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Readers can drop in, pick a book and pick a certified therapy dog and READ! Reading to a dog has been proven to increase reading fluency and reduce reading anxiety. Thursdays July 9, 16, and 23 from 10:30-11:30 am at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26
This illustrated lecture sets the 250th commemoration of the American Revolution in both a historical and contemporary context. What did the Declaration of Independence mean in 1776? Equally important, what should it mean to us today? Liam Riordan is Department Chair and Adelaide and Alan Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine. He...
Belfast Free Library Summer Reading program hosts a presentation by Marine Mammals of Maine, a marine mammal and sea turtle response, rescue, care, research and education organization. While there will be no live animals at this event, you will learn what is needed and how we can get involved to help these animals. Tuesday, July...
Join fellow teens in a yarn craft group at the library! Bring your own project or start something new. Beginner friendly patterns, knitting needles and limited yarn will be available. Tuesday, June 30th from 3-4 pm at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26.
Chewonki visits the Belfast Free Library with an interactive traveling display of tide pools on Monday, June 29 from 11 am- noon. Participants will dip their hands into the three zones of Maine’s rocky intertidal ecosystem and touch some of the ocean’s most magnificent species. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org or 207-338-3884, ext 26.
We begin our Summer Reading program by inviting families to come to the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, on Friday, June 26 from 10-11 am to experience Mr. Drew’s presentation of animals and animal science. Meet more than a dozen exotic reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in this hands on presentation. For more information, www.belfastlibrary.org...
Belfast Free Library offers Summer Reading programs for children, teens and adults. Join us for a summer of reading, events, activities and fun with prizes for participation. Programs run from June 22 until August 14.
The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County in collaboration with The Belfast Free Library will show the important documentary The Librarians on Wednesday, June 17, at 6 pm in the Abbott Room. The documentary captures the courage of librarians both locally and nationwide as they step up against book censorship, and for our Freedom...
Join the Belfast Free Library and the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Wednesday, June 17 at 2pm in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library for a genealogy presentation called “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.” Local genealogist and author Dana Murch will present a program chronicling 200 years of the Murch Family...
Young families: Join us for a free singing, dancing, jamming time when Music Together from the Midcoast Music Academy visits the Belfast Free Library on Monday, June 1 from 10:00-10:45 am, 106 High Street, Belfast.
Teens aged 11-17 can create their own scrapbook on Thursday, May 28th from 3:30-4:30 pm. at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. Scrapbooking supplies will be provided, bring your own photos and ephemera. Start a memory-keeping journey together with others, no registration necessary.
Youth Services Librarian and Professional Storyteller Stephanie Holman hosts two May story times. Content is prepared for ages 3-6 with books, puppets, felt stories and songs. Join her at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast, on Fridays May 15 and 22 at 10 am.