The Museum of Maritime Pets : Maine Lighthouse Mascots
2024-07-12 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Patricia Sullivan, director of the Museum of Maritime Pets, will present illustrated exhibit panels and stories about some of Maine’s many lighthouse celebrities and
mascots. These endearing animals provided companionship for Keepers and their families, but also performed acts of bravery, service and entertainment.
Ages 6 and older
Friday, July 12, 4:00-5:00pm, Abbott Room

Read to a Dog at the Belfast Free Library!
2024-07-15 11:30 - 12:30
Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety.

Date: Mondays, July 15, 22 and 29
Time: 11:30-12:30pm
Location: Abbott Room

The Butterfly Guy - Jerry Schneider
2024-07-15 14:00 - 15:00
Learn all about butterflies through beautiful projected pictures and well-told stories from Jerry Schneider—The Butterfly Guy. Discover how to attract them to your
yard and garden, the difference between butterflies and moths, and how they behave in the wild. Then create your own butterfly t-shirt. Bring your own
shirt (heavy 100% cotton, please!) or we’ll have some on hand.

~ Families with children of all ages are welcome.
~ Monday, July 15, 2:00-3:00pm
~ Abbott room

Movies You May Have Missed Series: "The Farewell"
2024-07-16 14:00 - 16:00
This film series is presented by the Senior College of Belfast in partnership with the Belfast Free Library. Free and open to all.
The Farewell (2019) PG Comedy, drama, in English, Mandarin, Japanese and Italian, with subtitles. 100 min.
A headstrong Chinese-American woman (Awakafina) returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, as she struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness and as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
Many films were not shown in Belfast while the Colonial Theatre was closed. As a break from summer blockbusters, this series is a catch-up with what we might have missed.
Three comedy/dramas have been chosen from around the world: China, Bhutan, and “merrie olde” England.
Paul Sheridan will offer a short introduction and a discussion at the end of each movie. More information here.
Paul Sheridan helped run “Friday Night Films” at the Belfast Library for several years. This continues in that tradition. Paul has been a lifelong movie buff and has taught many courses on photography and film at Belfast Senior College.

Author Ret Talbot, "Chasing Shadows - Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark"
2024-07-16 18:30 - 20:00
Celebrate the paperback release of Chasing Shadows – Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark with science writer and Rockland-based author Ret Talbot. The book, written with shark biologist Greg Skomal, chronicles the return of the white shark to New England’s coast. At its heart, it is a conservation success story, but also one that challenges our idea of what it means to be prey–even if we’re only mistaken as such.
Scientific illustrator Karen Talbot, who created the illustrations and maps in the book, will be on hand to share her large painting of “Mueller,” the shark featured in chapter one of the book, and she will gladly add an original sketch of a white shark to the title page of any books purchased at the event.
Ret Talbot is an award-winning journalist with over two decades of experience covering stories from some of the more remote corners of the globe. From the glacial summits of the Andes to the reefs of Papua New Guinea, his assignments have taken him off the beaten track and put his readers face-to-face with stories of adventure, new ideas and innovative approaches to vexing environmental problems.

**POSTPONED**Genealogy group meeting: Field Trip to the Maine State Library
2024-07-17 09:00 - 13:00
**POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL**
This month, the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society will be taking a field trip to the Maine State Library, where we will receive a tour of their genealogy resources and then be able to spend some time doing independent research.
If you are interested in attending, please email Sharon Pietryka at spietryka@belfastlibrary.org.

Knit2Together
2024-07-17 16:00, 2024-07-24 16:00, 2024-07-31 16:00
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.

Belfast Historical Society Program
2024-07-22 19:00 - 20:00
Helen B. Shute, Newspaper Woman, Photographer and Civic Leader
Megan Pinette, historical society president, will present the writing and photograph collections of Helen Shute now in the Belfast Museum archives. Helen’s newspaper career spanned 65 years, writing for a total of 16 newspapers from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Her news articles and extensive photograph collection illuminate Belfast history in the 20th century.

Me & Martha in Concert
2024-07-23 19:00 - 20:00

A Riot In the Garden ~ Songs and Stories for a Small Planet with Jackson Gillman
2024-07-25 11:00 - 12:00
Songs & Stories for a Small Planet with Stand-up Chameleon Jackson Gillman
With a background in ecology, Gillman delights audiences with his storytelling, song, dance, mime , humor and imagination. Be sure to bring your imagination.
~ All Ages
~ Thursday, July 25
~ 11:00-12:00pm
~ Abbott Room

Hula Hooping for Teens~ with Katie Leone
2024-07-25 15:30 - 17:00
Belfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Hula Hooping for Teens
A hula hoop making event, with hula hooping party to follow. Katie Leone will be teaching us some sweet hula hooping moves!!
~ For teens 11-17
~ Thursday, July 25th
~ 3:30 to 5:00
~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Movies You May Have Missed Series: "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom"
2024-07-30 14:00 - 16:00
This film series is presented by the Senior College of Belfast in partnership with the Belfast Free Library. Free and open to all.
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (2019) Age 12+ Drama, Family, in Dzongkha and English, with subtitles. 110 min.
An aspiring singer in Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia, but he shirks his duties and is sent to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village, without electricity, textbooks, or even a blackboard, he then must face the daunting task of teaching the village children.
Paul Sheridan will offer a short introduction and a discussion at the end of each movie. More information here.
Paul Sheridan helped run “Friday Night Films” at the Belfast Library for several years. This continues in that tradition. Paul has been a lifelong movie buff and has taught many courses on photography and film at Belfast Senior College.

The Song Dog Puppeteer's ~ Coyote and the Boy Ben
2024-08-01 14:00 - 15:00
This is a marionette show about the wonderful relationships in our lives and in the lives of the wild ones who share our planet with us. This is a story of a Mother Coyote
searching for her little pup who has run off to play. A boy called Ben is playing in the forest too. Join us in their touching and unforgettable meeting based on Natives
Peoples’ stories of Coyotes’ benevolence toward humans.

~ All ages
~ Thursday, August 1
~ 2:00-3:00pm
~ Abbott Room
