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Preschool Playgroup in the Park

July 2, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Outdoors, Preschool Program

Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are invited to playgroup in the Blue Hill town park with Youth Services Librarian Claire Malina on Wednesdays from 10:30-noon for a variety of activities and play. This is a great way to meet and connect with other families in . . . Details »

Build a Birdhouse

July 3, 2025, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Howard Room, Activity

Kids and their families are invited to come build a birdhouse with Charles Cannon, Park Manager of the Holbrook Island Sanctuary, and two summer interns on Thursday July 3 at 10:30 AM.  Participants will learn how to assemble wooden birdhouses designed for black-capped chickadees. For . . . Details »

French Roast

July 3, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Howard Room, Discussion Group

In an effort to keep up our French language skills, Rich Boulet and Natalie Moses will host French Roast, a French language conversation group that meets every Thursday in July and August at 2PM in the library's Howard Room.  This program is free and open to all. . . . Details »

Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts

July 3, 2025, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Main Room, Activity

The Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts meet each Thursday evening for pick-up games of chess. All experience levels are welcome to drop in for friendly games any time between 5:00 and 8:00 PM. Interested players can also join the Blue Hill Peninsula Chess Nuts group on . . . Details »

Knitting Group

July 3, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pearson Room, Activity

Knitters are invited to come sit by the library fireplace to work on and share projects with fellow knitters.The Knitting Group will meet every Thursday evening at 6 pm. Anyone is welcome to join this free event. Coffee and tea will be available to purchase.

Closed for Independence Day

July 4, 2025, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Holiday

The library will be closed in observation of the Independence Day holiday.

Beyond Labels Discussion Group

July 7, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Howard Room, Discussion Group

Beyond Labels is a Blue Hill Peninsula-based group organized as a round table discussion of foreign, national and state/local issues. The goals of the group are to provide a forum for sharing and expanding our knowledge of the issues at hand, encourage a robust discussion . . . Details »

Music & Movement Storytime

July 7, 2025, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Larchwood Room, Preschool Program

Preschool kids and their caregivers are invited to join Ms. Jen for our new weekly Music and Movement Storytime on Monday mornings at 10:30am starting on July 7 through August 4. We will sing songs, play instruments, dance, and read stories.  The rhythms, rhymes, and . . . Details »

Preschool Storytime

July 8, 2025, 10:30 am - 11:00 am Larchwood Room, Preschool Program

Join Youth Services Librarian Claire for preschool storytime on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am.  We will read a few picture books, sing songs and make a craft.  This is a great way to meet and connect with other families in the area, read stories and . . . Details »

Preschool Playgroup in the Park

July 9, 2025, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Outdoors, Preschool Program

Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are invited to playgroup in the Blue Hill town park with Youth Services Librarian Claire Malina on Wednesdays from 10:30-noon for a variety of activities and play. This is a great way to meet and connect with other families in . . . Details »

Book Club for the Ages: “My Best Friend's Exorcism” by Grady Hendrix

July 9, 2025, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Pearson Room, Discussion Group

Anyone ages 13+ is invited to join Teen Services Librarian Kendall and Circulation Coordinator Olivia Zubrowski for a special intergenerational book club, Book Club for the Ages, on the second Wednesday of each month from 6-7 pm in the Pearson room by the fireplace. In . . . Details »

Build a Birdhouse

July 10, 2025, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Howard Room, Activity

Kids and their families are invited to come build a birdhouse with Charles Cannon, Park Manager of the Holbrook Island Sanctuary, and two summer interns on Thursday July 10 at 10:30 AM.  Participants will learn how to assemble wooden birdhouses designed for black-capped chickadees. For . . . Details »

French Roast

July 10, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Howard Room, Discussion Group

In an effort to keep up our French language skills, Rich Boulet and Natalie Moses will host French Roast, a French language conversation group that meets every Thursday in July and August at 2PM in the library's Howard Room.  This program is free and open to all. . . . Details »

Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts

July 10, 2025, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Main Room, Activity

The Blue Hill Chess Enthusiasts meet each Thursday evening for pick-up games of chess. All experience levels are welcome to drop in for friendly games any time between 5:00 and 8:00 PM. Interested players can also join the Blue Hill Peninsula Chess Nuts group on . . . Details »

Knitting Group

July 10, 2025, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pearson Room, Activity

Knitters are invited to come sit by the library fireplace to work on and share projects with fellow knitters.The Knitting Group will meet every Thursday evening at 6 pm. Anyone is welcome to join this free event. Coffee and tea will be available to purchase.

How Healthy is Your Generous? with Ashley David, MFA/PhD

July 10, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Howard Room, Lecture/Presentation

The library is sponsoring a talk with Ashley David, MFA/PhD on sustainable and healthy generosity on Thursday, July 10 at 7:00 PM.  Our lives are punctuated by check-ups—physical, psychological, financial. Additionally, most of us spend a great deal of time running around to doctors, dentists, . . . Details »

Meet a Certified Therapy Dog!

July 12, 2025, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Larchwood Room, Activity

Kids of all ages are invited to come to the Blue Hill Library to meet a certified therapy dog!  There will be a therapy dog in the Larchwood Children's Room available for kids to meet, snuggle with, and read stories to if they so choose.  . . . Details »

Paint the Peninsula Fresh Paint Auction

July 14, 2025, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Pearson Room, Fundraiser

Paint the Peninsula is back! Stop by the library to see this extensive collection of “fresh paint” works celebrating the Blue Hill Peninsula–over a hundred works will be on display, and up for auction online. Home to some of the most iconic landscapes in the . . . Details »