Reporting on Resilience and Solutions in Maine’s Changing Climate a panel discussion with reporters from the Maine Monitor

Abbott Room

The doom and gloom of climate change coverage can distract from the important work that’s already being done. Hear from reporters with The Maine Monitor, Maine’s only state-wide investigative nonprofit news outlet, about how The Maine Monitor covers the work Maine communities are doing to prepare for sea level rise and climate change-intensified natural disasters. Editor […]

Event Series Genealogy group meeting

Genealogy group meeting: One Amateur’s Genealogical Journey (So Far)

Abbott Room

Join us for a presentation from Nat Clifford about his adventures in genealogy, touching on some ancestral tidbits, a family history association, and genetic genealogy. Whether you are a beginner genealogist or a seasoned expert, all are welcome! Nat Clifford co-owns a seasonal B&B with his spouse, Lexa, in Belfast, where he settled in 2017 […]

Event Series Knit2Together

Knit2Together

Abbott Room

Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Abbott Room. This drop-in event is a chance for knitters- and crocheters too- of all ages and experience levels to chat, get tips, and learn from each other while working on their own projects. […]

Belfast Historical Society Presentation

Abbott Room

Your Father Fears New England Will Be Depopulated: Belfast and the Rush to California Jan Eakins, a cultural historian who has researched, written, taught, and lectured on Maine in the West for more than two decades, will present the histories of some of the people who caught California gold fever early and hard. The bark Suliote cleared […]

Book Launch and Author Talk with Isabel Tutaine

Abbott Room

Song of the Wooden Sparrow by Isabel Tutaine. Join Isabel Tutaine in celebrating the release of her novel, Song of the Wooden Sparrow, from Golden Bridges Publishing with a talk about about the assumptions she disassembled while writing and publishing a novel in this climate and what happened after she published the novel. Isabel Tutaine […]

Event Series Knit2Together

Knit2Together

Abbott Room

Knitters, crocheters, yarn enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join us every Wednesday , from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Abbott Room. This drop-in event is a chance for knitters- and crocheters too- of all ages and experience levels to chat, get tips, and learn from each other while working on their own projects. […]