Beflast Free Library

Belfast Free Library 6th Annual Food Drive
2025-02-10 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Youth STEAM Team for School Age Children
2025-02-07 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbott Room
https://extension.umaine.edu/waldo/4h/community-science-explorers/climate-action-exploration/

Knit2Together
2025-02-05 16:00, 2025-01-29 16:00, 2025-01-22 16:00, 2025-01-15 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.

How to Talk to Each Other Despite our Differences: the future of our democracy depends on it.
2025-02-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
A Camden Conference Community Event with Craig Freshly, Good Group Decisions.
In this interactive program, Craig Freshley will provide lessons learned from facilitating hundreds of conversations among people who see things differently. In addition, Craig will invite questions and comments from the audience. And as a group we will discuss how one might handle oneself in the face of misinformation, offensive comments, and threats to our democracy.
About Craig
In 2019 Craig won the American Award for Civic Collaboration as a result of the 40 Make Shift Coffee House sessions he facilitated across Maine, including one at the Belfast Free Library. Craig’s most recent book is called Together We Decide, An Essential Guide for Making Good Group Decisions. Craig’s company is called Good Group Decisions and he has facilitated over 3,000 meetings, mostly in Maine and mostly in the public sector.
This program is offered as a free community event in anticipation of the 38th Annual Camden Conference – Democracy Under Threat: A Global Perspective, February 21-23, 2025, live at the Camden Opera House and live-streamed to the Strand Theatre in Rockland, Lunt Auditorium in Falmouth, and to homes and classrooms worldwide. For more information about the Camden Conference and upcoming events, visit www.camdenconference.org.

No Knitting Group this week
2025-01-29 16:00 | Abbott Room

Storytelling Workshops for Youth at the Belfast Free Library - January 28 event canceled
2025-01-28 15:30 - 16:30 | Abbott Room
Led by Librarian and Storyteller Stephanie Holman
Storytelling: Learn to tell a story without use of notes. These mini-workshops will celebrate this spoken word art form. No pressure to perform in front of an audience, but participants will have the option in the Spring.
*Sample stories for use will be available.
*Program will involve solo and group work.
*Refreshments served.
School age—Attend one or all of the workshops:
3:30-4:30 in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library
Tuesday, January 28
Tuesday, February 25
Tuesday, March 25

Come Boating Winter Adventure Series: Pilot Gig World Championships 2024
2025-01-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Abbott Room
Presentation by members of the Come Boating teams that went to the last Pilot Gig World Championships in the Scilly Isles, Cornwall, UK in May of 2024.
In May 2024, Belfast’s own Come Boating! sent three rowing teams to compete in the World Pilot Gig Championship. This annual event takes place in spiritual home of Cornish Pilot Gig rowing, in the Isles of Scilly, 30 miles off the coast of Cornwall. Come Boating! last sent sent teams to compete in this niche world championship back in 2018. Join members of the racing teams as they recount their story and share photos of training on the water through the winter, traveling across the sea, racing against 130 other teams, and earning the Sportsmanship award at the international competition.
Register for the Zoom option here.

Computer class: Android Basics
2025-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Third Floor Conference Room
*REGISTRATION REQUIRED*
January 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
January 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
January 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
This class is three sessions long—attendees should plan on attending all three sessions.
Get started with your Android device, learn how to use essential applications like email, contacts, camera, and Chrome, and manage your settings.
Requirements for this class: An Android tablet or phone with Internet access.
This class is offered in partnership with the National Digital Equity Center, meaning an instructor from this organization will be teaching the class. Attendees must enroll and register at https://digitalequitycenter.org/classes/class/android-basics/?instance_id=5302 For more information, contact 338-3884 ext. 25 or spietryka@belfastlibrary.org

Belfast Garden Club Program
2025-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Abbott Room
Ron Desrosiers: Your Soil is Alive!
Ron Desrosiers will discuss soil properties with an emphasis on soil life and methods that we can
use to build and maintain healthy soils in our gardens and landscapes. Ron’s presentation will
discuss how healthy soils not only benefit our gardens but are also beneficial to human life and
our well-being on planet earth. Ron’s enthusiasm and deep respect for the role soils play in
ecological systems are why he enjoys sharing his knowledge with others, finding that the more
people understand about soil, the more the topic comes alive for them.
Ron Desrosiers is a Maine Licensed Soil Scientist with a lifetime of exploration of plant / soil
relationships. He has over 35 years of experience working with landowners and communities to
help them to meet their soil management objectives.
For more information visit https://belfastgardenclub.org/

Library Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2025-01-20

Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series: Adventures in the Faroe Islands
2025-01-17 08:00 - 17:00
Marci Richardson will share her travel experiences and upcoming journey to the Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago of the Kingdom of Denmark, consisting of 18 volcanic islands, located in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Norway, known for its stunning landscapes and rich Norse history, popular with hikers and bird watchers and especially fiber enthusiasts. Visiting the Faroe Islands is truly an unforgettable journey off the beaten path.
For more information about Come Boating visit their website

This program will take place in the Abbott Room with a Zoom option. Register for the Zoom link here.

Genealogy group meeting: An American Story--From the Mayflower to a Belfast Sea Captain's Son, 1620-1895
2025-01-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Abbott Room
Join us for our first meeting of 2025!
As the Belfast area’s local chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society, we will first elect officers and discuss upcoming programs for the year, followed by a presentation about how the 1895 obituary for a young man from Belfast, the son of a sea captain, led local genealogist Dana Murch to discover a family ancestry steeped in American history, from the Mayflower to the Civil War.
New group members and attendees are always welcome!
All are welcome! These are typically hybrid meetings, 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.
