Screenagers – Film Screening

Abbott Room

Documentary filmmaker Delaney Ruston explores family struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Featuring personal stories and insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, Screenagers reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. By partnering […]

Book Discussion Group: Classic Works of Literature and Their Modern Retellings

Conference Room

“Classic Works of Literature and Their Modern Retellings.” We will read a classic work one month, followed by its modern adaptation the next month. January 9 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare February 6 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski March 6 - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte April 3 - The Flight […]

Maine Forest Service Workshop

Abbott Room

How Forestry Law Affects Municipalities. These workshops are an opportunity for Code Enforcement Officers, Town Managers, Planners, Assessors, and others to meet with Maine Forest Service District Foresters Terri Coolong, Sandy Walczyk, Morten Moesswilde, and Water Resources Specialist Tom Gilbert. The presentations discuss those forestry laws in Maine that most often impact municipalities and intersect […]

Rhonda Feiman on Stress Reduction

Abbott Room

Acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Rhonda Feiman will offer a talk titled, STRESS: The Enemy Within: How to maintain harmony and balance using the techniques of East Asian Medicine  

Poetry Reading/ Book Launch with Ellen Sander

Abbott Room

“Hawthorne, a House in Bolinas,” a versified chapbook memoir by past poet laureate Ellen Sander, has just been published by Finishing Line Press. The work, 30 some years in the making, is an unfolding narrative poem occupying a chapbook with snapshots. Ellen will read from and discuss the poems in this collection. “Hawthorne” celebrates a […]

Author Talk Aislinn Sarnacki

Abbott Room

Aislinn Sarnacki is an outdoor reporter for the Bangor Daily News and author of the new guidebook “Family Friendly Hikes in Maine,” released by Down East Books in June 2017. In this illustrated talk, Aislinn will describe some of the trails from her new book, especially trails within easy reach of Belfast. She'll also talk […]

Author Talk: Kenneth C. Davis

Abbott Room

Don’t Know Much About World War I? Learn some “Hidden History” from Historian Kenneth C. Davis New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis will tell us what we need to know but never learned about the hidden history of World War I as we mark the 100th Anniversary of America’s role in “the War […]

Knit2Together

Knitters of all experience levels are welcome to join us the second and forth 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 […]

Book Talk : Tom Wessels

Abbott Room

Author of, Granite, Fire, & Fog The Natural and Cultural History of Acadia. The only book that offers both a natural and a cultural history of one of the nation’s favorite parks Join Tom Wessels for this fascinating illustrated talk about his new book. Acadia National Park, on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, is among the […]