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: Apr 16, May 21, Jun 11
Thursdays from 9:00am to 11:00am - Adult Coloring
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
Crafting Event:
Adult Craft Club: Needle Felted Woolen Bowl
Session 2: Monday, March 24 at 5:00pm
Both sessions are currently fully booked; please contact nglibrary@newgloucester.com or (207) 926-4840 to be placed on a standby list for either session!
Crafting Event:
Teen Craft Club: Knit a Chunky Throw Blanket
Monday, March 31 at 5:00pm
Rescheduled from January! Please RSVP at nglibrary@newgloucester.com or (207) 926-4840!
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.
Maine Author Visit:
Valerie Reid
Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00pm
Valerie Reid is a life-long reader, writer, educator, director, and performer. She was born and raised in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, one train stop west of Hinsdale. Valerie left the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis in 1976 with a BS in Theatre and Education and headed to the seacoast town of Kennebunkport, Maine, where she has lived, raised a family, and taught school (most recently 20 years as Kennebunk High School’s Theatre teacher and play director) ever since.
Her debut book is One Stop West of Hinsdale:
The time is 1960. The place is Clarendon Hills, Illinois, the idyllic Chicago suburb just one train stop west of Hinsdale. Fairy tale families are beginning to crumble in staggering numbers and most of us still want to know why.
Armed with the pure eyes of childhood and the clear eyes of age, Reid braves the past, insisting on answers. In this intimate examination of the demise of a family, rage, adultery, mental illness, alcohol abuse, divorce, and anorexia all play roles, but don't look for shock value or a sob story. It's all too familiar. It might be your story, too.
Maine Author Visit:
Caitlin Shetterly
Monday, May 19 at 6:00pm
Caitlin Shetterly is the author of Modified and Made for You and Me, and the editor of the bestselling Fault Lines: Stories of Divorce. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Orion, Elle, Self, and on Oprah.com, as well as on This American Life and various other public radio shows. She is the editor-in-chief of Frenchly, a French arts and culture online news magazine.
A Maine native, she graduated with honors from Brown University and now lives with her two sons and husband in her home state. Pete and Alice in Maine is her first novel:
Reeling from a painful betrayal in her marriage as the Covid pandemic takes hold in New York City, Alice packs up her family and flees to their vacation home in Maine. She hopes to find sanctuary—from the uncertainties of the exploding pandemic and her faltering marriage.
As the world shifts around her and the balance in her marriage tilts, Alice and her husband, Pete, are left to consider if what keeps their family safe is the same thing as what keeps their family together.
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
• April 6: This One Life by A. Prowse
• May 4: Untamed by G. Doyle
Third Monday of Every Month
5:00pm to 6:00pm
• March 17: Saints for All Occaisons by J. Courtney Sullivan
• April 28: I, Claudius by R. Graves
Third Thursday of Every Month
10:00am to 12:00pm
• March 20: Bel Canto by A. Pratchett
• April 17: Mink River by B. Doyle
Teens
Teen Volunteer Corps
Teens help with programming, shelving, and a variety of other library tasks while earning volunteer hours. Ages 12-16.