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Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Join us for in the library's Community Room for 30 minutes of moving and grooving to our favorite playlist, special costumes, and everybody’s favorite bubble song. For ages 2-5.
Lego Club (Ages 5-12)
Lego Club (Ages 5-12)
Come create with Legos at TML’s Lego Club! The library will provide the Legos, you provide the imagination. Come free build or pick up a challenge card to try something new. Masterpieces will be put on display until the next … Continue reading →
Songwriting Workshop, with Jud Caswell
Songwriting Workshop, with Jud Caswell
Whether you are a new writer, experienced writer, or want-to-be-a-writer writer, we hope you’ll join us to bring in your work and get expert advice from award-winning songwriter, Jud Caswell. Participants in this workshop rave about Jud and about how … Continue reading →
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
#LibrarySquad
#LibrarySquad
Library Squad is a community of library-loving middle schoolers that meets monthly, and whose opinions, ideas, and help form the foundation of our programming. Library Squad meets after school on the first Friday of each month from 2:45 - 3:45 … Continue reading →
1 event,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
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1 event,
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5
Join Kiah for an art activity to kick off your week. For ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
3 events,
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Join us for in the library's Community Room for 30 minutes of moving and grooving to our favorite playlist, special costumes, and everybody’s favorite bubble song. For ages 2-5.
New Year…New Me: Vision Boarding for Tweens (Ages 11+)
New Year…New Me: Vision Boarding for Tweens (Ages 11+)
New Year...New Me: Vision Boarding for Tweens (for ages 11+) Tuesday, January 10 3:00 - 4:30 pm Explore your creative side and design a personalized vision board that expresses your goals for 2023! No experience is needed and all materials … Continue reading →
The Many Faces of Grief, with Hospice of Southern Maine
The Many Faces of Grief, with Hospice of Southern Maine
Join us as we welcome Kelly Blanchette, Bereavement Manager at Hospice of Southern Maine, for a presentation on the many faces of grief. Kelly will lead us in an exploration of what grief is, when it can happen and the … Continue reading →
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Big Little Lit
Big Little Lit
Library Director Rachel Davis was TML's Children's Librarian for 27 years. Join her at this monthly book group for adults, featuring outstanding literature for children. The same qualities that make an excellent book for adults are also true for books … Continue reading →
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Guerilla Poetry Whoop
Guerilla Poetry Whoop
Guerrilla poetry involves publishing poetry in unexpected and unconventional ways in unexpected and unconventional places. A group of gorillas is called a band or a troop (less common is a "whoop"of gorillas.) So what is a Guerilla Poetry Whoop, you … Continue reading →
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Discover Your Creative Side: Collage Workshop, with Annie Darling
Discover Your Creative Side: Collage Workshop, with Annie Darling
In this workshop, you will have fun utilizing various materials to create a 2 dimensional artistic composition. Local artist Annie Darling will guide you through the process, introducing you to design principles and compositional techniques, and sharing examples of finished … Continue reading →
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2 events,
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Join us for in the library's Community Room for 30 minutes of moving and grooving to our favorite playlist, special costumes, and everybody’s favorite bubble song. For ages 2-5.
Creating & Writing a Sustainable Rural Life, with Gretchen Legler and Maine State Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma
Creating & Writing a Sustainable Rural Life, with Gretchen Legler and Maine State Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma
“Woodsqueer” is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which … Continue reading →
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
4 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Adult Afternoon Book Group
Adult Afternoon Book Group
Our adult book group is lead by Access Services Librarian Kevin Goody. Book selections are chosen by the group each month for the following meeting, and alternate between fiction and nonfiction titles. This month's selection is Breakfast with Buddha by … Continue reading →
War Pigeons: They Got Their Messages Through
War Pigeons: They Got Their Messages Through
Elizabeth Macalaster, author of the book War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957, will join us for a presentation tracing the remarkable service of homing pigeons in the U.S. Military. For 75 years, through four wars on four … Continue reading →
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
1 event,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
0 events,
1 event,
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5–CANCELED DUE TO THE STORM
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5–CANCELED DUE TO THE STORM
Join Kiah for an art activity to kick off your week. For ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
2 events,
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Join us for in the library's Community Room for 30 minutes of moving and grooving to our favorite playlist, special costumes, and everybody’s favorite bubble song. For ages 2-5.
Tiny but Powerful Wildlife, with Center for Wildlife
Tiny but Powerful Wildlife, with Center for Wildlife
Join us for our monthly Maine Wildlife Series, where we welcome educators from the Center for Wildlife in Cape Neddick and their fascinating and lovable animal ambassadors who will help us explore the vast variety of wildlife in our state. … Continue reading →
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Fishers are King, with Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Fishers are King, with Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Are you as curious as we are about fishers, those most elusive of Maine’s woodland creatures? Join us as we dive headfirst into what makes everyone’s favorite/least favorite Mustelid tick. Personal stories, photos and videos will make this a Thursday … Continue reading →
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Last Pineapples on Earth: Middle School Book Club
Last Pineapples on Earth: Middle School Book Club
Reserve a copy of this month's book, and register to join TML’s Middle School Book Club, The Last Pineapples on Earth, by emailing Family Engagement Librarian Megan Smith at msmith@thomas.lib.me.us
1 event,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
0 events,
1 event,
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5
Art Adventures, for ages 2 – 5
Join Kiah for an art activity to kick off your week. For ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
1 event,
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Dress Up & Dance, for ages 2 – 5
Join us for in the library's Community Room for 30 minutes of moving and grooving to our favorite playlist, special costumes, and everybody’s favorite bubble song. For ages 2-5.
2 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
Pod Complex
Pod Complex
First Thursday of each Month 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. via Zoom Love the idea of a book club, but don’t have the time for all that reading? Addicted to podcasts, but wish you had someone to discuss your favorite episodes … Continue reading →
3 events,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →
Family Story Time
Family Story Time
Family Story Time Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10:30 am For ages 2-5 Children ages 2-5 and their caregivers are invited to join us for songs and stories, bubbles, and Belinda the Bear!
#LibrarySquad
#LibrarySquad
Library Squad is a community of library-loving middle schoolers that meets monthly, and whose opinions, ideas, and help form the foundation of our programming. Library Squad meets after school on the first Friday of each month from 2:45 - 3:45 … Continue reading →
1 event,
Fika (coffee break)
Fika (coffee break)
"Fika is a concept, a state of mind, an attitude and an important part of Swedish culture. Many Swedes consider that it is almost essential to make time for fika every day. It means making time for friends and colleagues … Continue reading →