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🌱 Indigenous Peoples' Day Events | Abbe Museum Bar... and 10 more events
Be sure to catch Natalie Merchant on the Mount Desert Patch calendar
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- Natalie Merchant at 1932 Criterion Theatre
- Long Pond Community Sauna at Pond's End Boat Ramp
- Indigenous Peoples' Day Events | Abbe Museum Bar...
... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 60 and low of 55 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 64, low: 56.
- Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 64 and low of 59 degrees.
📸 Around Mount Desert
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Desert
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★ Featured events ★
- Natalie Merchant →
1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage St, Bar Harbor
7:00 pm
Sunday October 11
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Other local events
- Long Pond Community Sauna →
Pond's End Boat Ramp, 157 Pretty Marsh Road, Mount Desert
12:00 pm - Indigenous Peoples' Day Events | Abbe Museum Bar... →
Abbe Museum, 26 Mt Desert St, Bar Harbor
10:00 am - Chebacco Author Talk: Cornerstones of Civic Engagement: The Founding of MDI's Public Libraries — Mount Desert Island Historical Society →
Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mt Desert St, Bar Harbor
5:30 pm - The Annex at Side Street Cafe →
The Annex - by Side Street Cafe, 51 Rodick St, Bar Harbor
7:00 pm
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 13
Thursday October 22
Friday October 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Josh Deutsch & Nico Soffiato →
Sassafrass Cafe, 1317 Maine 102, Bar Harbor - Beaded Creations: Inspired by Wampum →
Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor
11:00 am - Figure Drawing
ArtWaves, 1345a State Hwy 102, Bar Harbor
12:00 pm - Free Guided Tours →
Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor
1:00 pm - Discipleship Conference →
1184 Maine 102, Bar Harbor - Maine Medicine Educational Summit, MMA's 173rd Annual Session →
Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina, 55 West St, Bar Harbor - Paint 'n' Sip: Misty Marsh
Wendell Gilley Museum, 4 Herrick Rd, Southwest Harbor
4:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Mount Desert Island Hospital posted a job opening for Health Center Medical Assistant in Southwest Harbor. Apply here.
- Birch Bay Retirement Village posted a job opening for Housekeeping Staff I - Per Diem in Bar Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Desert here.
🗞 Nearby News
Southwest Harbor
- 33 Satisfying Petty Revenge Stories From Vacations That Prove Getting Even Can Happen Anywhere (boredpanda.com)
- Croton Producer Helps Bring Lost Harlem Renaissance Party Footage To the Big Screen (riverjournalonline.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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