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Wire Sculpture for Teens
Abbott RoomBelfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Wire Sculpture for Teens Belfast Summer Reading invites you to make a wire sculpture! We will be playing with minimalist wire sculpture techniques, but anything goes! If you are feeling something take shape, I suggest you make it! ~ For Teens 11-17 ~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library […]
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 We can not accept old and out of date books.
Balloon Lamp Making for Teens
Third Floor Conference Room +1 moreBelfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Balloon Making for Teens Belfast Summer Reading invites you to make a balloon lantern using yarn. You will leave with a beautiful lamp, powered by a decorative hanging solar light. Wear clothing you can get dirty!! ~ For Teens 11-17 ~ We will be having this program on the back […]
The Butterfly Guy – Jerry Schneider
Abbott RoomLearn all about butterflies through beautiful projected pictures and well-told stories from Jerry Schneider—The Butterfly Guy. Discover how to attract them to your yard and garden, the difference between butterflies and moths, and how they behave in the wild. Then create your own butterfly t-shirt. Bring your own shirt (heavy 100% cotton, please!) or we’ll […]
Author Ret Talbot, “Chasing Shadows – Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark”
Abbott RoomCelebrate the paperback release of Chasing Shadows - Unravelling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark with science writer and Rockland-based author Ret Talbot. The book, written with shark biologist Greg Skomal, chronicles the return of the white shark to New England's coast. At its heart, it is a conservation success story, but also one […]
Preschool Storytimes at Belfast City Park (June 14 in Abbott room due to rain)
City Park or Abbott Room~Stories shared through books, puppets, felt, songs and an easy craft. Fridays, 10:00-11:00am June 14 (in Abbott Room) and 21 July 19 and 26 August 23 and 30 Northport Avenue in Belfast, on the grass next to bridge to playground. Bring a blanket and chairs as needed. Rain location: Abbott room, Belfast Free Library 106 […]
A Riot In the Garden ~ Songs and Stories for a Small Planet with Jackson Gillman
Abbott RoomSongs & Stories for a Small Planet with Stand-up Chameleon Jackson Gillman With a background in ecology, Gillman delights audiences with his storytelling, song, dance, mime , humor and imagination. Be sure to bring your imagination. ~ All Ages ~ Thursday, July 25 ~ 11:00-12:00pm ~ Abbott Room
Hula Hooping for Teens~ with Katie Leone
Abbott RoomBelfast Summer Reading Presents ~ Hula Hooping for Teens A hula hoop making event, with hula hooping party to follow. Katie Leone will be teaching us some sweet hula hooping moves!! ~ For teens 11-17 ~ Thursday, July 25th ~ 3:30 to 5:00 ~ Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library
Preschool Storytimes at Belfast City Park (June 14 in Abbott room due to rain)
City Park or Abbott Room~Stories shared through books, puppets, felt, songs and an easy craft. Fridays, 10:00-11:00am June 14 (in Abbott Room) and 21 July 19 and 26 August 23 and 30 Northport Avenue in Belfast, on the grass next to bridge to playground. Bring a blanket and chairs as needed. Rain location: Abbott room, Belfast Free Library 106 […]
The Song Dog Puppeteer’s ~ Coyote and the Boy Ben
Abbott RoomThis is a marionette show about the wonderful relationships in our lives and in the lives of the wild ones who share our planet with us. This is a story of a Mother Coyote searching for her little pup who has run off to play. A boy called Ben is playing in the forest too. […]