What is an Archive?

Conference Room

Topic: Paleography (Reading old handwriting) For more information call 338-3884 ext.25

Event Series Knit2Together

Knit2Together

Abbott Room

Knitters of all experience levels are welcome to join us the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month , from 4-5:30 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 […]

Belfast Flying Shoes Film Series

Belfast Flying Shoes and the Belfast Free Library present "Contra Connections", a four-part series of documentaries related to contra dancing. On Wednesday, February 28, the second film is Paid To Eat Ice Cream: Bob McQuillen and New England Contra Dancing, which chronicles the musical career of an icon in the contra dance community. Winner of […]

POSTPONED The History of Air Pollution in Maine: What Lake Bottom Sediment Can Reveal

Abbott Room

Due to the impending snow storm this program has been postponed. We hope to re-schedule in May Dr. Stephen Norton, Professor Emeritus at University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, will give a talk on “The History of Air Pollution in Maine: What Lake Bottom Sediment Can Reveal.” Hosted by Friends of Sears […]

Flash Your Writing – A Workshop

Abbott Room

What can you do with 1,000 words? How about 750? Or 500? Try 250. A brief essay, lyrical prose, or piece of fiction can punch above its weight class in terms of the effect that can be packed into relatively few words. Another way to look at it is as the drop of water on […]

Event Series Library Book Club

Library Book Club

Conference Room

Join us to discuss these modern classics: January 8 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway February 12 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald March 12 - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho April 9 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury May 14 -Date Changed to May 21st- The Fountainhead by […]

RESCHEDULED Book Launch with Sherri Mitchell

Abbott Room

Rescheduled to Wednesday March 14th, 6:30 p.m. Join us for a Book Launch Celebration for Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. Sherri will read from her new book and sign copies which will be available to purchase at the event. "A deeply personal meditation and call to consciousness and transformation, Sherri Mitchell's "Sacred […]

Book Launch with Sherri Mitchell

Abbott Room

Join us for a Book Launch Celebration for Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. Sherri will read from her new book and sign copies which will be available to purchase at the event. "A deeply personal meditation and call to consciousness and transformation, Sherri Mitchell's "Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change" […]

Archives 101

Conference Room

Topic: Newspaper Research For more information call 338-3884 ext.10