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Our July Programs
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                                           (All events listed under the EVENT tab under HOME.)
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  • Weekly story times Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday for 0-2, 2-5 and older - for times see event page under "Home". 
  • Breathe - Writer's Group - Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm - Do you enjoying writing stories, poems or prose? Want to learn to be better? Come share what you are working on with writer Wendy Koenig and other writers. All ages welcome!
  • Cookies & Coloring - 1st & 3rd Fridays, 4:30-5:30pm – Color yourself relaxed with us! Join us for cookies & coloring in our stress-free zone. Coloring pages, colored pencils, pens & cookies provided. Ages 10 & up 
  • Kidz Code STEM Class (3rd-8th) Tuesdays, July 9th-August 13th, 1-3pm – Learn coding through plugged and unplugged STEM activities that teach computational reasoning. Each week your child will learn a new skill! Classes taught by Robert Hohman from Hardscrabble Solutions. This 6-week course is $30/student ($5/class) payable at time of registration or weekly at class. 
  • 15th – Elementary Telescope Program (Ages 6-13) 3-3:45pm – Come learn about telescopes! Guests from the Aroostook County Astronomy Club will be here to teach us all about telescopes! Come see different types of telescopes, how to use them and how they work!
  • 20th – Hardison Collection Celebration 11:30-1:30pm – Come join us for the unveiling of the Hardison Collection in the archives. Come view the maps and log books and hear guest speakers talk about Mr. Hardison’s life, the work he did, and the different kinds of maps. Learn how maps are useful to genealogy.
  • 22nd – Planetarium Trip to Francis Malcolm Science Center (Ages 6-13) 3:30-4:30pm – Join us at the Francis Malcolm Science Center Planetarium for one full hour of programs: HUBBLEVision 2, Summer Stargazing, Losing the Dark, and Solar Quest. Registration is limited to 40 children & adults.
  • 24th – Middle/Early High School Book Club (4th-10th grade) 4-5pm – This book club is open to all middle and early high schoolers. This month’s selection is a fiction book of your choice. Come share with us your chosen book
  • 26th – Classics Book Club 4:30-5:30pm –Each month we read a different classic book, some we like, some we don't, but boy do we have a lively discussion time! The July & August book is “Ulysses” by James Joyce. The library has copies available for checkout. We will be taking TWO months to read this book!
  • 29th – Civil Discourse Club 5:30-6:30pm – Hot Topic Discussions! This discussion club focuses on a single topic every month. Educate yourself, bring the evidence that supports your view, and come share your findings with others. The topic for July is “Does God exist?”
We envision our library as a place where we can learn, share knowledge, collaborate, and enrich lives.
Our mission is to welcome, promote, and encourage our community to grow through learning and be empowered through knowledge. We strive to provide the necessary resources to strengthen and support education and lifelong learning opportunities. We believe it is important to uphold the public's right to know by providing equal access to information which reflects all points of view. Lastly, we will work hard to provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere to individuals and families.

Library Staff

Hope Shafer, Director
​librarydirector@cariboumaine.org

​Erin Albers, Children's Librarian
LIza Guerrette, Library Assistant & Inter-Library Loans
Mary Anderson, Library Assistant & Accounts Payable
Kim Ezzy, Library Assistant & Cataloger
Pat Karpen, Library Assistant, Cataloger & Displays
Amy Garcia, Library Assistant & Displays

Library Archivist & Caribou Historian: Wendy Bossie
ACGS Genealogist/Archivist, Brenda Bourgoine

Location

Caribou Public Library • 30 High Street • Caribou, Maine 04736
Tel. 207-493-4214  •  librarydirector@cariboumaine.org

Library Hours

Summer hours start on Memorial Day weekend
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thur 10-7  |  Friday 10-6 | Closed Sat. & Sun.

Winter hours start on the first Saturday after Labor Day
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thur  10-7
Friday 10-6 |  Saturday 10-2 | Closed Sunday

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