It’s a favorite time of year! Free concerts for the community sponsored by Friends of the Topsham Public Library on the first four Saturdays in March at 1pm! Does it get any better? This year’s lineup is as follows: Miscellania, Bowdoin College’s oldest women’s a cappella group, will start things off on Saturday, March 2…. Read more »
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And the Music Just Keeps on Playing
Summer is not complete without rockin’ along with a band under the summer sky! Join Off Their Rockers for an outdoor rock concert on Saturday, August 4 at 1pm at Topsham Public Library. Off Their Rockers play an eclectic mix of music from Buddy Holly to Carole King to Old Crow Medicine Show to the… Read more »
Things are Rockin’ at Topsham Public Library
If you haven’t heard: Libraries Rock! Not only is that true, it is also the theme of the summer reading program, and things are rockin’ at Topsham Public Library. Join musician, Marc Black, on Wednesday, August 1 at 6pm for a special multimedia experience about the history of the baby-boomer generation. Black performs a wide… Read more »
Bowdoin International Music Festival Musicians visit Topsham Public Library
Topsham Public Library will host students of the Bowdoin International Music Festival in a free concert on Saturday, July 7th at 2pm. The Bowdoin Festival’s Community Concert Series presents gifted classical musicians from around the world performing solo and chamber music in non-traditional venues. The performers are conservatory and graduate students who attend the festival’s… Read more »
Ed Webster, Mountaineer to Visit Topsham Public Library
On Thursday, June 28 at 6:00PM at Topsham Public Library, Ed Webster, author of the White Mountain rock climbing guidebooks, will present his newest lecture about the recreational development of Mt. Washington, known as Agiocochook, by the native Abenaki. Webster will discuss his unique collection of early artwork, stereophotographs, and pictures taken by 1920s and… Read more »
Summer Reading Begins June 1
It’s that time of year again. I think it comes more quickly each year! If you are a regular, you are familiar with the summer reading program at Topsham Public Library. If you are new, you don’t want to miss out! Every summer, we host a summer reading program, and this summer it begins Friday,… Read more »
Wanna Go Fishing?
My father loved to fish. He would get up early in the morning, and by the time I woke up fish would be frying on the stove. I remember two times Dad took me fishing. My earliest memory was picnicking on the bank of the Little Black River. After a little lunch, my dad taught… Read more »
The Great American Read Presented by PBS
Have you heard about The Great American Read? PBS is hosting a national contest to engage people in choosing America’s favorite book. On April 20 a list of 100 books will be released, and on May 22 at 8pm PBS will air a launch special “kicking off a summer of reading and voting.” We have… Read more »
Author Bruce Coffin Visits Topsham Public Library During National Library Week
National Library Week is April 8-14 and in celebration, Topsham Public Library welcomes author Bruce Coffin on Thursday, April 12 at 6pm. Coffin is the bestselling author of the Detective Byron mystery series and a former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement. At the time of his retirement, from the Portland,… Read more »
Music In March
Music in March concert series at Topsham Public Library is fast approaching! Our ever-popular Music in March concert series returns to Topsham Public Library this spring. The first four Saturdays in March at 1pm there will be a concert that is free and open to all ages. On March 3, we welcome Martin Gibson who… Read more »