THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
And in the near future.
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THINGS TO DO
It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let me know.
Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email is a bit long for a lot of inboxes.
We hope you have some great adventures this week!
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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.
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: Saturday, November 2, 10-12 p.m., Jesup Library.
CRITERION SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
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 29
PLANT BASED COOKING CLASSES AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
TWO SHOES LINE DANCING!
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.
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 30
TRAIL OF TREATS
Join Birch Bay Retirement Village and MDI Hospital for our annual Trail of Treats! This is a community event, where families can enjoy safe and fun trick or treating with stellar views overlooking Frenchman Bay. Parking is available and all community members are welcome!
MDI YMCA TRUNK OR TREAT
Mount Desert Island YMCA is hosting their Trunk or Treat on October 30, from 4:30pm-6pm and a Halloween Movie from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the gym.
CHILDREN’S FALL FESTIVAL!
GUIDED MEDITATION
HALLOWEEN STORYTIME AT THE SOMESVILLE LIBRARY
Wednesday events via the Chamber:
None listed.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
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.
CONNERS EMERSON HALLOWEEN PARADE
From Conners Emerson:
“Halloween is right around the corner and I am sure that your child is thinking about their costume already. Weather permitting, grades 1-8 will participate in the CES Halloween Parade through town with Kindergarten cheering us on.
“The parade route starts at the Village Green at approximately 1:25 p.m. and goes down Main Street, left onto Cottage Street, we will wave to our Kindergarten friends at the Town Office, and then head back up to the school. We asked that you cheer us on from the sidewalks, but please refrain from giving our students any candy or walking with us. (It is a school event so we treat the parade as we do all walking field trips.)”
TRICK OR TREATING ON LEDGELAWN!
Bar Harbor will be trick or treating on Ledgelawn and throughout town again. Ledgelawn will be closed to vehicles from 3:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. so that trick or treaters can frolic safely.
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!!
PIRATES AT PARADIS, TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR TREASURE!
Where: Paradis Ace Hardware, 31 Holland Avenue, Bar Harbor Maine
When: October 31st (Halloween) 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The staff at Paradis Ace Hardware will dress up as pirates and have a treasure chest displaying a variety of 'treats' available to the local youth for Trick or Treat. The Treasure will contain candy, and other various trinkets.
HALLOWEEN TREAT TRUCK
The Neighborhood House’s Halloween Treat Truck stops:
Otter Creek (outside Otter Creek Market): 4:45 p.m.
Seal Harbor Beach: 5:00 p.m.
Northeast Harbor Marina: 5:25 p.m.
Somesville Main Street ( Pat Foster’s Office): 5:50 p.m.
Hall Quarry Road: 6:20 p.m.
Neighborhood House: 6:45 p.m.
TRICK OR TREAT AT THE NORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY
REBIRTHDAY PARTY AT PEEKYTOE!
Trick or treat at the Sanderson Sisters Cottage on Halloween.
Attention Trick or Treater! Come visit the Sanderson Sisters in their spooky cottage (behind Massage Bar Harbor) between 4 and 7 on Halloween night. Yes, there will be candy!
THAT MAINE BAND AT THE FINBACK ALEHOUSE!
PUPPETS, POETRY, AND PLAY!
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, NOVEMBER 1
DANCE PARTY AND POTLUCK AT THE TRENTON GRANGE
The Trenton Grange potluck supper open to everyone!
Suggested donation to help out this old great hall $10.00
The Trenton Grange potluck supper on the first Friday of every month is a great way to get together with others in our community. Please don’t be intimidated by thinking you have to bring a dish; just bring a bag of chips or a bag of cookies. Everyone is welcome! After the potluck on November 1st will be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party. Come on out and dance some of the calories off from the potluck supper! This is the day after Halloween, so if you still have your costume wear it, although costumes are not required. Clothing for most people though usually is a good idea. Harrison Joseph Maheu is a guitarist, who plays the bands Rio Bisbee, Lost Souls, and On The Rocks. During the past summer, he hosted an Open Mic at the Grange most Monday evenings. The food will be good and the music lively!
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.
SONGS AND DANCES OF THE HARVEST
Songs and Dances of the Harvest will be featured at this month's International Folkdance with the Kotwica Band along with dances from the Baltic to the Black Sea, November 2, 7:00-9:00pm, at the MDI-YWCA, 36 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor.
Dances will be taught by Carolyn Rapkievian. No experience and no partner is needed. Sponsored by the Downeast Folk Dancers. Admission is $10 at the door. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559917761571
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
FUN FRIDAY!
Friday events via the Chamber:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
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:
None listed
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Sunday events via the Chamber:
FUTURE EVENTS:
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.
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.
“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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