The Gatherings

1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Come dance & play mid-week with us! This is a casual contra dance get-together, where you can have fun dancing for a couple of hours, and help one another with flourishes, plus sharing other contra dancing tips. This is an easy space to learn and experiment and ask questions! It also helps out our local beginner callers, where they will practice calling dances, doing walkthroughs etc. Both new & experienced dancers will enjoy the practice evenings.
Want to play contra dance music? Bring your instruments, the open band welcomes all abilities!

$2/person goes to the community center.

FMI contact Alice at 385-7694 or alicekslater@gmail.com or follow Surry Contra Dance on Facebook / Instagram

This practice dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience! Full details here.

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Are you interested in building a sacred community with us through singing Earth-based and women-affirming songs and chants? If that is a YES, then here's the info you want. We meet every Wednesday evening at The Gatherings community space in Surry to sing familiar and new songs around a nature based altar from 7-8:30 p.m. Young women and girls are encouraged to join us, too, as long as they are old enough to be present in the circle.

We enjoy a scent-free and peaceful environment built on trust, kindness, and respect for ourselves, one another, and the Earth. You are welcome to join us regardless of your experience with singing for we believe everyone's voice matters and adds value!

Cost: $2/person

FMI Contact Stacie Jacques 
staciejacques73@gmail.com
or
Eileen Mielenhausen 
207.441.2785 
eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Jnana Yoga and meditation practice with shared teachings and discussion. This monthly gathering is a place for curious spiritual seekers to explore spiritual teachings and practices in community. Each gathering begins with silent meditation. Then we will watch a teaching or read from a spiritual text. Featuring teachings from Ram Dass, Adyashanti, Shunyamurti and others, as well as reading from sacred and contemporary spiritual texts. Following will be a group discussion and sharing.

Cost: By donation.

FMI Contact: Elizabeth Jezorskisatsangforspiritualwarriors@gmail.com
2077357713

Joan Welgoss

Feeling sluggish? Dealing with osteoporosis? Need to move more?

Increase your bone health, get some fun exercise, and meet new people while dancing to your favorite songs. Eileen Mielenhausen will lead you in gentle, easy dance steps to a selection of music from many eras and genres. These hour-long programs include a brief check-in, a warmup with stretching, dancing for bone and cardio health, and then a cool-down period. Come to as many sessions as you like. Bring a friend!

For cancer and cardiac rehab patients, we ask that you consult your physician before registering for this program.

Cost: $5 per session. 

Please register by contacting Eileen at (207) 441-2785 or eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Every 1st Friday
This popular monthly community potluck has returned to The Gatherings, every First Friday of the month at 6pm. Bring a dish or drink to share while spending time with your neighbors, make new friends, catch up with old ones, and fill up on a variety of home cooked dishes. We look forward to seeing you and trying out some of your favorite recipes! Donations to the community center are welcome.

For more information contact Flo: flo.l.reed@gmail.com 207-266-6864

Every Saturday at 9am
If regular yoga classes are a bit out of your price range, you have trouble finding the motivation to practice alone, or you have been curious to try out yoga for the first time, Community Yoga is for you! These casual classes happen in person every Saturday morning at 9am. The class is usually a more relaxing Yin Yoga.

Classes are in-person and streamed online through glo.com, which features dozens of different teachers and yoga styles!

After class, for those who want to, there will be time to ask questions about poses, help each other out, or share tips and stretches we've been enjoying.

These classes are very casual and are open to all ages and abilities (beginners welcome). There are mats, blocks and straps available, no special clothes are required (comfy recommended) and there is a separate unattended playroom for children if needed, but kids who can focus on the class are welcome to stretch with us too!

$2/person

For more information contact Alice: alicekslater@gmail.com 207 385 7694

All are welcome to attend our Poetry Open mic every 1st Saturday of the month from 1-3pm!
Please come enjoy these readings, and bring some favorites to share, whether that's poems you've written yourself or ones written by others.
$2/person goes to The Gatherings.
Contact Maya for more info at jacquesmaya12@gmail.com or 207-460-8339

Shape note singing is a system originally devised to teach sight-reading and singing in harmony to folks with no musical background. From its beginnings in colonial America, it now has an international following. Non-performance singing, in four parts, for the joy of the activity alone is a beautiful example of community-based art. No experience or talent is required. We sing for one another; everyone is welcome.Our afternoon of Shape-note singing would include a brief history and description of the music and then simply singing from The Sacred Harp, the tune book most commonly used for this. We will bring loaner books. 
Cost: $2/person
FMI Contact: Maine Shape Note Singing Community 
Alan Cohen
 biopestman@gmail.com 
(202) 669-6363
or
Stephen Chace
perniciousanemia115@gmail.com
(207) 610-2357

Every Sunday
We play awesome modern board games, card games, dice games, tile games, team games... bring your favorites! Everyone welcome.
$2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Joe Greely
shallop1621@gmail.com
207-460-0515

Come and sit with us! This monthly group is an opportunity for adult men to join together in community and share space as we process things big and small. This group is focused on building a network of strength through connection. Our space will be used for open sharing and active listening; we encourage you to share as deeply as you feel comfortable. The group maintains a strict commitment to confidentiality. The goal is that through conversation and sharing we create a strong network which supports our exploration of fatherhood, friendship, leadership and community.
Contact:
Peter Hile
peter.hile@gmail.com
402-770-4614

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Are you interested in building a sacred community with us through singing Earth-based and women-affirming songs and chants? If that is a YES, then here's the info you want. We meet every Wednesday evening at The Gatherings community space in Surry to sing familiar and new songs around a nature based altar from 7-8:30 p.m. Young women and girls are encouraged to join us, too, as long as they are old enough to be present in the circle.

We enjoy a scent-free and peaceful environment built on trust, kindness, and respect for ourselves, one another, and the Earth. You are welcome to join us regardless of your experience with singing for we believe everyone's voice matters and adds value!

Cost: $2/person

FMI Contact Stacie Jacques 
staciejacques73@gmail.com
or
Eileen Mielenhausen 
207.441.2785 
eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

First Meeting back from break.

2nd & 4th Thursdays
Open-format Kirtan where everyone is welcome to come and sing, and perhaps bring some chants to share, whether that's in English, Sanscrit, or other languages. Feel free to bring instruments too... percussive, stringed, etc! Kirtan is a non-denominational singing practice that means different things to different people, most enjoy it as a form of connection - whether that's to a higher power, to the earth, to others, or to themselves. $2/person
FMI contact Alice at alicekslater@gmail.com (mailto:alicekslater@gmail.com) or 385-7694

Joan Welgoss

Feeling sluggish? Dealing with osteoporosis? Need to move more?

Increase your bone health, get some fun exercise, and meet new people while dancing to your favorite songs. Eileen Mielenhausen will lead you in gentle, easy dance steps to a selection of music from many eras and genres. These hour-long programs include a brief check-in, a warmup with stretching, dancing for bone and cardio health, and then a cool-down period. Come to as many sessions as you like. Bring a friend!

For cancer and cardiac rehab patients, we ask that you consult your physician before registering for this program.

Cost: $5 per session. 

Please register by contacting Eileen at (207) 441-2785 or eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Closed Group. FMI Contact: David DiLena dave@unionriverbookandtoy.com

Every Saturday at 9am
If regular yoga classes are a bit out of your price range, you have trouble finding the motivation to practice alone, or you have been curious to try out yoga for the first time, Community Yoga is for you! These casual classes happen in person every Saturday morning at 9am. The class is usually a more relaxing Yin Yoga.

Classes are in-person and streamed online through glo.com, which features dozens of different teachers and yoga styles!

After class, for those who want to, there will be time to ask questions about poses, help each other out, or share tips and stretches we've been enjoying.

These classes are very casual and are open to all ages and abilities (beginners welcome). There are mats, blocks and straps available, no special clothes are required (comfy recommended) and there is a separate unattended playroom for children if needed, but kids who can focus on the class are welcome to stretch with us too!

$2/person

For more information contact Alice: alicekslater@gmail.com 207 385 7694

Every Sunday
We play awesome modern board games, card games, dice games, tile games, team games... bring your favorites! Everyone welcome.
$2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Joe Greely
shallop1621@gmail.com
207-460-0515

1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Come dance & play mid-week with us! This is a casual contra dance get-together, where you can have fun dancing for a couple of hours, and help one another with flourishes, plus sharing other contra dancing tips. This is an easy space to learn and experiment and ask questions! It also helps out our local beginner callers, where they will practice calling dances, doing walkthroughs etc. Both new & experienced dancers will enjoy the practice evenings.
Want to play contra dance music? Bring your instruments, the open band welcomes all abilities!

$2/person goes to the community center.

FMI contact Alice at 385-7694 or alicekslater@gmail.com or follow Surry Contra Dance on Facebook / Instagram

This practice dance is part of the Surry Contra Dance series. Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for the full contra experience! Full details here.

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Are you interested in building a sacred community with us through singing Earth-based and women-affirming songs and chants? If that is a YES, then here's the info you want. We meet every Wednesday evening at The Gatherings community space in Surry to sing familiar and new songs around a nature based altar from 7-8:30 p.m. Young women and girls are encouraged to join us, too, as long as they are old enough to be present in the circle.

We enjoy a scent-free and peaceful environment built on trust, kindness, and respect for ourselves, one another, and the Earth. You are welcome to join us regardless of your experience with singing for we believe everyone's voice matters and adds value!

Cost: $2/person

FMI Contact Stacie Jacques 
staciejacques73@gmail.com
or
Eileen Mielenhausen 
207.441.2785 
eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday
A for-fun ukulele get-together! Using the big screen to pull up songs, we'll sing and strum some tunes. This will not be a "class", but ukes are easy to play together at different skill levels, so beginners are definitely welcome.
$2/person goes to The Gatherings. 

FMI Contact: Elizabeth Young
207.610.2963
elizabethgimpel@gmail.com

Joan Welgoss

Feeling sluggish? Dealing with osteoporosis? Need to move more?

Increase your bone health, get some fun exercise, and meet new people while dancing to your favorite songs. Eileen Mielenhausen will lead you in gentle, easy dance steps to a selection of music from many eras and genres. These hour-long programs include a brief check-in, a warmup with stretching, dancing for bone and cardio health, and then a cool-down period. Come to as many sessions as you like. Bring a friend!

For cancer and cardiac rehab patients, we ask that you consult your physician before registering for this program.

Cost: $5 per session. 

Please register by contacting Eileen at (207) 441-2785 or eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Every Saturday at 9am
If regular yoga classes are a bit out of your price range, you have trouble finding the motivation to practice alone, or you have been curious to try out yoga for the first time, Community Yoga is for you! These casual classes happen in person every Saturday morning at 9am. The class is usually a more relaxing Yin Yoga.

Classes are in-person and streamed online through glo.com, which features dozens of different teachers and yoga styles!

After class, for those who want to, there will be time to ask questions about poses, help each other out, or share tips and stretches we've been enjoying.

These classes are very casual and are open to all ages and abilities (beginners welcome). There are mats, blocks and straps available, no special clothes are required (comfy recommended) and there is a separate unattended playroom for children if needed, but kids who can focus on the class are welcome to stretch with us too!

$2/person

For more information contact Alice: alicekslater@gmail.com 207 385 7694

Every Sunday
We play awesome modern board games, card games, dice games, tile games, team games... bring your favorites! Everyone welcome.
$2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Joe Greely
shallop1621@gmail.com
207-460-0515

Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth who meet to discuss different spiritual topics each month.

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Are you interested in building a sacred community with us through singing Earth-based and women-affirming songs and chants? If that is a YES, then here's the info you want. We meet every Wednesday evening at The Gatherings community space in Surry to sing familiar and new songs around a nature based altar from 7-8:30 p.m. Young women and girls are encouraged to join us, too, as long as they are old enough to be present in the circle.

We enjoy a scent-free and peaceful environment built on trust, kindness, and respect for ourselves, one another, and the Earth. You are welcome to join us regardless of your experience with singing for we believe everyone's voice matters and adds value!

Cost: $2/person

FMI Contact Stacie Jacques 
staciejacques73@gmail.com
or
Eileen Mielenhausen 
207.441.2785 
eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

We meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month between Sept and June with the exception of when there is no school such as Thanksgiving, Christmas break, winter break.
Girl Scouts Troop 823
Hannah Colson hannah.colson@gmail.com

2nd & 4th Thursdays
Open-format Kirtan where everyone is welcome to come and sing, and perhaps bring some chants to share, whether that's in English, Sanscrit, or other languages. Feel free to bring instruments too... percussive, stringed, etc! Kirtan is a non-denominational singing practice that means different things to different people, most enjoy it as a form of connection - whether that's to a higher power, to the earth, to others, or to themselves. $2/person
FMI contact Alice at alicekslater@gmail.com (mailto:alicekslater@gmail.com) or 385-7694

Joan Welgoss

Feeling sluggish? Dealing with osteoporosis? Need to move more?

Increase your bone health, get some fun exercise, and meet new people while dancing to your favorite songs. Eileen Mielenhausen will lead you in gentle, easy dance steps to a selection of music from many eras and genres. These hour-long programs include a brief check-in, a warmup with stretching, dancing for bone and cardio health, and then a cool-down period. Come to as many sessions as you like. Bring a friend!

For cancer and cardiac rehab patients, we ask that you consult your physician before registering for this program.

Cost: $5 per session. 

Please register by contacting Eileen at (207) 441-2785 or eileen.mielenhausen@gmail.com.

Closed Group. FMI Contact: David DiLena dave@unionriverbookandtoy.com