Programs & Events
Regular Programming
Times and dates subject to change
Sundays and Wednesdays at 11:00am - Storytime with Ms. Emily (all ages)
First Monday of the Month from 3:30pm to 4:30pm - Crafty Teens (ages 12-17)
First Monday of the Month from 5:30pm to 6:30pm - Adult Craft Club
Tuesdays from 3:30pm to 4:30pm - LEGO Free Play (all ages)
Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm - A Stitchin' Time, Fiber Arts (adult)
Wednesdays on School Early Release from 1:30pm to 2:30pm - Early Release Crafternoons (grades K-4)
• Spring 2025 Early Release Dates: Feb 12, Mar 12, Apr 16, May 21, Jun 11
Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm - GNG Community Connectors
Monthly - Book Discussion Groups
• Groups meet either on the 1st Sunday, 3rd Monday, or 3rd Thursday of every month
Maine Author Visit:
Lew-Ellyn Hughes
Monday, January 27 at 6:00pm
Lew-Ellyn Hughes is an award-winning newspaper columnist and author. Her column "Away with Words" is an eight-time winner of the Maine Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest.
She has been writing for over 25 years and has been published in several Maine magazines, including Downeast, Maine Women's Magazine, Maine Seniors Magazine, The Maine Highlands and Northwoods Sporting Journal.
Lew-Ellyn dreamt of leaving city life and finding a place where she can see her beloved Maine wilderness from her window. Her dreams finally came true when she turned a nineteenth century farmhouse in Stratton into the cozy, five-room bed-and-breakfast named Diamond Corner. This collection of heartwarming and humorous stories follows fifteen years of colorful guests, a lovable family, and a cast of hardy Mainers that truly make up the charm of a small town.
Maine Speaker Visit:
Jessie Dowling
Tuesday, February 25 at 6:00pm
The solution to burnout is pursuing your wildest dreams: Jessie Dowling talks about her experience training for and riding the Mongol Derby.
In August 2023 Jessie Dowling competed in the Mongol Derby; at over 1,000 kilometers, it's the longest horse race in the world, set across the wide open steppe landscape in Mongolia. Jessie will be giving a presentation on what it was like training for and competing in the race and what it was like staying with nomadic Mongolian herder families along the way.
Jessie Dowling is the founder and former owner of Fuzzy Udder Creamery in Whitefield, Maine. She sold her thriving creamery business to pursue horse training and endurance horse racing at her new farm, Iron Ledge Farm, also in Whitefield. You can read more about her at www.ironledgefarm.com.
Maine Speaker Visit:
Daniel Mays
Tuesday, March 25 at 6:00pm
Frith Farm is a no-till, no-pesticide, tractor-free farm located in Scarborough, Maine. Motivated more by idealism than experience, Daniel Mays started Frith Farm in November, 2010. Drawn by Maine's food culture and support for local agriculture, Daniel purchased a 14-acre piece of land in Scarborough. The land was protected and made affordable through an agricultural conservation easement put in place by Maine Farmland Trust and the Scarborough Land Trust when Daniel bought the property from the Fancy family in 2010.
Daniel will be speaking about the farm, as well as their unique farming methods. Their practices prioritize the health of the soil, the diversity of life on the farm, and the farm's role in the community. He will also be discussing his book, The No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm, a distillation of lessons learned during the first ten years of starting Frith Farm.
Maine Author Visit:
Lewis Robinson
Monday, April 28 at 6:00pm
Author of Officer Friendly and Other Stories and Water Dogs, Lewis Robinson is the winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, a Whiting Award, and a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Book Review, and on the National Public Radio program Selected Shorts. He teaches at the University of Maine at Farmington and lives in Portland, Maine with his family.
Shaken by problems at home, confused by the motives of a new love, and reeling from a public meltdown, high school hockey star Walt McNamara joins an exclusive new leadership program controlled by the ultra-wealthy summer residents of Whaleback Island, a granite oasis off the coast of Maine. But this is no paradise; secrets lurk in its murky waters.
As Walt and his fellow misfits, including the determined Aubrey and fierce Tess, are pushed physically and mentally by ex-military instructors, exposed truths from the island’s past and present slowly reveal the reasons behind their intense training. With danger mounting, Walt, Aubrey, Tess, and the others must use their new skills to sort friend from foe and find a way to survive.
In The Islanders, award-winning author Lewis Robinson has crafted a suspenseful reckoning of class conflict in America, with a vivid tale of friendship and family at its heart.
Weekly Group:
A Stitchin' Time - Fiber Arts Club
Tuesdays 5:00pm to 7:00pm
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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! |
Semi-Weekly Event:
Storytime with Ms. Emily
Wednesdays and Sundays at 11:00am
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Join Ms. Emily as she reads stories and sings song. All ages welcome! |
Weekly Event:
GNG Community Connectors
Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Are you a caregiver looking for help with your loved one? Do you live alone and wonder how to stay comfortable in your home? Do you need information about services in the area? Visit the library to speak with the GNG Community Connectors to get help. GNG Community Connectors is administered locally by BLING (Building Livability in New Gloucester) in cooperation with the Town of Gray. BLING is a volunteer group formed to promote Age-Friendly New Gloucester.
Monthly Book Groups:
Please call 207-926-4840 to RSVP, as space is limited
First Sunday of Every Month
2:00pm to 3:00pm
• January 5: The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn
• February 2: Book TBD
• March 2: Book TBD
Third Monday of Every Month
5:00pm to 6:00pm
• January 27: The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
• February 24: Dopesick by Beth Mercy
• March 17: Go As a River by Shelley Read
Third Thursday of Every Month
10:00am to 12:00pm
• January 16: Breakthrough: My Life in Science by Katlin Kariko
• February 20: Iron Lake by W.K. Kruger
• March 20: Bel Canto by A. Pratchett
Teens
Teen Volunteer Corps
Teens help with programming, shelving, and a variety of other library tasks while earning volunteer hours. Ages 12-16.