Beflast Free Library

Balloon Lamp Making for Teens
2024-07-09 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Third Floor Conference Room
Belfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Balloon Making for Teens
Belfast Summer Reading invites you to make a balloon lantern using yarn. You will leave with a beautiful lamp, powered by a decorative hanging solar light. Wear clothing you can get dirty!!
~ For Teens 11-17
~ We will be having this program on the back garden patio. If it rains, we will be in the third floor conference room.

Read to a Dog at the Belfast Free Library!
2024-07-15 11:30 - 12:30 | Abbott Room
Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety.

Date: Mondays, July 15, 22 and 29
Time: 11:30-12:30pm
Location: Abbott Room

The Butterfly Guy - Jerry Schneider
2024-07-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
Learn all about butterflies through beautiful projected pictures and well-told stories from Jerry Schneider—The Butterfly Guy. Discover how to attract them to your
yard and garden, the difference between butterflies and moths, and how they behave in the wild. Then create your own butterfly t-shirt. Bring your own
shirt (heavy 100% cotton, please!) or we’ll have some on hand.

~ Families with children of all ages are welcome.
~ Monday, July 15, 2:00-3:00pm
~ Abbott room

Author Ret Talbot, "Chasing Shadows - Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark"
2024-07-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Celebrate the paperback release of Chasing Shadows – Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark with science writer and Rockland-based author Ret Talbot. The book, written with shark biologist Greg Skomal, chronicles the return of the white shark to New England’s coast. At its heart, it is a conservation success story, but also one that challenges our idea of what it means to be prey–even if we’re only mistaken as such.
Scientific illustrator Karen Talbot, who created the illustrations and maps in the book, will be on hand to share her large painting of “Mueller,” the shark featured in chapter one of the book, and she will gladly add an original sketch of a white shark to the title page of any books purchased at the event.
Ret Talbot is an award-winning journalist with over two decades of experience covering stories from some of the more remote corners of the globe. From the glacial summits of the Andes to the reefs of Papua New Guinea, his assignments have taken him off the beaten track and put his readers face-to-face with stories of adventure, new ideas and innovative approaches to vexing environmental problems.

Me & Martha in Concert
2024-07-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room

A Riot In the Garden ~ Songs and Stories for a Small Planet with Jackson Gillman
2024-07-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Abbott Room
Songs & Stories for a Small Planet with Stand-up Chameleon Jackson Gillman
With a background in ecology, Gillman delights audiences with his storytelling, song, dance, mime , humor and imagination. Be sure to bring your imagination.
~ All Ages
~ Thursday, July 25
~ 11:00-12:00pm
~ Abbott Room

Hula Hooping for Teens~ with Katie Leone
2024-07-25 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Belfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Hula Hooping for Teens
A hula hoop making event, with hula hooping party to follow. Katie Leone will be teaching us some sweet hula hooping moves!!
~ For teens 11-17
~ Thursday, July 25th
~ 3:30 to 5:00
~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

The Song Dog Puppeteer's ~ Coyote and the Boy Ben
2024-08-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
This is a marionette show about the wonderful relationships in our lives and in the lives of the wild ones who share our planet with us. This is a story of a Mother Coyote
searching for her little pup who has run off to play. A boy called Ben is playing in the forest too. Join us in their touching and unforgettable meeting based on Natives
Peoples’ stories of Coyotes’ benevolence toward humans.

~ All ages
~ Thursday, August 1
~ 2:00-3:00pm
~ Abbott Room

Bob Lloyd : Magician, Juggler and Mime
2024-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Abbott Room
An experienced and exuberant master of his art, Bob Lloyd presents a fast-paced blend of magic, juggling, and mime which captivates audiences of all ages.
Don’t miss this FREE event
~ Monday, August 5
~ 6:00-7:00pm
~ Abbott Room

Beeswax Collage/Painting for Teens
2024-08-06 15:00 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
Belfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Beeswax Collage/Painting for Teens
Belfast Summer Reading invites you to learn a painting technique called encaustic painting/collage, in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax. You will leave with your very own encaustic painting/collage and a new found love of beeswax!
~ For teens 11-17
~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Art Reception for the Work of Ewan Purinton
2024-08-19 17:00 - 17:45 | Youth Services Floor
The YA Gallery will be featuring Ewan Purinton’s art work for the month of August. We will be holding a reception to view his artwork with refreshments!

Artist Talk and Reception for "Homeland" by Lesia Sochor
2024-08-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Abbott Room
“Homeland” an exhibit of paintings of Babushkas by Lesia Sochor is on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of August 2024.
Sochor says of this exhibit, “Love of my ancestral homeland and horror and disbelief of the brutal invasion of Ukraine compelled me to paint images of Babushkas. This iconic symbol of a culture stirs memories of my mother, who in her later years wore one most every day. The images plead to have peace and freedom in their beloved country.”
The public is invited to a special reception and artist talk with Sochor on Tuesday August 20 beginning at 5:30 in the Kramer Gallery, with the talk at 6:30 in the Abbott Room.
For forty four years, Lesia Sochor has been a part of the artistic fiber of Waldo County where she has lived, created, exhibited, and taught. An interdisciplinary artist, she is primarily a painter who attended the Philadelphia College of Art earning a BFA in painting. She has exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries throughout New England and beyond.
Sochor’s grandson, Ewan Purinton, will have two of his Babushka drawings included in Kramer Gallery exhibit. Ewan, age 12, has been drawing since he could hold a pencil.
Concurrently, his work will be exhibited in the teen room at the Belfast Library for the month of August.

No Book Sale Today
2024-09-07 10:30 - 13:00 | Library Lobby
The next book sale will be on Saturday October 5th.
Book donations will be accepted at the sale: up to 12 good quality books per person.
We would like current fiction, cooking, gardening, and children’s books.
We can not accept old and out of date books.

Preschool Storytimes at the Belfast Free Library
2024-09-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
Stories, books, puppets, songs and an easy craft.
Fridays at 10:00 am in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Wiggle and Rhyme for Babies and Toddlers
2024-09-23 10:00 - 10:45 | Abbott Room
Songs, rhymes, scarves, parachute play, bubbles, toys and connections!
Time: Mondays, 10:00-10:45 am
Dates: September 23 and 30
October 21 and 28
November 18 and 25
Location: Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library
