Beflast Free Library

Belfast Garden Club Program: Managing Belfast’s Legacy Trees
2024-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Managing Belfast’s Legacy Trees with : Jan Ames Santerre, Project Canopy Director
This program will take place in the Abbott Room and on Zoom. Check back soon to register for the Zoom link or visit: https://belfastgardenclub.org/learn/programs/
Now’s the time to learn about protecting and sustaining the region’s legacy trees. Forestry science and practice, state policy, a healthy local economy, and community activism have set the stage to enable Belfast to manage its urban canopy as a natural resource, instead of giving human-built infrastructure a higher priority.
Jan Ames Santerre is the project canopy director for the Maine Forest Service, a federally funded program aimed at protecting and improving urban canopies. A native of Dover-Foxcroft, with a BS in Forest Biology from the University of Vermont, Jan helps cities and towns all over Maine with grants for tree planting, technical assistance for tree management, and training in a full range of topics related to tree management and forestry in general for municipal staff, commissions, and volunteers.
Jan also manages the state Big Tree registry, the Tree City USA program in Maine, the Community Forest and Open Space land-acquisition program, and several other DACF initiatives related to urban and community forest health.

The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet
2024-01-16 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-09 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-01-02 09:30 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the Abbott Room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings by Belfast Poet Laureate Maya Stein, and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email hello@mayastein.com for more information and to register.

Library Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2024-01-15

Lego Club
2024-01-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Love LEGO blocks? Join the club. The library provides boxes of LEGO. Build what you like or take the Library Challenge. You can describe your build or leave it to our imagination. Your creation will be on display on the second floor of the library. All are welcome!

Knit2Together
2024-01-10 16:00, 2024-01-03 16:00 | Abbott Room
Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 4:00-5:30 pm 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
Contact bharrington@belfastlibrary.org to sign up to to join the knitting group.

Author Talk with Amy Fradel
2024-01-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Local author Amy Fradel will discuss her new book, Four Acres under Slavnik: a Slovenian Migration Story.
What began as a personal exploration of Fradel’s family’s immigrant history became a deep dive into global issues surrounding immigration, racism, and the rise of authoritarian regimes that the world still grapples with today while it tells a captivating story of Primorskans who lived it.
In Four Acres under Slavnik, Fradel takes the reader on an epic journey that spans two world wars, the Italian occupation of Primorska, the Great Depression, the early years of communist Yugoslavia, and immigrant experiences through the eyes of a Slovenian family. It is the intimate story of ordinary people facing the challenges of life in the new country and of those striving to survive in the old country during cataclysmic times. It tells of their sorrows, disagreements, and longing to remain connected to each other and to their small pieces of land that lasted their lifetimes and extended to subsequent generations.

Button Making For Teens
2024-01-09 15:30 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
Want to make a pin for your backpack or your jacket! Teens 11-17 are invited to do just that! All supplies will be provided. Snacks will be there too!!
Date: Jan. 9th
Time: 3:30-4:30
Place: Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Music Together
2024-01-08 10:00 - 10:40 | Abbott Room
A music & movement class for ages 0-5 and their grownups
FREE

Friends of the Library Book Sale
2024-01-06 10:30 - 13:00 | Library Lobby

Library Closed for New Year's Day
2024-01-01

Last Night Belfast in the Abbott Room
2023-12-31 17:00 - 23:30 | Abbott Room
Schedule of events:
5:00-5:45 pm: Magic with Conjuring Carroll
6:00-7:30 pm- Poetry Reading featuring Lewis Turco and other Belfast Poets
8:00-9:15 pm- Belfast Bay Fiddlers
9:30-11:00pm- The Bill Barnes Trio
All events are FREE!!

Free Family Films at the Belfast Free Library
2023-12-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Abbott Room
Three short films from children’s literature! Cozy in with refreshments and films brought to you by Kanopy Kids and your public library. All Ages welcome!
