Belfast Free Library
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Monday May 13 10:00am - 11:00pm EDT
Wiggle and Rhyme for Babies and Toddlers
Content is prepared for birth through age 2. First 20 minutes are rhymes, songs and literacy followed by play time and social time with bubbles.
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Tuesday May 14 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet
The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the Abbott Room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings by Belfast Poet Laureate Maya Stein, and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email hello@mayastein......More
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Wednesday May 15 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Genealogy group~ One Name Study: Learoyd
In genealogy circles, a one name study (ONS) is focused on one surname and its variants, with the aim of gathering every mention of the name in records. Join the Maine State Library’s Genealogy Reference Specialist, B.J. Jamieson, for a discussion about her study tracin......More
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Wednesday May 15 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Storytelling Through Fabric for Teens with Jane McLean
View a tabletop display of select panels from the “circles of my life: a fiber art celebration“ Exhibit.Learn the process of telling a personal story using fabric pieces in a traditional pattern.Create a framed wall hanging based on the folded star pattern no sewing is ......More
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Wednesday May 15 4:00pm EDT
No Knitting Group May 15th
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......More
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Thursday May 16 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Library Skills for Homeschool Families
~The Belfast Free Library is your school library. Children’s Librarian Stephanie Holman will lead a program to support readers and researchers with tips and tools to use a public library to its fullest. Join us in the Abbott room of the Belfast Free Library for an over......More
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Thursday May 16 6:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
Maine's Spring Birds with Nick Lund, Advocacy and Outreach Manager, Maine Audubon Society
The Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition and the Belfast Free Library present this program for Bird Week 2024. Millions of birds of hundreds of different species pour into Maine each spring, and it can be an overwhelming experience for birders. Join Maine Audubon to calm you......More
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Friday May 17 10:00am - 11:00pm EDT
Preschool Storytime at the Belfast Free Library
Content is prepared for ages 3-6 with read alouds, felt and flannel stories, puppets, songs, fingerplays and action rhymes. Concludes with an easy craft.
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Sunday May 19 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Penobscot Bay Ringers present Spring Ring concert to benefit Friends of Belfast Free Library
Penobscot Bay Ringers, Midcoast Maine’s community handbell choir, will present a Spring Ring on Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. The concert, which is open to the public, will feature a variety of fami......More
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Monday May 20 10:00am - 11:00pm EDT
Wiggle and Rhyme for Babies and Toddlers
Content is prepared for birth through age 2. First 20 minutes are rhymes, songs and literacy followed by play time and social time with bubbles.
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Monday May 20 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Origami Club for Teens
Come and join us for Origami Club. Each month we attempt to learn a new fold, and to practice basic folds! Come and join in the team effort or free-fold on your own!! Snacks are always abundant, and fun is had by all. We will be meeting in the Kramer gallery, on the......More
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Monday May 20 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Belfast Historical Society Program
The Mighty Goose RiverGary Stuckey, museum volunteer, will present the history of the Goose River (its mouth at Belfast Bay, Maine) from the first dam built to power sawmills to electrical power generation at its mouth. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries the r......More