Arts and Culture
“ Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life .” — Pablo Picasso
Lost Fisherman Memorial , Lubec
Connect with the Arts
Spend some time in DownEast Acadia , and you ’ ll feel the same artistic magnetism that has long drawn creative types here . That same artistic connection is woven deeply into the Passamaquoddy culture and on display at the Indian Days Heritage Celebration and the Abbe Museum ’ s Basket Makers Market .
Here , art crosses generational lines , too , like at Schoodic Arts For All ’ s Hammond Hall , which offers diverse cultural programming , including multi-generational art , music and dance exhibitions , classes , and performances . The Eastport Arts Center brings together art at The Tides Institute & Museum and music through a symphony , an ongoing Concert Series , and Quoddy Voices , as well as theatre and film .
Tour the workshops at the world-renowned Haystack Mountain School of Craft ; maybe take a class . Kneisel Hall , Opera House Arts , 1932 Criterion Theatre , and The Grand all host best-in-class live performance and film .
Great music has found its home here all year long , but each summer , the region swells with a delightful cacophony of genres . Bluegrass and Roots stream out of the woods near Grand Lake Stream , Celtic from Calais , Jazz from Bar Harbor , or rock out on the waterfront in Ellsworth . Some weekends it seems like there is live music happening in every brewery , bandshell , and bar along the DownEast coast .
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