POSTPONED Climate Resilience Fair POSTPONED
2025-06-07 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Steamboat Landing, Belfast, Maine
Due to the forecast of rain, wind and thunderstorms on Saturday the Climate Resilience Fair has been postponed. We will reschedule for a date in the fall. Stay tuned…
Please join the Belfast Free Library and Waldo County Climate Action Coalition on Saturday, June 7 at Steamboat Landing in Belfast for the Climate Resilience Fair, from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
There will be 40+ local businesses and non-profits with resources and examples of ways to prepare for a changing climate. A full list of participants can be found at Waldo County Climate Action Coalition website.
Come check out our powerhouse lineup of speakers in the Boathouse!
10:15 – 10:45- David Gibson, Director of Energy, College of the Atlantic
11:00 – 11:30 – Jack Shapiro, Climate and Clean Energy Director at the Natural Resources Council of Maine
11:45 – 12:15- Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist
12:30 – 1:00- Parker Gassett, Community Climate Resilience Coordinator, Maine Sea Grant
1:15 – 1:45 -Steve Ouillette, En-ROADS Global Climate Simulation
2:00 – 2:30- Nick Janzen, Policy & Partnerships Director, Maine Conservation Alliance
2:30 – 3:00- Alan Gibson, Principal, GO Logic
This FREE event includes family activities, music and food trucks! Portable Pie Place and Stone Fox Farm Creamery.
Music starts at 12:00 with local favorites Sea Strings, at 1:00 pm The Driveway Band , and at 2:00 pm Pinwheel Coalition.
Event information is being updated; more info can be found here at the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition website. If you’d like to volunteer to help with the event please email waldoclimateaction@gmail.com.

Wiggle & Rhyme
2025-06-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
For Babies and Toddlers
Come join us! The first 20 minutes are early literacy rhymes and songs followed by play and social time with bubbles! Content is prepared for birth through age 2.
Date: Mondays, June 16, August 18 and 25
Time: 10:00am
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Preschool Storytimes in City Park
2025-06-20 10:00 - 11:00 | City Park or Abbott Room
Join us outside for stories, puppets and songs!
Located on City Park Road. Rain location is at the Belfast Free Library.
Date: Fridays, June 20 and 27, July 11 and 18, August 22 and 29
Time: 10:00am
Location: City Park Road (rain location at the Belfast Free Library)

Summer Reading Begins
2025-06-23 | Youth Services Floor
Summer reading begins at the Belfast Free Library! Grab your gameboards from the Youth Services desk on the 2nd floor and get reading!

Read to a Dog
2025-06-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Abbott Room
Join in to read to a dog!
Drop in during the hour and enjoy a calm exercise in reading to one or all available therapy dogs. This program increases reading fluency and confidence.

Date: Thursdays, June 26, July 3, 10 and 17
Time: 10:30am
Location: Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library

Chewonki Presents: Discover the World of Predator Animals
2025-06-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
What Makes Predator Animals So Unique?
Explore attitudes toward predators and reasons for their decline throughout history because of habitat loss and human interference. Discussion emphasizes the importance of predators in maintaining the world’s ecological balance. Participants have the opportunity to study mounted animals and see three live, non-releasable predators.
Date: Monday, June 30
Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Location : The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Family Magic Show
2025-07-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Abbott Room
Starring Wes Booth
Reading is whimsical! Reading is wonderous! Reading is wacky!
Reading is Magic!
Date: Wednesday, July 9th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Lego Club
2025-07-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Love LEGOs? Come join the club. The library provides LEGOs and a scoop. Take your scoop of LEGOs to a table and build. Build what you like or take the Library Challenge.
Near the conclusion of the program, you can describe your build or leave it to our imagination. All are welcome!
Dates: Thursdays, July 10 and August 14
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Air Cake and Other Summery Occupations
2025-07-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Abbott Room
with Catharine Cary, accompanied by Percussionist Andrea Re
A Music Story Creation for Families
https://catharinecary.bandcamp.com
Date: Monday, July 14
Time: 1:00pm
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Judy's Box of Crayons
2025-07-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Judy Pancoast, a Grammy Nominee for Best Children’s Album
Judy’s concert will feature all-original songs about things that might be pictured in a coloring book, like the ocean, ladybugs, princesses, aliens, and more!
The children will respond with the colors they would use on each picture. No answer is wrong! Bring the whole family.
Date: Thursday, July 24
Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Mr. Drew and His Animals Too!
2025-08-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
Come hang out with Mr. Drew and his menagerie of animals for some hands-on education! Meet new friends with feathers, scales, slime, or fur. Whether they squawk, squeak, scream, or just kinda sit in one spot quietly, it’s always a treat to see animals up-close.
Date: Wednesday, August 13
Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Summer Reading Ends
2025-08-15 | Youth Services Floor
August 15th is the last day to collect your summer reading prizes! Thank you for joining us for Summer Reading 2025. Keep on reading!

Me and Martha in concert
2025-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room

Preschool Storytimes in City Park
2025-08-29 10:00 - 11:00 | City Park or Abbott Room
Attention: The August 29th Storytime will take place in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library in anticipation of rain.
Join us for stories, puppets and songs!
Located on City Park Road. Rain location is at the Belfast Free Library.

Date: Fridays, June 20 and 27, July 11 and 18, August 22 and 29
Time: 10:00am
Location: Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library

Music Together
2025-09-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
~Singing, Dancing and Jamming for children and their families!
A free monthly sample of the Music Together series. Sponsored by the Belfast Free Library.
For ages Birth – 5.

Date: First Monday of every Month, September 2025 – June 2026
Time: 10:00am – 10:45am
Location: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library
