Storytelling Through Fabric for Teens with Jane McLean
2024-05-15 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Conference Room
View a tabletop display of select panels from the “circles of my life: a fiber art celebration“ Exhibit.
Learn the process of telling a personal story using fabric pieces in a traditional pattern.
Create a framed wall hanging based on the folded star pattern; no sewing is required.
Share a story about your work.
Register by emailing Crystal at cvaccaro@belfastlibrary.org
Maximum of 10 people ~ 11-17 years

Knit2Together
2024-05-15 16:00, 2024-05-22 16:00, 2024-05-29 16:00 | Abbott Room
Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 4:00-5:30 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
Contact bharrington@belfastlibrary.org to sign up to to join the knitting group.

No Knitting Group May 15th
2024-05-15 16:00 | Abbott Room

Library Skills for Homeschool Families
2024-05-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Abbott Room
~The Belfast Free Library is your school library. Children’s Librarian Stephanie Holman will lead a program to support readers and researchers with tips and tools to use a public library to its fullest. Join us in the Abbott room of the Belfast Free Library for an overview of basic library skills. A tour of the children’s collection will follow. To conclude, we will test new library skills with a game and prizes.
~Grades K and up~

Maine's Spring Birds with Nick Lund, Advocacy and Outreach Manager, Maine Audubon Society
2024-05-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition and the Belfast Free Library present this program for Bird Week 2024.
Millions of birds of hundreds of different species pour into Maine each spring, and it can be an overwhelming experience for birders. Join Maine Audubon to calm your nerves about
spring migration, learning about why and how it happens, and what species to expect.
Nick Lund is Maine Audubon’s Advocacy and Outreach Manager, and also the author of the and also the author of the American Birding Association’s “Field Guide to the Birds of Maine.”
This program will be offered in person in the Abbott Room and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom here.

Penobscot Bay Ringers present Spring Ring concert to benefit Friends of Belfast Free Library
2024-05-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Gammans Room
Penobscot Bay Ringers, Midcoast Maine’s community handbell choir, will present a Spring Ring on Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.
The concert, which is open to the public, will feature a variety of familiar hymns, popular songs, as well as some pieces composed specifically for handbells. In addition to music presented by the full, five-octave choir, there will be several ensemble performances by members of Penobscot Bay Ringers. The group will be joined by vocalist Emily Emmott on two of the pieces. The concert will be one hour in length with no intermission. The concert is presented at no charge thanks to the Friends of Belfast Free Library.
The Friends of the Belfast Free Library are volunteers who come together because they value and care about the Belfast Free Library and seek to enhance and maximize the library’s role in the community. The Friends believe that enriching the library’s resources helps to create a strong library which in turn ensures a strong community.

Origami Club for Teens
2024-05-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Kramer Gallery
Come and join us for Origami Club. Each month we attempt to learn a new fold, and to practice basic folds! Come and join in the team effort or free-fold on your own!! Snacks are always abundant, and fun is had by all. We will be meeting in the Kramer gallery, on the ground floor of the Belfast Free Library.

Belfast Historical Society Program
2024-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
The Mighty Goose River
Gary Stuckey, museum volunteer, will present the history of the Goose River (its mouth at Belfast Bay, Maine) from the first dam built to power sawmills to electrical power generation at its mouth. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries the river provided power for grist mills, sawmills, leatherboard factories and axe factories. Several ice businesses flourished along its length.
*Event limited to 75 attendees.

The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet
2024-05-21 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-05-28 09:30 - 11:00 | Abbott Room
The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the Abbott Room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings by Belfast Poet Laureate Maya Stein, and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email hello@mayastein.com for more information and to register.

Library Closed for Memorial Day
2024-05-27

No Meeting this Week: The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet
2024-05-28 09:30 - 11:00 | Abbott Room

Reception for THMS "Faces of the Future" mask exhibit
2024-06-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Abbott Room
Statement about the exhibit:
We are Troy Howard Middle School 8th grade social studies students. We have explored the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in order to find a goal we think is particularly important. Each of us has chosen a goal, completed research, and designed a mask to get the word out about our chosen SDG. We hope people view our “Faces of the Future” masks and read our artist statements and begin to think about ways that we can all make a difference.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to inspire, educate, and make a difference. We are the next generation that will have to survive in this world, so we are going to make it a place where we can. We WILL thrive if we follow these goals, and if we are disciplined, determined and concentrated towards making the world a better place, it WILL happen. We need change, so we will create it ourselves. This project is giving more awareness and trying to relate to the younger generations through art.
