Beflast Free Library

Genealogy group meeting
2022-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Abbott Room
Monthly meeting of the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society.
All are welcome! These meetings are now in a hybrid format with the option to join in-person in the Abbott Room or to join online over Zoom. To receive the Zoom link or for more information, please email Sharon Pietryka at spietryka@belfastlibrary.org.

Citizen's Climate Lobby Candidate Forum
2022-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Room
A candidates’ climate forum, sponsored by the Belfast area Citizens Climate Lobby, will be held in the Abbott Room at 7 pm on September 22 for the two candidates for Maine Senate, District 11. Current State Senator Chip Curry and current Maine House District 99 Representative MaryAnne Kinney will address Maine policy concerning climate change.
For more information https://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ME_Belfast/

Storytime
2022-09-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Abbott Room

“Photographing Belfast’s Waterfront- Then and Now”, Belfast Historical Society Program
2022-09-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
“Photographing Belfast’s Waterfront- Then and Now” is the topic for the Belfast Historical Society meeting at 7:00 pm, Monday, September 26, in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library. Liv Kristin Robinson, lead curator of the photography show which was on exhibit at Waterfall Arts June 18 to August 29, 2021 will lead the discussion. Co-curators, Kevin Johnson, photo archivist at the Penobscot Marine Museum, and Megan Pinette, curator at the Belfast Museum, will add commentary. The very successful exhibit featured historic maritime history as well as photographs from over a dozen contemporary photographers. For more information visit belfastmuseum.org
The program will be recorded and made available on BCTV2, BelfastMuseum.org, BHSM Facebook page and on DVD(at the library)

Reflection: A Walk with Water, film presentation
2022-09-27 18:00 - 20:00
To highlight National Climate Action Week, The All of Belfast Climate Dialogues and the Peace and Social Justice Forum/Waldo County ( formerly Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County) will co-present the film: Reflection: A Walk with Water.
Filmmaker Emmett Brennan embarks on a powerful journey to find stories of hope and healing as he walks 200 miles along the iconic Los Angeles aqueduct encountering cultural leaders, ecological activists, and indigenous wisdom keepers who are re-envisioning our relationship to water.
The water cycle is being broken, and the consequence is an increasingly erratic and uninhabitable planet. This award winning film highlights transformational stories from LA and other parts of California and makes widespread ecological healing seem well within reach. Providing deep insight into the inseparability of water and life, Reflection helps equip our minds and hearts for the important work ahead.

Gallery Talk & Reception- Rita Swidrowski
2022-09-29 15:00 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
Locally Grown: Illustrations & Reflections from the Sketch Journals of Rita Swidrowski
Locally Grown, an exhibit of watercolor and ink illustrations with text by Rita Swidrowski, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library September 7th through October 7th.
At the gallery talk and reception on September 29th, Rita will share more of what she learned in a slide presentation.

Friends of the Library Book Sale
2022-10-01 10:00 - 13:00

Library Closed for Indigenous People's Day
2022-10-10

Take and Make for Children and Teens
2022-10-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Children’s Floor
Take and Make

Friends of Sears Island Program
2022-10-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Friends of Sears Island will hold a free public meeting on Wednesday, October 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the Abbott Room at Belfast Free Library, to give an update on the status of the proposal to develop a “wind port” in Searsport. Large floating wind turbines would be constructed and launched from the port for deployment in the Gulf of Maine. At this meeting we will review the process so far and provide analysis of new information that is expected to come during the September 29 meeting of the Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group in Augusta.

Sears Island and Mack Point are identified as feasible locations for this port, if such a port will be built in Penobscot Bay. If Sears Island is chosen for this development, it would destroy the island’s ecological, recreational, and economic value, while re-developing Mack Point, an industrial site for more than a century, into a renewable energy site offers a “greener” option.
To learn more visit Friends of Sears Island Webpage

17th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival
2022-10-15 | Abbott Room

GreenStreets! Meeting
2022-10-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Abbott Room
Belfast has beautiful tree lined streets. Have you ever wondered where they came from? Join GreenStreets! at the Belfast Free Library for a short informative program on the street trees of Belfast. Monday evening October 17 at 6:00 PM when there will be a presentation about Belfast street tree planting, protection, and advocacy along the streets and public spaces in Belfast.
Since 1980 GreenStreets! has been planting and caring for trees all over Belfast neighborhoods from the east side to outer Main Street to the Belfast Waterfront, in City Parks, on private and public property, school yards and cemeteries, court houses and fire houses: GreenStreets has planted many hundreds of the trees we pass by every day. The presentation will include a short history of street trees in Belfast, how GreenStreets! came to be and what it does today, which trees and where have they been planted, our City Of Belfast tree ordinance, the Tree Warden’s job, City
of Belfast tree planting, how trees are protected in Belfast, the latest inventory of street trees, what does the future look like, and how can we help plant, care, and advocate for public street trees.
GreenStreets! hopes to educate the public and attract new members and supporters in our mission to plant, protect, care, and advocate for public trees. If you value street and public trees and would like to learn more about how they find a home, are cared for, and how to advocate for the trees please join your neighbors at The Belfast Free Library Abbott Room at 6:00 PM Monday October 17th . For more information Call Mike Hurley 338-1975 or write mike@pilut.com

Belfast Garden Club Program
2022-10-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Coastal Maine Botanical Garden Horticulture Specialist, Andy Brand Will Give a Talk on Native Plants

Andy Brand, interim director of horticulture at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay, will discuss the advantages of landscaping with native Northeastern plants in a free Belfast Garden Club lecture Tuesday, October 18 at 12 noon.

The one-hour public program, part of the Garden Club’s 2022 series, will be streamed live at noon in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street. Those who wish to join from home, may register for the Zoom link here.

Community Climate Discussions, Continued: Helping Belfast Be Resilient to Big Storms & Flooding
2022-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
The City of Belfast’s Climate Crisis Committee (CCC) with support from All of Belfast Climate Dialogues (ABCD) is leading in the development of a climate action plan for Belfast. Following a short presentation on the impacts of storm water, our discussion will focus on actions property owners can take today, actions we can take together in the coming year or two, and more significant infrastructure improvements that we want to make happen in the future. Join us October 18th for this the second in our series of community climate conversations that began on June 14th seeking public input to develop a climate action plan (CAP) for Belfast. The purpose of a CAP is to document citizens’ values and priorities to guide decisions and lay out a timeline of actions to increase community resilience. This discussion, moderated by the ABCD team will focus on storm water impacts from big storms and flooding.
Register for the hybrid zoom option here.
