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🌱 Why a Bar Harbor show made this national top-15 art list
Coming up: Marine Resources Committee on the Bar Harbor Patch calendar
Hey there, Bar Harbor! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
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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- 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.
📰 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. 
📸 Around Bar Harbor
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bar Harbor
★ Featured events ★
- Marine Resources Committee
Hadley Point Beach, Bar Harbor
4:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- 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 - Home Swim Spring Meet
21 Park St , Bar Harbor
11:00 am - Downeast Community Dance
Dance Studio , 1345-A State Highway 102 , Bar Harbor
10:00 am - Task Force on the Climate Emergency
Bar Harbor, ME Calendar , 93 Cottage , Bar Harbor
4:00 pm - Baby and Toddler Time
Jesup Memorial Library
10:30 am
Thursday December 18
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
Monday December 22
Tuesday December 23
📣 Bar Harbor Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 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 - Youth Chess Club
Southwest Harbor Public Library , not mailing address , Southwest Harbor
3:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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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.
🗞 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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