With the beautiful landscapes of Acadia National Park and Schoodic Peninsula as inspiration, artist Philip Frey presents a workshop for dedicated painters with intermediate and advanced skills. He will offer pivotal lessons designed to further develop your skill, clarify your artistic vision and enhance your creativity as a painter. This ongoing process is deepened by…

Featuring: Don Best, Sarah Faragher, Scott Baltz September 11 - October 9 at Littlefield Gallery. Come join us!

Join us at Schoodic Institute (in-person or online) on Tuesday, September 12th at 7:00pm for a special evening conversation and musical performance with Hawk Henries. Hawk is a renowned musician and flute maker. As one of a relatively small number of Native flute makers who continue in the tradition of using only hand tools and fire, Hawk’s work embodies his commitment to the revitalization and preservation of these skills.

Be among the first to see and hear colorful wood warblers returning to Acadia National Park, and enjoy a chartered boat trip to Petit Manan Island to see an active Atlantic puffin colony. We’ll visit area hotspots at a leisurely pace while learning about bird song and sight identification, bird habitats and behavior, and we’ll…

TRADE DAY 2024! Pancake Breakfast at the Winter Harbor Masonic Lodge  7-10 am! Great sales throughout the Peninsula! Saturday, May 18, 2024

Join Schoodic Institute's bird ecology director Seth Benz on this exciting bird tour through Maine's North Woods! The combined scenic expanse of Baxter State Park and Katahdin Woods and Waterways National Monument is the stage for this extraordinary tour. Here, the history of nature exploration and birding is as rich and captivating as the landscape…

DR. DWAYNE TOМАН Director and Curator of the Sipayik Museum Teacher of the Passamaquoddy Language and Culture Preserving Language: The 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders Come hear the story of Dwayne Tomah, one of the youngest fluent Passamaquoddy speakers and 2024 Lunder Institute Fellow, and his mission to transcribe the historic recordings made by anthropologist Jesse…

How a railroad network came to Bar Harbor and the far Downeast. Presented byTom Testa, President, Downeast Scenic Railway July 1, 2024 – 7:00 PM Prospect Harbor Women’s Club 63 Main St. Prospect Harbor, ME 04669

Join Caretta Inspired Journeys for a taste of summer in Downeast Maine and experience the unique coastal islands of the North Atlantic! This five-day excursion starts at the Bangor Maine Airport. From there we will travel to Rockland, Maine for early afternoon briefings about the Atlantic Puffins recovery at the Audubon Society’s Project Puffin. We…

Bring your family and friends to the Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall (on the Schoodic Institute campus) on July 13th to meet Maine author Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs! Chat with Alexandra, purchase books, and get them signed! Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs is the author of The Lobster Lady, I Am Made of Mountains, The Pocket…

Join us on Tuesday, July 16th at 7:00pm for a special evening lecture, A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds, with bestselling author and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul. Even as scientists make astounding discoveries about the navigational and physiological feats that enable migratory birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the…

The Maine Outdoor Film Festival is an outlet for Maine filmmakers’ creativity. By attending a Maine Outdoor Film Festival screening, thousands of Mainers get the chance to see specially curated outdoor adventure and conservation filmmaking in their area. Design Group Collaborative logoThe film program will last approximately two hours, including a 10-minute intermission. Event begins…