The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet
2024-02-13 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-20 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-27 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Valentine Card Making Celebration
2024-02-13 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Come and celebrate the holiday of “love”, at the library! Children, teens and adults are welcome to drop in the Abbott Room on February 13th, from 3:30 to 5:00, and make a valentine. We have beautiful supplies for making some top-notch valentines! Also, there will be love-themed foodies for you to enjoy. Come on down and feel the love!!

Knit2Together
2024-02-14 16:00, 2024-02-21 16:00, 2024-02-28 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.

Belfast Garden Club Program
2024-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Waldo County Bounty presentation with Mattie J. Bamman, Writer, Homesteader, Co-founder WCB
Launched in response to the pandemic, Waldo County Bounty has responded to local food insecurity through the power of gardening. A countywide network of volunteers—gardeners, farmers, educators, and service providers—work to strengthen the Waldo County food system as a whole by ensuring everyone has access to fresh, locally-grown foods.
In this presentation, you’ll learn about WCB’s programs—Farm-to-Pantry, Gleaning, and Gardening, as well WCB’s many partners (BGC is one!). A writer and homesteader, Mattie J. Bamman was raised in the back-to-the-land movement in Downeast Maine. For 15 years he worked as a culinary travel writer. In 2018, he and his wife established a homestead and large garden using the “lasagna gardening” method, which he documented through the Ravenous Farmer channel on YouTube. In 2020, he helped launch Waldo County Bounty.
In the Abbott Room with a Zoom option: Click here to register for Zoom

Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series
2024-02-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
“From the Chesapeake Bay to the Bahamas and Back: How a family of novice sailors learned to navigate their first oceanic journey during a global pandemic.”
Zoe Couacaud grew up in Mauritius and Australia and is a documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and educator based in Washington DC. In September 2020 she and her husband, 13 year old daughter & 11 year old son embarked on a nine-month journey to the Bahamas. It was their first experience living aboard and their first time sailing the ocean – what they didn’t anticipate was that this long-planned journey would end up taking place within the context of a global pandemic.
This program is offered on Zoom only. Register for the Zoom link here.
The Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series is cosponsored by the Belfast Free Library and is free and open to all

Genealogy group meeting: New England Town Records
2024-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Abbott Room
Join the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society for a group viewing of a recorded presentation by genealogist Ann Lawthers, made available through American Ancestors, called “New England Town Records.”
Town records from New England can contain a wealth of genealogical information. These records can contain records of births, marriages, burials, mortgages, name changes, and more that can help you fill in the details of your ancestor’s life. In this webinar, Genealogist Ann Lawthers will delve into this important resource for New England and demonstrate how you may get the most out of these records for your own family history.
Discussion and light refreshments to follow! This event is free and open to the public.
For more information or to request the Zoom link, contact Sharon Pietryka at spietryka@belfastlibrary.org.

Peace & Social Justice Forum / Waldo County
2024-02-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Abbott Room
Peace and Social Justice Forum /Waldo County Announces Program Change
Regretfully, Doug Rawlings, from Veterans for Peace has had to cancel due to a family medical emergency. We will be rescheduling Doug’s presentation on his Return Journey to Vietnam when he is available.
Fortunately for all of us, local activist Ridgely Fuller has agreed to give a presentation on her involvement with international Peace activists in Palestine during the Siege of Gaza in 2010-2011, and her time spent working with children in Gaza. Ridgely was on the U.S. ship AUDACITY OF HOPE in June, 2011 when peace activists from around the world left multiple ports to sail to Gaza to create a Humanitarian Flotilla. Their aim was to challenge Israel’s embargo of the Gaza Strip and to deliver aid to the people of Gaza, already suffering from isolation and lack of food, medicine and supplies resulting from the blockade.
What we are seeing in Gaza today is devastating and catastrophic; Ridgely’s presentation will offer historical context for both the siege on Gaza we are witnessing, and international resistance and solidarity. Please join us in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library this Wednesday at 6 pm for this timely presentation.

Origami Club For Teens
2024-02-26 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Teens 11-17 are invited to join Origami Club! Each month we will be learning a new fold! Snacks Provided!!

Resilient Garden Design with Irene Barber
2024-02-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Program on Zoom
This program is the second in the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the Belfast Free Library.
The program is offered on Zoom. Register for the Zoom link here.
Recently, dramatic, unpredictable seasons have been teaching us that we can’t keep using the same practices from 10 or 20 years ago and expect the same results.
In this presentation, Irene Barber from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will share how garden spaces can be high-performing resilient systems that play an active role in the grassroots effort towards
Barber is a seasoned professional gardener, landscape designer, and horticulturist who is always learning and excited to share the lessons with students, fellow plant people, and designers. With an AS degree in plant and soil science and a BA in communications, human behavior, Irene has brought her love of plants and people to her practice in horticultural therapy. As the adult education and horticultural therapy program manager at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, she produces up to 90 annual classes. Irene also runs a side landscape consulting and design business called Greenscapes Design LLC.

Ocean Xplorers Steam Team: Farming in the Sea
2024-02-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
Find out how seaweed is the foundation of life in the ocean and how we use seaweed in our everyday life. Students will also make mini lava lamps from seaweed based substances to take home.
Free event for children 8-12. Space is limited to 30 children. Registration is required.
Click here to register

Music Together
2024-03-04 10:00 - 10:40 | Abbott Room
A music & movement class for ages 0-5 and their grownups
FREE
