Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Saturday, August 9
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 9
YWCA's 24th Annual Luminaria Evening
The 24th annual luminaria evening is fast approaching! This year's beneficiary is Sarah's House of Maine. Click here to order your luminaries. This year, luminaria will be on display on the Village Green from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 9 (rain date Aug. 16). Chris Popper of WDEA will be master of ceremonies. April Cough McGuire will provide music.

Tuesday, August 12
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 12
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. lick here for more.

Wednesday, August13
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.

Friday, August 15
Southwest Harbor Public Library Presents: End-of-Summer Kids Concert with Jackson Gillman
4-5PM: Call it what you like - cabaret, vaudeville, or story/song-filled fun. Any way you slice it, Jackson Gillman's performances for families, children, and educational groups reach out and touch the audience, making them laugh, making them think, and leaving them delighted. You might find song, dance, mime, and/or sign language incorporated in the show. Click here for more info!

Sunday, August 17
Camp Capellas's Charity Golf Scramble
The Camp CaPella Charity Golf Scramble is one of the largest fundraisers of the year for the non-profit summer camp serving individuals with disabilities. Camp CaPella never turns away a camper based on ability to pay, which means every dollar raised from the Golf Tourney helps to send someone with disabilities to summer camp. For more info, call Melanie at 207-735-6866

Tuesday, August 19
Southwest Harbor Public Library Presents: The Geology of MDI with Duane & Ruth Braun
5:30PM: The Brauns will take us on a geologic history tour starting around a billion years ago when Mount Desert Island (MDI) was attached to the super continent, Gondwana and eventually attached itself to North America. Over the last one million years glaciers have covered the Island at least five times with up to 5,000 feet of ice, sculpting MDI to its present form. Click here 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.

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