Programs & Events

Regular Programming

Sundays and Wednesdays at 11:00 - Storytime with Ms. Emily (ages 0-5)
Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 - LEGO Free Play (all ages)
Tuesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 - A Stitchin' Time, Fiber Arts (adult)
Wednesdays on School Early Release from 3:30 to 4:30 - Early Release Crafternoons (grades K-4)
First Monday of the Month from 3:30 to 4:30 - Crafty Teens (ages 12-17)
First Monday of the Month from 5:30 to 6:30 - Adult Craft Club

Maine Author Visit: David Florig

Tuesday, October 1 at 6:00pm

DAVID S. FLORIG lives in Ocean Park, Maine. Florig is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, a member and past-president of the Pine Tree Curling Club in Portland, and a member of the Belfast Curling Club in Maine. His debut novel, The Stones of Ailsa Craig, is an homage to Belfast, Maine; the glorious Maine coast; and the ancient Scottish sport of curling.

Florig’s new novel, The Shattered Curling Stone, is a work of historical fiction, centered around young Ailsa Maclaren, who takes up curling at a time when women were neither encouraged, nor often permitted, to play the game. Set in late-1800s Scotland, it tells Ailsa’s story as she journeys from novice, to the Scottish Women’s Championship, and the World Championship. The Shattered Curling Stone is steeped in the history of women’s curling, both real and fictional. Along the way, Ailsa meets the very handsome and charming Lucas Plotcok, and therein lies the tale.

Maine Author Talk: So You Think You Know Maine!

Presented by Tim Caverly

Monday, October 28 at 6:00pm

DISCOVER the birth place of Bambi, ice caves, ghost railroads, pictographs, oceanic whirlpools and TALES which can only be described as CLASSIC MAINE. LEARN Why is there a cove in Washington County called "Bailey's Mistake"? And where did the "Lexington of the Seas" occur?

Tim Caverly has spent his life in Maine’s outdoors. Growing up shadowing his father who was a fire warden with the Maine Forest Service and his brother, a ranger in Baxter State Park, it was natural for him to seek a career in the outdoors. Tim is originally from Skowhegan, Maine and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree and a teaching certificate from the University of Maine at Machias. He is the author of the Allagash Tails Collection.

A Stitchin' Time - Fiber Arts Club

Tuesdays 5-7pm

Attention knitters, crocheters, sewers, embroiderers, and other fiber artists! All skill levels welcome--even if you have no skills (yet!). Bring whatever you're currently working on or a project you want to start. You don't have to be there right at the beginning--drop in any time you're available between 5 and 7pm on Tuesdays. You can even use this time to work on something for the Friends of the New Gloucester Public Library's hat, scarf, and mitten drive!

Storytime

Wednesdays and Sundays at 11am

Join Ms. Emily for stories and songs. Ages 0-5.

New Gloucester Library 4H Group

University of Maine Cooperative Extension conducts the state’s most successful out-of-school youth educational program. 4-H is a positive youth development organization that empowers young people to reach their full potential. Thousands of Maine youth participate annually in projects focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); Healthy Lifestyles programs; and Youth Community Action/Engagemet/Leadership.

Extension employees and volunteers are committed to creating positive experiential learning experiences for Maine youth; promoting and helping create positive relationships between youth and adults; creating and supporting positive, inclusive, and safe learning environments; and providing youth with opportunities to experience positive risk-taking challenges and growth.

For more information please call the library at 207-926-4840 or email newgloucesterlibrary@gmail.com

Teens

Teen Volunteer Corps

Teens help with programming, shelving, and a variety of other library tasks while earning volunteer hours. Ages 12-16.