Events for July 21, 2016

The Ellsworth Moose Lodge Mooseketeers are collecting backpacks filled with school supplies to be handed out at the Lodge on Saturday, Aug 13, starting at 1 pm.  Anyone wishing to either donate or receive help, call the Lodge at 664-5199.  Donations may be dropped off at the Moose Lodge at 47 Foster Street in Ellsworth. […]

Emmaus in Ellsworth is collecting school supplies to help those who suffer the most in our community.   Looking for backpacks, notebooks, pencils, pens, everything needed to start the year off right.  Donations can be dropped off at Emmaus anytime during the week.  Monday through Friday hours are preferred due to available staff but anytime […]

Seal Cove Auto Museum is having a demonstration day called “Kids Activities and Pedal Cars” on Thursday, July 21, from 10 to 5 pm.  Bring your pedal car to the museum and view the pedal cars belonging to the Museum. Or, if radio-controlled vehicles are more your speed, bring your radio-controlled car, plane or drone […]

Pianist Deborah Fortier will visit the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor on Thursday, July 21,  at 10:30 am as part of the library’s Summer Reading Program. For more information, call the library at 288-4245.

The Witherle Memorial Library in Castine is hosting a kids open art lab on Thursday, July 21, from 11 to 5 pm.  Kids age 3 and older are invited to come to the library all day to paint and draw. Snacks and materials will be provided.  For more information, call the library at 326-4375.  

All are welcome to come to the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor on Thursday, July 21, at noon for a free brown bag workshop titled “What is a BioBlitz?” Learn about monitoring methods for understanding what insects are using the park – both native and invasive species. Get the scoop on bugs and bring a […]

Penobscot Marine Museum photo archivist Kevin Johnson will lead a gallery tour titled “Historic Maine: A Postcard View” on Thursday, July 21, at 2 pm at the museum’s Main Street Gallery in Searsport. Admission is free with regular museum admission.  For more information, call 548-2529 or visit www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org.  

Kneisel Hall children’s concert will be at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday, July 21, at 4:30 pm. 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.  This concert is geared toward […]

Deer Isle residents Frederica Marshall and Dr. Herman Kidder will present a slide show talk about Asian pottery at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday, July 21, at 6 pm. For more information on either of these events, call the library at 374-5515.  

Monteux Festival Orchestra trumpeter Jayson Aylward and current/former members of the renowned George Stevens Academy jazz group will play a jazz jam session at the Bagaduce Music Lending Library Performance Hall on South Street in Blue Hill at 6 pm on Thursday, July 21. A donation of $15 to benefit the library is requested.  For […]

Five museums will come together to “show their stuff” at the Southwest Harbor Public Library Thursday, July 21, at 6:30 pm.  The Wendell Gilley Museum, Seal Cove Auto Museum, Maine Granite Industry Museum and J. K. Putnam Photography and Gallery will all come with displays and handouts. Abbe Museum educator George Neptune will come with […]

Come and enjoy an outdoor movie with friends and family on Northeast Harbor’s scenic village green.  On Thursday, July 21, the movie “Princess Diaries” will be shown.  All shows start at dusk and the rain date is the following night. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on.