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August 2026

TUE 18
August 18 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Gardens as Cultural Landscapes: Mount Desert Island and Beyond

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States

COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Patrick MacRae, CEO of the Mount Desert Island Land & Garden Preserve for a conversation about gardens and cultural landscapes of Mount Desert Island and their significance to the broader world of built and natural landscapes.

TUE 25
August 25 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States

COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes photographer Peter Ralston to discuss his new book, Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine with Lynn Boulger, Interim President and Vice President for Institutional Advancement at College of the Atlantic.

September 2026

TUE 1
September 1 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Dawnland Return: Wabanaki and conservation collaboration to return land and more

Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, United States

COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Frances Soctomah of the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship, and Ellie Oldach ’15, and Brett Ciccotelli ’09, core staff of First Light, for a conversation moderated by Darren Ranco, executive director of the Wabanaki Commission and Chair of Native American Studies at UMaine.