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Our mission is to enhance the quality of life in our community by promoting a love of learning through media as well as live programs to instruct, educate, inspire, delight and amuse.
UPCOMING EVENTS
if the event is underlined, you can click the title for more information
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March 25 1:00
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March 25 2:00-4:00
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March 23 2:00
Reading Warburg in Rome by James Carroll.
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March 22 10:00
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March 18 1:00
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March 11 1:00
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March 11 2:00-4:00
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March 11 1:00
Reading The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring.
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March 4 1:00
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March 1-29 9:00-12:00
Opening receptions is on the first day of the show.
February 25 1:00
February 25 2:00-4:00
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February 23 2:00
Reading When We Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood.
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February 22 10:00
This month's Saturday Story Time is a collaboration with DIAA's February artist-in-residence, Jean Gresham. Parents and children will listen to a read-aloud at the Library, then we'll walk next door to DIAA and create drawings on special panels that will be put together to form an Island Inspirations community quilt that will be displayed at the Library.
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February 18 1:00
RECORDED EVENTS YOU CAN VIEW
An Afternoon of Poetry with Deborah Cummins
presentation via Zoom webinar
by Deborah Cummins
the webinar recording is available here
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Climate Change in the Gulf of Maine
presentation via Zoom webinar
by Dr. Carla Guenther
the webinar recording is available here
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Past & Present Perspectives on the Maine Bicentennial: A View from Deer Isle
presentation via Zoom webinar
by Dr. Liam Riordan
the webinar recording is available here
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NEW DIGITAL CONTENT
Hancock County Download Library unites its participating member libraries to provide expanded digital content in a cost-effective manner. Member libraries include Blue Hill Public library, Buck Memorial Library, Chase Emerson Memorial Library, Ellsworth Public Library, Friend Memorial Library, Jesup Memorial Library, Northeast Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor Public Library, Stonington Public Library and Witherle Memorial Public Library. Click HERE to learn more. Click HERE to view the collection.
ONLINE CATALOG
Click the LibraryWorld logo to search our catalog. You can see the newest additions, place holds, and find your next great read!
HUBERT & KATHLEEN BILLINGS INTERVIEW NOW AVAILABLE
Click the picture to navigate to the audio recording of the interview with Stuart Kestenbaum during our 2023 Library Lawn Series. The two audio tracks are located at the bottom of the page.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
We can’t possibly buy every book that might be of interest to our patrons, but we can extend the library shelves out into the state by using the Maine State Library interlibrary loan services. Email or stop in with your requests.