This showcase  features thirty dance performances by both amateurs and professionals as well as several choreographed group numbers — and there will be general dancing throughout. Ballroom, Latin, hip hop, and belly dancers! Many of the performers have competed professionally in national or international ballroom competitions and placed in the winners circle.

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center hosts a kick-off event for Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI). Former-Governor Angus King is the keynote speaker. King's talk is titled "Data-driven Policy: The Role of Universities in Creating a Sustainable Maine".

Are you living with or know someone who has Crohn’s disease? Are you looking for answers to questions about Crohn’s disease? Do you want to connect with others in your community who are facing the same issues? If so, join us for a free educational and inspirational event on Crohn’s disease. Speakers include Tom Ullman, MD, of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a leading gastroenterology expert in Crohn's disease, and a person living with Crohn’s who will share their experience and journey of living with the condition.

Come out and dance to ballroom, country, Latin, and Nightclub with fun people from all around the state. The instructors are Christian and Kathryn Clayton, U.S. National Rising Star Ballroom Champions.

Learn to rumba as well as enjoy ballroom, country, Latin, and nighclub dances. The instructors are Christian and Kathryn Clayton, US National Rising Star Ballroom Champions. The rumba class starts at 6:30 p.m.; the other dances from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
 
 

The leading man of the multiple Emmy nominated Grey’s Anatomy, Mr. Dempseywants you for a bicycle tour (ten, twenty-five, fifty, and a hundred miles), and a 3.1 mile run/walk created to raise both cancer awareness and funds for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center. This event is co-sponsored by Down East.

6:30 p.m. Merengue group class (sexy...shake those hips!) 7-9:30 p.m. July Dance Party. Ballroom, Latin, country, and nightclub for couples and singles. Wear your favorite beach attire and have fun with people from all over the state and beyond! Your hosts: Christian & Kathryn Clayton, U.S. National Rising Star Ballroom Champions. Free on-site parking.

The Natural Resources Council of Maine presents a lecture by Sandra Steingraber, an ecologist and author who has been heralded as the new Rachel Carson. Steingraber is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and human health and her book, Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, won praise from the Washington Post, the Nation, Kirkus Reviews, and the London Times.

Zoe Weil of the Institute for Humane Education speaks on the principles of MOGO: most good least harm. Every day we are bombarded by doomsday scenarios, advertising that promotes endless consumption, a declining American economy, and growing environmental problems. But when we do the most good and the least harm in our daily choices, acts of citizenship, community, work, and volunteerism, we create a life of inner peace while contributing to the building of a peaceful, sustainable world for all.

A proud industry that's important to Mount Desert Island's local economy as well as fundamental to its national image now faces many challenges. Look back in words and images at MDI’s boatbuilding tradition with a discussion by five local industry leaders about the forces shaping its future. Panelists include Ralph Stanley, Jock Williams, Lee Wilbur, Cuyler Morris, and Phil Bennett. The moderator is Alan Sprague of Boat Talk on WERU Radio.