News and Events activities and ongoing programs
West Bay Rotary Club has given a grant with which LCL can offer free passes to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Discovery Museum in Bangor, and Farnsworth Museum. Call, email or stop in to get your free passes.
From May through October you can now get free passes for two adults and accompanying children to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. The gardens are spectacular from tulip season through autumn leaf and dahlia season, so start planning your adventure now. Call the library or email questions@lincolnvillelibrary.org for information about reserving your day's visit and getting tickets for two adults and up to five children/grandchildren under 18 years of age per adult.
Farnsworth Art Museum and Maine Discovery Museum passes are also available for free admission for four individuals each day all year. Contact library for more information or to reserve your date. Thank you West Bay Rotary Club.
Monthly Music Together for babies to five-year-olds Sponsored by Bangor Trust bank
Music Together -- Meet with Shaya and her guitar, bongos, magic scarves and music makers to sing and dance at 10:00 on one Saturday each month. November's Music Together program will be November 2nd at 10:00. This is Soooo much fun!
Children's Activities
STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math! At Lincolnville Community Library we present SAM! in the Library once each month for children five and under. Each month we present stories and activities having to do with science, math, and art. The plan is to have fun, enjoy some stories, and participate in hands-on activities to reinforce skills. Our first SAM meet up is COUNTING with monkeys, hats, and apples. Saturday, October 5th at 10:00. Come ready to have fun.
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Evening and Daytime Programs
The library offers free talks by local authors and experts in a variety of fields, usually on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., once or twice a month. Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00, Elizabeth Hand will speak about her book "A Haunting on the Hill".
Monthly Poetry Circle with Poet Janet Gold- The Wednesday Poetry Circle- next meeting November 20th 3:00-5:00.
Everyone who enjoys poetry is invited to the Lincolnville Library for what we anticipate will become a regular gathering on the third Wednesday of each month to share poems, both original compositions as well as favorite poems by other poets. Time permitting, meetings may also occasionally highlight particular poetic forms or themes, followed by a fun exercise to experiment with that form or theme in our own words, so bring along a notebook and a pen.
Visible Mending Workshop will return November 23rd 10:00-12:00. Bring items to mend by hand. Our recommendation is the following: fabric not too heavy for hand stitching, the mend is located at a low tension point, you are excited to have the mend "stand out!" You can also make a mending sampler or join the workshop for inspiration. All basic materials provided.
Book Discussion
November's book discussion will be "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Doerr. You are invited to join the discussion on November 19 at 5:00.
Needlework Time
Anyone who enjoys knitting, crocheting, felting or any other kind of needlework is invited to come to the library on Tuesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. This is a time for people of all ages and experience levels to get together in the warm and cozy library to chat, learn, and share ideas and tips while working on their favorite projects. Participants on any of these Tuesdays may stay for part or all of the time and registration is not required.
Jackie Watts Open-air Museum
Visitors may stop by any time during the summer months to view the historical exhibits in the two outdoor sheds of this museum. Display items such as fishing boats, ice cutting tools, lime industry artifacts and large agricultural implements help depict the life of Lincolnville residents in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum is a project of the Lincolnville Historical Society.