More Than 1,300 Sites Offering Free Admission Through "Blue Star Museums" Program

Active-duty military personnel and their families will enjoy free admission at Penobscot Marine Museum, due to the new "Blue Star Museums" program at the Searsport landmark. More than 1,300 museums nationwide are participating in Blue Star Museums, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families.

Come Boating! will offer a community sailing program for the second year in addition to its community rowing program.  Experienced skippers will take up to four people on free two-hour sails on Belfast Harbor and Penobscot Bay on a Drascombe Lugger 18' 9" open sailboat. No previous sailing experience is required.

Sails, which will l begin June 1, will be scheduled several times a week. Participants must sign up in advance on the registration forms that are in the black mail box at the Come Boating! boat shed near the boat launch.  Monthly schedules will be posted at the boat shed before the first of each month.   

For 15 years, Belfast’s Arts in the Park committee selects an "Artist of the Year," whose work appears on the current year's Arts in the Park poster and other publicity material. That artist is also honored with the "Artist of the Year" pennant on her/his tent, and with special mention on our website.

For 2011, the artist of the year is Lori Davis, of Ellsworth, a professional photographer specializing in nature, wildlife & landscape photography.