ELLSWORTH — Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) is welcoming two new faculty members in the 2019-20 school year. Shane Ellis will teach saxophone, clarinet and flute and Luke Fatora will teach violin. Ellis is a specialist on saxophone, clarinet and flute, and holds a degree in music education. He is very experienced as both a …
BAR HARBOR — The 11th Annual Acadia Night Sky Festival is set for Sept. 25-29. The festival is a community celebration to promote the protection and enjoyment of Downeast Maine’s stellar night sky as a valuable natural resource through education, science and the arts. The festival will feature dozens of events, including workshops, lectures, films, …
Hi, Carolyn: My boyfriend used to be married to “Mandy,” with whom he has two children. He had a serious affair with “Jennifer” and left Mandy to be with her. Their mutual friends and Mandy’s family rallied around Mandy, of course. Ultimately the relationship with Jennifer didn’t work out. A few months after he broke …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Carolyn Gage will discuss the civil rights activities of the late Southwest Harbor activists LaRue Spiker and Louise Gilbert Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The presentation, “Quietside’s Unsung Civil Rights Heroines: LaRue Spiker and Louise Gilbert and the Wade House Bombing,” is part of the …
MOUNT DESERT — Encaustic paintings and prints from copper plate etchings by Mark Fink will be on display in the Mellon Room of the Northeast Harbor Library during the month of September. A reception and a brief “Ask-The-Artist” session is set for Friday, Sept. 13 from 5-7 p.m. Fink was raised and went to school …
BAR HARBOR — Argosy II gallery presents a “Winners Circle” show through October. The 28 participating artists come from across the country and have all been award winners in the gallery’s invitational shows 2006-2018. They include Maine artists Scott Moore of Stockton Springs, Ronal Parlin ofTemple, Steven Hileman of Bucksport, Nancy J. Hill of Prospect …
Flowers still abound all over our island. A note from a friend asked me about a little plant that appeared near her house and she wondered what it was. She sent me a nice photo of bladder campion (Silene vulgaris). This is not one that most people probably know or pay much attention to. I …
TREMONT — The Seal Cove Auto Museum’s monthly Cars and Coffee event, dedicated to “Woodies and Boat Tails,” will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon. Most early automobiles, including those in the collections at the Seal Cove Auto Museum, have bodies or coachwork made of wood; it wasn’t until 1926 that …
BLUE HILL — Auditions for the Bagaduce Chorale fall concert season will be held on Monday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Bagaduce Music Rehearsal Hall. Holiday concerts will be performed Dec. 20 and 21 at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill and Dec. 22 at St. Saviour’s Church in Bar Harbor. The …
BAR HARBOR — A full moon performance and release party for Timbered Lake’s new album “World Undivided” will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 at 9:15 p.m. at the Lompoc Café. In 2003, singer/songwriter/guitarist Diana Ramsdell Newman joined poet/singer/indigenous percussionist Crow Suncloud to become the indie/folk duo Timbered Lake. Through their repertoire of original songs, the …
