Library Holidays Hours
2022-12-25, 2022-12-26
The Library will be closing at 12 Noon on Saturday December 24th and
be closed on Monday December 26th for the Christmas Holiday,

Open Share: From Babies to Boomers
2022-12-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room

New Year's Day Closed
2023-01-02
The Library will be closed Monday January 2, 2023 for New Year’s Day.

Friends of the Library Book Sale
2023-01-07 10:30 - 13:00 | Library Lobby
Book donations will be accepted at the sale, up to 12 good quality books per person. The Friends are looking for current fiction, cooking, gardening and children’s books.

Music Together
2023-01-07 10:30 - 23:10 | Abbott Room

Melting the Ice: Poems of Warmth & Wonder: an open poetry reading
2023-01-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Abbott Room
Belfast Poet Laureate Judy Kaber invites local poets to join us for an afternoon open reading to start the new year off on a delightful note. Winter can be a time of struggle with cold weather and icy roads, but it can also be a time of joy when we gather together with friends and family or when we indulge ourselves in the beauty of the season. Bring a poem of warmth and wonder (or any poem, really) to share with others. There will be time for each poet to read one poem.
This program, co-sponsored by the Library, will take place in the Abbott Room

Take and Make for Children and Teen
2023-01-10
Thanks to the Anonimo Foundation and the Belfast Free Library Youth Services, you can begin to pick up a FREE wooden puzzle on Tuesday, January 10 while supplies last.

Charting a Course for Global Trade with Cipperly Good
2023-01-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Cipperly Good, Maritime History Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum will give a presentation titled: Charting a Course for Global Trade.
In the Nineteenth Century American global trade a disproportionate amount of foreign goods traveled on Maine-built and/or Maine-captained sailing cargo vessels. Using annotated nautical charts owned by Mid-coast Maine captains, this illustrated talk will show the ports of call, trade routes, and commentary of those captains as they plied their trade. Along the way, we will hear stories of business dealings in foreign ports and the captains who acted as businessmen on top of their regular duties.
More information…

LEGO Club
2023-01-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room

Storytime
2023-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room

Teen Horror Play Reading Group
2023-01-13 16:30 - 17:30 | Abbott Room
If you love plays and reading plays, then come to this horror play reading group. This group is for 11-17 year olds and all levels of reading, acting, and participation are welcome! There will be donut holes, a short acting warm-up and then a scary play reading. Scene work may happen!! It is going to be great and we hope all interested parties can make it! If you have any questions please email Crystal Vaccaro at cvaccaro@belfastlibrary.org

Library Closed
2023-01-16
Library CLOSED for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Belfast Garden Club Program
2023-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Planting for Pollinators with Katherine Garland, University of Maine Extension
In this program, University of Maine Extension horticulture professional Kate Garland will offer tips for promoting pollinators, which play a key role in the health of our gardens and our ecosystems. She’ll discuss best landscape management practices, as well as ways to provide food, habitat, and water resources for pollinators and introduce the Pollinator Friendly Garden program.
At Maine Extension, Garland’s work has involved supporting home, school, and community gardening efforts in Penobscot and Aroostook Counties. She holds a bachelor’s degree in botany and master’s degree in horticulture from the University of Maine.
To register for the Zoom option click here
For more information about this and other Belfast Garden Club Programs….

Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series 2023
2023-01-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Zoom Presentation: Register for the zoom link here
Around Newfoundland in a Small Boat – Cod and Puffins, Fjords and Fishermen with Jonathan Fulford
A long time environmental activist and experienced sailor, Jonathan Fulford sailed this past summer from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, around Newfoundland, and back to Belfast, a 3800 nm adventure. This trip was an opportunity to share the beauty of these lands and waters with twenty different crew, as well as meet and talk with the generous people for whom these places are their home. It was also an opportunity to eat a lot of fish!
Register for the zoom link here
