Friends of the Library Book Sale
2023-02-11 10:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The theme of the book sale is Valentines Day. An arts and crafts table will be set up for you to make your own Valentine’s Day cards. Supplies will be provided.

Valentine Making Party
2023-02-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Stop by and make a Valentine for someone you like, love or appreciate!
Drop in anytime!
All ages welcome!
We will have all the supplies!
For questions contact cvaccaro@belfastlibrary.org

James Munyon: America’s Medicine Man
2023-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Abbott Room
James Monroe Munyon (1848-1918) was a chemist and an outstanding marketing entrepreneur. He made millions of dollars manufacturing and selling his many “cures” for every possible malady, at a time when the average worker earned less than $600 per year. His advertisements appeared everywhere in America, including the Republican Journal. His personal life was also unusual. He was married three (maybe four) times, always to women several years younger than he, including an actress 36 years his junior who was described as one of the most beautiful actresses of her time. One of his former employees, Hawley Harvey Crippen, later became associated with a grisly murder in London.
Rick Davis, Munyon’s fifth cousin (twice removed) and President of the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society, will present plenty of juicy details about his noteworthy ancestor’s life at the chapter’s February 15 meeting.
All are welcome! This event is free and open to the public.

Monthly meeting of the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society. These meetings are now in a hybrid format. To receive the Zoom link or for more information, please email Sharon Pietryka at spietryka@belfastlibrary.org.

Waldo County Peace and Social Justice Program
2023-02-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Abbott Room

Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group
2023-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Abbott Room
Read with the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group.
Here at Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC), we think that winter is a great time to read! We’ve chosen three books with elements of fiction, memoir, history, politics, class, ecology, economy. . . something for everyone. But these books are more than just entertainment. Each book and following discussion will prompt us to reflect on what it means to be a good steward of our watershed. How do history, economics, and culture affect the choices that humans make about the natural world ?
Join them on February 16, 2023 for a discussion on, The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard.
The author describes this book as a little understood saga of war and betrayal, of clashing empires and ethnic cleansing, of an intra-English civil war and a 170 year colonial occupation of the province that we now know as Maine. These events explain some of Mainers’ most impressive virtues and most frustrating faults, as well as the still fraught relationship between this land’s real natives and the rest of us whose families came “from away” at some point in the past four hundred years. Facilitated by Kathleen Reilly.
For more information contact Jennifer Craig, 617-899-0111.

Storytime
2023-02-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
Storytimes promote early literacy and social growth.

Horror Play Reading Group
2023-02-17 16:30 - 17:30 | Abbott Room
Do you like to read scary plays?
Do you like snacks?
If so, come to this amazing “Horror Play Reading Group”!!
This is our second meeting, and we welcome any new thesbians, ages 11-17.
Please come prepared to be goofy, express emotion, and eat donuts!!

Belfast Garden Club Program: Nature’s Best Hope with Douglas Tallamy.
2023-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Nature’s Best Hope with Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware.
Live streamed presentation on zoom in the Abbott Room.
To register for the zoom option visit https://belfastgardenclub.org/
Recent declines in insect and bird populations make clear how poorly our current landscape designs have sustained the plants and animals that sustain us. To create landscapes that enhance local ecosystems, we must remove invasives and foster the native plant communities that sustain food webs, sequester carbon, maintain diverse native bee communities, and manage our watersheds. If we do this in half of the area now in lawn, we can create Homegrown National Park, a 20-million-acre network.
Doug Tallamy will discuss this idea and more. A professor of agriculture at the University of Delaware, he has authored Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape (co-authored with Rick Darke), Nature’s Best Hope (a New York Times bestseller), and The Nature of Oaks.

Digital Literacy Class: Using Facebook Securely
2023-02-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Waldo Community Action Partners to host Digital Literacy Classes at the Belfast Free Library
Waldo Community Action Partners is proud to announce a new series of computer literacy courses geared towards Maine residents ages 55+ to be hosted at libraries throughout Waldo County this February, March, and April. Courses are made available through the National Digital Equity Center, a nationally recognized organization with a mission to close the digital divide across the United States, and are designed to provide opportunities for professional growth, personal enrichment, and the development of computer skills in a supportive environment. Waldo CAP will facilitate in-person classes held at the Belfast Free Library, the Waldo Peirce Library in Frankfort, and the Unity Public Library. Classes last about an hour. Topics include Learning about Devices, Identifying Frauds & Scams, and Getting News and Information Online. Laptops will be made available to participants as needed.
Classes are free to Maine residents. All ages are welcome; courses are geared towards ages 55+. A limit of 10 seats is available for each class. Attendants must register in advance: please visit digitalequitycenter.org/classes/onsite-in-maine/ (scroll down to find WCAP) or call (207) 338-6809 to register over the phone.
Classes here at the BFL:
Tues., February 21, 4pm
Using Facebook Securely
Mon., February 27, 2pm
Using Software & Devices for Better Health
Mon., March 6, 10am
Identifying Fraud & Scams
Mon., March 13, 11:30am
Learning about Devices

Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series 2023
2023-02-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Race To Alaska with Clare and Leigh Dorsey
Zoom Presentation: Register for the zoom link here
In June 2022, sisters Clare and Leigh Dorsey rowed 750 miles along the beautiful and treacherous coastline of British Columbia as they competed in the Race to Alaska. Most of their competitors were in sailboats, but the sisters chose to use muscle power alone, camping each night along the wild shore. The name of their boat…Don’t Tell Mom! Join us as we relive the adventure with photos and stories from the trip.

Short Story Contest for Teens
2023-02-23 | Children’s Floor
Calling all teens, 11-17, to write a 2000 word, or less, short story. The theme is LOVE. Unrequited love, family love, love for pets, love of books.. all love.
Email submissions, or drop off on the 2nd floor of library by 02/23/23.
Email to cvaccaro@belfastlibrary.org
Include name, age, email or phone number.
Submissions will be published on the Belfast Free Library teen website, and prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners!! Have fun!!!

Chewonki Visits with "Fur, Feathers and Feet"
2023-02-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
On the Friday of school break, learn about animals around us with our neighbor Chewonki.

Digital Literacy Class: Using Software & Devices for Better Health
2023-02-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Abbott Room
Waldo Community Action Partners is proud to announce a new series of computer literacy courses geared towards Maine residents ages 55+ to be hosted at libraries throughout Waldo County this February, March, and April. Courses are made available through the National Digital Equity Center, a nationally recognized organization with a mission to close the digital divide across the United States, and are designed to provide opportunities for professional growth, personal enrichment, and the development of computer skills in a supportive environment. Waldo CAP will facilitate in-person classes held at the Belfast Free Library, the Waldo Peirce Library in Frankfort, and the Unity Public Library. Classes last about an hour. Topics include Learning about Devices, Identifying Frauds & Scams, and Getting News and Information Online. Laptops will be made available to participants as needed.
Classes are free to Maine residents. All ages are welcome; courses are geared towards ages 55+. A limit of 10 seats is available for each class. Attendants must register in advance: please visit digitalequitycenter.org/classes/onsite-in-maine/ (scroll down to find WCAP) or call (207) 338-6809 to register over the phone.
Upcoming classes here at the BFL:
Mon., March 6, 10am
Identifying Fraud & Scams
Mon., March 13, 11:30am
Learning about Devices

Community Composting: A Panel Discussion on Zoom
2023-02-28 18:30 - 20:00
A panel discussion with Panel: Scott Hesse, Davis Saltonstall, and David Wessels
Register for the zoom link here
Food waste is a major contributor to climate change in the U.S. Maine, to its credit, has led a national campaign to recycle food waste, and the state Climate Action Plan supports community composting. Belfast has considered piloting a community site, but has not succeeded long-term. Residents have proposed it to the BGC, but the club doesn’t have sufficient capacity. Food and garden waste is recycled locally by many home gardeners, but the food waste problem cannot be dealt with at scale by individuals. https://www.maine.gov/climateplan/
This interactive program invites members and neighbors to learn about and discuss the options.
This program is part of the 2023 Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series presented in collaboration with All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library.
For more information visit

Storytime
2023-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
Storytime allows social experiences and early literacy fun with read alouds, puppetry and engagement.
