Beflast Free Library

Indigenous Peoples' Day Event
2016-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Film:
N’Tolonapemk: Our Relations Place- The Passamaquoddy People and the St. Croix River Watershed. (2006)
The film will be preceded by two short multi media pieces by Barbara Maria: “Since We Cannot Go Back” and “Convergence.”

Indie Author Day!
2016-10-08 14:00 - 16:00
We will join a live stream presentation with industry leaders as they offer up guidance and insight to local writers — streaming in hundreds of libraries across the U.S. and Canada
Whether you’re new to the writing world or are a literary veteran, you know that there is much to be learned from people from all across the industry. For the first time in a global panel presentation, leaders from the literary technology world, a librarian, a leader in review publications, publishing experts and writers will all come together to offer inspiration and advice to your local indie community. Learn more about the experts who will be featured on the digital presentation at indieauthorday.com
After the live stream, Maine author Roger M. Woodbury will join the discussion at the Belfast Free Library’s first Indie Author Day!
There will also be a demonstration of Self-e, a self-publishing platform offered through the library’s website.

Friday Night Film
2016-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Room
Frozen River (2008) 97 min. In the days before Christmas near a border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec, two single mothers, a Mohawk and a white, face desperate circumstances. They are drawn, by the lure of fast money, into the world of border smuggling across the frozen waters of the St. Lawrence River. Rated R for language. In English and French with subtitles.

Author Talk Douglas Rooks, "Statesman"
2016-10-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Veteran Maine journalist and columnist Douglas Rooks will read from his biography, Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible ,published by Down East Books / Rowman & Littlefield.
The first full-length account of the life and career of one of Maine’s most notable citizens, and a public figure of national and international standing, Statesman traces Mitchell’s path from his humble beginnings in Waterville, one of five children of an Irish-American laborer orphaned at birth, and his wife, an immigrant to Waterville’s close-knit Lebanese community

Statesman has been praised by former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe and former Congressman Tom Allen, and includes an introduction by current Senator Angus King. Rooks has received numerous awards from the National Newspaper Association, New England Newspaper Association, and has been named three times as best opinion columnist in Maine. This is his first book. Questions and discussion will follow the reading; books will be available to purchase at the program.

Relief Print Making for Kids & Teens
2016-10-04 16:00 - 18:00
This fun art program with Russell Kahn is scheduled for two consecutive Tuesdays
October 4 & 11
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Learn about famous wood block artist Mary Azarian, and try your hand at her methods.
Week One: Create prints using black ink.
Week Two: When prints are dry add color with watercolor paints.

Friday Night Flix
2016-09-30 07:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Room
Notorious (Black and White, 1946) You want espionage? You want heart pounding suspense? You want a two and a half minute on-screen kiss between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman? Look no further. This is the story of an American born woman whose father was convicted of spying for the Nazis. Reluctantly, she agrees to spy on a Nazi organization stationed in Brazil. Want more intrigue? A love triangle develops (enter Claude Raines) and threatens the operation. Still not sold? It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

After School Chess Club Information Meeting
2016-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Children’s Floor
Chess Club with Russell Kahn begins in October
There will be an information meeting, plus a few games of chess, on Wednesday evening, September 28th at 6:00pm.
Regular chess club meetings will take place After School. The day is to be determined following the information meeting.
Kids ages 7 and up are invited to get in the game!
Sign up on the Children’s Floor, or call 207-338-3884 ext. 24 if you are unable to attend the information meeting but would like to find out more.

Knit2Together
2016-09-28 16:00 - 17:30 | Abbott Room

Destination Wellness
2016-09-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Acupuncture and Asian Medicine for Health and Well-Being
With Rhonda Feiman, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, LAC, LLC.
Join Rhonda Feiman, licensed acupuncturist & Chinese herbalist, for an informal introduction to how the time-tested, diagnostic techniques and practices of East Asian Medicine are used to enhance health and well being.

Friday Night Flix
2016-09-23 07:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Room
Inherit the Wind (Black and White, 1960) Where did we come from? Were we created or did we evolve? That’s exactly the question that Spencer Tracy and Fredric March argue in a hot Tennessee courtroom. The story, based on the 1925 Scopes “monkey” Trial, was originally written as a play in 1955 as a means to discuss the wave of McCarthyism that gripped the country. Tracy and March’s characters are loosely based on the real life historical figures of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan… Not to be missed.

Hatchery Small Business Start-up Workshop
2016-09-22 18:00 - 19:30

Your Next Career Move, Tools to Get Started
2016-09-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Abbott Room
Ready for a career change but don’t know where to begin? This workshop will help point you in the right direction. We will cover what to consider when making a career choice, the steps involved in creating a career plan, and the resources available to help you succeed.
At the end of this workshop, you will have:

A basic outline of what you want to decide, discover, or plan.
An individual career consultation appointment with NVME staff, if desired.
Resources for additional help and possible funding of education or training.
The opportunity to join a free, comprehensive five-session Career Planning Class in a live or online format, to begin in October.

To register by phone or with questions, contact Melinda Wildes at 593-7942 or melinda.wildes@maine.edu
Click Here To Register

Dawnland Voices Book Discussion
2016-09-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Beginning Monday September 19th at 6pm, the Belfast Free Library will host a Book Discussion Series focused on the book, Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England (Siobhan Senier, editor). The series is free and open to the public and will be co-facilitated by Cloe Chunn and Diane Oltarzewski.
Participants will focus on the portions of the book that include Native writers from Maine tribal communities, in preparation for three Monday evening discussions from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in the Abbott Room.The September 19 meeting will cover the Introduction (pp. 1-14) and MicMac selections (pp. 21-106); October 17 will cover the Maliseet (pp. 113-154) and Abenaki (pp. 275-366); and November 14 will cover the Passamaquoddy (pp. 161-211) and the Penobscot (pp. 215-268). Guest facilitators for the final session on November 14th will be Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot lawyer and Executive Director of the Land Peace Foundation) and Margo Lukens (a professor of English at the University of Maine).
Please stop by or call the main Circulation Desk of the Belfast Free Library [338-3884 ext 10] to sign up. The Library will have a limited number of copies available. Left Bank Books and Old Professor’s Bookshop are happy to order copies of the book at a 5% discount. Second-hand copies can be obtained at abebooks.com or amazon.com.

Friends of the Library Author Event with Eva Murray
2016-09-18 15:00 - 17:00
The Friends of the Belfast Free Library invite the community to hear stories from WAY OUT TO SEA by Eva Murray on Sunday, September 18 at 3 in the Gammans Room of the library. A reception will follow.
Eva Murray moved to Matinicus Island in 1987 to teach in the one-room school. Two years later she married the island electrician and stayed to raise a family there. Over the years she has started a small bakery, become an emergency medical technician, taken on a number of roles in municipal government and volunteer organizations, and started the community’s recycling program. Since 2003 she’s also been a regular columnist for ten Maine publications. She has just completed her flying courses to enable her to be a licensed pilot.
Come join us! A $10 donation at the door to the Friends of the Library will help us fund our projects for the library.

Friday Night Flix
2016-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
King Kong (The Original) (Black and White, 1933) Does it get any better than this? The original King Kong on a large screen… You know the story. A movie crew goes to an exotic island – and gets a little more than they bargained for. King Kong is somehow brought back to NYC, where he doesn’t exactly fit in… The final scene of King Kong and Fay Wray atop the Empire State Building is exactly why they invented movies… “Oh no. It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Remakes? Why mess with perfection?
