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Calendar of Events

CASTINE HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE . . .

From history, art & music to sailing, lectures and re-enactments – pick an event and plan your stay.

Calendar dates in black have events scheduled. To view event details, place your cursor on the event title.

	August 2018
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			1 Yacht Exhibition at the Town Dock Yacht Exhibition at the Town Dock 12:00 pm Town Dock For more info go to www.castineclassic.com More details Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details CYC Symposium Celebrating Maine Sailboat Builders CYC Symposium Celebrating Maine Sailboat Builders 4:00 pm MMA Delano Auditorium For more info go to www.castineclassic.com More details Foreign Affairs Discussion Group Foreign Affairs Discussion Group 5:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Reading Room Foreign Affairs Discussion Group with Barbara Griffiths More details • • • •	2 Farmer's Market Farmer's Market 9:00 am Town Common, Castine, ME 04421, USA Since 2009, the Castine Farmers’ Market on the Common has been providing healthy, local produce, baked goods, & prepared foods from a variety of local… More details Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors 10:00 am Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center Drop by the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. throughout the summer for age-appropriate (ages 3… More details Castine Classic Yacht Race Castine Classic Yacht Race 11:00 am Castine Yacht Club, Water St, Castine, ME 04421, USA Race start time: 11:50am Please join us for the nineteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden on 2 August 2018, kicking off three… More details • • •	3 Make a Fairy Wand Make a Fairy Wand 3:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Family Room Make a Fairy Wand with Carrie Marks More details Castine Town Band Concert Castine Town Band Concert 6:00 pm Town Common Join us on the Town Common. All are welcome. Bring your own chairs, blankets and refreshments. More details • •	4
5 Writers vs Artists Softball Game Writers vs Artists Softball Game 11:00 am Fort George 8th Annual Writers vs Artists Softball Game at Fort George – All welcome to play! More details Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details Hatch Fund Gathering Hatch Fund Gathering 5:30 pm The Castine Inn, 33 Main St, Castine, ME 04421, USA More details • • •	6 Monday Morning Knitting Circle Monday Morning Knitting Circle 11:00 am Witherle Memorial Libray FMI: Anne Romans 326-4375 More details Selectboard/Assessors & Overseers of the Poor Mtg Selectboard/Assessors & Overseers of the Poor Mtg 4:00 pm Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA More details Collecting Castine Collecting Castine 5:00 pm The Wilson Museum, 120 Perkins St, Castine, ME 04421, USA Open to the public with Reservations Required. Call 207-326-9247. Art event & fundraiser. Support the Wilson Museum and local artists. … More details • • •	7 Shawl Ministry Shawl Ministry 1:00 pm Trinitarian Congregational Parish Every Tuesday FMI: Molly Marks 374-5242 More details CHPC Mtg =CANCELLED CHPC Mtg =CANCELLED 4:00 pm Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA No applications received. More details • •	8 MMA Boat Trip to Holbrook Island MMA Boat Trip to Holbrook Island 10:00 am MMA Boat Trip to Holbrook Island – open to the public Reservations required: 326-9247 Sponsored by MMA & Wilson Museum More details Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion 5:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Reading Room American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion with Mark Worth - "Libertarianism" More details • • •	9 Farmer's Market Farmer's Market 9:00 am Town Common, Castine, ME 04421, USA Since 2009, the Castine Farmers’ Market on the Common has been providing healthy, local produce, baked goods, & prepared foods from a variety of local… More details Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors 10:00 am Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center Drop by the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. throughout the summer for age-appropriate (ages 3… More details Planning Board Mtg = CANCELLED Planning Board Mtg = CANCELLED 7:00 pm Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA No applications received. More details • • •	10 Rock Painting Rock Painting 3:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Family Room Rock Painting with Carrie Marks More details Opening Reception for Artist in Residence Duke & Battersby Opening Reception for Artist in Residence Duke & Battersby 5:00 pm The Annex Please join us this Friday, August 10th, 5-7pm for a reception to welcome artists-in-residence Duke & Battersby (Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby)… More details • •	11
12 Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details •	13 Monday Morning Knitting Circle Monday Morning Knitting Circle 11:00 am Witherle Memorial Libray FMI: Anne Romans 326-4375 More details Maine Writers Series Maine Writers Series 7:00 pm UU Parish House Maine Writers Series: Katherine Hall Page at the UU Parish House More details • •	14 Exhibit Talk Exhibit Talk 5:00 pm Castine Historical Society, 17 School St, Castine, ME 04421, USA Tour and discussion led by curator Paige Lilly in the Castine Historical Society’s Abbott School gallery. Free with light refreshments served. More details •	15 Demonstration: Fireside Cooking Demonstration: Fireside Cooking 2:00 pm Wilson Museum - John Perkins House As you punch in the seconds on the microwave oven in your twenty-first century kitchen, have you ever wondered how our ancestors cooked in… More details Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details • •	16 Farmer's Market Farmer's Market 9:00 am Town Common, Castine, ME 04421, USA Since 2009, the Castine Farmers’ Market on the Common has been providing healthy, local produce, baked goods, & prepared foods from a variety of local… More details Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors 10:00 am Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center Drop by the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. throughout the summer for age-appropriate (ages 3… More details Maine Writers Series Maine Writers Series 7:00 pm UU Parish House Maine Writers Series: Jeff Lewis at the UU Parish House More details • • •	17 Castine Town Band Concert Castine Town Band Concert 6:00 pm Town Common Join us on the Town Common. All are welcome. Bring your own chairs, blankets and refreshments. More details •	18 Yard & Bake Sale to Benefit the Free the Kids Organization Yard & Bake Sale to Benefit the Free the Kids Organization 9:00 am Our Lady of Holy Hope Church, Perkins , Castine, ME 04421, 137 Perkins St, Castine, ME 04421, USA Free the Kids' mission is To alleviate the devastating effects of poverty on vulnerable children in Southern Haiti. http://www.freethekids.org <… More details •
19 Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details •	20 Monday Morning Knitting Circle Monday Morning Knitting Circle 11:00 am Witherle Memorial Libray FMI: Anne Romans 326-4375 More details Demonstration: Outdoor Cooking Demonstration: Outdoor Cooking 11:00 am Wilson Museum - John Perkins House Nothing whets the appetite like an ocean breeze with the fragrance of wood smoke and baking bread wafting through the air. Visit the back… More details Selectboard/Assessors & Overseers of the Poor Mtg Selectboard/Assessors & Overseers of the Poor Mtg 4:00 pm Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA More details Maine Writers Series Maine Writers Series 7:00 pm UU Parish House Maine Writers Series: Paul Doiron at the UU Parish House More details • • • •	21 Shawl Ministry Shawl Ministry 1:00 pm Trinitarian Congregational Parish Every Tuesday FMI: Molly Marks 374-5242 More details •	22 T/G Mtg T/G Mtg 8:00 am Emerson Hall, 67 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA More details Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details Annual Meeting and Program Annual Meeting and Program 4:00 pm Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 86 Court St, Castine, ME 04421, USA This meeting followed by a talk and light refreshments is free and open to the public. Castine summer resident and well-known writer, Lee Smith,… More details American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion 5:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Reading Room American Politics in the 21st Century Book Discussion with Moderator Bobby Vagt - "Trump Presidency" More details • • • •	23 Farmer's Market Farmer's Market 9:00 am Town Common, Castine, ME 04421, USA Since 2009, the Castine Farmers’ Market on the Common has been providing healthy, local produce, baked goods, & prepared foods from a variety of local… More details Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors 10:00 am Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center Drop by the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. throughout the summer for age-appropriate (ages 3… More details Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty 1:00 pm Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center August is the perfect season to pick produce and put it up for the long winter ahead. Wilson Museum's Executive Director Patty Hutchins will… More details • • •	24 Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty 1:00 pm Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center August is the perfect season to pick produce and put it up for the long winter ahead. Wilson Museum's Executive Director Patty Hutchins will… More details Make a Friendship Bracelet Make a Friendship Bracelet 1:00 pm Witherle Memorial Library Family Room Make a Friendship Bracelet with Alyssa Radcliff More details • •	25
26 Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details Hungrytown Musicians Hungrytown Musicians 7:00 pm UU Meeting House A Folk music duo - creating original songs and touring worldwide for over ten years. They have appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show,… More details • •	27 Monday Morning Knitting Circle Monday Morning Knitting Circle 11:00 am Witherle Memorial Libray FMI: Anne Romans 326-4375 More details MMA Convocation MMA Convocation 2:00 pm More details Maine Writers Series Maine Writers Series 7:00 pm UU Parish House Maine Writers Series: Robyn Lloyd at the UU Parish House More details • • •	28	29 Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations Blacksmithing & Woodturning Demonstrations 2:00 pm Wilson Museum Campus Demonstrations every Sunday and Wednesday in July and August from 2-5pm. Great for all ages. Blacksmith Joe Meltreder and local woodturner Temple… More details •	30 Farmer's Market Farmer's Market 9:00 am Town Common, Castine, ME 04421, USA Since 2009, the Castine Farmers’ Market on the Common has been providing healthy, local produce, baked goods, & prepared foods from a variety of local… More details Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors Start 'Em Early - Activities for Our Young Visitors 10:00 am Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center Drop by the Wilson Museum's Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. throughout the summer for age-appropriate (ages 3… More details Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty 1:00 pm Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center August is the perfect season to pick produce and put it up for the long winter ahead. Wilson Museum's Executive Director Patty Hutchins will… More details • • •	31 Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty Pack a Pint of Pickles with Patty 1:00 pm Wilson Museum - Hutchins Education Center August is the perfect season to pick produce and put it up for the long winter ahead. Wilson Museum's Executive Director Patty Hutchins will… More details •