MOUNT DESERT — The Mount Desert Island Historical Society will hold its 9th Annual Bean Supper on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m. at Mount Desert Island High School. Guests will enjoy a traditional New England supper featuring a variety of beans baked by local community bakers accompanied by hot dogs, coleslaw, pickles, brown bread, …
ELLSWORTH — A violin duo featuring Sophie Davis and Luke Fatora will play a midday concert on Friday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth. The concert is sponsored by Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) with help from the City of Ellsworth and the Onion Foundation. The program will include …
MOUNT DESERT — Mount Desert Elementary School students Evan Beals (above left) and Jay Haney (right) placed second and first, respectively, in the school’s geography bee. They’re pictured with College of the Atlantic President Darron Collins.
TREMONT — Callie Gothard, Ken Olson and Suzanne and Pete Madeira will speak about their recent trip to Ireland on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at Pacific Hall. The quartet will share their adventure of walking on the ancient paths, tracks, roads and boreens of the Dingle Way. Contact 244-3798.
TREMONT — For the 2020 Women’s History Month exhibition, the Bass Harbor Memorial Library, along with other Mount Desert Island libraries, invite women and girls from the community to create and exhibit an item inspired by the theme “Our History is Our Strength.” All types of media and craft are welcome. Exhibitors need not be …
A favorite class of many islanders is Gary Rainford’s “Swan’s Island Writes, Creative Writing Essentials,” and the Winter 2020/Session I is soon to be underway. He describes the course, “This is an all-genre, four-week course covering creative writing essentials that you can apply to poetry, fiction, non-fiction and memoir. We will discuss the following: getting …
The past week on Cranberry Isles was a relatively quiet one, with a little snow and rain. However, the cloudy skies provided gorgeous sunsets, gold, crimson and lavender spreading across the treetops and gilding the waves. On Tuesday, Islesford Neighborhood House Library hosted the first coffee hour of the season with Sally Rowan as guest …
