Watch ‘A Tender Circus’
On August 27, 2022 our Artist Interns brought the dances and performances they created throughout the summer to Vienna Union ...
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Warm Winter Wishes from Bearnstow
This past year Bearnstow successfully completed the second year of our four-year restoration project. We are excited to report that ...
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Bearnstow is hiring a cook/chef!
Bearnstow is seeking an experienced chef/cook who can work creatively on a budget to create delicious meals for Bearnstow’s resident ...
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Welcome to our new Website!
A big thanks to Maine Arts Commision, Lila Hurwitz/Doolittle+Bird, Jim Van Abbema, Sam Burnell, Erik Klingman, and our individual donors ...
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Historical Footage from Bearnstow’s Past
Edited by Max Prum from Bearnstow’s archive footage. Earlier this summer, two longtime campers, Bebe Miller and Janet Erickson, remembered ...
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Bearnstow’s Geological History, from 20,000 Years Ago
By Julie Brigham-Grette and Daniel Miller, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts–Amherst Map of deglaciation showing ocean transgression (blue shaded ...
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A History of Bearnstow
by Ruth Grauert According to Mount Vernon town records, it was in the spring 1864 that Ebenezer Bean measured off ...
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Experience Bearnstow
by Ruth Grauert Listen to the loons. Composition by Shamou Mou. One crosses the Bridge and enters an unchanged world ...
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Stories from Camp (Bearnstow, that is)
by Susan Douglas Roberts Dreaming my way in I wake up Sunday morning on the Bates campus. I’ve come this ...
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