We All Scream for Ice Cream at Fun STEAM!
2026-06-17 15:30 - 16:30 UTC | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come make ice cream with Miss Cassidy! Learn about the chemistry behind your favorite dessert and enjoy the fruits, er, ice cream, of your labors!

Story Time Reads How to Say Hello to a Worm
2026-06-22 10:30 - 11:30
Come read How to Say Hello to a Worm with Story Time as we gear up for the Summer Reading theme of Plant a Seed – Read! How do you say hello to worms and other garden friends? Enjoy a fun craft after the story.

Summer Reading Kick Off Party!
2026-06-24 15:30 - 16:30
Come to the Summer Reading Program Kick Off party! Sign up for the program, get your reading logs, and plant some real seeds with the Pittsfield Community Garden Club. We’ll have snacks, games, and a good time for all! Then bring your sprouted seeds back in three weeks to repot them into a planter you decorate yourself!

Come Meet the Butterfly Guy! Pollinator Presentation by Jerry Schneider
2026-06-25 15:30 - 16:30
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 or cotton-blend t-shirt (anything but black or dark blue) and go home with a work of nature art you create yourself! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=310637634172331

Jerry Schneider is the inventor of the Butterfly Game, and has served on the steering committee of the Vermont Butterfly Atlas Project. He has been presenting about pollinators to schools and libraries across New England for many years.

Free and open to the public.

Miss Jenny's Playgroup!
2026-07-01 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Jenny from KVCAP for developmentally appropriate movement, games, crafts, and FUN! This playgroup is designed for birth to age five, but everyone is welcome! Miss Jenny is here on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:30AM. This is a great way to meet families with young children the same age as yours.

Sunny Day Art Play - Nature Collages!
2026-07-01 15:30 - 16:30
Come join Miss Cassy in finding beauty in nature and then making a beautiful collage in a fun frame to take home! We’ll have an alternate activity indoors if the weather doesn’t cooperate.

Library CLOSED for 4th of July
2026-07-03 - 2026-07-04
The library will be CLOSED July 3rd and 4th in observance of the July 4th holiday.
Please note that we are CLOSED all Saturdays in July and August. We will resume Saturday hours on Saturday, September 12th.

Story Time Reads Lily's Garden
2026-07-06 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and friends as they read Lily’s Garden, enjoy some body movement, and make a fun craft!
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Waterville Author Jeanine Deas Reads Her Book The ABC Ducks of Deering Oaks Park
2026-07-08 15:30 - 16:30
Come join Waterville, Maine author Jeanine Deas as she reads The ABC Ducks of Deering Oaks Park with Miss Cassidy! The park ducks waddle, quack and swim their way through the alphabet. Then have fun with a duck-themed craft!

Story Time Reads In the Night Garden
2026-07-13 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and friends as they read In the Night Garden, enjoy some body movement, and make a fun craft!

Come Decorate a Plant Pot with the Pittsfield Community Garden Club!
2026-07-15 15:30 - 16:30
Bring back your seedlings from the kick off party and transplant them into a pot you beautifully decorate yourself! And if you don’t have a seedling to bring back…we’ll have some extra plants to transplant.

Story Time Reads The Forever Garden
2026-07-20 10:30 - 11:30
Come join Miss Cassy and her Story Time friends as they read The Forever Garden! Then enjoy a fun craft, movement and merriment.
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Learn About Bees and Make Lemonade with Local Honey!
2026-07-22 15:30 - 16:30
Come learn all about bees and their important role as pollinators – and then make some lemonade sweetened with local honey! Yum!

Story Time Reads The Cool Bean
2026-07-27 10:30 - 11:30
Come read The Cool Bean with Story Time! Learn what really makes you cool – and enjoy a cool craft, too.

Mr. Sean Presents Owl Be Seeing Youuuuu! Puppet Show with the Puppet Pals
2026-07-29 14:30 - 16:30
Come join Mr. Sean and his puppet pals as they learn not to judge books by their covers! Mr. Sean will be joined by community partners with crafts, giveaways and more, starting at 2:30, and then the puppet show will begin at 3:30. Come grab some great free items for your family and check out the local community organizations working with families in our area, and then cap it off with a rollicking good puppet time!

Free and open to the public.

L.C. Bates Museum Presents Pollinators!
2026-08-05 15:30 - 16:30
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.

Free and open to the public.
