Mondays Shuck! Oysters at the Pentagöet
2025-09-29 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-22 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-15 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-08 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-25 17:00 - 20:00 UTC
Who’s ready for a shucking good time? Presenting “Mondays Shuck!” Oyster Pop-ups in the courtyard of the Pentagöet Inn! (26 Main Street / Castine, Maine)
The inn has partnered with five local oyster farms to bring weekly oyster nights to Castine: @tapleycoveoyster + @deerisleoysterco + @waukeagneckoyster + @fishcreekoysters + @besodelmaroysters
Starting June 23 through September 29 from 5-8pm, slurp to your hearts desire and learn direct from the farmers themselves about our favorite bivalves. Plus, the inn will be pouring bubbles and more 🥂🥂 It’s first come, first shucked—no reservations required! We’re excited to open Mondays for this special event series. The schedule:
JUNE
6.23: Tapley Cove Oyster Co.
6.30: Deer Isle Oyster Co.
JULY
7.7: Waukeag Neck Oyster Co.
7.14: Castine’s Bastille Day Celebration!
7.21: Tapley Cove Oyster Co.
7.28: Deer Isle Oyster Co.
AUGUST
8.4: Waukeag Neck Oyster Co.
8.11: Beso del Mar
8.18: Tapley Cove Oyster Co.
8.25: Deer Isle Oyster Co.
SEPTEMBER
9.1: SPECIAL EVENT
9.8: Tapley Cove Oyster Co.
9.15: Fish Creek Oysters
9.22: Tapley Cove Oyster Co.
9.29: Deer Isle Oyster Co.

Common Ground Country Fair
2025-09-21 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-20 09:00 - 18:00, 2025-09-19 09:00 - 18:00
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s (MOFGA) annual celebration of rural living features 1000-plus exhibitors and speakers, and emphasizes vibrant communities, sustainable living and local economies, while highlighting organic agriculture. 294 Crosby Brook Road / Unity, Maine.

Barncastle 2025 Concert Series
2025-09-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-29 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-08-23 19:00 - 21:00
The Barn at Barncastle invites you to their delightful summer concert series, featuring a range of talented musicians. For details and tickets, please visit here.
The Barn is stocked with a bar, but no food. Consider making a reservation at the Barncastle restaurant adjacent to the venue beforehand!
125 South Street / Blue Hill, Maine

Castine Film Festival
2025-09-20

Wilson Museum Book Discussion – The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
2025-09-16 16:00 - 17:30
Location: Hutchins Education Center 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine
Register for this book discussion here.
This month’s book: NATIONAL BESTSELLER. 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winner. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
A Wilson Museum-inspired book discussion series.
There are all sorts of great books out there that can be connected to our museum and mission in some way – from how we think about museums, to encountering more about the cultures and objects we share through our exhibits, to fun ways to explore history. And rather than just read and think about these on her own, Executive Director Julia Gray wants to invite you all to read and talk about some of these books with her! The discussions will be offered both in-person and on Zoom.
Our 2025 book discussion series will contain three books:

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Tuesday, May 20

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters | Tuesday, September 16

Tangleroot by Kalela Williams | Tuesday, November 18

Participation in all three is not required. Join whichever discussion piques your interest!

Integrating Medicinal Mushrooms into Your Life at Wilson Museum
2025-09-16 10:00 - 12:00
Join mycologist and author Greg Marley for a medicinal mushroom talk focused on the common Northeastern wild and cultivated mushrooms providing health benefits in our lives and available in the woods or foraged in a good market. In an age of increasing stress and escalating health care costs, many people seek healthy self-care practices in order to achieve and maintain optimum health. These can also complement mainstream medicine for improved health maintenance or during those times when our health is compromised by illness, stress or disease. We benefit from generations of traditional healers around the world who have walked before us and utilized mushrooms and plants for their healing potential. Now increasingly western science is confirming the value of mushrooms as healing agents and aids to mental wellness. Integrating medicinal mushrooms into our normal diet or as dietary supplements can help us all maintain good health.
Biography: Greg Marley has been studying, growing, collecting and cooking wild mushrooms for 50 years. He teaches mushroom identification and ecology to hundreds of new foragers as well as consulting in cases of mushroom poisoning across Northern New England. Greg is the author of Mushrooms for Health; Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi (2009) and Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, The Love Lore and Mystique of Mushrooms (2010). Marley lives and mushrooms along the coast of Maine. When not mushrooming he works as a mental health trainer and consultant in suicide prevention and response after a traumatic loss.
Register: This presentation is free of charge and can be attended in person or virtually on Zoom. To attend virtually, visit the Wilson Museum event page. No registration is needed for in-person attendance.
This program is part of the Wilson Museum’s program series Connecting to Collections: Curiosity, Culture, Climate made possible through the generous support of Bangor Savings Bank.

Maine Open Lighthouse Day
2025-09-13 09:00 - 15:00
This special event attracts between 15,000 to 18,000 visitors each year and offers the general public the rare opportunity to climb and learn about more than a dozen historic Maine lights. In Castine, visit Dyce Head Lighthouse at the corner of Battle Avenue and Dyces Head Road. Coordinates: 44°22′ 57″ N 68°49′ 07″ W

Does Anything from the Year 1776 Matter Today?
2025-09-04 19:00 - 20:00
Location: Mitchell Room, Castine Historical Society, 17 School Street, Castine
Reservations required for in-person attendance. Click here to RSVP or for the link to watch online.
The Declaration of Independence is a fixture of American culture and the reason that many of us try to spend time with family, picnic, and watch fireworks on the Fourth of July. This illustrated talk looks at the text of the famous document (“all men are created equal . . . with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”) and considers some of its late-eighteenth century context. This will set the stage for a discussion about the meaning of the Declaration’s political ideals as well as its more sordid qualities for US public life today.
Liam Riordan is a history professor at the University of Maine who specializes in the American Revolution. He is the co-editor of What We Know, What We Wish: Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration, and the Urgency of Public History, forthcoming from UMass Press in June 2025. He helps to organize National History Day in Maine, a statewide research contest for grade 6-12 students. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust in Orland, Maine; the City of Bangor’s Historic Preservation Commission; and the Collections Committee of the Wilson Museum in Castine.

Hand-building Workshop with Ellen Sedgwick
2025-09-03 13:00 - 16:00
Stay tuned for details about a hand-building workshop with potter Ellen Sedgwick!
Registration required. Visit this page for more information and to register.
112 Perkins Street
Castine, Maine

Castine Blueberry Day!
2025-09-01 16:00 - 18:00
Join the Pentagoet Inn & Ebee’s Sweets for Castine’s First-Ever BLUEBERRY DAY!
Wild Maine Blueberries are a summertime staple in Vacationland, and it’s time for Castiners to celebrate our favorite fruit:
1. Enter your family’s favorite blueberry dessert into the dessert contest (Winner receives prizes from Ebee’s Sweets & the Pentagoet)
2. Take part in the BLUEBERRY PIE EATING CONTEST!
3. Sip on Blueberry cocktail specials
4. Taste Blueberry Ice Cream from Stone Fox Creamery
All in the Pentagoet Courtyard! (26 Main Street / Castine, Maine)

Labor Day
2025-09-01

Hands-On History at Wilson Museum
2025-08-31 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-27 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-24 14:00 - 17:00
At the Wilson Museum, 112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine.
SEE, SMELL, TOUCH, & HEAR HISTORY IN ACTION
Immerse yourself in history, culture, and place during our Hands-On History Days. This is a must-visit experience you’ll want to repeat year after year.
Each Hands-On History Day you can experience engaging activities and demonstrations! Special demonstrations such as fiber arts, baking, and ropework will also be offered throughout the summer. Click here to visit the Wilson Museum website.

Ugly Dumpling Food Truck
2025-08-31, 2025-08-30
On the Castine Town dock.

Blue Hill Fair
2025-08-28 - 2025-09-01
A true “down to earth” country fair, with games, livestock, performances, and exhibits. This fair is the origin of Charlotte’s Web, and you can visit with Wilbur and friends over the weekend. For more information, visit the Fair’s website.

The Land Between the Rivers, Book Reading with Todd R. Nelson
2025-08-26 19:00 - 20:30
Co-sponsored by the Wilson Museum & Castine Arts Association
Local author Todd R. Nelson will be reading from his latest book, The Land Between the Rivers (Downeast Books, October 2024), and will be available to sign your copy! This event is co-sponsored by the Wilson Museum and the Castine Arts Association, and copies of Todd’s book can be purchased at Compass Rose Books.
Hutchins Education Center
112 Perkins Street / Castine, Maine
About the Author
After a long career as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools in Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and three small, rural towns in Maine, Todd R. Nelson retired to write about life in Maine, his school experiences, and the arc of the Nelson family. For six years, he was principal of The Adams School in Castine. Since 1998, the Nelsons have lived in Castine.
His essays, Opeds, and poems have appeared in the Ellsworth American, the Castine Patriot, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Bangor Daily News, Bangor Metro, Maine Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Taproot, The Christian Science Monitor, Wooden Boat, Northern Journeys, Maine Public Radio, Education Week, Appalachia, Portland Press Herald, and The Adams School Parent Newsletter. He and his wife, Lesley Brody Nelson, live in Penobscot, Maine. They have three adult children, Spencer, Hilary, and Ariel, and two grandchildren, Freya and Malcolm.

Kneisel Festival Weekly Chamber Music Concert
2025-08-24 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-08-22 19:30 - 21:00
Join us in 2025 for nine weeks of magnificent chamber music with our outstanding Kneisel Hall faculty, guest artists, and the ever-exceptional Young Artists.
Since its founding in 1902, Kneisel Hall has been a summer haven for thousands of artists who are deeply passionate about chamber music. Immersing in timeless chamber music repertoire and performing this great music for equally passionate audiences has been the unwavering mission of Kneisel Hall for 123 years.
For season details and tickets for these events and more offerings, please visit the Kneisel 2025 festival page.
$45/Hall and $35/Porch, reserved seating, and $15 Lawn, unreserved. Students 18 and under are free.

PROGRAM ONE: June 27 and June 29
PROGRAM TWO: July 4 and July 6
PROGRAM THREE: July 11 and July 13
PROGRAM FOUR: July 18 and July 20
PROGRAM FIVE: July 25 and July 27
PROGRAM SIX: August 1 and August 3
PROGRAM SEVEN: August 8 and August 10
PROGRAM EIGHT: August 15 and August 17
PROGRAM NINE: August 22 and August 24

Castine Kids' Farmers & Makers Market
2025-08-23 13:00 - 15:00
Location for June 28th: Castine’s Trinitarian Church on Main Street. See you there!

Join our adorable young entrepreneurs as they sell their crafts, baked goods, and other special items on the Town Common!
41 School Street / Castine, Maine

Castine Historical Society Annual Meeting and Program
2025-08-21 16:00 - 18:00
Location: Castine Inn, 33 Main Street / Castine, Maine
Reservations. not required for in-person attendance. Click here for the link to watch online.
CHS’s Annual Meeting is open to members and the general public. The event begins with a talk on the Historical Society’s projects and programs since the last annual meeting, followed by the election of new officers and members to the Board of Directors. After the business meeting, staff will present exciting new objects and archives that were donated to the collection this year. A wine and cheese reception will be held following the meeting.
