Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, August 20
Friends of Acadia Presents: Save Our Summits
8:15AM: Hike to one of Acadia’s iconic summits AND help the Park’s efforts to restore native vegetation! Acadia National Park, with Friends of Acadia and Schoodic Institute, invites tenacious hikers to bring bags of soil to the summits of Penobscot and Sargent Mountains. You’ll get to choose how much soil you’ll carry – carrying as little as five pounds. Click here to here to register.

Saturday, August 23
Friends of Acadia Presents: Save Our Summits
8:15AM: Hike to one of Acadia’s iconic summits AND help the Park’s efforts to restore native vegetation! Acadia National Park, with Friends of Acadia and Schoodic Institute, invites tenacious hikers to bring bags of soil to the summits of Penobscot and Sargent Mountains. You’ll get to choose how much soil you’ll carry – carrying as little as five pounds. Click here to here to register.

Monday, August 25
Tremont Historical Society Presents: Examining the gap: Or, Why not MDI? by Dr. Patrick Callaway
6:30 PM, at Bass Harbor Memorial Library in Bernard:There is a 150-year gap between the first European outpost on MDI in 1613 and the arrival of settlers from New England in 1762. How do historians explain this time in between, and why did settlement happen relatively late in the colonial era?

Tuesday, August 26
YWCA MDI's Pie Sale
10AM til gone! Every Tuesday in July and August, stop by the YWCA MDI and pick up a pie! 36 Mt Desert Street in Bar Harbor.

Tuesday, August 26
Southwest Harbor Public Library Presents: Crane Folding
3:30PM: Stop by for a crane folding hour at the Library Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30. Folding peace cranes has a long history at the library. Over the years approximately 25 thousand cranes have been folded by young and old in the Southwest Harbor Library and sent around the world. Our purpose in folding peace cranes is to promote inner peace in ourselves & the folders who join us. Click here for more.

Tuesday, August 26
Southwest Harbor Public Library Presents: The Story Behind the Portrait with Judy Taylor
5:30PM: Have you ever wondered what’s behind the making of a portrait and how it came to be? Hear from Judy Taylor in her lecture “The Story Behind The Portrait.” In this lecture, Judy will tell the story behind some of the great portraits in art history and what they tell us about the subject and how by studying them it has informed her own work. Click here for more info and to register!

Saturday, August 30
Southwest Harbor Public Library Presents: Book Talk: Thriller Please Don't Lie
1:30PM: Join us to take part in exclusive Author Talk with Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt on their upcoming thriller Please Don't Lie. Kline and Burt, who have collaborated over the years on a variety of creative projects, set out to write an immersive page-turner that would shock and thrill readers. Click here for more information and to register.

Saturday, September 13
Tremont First Responders Day: Promoting Health and Safety
The Tremont Fire Department, along with the Southwest Harbor / Tremont Ambulance Service, A Climate to Thrive, Healthy Acadia, and the Tremont Sustainability Committee are planning a community event centered around 9/11. A centerpiece of the event will be training on home fire safety including the use of fire extinguishers and fire blankets. For more information, click here.

Sunday, September 14
Harbor House Presents: Annual Phelps/Lowe Memorial Golf Tournament
8:30AM at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor. Funds raised from this tournament support our recreational sports program and provide summer camp and sports scholarship support for families in need of financial assistance. Pre-Registration is required. Scramble format. Lunch will be provided after the tournament. Click here for more information and to register.

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