Indigenous Peoples Day Event

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Keynote Panel: Three Perspectives on Native Language Revitilization with Carol Dana, Roger Paul, Newell Lewey

13th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival

  Schedule & Details 2017 Saturday, October 14th Troy A. Howard Middle School, 173 Lincolnville Avenue, Belfast, ME 6:00 - 8:00 pm Free and open to the public 6 pm – 6:30 pm: Welcome Reception 6:30 pm – 8 pm: Poetry, Performance, and Visual Arts Collaborations with readings from the winners of the Maine Postmark […]

Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Series

Abbott Room

The Belfast Free Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available at the library. The series Race and Justice in America continues Tuesday October 17 at 6:30 pm with a discussion on the book The Arc of […]

Author and Artist Maureen Egan

Abbott Room

Rockport-based artist and writer Maureen Egan will tell the story of creating her book, “The Light From Here: A Breast Cancer Story” . Egan’s presentation chronicles how making art—both writing and painting— supported her through a series of challenges, culminating in a breast cancer diagnosis in 2012. Her colorful paintings will be projected behind her […]

Belfast Candidates’ Forum

Abbott Room

Voters are invited to attend a Candidates’ Forum to meet and ask questions of the two people running for mayor of Belfast. The forum will be held in Belfast Free Library’s Abbott Room Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend free of charge. Walter Ash, the current mayor of Belfast, […]

Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Series: Race and Justice in America

Abbott Room

The Belfast Free Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It”, a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available at the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library. The final […]

Belfast Bay Watershed Program

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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. Tim Hudson, Superintendent of the National Monument, will give us the story and details.  

A Celebration of Karie Friedman’s book of poems, “Add Water, Add Fire.”

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All are welcome to come celebrate the release of Karie Friedman's book.There will be a poetry reading of Karie’s work by members of the Poets’ Table, a group that was initiated by Karie Friedman to support poets in their work of making better poems, and making poems more publishable. Others are invited to read along […]