🌱 Why a Bar Harbor show made this national top-15 art list

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In today's newsletter:

• Why a Bar Harbor show made this national top-15 art list

Also on today's calendar: Figure Drawing and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 33 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Windy; a rain or snow shower, temps: high: 42, low: 26.
• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 44 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• These 15 Artists Are Having the Biggest Moment at U.S. Museums Right Now (artnet.com) — A national roundup of museum shows notes that the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is hosting “In the Shadow of the Eagle” from May 2025 through October 2026, featuring work by Marie Watt. The list highlights 15 contemporary artists with major visibility across U.S. museums, giving local art lovers context for how Bar Harbor’s Native-focused exhibition fits into the broader scene.
   

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📸 Around Bar Harbor

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bar Harbor

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Marine Resources Committee
  Hadley Point Beach, Bar Harbor
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Figure Drawing
  ArtWaves , 1345 ME-102 , Bar Harbor
  12:00 pm
• Island Connections meeting
  Bar Harbor, ME Calendar , 93 Cottage St. , Bar Harbor
  1:00 pm
• Trivia Night at Fogtown Brewing Company Bar Harbor
  Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park Chamber of Commerce , 33 Cottage Street , Bar Harbor
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Home Swim Spring Meet
  21 Park St , Bar Harbor
  11:00 am

Sunday December 21

• Downeast Community Dance
  Dance Studio , 1345-A State Highway 102 , Bar Harbor
  10:00 am

Monday December 22

• Task Force on the Climate Emergency
  Bar Harbor, ME Calendar , 93 Cottage , Bar Harbor
  4:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Baby and Toddler Time
  Jesup Memorial Library
  10:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Crane Folding, every Tuesday
  Southwest Harbor Public Library , not mailing address , 338 Main St , Southwest Harbor
  3:30 pm
• PLANNING DEPARTMENT TENTATIVE RESERVED
  Bar Harbor Municipal Building , 93 Cottage St , Bar Harbor
  6:00 pm
• Town Council
  Bar Harbor Municipal Building , 93 Cottage St , Bar Harbor
  11:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Youth Chess Club
  Southwest Harbor Public Library , not mailing address , Southwest Harbor
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Stocking/Shelving Merchandiser in Bar Harbor. Apply here.
• Walgreens posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Bar Harbor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bar Harbor here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hancock

• Katahdin nonprofit to expand public trails (mainepublic.org)
• Body of missing Sedgwick woman found near her home (newenglandnewspress.com)

Blue Hill

• 10 Local Maine Shops Plus My Favorite Online Store (wjbq.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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