Events at COA
August 2026
Poultry processing 101
Join the COA Food and Farming Workshop Series to learn how to safely and humanely harvest chickens and prepare them for cold storage or cooking.
Gardens as Cultural Landscapes: Mount Desert Island and Beyond
COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Patrick MacRae, CEO of the Mount Desert Island Land & Garden Preserve for a conversation about gardens and cultural landscapes of Mount Desert Island and their significance to the broader world of built and natural landscapes.
Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine
COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes photographer Peter Ralston to discuss his new book, Going Deep: Inside the Coast and Islands of Maine with Lynn Boulger, Interim President and Vice President for Institutional Advancement at College of the Atlantic.
September 2026
Dawnland Return: Wabanaki and conservation collaboration to return land and more
COA Coffee & Conversation welcomes Frances Soctomah of the Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship, and Ellie Oldach ’15, and Brett Ciccotelli ’09, core staff of First Light, for a conversation moderated by Darren Ranco, executive director of the Wabanaki Commission and Chair of Native American Studies at UMaine.
