Pittsfield Public Library

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night
2024-07-10 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-07-31 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come join us for an evening playing European-style contemporary board games! 18+ are welcome – bring a favorite or come prepared to learn a new game. Recent games have included Wingspan, Sagrada, Photosynthesis, Mantis, Century Spice Road and more.

NARCAN Training
2024-07-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Narcan is an over the counter medicine intended to reverse an opioid overdose. The training will provide information on the basics of overdoses, how Narcan works, how to administer Narcan, and safety following overdose and Narcan administration. Following the training, participants will receive a free box of Narcan to take home. The training is open to all interested individuals. For more information, please call HealthySV at 487-6411

Summer Reading Program: Read, Renew, Repeat
2024-07-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
This year’s summer reading theme is Read, Renew, Repeat. Join Mr. Wes for fun and activities centered on conservation!

Story Time Celebrates Fancy Nancy!
2024-07-15 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Does reading some Fancy Nancy stories tickle your fancy? Join Mr. Wes in celebrating this fantastically fancy book character.

Library Family Fun Day!
2024-07-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come join us for outdoor fun and activities on the library grounds! Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause will be here serving ice cream for donations to benefit the library, and KVCAP is bringing their popcorn machine. KVCAP, HealthySV and the Girl Scouts are bringing craft activities. We’ve got giant Yardzee, Sorry and Candyland, bubble wands, and more. Everybody is welcome. If the weather is lousy, we’ll still have a good time inside.

Summer Reading Investigates the Earth
2024-07-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come join Mr. Wes in learning about our home planet – it’s the only one we’ve got, so we need to take care of it. Let’s learn some fun, easy ways to take care of Mother Earth.

Story Time Investigates Polar Bears
2024-07-22 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
What’s white and hard to find? A polar bear in a snow storm! Did you know that polar bears are 12′ tall on their hind legs? Come find out why they rule the Arctic.

Move and Play with KVCAP's Miss Jenny!
2024-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come enjoy age appropriate activities tailored to kids aged birth to five years! Miss Jenny brings new movement games, sensory play and craft activities each month. All ages are welcome.

Summer Reading Program Investigates Water
2024-07-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Water is essential for all forms of life. Come join us in investigating how we can all work to conserve it.

Story Time Celebrates Chocolate Milk
2024-07-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Does chocolate milk come from brown cows? A lot of adults think so…but we know it doesn’t!
Come celebrate this drink that’s actually pretty good for a growing body…

No Place Like Home presented by the Maine Discovery Museum
2024-08-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Explore the difference between biomes, habitats, ecosystems, and more and how animals are adapted to survive in their special places on our planet. Participants will engage with big science concepts by learning about specific insects and their habitats and ecology, and observe live insects. Each child will use what they learned by building a mini habitat for a pet cricket to take home.

An Evening with Maine Writer Margaret Jones
2024-08-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present at evening with storyteller extraordinaire Margaret Jones. Margaret will be sharing stories from her book Walking Sacred Sites, and transporting “us to places she has visited, from her search for ancestral sites in Wales and Scotland to sacred sites in England, Ireland and Jordan. She walks the land, listens deeply and hears the story…With compelling detail, Margaret narrates a lesser- known history of these sacred places by touching stones, kneeling before holy wells and sensing the more invisible forces around her. She hears the whispers of the ancestors who once lived there and weaves magic into their deeper stories.”
Join us for an evening of traveling in Margaret’s footsteps as she walks sacred spaces around the world and shares what she has learned by listening deeply to their wisdom. Copies of her book will be available for sale and signing at the event.

In her own words, “Margaret Jones, M.Ed has a background in social work and education with a certificate in therapeutic storytelling. For over thirty years she worked in nonprofits as a counselor, public speaker and grant writer.
With funding from the State of Maine, she developed Storytelling with Heart, a curriculum for professionals to create and use stories in their work with clients and/or communities. She traveled nationally with her curriculum, developed a CD and published several articles on storytelling.
In 2003, she received an award from the National Storytelling Association for her contribution to the field of therapeutic storytelling…
At the age of nineteen, Margaret began her travels abroad in search of her Welsh grandmother’s birthplace. That journey ignited her desire to visit sacred sites and encouraged her to search for stories that lay in the landscape. She now leads small groups on guided tours to sacred sites and shares the stories of the region.
In her spare time, Margaret performs, writes travel essays, and continues her research on mythic stories.”

Adult Contemporary Board Game Night (18+)
2024-08-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States

Summer Reading Program: Fire
2024-08-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
It’s destructive and dangerous – and it’s also critical to our environment. Learn more about fire with Mr. Wes.

Story Time Celebrates Vinyl Records Day
2024-08-12 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Join Mr. Wes in celebrating vinyl records – the great grandparents of CDs and MP3s! Did you know that a record spins faster on the outer edge than the inner edge? How is that possible?

Telescope Star Party with Northern Stars Planetarium
2024-08-13 20:30 - 22:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
It’s a go for the Star Party! The weather is cooperating, so we’ll meet on the library front steps at 8:30 then walk down into Manson Park together and meet Northern Stars Planetarium there. Dress for cool weather and consider bug spray!
Join Northern Stars in using its telescopes to share the wonders of deep space! They have a 8” Celestron telescope that they will keep on interesting objects such as visible planets, galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae. There will also be smaller telescopes for participants to try out. You will be instructed in their use and then allowed to try your hand at finding some interesting night sky wonders. What a great way to spend some time under the night sky!

Summer Reading Program Grand Finale
2024-08-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Bring back your reading logs to turn in and win some prizes and get free books! Games and fun with Mr. Wes (don’t worry, no actual fireworks will be involved)

Story Time: National Aviation Day
2024-08-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Join Mr. Wes in exploring airplanes and flight! Have you ever flown the friendly skies? Do you know who Amelia Earhart was? Come find out about this pioneering aviationist!

An Evening with Maine Writer Monica Wood
2024-08-20 18:00 - 20:00 | ME
The Ann B. McGowan Maine Writers Series and the Pittsfield Public Library are proud to present an evening presentation by nationally known Maine author Monica Wood. She will share excerpts from her writing, talk about her writing process, and answer questions from the audience. Books will be available for sale and signing.

Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright, the recipient of the Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities in Maine, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts.

Her new novel, How to Read a Book, has already secured translation rights in five countries. Her new play, Saint Dad, debuted in October 2023 at Portland Stage. Her previous novel, The One-in-a-Million Boy, was translated into 20 languages in over 30 countries.

She is also the author of When We Were the Kennedys, a New England bestseller, Oprah magazine summer-reading pick, and winner of the May Sarton Memoir Award. Her other fiction, Any Bitter Thing, Ernie’s Ark, and My Only Story have also won awards and made bestseller lists. Her short stories have been widely anthologized and featured on Public Radio International. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, Literary Hub, Oprah Magazine, Down East, the San Francisco Chronicle, Martha Stewart Living, Parade, and many other publications.

Her play Papermaker, which broke attendance records for its debut at Portland Stage, has enjoyed many subsequent productions, and The Half-Light, which also broke attendance records, had its second production in October 2023 at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills. She lives in Portland, Maine.

Create a Collage with Michael Albert!
2024-08-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Collage artist Michael Albert brings his popular collage program back to the library – if you missed him last time, be sure to sign up early for this event! Participants are limited to 40 so be sure to register and reserve your spot(s).

American Pop Artist Michael Albert is nationally known for making collage artworks from Cereal boxes & other printed cardboard consumer brand packages. His work has been described as a cross between Pop Art, Cubism & Recycling with a wide range of subjects he explores including many text-based works. He just calls it “Art”.

Albert’s Pop is often referred to as “Modern” since he’s been creating it for the past 25 years and still creates new works on a regular basis. Albert’s “Portrait of An American Classic”, Frosted Flakes Box Collage was his official beginning as a Modern Pop Artist back in 1996. He calls that collage, ’The Birth of Cerealism’! Since that breakthrough creation, he has created over 700 collages from Cereal boxes like this, and thousands more with different themes, all artworks using the same everyday materials.

He will be bringing his nationally renowned “Modern Pop Art Experience” Art programs to over 75 cities in 12 states this summer. He has been running this art enrichment program for nearly two decades & has brought it to over 1,000 libraries, museums, arts events & schools in 43 states so far – it will be 48 after this summer!

This summer he will be returning to Maine for a few special pop art programs including a return visit to the Pittsfield Public Library on Wednesday August 21st from 3-5pm.
The “Modern Pop Art Experience” includes an ARTIST APPEARANCE (Meet the Artist!), SHORT ARTIST TALK & PRESENTATION – where Mr. Albert Introduces himself, shows examples of his works and tells the group about the project they are about to do – a HANDS-ON COLLAGE WORKSHOP where the participants get to create their own collages using the same materials he uses to create his works of art, and the program finishes with a FREE POSTER GIVEAWAY & SIGNING – Mr. Albert brings about 21 different prints (which he has self-published in limited quantities) for the each participant to choose from as a special gift for coming to the event.

Fun STEM Time Celebrates National Tooth Fairy Day
2024-08-22 15:30 - 16:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come join Mr. to learn about teeth – and the tooth fairy! Did you know that the tooth fairy is called El Ratoncito Perez in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries? It’s a little mouse that takes away your tooth and leaves a treat! What do you imagine the tooth fairy looks like?

Story Time Celebrates Autumn (a Little Early)
2024-08-26 10:30 - 11:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Fall isn’t here yet, but let’s celebrate the return of school and cooler weather with some fun activities and adventures!

KVCAP's Miss Kristen Brings Her Playgroup to the Library!
2024-08-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Come sing, dance, and play with age-appropriate activities for ages birth to five. Everyone is welcome! Miss Kristen will be filling in for Miss Jenny while she takes some well deserved vacation!

Fun STEM Time Observes National Lemon Day!
2024-08-29 15:30 - 16:30 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
Join Mr. Wes in experimenting with lemons! They don’t just make lemonade – they can make invisible ink, volcanoes, and batteries, too!

LIBRARY CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY
2024-09-02 | Pittsfield Public Library, 110 Library St, Pittsfield, ME, 04967, United States
The Library will be closed Monday, September 2 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
