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Cobscook Institute has opened registration for its youth summer camps, including Outdoor Skills Camp (day camp) for grades 6-8 in late June, Canoe Camp (overnight) for grades 7-9 in mid-July, and River Camp (overnight) for grades 10-12 in late July to August.
Start making your summer plans for your adventurous youth today!
Nature's Backpack is offering a March Break class for kids. Send your child for a fun week of tracking, wandering, snowshoing, winter edibles, basket making, quinzee/fort making, crafts, games and pancakes and maple syrup day! It will be so much fun they won’t even know they are learning!
This class is for ages 5-12 and will run 8:30 am-4 pm at the High Grounds Homestead (969 Route 760). Sign up here.
Join Pat Olson for a fun workshop and learn the basics of sourdough and multigrain baking! Participants will learn how to use a sourdough starter, as well as make sourdough crackers. They will start a simple slow-rise bread dough they can then bake at home. Last but not least, participants will bake multigrain muffins and eat them at the end of class.
Free. Sign up here.
The Village of Blacks Harbour is turning 50 this year, and to celebrate, public skating events will be held at the Patrick Connors Recreational Complex.
On Sundays through February 19, from 12:45-1:45 pm, children and youth are invited to participate in Pucks and Sticks where they can learn some hockey basics at no cost. On Fridays, come for Public Skating from 5:30-7:30 pm. Admission is $2 a skater. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult to either event.
A writers’ group for people seeking help and constructive input on their in-progress work is scheduled to kick off Monday, February 6, at the Eastport Arts Center. The group, led by published author Catherine J.S. Lee and retired writing teacher Paula Horvath, will meet every other Monday beginning at 6:30 pm at the Center for about two hours. Suggested donation of $5/session; sliding fee scale is available by request (no one turned away). To get involved, email writers@eastportartscenter.org with an introduction and a bit about your current work.
EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC encourages people to wear masks when in our building.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make amazing, attention-garnering cakes? Learn how from famed cake artist Barbara McLean. Lessons will be scheduled for March 2023, register now to save a spot!
Learn more and register here.
No experience necessary to learn how to paint amazing portraits! Learn from Kim Stubbs at her studio in St. Stephen during your choice of evenings or Saturdays (total course is 20 hours).
$295 +hst with all supplies included. Text Kim at 506-261-2113 with questions or to sign up.
Are you an artist intrigued by a sense of place in your artwork? Ten participants will have the opportunity to join us for a weekend artist retreat on beautiful Monhegan Island from May 26-28. The island offers abundant places to create, all while exploring an inspirational landscape and meeting other art-minded people.
This is a crowd fundraising event! Each artist must fundraise $2000. Fundraising assistance/guidance provided. Find out more. Applications close February 14.
Sunbury Shores is pleased to announce an ongoing online writing group that will be meeting the second and fourth Tuesday of each month via Zoom. On the second Tuesday of each month, the group will meet from 10:00 to 11:30 am; on the fourth Tuesday, it will meet from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
This is a free to attend group. Email info@sunburyshores.com to sign up and receive the Zoom link.
Cobscook Institute offers open studio pottery time for $10 an hour for past pottery students and anyone with basic clay experience.
You can sign up for a time slot using this form. If you haven't used the studio before, you'll be required to complete a studio orientation. For help, contact Michelle Cousineau at 207-255-7246 or email michelle@cobscookinstitute.org.
Cobscook Institute has opened registration for its youth summer camps, including Outdoor Skills Camp (day camp) for grades 6-8 in late June, Canoe Camp (overnight) for grades 7-9 in mid-July, and River Camp (overnight) for grades 10-12 in late July to August.
Start making your summer plans for your adventurous youth today!
Cobscook Institute is offering ongoing classes for pottery over the next few months. In January and February, there will be Monday Night Pottery, Thursday Afternoon Pottery, and Teen Pottery each week. A special pottery workshop for beginners will be held on February 4.
Find out more about these classes here.
Nature's Backpack is offering a March Break class for kids. Send your child for a fun week of tracking, wandering, snowshoing, winter edibles, basket making, quinzee/fort making, crafts, games and pancakes and maple syrup day! It will be so much fun they won’t even know they are learning!
This class is for ages 5-12 and will run 8:30 am-4 pm at the High Grounds Homestead (969 Route 760). Sign up here.
The St. Andrews Chamber of Commerce, St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce, and Eastern Charlotte Chamber of Commerce are inviting business owners/operators to join us for a website building education session on Wednesday February 8, from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Our guest speaker and marketing professional, Masha Schenkel, will be walking you through the benefits of having a website, different website building platform options, website design tips and tricks, and aftercare while offering valuable hands-on exercises that will allow you to establish a starting point on your personal website journey.
Please register for this event here by February 1.
Join Cobscook Institute for a morning of child-directed free play starting February 3 and continuing on Fridays from 10 am - 12 pm. Start the morning outside to get big energy out, and then step inside the “warming hut” for a cup of tea or cocoa (bring your own snacks). Indoor activities and free play conclude the morning.
Find out more here.
Done Roving Yarns in Calais (487 North Street) holds a weekly knitting circle on Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00. Host Paula Graham Farrar leads the group.
Click here to learn more about Done Roving Yarns and see other ongoing fabric crafting activities held on a regular basis, or call Paula at 207-454-8148.
Please join us and Cobscook Institute for a free afternoon of basic map and compass work. During this class, two registered Maine guides will help you understand the information provided on your map, the proper use of your compass, and how to put the two together.
Find out more and register for this free workshop here.
The Village of Blacks Harbour is turning 50 this year, and to celebrate, public skating events will be held at the Patrick Connors Recreational Complex.
On Sundays through February 19, from 12:45-1:45 pm, children and youth are invited to participate in Pucks and Sticks where they can learn some hockey basics at no cost. On Fridays, come for Public Skating from 5:30-7:30 pm. Admission is $2 a skater. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult to either event.
Cobscook Institute has opened registration for its youth summer camps, including Outdoor Skills Camp (day camp) for grades 6-8 in late June, Canoe Camp (overnight) for grades 7-9 in mid-July, and River Camp (overnight) for grades 10-12 in late July to August.
Start making your summer plans for your adventurous youth today!
Nature's Backpack is offering a March Break class for kids. Send your child for a fun week of tracking, wandering, snowshoing, winter edibles, basket making, quinzee/fort making, crafts, games and pancakes and maple syrup day! It will be so much fun they won’t even know they are learning!
This class is for ages 5-12 and will run 8:30 am-4 pm at the High Grounds Homestead (969 Route 760). Sign up here.