Brick Fundraiser

Join us as we break ground on the new brick path connecting the parking lot to the Internet porch. We will announce with great fanfare. Date TBA.

You can order a brick here.

For Children

Saturday mornings we will welcome children to our Makers Space. Artists and artisans give an educational overview of their medium followed by an hour of hands on creating.

Younger children (ages 5, 6 and 7) will meet from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. The older group (ages 8, 9 and 10) will meet from 11:00 to 12:30.

Dates are: July 2, 9, 17, 23 & 30 and August 6, 13 & 20.

Pre-registration will be required.

Book Talks & Signings

We will be treated to talks by three year-round island residents with recently published books. Authors will sign books, which will be available for purchase.

Gary Rainford will read from his new collection of poems, Adrift. Reviewer Sharon Doubiago describes it as, “a fine poet’s words of a terrible disease, the pathos of a son caring for his dying mother, consolable as words can be, humor and horror, the reason for words.” Date TBA

Artist Gary Hoyle will discuss Mystery Tusk: The Search for Elephants in the Maine Woods. His personal account of the excavation of a mammoth in Scarborough, Maine, the book describes the largest excavation of an ancient animal in Maine’s history, involving approximately a hundred amateur and professional researchers.  Gary also shares his research of a mysterious claim that an elephant had been buried at the mammoth site. Shot and killed in Alfred, Maine in 1816, the event inspired P. T. Barnum to become a showman. Date TBA

In 2019 Donna Wiegle rode across the United States on a motorcycle to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. Herself a stage IV ovarian cancer patient, Donna began her 6,000-mile journey in 2019 in Coos Bay, Oregon, and ended it on Swan’s Island. Finding Courage: Navigating Cancer on My Harley is her story. Date TBA

Movie Nights

Starting in July screenings Fridays at 7pm will again be hosted by Maili Bailey and Iver Lofving. Screenings begin at 7:00 p.m. starting in July. This summer’s movie theme is islands – movies about island or filmed on islands.

Book Club

A “book club” meeting honoring Sally Lovfing; Spoonhandle by Ruth Moore will be discussed. Open to all. Join us on August 12 at 2pm. Copies available for loan at the library or on sale at the shop in Minturn.