- January 21, 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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Board Game Night
Join us for board game night every third Tuesday of the month! Open to all, no sign-up required. A selection of board games will be provided, but feel free to bring your own!
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- January 22, 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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Lego Club
Build something to fit our theme, or create your own ideas! For ages 7-12.
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- January 23, 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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- January 24, 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.
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- January 25, 2025
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Teens Snack & Craft
New Saturday Series! Teens, bring your creativity to make a paper art craft. January’s craft will be origami jumping snakes to celebrate the 2025 Chinese New Year. Snakes are known for wisdom, elegance, and transformation. Teatime snacks, tea, and hot chocolate will be provided along with paper art supplies. Grades 6-12
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- January 28, 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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- January 29, 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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Teen Justice League Knitting
Join forces with Ms. Mott to knit orange neck warmers for Midcoast Humane’s adoptable dogs. The idea is to make them visible and keep them warm. No prior experience needed or arrive with some skills, either way join teens making a difference. Teens Grades 6-12.
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- January 30, 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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- January 31, 2025
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Fancy Family Dance Party
Wear whatever makes youfeel like dancing (costume, fancy outfit, whatever!) and come have a danceparty! Dance party is 30 minutes long,and is designed for families of all ages.
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- February 1, 2025
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Teen Saturdays
Join VolunTeens and Teen Advisory Board Members to assist with Teen Room projects.
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Teens & Adults: Create 2025 Vision Board
Join TPLand Lisbon Artist Collective to create 2025 Vision Boards. All supplies will beprovided and some breakfast bites.
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Inventing Trees Popup Puppetry Theater and Drop-In Mobile Makers’ Lab
Drop in for the puppetry magic of Inventing Trees, the performing and visual arts puppetry troupe. Enjoy this imaginative program, and visit their mobile maker’s lab to make your own puppet. This event is FREE and open to all. We look forward to making puppets with you!
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- February 3, 2025
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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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Manga & Make Teens
Bring your current manga read to share with the group and create a manga inspired craft. What we're making will be announced. This group will meet on the first Monday of the month , grades 6-12 (middle/high schoolers). All snacks and crafting supplies will be provided.
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- February 4, 2025
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Baby Social
Come play with your babyand chat with other caregivers! Forchildren ages birth-2 years old and their caregivers.
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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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- February 5, 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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Staff training
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- February 6, 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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Family Storytime
Join us for songs, rhymes, and stories! Storytime lasts about 20-30 minutes and is designed for ages 3 and up, but all are welcome!
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Friends of the Topsham Public Library Meeting
Started in 1998, The Friends of the Topsham Public Library is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the Topsham Public Library. The Friends value the Topsham Public Library as a cultural, educational and recreational center and contribute time, effort, and resources to further develop the library’s potential as a dynamic force in our community. The Friends augment the library budget through fundraising to finance virtually all library programs and events. Annual membership, donations, and patronage of the annual book sale strengthens the Topsham Public Library and ensures the continued growth of Library services. All meetings are open to the public. New members are always welcome.
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- February 7, 2025
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Cookie Decorating with Thayer Treats
Come and make some “chocolate-dipped strawberry” macarons! All ages, younger children will need an adult helper. Sign up required.
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- February 8, 2025
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Teen Saturdays
Join VolunTeens and Teen Advisory Board Members to assist with Teen Room projects.
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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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Teen: Video Gaming
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- February 11, 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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Young Critics Group 1
Young Critics, a bookdiscussion group for 4th and 5th grade students, begins in December and runsthrough May. Young Critics is theperfect combination of eating pizza and talking about books! This year Young Critics will read manyexcellent books for discussion, and will also include several “choose yourown/I LOVE this book because…” nights. Sign up required.
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- February 12, 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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Topsham Garden Club
Program TBD
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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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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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For the Love of Books Teen Romance Book Club
Join Lindsey, the Teen Librarian, for a new romance bookclub. For the Love of Books will be reading TheBoy I Love to Hate by Emily Lowry. The first meet will be: giving outcopies of the book, making new friends and having pizza with a Valentine’s Daytreat.
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- February 13, 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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Tween Reads
Do you like to read books? Do you like to eat pizza? Join Tween Reads! Tween Reads is a book discussion group for grades 6-8. We supply the books and the pizza, you bring your opinions! Tween Reads is held on the second Thursday of the month at 5 pm from October through May. Must be registered to attend.
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- February 14, 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.
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- February 15, 2025
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Teen Saturdays
Join VolunTeens and Teen Advisory Board Members to assist with Teen Room projects.
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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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Teen Level Up Video Gaming
Teens grades 6-12. Bring your friends to play Nintendo Switchgames on TPL’sbig screen! Choose from a variety of multiplayer games and enjoy some snacks. Firsteight players start with elimination rotations.
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- February 17, 2025
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Closed President's Day
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- February 18, 2025
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Drop-In Activities for Kids
Activities will include pompom popsicle stick puppets, balloon ping pong, an architecture challenge, and beaded bracelet making. While supplies last. Designed for ages 6 and up, but all are welcome!
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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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Young Critics Group 2
Young Critics, a book discussion group for 4th and 5th grade students, begins in December and runs through May. Young Critics is the perfect combination of eating pizza and talking about books! This year Young Critics will read many excellent books for discussion, and will also include several “choose your own/I LOVE this book because…” nights. Sign up required.
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Board Game Night
Join us for board game night every third Tuesday of the month! Open to all, no sign-up required. A selection of board games will be provided, but feel free to bring your own!
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- February 19, 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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Drop-In Activities for Kids
Activities will include sock puppet crafting, straw maze race game, stack & run game, and woven friendship bracelets. While supplies last. Designed for ages 6 and up, but all are welcome!
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Teen Justice League Stitchers
Join forces with Ms. Mott to create orange neck warmers for Midcoast Humane’s adoptable dogs. The idea is to make them visible and keep them warm. No prior experience needed or arrive with some skills, either way join teens making a difference. Teens Grades 6-12.
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Trustees Meeting
All Trustees meetings are open to the public.
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- February 20, 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 Matinee: Wicked
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and their unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West. Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes. Rated PG for mild themes, fantasy violence, animal cruelty and innuendo. Recommended ages 10 and up, but all are welcome. Bring pillows and blankets for extra coziness! Popcorn will be served.
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Rare Reads Book Discussion
Rare Reads book group meets every third Thursday at 6pm. This month's book is How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis. If you would like to join, please email emma@topshamlibrary.org.
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