Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce
Featured Events
Acadia Night Sky Festival
September 9, 2010 - September 13, 2010
Indoor and outdoor events that will foster love of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park as a night sky-friendly destination. The list of events, u...
Art in the Park
September 25, 2010 - September 26, 2010
35 painters and photographers will display and sell their original works on the Village Green at the corner of Main & Mt. Desert Streets. Rain or shine....
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Lesson and Dancing
June 4, 2010 - August 26, 2010
Weekly group class and dancing 7-9 PM most Friday nights (Thursdays the last 2 weeks of August, 8/19 and 26) at the Argosy II Gallery, 6 Mt. Desert St., Ba...
Summer Field Studies for children
June 28, 2010 - August 19, 2010
Registration is underway for our 2010 day camp sessions for grades 1-12. Participants in all sessions visit field sites to explore the ecology of coastal M...
2010 Bar Harbor Town Band Summer Concert Series
July 1, 2010 - August 12, 2010
The Bar Harbor Town Band was established in 1898, and performs free concerts in the Village Green during the summer months on Monday and Thursdays from 8:0...
Splash!
July 7, 2010 - August 30, 2010
Splash! Dive into the Gene Pool with Legos and our Touch Tank. Splash is full of hands on opportunities to learn about genetics and marine life. Experiment...
Amazing Arthropods
July 14, 2010 - August 25, 2010
Join entomologist Carrie Graham for a 45-minute insect exploration. Each Wednesday, After meeting the museum’s hissing cockroach colony, and examining some...
Nature Sketching
July 15, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring sketchbooks or a nature journal to practice drawing inside the museum. There are living tidepool creatures, d...
Bird Walk
July 17, 2010 - August 28, 2010
Join COA alumnus, biologist Greg Smith, for a 45-minute to one-hour walk around the COA campus for both common and uncommon birds. A walk out to the pier m...
Starboard Series by Kaitlyn Metcalf
July 29, 2010 - August 5, 2010
New works by Kaitlyn Metcalf in acrylic rendered on Coastal Charts....
35th Annual Fine Craft Show
July 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010
The Maine Crafts Guild's Mount Desert Island Show is often referred to as the most outstanding, most successful, and longest running craft show in Maine. A...
Fancy Basket Workshop with Molly Neptune Parker, Passamaquoddy
July 30, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Molly Neptune Parker, Passamaquoddy, is an
award-winning basket maker and experienced teacher. Participants will learn to process the some materials neede...
Summer Organ Series
July 30, 2010 - August 27, 2010
Join us for a concert each Friday from July 30 to August 27 at 12:15 pm. See our website for details on the performances. www.ellsworthme.org/ssaviour...
Bar Harbor Summer Arts & Craft Festival
July 31, 2010 - August 1, 2010
Over 100 Juried Craftsmen will display and sell their American made works. Specialty food sampling, craft demonstrations and live music complete this perfe...
Claremont Concert
July 31, 2010 - July 31, 2010
The Tom Snow Trio perfoms at the Claremont. There will be an $8 fee for admission....
Lee Goff
July 31, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Live music. An entertaining night of acoustic rock with a local legend....
Abbe Museum 2010 Archaeological Field School
August 1, 2010 - August 6, 2010
This field school offers first-hand experience in an archeological dig. The 2010 Field School will be excavating the Tranquility farm site, first explored ...
Book Reading and Signing with Nan Lincoln
August 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010
Local reporter for the Bar Harbor Times will present and read her two books: The Summer of Cecily (Adult version) and Cecily's Summer (Children version)....
Music by the Sea Concert Series: Songs and Stories with Hawk Henries
August 4, 2010 - August 4, 2010
Visit with artist and musician Hawk Henries, as he tells stories and plays his hand made flutes. Hawk is a world-renowned musician and storyteller who has ...
Poetry Reading with Charles Simic
August 4, 2010 - August 4, 2010
Poetry reading by Charles Simic, Pulitzer prize-winning poet and former US poet laureate who was awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant in 1984. Int...
Claremont Lecture
August 5, 2010 - August 5, 2010
Earle G. Shuttleworth, Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Maine Historian, will deliver a lecture entitled: "Charles a. Townsen...
Coffee and Conversation Series
August 5, 2010 - August 5, 2010
Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Charles Simic will talk about writing and teaching poetry, and about poetry’s role and power today with College of the Atlanti...
Quintessential Abstractions
August 5, 2010 - August 10, 2010
Bernard artist Tyler Darvintyne's new abstract works in acrylic. Colorful paint scapes filled with imagination....
Acadia in Fabric Exhibit
August 6, 2010 - August 6, 2010
Artist Reception - Come meet Winona Cochran...
GONE FISHIN
August 6, 2010 - August 6, 2010
Robin Bady, singer and storyteller, makes a splash at Jesup Memorial Library. Interactive entertainment for all ages!...
Summer Organ Series
August 6, 2010 - August 6, 2010
Featured is Kevin Birch, Director of Music, St. John’s Catholic Church, Bangor....
Annual Summer Fair & Silent Auction
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
Games & prizes, bounce house, train rides, and food. Plus a large silent auction featuring an original Dan Falt sculpture, original artwork, glider rides ...
Claremont Concert
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
The Acadian Chamber Players perfom at the Claremont. There will be an $8 fee for admission....
Ninth Annual Carol Dyer Light the Way to a Cure
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
You'll find live music, a glowing Village Green, and hope at this annual local event in memory of Carol Dyer. She was a dear mother, wife, and friend. As t...
PLANTING HOPE
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
Learn how one small Surry, Maine-based organization is alleviating poverty and deforestation in Central America in this short documentary film about their ...
Seal Harbor Summer Fair
August 7, 2010 - August 7, 2010
This annual summer fair features local crafters, a silent auction, fresh flowers & vegetables and plenty of wonderful used books. Held on the village gree...
A Few of My Favorite Things Opening
August 8, 2010 - August 8, 2010
Opening reception for A Few of My Favorite Things, a group exhibit showcasing some of Mount Desert Island’s most avid art collectors’ favorite pieces and t...
Mount Desert Island Hospital's Annual Meeting
August 9, 2010 - August 9, 2010
Mount Desert Island Hospital invites our community to attend their Annual Meeting on Monday, August 9th from 5 – 7:30 p.m. at the Bar Harbor Club.
This...
A Few of My Favorite Things
August 10, 2010 - August 28, 2010
A group exhibit showcasing some of Mount Desert Island’s most avid art collectors’ favorite pieces and the stories behind them....
Acadia in Fabric
August 10, 2010 - August 10, 2010
Fabric Painting Demonstration...
An Evening with Agnes Gund and Susan Sollins
August 11, 2010 - August 11, 2010
An informal talk between two of the art world's most influential and knowledgeable women. Agnes Gund is President Emerita of The Museum of Modern Art and C...
Cranberry Island Home, Art & Garden Tour
August 11, 2010 - August 11, 2010
This one-day, eight-stop Home, Art and Garden tour will include visits to two 19th century sea captain homes, a garden recognized by the Smithsonian, a vis...
Claremont Lecture
August 12, 2010 - August 12, 2010
Dr. Kevin Strange, Director of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, will deliver a lecture entitled: "What Can Marine and Other Simple Organisms ...
Coffee and Conversation Series
August 12, 2010 - August 12, 2010
Suzanne Folds McCullagh, PhD, curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, welcomes College of the Atlantic’s newest faculty mem...
SUMMER READING PARTY
August 12, 2010 - August 12, 2010
End-of-Summer-Reading-Program celebration. This is a special party to recognize those who have returned their reading log and reached their summer reading ...
Waterscapes by Wini Smart
August 12, 2010 - August 29, 2010
New watercolors and oils by Wini Smart exploring the inner harbors and byways of Maine....
ALL DAY LOBSTER BAKE
August 13, 2010 - August 13, 2010
Friday, August 13th, Noon - 6 p.m. Malvern Belmont Estates, Bar Harbor. Eat in or Take Out. Seating available inside and outside. Support the local lobs...
Summer Organ Series
August 13, 2010 - August 13, 2010
Ray Cornils, Portland Municipal Organist and Director of Music, First Parish Church, Brunswick.
In recognition of Friday the 13th Mr. Cornils will be p...
Claremont Concert
August 14, 2010 - August 14, 2010
The Claremont Trio perfoms at the Claremont. There will be an $8 fee for admission....
A SENSE OF WONDER
August 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Screenwriter and star Kaiulani Lee will introduce this Maine-made film,and take questions afterward. It is about the last year of environmentalist Rachel ...
Book Reading and Signing with Fran Hodgkins
August 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Author Fran Hodgkins will present and read from her selection of works including Orphan Seal: A True Story; Andre the Famous Harbor Seal; Between the Tides...
IMPROVISION
August 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Check out Reel Pizza's occasional collaboration with the talented ImprovAcadia crew! With the sound turned off, this ever-changing group of up-and-coming ...
Lynden Miller, New York City public garden designer and director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park
August 16, 2010 - August 16, 2010
Presentation and book signing with Lynden Miller, New York City public garden designer and director of The Conservatory Garden in Central Park. She will sh...
The Granite Quarries & Geology of Mount Desert Island
August 18, 2010 - August 18, 2010
Duane & Ruth Braun, geologists will give a presentation on the geological development of Mount Desert Island Rocks.
Steven Haynes, founder and curator w...
Claremont Lecture
August 19, 2010 - August 19, 2010
Erica Hirshler, Croll Senior Curator of American Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, will deliver a lecture entitled: "John Singer Sargent's 'Daughters ...
Coffee and Conversation Series
August 19, 2010 - August 19, 2010
Judith Goldstein, director of the Somes Pond Center on Mount Desert Island, will speak with faculty member Isabel Mancinelli, MLA, College of the Atlantic’...
2010 Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival
August 20, 2010 - August 22, 2010
Featuring some of the best national and international artists—as well as some great Maine talent on exhibit. This unique show in the beautiful heart of Bar...
Maine Sea Coast Mission 7th Annual Awards Gala
August 20, 2010 - August 20, 2010
The Annual Sunbeam Awards Gala will be held at the Bar Harbor Club at 111 West Street, on the evening of Friday, August 20. This year the Mission is honori...
Annual Book Sale
August 21, 2010 - August 21, 2010
Sale of donated and used books from 50 cents up - someone's trash may be your treasure! Also raffles, baked goods and a chance to see everyone....
Claremont Concert
August 21, 2010 - August 21, 2010
The Jerks of Grass perform at the Claremont. There will be an $8 fee for admission....
Claremont Lecture
August 26, 2010 - August 26, 2010
Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President Emeritus of the Asia Society, will deliver a lecture entitled: "China: Then and Now."...
Coffee and Conversation Series
August 26, 2010 - August 26, 2010
Nicholas Thompson, Wired magazine editor and CNN contributor will discuss Thompson’s recently published book, “The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Ke...
Summer Organ Series
August 27, 2010 - August 27, 2010
The last in this series features Julia Morris-Myers, Organist and Choirmaster, St. Saviour’s...
Summer Organ Series
August 27, 2010 - August 27, 2010
Julia Morris-Myers, Organist and Choirmaster, St. Saviour’s...
Book Reading and Signing with Maggie Davis
August 29, 2010 - August 29, 2010
Author Maggie Davis will present her book Garden of Whales. Recommended for ages 6 and up....
Ash & Sweet Grass Fancy Basket Workshop with Pam Cunningham
August 31, 2010 - August 31, 2010
Make an ash and sweet grass Victorian style couch with velvet seat with master basket maker Pam Cunningham, Penobscot. This whimsical style of basket was p...
Claremont Lecture
September 2, 2010 - September 2, 2010
Betsy Hewlett, Collections Manager and Carole Plenty, Executive Director of the Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve, will deliver a lecture entitled: "Co...
Acadia Night Sky Festival
September 9, 2010 - September 13, 2010
Indoor and outdoor events that will foster love of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park as a night sky-friendly destination. The list of events, u...
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust MDI YMCA Half Marathon
September 18, 2010 - September 18, 2010
This race, a major fundraiser for the MDI Y is USATF certified. Nine miles of the challenging course is in Acadia National Park. This race fills quickly. F...
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust MDI YMCA Half Marathon
September 18, 2010 - September 18, 2010
This race, a major fundraiser for the MDI Y is USATF certified. Nine miles of the challenging course is in Acadia National Park. This race fills quickly. F...
MDI YMCA’s Fall 5K
September 18, 2010 - September 18, 2010
This professionally timed race is held on a GPS measured course. For more information, contact 288-3511, fitness@mdiymca.org or visit www.mdiymca.org....
Art in the Park
September 25, 2010 - September 26, 2010
35 painters and photographers will display and sell their original works on the Village Green at the corner of Main & Mt. Desert Streets. Rain or shine....
An Evening with John Muir
September 26, 2010 - September 26, 2010
Actor Lee Stetson will bring America's foremost conservationist back to life to delight and inspire his audience. Mr. Stetson has portrayed John Muir in Yo...
JDRF Walk for Diabetes
October 10, 2010 - October 10, 2010
A 4 mile walk for diabetes starting and ending at The Jackson Laboratory with route taking us through Bar Harbor (Main St.) shore path and back Main. 10-10...
Mount Desert Island Marathon
October 16, 2010 - October 17, 2010
Six island communities host the 9th annual MDI Marathon. A weekend of special events ending with the 26-mile, 385-yard marathon run Sunday at 8am along a s...
MDI YMCA’s Annual Family Halloween Party
October 29, 2010 - October 29, 2010
This event includes games and activities appropriate for children age 9 and under. Young and old are encouraged to dress up for the costume contest. Call 2...
MDI YMCA’s Las Vegas Night
November 6, 2010 - November 6, 2010
This fundraiser for the MDI Y includes Casino style games, appetizers, cash bar, music and more. Come in your favorite Vegas style costume or come as you a...
16th Annual Early Bird Pajama Sale & 3rd Annual Bed Races
November 20, 2010 - November 20, 2010
6a.m. Set your alarm early and shop in your PJs for extra discounts. Sale hours are 6-9am. The bed and pajama parade will begin at the Village Green at 10a...
Village Holidays & Midnight Madness Sale
December 3, 2010 - December 3, 2010
5pm-midnight. Help us welcome Santa to Bar Harbor on the Village Green at 5pm. Plenty of activities for adults and children, including having pictures take...
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