Adult Program
Journey to Health
Abbott RoomYour Mindset & Your Health - Belfast with Reverend Duncan Newcomber, PhD The words you choose when speaking to yourself matter more than you think. A positive mindset awakens inner strength, energy and motivation. Thinking positively can even help you overcome life’s challenges. Join Reverend Duncan Newcomer, PhD at this workshop where he will discuss […]
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 […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
“Regenerative Community through Nature Connection: a Hands-On Workshop" Join Trevanna and Trevanion Grenfell of Northwood Natural Learning for an evening of community-building: Make natural milkweed cordage, share hopes and fears, and experience the unique mentoring model that Northwood weaves through its programs to help inspire and deepen people of all ages' relationships with our community […]
Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series: The Building of the Dory Rose
Abbott RoomRenowned Maine boat designer and builder Art Paine presents The Building of the dory Rose. A very special boat Art designed and helped his daughter build in the chicken yard of their home on Mount Desert. This boat was borrowed for an ocean voyage by a man who had a 42-year long quest to row […]
Art and Religion of the Minoans: Europe’s First Civilization
Abbott RoomRescheduled from February 7th: Join Roger Dell on February 7th at 6:30 pm for an introduction to the aesthetic achievements and ritual practices of the Minoans, a prosperous, seafaring, matriarchal, culture that thrived 3500 years ago on the Greek Islands of Crete and Santorini. Many scholars believe this highly-advanced society, which suddenly disappeared, to be […]
Book Discussion: Strangers in Their Own Land
Abbott RoomThe Belfast Free Library will host a community book discussion on the book, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild. The discussion will take place Monday February 27 at 6:00, and will be co-facilitated by Ridgley Fuller and Cloe Chunn. All are invited to join the […]
Belfast Garden Club Winter Lecture Series
Abbott RoomThe Revolutionary Nature of Early 18th Century English Gardens Learn about their influence on Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Henry Knox’s vision for Montpelier in Thomaston. Anne Perkins of Headacre Farm in Owls Head will describe how that vision is being brought to life today to create uniquely historical fruit and vegetable gardens
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 […]
Film Presentation: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
In celebration of Women's History Month, please join BelFem and the Belfast Library for a free screening of the film "She's Beautiful When's She's Angry," about the Women's Movement of the 1960's and '70's. The screening will be followed by a story-share for those who participated in Women's Marches, then and now. Come and share […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
Abbott Room"Bogs and Fens: New England's Most Pristine Ecosystems" With Dr. Ron Davis, founder of the Orono Bog. In New England, at least 25 bogs and fens can be visited on boardwalks to see carnivorous plants, orchids, and uncommon bird species. Davis, author of a new book on these peatlands, will explain some of the unique […]