The Blue Hill Public Library presents a new art show, “mal-le-a-ble:” leather masks by Tammy Bernard and metal art by Tanya Washburn, during the month of October. The public is invited to a reception for the show on Friday, October 17 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

The name of the show, “mal-le-a-ble,” refers to the materials used to make the two artists’ artworks—leather and sheet metal. 

malleable-

• 1.(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking:

According to Tammy & Tanya, in a time when people are often being pushed to their limit, they feel that it is important to remain supple under pressure, like the media they work with, and to not allow the powers that be to break their spirits.

The exhibit is available for viewing in the library’s Britton Gallery and Roland Howard Meeting Room, subject to the meeting room schedule. For more information, call the library at 374-5515.

The Headless Horseman will be riding into Stonington and onto the Opera House stage with the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale.

The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow has joined the October lineup of Opera House events as a Live! for $5 program, a family-friendly series that offers tickets at only $5 per person, on Friday, October 17 at 6pm. This event is perfect for ages 4 and up.

Open mic at the Penobscot Methodist Church on Oct. 17 at 7 pm. At 8 pm, "Water Bound" will sing "songs of the sea and the folks who live by it."

All are welcome to the library for a movie matinee on Saturday, October 18 at 2:30 p.m in the Howard Room. The library will be showing F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent classic, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Popcorn, tea, and coffee will be available for movie-viewing accompaniment. (No blood, sorry.) 

The first film adaptation of Dracula for the screen, Nosferatu follows "Vampire Count Orlok [as he] expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife." -IMDB. Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes, not rated.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Library, and is free and open to all. If you have any questions, or know how to play the organ accompaniment to this silent classic, contact Olivia at oliviaz@bhpl.net or call the library at 374-5515.

Celebrate fall with live music and dance at Reversing Falls Sanctuary. Serving beer, wine, cider, and tasty bites. $10-20 suggested donation to benefit Madison St. Marie and family after their total loss house fire in Blue Hill.

Beyond Labels is a Blue Hill Peninsula-based group organized as a round table discussion of foreign, national and state/local issues. The goals of the group are to provide a forum for sharing and expanding our knowledge of the issues at hand, encourage a robust discussion of different "sides" or perspectives on a topic, and identify areas of "common ground" among the participants, but also understand areas of fundamental disagreement. Information about topics can be found on the Beyond Labels website.

This program is sponsored by the library and everyone is welcome, and the program will be in a hybrid format, so we ask if you wish to attend virtually, that you register to join here or by calling the library at 374-5515. 

Free community meals are served in Jonathan Fisher Hall at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill year-round, except major holidays. All are welcome to eat in or take out.  There is never a charge, but a donation basket is available. Donations from individuals and businesses help sustain the program.

For more information, see Simmering Pot | Healthy Peninsula.

Grab your handwork* and enjoy some company in our lovely sun-soaked back room. Come right at 1:00, or drop in whenever you please. We're open until 4:00 on Tuesdays. *handwork is optional

Join Healthy Peninsula on Wednesday mornings for a casual social gathering, Including refreshments, conversation and fun! Our cafe is held in the basement (Fisher Hall) of the Blue Hill Congregational Church. It is an opportunity to connect with new and old friends in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. All ages welcome! Come at 9:30 and stay until 11:30 or pop in anytime.

For more information, call 207-374-3257.

Families and community members welcome to join the after school program in carving pumpkins.

Darlings Ice Cream Truck will be there selling delicious treats and donating funds to our after school program, cash only.

Pumpkins and carving tools provided.

The Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts meet each Thursday evening for pick-up games of chess. All experience levels are welcome to drop in for friendly games any time between 5:00 and 8:00 PM.

Interested players can also join the Blue Hill Peninsula Chess Nuts group on lichess.org to play online games any time.

Knitters are invited to come sit by the library fireplace to work on and share projects with fellow knitters.The Knitting Group will meet every Thursday evening at 6 pm. Anyone is welcome to join this free event. Coffee and tea will be available to purchase.

Teens ages 12+ are invited to join Teen Services Librarian Kendall Chapman in the library's Howard Room on Friday, October 24 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm for the monthly Teen Anime Club! Each meeting the group will select an anime show or movie to watch, participate in an anime themed activity and have an opportunity to socialize. Manga, anime drawing guides and drawing supplies will also be available for those interested and cosplay is always welcome. Come hang out, talk about your favorite series and enjoy all the anime fun.

This program is free and sponsored by the library. For more information contact Kendall at kendall.chapman@bhpl.net or call 374-5515.

Kids are invited to a read-aloud and draw-along event with Phuc Tran, author of the best-selling CRANKY series, illustrated by Pete Oswald, on Saturday October 25 at 10 a.m.  Phuc will talk about the CRANKY series, read aloud the latest CRANKY book, and lead the audience in a draw-along activity so they can unleash their inner CRANKY.  This event is geared towards kids ages 5-8, but older kids are welcome too.

Phuc Tran is a writer, tattooer, and classicist. His memoir SIGH, GONE won the 2020 New England Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Memoir. He has been a high school Latin teacher and a tattooer for over twenty years, for which he has won no awards. His TED talk “Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive” was featured on NPR’s TED Radio Hour. He has a children’s book series in collaboration with best-selling illustrator Pete Oswald entitled CRANKY. He is currently working on a novel that he is certain no one wants to read.

This workshop is part of Word, the October 23-26 Blue Hill literary arts festival, and is cosponsored by the Blue Hill Library.  The event is generously funded by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.  For more information about the Word Festival, visit https://www.wordfestival.org/. 

Help Strong’s Public House & Patio celebrate fall and learn watercolor!

Water-colorist Liz True will be teaching you to paint maple leaves. Workshop includes everything you need to paint, beverages are extra. They encourage you to come early to dine then paint the evening away. 

Space is limited to 20. Tickets available here.

As we look back upon the 25-year journey that Reversing Falls Sanctuary has been traveling, we are filled with gratitude for the many gifts, talents, time and treasure that have been shared with us. So many people have blessed us with their stories, insights, imagination, creativity and elbow grease! As we ponder how we have lived out our mission goals over these past 25 years, we are excited to share our musings with the community in our upcoming Fall series. 

From the start, our mission has been to build community, support the arts, care for our sacred Earth, and encourage personal spiritual growth. We have done this by our programming, by the restoration of our historic church building, by creating a safe and welcoming space and by honoring the stories that each person has brought to us.

In order to highlight our mission goals, we are planning 4 sessions which will include an artist, a poet/spoken word, and a musician to share their reflections on how we have honored the commitments we made to this community.

This session will have:

· Artist: Daksha Baumann

· Poet: Kate Dyer

· Musician: Deb Bernal

Free community meals are served in Jonathan Fisher Hall at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill year-round, except major holidays. All are welcome to eat in or take out.  There is never a charge, but a donation basket is available. Donations from individuals and businesses help sustain the program.

For more information, see Simmering Pot | Healthy Peninsula.

Reader’s Choice: Katherine Page

Monthly SPL book club that meets on Zoom.

James by Percival Everett

MILS catalog record

“When Jim hears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. This brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before.” – From cover jacket

Grab your handwork* and enjoy some company in our lovely sun-soaked back room. Come right at 1:00, or drop in whenever you please. We're open until 4:00 on Tuesdays. *handwork is optional

Get help from our volunteers with your laptop, tablet, Kindle or smartphone.

Drop-In Tech Help is available on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Our volunteers will not be able to service your device, but they will walk you through your problem and do their best to help you resolve it. Just bring your device and your questions. Sessions are first come, first served, and may be time-limited based on demand.

Join Healthy Peninsula on Wednesday mornings for a casual social gathering, Including refreshments, conversation and fun! Our cafe is held in the basement (Fisher Hall) of the Blue Hill Congregational Church. It is an opportunity to connect with new and old friends in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. All ages welcome! Come at 9:30 and stay until 11:30 or pop in anytime.

For more information, call 207-374-3257.

The Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts meet each Thursday evening for pick-up games of chess. All experience levels are welcome to drop in for friendly games any time between 5:00 and 8:00 PM.

Interested players can also join the Blue Hill Peninsula Chess Nuts group on lichess.org to play online games any time.

Knitters are invited to come sit by the library fireplace to work on and share projects with fellow knitters.The Knitting Group will meet every Thursday evening at 6 pm. Anyone is welcome to join this free event. Coffee and tea will be available to purchase.

The library will be hosting Trick or Read on Friday, October 31 from 9am-6pm.  Kids and teens in costume can stop by anytime throughout the day and choose from a large selection of boo-ks and can select a free one to keep. Books will be available for kids of all ages, from picture books to young adult. We can't wait to see your costumes!

For more information, contact Claire at claire.malina@bhpl.net or call 374-5515.

Truck or treat in the DISES parking lot! Email egoding@dises.org to sign up or decorate a truck!

All are welcome to the Halloween Contra Dance Party! This special holiday event features remixed pop, rock & dance tunes, blacklights, a candy potluck, costume prizes and more! Chem-free event.

6-7pm Community Dance: easy and fun family-friendly dances to get you warmed up. No charge, donations welcome.
7-10pm Contra Dance. All dances are taught and no partner or experience is needed! $15-$25 suggested, under 18s pay 1/2 their age.

More info at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG

The entire peninsula is invited to join the George Stevens Academy freshman class on Halloween night for their Stranger Things-themed haunted house! More details to come.

Free community meals are served in Jonathan Fisher Hall at the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill year-round, except major holidays. All are welcome to eat in or take out.  There is never a charge, but a donation basket is available. Donations from individuals and businesses help sustain the program.

For more information, see Simmering Pot | Healthy Peninsula.

This colloquy, led by Kendall Chapman, Blue Hill Library’s Communications
Director and Ruth Slaven Teen Services & Outreach Librarian, explores the
increasing popularity of YA literature among adult readers and looks at this
vibrant genre from multiple perspectives. Titles include the The Hunger
Games by Suzanne Collins, the first of a series of popular dystopian
novels, reaching a diverse audience of both teens and adults; the historical
novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo, and the graphic
novel Nimona by N.D. Stevenson.
Mondays, 6-8 PM starting November 3. To register go to
Colloquydowneast.org.

This new Beginners Contra Dance series is a small, casual contra dance, suitable for newbies and experienced dancers alike! Dance or join in the open band with any instrument. $5 suggested, no charge for musicians. Chem-free event! 

These dances are generally 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays of the month at the Surry Grange, 1229 Surry Rd. See calendar at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG  

This dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience!

All are welcome at the Surry Contra Dance!

6-7pm Community Dance: easy and fun family-friendly dances. Dance or join the Open Band! No charge, donations welcome.
7-10pm Contra Dance: all dances are instructed, no partner or experience is needed!

$15-$25 suggested, under 18s pay 1/2 their age. These dances are year-round, every 2nd Saturday of the month. Chem-free event!

See performer schedule and get more info at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG

As we look back upon the 25-year journey that Reversing Falls Sanctuary has been traveling, we are filled with gratitude for the many gifts, talents, time and treasure that have been shared with us. So many people have blessed us with their stories, insights, imagination, creativity and elbow grease! As we ponder how we have lived out our mission goals over these past 25 years, we are excited to share our musings with the community in our upcoming Fall series. 

From the start, our mission has been to build community, support the arts, care for our sacred Earth, and encourage personal spiritual growth. We have done this by our programming, by the restoration of our historic church building, by creating a safe and welcoming space and by honoring the stories that each person has brought to us.

In order to highlight our mission goals, we are planning 4 sessions which will include an artist, a poet/spoken word, and a musician to share their reflections on how we have honored the commitments we made to this community.

This session will have:

· Artist: Sonia Turanski

· Poet/Spoken Word response: 8th grade students from Penobscot Community School

· Musician: Hawk Henries

This new Beginners Contra Dance series is a small, casual contra dance, suitable for newbies and experienced dancers alike! Dance or join in the open band with any instrument. $5 suggested, no charge for musicians. Chem-free event! 

These dances are generally 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays of the month at the Surry Grange, 1229 Surry Rd. See calendar at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG  

This dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience!

As we look back upon the 25-year journey that Reversing Falls Sanctuary has been traveling, we are filled with gratitude for the many gifts, talents, time and treasure that have been shared with us. So many people have blessed us with their stories, insights, imagination, creativity and elbow grease! As we ponder how we have lived out our mission goals over these past 25 years, we are excited to share our musings with the community in our upcoming Fall series. 

From the start, our mission has been to build community, support the arts, care for our sacred Earth, and encourage personal spiritual growth. We have done this by our programming, by the restoration of our historic church building, by creating a safe and welcoming space and by honoring the stories that each person has brought to us.

In order to highlight our mission goals, we are planning 4 sessions which will include an artist, a poet/spoken word, and a musician to share their reflections on how we have honored the commitments we made to this community.

This session will have:

· Artist Annie Poole

· Poet Emily Blair Stribling

· Musician Estelle Poole

This new Beginners Contra Dance series is a small, casual contra dance, suitable for newbies and experienced dancers alike! Dance or join in the open band with any instrument. $5 suggested, no charge for musicians. Chem-free event! 

These dances are generally 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays of the month at the Surry Grange, 1229 Surry Rd. See calendar at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG  

This dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience!

All are welcome at the Surry Contra Dance!

6-7pm Community Dance: easy and fun family-friendly dances. Dance or join the Open Band! No charge, donations welcome.
7-10pm Contra Dance: all dances are instructed, no partner or experience is needed!

$15-$25 suggested, under 18s pay 1/2 their age. These dances are year-round, every 2nd Saturday of the month. Chem-free event!

See performer schedule and get more info at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG

This new Beginners Contra Dance series is a small, casual contra dance, suitable for newbies and experienced dancers alike! Dance or join in the open band with any instrument. $5 suggested, no charge for musicians. Chem-free event! 

These dances are generally 1st, 3rd & 5th Thursdays of the month at the Surry Grange, 1229 Surry Rd. See calendar at surrycontra.org or follow on FB / IG  

This dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience!