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Schoodic Arts Festival
The Schoodic Arts Festival is a vibrant multi-week celebration of the arts held each summer in Winter Harbor and the surrounding Schoodic Peninsula. It features an extensive schedule of daily workshops across diverse disciplines (visual arts, crafts, performance arts). Evenings are filled with concerts, theatrical performances, and lectures. A children's art tent provides creative activities.…
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Sullivan Daze 2025
The Town of Sullivan hosts its annual Sullivan Daze festival. Traditionally, the event features a parade, live music, food vendors, crafts, kids' activities, and fireworks over Taunton Bay. The two-day listing suggests activities may commence on Friday evening and continue throughout Saturday.
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Wild Blueberry Weekend at Local Cherryfield Farms
Wild Blueberry Weekend is a statewide celebration where Maine's wild blueberry farms open their doors to the public for a weekend of fun, food, and learning. In Cherryfield, known as the 'Wild Blueberry Capital of the World,' visitors can tour farms like Blue Barrens Farm (11 High Street) for blueberry processing tours, complimentary pie/coffee, and…
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2025 Sea & Sky at Acadia National Park with Carol Douglas
Transform your plein air painting skills in this week-long oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor workshop on the coast of Maine at Schoodic Institute. Includes a day trip to Corea, ME. Meals and accommodations at Schoodic Institute included. Workshop aimed at refining personal technique. Carol Douglas has 20 years' experience. One-week workshop is $1,818 (includes five…
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GHS Program: Eden’s Other Sons: Downeast Connections to 19th Century Slavery
GHS Program: Eden’s Other Sons: Downeast Connections to 19th Century Slavery
Anna Durand of the MDI Historical Society will present a program exploring the economic ties developed by early seafarers of Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay with the slavery-based economies of the West Indies, drawing on local and primary source materials.
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Annual Meeting of Hancock Point Library Association (2025)
Annual Meeting of Hancock Point Library Association (2025)
The Hancock Point Library Association's annual meeting. Reports from board members and librarians on the library's activities and financial health. Election of officers may occur. This year's guest speaker is Erik Miller, who will discuss Artificial Intelligence.
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Winter Harbor Lobster Festival
Winter Harbor Lobster Festival
A quintessential Maine summer celebration. Kicks off with blueberry pancake breakfast (Masons', 6:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Masonic Building). Craft fair (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Gymnasium/Town Office). Lobster dinner (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM). Lobster boat races (typically 10:00 AM, visible from harbor). Other food vendors. Island Explorer bus often provides free transportation.
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Schoodic Summer Lecture: Be a Climate Muskox: Fighting Defeatism with Ice Age Resilience
Schoodic Summer Lecture: Be a Climate Muskox: Fighting Defeatism with Ice Age Resilience
Join in person at Schoodic Institute or online via Zoom on Tuesday, August 19 at 7:00pm for Be a Climate Muskox: Fighting Defeatism with Ice Age Resilience featuring Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Professor of Paleoecology. Dr. Gill will trace the evolution of the climate conversation and explore how looking to the past (e.g., the muskox) can…
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2025 Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Schoodic Institute
2025 Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Schoodic Institute
The Maine Outdoor Film Festival returns to Schoodic Institute on August 21, 2025, for an evening of outdoor adventure and conservation films under the stars! Program approx. two hours, including a 10-minute intermission. Event begins 7:00PM, screening starts 7:45PM. Bring chair/blanket, warm layers, headlamp, bug spray, snacks. Tickets $15/person or 4 for $50. Sponsor: Design…
Welcome to the Milky Way (Schoodic Institute – Session 1)
Welcome to the Milky Way (Schoodic Institute – Session 1)
Amateur astronomy Richard Luecke will explain our current understanding of the Milky Way. Indoor presentation from 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Thursday, August 21st. Weather permitting, attendees invited outdoors for a laser-guided tour of Maine's night sky and viewing of star clusters, nebulae through a large astronomical telescope (8:30 – 10:00pm). Bring binoculars, dress warm.
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Stars Over Schoodic (Session 1)
Stars Over Schoodic (Session 1)
Amateur astronomer Richard Luecke takes you on an indoor, 50-minute image-enhanced journey along the Milky Way and prominent summer constellations. Meet in Moore Auditorium 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Saturday, August 23rd. Weather permitting, venture outside for a green laser tour (8:30 – 10:00pm) and telescope viewing.
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Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters (Schoodic Institute – Session 1)
Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters (Schoodic Institute – Session 1)
Amateur astronomer Richard Luecke offers an indoor, image-enhanced introduction to asteroids, comets, and meteors, how to observe them, and risks. Join in Moore Auditorium 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Monday, August 25th. Weather permitting, attendees invited outdoors for a laser-guided tour and telescope viewing (approx 8:30pm – 10:00pm). Space limited. Cost: $15.00/person or $50.00/family.
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Welcome to the Milky Way (Schoodic Institute – Session 2)
Welcome to the Milky Way (Schoodic Institute – Session 2)
Second offering. Amateur astronomy Richard Luecke will explain our current understanding of the Milky Way. Indoor presentation from 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Tuesday, August 26th. Weather permitting, attendees invited outdoors for a laser-guided tour (8:30 – 10:00pm). Cost: $15.00/person or $50.00/family of up to four.
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Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters (Schoodic Institute – Session 2)
Of Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors… and Close Encounters (Schoodic Institute – Session 2)
Second offering. Amateur astronomer Richard Luecke's introduction to celestial neighbors. Join in Moore Auditorium 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Thursday, August 28th. Weather permitting, outdoor laser-guided tour and telescope viewing (approx 8:30pm – 10:00pm). Space limited. Cost: $15.00/person or $50.00/family.
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Stars Over Schoodic II (Session 2)
Stars Over Schoodic II (Session 2)
Second offering. Amateur astronomer Richard Luecke takes you on an indoor, 50-minute image-enhanced journey. Meet in Moore Auditorium 7:30pm – 8:30pm on Friday, August 29th. Weather permitting, venture outside for a green laser tour (8:30 – 10:00pm) and telescope viewing.
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