Challenging Times for Local Builders: Managing Supply and Labor Shortages in the Midcoast
2022-12-13 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
The Camden Conference and Belfast Free Library present Daniel Waldron of Whitecap Builders on December 13 at 6:30 p. m. for a talk on persistent supply chain and labor shortages and how they are impacting local contractors and the consumers who rely on them. The event is free and open to all, with no registration required.
Dann is a local business owner, entrepreneur, and Belfast enthusiast. He owns three local businesses with his wife, Kathleen. They have owned and operated Whitecap Builders for the last seven years. This business employs 16 people and has grown every year under Dann’s leadership, and was named Waldo County’s Best of the Best award for Home Builder/Renovations for the past two years. Dann also co-owns a craft brewery and restaurant, Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. and Three Tides in Belfast. As an active philanthropist, Dann participates in a host of community development projects and is dedicated to the local economy and his community where he and Kathleen are raising their three children.
Camden Conference Community Events are free to all and presented in anticipation of the 36th annual Camden Conference, Global Trade and Politics: Managing Turbulence, presented February 17-19, 2023. For more information please visit camdenconference.org.

Anime Your Way led by Carlos
2022-12-14 17:30 - 18:30 | Abbott Room

LEGO Club
2022-12-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room

Storytime
2022-12-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room

Library Holidays Hours
2022-12-24, 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 | 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
