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Fox Islands Arts Festival planned for May 29
Fifth through 12th graders from North Haven and Vinalhaven will celebrate the arts on May 29 through a variety of workshops and performances on North Haven. Workshops, taught by local artists, community members and teachers will include movement, stone cutting (granite), drama, poetry, origami, culinary arts, visual arts and instrumental and choral music in addition
Island early childhood educators hold annual retreat
The end of March brought together committed early childhood educators from the islands for the second Skipping Stones, Island Early Childhood Educators Conference, held at the Country Inn in Rockport each year. Staff and committee members from North Haven, Vinalhaven, Long Island, Chebeague and Islesboro took part. Participants brought with them a variety of experiences
Auction to benefit North Haven Arts
During the construction phase of Waterman’s Community Center on North Haven, local artist Eric Hopkins pledged to donate 20 of his paintings from the past 20 years to North Haven Arts & Enrichment, to be auctioned off over two years. These silent auctions would raise money for programs for the island children and youth that
A crew from Stonington goes to The Mikado by sea
As part of an inter-island drama exchange program initiated in October 2004 between Deer Isle, North Haven and Vinalhaven, 53 people from Stonington traveled to North Haven on the Isle au Haut mail boat to see a Sunday matinee performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado earlier this month. Holley Meade of Seamark Community Arts
New playset replaces North Haven’s antiquated swings
North Haven is celebrating the completion of a new playground close to town. Owned and maintained by the town, the facility cost the town only a fraction of the total amount it would take to construct a playground of this size on an island. In 2004 North Haven was told by its insurance company that
Little Urchins and Sea Stars
Little Urchins and Sea Stars in North Haven’s Laugh & Learn program at Waterman’s Community Center pose in front of their Christmas tree with their teacher, Wendy Cooper. (Keely Felton photo)
Students experience Antigone on another island
North Haven, Vinalhaven and Deer Isle are three very different islands with a wonderful common feature. All three have new theaters and drama programs that are flourishing. North Haven recently dedicated the Islands Theater, with 150 seats, to director John Wulp during performances of Little Women this summer. Vinalhaven, with its new Smith Hokanson Memorial
Island animals populate North Haven mural
In February of 2004, shortly after the new Waterman’s Community Center opened on North Haven, a group of community members came together in an after-school program to create a mural for the walls of the new center. Financial assistance came from the Island Institute’s Island Community Fund and Camden National bank. Large in-kind donations helped
A Christmas Carol Christens Waterman’s Stage
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it’s certainly safe to say that neither was Waterman’s Community Center on North Haven. But for thousands of years before the Romans built their vast network of highways, people were walking roads and forging paths, getting where they were going whether there were cobblestones laid down yet or
Island teachers form an inter-island arts coalition
At the Island Teachers Conference in early October, art teachers and organizers from Vinalhaven, North Haven and Islesboro had an opportunity to meet and compare notes. They concluded that there is a need for more communication and sharing of resources amongst the islands. In addition, there is a need for some strong voices advocating the