Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

Story and Activity Sessions with Maine Mineral and Gem Museum at the Bethel Library

Bethel Library’s Annual Book Sale! Everything is priced Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library.

Bethel Library’s Annual Book Sale! Everything is priced Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library.

Bethel Library’s Annual Book Sale! Everything is priced Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library.

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

Bethel Library Summer Reading Party! Come celebrate summer reading with us! We will have outdoor games, an obstacle course, free books and more! If you’ve read one book over the summer you are invited.

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

Story and Activity Sessions with Maine Mineral and Gem Museum at the Bethel Library

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

Homeschool Community Conversation at the Bethel Library

Connect with the Library Director and other homeschool families to discuss what would make the library an even better homeschool resource.

We’d love to discuss how you currently use the library, what resources would best support you and your child’s education, and possible programs.

Wednesday September 2 from 11-12

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Join us on Wednesdays for Storytime.

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

Seniors are welcome to join us for socializing and activities. Each week a variety of activities will be provided. Feel free to bring your own snack, crafts, and games or just hang out and chat!

​In her poem "Sometimes," Mary Oliver offers the following "Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." What would it mean for us to live this way in a world characterized by digital distractions, cynical detachment, and artificial intelligence? What if, instead of endless doomscrolling, we allowed ourselves to fully focus on a flower, find wonder in a raindrop, and shout about the miracle of a mountain? Join author and Maine Master Naturalist Andrea Lani for an afternoon of practicing these principles as we craft nature-inspired poetry and prose. During this two-hour workshop, we’ll give ourselves permission to tune out the static and noise of the modern world and instead listen to what nature is telling us. Using established nature writers and poets as our guides, we’ll practice paying close attention, re-energize our astonishment muscles, and play with language to help us best convey our own delight in the world. Participants will come away with the starts of several pieces of writing and a range of prompts and writing exercises that can be used any time. Writers of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction with any level of experience are welcome.

The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!