Beflast Free Library

Cartooning Club
2019-03-05 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Belfast Free Library Cartooning Club with graphic artist James Quigley, every Tuesday 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Participants will explore drawing techniques and exercises to develop the imagination. Projects may include comic strips, autobiographical illustration, transforming stories to sequential art, and more. All ages and skill levels are welcome and encouraged. Drawing materials will be provided.
James Quigley is a graphic artist, illustrator, and cartoonist residing in Appleton, ME. His work has appeared in the form of skateboard graphics, comic books and comic strips, animation, rock posters, and shirt graphics.
All library programs are free and open to the public. For more information call 207-338-3884 ext. 24.

Stay & Play Time for Babies & Toddlers
2019-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Children’s Floor
Weekly short, interactive playtime especially for babies and toddlers with their caregivers. Time for play and exploration on the children’s floor. And time for kids and caregivers to get to know one another. Tips about great books, songs, and games for this age group. Midcoast Music Together sessions once per month.

Children and Teen Game Day
2019-03-01 15:00 - 17:30 | Third Floor
Fifteen new games to play! All ages under 18 are welcome. Come stop by to this free event!

Browntail Moth Informational Session
2019-02-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Browntail moth is an invasive forest pest that continues to expand its range in Maine bringing with it human health impacts. This info session includes an overview of its biology, history in Maine and updates on current browntail range/ areas at risk. We will also talk about management options and ways to mitigate human health impacts.
Presenter: Tom Schmeelk
Entomologist 2
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Maine Traders & Active Investors Group
2019-02-27 18:00 - 19:45 | Abbott Room
Introduction to Technical Analysis
This event is free and open to the public. It is the first event for the newly formed Maine Traders & Active Investors Group, a networking and educational group for Belfast and surrounding area.
Organizer Bruce Powers, CMT, will present an Introduction to Technical Analysis from his over 20 years of experience in the financial markets. Technical analysis is a tool to engage financial markets in a well thought out and professional manner. It uses price charts to identify trends and patterns that can be utilized to improve timing and risk management. Used extensively by active market participants, technical analysis and charting techniques help provide an edge when engaging financial markets. A brief analysis of the current markets will also be included with discussion encouraged.
Following Bruce’s talk there will be some time for dialogue and discussion on interests and ideas for future events and get togethers.
Please RSVP to: bpowers949@gmail.com, or visit on Meetup.

STEAM Kids - Chewonki: Owls of Maine
2019-02-21 15:30 - 16:30
Owls of Maine: Habits and Adaptations of Maine’s Native Owls
Three live owls are the highlights of this program, which introduces participants to the owls native to Maine and New England. Beginning with slides and sounds, participants will learn the identifying characteristics and calls of each owl. Then, using talons, wings, and skulls, we explore the adaptations of these silent nocturnal hunters. This program ends with an intimate and detailed look at live owls, bringing these creatures of the night into the light!

STEAM Kids is a weekly hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) program for kids 8 and up. This is a free drop-in program. Participants are welcome to come to one session or come every week.
For more information: 207-338-3884 ext. 24
Thursday Afternoons — 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
January 24 & 31
Learn to sew by hand and machine. Make your own stuffed animal to keep.

February 7 & 14
Create gorgeous glowing projects with LilyPad sewable electronics.
School vacation week! – February 21 – School vacation week!
Chewonki Traveling Natural History Program: Owls of Maine.

February 28
***Extended program this day only 3:30 – 6:60 p.m.***
Gizmo Garden with Chris Dorman, Maine State Library STEM Liaison.
March 7 & March 14
Squishy Circuits: Electricity + play dough = lights? Awesome!

March 21
Finish projects.

March 28
STEAM Gallery — Set up and display your projects for family and friends.

Chewonki Foundation - Owls of Maine
2019-02-21 15:30 - 16:30
Owls of Maine: Habits and Adaptations of Maine’s Native Owls
Three live owls are the highlights of this program, which introduces participants to the owls native to Maine and New England.
Beginning with slides and sounds, participants will learn the identifying characteristics and calls of each owl. Then, using talons, wings, and skulls, we explore the adaptations of these silent nocturnal hunters. This program ends with an intimate and detailed look at live owls, bringing these creatures of the night into the light!

Discovering Wilderness on the Mississippi River with Chris Battaglia
2019-02-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Come Boating! Belfast’s Community Boating Organization and the Belfast Free Library are cosponsoring this event which is free and open to the public.
Chris Battaglia spent six weeks paddling and documenting the Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico in a 30 foot
voyageur canoe. Come hear Chris share the 1,152 mile journey through stories, photographs, and video clips exploring the awe-inspiring
landscape found between the levees of the mighty Mississippi River.

MakerSpace Custom Button Making
2019-02-19 15:00 - 17:00
Make your own personalized button. Ages 10 and up. Tuesday, February 19th 3pm-5pm. On the teen floor.

Library Closed for Presidents Day
2019-02-18

Knit2Together
2019-02-13 16:00 - 17:30
Knitters of all experience levels are welcome to join us the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month , from 4-5:30 pm in the Abbott Room. 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

History of Cheese in Maine with Eric Rector
2019-02-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Eric Rector has been making cheese commercially since 2006, but his interest in cheese goes back to the 1980s when he discovered that there was a world beyond Kraft Individual Slices of Processed American Cheese Food.
Recently Eric researched the history of cheese making in his town of Monroe, which extends from the 1870s through the 1940s. Dairy has always been one of the top three agricultural industries in Maine, and Maine once had over 60 cheese factories across the state like the one in Monroe village. He wondered why Maine never gained the kind of reputation for cheese and dairy as Vermont? The answer goes way back to the beginning of civilization, and continues through today, and he has created a talk that describes what he found.
Following Eric’s talk there will be a reception — sponsored by Eat More Cheese — with samples of the kind of cheese that would have been made throughout Maine in the 1800s, as well as examples of what is being made today in Maine.

Midcoast Exploration of Consciousness Meeting
2019-02-06 18:00 - 19:45 | Abbott Room
Round-table: What is Consciousness , and Could Machines Have It? with John Williams

For the birds: A backyard birding program for kids
2019-02-06 16:00 - 17:15 | Abbott Room
Friends of Sears Island will host a backyard birding workshop for kids from 4 to 5:15 p.m. The program will be led by Rob Burke, who is always on the lookout for birds.
A retired science teacher, Burke lives in Newburgh and is a Friends of Sears Island board member. He will teach children how to identify the birds that overwinter in Maine, and about the Great Backyard Bird Count, which is led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society and happening Feb. 15-18.
For more information, visit friendsofsearsisland.org, facebook.com/friendsofsearsisland or call 975-3878

New Year New Attitude!
2019-02-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Abbott Room
Join Gilda Joffe, Certified HeartMath Trainer and Coach on Monday February 4th at 6:30 to discuss what stress is,
how it affects us, and how we can start the path to changing our responses. Her Introduction to HeartMath will explore how to manage stress both at home and at work to increase resilience and productivity. HeartMath is a scientific approach to emotional
and behavioral change which is grounded in more than 20 years of research. It suggests very specific internal
adjustments that can heal stress at its roots by using a collection of tools and strategies especially designed to
lower stress and increase emotional and physical resilience. The stress may not change, but YOU can!
Learn more about Joffe and her practice at heartpotential.com
