Strawberry hibiscus? Coffee cardamom? Yes, please.

Partners Brian Lowit and Melissa Quinley brought the uber-creamy Maine favorite to Mount Pleasant two summers ago. Find one of the best cookies and cream varieties in town, along with a White Russian flavor dubbed “the Dude” after the Big Lebowski.

And last Friday, Mt. Desert Island Ice Cream, known for such creative homemade concoctions as “New England Cornmeal Pudding,” donated all of the day’s revenue to Campaign Zero as well as The Marsha P. Johnson Institute. The institute works to protect the rights of Black transgender people. Explaining Mt. Desert Island’s involvement with the cause, co-owner Brian Lowit asserted unequivocally, “These issues are too important to not get involved.”

Recently, I visited Mount Desert Island Ice Cream for the first time. [It has] regular flavors, but when I have the chance to try some weird flavors, I’m always going to go for that. I got this Salmiakki flavor, which is a Nordic-style salty licorice ice cream. It turned my tongue a really gross green color and it grossed everybody else out, but I liked it.

Beloved DC post-punk band Jawbox has reunited and will play two shows at the 9:30 Club on June 28 and 29. And just as it did to commemorate Ex Hex‘s new album, Mount Desert Island Ice Cream in Mount Pleasant will sell a special band-approved ice cream to commemorate the occasion.

The D.C.-based band have teamed up with D.C. company Mount Desert Island Ice Cream to create a new flavor called Savor the Chill, which is available through November 22. Purchase of the ice cream also comes with a limited edition shirt.

Yes, it’s true — Darkest Hour are partnering with fellow Washington, D.C. trailblazers Mount Desert Island Ice Cream to launch a new flavor, Savor the Chill, this month (the D.C. Mout Desert Island Ice Cream location — the confectioners’ first outside of Maine — is run by Brian Lowit and Melissa Quinley, two longtime employees at the punk label Dischord Records, so it’s got music cred and deliciousness cred).

What’s better than ice cream and punk rock? Brian Lowit and Melissa Quinley, two longtime employees at the local punk label Dischord Records, loved Maine-based Mount Desert Island Ice Cream so much, they brought it home

If you’re an ice cream fan, here’s something awesome: two employees of Dischord Records have opened an outpost of Maine’s Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, based in Bar Harbor. The ice cream has had rave reviews over the year, including from President Obama.

If you’re looking for a reason to try Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, the Maine-based import that opened in Mount Pleasant early last month, ask Obama. The former president gave the artisanal scoops his stamp of approval back in 2010 at one of the Bar Harbor locations, pronouncing the toasted coconut “terrific.”