Criterion
GZA - of Wu-Tang Clan
w/ Oystahguy
GZA of Wu-Tang Clan to perform with a LIVE band. With Special Guest Oystahguy
Saturday, June 24 - 8:00 p.m.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
w/ Lucy Wainwright Roche
& Lyle Divinsky
LIVE at the Criterion Theatre
July 1st - 8:00pm
THE WALLFLOWERS
LIVE at the Criterion Theatre
August 2nd - 8:00 p.m.
GET YOUR FOOD ON!
OPEN TABLE MDI!
For more information, click here.
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.”
To see this week’s events with agendas, click on here. All past stories except for one are in the archive.
