- June 23, 2025
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D
Reserved for Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D players in Grades 9-12. Snacks provided. Mondays through August 11. (No meeting July 7 or August 4.)
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- June 24, 2025
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Rare Reads Quiet Reading
Join the Rare Reads book group for an hour of quiet reading! Bring your book and enjoy companionable peace and quiet. Open to everyone. Inside or outside depending on the weather. Refreshments provided.
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- June 25, 2025
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CANCELLED: Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Teens Escape Room in the Library
Become a code cracker, enigma breaker and cryptanalyst to solve escape room stations and solve mysteries by deciphering hidden messages in images, fake documents, invisible ink pages, and scrambled alphabets. Use special tools to unlock treasure boxes. Sign up to take part in Escape Room at TPL.
Sign up, limited space. Registration opens on June 14th.
Ages 12-17 only
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- June 26, 2025
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CANCELLED: Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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CANCELLED Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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- June 28, 2025
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TPL Mini Golf
Come to the library and get in a round of mini golf on our course. Weather permitting. Brought to you by TPL VolunTeens.
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Movie Screening: Kiki
We will be screening the documentary film, Kiki (2016).
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- June 30, 2025
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Read to a Therapy Dog
Want to practice your reading skills with a GREAT listener? Want some (optional) doggy snuggles? Come read to Chai(a toy poodle)! If there are a lot of friends reading, we will have 5-minute turns. Designed for ages 3 and up.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D
Reserved for Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D players in Grades 9-12. Snacks provided. Mondays through August 11. (No meeting July 7 or August 4.)
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- July 1, 2025
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Familly Movie Matinee: A Minecraft Movie
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they embark on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve. Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative. Rated PG for violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images. Recommended ages 9 and up, but all are welcome. Bring pillows and blankets for extra coziness! Popcorn will be served.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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- July 2, 2025
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Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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- July 3, 2025
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Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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- July 4, 2025
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Closed Independence Day
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- July 5, 2025
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TPL Mini Golf
Come to the library and get in a round of mini golf on our course. Weather permitting. Brought to you by TPL VolunTeens.
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- July 7, 2025
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Read to a Therapy Dog
Want to practice your reading skills with a GREAT listener? Want some (optional) doggy snuggles? Come read to Chai(a toy poodle)! If there are a lot of friends reading, we will have 5-minute turns. Designed for ages 3 and up.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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TPL Top Teen Advisory Board
Help Lindsey, the Teen Services Librarian, with collection development, Displays, Clubs, Programming, Make & Takes, and more. Snacks will be provided. First Monday of the month. Also, drop in times are an option if you can’t make the date. Arrange a time that works for you with Lindsey
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Topsham Library Film Society Meeting
Join Dale, Emily, and Lynne the first Monday of the month to share and enjoy all things film! Watch the movie from home then come to our meeting. All ages are welcome to join us in the Highlands Community Room in analyzing and sharing our thoughts on the movie. This month we will be discussing the film, All About Eve (1950).
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Teen Manga Chat
Bring your current manga read to share with the group. Grades 6-12 (middle/high schoolers). Snacks will be provided.
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- July 8, 2025
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Baby Sensory Play
Sensory play stations (water splashing, sand, finger painting, and more) will be set up indoors and outdoors. Designed for babies and children up to age 3, with their grownups.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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- July 9, 2025
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Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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Kids Art Lab
Various art mediums will be available for experimentation. Ages 6 and up.
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Topsham History Discussion Group
Do you want to learn more about the history of your community and our part of Maine? All are welcome to join this discussion group and explore the background of Topsham. Participants are invited to bring questions, observations, and curiosity for group sharing with Dana Cary. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of every month.
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- July 10, 2025
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Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Movie: Jumanji (2017)
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever! Rated PG-13 for adventure action, suggestive content and some language. Recommended ages 11 and up, but all are welcome. Bring pillows and blankets for extra coziness! Popcorn will be served.
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- July 11, 2025
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Storyteller Catharine Cary
AIR CAKE and other summery occupations is nine frolicky stories about three intrepid children on the summer beaches of Southwest France, on the other side of the Atlantic from fabulous Maine. AIR CAKE and other summery occupations is a live performance set to improvised music and can be between 30 to 60 minutes long. AIR CAKE is geared to all ages, but particularly adapted to children ages 7 to 12.
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- July 12, 2025
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Great Books Discussion
Great Books meets once a month on the second Saturday. We are ALWAYS looking for new members! For more information email emma@topshamlibrary.org.
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TPL Mini Golf
Come to the library and get in a round of mini golf on our course. Weather permitting. Brought to you by TPL VolunTeens.
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Travel Photographer Show and Tell
Mike and Linda Cullivan will tell stories and show photos from their trips to capture the beauty of our world with their lens. No registration needed, open to the public.
Kelsie Vosburgh Program
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- July 14, 2025
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Read to a Therapy Dog
Want to practice your reading skills with a GREAT listener? Want some (optional) doggy snuggles? Come read to Chai(a toy poodle)! If there are a lot of friends reading, we will have 5-minute turns. Designed for ages 3 and up.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D
Reserved for Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D players in Grades 9-12. Snacks provided. Mondays through August 11. (No meeting July 7 or August 4.)
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- July 15, 2025
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Magician Peter Boie
Peter first became fascinated with magic at the age of eleven when he stumbled across a magic book at the Topsham library. He performed his first professional show at the age of 16 and has never looked back. Peter tours theaters, colleges, corporate events and schools across the country, has been featured on the hit tv show Penn & Teller Fool Us and is a best-selling magic inventor. Peter’s show is about two things—astonishing magic and having a good time—and he doesn't skimp on either. Combining original mind-blowing magic and a heavy dose of humor is his secret to success and has made him one of the top booked acts around the country. Designed for ages 4 to 104! Limit first 100 people.
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An Online Conversation with 2025 Read ME Author Jennifer Lunden
Join Read ME featured author Jennifer Lunden for an online talk about her book "American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back To Life" Lunden will read passages from her book, reflect on her writing, and answer questions from participating libraries and readers across the state. This event is one of two statewide Read ME author talks.
To register: https://www.mainehumanities.org/event/a-conversation-with-2025-read-me-author-jennifer-lunden/
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- July 16, 2025
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Preschool Storytime
At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.
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The Topsham Sharing Table
FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last.
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- July 17, 2025
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Music & Rhyme Time
At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup!
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Baby & Me
Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Movie: Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
When ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, his son Tim embarks on a journey to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu, a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to work together, as Tim is the only human who can talk with Pikachu, they join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe. Rated PG for action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements. Recommended ages 8 and up, but all are welcome! Bring pillows and blankets for extra coziness—popcorn will be served!
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- July 18, 2025
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Teen Pokemon Club
Calling all Pokemon players grades 6-12. Kickoff the weekend at TPL with Pokemon Club. Join TPL Pokemon fans for a Pokemon craft, Pokemon Power Pack snack bag, and time to play Pokémon with friends. Bring cards and any Pokemon books to share. Sponsored by Gamestop in Topsham
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- July 19, 2025
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Stitching Together
Join this knitting and crocheting group that meets monthly. Come and work on your latest project, share patterns, check out the library's knitting and crocheting resources. All abilities welcome!
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TPL Mini Golf
Come to the library and get in a round of mini golf on our course. Weather permitting. Brought to you by TPL VolunTeens.
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Travel Photographer Show and Tell
William Luneburg will tell stories and show photos from his trips to capture the beauty of our world with his lens. No registration needed, open to the public.
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- July 21, 2025
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CANCELLED: Read to a Therapy Dog
Want to practice your reading skills with a GREAT listener? Want some (optional) doggy snuggles? Come read to Chai(a toy poodle)! If there are a lot of friends reading, we will have 5-minute turns. Designed for ages 3 and up.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D
Reserved for Mt. Ararat H.S. D&D players in Grades 9-12. Snacks provided. Mondays through August 11. (No meeting July 7 or August 4.)
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- July 22, 2025
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Bubbles & Babies
Come play outdoors at the library with our bubble machine! Weather permitting, designed for ages birth – 3.
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Tech Help
Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.
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Level Up Retro Movie Night: TBA
Join us for our second movie in the summer series of retro video game themed movies. We'll be showing Wargames (1983). High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman leads the supercomputer to activate the nation's nuclear arsenal in response to his simulated threat, the Soviet Union. Once the clueless hacker comes to his senses, Lightman, with help from his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy), must find a way to alert the authorities to stop the onset of World War III. Rated PG.
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