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SUMMARY:Creative Art Afternoons
DESCRIPTION:Ages 5-12 \n\n\n\nSign up to join Miss Amy for hands-on creative art projects just right for kids who love to create! We’ve made paper bag snowflakes\, sculptures\, group mandalas\, agamographs\, valentines\, Tie-dye t-shirts\, watercolor paintings and more. \n\n\n\nSept. 3rd – Animal Transfer PaintingsSept. 10th – Paper SpinnersSept. 17th – at the Art Walk (5-7pm) in front of Page Gallery \n\n\n\nSept. 24th – LIBRARY CLOSED \n\n\n\nPlease call or email the library at 207-236-3440 or info@librarycamden.org to sign up so we have enough supplies prepped. This program takes place in the Picker Room at the library.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/creative-art-afternoons-2/2025-10-23/
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SUMMARY:"Silenced Whispers" with Afarin Bellisario (Camden Conference Community Event)
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library\, as a part of the Camden Conference Community Events Series\, welcomes author Afarin Bellisario for a discussion on Iran’s past and present\, through the lens of her novel Silenced Whispers. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place on Thursday\, October 23 at 6:30 PM in person at the Camden Public Library\, in anticipation of the 39th Annual Camden Conference\, “Today’s Middle East: Power\, Politics\, & Players.” Refreshments will be provided. \n\n\n\nSilenced Whispers transports readers to the enchanting world of Iran at the turn of the 20th century as the country transforms into a modern nation. It celebrates the courage of a young woman to resist oppression and colonial aggression\, and provides insight into how that time seeded conflicts in modern Iran and the Middle East. The book is the winner of Independent Publishers of New England’s silver medal for genre fiction. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Afarin Bellisario\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfarin Bellisario has led a distinguished career in technology and business\, with leadership roles at major firms and MIT\, and continues to advise startups and teach internationally on innovation and commercialization. \n\n\n\nAs a writer\, she describes herself as “a bridge between East and West\, past and future.” Drawing on her experiences living through the Iranian Revolution and her career in American innovation\, she writes about the tensions and transformations that occur when tradition meets modernity. \n\n\n\n“I grew up in a family with its feet in the past and its head in the future. My grandmothers were taught rudimentary reading and writing at home\, but my father and uncles were university graduates and part of Iran’s emerging technocratic elite. I’ve come a very long way even from that: whereas one of my great grandfathers had 25 wives and concubines\, I have a PhD from MIT. \n\n\n\nToday\, with the benefit of hindsight\, I trace the roots of the Iranian conflict to the early twentieth century\, when Iran was introduced to modern technologies such as the telephone and electricity\, along with Western ideas of individuality. In a traditional society\, you must conform to family rules in order to be protected. In a modern society\, you are protected by laws and the state. You can survive outside your tribe. But you lose the intangibles: love and comfort\, and the thread that connects you to the past.” – Afarin Bellisario \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented in anticipation of the 39th Annual Camden Conference\, “Today’s Middle East: Power\, Politics\, & Players” taking place live from the Camden Opera House from February 20 – 22\, 2026.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/ccce-book-talk-silenced-whispers-with-afarin-bellisario/
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SUMMARY:Explorations Read-Aloud: "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett
DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, at 11:00 am\, on the library’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page\, the library will stream a brand new recording of local thespian\, Joseph Coté reading aloud selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books of fiction and non-fiction. \n\n\n\nFor October 24\, Coté will read aloud from Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon. \n\n\n\nThe Maltese Falcon is the archetypal ‘hard-boiled’ detective story\, rich in intriguing characters\, dark exciting action and featuring the greatest of all cool\, tough private eyes\, Sam Spade. \n\n\n\nWritten in 1930\, the novel has a timeless quality that makes it fresh and exciting for each new generation of readers.  \n\n\n\nSam Spade is hired by the alluring Miss Wonderley to track down her sister\, who has eloped with ne-er do well Floyd Thursby. \n\n\n\nBut when Spade’s partner Miles Archer is murdered while on Thursby’s trail\, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the mythical jewel-encrusted Falcon\, a treasure worth killing for before the Fat Man\, and how far can he trust the seductive Miss Wonderley? \n\n\n\nDashiell Hammett’s noir classic is written in sharp\, terse prose that gives a cinematic vividness to the characters and their milieu. \n\n\n\nClick the links to find the library’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThoughts to share? Book ideas to suggest?Contact Joseph at friday-explorations@usa.net
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/explorations-read-aloud-the-maltese-falcon-by-dashiell-hammett/
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Reception: Knox County Camera Club Revisited — Historical Photos by John Felton
DESCRIPTION:The public is invited to the exhibit’s closing reception on Saturday\, October 25\, 2:00 – 4:00 PM. in the Picker Room! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the month of October Camden Public Library is hosting a historical photo exhibit in the Picker Room\, Knox County Camera Club Revisited: Historical Photos by John Felton\, curated by John Felton’s granddaughter Mary Kay Felton. \n\n\n\nThe Knox County Camera Club was active from the 1930s to 1978. They hosted annual photo exhibitions at the Farnsworth and members participated in juried shows throughout Maine and Massachusetts. Local photographer John Felton was a 40+ year member. In the tradition of area photographers of the time\, like Carroll Thayer Berry and Kosti Ruohomaa\, Felton’s images captured local people\, day to day life\, and scenery in and around Camden\, Rockport\, and midcoast Maine. \n\n\n\nJohn W. E. Felton\n\n\n\nIn 2019\, the Felton family loaned the negatives of the Felton Photo Collection to the Walsh History Center. The Walsh Center digitized close to a hundred of his 40+ year collection to date. John Felton’s granddaughter\, Mary Kay Felton\, organized the exhibition as an opportunity for people to see Camera Club exhibition photos not seen in the last 50-80+ years and to make the public aware of the Felton Collection in Camden Public Library’s Walsh History Center. John Felton would be proud to know that his great granddaughter\, affectionately known as “Miss Amy” Hand\, is CPL’s beloved childrens’ librarian.  \n\n\n\nMary Kay Felton hopes residents with a long history in Camden or Rockport can help identify people featured in the collection of seventeen 16 x 20 black and white photos. An additional seven photos capture images of Camera Club members in Berry’s studio\, at shows\, and on outings. Many of the members have been identified\, but Felton hopes exhibit goers can identify the remaining Camera Club members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n If you’re able to identify the subject of any photo\, Felton encourages you to write the photo number\, the name of the person you can identify\, and your name and contact information on a slip of paper and drop it in the container provided in the Picker room this October.  \n\n\n\nFor more information about the exhibit\, contact Mary Kay Felton at feltonmk@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/exhibit-reception-knox-county-camera-club-revisited-historical-photos-by-john-felton/
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SUMMARY:Millay Society Author Series: Library Tea with Amity Gaige\, Author of "Heartwood"
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library continues its Millay Society Author Series with a special Author Teatime and Discussion featuring Amity Gaige in our beautiful Reading Room. This event is open to Millay Society members and their invited guests. \n\n\n\nJoin us in welcoming Amity Gaige\, author of the national bestseller Heartwood for an engaging conversation and Q & A while you enjoy teatime refreshments in our beautiful and historic Reading Room.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place on Saturday\, October 25 at 3:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Millay Society members receive a 20% discount on book purchases! Be sure to let the salesperson know you are a member of the Millay Society. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required. Please RSVP below to save your seat! \n\n\n\nFill out my LGL Form!\n\n\n\nBenefits of Millay Society membership include invitations to special literary events like this one. Members’ consistent contributions also enable the Library’s growth and community responsiveness. Additionally\, member support helps ensure the Library’s continued place as a key cultural and intellectual center in Midcoast Maine. \n\n\n\n\nBecome a Millay Society member today and join us at this event!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heartwood\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the heart of the Maine woods\, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis\, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness\, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured\, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping. \n\n\n\nAt the heart of the investigation is Beverly\, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie\, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile\, Lena\, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community\, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives\, a puzzle emerges\, intensifying the frantic search\, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental. \n\n\n\nHeartwood is a “gem of a thousand facets—suspenseful\, transporting\, tender\, and ultimately soul-mending\,” (Megan Majumdar\, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning) that tells the story of a lost hiker’s odyssey and is a moving rendering of each character’s interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost\, and how we are found. At its core\, Heartwood is a redemptive novel\, written with both enormous literary ambition and love. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeartwood is Amity Gaige’s fifth novel. It was selected by Jenna Bush Hager as a Read with Jenna pick for April 2025 and became an instant national bestseller. \n\n\n\nAmity is the author of four previous novels\, O My Darling\, The Folded World\, Schroder\, and Sea Wife. Sea Wife was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice Award. Schroder was also a New York Times Notable Book and a best book of 2013 according to The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, among others\, and was shortlisted for UK’s Folio Prize in 2014. In 2018\, Amity was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. \n\n\n\nAmity has appeared on some of the biggest literary stages\, from the LA Times Book Festival\, the National Book Festival in D.C.\, and the Rome Festival of International Literature. She has made appearances on NPR’s “All Things Considered\,” “Where We Live” and “All of It” with Allison Stewart\, as well as spoken extensively at numerous universities. She lives with her family in West Hartford\, Connecticut\, and teaches at Yale.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/heartwood/
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SUMMARY:Tai Chi and Qigong
DESCRIPTION:Please note: On Thursdays in Summer\, meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nEnjoy the many benefits of tai chi and qigong through the exploration of movements and principles. These beginning classes are beneficial for people of all levels of fitness—developing awareness\, relaxation\, energy\, flexibility\, strength\, balance\, and pleasure in the open air. \n\n\n\nTai Chi meets in the Amphitheatre. On Thursdays in the summer\, we meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nAnna Dembska is a certified teacher of Yang Family tai chi. She studies tai chi and qigong with Mike Shunney in Rockland and Zhong Xuechao (Master Bing) from Wudang Mountain\, China. She has also studied Yang Family tai chi with Grandmaster Yang Jun and San Shou two-person play with Dr. Jay Dunbar and Kathleen Cusick. Anna is a singer\, composer\, and voice teacher by profession\, and her tai chi teaching is informed by its many similarities with vocal technique\, which she has been practicing and teaching for many years. \n\n\n\nClasses are by donation\, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Camden Public Library. For more information contact Anna at camdentaiji@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n(Emailing Anna is strongly encouraged so that you can be contacted in case the class is canceled and to confirm if the class will happen in the Amphitheatre or on the Upper Lawn.)
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tai-chi-and-qigong-in-the-amphitheatre-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-10-27/
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SUMMARY:Book Donations Open at the Blue Door Book Shed
DESCRIPTION:We welcome donations of materials that can be added to our collection or sold to support our programs\, including: \n\n\n\n\nHardcover\, paperback\, and audio books\n\n\n\nCDs and DVDs in cases\n\n\n\nPuzzles bagged inside boxes\n\n\n\n\nDue to space and sorting limitations\, we can only accept 2 bags or boxes at a time. \n\n\n\nAll items must be in good or better condition. Items in poor / unsellable condition\, or for which there is no market\, create a financial burden for the Library and extra work for volunteers. \n\n\n\n\nPlease do NOT bring: \n\n\n\n\nBooks with mold or mildew\, musty smell\, water damage\, missing dust jackets\, stained or torn covers\, broken spines\, writing inside\, or other physical damage;\n\n\n\nTextbooks\, condensed books\, self-published books\, encyclopedias\, journals\, or magazines;\n\n\n\nCassette or VHS tapes;\n\n\n\nContemporary fiction more than 10 years old;\n\n\n\nMedical\, health\, computer\, technology\, or reference books more than 2 years old.\n\n\n\n\n\nDonations may be brought in boxes or bags to the blue door book shed located in the Meadow Parking Lot on Atlantic Avenue on Tuesdays from 9am – 12pm. Please do not leave donations at any other time – the weather will get to them before our volunteers do. \n\n\n\nWe rely on volunteers who generously give their time to accept\, sort\, and pack your donations. Due to their time and our space limitations\, we can only accept 2 bags or boxes at a time. Please be prepared to wait for a few minutes while a volunteer accepts your donation. \n\n\n\nIf you have a donation larger than 2 bags/boxes or are unable to come on a Tuesday morning\, please call the Library at (207) 236-3440. A staff member will collect and forward your information to a volunteer who will contact you to make alternative arrangements. \n\n\n\nPlease do not bring donations directly to the Library – there is no storage available at this time. \n\n\n\nThank you for your support of the Camden Public Library!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/book-donations-at-the-blue-door-book-shed-2-2026-10-06/2025-10-28/
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SUMMARY:Walsh History Center Hour - On Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a question about the history of Camden\, your ancestors that may have lived in the area\, or the house you live in now? Ken Gross and the Walsh History Center team are happy to try to help find you an answer! To request a link to participate\, or simply ask a question\, email: kgross@librarycamden.org  \n\n\n\nPlease let us know a bit about what you are interested in discussing so that we can have our resources ready.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/walsh-history-center-hour-on-zoom-2/2025-10-28/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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SUMMARY:Leer y Charlar
DESCRIPTION:Leer y Charlar is a Spanish language reading and conversation group. Members chat about each other’s lives in Spanish\, and then discuss the “article of the day” from an online Spanish language newspaper distributed prior to the meeting.  \n\n\n\nMeetings on the second Tuesday of the month will meet on Zoom only. On fourth Tuesdays\, meetings will be hybrid and take place in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. \n\n\n\nFor more information and to receive a Zoom link to participate\, contact the group organizer Lynne Taylor at leerycharlar@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDid you know? Leer y Charlar has been going on for 9 years!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/leer-y-charlar-2-2023-12-26/2025-10-28/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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SUMMARY:CamdenCAN’s Fall/Winter Resilient Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:We humans\, and the rest of the planet\, exist in a tightly bound web of interconnections. These intersections are both our solution/salvation—it will take each and everyone of us working together to create a better world—and paradoxically it’s also these tightly bound systems that  are also causing the challenging conditions—droughts\, wildfires\, heat waves\, human migrations\, extreme weather\, biodiversity loss\, ocean acidification\, etc.— of our our current climate-changed world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIf you’d like to get a better understanding of these interconnections\, meet other curious and engaged Midcoast residents\, and find ways to not only remain resilient during the upcoming decades\, CamdenCAN would like to invite you to join us for our Fall 2025 Resilient Reading Group. \n\n\n\nThe reading group will meet on second and fourth Tuesday afternoons\, 4:00 – 5:00 PM at Camden Public Library in the Picker Room. Dates are 9/23\, 10/7 (bonus session)\, 10/28\, 11/11\, 11/25\, 12/9\, 12/23\, 1/13/26\, 1/27/26. May include a zoom component if desired. If you have questions or would like to preregister\, email camdencan2025@gmail.com.  \n\n\n\nThe ultimate goal of these book discussions is to inform as well as expand one another’s understandings of the moment we are living in. One of the greatest actions to take to improve our current situation is to talk about it\, as well as forge new alliances and build community. Come join us—let’s see what we can do to thrive in these challenging times.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur first book will be Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet by Kate Marvel. Marvel is a climate scientist who conveys her deep understanding of the climate systems with elegance\, humility\, and humor. Her chapters include Wonder\, Anger\, Guilt\, Fear\, Grief\, Pride\, and Hope. Marvel is our guide and our coach. She writes\, “It will not be easy. A happy ending is not guaranteed. But a better one is possible…No one is coming to save us. We have to create the we have to create the world in which we want to live. …Science sets the limits; we write the story. It can be a hopeful one.” We expect this book to carry us for five\, 1-hour sessions. There will be weekly readings and prepared discussion questions\, yet also room for the group to vary the pace and topics depending on personal interests.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe second book in CamdenCAN’s Fall/Winter reading series will be Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart by Brian D. McLaren. Far from an apocalyptic nightmare\, this work\, written by a former English professor and pastor\, offers a life-affirming approach to living in difficult times. As the author states\, “Life After Doom is for everyone who has reached a point where not facing their unpeaceful\, uneasy\, unwanted feelings about the future has become more draining than facing them. It’s for anyone who understands that we’ve entered a dangerous time and we need to prepare ourselves to face that danger with wisdom\, courage\, character\, and compassion.”
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camdencans-fall-winter-resilient-reading-group/2025-10-28/
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SUMMARY:"Capturing the Revolutionary War on Canvas" with Mary Miller
DESCRIPTION:“Nation Makers\,” by Howard Pyle\, 1902. Photo Credit:Brandywine River Museum\n\n\n\nDuring this year’s Discover History Month\, Camden Public Library is teaming up with long-time partner Camden-Rockport Historical Society to bring a series of history presentations to the library. We will welcome Mary Miller for a presentation on the artistic history of the revolutionary war\, on Tuesday\, October 28\, 6:30 PM in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nCharles Willson Peale\, John Singleton Copley\, John Trumbull\, Benjamin West\, and Gilbert Stuart not only were intimately associated with the key players of the Revolution\, but they also captured their portraits and activities on canvas. These artists\, who interacted with the Founders\, contributed to the founding spirit of the country. Through their art\, they color and command our point of view. Whether truth or propaganda\, we will explore their intentions and look closely at some of the forgotten stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Miller’s lifelong enchantment with art history began at the Huntington Library with Thomas Gainsborough. From there\, she pursued the usual degrees from California State Colleges before beginning a teaching life that would take her around the world with her husband. She has been a teacher and presenter of the Arts and Humanities in London\, Vienna\, Lugano\, Charlotte\, and a longtime docent at the National Palace in Taiwan. With her life partner\, she has led art and history trips in Europe and Asia for too many years to mention. She makes her home with pleasure and endless gratitude in Camden\, Maine\, where she writes\, reads\, and gardens.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/capturing-the-revolutionary-war-on-canvas-with-mary-miller/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Book Time for Babies with Miss Amy
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy on Wednesdays at 10 am for stories and songs for your little ones! Wednesday story times are themed for babies. \n\n\n\nOn Thursdays & Fridays at 10 am\, join Miss Amy for preschool- and early elementary-themed stories & book extension crafts. Story times are indoors unless otherwise noted.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/book-time-for-babies-with-miss-amy/2025-10-29/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Art & Journaling
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday\, Amy Hand facilitates creative art and journaling projects for adults through emails and Zoom. On second Wednesdays\, meetings are held in-person in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in receiving the project ideas or would like to receive a link to participate in the Zoom meeting\, contact: alhand@librarycamden.org
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/art-journaling/2025-10-29/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Tai Chi and Qigong
DESCRIPTION:Please note: On Thursdays in Summer\, meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nEnjoy the many benefits of tai chi and qigong through the exploration of movements and principles. These beginning classes are beneficial for people of all levels of fitness—developing awareness\, relaxation\, energy\, flexibility\, strength\, balance\, and pleasure in the open air. \n\n\n\nTai Chi meets in the Amphitheatre. On Thursdays in the summer\, we meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nAnna Dembska is a certified teacher of Yang Family tai chi. She studies tai chi and qigong with Mike Shunney in Rockland and Zhong Xuechao (Master Bing) from Wudang Mountain\, China. She has also studied Yang Family tai chi with Grandmaster Yang Jun and San Shou two-person play with Dr. Jay Dunbar and Kathleen Cusick. Anna is a singer\, composer\, and voice teacher by profession\, and her tai chi teaching is informed by its many similarities with vocal technique\, which she has been practicing and teaching for many years. \n\n\n\nClasses are by donation\, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Camden Public Library. For more information contact Anna at camdentaiji@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n(Emailing Anna is strongly encouraged so that you can be contacted in case the class is canceled and to confirm if the class will happen in the Amphitheatre or on the Upper Lawn.)
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tai-chi-and-qigong-in-the-amphitheatre-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-10-30/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Creative Art Afternoons
DESCRIPTION:Ages 5-12 \n\n\n\nSign up to join Miss Amy for hands-on creative art projects just right for kids who love to create! We’ve made paper bag snowflakes\, sculptures\, group mandalas\, agamographs\, valentines\, Tie-dye t-shirts\, watercolor paintings and more. \n\n\n\nSept. 3rd – Animal Transfer PaintingsSept. 10th – Paper SpinnersSept. 17th – at the Art Walk (5-7pm) in front of Page Gallery \n\n\n\nSept. 24th – LIBRARY CLOSED \n\n\n\nPlease call or email the library at 207-236-3440 or info@librarycamden.org to sign up so we have enough supplies prepped. This program takes place in the Picker Room at the library.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/creative-art-afternoons-2/2025-10-30/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T183000
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Costume Parade\, Story Telling\, and Flashlight Scavenger Hunt!
DESCRIPTION:Families are invited to join Miss Amy on Thursday\, October 30\, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. for a spooktacular time in the Amphtiheatre. Everyone is encouraged to dress in costumes to enjoy a Halloween story read-aloud\, costume parade\, and flashlight scavenger hunt.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/5th-annual-costume-parade-story-telling-and-flashlight-scavenger-hunt/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T193000
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SUMMARY:Your Home as an Energy System and Ways to Improve It (Camden Talks Climate) - Hybrid
DESCRIPTION:This program was recorded. View the recording here: https://youtu.be/fcpeZ2Rs5lM \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for a “Camden Talks Climate” evening with Brian Robinson\, a local Building Performance Institute Building Analyst\, and Connie Evans from WindowDressers. \n\n\n\nThis program is open to the public and will take place on Thursday\, October 30\, at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room and as well as streamed live on Zoom. \n\n\n\nLearn how to reduce your energy demands and change your energy supply in a CamdenCAN presentation with Brian Robinson\, vice president at Evergreen Home Performance with decades of energy improvement experience\, who will inspire you to think about your home as an energy system\, helping you find new ways to save money\, increase comfort and reduce greenhouse gas pollution. He will talk about how to think about air\, moisture and thermal barriers in your home\, and how weatherizing\, insulation and air sealing can improve comfort and yield significant savings while preparing your home for next steps.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn addition\, Connie Evans from the nonprofit WindowDressers will explain how their inexpensive window inserts can help. \n\n\n\nThose who attend in person can pick up flyers about the many state incentives for home energy upgrades. This session will be recorded and available on the library website.  Presented as part of the State’s Community Resilience Partnership two-year Community Action Grant awarded to the Towns of Camden and Rockport. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCamdenCAN (ClimateActionNow) is a citizen-led organization committed to reducing Camden’s contribution to climate change through local action\, education\, advocacy\, and resources. We help our community take advantage of climate solutions with actionable steps.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/your-home-as-an-energy-system-and-ways-to-improve-it-camden-talks-climate-hybrid/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Explorations Read-Aloud: "Time of the Child" by Niall Williams
DESCRIPTION:Every Friday\, at 11:00 am\, on the library’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page\, the library will stream a brand new recording of local thespian\, Joseph Coté reading aloud selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books of fiction and non-fiction. \n\n\n\nFor October 31\, Coté will read aloud from Niall Williams’ Time of the Child. \n\n\n\nWinner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. \n\n\n\nFrom the author of This Is Happiness\, a compassionate\, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season transforms the small Irish town of Faha. \n\n\n\nDoctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha\, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter\, Ronnie\, has grown up in her father’s shadow\, and remains there\, having missed one chance at love- and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man. \n\n\n\nBut in the Advent season of 1962\, as the town readies itself for Christmas\, Ronnie and Doctor Troy’s lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes\, the lives of Troy and Ronnie\, the understanding of their family\, and their role in their community are changed forever. \n\n\n\nSet over the course of one December in the same village as Williams’ beloved This Is Happiness\, Time of the Child is a tender return to Faha for readers who know its charms\, and a heartwarming welcome to new readers entering for the very first time. \n\n\n\nClick the links to find the library’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThoughts to share? Book ideas to suggest?Contact Joseph at friday-explorations@usa.net
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/explorations-read-aloud-time-of-the-child-by-niall-williams/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:All Hallows' Eve: Spooky Sound Bath & Gongs in the Amphitheatre
DESCRIPTION:Join musical instrument creator and Sound Therapists Jim Doble and Maleine Gargurevich on an assortment of gongs\, other instruments\, and vocals for a special sonic experience to celebrate the season. This spooky sound bathing session will take place on Friday\, October 31\, at 6:00 PM in the Amphitheatre. \n\n\n\nOn All Hallow’s Eve we will be bathing the Amphitheatere in mystical sound to help transport you on an inner journey. Think of this as sonic meditation\, best experienced in a very relaxed position with closed eyes. We will use Gongs\, Didgeridoo\, Chimes\, Voice\, and other mysterious devices to invite transportation betwixt realms! \n\n\n\nBring something comfy to lay or sit on and plenty of warm layers and blankets to ward off the chill (and ghouls!). Donations greatly appreciated. \n\n\n\n Contact Jim Doble at jim@elementaldesign.me for questions.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/all-hallows-eve-spooky-sound-bathing-gongs-in-the-camden-amphitheatre/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T110000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime with Miss Stefanie
DESCRIPTION:Saturday storytime with Miss Stefanie is back! \n\n\n\n1st & 3rd Saturdays at 10 am. \n\n\n\nJoin us for stories\, crafts & activities around a theme. \n\n\n\nSeptember 5th – BEANS! \n\n\n\nSeptember 19th – No Saturday Storytime \n\n\n\nSeptember 26th – Teddy Bear Picnic! (1pm)
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/saturday-storytime-with-miss-stefanie/2025-11-01/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251102T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251130T235959
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SUMMARY:On Exhibit: "Time and Place: KIRA and Monhegan" Graphite Drawings by Deb Vendetti
DESCRIPTION:Le Bouche – St. Croix River (French: Fleuve Sainte-Croix; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: Skutik)\n\n\n\nHope artist Deb Vendetti presents new graphite drawings exploring coastal landscapes of New Brunswick and Maine. They will be on exhibit in the Picker Room Gallery at Camden Public Library during the month of November.* The public is invited to an artist reception on November 22 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.The work spans two transformative summers: a month-long residency at Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts (KIRA) in St. Andrews\, New Brunswick in 2024\, and self-structured periods on Monhegan Island and in St. Andrews in 2025. For Vendetti\, who has been drawing on Monhegan since the 1980s\, the sustained focus of the KIRA residency marked a significant shift in her practice.The exhibition includes approximately 15+ works—drawings and sketchbook pages—that capture atmospheric conditions\, tidal patterns\, and the particular quality of light in these coastal places. From sweeping views of Navy Island at the mouth of the St. Croix River to intimate midnight studies of Manana Island\, the work reflects decades of careful observation.Vendetti holds a BFA in painting from Southeastern Massachusetts University and graduate studies in photography with Carl Toth at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She served as Education Coordinator at the Farnsworth Art Museum for 11 years and was the videographer in the early years of the Maine Masters project\, documenting seminal Maine artists including Robert Hamilton\, Alan Magee\, Dahlov Ipcar\, Harold Garde\, Emily Nelligan\, Clark Fitzgerald and Ashley Bryan.*The exhibition runs November 2 – 30. The gallery is open during regular library hours; visitors areencouraged to call ahead at 207-236-3440 as the space occasionally hosts events.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/on-exhibit-time-and-place-kira-and-monhegan-graphite-drawings-by-deb-vendetti/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T113000
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SUMMARY:Tai Chi and Qigong
DESCRIPTION:Please note: On Thursdays in Summer\, meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nEnjoy the many benefits of tai chi and qigong through the exploration of movements and principles. These beginning classes are beneficial for people of all levels of fitness—developing awareness\, relaxation\, energy\, flexibility\, strength\, balance\, and pleasure in the open air. \n\n\n\nTai Chi meets in the Amphitheatre. On Thursdays in the summer\, we meet on the Upper Lawn. \n\n\n\n\nAnna Dembska is a certified teacher of Yang Family tai chi. She studies tai chi and qigong with Mike Shunney in Rockland and Zhong Xuechao (Master Bing) from Wudang Mountain\, China. She has also studied Yang Family tai chi with Grandmaster Yang Jun and San Shou two-person play with Dr. Jay Dunbar and Kathleen Cusick. Anna is a singer\, composer\, and voice teacher by profession\, and her tai chi teaching is informed by its many similarities with vocal technique\, which she has been practicing and teaching for many years. \n\n\n\nClasses are by donation\, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Camden Public Library. For more information contact Anna at camdentaiji@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n(Emailing Anna is strongly encouraged so that you can be contacted in case the class is canceled and to confirm if the class will happen in the Amphitheatre or on the Upper Lawn.)
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tai-chi-and-qigong-in-the-amphitheatre-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-11-03/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T120000
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SUMMARY:Book Donations Open at the Blue Door Book Shed
DESCRIPTION:We welcome donations of materials that can be added to our collection or sold to support our programs\, including: \n\n\n\n\nHardcover\, paperback\, and audio books\n\n\n\nCDs and DVDs in cases\n\n\n\nPuzzles bagged inside boxes\n\n\n\n\nDue to space and sorting limitations\, we can only accept 2 bags or boxes at a time. \n\n\n\nAll items must be in good or better condition. Items in poor / unsellable condition\, or for which there is no market\, create a financial burden for the Library and extra work for volunteers. \n\n\n\n\nPlease do NOT bring: \n\n\n\n\nBooks with mold or mildew\, musty smell\, water damage\, missing dust jackets\, stained or torn covers\, broken spines\, writing inside\, or other physical damage;\n\n\n\nTextbooks\, condensed books\, self-published books\, encyclopedias\, journals\, or magazines;\n\n\n\nCassette or VHS tapes;\n\n\n\nContemporary fiction more than 10 years old;\n\n\n\nMedical\, health\, computer\, technology\, or reference books more than 2 years old.\n\n\n\n\n\nDonations may be brought in boxes or bags to the blue door book shed located in the Meadow Parking Lot on Atlantic Avenue on Tuesdays from 9am – 12pm. Please do not leave donations at any other time – the weather will get to them before our volunteers do. \n\n\n\nWe rely on volunteers who generously give their time to accept\, sort\, and pack your donations. Due to their time and our space limitations\, we can only accept 2 bags or boxes at a time. Please be prepared to wait for a few minutes while a volunteer accepts your donation. \n\n\n\nIf you have a donation larger than 2 bags/boxes or are unable to come on a Tuesday morning\, please call the Library at (207) 236-3440. A staff member will collect and forward your information to a volunteer who will contact you to make alternative arrangements. \n\n\n\nPlease do not bring donations directly to the Library – there is no storage available at this time. \n\n\n\nThank you for your support of the Camden Public Library!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/book-donations-at-the-blue-door-book-shed-2-2026-10-06/2025-11-04/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T100000
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Morning Book Club: "Story Like the Wind" by Laurens Van der Post
DESCRIPTION:The Tuesday Morning Book Club meets in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library on the FIRST Tuesday of each month at 10:00 a.m. \n\n\n\nFor the month of November\, the group will be reading Story Like the Wind by Laurens Van der Post. If you would like to join a book club session or would like more information\, please email Nora Curry at ncurry@librarycamden.org. New members are always welcome! \n\n\n\nSummary of Story Like the Wind by Laurens Van der Post: This is a story of an almost vanished Africa; a world of myth and magic in which the indigenous peoples of the continent lived for uncountable centuries before the Europeans came to shatter it. The main character is a boy who has a relationship with this Africa not unlike Kipling’s Kim with the antique world of India. François Joubert\, whose Huguenot ancestors settled in Africa three hundred years ago\, lives as a solitary child on his father’s farm\, ‘Hunter’s Drift’. Here\, in the far interior of Africa\, he experiences the wonder and mystery of an ageless\, natural primitive life\, his perception of it heightened by the influence of three people in particular – his Bushman nurse\, the head herdsman of the local Matabele clan (his father’s chosen partners in the pioneering of Hunter’s Drift)\, and a hunter of legendary fame\, now the chief ranger of a vast game reserve nearby.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tuesday-morning-book-club-story-like-the-wind-by-laurens-van-der-post/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Walsh History Center Hour - On Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a question about the history of Camden\, your ancestors that may have lived in the area\, or the house you live in now? Ken Gross and the Walsh History Center team are happy to try to help find you an answer! To request a link to participate\, or simply ask a question\, email: kgross@librarycamden.org  \n\n\n\nPlease let us know a bit about what you are interested in discussing so that we can have our resources ready.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/walsh-history-center-hour-on-zoom-2/2025-11-04/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T160000
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SUMMARY:Tinker Tuesdays with Miss Amy
DESCRIPTION:Tinker Tuesdays are back! Join Miss Amy on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 4-5 PM for exciting\, hands-on STEM projects for elementary school-age kids. There is limited space for these programs so please call the library or email Miss Amy at alhand@librarycamden.org to sign up and make sure we’ll have supplies ready to go! \n\n\n\nThis month we’ll do some origami and an index card challenge.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tinker-tuesdays-are-back/2025-11-04/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T193000
DTSTAMP:20251106T180940Z
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SUMMARY:Recording Available! Incredible Edible Milbridge: Creating a Strong\, Healthy\, & Food Independent Community
DESCRIPTION:This program was recorded. You can view it here or below! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in the Picker Room on Tuesday\, November 4\, at 6:30 PM to get inspired about creating a stronger\, healthier\, food-independent community!  \n\n\n\nMark Grant will share all about Incredible Edible Milbridge\, the groundbreaking\, free\, pick-your-own vegetable garden initiative in Milbridge\, ME. Q&A to follow. \n\n\n\nIncredible Edible Milbridge (IEM) is a community’s response to the ongoing food challenges\, food security challenges\, inflation and supply chain mishaps. This wildly successful food security project was launched in 2013. These public gardens produce organic vegetables for 30\,000 meals each growing season\, ensuring their neighbors have access to nutritious food. \n\n\n\n\nIncredible Edible Milbridge is part of Women for Healthy Rural Living. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Grant is the Incredible Edible Milbridge Coordinator at Women for Healthy Rural Living. Mark came to Cherryfield in 2013\, seeking to live a simpler life in harmony with the rhythms and patterns of Nature. He has a great love of plants and since moving to Maine has earned his living as a gardener/farmer.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/incredible-edible-milbridge/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T110000
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SUMMARY:Book Time for Babies with Miss Amy
DESCRIPTION:Join Miss Amy on Wednesdays at 10 am for stories and songs for your little ones! Wednesday story times are themed for babies. \n\n\n\nOn Thursdays & Fridays at 10 am\, join Miss Amy for preschool- and early elementary-themed stories & book extension crafts. Story times are indoors unless otherwise noted.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/book-time-for-babies-with-miss-amy/2025-11-05/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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UID:89680-1762336800-1762344000@www.librarycamden.org
SUMMARY:Free CareerCenter Services
DESCRIPTION:The library offers an opportunity for the public to have FREE one-on-one career help. A representative from the Maine Department of Labor’s CareerCenter will have open “office hours” every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month\, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at a table on the ground floor of the library. \n\n\n\nThese services are available for ANYONE and at no cost! Get help with: \n\n\n\n\nJob search\n\n\n\nResume and interviewing\n\n\n\nLocating a registered apprenticeship\n\n\n\nTraining and education assistance\n\n\n\nFederal bonding information\n\n\n\nVeteran’s services and job search assistance\n\n\n\n\nThis is a FREE service for members of the community who are seeking assistance with job and career-related matters.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/free-careercenter-services/2025-11-05/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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UID:89737-1762358400-1762362000@www.librarycamden.org
SUMMARY:Art & Journaling
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday\, Amy Hand facilitates creative art and journaling projects for adults through emails and Zoom. On second Wednesdays\, meetings are held in-person in the Picker Room as well as on Zoom. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in receiving the project ideas or would like to receive a link to participate in the Zoom meeting\, contact: alhand@librarycamden.org
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/art-journaling/2025-11-05/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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