Taking Steppes for Service: A Journey Through Mongolia
Wednesday, July 30 at 6 p.m.
Alison and John Mackinnon of Eliot will give a dynamic presentation on their experiences traveling and volunteering through Mongolia.
Highlights of the tour include Erdene Zuu, the oldest surviving Mongolian monastery, and Kharkorin, once the capital of the Mongol Empire.
The Mackinnons will also talk about their service work alongside indigenous spiritual leaders in an orphanage and among local elders. They will bring awareness to the environmental and social challenges brought on by climate change, pollution and globalization.
Wildlife Encounters
Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m.
Join us for a live animal show!
Wildlife Encounters Ecology & Wellness Center will bring their ambassador animals for an educational, interactive program. Learn about each animal and the unique story each has to tell!
This is always a popular program; please register all in your party so we have an accurate headcount.
Inn-Mates with Teri Anderholm
Thursday, July 31 at 6 p.m.
In 2004, after a lengthy corporate careers, Teri Anderholm and her husband, Jeffrey, left Boston for Bar Harbor and became proprietors of the Bass Cottage Inn. The inn was a passion, sometimes a prison, while serving five-star hospitality to a parade of guests who taught them lessons of gratitude, humility, love, and laughter in the midst of life’s hurricanes.
Teri’s engaging, warm-hearted memoir, Inn Mates, tells the story of her journey from investment banking to culinary arts to high-end hospitality.