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Kids are invited to an Ocean Storytime with Charlie the Shark from the Shaw Institute on Thursday, August 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the Blue Hill Town Park. Charlie loves to read books about the ocean to kids and teach them why caring about our oceans is important. Join him for fun ocean themed stories,...
In observance of the 250th anniversary of America's declaration of independence, the Blue Hill Public Library and Jonathan Fisher House will present a symposium with University of Maine Associate Professor of New England History Dr. Mary Freeman on Wednesday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. After an introduction from Fisher House board members...
Music and Movement Storytime is back for the summer! Starting Monday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen each week at the Blue Hill Public Library for Music and Movement Storytime. We will sing songs, play instruments, dance, and read stories. The rhythms, rhymes, and patterns...
On Saturday, August 1 at 10:30 a.m., join Chef Afton from The Reader's Kitchen as she reads the book Oh, Chickadee! and teaches kids and their caregivers how to make granola parfaits inspired by the story. Enjoy this tasty snack together and take home the recipe so you can make it again in your own...
Kneisel Hall Children’s Concerts are back at the Blue Hill Public Library this summer! Five weekly concerts will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday July 3, 10, 24, 31, and August 7 (there will be no concert on Friday, July 17). Musicians from Kneisel Hall’s Young Artist program will be performing a variety of...
The Blue Hill Public Library and ISLE Theater Company will present a playwriting workshop with playwright Eliya Smith on Thursday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the library. Drawing inspiration from Anton Chekhov and his artistic successors, this workshop will explore how to use character, dialogue, dramatic action, and structure through discussion and guided writing...
The Blue Hill Library and Blue Hill Books will present an author talk with W.H. 'Bill' Bunting on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the library for his new book Captain Drew's World: Dispatches from the Age of Global Sail. A maritime historian and editor, Bunting has compiled Captain John Drew’s (of Hallowell, Maine)...
Join David Porter and Allison Snow, co-founders of the Blue Hill Peninsula Rockweed Forum, for a presentation and discussion on rockweed on Tuesday, July 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Blue Hill Public Library. David and Allison will discuss the ecological importance of rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum), commercial harvesting, and the extent to which current laws,...
Music and Movement Storytime is back for the summer! Starting Monday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m. preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen each week at the Blue Hill Public Library for Music and Movement Storytime. We will sing songs, play instruments, dance, and read stories. The rhythms, rhymes, and patterns...
Anyone who has been watching Ken Burns’ most recent documentary will recognize Dr. Taylor as the main “talking head” in the documentary. Dr. Taylor is a local guy, who graduated Colby College before finding fame as a historian. He has authored 11 books dealing with Maine and American history, including “Liberty Men and Great Proprietors:...
The Blue Hill Public Library and Blue Hill Historical Society will present a talk with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Mainer Alan Taylor on Saturday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Pearson Room. Taylor's talk will examine the experiences of a young Continental Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, Joseph Plumb Martin, who...
Kneisel Hall Children’s Concerts are back at the Blue Hill Public Library this summer! Five weekly concerts will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday July 3, 10, 24, 31, and August 7 (there will be no concert on Friday, July 17). Musicians from Kneisel Hall’s Young Artist program will be performing a variety of...