A Carnegie Library serving the Pittsfield, Burnham, and Detroit communities
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 […]
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
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.
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, […]
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.
An online mystery book discussion through Zoom. This month we're exploring "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton.