Pittsfield Public Library

Story Time
2021-02-01 10:30 - 11:00 UTC
Mr. Wes will be bringing you story time online through Facebook Live. Today we’re celebrating “Get Up Day” with some books that will make you want to get up and get moving! We’ll also be talking about Groundhog Day! Will the groundhog see its shadow? Hope you can join us!

STEM Fun Time with Mr. Wes
2021-01-28 15:00 - 15:30, 2021-01-21 15:00 - 15:30, 2021-01-14 15:00 - 15:30, 2021-01-07 15:00 - 15:30
Each Thursday afternoon, Mr. Wes will be with you via Facebook Live to show you a science experiment, share stories, teach you magic tricks or create craft projects. You never know what could happen!

Mysteries in the Morning
2021-01-27 09:00 - 10:00
An online mystery book discussion through Zoom. This month we’re exploring “The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton.

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Littlefield
2021-01-26 19:00 - 19:30, 2021-01-19 19:00 - 19:30, 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
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!
2021-01-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-01-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2021-01-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-11-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2020-10-26 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!

Conversing about Community through Literature
2021-01-21 19:00 - 20:00
Our January book discussion will be “Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows” by Balli Kaur Jaswal. This is a “thought-proving East-meets-West story about community, friendship and women’s lives at all ages.” To order your copy for our Zoom discussion, call the library at 487-5880 or email at bat@pittsfield.lib.me.us.

Bedtime Stories with Mrs. Littlefield
2021-01-12 19:00 - 19:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States

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

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
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!
