Beflast Free Library

Friday Night Flix
2016-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Annie Hall (1977) Can a neurotic, Jewish comic from Brooklyn have a successful relationship with a card carrying WASP from the Midwest? Talk about the potential for comedy… Woody Allen and Diane Keaton star in this hilarious, yet poignant, love story of opposites attracting. This film took home the Oscar for Best Picture. (a rarity for comedies) Allen specifically wrote the title role for Keaton, who won the Oscar for her brilliant portrayal of an aspiring, ditzy night club singer. “Oh well… La-di-da. La-di-da.”

Summer Reading Program: Fun Fridays
2016-07-01 15:00 - 17:00 | City Park or Abbott Room
Grand opening of our new City Park Story Walk!! Co-sponsored by the Belfast Parks and Recreation Dept. Follow the mark trail reading a story as you go.

Everything You Know about July 4th is wrong!! Ask Kenneth C. Davis
2016-06-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Calling all students of American History and history lovers! Please join a discussion led by Kenneth C. Davis, New York Times bestselling author of
“Don’t Know Much About ® History” and “America’s Hidden History,” among other titles for adults and children. Mr. Davis will explore the
” Myth of the Minutemen” as well as the role of slavery in the fight for American Independence.
In his signature style, Davis will highlight some little -known but fascinating facts, underscoring what we need to know but perhaps never
learned about those seminal events in 1775 and 1776, through the last battle at Yorktown in 1781. Davis will take questions from the audience and sign books,
including “The Hidden History of America at War. “ He is the author of the forthcoming book, IN THE SHADOW OF LIBERTY: THE
HIDDEN HISTORY OF SLAVERY, FOUR PRESIDENTS, and FIVE BLACK LIVES, set to release on September 20, 2016.
This just in!!! Kenneth C. Davis Interview with Ned Lightner from Belfast Community T.V.
Books will be available to purchase for signing.

Destination Wellness: Preventing Lyme and Tick-born Disease
2016-06-27 12:00 - 13:00
The Destination Wellness Series on June 27, will feature Paula Jackson Jones and Angele Rice, who will focus on how you can safely enjoy the Maine outdoors and the way life should be.
Is fear preventing you from enjoying the great outdoors in Maine this summer? Summers were made for having fun outside! Prevention is key. Tick-borne diseases can be avoided by following simple and easy steps. Join us and learn about the many different kinds of prevention options from treating your skin and clothing to treating your pets and yards. We will share options that are safe for everyone including kids and pets. Be informed. Take control. Learn how to live TICKED OFF!

Knit2Together
2016-06-22 16:00 - 17:30, 2016-06-08 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

Author Talk with Judith Burger- Gossart
2016-06-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
As part of the Maine Writers Talk About… series of author talks, nationally recognized magazine writer, Judith Burger-Gossart will be speak about her recently released book, Sadie’s Winter Dream, Fishermen’s Wives and Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs, 1923-1938. She will display several Mission rugs and illustrate her talk with archival photographs of Maine communities, rug hookers, and Mission hooked rugs. The book tells the story of how Alice M. Peasley changed women’s lives all along Maine’s coast. Under the auspices of the Mission, she taught women how to hook rugs, she sold their rugs, and put much needed money into their pockets. In addition, she taught the women to be creative, imaginative, and playful. Burger-Gossart’s talk will highlight the tenacious women and men who eked out a living on Maine’s islands and coast in the early 1900s.
Burger- Gossart is a finalist for the 2016 Maine Literary Award in the category of Maine Non-fiction. Books will be available to purchase at the program.

Toddler Storytime
2016-06-21 10:00 - 10:30 | Abbott Room
Songs, rhymes, and simple books for children birth – 2 years old followed by open playtime. Develop early literacy skills and make new friends (siblings welcome!)

Car Park Tag Sale
2016-06-18 10:00 - 14:00
The Friends of the Belfast Free Library will be having a Car Park Tag Sale in the Troy Howard Middle School parking lot.
Clear out your basement or attic and bring the items you want to sell in your car or truck and sell from there. Or you can set up a table in the space allotted. The fee per space is $10. If you have large items (sofa or bed) you can rent a second space for an additional $10.

On Your Mark, Get Set...Read!
2016-06-15 12:00 - 20:00 | Children’s Floor
Summer Reading Program registration begins! Come to the children’s circulation desk to get started!

Author Talk Kate Christensen
2016-06-14 06:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
The 2016 Maine Writers Talk About…series of author presentations begins with Kate Christensen, author of “How to Cook a Moose: a culinary memoir”,
giving a talk titled, “Writing Characters”. Christensen just won the 2016 Maine Literary Awards for memoir.
Kate Christensen is the author of seven novels, including The Great Man, which won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the forthcoming The Last Cruise, as well as two culinary memoirs, Blue Plate Special and How to Cook a Moose. She writes essays and reviews for numerous publications, most recently Elle, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Cherry Bombe, Vogue, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal. Christensen lives in Portland, Maine, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Books will be available to purchase at the program.

Free Concert in the Gammans Room
2016-06-11 15:00 - 17:00
Piano and Violin Duo Clayton Clemetson and Audrey Budington Present a Free Concert in the Gammans Room of the Library
After two years pursuing music in Boston, Belfast-raised pianist and composer Clayton Clemetson returns from the city with a wealth of musical experiences to share during a free concert in the Gammans Room. He will be joined by his long time duo partner, Audrey Budington, who has spent the last semester in the rich music and culture of Valencia, Spain through an exchange program at Berklee College of Music. This dynamic duo brings a love and appreciation of traditional Celtic and New England contra dance music while tastefully weaving in other musical genres and their passion for creating and improvising new sounds.

Preschool Storytime: French with Rita
2016-06-10 10:00 - 23:00 | Abbott Room

Climbing for Health and Wellness
2016-06-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Presentation by Ryan Howes, professional climber and owner of Northern Vertical Climbing Guides of Belfast.

Portuguese Perspectives Slide Talk with Jon Laitin
2016-06-07 06:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
“Portuguese Perspectives,” an exhibit of photographs from the Algarve Region by photographer Jon Laitin will be on display at the Belfast Free Library from June 4th through June 30th. Laitin will also speak about bicycling in the Algarve Region on Tuesday, June 7th at 6:30pm in the Library’s Abbot Room.
