Continue a holiday tradition with the museum's sixth annual Holiday Tea on Summer Street that invites families for a rare look inside an exquisite Greek Revival home, the historic 1842 Nathaniel Lord Thompson House. Learn a bit about tea, etiquette customs, and the history of this sea captain's residence while enjoying hot tea and delectable treats from the Kitchen Chicks. Advance reservations are required.

The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a festive potluck dinner followed by dancing of all types: ballroom, country, Latin, and nightclub.

Come one, come all to the annual holiday Ball Dinner & Dance with a Potluck Dinner from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Don your festive attire and join neighbors and friends from all around the state, and beyond, for an unforgettable evening of dancing.

 This event includes committee meetings, volunteer recognition, the 134th Business Meeting, an expo, and several workshops throughout the day. Workshops will focus on adventure travel, recreation, conservation, climate change, family activities, events, an AMC historical film fest, and much more. The keynote speaker is Jonathan Waterman, an author, photographer, and adventurer.

Please join us in Belfast, Camden, Rockland, Searsport, and Unity for United Mid Coast Charities' Making Miracles. Over a hundred merchants and restaurants are participating in this year's event by donating a portion of their proceeds from the day to UMCC, a Knox and Waldo County organization that supports more than fifty area nonprofits. Bangor Savings Bank employees in the five towns will commemorate the event by lighting more than two thousand luminaries in the downtown districts in each town.

This Craft Fair features the crafters of Mount Desert Island and includes a raffle, lunches, and fun.

Shaker homemade baked goods, holiday foods, and wreaths.

As a special tie-in with the Brick Store Museum’s ongoing exhibition, "Quilts from the Collections of the Brick Store Museum," the museum hosts, “The Patchwork Series.” On three separate Saturdays, different quilters will showcase and demonstrate various facets of their craft. This programming is made possible through a grant from the Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation. The series kicks off with Kate Adams, an internationally known artist working in antique textiles.

Obituaries are research tools that help us document our ancestors and bring them to life. In her illustrated remarks, award-winning, certified genealogist Pam Stone Eagleson shows the audience how to glean information and clues found in obituaries, as well as where and how to locate them. She’ll provide insight into the role of obituaries in American culture and how they have changed over the past three centuries. As a tie-in with the upcoming All Souls’ Walk, Eagleson will even include examples from past Kennebunk luminaries.