Pittsfield Public Library

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Littlefield
2021-01-05 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-12-29 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-24 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-17 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-10 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-03 19:00 - 19:30 UTC
Get in your PJs with your cup of cocoa and join us on Tuesday evenings with Mrs. Littlefield from the Manson Park School PreK!

Story Time with Mr. Wes!
2021-01-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-11-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-10-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-10-19 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-10-05 10:30 - 11:00
The library is open, but we are not currently having in-person children’s programming. Mr. Wes will be bringing you story time online through Facebook Live. Hope to see you on Monday mornings!

More Fun with Mr. Wes--NYE edition!
2020-12-31 15:00 - 15:30
Instead of Mr. Wes’ usual MFMW afternoon filled with magic tricks and stories, today will be a special New Year’s Eve edition! There’ll be singing and possible dancing and who knows what wild things Mr. Wes will do to bring in the new year!

Story Time with Mr. Wes
2020-12-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-09-28 10:30 - 11:00

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Littlefield
2020-12-22 19:00 - 19:30
Get in your PJs with your cup of cocoa and join us on Tuesday evenings with Mrs. Littlefield from the Manson Park School PreK! Tonight is a special holiday version.

Involuntary Americans: Scottish Prisoners in early Colonial Maine
2020-11-19 19:00 - 20:00
Not all of Maine’s earliest Europeans came voluntarily.
Carol Gardner will deliver a talk (via Zoom) entitled “Involuntary Americans: Scottish Prisoners in Early Colonial Maine” discussing the more than 400 prisoners of war who were brought here to New England against their wills in 1650-51.
Dr. Gardner is the author a recently published narrative history, “The Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner’s Journey to the New World.”
Click here for the program: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/86578764603

African American Soldiers in World War II
2020-11-18 18:00 - 19:00
As part of the Persis Smith Community Read’s discussion of “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from WWII to Peace” by Ashley Bryan, Dr. Leroy Rowe from the University of Southern Maine, will be discussing African Americans during WWII and the segregated army.

Make Funny Faces with Russ Cox!
2020-11-13 19:00 - 19:30
Join us via Zoom as illustrator Russ Cox reads “The Boy Whose Face Froze Like That” by Lynn Plourde and illustrated by himself. We’re hoping to have a good crowd so we can have a screen full of funny faces!
Here’s the link to join the fun: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/82226261955

Online book discussion of "Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from WWII to Peace"
2020-11-10 19:00 - 20:00
For the 2020 Persis C. Smith Community Read, we’re asking folks to read Ashley Bryan’s “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from WWII to Peace.” The library will hold an online discussion via Zoom. You can join us here: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/85885136110

More Fun with Mr. Wes!
2020-10-29 15:00 - 15:30, 2020-10-22 15:00 - 15:30, 2020-10-15 15:00 - 15:30, 2020-10-08 15:00 - 15:30, 2020-10-01 15:00 - 15:30, 2020-09-24 15:00 - 15:30
Each Thursday afternoon, Mr. Wes will be with you via Facebook Live to share stories, teach you magic tricks and create craft projects. Join us!

Boast, Roast & Toast!
2020-10-05 19:00 - 20:00
Ready to talk about your latest favorite book and learn more about the foods and services in our local area? Come to Boast, Roast & Toast! (via Zoom)
Our first event will feature Heather from The Little Cheese Shop and Balfour Farm. She’ll talk a bit about the shop and their products. She has also been generous enough to donate a $25 gift card to The Little Cheese Shop for one of our participants!
Email the library for the Zoom link and we’ll see you soon!

A Conversation with Local Romance Author, Constance Clark
2020-09-21 08:00 - 17:00
Join us as we have a chat (via Zoom) with local author, Constance Clark. She’ll tell us what life is like as a romance author and where she gets her inspiration from.
Constance will read a bit from her latest novel, A Man Out of Time, followed by Q&A with the audience.

Email the library for the Zoom link.

Maine at 200: What Should Life Be?
2020-08-20 16:00 - 17:30
Join Pittsfield Public Library, along with writer and retired professor Elizabeth Cooke, for three rich discussions grounded in readings that foreground the opportunities and challenges of life in Maine. What better time than now – the summer of Maine’s bicentennial year – to grapple with big questions, like who are we? where are we? how did we get here? and where might we be going?
Themes we’ll explore include Many Maines, Wabanaki Voices, and Race & Ethnicity. Readings will invite participants to discuss and reflect on key issues and important but lesser known chapters in the history of Maine, addressing issues of power, inequality, childhood and aging, health and resilience, home, work, and loss.
All of the readings and videos are downloadable and the discussions will be via Zoom. Please contact the library for more information on how to access the readings and join the discussions.
This program is part of the Maine Humanities Council‘s Discussion Project, a flexible opportunity for Maine communities to host text-based discussions that meet their own needs, whether working independently or as part of an organization.

Death & Donuts
2020-08-14 10:30 - 11:30
What are advance health directives? Who needs one? How do you get one? Why is it important? Is a living will different?
Jena Jones from Northern Light Health Care & Hospice will be here via Zoom to answer your questions!
Contact the library for the Zoom link.

More Fun with Mr. Wes--Summer Reading FINALE
2020-08-13 10:30 - 11:00
Each week, Mr. Wes will be demonstrating how to create the special themed craft for our summer reading program. This week? THE PEGASUS! This is also the final event for the summer reading program. Stay tuned for more information!
