Belfast Free Library
Once They’re Gone, They’re Gone for Good: Indigenous Shell Heaps, Climate Change, and Confronting Heritage Loss through Citizen Science.
Virtual Program on ZoomMaine is home to roughly 2000 coastal Indigenous archaeological sites known as shell heaps or middens. These sites are rich heritage spaces that preserve a long record of past Indigenous lifeways and environments. In this presentation, Dr. Bonnie Newsom and Dr. Alice Kelley of the University of Maine will discuss these important places highlighting their […]
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Book Launch for Humor Columnist and Essayist, Eddie Adelman
Abbott RoomAll are invited to an in-person talk and reading in celebration of the release of Eddie Adelman’s new collection of essays and columns Don’t Get Me Started. Although most of the essays are of a humorous nature, some display a more serious tone. Don’t Get Me Started spans 24 years and includes 35 of Adelman’s […]
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Conference RoomFriends of the Library Booksale!
Abbott RoomPlease come and pick up some summer reading. It's been a long time since the last sale. We will also take book donations. But, please limit your donations to no more than 10 books as we have limited storage space. See you all on the 25th,
Three Poets Under a Full Buck Moon: Millikin, Sander, Spitfire
Abbott RoomMidcoast poets, Karin Spitfire, Ellen Sander, and Claire Millikin will read from their recently published books The Body in Late Stage Capitalism; Aquifer; and Dolls and Transitional Objects. Confronting time and place in the 21st century, these poems give a passionate and loving look at how we live now - how capitalism and travel shape us, how we save what we […]
Antarctic Whale Science: How Do Humpbacks Find Their Food? With Professor Mike Coffin
Abbott RoomScientists tagging humpback whale near Neko Harbor, Antarctica. Humpback whales feed mainly on krill and small fish, but how these 25,000 – 30,000 kg baleen cetaceans find sufficient food for sustenance without echolocation remains a mystery. An ongoing, multi-year, science-industry collaboration is attempting to solve this conundrum by testing the hypothesis that an engimatic organ […]
A Memorial Poetry Reading in honor of Karie Friedman
Abbott RoomA Memorial Poetry Reading in honor of Karie Friedman (1940-2017), Montville poet and founder of The Poets Table. Ten poets (former members of The Poets Table) will read their own poems as well as Karie’s and share memories. Donations accepted.
Me & Martha Concert
Abbott RoomNative Belfast resident Martha Hills and her husband Donald DePoy, touring as Me & Martha, will perform a free concert in the Abbott Room at the library on Wednesday, August 24th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. Martha and Don first began performing together in Belfast in 2003. In 2022, they were awarded top Wedding Band by Virginia Living Magazine. They are members of […]
Learn to play the ukulele with Ando
Abbott RoomJoin us for a free beginner’s ukulele lesson with Ando Anderson on Friday September 9th from 4-5:30 in the Abbott Room. Please bring a ukulele if you have one. Anderson will have copies of his new book, “Playing the Uke with Ando “available to purchase at the program. Local musician and music teacher, Ando Anderson […]