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Local events covering Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Deer Isle, Isle au Haut, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Surry and beyond. Website updated on Fridays. The deadline to submit events for print and web is Monday at 1 p.m.
Friday, 9/22
Blue Hill
Homeschool Library Meeting: Meet other homeschoolers, check library offerings, 10:30 AM, library, 374-5515.
Spanish Language Conversation Group: Amigos del Mundo, library, 374-5515.
Brooklin
Storytime: Craft, sing, play, 10:30 AM, library, 359-2276.
Castine
Live at The Elms: Concert with Gordon Thomas Ward, 6 PM, tickets at eventbrite.com.
Sedgwick
Books & Brews Club Discussion: Philip Marlow detective novel, The Big Sleep, 6 PM, Strong Brewing, via library, 374-5515.
Surry
Music Performance: The Harborside Trio, 7 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 8 Cross Rd, 667-1308.
Saturday, 9/23
Bar Harbor
Invasive Plants Workshop: How to manage and keep out of home landscape, 10 AM-12:30 PM, Great Meadow, Acadia National Park, preregister at nativemainegardens.org/upcoming-events.
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Fundraiser: Ladies Public Improvement Society, 8 AM-1 PM, also 9/24, 8 AM-12 PM, 306 Falls Bridge Rd, centralhallsouthbluehill@gmail.com.
Cemetery Association Meeting: Public invited, 9 AM, fire station meeting room, 266-6841.
Deer Isle
Story Time: Read-aloud followed by craft to match theme of book, library, 10 AM, 348-2899.
Ellsworth
Family Fun Day: Games, activities for families, 9 AM-2 PM, Woodlawn Museum, 699-6468.
Penobscot
Breakfast: 7-9 AM, Methodist church, 14 Southern Bay Rd, 326-9488.
Stonington
Concert: Davonte String Quartet, 4 PM, Burnt Cove Church, tickets at operahousearts.org.
Sunday, 9/24
Brooksville
Community Celebration: Honoring first responders during church service, 10 AM, Congregational church, 326-4239.
Castine
Kayaking Presentation: Focus on youth program building native waterways awareness, 10:30 AM, Unitarian Universalist church, bobholmberg@me.com.
Surry
Classical Music: DaPonte String Quartet, 4 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Monday, 9/25
Blue Hill
Simmering Pot Community Meal: 2:30-6 PM, Fisher Hall, Congregational church, 460-7890.
Deer Isle
Alfred’s Christmas Fundraising Dinner: All proceeds to purchase Christmas gifts for families in need, 4-7 PM, There’s a Treat, preorders suggested, 348-9444.
Online
Maine Aging Study: Listening session, improve community services for elders and family caregivers, 10 AM-12 PM. Registration required: 287-9200, James.Moorhead@maine.gov.
Stonington
Book Club: The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer, 6:30 PM, in person and via Zoom, register at stoningtonlibrary.org or 367-5926.
Surry
Video: Even More Fun with Opera, third in a series, 7 PM, Old Village School, 7 Toddy Pond Rd., 667-4877.
Tuesday, 9/26
Deer Isle
Handwork: Bring knitting, crocheting, other handwork, 2 PM, library, 348-2899.
Drop-In Tech Help: No appointment necessary, 2-4 PM, library, 348-2899.
Stonington
HIP Community Breakfast: Coffee and conversation, 7:30 AM, Community of Christ church, also via Zoom, healthyislandproject.org.
Wednesday, 9/27
Blue Hill
S.N.A.C.K: A Young Writers Group for Teens age 10+, 3:30-5 PM, library, 374-5515.
Brooklin
Book Group: Covenant of Water discussion, in person and via Zoom, 4 PM, library, email for link, staff@friendml.org.
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, thru November, library, 326-4375.
Deer Isle
Hiking Club: Settlement Quarry with Island Heritage Trust, 9 AM, 348-2455.
Surry
Celtic Music: Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira, 7 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Thursday, 9/28
Blue Hill
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 2:15 PM, Harborview Apts, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
A StoryCorps National Initiative: Bringing Conservatives and Liberals Together, with Michele Christle of WERU, 7 PM, library, 374-5515.
Brooklin
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 3 PM, library, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Brooksville
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 5:30 PM, town office, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Author Event: Susan Hand Shetterly reads from Notes on the Landscape of Home, 4 PM, Reversing Falls Sanctuary, 469-9990.
Deer Isle
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 3 PM, Lily Pond/Deer Run, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Penobscot
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 3:30 PM, school, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Sedgwick
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 3 PM, school, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Stonington
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 4 PM, Island Community Center, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Surry
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 2:30 PM, school, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Friday, 9/29
Blue Hill
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers: “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow,” 6 PM, library, 374-5515.
Brooklin
Storytime: Craft, sing, play, 10:30 AM, library, 359-2276.
Castine
Sewing Makerspace: Ages 10+, 8-week program to learn how to sew, 2:30 PM, preregistration required, library, 326-4375.
Ellsworth
Midday Concert: Silver Duo, 1 PM, Community Music Institute, 125 State St, 664-9258.
Sedgwick
Magic Food Bus: Free fresh veggies, good books, everyone welcome, 11 AM, Benjamin River Apts, awind@healthypeninsula.org.
Surry
Folk Music: The Rough & Tumble, 7 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Beaver Ecology: Join BH Heritage Trust on field trip, Surry Forest, 10 AM-1 PM, register at forms.gle/zSKzbFQTivryTBq97.
Saturday, 9/30
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Poetry in Nature: Worskhop with Stuart Kestenbaum, 9 AM-12 PM, register at forms.gle/WhEQr6WNEeXivUo76.
Community Mapping event: Learn about responding to our climate, 11:30 AM, Coop, gmri.org.
Three Towns Community Mapping Meeting: Explore and contribute to the mapping results, 6 PM Consolidated school, gmri.org.
Brooksville
Community Mapping event: Learn about responding to our climate, 9 AM, Brooksville Townhouse, gmri.org.
Ellsworth
Autumn Gold Kites & Ice Cream: 100 kites to give away, decorate and fly, 10 AM-2 PM, Woodlawn Museum, 699-6468.
Surry
Community Mapping event: Learn about responding to our climate, 2 PM, Old Village schoolhouse, gmri.org.
Sunday, 10/1
Castine
Live at The Elms: Award winning NYC based acoustic guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto, 6 PM, tickets at Eventbrite.com.
Surry
Classical Performance: Deiran Manning, piano, 4 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Monday, 10/2
Blue Hill
Simmering Pot Community Meal: 2:30-6 PM, Fisher Hall, Congregational church, 460-7890.
online
Beginning Tai Chi: For bone health, 11:15 AM, thru 11/20, register at bit.ly/ha-tai-chi.
Tuesday, 10/3
Deer Isle
Handwork: Bring knitting, crocheting, other handwork, 2 PM, library, 348-2899.
Wednesday, 10/4
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
thursday 10/5
Blue Hill
Film Screening: Documentary The Janes, abortion services in Chicago before Roe v Wade, 6:30 PM, library, 374-5515.
online
Webinar: Healthy Brain Aging, via Northern Light Acadia, 6-7:15 PM, on Zoom, NorthernLightHealth.org/MAINAH.
Friday, 10/6
Surry
Jazz Performance: Swingmatism, 7 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Saturday, 10/7
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Art Show Reception: Drawings by recent GSA grad Emery Bradshaw Thomas, 12 PM, library, 374-5515.
Fixit Clinic: Bring broken items for help diagnosing and repairing, 3 PM, library, 374-5515.
blue hill Peninsula and Deer Isle
Peninsula Potters Studio Tour: Map on website, also 10/8, 10 AM-5 PM, peninsulapotters.com.
Brooksville
Cribbage Tournament: Supports construction of new lodge, sign up at 4:30 PM, games start 5:30 PM, Community Center, 326-8567.
Ellsworth
Public Talk: Tibetan Master Anam Thubten Rinpoche, 7 PM, Unitarian Universalist church, 288-4128.
Sunday, 10/8
Surry
Classical Performance: Anatole Wieck & Marina Minkin, 4 PM, Surry Arts & Events, 667-1308.
Tuesday, 10/10
Blue Hill
NAMI Maine Family Support Group: For family and friends of people living with mental health challenges, 6-7:30 PM, Congregational church, 359-8562.
Deer Isle
Handwork: Bring knitting, crocheting, other handwork. 2 PM, library, 348-2899.
Drop In Tech Help: No appointment necessary, 2-4 PM, library, 348-2899.
Wednesday, 10/11
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Thursday, 10/12
Youth Chess Club: All levels welcome, coaches on hand, 3:30 PM weekly, library, 374-2341.
Saturday, 10/14
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Castine
Walking Tour of Castine’s African American History: 10 AM, rain date 10/21, historical society, register at 326-4118.
Deer Isle
Natural Science Story Time: For ages 4-8, create leaf print, Mariners Memorial Park, Sunshine Rd, 10-11 AM, hosted by Stonington library, 367-5926.
Penobscot
Harvest Supper: 5:30 PM, one seating only, Methodist church, 14 Southern Bay Rd, 326-9488.
Surry
Contra Dance: All dances taught, no partner needed, 7-10 PM, potluck snacks, school, 385-7694.
Tuesday, 10/17
Deer Isle
Handwork: Bring knitting, crocheting, other handwork, 2 PM, library, 348-2899.
Wednesday, 10/18
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Friday, 10/20
Ellsworth
Midday Concert: Celtic, French and English melodies from the 1700s, 1 PM, Community Music Institute, 664-9258.
Penobscot
Music Buffet Coffee House: 7-8 PM open mic, 8-9 PM featured artist, Methodist church, free will offering for fuel assistance, food pantry, 326-9488.
Saturday, 10/21
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Ellsworth
Sound Healing: Crystal, Tibetan bowls, shells, rattles, drums, 3 PM, preregistration required at bethwrightcancercenter.org.
Monday, 10/23
Stonington
Book Club: Color by Victoria Finlay, 6:30 PM, in person and via Zoom, register at stoningtonlibrary.org or 367-5926.
Tuesday, 10/24
Deer Isle
Handwork: Bring knitting, crocheting, other handwork, 2 PM, library, 348-2899.
Drop In Tech Help: No appointment necessary, 2-4 PM, library, 348-2899.
Wednesday, 10/25
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Saturday, 10/28
Blue Hill
Farmers Market: 9-11:30 AM, fairgrounds, rain or shine, accepts SNAP.
Deer Isle
Story Time: Read-aloud followed by craft to match theme of book, library, 10 AM, 348-2899.
Penobscot
Breakfast: 7-9 AM, Methodist church, 14 Southern Bay Rd, 326-9488.
Wednesday, 11/1
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Saturday, 11/4
Brooksville
Cribbage Tournament: Supports construction of new lodge, sign up at 4:30 PM, games start 5:30 PM, Community Center, 326-8567.
Wednesday, 11/8
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Saturday, 11/11
Surry
Contra Dance: All dances taught, no partner needed, 7-10 PM, potluck snacks, school, 385-7694.
Tuesday, 11/14
Blue Hill
NAMI Maine Family Support Group: For family and friends of people living with mental health challenges, 6-7:30 PM, Congregational church, 359-8562.
Wednesday, 11/15
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Friday, 11/17
Penobscot
Music Buffet Coffee House: 7-8 PM open mic, 8-9 PM featured artist, Methodist church, free will offering for fuel assistance, food pantry, 326-9488.
Wednesday, 11/22
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Monday, 11/27
Stonington
Book Club: The Shape of a Pocket by John Berger, 6:30 PM, in person and via Zoom, register at stoningtonlibrary.org or 367-5926.
Wednesday, 11/29
Castine
Crafty Wednesdays for Kids: 2:30-3:30 PM, library, 326-4375.
Saturday, 12/2
Brooksville
Cribbage Tournament: Supports construction of new lodge, sign up at 4:30 PM, games start 5:30 PM, Community Center, 326-8567.
Tuesday, 12/12
Blue Hill
NAMI Maine Family Support Group: For family and friends of people living with mental health challenges, 6-7:30 PM, Congregational church, 359-8562.
Friday, 12/15
Penobscot
Music Buffet Coffee House: 7-8 PM open mic, 8-9 PM featured artist, Methodist church, free will offering for fuel assistance, food pantry, 326-9488.
Monday, 12/18
Stonington
Book Club: Wall and Piece by Banksy and Why Art by Eleanor Davis, 6:30 PM, in person and via Zoom, register at stoningtonlibrary.org or 367-5926.
Saturday, 1/6
Brooksville
Cribbage Tournament: Supports construction of new lodge, sign up at 4:30 PM, games start 5:30 PM, Community Center, 326-8567.
Monday, 1/22
Stonington
Book Club: On Photography by Susan Sontag, 6:30 PM, in person and via Zoom, register at stoningtonlibrary.org or 367-5926.
