Events for July 15, 2015

The Ellsworth Garden Club, The Ellsworth Chamber and STAR 97.7 invite you to nominate your favorite business or nonprofit organization for “Bloomin’ Business of the Week!” Weekly through mid-September, we’re drawing attention to the organizations that make our communities more attractive with landscaping & live plants. This competition includes the towns of Ellsworth, Lamoine & […]

Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County in Ellsworth is offering two FREE support groups this summer for people grieving the death of a loved one. A general group will run Mondays, June 29 through August 3 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. A "Graduate Group" for those who are grieving and have already participated in two or […]

Symphony concerts at the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock are held every Sunday from June 21 through July 26 at 5 pm. Tickets are $22 for adults and $5 for students/children. General admission tickets are available at the door only A season subscription ($132 adults; $30 students/children) offers the perk of having a seat reserved […]

Three one-week-long morning day camp sessions in July will be at Blue Hill Public Library emphasizing on reading and creativity. The sessions will be July 13 to 17, 20 to 24 and 27 to 31 from 9 am to noon. The program is free and for children ages 5 to 12, but there is some […]

Things are "Hot! Hot! Hot! at the SPCA of Hancock County in Trenton with their July adoption special. Through July 31st, all cats and dogs over 6 months of age are available for adoption at HALF PRICE, with application approval. Check the SPCA's Facebook page for weekly photo updates of the cats and dogs who […]

Children are encouraged to bring their rock collections to study rocks and minerals in a program at the Frenchman’s Bay Library in Sullivan on Wednesday, July 15, from 1 to 2 pm. For more information, call 422-2307.

Join Martha Washington (portrayed by Johanna Sweet) for tea at the Wilson Museum in Castine on Wednesday, July 15, at 2 pm. Share some of Martha’s favorite sweets and sip a cup of tea or glass of lemonade while she gives you the inside scoop on Gen. Washington and his friendship with the Marquis de […]

A Kneisel Hall children’s concert will be at the Blue Hill Public Library on Wednesday, July 15, at 4:30pm. Musicians from Kneisel Hall’s Young Artist program will be performing a variety of chamber music pieces and engaging their young audiences with questions and information about the music and their instruments. All ages are welcome to […]

The Searsport Congregational Church is holding another of their famous fish chowder suppers this Wed. July 15th, 5pm at the vestry on Church Street. Cost is eight dollars for adults, four dollars for children 12 and under. Your meal includes homemade fish chowder, biscuits, beverage and homemade pies with ice cream.

On Wednesday, July 15, at 5:30 pm Nancy Gleason will be speaking at the Northeast Harbor Library on the topic “The State of the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations, What is Working and What is Not.” For more information, call the library at 276-3333.

The Ellsworth Public Library’s Summertime Delights series presents Mad Science of Maine’s “Super Hero Science” program on Wednesday, July 15, at 6 pm. For more information, call the library at 667-6363 or visit www.ellsworth.lib.me.us.

Writer and storyteller Eddie Adelman will lead a workshop titled “Write Your Life Story” at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on Wedneday, July 15, at 6:30 pm. For more information, call the library at 288-4245.

Betsey Wanning Harries will give a talk called “A Musical Colony: Music in Blue Hill from 1885-ca. 1930” at the Blue Hill Library on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 pm. In the presentation, she will explore the music-making of year-round residents and rusticators, focusing particularly on Franz Kneisel and the summer chamber music school he […]

The Ellsworth Concert Band performs on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 throughout July and August at the gazebo at the Union River Harbor Park. There are plenty of picnic tables for sitting or you can bring your own lawn chairs or blankets to sit on the grass. Concert rehearsals will run before each performance, from 6:30 […]