Stimulation - Knowledge - Interaction - Fun

Friends by Brenda Harkins

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Spring Course Listings are Here!

Course Registration begins 2/18 at 9am

Join us for food and fun! Rob Collins' Jazz Band will bring the live music, You will bring the food.

No RSVP Required

BRING A FINGER FOOD TO SHARE (Savory or Sweet)

BRING A BEVERAGE TO SHARE (Alcoholic or Not)

Who is Responsible for Housing Seasonal Workers?



Should it all be on the shoulders of the individual businesses? Is there a community role? What happens to the housing during the off-season? As a follow-up to our Food For Thought program by David Edson on how Acadia National Park is addressing this problem, we'll consider the role of businesses. We will be following Angus King's maxim to look not for a silver bullet, but silver buckshot. Coffee and conversation begin at 8:30am, the program is from 9-10am. 

Food for Thought



Friday, January 27, 2026

11:30-1:00 in-person ($20)

12:00-1:00 Zoom (free)

Birch Bay Village, Bay Vista Room

Bar Harbor

Pre-registration Required

Sean Cox

Rusticators, Cottagers, & Motorists:

Historic Bar Harbor Tourism, 1860s-1970s



Crowds, traffic, and NO VACANCY signs are the familiar modern markers of Bar Harbor's seasonal trade, but historic patterns of tourism reveal how evergreen these problems truly are on MDI. Transportation, accommodations, and wider economic challenges have shaped or reforged Bar Harbor's relationship to tourists over time, demonstrating that the "new" problems we grapple with today mirror Islander dialogues of the past.

Sean Cox was raised on Mount Desert Island, and worked as a Park Ranger in Acadia National Park throughout his high school and undergraduate summers. He earned his BA and MA in History from the University of Maine in 2015 and 2020, respectively. Sean most recently completed his Ph.D. in History from the University of New Brunswick in Canada, and has come home to the Island in search of new historical connections.

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