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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: Katherine Emery, Zak Kendall, Emma Mary Murray, Dawn Nuding, and Eloise Schultz to explore the intersections betwe...

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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

A Town Talk with Singer ~ Songwriter ~ Author Dar Williams before her 7pm Concert at The Criterion

1pm

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2:30pm

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Saturday, July 18

A Town Talk with Singer ~ Songwriter ~ Author Dar Williams before her 7pm Concert at The Criterion

Dar Williams hosts local solution seekers Johanna Blackman, A Climate to Thrive; Carrie Jones, Bar Harbor Story; Puranjot Kau, Open Table MD...

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1pm

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2:30pm

Sunday, July 19

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

5pm

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Sunday, July 19

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 MDI modernist architecture by important modernist architects Bob Patterson, George Howe, and Ed...

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5pm

Monday, August 3

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

6pm

Monday, August 3

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

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 45 years of his Maine photographs in a retrospective slideshow previewing his new book, Going Deep.

4pm

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