Week of February 12, 2023
It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things so apologies!
To check out our news stories from the past week. Click on the archive section and you’ll see them in chronological order.
GET YOUR HERO ON!
To check if Bar Harbor Fire Department is currently hiring, please go to the town’s jobs page.
But even if it isn’t, you can become a call member
Becoming a call force firefighter requires extensive training, hard work, and dedication to the community. We rely on call force firefighters to respond quickly to emergencies, to perform firefighting duties, and to provide assistance and support to career firefighters. To be a fall force firefighter is to have a chance to aid and serve the community, which is an extremely rewarding experience.
FLOWERS FOR WOMEN
Get Your Dodgeball On!
Get Your Trivia On!
TRIVIA NIGHT AT FOGTOWN BREWING COMPANY BAR HARBOR
Join us for Fogtown Trivia Nights this winter at Fogtown Brewing Company in Bar Harbor! Register your team of no more than six at the bar with the bartender or host. (Be sure to check social media for updates or weather cancellations!)
Date and Time
Saturdays, 6:30 – 8:30 P.M.
Location
33 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
No cover!
Website
Contact Information
(207) 801-9165
TRIVIA NIGHT AT LEARY’S LANDING
Date and Time
Thursdays starting @ 7:30 P.M.
Location
156 Main Street
TRIVIA NIGHT AT DOG AND PONY
Date and Time
Wednesdays at 7 P.M.
Location
4 Rodick Place
Get Your Climb On!
Family Climbing Night At Camp Beech Cliff
For novices or experienced climbers, our indoor 30-foot wall provides an instructional and exciting experience. Our programs are designed for a variety of ages and include equipment (harnesses and helmets) and belay instruction from trained staff. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Pizza and healthy snacks will be available for sale. In addition to climbing, the gym is open, and recreation equipment will be available to be used by all participants.
Date and Time
Beginning January 13th and running every Friday through April 28
*There will be no Family Climbing Nights on February 24 or April 21*
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST
Location
Camp Beech Cliff Eagle’s Nest Gymnasium 264 Beech Hill Rd. Mount Desert, ME 04660
Fees/Admission
$5 per participant
Website
https://www.campbeechcliff.org/climbing-wall
Contact Information
2072440365
Get Your Resources and Learning On!
Get Your Book On!
VIRTUAL WRITE ON! WRITING GROUP
Want support for your craft? The Write On! writer’s group has been meeting at the Jesup since 2014, and remotely during the pandemic. Each meeting, members may bring in up to 1200 words to read for feedback, and in turn offer feedback to others. Although each member doesn’t get to read work every time, the group shares the time fairly. The group meets on Zoom, and hold in confidence what is shared. This group welcomes adults 18 and up writing in many genres. There’s no homework–the only commitment is two hours on Saturday mornings.
Date and Time
SATURDAYS
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location
Zoom
How to Attend
Call the library, 207-288-4245, for more about us and how to join, or email info@jesuplibrary.org.
PJ STORY TIME
Join Abby on Wednesday evenings for PJ Story Time! This program is for kids of all ages and their adults.
Time and Date:
Thursdays
6:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Jesup Memorial Library, Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor
Lydia Moland will discuss her book “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life.”
By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American 19th century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.
Best known today for the immortal poem “Over the River and Through the Wood,” Child had become famous at an early age for spunky self-help books and charming children’s stories. But in 1833, Child shocked her readers by publishing the first book-length argument against slavery in the United States — a book so radical in its commitment to abolition that friends abandoned her, patrons ostracized her, and her book sales plummeted. Yet Child soon drew untold numbers to the abolitionist cause, becoming one of the foremost authors and activists of her generation. “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life” tells the story of what brought Child to this moment and the extraordinary life she lived in response. Through Child’s example, philosopher Lydia Moland asks questions as pressing and personal in our time as they were in Child’s: What does it mean to change your life when the moral future of your country is at stake? When confronted by sanctioned evil and systematic injustice, how should a citizen live? Child’s lifetime of bravery, conviction, humility, and determination provides a wealth of spirited guidance for political engagement today.
Lydia Moland is professor of philosophy at Colby College. Her scholarship in German philosophy, including “Hegel’s Aesthetics: The Art of Idealism,” has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the ACLS and the American Academy in Berlin. Her work on Lydia Maria Child has appeared in the Paris Review, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and on National Public Radio.
Time and Date:
February 16
7:00 P.M.
LOCATION:
Jesup Memorial Library, Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor
For more information, call 288-4245.
GET YOUR ART ON!
OPEN STUDIO – MEMBER MONDAYS
Members can reserve a table in our studio for an hour or the whole session and have access to our non-consumable tools or use some materials from our stock!$10 for reserved space – participant brings supplies. OR $25 for reserved space plus access to consumable materials; felting, glass, paint, printmaking.Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Masking, vaccinated, and social distancing for staff and participant safety.
Date and Time
Mondays
2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. EDT
Location
ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$42.00
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event
Contact Information207-266-0010
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MONDAY & THURSDAY NIGHT FIGURE DRAWING
Please register, space is limitedArtists will have a few quick warm-up poses then be able to spend time refining a long pose. Registration necessary- ArtWaves maintains distances for safety.The model is the star, no instruction, but plenty of easels, boards, horses, paper, charcoal and fellow friendly artists. Feel free to bring your paints and brushes as well!18 and over, under 18 allowed with parental attendance or prior signature.
Date and Time
Mondays and Thursdays
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Mondays 6-9 single pose and Thursdays multi poses
Location
ArtWaves Fine Arts Studio
Fees/Admission
$15 for 3-hour session
Members: $25 month fee
Contact Information
office @artwavesmdi.otrg
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KIDS CRAFTERNOONS
ArtWaves is devoting afternoons of studio (under the big tent) sessions for children to create. Most workshops use unique materials like fiber, ink, stained glass and wax. Weekly themes. Open to kids between 7-11. No skills required.Masks, vax’d (over 5), and distancing for staff and participant safety.
To Register:
Date and Time
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Location
ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$30 materials included or bring some of your own! ($20 for members)
Student membership is $36 a year!
Contact Informationoffice@artwavesmdi.org
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Recycled Landscapes with Mariah
Join Mariah Reading for a recycled materials landscape workshop. Mariah will give you step-by-step instruction about how to create lively landscape paintings using repurposed marine-debris. Blending the recycled materials into the backdrop of the location where they were rescued reminds you to see the world around you through a different lens.
Teens and adults of all levels welcome!
About the Instructor: Mariah Reading is an eco-artist and strong advocate for the existence, preservation, and accessibility of the National Parks. She was born and raised in Bangor, Maine where the surrounding landscape gave her a deep appreciation of nature’s beauty that was reinforced by her degree in Visual Arts at Bowdoin College. The 2016 National Park Centennial propelled her Recycled Landscapes, designed to bring attention to the need of preserving and protecting the environment.
Date and Time
Saturday Feb 18, 2023
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$55 ($45 for members)
Website
https://www.artwavesmdi.org/event-5125573
Contact Information
2072660010
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Community Peace Flags
The Families and Communities Peace Flag Project is to provide a space for people of all ages to come together and explore their personal meaning of peace. By gathering collectively and mindfully creating peace flags we also manifest a space of peaceful collaboration. These peace flags, one is carried home and one is left behind, are a visual representation of our intentions. The flag left behind will become an installation of peace blessings that will spread on the wind. The flag carried home is a reminder of the maker’s inner peace. This class at ArtWaves is donation-based with a suggested donation of $10 per session.
Date and Time
Saturday, Feb 18, 2023
Noon – 1:00 PM EST
Location
ArtWaves 1345A Hwy 102 Town Hill, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$55 ($45 for members)
Website
Contact Information
2072660010
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GET YOUR MOVIE ON!
REEL PIZZA
Reel Pizza is back! Check below for movies running this week or for exact times and dates click here.
Criterion Theater
The Criterion is back! Check below for movies running this week or for exact times and dates.
GET YOUR MUSIC ON!
Renaissance Music for Flute,
St. Saviour’s Evening Music concert series continues on Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. with “Renaissance Music for Flute,” featuring Catherine Bull (flutes) and Daniel Pyle (organ).
Time and Date
February 18,
4 P.M.
Location
St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street
For more information, contact sspmusic@mdi-episcopal.org.
GET YOUR DANCE AND MOVEMENT ON!
ZUMBA!
It’s a dance party, no experience needed!
Come take care of yourself, shake, smile & sweat! Every class is different; the music, people and weather, and we always have a blast! Erin leads a workout that caters to all levels of fitness and ability. All you need is a love for music and movement (or come to class to fall in love with dancing), but no experience necessary. You can follow along and give it your own flair! Come join our classes throughout the week, in the gorgeous dance studio at ArtWaves! If you haven’t tried Zumba and want to talk with Erin, feel free to email anytime.
Date and Time
Thursdays
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. EDT
Location
Dance Studio at ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$40-$50 per month ($10 per week paid monthly)
Website
DOWNEAST COMMUNITY DANCE
Downeast Community Dance meets every Sunday from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth (first and third) and ArtWaves in Town Hill (second, fourth and fifth).
These free form dance gatherings are not facilitated, with music provided by volunteer DJs. Move to rhythms in your own way and have fun.
Admission is by donation.
For more information, contact Susan at 288-8103 or cloudnine@gwi.net.
Location
Dance Studio at ArtWaves, 1345A State Highway 102, Bar Harbor
STUDENT MASSAGE CLINIC
At Acadia School of Massage Student Massage Clinic, our students gain hands-on experience while our clients receive relaxation or therapeutic massage and bodywork treatments at discounted rates. Enjoy a soothing massage from one of our gifted student massage therapists. The Student Clinic is open to the public and we highly encourage anyone to try a massage!
Date and Time
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
1:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
Tuesdays and Wednesdays through the end of April 2023 from 1:30 to 6:15pm.
Location
Hosted by Tree of Life Day Spa,
108 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Fees/Admission
$35 for 1 hour massage
Appointments highly recommended
Book online at
Website
Contact Information
Acadia School of Massage
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DANCE NIGHTS AT FOGTOWN BAR HARBOR WITH DJ POPTART
Come on out and dance away your cabin fever at Fogtown Bar Harbor! Every Friday from 8-10 p.m., DJ Poptart/Gary Allen will be spinning groovy tunes!
Date and Time
Fridays
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EST
Location
33 Cottage St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Fees/Admission
No cover
Website
GET YOUR FOOD ON!
OPEN TABLE MDI!
For more information, click here.
Island Connections Chowder and Chili Chowdown
BEAN SUPPER FOR TOWN HILL VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY!
Don’t forget to mark your calendar that the Town Hill VIS is having a baked bean supper next Saturday, Feb 18 from 5-7:30 at the fire station/VIS hall.
Beans, red hot dogs, coleslaw, rolls and dessert!
Come along and support your local VIS. If I can get proper containers this week you can get your dinner “to go” if you don’t care to eat in.
50/50 raffle, too!
Cost: pay what you want/can
Date: Saturday, February 18
Time: 5-7:30 P.M.
TOWN GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
SOUTHWEST HARBOR
Regular Meeting Schedule (meetings held at the Town Office unless otherwise noted). Calendar is here.
TREMONT:
BAR HARBOR:
According to the town’s website, “Meetings that are broadcast live can be viewed at home by watching Cable Access Channel 7 or 1303 (Spectrum Cable only) and online at Town Hall Streams.”
To see this week’s events with agendas, click on our story here.
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