Partner Event: Film Screening of “Resilience”

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Special Event in Partnership with Healthy Lincoln County Join us for a free community film showing, short discussion and resource sharing. Families are welcome!   

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Film: The Fall

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to…

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Skidompha Ukulele Group

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All experience levels welcome! Call the library for more info: 563-5513

Free

Sweet Reads Book Club

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

January Meeting   Like to read? Love to bake?  This book club will meet monthly, and will involve a short piece of fiction and bring-along baking. In January we discuss “Uncommon Type” by Tom Hanks. Please email development@skidompha.org to sign…

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Toddler Time

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 2 – 5, and their caregivers.

Free

Chats with Champions: Andrew Stanicoff

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

The Role of Climate Change in World Disorder (prelude to the Camden Conference) Andrew Stancioff is a geologist, natural resource planner, analyst, and manager with 35 years of experience in geology, hydrology, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, climatology, and…

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Book Babies

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 0 – 3, and their caregivers.

Free

Film: Harold and Maude

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. (1971) Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

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Skidompha Ukulele Group

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All experience levels welcome! Call the library for more info: 563-5513

Free

Lincoln Academy Film Screening: Selma

Lincoln Academy 81 Academy Hill Rd, Newcastle, ME, United States

Please join the Lincoln Academy community for a free screening of the 2014 film Selma on January 26 at 6:00 PM at the Poe Theater, followed by a facilitated conversation led by Megan Taft of…

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Family Film: The Secret World of Arrietty

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

(2010) 1hr. 34 min. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family’s residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

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SUPPER CLUB Book Club

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Each month we will pick a book to read and inspire a pot-luck feast based on themes or recipes in our selection. In January we will read “The Last Days of Café Leila” by Donia Bijan. Please…

Toddler Time

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 2 – 5, and their caregivers.

Free

Book Babies

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 0 – 3, and their caregivers.

Free

Film: Bridget Jones’s Diary

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution,…

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CANCELLED: Skidompha Ukulele Group

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All experience levels welcome! Call the library for more info: 563-5513

Free

Toddler Time

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 2 – 5, and their caregivers.

Free

CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW – Book Babies

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 0 – 3, and their caregivers.

Free

Film: Manhattan

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway Woody Allen combines witty dialogue, the music of George Gershwin, and atmospheric location shooting in one of his best romantic comedies. Isaac, a neurotic writer in his forties,…

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Skidompha Ukulele Group

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All experience levels welcome! Call the library for more info: 563-5513

Free

Family Film: Castle in the Sky

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. (1989)

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Resilient Girls Book Club

Carpenter Room 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

A Book Club for 4th and 5th grade girls and their parents. Girls face many challenges that can thwart their ability to develop a strong, honest voice expressing who they are. Girls Leadership (see girlsleadership.org)…

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Toddler Time

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 2 – 5, and their caregivers.

Book Babies

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 0 – 3, and their caregivers.

Free

Film: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew–Team Zissou–set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou’s partner during…

Free

Skidompha Ukulele Group

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All experience levels welcome! Call the library for more info: 563-5513

Free

Sweet Reads Book Club

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Like to read? Love to bake?  This book club will meet monthly, and will involve a short piece of fiction and bring-along baking. February book selection TBD.  Please email development@skidompha.org to sign up!

Free

ON BREAK – No Toddler Time this week

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 2 – 5, and their caregivers.

Free

WRITE-ON: The Skidompha Teen Writing Workshop

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

In partnership with the Portland-based group ‘Telling Room.’ Tuesday, February 20th through Friday, February 23rd at Skidompha Library. “If you’re alive, you’re a creative person.”  Elizabeth Gilbert Unleash your creativity and tell your story! In this…

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Gizmo Garden : RoboPots!

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Back by popular demand, RoboPots makes its triumphant return to Skidompha Library for the upcoming February school break for 5th through 8th-graders. Come create artistic flower pots that electronically water themselves every twenty-four hours in this…

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ON BREAK – No Book Babies this week

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stories, songs, and movements for children ages 0 – 3, and their caregivers.

Free

Genealogy Event: Genealogy across Generations

Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Intergenerational Project Designed for an adult (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, etc) with one or two children aged 6-10, this introduction to family history includes two simple crafts and encouragement for the whole family to enjoy…

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Gizmo Garden : RoboPots!

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Back by popular demand, RoboPots makes its triumphant return to Skidompha Library for the upcoming February school break for 5th through 8th-graders. Come create artistic flower pots that electronically water themselves every twenty-four hours in this…

Genealogy Event: My DNA Results Arrived…Now What?

Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Basic techniques for using your DNA results in family history research. Examples will be from ancestry.com tests, but theory and skills can be applied to other testing companies, too.  2nd floor Genealogy section.

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Film: Dazed and Confused

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey Like George Lucas’ American Graffiti, Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused is an affectionate look at the youth culture of a bygone era. While Lucas took aim at the…

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