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Summer 2026 Events

Thursday, May 28

A Climate to Thrive hosts "Community Art for a Thriving Earth"

5:30

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7:30pm

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Thursday, May 28

A Climate to Thrive hosts "Community Art for a Thriving Earth"

Join Maine-based artists working with diverse mediums to explore the intersections between art and climate action and make art of your own!

5:30

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7:30pm

Friday, June 26

Author ~ Brook Wilensky-Lanford on "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America"

6pm

Friday, June 26

Author ~ Brook Wilensky-Lanford on "A God-Shaped Nation: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America"

6pm

Sunday, June 28

Author ~ Rylan Hynes discusses their new book "Grafting" with COA Faculty Member, Bill Carpenter

5pm

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Sunday, June 28

Author ~ Rylan Hynes discusses their new book "Grafting" with COA Faculty Member, Bill Carpenter

COA graduate and former MDI resident Rylan Hynes speaks with former professor Bill Carpenter about Rylan's new book Grafting.

5pm

Saturday, July 18

Singer ~ Songwriter ~ Author ~ Dar Williams shares "What I Found in a Thousand Towns"

1pm

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Saturday, July 18

Singer ~ Songwriter ~ Author ~ Dar Williams shares "What I Found in a Thousand Towns"

The Criterion and Bagaduce host Dar Williams with a local panel discussing the environment in the spirit of the discoveries described in her...

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1pm

Sunday, July 26

Anna Durand ~ "Lost at Sea: Hidden Histories from the Age of Sail"

5pm

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Sunday, July 26

Anna Durand ~ "Lost at Sea: Hidden Histories from the Age of Sail"

Many MDI families remember a loved one lost at sea.  Using local sources to trace their whereabouts we encounter other communities, many of ...

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5pm

Sunday, August 2

Authors ~ Jock Herron & Will Thorndike discuss Bob Patterson & other Mount Desert Island Modernists

5pm

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Sunday, August 2

Authors ~ Jock Herron & Will Thorndike discuss Bob Patterson & other Mount Desert Island Modernists

Jock Herron and Will Thorndike discuss local modernist architecture by important modernist architects Bob Patterson, George Howe, and Edward...

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5pm

Monday, August 3

Author & Humorist David Sedaris signs his new book "The Land and Its People" at the Criterion before

6pm

Monday, August 3

Author & Humorist David Sedaris signs his new book "The Land and Its People" at the Criterion before

6pm

Tuesday, August 25

Photographer ~ Peter Ralston, "Going Deep"

4pm

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Tuesday, August 25

Photographer ~ Peter Ralston, "Going Deep"

Peter Ralston shares his collection of Maine photographs taken during the past 45 years in a retrospective slideshow previewing beautiful ph...

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4pm

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