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240 in 24 on 6/4 for COA
College Challenged to Raise 240 Gifts in 24 Hours on June 4 BAR HARBOR, ME—A donor to College of the Atlantic has offered a challenge: “Collect 240 gifts in 24 hours and I will give you $24,000.” COA expects to meet that challenge on June 4, 2013. “This challenge comes ...
COA hosts talk by Gary Allen on his run from Maine to D.C.
BAR HARBOR, Maine — In the middle of winter, avoiding potholes, cars, and icy roads, ignoring swollen muscles and sheer exhaustion, Gary Allen ran from the summit of Cadillac Mountain to the steps of the United States Capitol Building. In two weeks. That was about 50 miles a day, every ...
Visions of Mount Desert Island at COA’s Blum Gallery
BAR HARBOR, ME—Two separate visions of the Mount Desert Island landscape will be on view at College of the Atlantic’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery between Monday, May 27 and Friday, May 31. MDI native Lilliana Demers will be displaying watercolors of local medicinal plants in her exhibit, “Local Healing Plants: ...
Music, Art Extravaganza at COA June 1
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic students are celebrating the transition from spring to summer—and from college student to graduate—with a night of music and art on Saturday, June 1. The event, Spring to Summer, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., is being organized by musician Jeana DeLaire of the band ...
COA screens films celebrating Passion of Paddling
BAR HARBOR, ME—The adventure, passion, and pluck of those connected to paddling will be featured at COA on Friday, May 31, during Rapid Media’s Reel Paddling Film Festival, held in Gates Community Center from 7 to 9:30. Known as the “Banff Film Festival of the aquatic world,” these movies focus ...
COA Holds Open House at Peggy Rockefeller Farms
BAR HARBOR, ME—Join College of the Atlantic faculty, students, and staff at the college’s Peggy Rockefeller Farms at Norway Drive and Crooked Road for a morning open house on Saturday, May 25. The event, from 10 a.m. to noon, will feature farm tours and conversations about food, energy and farming. ...
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Bat Researcher, Acadia, Seek Whereabouts of Bats
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Do you have any bats in your belfry? How about in your barn, house, or shed? College of the Atlantic senior Marissa Altmann is collaborating with Bruce Connery of Acadia National Park and Tim Divoll from the Biodiversity Research Institute on a survey of buildings where ...
Poetry of Japan read at COA
BAR HARBOR—On Tuesday, May 21, College of the Atlantic will host Gary Lawless reading the work of Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki. The talk will be at 4:10 p.m. in McCormick Lecture Hall for the Human Ecology Forum series. Lawless is a Maine poet and publisher. In January his imprint, Blackberry ...
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Leave Seal Pups Alone
Baby harbor seals alone on a beach may look sad and lost, but they seldom are in as much distress as they might seem
COA Hosts Reading of Japanese Poet
Maine poet Gary Lawless features work of Nanao Sakaki and others May 21 BAR HARBOR—On Tuesday, May 21, College of the Atlantic will host Gary Lawless reading the work of Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki. The talk will be at 4:10 p.m. in McCormick Lecture Hall for the Human Ecology Forum ...
Original production of “The Jolly Mon” at COA
BAR HARBOR, ME—Follow your dreams, take control of your life—but also have trust in the world—are the messages of an upbeat, eventful, musical production, “The Jolly Mon,” at College of the Atlantic on Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 25 at 2:30 and 8 p.m. The play, ...
“The Jolly Mon” at COA
BAR HARBOR, ME—Follow your dreams, take control of your life—but also have trust in the world—are the messages of an upbeat, eventful, musical production, “The Jolly Mon,” at College of the Atlantic on Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 25 at 2:30 and 8 p.m. The play, ...
user / inter / face at COA’s Blum Gallery
BAR HARBOR, ME—Four years ago, College of the Atlantic senior Robin Owings, didn’t even own a computer. Today, like many around the globe, a significant portion of her connection to the world happens through this small black box, whether she’s communicating with her family and friends, conducting research, reading the ...
Fandango hosted at COA
International music, dance, food, and more on May 11 BAR HARBOR, ME—Each year, College of the Atlantic students join their many talents for a festival of song, food and creativity they call Fandango. This year’s celebration is happening Saturday, May 11 at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. ...
COA Presents One-Night Stand of Top String Musicians
RELEASE The Darol Anger, Joe Walsh, Grant Gordy, and Corey DiMario Quartet offer one-time concert BAR HARBOR, ME—The Darol Anger, Joe Walsh, Grant Gordy, and Corey DiMario Quartet, an all-star lineup, perform a one-time only concert at College of the Atlantic’s Gates Community Center on May 12 at 5 p.m. ...
May Day at Beech Hill Farm
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC PRESENTS MAY DAY CELEBRATION Join COA students for a maypole dance, farm tours CONTACT: Donna Gold, Public Relations: 207-801-5623, 207-266-4470, dgold@coa.edu BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic’s organic Beech Hill Farm is offering its third annual May Day Celebration, with a maypole dance, farm tours, and ...
Face To Face: drawings, sculpture, animation at COA’s Blum Gallery
Mollie Bedick ’13 exhibits “Drawing Close: Face to Face Encounters.” BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic senior Mollie Bedick is presenting an exhibit of drawings, sculpture and animation titled, “Drawing Close: Face to Face Encounters.” The exhibit runs from 10 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 through Friday, May 17 ...
Talk on the Rule of Law at COA
RELEASE COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC PRESENTS TALK ON THE RULE OF ECOLOGICAL LAW Geoff Garver speaks on The Legal Complement to Degrowth Economics BAR HARBOR, ME—On Tuesday, May 14, Geoff Garver will be talking to College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum on “The Rule of Ecological Law: The Legal ...
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COA Joins EPA Food Recovery Challenge – and connects to local elementary school
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic has joined the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Food Recovery Challenge. COA stands with 33 other colleges in New England in the EPA’s effort to reduce the amount of food that goes to waste. COA has long been treating its food “waste” as opportunity. ...
Student Delegate to Wildlife Trade Convention Talks at COA
BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic fourth-year student Marissa Altmann had a spring break like no other student. She was the first youth member of the United States delegation to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. She will be speaking about ...
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Governor Veto
Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach
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Garcia sorry after ‘stupid’ Woods fried chicken jibe
Decorated Howland war hero Samuel Deeds finalist for NASCAR honor
Maine School of Science and Mathematics alumni drawn to give back to magnet school
New York City rumble showcases Maine’s lobster roll dominance
Get all dressed up for the season’s salad days
Advice on Planting Warm-season Vegetable Crops
Dandelion Greens with Balsamic Vinegar