Beflast Free Library

Your Food Landscape, Now and in the Future with Robyn Metcalfe
2022-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Food historian Robyn Metcalfe, who recently produced a documentary on Maine’s fishing industry, will shed light on the global food supply in a free Belfast Garden Club lecture.
The one-hour public program, the final talk in the garden club’s 2022 series, will be streamed live at noon in the Abbott Room. Those who wish to join from home, may register for the Zoom link here or on the programs page of belfastgardenclub.org.
In her talk, Metcalfe, who is director of the Nutrition Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, will explore the contours of the food system as it pertains to how we eat now and in the future. She will look at the ways recent changes may reshape the food system and particularly how individuals can play a role making the system more resilient.

Maine Linux Users Group
2022-11-12 14:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Visit https://linuxusers.me/ for more information and to pre- register.

Library Closed for Veterans' Day
2022-11-11

Belfast Garden Club Program: Your Food Landscape, Now and in the Future
2022-11-08 08:00 - 17:00
Food historian Robyn Metcalfe, who recently produced a documentary on Maine’s fishing industry, will shed light on the global food supply.
For more information visit belfastgardenclub.org
The one-hour public program, the final talk in the garden club’s 2022 series, will be streamed live at noon in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street. Those who wish to join from home, may register for the Zoom link here

Take and Make
2022-11-08 | City Park or Abbott Room

Poetry Reading "Duet" Kay Retzlaff and Susan Camp
2022-11-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Monday November 7th at 6:30 pm Kay Retzlaff will give a poetry reading in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library. The reading is in conjunction with the November exhibit in the Library’s Kramer Gallery of photographs by Susan Camp and poems by Retzlaff titled, “Duet”.
Duet, a collaboration between the poet Retzlaff and artist Camp, is also a beautiful book published in 2022.
The best way to describe Duet is to use a musical metaphor: artist and poet “riff” on one another’s work or are inspired by a theme raised by the other. Duet is a conversation between artists in different media to reach harmony. While poets often create poems in response to art, Duet is more jazz improv than reactionary. Both artist and poet came to the project to learn more about each other as artists, and to find points of complementarity.
As Susan Camp, a Winterport-based sculptor, says, “This project was a completely new way of working for me. Each of us brought our own descant of rural upbringing to the table and played with ways of intertwining the visual and literary notes.”
Kay Retzlaff, also based in Winterport, says, “The past two years of exile and house arrest caused by COVID-19 gave me a lot more time for writing. The two got together and Duet is the result.

Friends of the Library Book Sale
2022-11-05 10:30 - 13:00 | Library Lobby
Book donations will be accepted at the sale, up to 12 good quality books per person. The Friends are looking for current fiction, cooking, gardening and children’s books.

Storytime
2022-11-04 10:00 - 22:30, 2022-10-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room

LEGO Club
2022-11-03 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-10-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room

Learn to Make a Tote Bag with Jane Mclean
2022-11-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Abbott Room
Do you want to learn to make your own reusable fabric tote bag? Are you puzzled about adding a lining? Join sewist Jane Mclean in the Abbott Room as she demonstrates how to create lined and unlined bags from a variety of cost effective materials. She will show how to add pockets, box bottoms, closures, and a waterproof lining. Written instructions will be provided.

Halloween Storytelling at the Gazebo
2022-10-25 17:00 - 18:00 | Gazebo at Steamboat Landing
Halloween Storytelling

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
2022-10-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Water Sampling in Belfast Bay: Its Health and Concerns for the Bay
with John Tipping, Lotic Inc.

More information coming….
