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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/2025-11-25/
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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/2025-11-26/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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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/2025-11-26/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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SUMMARY:Camden Nursing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Expectant and nursing parents are encouraged to join a community nursing circle in the Children’s Room of the Camden Library every 4th Wednesday from 4:30p to 5:30pm. The group welcomes families of all stripes and nurslings of all ages. Come with your nursing-related questions\, concerns or curiosities\, or come simply to commune.  \n\n\n\nThe gathering will be facilitated by Lulu Churchill (CLC) with input about library resources from children’s librarian Amy Hand. Lulu Churchill completed her certification in Lactation Management through the Center for Breastfeeding at the Healthy Children Project. She is the mother of two little ones and lives in Camden. \n\n\n\nFor questions\, email: natureshandmaine@gmail.com \n\n\n\nYou can also CLICK HERE to find the Midcoast Nursing Circle’s Facebook Page.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/camden-nursing-circle/2025-11-26/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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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-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-11-27/
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-2/2025-11-27/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Explorations Read-Aloud: "The World According to Garp" by John Irving
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\nOn November 28\, Coté will read aloud from John Irving’s The World According to Garp. \n\n\n\n\nWINNER OF THE 1980 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION\n\n\n\n\nPowerful and political\, with unforgettable characters and timeless themes\, The World According to Garp is John Irving’s breakout novel. The precursor of Irving’s later protest novels\, it is the story of Jenny\, an unmarried nurse who becomes a single mom and a feminist leader\, beloved but polarizing—and of her son\, Garp\, less beloved but no less polarizing.  \n\n\n\nFrom the tragicomic tone of its first sentence to its mordantly funny last line—“we are all terminalcases”—The World According to Garp maintains a breakneck pace. The subject of sexual hatred and violence—of intolerance of sexual minorities\, and sexual differences—runs through the book and is as relevant now as ever. The World According to Garp is a comedy with forebodings of doom. \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-world-according-to-garp-by-john-irving/
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-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-12-01/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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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-2-2026-10-06/2025-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Morning Book Club: "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid
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 December\, the group will be reading Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. 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 Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid: Alix Chamberlain is shocked when her babysitter Emira\, a black woman\, is accused of kidnapping Alix’s white child by a security guard. The incident was videotaped and it unearths someone from Alix’s past. Both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves\, and each other.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/tuesday-morning-book-club-such-a-fun-age-by-kiley-reid/
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: wporter@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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n“Anne Fletcher’s birthday carol (flashlight).”  Photo is undated.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/walsh-history-center-hour-on-zoom-2/2025-12-02/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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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/2025-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED "Aging\, Endurance\, and Long Walks on Ancient Paths" with Wilderness Backpacker Tom Jamrog
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed due to weather. It will now take place on Thursday\, March 26. \n\n\n\nTom Jamrog will discuss physical and mental preparations for longer hikes and share knowledge about adaptations in modern equipment that will assist aging hikers with their own experience of extended engagement in nature.  \n\n\n\nThis program will take place on Tuesday\, December 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nTom is the 278th person to have completed unsupported thru-hikes of the Appalachian (AT)\, Pacific Crest (PCT)\, and Continental Divide Trails (CDT)\, and was awarded the “Triple Crown of Hiking” by the American Long Distance Hiking Association-West.  He is a Licensed Maine Guide and past President of the Maine Association of School Psychologists. \n\n\n\nTom recently completed his fifth backpacking adventure through Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness (the northernmost\, remote\, and last segment of the Appalachian Trail from Monson to Katahdin.) In April of 2025 he backpacked a 260-mile portion of the Arizona National Scenic Trail.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom will also have signed copies of his book for sale\, In the Path of Young Bulls: An Odyssey on America’s Continental Divide Trail\, detailing his unsupported\, five-months-long\, 2\,500 mile trek over the Rocky Mountains from Mexico to Canada. 
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/aging-endurance-and-long-walks-on-ancient-paths/
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/2025-12-03/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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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/2025-12-03/
CATEGORIES:Adults' 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/2025-12-03/
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-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-12-04/
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-2/2025-12-04/
CATEGORIES:Kids' Calendar
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SUMMARY:"The Last Accordion He Will Ever Buy" Poetry with Gary Chapin and Musical Accompaniment (Bass Clarinet and Accordion)
DESCRIPTION:Camden Public Library welcomes writer Gary Chapin for a musical reading of his poetry chapbook\, The Last Accordion He Will Every Buy. Chapin will intersperse his poetry with accordion\, accompanied by Steve Gruverman on bass clarinet. \n\n\n\nThe Last Accordion He Will Ever Buy is a collection of poems looking at memory\, dream\, and the importance of unattainable aspirations. It is full of rhythm\, humor\, noise\, and\, of course\, accordions.  \n\n\n\nGary and Steve have been playing music together for 25 years. They are co-founders of the French music trio\, Le Bon Truc (along with dulcimerist\, Barb Truex) which has been performing around Maine since 2011.  \n\n\n\nThis event takes place on Thursday\, December 4 at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room. Light\, cozy refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\nGary Chapin lives in Maine and began writing in performing poetry while in college in New Brunswick\, NJ\, in the late ’80s. After moving to Arkansas\, he helped found the Ozarks Poets and Writers Collective in Fayetteville\, with Ginny Jackson and Brenda Moossy. Over the last five years he has published in online journals\, including The Ekphrastic Review\, Scrittura\, Carness\, MuddyUm\, Interstitial\, Dead or Alive\, and Contemplate. He also appeared in anthologies including Wouldn’t You Rather Be Laughing and I Am From. A high point in his career was reading at the Knitting Factory\, NYC\, back when it was found on Houston St. Gary also plays accordion and has five cats.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/the-last-accordion-he-will-ever-buy/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Explorations Read-Aloud: "Midnight's Children: A Novel" by Salman Rushdie
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 December 5\, Coté will read aloud from Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: A Novel. \n\n\n\n\n1981 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER\n\n\n\n1981 JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE WINNER\n\n\n\nBritain’s Oldest Literary Award\n\n\n\n1993 BEST OF THE BOOKERS PRIZE\n\n\n\nCelebrating the Booker Prize’s 25th Anniversary\n\n\n\n2003 BBC’s TOP 100 “BIG READ POLL”\n\n\n\nThe UK’s “best-loved novels” of all time.\n\n\n\n2008 BEST OF THE BOOKER PRIZE\n\n\n\nCelebrating the Booker Prize’s 40th Anniversary\n\n\n\nTHE MODERN LIBRARY – One of the 100 Best Novels of all time\n\n\n\n\nMidnight’s Children traces India’s transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition.  \n\n\n\nIt is a postcolonial\, postmodern and magical realist story told by its chief protagonist\, Saleem Sinai\, set in the context of historical events.  \n\n\n\nSaleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15\, 1947\, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays\, cheering crowds\, and Prime Minister Nehru himself\, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable\, at times indistinguishable\, from the history of his country. \n\n\n\nPerhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1\,000 other “midnight’s children\,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.  \n\n\n\nThis novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy.  \n\n\n\nForty years after its publication\, Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our 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-midnights-children-a-novel-by-salman-rushdie/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Christmas by the Sea: Community Tree Lighting with Carols
DESCRIPTION:Join Santa Claus and CHRHS singers for carols and the tree lighting as part of Christmas by the Sea at Harbor Park at 6:30 PM! Camden Lions Club will offer cookies\, hot cocoa\, and warm cider as refreshments.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/christmas-by-the-sea-community-tree-lighting-with-carols/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:Carols at the Library\, Santa's Story Hour\, and Photos with Santa!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Christmas by the Sea festivities on Saturday!  \n\n\n\nJoin us before Story Time for Carols at the Library with Bay Chamber Youth Choir at 11:30! At 12 noon join us in the rotunda of the library as Santa Claus reads “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with time to ask important questions about the North Pole. Followed immediately by free photos by Lane Gower with Santa & elf in the Picker Room!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/santas-storytime/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T160000
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SUMMARY:Ho Ho Holiday Children's Book Fair Extravaganza!
DESCRIPTION:Camden Public Library and Christmas by the Sea present a BOOK SIGNING and MEET & GREET event: the Ho Ho Holiday Book Fair on Sunday\, December 7th from 1-4 pm! Join us & Briar Patch Books to meet some of your favorite children’s book authors and illustrators and signings. Autographed books make great holiday gifts!With Chris Van Dusen\, Lynn Plourde\, Melissa Sweet\, Brian Lies\, Stephen Costanza\, Sarah Sax\, Pam Vaughan\, Amy Makechnie\, George Jreije\, Gail Donovan\, Elisa Boxer\, Brenda Reeves Sturgis\, Wendy Ulmer\, & Melanie Ellsworth!
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/2025-ho-ho-holiday-childrens-book-extravaganza/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar,Kids' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T153000
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SUMMARY:Open Needlepoint Group - Sponsored by Pine Tree Chapter of American Needlepoint Guild
DESCRIPTION:Discover the joy of stitching in community! Bring your own project to work on or come by to check it out. All levels are welcome—whether you’re new to needlepoint or have been stitching for years\, you’ll find a supportive\, creative community. This group is free and no registration is required. Just show up and needlepoint together!  \n\n\n\nThis series takes place on the first and third Sundays of the month from November 16\, 2025 to March 15\, 2026 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM in the Picker Room at the Camden Public Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n\nNovember 16\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nNovember 23\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nDecember 7\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nDecember 21\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nJanuary 4\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nJanuary 18\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nFebruary 1\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nFebruary 15\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nMarch 1\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nMarch 15\, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis group is put on by The American Needlepoint Guild (ANG) Pine Tree Chapter. ANG is an educational\, non-profit organization whose main purpose is education and cultural development through participation in and encouragement of interest in the art of needlepoint. The Guild was formed in 1972 and has over 10\,200 members. The Pine Tree Chapter was formed in 1986 by stitchers who wished to learn more about needlepoint.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/open-needlepoint-group-sponsored-by-pine-tree-chapter-of-american-needlepoint-guild/2025-12-07/
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-2-2023-06-26-2023-06-26/2025-12-08/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T120000
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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-2-2026-10-06/2025-12-09/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T120000
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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: wporter@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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n“Anne Fletcher’s birthday carol (flashlight).”  Photo is undated.
URL:https://www.librarycamden.org/event/walsh-history-center-hour-on-zoom-2/2025-12-09/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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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-2-2023-12-26/2025-12-09/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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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/2025-12-09/
CATEGORIES:Adults' Calendar
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SUMMARY:"Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe" with Professor Robert G. Morrison (Camden Conference Community Event)
DESCRIPTION:The Camden Public Library\, as a part of the Camden Conference Community Events Series\, welcomes Professor Robert G. Morrison for a presentation about the intellectual exchange between Islamic societies and Renaissance Europe on Tuesday\, December 9\, at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room. \n\n\n\nThe Renaissance is often seen as the result of Europeans’ re-engagement with the heritage of Classical Antiquity\, which Islamic societies preserved during the Dark Ages.  \n\n\n\nRecent research has shown\, though\, that the science of Islamic societies from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries was crucial for Renaissance science.  \n\n\n\nAs Renaissance Europe depended on knowledge from Islamic societies\, Muslim scholars greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe. Merchants of knowledge—multilingual and transregional Jewish scholars—became an important bridge among the powers. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person only\, but will be recorded and available online afterward. \n\n\n\n\nRobert G. Morrison is George Lincoln Skolfield\, Jr. Professor of Religion and Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Bowdoin College. His research has focused on the role of science in Islamic and Jewish texts\, as well as in the history of Islamic science. He is the author of the book Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe. \n\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/merchants-of-knowledge-robert-g-morrison/
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