THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
And in the near future.
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THINGS TO DO
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SPCA OF HANCOCK COUNTY EVENTS
ARTWAVES CLASSES AND EVENTS
ArtWaves often has classes, a variety every week. For the updated selection, check out its website here
A FEW OF THE FUTURE JESUP EVENTS
For a full list of Jesup Memorial Library events, click through to its calendar here.
EVENTS AT THE GILLEY
For a full list of Gilley events, click here.
EVENTS AT THE BAR HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY
For a full list of Bar Harbor Historical Society events, click here.
EVENTS AT THE SEAL COVE AUTO MUSEUM
For a full list of these events, click here.
REEL PIZZA SCHEDULE
The movies currently playing are here.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE SCHEDULE
The calendar is here.
MDI YMCA
Events are here and the gym schedule is here. You can peruse its website for other schedules.
TOWN OF BAR HARBOR POLITICS
The following councilors are hosting one-on-one discussions.
Val Peacock: Tuesday, October 22, 3-5 p.m.; Saturday, November 2, 10-12 p.m., Jesup Library.
CRITERION SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
DANCING AT ARTWAVES
LINE DANCING AT ART WAVES
No partner? No problem!
Learn new dance steps while having fun in a group setting. This class is appropriate for all levels. Please carry in a dedicated pair of dance shoes (clean, non-marking soles); no outdoor shoes are allowed into the studio. Your instructor: David Lamon is an experienced teacher and choreographer who has studied and taught a wide variety of dance forms and movement techniques. Whether he is teaching jazz, modern, improv, or ballroom, David’s classes are fun, engaging, and demonstrate a thoughtful attention to the foundations of each dance. Whatever the form, David believes that dance is a doorway to the synchronistic creativity of being in the moment.
Dates: 14 Oct 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EDT) #5. 21 Oct 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EDT) #6. 28 Oct 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EDT) #7. 4 Nov 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EST) #8. 11 Nov 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EST) #9. 18 Nov 2024, 4:00 PM 5:00 PM (EST)
BALL DANCING AT ART WAVES
This class will focus primarily on Rhumba and Salsa patterns for social dance settings at the beginner/intermediate levels.
We’ll cover basics and more complex dance patterns and partnering skills. Focus is on having fun and feeling more confident on the dance floor. Must register with a partner. Please carry in a dedicated pair of dance shoes (clean, non-marking soles); no outdoor shoes are allowed into the studio to protect the floor. Our instructor: David Lamon is an experienced teacher and choreographer who has studied and taught a wide variety of dance forms and movement techniques. Whether he is teaching jazz, modern, improv, or ballroom, David’s classes are fun, engaging, and demonstrate a thoughtful attention to the foundations of each dance. Whatever the form, David believes that dance is a doorway to the synchronistic creativity of being in the moment.
Session Dates: 14 Oct 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EDT) 21 Oct 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EDT) 28 Oct 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EDT) 4 Nov 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EST) 11 Nov 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EST) 18 Nov 2024, 6:00 PM 7:00 PM (EST)
LEGO CLUB!
Divine Play Yoga at the Neighborhood House
Mon/Wed; 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Cost: $15/class
with Mike Bouscaren
Dear Yogis,
You’ll recall that our flow yoga classes progressively tease out more body aliveness and mental acuity in you. And they’re fun!
For one hour you alone as do others around you, return to the grounded center that is the unburdened original self. Freer in every way.
You’ll walk away feeling more open, calmer, and sharp. And mightily prepared for whatever the day throws at you.
Divine Play yoga invites you to shine, to be your best, to transform into a Beacon of Joy. It works!
Two Hands Together,
Mike Bouscaren
Register: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=19801383
Monday events via the Bar Harbor Chamber:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
PLANT BASED COOKING CLASSES AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
TWO SHOES LINE DANCING!
BIO LAB EVENT
MDI Science Café: Collaborating for Maine’s New Era of Biomedical Breakthroughs
October 22, 2024 at 5:30–6:30 PM. In-Person.Scientific institutes in Maine such as MDI Bio Lab, The Roux Institute and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are joining forces to drive their work to a new level – harnessing their cutting-edge research expertise to develop new therapies for human health and new jobs for Maine. Join scientists from MDI Bio Lab and collaborating organizations in Portland for a discussion of Maine’s future in the bioscience economy. Please note this Science Café will be held at Stone Coast Fund Services in Portland, Maine. Register now.
Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones
BAR HARBOR — A screening of “Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones,” along with a Q&A with film actress and writer Kaiulani Lee, takes place at College of the Atlantic on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The free event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Davis Center for Human Ecology, Room 102.
Book Sale Down Under
3:30-5 p.m., Northeast Harbor Library. Proceeds benefit the library.
Come discover the Northeast Harbor Library’s Book Sale Down Under, which is open year 'round. Well organized, there is something for everyone, including books, DVDs, audios, a children’s section and a collector’s shelf with all sorts of interesting offerings. The cost is by donation. The hours for the sale are 10-4 Monday through Saturday.
For more information, call the library at 276-3333.
Tuesday events via the Chamber:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
BAR HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY GUIDED TOURS
Wednesday events via the Chamber:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
ACADIA WILDLIFE AT THE NORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY
NORTHEAST HARBOR—On Thursday, October 24th from 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm the Acadia Wildlife Center (AWC) will present on their work rehabilitating injured wildlife at the Northeast Harbor Library.
With the help of their ambassador animals—non-releasable wildlife that help educate the public—representatives of the AWC will share stories from the organization’s 30 years of work and provide a glimpse into how serving wildlife in need builds bridges between people and the environment.
Founded in 1994, the AWC maintains a clinic for native wildlife; patients are treated by trained professionals with licenses from Inland Fisheries and Wildlife of Maine, and the federal government. Animals are brought to the AWC clinic by game wardens, vets, police, marine patrol, and by many members of the general public. AWC is located on fifteen acres of private land adjacent to Acadia National Park.
PUPPETS, POETRY, AND PLAY!
MAKING REELS AND TIKTOKS
FIGURE DRAWING AT ARTWAVES
Book Sale at Northeast Harbor Library
Book Sale, 3:30-5 p.m.,
Northeast Harbor Library. Proceeds benefit the library. 276-3333.
Come discover the Northeast Harbor Library’s Book Sale Down Under, which is open year 'round. Well organized, there is something for everyone, including books, DVDs, audios, a children’s section and a collector’s shelf with all sorts of interesting offerings. The cost is by donation. The hours for the sale are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5 p.m. For more information, call the library at 276-3333.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Northeast Harbor Library, 1 Joy Road, Mount Desert
ROB REID LIVE
Thursday events via the Chamber:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2
PUMPKIN CARVING AT ARTWAVES WITH STORY TIME
Come carve jack o'lanterns and paint pumpkins to decorate your doorstep for Halloween! Cider and hot cocoa will be served as we light our jack o'lanterns, and sit together by the fireside for poetry and story time inspired by the shifting seasons.
Storytime sneak peak!
"Song of the Witches" from Shakespeare's MacBeth (copies will be available so we can all read it together!)
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble!"
Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
$5 registration fee per person or $5 for families.
Pumpkins supplied by ArtWaves.
Costumes welcome!
The Story of a Whiskey Bottle and its Ties to Bangor Maine, Hamilton College, The Pure Food and Drug Act, and Hollywood
David Gapp
Friday, October 25 at 11:30 a.m.
Birch Bay Village, Bar Harbor and on Zoom
While walking his dog and poking around in a wooded area near his home in Central New York, Dave found a brown bottle in an old trash heap. The raised glass label read “The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A., Patented 1886.” Dave set out to investigate and found that Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey was emblematic of the age of patent medicines that flourished from the second half of the 19th century until the first several decades of the 20th century.
Anyone could create a concoction of any number of uncontrolled ingredients and make claims for its efficacy without verification. You might also remember another patent medicine, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which was made from a recipe developed by Mrs. Charlotte Winslow, a nurse from Bangor, Maine.
Ah, but the story continues... Join us and find out!
David Gapp was a Biology Professor at Hamilton College where he taught Biology of Reproduction, Food for Thought, Vertebrate Physiology, General Endocrinology, and Integrative Animal Biology. David has taught several courses for Acadia Senior College.
The luncheon at Birch Bay Village in Hulls Cove begins at 11:30 a.m. and costs $15. The presentation is from noon to 1:00 p.m.
The Zoom presentation is free and begins at noon. If you register for the online talk you will receive the link the day before the event.
Click for more information and to register
FUN FRIDAY!
BAR HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY GUIDED TOURS
“Al Fresco” Tai Chi
Fridays; 10:15am; held outdoors on the lawn at the Neighborhood House
Cost: $10/class
with Andrea Lepcio
We will explore Tai Chi moves for strength, balance and flexibility. Andrea will introduce a number of forms to build your knowledge and repertoire. Class can be done standing and in a chair. Classes will be held OUTSIDE on the lawn, so please wear flat shoes.
Online registration not required.
Friday events via the Chamber:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
Community Day at the Bar Harbor Historical Society . . .
WELCOME FALL CONTRA DANCE
BAR HARBOR—Welcome Fall at our fun contra dance! Music by Big Moose. Caller Bill Schubeck will teach all dances. Beginners, families, experienced dancers welcome. Refreshments.
$10 donation benefits Jesup library.
October 26: 7-10 p.m.
JACK MARTELL SPEAKS ABOUT THE CAUSEWAY CLUB HISTORY
SOUTHWEST HARBOR—The Southwest Harbor Historical Society will be hosting a program on Saturday October 26 at 4 PM. Jack Martel of Southwest Harbor will be the presenter on the history of The Causeway Club. He has been an active member of this golf club for years. Manset Meetinghouse 192 Seawall Rd Southwest Harbor, home of the Southwest Harbor Historical Society will be the host. 244-8063 contact number
COMMUNITY SCHOOL’S SECOND ANNUAL ALL HALLOW’S EVE
Event by The Community School
585 Sound Drive , Mount Desert, ME, United States, Maine 04660
5-7 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate All Hallows Eve, complete with Jack O'Lanterns along winding pathways, a fireside puppet show, night ecology lessons, music in the forest and homemade pumpkin treats!
FALL FESTIVAL AT THE NOR’EASTER
DANCE PARTY AT BAR HARBOR BEERWORKS
FIFTH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH AT NEXT LEVEL!
It’s that time again! Start thinking about what amazing costumes to arrive in when you join us for our Halloween dance party! Prizes for best costumes! Show us what you got!
386 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, ME
6 p.m. to midnight!
Literary Study: 18th Century Romantic Poets
A free six-session class on Romantic Poets taught by Richard Parker at Northeast Harbor Library
The Romantic Poets of the eighteenth century are known not only for their departure from the historically rigid notion of poetry but also for their appreciation of the sublime. Richard will lead a deep analysis of the following classic poems: Coleridge: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan"; Blake: "Tyger"; Wordsworth: "Lines Composed a Few Miles From Tintern Abbey"; Keats: "An Ode on a Grecian Urn"; and Shelley's "Ozymandias." Richard Parker has taught literature, religion, and spirituality since 1977 and holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Session Dates: Oct. 19; Nov. 2; Nov. 9; Nov. 16; Nov. 23; Dec. 7
FINBACK ALEHOUSE LIVE MUSIC!
There’s live music every Saturday night all summer long at the Finback Alehouse in Bar Harbor. Music starts at 9:30!
PRAYER SHAWL MISSION GROUP
Welcoming all knitters and would be knitters…and crocheters! The Welcome and Care Team at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church UCC is hosting a weekly Prayer Shawl Mission Group every Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon at the Bar Harbor Congregational Church UCC. The intention of the group is to create a sense of community and a flow of Prayer Shawls for distribution to those in need of comfort due to illness, loneliness, or loss. Supplies and instruction will be provided to those with skills for knitting and/or crocheting and for those with a desire to learn.
There are no costs to the participants.
For more information contact Pat by calling (203) 770-0063 or email: pgdizazzo@yahoo.com.
Saturday events via the Chamber:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
Halloween-themed 5K Run and Walk to Benefit the SPCA of Hancock County
HOWL-O-RUN
Put on your best costume and strap on your running shoes for the Sixth Annual Jim Nobil Howl-O-Run 5K Walk and Run to benefit the SPCA of Hancock County.
Howl-O-Run is being held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 27, at Marlboro Beach in Lamoine. All the proceeds will support the animals in the SPCA’s care.
Participants will run or walk a scenic route decorated with Jack-O-Lanterns and boasting views of Frenchman Bay and mountains of Acadia National Park. Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome. Costumes for adults, kids, and canines are encouraged.
There will be prizes for top adult, child, and canine runners as well as for best costumes for both humans and dogs.
The cost is only $25 per person and $15 for children. You can register online or in person on the day of the event beginning at 10 a.m. The first 50 people to sign up will receive a free custom T-shirt designed by local artist Lisa Williams.
If you are unable to take part in the race, you can become an event sponsor and have your logo featured on the event T-shirt as well as the SPCA’s website. You can also sponsor your favorite runner or walker. The deadline for T-shirt sponsorships is October 5.
Howl-O-Run is named after former SPCA Board President Jim Nobil. He served as president of the non-profit organization for many years and was instrumental in raising the funds to build the current SPCA shelter in Trenton, which opened its doors in 2010.
Nobil passed away in 2013, but his wife, Lynn Nobil, and daughter, Kiersten Persoff, are still active SPCA volunteers.
This year’s presenting event sponsor is the Maine Community Foundation Mimi Fund.
For more information about the race or to find out how you can become an event sponsor, contact race organizer Jamie O’Keefe at 207-299-8732 or jamieokeefe67@gmailcom. To register or become a sponsor online, visit https://www.spcahancockcounty.org/howl-o-run-2024/
Bar Harbor's Eden Farmer's Market
Maine grown, raised and value added delights in Bar Harbor.
Sundays, 9 am -12 noon, rain or shine, Park and Main Streets.
Sunday events via the Chamber:
FUTURE EVENTS:
HALLOWEEN AT OUR HOUSE
We, Carrie and Shaun, and our official local news site, the Bar Harbor Story, will be at 98 Ledgelawn for Halloween!
Come hang out with us in the BEST place on MDI to pass out candy and frolic in Halloween festivities!
We are super casual. Come. Don't come. Bring food. Don't bring food.
If you feel like setting up a table in the driveway? Go for it! We are ALL IN with anything you feel like doing.
SOMESVILLE LIBRARY HALLOWEEN
TREATS AND SWEETS AT F.T. BROWN
Come join us for some Halloween fun at F.T. Browns General Store!! We will have a caramel apple slice bar with lots of different toppings to choose from! Spooky display, candy, tricks, and lots of fun! We hope to see you there!!
BOOK TRICK OR TREAT AT THE SOUTHWEST HARBOR LIBRARY!
SOUTHWEST HARBOR—It’s Book Trick or Treat at the library! The Southwest Harbor Public Library will have an array of trick or treat books available for babies, kids, and teens on Wednesday, October 30, 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. Come in and get warm, show off your costume, and choose a free book!
Can’t make it on the 30?
Trick or treat for a free book on Halloween Day any time between 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. No registration required. For info visit www.swhplibrary.org or call the Library, 207-244-7065.
Blue Star Memorial Marker Veterans Day Ceremony
BAR HARBOR—The Bar Harbor Garden Club (BHGC) is holding its annual Blue Star Memorial Marker Ceremony on Veterans Day, November 11, 2024, at 11 a.m., Route 3, Bar Harbor. The public is invited to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism and pay tribute to our service men and women.
Please join the BHGC at the Blue Star Memorial Marker to offer hope and healing through the remembrance of our living and fallen heroes. The program includes special readings, remarks from local veterans and an opportunity to share your personal memories. The BHGC’s Blue Star Memorial Marker was originally erected in 1972 as a tribute and an expression of thanks, respect and remembrance, to all men and women who had served, were serving, or would serve in the armed forces of the United States.
Garden Clubs nationwide believe in a living memorial, preferring to help beautify and preserve the country these men and women had fought for, rather than build stone monuments in their honor. Since World War I, a Blue Star Banner displayed in the window of a home told others that a family member was serving in the Armed Forces. Based on this legacy, the Blue Star Memorial Program began in 1944 with the planting of Dogwood trees as a living memorial to Veterans of World War II.
The Bar Harbor Garden Club is a member of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, New England Garden Clubs, and National Garden Clubs.
ACADIA SENIOR COLLEGE
Tuesday, November 12
Octoberfest Party!
Join us for our annual fall party at the
Seal Cove Auto Museum
All ASC members and guests are welcome - bring a friend!
More details coming soon.
Indian Slide Guitar Master To Perform
BAR HARBOR — World-renowned master of the Indian slide guitar Debashish Bhattacharya brings his talents to the College of the Atlantic on Friday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. The show takes place in the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center. Admission at the door is $10 to the general public, free for the COA community.
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya is considered by some to be the greatest slide guitarist in the world. He is an undisputed master of the demanding technique and discipline of both Hindustani classical music and modern world fusion. A “virtuoso’s virtuoso,” he has revolutionized a number of technical aspects of performance on the instrument. He also has designed and patented four types of guitar for performing raga music, which he has named Chaturangui, Ghandharvi, Anandi, and Pushpa Veena. These guitars are played lap style, with a small steel bar and finger picks.
Bhattacharya has played extensively around the globe, logging in over 3,000 live performances and 27 albums. He has performed both live and on recordings with musical icons such as Ustad Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, Jerry Douglas, Derek Trucks, and many other world renowned musicians. In India, he has performed for Pandit Ravi Shankar and also appeared in countless Indian music festivals.
His large body of work has garnered extensive recognition, including two Grammy nominations, the Billboard top 10, Songlines Magazine top 10, Central Asia and Asia pacific world music top 10, Amazon top 100 albums, 2016 Songlines Music Award, 2007 BBC Planet Award, 2005 Asiatic society Gold medal, the 1984 President of India Gold Medal, 2022 World Music Hall of Fame, and is an Empanelled Artist of the Indian government’s Indian Council of Cultural Relations.
His latest recording “The Sound of the Soul” marks his 28th album, featuring Bhattacharya in an intimate setting with the great percussion masters, Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla and Pt. Akhilesh Gundechha on pakhawaj. The record includes virtuosic performances of four Hindustani classical pieces, ranging in character from breathtaking high tempo to subtle meditative to lyrical folk. The collaboration among these great artists provides a deeply emotional and intellectually satisfying experience.
CRITERION EVENTS
HARVEST FESTIVAL AT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL!
Artist Laure Drogoul to discuss work
BAR HARBOR — Artist, olfactory spelunker, and cobbler of situations, Laure Drogoul explores her installations and performances with plastics, fashion, and other post-consumer goods at an artist’s talk at College of the Atlantic on Friday, Nov. 8. The talk, which is free and open to the public, takes place in McCormick Lecture Hall beginning at 4:10 p.m.
Drogoul, who lives in Baltimore, Maryland, crafts installations and performances that embrace play, humor, and horror to invite the viewer in as an active participant. Drogoul’s works explore cultural and environmental phenomena with the hope of fostering a deeper understanding of our shared world. Her work often features materials that are forever part of our environment, such as dry-cleaning bags.
Most recently Drogoul made sculptural work at The Creative Residency at TerraCycle, an organization whose mission is to eliminate the idea of waste. This residency is a trade-based program providing areas for art creation, materials for upcycling, and exhibition space for regional artists in exchange for work on projects.
Drogoul exhibits widely, including at The International House of Japan, Washington Project for the Arts, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, as well as many street corners, alleys, and fallow urban spaces. She has received Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist Awards, the Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art, was a recipient of a US–Japan Creative Artist Fellowship, and was honored with Baltimore’s Janet and Walter Sondheim Art Prize. Learn more about the artist at lauredrogoul.com.
ONGOING:
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 Knowledge On!
ASC Racial Justice Book Group
Are you interested in joining us? We are open to new members who want to share in the reading and the hard work that ensues as we examine the underpinnings of systemic racism and its effects on society and on each of us individually, in the ultimate hope that our studies can work toward change.
We have been meeting once a month on the second Tuesday of the month from 10:30- 12:15.
We started with the basic readings of How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee. We then spent many months delving deeply into The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Since then, we’ve read some James Baldwin, Colon Whitehead, Zora Neale Hurston, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Clint Smith and many others. We look forward in the next few months to reading some James McBride and Bryan Stevenson. We also share articles of interest that deal with the issues we’re facing.
If the truly hard, but most meaningful, work we are doing to examine our society, culture and ourselves sounds like something that interests you, please contact me at rjbg2021@gmail.com or 207-664-9954.
Read more about the book group
La Rochelle Mansion + Museum
Join the Bar Harbor Historical Society at Bar Harbor's Summer Cottage, La Rochelle, this season! See the exhibits and artifacts that helped shaped this storied town!
May 28 at 10:00 A.M. - Oct 26 at 2:00 P.M.
Bar Harbor Historical Society, 127 West Street
$15.00
GET YOUR VOLTA ON!
Volta, in Trenton, has a ton of things always going on. You can check that out here.
Flies & Lies
BAR HARBOR—Downeast Trout Unlimited is excited to announce the “Flies & Lies” fly-tying group.
Flies & Lies is open to anyone interested in the art of fly tying and the sport of fly fishing. This group will share information about fly-tying techniques and provide teaching opportunities for the fly-tying community. The group will meet on Sundays twice per month from October to April to promote fly fishing and conservation.
Location: 96 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, Machias Savings Bank, Community Room.
Time: 5 – 8 p.m.
The meeting dates are:
Remaining 2024 Dates: November 3 and 17, December 15.
2025 Dates: January 5 and 19, February 2 and 16, March 2 and 16, April 6 and 20.
We look forward to seeing you and hearing your fishing stories from 2024.
Please bring everything you need to tie flies including your vice, tools, lamp, extension cord, and tying materials (furs, feathers, hooks, beads, thread, etc.)
For more information, including meeting dates and times, go to
https://downeasttu.org/ or Downeast TU on Facebook.
Many thanks to Machias Savings Bank and Downeast Trout Unlimited for their generosity and support in providing this meeting space.
GET YOUR FITNESS, DANCE AND WELLNESS ON!
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE!
The Neighborhood House has a slew of classes to help you get your fitness on. Descriptions are at its website.
MDI YMCA!
The MDI YMCA’s program guide is here.
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY DANCE
Downeast Community Dance
Free form dance, conscious or ecstatic, not facilitated. Come drop into your own joyful movement.
This is now held the first, third, and fifth Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. at ArtWaves Dance StudioFor more information, contact Susan at 288-8103 or cloudnine@gwi.net.
Location
Dance Studio at ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
GET YOUR MUSIC ON!
THE FINBACK ALEHOUSE
The Finback has entertainment most nights. The schedule is posted every Tuesday.
THE NOR’EASTER
The Nor’Easter has music every Saturday night from 8-10 in the summer and 7-9 in the winter.
ONE OFF PUB
The One Off Pub often has music and is often open until midnight. The location? 119 Main Street.
HAVANA
Every Saturday night its open, at 6:30 p.m, you can come hear the maestro Bob Lombardi. Maestro isn’t something we put out there for everyone. Havana is on lower Main Street.
IVY MANOR INN
Every day out on the lawn, weather permitting, the music begins at 2!
“Things To Do” is mostly curated by me looking for things happening in the upcoming week, which takes a lot of time and I truly do not know all that is going on.
If there’s something in Bar Harbor (or MDI or Trenton or Ellsworth) that you’d like me to mention, please let me know, because I’m definitely always missing some events every week.
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