Family
Parent Child Yoga with April Dove
Join us in June for a parent-child yoga class with instructor April Dove for babies and pre-schoolers and their caregivers. Please dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Yoga mats will be provided. Because this is an exercise class, a signed waiver is required for each participant, and parents should sign one for their child. […]
Author Talk: Kenneth C. Davis
Abbott RoomDon’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 […]
“Butterfly Guy” Jerry Schneider
Belfast Free Library welcomes “Butterfly Guy” Jerry Schneider on Thursday, June 29 at 4:30 PM for a wonderful program about butterflies. Schneider, a Vermont native, has performed nature programs for the past ten years throughout the Northeast, the Midwest, and along the Atlantic Seaboard. In a wonderful slide show presentation, we will learn interesting characteristics […]
Lego Robotics
Abbott RoomJoin our local First Lego League Team to build and program robots using the LEGO Mindstorms. Learn about mechanical and software design, loops, conditional statements, problem solving, and teamwork skills. Come for one session or all five. Ages 8 and up.
Author Lynn Plourd Reading and Story Workshop
The Belfast Free Library welcomes children’s book author Lynn Plourde on Tuesday, July 11 at 3:00pm. Plourde will share some of her books with a fun, interactive presentation followed by a writing workshop where kids will be encouraged to develop their own stories. This is an all-ages program. The workshop is geared towards ages 7 […]
Book Talk : Tom Wessels
Abbott RoomAuthor 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 […]
Midcoast Music Together at Friday Storytime
Belfast Free Library will offer a free family music and movement summer program on with Jess Day, Director of Midcoast Music Together and creator of JAMMM (Jess' Arts, Music, Movement, Mindfulness programs). Come sing, jam and play together in the library’s Abbott Room on Fridays, June 1, July 14, August 11, and September 8 at […]
Lego Robotics
Abbott RoomJoin our local First Lego League Team to build and program robots using the LEGO Mindstorms. Learn about mechanical and software design, loops, conditional statements, problem solving, and teamwork skills. Come for one session or all five. Ages 8 and up.
Robots: Control and Create
Learn about the library's new Dot and Dash robots and try your hand at coding and controlling them. Learn to engineer working machines with Little Bits. Meanwhile we will use cardboard and recycled items of all sorts to build robot sculptures and use our imaginations to guess what the future holds.
Lego Robotics
Abbott RoomJoin our local First Lego League Team to build and program robots using the LEGO Mindstorms. Learn about mechanical and software design, loops, conditional statements, problem solving, and teamwork skills. Come for one session or all five. Ages 8 and up.