Leonard’s Mills: Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4 (10am - 4pm)
A perfect time to view the foliage of their beautiful forest while experiencing life in a 1790’s colonial village. Enjoy bateau rides, wagon rides, making homemade cedar shakes, and fresh pressed cider and more.
Leonard’s Mills: Saturday, September 12 (10am - 3pm)
Join the New England Blacksmiths for some fancy forging. The morning includes training by a master blacksmith. The afternoon offers demonstrations in the yard. Visitors get a chance to try their hand at this craft.
Friday and Saturday, September 11 & 12. At the Brewer Auditorium. Demos, live music, family fun!
Lumbering in the Maine Woods: Men and Their Machines
Saturday, August 15 (10am - 3pm)
Chronological demonstrations of Maine’s forest history from the 1600’s up to the present day. See many machines of the lumbering trade in action.
Admission is free at Acadia National Park, and other national parks, this weekend!
Orono Land Trust is sponsoring a Geocaching 101 day! August 16, 11:00 -1:30pm. Meet at Gould’s Landing on Pushaw Lake, outer Essex St. in Orono.
There will be experienced Geocachers available to help out those new to the activity.
Bring a lunch. There is also a small boat landing for canoes/ kayaks, as well as a beach and covered picnic tables. Bring your own GPS, or if you don’t have one, you are welcome to join in with a group that does.
For more information, click here.
Come to Leonard’s Mills on Saturday, August 8 from 10:-00am - 3:00 pm to learn about tree identification and to learn more about the chestnut tree restoration project.
Leonard’s Mills is a beautiful logging/ natural history museum. It has some nice hiking trails and is always a nice family activity!
Bring bug spray and a lunch!
All Maine residents will get one day’s free access on Saturday, August 1 to all Maine state parks and historic sites!
Maine has 47 state parks and historic sites under the Bureau of Parks and Lands, which is offering this free day as a way of saying Thank You.
More than 2.2 million people visit the parks and sites each year, bringing in about $100 million in revenue.
For more information, visit the Parks and Lands site.
Join Challenger Learning Center for “Storytelling and the Sky”
A free evening of sky stories for youth and learners of all ages!
Thursday, July 30, 7:00pm. Rain or Shine.
Pre-register by calling 990-2100 x3.
Refreshments will be served.
Come to downtown Bangor to enjoy free live music and an outdoor artisan’s market!
This Thursday, come enjoy the Rock music of RetroRockerz at Pickering Square, from 7-8pm.
Artisan’s Market is located in West Market Square. Shop for jewelry, apparel, paintings, furniture, local produce/ cheese/ bread, glass, ceramics, and much more!
Click here for more information!
