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March 2019
The Quintessential Guide to Hiking Maine
For more than half a century, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Mountain Guide has been hikers’ and backpackers’ quintessential printed resource for trails in Maine’s spectacular mountains. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, featuring 175 new trails, 50 new mountains, and 13 additional in-text maps, capturing Maine’s booming trail building and expansion during the past five years.
Find out more »Waterlovers! Meet the St. George River Canoe Trail
The St. George River boasts some amazing boating opportunities including fast rips, large, wide lakes, tranquil pools under nearly closed tree canopies, and six portages. The river is the lifeblood of the watershed that winds its way from its headwaters in Lake St. George and Frye Mountain in Waldo County to its mouth where it flows into Muscongus Bay in Knox County.
Find out more »Langlais Art Exhibition
Selected works by Bernard Langlais will be exhibited at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge at 9 Water Street in Rockland from March 30 to April 28, 2019. The exhibit will be open during regular business hours of the Refuge, Monday - Friday 8 AM-4:30 PM. To launch the exhibition, an opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 30 from 2 to 5 pm. The pieces in the show are part of the permanent collection at the Langlais Sculpture Preserve…
Find out more »May 2019
Great Tide Rising – with Kathleen Dean Moore
Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University, writer, moral philosopher, and environmental thought-leader, will be addressing climate change in her talk, “Great Tide Rising: Toward Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change” on May 9th, 7:30 pm at The Strand in Rockland. Artist Rob Shetterly will be unveiling his portrait of Kathleen, as part of his series “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” There will be a public reception following the presentation. Inspired…
Find out more »June 2019
Loons and Brews!
If you've been to one of Maine's many lakes on a spring or summer evening, you've probably heard the mournful call of Maine's iconic Common Loon. Maine Audubon works to conserve loons through their Maine Loon Project, and 2018 marked the 35th year that volunteers have been participating in the annual Maine Loon Count. For three-and-a-half decades, dedicated volunteers have fanned out across the state to contribute to this important data-gathering event. Tracy Hart, the Maine Loon Project coordinator, will…
Find out more »July 2019
28th Annual Gardens in the Watershed Tour
Don't miss our 28th annual Gardens in the Watershed Tour! Five fabulous gardens in the middle watershed towns of Warren, Union, and Appleton will be featured - each one a superb example of what's possible in garden design in Maine. Tickets will be available come spring, but for now make sure you save the date, Sunday, July 14, 2019. See you soon!
Find out more »All The Buzz!
Join us at the seaside home of Barbara and Walter Reitz in South Thomaston (featured on last summer's Gardens in the Watershed Tour) for our annual benefit ALL THE BUZZ! The event will be catered by Green Bean Catering, with cocktails, wonderful live music, live and silent auction of art, gifts, and fun authentic experiences. Tickets will be available this spring, so stay tuned! <!--HIDE All The Buzz! Tickets Non-Member $75.00 USD Member $67.50 USD Not a member yet?…
Find out more »September 2019
Sweet Cider Pressing Day
For the third year, we are hosting Langlais Sweet Cider Day! Charles Waite Maclin, also known as Pastor Chuck of Pastor Chuck's organic apple products, will be bringing his small cider press and the know-how to create some delicious cider with our own organic Langlais apples. Pastor Chuck's dream is to create the best applesauce and apple butter in the world, originated in his own family's kitchen in Cushing. He also works with the Cushing Community School and their Green…
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