Beflast Free Library

Knit2Together
2022-01-26 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-01-19 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-01-12 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-01-05 15:30 - 17:00, 2021-12-29 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Contact bharrington@belfastlibrary.org to sign up to to join the knitting group.
Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 3:30-5:00 pm on Zoom.

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

Maine’s climate future: The role of carbon management in farms and forests with Ivan Fernandez
2022-01-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
This winter the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the Climate Crisis on our forests, farms, gardens and food supply.
Register for the zoom link here
This presentation will address three main topics. First Ivan Fernandez will summarize key findings from climate assessments focused on Maine, primarily the Maine’s Climate Future reports and the assessment report of the Maine Climate Council’s Scientific and Technical Subcommittee. Then he will discuss how farms and forests can contribute to what is often called ‘Natural Climate Solutions’. He will talk about soils and soil health, primarily considering soils on farms, and how enhancing soil organic carbon can promote both the resilience of the soil in light of climate risks as well as contribute to reducing atmospheric carbon concentrations. The presentation will also summarize forest management recommendations from the recent Governor’s Task Force on a Forest Carbon Program in Maine.
Dr. Fernandez is a Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute, and School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine. He has served on various U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board committees in Washington DC since 2000. He represents the University of Maine in the USDA Northeast Climate Hub and has been involved in leading the Maine’s Climate Future assessments in 2009, 2015, and 2020.

Growing Resilience: local farmers respond to climate change.
2022-01-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Join us for a panel discussion with farmers from three Waldo County Farms: Bahner Farm (Belmont), Daisy Chain Farm (Belfast) and Dickey Hill Farm (Monroe).
As outlined in Maine’s Climate Future report (UMaine Climate Change Institute 2009 and 2020), extreme weather events due to climate change pose particular challenges for Maine’s farms. Warmer temperatures harm vegetables, reduce fruit production and stress livestock. More intense rain events cause run-off and wash-outs and don’t replenish the water table. The longer and drier summers Maine is experiencing can require crops to need irrigation. These are but some of the issues our local food producers face.
They will discuss and answer questions about how the affects of climate change including droughts, floods, pests and extreme weather events have challenged and changed their farming practices.
Register for the zoom link here

Genealogy group meeting
2022-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Abbott Room
Monthly meeting of the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society.
All are welcome! To receive the Zoom link, please email Sharon Pietryka at spietryka@belfastlibrary.org.

Come Boating Winter Adventure Series
2022-01-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
Dory Woman Rowing with Nicolle Littrell
The 2022 Come Boating Winter Adventure Series kicks off with a presentation by Nicolle Littrell of DoryWoman Rowing.
Register for the Zoom link here.
Nicolle is an avid rower and coxswain rowing in the six person Cornish Pilot Gigs with Come Boating in Belfast. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when all rowing was canceled Nicolle took a leap and bought her own boat, a 19.5 foot Swampscott dory, Sorciere. She rowed throughout the first year of the pandemic, no matter the weather, and in June of 2021 became a licensed Maine Guide and turned her passion for rowing into a unique new business, DoryWoman Rowing offering rowing lessons, guided tours and specialty rows in her dory boat. Nicolle has documented her experience in stunning photos and videos which she will present during this program.

Belfast Garden Club Program
2022-01-18 12:00 - 13:00
Hügelkultur: Turn your Spring and Fall cleanup into abundant food gardens!
with Teddy Mattson
Register for the zoom link here
Hügelkultur is a traditional gardening method from Germany and Austria that translates to “mound garden”. It consists of building a mound of woody debris and burying it in soil. Teddy will explain the philosophy, ecological principles, and practical steps to building successful hügelkultur gardens out of landscape debris, from whole trees down to lawn clippings. He will cover basic how-tos, tips and tricks for streamlining the process and some pointers regarding what not to do (i.e., invasives, messy construction, steep slopes, etc.) Never send your brush and leaves to the burn pile or transfer station again!
Teddy Mattson is the owner and operator of Dirtgoat Permaculture, the host of the Dirtgoat Permaculture Podcast, and a City of Belfast homesteader. He studied anthropology and sustainability at the University of Southern Maine where he first learned about permaculture as a strategy for addressing many of today’s most pressing issues concerning the health and well-being of our species and planet

Library Closed
2022-01-17
The Library will be CLOSED Monday January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Camden Conference Community Event
2022-01-11 18:30 - 20:00
“The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall”-a talk by Dick and MaryAnn Topping
Register for the Zoom Link here
Many of us never knew Berlin with a wall. Those of us who did have forgotten most of what we knew. How did people move around, who moved around, and how did we obtain knowledge of the “other” side? Dick and MaryAnn Topping were in the city when the Berlin Wall went up. MaryAnn could do things that Dick – monitoring top secret Soviet military communications around the city – could never attempt. His experiences in Berlin later became the basis for a course at Belfast Senior College, “The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall.” Mary Ann visited East Berlin twice, experiencing the gray city it was; she also worked in a small PX (military store) with five German women and one German man; helped East Berliners who escaped to the West; and deeply appreciated being an American.
On Jan.11, they will share with us what life in the city was like for Americans before and after the East Germans built their Wall (“Die Mauer”) in the center of Berlin on 13 August 1961, dividing it into two separate communities for almost three decades – their reactions and expectations at the time.

Children's Take and Make: Shadow Puppets
2022-01-11 09:30 - 18:00 | Children’s Floor

Teen Take & Make: Snowglobe
2022-01-11 09:30 - 18:00 | Children’s Floor

CANCELLED: Special Children's Holiday Hour
2021-12-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Abbott Room
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID SAFETY
