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The 2019 season’s exhibit invites visitors to step back in time to the 1800s when Castine’s working waterfront thrived on a global market. Shipyards and a dozen active wharves stood along  Castine Harbor. Chandleries and sailmakers outfitted schooners and square-riggers amidst the smell of tar, fish and wood. Castine merchants and shipowners ran an effective and largely self-contained international trade in fish, cotton, and salt from about 1820-1860. But not without the many risks faced by the men and women sailing wooden ships across the open ocean to carry merchandise to distant ports. Exhibit schedule and hours can be found at castinehistoricalsociety.org. Exhibit on display from June 10 – October 14  For exhibit hours and further information visit www.castinehistoricalsociety.org or call 207-326-4118

The 2019 season’s exhibit invites visitors to step back in time to the 1800s when Castine’s working waterfront thrived on a global market. Shipyards and a dozen active wharves stood along Castine Harbor. Chandleries and sailmakers outfitted schooners and square-riggers amidst the smell of tar, fish and wood. Castine merchants and shipowners ran an effective and largely self-contained international trade in fish, cotton, and salt from about 1820-1860. But not without the many risks faced by the men and women sailing wooden ships across the open ocean to carry merchandise to distant ports. Exhibit schedule and hours can be found at castinehistoricalsociety.org.

On the Stanley Subaru stage Directed by Leslie Michaud, Music Direction by Gina Schuh-Turner Friday & Saturday, 7:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 2:00pm Reserved Seating The internationally popular game is now a fun-filled musical that brings the world’s best-known suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery: who killed Mr. Boddy, in what room, and with what weapon. The audience receives forms to help them deduce the solution from clues given throughout the fun-filled evening. Three audience members choose from cards representing the potential murderers, weapons, and rooms; there are 216 possible solutions! Only one hard-nosed female detective is qualified to unravel the merry mayhem. Comic antics, witty lyrics, and a beguiling score carry the investigation from room to room. Even after the culprit confesses, a surprise twist delights the audience. $20 Adults & Seniors, $18 Grand Members, $12 Students (15&under) Reserved Seating

On the Coastal Eye Care screen 2:00pm *Contains strong language Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.  The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this timely and moving story. $15 Adults & Seniors, $12 Grand Members, $10 Students, $7 Youth (12&under) General Admission

Please Join both the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce and the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce at a joint Business After Hours with the SPCA of Hancock County and Machias Savings Bank to introduce the new Executive Director-Nichola Redmond Beer, Wine and Hors D'oeuvres will be served. Please visit our Wish List on our website and bring an item to support our efforts to care for and re-home over 500 pets annually in the Hancock County Community  https://www.spcahancockcounty.org/ Please RSVP to this event by calling 667-5584 or email info@ellsworthchamber.org

Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County is pleased to offer another showing of the popular PBS Frontline program Hope is Not a Plan featuring Dr. Atul Gawande, author of the bestselling book Being Mortal.  The film, with facilitated discussion about advanced care planning following, will be shown at the Beech Hill School in Otis on Thursday, June 27, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This program is free of charge and features a panel of local service providers discussing the topic and sharing local resources.  Attendees will leave with several resources in hand to assist with planning and communicating their wishes for care with medical providers and family members. For more information, call Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County at 667-2531.

Kick-off the summer with a night of entertainment for a good cause! Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries is excited to bring back Tall Tales, Fish Tails, & Damn Lies - a night of music and words from a fishing community. Enjoy performances and story-telling by Frank Gotwals, Dennis Damon, Bob Quinn and many more. Don’t miss this fun and lively evening, which benefits MCCF, a nonprofit securing a sustainable future for local fisheries and communities. Venue: Opera House Arts, 1 Opera House Lane, Stonington Time: Doors open at 6:00 pm, show begins at 6:30 – 8:00 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tickets can ONLY be purchased online OR at the MCCF office. Purchase tickets here: https://talltalesfishtails.eventbrite.com

Rich three and four part harmonies, infectious music, driving rhythm and a lot of humor make this Maine band a must see. Miners Creek brings it’s progressive take on Bluegrass music to Hammond Hall in Winter Harbor on Friday, June 28.  The band fuses Bluegrass with pop, rock, jazz, folk, Latin, Appalachian, gospel and blues.  Their rich three and four part harmonies, infectious music, driving rhythm and a whole lot of humor will make you smile, tap your feet and feel a happy glow long after the concert is over.

The largest and best-organized yard sale of the summer is coming soon! Over 130 families have contributed items that are no longer used, needed or wanted. Come and find your treasure at the 7^th annual yard sale at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth (UUCE)! UUCE is holding its seventh annual Family Yard Sale on Saturday, June 29, from 8 am to 2 pm at its location at 121 Bucksport Rd., Ellsworth.  The rainbow flag marks the location. After seven years, the yard sale has become an ongoing tradition for many people. Find gently used items including clothes, housewares, tools, books and almost anything you might wish for. This year there is even a kayak being offered! Church volunteers will be wearing red shirts to increase visibility to those needing assistance. The summer yard sale is an annual fundraiser for UUCE, a church that supports many individuals and community programs in Hancock County, while working for social justice for all.   For additional information contact: Pepper at (757) 746-7874 or eapepper1@aol.com     ###   Giant Annual Yard Sale at the UU Church of Ellsworth.   Date: June 29, 2019   Time: 8 am – 2 pm   Where:           The Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth 121 Bucksport Road Ellsworth   For additional information contact: Pepper at (757) 746-7874 or eapepper1@aol.com

Are you a descendant of John & Phebe Perkins, or descended from one of John's or Phebe's siblings? Mark your calendar and make plans to return to your roots this summer at the family homestead on the shores of beautiful Castine Harbor. The Wilson Museum will host a Perkins Family Reunion on Saturday, June 29 from 1 - 4 p.m., at the historic John & Phebe Perkins House at 111 Perkins Street in Castine, Maine. The afternoon's activities will include tours of the historic home with family portraits and memorabilia displayed, cooking demonstrations, unveiling and dedication of the home's National Register of Historic Places plaque, and more. This will be a great opportunity to bring memories, images, and stories to share, as well as a healthy curiosity to learn more about this important Castine family. Keep informed of Perkins Family Reunion plans - call 207-326-9247 or email info@wilsonmuseum.org (Perkins Family Reunion in the subject line) to add your email to our mailing list and receive an invitation to join our Perkins Family Reunion Group on Facebook. Help us spread the word - share this article or post to a genealogy or family reunion website.

Sculptor Peter Beerits offers an informal tour of Nellieville, his quirky, found object installation of a Western town, juke joint, general store,  Arthurian Grail castle, wizard’s tower and a church-in-the-woods. Beerits has been making sculpture for more than 40 years using the bygone material and equipment of local livelihoods, like fishing, farming and forestry. 598 Sunshine Rd, Deer Isle, Maine 04627; 800-777-6845; www.nervousnellies.com. 2019 Date’s – All Sundays at 2pm: May 19, June 2, June 16, June 30, July 7, July 28, August 11, September 1, September 15, September 29, October 13 No Reservation Needed