Wiggle & Rhyme - Meeting at the UU Church

For Babies and Toddlers Come join us! The first 20 minutes are early literacy rhymes and songs followed by play and social time with bubbles!Content is prepared for ages Birth – 2. Date: Mondays, September 14th and 21st at the UU Church in Belfast October 19th at the Be......More

For Babies and Toddlers Come join us! The first 20 minutes are early literacy rhymes and songs followed by play and social time with bubbles!Content is prepared for ages Birth – 2. Date: Mondays, September 14th and 21st at the UU Church in Belfast October 19th at the Belfast Free LibraryTime: 10:00am – 10:45amLocation: UU Church 37 Miller St, Belfast Oct 19th in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library

NO MEETING THIS WEEK- Wheelbarrow Poets

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for m......More

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for more information and to register.

Third Floor Conference Room

Preschool Storytime - Meeting at the UU Church

Sharing books, storytelling, puppetry, songs, silliness, and a craft. Tuesdays and Fridays! Date: Friday, September 11th in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library Tuesday, 15th and Friday, 18th and Tuesday, 22nd at the UU Church in BelfastTime: 10:00am – 11:00amLoc......More

Sharing books, storytelling, puppetry, songs, silliness, and a craft. Tuesdays and Fridays! Date: Friday, September 11th in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library Tuesday, 15th and Friday, 18th and Tuesday, 22nd at the UU Church in BelfastTime: 10:00am – 11:00amLocation: Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library UU Church 37 Miller Street, Belfast

Knit2Together- WE WILL MEET AT THE UU CHURCH TODAY

While the Library is under construction Knitting Group will meet in the Sanctuary of the UU Church, 37 Miller Street in Belfast. 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......More

While the Library is under construction Knitting Group will meet in the Sanctuary of the UU Church, 37 Miller Street in Belfast. 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. Library staff will have computers available to demonstrate how to use Ravelry.com and other websites to help find patterns and organize your work. Registration is not required. For more information please call 338-3884 ext.10 or email [email protected].

UU Church of Belfast

The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for m......More

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for more information and to register.

Third Floor Conference Room

Community Conversation on Artificial Intelligence, with the Maine State Library

Did you know the Governor has tasked the Maine State Library to build a statewide plan for AI literacy and safety? The initiative grew out of the state’s AI Literacy Task Force report published in October 2025. The initiative starts by learning directly from Maine resid......More

Did you know the Governor has tasked the Maine State Library to build a statewide plan for AI literacy and safety? The initiative grew out of the state’s AI Literacy Task Force report published in October 2025. The initiative starts by learning directly from Maine residents: How are Mainers actually using AI (key themes include healthcare, arts, education, workforce/economy)? What questions, concerns, and opportunities are coming up, and what do people want to know? And how can libraries and other local organizations support people to use it wisely and advance their goals? The project team is traveling across the state to host a series of community conversations. What is learned will shape the Maine AI Literacy and Safety Framework, which will be published by the end of 2026. The Maine State Library will be hosting a conversation in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library on Tuesday, September 29th from 12-1:30 pm. This is a drop-in conversation, and you are welcome to join for any part of it. Snacks will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your lunch. Please join us!

Abbott Room

Authors in Conversation: Deborah Shepherd and Elizabeth Garber on Writing Memoirs about Difficult Memories

Belfast authors Deborah K. Shepherd and Elizabeh Garber will discuss their memoirs, books and writing process, with readings of short selection(s) that exemplify the issues/concepts presented. Shepherd’s new memoir, AN OLD MAN’S DARLING, was recently released by Heliotr......More

Belfast authors Deborah K. Shepherd and Elizabeh Garber will discuss their memoirs, books and writing process, with readings of short selection(s) that exemplify the issues/concepts presented. Shepherd’s new memoir, AN OLD MAN’S DARLING, was recently released by Heliotrope Books.  The memoir examines her first great love, with a man thirty-four years her senior. Jean Zorn, the publisher of Persimmon Tree, said of the book: “We all have facile opinions about a young woman falling for a much older man, stereotypes that…were totally overturned.” Elizabeth W. Garber is the author of Sailing at the Edge of Disaster: A Memoir of a Young Woman’s Daring Year (2022), and Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter (2018). For thirty years, Elizabeth Garber’s writing, in poetry and prose, has focused on the intimacy of closely observed moments and the inner landscapes of memory. She is currently organizing a series of short essays about her mother’s life in her 90s, a novel about her grandmother’s early 1900 upbringing in the Roycroft Arts & Crafts community, and a novel about the emotional and physical heart.

Abbott Room

Knit2Together

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

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. Library staff will have computers available to demonstrate how to use Ravelry.com and other websites to help find patterns and organize your work. Registration is not required. For more information please call 338-3884 ext.10 or email [email protected].

Abbott Room

Maine's Housing Challenge with the Maine Monitor

Join us for this “Monitor Talk” facilitated by the Maine Monitor for an examination of Maine’s housing challenge through a building lens particularly what the state’s new building permit data does,and does not,tell us about the efforts to fix it. Monitor housing reporte......More

Join us for this “Monitor Talk” facilitated by the Maine Monitor for an examination of Maine’s housing challenge through a building lens particularly what the state’s new building permit data does,and does not,tell us about the efforts to fix it. Monitor housing reporter Caitlin Andrews will moderate a panel of: Laura Mitchell, Executive Director,Maine Affordable Housing CoalitionSen. Glenn”Chip”Curry, Co-Chair,Housing and Economic Development CommitteeBenjaminHooper, Developer and Owner,Little River Homes In person and on Zoom. Click here to register in advance.

Abbott Room

Friends of the Library Book Sale

Library Lobby

Music Together

Singing, Dancing and Jamming for children and their families! A free monthly sample of the Music Together series. Sponsored by the Belfast Free Library. For ages Birth – 5 Date: First Monday of every Month, October – JuneTime: 10:00am – 10:45amLocation: The Abbott Room ......More

Singing, Dancing and Jamming for children and their families! A free monthly sample of the Music Together series. Sponsored by the Belfast Free Library. For ages Birth – 5 Date: First Monday of every Month, October – JuneTime: 10:00am – 10:45amLocation: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Abbott Room

The Wheelbarrow Poets Meet

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for m......More

The Wheelbarrow Poets meets weekly on Tuesdays in the 3rd floor conference room from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Writing prompts are sent in advance of the gatherings and participants share work and discuss. Open to writers ages 18 & up. Email Judy Kaber- [email protected] for more information and to register.

Third Floor Conference Room

Library Skills for Families

Join Children’s Librarian Stephanie Holman in the Abbott Room for a program specially designed to support young readers and researchers! Sharpen your skills as you’re taken on a tour of the library, complete a scavenger hunt, and win a prize! For Grades K and up Date: T......More

Join Children’s Librarian Stephanie Holman in the Abbott Room for a program specially designed to support young readers and researchers! Sharpen your skills as you’re taken on a tour of the library, complete a scavenger hunt, and win a prize! For Grades K and up Date: Tuesday, October 6thTime: 4:00pm – 5:00pmLocation: Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library  

Abbott Room

BETWEEN: RAY AND EVA 1938-1939— BOOK LAUNCH AND DRAMATIC READING with Carolyn Locke

Author Carolyn Locke and her children, Alison and Jeffrey Locke, will do a dramatic reading from this moving memoir inspired by ten months of daily letters exchanged between Carolyn’s parents beginning in April of 1938 when Ray contracted tuberculosis. He was admitted t......More

Author Carolyn Locke and her children, Alison and Jeffrey Locke, will do a dramatic reading from this moving memoir inspired by ten months of daily letters exchanged between Carolyn’s parents beginning in April of 1938 when Ray contracted tuberculosis. He was admitted to a sanatorium where he underwent pneumothorax treatments until February of 1939. The collection offers intimate glimpses into the lives of two young people confronted with this deadly disease just six months after they were married. It is a testament to the love, humor, and generosity that carried them through their separation during the time of the Great Depression and the years leading up to the Second World War.Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served and books will be available for purchase.

Abbott Room

Knit2Together

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

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. Library staff will have computers available to demonstrate how to use Ravelry.com and other websites to help find patterns and organize your work. Registration is not required. For more information please call 338-3884 ext.10 or email [email protected].

Abbott Room

Teen Writing Table

Gather with fellow teen writers! At the Writing Table, you can share your work or simply use the quiet space to hang-out and write in a relaxed and non-judgmental space. This is a non-instructional program meant only to facilitate a safe and cozy writing environment. No......More

Gather with fellow teen writers! At the Writing Table, you can share your work or simply use the quiet space to hang-out and write in a relaxed and non-judgmental space. This is a non-instructional program meant only to facilitate a safe and cozy writing environment. No homework, no pressure! Notebooks and prompts will be provided. For ages 11-17Date: Wednesday, October 7thTime: 4:00pm – 5:00pmLocation: 3rd Floor Conference Room at the Belfast Free Library

Conference Room