Smokey the Bear's 80th Birthday!
2024-08-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Saturday, August 10 at 10am we will celebrate Smokey the Bear’s 80th Birthday! The Denmark Firefighters will join us with their fire truck. Make a morning of it!
Start with the Denmark Congregational Church’s pancake breakfast that morning from 8 – 10 at 70 E Main St, Denmark.

Author's Series - Meghan Gilliss - 5:00 at the Denmark Arts Center
2024-08-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Sunday, August 11, Meghan Gilliss author of Lungfish
5:00 at the Denmark Arts Center

Fire-pits and Stargazing
2024-08-14 19:00 - 20:30 | 28 Dunn Dr., Denmark,ME, 28 Dunn Dr., Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Wednesday, August 14 from 7:00 – 8:30, Katie Dunn, Denmark Librarian, will host the Denmark Library Children’s Program at her camp at 28 Dunn Dr. off Mountain Rd. in Denmark. Join us to make firepits and enjoy some stargazing.

Ants on a Log Concert
2024-08-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Tuesday, August 27 at 10 am the Denmark Arts Center will present the Ants on a Log Concert. Families are invited to a morning of fun and interactive songs, full of humor and harmony, justice and joy! Recommended for ages 4-11. Everyone welcome! The Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Maine St, Denmark. 207-452-2412

Coffee Cafe
2024-09-06 09:00 - 11:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States

Coffee Hour - Writing your own obituary
2024-10-04 09:00 - 11:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
This month at Coffee Cafe, Jen Bella will guide particpants in writing their own obituary.
This slightly tongue in cheek exercise aims to put the announcement of your death back
in your hands as opposed to your survivors. This hour will emphasize your lives as opposed
to what may be usually bland details. With the goal of normalizing this chore,
this practice can help participants gain a different perspective on something we all face:
our eventual death.

Jen is a licensed clinical social worker in Maine and on the board of trustees for the Denmark
Public Library.

Book Group - “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks
2024-10-08 16:00 - 17:00 | ME
On October 8th the book group will talk about “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks

According to Goodreads
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history
Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse–one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Authors Series - The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters
2024-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
“Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers, at the last Authors Series Event
Sunday, Oct 20 at 5:00 at the Denmark Arts Center. Register at https://denmarkarts.org

We are very excited to welcome Amanda Peters talking about her debut novel The Berry Pickers! She has been featured as part of the The Maine Public Book Club series and at other venues around the state.
In her novel, “a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years.
July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to come.
In Maine, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.
For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.” Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123036004-the-berry-pickers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=xCD7Sbe1Zc&rank=1
All Authors Series Events are held at the
Denmark Arts Center
and are pay-what-you-can. Refreshments are available.
Sponsor Bridgton Books will be onsite with The Berry Pickers for sale and signed by Amanda Peters. This presentation is supported by a grant from the Onion Foundation~Thank you!
The Denmark Author Series is a collaboration of Denmark Historical Society, Denmark Library & Denmark Arts Center & a generous community ANGEL who thought to pay it forward –
so much thanks!
The Denmark Arts Center is located at 50 W. Main St., Denmark. 207-‭452-2412‬
For more information and registration, go to the Denmark Arts Center at https://denmarkarts.org/events/
Books are available to borrow from the Denmark Public Library,
121 E. Main St., Denmark. 207-452-2022

Pumpkin Carving
2024-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
On Halloween day Come to the Arts Center for
games, yummy treats, and a pumpkin walk.
On Sunday, October 27 we’re carving pumpkins
at the Arts Center 3-5 pm. You can carve it here
or take it home. Please return it by Wednesday
October 30th 5pm for display.

Pumpkin Carving
2024-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
On Halloween day Come to the Arts Center for
games, yummy treats, and a pumpkin walk.
On Sunday, October 27 we’re carving pumpkins
at the Arts Center 3-5pm. You can carve it here
or take it home. Please return it by Wednesday
October 30th, 5pm for display.
Presented by the D.A.C, Library and recipeforliteracy.org

Halloween Party at Arts Center
2024-10-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
On Halloween day Come to the Arts Center for
games, yummy treats, and a pumpkin walk.
At the Denmark Arts Center

Coffee Cafe
2024-11-01 09:00 - 11:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Come join others from the community for conversation, drinks, and treats

Story Time with Iris
2024-11-09 09:30 - 11:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Come listen to some stories with a very special guest.
Iris is a certified Therapy Dog through “The Alliance of Therapy Dogs.” Therapy Dogs are used in hospitals, schools, libraries, and many other public places. The goal of therapy dogs is to provide comfort, reduce stress, and bring joy to those they meet. Therapy Dogs can also increase confidence in reading programs just with their presence. We are excited to add the Denmark Library to our visits. Thank you so much. We look forward to meeting everyone. Lori Stacy and Iris

Felted Geodes - 10 - 11:30
2024-11-23 10:00 - 11:30 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Saturday, Nov 23 – Felted Geodes – 10 – 11:30
A Geode Program for all ages, Join us to learn about Geodes from Deb Jordan at the Gem and Mineral Museum in Bethel. You will also make your own felted Geode to take home with help from Librarian Kaite.

To Go Christmas Decoration
2024-12-01 - 2024-12-23 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Starts Dec. 1st – To Go Christmas Decorations
Pick up a project, make it at home, available when the library is open.

Table Runner Raffle at Church Christmas Fair
2024-12-07 09:00 - 13:00 | Denmark Municipal Building, 62 East Main St., Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Come to the Municipal Building on Saturday, December 7th, from 9 to 1 to purchase a raffle ticket and some used books.

Wood Shaving Ornaments - 10-11:30
2024-12-14 10:00 - 11:30 | ME
Saturday, Dec 14 – Wood Shaving Ornaments – 10-11:30
Join Kathy Banks in making wooden shaving ornaments. Please sign up ahead only 6 openings are available.

Solstice Tea - 10-12
2024-12-21 10:00 - 11:30 | ME
Saturday, Dec 21 – Solstice Tea – 10-12
Board President and Librarian Katie will prepare some delicious tea and goodies for you to enjoy your holiday.

Book Group - The First Ladies
2025-01-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
January 14: The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
According to goodreads:

A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune—an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian.
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt herself is awestruck and eager to make her acquaintance. Initially drawn together because of their shared belief in women’s rights and the power of education, Mary and Eleanor become fast friends confiding their secrets, hopes and dreams—and holding each other’s hands through tragedy and triumph.
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president, the two women begin to collaborate more closely, particularly as Eleanor moves toward her own agenda separate from FDR, a consequence of the devastating discovery of her husband’s secret love affair. Eleanor becomes a controversial First Lady for her outspokenness, particularly on civil rights. And when she receives threats because of her strong ties to Mary, it only fuels the women’s desire to fight together for justice and equality.
This is the story of two different, yet equally formidable, passionate, and committed women, and the way in which their singular friendship helped form the foundation for the modern civil rights movement.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63024287-the-first-ladies?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_16

Indoor Plant and Bake Sale 9-12
2025-01-18 09:00 - 12:00 | ME
Saturday, Jan 18 – Indoor Plant and Bake Sale 9-12
The Library Mahjong group is having an indoor plant and bake sale.

Knitting Group
2025-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 | ME

Knitting Group
2025-01-25 09:30 - 12:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Come join the fun. The knitting group is back starting Jan.25
Are you a knitter or crocheter? Do you want to learn? Are you stuck on a project and want help? This is a casual get-together. So drop-in anytime or come and stay and enjoy some lively conversation. Experienced crafters will be there to help.

Book Group: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
2025-02-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
February 11: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
According to goodreads:
The final novel from a great American storyteller.
Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for “female trouble” in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate–bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical—is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German, and Donal can’t seem to get on her good side either. After one contretemps too many, Kate packs him back to the authorities in Montana on the next Greyhound. But as it turns out, Donal isn’t traveling solo: Herman the German has decided to fly the coop with him. In the immortal American tradition, the pair light out for the territory together, meeting a classic Doigian ensemble of characters and having rollicking misadventures along the way.
Charming, wise, and slyly funny, Last Bus to Wisdom is a last sweet gift from a writer whose books have bestowed untold pleasure on countless readers.

Book Group - Where You Will Find Me by Ty Gagne
2025-03-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Where You’ll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Late the following day, rescuers carried her frozen body out of the mountains amid some of the worst weather ever recorded on these deceptively rugged slopes.
At thirty-two, Matrosova was ultra-fit and healthy and had already summited much larger mountains on several continents. Her gear included a rescue beacon and a satellite phone. Yet, despite their best efforts, more than forty expert search and rescue personnel, a New Hampshire Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter, and a Civil Air Patrol Cessna airplane could not reach her in time to save her.
What went wrong?
Where You’ll Find Me offers possible answers to that question, demonstrating why Matrosova’s story–what we know and what we will never know–represents such an intriguing and informative case study in risk analysis and decision-making.

Book Group: North Woods by Daniel Mason
2025-04-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
March 11: North Woods by Daniel Mason
According to goodreads:
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier.
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become home to an extraordinary succession of inhabitants . An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins survive war and famine, only to succumb to envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave, but finds the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a conman, a stalking panther, a lusty beetle; as each one confronts the mysteries of the north woods, they come to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.
Traversing cycles of history, nature, and even literature, North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment and to one another, across time, language and space. Written along with the seasons and divided into the twelve months of the year, it is an unforgettable novel about secrets and fates that asks the timeless how do we live on, even after we’re gone?

Movie - The Times of Harvey Milk
2025-06-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
The Denmark Public Library will be hosting a film in honor of PRIDE month, “The Times of Harvey Milk”, the 1984 Academy Award winning documentary. This will be open to the public. We are hoping to educate and also have a dialogue as requested by attendees.
This film is not rated. Unaccompanied children will not be admitted. The film will begin at 6 pm, on Thursday, June 12 at the Denmark Public Library downstairs.

Denmark Authors Series - Shannon Bowring
2025-06-22 17:00 - 18:00 | Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Come to hear Maine author Shannon Bowring talk about her new book: Where the Forest Meets the River.
Sunday, June 22 at 5:00 at the Denmark Arts Center.

“Shannon Bowring demonstrates once again that she understands exactly where the heart of a story lies. Where the Forest Meets the River is a poignant return to the small town of Dalton, Maine whose inhabitants continue to startle and humble both themselves—and us.” Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76990876-the-road-to-dalton?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=JmzNrQROD2&rank=1

Featured on the Maine Public Radio Book Club, Shannon has also been recognized on such short- and long-lists as the Maine Literary Awards, the Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition and the New Millennium Writing Awards. Her debut novel, The Road to Dalton, received a Kirkus Starred Review and was included in the June 2023 Indie Next List.

Ice Cream Social At Sweetie Pies
2025-06-26 16:00 - 18:00 | ME
Help kick off the summer reading program with an ice cream social at Sweetie Pies

Film "Will and Harper"
2025-07-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Denmark Public Library, 121 East Main Street, Denmark, ME, 04022, United States
Join us for the film “Will and Harper”
TOMORROW, Thursday, July 3 at 6:00 at the Library.

“When Will Ferrell’s good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.” Letterboxd
Mature teens welcome with parents
Participants are invited to stay afterwards for an open discussion.
This is the last in The Denmark Library’s series of award-winning films about the LGBTQ experience.

Hayley Barret, Children's Author Reading The Tiny Baker
2025-07-09 10:00 - 11:00 | ME
Listen to this great story read by the author. We will have the reading along with crafts and snacks.
