Beflast Free Library

Veggies for All Presentation
2016-04-26 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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

Destination Wellness
2016-04-25 12:00 - 13:00

Preschool Storytime: Music Together with Jess Day
2016-04-22 10:00 - 11:00
Free family music and movement program with Jess Day, Director of Midcoast Music Together and creator of JAMMM (Jess’ Arts, Music, Movement, Mindfulness programs). Come sing, jam and play together in the library’s Abbott Room at 10:00 am. Children ages newborn to six with parents, grandparents, and caregivers are invited to join in the fun. Older siblings are welcome, too.

Belfast Bay Watershed Program
2016-04-21 18:30 - 20:00
Community Sponsored Event:
“Lessons from Avian Haven, a Citizen’s Guide to Helping the Birds of Maine.” Laura Suomi-Lecker, education and outreach coordinator, will discuss common reasons why birds are admitted to Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Freedom and what citizens can do to help our local birds.

Revolutionary War Book Discussion
2016-04-21 15:00 - 17:00
The Penobscot Expedition
facilitated by Faith Campbell, Mount View Middle School Social Studies and
Penobscot Marine Museum Educational Interpreter.

Snap Circuits
2016-04-21 14:00 - 15:00, 2016-04-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Children’s Floor
Have a blast learning about electricity — Use Snap Circuits to make electronic circuits that really work! Build circuits that will light up, sound off, and power an accessory! No experience necessary. Come for one or both days. Ages 8 and up. To register, or for more information: 207-338-3884 ext. 24

Game On!
2016-04-20 14:30 - 16:00, 2016-04-13 14:30 - 16:00
EVERY Wednesday, 11 – 17 year olds are invited to the YA Room to play great GAMES FUN!
Starting at 2:30

Arielle Greenberg Poetry Reading
2016-04-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
In honor of National Poetry Month Belfast Poet Arielle Greenberg will read a selection of recent poems.
Arielle Greenberg is the author of the poetry collections Slice (Coconut Books, 2015), My Kafka Century (Action Books, 2005) and Given (Verse, 2002) and the chapbooks Shake Her (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012) and Farther Down: Songs from the Allergy Trials (New Michigan, 2003). Her creative nonfiction book Locally Made Panties is forthcoming in 2016 from Ricochet Editions, an imprint of Goldline Press.

Library Closed for Patriots Day
2016-04-18

Preschool Storytime
2016-04-15 10:00 - 11:00
With Becca Couch from Cornerspring Montessori School.

Knit2Together
2016-04-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Abbott Room

Wild Seed Project
2016-04-12 18:30 - 20:00
Presentation with Heather McCargo, founder and director of the Wild See Project, about growing native plants from seed. Co-sponsored by the Belfast Coop
