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Vinyl in Vogue: With a Giant Leap of Love, Matt Manry Heads into Both the Business and Museum Worlds

CARRIE JONES JAN 21, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT AND ELLSWORTH—Check out Matt Manry’s TikTok and you enter part of his world: vinyl, random chill dancing as an evolutionary response to good music. Maybe a snippet of the Talking Heads or the Doors will grace your ears. Maybe the reel will feature Matt dancing or one of his many projects repairing really old record players and … Continue reading Vinyl in Vogue: With a Giant Leap of Love, Matt Manry Heads into Both the Business and Museum Worlds

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Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

Storyteller and Musician Bob Lombardi Enchants Bar Harbor for Decades CARRIE JONE AND  SHAUN FARRAR JAN 15, 2024 BAR HARBOR—Imagine fingers picking out fast notes on a standing bass that’s scratched and loved and about the same height as the debonair man who is playing it. The notes sizzle into a beat spawned by fingers moving so quickly that they’re hard to photograph in dim … Continue reading Sparkly Charm and Bebopping Fingers:

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On The Agenda – Bar Harbor Town Meetings & Things to Do

JAN 2, 2024 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 Building … Continue reading On The Agenda – Bar Harbor Town Meetings & Things to Do

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On The Agenda – Bar Harbor Town Meetings & Things to Do

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

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Serenading Into the Darkness

Bar Harbor Carols and Cheers at the Green and the Jesup Memorial Library on the Solstice BAR HARBOR—Meandering through downtown Bar Harbor at night, it’s hard not to notice the contrast of darkness and light. The storefront windows for businesses not shut down for winter shine with lights and holiday decorations. Garlands abound. Restaurants beckon with wreaths and lights and warmth. On Thursday night, December … Continue reading Serenading Into the Darkness

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A Bar Harbor Live Music Festival

The Annex Plans to Make It a Yearly Thing CARRIE JONES OCT 18, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—When Ben Chute was a little boy, his mom would go into his bedroom to wake him up or fix his covers, the way moms do, but when she pulled back the blankets she’d see something a little bit different: Ben would be there, eyes closed, breathing deeply, tiny … Continue reading A Bar Harbor Live Music Festival

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Tonight: Town Council Will Discuss Fate of Amplified Outdoor Music

Water and Sewer Budget Increases; Meet the Probably New Town Manager Tonight CARRIE JONES OCT 17, 2023 Share BAR HARBOR—The Town Council is set to discuss outdoor amplification during its council meeting, Tuesday, October 16. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and is in Council Chambers on the third floor of Bar Harbor’s Municipal Building on Cottage Street across from Hannaford. The public can attend … Continue reading Tonight: Town Council Will Discuss Fate of Amplified Outdoor Music

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You take horror and comedy and mix it with music and what do you get?

People Joyously Making Their Community Better. Together. CARRIE JONES MAY 1, 2023 BAR HARBOR—There’s a group of musicals—Les Miserable, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wiz, Wicked, Grease—that have created American theater on both the Broadway stages and community and high school theaters in the past few decades. They are the solid standbys, comfortable in their familiarity, joyous in their recreations. Acadia … Continue reading You take horror and comedy and mix it with music and what do you get?

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