Adult Program
Introduction to Walking Meditation
Abbott RoomBringing mindfulness into our natural activities can be thoroughly relaxing. Join health & wellness coach Barbara Crowley to practice taming the wandering mind while walking. Space is limited so pre-registration is required: journeytohealth.coursestorm.com or call 921-3950. Co-sponsored by Waldo County General Hospital Community Health and Wellness and the Belfast Free Library.
Maine Writers Talk About…
Abbott RoomThe Good, the Bad, and the Imaginary: Writing a Lot of Crime in a Low Crime State, a panel discussion with Maine mystery writers, Kate Flora, Lea Wait and Jen Blood . Statistically, Maine is a low crime state, yet it is a magnet for crime writers. Why do writers choose Maine as the setting […]
Maine Writers Talk About…series continues
Abbott RoomThis is NO Laughing Matter! Humor essayists Tom Sadowski and Eddie Adelman will talk about writing for newspapers and radio. Tom is the weekly humor columnist for The Free Press, having written over 200 columns. Eddie is a former weekly columnist for the Portland Press Herald and past contributor to Maine Things Considered on Maine […]
Allagash Tails with Tim Caverly
Abbott Room“The Allagash-a Wild and Scenic River" Narrated by Maine author and former ranger supervisor Tim Caverly the show includes music as well as scenic and historic photographs from Maine’s north woods. During the presentation, Tim will discusses how the Allagash became the first state administrated ‘wild and scenic’ so designated by the National Park Service, […]
Celebrating Coyote in Story and Song
Abbott RoomCome join us as our guest authors share their own personal stories that inspired them to write:Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari, a children’s picture book and I Am Coyote by Geri Vistein, a real coyote journey for ages 10 to 110. The authors will then take turns reading excerpts from their books, and you may […]
Maine Writers Talk About…
Abbott RoomAward winning author Monica Wood will be here discussing her new critically acclaimed novel, The One-in-a- Million Boy.
Knit2Together
Abbott RoomBook Discussion
Abbott RoomSpoonhandle by Ruth Moore
Maine Writers Talk About…
Abbott RoomJim Haskell Author of Two Tents: Twenty-one Years of Discovery on the Appalachian Trail, will give a slide talk about his account of hiking the AT over two decades.
Friday Night Flix
Abbott RoomFrom Here to Eternity (Black &White, 1953) The setting: Oahu, Hawaii, 1941 - just months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor… A career soldier transfers to this tropical paradise where his life becomes a living hell because he refuses to box for his regiment. Meanwhile, the captain’s wife has begun a love affair with the […]