POSTPONED Climate Resilience Fair POSTPONED

Due to the forecast of rain, wind and thunderstorms on Saturday the Climate Resilience Fair has been postponed. We will reschedule for a date in the fall. Stay tuned… Please join the Belfast Free Library and Waldo County Climate Action Coalition on Saturday, June 7 at S......More

Due to the forecast of rain, wind and thunderstorms on Saturday the Climate Resilience Fair has been postponed. We will reschedule for a date in the fall. Stay tuned… Please join the Belfast Free Library and Waldo County Climate Action Coalition on Saturday, June 7 at Steamboat Landing in Belfast for the Climate Resilience Fair, from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. There will be 40+ local businesses and non-profits with resources and examples of ways to prepare for a changing climate. A full list of participants can be found at Waldo County Climate Action Coalition website. Come check out our powerhouse lineup of speakers in the Boathouse!10:15 – 10:45- David Gibson, Director of Energy, College of the Atlantic11:00 – 11:30 – Jack Shapiro,  Climate and Clean Energy Director at the Natural Resources Council of Maine11:45 – 12:15- Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist12:30 – 1:00- Parker Gassett, Community Climate Resilience Coordinator, Maine Sea Grant1:15 – 1:45 -Steve Ouillette, En-ROADS Global Climate Simulation2:00 – 2:30- Nick Janzen, Policy & Partnerships Director, Maine Conservation Alliance2:30 – 3:00- Alan Gibson, Principal, GO Logic This FREE event includes family activities, music and food trucks! Portable Pie Place and Stone Fox Farm Creamery. Music starts at 12:00 with local favorites Sea Strings, at 1:00 pm The Driveway Band , and at 2:00 pm Pinwheel Coalition. Event information is being updated more info can be found here at the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition website. If you’d like to volunteer to help with the event please email [email protected].  

Steamboat Landing, Belfast, Maine

Friends of the Library Book Sale

Library Lobby

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

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 [email protected] for more information and to register.

Abbott Room

No Knitting Group Today -

No knitting group Weds. June 11th. See you next week! 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 a......More

No knitting group Weds. June 11th. See you next week! 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 Contact [email protected] to sign up to to join the knitting group.

Abbott Room

Does Anything from the Year 1776 Matter Today? with Liam Riordan

This Maine Speaks event with Liam Riordan, Professor of History at the University of Maine, is presented by the Maine Humanities Council and the Belfast Free Library. The program will take place in the Abbott Room with a Zoom option. Register for the Zoom link here. Thi......More

This Maine Speaks event with Liam Riordan, Professor of History at the University of Maine, is presented by the Maine Humanities Council and the Belfast Free Library. The program will take place in the Abbott Room with a Zoom option. Register for the Zoom link here. This illustrated talk looks at the text of the Declaration of Independence  (“all men are created equal . . . with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”) and considers some of its late-eighteenth century context. This will set the stage for a discussion about the meaning of the Declaration’s political ideals as well as its more sordid qualities for US public life today.Liam Riordan is a history professor at the University of Maine who specializes in the American Revolution. He is the co-editor of What We Know, What We Wish: Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration, and the Urgency of Public History, forthcoming from UMass Press in June 2025.  

Abbott Room

Wiggle & Rhyme

For Babies and ToddlersCome join us! The first 20 minutes are early literacy rhymes and songs followed by play and social time with bubbles! Content is prepared for birth through age 2. Date: Mondays, June 16, August 18 and 25Time: 10:00amLocation: The Abbott Room of th......More

For Babies and ToddlersCome join us! The first 20 minutes are early literacy rhymes and songs followed by play and social time with bubbles! Content is prepared for birth through age 2. Date: Mondays, June 16, August 18 and 25Time: 10:00amLocation: The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Abbott Room

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

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 [email protected] for more information and to register.

Abbott Room

Genealogy group meeting~ “Ghosted”: Let's Talk about Genealogic Vanishing

All genealogists have them—ancestors who seemingly vanish all of a sudden, sometimes with no mention, sometimes with an explanation that feels inadequate, as if they have just “ghosted” us. Join us for a conversation about our “ghosted” ancestors. All are welcome! This ......More

All genealogists have them—ancestors who seemingly vanish all of a sudden, sometimes with no mention, sometimes with an explanation that feels inadequate, as if they have just “ghosted” us. Join us for a conversation about our “ghosted” ancestors. All are welcome! This is a hybrid meeting, with the option to join in-person in the Abbott Room or to join online over Zoom. To receive the Zoom link or for more information, please email Sharon Pietryka at [email protected].

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 Contact [email protected] to sign up to to join the knitting group.

Abbott Room

Library will be CLOSED in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday

Preschool Storytimes in City Park

Join us outside for stories, puppets and songs!Located on City Park Road. Rain location is at the Belfast Free Library. Date: Fridays, June 20 and 27, July 11 and 18, August 22 and 29Time: 10:00amLocation: City Park Road (rain location at the Belfast Free Library)

City Park or Abbott Room

Summer Reading Begins

Summer reading begins at the Belfast Free Library! Grab your gameboards from the Youth Services desk on the 2nd floor and get reading!

Youth Services Floor

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

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 [email protected] for more information and to register.

Abbott Room

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

All are invited to celebrate the recent installation of a state-of-the-art heat pump system at the Belfast Free Library, the result of a collaboration between the Belfast City Council and the Library Board of Trustees.  Please join us at the open house and ribbon cuttin......More

All are invited to celebrate the recent installation of a state-of-the-art heat pump system at the Belfast Free Library, the result of a collaboration between the Belfast City Council and the Library Board of Trustees.  Please join us at the open house and ribbon cutting for this successful community project on Tuesday, June 24th from 4-6 pm.

Plaza in front of the Library

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 Contact [email protected] to sign up to to join the knitting group.

Abbott Room

Teen Pet Portraits with Bridget

Come join Bridget and JamisonFollow along with local artist Bridget Matros in creating a personalized watercolor portrait of your own pet! Whether you’re painting for yourself or for a loved one, enjoy a calm and relaxing environment in the company of Jamieson the thera......More

Come join Bridget and JamisonFollow along with local artist Bridget Matros in creating a personalized watercolor portrait of your own pet! Whether you’re painting for yourself or for a loved one, enjoy a calm and relaxing environment in the company of Jamieson the therapy dog.Please send a photo of the pet you’d like to paint in advance [email protected] those who don’t send in or bring their own pet photo, a photo of Jamieson will be provided.This event is for teens ages 11-17. Time : 2:00pm – 3:00pmDate: Thursday, June 26thLocation : The Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library

Abbott Room

Preschool Storytimes in City Park

Join us outside for stories, puppets and songs!Located on City Park Road. Rain location is at the Belfast Free Library. Date: Fridays, June 20 and 27, July 11 and 18, August 22 and 29Time: 10:00amLocation: City Park Road (rain location at the Belfast Free Library)

City Park or Abbott Room