Adult Program
Book Launch for Humor Columnist and Essayist, Eddie Adelman
Abbott RoomAll are invited to an in-person talk and reading in celebration of the release of Eddie Adelman’s new collection of essays and columns Don’t Get Me Started. Although most of the essays are of a humorous nature, some display a more serious tone. Don’t Get Me Started spans 24 years and includes 35 of Adelman’s […]
Career Center Services
Conference RoomFriends of the Library Booksale!
Abbott RoomPlease come and pick up some summer reading. It's been a long time since the last sale. We will also take book donations. But, please limit your donations to no more than 10 books as we have limited storage space. See you all on the 25th,
“Forged by Fire, The Creation of Bay View Street Following the 1873 Conflagration”, presented by the Belfast Historical Society
Abbott RoomMegan Pinette, historical society president, will present the creation of Bay View Street in response to the massive fire of August 24, 1873.The fire swept the waterfront, pushed southward by strong north winds, until it destroyed fifty-three dwellings and thirty-three commercial properties. In response to the displacement of so many families, the city laid out […]
Bar Harbor Music Festival in the Gammans Room
Gammans RoomANTONIO GALERA LOPEZ, PIANIST All-Spanish Music Program For more information: https://www.barharbormusicfestival.org/events/
Three Poets Under a Full Buck Moon: Millikin, Sander, Spitfire
Abbott RoomMidcoast poets, Karin Spitfire, Ellen Sander, and Claire Millikin will read from their recently published books The Body in Late Stage Capitalism; Aquifer; and Dolls and Transitional Objects. Confronting time and place in the 21st century, these poems give a passionate and loving look at how we live now - how capitalism and travel shape us, how we save what we […]
Bar Harbor Music Festival in the Gammans Room
Gammans RoomTHE ARDELIA TRIO JANEY CHOI, Violinist CLARA YANG, Cellist JIHEA HONG-PARK, Pianist Music by Mozart, Sophia Serghi, Frank Bridge, and Smetana For more information https://www.barharbormusicfestival.org/events/
Antarctic Whale Science: How Do Humpbacks Find Their Food? With Professor Mike Coffin
Abbott RoomScientists tagging humpback whale near Neko Harbor, Antarctica. Humpback whales feed mainly on krill and small fish, but how these 25,000 – 30,000 kg baleen cetaceans find sufficient food for sustenance without echolocation remains a mystery. An ongoing, multi-year, science-industry collaboration is attempting to solve this conundrum by testing the hypothesis that an engimatic organ […]
Genealogy group meeting
Abbott RoomMonthly meeting of the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society. All are welcome! These meetings are now in a hybrid format 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 [email protected].
Maine Linux Users Group Meeting
Abbott RoomLinux (also known as "GNU/Linux") is an operating system somewhat like Microsoft Windows, but is free of charge and has all of the source code available so it can be modified to meet your needs. A new group, The Linux Users of Maine will be meeting from 4:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. in the Abbot […]