City of Rockland Calendar

Enjoy your favorite picture books as Miss Katie reads them to you! New videos posted every Wednesday- just head to our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Fairy tales abound this summer! Kick off Summer Reading 2020 with Dewey the Dragon. Join Dewey the Dragon and his puppet friends as they read and act out some of your favorite fairy tales.

Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Miss Jenn

Celebrate Summer Reading Program with 5 weeks of LIVE storytimes with Ms. Jenn on the Rockland Public Library Facebook page. Ms. Jenn will read, sing, and introduce you to fun activities like Fairytale Yoga & Pocket Dice dance moves. This interactive storytime will include fairytale songs and stories to get your mind and body moving!

Ms. Jenn will be live on Mondays at 10:30 AM on June 29th, July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, (no Ms. Jenn on July 27th), & Aug 3rd.

Join us live at our Facebook page or watch the recordings at a later date. Looking for more stories? Miss Katie provides three virtual storytimes a week on YouTube & Facebook.

For more information about Summer Reading Program email Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov.

zoom meeting

Enjoy a themed musical storytime, with songs, rhymes, and 2 books. This program is great for toddlers – early elementary. Go to our YouTube Channel- Rockin’ Storytime playlist. New every Tuesday!

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar

Please be advised the City of Rockland will be maintaining the recommended 6 feet social distancing and the gatherings of 50 people or less. The City of Rockland will require masks to be worn at this meeting. Thank you.

Enjoy your favorite picture books as Miss Katie reads them to you! New videos posted every Wednesday- just head to our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Chris Van Dusen

Join us on Facebook to welcome local author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen. Chris will be reading a book or two of his and then talking to the group about how he writes and illustrates his books. Listen, learn, and chat with the author live or watch our recording later: https://www.facebook.com/Rockland-Public-Library-60836427783/?eid=ARCTUXpbbAqrBo5_Z1vwnOozfkVpmhymtScS_0mC4-FZbkjHaXjbBzYziUtBX71KAGn-RFPwWOZWiAWV

If you have a question for Chris Van Dusen, but will not be able to attend the event live please email Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov.

This is our 2nd event of Summer Reading Program. Join us Wed, July 15th @ 11:00 AM for our Facebook Live Author Visit with Fran Hodgkins & discuss her newly released chapter book Hex.

For more information about Summer Reading Program please email Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov.

Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Judith Carpenter

The Uninvited Goddess: Awakening to a New Era offers Rockland author Judith Carpenter’s personal stories of struggling and awakening as an invitation and encouragement for readers to consider their own. She felt called through a dream to write the book, then felt driven to complete it by late 2019, not knowing how prescient a resource it might prove to be in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has launched us all into a “new era,“ and we are “awakening” to critical, global realities on an almost daily basis. Judith is excited to talk with you about the “uninvited goddess” and what she might signify for us and for our times. She will offer some readings from her book, as well as the opportunity for questions and discussion.

Miss Jenn

Celebrate Summer Reading Program with 5 weeks of LIVE storytimes with Ms. Jenn on the Rockland Public Library Facebook page. Ms. Jenn will read, sing, and introduce you to fun activities like Fairytale Yoga & Pocket Dice dance moves. This interactive storytime will include fairytale songs and stories to get your mind and body moving!

Ms. Jenn will be live on Mondays at 10:30 AM on June 29th, July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, (no Ms. Jenn on July 27th), & Aug 3rd.

Join us live at our Facebook page or watch the recordings at a later date. Looking for more stories? Miss Katie provides three virtual storytimes a week on YouTube & Facebook.

For more information about Summer Reading Program email Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov.

Enjoy a themed musical storytime, with songs, rhymes, and 2 books. This program is great for toddlers – early elementary. Go to our YouTube Channel- Rockin’ Storytime playlist. New every Tuesday!

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar

Enjoy your favorite picture books as Miss Katie reads them to you! New videos posted every Wednesday- just head to our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Join Adult Program Coordinator Shane Billings on the third Wednesday of each month for Rockland Public Library’s Contemporary Fiction Discussion Group. Our focus is critically acclaimed and award-winning titles from the past ten years. July’s discussion, which will take place via the Zoom platform, will center around An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones, which won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Email Shane, sbillings@rocklandmaine.gov, for Zoom link.

Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Rockland Public Library is pleased to welcome back National Board-Certified Health & Wellness coach Hester Kohl for an informative and helpful workshop on healthy eating. How do you tell if you’re truly hungry or if something just looks good? In this virtual workshop, you’ll learn about the symptoms of true hunger and when is the best time to eat. You’ll also discover the symptoms of “head hunger”, a variety of physical, environmental, and emotional triggers that make us want to eat even if we’re not hungry. Participants will leave this workshop with tools to help them identify their personal triggers and uncover what they are really craving!

Miss Jenn

Celebrate Summer Reading Program with 5 weeks of LIVE storytimes with Ms. Jenn on the Rockland Public Library Facebook page. Ms. Jenn will read, sing, and introduce you to fun activities like Fairytale Yoga & Pocket Dice dance moves. This interactive storytime will include fairytale songs and stories to get your mind and body moving!

Ms. Jenn will be live on Mondays at 10:30 AM on June 29th, July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, (no Ms. Jenn on July 27th), & Aug 3rd.

Join us live at our Facebook page or watch the recordings at a later date. Looking for more stories? Miss Katie provides three virtual storytimes a week on YouTube & Facebook.

For more information about Summer Reading Program email Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov.

Enjoy a themed musical storytime, with songs, rhymes, and 2 books. This program is great for toddlers – early elementary. Go to our YouTube Channel- Rockin’ Storytime playlist. New every Tuesday!

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar

Please be advised the City of Rockland will be maintaining the recommended 6 feet social distancing and the gatherings of 50 people or less. The City of Rockland will require masks to be worn at this meeting. Thank you.

Enjoy your favorite picture books as Miss Katie reads them to you! New videos posted every Wednesday- just head to our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Ever wanted to explore the magic of animation? Join Alex Thomas to learn how to create several different animations in the traditional style of animation using free open source software.

Rockland Public Library is one in a cohort of organizations and individuals throughout the state hosting a Maine Humanities Council Discussion Project this summer. The Discussion Project is a new, flexible text-based discussion program that meets the needs of Maine communities, whether working independently or as part of an organization. Working closely with Maine Humanities Council staff, communities bring their Discussion Project to life, using an MHC-prepared plan or creating their own.

The MHC discussions hosted by Rockland Public Library will celebrate Maine’s bicentennial with a wonderful list of readings related to the following themes: Many Maines, Wabanaki Voices, and Race & Ethnicity.

RPL’s Discussion Project begins at 3pm on Wednesday, July 22nd on Zoom and continues for three sessions, through September 23rd.

For more information on Rockland Public Library’s Discussion Project, contact Patricia King or Shane Billings at 590-0841.

Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Josie and Sophie Davis will perform a virtual violin concert for Rockland Public Library, featuring a range of styles including classical, jazz and folk, on Thursday, July 23rd at 2pm. The Davis sisters grew up in Waldoboro and have recently returned to Maine where they are committed to teaching and performing music throughout the Midcoast area, both as a duo and as members of Halcyon, a Maine-based string quartet dedicated to cultivating an appreciation and awareness of the natural world and climate change. In 2017, Sophie Davis was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grant to spend nine months in Samoa, where she explored the ways in which the arts can raise awareness of climate change. In addition to pursuing research, Sophie taught and performed with the National Orchestra of Samoa. Josie Davis has studied at the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Bowdoin International Music Festival and Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival. She is committed to creating more chamber music opportunities for young people and is the founder and director of summer workshops for young people in Maine and Connecticut. The concert will be presented via the Zoom platform.

Enjoy a themed musical storytime, with songs, rhymes, and 2 books. This program is great for toddlers – early elementary. Go to our YouTube Channel- Rockin’ Storytime playlist. New every Tuesday!

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar

Enjoy your favorite picture books as Miss Katie reads them to you! New videos posted every Wednesday- just head to our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.

Lucky Platt

Join author/ illustrator Lucky Platt for a virtual art lesson in her summer bunkhouse studio. Get a tour of her workspace and get out your favorite drawing materials – paper or sketchbook, pencils, markers, brushes or crayons – for a super fun drawing session exploring character development.

Lucky Platt lives on a lake in Burnham, ME where she invents characters and writes stories about them. Her first book, Imagine a Wolf, will be published by Page Street Kids in early 2021.

Contact Miss Katie at kdrago@rocklandmaine.gov for the Zoom link.

Sing and sway along with new and familiar nursery rhymes and songs. This storytime is for little ones and music lovers, with lots of songs and one short story at the end. New every Thursday! Just go to our YouTube Channel or Facebook page.

For more virtual events from us and around the State of Maine go the Statewide Virtual Calendar.