Things to Do In Bar Harbor
Week of December 12, 2022
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!
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.
The Holiday Stars Project was started in the 1990s and provided a great need in our community—a place to remember or honor those whose lives were affected by cancer. Charlotte Skiff, a dedicated Auxiliary and community member, was instrumental in starting the program and for many years, you could find Charlotte hanging Stars in our hospital’s reception area during the holiday season. Sadly, Charlotte lost her hard-fought battle with cancer in November 2014, but the Holiday Stars Project is a way for us to remember her nurturing spirit—a spirit that always reminded us that no one is alone when battling and/or recovering from cancer. We are all in this together!
Holiday Stars are available through December 2022.
To Purchase a Star: Call Julie Hagle at 288-5082, ext 1430
An acknowledgment note can be sent to the family of the person being remembered or honored. Proceeds from the sale of the Stars will support MDI Hospital’s palliative care program. Fabric crafted stars are available as a memento of your gift. Paper stars with names of those being honored will be displayed at the Hospital
GET YOUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION ON!
You're invited to an open house solstice party to celebrate the year and the start of winter. Join us for cider, music, crafts, snacks, and community. Drop in for some holiday cheer!
Outdoor Living Nativity in Bar Harbor
Fri at 6:00 P.M. - 7:20 P.M.
Bar Harbor Congregational Church
29 Mount Desert Street
Bar Harbor
Bagaduce Chorale Concert, "A Festive Christmas!"
The Bagaduce Chorale will perform “A Festive Christmas!”
The program will feature traditional and contemporary seasonal music — spanning the 15th and 21st centuries — including composers Molly Ijames, Craig Courtney, Karl Jenkins and Fred Waring.
Founded by Mary Cheyney Gould in 1974, the Chorale’s members hail from all corners of Hancock County and beyond. Tickets cost $20 per person and go on sale online Dec. 1.
Fri at 7:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
St. Saviour's Episcopal Church
41 Mount Desert Street
Bar Harbor$20.0
To reserve seats, go to bagaducechorale.org.
Get Your Resource On!
Get Your Music On!
Live music at Fogtown Bar Harbor on Friday night! Enjoy great craft brews and fine local and traveling musicians! Lasers in the Jungle returns to bring you another night of funk, folk, rock & reggae.
Friday, December 16,
8-10 p.m.,
33 Cottage Street, downtown Bar Harbor.
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.
PJ Story Time
Join Abby on Wednesday evenings for PJ Story Time! This program is for kids of all ages and their adults.
Time and Date:
Thursdays
6:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Jesup Memorial Library, Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor
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 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
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MONDAY & THURSDAY NIGHT FIGURE DRAWING
Please register, space is limitedArtists 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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Angels, Bowls and Cards that Pop!
A bit like a North Pole workshop as we start this afternoon in the Kaleidoscope studio with a flurry of white - plaster infused gauze over forms to make bowls, and sheep's wool for fleece angels. As they rest, we will snip and fold card stock into a few pop up cards then add color to all the pieces!
Date and Time
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
Tuesday, December 13th 3:30 - 5:30
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill Bar Harbor
1345A Hwy 102 Bar Harbor ME 04609
Fees/Admission
$30.00
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event-5037095
Contact Information
2072660010
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Colored Pencil Techniques
Join Rick Huck and learn new techniques of working with colored pencil from a guy who knows. Recently featured in Maine Magazine, award winning artist Rick Huck is a charming educator with a quirky gift for storytelling, and about a bazillion hours of working with colored pencils! Students need to bring colored pencils, white and or kneaded erasers. These items can be found locally at Sherman's, Reny's, and Walmart.
Date and Time
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Three Sessions: November 30th, December 7th, and December 14th. 1:00- 3:00pm
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$100.00
Website
https://artwavesmdi.org/event-5027615
Contact Information
2072660010
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Anime Your Way with Carlos Nieto III
Middle School and High School Students are invited to join us for this Anime Workshop!
Anime Your Way is a comprehensive step by step drawing program developed over 10 years by former Simpson’s artist Carlos Nieto III that teaches you how to create and modify an anime character from scratch, no matter what your drawing level is! Using simple shapes and easy to understand instructions, patrons will gain the knowledge to create their very own unique anime characters. All materials are provided and patrons are encouraged to bring their preferred art materials.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
3:00 PM 4:00 PM
JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY34 MT. DESERT STREET, BAR HARBOR, MAINE 04609 (MAP)
Colorful Fleece Painting
Does a painting mean just using paint?
Here’s an Introduction to painting with colored sheep’s wool using needles. It’s a very simple concept with numerous variations of colors and is somewhat addictive.
Come and learn a new skill during a mini workshop where you may bring home a magnet, a coaster and leave saying, “I felt great” combined with a general sense of merriment.
All materials donated by ArtWaves.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
6:30 PM 7:30 PM
JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY34 MOUNT DESERT STREET, BAR HARBOR, ME, 04609UNITED STATES (MAP)
GET YOUR 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.
No clinic on last two weeks of December
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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GET YOUR MOVIE ON!
CRITERION THEATRE
Check with The Criterion for showtime and all dates. The image below is not inclusive.
Location: 25 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Winter Community Film Screening: A Wrinkle in Time
Come join the Jesup for a cozy community film screening. Masking is required. Bring your own blanket to get cozier. This program is free and all ages are welcome!
Our series continues with the 2018 adaptation of Madeline L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time.”
“After her astrophysicist father goes missing, 13-year-old Meg meets three supernatural beings named Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which. They transport her, her friend Calvin and her brother Charles Wallace through the universe to rescue her dad by traversing strange new planets and unlocking the power inside themselves.”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022
6:00 PM 8:00 PM
JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY34 MT. DESERT STREETBAR HARBOR, MAINE 04609 (MAP)
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.
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
Absentee Ballots available at the Town Office until Thursday November 3rd, 2022.
TREMONT:
Planning Board Meeting
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 6:00 p.m.
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.”
Harbor Committee
Monday, December 12, 2022 - 4 P.M.
Council Chambers
Task Force on the Climate Emergency - 4 P.M.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Auditorium
Conservation Commission - 5:30 P.M.
Monday, December 12, 2022
3rd Floor Conference Room
MDI Regional High School School Board Meeting - 5 p.m.
Monday, December 12.
MDI HS Library
MDI Regional School System AOS 91 Board Annual Meeting - 6 p.m.
Monday, December 12, 2022
MDI High School Library
Marine Resources Committee - 4 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Port Security Building
Comprehensive Planning Committee - 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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·· 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:
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
Appeal Withdrawn
Monday, November 14, 2022 - 5:00pm
Appeal Withdrawn-- Zoning Board of Appeals
LUZO Advisory Group & Planning Board Public Meeting
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - 5:00 p.m.
Sustainability Committee Meeting Agenda
sustainability_committee_agenda_november_17_2022.pdf
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 4:30 p.m.