Lego Club - CANCELLED DUE TO STAFF ILLNESS 2/8
2024-02-08 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Love LEGO blocks? Join the club. The library provides boxes of LEGO. Build what you like or take the Library Challenge. You can describe your build or leave it to our imagination. Your creation will be on display on the second floor of the library. All are welcome!

Wiggle and Rhyme
2024-02-12 10:00 | Abbott Room
Content is prepared for birth through age 2. First 20 minutes are rhymes, songs and literacy followed by play time and bubbles for social time.

Valentine Card Making Celebration
2024-02-13 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Come and celebrate the holiday of “love”, at the library! Children, teens and adults are welcome to drop in the Abbott Room on February 13th, from 3:30 to 5:00, and make a valentine. We have beautiful supplies for making some top-notch valentines! Also, there will be love-themed foodies for you to enjoy. Come on down and feel the love!!

Ocean Xplorers Steam Team: Farming in the Sea
2024-02-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Find out how seaweed is the foundation of life in the ocean and how we use seaweed in our everyday life. Students will also make mini lava lamps from seaweed based substances to take home.
Free event for children 8-12. Space is limited to 30 children. Registration is required.
Click here to register

Music Together
2024-03-04 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-04-01 10:00 - 10:40 | Abbott Room
A music & movement class for ages 0-5 and their grownups
FREE

Dragon-Fold Book Making Workshop
2024-03-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
The Belfast Free Library and the Office of the Belfast Poet Laureate want you to celebrate the Year of the Dragon and National Poetry Month! Waldo County children and teens are invited to write poems on the theme of bravery, courage, and resilience.
This year, we’re adding a twist: the option of creating dragon-fold books to house the poems! Two book-making workshops will take place to learn how to make these very unique structures, with all materials and instruction provided.

Lego Club at the Belfast Free Library
2024-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Love LEGO blocks? Join the club. The library provides boxes of LEGO blocks. Build what you like or take the Library Challenge. You can describe your build or leave it to our imagination. Your creation will be on display on the second floor of the library. All are welcome!!

Wiggle and Rhyme for Babies and Toddlers
2024-03-18 10:00 - 23:00 | Abbott Room
Content is prepared for birth through age 2. First 20 minutes are rhymes, songs and literacy followed by play time and social time with bubbles.

Preschool Storytime at the Belfast Free Library
2024-03-22 10:00 - 23:00 | Abbott Room
Content is prepared for ages 3-6 with read alouds, felt and flannel stories, puppets, songs, fingerplays and action rhymes. Concludes with an easy craft.

Wiggle and Rhyme for Babies and Toddlers******Cancelled for March 25th!!!***************
2024-03-25 10:00 - 23:00 | Abbott Room

Steam Team Ocean Explorers~ Farming in the Sea
2024-03-28 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Join Maine 4-H and staff from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to explore why our oceans take on certain hues. Participants will explore the science behind ocean colors and practice sampling techniques used by researchers.
~Free event for ages 6-12. Space is limited to 30children.
~Registration is required.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD

Dragon-Fold Bookmaking Workshop
2024-04-01 15:30 - 16:30 | Conference Room

Get Ready For the Eclipse!
2024-04-02 03:30 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
Get Ready For the Eclipse!
Presented by Friends of Sears Island and The Belfast Free Library
~ Learn all about eclipses, build a solar projection box for safe viewing, and take home some free eclipse glasses!!
~Ages 5-12 years old, with an accompanying adult.
~Pre-registration is required, sign-up at: outreach@friendsofsearsisland.org

Make Way For Ducklings: A Musical Retelling Presented by the Halcyon String Quartet
2024-04-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Colonial Theatre
Make Way For Ducklings
~Presented by Halcyon String Quartet: a musical retelling of Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
Date: Saturday, April 6th
Time: 3:00pm
Place: The Colonial Theatre~ 163 High St, Belfast, ME 04915
Tickets: $7 Students | $9 Seniors | $10 Adults
~For more information, visit colonialtheatre.com
