Beflast Free Library

Yoga Break
2020-04-29 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for a 5 minute yoga break! Online anytime.
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Ages: Toddlers and up
Click on the Website link below to access this program.

Zoom in to Advanced Chess Class with Mr Bruce
2020-04-30 15:00 - 16:00
Topic: Advanced Chess w Mr Bruce! Thursdays 3PM Eastern
This is a NEW invite to a scheduled Zoom Chess class meeting TODAY at 3 PM (ok to come late and/or leave early) becasue a PASSWORD is required (see below). If you are respectful and keep background noise low you can answer duinrg my class by holding down your space bar to talk, then release. If you keep talking I’ll have to mute you. We are doing 24 puzzles so we are working fast! THis is a new link: now they want a password so note that it is here too! To join you must download the zoom ap! click the link follow the directions start before 3!
Topic: Advanced Chess w Mr Bruce! Thursdays 3PM Eastern
Time: Apr 23, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72379860456?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 723 7986 0456
Password: [REDACTED]
Every week on Thursday, until June 18, 2020
May 7, 2020 03:00 PM
May 14, 2020 03:00 PM
May 21, 2020 03:00 PM
May 28, 2020 03:00 PM
Jun 4, 2020 03:00 PM
Jun 11, 2020 03:00 PM
Jun 18, 2020 03:00 PM

Cartooning Cave with James Quigley
2020-05-03 09:00 - 10:00
Cartooning Cave with James Quiqley is live on Sunday mornings! Be part of the livestream through Facebook or Youtube. Recordings of past programs can be viewed here, too.
https://www.facebook.com/cartooningcave
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSF9D2KTvvR36JnSc2UREbw

Virtual Yoga Storytime -- Ocean Theme
2020-05-12 10:00 - 10:30
Join us for Yoga Storytime #3 — Ocean Theme. Thank you: https://childlightyoga.com/ and http://bambinoyoga.com/

Virtual Midcoast Music Together
2020-05-12 10:00 - 11:00
We would normally host Jess Day with Midcoast Music Together on the second Tuesday of the month. For today, here is a link to one of Jess’s online classes.
To access this program please click on the WEBSITE link below. Enjoy!

June Community Read Challenge for kids, families, and teens begins.
2020-06-01 08:00 - 17:00
Visit the library after June 1 Pick up a copy of either book—Yours to keep!
Curbside pick-up available. Call the library to make arrangements.
E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web is a Newbery Honor Book and a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death. For more than half a century, the story has charmed readers with its account of Charlotte, the resourceful spider, and the love and friendship she brings to her farmyard friends. Recommended for ages 6+
Vivid and heart-wrenching, Lauren Wolk’s Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted and tensely paced tale that explores questions of identity, belonging, and the true meaning of family.
Recommended for grades 5 – 8
Choose your book and enjoy a great start-of-summer read! Then visit the library’s website for optional home-based challenges including: Pig & Spider Cupcake Bake and Bright Sea Found Object Art.

Online Yoga Storytime
2020-06-16 10:00 - 11:00
Join us here for Yoga Storytime: https://youtu.be/fitVzyTXJas

Follow Belfast Free Library’s YouTube Page to keep up with online programs for all ages: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWbt48IVyEazGbXq93MryMQ/playlists

Virtual Storytime
2020-06-30 10:00 - 11:00
This week’s virtual storytime is all about tortoises and turtles. Watch the program here: https://youtu.be/3aAuIYLDBkE

Take-Home Tuesdays! BFL Kids Summer Reading
2020-07-07 10:00 - 16:00
Pick up Summer Reading Packets anytime after Monday, July 6
All materials will be available on the Children’s Floor or via Curbside Pickup
Take-Home Tuesdays:
Stop by the library anytime 10:00—4:00 to pick up take-and-make kits
July 14: Fire-breathing Dragon craft kit
July 21: Scavenger Hunt —Bring back the completed results to be entered to win a copy of The Ultimate Book of Scavenger Hunts by Stacy Tornio
July 28: Origami jumping frog kit
August 4: Pipe cleaner flowers craft kit
August 11: Weaving loom instructions and yarn kit
August 18: End of Summer Reading Celebration! Pick a new paperback book to keep.
Book Groups!
Pick up your copies anytime and join our outdoor book discussion groups!
Outdoor Book Group Meetings:
July 28 ~ The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El (Rain date 7/31)
August 11 ~ We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey (Rain date 8/18)

StoryWalk at Head of the Tide Preserve
2020-07-11 10:00 - 17:00
Head of the Tide Preserve
Doak Road, Belfast
Saturday, July 11 – Sunday, July 12
Self-paced anytime
10:00 am Saturday—5:00 pm Sunday
Weather permitting

Kids & Families Outdoor Book Group - The Very, Very Far North
2020-07-28 12:00 - 16:00
The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El
Meeting time TBD. Copies of the book are available beginning July 6 — On the children’s floor or via Curbside Pickup.
Rain date 7/31

YA -Outdoor Book Group - Nightbooks
2020-07-30 10:00 - 16:00
Nightbooks by J.A. White
Meeting time TBD. Copies of the book are available beginning July 6 — On the children’s floor or via Curbside Pickup.
Rain date 8/6

Online Storytime
2020-07-31 10:00 - 11:00

Online Yoga Storytime
2020-08-05 10:00 - 11:00

StoryWalk at Head of the Tide Preserve
2020-08-08 10:00 - 17:00
Head of the Tide Preserve
Doak Road, Belfast
Saturday, August 8 – Sunday, August 9
Self-paced anytime
10:00 am Saturday—5:00 pm Sunday
Weather permitting
