Teen Program: Crafting Gemstone Buddhas
Library – Teens Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome get your craft on with Teen Librarian Sophie! We’ll be making clay buddhas with gemstone bellies. Advance sign-up required.
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Lunchtime Read Aloud – “Blood, Bones & Butter” Chapter 6: The Lobsters
Milling Around 67 Main St, Newcastle, MECome hear Gabrielle Hamilton’s writing come alive with chapters read aloud by local actors. Chapter 6 looks at Gabrielle’s high flying catering career and her job as a summer camp chef.
Free
Healthy and Delicious Desserts with Frieda Hanlon
Rising Tide Community Market 323 Main St, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesAre desserts too difficult and caloric to bother with? You won’t feel that way after this class! Join us for a healthy and indulgent evening. $10 class fee. Space is limited. Sign up by calling…
$10
Craft Mini-Zen Garden
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCreate your own personal (and miniature!) zen garden. Suitable for ages 4 to 12. Advance sign-up required.
Free
CANCELLED – Skidompha Library Community Cooking Contest
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome compete for fabulous prizes and fame at our Community Cooking Contest! Sign up for either the sweet or savory category, amateur or professional on the theme of ITALIAN FOOD in honor of our Community…
Free
CANCELLED – Skidompha Library Community Lunch
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesTaste the best cooking our community has to offer with the purchase of your handmade ceramic plate from Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts! First come – first served!
$25
OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: The Big Night (1996)
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStars: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony. New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save…
Free
“Blood, Bones & Butter” Book Discussion Group
Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop 17 Backstreet Landing, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome join the community discussion! All welcome!
Free
Mr. and Mrs. Squid
Rising Tide Community Market 323 Main St, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome join Mr and Mrs. Squid (aka Ed Seidel and Lisa Katz) for a fun and tasty program about Maine squid. Participants will get to dissect a squid and, at the end of the program,…
Free
Gizmo Garden Presents: Invisible Xylophones!
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesAdvance sign-up required. Please call the library at 563-5513.
Screening of “Mind of a Chef: Gabrielle Hamilton” Episodes 4: Hunger, 5: Past, 6: Hustle
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesRun time: 69 minutes Enter the mind of chef Gabrielle Hamilton in the 4th, 5th and 6th episodes of Season 4 of the Emmy-winning and James Beard Award-winning series THE MIND OF A CHEF.
Free
Toddler Time with Mr. Mark
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStorytime for kids from 2 – 5
Free
Book Babies with Mr. Mark
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStorytime for kids ages 0 – 3
Free
Lunchtime Read Aloud – “Blood, Bones & Butter” Chapters 12 – 15: The Affair and Brunch
Shuck Station Raw Bar 68 Main St, Newcastle, MECome hear Gabrielle Hamilton’s writing come alive with chapters read aloud by local actors. These chapters focus on how Gabrielle met her husband and a slice of life of being a woman chef.
Free
GENEALOGY ROUNDTABLE – Tales from the Kitchen
Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesThis is an opportunity to share discoveries and remember stories from your ancestors’ kitchens – recipes, tools, traditions, feasts! Participants have many options for sharing during this roundtable event: Bring a story. Bring a document,…
Free
Rock & Roll History with REEL to REEL MUSIC
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesSo you like music. But do you know anything about the history of Pink Floyd or Nirvana? Stop by to learn more about Rock-n-Roll history from our town’s experts on all things rad: Reel to…
Free
OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: The Trip (2010)
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson Steve is asked to review restaurants for the UK’s Observer who is joined on a working road trip by his friend Rob who fills in at the last…
Kieve Climbing Wall
Library – Parking Lot 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesAll ages and drop-ins welcome. Join us in the back parking lot of Skidompha Library to climb the Camp Kieve portable climbing wall. This 30’ tall structure features a variety of challenges for the beginner…
Free
“Blood, Bones & Butter” Book Discussion Group
Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop 17 Backstreet Landing, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome join the community discussion! All welcome!
Free
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
OWL CINEMA FAMILY FOODIE FILM: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStars: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell A local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know, that…
Free
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
Toddler Time with Mr. Mark
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStorytime for kids from 2 – 5
Free
Screening of “Mind of a Chef: Gabrielle Hamilton” Episodes 4: Hunger, 5: Past, 6: Hustle
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesRun time: 69 minutes Enter the mind of chef Gabrielle Hamilton in the 4th, 5th and 6th episodes of Season 4 of the Emmy-winning and James Beard Award-winning series THE MIND OF A CHEF.
Free
4H Presents: Minerals and Gems!
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCalling all 4th through 6th graders to dive into the world of minerals and gems! Drop-ins welcome.
Free
Lunchtime Read Aloud – “Blood, Bones & Butter” Chapters 19 & 20: Marriage and Food
Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop 17 Backstreet Landing, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome hear Gabrielle Hamilton’s writing come alive with chapters read aloud by local actors. These chapters focus on Gabrielle’s visits to Italy, her marriage, and ruminations on the future.
Free
Coyote and Boy Ben Marionette Show
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesJoin us for this interpretation of a Native Peoples tale by Song Dog Puppeteers. Marionettes and stage created by Melissa Glendinning, original music composed by Elizabeth Starr, and performed by our own Maine musicians. This…
Free
Kids Program: Summer Reading Award Bash and Ice Cream Social
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesYou’ve worked hard on your summer reading hours – now come celebrate your accomplishments with Skidompha! You’ll be able to select your final donation prizes for the Animal Shelter as well as participate in a…
Free
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
An Evening with Gabrielle Hamilton
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCome hear chef, author, and culinary rockstar Gabrielle Hamilton talk about her book and life as the owner of Prune in NYC, followed by an evening soiree in the atrium of Skidompha Library. Under the…
$35 – $65
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
River Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesClassic Bard. Modern Twist. #MeShrew
$10 – $17
Toddler Time with Mr. Mark
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStorytime for kids from 2 – 5
Free
Chats: Barton Seaver, chef, seafood sustainability advocate, writer
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesBarton Seaver, the founder and chief education officer of the Coastal Culinary Academy in Portland will be the guest presenter at Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program.on Tuesday, August 7 at 10 a.m. Please allow…
Free
Book Babies with Mr. Mark
Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStorytime for kids ages 0 – 3
Free
Chats: Elizabeth Berg, author
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesCheck our Chats with Champions page for more information about this chat.
Free
Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody. In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against Adolf Hitler’s Nazis again to stop…
Free
Novel Jazz
Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States2018 ELLINGTON AND STRAYHORN CONCERT SERIES– The Novel Jazz Septet will be in concert at Skidompha Public Library on Fri 10 August, 7PM, featuring music of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator,…
$7 – $15
Family Film: Shrek (2001)
Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United StatesStars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.
Free