CARRIE JONES AND SHAUN FARRAR JUL 4, 2023 We’ll be updating this article throughout the day. Those updates won’t come to your email (we don’t want to overwhelm you), so come back and check in for more photos and narrative. All the photos are by Shaun Farrar and Carrie Jones. BAR HARBOR—The Fourth of July celebrations filled the streets, fields, parks and an occasional front yard today in Bar … Continue reading It’s a Bar Harbor Fourth of July
Carlos, 13, hunkered in his father’s arms in the club house of Rotary 2030 in Panama City. His voice came out in a guttural cry as Rotarians from foreign clubs gathered around, taking pictures, making friends, and learning about Carlos’ story. Carlos has cerebral palsy, diagnosed when he was six months old. “He was a normal baby and then ….” The Panamanian Rotarian struggled to … Continue reading Bar Harbor Rotarians Making A Difference at Home and Around the World
Good art, good community, is all about connections and insight, creating and glimpsing into things a little bit more deeply than might make us normally comfortable. It’s about stained-glass nippers, felted rocks, stack upon stack of unfinished projects, the smell of turpentine and glue, the feel of a chalk pastel against the skin. There is something vulnerable about creating, but there’s also something so joyous … Continue reading ArtWaves Building Community and Connection
