The Hope Library is excited to invite children and their families to a fun-filled story time and craft event featuring dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes! Whether you’re a fan of the mighty T-Rex or the gentle giant Brachiosaurus, we’ve got a morning of dino-themed activities sure to spark your imagination. We’ll have dinosaur stories…
Hope Works and Friends, a program of the Hope Library, continues this fall with a talk by Andy Swift of Hope who will share the story of Firefly Restoration Co., the Hope-based company that is known as one of the best fire engine restorers in the U.S. This event will be held at the…
Susan Dowley of Hope is a representational painter working in oil, pastel, and gouache. Her work will be on display at the library from Aug. 19 to Oct. 18, 2024. Originally from Syracuse, N.Y., Susan began her career as an artist after graduation from Beloit College with an art major. Susan first came to Maine…
On Thursday June 27 at 7 p.m., Hope Library’s Hope Works and Friends Series continues wth “Drink Your Vinegar: Ancient and Modern-Day Uses of Apple Cider Vinegar,” a presentation by Bob Sewall and Mia Mantello of Sewall Organic Orchard in Lincolnville. This event is free and open to the public Donations to the library…
On Thursday, May 23, at 7 p.m. amateur astronomer and Hope resident Jim DellaPenna will give his well-known presentation “A Brief History of Astronomy, Stars, The Speed of Light, and Much More” at Hope Library. The public in invited. Light refreshments will be served. Donations to the library will be gratefully accepted. Jim’s presentation will have a…
Hope Library’s HOPE WORKS AND FRIENDS series continues on Thursday, April 25 with a presentation from Andrew Stewart and Jeremy Howard of Blue Barren Distillery. Blue Barren was born between two friends discussing the fate of Maine’s wild blueberries. In 2019, Andrew and Jeremy started off by fermenting 32,000 pounds of Brodis blueberries into the…
Do you have books in good condition that you would like to send to their next good home? We will have volunteers on hand at the library to accept book donations on Thursday, April 11 from 4 to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, May 9 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Respectfully, we ask you not…
Eva Murray will read from some of her recent work in person at the Hope Library on Thursday, April1 18, at 7 p.m. Eva lives on Matinicus. She has written three books, “Well Out to Sea,” (2010), “Island Schoolhouse” (2012) and “Island Birthday (2015) and provides essays for a number of publications, including The Free…
Hope Library is pleased to present a new monthly program called HOPE WORKS AND FRIENDS, featuring the farmers, makers and creators in our town and the towns nearby – their stories, in their own words. The inaugural Hope Works presenter is none other than Brodis Blueberries, our town’s ninth-generation blueberry farm. On Thursday, March 28,…
Sunday, Jan 28 at 2 p.m., Hope Library presents music from Pixie Lauer and Dave Foley. This program is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome and light refreshments will be served. Pixie and Dave blend instruments and vocals on original songs, Americana, folk, Celtic, blues, and more. Pixie Lauer is a musician…