And in the near future. Oct 07, 2024 Share THINGS TO DO It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let me know. Also, you may have to click through to see everything. There are so many things that this email is a bit long for a lot of inboxes. We … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND THIS WEEK
Bar Harbor Historical Society’s Hudson to Harbor’s second annual local art invitational draws Maine talent and gives opportunities for beginners to create, too CARRIE JONES JUL 27, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Way back on September 3, 1844, the painter, Thomas Cole, came across the state of Maine and ended up at Lynam’s farmhouse on Schooner Head in Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor wasn’t the first Maine stop … Continue reading Get Your Art On, MDI!
Briefs: Real Estate News, Open Table World Cafe Benefit, Butterfly Festival, Acadia Wildlife and Author Talks at Jesup, Climate Jamboree and More! CARRIE JONES JUL 12, 2024 Share The following news items are a collection of briefs sent to us throughout the week and some shorter collated pieces. We do it this way to help decrease the amount of emails you receive each day. SISTERS’ … Continue reading Generous Donation from Young Sisters Boosts Art Supplies at Jesup Memorial Library
Howie Motenko resonates in black and white CARRIE JONES JUL 07, 2024 MOUNT DESERT—Light and community, the connection between objects—stationary and mobile—have always been hallmarks of Howie Motenko’s photography. His latest exhibit is a celebration and homage to what makes balance, what creates harmony, and how moments and elements of those moments are connected. Light—what it illuminates, what it doesn’t—is intrinsic to Montenko’s work. It’s … Continue reading ‘Acadia Impression’ is a Viewer’s Dream of Moments and Connection
MDI High School’s Online Show Brings Passion and Resonance to Viewers CARRIE JONES JUN 29, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—Local artists aren’t just displaying their art in galleries, on restaurant, bank, and hotel walls, and in private homes this summer. They are also sharing it online with the hopes of making it accessible to many people and also to showcase the talents of some teens from Mount Desert … Continue reading Rockwell Remixed and Free to View
Events this week and in the near future. JUN 10, 2024 It’s our weekly round-up, and I may have missed some things, so apologies! If you have something you’d like in here, please let me know. To check out our news stories from the past week. Click on the archive section and you’ll see them in chronological order. Come Sing! Sing with the Mount Desert Summer Chorale … Continue reading THINGS TO DO ON MDI
“Rhythms of the Heart” available on Prime Video via Prime Video Direct CARRIE JONES MAR 16, 2024 SOUTHWEST HARBOR—Sometimes a film is more than a film. Sometimes, it’s an act of love. Rhythms of the Heart, a documentary by Southwest Harbor’s Thom Willey, is one of those films as it explores the art, life, and cancer diagnoses of David Moses Bridges, a nationally recognized, indigenous canoe … Continue reading Local Man’s Documentary a Homage to David Moses Bridges
DEC 26, 2023 Share ON THE AGENDA Every week we document Bar Harbor town government, school, and other similar meetings that we know of. Please let us know if we’ve missed something. Also, sometimes things are on the town calendars and are cancelled or rescheduled, so make sure to double check before you head over! All the meetings take place at the Bar Harbor Municipal … Continue reading On The Agenda – Bar Harbor Town Meetings & Things to Do
Library Study Shows Jesup Doesn’t Receive Typical Town Support CARRIE JONES DEC 20, 2023 BAR HARBOR—The Jesup Memorial Library hopes that the town will increase its share of the library’s annual budget to over $515,000. That increase does not have to do with its addition. The library’s representatives don’t expect this to happen immediately, and they hope to have the amount increased to approximately $380,000 … Continue reading Library Wants Town Support to Increase to $515K a Year
Jesup Turns 112 and other library news. SHAUN FARRAR SEP 3, 2023 Share Update and correction. Many thanks to Michael Dorfman for his assistance with this. We’ve also added additional photos. We also fixed a tense issue! Whew. Many apologies for the errors. BAR HARBOR—Workers placed the last piece of the roadside section of Andy Goldsworthy’s “Road Line” Friday afternoon at the College of the Atlantic, … Continue reading Andy Goldsworthy’s “Road Line” Almost Complete
