Feb. 15, 2025: Snowman Storytime
No need to bring carrots or coal! Come join us for a children’s storytime and crafts at the Hope Library from 10:30 to 11:30 for those ages 3 and up.
Nov. 9, 2024: Fairy Storytime and Fall Craft
Hope Library will host Fairy Storytime and Fall Craft on Sat. Nov. 9th, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Join the fun and see Robin Horty’s magical fairy photography exhibit. Free fairy wings!
Aug. 19-Oct. 18, 2024: Art Exhibit, Susan Dowley
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…
Jul. 11, 2024-Aug. 2024: Art Exhibit, Sara Gagan
Please join us for an artist’s reception for Sara Gagan from 6-8 p.m. with an artist talk at 7 p.m. Sara grew up I grew up in New York’s mid-Hudson Valley where, thanks to her great uncle Nick, there was some decent art on the walls of her childhood home. Much as she admired these…
June 27, 2024: Hope Works and Friends – Vinegars with Sewall Organic Orchard
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…
May 23, 2024: Let’s Talk About the Stars – and the Moon, Planets and More!
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…
April 25, 2024, 7 p.m.: Hope Works and Friends – Blue Barren Distillery
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…
Two Book Donation Hours Scheduled
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…
April 18, 2024, 7 p.m.: Author’s Reading with Eva Murray
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…
March 28, 2024, 7 p.m.: Hope Works and Friends – Brodis Blueberries
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,…