**POSTPONED**Genealogy group meeting: Field Trip to the Maine State Library
2024-07-17 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
**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, 2024-08-07 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

Bob Lloyd : Magician, Juggler and Mime
2024-08-05 18:00 - 19:00
An experienced and exuberant master of his art, Bob Lloyd presents a fast-paced blend of magic, juggling, and mime which captivates audiences of all ages.
Don’t miss this FREE event
~ Monday, August 5
~ 6:00-7:00pm
~ Abbott Room

Beeswax Collage/Painting for Teens
2024-08-06 15:00 - 16:30
Belfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Beeswax Collage/Painting for Teens
Belfast Summer Reading invites you to learn a painting technique called encaustic painting/collage, in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax. You will leave with your very own encaustic painting/collage and a new found love of beeswax!
~ For teens 11-17
~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

"Your Obt. Servant, William P. Parrott" a presentation by Willa Bywater
2024-08-06 18:30 - 20:00
Willa Bywater, former Belfast Historical Society intern and current Penobscot Marine Museum interpreter, will share their discovery of a journal from 1839 in the Maine Historical Society archives, and what it has to share about the Aroostook War, a comical yet surprisingly relevant period in Maine’s history.

LEGO Club at the Belfast Free Library
2024-08-08 16:00 - 17:00
Love LEGO’s? Come join the club. The library provides LEGOs and a scoop. Take the scoop of LEGOs to a table and build. Build what you like or take the Library Challenge. Near the conclusion of the program, you can describe your build or leave it to our imagination.
All are welcome!
