Adult Program
Wild Seed Project
Presentation with Heather McCargo, founder and director of the Wild See Project, about growing native plants from seed. Co-sponsored by the Belfast Coop
Arielle Greenberg Poetry Reading
Abbott RoomIn honor of National Poetry Month Belfast Poet Arielle Greenberg will read a selection of recent poems. Arielle Greenberg is the author of the poetry collections Slice (Coconut Books, 2015), My Kafka Century (Action Books, 2005) and Given (Verse, 2002) and the chapbooks Shake Her (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012) and Farther Down: Songs from the […]
Veggies for All Presentation
The Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series at the Library continues with presentation by Sara Trunzo, the director of Veggies for All, a food bank farm that works to relieve hunger by growing vegetables for those in need. Veggies For All (VFA), a project of Maine Farmland Trust, is a food bank farm located in […]
The Maine Conscious Consumer
Abbott RoomSamantha Ricker author of the book will discuss why buying local matters. Co-sponsored by the Belfast Co-op and Our Town Belfast.
Designing and Building Small Houses with Jim Bahoosh
Abbott RoomThe Belfast Free Library will be hosting a talk presented by Jim Bahoosh on Designing and Building Small Houses, Tuesday May 10 at 6:30 PM. Jim has been restoring, designing and building homes since 1983. For the past 12 years his focus has been on smaller homes, from 500 to 900 square feet. In this […]
Presentation by the Game Loft COA Players
Abbott RoomFinal Event for the Revolutionary War Era Book Group. All are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.
Rehabilitating Maine’s Rivers and Streams: Restoring Our Rivers One by One
Abbott RoomJoin Downeast Salmon Federation, Executive Director, Dwayne Shaw in an examination of how Yankee resourcefulness and determination can rebuild and maintain a fisheries mecca on New England's northern border and bold coast. The last best living legacy of New England's migratory fish: Salmon, smelt and sea-run brook trout are now in the balance in a […]
Portuguese Perspectives Slide Talk with Jon Laitin
Abbott Room“Portuguese Perspectives,” an exhibit of photographs from the Algarve Region by photographer Jon Laitin will be on display at the Belfast Free Library from June 4th through June 30th. Laitin will also speak about bicycling in the Algarve Region on Tuesday, June 7th at 6:30pm in the Library’s Abbot Room.
Author Talk Kate Christensen
Abbott RoomThe 2016 Maine Writers Talk About...series of author presentations begins with Kate Christensen, author of "How to Cook a Moose: a culinary memoir", giving a talk titled, "Writing Characters". Christensen just won the 2016 Maine Literary Awards for memoir. Kate Christensen is the author of seven novels, including The Great Man, which won the 2008 […]