Community Sponsored Event
Be Red Cross Ready
Abbott RoomHome fires, floods, hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent and can be devastating to our loved ones, homes and communities. Build confidence by learning simple steps you can take now, to help prepare and protect yourself and your loved ones. It’s easy to learn through our free disaster preparedness training. We will also have […]
Knit Along Launch
Abbott RoomThe Library's Knit2Together is happy to host the Knit- Along (KAL) kick off meeting with pattern designer Reah Janise Kauffman. All are welcome to join! Here are the details of the KAL: Good Karma Yarn and Soap and Heavenly Yarns announce the first joint Knit-Along (KAL) featuring two new cowl designs by Reah Janise Kauffman […]
Kiss & Tell: A Love-Themed Reading Event
Abbott RoomAll are welcome to come and read a love-themed poem. Sign up starts at 6pm, readings at 6:30.
Belfast Garden Club Program
Abbott Room +1 moreWaldo County Bounty presentation with Mattie J. Bamman, Writer, Homesteader, Co-founder WCB Launched in response to the pandemic, Waldo County Bounty has responded to local food insecurity through the power of gardening. A countywide network of volunteers—gardeners, farmers, educators, and service providers—work to strengthen the Waldo County food system as a whole by ensuring everyone […]
Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series
Virtual Program on Zoom"From the Chesapeake Bay to the Bahamas and Back: How a family of novice sailors learned to navigate their first oceanic journey during a global pandemic." Zoe Couacaud grew up in Mauritius and Australia and is a documentary filmmaker, naturalist, and educator based in Washington DC. In September 2020 she and her husband, 13 year […]
Peace & Social Justice Forum / Waldo County
Abbott RoomPeace and Social Justice Forum /Waldo County Announces Program Change Regretfully, Doug Rawlings, from Veterans for Peace has had to cancel due to a family medical emergency. We will be rescheduling Doug's presentation on his Return Journey to Vietnam when he is available. Fortunately for all of us, local activist Ridgely Fuller has agreed to […]
Friends of the Library Book Sale
Library LobbyStop by and pick up a book or two! We have puzzles and DVDs for sale also. Book donations will be accepted at the sale: up to 12 good quality books per person. We would like current fiction, cooking, gardening, and children’s books. We can not accept old and out of date books.
The Peace & Social Justice Forum/Waldo County POETRY EVENING
Abbott RoomCelebrate Women's History Month : VOICES OF PEACE & RESISTANCE The Peace & Social Justice Forum/Waldo County will hold a POETRY EVENING to share the words of women and people in struggle, in this time of both war and peace. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 6 pm in the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library. […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
Abbott RoomMainely Mammals - with Laura Craver Rogers, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Learn about Maine’s mammals and their exciting, yet often misunderstood lives. With a wide variety of mammal species in Maine, each has its own unique adaptations to be an important part of Maine’s ecosystems, as prey, […]
Book Discussion with BBWC – “Landslide” by Susan Conley
Abbott RoomThe final book in the "Read with Us this Winter" series is Landslide by Susan Conley. In Landslide, Susan Conley describes a mother working to keep her family together in coastal Maine after her husband is injured in a fishing accident and hospitalized in a distant town. Her teenaged boys are struggling to grow up. […]