A Carnegie Library serving the Pittsfield, Burnham, and Detroit communities
Come join us for a night of European-style board games. Bring a favorite or come prepared to learn a new one! Recent games have included RoboRally, Forest Shuffle, Cartographers, and more! The library sponsors this group every Wednesday evening. It is librarian led and intended for adults 18+. We welcome players new and old – […]
Come to a fascinating program all about butterflies and their crucial role as pollinators. What butterflies are there in Maine, and what can we do to attract them and to help them raise their young? How can we create pollinator habitats? After the presentation, make yourself a stunning butterfly t-shirt! Bring a plain colored cotton […]
The 2026 Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present an evening with local Maine novelist Kristen Clanton. Kristen teaches humanities at MCI and coaches cheerleading when not writing. Kristen's debut work is the young adult horror novel The Swallows. Set in the Black Mountain region, The Swallows […]
Join the Somerset Economic Development Corporation and AARP Maine for a FREE one hour workshop on identifying and avoiding common scams - on the internet and off. We are all bombarded with call, emails, texts and more every day, many from people and organizations we've never heard of. How do you sift the wheat from […]
Come join the educators from the LC Bates Museum as they do a deep dive into flowers and pollination! We'll explore the flower life cycle from seed to blossom, the different pollinators, and use models to explore the function and structure of flowers. Learn why pollinators are so important to growing the foods you love. […]
The 2026 Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present an evening with local Maine writer Anne Britting Oleson. Born and raised in the southern part of the state, Anne Britting Oleson is a writer and teacher who now lives and works in Central Maine. She earned an […]