Beflast Free Library

Tick Talk with Dr. Bea Szantyr
2016-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

Harry Potter Party
2016-05-18 18:25 - 20:00 | Children’s Floor
Games, Trivia, Crafts, Snacks & Drinks featured in the books!
All are welcome! Please register at the Children’s Floor circulation desk or call 338-3884 ext.26

Presentation by the Game Loft COA Players
2016-05-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Final Event for the Revolutionary War Era Book Group.
All are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

Knit2Together
2016-05-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Abbott Room
Knitters of all experience levels are welcome to join us the second and forth Wednesdays of the month, from 4-5:30pm in the Abbott Room. This drop-in event is a chance for knitters- and crocheters too- of all ages and experience levels to chat, get tips, and learn from each other while working on their own projects. Library staff will have computers available to demonstrate how to use Ravelry.com and other websites to help find patterns and organize your work. Registration is not required. For more information please call 338-3884 ext.10

Designing and Building Small Houses with Jim Bahoosh
2016-05-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
The Belfast Free Library will be hosting a talk presented by Jim Bahoosh on Designing and Building Small Houses, Tuesday May 10 at 6:30 PM. Jim has been restoring, designing and building homes since 1983. For the past 12 years his focus has been on smaller homes, from 500 to 900 square feet. In this illustrated talk Jim will share ideas and design elements he uses to make smaller spaces work well.

Elizabeth Peavey Talk and Workshop
2016-05-07 11:00 - 12:30
Maine author Elizabeth Peavey will offer an 11 a.m. talk titled The Best Truth: Honesty vs. Truth in Memoir; and a 1 to 3 p.m. workshop titled Memoir Writing: Learning To Tell Your Life Stories. Both will take place in the dance annex at Waterfall Arts, 256 High St., and are made possible by support from the Friends of the Belfast Free Library and Waterfall Arts.
The talk is free and open to the public; pre-registration is required for the writing workshop after, which has a $10 fee. During her talk, Peavey will explore the challenges of first finding and then telling the truth in memoir — as we all know, memory is subjective, selective and downright slippery. A Q&A period will follow during which audience members will be encouraged to weigh in on these topics and share their insights.
To pre-register for the Memoir Writing Workshop please call the library at 338-3884 ext 10, or email bharrington@belfastlibrary.org.

Belfast Bound Book Festival
2016-05-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Kramer Gallery and Downtown Belfast
Organizers of this year’s book festival say it’s a celebration of the written word “in it’s many artful, bound, and unbound forms.” After a two-year hiatus, Our Town Belfast, in partnership with the Belfast Free Library and Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, is bringing back the Belfast Bound Book Festival on Saturday, May 7th.
Would-be festival-goers should visit ourtownbelfast.org/book or find the event on Facebook to learn more as additional activities are still being added to the festival itinerary.

The Maine Conscious Consumer
2016-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Samantha Ricker author of the book will discuss why buying local matters.
Co-sponsored by the Belfast Co-op and Our Town Belfast.

Pajamarama Storytime
2016-05-02 18:30 - 19:30
First Monday of each month at 6:30 pm
Stories, songs, rhymes, and a craft project for kids ages 4 – 8

The Velveteen Rabbit
2016-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Abbott Room
Theater at Monmouth, Page to Stage Tour Presents:
The Velveteen Rabbit
Theater at Monmouth performance at 2:00 followed by a storytelling and performance workshop for ages 5 & up. In the 45-minute workshop, led by Theater at Monmouth actors, kids will explore the art of story adaptation through creating characters and developing their own 10-minute plays based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes

Preschool Storytime
2016-04-29 10:00 - 11:00

KNit2Together
2016-04-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Abbott Room

Game On!
2016-04-27 02:30 - 16:00
EVERY Wednesday, 11 – 17 year olds are invited to the YA Room to play great GAMES FUN!
Starting at 2:30

Veggies for All Presentation
2016-04-26 18:30 - 20:00
The Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series at the Library continues with presentation by Sara Trunzo, the director of Veggies for All, a food bank farm that works to relieve hunger by growing vegetables for those in need.
Veggies For All (VFA), a project of Maine Farmland Trust, is a food bank farm located in Unity, Maine that works to relieve hunger by growing vegetables for those in need, while collaborating with partners to distribute and increase access to quality and nutritious food. Each year they grow tons of vibrant, pesticide-free produce that is made available to our most food insecure neighbors – at no cost – through traditional emergency food networks. Founded by beginning farmers in 2007, they have grown and distributed over 108,000 pounds of vegetables and engaged hundreds of volunteers in thousands of hours of community-based hunger relief. They are currently working with 10 food pantries to serve 1,500 food insecure, rural people in central Maine. Each year VFA cultivates 3-4 acres of sustainably-managed vegetables around the Unity community. They primarily produce storage crops such as cabbage, potatoes, winter squash, onions, and carrots that help keep local kitchens stocked with healthy staples well into the winter. They partner with local landowners, Unity College, the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry, the Mid-Maine Food Pantry Coalition, Unity Barn Raisers, and other key community groups to add value through education and distribution. Their partnerships help them to maximize their impact and operate efficiently. Learn more about how they do their work in Unity, including some tips and tested practices you may put to use in your own rural community.

Belfast Historical Society Program
2016-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Room
Community Sponsored Program
