On Wednesday, July 24, Friends of Baxter State Park will host a full-day celebration of the connections between Bangor, Baxter State Park, and the Katahdin Region. Events will highlight the art, history, and literature connecting the regions, and the wild areas of greater Bangor. All events are free unless otherwise listed below.
Governor Baxter Day will begin at 7:00 a.m. with a bird walk at the Orono Bog Boardwalk, followed by a hike for families along Kenduskeag Stream led by a naturalist from Fields Pond Audubon Center. From 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., four Baxter State Park visiting artists will host a plein-air painting event along Kenduskeag Stream, which is open to juried participation. Paintings will be sold later in the day at a live wet-paint auction.
At 10:00 a.m., Dana Lippitt, Curator of the Bangor Museum and History Center, will lead a walking tour of historical Bangor. Tickets for the tour cost $8 and are available at www.visitbangormaine.com/baxter. The Bangor Public Library will host an 11:00 a.m. talk by Donn Fendler, author of Lost on a Mountain in Maine, and a talk at noon by David Little, author of Art of Katahdin. At 1:30 p.m., there will be a docent-led tour at the University of Maine Museum of Art, across the street from the library.
Governor Baxter Day culminates with food, music, programs, and a live wet-paint auction at the Top of Bangor Tour & Reception, located at the historic Joseph Low House. Tickets for this event are $25 and available for purchase at www.friendsofbaxter.org or Epic Sports, 6 Central St., Bangor.
In conjunction with Governor Baxter Day, there will also be a photo contest and online art auction. Entries for the photo contest will be on display and for sale at Epic Sports in Bangor from July 13th through July 23rd. Bidding on paintings by Maine artists will be held online July 1st through July 23rd at www.32auctions.com/brushstrokesforbotany. The winning bids will be announced at the Top of Bangor Tour the evening of July 24.
All proceeds from Governor Baxter Day will support the Plants of Baxter State Park Project, which for the first time is compiling a comprehensive inventory of all plant species in Maine’s greatest wilderness park.
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