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…
On Thursday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m., Tom Jamrog will give a presentation at Hope Library about his 2022 two-week hike of England’s Coast to Coast Trail. Spanning across the entirety of Northern England, this 200-mile hiking trail is a journey from Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea through three of England’s most beautiful and…
Hope Library will host a Living History program by Hank Lunn on Lydia Trask Putnam, a leading force in the settling of Houlton, Maine, on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. Hope Library is at 443 Camden Road, Hope, in the town office building. This event is free to the public. Light refreshments will be…
Do you have a couple of spare hours a week? Hope Library needs you! Drop us an email and we’ll be in touch to find the right spot for you at our little library. At the front desk, or weeding books, or a data project on your own time. Thank you!
Hope Library invites the community to a special reading by author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen, Saturday, July 1 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Everyone has their favorite Chris Van Dusen book – from the Mr. Magee series to “Circus Ship” and “Big Truck, Little Island,” and many more. Hope Library is pleased to welcome…
Hope Library can provide our community with free tickets to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. These tickets are subject to availability and we encourage you to plan ahead. We’d like to make sure we can fulfill your request as efficiently as possible. Here’s how to get your tickets: Send an email to hopelibrary04847@gmail.com with your…